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Vol.   36. 


Mount  Morbis,  III.,  Jan.  1,  181)8. 


The  Gospel   Messenger, 

Published  Weekly,  at  J1.50  per  Annum,  by 

BRETHREN    PUBLISHING   HOUSE, 

Mount  Morris,  Illinois. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


3s  of  Our  P 

'Department                                                                                 io 

EDITORIAL.- 

The  Uncx, 

Evening 
■  Querists 
POETRY.- 

To  the  New  Year.    By  Dinah  Maria  Moloch  Cr; 

A  New  Year's  Song.    By  Clinton  Scollard,   .  .  , 

Song  for  the  New  Year.    By  Adaline  Hohl  Beer  j 
ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,— 

The  Second  Beatitude.    ByT.  T,  Myers 

Christianity  in  Chicago.    By  J.  S.Flory 

e  Way  to  India.-No.  5.    By  S,  N.  McCant: 


We  Need  Nol 
Retrc 


By  S. : 


Liu, 


e  Colh-i 


By  > 


Manchester  College  and  the  Bible  Sc: 
THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,— 

Lesson  Light-Flashes 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,— 


Liin 


ol  Chr 


1.  i.,V. 


THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

When  the  Sunday  Schools  Hibcrna 
The  Brooklyn  Mission.  By  Alice  J 
How  the  Children  Kept  the  Bible, 

-What  Will  YonD. ■: 

I"-         OSNERAI   MISSIONARY  AKD 


ncy  D.  Underhil],  . 


how  to  gather  in  the  fish,  with  which  to  supply  the 
market,  and  make  a  living  for  their  families.  But 
when  the  call  of  the  Master  came,  they  forsook 
their  nets  and  boats,  and  from  henceforth  became 
the  successful  fishers  of  men, 


yG.j.: 


What  Five  Little  Girls  Did. 
Report  of  Washington  Mission.'.".  " 
HOME  AND  FAMILY,- 

A  Happy  Morning.    By  J.  S.  Flory, . 
-Col.  3:  ia. 


It  is  difficult  for  those  who  travel  west  of  the  Mis- 
souri, and  behold  the  prosperous  sections  of  coun- 
try, the  great  cities  that  dot  the  plains  and  line  the 
Pacific  Slope,  to  understand  how  thinking  men,  sev- 
enty or  more  years  ago,  could  have  placed  such  a 
low  estimate  on  the  Great  West.  Not  twenty  years 
ago  one  of  the  finest  thinkers  in  the  Brotherhood, 
sent  for  publication  an  article,  in  which  he  main- 
tained that  the  Lord  never  intended  the  greater 
part  of  Kansas  for  civilized  man,  but  that  it  was  for 
the  Indians  and  the  buffaloes.  Years  before  that, 
probably  in  1825,  the  sifted  Senator  Benton,  of  Mis- 
souri, in  a  speech  in  Congress,  said,  "  The  ridge  of 
the  Rocky  Mountains  may  be  named  as  a  conveni- 
ent, natural,  and  everlasting  boundaiy.  Along  this 
ridge  the  limits  of  the  republic  should  be  drawn, 
and  the  statue  of  the  fabled  god  Termmis  should 
be  erected  on  iis  highest  peak,  never  to  be  thrown 
down/'  The  great  Webster  said:  "  What  do  we  want 
with  the  vast,  worthless  area,  this  region  of  savages 
and  wild  beasts,  of  deserts  vand  shifting  sands  and 
whirlwind  of  dust,  of  cactus  and  prairie  dogs?  To 
what  use  could  we  ever  hope  to  put  these  great  des- 
erts and  endless  mountain  ranges?  "  A  short  time 
bjc-e  tM  F    --  -  •*:-  :>;..-.:  r^JClrs  >>,*»■*  hv  W*6» 

nan,',?,  Poi"? Senator  McDuii,-,  uf^outh"  Carolina 
na  speech  concerning  Oregon,  remarked 


No.  1. 

his  scientific  pursuits,  made  the  memorable  reply: 
"  I  have  no  time  to  make  money."  It  would  be 
straining  the  point  to  draw  from  their  examples  the 
conclusion  that  no  inventor  should  reap  pecuniary 
profit  from  the  child  of  his  brain,  but,  at  least,  it  is 
refreshing  to  see,  in  these  days  of  Klondike  fever 
and  universal  lust  of  gain,  that  there  are  some  who 
have^attained  heights  where  they  can  calmly  look 
down  upon  the  cheap  glory  of  mere  wealth.  The 
making  of  money  can  never  be  in  itself  anything 
but  a  business  that  smacks  of  ignobleness; 

Years  ago  there  was  a  silvermine  on  a  small  is- 
land, on  the  north  shore  of  Lake  Superior,  that 
produced,  in  fourteen  years,  silver,  valued  at  S3  500,- 
000.  A  city  of  some  size  had  grown  up,  and  the 
place  was  noted  for  its  wealth  and  activity.  Hun- 
dreds of  workmen  were  employed,  and  much  valu- 
able machinery  in  active  operation,  but  now  the 
mine  is  filled  with  water,  the  machinery  ruined,  and 
only  one  person  living  in  the  forsaken  town.  Ev- 
erything seems  in  a  state  of  desolation,  where  busi- 
ness once  thrived  and  wealth  abounded.  All  this 
was  caused  by  one  man  taking  too  much  Ifquor. 
The  sad  story  is  thus  tofej.  A  Lake  Superior  • 
steamboat  captain  took  sevgtal  drinlfatoo  many, 
While  he  was  enjoying  his  intoxication,  his  boat 
was  tied  up.     When  he  recovered  from   i; 


was  frozen  in  the  i 
silver  mine  in  Am 


The  managers  of  the  richest 
i  waited  patently  (: 


e  Lirtd, 


^EDITORIAL  t  MISCELLANYS 

Water  farming,  by  which  is  meant  the  raising  of 
fish,  oysters,  etc.,  is  destined  to  become  an  impor- 
tant industry  in  this  country.  Heretofore,  howev- 
er, our  oceans,  lakes  and  rivers  have  been  but  poor- 
ly developed  for  this  purpose,  but  more  attention  is 
to  be  given  to  this  method  of  supplying  the  increas- 
ing millions  with  the  best  of  food  for  the  human 
body.  The  Governor  of  Florida  has  issued  a  call 
for  a  National  Fishery  Congress,  to  meet  at  Tarn 
pa,  this  month,  to  discuss  fish  raising,  and  make 
public  the  best  methods  of  conducting  the  business, 
as  well  as  the  most  profitable  fish  to  handle.  Since 
then  the  national  government  has  invited  the  differ- 
ent governments  to  take  part  in  the  Congress,  and 
it  now  seems  that  the  meeting  is  going  to  be  one  of 


the  boat  had  on  boa 

mi.;s^-sideor;h:|S'ob:t"doIhe' 


t  fuel,  and 


Rocky  Mountains  •-».  «»i^WubV„-^ 

tains    wholly    unpayable  _  except    through    gaps,    thrown  ou,  Tf  employment 


How  are  you  going  to  apply  sieam  in  such  a  case? 
Have  you  made  an  estimate  of  the  cost  of  a  rail- 
road to  the  Columbia?  The  wealth  of  the  Indies 
would  be  insufficient.  I  would  not  give  a  pinch  of 
snuff  for  the  whole  territory.  I  only  wish  the 
Rocky  Mountains  were  an  impassable  barrier."  AH 
this  is  amusing  to  the  reader  of  ordinary  intelli- 
gence. And  could  these  distinguished  senators 
come  from  their  graves,  and  take  a  run  in  a  palace 
car  over  the  prosperous  regions  of  the  Northwest  | 
then  down  the  Pacific  Slope  into  the  charming  or- 
ange  groves  of  Southern  California,  it  would  be  a 
question  with  them,  whether  or  not  to  believe  their 
own  eyes.  One  thing  certain,  they  would  be  pro- 
foundly ashamed  of  every  speech  they  ever  made 
in  regard  to  the  worthlessness  and  the  discouraging 
prospects  of  the  Great  West. 


It  is  reported  that  Prof.  Elmer  Gates,  who  lives 

near  Washington,  D.  C,  has  invented  an  instrument 

;  —    of  wonderful  scientific  value.    It  is  stated  that  hv 

the  most  important  fishery  conventions  ever  held,  |  it  he  claims  to  be  able  ,0  magnify  an  object Three 

neters,  which  would  place  hii 
id  the  prest 
beyond  the  naked   eye,     But  while  this  | 


,  -  village  was  depopu- 
lated, and  a  scene  of  life,  activity,  and  industry  was 
turned  ,nto  a  desolate  group  of  decaying  houses 
and  rusting  machinery.  For  thirteen  years  the 
water  has  stood  in  the  shafts,  the  levels  and  the 
winzes  of  the  mine,  and  all  because  a  boat's  cap- 
tain would  take  too  much  drink. 

The  ChrhlUn  Herald  picks  up  this  curious  piee 
jof  information:  "A  conjecture  full  of  interest  to 
scientists,  has  been  hazarded  as  to  the  aerolite 
which  fell  near  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  on  Nov.  13 
The  celestial  visitor  was  a  round  ball,  about  two 
feet  in  circumference,  composed  of  a  sandy  sub- 
stance, which,  on  being  analyzed,  proved  to  be  iron 
copper  and  nickel,  fused  to  a  white  heat.  Its  fall  was 
accompanied  by  a  blinding  flash  of  light,  and  it 
struck  the  earth  with  such  force  that  it  was  buried 
five  feet  deep  in  the  soil.  It  was  dug  up  by  Prof 
J.  McDonald,  and,  after  being  cooled  in  water,  was 
broken  open.  Imbedded  in  the  hard  mass  was  a 
triangular  piece  of  metal,  covered  with  strange 
arks  resembling  Egyptian  hieroglyphs.    The  ! 


b^ate"d'0  £££££  Z  ^rnting    S~ra  P,a"  h'Sf  r  "ti0n  I  g"ti0n  iS  ™d'  *  *  ="««-  P'^sor  vii  .he! 
in  this  country  are  wonderful.     Our  country  abound!  I  ?J"  K  ^  ™!°P^!  *L™i°:  I  ™*™  ™*°  b/  ™"F  °"  —  other  p>a„et 


try  abound: 

in  lakes,  bays,  and  rivers,  that  might  be  stocked 
with  fish  and  be  made  the  means  of  producing  an 
immense  amount  of  food.  The  Government  has 
twenty-five  hatcheries,  located  in  different  parts  of 
country,  from  which  persons,  prepared  to  go  into 
the  business  of  fish  raising,  may  be  supplied.  A 
letter,  addressed  to  the  Fish  Commissioner,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  will  reach  the  proper  person  for  in- 
formation along  this  line.  While  considering  this 
subject,  we  are  reminded  of  the  early  history  of  the 
apostles.  Some  of  them  were  engaged  in  the  fish- 
ing business  on  the  Lake  of  Galilee,  which  then 


.     bably  Mars,  and  were  intended  as  a  me 
scientific  stride  is  remarkable,  there  is  something    the  inhabitants  of  the  earth,  or  at  least 
else   connected   with   Prof.    Gates   that  ' 
preacher,  still  more  noteworthy;  and  that  is,  that  he 
refuses  to  patent  his  device,  preferring  to  allow  it  to 
be  used   freely  by  investigators.     He    could    un- 
doubtedly make  a  great  deal  of  money  from  a  pat- 
ent, but  he  seems  to  regard  some  other  things  as  of 
more   value   than   money.     Benjamin  Franklin  re- 
fused to  patent  a  valuable  invention  on  the  ground 
thai,  as  we  are  indebted  to  the  discoveries  of  others 
the   advantages  of  civilized    life,    we    should 


to  the  tion  to  them  that  there  are  intelligent  beings  on 
k-  other  worlds.  He  thinks  it  probable  that  as  these 
beings  have  greater  scientific  knowledge  than  our- 
selves, they  may  have  learned  how  to  fiing  a  pro- 
jectile into  space,  and,  on  the  same  mathematical 
principles  by  which  a  billiard  player  strikes  a  ball  at 
a  tangent,  may  have  used  one  of  the  satellites,  which 
revolve  around  the  planet,  to  give  a  ricochet  direc- 
tion to  the  missile  so  as  to  reach  the  earth.  The 
markings  on  the  metal  inclosed  in  the  mass  are  sure 


gratuitously  accord  to  them  the  benefit  of  our  own    to  be  scrutinized  with  the  utmost  int^r,. 
„„.„. ,„w,  aoouncea  <n  tne  tinny  tribes.     These  1  ideas.    Agassiz,   when  offered  a   large  sum  for  a    first  if  they  were  done  bv  intTll.W  h  I 

apostles  had  made  the  business  a  study,  and  knew  I  course  of  lectures,  that  would  have  interfered  with  'then  to  decipher them.''    V  *  BS' 


well  as  now,  abounded  in  the  finny  tribes.    These  I  ide 


TITE   GOSPEL  MESSSNGKER/. 


Jan.  I, 


-^ESSAYS' 


r  the  land, 


rcnllu' 


TO  THE  NEW  YEAR. 

A  friend  stands  at  the  door; 

In  either  tight-closed  hand, 
Hiding  rich  gilts,  three  hundred ! 

Waiting  to  strew  them  daily  o'e 
Even  as  seed  the  sower. 
Each  d'ops  he,  treads  it  in,  and  passes  b) ; 
It  cannot  be  made  fruitful  till  it  die. 
Oh,  New  Year,  teach  us  faith! 

The  road  oflife  is  hard; 
When  our  feet  bleed,  and  scourgirg  winds 

Point  thou  to  Him  whose  visage  was  more  marred 
Than  any  man's;  who  saith, 

••  Make  straight  paths  'or  your  feet,"  ar.d  to  the  oppressed, 
"  Come  ye  to  me,  and  I  will  give  you  rest." 
Comfort  our  souls  with  love  — 

Live  of  all  human  liud; 
Love  special,  close,  in  which  like  sheltered  dove. 

Each  weary  heart  its  own  safe  nest  may  find; 
And  love  that  turns  above 
Adoringly;  contented  to  resign 
All  loves,  if  need  be,  for  the  love  divine. 
Friend!  come  thou  like  a  fri'nd; 

And  whether  bright  thy  face, 
Or  dim  with  clouds  we  can  not  compr:hend, 

We'll  hold  our  patient  bands,  each  in  his  place, 
And  trast  thee  to  the  end, 
Knowing  thou  leadest  onward  to  those  spheres 
Where  tbeic  arc  neither  days,  nor  months,  nor  years, 

—  Dinah  Maria  MitlocA  Craik. 


„_  mourners  are  comforter!  with  a  sweet  peace 
and  a  cons  ience  void  oi  offense  toward  God. 
Theirs  is  the  living  hope  in  Chrit  Jesus  and  the 
blessed  assurance  by  and  through  him. 

God  comforts  his  people  by  showing  them  better 
things  to  come.  Oh,  how  often  our  hearts  are  lifted 
up  by  looking  to  him  who  doelh  alt  things  well! 
Beyond  our  tears  we  see  better  light,  better  life. 
The  divine  comforts  continue  sweetly,  preciously  in 
ettrnily. 

Philade'{hia,  Fa. 


THE  SECOND  BEATITUDE. 


BY   T,   T.    KYERS. 


;  they  that 


for  they  shall  b;  cemtond.' 


"Blessed 
—Matt.  5:4. 

Chbisi,  no  doubt,  saw  many  and  various  kinds  of 
mourning.  N  jt  all  win  his  praise  and  invite  his 
blessing.    The  habitual  mourner  is  not  blessed.    In 

c_:t.c  crcMtu  avuKlwc i&iai  eiutomajy ,  %S.  tie  ti°M» 

of  some  misfortune  or  death  in  the  home,  to  hire 
those  who  make  mourning  on  such  occasions  a  busi- 
ness. Habitual  and  hired  mourners  are  not  blessed, 
because  theirs  is  only  a  dead,  formal,  outward  man- 
ifestation, without  having  the  heart  touched  There 
is  sometimes  a  pretense  of  feeling,— a  pretended 
sympathy,  which  is  hypocritical  and  entirely  with- 
out a  promise  of  blessing.  An  outward  manifesta- 
tion, different  from  the  real,  inward  feeling,  is  un- 
natural and  deceptive. 

Many  mourn  for  temporal  losses  without  a  bless- 
ing. They  mourn  because  they  have  been  reduced 
in  wealth.  It  is  right  to  mourn  for  our  losses,  if  we 
can  do  so  unselfishly,  A  good  brother  said  to  me, 
"  I  am  always  sorry  to  lose  anything, — not  for  the 
sake  of  the  money,  or  self-gratification,  but  for  the 
sake  of  the  good  I  might  do  with  the  money." 
We  have  another  instance   of  extremely  selfish 

mourning  in  the  case  of  Ahab,  when  he  wanted  to 

buy   Naboth's  vineyard.    Learning  that  he  could 

not  get  it,  he  returned  to  his  home  and  "laid  him 

down  upon  h:s  bed,  and  turned  away  his  face,  and 

would  eat  no  bread."     He  surely  was  not  blessed. 

Another  kind  of  mourning,  without  a  blessing,  is  |  n'n«  young  women  by  trine 

found  in  the  case  of  Pharaoh,  who  regretted  and 

mourned  that  he  had  let  Israel  go.     He  mourned 

for  the  good  he  had  done,    There  may  be  those 

who  are  sorry  for  having  done  a  favor  or  a  kindness  |  feelings  to  be  able,  at  the  usual  hour  of 

to  some  one.    Such  a  corow  can  come  only  from  a 

selfish,  wicked  heart,  and  is  entirely  without  a  bless- 
ing. 


The  mourning  that  is  blessed  is  genuine,  heart- 
felt, spontaneous,  free,  like  that  of  Peter, — a  godly 
sorrow  that  worketh  repentance.  It  is  a  sorrow  for 
sin  rather  than  suffering.  David  was  willing  to  suf- 
fer but  he  mourned  greatly  for  his  sin.  It  is  a  sor- 
row, too,  for  the  sins  of  others.  The  Psalmist  ex- 
claims, "  Rivers  of  waters  run  down  mine  eyes  be- 
cause they  keep  not  thy  law."  It  is  a  sorrow  of 
real  sympathy,  such  as  Jesus  manifested  at  the 
grave  of  Lazarus.  The  mourning,  then,  that  is 
blessed,  is  sincere,  for  the  sins  of  self  and  of  others, 
— a  mourning  that  worketh  a  genuine  repentance 
and  begets  zeal  for  God. 


CHRISTIANITY  IN  CHICAGO. 

BY  ]     S     FLORY. 

f  We  think  it  sometimes  profitable  for  the  minis- 
ter to  view,  somewhat,  the  borders  and  doings  of 
spiritual  Babylon,  as  well  as  spiritual  Zion.  Bro. 
Brindle  and  the  writer  set  out,  last  Lord's  Day,  to 
see  what  progress  popular  Christianity,  so  called, 
was  making  in  these  closing  days  of  the  nineteenth 
century.  Soon  afler  entering  one  of  those  col 
churchhouses  of  the  city,  the  great  organ  begi 
roll  out  its  voluminous  peals  of  machine  music.  The 
air-pumping  machinery  of  this  organ  is  run  by  elec- 
tricity. The  electric  lights  were  fully  on  in  in  the 
dazzling  auditorium,  'or  be  it  known  there  is  more 
datkntss  prevalent  in  Chicago  than  light.  Before 
the  preacher  commenced  his  discourse  he  said  he 
would  baptize  some  infants,  and  the  only  reference 
to  Scripture  was  the  promise  to  Abraham  and 
the  baptism  of  the  jailer's  household,  where,  he  said, 
in  all  frobability,  there  were  in'ants.  He  might, 
with  the  same  propriety,  have  added,  in  order  to 
make  it  more  impressive,  that  twins  or  triplets  are 
frequently  found  in  families.  Had  he  read  that 
verse  where  it  is  strongly  hintel  at  that  all  were  be- 
lievers, it  might  have  brought  to  the  mind  some 
doubts  as  regards  the  baby  question. 

Well,  six  infants  were  presented,  and,  to  all  ap- 
pearances, about,  -  -  much  d-mpness  was  applied  t.Q 
each  little  ivtiocd..  ..ead,  as  is  usually  uscu  ...  ^.ek- 
ing a  postage  stamp  to  a  letter.  The  sermon,  from 
the  son  of  the  much  noted  DeWitt  Talmage,  was 
dramatic,  we  presume,— uo  to  the  full  standard  of 
pulpit  oratory  and  pulpit  elocution.  As  it  costs 
85,000  a  year  to  run  the  church,  we  suppose  he  is 
considered  a  success.  The  most  attractive  feature 
of  the  preacher,  to  the  eye,  were  the  flickerings  of 
light  from  his  diamond  ring,— costing  in  all  prob- 
ability, five  hundred  dollars.  What  a  contrast  to 
such  a  hand,  raised  in  prayer,  and  that  of  the  spark- 
ling tears  of  Jesus,  that  flowed  over  his  blessed  vis- 
age as  he  wept  over  Jerusalem!  Ohl  the  sadness 
that  comes  to  the  heart  when  we  behold  such  hol- 
low mockery  and  such  desecration  of  the  holy  min- 
istry ! 

In  the  alternoon  we  spent  over  three  hours  in 
Dowey's  tabernacle,  "Zion."     What  a  scathing  and 
terrible  rebuke  he  did  give  the  "  hog!  "     It  was  the 
day  set  for  him  to  put  in  his  protest  against  the  us- 
ing of  swine's  flesh.     He  said  cancers  originated 
with  those  who  use  pork  atid  is  entirely  confined 
that  class  of  people.    After  datk    he  baptized 
on,  laying  them 
backward  on  his  arm  and  giving  them  three  immer- 
apid  succession. 

quite  a  pleasing  contrast  to  our  devotional 
ght  serv- 
es, to  meet  with  those  of  like  precious  faith  at  the 
Brethren's  church  in  the  city.  More  than  ever  we 
were  impressed  with  the  importance  of  maintaining 
our  non-worldly  principles  of  worship,  and  stick 
close  to  the  simplicity  of  the  Gospel  in  all  our 
living, 

Chicago,  III. 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.-No.  5- 


It  may  seem  presumptuous  to  write  a  letter  with 
the  above  headings  when  only  passing  in  sight  of 
these  places,  but  it  is  not  so  much  what  we  see  or 


expect  to  see,  as  the  historical  association  that  the 
places  suggest,  or  shall  suggest,  that  we  will  make 
the  theme  of  our  letters. 

As  we  look  upon  the  above  places  they  bring  be- 
fore us  afresh  Paul's  voyage  as  a  prisoner  and  his 
work  prior  to  his  second  imprisonment  and  death. 
It  was  here,  at  Crete,  that  Paul  foretold  the  coming 
storm,  Acts  57:10,  but  the  Centurion  and  captain 
did  not  believe  him. 

At  Clauda  they  would  have  been  glad  to  have  lis- 
tened to  Paul,  but  it  was  too  late;  they  were  in  the 
storm  and  now  they  had  to  make  the  best  of  their 
mistake,    Acts  27:  16-21. 

How  much  this  is  like  the  unheeded  warnings 
and  the  sad  consequences  that  follow  in  many  lives 
to-day!  The  young  man  refuses  to  hear  the  teach- 
ing of  parents,  until  it  is  too  late.  The  sinner  re- 
fuses to  hear  God  until  life's  opportunities  are  all 
thrown  away.  Then  he  seeks  to  bring  the  bare 
wreck  of  hit  life  to  Christ.  This  is  ungrateful  and 
exceedingly  dangerous.  Why  not  hear  Christ  nowT 
What  we  could  see  of  the  little  Island  of  Clauda, 
was  a  bare  heap  of  rocks.  The  shore  of  Crete,  for 
the  most  part,  presents  a  barren  and  rocky  appear- 
ance. Some  of  the  mountains  are  covered  with 
snow,  We  could  see  an  occasional  group  of  dwell- 
ings, some  few  fields  and  one  town  which  we  think 
was  Lasea.     Acts  27:8. 

We  passed  down  close  to  Nicopolis  but  not  in 
sight  of  it.  This  was  the  place  where  Paul  intend- 
ed to  winter.  Titus  3:12.  The  very  fact  that  he 
intended  to  winter  at  this  place  shows  that  he  was  a 
free  man  when  he  wrote  this  letter  to  Titus.  Paul 
likely  came  up  to  Nicopolis  in  the  fall  of  6i,  but 
was  arrested  and  hurried  on  to  Rome  as  a  malefac- 
tor, 2  Tim.  2;  9.  Being  placed  in  chains,  all  forsook 
him,  being  ashamed  and,  perhaps,  afraid  of  his 
chains.     2  Tim.  1:  15-17. 

When  Onesiphorus  visited  Rome  he  hunted  Paul 
up,  not  being  ashamed  to  visit  him  in  prison.  We 
see  that  Paul  spent  the  winter  here,  sendinp-  soecial 
words  to  Timo,thy  iolT.ing  his  cloak,  the  books  anu 
parchments,  2  Tim.  4:  '3,  to  him  from  Troas. 

We  find  Paul  at  Crete  and  Clauda  in  60  A.  D.  on 
his  way  to  Rome  as  a  prisoner.  Paul  had  much 
liberty  during  his  three  years'  prison  life,  both  on 
the  way  to  Rime  and  while  there.  Acts  27:  3; 
23:  30.  We  find  no  place  or  time  for  Paul's  first  let- 
ter to  Timothy  and  his  letter  to  Titus,  unless  he  be- 
came free  after  this  first  imprisonment. 

Paul  likely  fulfilled  his  long-cherished  des're  to 
visit  Spain  (Rom.  15:  23-25)  in  64  and  65,  stoppirg 
at  Crete  on  his  return  (Titus  1:5)  Passing  onto 
Asia  Minor,  he  stopped  at  Miletus  (2  Tim  4:  2  ■), 
for  he  sayF,  "  Trophimus  I  left  at  Miletus  sick  "  and 
at  Ephesus  (1  Tim.  1:  3),  "  I  exhorted  thee  to  tarty 
at  Ephesus  when  I  was  going  into  Macedonia." 

As  he  returns  to  Europe  he  stops  at  Troas  and 
leaves  his  cloak  and  books.  2  Tim.  4:  13.  He  left 
Erastus  at  Corinth,  2  Tim.  4:  io,  from  where  he 
probably  wrote  First  Timothy  and  Titus,  intending 
to  go  up  to  Nicopolis  for  the  winter,  but  God  ruled 
otherwise  and  he  was  sent  on  to  Rime,  where  he 
was  martyred,  writing  Second  Timothy  while  a 
prisoner  here. 

Paul  quotes  from  one  of  the  Cretan  prophets,  who 
says,  "  The  Cretans  are  always  liars,  evil  beasts,  idle 
gluttons,"  saying,  "This  testimony  is  true."  Titus 
was  left  in  charge  of  the  churches  on  this  island 
and  he  was  expected  to  set  things  in  order,  and  or- 
dain elders  in  every  city.    Titus  1:  5. 

We  are  made  to  think  how  easily  churches  get 
out  of  order  even  yet,  where  they  have  no  shephe'd, 
no  elder,  to  help  them.  If  Paul  could  trust  Titus 
to  get  things  in  order  among  such  a  people  as  the 
Cretans,  and  then  ordain  elders  in  each  of  their  cit- 
ies, should  we  not  take  courage,  even  though  there 
be  some  disorder  among  our  churches?  Should  we 
not  learn  a  lesson  from  his  work  here,  and  organize 
our  work  by  ordaining  elders,  by  making  some  one 
responsible  for  the  work,  that  it  may  not  grow  dis- 
orderly nor  die? 

Many  little  fields  in  the  home  land  need  just  such 
treatment  as  Paul  perscribed  for  Crete  I  am  sure 
we  can  find  no  field  where  the  future  looked  darker 
than  this  field,  as  left  to  Titus,    Let  us  take  cour»gel 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGER 


Nov  i;  we  reached  Port  Said,  where  we  expect 
to  break  our  journey  for  a  little  visit  to  Palestine 
All  are  well  at  this  writing.  The  trip  has  beer,  a 
pleasant  one.  Bro.  Forney  and  wife  will  not  stop 
off.  r 


WE  NEED  NOT  BE  ASHAMED. 

BY    P.    B.    PITZWATER. 

By  virtue  of  the  treaty  of  Paris,  in  1783,  England 
conceded  our  sovereignty,  and  our  forefathers  came 
in  possession  of  a  boundless  territory,  possessed  of 
infinite  resources.  Will  they  stand  together  and 
utilize  and  develop  the  resources  at  command? 
Even  the  invincible  determination  of  Washington  is 
vascillating  when  he  says,  "We  are  one  to-day  and 
thirteen  to-morrow."  They  do  stand  together  and, 
as  a  result  of  their  labors,  we  see  to-day  the  super- 
structure of  a  nation,  the  grandest  on  earth. 

The  same  was  true  of  the  Brethren  church  a  few 
years  ago.  Infinite  resources  were  at  our  command, 
but  will  we  stand  united  and  utilize  them?— was  the 
question.  Much  of  this  world's  goods  was  being 
hoarded  up,  making  its  possessor  more  miserly,  and 
causing  him  to  forget  his  fellow-man  and  God. 
Thousands  of  our  young  men  and  women  of  strong 
physical  and  mental  powers,  were  whiling  their 
time  away,  having  no  place  to  work  in  the  Master's 
cause,  as  there  were  no  Sunday  schools  and  prayer 
meetings  among  us  then,  and  too  often  a  young 
man  was  not  thought  lit  for  the  ministry  till  he  had 
served  the  best  years  of  his  life  in  the  office  of 
deacon, 

Through  the  unremitting  toil  and  self-sacrifice  of 
our  Brethren,  some  of  whom  have  gone  to  their  re- 
ward, our  schools  were  founded,  out  of  which  have 
come  many   consecrated   young   men  and  women, 
prepared   to  push  the  work   of  the  Sunday  school! 
prayer  meeting,  and  even  to  enter  the  mission  field. 
Mighty  as  the  influence  is  already,  upon  (he  church! 
it  is  yet  but  in  its  infancy.    Years  hence,   when  our 
present  working  force  wilLJiaye  reached. the  jJujytjVc- 
tent.<-.<  ii.««?i.--et,  o*^„  0y  the  mighty  army  of 
workers   now  entering,   and  soon   to  enter,  only  by 
the  aid   of  the   Holy  Ghost   can   we   measure   the 
power  of  our  people.     Rapidly  the  mission   senti- 
ment is  growing  among  our  people.    Silently  it  is 
forging  the  chain  which  shall  bind  us  together -a 
people  having  a  common   interest.     It  will  become 
a  nucleus  around  which  all  our  interests  will  gather 
I  believe  the  time  is  coming,  and   pray  God  that 
it  may  not  be  many  years  hence,  when  all  the  im- 
portant work  of  our  Conferences-District  and  An- 
nual-will be  to  provide  means  and  devise  measures 
for  vigorously  prosecuting  the  mission  work,  instead 
of  sending  committees   to  adjust   difficulties      Ohi 
sad  day  for  the  church  (what  will  the  judgment  be?) 
when  the  time,  talent,  and  means  of  the  church  must 
be  expended  in  adjusting   difficulties  in   churches 
instead  of  using  it  for  the  spreading  of  the  Gospel! 
We  ought  to  be  the  greatest  missionary  people  on 
earth,   because,  as   Bro.  Beahm   has  suggested,  we 
have   been  from  the  outset  laying  the   foundation 
principles    of    missionary  work      Every    member, 
kno  king  for  admission  into   the  Brethren   church, 
has  had  Matt    18:  10-22,  which   contains  the  very 
germ,  and  is  filled  to  overflowing  with  the  mission- 
ary spirit,  read    to  him.    Our  old  brethren  did  wiser 
than  they  knew  when  they  adopted  that  as  the  life- 
rule  of  all  church  members. 

-  Just  as  our  forefathers  did  wiser  than  Ihey  knew 
when  they  inserted  that  clause  in  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States,  granting  us  religious  liberty,  lit- 
tle did  they  think  that  God  was  raising  up  a  people 
(the  Brethren)  who  would  be  shielded  from  mili- 
tary service  by  virtue  of  privileges  granted  them 
by  the  Constitution.  While  our  old  brethren  were 
insisting  upon  that  being  our  life-rule,  they  were  un- 
consciously laying  the  foundation  for  the  greatest 
missionary  people  the  world  has  known  since  the 
days  of  the  Apostles.  Ma.vel  notl  The  hand  of 
God  has  been  in  it  all. 

If  every  member  of  the  church  will  but  consider 
her  evolution,  he  will  not  hesitate  to  take  an  uncom- 
promising stand  for  her  principles.    The  time  has 


x  when  we  must  not  approach  the  mission  work 
with  timidity.  I  dare  say  that  some  of  our  failures 
are  traceable  to  the  fact  that  we  began  it  trembling. 
Tistrue  we  should  tremble  at  our  own  weakness, 
but  when  we  launch  out  on  the  promises  cf  God,  we 
shou.d  do  it  with  confidence.  There  is  nothing  that 
delights  the  devil  more  than  to  see  us  approach  an 
enterprise  which  has  the  promise  of  God  behind  it 
trembling.     Having  tested  the  old  shipofZ.on  these 

cnZ  "'"I'''  US  'aUnCh  °Ut  in!o  the  d«P  ™"> 
confidence,  knowing  that  she  will  outride  the  fiercest 
waves  of  opposition. 

I  believe  that  when  the  problem  of  successful  city 
m.ssion  work  is  solved  by  our  people,   it  will  be 
found  that  we  must  not  depend  wholly  i„  beginning 
on  the  outskirts  with  the  lowest  class  of  people  but 
we  must  boldly  enter  the  best  part  of  the  city  and 
convince  the  people  that  we  have  something  good 
enough  tor  the  best  of  them.    When  I  approach  a 
man  of  high  standing.  I  do  not  fear  that  ir.y  portion 
is  not  tenable,  but  that  I  may  not  be  able  to  defend 
the  Truth  in  a  creditable  manner,  owing  to  lack  ol 
preparation.    So,  when   we  wish   to  do  successful 
work,  we  must  fit  ourselves  for  it.     Hence  we  must 
not  expect  to  do  successful  work  by  calling  a  man 
from  the  farm  and  putting  him  to  doing  city  mission 
work.    I  believe   that  many  a  promising  field  has 
been  rendered  hopeless  by  an  injudicious  act  of  this 
Wnd.    Oh,  that  our  workers  would  better  qialifv 
themselves! 
My  dear  young  brother  or  sister,  seeing  the  mighty 
ossibilities  looming  up  before  us  in  the  grand  cause 
^e   have   espoused,  let   us  not  allow  our  ardor  to 
abate   because  some   one  says  we  are  behind  the 
times.     People  only  say  that   we  are  behind  the 
times,  because  they  are  ignorant.    We  are  so  far  in 
advance  of  the  times  that  their    lust  and    pridc- 
mmed  vision  prevents  them  Irom  seeing  the  point. 
History  attests  the  truth  of  this  statement.    About 
one  year  ago  the  greatest  nations  of  earth  were  on 
the  verge  of  being  united  by  the  International  Arbi 
tration  Treaty.    It  was  r";"  'C"  l  i  the  Spnate    h„<     ta„J      1 
nji^.-V^^ ,«a.rs.hejjic^<-nate,  b  yi^^Vj^H  'k^'i'iuj.v  !         1 
its  principles  lie  deeply  imbedot'o-in  tn-  h»ar  r.  £  1  ^^^r^"^^^'""' "fST^Vviiile  the  grSricif*'  ~ 
all  civilized  people,   to,  at  no  distant  day    SDr  °   l^Tjl"""  nth"  nt"Uet<"r' '^  is  the  out- 
forth  with  renewed  strength,  and  become  the  unf    L  t     ,•    aPPCarS  to  me  3S  '"  we  are  '"  »  Po.ition  to 
versa,  mode  of  rt^i«m«^7^\^,^™°>>-     Wbese  times  of  steady 
Nearly  two  centuries  before  the  Brethren   chu  ch    much  In  n„r        '     ,         "j   da"g"  °f  ttustit>S  <°° 
taught  that  arbitration  is  the  way  to  settle  all      ,      Z^       T  f^"1'     This  we  must  ««*  do, 
putes.     Thirty-five  years  ago  thai ?imm  P'r'ort     ever  thaV"  h,m,rh°  g'V£S  "U  hdP'   —mbering 

■nation  went  forth  from  the  Executive  M  nsion      y     Tp on    h"°n™ £  l?lT  'T 
which  3,oo3  000  slaves  were  made  free     A  M  „        ,1      ■  ■  t"°"gl"ra  of  these  'el- 

and a-half  before,  the  Brethren  w «         ",?    tTrTfaT  ^TT:  ^"^  °"r  °Mook  ^" 

d^rcCoY  inbeE°riROdberh  *?»  "^^C     "  «   *  "~~  '"  *  " 
day  school  in  England,  the  Brethren  had  Sunday 

schools  in  America.    The  first  Bible  to  be  printed 

in   America  was  printed  by    the   Brethren.    Even 

with  that  perplexing  dress  question,  sensible  people 

have  respected  us.     The  Brethren    church  is  safe 

Our  people  need  to  do  some  solid  thinking,  and  a 

great  deal  of  consistent  living.     Let  us  thank  God 

and  take  courage ' 

Sheldon,  Iowa, 


have  not  lived  up  to  our  ability  in  our  life's  work. 
But  do  we  see  only  omissions,  or  have  we  thought 
impurely,  spoken  unkindly,  and  acted  unwisely? 
Have  we  committed  presumptuous  sins  along  the 
journey  ?  All  these  things  are  for  us  to  look  into,  and 
to  straighten  out.  This  is  a  time  to  look  into  our 
hearts  as  God  looks  into  them, 

Our  journey  should  have  been  ascending.  True 
we  speak  of  our  lives  as  coming  down  from  the 
things  which  are  high,  in  the  estimation  of  men  to 
those  which  are  humble.  But,  by  coming  down,' we 
go  up.  We  ascend  to  a  higher  Christian  life  to  a 
higher  seat,  to  the  throne  of  God.  But  there  is  also 
an  outlook.  We  can  not  see  into  the  future.  We 
anticipate  it  according  to  the  rules  of  the  past.  We 
recall  the  difficult  places  and  remember  that  it  was 
always  harder  to  come  up  than  to  slip  back.  This 
being  true  of  this  year,  we  may  reasonably  expect  it 
to  be  true  of  the  next.  Rest  assured  you  will  have 
difficulties  and  temptations.  The  new  year  will  not 
be  a  bed  of  roses.  We  should  not  reasonably  ex- 
pect this,  knowing  the  trials  of  Christianity,  but  >e- 
member  the  words,  "My  strength  is  sufficient  for 
you, 

In  our  retrospect  and  outlook,  let  us  guard  lest 
we  forget  the  "now."  The  ever  active,  living  prcs- 
ent  is  the  all-important  time  for  us  to  consider 
This  is  the  time  in  which  we  act,  the  time  to  prepare 
for  next  year's  retrospect.  Let  the  outlook  be  what 
it  will.  Let  the  future  do  her  best  or  her  worst,  we 
may  at  least  improve  the  opportunities  that  come. 
We  should  not,  as  in  the  adage,  "  cross  the  bridge 
before  the  bridge  is  reached,"  lest  we  despoil  to  day 
with  vain  repinings  and  lose  the  valuable  pIesent. 

As  a  Christian  Fraternity,  what  in  our  retrospect? 
Souls  have  come  to  Christ,  the  doctrines  have  been 
preached,  churches  have  been  multiplied,  mis- 
sionaries have  been  placed,  and,  1  trust,  as  a  people, 
we  have  attained  to  a  closer  walk  with  God.  But 
have  we  no  shortcomings?  I  fear,  in  places,  the 
church  has  made  a  league  with  the  people  ol  the 


WHAT  IS  IT  THAT  MAKES  EVERY  TEACHER 
A  TEACHER  ? 

BY  JENNIE    E.   C.   BAKER. 


RETROSPECT  AND  OUTLOOK. 

BY  S     S,    BL0UGH, 

New  Year's  Day  is  again  at  our  very  door.  Al- 
though it  is  often  considered  adayofimportance.it 
is  no  more  nor  less  so  than  any  other  day.  It  is  neith- 
er a  beginning  nor  an  end  of  time,  but  represents 
'he  present.  Yet,  like  every  other  day,  New  Year's 
Day  is  a  good  time  for  a  retrospect  and  an  outlook. 
As  we  stand  upos  this  threshold  of  another  year! 
it  becomes  all  to  stop  for  a  moment  and  look  back' 
We  should  make  this  a  time  for  selfexamination- 
a  time  for  squaring  up  our  accounts  with  our  God. 
Standing  on  the  dividing  line  between  the  old  and 
the  new,  one  can  look  back  and  see  the  track  of  his 
toilsome  way,— here  ascending,  there  descending, 
yet,  if  we  have  done  the  best  we  knew,  progress  has 
been  made.  Now  is  the  time  to  correct,  as  far  as 
possible,  the  mistakes  this  re-examination  brings  to 


To  every  individual  are  given  gifs.-talents  To 
some  is  given  the  gift  of  prophecy;  to  othe.s,  the 
gift  of  language,  and  as  there  are  divers  gi«s  ,„ 
each  one  receives  his  special  gift,  that  fits  him  for 
one  work  rather  than  another, 

In  the  highest  sense,  teachers,  like  "  poets  are 
born  and  not  made."  That  is,  to  some  are  given 
qualifications  that  fit  them  more  especially  for 
teachers.  These  powers  are,  personal  magnetism 
tact,  loveableness.  There  are  men.-and' women 
too,-who  draw  and  hold  our  attention  before  thev 
utter  a  word,  those  are  the  ones  who  are  our  power- 
ful teachers,  preachers,  and  lecturers. 

To  wield  the  greatest  good  as  a  teacher,  we  must 
have  tact.  We  must  know  when  to  speak  and 
when  to  keep  silence,  what  to  say,  and  how  to  say 
it,  for  words  fitly  spoken  are  like  apples  of  gold 
in  pictures  of  silver."  s 

Above  all  else,  we  must  be  loveable.  Our  person- 
al appearance,  manners,  and  our  ways  in  general 
must  be  attractive  and  not  repellant  to  our  pupils  ' 
I  shall  now  speak  of  the  more  important  acquired 


Sok^hereagZd^;,^^ 

unuttered,  there  an  opportunity  unimproved*   USLfi^*^^;^^ 


rffiB   GOSPEL   MESSENGEB. 


Jan.  I,  iS 


irhate 


r.  If  such 
for  Christ 
we  want  at 


possess  no  natural  qualifications 

be  the  case,  and  we  want  to  do  all  we  c; 

(and  who  that  is  a  Christian  does  not?) 

oace  to  fit  ourselves  for  thitoffiie.    To  do  this,  we 

must  already  possess,  or  at  once  begin  to  acquire, 

three  things:  first,  and  above  allo'hers,  a  knowledge 

of  Chris- ;  second,  a  knowledge  of  God's  Word;  third, 

a  knowledge  of  human  nature,  and  more  especially 

a  knowledge  of  our  pupils,  their  dispositions,  their 

inclinations,  their  surroundings. 

"What!"  1  hear  some  one  say,  "Do  you  think 
there  is  any  one  in  our  church  who  does  not  have  a 
knowledge  of  Christ?"  If  you  think  ail  do,  ask  a 
class  of  cur  youncer  members  some  of  the  simple 
facts  of  Christ's  life,  ai  nairated  in  the  Gospel?,  and 
you  will  be  surprised  to  learn  how  little  they  do 
know;  and  yet  our  denomination  is  considered  a  Bi- 
ble-reading people  among  the  other  Christian  de- 
nominations. Right  hetel  would  like  to  say  a  word 
about  the  more  general  reading  of  God's  Word. 
Mrs.  Margaret  Bottome,  in  The  Ladiii  Hmie 
Journal,  says,  "I  receive  letters  almost  every  day 
from  professing  Christians,  askinghow  they  may  be- 
come more  interested  in  God's  Word."  Is  it  not  a 
shame  that  those,  who  rr.tend  to  love  God,  do  not 
love  to  read  His  Word?  It  is  not  a  knowledge  of 
Christ's  life,  while  here  among  men,  that  I  refer  to 
however,  when  I  speak  of  a  knowledge  of  Christ  be- 
ing necessary  to  the  teacher;  but  a  spiritual  knowl- 
edge that  comes  to  all  who  abide  in  Christ,  which 
abiding  is  so  beautifully  described  in  John  15:  1-9. 
This  knowledge  of  Christ  is  shown  fotth  in  our  walk, 
and  talk,  and  every-day  life. 

What  would  we  Ihink  of  young  men  or  young 
women,  presenting  themselves  as  applicants  for  po- 
sitions in  the  public  schools,  without  any  knowledge 
of  the  different  branches  to  be  taught;  or,  if  they 
knew  anything  about  them,  would  only  be  ab'e  tore- 
cite  by  rote,  without  explaining  anything?  God's 
Word  is  infinitely  more  important  than  anything 
taught  in  our  public  schools,  In  2  Tim.  3:  16,  17, 
Pi ill  Sells  us,  "All  scripture  is  given  by  inspiration 
""0!  G^cC  and"is~proTtableS';"f  "t*S™ne7  lor  reproof,' 
for  coirettion,  for  instruction  in  righteousness;  that 
the  man  of  God  may  be  pcr.'ect,  furnished  unto  all 
good  works."  How  many  of  us,  in  taking  up  our 
Sunday  School  lessons  for  study  take  a  thought  as 
tn  why  the  words  found  in  the  lesson  were  written? 
We  should  know  not  only  this,  but  also  similar  les- 
sons, found  in  the  Old  or  New  Testament,  and  where. 
The  Bible  is  an  inexhaustible  well  of  riches  whose 
d'pthswemay  never  hope  to  sound,  but  in  the  words 
of  the  1-arned  apostle  we  should  "study  to  show 
oirst'.v's  approved  unto  God,  workmen  that  need  rot 
be  ashamed,  rightly  dividing  the  word  of  truth." 

As  to  how  much  knowledge  we  should  have  of  oth- 
er books,  outside  of  the  Bible,  there  are  differences 
of  opinion;  but,  without  doubt,  we  want  first  a  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  the  Scripture;  then  there  are 
many  books  that  throw  light  on  the  Scriptures. 
They  will  be  found  profitable  readirg,  but  are  of 
secondary  importance. 

We  must  know  human  nature,  if  we  wish  to  be 
successful  teachers.  It  is  not  the  recluse  who 
is  most  successful  in  Sunday  school  work  or 
in  Christian  work  of  any  kind.  We  often  see  our 
most  successful  business  men  conducting  large  Sun- 
day schools  and  mission  schools  with  great  success, 
The  knowledge  they  gain  of  human  nature  in  their 
business  relations  enables  them  to  draw  and  hold 
large  crowds  in  their  religious  work.  If  Christ  had 
wanted  his  followers  to  withdraw  from  contact  with 
their  fellow  meD,  he  would  have  set  them  the  ex- 
ample; instead  he  went  about  doing  good.  If  we 
are  so  situated  that  we  cannot  gain  a  knowledge  of 
human  nature  by  direct  contact  with  our  fellow  b 
ings,  we  must  gain  knowledge  from  books;  and  we 
mint  take  time  to  study  our  pupils.  We  cannot  hope 
to  win  solIs  to  Christ  (which  is  the  ultimate  aim  of 
all  true  teaching)  by  going  into  our  Sunday  schools 
with  our  minds  stored  with  facts  concerning  the  les- 
son, but  without  knowledge  of  the  needs  of  the  class, 
and  pour  it  all  cut,  hoping  to  reach  and  touch  some 
one.  We  may,  but  more  likely  we  will  not  We 
must  know  the  needs  of  each  individual  member  of 
pur  class,  and,  in  studying  the  lesson,  get  from  it,  if 


possible,  some  truth,  adapted  to  the  needs  of  each 
one.  If  we  are  able  to  fjain  the  love  and  confidence 
of  our  pupils,  we  can  get  this  knowledge  without  vis- 
iting them  at  their  homes.  Indeed,  we  can  get  a 
better  knowledge,  oftentimes,  of  their  wants  when 
we  do  not  have  the  time  to  visit  them  Parents  do 
not  always  understand  their  children,  and  what  is  a 
vague  longing  on  the  part  of  the  child  for  something 
purer  and  better  is  construed  to  mean  discontent 
and  surliness.  • 

Happy,  indeed,  should  you  be,  if  you  can  so  gain 
the  confidence  of  your  pupils  that,  if  they  are  from 
home,  as  they  frequently  are,  in  towns  and  cities, 
they  will  come  to  you  as  they  would  to  a  father 
or  mother,  to  get  advice  concerning  little  social 
matters.  Thosethirgsare  the  verythings  for  which 
we  can  find  answers  in  the  Blessed  Book,  for,  thank 
God,  ours  is  a  practical  religion  and  nothing  is  too 
little  for  God's  help. 

And  now,  summing  all  up,  we  have  the  perfect 
man,  the  perfect  woman  as  the  ideal  Sunday  school 
teacher.  Are  there  any  such?  The  ideal  always 
precedes  the  real.  Hear  what  Christ  says:  "Be  ye 
therefore  perfect  even  as  your  Father,  which  is  in 
heaven,  is  perfect." 

Holding  ever  before  us  the  ideal  teacher,  preach- 
er, and  in"  all  things  Perfect  Man,  Christ  Jesus,  we 
may  hope  for  all  things;  for  with  Christ  all  things 
are  possible. 

If  nature,  in  our  first  birth,  denied  us  personal 
magnetism,  tact,  lovableness,  we  may  have  all  thos 


things  given 


our  spiritual   birth,  for  what  is 


lovable  than  a  pure  life?  What  draws  more  th 
a  life  of  self  forgetfulness,  and  who  exercises  more 
tact  than   the  man  who  prefers   others  rather  than 
himself? 

How  shall  we  gsin  the  requisite  knowledge  of 
Christ,  Gods  Word,  and  suffering  humanity?  By 
work,  incessant  toil,  and  prayer.  It  is  the  faith  and 
works.  Prayer  is  the  faith,  labor  is  the  works;  the 
effects  are  sure  to  follow.  And  yet,  "Tis  not  I,  but 
Christ  who  wosketh  in  me." 


MINiSIERiAL  MEETING. 


The  Brethren  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania  seem  to 
have  had  a  very  interesting  Ministerial  Meeting, 
held  at  Ephrata,  the  last  week  in  November.  The 
Rfporter,  of  that  city,  publishes  a  very  readable  syn 
opsis  of  the  meeting.  We  have  space  for  only  a  few 
racts  from  some  of  the  speeches  delivered. — Ed. 


PREPARATION  FOR  PREACHING. 

S.  R.  Zug.—  The  apostle,  in  1  Cor.  12,  says:  "  There 
are  diversities  of  gifts,"  and  at  the  close  he  says: 
"  Covet  the  best  gifts."  Covetousness  is  a  sin,  but 
here  it  is  lawlul.  I  understand  the  apostle  to  mean 
that  all  members  should  qualify  themselves  for  any 
position  in  the  church.  The  time  of  inspiration,  as 
far  as  origination  is  concerned,  is  past,  according  to 
my  judgment.  The  Spirit  presents  what  we  have 
learned  already,  "  Study  to  show  thyself  approved 
unto  God,  a  workman  that  needeth  not  be  ashamed, 
rightly  dividing  the  word  of  truth."  2  Tim.  12:  15. 
The  minister  must  study,  and  then  a  leaf  of  a  tree 
may  give  him  inspiration.  Study  everything  that  is 
in  harmony  with  the  Bible.  Before  preaching,  the 
minister  should  be  alone,  to  be  emptied  of  every- 
thing except  the  Gospel. 

G.  N,  Falkenstein  —  I  believethepreachershould 
bring  inspiration  intolhe  pulpit.  We  must  study 
the  needs  of  the  congregation.  We  may  preach  a 
few  sermons  to  edification,  as  visiting  ministers,  with- 
out study,  but  to  preach  for  years  to  the  same  con- 
gregation, to  edification  we  must  study.  We  must 
feel  lifted  up  in  the  inspiration  of  God. 

John  Herr  — When  our  preaching  is  a  failure,  in 
the  majority  of  cases  the  fault  is  with  the  minister, 
because  he  does  not  study.  Besides  study,  there  is 
one  other  thing  that  is  highly  important,  and  that  is 
prayer. 

J.T.  Mvers. — Some  one  has  said,"  Poets  are  born." 
We  can  say  some  preachers  are  born,  whilst  others 
are  made.  I  be'ieve  in  Holy  Spirit  preachers,  but 
no  one  is  a  Holy  Spirit  preacher  unless  he  studies. 


I  have  studied  over  two  years  over  a  text  before  I 
preached  on  it.  The  more  we  study  and  the  more 
we  pray,  the  more  the  Spirit  of  God  will  come  into 
our  hearts. 

TELLING   QUALITIES    OF   A   SERMON. 

J.  T.  Mvers— By  qualities  is  meant  that  which  we 
can  see,  feel  and  handle.  It  is  that  which  we  wish 
to  talk  about— that  which  is  the  most  effectual.  2 
m.  4:  2  gives  it:  "  Preach  the  Word."  Since  truth 
from  God,  nothing  can  take  its  place.  Hence  the 
ore  truth  in  a  sermon  the  more  telling.  What  is 
wanted  to  make  preaching  effectual  or  telling  is  the 
truth  in  it.  It  is  not  the  noise.  As  an  illustration, 
a  brother  said  to  me,  "  It  was  the  best  sermon  I  ever 
heard  in  my  life."  "  Why,  what  made  it  so  good?" 
I  asked.  "  O,  it  was  so  loud."  A  sermon  should 
not  be  louder  than  is  necessary  to  be  understood. 
Bro.  Umstead  was  a  bom  preacher,  and  Bro. 
Price  was  a  mzde  preacher.  Brother  Price  one  time 
made  much  noise,  when  Brother  Umstead  got  hold 
of  his  coat-tail,  tugged  him  a  little  and  said:  "Broth- 
er Price,  if  thee  has  nothing  to  say,  thee  would  better^, 
sit  down."  A  sermon  must  be  earnest.  Feople  must 
feel  that  you  feel  what  you  say.  As  an  illustration: 
An  educated  man  used  to  go  to  church  with  pen- 
cil and  tablet  and  take  notes  of  the  grammatical 
errors  of  preachers  who  wanted  to  show  off.  This 
he  did  to  show  them  their  folly.  I  had  an  old 
grandfather  who  was  no  educated  man,  and  when  the 
aforesaid  critic  heard  him  preach,  instead  of  taking 
notes  of  the  mistakes,  he  would  drop  his  tablet  and 
wipe  the  tears  from  his  eyes.  The  reason  was  the 
hearty  earnestness  in  the  preaching,  A  telling  ser- 
mon must  come  from  the  heart.  John  Wesley  once 
said,  "Give  me  thirty  preachers  full  of  faith,  and  I 
will  conq  ler  the  world." 

HOW    TO    WIN   SOULS    FOR    CHRIST. 

G,  N.  Falkenstein.— According  to  the  number  of 
workers  in  each  field,  and  the  number  of  souls  won, 
the  work  is  a  failure.  There  is  something  wrong 
somewhere.  How  shall  we  not  do  to  win  souls  to 
_£hjist  is  a  great  q  lestion,  but  the  subject  is,  "  How 
to  win,  etc."  All  things  must"  be~  subordinate)  to 
Christ.  Sometimes  the  minister  is  too  prominent. 
When  that  is  the  case  the  winning  of  souls  is  retard- 
ed. When  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  is  properly  pre- 
sented, he  is  attractive.  He  is  pure,  noble,  etc.  If 
you  bring  a  man  to  the  point  where  he  thinks  he 
has  no  friend  he  is  past  hope  and  looks  for  consola- 
tion to  suicide,  but  if  he  learns  to  see  that  he  has  a 
Friend,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  can  make  a  saint 
out  of  a  sinner,  it  is  soul  winning  to  him. 

D.  S nader  —  One  of  the  best  ways  to  win  souls  to 
Christ  is  to  live  Christ.  I  was  more  drawn  to  Christ 
by  the  right  living  of  the  old  brethren  than  by  the 
best  preaching  I  ever  heard.  It  is  not  a  proper  way  to 
win  souls  by  trying  to  please  the  people;  please  the 
itching  ear.  Christ  said,  "The  world  cannot  hate 
you;  but  me  it  hateth,  because  I  testify  of  it,  that 
the  works  thereof  are  evil."  John  7:  7.  We  can  win 
souls  by  teaching  our  children.  "Bring  them  up  in 
the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord."  Eph.  6: 
4.  When  Paul  and  Silas  sang  praises  to  the  Lord, 
when  in  jail,  by  their  joy  in  suffering  they  won  souls 
to  Christ. 

A   PERIOD    OF    MINISTERS'    EXPERIENCE. 

(Under  this  head  ministers  are  requested  to  relate  only 

such  experience  as  they  had  in  their  ministry  that  may  be 

instructive,  edifying  and  encouraging  to  their  co-laborers,  and 

through  them  to  the  church). 

J.  T.  Myers.  — I  had  an  experience  lately  at 
our  love  feast,  I  wished  for  a  good  impression 
on  the  congregation.  A  little  before  2  o'clock 
in  the  morning  I  got  up,  went  into  my  library, 
took  my  Bible,  found  a  text  which  I  thought  was 
suited,  but  felt  disqualified,  I  took  it  to  the  Lord 
in  prayer.  When  preaching  I  felt  such  an  unction 
from  God,  as  I  never  felt  before.  Many  thanked 
me  for  the  good  sermon,  when  I  knew  that  it  was 
the  Lord's  work. 

S.  R.  Zug.  —  I  will  go  back  thirty-two  years, 
when  I  was  elected.  My  wife  was  not  there.  I 
cime  home  and  told  her.  After  she  had  made 
up  her  mind  to  submit  to  the  voice  of  the  church, 
she    6aid,    "  Do    not    preach    the    people    dead." 


Jan.    I,   1898. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGEB. 


Another  thing  she  said  was,  "  Be  careful  that  you 
do  not  get  bad  habits,  such  as  saying  too  olten, 
'D  ar  f[iends,'"etc,  When  we  get  into  such  ruts, 
it  is  hard  to  get  out. 

Geo.  Bucher—  I  was  elected  when  twenty  years 
and  two  months  old.  The  first  time  I  stood  up 
in  my  ministry,  I  sad  but  little.  After  the  meet 
ing,  old  Brother  John  Zug  tock  me  to  a  side  and 
slid,  "  Now,  brother  George,  d.i  not  prepare  your- 
self anything,  when  you  z.te  to  preach."  I  thought 
over  this.  In  two  weeks  we  met  agiin.  I  said 
to  him,  "  I  cannot  understand  your  advice  Paul 
say.=,  '  Preach  the  Word,'  and  that  seems  to  re- 
qjire  an  effort.  Aga;n  he  says,  'Study  to  show 
thyself  a  workman  that  needeth  not  be  ashamed.' " 
"Well,1'  he  said,  "work  with  the  handle  you  have 
in  your  hoc."  I  think  we  must  study  and  then  de- 
pend upon  the  Lord  for  help, 


CiTRO.NELLE  COLLEQE  NOTES. 


— A  church  was  organ'zed  at  Citronelle  D;c. 
18,  1807,  with  twentjorae  members.  E!d.  D  R. 
Richard,  of  Ingalls,  In''.,  ac'ed  as  Moderatcr. 
He  was  assisted  by  Eld.  M.  M.  Ennis,  of  Fiult- 
dale,  Ala. 

— Prof.  Jas.  M.  Neff  preached  four  very  interest- 
ing and  instructive  sermons  in  the  chapel,  recently. 

— Three  united  with  the  church  by  baptism,  at 
Ctronelle,  D;c.  19  One  was  a  teacher  in  the 
school,  another  had  been  a  missionary  to  Africa, 
having  been  s;nt  out  by  the  M.  E  Church. 

— The  college  chapel  will  be  used  as  a  place  of 
worship  for  the  Citronelle  church. 

— We  have  a  flourishing  Sunday  school  at  Cit- 
ronelle. Five  classes  recite  in  as  many  different 
rooms  of  the  building. 

— The  prayer  meeting,  on  Thursday  night,  is  a 
source  of  much  enjoyment  to  the  members,  as  well 
as  a  benefit  to  others. 

— Oar  school  has  enrolled  about  eighty  pGJ"-££2t 
more  than  iast  year, 

— Bro.  J.  L,  Miller,  of  Norborne,  Mo.,  is  our  lat- 
est arrival. 

— Bro  Josiah  Sparks,  of  Hartford  City,  Ind  ,  has 
located  at  Citronelle,  ani  will  put  his  children  into 
the  school  here. 

— Bro.  J.  N  Baker,  of  Harrod,  Ohio,  is  spend- 
ing the  winter  here. 

— All  the  members  of  the  faculty  are  numbers  ol 
the  church. 

— At  this  writing  we  have  no  fire  in  the  school 
building  and  have  experienced  no  lower  temper- 
ature than  340  F. 

Ci'rontl/e,  A  'a.,  D.c.  22. 


student,  read  the  Holy  Scriptures  in  concert. 
There  is  a  marked  enthusiastic  interest  in  all  these 
meetings.  Visitors  to  the  chapel  morning  exer 
cises  are  often  heard  to  remark:  "How  impress- 
ive to  hear  a  large  body  of  students  read  the  Bi- 
ble in  concert,  and  with  such  hearty  response." 
Manches'er  College  has  attracted  a  large  number 
of  visitors.  People  have  come  to  investigate  the 
merits  o!  the  school,  and  those  who  know  the 
college  b:st,  are  its  greatest  admirers. 

Much  personal  effort  and  sacrifice,  on  Ihe  part 
of  the  trustees,  have  been  made  to  maintain  the 
school,  but  the  work  of  the  college  has  proved 
itself  so  worthy  that  many  friends  are  coming  to 
meet  its  growing  demands. 

We  are  expecting  a  great  spiritual  revival  during 
the  next  January  Bible  term.  The  following 
brethren  will  assist  in  this  special  Bible  term: 
Eld.  Amsey  H.  Puterbaugh  will  be  present  to  in- 
spire the  young  ministry  with  his  sermons  and  in- 
structios  in  Homiletics.  Eld.  T.  T.  Mvers,  of 
Philadelphia,  will  give  a  number  of  his  sermons 
and  lectures.  Eld.  J.  C,  Murray,  of  Nappanee, 
Ind.,  will  give  a  series  of  sermons.  To  hear  these 
brethren  will  be  a  rare  opportunity  for  you,  You 
can  afford  to  sacrifice  lif  necesszry)  to  attend 
this  term's  work.  These  three  brethren  will  bring 
new  life  and  inspiration  to  the  school 


"•s-THE  *  SUNDAY  t  SCHOOL^ 


Christ's  nvssion  in  the  world  was  not  to  turn 
stones  into  bread,  when  he  was  hungry,  but  to 
save  souls  from  spiritual  hunger  and  death.  To 
have  listened  to  the  devil  and  have  turned  stones 
into  bread,  would  have  been  robbing  God  by 
using  that  which,  at  that  time,  did  not  belong  to 
him.  So  men  do  when  overcome  by  temptatior. 
Hunger  and  thirst  become  a  passion  so  strong, 
that,  to  gratify  it,  they  try  to  turn  stones  into 
bread  by  stea'ing,  robbing  and  murder.  This 
they    do,   but   Ihe   Christ  life  is   saying  to   Ihem: 

It  is  written,  Man  sha'l  not  live  by  bread  alone, 
but  by  every  word  which  proceedeth  out  of  the 
mouth  of  God.'  Among  these  words  wc  have: 
"Thou  shalt  not  steal."  By  carefully  attending 
liritual  duties,  we  will  never 


to  ou 


:  pen 


to  suffer  undue  bodily  harms.    Christ  hi 

"  First  seek  ye  the  kingdom  of  God  and  his  rig! 

eousness,  and  all  these  things  will. be  added 


>'  : 


nto 


you 


Temptations,  many  of  them,  while  apparent,  are 
not  real.  Faith  and  patience  open  the  way  of 
escape.  S3  they  did  for  Christ  and  so  they  will  do 
for  us. 

But  as  he  gets  away  from  one,  another  comes. 
Thi3  was  not  only  a  time  of  hunger,  of  humilii- 
tion  and  deprivation.  Appirently  forsaken  and 
left  alone,  trierc  is  no  one  to  recognize  or  care 
for  him,  no  h"use,  no  homr,  left  alone  and  with- 
out any  visible  means  of  support.  In  this  con- 
dition the  devil  comes  to  him  again  and  says:  - 
Why  all  th;s?  If  thou  art  the  Son  of  God,  and 
vested  with  power,  why  not  use  it  now?  Cast 
thyself  down  from  this  temple  pinnacle,  bscausc 
it  is  written  of  thee:  *'  He  shall  give  his  angels 
charge  concerning  thee,  and  in  their  hands  shall 
they  bear  thee  up,"  etc.  It  surely  seemed  to  b.-. 
a  good  time  to  show  this  tempter  how  much  the 
Father  cared  for  the  Son.  Had  he  taken  this 
I  power  at  this  time,  and  used  it  in  this  wuy,  he, 
J  ncr  any  one  else,  would  have  been  the  better  for 
It  was  not  the  mission  of  Christ  to  show  how 

much  he  was  willing  to  sacrifice  and  endure,  that 

prior  to  starting  in  his  great  lift-work.     Although  I  ^   "''<*'   "ve  'h=    W°rId    '""*   "°    a"d    ""l- 

,.-«.    1,,.=  j     r  1      -     ■  .1  ,       Agam  the  tempted   one   answers:    •'  It  ts  written. 

f  ...    I  Thou  shalt  not  tempt  the  Lord  thy  GoV     Power 

mised    to   us,  too.      Whatsoever  we    ask   in 

not   doubting,  we  shall  receive.     And  if  wc 


LESSON  LEQHT-FLASHES 

Jesus  Tcmpted.-Matt    4:1-11 

Lesson  for  "January  g,  iSgS, 

The  first  and  continued  thing  we  want  to  learn 
and  remember,  ia  that  Jesus  was  a  man,  that  he 
was  born  as  a  child,  as  all  other  children  a*e  born, 
and  that,  from   childhood,  he   grew  up  into  boy- 
hood, as  we  see  him  when  twelve  years  old.     D<ir- 
.    log  the  igfciB  ning  ^r^^«^«p  to  be  a ^  V^£  ^^^^^ 
and  as  such  he  c^rnes  to  John  the  Baptist  at  the  ' 
Jordan,   to   be    baptized    of    him    in    the    Jordan, 
tarting  in  his  great  life-work 
have    many    wonderful    stone 
told  of  him,  during  his  home  days,  the  probabil 
ities  are  that  there  was  nothing  in  his  li.'e,  during  I  7 . 


MANCHESTER  COLLEGE  AND  THE  BIBLE  SCHOOL. 

BY    E.    M,    CROUCH. 

One  after  another,  our  schools  hive  lately  been 
filing  through  the  columns  of  the  Messenger.  It 
is  the  pleasure  of  Manchester  College  to  bring 
up  the  rear. 

The  present  (third)  session  is  an  increa-e  in 
enrollment  and  quality  of  students.  Young  men 
and  women  of  high  purposes  are  being  attracted 
by  the  work  of  the  institution. 

On?  of  the  chief  causes,  contributing  to  the  suc- 
cess of  this  school,  is  the  fact  that  the  manage- 
ment of  the  work  has  been  so  wisely  conducted, 
as  to  maintain  a  standard  of  thorough  work,  in  all 
the  different  department?.  Teachers,  trained  in  the 
b;st  colleges  and  universities,  have  been  employed 
from  the  beginning,  in  order  to  give  students  an 
opportunity  to  broaden  their  lives  in  the  higher 
courses  of  study. 

The  moral  and  Christian  character  of  the  stu- 
dent is  carefully  guarded.  Abundant  opportunities 
for  Christian  growth  are  offered  the  students  in 
the  Thursday  evening  prayer  meeting,  Sunday 
school,  preaching  se:vice,  lecture  course,  conduct- 
ed by  Pres.  E.  S.  Young  on  the  Psalms,  the  Bible 
Society,  morning  chapel  exerciser,  in  which  all  the  ' 


these  years,  to  excite  special  attention,  save  that 
he  was  a  model  boy  and  young  man  of  his  age, 
leading  a  life  free  from  all  the  vices  of  the  day, 
obedient  to  his  parents,  apt  in  learning  and  of 
pleasing  address  and  manners,  We  are  safe  in 
saying  that  in  all  the  different  stages  of  his  life 
and  growth  he  was  a  perfect  sample,  such  as 
children,  boys  and  young  men  could  well  afford 
to  take  as  an  example. 

Such  a  young  man  we  present  as  the  one  who 
was  tempted  by  the  devil, — just  as  all  young  men, 
and  women  too,  will  be  as  they  grow  up  into  man- 
hood and  womanhood.  And  as  he  was  an  exem- 
plary boy  and  young  man,  so  he  now  stands  be- 
fore you  as  the  perfect  example,  both  in  obedience 
and  in  times  of  temptation.  You  may  think  that, 
at  times,  your  temptations  are  very  and  exceed- 
ingly great.  If  so,  his  was  still  greater.  Let  us 
look  at  them,  He  had  fasted  forty  days  and  was 
very  hungry, — so  hungry  that  an  opportunity  to 
eat  would  be  a  great  temptation.  Esau  hungered 
only  a  half  day,  and  yet  his  brother's  bowl  of  soup 
so  tempted  him,  that  he  was  willing  to  barter  for 
it  all  that  he  had  and  all  that  he  expected, — even 
that  which  was  to  come  to  him  by  right  of  birth, 
and  the  father's  blessing  that  would  be  added. 

After  this  long  fast  he  was  "  an  hungred."  And 
at  this  time,  when  the  pangs  of  hunger  were 
most  keenly  felt,  the  tempter  came  to  him  with 
the  double  temptation,  first,  of  using  a  possible 
power  to  meet  selfish  ends,  and,  fecond,  of  allow- 
ing the  cravings  of  the  flesh  to  overcome  the  pur- 
poses of  the  Spirit.  But  the  answer  is  a  very 
pretty  and  significant  one:  "  It  is  written,  Man 
shall  not  live  by  bread  alone."  There  are  times 
when  we  have  more  important  duties  to  attend 
to  than  feeding  our  bodies. 


have   faith 
remove  moi 


would    detern 


grain  of  mustard  seed,  we  could 
s.  But  suppose  we  had  so  much 
ir  amusement  or  gratification,  we 
;  to  remove  some  of  our  sur- 
rounding hills  and  mountains.  Then  the  Lord 
would  say:  "What  do  you  want  to  do  that  for?'' 
What  would  be  our  answer?  Dj  you  not  think 
we  would  be  somewhat  speechless?  These  hills 
and  mountains  are  all  right  in  their  places.  Our 
mission  is  not  to  remove  and  misplace  them,  but 
there  are  hills  and  mountains  before  our  brother's 
doors  that  ought  to  be  removed,— mountains  cf 
sorrows,  losses  and  cro'sses.  These  we  are  called 
upon  to  remove,  and  if  we  have  love  and  faith, 
as  the  Master  had  it,  it  will  be  a  pleasure  for  us  to 
it. 
There  is  yet  another  temptation  that  was  put 
to  the  Christ,  and  which  was  as  bravely  withstood 
as  the  others.  From  this  lesson  let  us  learn  to 
overcome  all  the  temptations  that  may  befall  us, 

II.  B.  B. 


OUR    PRAYKlt    MUKTING-. 


For  Thursday  En. 


S,  Jan.  6,  j 


I.  The  Work  of  Love. 

1.  Humility.    Acts  20:  iq;  1  Pet.  5:  5. 

2.  Long-suffering.     2  Cor.  6;  6;  Ga).  5:  2:,  Epb,  -\:  2. 

3.  Good  conduct.     Titus  3:  2;  I  Tim.  4:  12,  15,  16. 

4.  Rejoicing  in  truth,     Rom.  5:  2;  1  Thess.  5:  16. 

5.  Patient  endurance.     1  Pet.  2:20-24. 
II.  The  Greatness  of  Love. 

1.  Itnever  fails.     I  Cor.  [3:  8;  Cant.  S:6. 

2.  The  one  thing  perfect.     2  Tim.  3;  17. 

3.  An  abiding  possession.     Jobn  15:  10, 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGBE;. 


Jan.  I,  l8c,8. 


*1  HE  *  YOUINQ  *  PEOPLE  - 


OCR  MISSIONARY  READING  CIRCLE. 

OoTirse   of   Reading. 
first  rjjft 

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1.   'Idle  oi  A,  Judson,"  clolh,  t7  cents:  paper IS  cents, 

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SECOX1)    I  BAIL 

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7.  "Cannlbale  ol  r.'oiv  Guinea,"  clotl 70  cents. 

8.  "The  Seven  Laws  ol  Teaching,"  cloth 6S  cents. 

TSMICO    VKAI1. 

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B3F*Prlcea,  as  given  above,  are  lor  members  ol  Reading  Circle  only 
A  1  others  pay  regular  retail  price. 

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Officbrs  of  Reading  Circle— Piesldcnt,  W.  B.  Stover,  Bolsar,  lad., 

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c  imer.  Waynesboro.   P..,—;.,  wlio-n   all    t n-niok.ttlon.    concerning    the 

Kiadlne  Circle  aliould  be  addie.scd,  but  all  orders  lor  hooka  ahould   be 
aldressedto  Bt.thr-u  I'.il.llvnr ;;  II Mount  Morris.  111. 


A  NEW  YEAR'S  SONQ. 

The  last  red  rays  decline 

Across  the  wbited  wold; 
From  the  horizon  line 

Slow  lades  the  year's  last  gold. 
Time,  wiih  averted  eyes, 

Goes  down  the  darkening  way; 
But  he  renewed  shall  rise 

Light-hearled  as  the  day. 
Upon  his  cheek  shall  Youth 

Show  tbe  rose-miracle; 
Upon  his  brow  shall  Truth 

O'er  Wrong  the  victory  tell. 
Treasure  the  thought  sublime, 

O  journeying  soul!  that  salth 
Tbat  thou  shalt  e'en  as  Time, 

Have  triumph  over  Death. 

—Clinton  Scollayd. 


WHEN  THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOLS  HIBERNATE. 
BY   NANCY    D.   UNDERBILL, 

When  the  Sunday  school  goes  into  winter  quar- 
ters, to  sleep  until  next  harvest  time  (summer), 
while  the  enemy  is  prowling  about,  sowing  tares,  it 
is  a  good  plan  for  the  Christians  in  the.church,  who 
are  zealous  for  the  salvation  of  souls,  to  have  a 
Bible  reading  class  to  meet  Sunday  afternoons  at 
the  home  or  homes  of  those  who  feel  so  disposed. 
These  gatherings  may  be  quite  informal,  and  all 
who  attend  should  be  made  to  feel  at  home,  so 
they  will  freely  participate  in  the  exercises.  Let 
some  familiar  hymns  be  sung,  and  then  let  one  or 
more  lead  in  prayer.  After  prayer  another  hymn 
may  be  sung,  and  then  let  the  reading  begin, 

It  is  well  to  study  by  topic,  announcing  the  sub- 
ject a  week  previously,  each  time.  Let  each  person 
find  some  Scripture  bearing  upon  his  subject,  and 
be  ready  to  read,  and  comment  upon  it,  if  so  de- 
sired When  the  subject  is  announced  let  some 
Scripture  be  mentioned  in  connection  with  it,  if 
desirable,  and  if  it  is  thought  well  to  do  so,  a  leader 
may  be  selected,  but  let  it  be  a  different  person 
each  time,  so  as  to  give  all  an  equal  opportunity 
and  get  all  interested.  Let  as  many  references  be 
read  as  have  been  selected;  then,  if  there  is  plenty 
of  time,  the  leader  may  designate  some  person  to 
talk  a  few  minutes,  or,  if  so  disposed,  all  may  speak 
by  turns.  Let  the  meeting  be  closed  by  song  and  a 
short  prayer.  Let  it  be  understood  where  the  next 
meeting  will  be,  and  the  subject  selected  and  an- 
nounced, so  all  may  be  ready.  Let  not  these 
forma!  ga'herings  be  selfish,  but  make  all  welcome; 
and,  if  requested  to  do  so,  have  some  of  the  meet- 
ings at  the  homes  of  members  of  other  churches 
and  of  those  who  are  not  members  of  any  church. 
The  object  is  to  study  God's  Word;  and  it  is  quite 
as  beneficial  to  others  to  study  the  Word  as  it  i 
us.  So  give  all  an  equal  opportunity.  Let  pure 
godly  love  permeate  the  whole  service. 

Much  good  may  result  from  these  meetings  if 
conducted  in  a  spirit  of  love.     Let  the   rocking- 


chairs  be  broutht  into  the  parlor  (or  whatever 
room  is  used)  for  the  aged  guests;  let  the  kitchen 
and  dining-room  and  parlor  chairs  be  placed  about 
in  a  sort  of  circle.  Use  the  little  ones'  chairs,  the 
footstools,  and  even  the  wash-bench  if  necessary, — 
with  a  folded  quilt  or  blanket  spread  over  it, — for 
the  children  v/ho  come.  If  several  little  ones  come 
let  a  separate  class  be  formed  for  them,  and  some 
good,  willing  Christian  be  selected  to  instruct  them. 
They  can,  with  mamma's  or  papa's  help,  find 
some  verse  each  week  bearing  upon  the  subject, 
which  they  should  be  encouraged  to  learn  by  heart, 
and  repeat  at  the  meeting. 

These  little  verses  may  be  called  "forget-me- 
nots."  Their  teacher  may  tell  them  something 
about  each  verse, — who  wrote  it,  its  meaning,  etc., 
but  let  the  little  ones  sing  with  the  older  ones,  and 
they  may  be  taught  to  close  by  repeating  the 
Lord's  Prayer  in  concert,  if  desired,  Let  the  hour 
chosen  be  one  that  will  not  interfere  with  any  one's 
rest  or  their  meal  hours  or  other  meetings, 

Let  everything  have  a  comfortable,  home-like 
air,  no  stiffness  or  formality,  If  there  are  but  a  few 
neighbors  to  meet,  let  them  all  greet  each  other 
upon  entering,  If  the  gathering  is  a  large  one,  let 
the  host  and  hostess  greet  those  who  come  and 
assign  them  a  seat.  If  the  assembly  is  not  too 
large,  let  all  strangers  be  introduced  and  made  to 
feel  quite  welcome  at  once.  Be  sure  and  always 
invite  the  Holy  Guest  to  be  present. 

Let  every  one  who  goes  invite  Jesus  to  go  along 
with  him  and  you  will  have  such  a  good  time  that 
you  will  wonder  if  you  haven't  found  one  of  those 
heavenly  places. 

Cation  City,  Colo, 


THE  BROOKLYN  MISSION. 

BY   AL1CB   J.   BOOSE. 

The  harvest  time  for  city  missions  is  at  hand. 
Each  day  has  its  duties  and  privileges,  pleasant  and 
"u^^a'5571V^trriIrgT,7~aisci,  wnii:iT1oumiiTate~.an3-al: 
most  distract  workers.  Then  there  is  the  spiritual 
deepening,  widening  and  lifting,  as  it  were,  into 
the  very  presence  of  God.  How  we  love  to  linger 
on  the  mount  of  glory;  but,  like  our  Perfect  Exam- 
ple, we  must  work  down  in  the  valley.  In  the  mount 
we  receive  grace,  courage  and  strength  for  work  in 
the  byways  and  highways. . 

Among  some  the  work  must  be  done  in  a  way 
that  they  do  not  even  anticipate  the  design  of  the 
worker  until  they  realize  a  change  in  their  lives, 
and  when,  with  a  frank,  open  heart,  they  tell  how 
much  happier  they  are  and  how  much  more  they 
see  in  a  noble,  Christian  life,  and  have  resolved 
upon  such  a  life,  the  heart  of  the  servant  is  thrilled, 
tears  flow,  prayers  go  up,  Jesus  comes  down  and 
there  is  joy,  sweet  joy. 

We  are  taught  that  the  value  of  one  soul  is  worth 
more  than  all  the  world.  Why,  then,  are  Chris- 
tians not  more  desirous  of  taking  shares  in  stock 
that  will  insure  a  hundredfold  increase  on  their  in- 
vestment?    My  dear  friends,  try  it! 

Our  Sunday  school  is  growing  in  interest.  There 
is  one  peculiar  feature  in  it.  We  have  about  three 
times  as  many  boys  as  girls.  In  a  class  of  twenty, 
ranging  from  twelve  to  sixteen  years,  there  are  four 
girls.  It  is  a  beautiful  scene  to  watch  the  boys 
coming  in  with  their  Bibles  under  their  arm.  These 
boys  will  one  day  be  men.  May  we  not  have  your 
earnest  petitions  united  with  ours,  that  they  will  be 
godly,  God-fearing  men?  At  least  twelve  of  the 
class  have  purchased  Bibles  since  entering. 

Through  Sister  Engler  the  Popp  boys  came  to 
Sunday  school.  They  invited  one  of  their  play- 
mates, who  came,  A  few  weeks  later  Harry  West 
came  one  day  with  two  other  boys  who  asked  to 
join  our  school.  We  gladly  welcomed  them 
About  two  weeks  after  this,  one  evening,  a  lady 
called,  saying,  "  Harry  West,  my  son's  companion, 
says,  you  have  such  a  delightful  Sunday  school,  a 
splendid  teacher,  beautiful  illustrations,  and  Etfgar 
wanted  me  to  get  permission  for  him  to  attend 
also.    We  are  Episcopal,  but  our  Sunday  school  is 


sn  dry  and  dull  that  Edgar  refuses  to  go,  and  I  do 
not  blame  him."  . 

These  boys  have  brought  others,  and  we  have 
eight  who  have  left  their  Sunday  school  for  some- 
thing better.  Boys  know  a  good  thing  when  they 
find  it. 

Fellow  superintendent  and  teachers,  make  your 
Sunday  school  classes  such  that  your  classes  will 
grow  and  not  dwindle  away.  We  think  our  boys 
and  girls  do  well  in  their  offerings.  They  put  two 
dozen  chairs  in  the  mission  at  a  cost  of  $12;  S3.C0 
worth  of  Bibles  in  the  Sunday  school,  and  are  now 
paying  S3.00  per  month  on  the  rent  of  the  mission 
room.  The  adult  members,  about  ten  in  number, 
have  borne  the  general  expense  of  the  sehool. 

The  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  noticeable  in  our 
school,  and  we  earnestly  pray  he  will  continue  to 
work  to  will  and  do  of  his  good  pleasure,  through- 
out life. 

The  Lord  has  wonderfully  blessed  and  cared  for 
me  since  in  Brooklyn.  After  Sister  Lizzie  Grater 
left  for  Norristown,  I  knew  it  would  be  impossible 
to  bear  the  burden  alone.  Bro.  Utz,  of  New  Jersey, 
has  proved  a  very  faithful  helper,  but  he  could 
teach  only  one  class  at  a  time,  so  the  Lord  sent 
us  Sister  May  Oiler  for  two  Sundays.  Then  came 
two  sisters  from  Palmyra,  for  two  or  three  weeks, 
but  they  were  so  well  pleased  that  they  will  remain 
over  Christmas.  On  Thanksgiving  Sister  Minnie 
Howe  came,  and  will  remain  until  sometime  in  Jan- 
uary. A  few  days  ago  Sister  Emma  Welty,  of 
Lancaster,  came  over.  All  are  busy  as  bees,  and 
very  happy  in  the  Master's  service. 

I   have  given   you    the    bright    side.     Come    in 
and  see  the  dark  side.    The  Lord  graciously  and 
abundantly  bless  you  sill 
fjSi  Third  Ave.,  Brooklyn. 


HOW  THE  CHILDREN  KEPT  THE  BIBLE. 

In  reading  the  "  History  of  the  Waldenses,"  it  is 
ost  wonderful  how  these  persecuted  people  pre- 
-C^ved  the  Bible.  You,  young  people,  who  have  a 
Bible  at  your  elbow,  to  read"  from  at~~ariy  time,  can 
hardly  imagine  what  struggles  "The  Israel  of  the 
Alps,"  as  a  writer  calls  them,  had  to  worship  God 
according  to  the  teachings  of  the  Word. 

Amid  the  terrible  persecutions  and  destitutions 
of  their  life  in  the  Alpine  mountains,  they  taught 
their  children  to  memorize  chapters,  so  that  what- 
ever might  befall  the  written  copies  of  the  Bible, 
large  portions  of  it  might  be  secure  in  the  memories 
of  their  youths  and  maidens.  In  secret  meetings, 
when  they  went  by  night  barefooted,  or  with  shoes 
bound  with  rags,  so  that  they  might  not  be  heard  in 
passing,  it  was  their  custom  to  listen  to  the  Gospels 
recited  in  turn  by  the  young,  each  one  responsible 
for  a  certain  portion. — N.  W.  C.  Advocate, 


WHAT  WILL  YOU  DO? 


When  Count  Campello  first  gave  up  his  well-paid 
canonry  in  the  Church  of  Rome,  fourteen  years 
ago,  he  had  to  endure  many  privations  for  con- 
science* sake.  On  one  occasion,  after  being  without 
the  means  to  procure  food  for  three  days,  another 
ex-Romish  priest,  who  was  working  with  him,  said: 
"What  are  we  to  do;  we  cannot  go  on;  I  see  but 
two  courses;  we  must  go  back  or  starve;  I  shall  go 
back;  what  will  you  do?  "  Count  Campello's  reply 
was  in  one  word,  "Starve."  But  God  does  not  de- 
sert, although  he  tries  his  children.— Bombay  Guard- 


Is  is  stated  that  the  New  York  Bible  Society, 
during  the  year  ending  Sept.  30,  distributed  in  this 
city  60,424  Bibles  and  Testaments,  in  twenty-four 
different  languages,  including  the  various  European 
languages,  also  Chinese,  Arabic,  Greek,  Bulgarian 
and  others.  The  society  has  missionaries  meeta 
ing  the  immigrants  with  Bibles  and  Testaments 
in  their  languages;  and  it  is  doing  a  large  work 
among  the  blind  and  is  engaged  in  a  house-to 
house  visitation,  reaching  many  families  and  indi- 
viduals, It  also  aims  to  supply  the  children  in  the 
Sunday  schools. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department 


COMMITTEE. 

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BE0rjT,AB  HEETIHGS  OP  THE  COHMITTEE: 
before  Standing  Committee  conven 
ing;  the  second  Monday  oi  Octobe 

BUSINESS  FOB  AH7  HEETIKQ  should  b 
In  order  to  be  prepared  for  that  sessic 


BAOB  STATE  DISTBICT  MISSION  BOABD  i3  entitled  prbb  t- 
35  six-months  subscriptione  to  the  Gosprl  Messhn 
OHR  for  missionary  purposes.  The  list  must  be  en 
dorsed  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  beiore  the  pape 
will  be  sent. 

TEE  OOHUITTSE  BECEIVES  donations  for  the  following 
funds:  World-Wide.  Asia  Minor,  India.  Orphanage  : 
Smyrna;  Washington  Meetinghouse;  Sufferers  1 
India:  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 

DO  HOT  ADDBESS  business  or  money  Intended  lor  11 
Committee,  to  any  of  its  members.  All  such  corre' 
pondence  and  money  should  be  sent  to 

GEN.  MISS.  A4  TRACT  COM., 

Mount  Morris,  111, 


MOTTO  FOB  THE  TEAR. 


Episcopali 


The  rector  of 

Jersey  City  propo 

in  connection  with  his  church. 

the  devil  likes  to  see. 


church  in 
dancing-class 
That  is  what 


Loaves  and  fishes  are  all  right  and  n 
sary  for  the  preacher,  as  well  as  for  anybody 
else,  but  we  would  not  give    much    for   the 
preacher  who   makes    such  things  the  chief 


On  the  outside  of  a  church  in  the  West  a 
mob  waited  for  the  preacher,  intending  to  do 
him  bodily  injury.  The  preacher  defeated  ihe 
mob  by  keeping  up  the  meeting  all  night,  a 
number  of  the  more  zealous  remaining  with 
him. 


One  section  of  country  in  Africa  is  said  .to- 
be  no  destitute  of  Christian  workers,  that  a 
person  may  travel  a  thousand  miles  in  either 
direction  from  a  given  center,  meet  I  to  coo  oon 
people,  and  yet  not  find  one  missionary  among 


The  neighbors  who  went  into  th 
cornfield  on  Saturday  and  gathered  his  con 
for  him,  doubtless  enjoyed  the  sermon  tht 
next  day.  We  may  rest  assured  that  nont 
of  them  went  to  sleep  in  church,— they  are  nol 
that  kind, 

Commissioner    Booth-Tucker,    who   was 

born  in  India,  and  has  spent  most  of  his  life 
there,  says  famine  and  pestilence  are  among 


Let  some  who  b„,t  . 
to  do  evangelistic  work,  with  a  view  of  eaih 
enng  numbers  into  the  fold  in  this  and  , ha 
congregation,  settle  down  to  evangelistic  worl 
in  our  cities,  and  leave  the  home  talent  dt 
tne  congregational  revival  work.  That  wil 
be  better  [or  the  congregations,  and  will  giv, 
some  excellent  talent  for  city  missions  iw 
the  city  field  does  not  promise  such  'returns 
in  number,  as  revival  work  does,  but  it  i- 
planting  the  church  where  it  is  badly  needed 
and  that  is  far  more  important. 

These  workers  must  be  full  of  faith.  When 
the  host  of  s.n  is  pressing,  hard 
as  though  the  enemy  would  ovi 
then  that  the  missionary,  prophet-like,  should 
be  able  to  see  the  legions  of  ,he  Lord's  hos 
in  the  clouds  about  him,  readv  to  assist  him 
if  his  own  forces  are  vanquished.  There  mus 
be  faith,  yes  faith  to  see  success  for  Christ  i. 
which  the  devil  calls  his  victory. 
.  missionary  should  be  sociable 
kind,  courteous,  having  the  desirable  quality 
inning  people  to  Christ  by  a  gentle  dispo- 
»,  yet  unbending  in  principle.  He  must 
nsh  with  the  hook  and  line  of  God's  love 
and  forbear  throwing  stones,  except  when 
enemy  comes  near  enough  to  make  it  im- 
portant to  hit  him. 

i  must  possess  patience  and  be  willing 
idure  under  heavy  trial  and,  through  it 
:arry  a  smile  and  cheerful  countenance. 
No  one  has  as  much  right  to  smile,  in  this 
world,  as  the  Christian  and  especially  the  mis- 
sionary.  To  carry  a  long  face  gives  out  the 
impression  that  to  serve  Christ 
some  and  takes  the  cheer  out  of  life. 
Other  important  qualifications  in 
of  ability  to  preach,-  to  converse 
abreast  with  the  day  in  important  ... 
etc.,  might  be  mentioned,  but  look  at  the  next 
great  need. 

The  city  mission,  to  be  a  success,  must 
be  backed  by  proper  financial  support.    No 


'resented 


hint  at  wastefuln 
le  be  turned  in 
generation,  and  see  what  the 
Instead  of  the  church,  bee 
having  to  take  so: 
of  the  block,  or  some  out 
.and  the  saloon  having  the  Co 

church   so  place   money   at 
they  can 


meant.     But  let  tin 
r  just  one 


-of-the-way    hall, 
rner  of  the  block, 


two  brethren  dropped 
with  a  purse  to  buy 

The  Lord  and  the  guardian  angels  about 
are  the  only  ones,  perhaps,  who  know  h 
much  our    spirits  were  cheered  by  the  a 
cf  thoughtful  solicitude  for  our  comfort,  a 
■t  should  also  be  a  source  of  joy  ,o  those  w 
bestow   these  acts  of  love  and  care  for  the 
Lords  servants,  lo   know  that    they    will    be 
remembered  ,„  the  resurrection  of  the  just, 
inasmuch  as  ye  did  unto  the  least  of  mv 
brethren,  ye  did  i,  „„,o  me.    Come  up  high- 


ASIA  MINOR  MISSION. 

»V  G.  J.  FERCKEN. 

Nov., 8.  At  our  prayer  meeting  last  nigh, 
mree  ot  our  older  orphan  boys  took  part  in 
the  exercises.  We  were  very  glad  for  their 
sakes,  and  glad  also  for  the  sake  of  some  of 
the  older  members  who  have  not  yet  taken 
part  in  these  informal  meetings  of  Ihe  church. 
t  is  true  that,  even  at  home,  longstanding 
members  remain  forever  si'ent  at  these  un- 
olhcial  gatherings,  and  therefore  we  cannot 
expect  too  much,  in  the  missionary  field,  from 
those  who  are  yet  but  "babes  in  Christ." 


pleased 


childlike  hun 


Mir  dear  brother,  Prothromos 
He  is  a  man  of  great  piety  and 
hty,  exerting  an  excellent  in. 
fluence  over  our  members  and  orphans.  He 
is  forty  years  old.  Twenty  years  ago  he  be- 
came enlightened,  accepted  Christ,  and  joined 
the  American  Congregational  body,  whose 
mission  in  Asia  Minor,  for  the  past  sixty  or 
seventy  years,  has  done  a  grand  and  noble 
ivork,  especially  in  the  educational  line.  For 
iome  years  past,  he  has  been  employed  as 
v/jer/airby  the  Smyrna  agency  of  the  Brit- 
sh  Bible  Society.  He  has  traveled  exten- 
sively in  the  interior,  knotvs  every  hook  and 
nook  of  this  western  part  of  Anatolia,  having 
mes  to  ocU  portions  o[ 
Holy  Scriptures,  distribute  tracts,  and  preach 
the  Word.  With  such  an  experience,  what 
table  man  he  would  be  to  our  outsta- 
that  are  so  much  in  need  of  a  resident 


nditi, 


.  Ihe 


The 


re  di 


id  those  some  of  the  fairest,  whe:_ 
mger  is  never  absent,  where  cholera  averag- 
s  in  an  ordinary  year.  Starva- 
least  t,ooo,coo.  The  greatest 
on  Indian  statistics  calculates 
ooo  to  40,000,000  peopl 

of  hunger;  in  fact,  do 


hu  _ 

es  300,000  death 

tion  claims  at 

living  authority  on  Ind 

that  from  30,000,000  to  4 

ly  ever  lose  the  sensatic 

not  know  the  feeling  of  a  full  stomach,  .., 

in  the  mango  season. 

WILL  C1TV   MISSIONS  BE  A  SUC- 

CESS  FOR  THE  BRETHREN 

CHURCH?— No.  3. 

Considering  what  has   been  said  in   the 
preceding  two  articles  under  this  head,  there 
■  to  the  direct  question 


The  Brethren  church  is  not  tied  up  by  an 
creed  that  regulates  its  doctrines  and  method 
except  the  New  Testament.  She  is  ever  ready 
to  accept  more  light,  and  adopt  better  meth- 
ods, when  their  need  is  presented  properly 
to  her.     Further,  she  is  awake  to  city  missions 

and  is  awakening  more  fully  year  by  year! 
Her  progress  in  missions  clearly  shows  she 

will  adapt  her  methods  to  the  needs  of  her 

work  just  as  rapidly  as  it  is  possibles  do,  and 

retain  soundness  of  body  and  healthiness  of 

growth. 
What,  then,  are  some  of  the  needs  of  city 

missions,  that  will  make  them  a  grand  success 

for  the  Lord? 


1  the  corner,  and  drive  the  saloon  into  th 
1  insignificant  places.    In  other  words -let  no 
the  withholding  of  our  means  keep  the  Lord: 
cause  trailing  m  the  dirt  and  filth  of  the  city 
The  workers  themselves  only  ask  for  them- 
selves a  reasonable  support,  but  it  would  be 
a  great  encouragement  to  every  mission,  anc 
would  add  decidedly  to  the  promise  of  sue 
cess,  did  each  one  have  good,  plain,  suitable 
church  homes,  with  every  facility  for  impress- 
ing deeply  the  Word  of  Life  on  every  one 
attending. 
Our  workers,  in  the  cities,  are  doing  more 
an  their  share  in  the  sacrifice  for  the  cause 
ere.    God  bless  them,  as  he  will,  for  it.    But 
let  the  church    awake    to   her    privilege    her 
opportunity,  her  duty,  and  let  her  push'  city 
ingelization  with  a  zeal  and  knowledge  in 
keeping  with  Ihe  high  calling  to  which  she 
called,  and  the  glorious  Gospel,  which  she|an<I    tne 
to  cany  to  the  millions  of  benighted  ones   0orfa.  °" 
re  bound  ' l0  becom 


ha  Apocalypti 


•  elect  a  minister  ioTj/as/ui 
Philadelphia— where  we  'no 


Bro.  Prothromos  D.  PinyatogI, 
qualified  for  that  work.    The  lol  also  fell  on  Pro 
Melkom    Khanikian   who,  for  the  past 
:n   months,    has  been    our   evangelist    and 
■worker.    In  his  old  age,    he    has 
active    and    faithful,    and    we   are   gl 
church    in    Smyrna    appreciates    and 
These 


of  the 


was  advanced  to 
ministry,  and  was  installed 
solemnity.  Our  brother  received  the'  hearty 
handshakings  and  the  "holy  kiss  "  not  only 
from  the  members,  but  even  the  few  outsiders 
who  were  present  to  witness  this  setting  apart 
of  an  ambassador  of  Christ,  came  forward 
and  greeted  him.  The  church  has  deemed 
it  wise  to  take  this  step  that  our  new  minis- 
tering brother,  who  is  to  be  over  one  hun- 
dred miles  away  from  us,  may  have  full 
authority  to  baptize  and  administer  ihe 
ordinances  of  the  church.  Prothromos  means 
forerunner,  in  Greek.  We  therefore  trust 
that  our  brother  will  worthily  bear  his  name 
and,  like  another  Baptist,  "  prepare  the  way 
before  the  Lord,"  by  "turning  the  hearts  of 
the  fathers  to  the  children,  and  the  disobe- 
dient lo  Ihe  wisdom  of  the  just,  making 
ready  a  people  prepared  for  the  Lord." 

We  failed  to  say  in  one  of  the  above  items 
that  three  of  the  orphans  who  were  baptized 
(the  last  three  mentioned),  lost  their  parents 
the  massacres.  By  having  one  orphan, 
whose  parents  died  a  natural  death,  also  seek 
Gospel  baptism,  we  ought  to  be  encouraged 
that  we  did  not  close  our  doors  to  more  fortu- 
late  orphans,  who  did  not  suffer  [nun  ihe 
inrrors  of  the  massacres. 
riic.  ,.  Last  night  the  church  assembled 
gain  to  bid  farewell  to  our  brother  Prolhro- 
nos,  who  is  leaving  to-morrow  for  the  old 
:ity  of  Philadelphia,  whither  he  has  been 
called  cf  God  to  "strengthen  the  things 
which  remain,  that  are  ready  to  die."  The 
lage  to  the  church  in  Philadelphia  (Rev. 
3:  7-13)  suggested  many  appropriate  thought*, 
»».,  the  "open  door"  which  Christ  now  opens 
and  "no  man  shuts;"  and  all  that  because 
our  brother  has  "  little  strength, '  and  has 
"kept  the  word,"  and  has  "not  denied  his 
name,"  also  these  thoughts:  "Because  thou 
hast  kept  the  word  of  my  patience,  I  will  keep 
thee  in  the  hour  of  temptation:"  "hold  to»t 
fast  which  thou  hast;"  "I  will  make  thee  a 
pillar  in  the  temple  of  my  God;"  etc.  The 
whole  was  a  solemn  occasion  that  reminded 
us  very  much  of  Paul's  departure  [rom  Ml. 
letus,  as  he  bade  farewell  to  the  elders  of  the 
,iiiister!  church  at  Ephesus.    Then  all  kneeling  down 

-;—  :,^^^^^BtS^^^^^i:, "     : '' ■";' " 

>-"n  to  the  word  of  his  grace,  which 
build  him  up  and  to  give  him  an 
:e  among  all   them  which  are  san 


t  you  will  not  fail 


ier    this    brother  and  his 
kneel  before  the  throne  of  grace.' 
Smyrna,  Asia  Minor. 


■ork, 


WHAT  FIVE  LITTLE  OIRLS  DID. 


richly  bl 
ry  of 


of  the 

is  their  labor: 


yo  brethn 
May  the  Lord  I 


baptism  by 


rcque 


do  her  part  1 


:  for  the  Br 


i(   she 


Chris 


,  Let  there  be  a  doubling  up  of  the  forces,   love 
e  after  time,  by  the  best  talent  the  church   latet 


PROVOKINli  TO  LOVE  AND  GOOD 
WORKS. 

Without  letting  the  left  hand  know  jus 
where  the  right  hand  is  operating,  in  this  in 
itance,  we  give  the  following  from  a  lette: 
ust  received  at  this  office.     We  hope  it  wil 
irompt  others  to  act.— Eo. 
After  reading  Sister  Hilary's  article,  headed, 
In  the  Cornfield,"  I  was  impressed  with  the 
act,  that  if  our  brethren  and  sisters    could 
be  made  to  realize  how  much  we  poor  ser 
of    the    church    appreciate    these   generous 
tokens    of    kindness   and    brotherly   symp 
thy,  there  would  be  much  more  done  alor 
:ese  lines,  than  there  is. 
Not  long  since,  the  sisters    of    this    plac 
contributed   their   mites    and    presented    my 
with  a  handsome  purse,  to  buy  hersel 
ter  wrap,  which  she  very  much  needed 
seemed    to  "provoke    the   brethren    tc 


In  the  spring,  Sister  Kate  Sayl 
each  of  her  Sunday  school  schol 
they  wished.    They 

— -    -.-.«„,   out,  1  -t>t.~  ■«">'    ,i.sed    chickens.      They 

well  prepared  and  after  having    the    money  on   Thanksgiving    Day 
repentance  toward  God  and  faith    ing  that  it  be  sent  to  India.      The 
Lord  Jesus  Christ."    These  were    raised  from  thei 
Totouzian,  of  Ceasaria;    Yeghia  Kon-       Thus  we  see  that  the  little  folks 
Mikael  Tavajian,  of    Everek,    great  work,  if  encouraged 
op    Sakojian,    of    that 
phan,  so  miraculously,  saved    would  invest  some  funds  in  this  way,  and  u 
chosen  vessel  "  unto    the  proceeds  for  mission  work 
bear  his  name  before  his  much  trod- 1     Eldorado,  Ohio. 
n-down    nation.       When    we    look    upon 

REPORT  OF  WASHINGTON  MISSION 


nd    good 


for  a  few  evenings 
were  quietly  6eated  in  our  study, 


ask  ourselves,  who,  of  all 
tributors,  will  ever  regret  his  gifts,  or  find  fault 
with  the  suggestion  of  founding  an  Orphanage, 
whether  here  or  at  Bulsar?  Surely  (: 
have  said  it  before),  on  the  young  people  of 
our  missions  depend  our  future  success  and 
the  hope  of  moulding  and  forming  a  "pecu- 
iple,  zealous  of  good"  works."  Breth- 
sisters,  pray  earnestly  for  these  young 
at  they  may  be  strong  against  the 
temptations  of  the  world,  and  be  kept  faithful 
"ven  unto  death! 

Nov.  29.  We  spent  a  blessed  Sabbath  yes- 
terday, with  all  the  visions  and  foretastes  of 
heaven.  Besides  our  morning  and  evening 
services,  we  held  our  fall  love  feast  in 
which  so  many  participated.  All  turned  out 
in   full   force,  making    the    exercises    doubly 


society 


Prothomos 
I,  "I  did 


nd  de 


Our 


cry  much  affected  and 
eve  that  I"  could  have 

to  the  Truth  than  I  do  now." 
Last  night  another  meeting  of  the 

held,  at  which    Ero.   Prothomos 


-Mi'  .  M,   it,';-kt-h.,v,'y,  rkrlcy,  1  „.,  .'.   '  .'  '  .'  ,'     1  [ 

Expenditures,  .'  .'  .'  .  .'  '  '  .'  ,'  ,'  \  \  \  \  ,.'  '  ,7  \ 

Balance  on  bund,  Deo.  1, ...     110  1 

wm»,tSt.,S.2,  M.C.Fnoun.TMa.. 


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panion."   

Bro.  Chas.  M.  Yearout  is  now  engaged  in  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  at  Warrensburg,  Mo.  The  interest 
is  reDorted  pond      .  , ...«l 


A  congregation  was  recently  organized  at  Cit 
ronelle,  Ala.  Three  were  also  received  into  the 
church  by  baptism. 

The  series  of  meetings,  at  Lanark,  closed  with 
six  baptized  and  two  reclaimed.  The  meetings 
weie  conducted  by  Bio.  Trout. 


There  will  be  a  love  feast  in  Washington,  D.  C  , 
Jan.  18,  at  7:  30,  at  the  usual  place  of  worship.  A 
cordial  invitation  is  extended  to  all  who  can  be 
present,  Address  or  call  on  Bro.  Albert  Hollinger, 
3^9  Eleventh  St.,  S.  E. 

Bro.  C.  E.  Arnold,  of  McPherson.  Kans.,  was 
with  us  over  last  Sunday,  and  preached  in  the 
Chapel  both  morning  and  evening.  His  talks  were 
very  much  appreciated.  He  went  from  here  to 
Mineral  Creek,  Mo.,  where  he  is  to  conduct  a  Spe- 
cial Bible  Term.    

Some  of  our  readers  send  us  a  long  list  of  Bible 
questions,  desiring  private  answers,  With  us,  this 
is  simply  impossible,  We  would  like  to  respond 
to  all  such  requests  for  information,  but  our  edi- 
torial work  takes  up  all  of  our  time  during  the 
day,  and  often  extends  far  into  the  night. 

The  "Word  for  the  Worker,"  is  the  title  of  a 
neatly- printed  little  booklet  iust  published  by  Bro. 
J.  G.  Royer,  of  this  place.  It  sets  forth,  in  a  con- 
cise manner,  the  condition  of  the  sinner,  God's  love 
for  him,  the  salvation  for  him,  how  to  secure  it, 
what  he  must  do  to  be  saved,  etc.  The  booklet 
can  be  read  and  studied  with  profit.  Price,  ten 
cents.     Address  Ihis  office. 


Some  of  our  readers  are  inquiring  for  information 
concerning  the  Mormons  and  their  doctrine.  We 
refer  them  to  the  excellent  book  on  that  subject, 
reviewed  in  our  literary  department  last  week.  It 
is  the  best  exposition  of  Mormonism  we  have  ever 
read.  It  was  written  by  a  man  who  had  been  a 
Mormon  preacher  a  number  of  years,  and  knows 
just  what  he  is  writing  about. 


Not  long  since  a  church  called  two  young  breth- 
n  to  the  ministry.  Another  brother,  thinking 
that  these  young  men  should  have  some  good 
books,  writes  for  our  catalogue,  saying  that  he  pro- 
poses to  get  some  books  for  the  newly-elected 
preachers.    That    is    the    way  we    like    to    hear 


It  is  encouraging  to  hear  of  churches  employing 
^  tv.*~-i  --    /^tiippt^i  teaC-hers  to  give  a  course  of  training  in, 

!Ti»3-B_T__r-irfir^ 


A  series  of  meetings,  at  the  Glade  View  house, 
West  Virginia,  conducted  by  1.  B.  Ferguson,  of 
Pennsylvania,  closed  Dec.  14,  with  five  accessions, 

In  the  Notes  from  our  Correspondents,  last  issue, 
the  address  of  Sister  Maggie  M.  Good  should  have 
been  North  Liberty,  Ind  ,  instead  of  North  Web- 
ster.   

One  congregation  in  Ohio  donates  the  Messen- 
ger to  twenty-eight  members  who  are  too  poor  to 
pay  for  it.  That  church  knows  what  is  good  for 
her  poor  members.  , 

Bro.  Haas,  of  Harrisburg,  recently  closed  an  in- 
teresting series  of  meetings  at  Coventry,  Pa ,  with 
six  confessions,  The  meetings  are  said  to  have  re- 
sulted in  great  good  to  the  members  in  general, 


ce,  and  they  will  be  able  to  give  you  better 

sermons, 

We  are  just  in  receipt  of  a  communication,  stat- 
ing that  Eld.  S,  S.  Barklow,  of  Norway,  Oregon, 
closed  his  labors  on  earth  D;c.  17.  Bro.  Barklow 
was  one  of  the  strong  pillars  in  the  West,  and  one 
of  the  most  influential  preachers  on  the  Paciflc 
coast.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  ability,  firm  in  his  con- 
victions, and  a  power  for  good.  His  labors  will  be 
greatly  missed.  We  are  promised  an  extended  no- 
tice of  his  life  and  death. 


The  debates,  in  which  our  people  have  taken 
part,  have  generally  resulted  favorably  to  our  cause. 
Sirice  the  Mount  Perry  Debate,  held  in  Ohio,  a  few 
months  ago,  fifteen  have  united  with  the  church  in 
that  locality.         

We  have  just  read  the  story — and  it  is  a  long  one 
— of  two  brethren  who  cannot  agree,  and  the 
church  seems  almost  ruined  because  of  their  con- 
tentions. It  might  be  well  for  the  church  to  unani- 
mously request  these  two  brethren  to  settle  the  per- 
sonal matters  between  themselves,  call  for  their  cer- 
tificates of  membership,  and  emigrate  to  different 
localities.  There  are  some  people  that  the  Lord 
can  manage  better  by  having  them  kept  apart.  We 
suggest  this  simple  plan  to  ail  congregations  hav- 
ing members  who  cannot  get  along  well  together, 
especially  is  it  a  good  remedy  for  preachers  who 
do  not  work  together  very  harmoniously. 


In  the  International  Sunday  School  Series  the 
lesson  for  Dec.  5,  was  "  Christ's  Humility  and  Ex 
altation,"  as  drawn  from  Phil,  2:  1-11,  In  order 
to  illustrate  humility  in  its  simplest  form,  so  as  to 
bring  it  within  the  comprehension  of  the  little 
people,  David  C,  Cook  &  Co,  made  use  of  a  fine 
picture  representing  Christ  washing  the  feet  of 
his  disciples,  as  narrated  in  John  13,  with  this 
the  Golden  Text:  "  Let  this  mind  be  in  you,  which 
was  also  in  Jesus  Christ,"  followed  by,  "Christ  the 
Christian's  example."  It  is  well  to  have  the  young 
minds  thus  impressed  with  Bible  truths,  for  it  is 
hoped  that  when  they  become  older,  they  will 
not  disregard  the  example  of  the  Master. 


Our  Sunday  schools  will  find  it  to  their  ad- 
vantage to  use  the  Brethren's  Sunday  School  Cass 
Record,  price,  50  cents  per  dozen,  and  the  Breth- 
ren's Sunday  School  Minute  Book,  25  cents  each. 
Both  of  these  little  books  have  been  prepared 
for  use  in  our  schools,  and  we  are  certain  that  they 
will  give  good  satisfaction  wherever  used. 

Writing  from  Botetourt  County,  Va,  Bro.  A.  F. 
Pursley  says:  "  The  Brethren  here,  who  have  read 
the  Doctrinal  number,  are  elated  over  it,  and  do 
not  hesitate  in  saying  that  it  is  the  best  paper  they 
ever  saw."  We  still  have  some  copies  of  this  issue 
on  hand,  that  will  be  sent  free  to  those  who  can 
make  use  of  them,  by  placing  them  where  they  will 
do  good. 

The  Chris'izn  Evangelist,  one  of  the  best  denom- 
inational papers  that  comes  to  our  desk,  published 
at  §1,75  a  year,  has  been  asked  whether  it  proposes 
to  meet  the  cut  in  price  to  Si. 00,  made  by  some  of 
the  papers.  It  replies  by  saying,  that  it  proposes 
to  meet  the  cut,  not  by  reducing  the  price,  but  by 
making  a  better  paper,  for  it  feels  confident  that  the 
people  want  something  better,  and  are  willing  to 
pay  for  it.    The  Evxrg'.lht  is  right  on  this  point. 


Writing  from  Burdick,  Ky,,  Bro.  D.  E.  Cripe 
says  that,  so  far  as  he  knows,  he  and  Bro.  A.  S, 
Culp  are  the  only  ministers  in  the  western  part 
of  that  State,  and  that  their  field  is  a  large  one. 
Kentucky  is  a  State  well  worthy  of  the  attention 
of  our  people.  Instead  of  the  one  small  church 
we  now  have  there,  we  ought  to  have  a  score  or 
more.  Years  ago  we  had  a  few  promising  church- 
es in  the  State,  but  for  some  cause  they  went  down, 
and  the  interest  has  never  been  revived,  It  was 
from  this  State  that  some  of  the  early  ministers, 
who  first  settled  in  Illinois  and  Missouri,  came, 
We  hope  to  see  greater  efforts  made  to  place  our 
cause  on  a  good  footing  in  the  Blue  Grass  State, 


.  Over  one  year  ago  a  lady  from  Dekalb,  III,  at- 
tended the  M.  E.  camp-meeting  at  Franklin  Grove. 
There  she  happened  to  sea  some  of  our  sisters,  and 
was  so  favorably  impressed  that  she  ventured  to 
introduce  herself  to  one  of  then),  with  a  view  of 
learning  something  about  the  Brethren.  She  was 
very  kindly  received,  and  entertained  by  the  sister. 
The  Messenger  and  a  number  of  tracts  soon  found 
their  way  to  her  home,  she  read  them  with  care,  in 
connection  with  the  Bible,  and  about  two  months 
ago  united  with  the  church.  This  shows  that  it  is 
to  the  interest  of  the  cause  for  sisters  to  let  their 
light  shine,  and  also  that  the  Messenger  and  tracts 
can  lead  people  to  Christ  'when  they  have  an  op- 
portunity of  doing  so, 


sisted  on  the  use  of  the  organ,  but  that  is  not  the 
kind   of  music  that   is  wanted   in    our    churches. 
Then  there  are  other  teachers  who  persist  in  try- 
ing to  crowd  our  books  out  of  our  song  service  and 
introduce  others  in  their  stead.    We  suggest  that 
our  people   do   not  encourage  this  class  of  teach- 
ers.   The   Brethren  have    their  own   song  books, 
published  by  the  direction  of  the  Conference,  and 
these  are  the  books  that  should  be  used  in  our  serv- 
ices, and  our  churches  want  teachers  who  can,  and 
will  instruct  them  how  to  sing  from  these  books. 
Such  teachers  can  be  had  if  the  churches  will  per- 
sist in  their  demand  for  that  kind  of  teaching.     If 
our  present  song  books  are  not  what  they  should 
be,  are  not   up  to  the  required  standard,  come  to 
the  Conference  with  papers  saying  so,  and  make 
demands  for  improvement,  and  such  papers  will  re- 
ceive due  consideration.     But,  in  the  meantime,  let 
us  learn   to   get  all  the  good    music  out   of    the 
books    we  have,    until  we   can    secure   something 
better.  ________ 

NEW  YEAR'S  GREETING. 

To-day  the  Gospel  Messenger  enters  upon  its 
mission  for  the  new  born  year  of  1898.  It  comes 
into  the  homes  of  its  multiplied  thousands  of  read- 
ers with  warm  greetings,  full  of  Christian  love  and 
of  hope  for  the  future.  This  year,  yet  in  its  swad- 
dling-clothes, the  Messenger  will  be  carried  from 
the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific,  and  from  the  cold  re- 
gion of  the  north  to  the  sunny  glades  of  the  south. 
It  will  sail  over  many  seas,  reaching  Northern  Eu- 
rope, and  finding  no  rest  until  it  touches  responsive 
hearts  in  two  of  the  Seven  Churches  of  Asia,  in  the 
holy  city  of  Jerusalem,  in  far  away  India,  where  a 
consecrated  band  of  our  great  family  is  preaching 
the  Gospel  to  the  heathen,  and  holding  out  their 
hands  laden  with  food  for  our  starving,  dusky  breth- 
ren on  the  other  side  of  the  world,  It  will  even  be 
read  in  the  flowery  kingdom  of  Japan,  where  it  is 


Jan. 


THE    GOSPEL    3VEESSE1TC3-EE/. 


hoped  seed  may  be  sown  that  will,  ere  long,  yield 
abundant  fruitage  unto  the  Lord. 
I  And  what  a  large  family  of  Messenger  readers 
we  have  grown  to  bel  Within  the  memory  of  the 
writer  we  were  but  a  feeble  folk.  Then  the  month- 
ly Gospel  Visitor,  only  a  half-welcomed  guest  by  the 
church,  came  into  a  few  homes  east  of  the  Missis- 
sippi. The  family  was  then  so  small  that  Bro. 
Kurtz,  the  founder,  wrote,  "  A  majority  of  the 
churches  heard  from  were  in  favor  of  the  measure, 
or  at  least  a  trial,  that  a  respectable  number  of  sub- 
scribers, more  than  three  hundred,  and  even  pay- 
ment for  fifty  copies  were  sent  in.  Thus  far  we 
felt  encouraged."*  Then  our  family  was  counted 
by  single  hundreds.  Now  it  requires  multiplied 
thousands  to  tell  the  numbers  of  our  growth.  Then 
we  dwelt  in  a  few  of  the  eastern  and  middle  States. 
Now  we  circle  the  globe.  And  still  the  increase  in 
numbers  continues.  We  are  greeting  many,  very 
many  new  friends.  We  bid  them  a  most  hearty 
welcome,  and  trust  they  will  abide  with  us  until  ev 
entide.  Others  there  are  among  us  who  have  been 
in  the  family  in  its  various  branches,  now  happily 
consolidated  and  united,  and  in  the  church,  for 
two  score  years  and  more.  These  are  the  life  sub- 
scribers. They  have  been  with  us  through  the  fire, 
the  tried  and  true  of  a  life- time,  the  veterans  of  the 
family.  Others  have  been  with  us  not  so  long,  but 
are  no  less  faithful  on  that  account.  To  old  and 
young  alike  we  send  this  greeting,  with  best  and 
kindest  wishes  for  a  prosperous  and  happy  New 
Year. 

But  not  only  has  our  family  of  readers  increased 
until  it  has  become  a  great  host,  the  Messenger 
has  also  grown  in  size  and  in  excellence.  To  day  it 
is  classed  among  the  best  religious  journals  of  the 
country.  Many  of  the  family  insist  that  it  is  the 
best,  and  we  accept  the  verdict,  for  it  is  best  for  our 
family.  And  how  it  has  grown  in  s:*e  from  its 
small  beginning!  In  1851  the  Gospel  Visitor  gave  to 
the  family  of  readers,  for  the  entire  year,  one  hun 
dred  and  forty-four  pages  of  reading  matter,  receiv 
ing,  therefor,  one  dollar.  The  Messenger  gives 
annually,  three  thousand,  four  hundred  and  ninety 
pages,  if  reduced  to  same  size  as  was  the  page  of 
the  Visitor,  or  more  than  twenty-four  times  as  much 
as  our  forerunner  gave  to  its  readers  forty-seven 
years  ago.  So,  under  God's  blessing,  the  power  and 
influence  of  the  church  paper,  for  good,  has  grown 
until  it  has  become  one  among  the  most  important 
factors  in  our  church. 

And  what  of  the  future?  It  is  full  of  hope  for 
the  church  paper.  Never  before,  in  the  history  of 
our  publishing  interests,  has  the  business  been  in 
such  a  prosperous  condition  as  the  opening  of  this 
New  Year  finds  it.  Our  list  was  never  so  full,  the 
sale  of  books  and  Sunday  school  supplies  never  so 
large,  and  the  volume  of  business  never  so  great  as 
it  now  is,  as  we  enter  upon  the  year  1898.  This  is 
especially  gratifying,  not  only  to  the  managers,  but 
to  every  -member  of  our  great  family,  for  the  church 
owns  all  her  publishing  business,  and  receives  the 
income  from  the  Messenger,  the  Sunday  school 
papers  and  quarterlies,  Sunday  school  supplies,  Bi- 
bles, books,  etc.,  published  or  sold  by  the  Breth- 
ren Publishing  House.  Thus  each  member  of  the 
church  has  a  part  and  a  lot  in  this  matter. 

And  for  the  church,  too,  the  outlook  seems  to  be 
hopeful.  God  has  abundantly  blessed  her  in  the 
years  gone  by,  and  as  she  goes  on  making  progress 
along  the  line  of  spiritual  and  temporal  develop- 
ment, these  blessings  will  abide  with  her.  The 
progress  and  growth  has  been  strong  and  steady. 
In  mission  work,  in  Sunday  school  work,  in  Minis- 
terial Meetings,  in  more  study  of  the  Divine  Word 
by  our  ministers,  the  progress  has  been  marked. 
Within  less  than  a  decade,  a  number  of  old  folks' 
and   children's   homes  have  been  founded  by  the 


church  in  this  country,  and  an  Orphanage  in  Smyr- 
na, for  the  support  of  the  children  of  the  massacred 
Armenians,  and  another  in  India,  for  the  orphans 
of  those  who  died  by  famine,  are  in  successful  oper- 
ation. 

is  true  that  some  departures  from  the  simplici- 
ty of  the  Gospel  are  to  be  noted,  but  this  has  been 
true  in  all  ages  of  the  church.  Paul  had  to  meet 
them,  we  must  meet  them,  and  it  is  the  duty  of  the 
hour  to  meet  them  wisely,  and  in  the  'spirit  that 
characterizes  our  holy  Christianity. 

Yes!  we  have  hope  for  the  future,  for  is  it  not 
written  that  the  gates  of  hell  shall  not  prevail 
against  the  church?  As  we  send  you,  dear  reader, 
this  greeting,  standing  upon  the  threshold  of  the 
New  Year,  wishing  you  one  and  all  heaven's  richest 
blessings,  we  exhort  you  to  faithfulness  to  all  the 
principles  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ.  A  life  of 
faithful,  consecrated  service  to  God  will  make  this 
a  happy  year  to  all  who  thus  live. 

'■  Peace  be  to  the  brethren,  and  love  with  faith, 
from  God  the  Father  and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
G'ace  be  with  all  them  that  love  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  in  sincerity."  D.  L.  M. 


*Gaspel  Visitor,  Vol.  r,  No,  I 


THE  UNEXPECTED  SUCCESS  OF  OUR  PREMIUM 
OFFER. 

When  we  selected  a  Bible  to  offer  as  a  premiun 
with  the  Messenger  for  1898,  two  things  were 
held  in  view, — to  get  such  a  Bible  as  would  be 
desirable  by  the  many,  and  thus  enlarge  the  subscrip- 
tion list  of  the  Messenger,  and  to  offer  the  Bi- 
ble and  paper  so  low,  that  the  combined  price  of 
the  two  would  be  but  a  moderate  price  for  the 
Bible  itself.  We  expected  a  fair  demand  for  the 
premium  offer,  and  thought  we  had  made  ample 
provisions  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  Holi- 
day trade,  but  the  orders  multiplied  so  rapidly, 
eeks  before  Christmas  that,  with  work- 


the  two 

.irjt;  overtime  and  telef  raDhing  the  manufacturers  J  at  Beti„<T.tuL_£o  "on  see  th^  ^rio  pf  united  1 

for  more  Bibles,  we  were  unable  to  keep  up  with    as  tjlev 
our  orders,   and,   to   our  regret,   a  few   who    had 
ordered  the  leather-lined  Bible,  or  the  leather-lined 
indexed  Bible,  did  not  get  their  books  just  when 
they  wanted  them. 

Although  thousands  of  these  Bibles  have  been 
sent  out,  so  far  but  one  copy  has  been  reported 
imperfect  in  its  make-up,  and  we  promptly  re- 
deemed it  at  our  own  expense.  On  the  other  hand 
we  have  a  large  pile  of  testimonials  from  patrons, 
praising  the  book  and  expressing  their  surprise 
at  what  they  have  received  for  their  money. 

A  few  have  wanted  to  get  the  Bible  alone  for 
the  premium  price,  less  $1.50  for  the  paper;  we 
were  sorry  to  disappoint  them,  but  we  frankly  say 
that  we  have  placed  the  Bible  so  low  that  we  can- 
not afford  to  sell  it  without  the  paper.  Then,  too, 
we  wish  to  introduce  the  Mbssenger,  and  we  re- 
peat that  the  premium  offer  is  low,  as  a  price  for 
the  Bible  alone.  Take  both  paper  and  Bible,  give 
the  paper  to  some  one  te  whom  it  will  do  good, 
and  keep  the  Bible,  if  an  extra  copy  is  desired, 

Though  we  have  not  so  stated,  some  have  the 
idea  that  the  offer  stops  with  Jan.  I,  1898.  We 
desire  the  agents  to  push  the  work  yet,  for  at  least 
during  January,  and  we  shall  be  ready  to  meet  the 
demands  for  both  Bibles  and  back  numbers  of  the 
Messenger,  beginning  with  Jan.  I. 

We  thank  all  our  agents  and  patrons  for  their 
assistance  and  patronage,  and  urge  those  who 
have  not  renewed  their  subscription  to  do  so  at 
once,  and  take  advantage  of  the  premium  offer. 
Remember  the  offer  is,  that  any  one  whose  subscrip- 
tion is  paid  or  who  pays  his  subscription  to  Jan. 
I,  i?99,  at  the  rate  of  Si  50  per  year,  can  have  the 
Almanac  free  and  a  linen-lined  cover  Bible  for 
Si  25;  a  leather-lined  cover  for  Si  50,  or  leather- 
lined  cover  with  marginal  index  for  Si  00,  prepaid 
at  your  nearest  express  office.    See  page  15. 


EVENINGS  AT  HOME. 

The  home  is  the  safeguard  of  the  American 
people.  It  is  the  hope  and  promise  of  our  future. 
To  the  extent  that  it  can  be  kept  pure  and  Chris- 
tian, will  be  insured  the  blessings  that  we  now  en- 
joy. There  is  no  place  where  the  evenings  of  fam- 
ilies can  be  spent  so  pleasantly  and  profitably  as 
in  the  home.  Around  the  fireside  cluster  the 
pith  and  sweet  wine  of  the  family,  as  they 
gather,  after  the  day's  work  is  done,  and  rehearse 
the  individual  experiences  and  happenings  of  the 
day,  It  is  the  place  where  every  boy  and  girl 
should  be  after  the  fall  of  the  evening  shades. 

The  association  of  the  parents  and  children, — 
the  aged,  the  young  and  the  little  ones, — form  a 
most  happy  commingling  of  the  elements  that 
make  life  pleasing  and  interesting,  and  that  tends 
to  the  highest  development  of  true  manhood  and 
womanhood.  On  the  home  Christ  placed  his  di- 
vine sanction  in  the  first  official  act  of  his  living 
ministry,  when  he  attended  the  wedding  feast  at 
Cana  of  Galilee,  He  did  that  which  was  to  add 
sunshine  to  the  occasion,  and  thus  set  his  seal  of 
sanction,  not  only  on  the  home-life  of  the  people, 
but  also  on  the  institution  that  makes  homes  a 
possibility, — not  the  wine  that  inflames  the  brain, 
prostitutes  the  mind  and  staggers  the  body,  but 
the  pure  juice  of  the  grapes,  as  it  drips  from  the 
vat  in  its  natural  sweetness,  to  give  strength  and 
vigor  to  body  and  soul. 

As  sin  entered  and  developed  the  life  of  the 
world,  the  home-life  was  darkened,  disordered  and 
destroyed.  The  Master  came  as  the  great  restor- 
er, and  among  the  first  things  to  be  restored  was 
the  home-life,  because  on  this  foundation  the 
Christ-life  must  be  built.  Rob  the  home  of  its 
attractions,  and  you  rob  the  church  of  its  build- 
ing material,  you  rob  the  world  of  its  salt. 

Did  you  ever  think  of  the  home  evenings  over 
heart", 
;->   •  ,-T.. 

urround  the  evening  board  with  a  loving 
stranger  sitting  at  the  head?  It  was  the  symbol, 
the  embryo  of  the  home  that  was  to  be  on  the 
other  side,  when  the  whole  family  is  gathered 
home. 

How  sweet  must  those  evening  meetings  have 
been,  how  gladly  this  broken  family,  sisters  two 
and  brother  one,  looked  forward  to  the  close  of 
day,  when,  from  across  the  Mount  of  Olives,  they 
could  see  their  friend  coming,  who  filled  the  chair 
and  supplied  the  place  of  the  father  and  mother 
who  were  no  more  in  this  home. 

Did  you  ever  think  why  it  was  that  the  Christ 
spent  his  evenings  in  this  home?  Methinks  it  was 
first,  because  it  was  a  home, — a  place  where  kin- 
dred spirits  were  found.  And,  second,  because  he 
came  into  the  world,  not  only  to  save  sinners,  but 
to  be  a  father  to  the  fatherless, — and  that  he  might 
weep  with  the  weeping,  and  pour  into  their  hearts 
the  oil  of  healing,  and  into  their  home  the  sunshine 
of  consolation  and  hope. 

Do  you  spend  your  evenings  at  home,  and  if  so, 
how?  What  God  wants  you  to  do,  is  to  make  it  a 
place  worthy  of  the  name, — a  place  where  you  and 
yours  can  delight  in  being.  Make  it  a  place  where 
the  Master  can  come  and  tarry  with  you. 

We  have  homes,  and  we  are  supremely  happy  in 
the  thought  that  there  are  homes  where  the  Christ 
loves  to  be,  anefwhere  the  inmates  are  made  to  feel, 
if  not  to  say,  as  did  the  two  disciples,  while  walk- 
ing with  Jesus,  "  Did  not  our  hearts  burn  within 
us  while  he  talked  with  us  by  the  way?  " 

Ah,  indeed,  some  of  our  sweetest  memories  yet 
cluster  around  the  old  fireside  during  the  evenings 
at  home,  and  they  have  been  the  safeguard  of  our 
lives,— the  guiding  star  towards  the  better  life. 

Parents,  what  are  your  evenings  at  home?  How 
do  you  spend  theml    Where  are  your  children,  and 


TIHE   GOSPEL   nUIIIESSIEIN-GEIR,. 


I8SS. 


what   do  you   do   for  their   entertainment  and  in 
Btruction? 

Do  you  make  them  so  pleasant  and  entertaining 
that  they  have  no  desire  for  outdoors  and  away 
from  home  associations?  This  is  possible.  And 
tuere  are  such  homes. 

But  to  have  such  homes  means  something.  It 
may  be  some  sacrifice.  It  may  cost  some  labor  and 
cost  some  money.  But  suppose  it  does?  Can  you 
sacrifice  labor  and  spend  money  to  a  better  pui- 
pose?  To  whom  do  you  owe  more  care  and  love 
than  your  children?  God  has  given  them  to  you. 
They  are  your  charge,  and  to  educate  and  bring 
them  up  in  the  nurture  of  the  Lord  is  an  obliga- 
tion that  the  Lord  has  placed  upon  you.  To  do 
this  you  must  make  a  home  for  them.  Give  them 
pleasant  surroundings  and  associations.  Open  your 
sitting  rroms.  Have  them  comfortably  warmed, 
especially  for  the  long  winter  evenings.  Have 
your  table  well  supplied  with  carefully-selected 
books  and  good  papers,  and  be  sure  and  do  not 
forget  your  church  paper.  Read  it  yourselves,  and 
read  parts  ot  it  to  your  children,  to  get  them  in 
terested  in  the  doings  of  the  church.  It  will  not 
be  long,  under  such  training,  until  they  will  seek 
after  such  reading.  Encourage  it,  as  well  as  help 
them  in  Iheir  studies.  Make  them  feel  that  you 
ate  interested  and  they  will  catch  the  inspiration 
from  you.  Making  money  is  not  the  tie  that  binds 
the  family  together  and  makes  home  happy. 

It  is  all  right  to  teach  children  to  be  saving  and 
economical,  but  let  it  be  for  a  purpose.  If  the 
possession  of  money  does  not  give  home  happi- 
ness, and  through  that  give  happiness  to  others,  it 
is  wasted  because  for  this  purpose  the  Lord  gives 
to  us. 

To  do  good  in  this  world  is  our  first  and  most 
binding  duty,  and  as  charity  is  to  begin  at  home, 
there  is  the  place  to  begin.  If  we  succeed  in  get- 
ting the  home  full  of  it,  from  there  it  will  shine  out 
to  others.  Then,  see  that  your  homes-  -—  made 
tne  warmest  and  sweetest  spot  on  earth  to  your- 
self and  your  children,  and,  by  so  doing,  you  will 
not  only  have  the  pleasure  of  having  them  at 
home,  but  the  associations  will  be  such  as  will  af 
ford  pleasure  and  real  enjoyment  all  around.  Give 
your  boys  and  girls  a  chance  to  make  evenings  at 
home  a  foretaste  of  the  home  beyond.  Begin  here 
what  you  want  over  there  and  you  will  not  be  dis- 
appointed.    H.  B  B. 

QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 


Can  a  minister  in  the  first  degree  go  with  the  elders  into  a 
room  when  an  election  is  being  held  for  a  minister  or  for  dea- 
cons ?-K  M.  S. 

When  elders  invite  young  ministers  to  sit  with 
them  on  such  occasions,  it  is  their  privilege  to  do 
so,  and  we  rather  urge  that  this  privilege  be  ac- 
corded by  the  elders  to  young  ministers,  as  much 
as  possible,  in  order  that  they  may  become  familiar 
with  our  methods  of  conducting  church  elections. 

Can  it  be  proven  by  the  Scriptures  that  a  woman's  prayers 
will  not  he  heard  or  answered  by  God  with  any  other  covering 
on  her  head  than  the  plain  cap  that  the  church  has  adopt- 
ed?—.4.  R.  ' 

Tne  Scriptures  do  not  specify  the  kind  of  cover- 
ing to  be  worn  by  sisters  while  praying  and  prophe- 
sying, unless  it  be  embodied  in  the  term  veil,  for 
that  is  the  word  used  by  the  apostle  in  the  original 
and  it  is  so  rendered  in  the  Revised  Version,  and  is 
thus  employed  by  Bro.  Teeter  in  his  Commentary. 
See  his  careful  comments  on  the  eleventh  chapter 
of  First  Corinthians.  However,  since  the  cap,  rec- 
ommended by  the  Brethren,  is  generally  conceded 
to  be  the  most  appropriate  covering  in  this  country, 
for  the  use  of  women  during  prayer,  prophesying 
and  worship,  we  urge  that  our  sisters  be  contented 
with  it,  and  use  it  as  the  occasions  demand. 


Is  it  right  for 
Lord's  Prayer  wl 


-L.  P. 


i  change 


Certainly  not.  It  is  on  record  just  as  the  Lord 
intended  his  people  to  use  it.  Some  ancient  manu- 
scripts, however,  differ  regarding  the  exact  word- 
ing of  the  Lord's  Prayer.  The  Revised  Version 
omits  the  latter  part,  "  For  thine  is  the  kingdom," 
etc.,  but  the  Syriac  retains  it.  In  the  first  clause  the 
Syriac  has,  "  Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,"  in- 
stead of,  "Our  Father  which  art  in  heaven." 
"Who"  is  the  better  rendering,  and  is  the  only 
change  justifiable,  or  really  excusable. 

Has  a  local  church  the  right  to  receive,  from  other  denom- 
inations, persons  who  have  been  baptized  by  trine  immersion? 
Has  the  Annual  Meeting  ever  made  a  decision  on  the  ques- 
tion?-/. /.. 

Our  Conference  has  decided  that  we  cannot  rec- 
ognize trine  immersion,  or  any  other  form  of  bap- 
tism, administered  by  other  than  our  own  duly- 
authorized  ministers  or  administrators.  Hence  a 
church  is  not  permitted  to  receive  from  other  de- 
nominations, on  their  baptism,  those  who  have  been 
bapti7ed  by  trine  immersion.  They  must  be  bap- 
tized again. 

Explain  what  Paul  meanl  when  he  said,  "Let  no  man  be. 
guile  you  of  your  reward  in  a  voluntary  humility,"  etc.  Col 
2:  18— R.  T.  V. 

By  "  voluntary  humility  "  is  probably  meant  pre- 
tended  humility,  or  that  humility  put  on  for  the  occa- 
sion. Such  pretenders  may  even  teach  the  people 
to  worship  angels,  and  do  other  things  of  like  char 
acter,  and  at  the  same  time  pretend  to  be  very  hum 
ble.  Paul  teaches  that  we  should  not  permit  such 
deceivers  to  rob  us  of  the  reward  promised  to  the 
faithful.  To  day  the  world  is  full  of  these  pretend- 
ers, and  we  must  strive  to  avoid  them,  or  else  they 
will  lead  us  away  from  the  true  doctrine,  and  cause 
us  to  lose  our  promised  reward. 


"Eternal"  means  without  end,  and  in  this  in- 
stance refers  to  the  destiny  of  the  wicked,  as  set 
1—  tt.  In  M-tt   ■>:•  •-  — ->  -,<: 

If  Ihe  devil  never  was  an  angel  of  light,  where  did  he  orig- 
inate?   Who  made  him?—//'.  A.  Pops. 

We  would  not  like  to  say  that  he  was  not  at  one 
time  an  angel  of  light.  In  Isa.  14:  12  he  is  said  to 
have  fallen  from  heaven.  This  is  confirmed  by  Je- 
sus in  Luke  10:  18,  where  he  says  (we  quote  from 
the  Syriac):  "I  saw  Satan  fall,  like  lightning  from 
heaven."  His  fall  must  have  been  a  wonderful 
sight.  His  origin  was  probably  the  same  as  the 
other  angels,  but  when  he  rebelled  and  made  a 
devil  of  himself,  he  was  cast  out  of  heaven,  and  Je- 
sus told  his  disciples  that  he  saw  him  fall. 

:ternal  punishment? 


Matt.  25:  41  is  clear  on  this  point.  It  reads: 
"  Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed,  into  eternal  fire  which 
is  prepared  for  the  devil  and  his  angels."  See 
Revised  Version.  In  the  Common  Version  it  reads 
"  everlasting  fire."  In  verse  46  we  have  this  ren- 
dering: "  And  these  (the  wicked)  shall  go  away  into 
everlasting  punishment:  but  the  righteous  into  life 
eternal."  In  the  Greek  it  reads  "eternal"  in  both 
instances,  and  it  is  so  rendered  in  the  Revised  Ver- 
sion, "And  these  shall  go  away  into  eternal  pun- 
ishment: but  the  righteous  into  eternal  life." 
Was  John's  baptism  Christian,  or  not?—/.  L. 
It  was  the  baptism  received  by  Jesus  and  his 
apostles.  And  since  the  apostles  were  members 
of  the  Christian  church,  and  Jesus  the  head,  we 
cannot  conceive  how  the  baptism  they  received 
could  be  anything  else  than  Christian  baptism. 
Furthermore,  John's  baptism  carr.e  from  heaven, 
on  purpose  for  the  use  of  the  Christian  church 
(Luke  20:  4),  and  the  Lord  would  certainly  not 
send  to  earth  a  baptism  that  was  not  a  Christian 
)f  ,he  institution.  Most  assuredly  was  John's  baptism 
j  Christian  baptism.  j_  H-  u 


—**  HOME  4  AND  *  FAMILY  *~~ 


SONd  FOR  THE  NEW  YEAR. 

The  last  low  dirge  o'er  Ihs  buried  year 
Floats  off  in  Ihe  starlesss  night; 

The  cock-crow  heralds  the  day-dawn  keen 
With  gem-crusted  bills  of  white; 

The  worn-out  chorus  the  fi;sh  a:r  thrills. 


Fcr, 


is  their  late 


A  dash  of  life  tints  their  melody. 

A  rythmic  of  glad  hopes  blent. 
The  windy  moors,  in  a  placid  mood, 

Consent  to  the  sun's  caress; 
The  shetted  brook  and  the  clear  blue  bay, 

Are  marked  with  the  time's  impress; 
The  new  year's  born!  and  along  the  scale 

Young  hearts  ring  a  jubilee 
In  tune  with  winds  and  their  snow-freight  pure, 

And  kisses  of  cloud  and  sea- 
Forget  now  troubles  that  had  no  name, 

And  cease  from  your  fret  and  haste; 
The  runes  of  rature  have  en;  refrain,— 

Strike  chord  with  harps  of  sweet-tempered  stiing 

That  soand  thro'  the  sky's  blue  wa'l; 
Lay  close  your  ear  to  the  world's  grjat  heart, 

And  sing  as  its  needs  may  call- 

— Poems  of  a  Decade. 

A  HAPPY  MORNING, 
BY   J.   S.   FLORY. 

Glorious  morn  of  the  new  year!  The  light  is 
dawning  in  the  east,  and  many  happy  voices  are 
ringing  out  a  merry  cheer  of  welcome,  Happy, 
happy  New  Year  for  many  hearts.  A  new  era  of 
time  has  been  ushered  in,  new  possibilities  are  in 
store  for  many.  The  old  year  has  gone  with  all 
its  events.  "Dead,  yet  it  speaketh. '  Sorrows 
have  left  their  scars,  bereavements  have  come  and 
left,  here  and  there,  a  vacant  chair.  Heart-chords 
have  been  burst  asunder,  friends  have  proven  false, 
hopes  have  been  bbsted,  air-castles  have  toppled  to 
the  ground,  proud  ambition  has  b  en  humbled,  and 
the  vota-"=>  it.».0f  laid  in  the  dust,  Indeed,,  all  is. : 
vanity!  Human  aspirations  prove,  in  the  end,  but 
vexations  of  spirit.  Neglected  opportunities  pass 
with  the  tread  of  time, — yes,  they,  too,  are  gone, 
never,  nevermore  to  return.  Eternity  will  bring  to 
view  the  reaping  ground.  Having  failed  to  take 
time  by  the  forelock,— having  listened  too  san- 
guinely  to  the  Tempter's  voice,  and  knowing  that 
procrastination  impoverishes  the  soul,  we  should 
seriously  and  remorsefully  consider,  "What  shall 
the  harvest  be." 

The  new  year,  the  new  light  is  bursting  upon 
the  world.  The  grand  orb  of  day  is  throwing  out 
its  beams  of  grandeur  to  clasp  the  morning  in  its 
embrace,  and  set  the  seal  of  a  burning  kiss  on  all 
inanimate  nature,  thus  consecrating  and  sancti- 
fying the  new  epoch  in  time's  march.  On  the 
scroll  of  the  new  year,  the  recording  angel  of  time 
begins  to  write  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-eight, 
and  will  so  continue  for  three  hundred  and  sixty- 
Eve  days,  until  its  round  is  run,— giving,  during 
this  period,  to  mortals  new  light,  new  time,  new 
days,  new  opportunities  and  new  vigor  the  race 
to  run. 

May  we  now,  in  the  dawning  of  the  new  light, 

in  the  face  of  the  rising  of  a  brilliant  sun,  renew 
our  covenant  with  the  Brotherhood  of  man,— be 
more  charitable,  more  forgiving  and  kind,  that  the 
response  maybe  an  effervescence  of  joy  and  peace 
in  our  own  breasts,  and  bring  about  a  kinder  feel- 
ing in  the  hearts  of  others, 

If,  dear  reader,  you  are  yet  treading  on  danger- 
ous ground,  take  warning  from  the  many,  who, 
during  the  past  year,  have  been  cut  down  in  the 
very  midst  of  hopeful  expectancy.  The  vision  of 
long  life  was  a  snare  and  a  delusion.  They  are 
gone,  but  to  you.  God  has  been  more  merciful. 
Life  and  bright  prospects  may  energize  you  to 
reach  out  for  possibilities  within  the  grasp  of  hu- 
~~n  attainments,  but  remember  that  there  lurks  " 
within  the  realm  of  man's  earthly  pilgrimage,  a 
possibility  of  death  at  any  moment,  ending  all,  so 
far    as   this  life   is   concerned.     Therefore,    be  ye 


u 


TIHIIE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER. 


ready  for  every  possible  emergency.  In  all  your 
getting,  neglect  not  the  getting  of  that  wisdom 
that  leads  to  a  higher,  a  nobler  and  a  better  life 
than  this  earth  affords.  Let  this  year  be  the  gold- 
en era  of  your  life, — the  year  in  which  you  were 
"born  again," — born  a ''child  of  a  King,"  and  an 
heir  to  the  royal  wealth  of  heaven. 

Children  of  God,  may  the  ever-moving  chariot  of 
time,  with  its  jostlings  in  life's  road,  keep  us  awake 
to  the  realities  of  our  privileges  and  duties!  With- 
out effort  we  may  be  carried  along  with  the  surg- 
ing crowd,  or  go  down  the  declivities  of  a  world 
lying  in  wickedness,  but  it  does  take  fffjrt  to  push 
against  the  tide,  —  to  arise  above  the  howling 
throng  and  get  beyond  the  drawings  of  the  great 
whirlpool  of  Satanic,  worldly  influence.  The  sun 
is  going  up  that  the  earth  beneath  may  be  lighted. 
So  the  people  of  God  should  get  into  an  exalted 
position  that  their  light  might  shine  down  and 
around  upon  the  dark,  sinful  world.  The  electric 
light  is  of  but  little  use  if  on  a  level  with  the  earth. 
The  higher  it  is  lifted  up,  the  greater  the  benefit. 
We  must  be  lifted  up  above  the  elements  of  things 
earthly  if  we  would  be  a  power  for  good.  The 
serpent  on  the  pole  was  lifted  up.  Christ  was  lift 
ed  up  that  he  might  be  indeed  a  light  to  the  world 
and  draw  all  men  to  him.  Strange  as  it  may  seem, 
a  coming  down  is  the  first  essential  to  a  going  up 
He  that  humbleth  himself  shall  be  exalted,  We 
stoop  to  find  the  6rst  round  of  the  ladder;  then  it 
is  a  looking  up,  and  a  going  up  to  a  higher  plane 
of  life, — up  to  where  all  is  light  and  life. 

God  help  us  all  that  v/e  may  say  with  the  old 
year  gone,  "So  may  old  Adam  from  us  depart," 
and,  as  the  new  year  moves  on,  so  may  new  life 
come  to  us! 

"  Ring  out  the  old  shapes  of  foul  disease, 
Ring  out  the  narrowing  lust  of  gold; 
Ring  out  the  thousand  wars  of  old, 
Ring  in  the  thousand  years  of  p:ace." 
Chicago,  111. 

"SINGING  TO  TflE  LORD.'*— Col.  3:  "Tufc-   s 


"  Father,  in  the  morning, 
Unto  thee  I'll  pray: 
Let  thy  loving-kindness 
Keep  me  through  this  day. 

CHOHUS. 
"  I  will  pray ;  I  will  pray : 
Ever  will  1  pray. 
'Morning,  noon,  and  evening,' 
Unto  ihee  I'll  pray. 
"At  the  busy  noon-tide, 

Pressed  with  work  and  care, — 
Then  I'll  wait  with  Jesus 
Till  he  hear  my  prayer. 
"  When  the  shades  of  evening 
.  Chase  away  the  light, 
Father,  then  I'll  pray  thee, 
•Bless  thy  child  tonight,' 
"  Thus  in  life's  glad  mnrning 
And  its  bright  noon-day, 
In  the  shadowy  evening, 
Unto  ihee  I'll  pray." 

"  Jesus,  tender  shepherd,  hear  me 
In  the  morning,  fresh  and  bright: 
Let  thy  spirit  dwelling  in  me. 
Keep  me  walking  in  the  light. 

CHORUS, 

"Keep  me  walking  in  the  light. 
Keep  me  walking  in  the  l'ght. 
Keep  me  walking  in  the  light 
Keep  me  walking  in  the  beautiful  light  of  God, 
"  Let  my  tongue  be  kept  from  speaking 
Words  of  envy,  wrath  or  guile, 
Let  ray  heart  be  kept  from  feeling 
Aught  bat  what  becomes  thy  child. 
"  Let  my  feet  be  kept  from  straying 
Into  sin  of  any  kind, 
Lead  me  not  into  temptation, 
All  this  day,  Lord,  keep  me  thine," 
*  *  * 
"  I  need  thee  every  hour, 
Most  gracious  Lord, 
No  tender  voice  like  thine, 
Can  peace  afford. 


"  I  need  thee,  O  I  need  thee, 
E^ery  hour  I  need  thee, 
O!  bless  me  now  my  Savior, 


j  the. 


1 1  need  thee  every  hour, 

Stay  thou  near  by; 
Temptations  lose  their  power 
When  thou  art  nigh. 
"  1  need  thee  every  hour 
In  joy  or  pain; 
Come  quickly  and  abide, 
Or  life  is  vain. 
"  I  need  thee  every  hour: 
Teach  me  thy  will 
Aud  thy  rich  promises 

In  me  fulfill. 
"  I  need  thee  every  hour, 
Most  Holy  One; 
O  make  me  tbine  indeed, 
Thou  blessed  Son." 


"  All  the  wav  ray  Savior  leads  me, 

Cheers  each  winding  path  I  tread, 
Gives  me  grace  for  every  trial, 

Feeds  me  with  the  living  bread, 
Though  my  weary  steps  may  falter 

And  my  soul  athirst  may  be, 
Gusbiog  from  the  Rock  before  me 

Lo!  a  spring  of  joy  I  see," 
"  All  the  way  my  Savior  leads  me, 

Oh!  what  can  I  ask  beside? 
Can  I  doubt  bis  tender  mercy, 

Who  through  life  has  been  my  guide? 
Heavenly  peace,  divinest  comfort, 

Here  by  faith  in  him  to  dwell 
For  1  know  whate'r  befall  me 

Jesus  doeth  all  things  well." 
"  All  the  way  my  Savior  leads  me, 

OhI  the  fullness  of  his  love 
Perfect  rest  to  me  is  promised 

In  my  Father's  house  above, 
When  my  spirit  clothed  immortal 

Wings  its  flight  to  realms  of  day, 
This  my  song  through  endless  ages 

Jesus  hath  done  all  things  well." 
#  #  * 


"When  every  .day,"  was  the  quiet  answer,  'it 
made  me  think  less  of  this  (laying  a  finger  on  the 
Bible),  and  nothing  at  all  of  that  (pointing  to  the 
sunset),  what  else  could  I  do?  "— Sel'Cted. 


-•*«*■  CORRESPONDENCE  *■«»- 


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heart  to  the  Lord."  "M^ke  a  joyful  noise  unto 
the  Rock  of  our  salvation,"  "Sing  with  the  spirit 
and  the  understanding."  I  trust  you  have  learned 
the  spiritual  joy  and  help  and  blessedness  that  come 
to    every  heart  that  obeys  these  commandments 

Not  only  when  your  life  is  filled  with  sunshine 
and  the  heart  is  full  of  joy,  and  the  lips  overflow  in 
song,  but  also  when  the  fountains  of  sorrow  are 
are  broken  up  and  the  heart  is  bleeding,  and  the 
soul  is  bewildered  and  overwhelmed,— even  then 
may  you  6nd  a  joy  in  sorrow  and  rejoice  in  the 
the  Lord,  for  "surely  he  hath  borne  our  sorrows 
and  carried  our  griefs,"  and  with  you  in  the  furnace 
of  affliction  there  is  one  like  unto  the  Son  of  God. 

Our  Father's  tender  love  has  provided  no  great- 
er means  of  grace  than  the  ministry  of  the  Gos 
pel  in  psalms,  hymns  and  spiritual  songs. 

When  words  fail,  when  the  tongue  falters,  and 
the  heart  is  dumb,  and  you  know  not  what  to  pray, 
or  your  burden  lies  too  deep  for  words, — then  tune 
your  heart  to  petition  and  praise  by  some  of  the 
inspired,  the  wonderful  prayer-songs,  Read  again 
these  morning  hymns  and  learn  to  sing  them  to 
God. 

McPfurson,  Kant. 


The  Home  Mission  Board. 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Home  Mission 
Board  of  Northeastern  Ohio,  near  Smithville,  the 
Board  realized  that  the  District  Meeting  had  placed 
considerable  work  upon  them,  and  we  endeavored 
to  carry  into  effect  the  work  assigned  us.  We 
are  opening  new  mission  points  and  contemplat- 
ing the  establishing  of  others;  also  think  of  open- 
ing two  mission  schools.  In  order  that  we  may 
be  successful,  the  churches  of  the  District  should 
do  their  part.  We  need  your  prayers  and  we  need 
some  of  the  Lord's  money  that  you  have  in  your 
care,  to  carry  on  the  Lord's  work, 

In  considering  Sec.  4,  setting  forth  the  work 
and  authority  of  the  Home  Mission  Board,  re- 
quiring each  elder  in  charge  to  endeavor  to  estab- 
lish places  of  meeting  (presumably  at  new  places), 
the  Board  fears  that  many  of  the  churches  will 
be  unable  to  establish  new  places  of  meeting  on 
account  of  not  having  sufficient  help  in  the  min- 
istry. While  we  think  great  care  should  be  taken 
in  selecting  ministers,  still  we  feel  there  is  slack- 
ness along  this  line.  A  number  of  young  men 
should  be  called  to  the  ministry,  in  the  District, 
There  U  work  enough  in  the  District  for  all  the 
present  ministers,  and  all  the  young  men  that  are 
qualified  for  the  ministry. 

There  are  too  many  of  our  ministers  that  will 
attend    Sunday     schnol,    and    neglect    preaching, 

be  placed  on  others,  and  the  minister  should  see 
to  his  work.     Rom.  12:  7. 

We  feel  sure  there  is  no  better  way  to  do  mission 
work  than  for  each  church  to  push  out  and  woik 
up  her  territory.  There  is  too  much  settling  down 
around  the  meetinghouse  and  expecting  every- 
body to  come  there.  The  word  "go,"  as  given 
Matt.  2S:  19,  is  to  be  the  watchword  of  the 
Home  Mission  Board,  and  should  be  for  each  local 
church.  Tobias  Hoover, 

Chatham,  Ohio. 


JENNIE  LIND. 


Thirty-seven  years  before  her  death,  Jennie 
abandoned  the  operatic  stage.  The  motive  of 
the  great  renunciation  was  purely  a  spiritual  one. 
Kvcrv  appearance  had  been  a  dramatic  triumph, 
and  her  pecuniary  reward  was  large;  yet  she  never 
regretted  her  decision.      Her  motive    was    made 

ear  by  the  following  narrative: 

Once  an  English  friend  found  her  sitting  on  the 
steps  of  a  bathing-machine  on  the  sand  with  a 
Lutheran  Bible  on  her  knee,  looking  out  into  the 
glory  of  a  sunset  that  was  shining  over  the  waters. 

They  talked,  and  the  talk  drew  near  to  the  in- 
evitable question:  "  O,  Madame  Goldschmidt,  how 
was  it  that  you  ever  came  to  abandon  the  stage,  at 
the  very  height  of  your  success  f"  , 


From  Eglon,  W.  Va. 

Nov.  25  we  assembled  for  Thanksgiving  meet- 
ing and  listened  to  an  able  discourse  by  brethren 
Aaron  and  Jonas  Fike,  after  which  an  offering 
was  made  unto  the  Lord,  which  amounted  to 
$24.27,  half  of  which  goes  to  the  Home  Mission 
and  the  other  to  the  World-wide  Mission.  At 
night  we  again  met  for  social  meeting. 

Nov.  28  husband  and  I  attended  meeting  in  the 
Ryon  Glades,  Md.t  and  listened  to  2  sermon  by 
Bro.  I.  O.  Thompson. 

Dec.  3  Bro.  I.  B.  Ferguson,  of  Bills,  Fa.,  came 
to  this  place.  The  same  day  we  held  our  coun- 
cil. One  was  received  by  letter.  Bro.  Obed 
Hamstead  and  wife,  and  Bro.  Albert  Arnold  and 
wife  were  forwarded  to  the  second  degree  of  the 
ministry.  Sisters  John  A.  Arnold  and  D,  G.  Judy 
were  installed  as  helpmates  into  the  office  of 
their  husbands,  as  minister  and  deacon,  respectively. 
We  made  arrangements  for  our  next  Ministerial 
Meeting,  which  will  be  held  at  this  place  June  10 
and  11,  1S98.  We  also  appointed  two  solicitors  for 
the  Washington  meetinghouse.  There  was  also  a 
report  Riven  of  our  "ten  cent"  mission  among  the 
children,  which  amounted  to  $25.25.  This  amount 
is  to  go  to  the  India  and  Smyrna  orphans.  Our 
visiting  minister  preached  for  us  the  same  evening, 
and  also  on  the  following  morning  and  night.  He 
then  went  to  Glade  View  church  to  begin  a  series 
of  meetings,  and  continue  for  a  week  or  two. 
Etc.  7,  Rachel  Weimeh  Judy, 


the  gospel  messeng-eb. 


:  from  x  out  k  CorFesponaenls. 

rsty  soul,  so  Is  good  n 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Ephrata  —  Bio.  Win.  Howe  closed  last  evening  a  very  in- 
teresting three  weeks'  meeting  with  nine  applicants  for  bap- 
tism. They  are  all  young  people.  The  youngest  is  eleven 
years  old.— David  Kilhefncr,  Dec.  17- 

Low«r  Cumberland.— Eld.  Edmund  Book  commenced  a 
series  of  meetings  at  Boiling  Springs  Dec.  5,  and  continued 
until  Dec.  17.  The  attendance  and  interest  were  good.  One 
was  received  by  baptism  and  two  others  applied  for  baptism 
during  the  meeting.— /rawy  Bechwn,  Dillsburg,  Pa.,  Dec.  20, 
Rockton.-Our  meetings  commenced  Nov.  27,  and  closed 
Dec.  9,  conducted  by  Bro.  Baraihouse.  Although  there  were 
no  accessions,  we  feel  they  were  a  succes'.  Our  council,  Dec. 
11,  was  pleasant,  AM  business  was  attended  to  quietly.  Our 
Distr  ct  Meeting  will  be  held  here  May  $.—Libbie  HoUofeter, 
Dee  15. 

Falling  Spring  —Bro.  Toseph  A.  Long,  of  York,  Pa„  crm- 
me-ced  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  Falling  Spring  church- 
house  Dec.  i,  and  preached  thirteen  sermons  to  large  con- 
gregates. The  meetings  closed  Dec.  12,  with  a  crowded 
house.  Two  were  baptized  to-dav,  arid  four  applicants  are 
yet  to  come.  More  are  counting  the  cost.— Jacob  G.  Zng, 
Chambersburg,  Pa„  Dec.  tS. 

Snake  Spring.—  Eld,  J.  M.  Mohler,  of  Lewistown,  came  to 
us  Nov.  ->6,  and  preached  each  evening  and  Sunday  mornings 
until  Dec.  15  Two  were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism. 
Dec.  15  the  church  met  in  special  council.  Bro,  Wm.  S. 
Ritrhey  was  ordained  to  the  eldership  and  brethren  Solomon 
Hershberger  and  Daniel  Vanborn  were  advanced  to  the  second 
degree  of  the  ministry-  —  Geo.  A.  Snyder,  Foreman,  Bedford 
Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  18. 
Perry  County. —This  is  a  new  point  for  our  peopli 


nd  the 


'  point  for  o 
doctrine.  One  year  ago,  a  man  who  heard  me  preach  at  sn 
other  place,  where  he  happened  to  be,  invited  me  to  come  ti 
Perry  County,  thirty-four  miles  away.  I  went,  and,  in  coursi 
of  time,  baptized  this  man.     Other  meetings  were  held  fion 


it  her: 


ed.    It 


point  in  charge  rf  Southern  Pennsylvania,— Joseph  .Inker, 
McAllisttrville,  Pa.,  Dec.  14- 

Artemas.— Brethren  J.  B.  Miller,  of  Woodbury,  Pa,  and 
Geo.  S.  Myers,  of  New  Enterprise,  Pa.,  began  meetings  at 
our  Buck  Valley  house  on  the  evening  of  Nov.  27,  and  con- 
tinued each  evening  and  on  Sundays  until  Sunday  evening, 
Dec  12.  The  meetings  closed  with  two  additions  by  baptism 
and   four    applicants    to  be  baptued.     Besides    the    tegular 

preaching  services, Bro.  Miller  conducted  a  shcrt  song  serv- 
ice, and  Bro.  Meyers  held  Bible  Readings  each  evening. 
Th'e-e  features  added  much  to  the  interest  of  the  meetings. 
—John  Bennett,  Dee.  14. 

Mingo.— On  Thanksgiving  evening  Bro.  Samuel  Hertzler, 
of  Ehzabethtown,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa  ,  came  to  us  and  preached 
for  us  until  Sunday  evening,  Dec.  5.  Bro  Hertzler  is  an  en- 
tertaining sneaker,  and  does  not  fear  to  declare  "the  whole 
counsel  of  Cod."  Three  made  the  good  confession,  and  we 
have  reason  to  think  that  others  were  favorably  impressed. 
On  Sunday,  Dec.  12,  in  the  presence  of  a  large  body  of  spec- 
tators, the  solemn  ordinance  of  baptism  was  administered. 
Our  council,  Dec,  4,  passed  eff  pleasantly.  One  dear  sister 
was  restored  to  fellowship.— J.  C.  Kopcnhaver,  Royersford, 
Pa-,  Dee.  13. 

Harrlsonville.— We  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  Nov. 
27,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  Licking  Creek  congregation. 
With  the  exception  of  one  brother  and  sister,  there  are  no 
members  within  four  and  one-half  miles  of  the  place  of  meet- 
ing. Much  of  the  time  the  weather  was  very  nnfavorab'e  yet, 
as  the  meetings  continued,  the  interest  increased.  We  spent 
the  time  visiting  through  the  day,  and  preaching  in  the  even- 
ing and  closed  Dec.  7,  with  good  interest,  and  two  applicants 
for  baptism.  We  urged  them  to  take  the  Mfssenaek,  After 
reading  it,  they  can  band  it  to  others,  and  thus  do  a  great 
deal  of  mission  work.— D.  Victor  Long,  Dee.  18. 
Altoona.— The  series  of  meetings  here,  conduclei  by  Bro.  J. 


Tulpehocken.— We  have  just  closed  a  very  interesting  and 
well-atteDded  series  of  meetings,  continued  for  two  weeks,  and 
conducted  by  Bro.  Hiram  Gihble,  of  Lancaster  County.  He 
preached,  in  all,  sixteen  sermons.  Four  came  out  on  the 
Lord's  side,  and  manv  more  were  almost  persuaded.— Ella  V. 
Layser,  Richland,  Lebanon  Co.,  Pa  ,  Dec,  //. 
OHIO. 
Eagle  Creek.— Last  Sa'urday  our  church  convened  in  regu- 
lar quarterly  council,  Bro.  D.  D.  Thomas  presiding  All 
business  was  pleasantly  adjusted  and,  we  hope,  to  the  welfare  of 
the  church.  Our  series  of  meetings  is  to  be  held  in  January,  by 
Bro  Shroyer.—  Charles  A.  Baffle,  IVilliamstoion,  Ohio,  Dec.  21. 
North  Star.— Our  two  weeks'  series  of  meetings,  conducted 
by  Bro.  George  Mohler,  of  Boyd,  Darke  Co.,  Ohio,  closed 
Der.  12,  with  a  crowded  house.  The  meetings  were  well  at- 
tended, with  good  order.  Four  were  baptized.  On  Saturday, 
Dec.  4,  was  the  time  for  quarterly  council.  We  had  not 
much  business.  One  trustee  was  elected  in  Bro.  Hardiman's 
place.  Missionary  funds  were  also  collected.— Emma  GroJJ, 
Dec.  14. 

Price's  Creek  —Bro,  David  Replogle,  of  Rogersville,  Hen- 
ry Co.,  Ind.,  commenced  meetings  here  Nov.  10,  and  stayed 
till  Dec.  13.  He  preached  twenty  one  soul-cheerng  se»m<^ns 
The  attendance  and  attention  were  good.  Dec.  3  we  held  a 
very  pleasant  council.  Everything  was  pleasantly  adjusted. 
B*o.  David  Replogle  acted  as  foreman  of  the  meeting,  in  the 
absence  of  our  elder,  Tobias  Ktider.—  George  H,  Retry,  West 
Sonora,  Preble  Co.,  Ohio,  Dec.  19. 

Auglaize  Chapel  —Oct.  17  Bro.  Pe:ry  McKimmey  began  a 
seiies  cf  meetings  at  Noilh  Creek,  and  preached  thirteen  ser- 
mtns.  The  interest  was  good.  Bro.  Jacob  Driver  com- 
menced preaching  Nov.  24,  and  continued  until  Dec.  8, 
preaching,  in  all,  eighteen  sermons.  Four  .young  people  were 
made  willing  10  put  on  Christ  in  Christian  baptism.  Four 
were  restored  lo  the  fold,  making  nine  in  all  since  my  last  re- 
port.— Emma  Prowant,  Continental,  Ohio,  Dec,  16. 

Logan.-Eld.  Daniel  Wysong,  of  Nappanee,  Ind.(  came  to 
us  Dec.  4  and  continued  meetings  until  the  evening  of  Dec,  19. 
preaching  twenty-one  sermons.  As  is  often  the  case  it  seems 
the  meeting  closed  too  soon.  A  splendid  interest  was  manifest 
to  the  last.  Three  united  with  the  church.  The  Almanac  and 
Eook  Catalogue  have  been  received.  To  us  it  is  the  best  Al- 
manac ever  issued  by  the  Brethien,  and  the  Bcok  Catalogue 
shoashow  our  Biethren  appreciate  go^d  reading. — John  P. 
Snyder,  Bellrfontaine,  Ohio,  Dec.  21. 

Sugar  Creek — On  the  cveaing  of  Nov.  22,  Sister  Cora  Mil- 
ler began  a  ringing  school  at  the  Peasant  View  church, 
which  continued  each  night  for  two  we>ks,  to  tte  satisfac- 
tion of  all  in  attendance.  Thanksgiving  Day  we  held  our  us- 
v.Wfc^Hw:-  '  7?r-znfr  Z**y*. -'----->-  -    s  *--.  '■  =' 

ual  services  at  the  Sugar  Creek  church.  After  an  able  dis- 
course, a  collection  was  taken  for  the  purpose  cf  aiding  the 
Smyrna  and  India  Orphanages,  which  resulted  in  rasing  £25, 
Dec.  11  was  our  regular  quarterly  council.  One  dear  sister 
was  restored  to  fellowship,  and  her  husband  received  by  bap- 
tism.— David  By erly,  Lima,  Ohio,  Dec.  18. 

Donnel  s  Creek.— Last  Saturday  was  our  regular  council. 
A  good  feeling  seemed  to  prevail.  We  were  glad  to  welcome 
Bro.  Joseph  Barnbar1,  a  minister  in  the  second  degree,  to  our 
number.  He  has  lately  moved  here  from  Kansas.  As  the 
time  of  our  Thanksgiving  meeting  was  taken  up  by  a  funeral 
service,  we  had  a  collection  on  the  next  Sunday  aad  nearly  ten 
dollars  was  donated  for  the  spread  of  the  Gaspel.  I  am  now 
with  the  Palestine  church,  Ohio,  and  have  had  six  meetings, 
with  a  very  gold  interest  and  attendance.  Dec.  24  1  expect  to 
bring  wife  and  daughter  home  from  Cincinnati,  where  they 
have  spent  four  months.— He nry  Frantz,  Forgy,  Ohio,  Dec.  2). 
Mttamora.— In  Gladwin  County,  Mich,  there  are  eleven 
members  in  an  isola'.ed   place.    They  had  not  heard  one  of 


Bean  Settlement.— A  love  feast  was  held  in  this  church 
Nov.  13.  Ministers  present  were  B.  W.  Smiih,  Jchn  K.  Ba- 
d  the  writer.  By  special  request,  we 
5  until  Nov.  22,  Four  were  added  to 
0,  and  others  were  almost  persuaded. 
1  have  his  residence  in  the  above  con- 
id  should  be  addressed  at  Rock  Oak, 
-  D.  B.  Arnold,  Burlington,    W.    Va., 


ker,  Arthur  Arnold  ; 
continued  the  meetin 
the  church  by  bapti 
Bro.  John  K.  Baker  w 
gregation  for  awhile 
Hardy  Co,  W.  Va. 
Dec,  /;. 
Dawson.- 


Bro.  A.  B.  Duncan,  of  Oak  Hill,  cc 
series  of  meetings  at  the  Dougher  schoolhouss 
Sulphur   SpriDgs)    Nov.    14,  which   continued  for 


Blue 


fellowship.    Then 


:  moved  the 
church,  near  Dawscn, 
Two  ycung  persons  wei 
/e   had  able   preaching  ; 


ind  one  was  restored 
teetings  to  the  Mead- 
hire  they  continued 
buried  with  Christ  in 
pleasant   meetings, 


Nov.  13,  and  closed 
s  the  most  successful 
e  city.  Forty  five  per- 
70  were  baptized  and 
hat  out  of  the  number 
members  of  our  Sun- 
f  the  work  of  the  Sun- 


^■"V.- 


the   Bretb 
meetings 

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1  the 


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jctojihoust 
with  e'ght  t 
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Cla 


C.  Johnston,  of  Uniontown,  Pa.,  beg; 
Dec  13,  lasting  one  month.  This  w 
meeiing  our  church  ever  held  here  in  t 
sons  united  with  the  church.  Forty- 
three  reclaimed.  We  are  glad  to  sa> 
added  to  the  church  twenty-seven  wei 
day  school-  This  is  another  evidence 
day  school.  Our  Sunday  school  is  still  keeping  up  its  aver- 
age attendance  of  from  190  to  2~o  members,  and  now  we  feel 
to  go  to  work  with  more  z?al  than  ever,— M,  P.  Brumbaugh, 
Dec.  XJ. 

Spring  drove.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  Dec.  18.  On 
account  of  imperial  business,  elders  B.  Z.  Eby,  John  Grabill, 
Israel  Wenger  and  H.  E.  Light  were  called  in.  Bro.  H.  E. 
Light  presidme,  the  church  decided  to  hold  an  election  for  a 
minister  and  two  deacons.  The  lot  for  minister  fell  on  the 
writer,  and  for  deacon  on  brethren  J.  G.  Martin  and  John 
Buffamyre.  All  the  above,  with  their  wives,  were  duly  in- 
stalled. Bro.  R.  S  Reidenba<:h  was  ordained  to  the  elder- 
ship. The  official  board  now  consists  of  three  ministers  and 
three  deacons,  We  expect  to  begin  a  series  of  meetings  at 
the  Spring  Grove  house  sometime  in  February.  Bro.  Geo. 
S.  Rairigh,  from  Denton,  Md.,  is  to  do  the  preaching  —5.  W. 
Taylor,  Dec.  20, 


tt  had  a  sister  living  in    another   isolated 
preached  in  another  schoolhouse  one  week. 
lesed  with   two  applicants  for  baptism,    and   one    re- 
claimed.   We  then  went  to  Missiukee  County,  near  McClure. 
Hers  wj  also  have  a  little  band  of  Brethren.     We  preached 


-tf. 


Pine  Grove. 

Dec.  18,  with 
erable  busines 
by  Bro.  I,  O, 
Henry  Sines.- 
Dec.  21. 

Eglon.-De 


:turned  home. —  Wm,  McKimmey,  Dec 

WEST  VIRQ1N1A. 

-Our  quarterly  council  cenvened  on  Saturday, 
Bro.  Thomas  Digman,  as  moderator,  Consid- 
1  was  transacted.     We  had  preaching  at  night 

Thompson,  and  on   Sunday  morning  by  Bro. 

Samuel  M.    Wilhelm,  Pleasant  Hill,   W.   Va , 


night,  and  twice 
five  added  lo  ih 
;  here  as  a  Strang- 


Fergumn,  of  Pennsylv; 
ae  Glade  View  church,  1 

on   Sunday,  up    to  the 

:   fold  by  baptism.     Our 

t  he  left  many 


nd  preached 
14th.  There 
dear  brother 
friends.     He 


s  not  afraid  to  handle  the  pure  Word  of  God.— Rachel  Wei- 
tier  Judy,  Dec  20, 

Smith's  Creek  —We  have  just  enjoyed  a  series  cf  meet- 
ngs  by  Bro.  J.  M.  Kagey  and  P.  S.  Thomas,  assisted  by  breth- 
ren Simmers  and  Miller,  all  of  Rockingham  County,  Va„ 
1  commencing  on  the  evenirg  cf  Dec.  7,  The  meetings  closed 
.  two  days  later.  In  our  isolated  mountain  home  we  are  glad 
I  to  have  frequent  calls  from  our  ministering  brethren  —  Geo.  \ 
I  W,  Grady,  Pendleton  County,  W.  Va.,  Dec,  18.  ' 


baptism. 

with  large  congregations.—^.  M.  Frantz,  Dec.  13, 

Amboy — Bro.  Obed  Ham  stead  and  the  writer  began  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  near  the  abive  place  in  the  Fraley  school- 
house  Dec.  5,  and  continued  until  the  evening  of  the  nth. 
Although  we  cannot  report  any  additions,  we  think  there  was 
some  good  done,  and  some  promised  to  come  before  long, 
We  have  six  members  at  this  place,  and  preaching  every  first 
and  third  Sunday  of  the  month.  Our  work  is  to  scatter  the 
seed  and  God  giveth  the  increase,  Of  course,  we  all  like  lo 
come  biirgiog  in  the  sheaves.— Emra  T.  Fike,  Eg/on,  W.  Va., 
Dec.  14. 

Pine  Creek.-Nov.  13,'Bro,  Tobias  S.  Fike,  of  Brookside, 
W.  Va.,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  at  the  Pine  church. 
He  preached  each  evening  or.til  the  17th,  when  he  was  taken 
sick,  and  Bm.  G,  S.  Arnold,  of  Burlington,  W.  Va„  came  and 
assisted  in  the  work.  Nov.  27  Bro.  Fike  was  able  to  aga'n 
take  up  the  work,  although  not  in  good  health.  He  then 
started  for  home  Nov.  22.  There  were  no  accessions,  but 
the  church  was  greatly  revived  and  built  up.  Dec.  r  the 
writer  commenced  a  series  of  meetings,  assisted  by  the  home 
brethren,  at  the  Bethel  church,  a  point  in  the  Pine  Creek 
congregation,  and  continued  until  the  12th,  when  we"  closed 
with  large  congreeations  and  good  interest.—^.  IV.  Arnold, 
Purgittsville,  W.  Va  ,  Nov.  13. 

Dry  Run  Church.— Nov.  11  I  met  with  God's  people  oh 
Middle  Mountain.  We  had  one  meeting  Nov.  12.  I  was  with 
thecburchon  Alleghany  Mountain,  in  Pocahontas  County.  I 
expected  to  meet  Bro.  Beverage  here,  but  he  did  not  ccme. 
I  preached  twice  ou  Sunday  to  a  large  congregation.  Many 
0  come  back  and  preach  for  them.  I  would  go 
remain  awhile,  but  my  work  is  too  great  and  my  means 
^S5ferw*DVtroi3  my  family  Vo  much.  Afler  my  return 
Beverage  and  I  started  Nov,  "jz,  fcm  ^EuuiAbfhi 
County.  We  preacaed  at  the  Osceola  schcolhouse  in  the  fore- 
noon,  after  which  two  dear  souls  were  buried  in  bap'ism.  We 
then  rode  twelve  miles  and  preached  at  7  P.  M.,  the  same  day. 
Next  day  we  went  to  the  Dry  Run  church,  and  then  re- 
turned home.  Friday,  Nov.  26,  I  started  for  Smith's  Creek, 
near  Franklin,  Pendleton  Connty.  I  reached  at  that  point; 
then  returned  home.  The  people  asked  for  m^re  preaching, 
I  regret  very  much  that  I  cannot  go  and  preach  for  them.  I 
have  many  calls  for  preaching.— Allen  Calhoun,  Dec  7, 
INDIANA. 
Somerset.— Our  council  met  Dec.  18,  Elders  D  P.  Shively 
and  Noah  Crumriue  were  with  us.  Our  presiding  elder,  S.  S. 
Ulery,  not  being  present,  Eld.  D.  P.  Shively  acted  in  that  ca- 
pacity. All  business  was  disposed  of  in  a  spirit  of  love.— Jos. 
P.  Winger,  Dec.  21. 

Walnut  Level.— Bro.  B.  F.  Hrneyraan,  from  Center,  Oh'o, 
came  to  us  on  Saturday  evening,  Dec.  4,  and  stayed  till  Mon- 
day evening.  He  preached  four  sermons.  Two  were  bur  ed 
with  Chris*  in  baptism,  and  others  were  almost  persuaded.— 
Malinda  S.  Studebaker,  Reiffsburg,  Bid.,  Dec.  7. 

Union  City.— We  held  our  quarterly  council  Dec.  18.  S'x 
were  received  by  letter,  and  one  1 -Iter  was  granted.  The  de- 
pendent were  also  provided  for.  We  were  disappointed  in 
securing  a  teacher  for  a  Bihle  school  durirg  the  Holidays,  so 
ariangeroents  were  perfected  ftr  prearbing  services  by  home 
talent,  to  take  the  place  of  the  Bible  school. — Esta  Simmons, 
Dec.  so. 

Mlsslssinewa.—  Our  Bible  School  opened  Dec.  7  and  con- 
tinued until  to  day,  Dec  17.  I  feel  it  will  be  long  remembered 
by  all  who  attended.  Ninety-two  took  part  in  the  work  and 
we  bad  a  large  number  of  visitors  From  the  beginning  to  the 
close,  the  school  continued  to  grow  in  interest.  We  believe 
every  one  who  attended  fee's  greatly  benefited.  The  school 
was  conducted  by  Bro.  Edson  Ulery, of  North  Manchester,  Ind  , 
and  Bro.  Jacob  Rarick,  of  this  place.  During  the  school  one 
dear  sister,  who  had  wandered  away  from  the  church,  was  re- 
ceived back  into  the  fold.—/.  JV.  Miller,  Stockport,  Lnd ', 
Dec  17. 

Muncle.— We  organized  a  Sunday  school  here  the  second 
Sunday.  The  interest  taken  at  the  first  was  encouraging.  All 
officers  and  teachers  are  members  of  the  church,  We  will 
use  the  Brethren's  Sunday  school  supplies,  and  the  Sunday 
School  Song  Book.  The  interest  at  onr  meetings  is  incieas- 
ing.  One  sister  was  reclaimed  since  our  last  report,  We  now 
have  forty  members  living  in  the  city.  We  can  see  no  rea- 
sons why  there  should  tot  be  a  strong  church  of  the  Breth- 
ren built  up  in  this  city.  We  will  hold  a  series  of  meetings 
here,  beginning  sometime  in  January,  We  hope  to  have  the 
tance  of  the  adjoining  churches.—  Geo.  L.  Studebaker, 
East  Adams  Street,  Dec.  17. 


Jan.  I,  18 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSE1TQEE.. 


Elkhart—  This  church  Ins  preaching  every  Sunday  at  10. 
30  A.  M.,  and  7  P.  M.;  Sunday  school  at  9: 15  A.  M.  We  have 
our  prayer  meeting  on  Tuesday  evening.  Brethren,  who  trav- 
el through  Elkhart,  are  invited  to  stop  over  Lord's  Dav  and 
attend  these  services,  There  is  much  to  do  here. — J.  H, 
Miller,  Dec.  ig- 


Willis.— Brethi 
Valley  congregation,  co 
Mt.  Normal    Hall,  Dec 


VIRGINIA. 

Noah  and  Wyatt  Reed,  of  the  Pleasant 


of 


the 


which  lasted  til  the  19th.    Tw 
young  s:sters  were  received  into  the  clnrcb  by  baptism.    Or 
old  brother  asked  to  be  restored.    Brethren  George  and  Roll 
Weddle,  ot  Dun'ap,    Kans  ,  preached   one  night,  during  the 
lime,  after  wh  ch  tbey  went  to  other  fields—  S.  P.  Hylton, 
Dec.  iO. 

Hampton.— Dec.  5  Bro.  Levi  S.  Mohler  commenced  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  at  the  Brick  meetinghouse,  Hampton.  He 
gave  us  eleven  very  instructive  sermons.  These  meetings 
closed  on  the  evening  of  Dec  12,  somewhat  unexpectedly,  as 
oor  brother  was  called  home  on  account  of  affliction  in  his 
family.  Our  meetings  steadily  grew  in  interest,  the  house 
becoming  filled  with  more  than  its  seating  capac'.ty.  Among 
the  enjoyable  features  were  the  daily  visits.  I  can  report  but 
one  applicant  for  baptism.— Samuel  B.  Miller,  Dec.  16, 

King  William  County. -Dec.  4  we  held  our  feast  at  the 
tome  of  the  writer.  Sixteen  of  the  Master's  children  were 
permitted  to  partake,  Our  visiting  mini'trrs  were  P.  H. 
Eeery,  Fruitdale,  Ala.,  Abram  Conner,  Manassas,  Va„  W. 
E.  Rcop,  Westminster,  Md.  OwiDg  to  the  unfavorable 
wenlisr,  not  so  many  fr'.ends  were  present;  but  those  who 
came  seemed  impressed  with  oir  apostolic  manner  of  ob- 
serving the  ordinances  of  his  house.  On  Sunday  our  breth- 
ren preached  f>  a'tentive  congregations  in  the  Methodist 
church  near  here,  at  II  A.  M.  and  7.  P.  M.  On  Monday  and 
Tuesday  nights  services  were  held  in  the  Old  Colonial  church, 
twelve  miles  from  here,  where  some  of  the  Brethren  live.— 
B.  F.  Carbcr,  f/jbla,  Va  ,  Dec,  21. 
IOWA. 
Batavia  —1  am  thus  far  on  my  way  to  Indiana.  Those  wish- 
ing to  correspond  with  me,  in  regard  to  holding  meetings,  can 
address  me  at  Anderson,  lnd.t  until  further  notice  is  given,  as 
I  will  not  return  home  to  Cando,  N.  D.,  until  April.— Joseph 
Holder,  Dec.  2t. 

Elkhait.-Bro.  H.  R.  Taylor,  of  Des  Moines,  came  to  us  on 
the  evening  of  Dec.  4,  and  preached  until  the  nth,  when  Bro. 
Geo.  Shambergcr  continued  the  meetings  until  De;  19.  We 
had  good  atttnianci  and  the  best  of  interest.  One  came  out 
and  confessed  Christ,  and  the  members  were  greatly  strength- 
ene  1  and  built  up.— Sara  Goughnour,  Dec.  21. 

-Greene  —We  recently  closed  an  interesting  Bible  Normal, 
conducted  by  brethren  W.  H.  Lichty  and  A.  P.  Blougb,  of 
South  Waterloo  church,  Iowa,  commencing  Dec.  6,  and  contin- 
uing for  eleven  days.  They  labored  very  earnestly,  2nd  their 
good  lessons  shall  nst  soon  be  forgotten.  The  interest  taken 
was  very  good. — A-  Gertrude  Eikcnberty,  Dec.  21, 

Garrison.— We  held  oir  quarterly  council  Dec.  18.  We 
have  chosen  Bro.  S.  H.  Miller,  of  Waterloo,  lows,  to  be  cur 
elder.  On  Stmc'ay,  Dec.  iq,  at  1,0  A.  M.,  the  Sunday  school 
children  were  addres?ed  by  Bro.  StricMer,  of  Grundy  Center. 
Afterwards  Bro.  S.  H.  Miller  preached  to  a  fall  house  of  at- 
tentive listeners.  Bro  Hipes  commenced  a  series  of  meetings 
at  ths  place  Dec.  15,  which  still  continue.  Our  Premium  Bi- 
ble is  just  grand.— Lizzie  R.  Pugh,  Dec.  20. 

Iowa  Mission  Points.  —  I  commenced  mcetirgs  at  Bluff 
Creek,  Iowa,  on  the  evening  of  Dec.  1,  and  preached  fifteen 
sermon?,  to  well-filled  houses.  This  is  a  comparatively  new 
place  and,  by  dil-'g'nt  wo'k,  we  tbink  that  there  can  be  a 
gcod  work  done  for  the  Master.  We  were  here  presented 
with  morey  enough  to  purchase  a  new  Bible.  From  here  we 
went  to  the  Fr;n'din  church,  in  Decatur  County,  on  gen- 
eral mission  work.  The  members  at  this  place  bad  the 
kindness  to  present  us  with  a  fur  overcoat.  Eld.  Win,  J.  Stout 
resides  at  this  place,  and  has  charge  of  the  work,  assisted 
by  Eld.  L.  M.  Kob  Eld.  Stout  1;  now  past  eighty-one  years, 
yet  his  zeal  is  unabated.  He  has  a  great  concern  for  the 
church.  I  am  at  this  writing,  in  the  South  River  church,  try- 
ing to  do  what  I  can  for  the  mis-ion  work. — Abraham  Wolf, 
Libsrtyville,  Iowa,  Dec,  21. 

NEBRASKA. 

Pleasant  View.  —  Our  missionary,  Bro.  Snowbarger,  held 

a   seius   of    meetings  here    at    Turner.     There    was    gcod 

interest,     Every  one  £eetrs  anxious  to  hear  the  Gospel  Trutb. 

— L.  M.  Ellrod,  Republican  City,  Ncbr,,  Dec.  18. 

Golden  Springs— We  met  in  council  Dec.  II.  Business  was 
disposed  of  in  a  Christian-like  manner.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  visit  erring  members,  and  regain  them.  Our  elder 
having  tendered  his  resignation,  Bro.  ].  L.  Snavely  was  chosen 
as  his  successor.  Bro.  A.  J.  Shook  was  elected  agent  for  the 
Messenger.  We  decided  to  bo'd  a  prayer  meeting  every 
Wednesday  evening.—/.  E.  Himler,  Decatur,  Nebr.,  Dec,  at. 

Bethel.— Bro.  J.  E.  Young,  of  Beatrice,  Nebr,,  commencetl 
meetings  here  Dec.  5,  and  continued  until  Dec.  19.  He 
preached  fifteen  discourses.  Owing  to  tbe  inclement  weath- 
er, the  attendance  was  not  so  large  as  it  would  have  been 
otherwise.  Three  evenings  were  very  profitably  spent  in  Bi- 
ble study.  Although  there  were  no  immediate  accessions,  the 
cause  has  been  strengthened  and  tbe  members  encouraged.— 
Sue  B,  Flickinger,  CarUlott,  Nebr.,  Dec.  21, 


Weeping  Water.— Bro.  S  M.  F;  iney  c 
cresting  series  of  meetings  at  t'lis  place  Dec.  4,  and  contin- 
ued uatil  Dec.  16.  The  attendance  and  interest  were  gco^. 
Two  were  baptized  and  one  applicant  will  b»  baptiz-.d  later. 
Others  ate  much  impressed.— A.  A.  Keeftr,  Dec.  20. 

ILLINOIS. 

Big  Creek.— Bro.  Granville  Nevinger,  of  Beecher  City,  111., 
came  to  tbhehurch  Nov  27  and  preached  twenty-two  sermons. 
He  also  beld  one  council.  He  closed  on  the  night  of  Dec.  12 
with  a  large  crowd.  He  had  no  addition?,  but  s"me  are  neai 
the  kinedom.— /.  M.  Forney,  Parkersburg,  III.,  Dec.  20. 

Allison  Prairie.  —  Bro.  I.  W.  Brubaker,  of  Laplace,  thi: 
State,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  heie  Nov.  27,  whict 
closed  Dec.  12,  with  good  interest.  D.c.  $  he  gave  a  talk  t< 
the  children.  AUhrugh  there  we r;  no  accessions  durirg  th- 
meetings,  the  members  wer<:  grca'ly  strengthened  and  en 
cou raged.— Nina  Garber,  Allison,  III,  />  c   ij. 

Sterling.  —  Bro.  John  Harshbarger,  of  Jeffeisinvire,  III 
closed  a  two  weeks'  seues  cf  me-tin^s  here  list  even'it*.  Th 
interest  was   exceptionally  good  throughout.     We   rcgrittei 


KANSAS. 

Fort  Scott.— Dec.  18,  at  7:3oP  M.,  we  met  in  quarterly  coun- 
cil.  Fid.  J.  H.  Neher  presiding.  One  young  bother  was  re- 
ceived by  letter,  two  young  sisters  were  re*'ored  to  full  fellow- 
hip,  nnd  eipht  letters  were  granted.  The  donations  from  this 
church  and  Sunday  school,  for  tV  quarter,  for  World  wide  Mis- 
>ionf,  amounted  to  §3.07.  Our  elder  having  been  called  to  the 
mission  field,  to  lawor  for  the  Master  at  Palestine,  Ark  .resigned 
his  charge  of  this  church.  Eld.  W.  B.  Sells  was  chosen  to 
succeed  him.  The  writer  was  selected  es  Sunday  school  su- 
perintendent—J/  /:'.  Tisdale.Dec.3l. 

Scott  Valley.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  Nov.  20.  Bro. 
Mm  Slcrfy  was  umnimously  chosen  as  our  tlder  for  another 
year.  Bro.  Cc3.  Slaughter  being  sick  called  for  the  elders  of 
t li -  church,  and  was  anointed.  On  Thanksgiving  Day  we  had 
services  and  $2.50  was  raised  for  tbe  poor  at  home      Bro.  W. 


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aded.     One  who  had  wandered 

eelings  have  been  profitable. — P.  R.  Ke'tner,  Dec  20 

Mt.  Vernon.— This  church  met  in  q-iarlerly  council  Dec. 

i,  with  our  elder,  Henry  Lilligh,  prts'diog.    A  C( 

as  selected  to  negotiate  with  tie  C.  &  E.  I.  R.  R.  Co. 

chase  from  them  the  old  meetingbouic.  sold  to  tie  Company 

by  this  church  about  two  years  ago      IE  successful,  the  com 

mittee  is  authorized  to  purchase  a  lot  on  which  to  move  tbe 

building.     We  hope  the  dtal  can  be  effected,  as  we  are  much 

in  need  of  a    churchhouse.     Bro.  Jacob  Angle  was    chosen 

Messenger  agent,  and  also  selected  clerk  and  treasurer  for 

the  church.    Sister  Martha  Russell  was  re-el  'cted  solicitor,  ar.d 

the  writer  as  correspondent  to  the  Messenge  \-A  Z  Angle, 

Dec' 20. 

MARYLAND. 

Beaverdam.— Nov.  27,  Bro.  Peter  S.  M  Her,  of  Roanoke, 
Va„  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  here,  and  preached 
twenty  sermons.  He  closed  his  meetings  Dec.  12,  with  one 
applicant  for  baptism.  The  meetings  were  well  attended, 
especially  the  last  one.—  George  K.  Sappington,  Joh\  ville, 
Md.,Dee.ij. 

Pipe  Creek.— Nov.  28  we  closed  our  Sunday  school  for  the 

winter  and  reorganized  a  Bible  class,  which  will  meet  at  the 

church  in  the  morning  before  preaching  services,  and  at  pii- 

the  alternate  Sunday.     We  use  tbe  Brethren's 

mr  Bibleclass.     Thus  we  do  Dot  lose  any  of  ibe 

Our  quarterly  council  was  held  Dec.  4-     Bro.  D  R. 

;as  with  us.     Bro.  W.  Philip  Englar,  was  advanced  to 

nd  degree  cf  the  ministry.— R>  A.  Pfouts,  Limoood, 

,..-_.  -•  -•■... 

Md.,  Dec.  14. 

Monocacy.— Nov,  20  Bro.  Charles  Ausherman,  of  the  Mid- 
dletown  Valley  church,  commenced  meetings  here  and  la- 
bored faithfully  until  Nov.  28.  The  day  before  we  held  our 
first  love  feast  at  this  point.  Eighty-three  members  com 
muned,  It  was  a  very  eopyable  meeting,  Bro.  Daniel  F, 
Stouffer,  Solomon  and  E,  W.  Stoner  and  Char.'os  Ausherman 
did  tbe  preaching.  Our  Brethren  have  been  preaching  at  this 
place  for  over  seventy-five  years.— Samuel  H'eybright,  Double 
Pipe  Creek,  Carroll  Co.,  Md,  Dec.  15, 

OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

Thorna?. — The  Lord's  work  is  being  blecsed  here,  notwith- 
standing the  disadvantages,  and  tbe  opposition  of  the  evil. 
Nine  precious  souls  have  been  received  into  fellowship.  The 
burden  of  my  heart,  is,  Who  will  hear  tbe  Word  of  God,  and 
come,  or  go  and  take  care  of  the  lambs?  I  live  140  m-les  from 
here.  The  numbers  have  cboren  ire  as  elder  to  look  after 
their  spiritual  interest  Brethren,  when  you  gather  arouud  the 
stand  too  thick  to  have  room,  at  your  comfortable  h  me  church, 
think  of  the  isolated!— A.  IK  Austin,  Custer  Cc,  Okla.,  Dec.  15 

Paradise  Prairie— We  just  closed  an  interesting  series  of 
meetings  at  this  place,  conducted  by  Bro'.  Samuel  Edgecomb. 
Quite  an  interest  was  manifested,  although  Ibe  inclemency  of 
the  weather  was  much  against  the  meetings.  Our  council  was 
held  Dec  11.  All  passed  eff  pleasantly.  Two  letters  were 
granted.  We  decided  to  have  a  weekly  prayer  meeting;  al  o 
decided  to  make  our  Sonday  school  a  Brethren  school  Tbe 
proper  officers  were  elected.  Our  collection  was  $53.36, 
to  be  allo'ted  as  follows:  Hrme  Mission,  $30.86;  World-Wide 
Mission,  $17.50;  Smyrna,  $2.50;  Foreign,  §2.50,  $14.01  of  the 
above  amount  was  piidin  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  r.y  tbe  little 
folks  of  our  Sunday  School.—  Kate  Metzlcr,  Clarkson,  Okla 
T,  Dec  16. 


Fruitdale.— After  having  remained  north  several  weeks,  on 
account  of  the  sickness  of  my  father,  I  returned  to  FruitrVc 
Dec.  8.  in  company  with  over  fifty  people,  most  of  whom  were 
brethren  and  their  families,  who  are  tocatingat  Fruitdale  and 
Citronelle.  Our  love-feast  at  Fruitdale  was  held  on  the  even- 
ing of  the  10th  and  was  indeed  an  enjoyable  occasion.  We 
met  in  the  Seminary  Chapel,  which  comf  >rtably  acenmmo  later! 
all  who  were  n  attendance.  Eld.  D.  R.Richard,  of  Irgills, 
Ind.,  officiated,  He  has  preached  for  us  each  night  since  the 
fea<itand  is  listened  to  by  attentive  and  appreciative  congrega- 

Sunday  afternoon  had  been  agreed  upen  as  the  time  for    "1 


Baptist  r 


bet 


Ennis  and  a  Missionary 
,'ter,  to  hive  been  held  in  the  country,  a  few  miles 
of   Fruitdale.     Bro.    Ecnis  was  there  at  the  appointed" 
hour,  to  defend  trine  immeision,  end  a  crowd  of  people  were 
but  tbe  champi-n  of  sin- 


immersion  failed  to  appear.    Child 

efoot  and  the  weather  is  delightful— J 

CALIFORNIA. 


Colton.-Dsc.  5  I  began  a  series  of  meetings  and  expect 
continue  until  Dec.  23,  when  the  treihren  and  sisters  will 
fellowship  in  love  feast  The  attendance  is  good  and  the  at- 
tention all  that  canK  desired.  Not  a  few  have  Bibles,  pen- 
cils and  memorandum  books,  to  note  the  prcof  texts  on  black- 
board. This  latter  is  one  of  the  best  helps  I  ever  lad,  to 
bring  Scripture  forcibly  before  the  mind.  Thus  far,  in  eight 
meetings,  three  hundred  and  seventy-four  verars  of  Scripture 
have  been  que  tea,  read  and  noted  en  the  blackbo-ard,  ai;d  by 
God's  grace,  several  hundred  more  will  be  produced  before 
that  this  people  cannot  say  th 


Ihe 


the  close  of  our  servicf-s.  so   that  this   people  c; 

light  of  God's  Word  has  not  been  set  before  them.  The  au- 
dience consists  of  a  few  of  our  Brethren,  while  tbe  remain- 
der are  Adventists,  Methodists  and  no-  -professors.  Prav  God 
to  Kive  tbe  increasel  Bro.  D.  A,  Nrrcross  is  expected  to  day, 
t  j  help  us  "  war  a  good  warfare."— M.  M,  Eshelman,  Dec.  13 


COLORADO. 


Mountain  View  (Denv< 

held  Dec.  4-     Everything  \ 


Moscow.— Br 
day  preached  t 
claimed,  and  on 


IDAHO. 

,  Enorh  Faw  came 


.  Dec. 


One 


ved  by  letter.  During  1897  there  were 
seven  additions  to  ibe  Mscow  church,  four  hy  baptism,  two 
reclaimed  and  one  by  letter.  Two  more  letters  are  to  be 
danded  in  soon.  We  have  Sunday  school  and  social  meet- 
ng  each  Sunday;  also  a  weekly  teachers'  meeting  and  sing- 
ng  class,-7aJ.  Weimer,  Dec,  13. 

MISSOURI. 
Greenwood.  —  This  church  is  still  moving  along  in  the 
jreat  work  of  our  Blessed  Lord  Our  prayer  meetine  is  quite 
helpful  to  the  members,  Nov,  21  two  young  sisters  came  out 
on  the  Lord's  side  and  were  received  into  fellowship  by  bap-  10,  and  next  d; 
tiim,  on  Thanksgiving  Day,— J.  J.  Troxel,  Cabool,  Texas  Co.,  .  the  meetings 
Mo.,  Dec.  /j.  '  4r*->  Dee.  fj. 


■).  —  Our  quarterly   council   was 

is  done  quietly  and  satisfactorily. 

e  next  morniog  and  evenirg  Bro.  Edmund  Forney,  of  Fo- 

111,  preached  for  is,  and  it  is  nesdless  to  say  that  i»  was 

ayed  by  all  that  were  there,  for  we,  of  the  Denver  churcb, 

x  not  tbe  blessings  that  most  of  ycu  that  are  farther  east, 

-e,  for  we  have  had  but  three  nr  four  rermor.s  ;  ince  the 

t  of  September.     Last  Sunday  a  young  brother  united  with 

Ibe  church,  and  we  think  that  there  are  others  tbat  wou  d  jrlad- 

lv  cast  in  their  lot  with  ours  if  we  bad  regular  services  and 

tbe  enccuragement  tfcey  sbould  bave.     Bro.  L  E    Keitner,  of 

Pearl  City,  III.,  has  come  to  Co'ondo  t0  rpend  the  winter  for 

the  benefit  of  his  health,  and  will  bold  regular  services  while 

here  if  health  will  permit.— Bertha  Buckwalter,   Villa  Park, 

Colo.,  Dec.  17. 

NORTH  DAKOTA. 

York.— When  tbe  writer  and  nine  members  arrived  at  this 
place  April  10,  1895,  we  lound  on'y  three  memb  rs  living  near 
York.  I  am  happy  to  say  that  our  number  his  increased  1065, 
Two  of  them  were  baptized  here.  We  have  three  ministers,— 
one  in  the  second  degree,  two  in  the  first,  and  eighr  deicors 
Tfcc  bead  of  each  family  has  taken  a  homestead  of  160  acres 
of  government  land,  and  about  all  are  living  on  their  own  land. 
We  invite  Brethren  and  their  families  to  licate  with  us,  as 
there  is  still  some  good  government  land  here.—  W.  L.  Britseh, 
Dec.  17. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

Sflpufpa.—  Bro.  N.  S.  Gripe,  of  Clarkson,  Okla.  T„  came  to^ 
this  pla'-e  Nov.  21,  to  hold  some  meetings  Although  we  bad 
mmediate  results,  we  f»el  much  built  up  and  encouraged, 
ie  said  tbat  there  was  more  true  Gospel  preached  in  those 
or  twelve  sermons  than  they  had  ever  heard  here  before. 
t  Sunday,  at  Baptist  meetir  g,  I  distributed  about  twenty 
doctrinal   number.— Lottie  Carver,  Dec. 


ARKANSAS. 

immenced  meetings  in  tbe 
d  continued  until  Dec.  12  Du'ing 
nbers  and  had  one  council.  We 
an.  W*  had  a  Comrour  ion  Dec. 
eting.  Upon  the  whole,  we  think 
:ss,  —  Samuel  Weimcr,    Wyman% 


THE    GOSPEL    1VCESSE3STC3-EE,. 


Jan-  I,  1898. 


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rated,  and  finely  adapted  to  the  cmprehen- 
ion  of  the  young.  It  is  publish-d  by  the 
;hristian  Publishing  Co,  St  L"uis,  but  may  be 
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KELLER.  In  the  Ephrala  congregation 
near  Stevens,  Pa.,  Dec.  15.  1897.  of  neuralgia  of 
the  heart,  Dro.  Ellas  D.  Keller,  aged  65  years, 
7  months  ami  10  days,  He  leaves  a  wife  and 
six  children.  Services  by  Kid.  Vvenger,  J.  W. 
Schlosser,  and  E.  B.  Lefever. 

David  Kilhefner. 
HUDSON —In  the  Camden  church,  Jay  Co. 
Ind.,  July  5,  1^  Edwin  Hudson,  son  of 
Joshua  mid  Mary  Hudson,  aged  68  years,  6 
months  and  6  days.  He  was  born  Dec.  28, 
1828.  Bro.  Hudson  was  married  to  Sarah  Ci- 
ger,  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  Giger,  Dec.  S, 
1850,  and  lo  this  union  were  born  eight  ch 
dren,— seven  sons  and  one  daughter.  Two  of 
this  number  have  gone  before  Bro.  Hudson 
was  a  faithful  member  in  the  Brethren  church 
for  many  years,  and  was  chosen  a 
about  one  vear  ago.  He  leaves  a  devoted 
Christian  wife  and  six  children.  Funeral  by 
the  writer,  from  1  Cor.  15:  53. 

Samuel  Younce. 
OAKS.— At  the  Kidder  meetinghouse,  Cald- 
well  Co.,  Mo.,  Dec.  o,  1897,  Meredith  Elmer 
Oaks,  only  child  of  friend  David  and  Kizzie 
Oaks,  aged  I  year,  4  months  and  1  day.  Servi- 
ces by  the  writer  and  Bro.  John  Sadler,  from 
Mark  io:  13-15.  HENRY  Etter. 

LANDIS.— In  the  Newton  church,  Miami 
Co.,  Ohio.  April  5,  1S97,  of  dropsy  and  heart 
disease,  Sister  Susannah  (nee  Deeter)  Landis, 
aged  64  years,  1 1  months  and  7  days  She  was 
a  daughter  of  Abram  and  Barbara  Deeter,  and 
was  born  near  Newton,  Ohio,  April  29,  1832; 
was  married  to  Daniel  Landis  in  August,  1S50; 
was  baptized  by  the  Brethren  in  1854.  She 
was  ihe  mother  of    fourteen    children, — four 

daughters  preceded  her  to  the  spirit  world. 
The  remaining  children  are  all  members  of  the 
Brethren  church.  Her  funeral  was  preached 
at  the  Sugar  Grove  church,  by  brethren  Tobi- 
as Krcider  and  Isaac  Frantz,  from  Rev.  14:  13, 
NISWONGER.— In  the  Ludlow  church, 
OHo,  Nov.  12,  1807,  Sister  Anna  Pefly  Niswon- 
ger,  aged  58  years,  9  months  and  20  days.  She 
was  born  near  Philippsburg,  Ohio,  Jan.  22, 
1830,  and  was  married  to  David  Niswonger, 
March  14,  1S57.  To  this  union  were  born 
nine  children,  eight  of  whom  survive.  Her 
hu  band,  who  so  creditably  filled  the  office  of 
deacon,  preceded  her  to  the  spirit  world  some 
years  ago.  Sister  Niswonger  lived  a  consist- 
ent and  devoted  member.  She  had  been  se- 
vere y  aftlic.td  for  a  number  of  years.  Funer- 
al service  b>  our  elders,  Tobias  Kreider  and 
Jesse  -tuisman.  Levi  Mixxich 


SMITH.— In  the 
'iew  congregation, 
rharlie  E.  Smith,  so 
Imith,  aged  1  year, 

SMITH.— In  the 


li. 'Mills 


ihe  Pleasant 
'ennessec,  of  diphthi 
of  Bro.  John  and  Mary 
months  and  15  days, 
me  conpregation,  of  the 
same  disease,  Nov.  6,  1807,  Eva  M.  Smith, 
daughter  of  Bro.  John  and  Mary  Smith,  aged  4 
years,  8  months  and  27  days. 

DOVE.— In  the  same  congregation,  Oct.  3, 
1897,  of  diphtheria,  Coy  Dove,  aged  3  years,  2 
months  and  28  days.  Coy  was  a  grandson  of 
Bro.  W.  S.  Bacon  Coy. 

BACON.— In  the  Pleasant  View  congrega- 
tion, Washington  Co.,  Tenn.,  June  7,  1897,  Bro. 
S,  Bacon,  aged  54  years,  7  months  and  28 
days.    He   leaves  a  wife    and    six    children. 


:allcd  for  the  elder! 
nnted. 

Peter  Miliei 


NEGLEY.-In  the  Back  Creek  church, 
Franklin  Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  8,  1897,  Bro.  David 
Ncglcv,  aged  nearly  eighty  years.  Deceased 
1  stroke  Dec.  5i  Services  conducted  by 
John  Lehuer  and  the* writer,  from  1  Thess.  4: 
.     Interment  at  the  Shank  church,  near 

HEGE.— In  the  Back  Creek  church,  Frank- 
lin Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  12,  1897,  near  Mercersburg, 
l'a.,  Bro.  John  Hege  (deacon),  aged  67  years,  7 
months  and  4  days.  Interment  in  Fulton 
County,  Pa.  Services  by  John  Lehner  and  the 
writer,  from  2  Tim.  4:  6,  7.  8. 

r-  George  Hege. 


CLAYTOR.-In  Middle  River  congregation, 
Va.,  Dec.  7,  1897,  of  neuralgia  of  the  heart.  Sis- 
ter George  A  Claytor  (maiden  name  Syrcle), 
aged  24  years,  9  months  and  3  days.  She  was 
married  Dec.  24,  1896,  in  the  Pleasant  Hill 
church,  and  in  the  same  church,  by  the  same 
brother,  D.  C.  Flory,  Dec.  7,  1897,  her  funeral 
was  preached.  She  united  with  the  Brethren 
church  about  twelve  years  ago,  and  has  been  a 
faithful  worker  ever  since.  Funeral  text,  Heb. 
9:  27,  to  a  large  concourse  of  sympathizing 
friends.  S.  F.  SCROGHAM. 

RHODE.— At  her  home,  in  Moline,  111.,  Nov. 
15,  1897,  Mrs.  Anna  B.  Rhode,  aged  86  years,  9 
months  and  3  days.  She  was  the  widowed 
companion  of  George  Rhode,  who  preceded 
her  about  twelve  years  ago.  Mrs.  Rhode  was 
born  in  Chambersburg,  Pa,  Funeral  services 
at  her  home  in  Moline.     Interment  at  Shannon 


Ne 


Shi  1 


SNOKE.— In  the  Tippecanoe  church,  Kosci- 
usko Co.,  Ind..  Nov.  6,  1807,  Mary  Snoke,  wife 
ofE.d  Andrew  Suoke,  of  the  River  Brethren 
church,  aged  79  years,  n  months  and  26  days. 


Funeral   at  the  Oak  Grove    United  Br 

ethren 

cnurch,  from  Psa.  17:  15,  by  the  writer. 

DILLMAN.— At  the  same  place    N 

>v    24 

1807,  Charles  Gordon,    son    of    Jackso 

and 

Cathem.e  Dil  man.  aged  2  months  and  2 

da>s. 

Funeral  in  the   E. angelical  ihurch,  at 

\\  ebster,  from  Psa.  80:  47,  by  th,  writer 

Daniel  Rothenber 

PAUL.— In  the  Clover  Creek   church,  Pa., 


Chri 


years.  3  months  and  5  days.  She  was  a  consist- 
ent member  of  the  church  for  many  years.  Fu- 
ne.al  services  conducted  by  Bio.  A.  li.  Burget. 

McCRAW.-In  the  same  church,  Nov.  o, 
189.7.  Homer  E.  McGraw,  infant  son  of  friend 
Andrew  and  Sister  Charlotte  McGraw,  aged  2 
year-,  9  months  and  1 1  days.  Funeral  services 
conducted  by  Bro.  J.  B.  Brumbaugh. 

J.  G.  Mock. 

STRICKLER.-ln  the  Eden  Valley  congrc- 
Sation,  Scuard,  Kans.,  Dec.  6,  1S97,  Homer 
Andly,  invalid  sou  of  Ma.ccllus  and  Rebecca 
Smokier,  aged  t8  years,  8  months  and  26 days. 
Prayer  service  at  the  house,  conducted  by  the 
wr"er.  Addiso.v  Fryfogle. 


ZUCK.—  In  the  Welsh  Run  congregation,  Pa., 
Jov.  7,  1807,  Bro  Jacob  Zuck,  aged  75  years,  9 
iioutbs  and  13  days.  Bro.  Zuck  was  a  deacon, 
nd  father  of  Jacob  Zuck,  deceased,  founder  of 
lie  Huntingdon  school.  He  leaves  a  wife, 
tiree  sons  and  two  daughters.  Bro.  Zuck  was 
afflicted  for  a  number  of  years.  Burial  at  the 
Welsh  Run  graveyard.        David  Winger. 

ARNOLD.-At  his  home,  near  Brookville, 

n  the  Wolf  Creek  church,    Montgomery  Co., 

3hio,  Nov.  18,  1897,  Bro.  Samuel  Arnold,  aged 

Jo  years,  4  months    and    24    days.    He    was 

born  in  Rockingham  County,  Virginia,  June  24, 

S17.    He  died  of  paralysis,  receiving  a  second 

stroke  about  ten  hours  before  his  death,  after 

which  he  never  spoke.     Services  from  lohn  11 

H.  Garber. 

RENIKER.-July  13,  1897,  Sister  Lucy  Ren 

er,  aged  66  years  and  8  months.    Sister  Ren 

er  lived  within  the  bounds  of  the  Spring  Riv 

er  church,  but  lived  in  Lawrence  County,  Mis 

souri,  thirty-seven  miles  away.    She  had  been 

a  Baptist  a  number  of  years,  but  joined  the 

Brethren  ab"ut  eight  years   ago,   and    lived 

faithful   until  death.    She  leaves  a  husband 

and  a  number  of  children,    The  husband  and 

a  few  of  the  children  are  members.    The  fu- 

preached  by  the  writer,  Dec.  5,  from 


14:  13. 


SHIVELY.-In  the  Spring  River  church, 
lasper  Co.,  Mo.,  Nov.  19, 1897,  Samuel  Shively, 
rged  31  years,  9  months  and  6  days.  He  was 
1  son  of  Bro.  J.  K.  and  Sister  Shively,  and  an 
nvalid  from  childhood,  could  neither  waJJt  nor 
lalk.  He  was  buried  in  the  Brethren's  grave- 
yard.   Funeral  services  by  Eld.  F.  Culp  and 

e  writer,  from  Heb.  9:  27. 

Christian  Holdeman. 

ENGEL. — In  the  Lower  Cumberland  church. 
Pa.,  Dec  6,  1897  Jacob  Calvin  Engel,  aged  16 
years,  10  months  and  20  days.  Services  held 
n  the  Bethel  church  in  Mount  Pleasant,  York 
Co.,  Pa.,  after  which  the  body  was  taken  to  the 

o  gamuth  meetinghouse,  and  laid  to  rest  in 

e  cemetery.  Services  by  the  writer,  from 
Eccl.  12:  1. 

BURGET.— In  the  Upper  Conewago  church, 
ar  Bragtown,  York  Co,   Pa.,  Dec.  7,  1897, 
Sister  Sarah  Burget,  aged  84  years  and  3  days. 
Services  held  at  the  Wolgamuth  meetinghouse, 
nd  the  body  interred  in  the  cemetery  at  that 
place.    She  leaves  three  sons  and  two  daugh- 
Services  conducted  by  the  writer    assist- 
ed by  Bro.  Herekiah  Cook,  from  .  Thess.  4:  14. 
Camel  Landis. 
HORNER -In    the   Quemahoning    church, 
Some.set  Co.,  Pa,  Dec.  6,   1897,  Bro.  David 
lomon  Horner,  aged  53  years.  9  months  and 
d.iys.     Funeral  services  by  the  writer  and 
A.  Hutchison  (Lutheran). 


GLICK.-In  the  South  Morrill  church 
Brown  Co.,  Kans.,  Dec.  io,  1S97,  of  Bright'; 
Sister  Flora  Glick,  wife  of  Bro.  Absn- 
lorn  Glick,  aged  68  years,  2  months  and  2C 
days.  Funeral  conducted  by  Bro.  Peter  Whit- 
mer.  D.  B.  Stover. 

CLAPPER.— In  the  Woodbury  church,  Bed- 
ford Co.,  Pa.,  Oct.  30,  1897,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Clapper,  daughter  of  Bro.  Geo.  and  Sister  Lu- 
cinda  Clapper,  aged  8  years  and  4  months. 
Services  by  elders  J  K.  Brown  and  J.  B.  Mil- 
r,  from  Mark  10:  13-16.  J.  C.  Stayer. 

EBY.— In  the  Beaver  Creek  church,  Mont- 
gomery Co.,  Ohio,  Dec.  12,  1897,  of  bowel  con- 
niption, Sister  Elizabeth  (Vaniman)  Eby, 
fe  of  Bro.  Noah  J.  Eby,  aged  48  years,  9 
months  and  18  days.  A  few  days  before  her 
death  she  called  for  the  elders  and  was  anoint- 
She  leaves  husband,  eight  sons  and  three 
daughters.  Interment  in  the  Bear  Creek  cem- 
Funeral  services  from  Rev  14:  12,  13, 
by  Eld.  John  Smith  and  David  Stutsman. 

Josiah  Eby. 
PFOUTZ.— In  the  Marsh  Creek  congrega- 
tion, Adams  Co.,  Pa.,  Nov.  19,  1S97,  Sister  Har- 
riet S.  Pfoutz,  wife  of  Bro.  David  Pfoutz,  aged 
about  63  years.  She  was  a  consistent  member 
of  the  Brethren  church.  She  leaves  a  husband 
and  tbree  sons.  The  funeral  services  were 
Louauciea  by  tne  writer,  assisted  by  Bro.  E. 
K.  Eeatherman.  J.  V.  W.  Deardorff 


HOLLINGER.— In    the    Ab 
Dickinson  Co.,  Kans.,  No 
Hollinger,  aged  77  year 
passed  away  peaceably 
ise  was  complicated, 


church, 


HOLLINGER.— In  the  Harris  Creek  con- 
gregation, Darke  Co.,  Ohio,  Dec.  5,  1897,  Re- 
becca Hollinger,;;^  Young,  aged  71  years,  I 
month  and  27  days.  She  was  born  in  Lancas- 
ter County,  Pa.  She  came  to  Darke  County 
with  her  parents,  when  a  child.  She  united 
with  the  Brethren  church  about  A.  D.  1867.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-two  she  was  married  to  Dan- 
iel Hollinger.  She  was  the  mother  of  ten  chil- 
dren, seven  of  whom  preceded  her,  leaving 
two  sons  and  one  daughter.  She  was  only 
sick  about  thirty-six  hours.  She  was  anointed, 
and  passed  away  peacefully  about  twelve 
hours  afterwards.  Funeral  services  by  Eld. 
Kreider  and  the  home  ministers.  Text,  Luke 
8: 52.  Mauga  Baker. 

ULREY.— In  the  Eel  River  church,  Kosci- 
sko  Co.,  Ind.,  Dec.  7,  1S97,  of  heart  disease, 
lister  Susan  Ulrey,  aged  54  years,  1 1  months 
nd  27  days.  She  leaves  six  brothers  and  two 
isters.  Father,  mother,  one  brother  and  one 
istei  preceded  her  to  the  world  beyond.  She 
was  a  sister  of  Eld.  S.  S.  Ulrey,  of  the  Ogan 
Creek  church.  She  was  born  and  raised  on 
the  old  homestead,  near  where  the  new  church 
now  stands.  She  was  unmarried.  The  day 
before  she  died  she  called  for  the  elders  of  the 
church,  and  received  the  anointing.  Funeral 
improved  by  the  home  ministers,  from  Rev. 
21:4-  C.  C.  Arnold. 

HARTLEY.— In  the  Clear  Creek  church, 
Mo.,  Nov.  20,  1S97,  of  tjphoid  fever.  Sister  Jen- 
nie Hartley,  wife  of  Logan  Hartley,  aged  24 
years,  9  months  and  5  days.  She  united  with 
the  church  when  >oung.  On  account  of  her 
husband  she  left  the  church,  but,  during  her 
she  was  restored  to  fellowship,  and 
i  anointed.  Funeral  by  the  writer, 
from  Job  14:  1,  2, 

LUSTER.— In  the  same  congregation,  Dec. 
1897,  of  heart  failure.  Sister  Rebecca  Luster, 
aged  64  years,  6  months  and  ig  days.  Three 
of  her  daughters  preceded  her  to  the  spirit 
.•orld.  She  leaves  a  sorrowing  husband  and 
tiree  daughters.  She  called  for  the  elders  of 
le  church,  and  was  anointed.  Her  remains 
-ere  laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  near  by.  Fu- 
eral  by  the  writer,  from  Rev.  14:  12,  13. 

Joseph  Brubaker. 
MILLER.— In  the  Gre 


5,1897,  Bro.  Daniel 
nd  2  months.  He 
9:  40  P.  M.     His 

'thing  for 


inking  water  only,  but 

had  not  fallen  away  much,  and  was  never  hun- 

lewas  elected  to  the  ministry  about  the 

year  1857.    He  was  united  in  marriage  to  Leah 

Figely,  Oct,  14,  1S42.    She  died  June  9,  1866. 

To  this  union  were  born  two  sons  and  three 

daughters.     One  son  and  two  daughters  sur- 

him.     March   19,  1S67,  he  was  united  in 

rage  to  Martha  Kauffman.     To  this  union 

born  one    daughter.    Both    mother   and 

daughter  survive  him.     Funeral  by  the  Breth- 

n,  in  the  Navarre  church. 

John  Hollinger. 

GRIPE.— In  the    North   Fork  church,  Ind., 

ec.  6,   1S97,  Sister  Catharine,  wife   of  Bro. 

iseph  E.  Gripe,  aged  56  years,  3  months  and 

23  days.     Deceased  was  a  devoted  member  of 


ll.e  Breihren  church.     She  le; 


nd  and  c 
Jacob   Witmo 

am  Amos  4: 

mctery. 

LONGANECKER, 
Co.,  Md.,  Nov.  30,  1S97, 

aged  54  years,  4  n 
She  leaves  a  husband  and 
days  before  her  departu 


ira] 


Nea 


ves  anagedhus- 
;rvices  by  elders 
11  Blickenstaff, 
in  the  Pyrmont 

John  Deal. 
Easton,  Talbot 
;r  Mary  Longa- 
and  28  days 
children.  A  few 
le  was  anointed. 


nths 


inducted  by  brethren  James 
Hutchison  and  Levi   Brumbaugh.     Interment 
the  Fairview  cemetery. 

Rachel  A.  Pfoutz. 
GLOCK.— In  the  Aughwick  church,  Hunting- 
>n  County,  Pa.,  Nov.  15, 1897,  Sister  Mary  Ann 
lock,  aged  69  years,  9  months  and  4  days. 
ie  was  the  second  wife  of  our  much  esteemed 
brother  and  elder,  John  G.  Glock,  who,  for 
nany  years,  was  a  faithful  servant  and  elder 
n  the  above  church.  To  this  union  were  born 
three  chjldre".  One  son  is  a  deacon  in  the 
church,  and  the  daughters  are  also  members. 


BERKEY.-In  the  Shade  congregation,  Pa. 
Nov.  12,  1897,  Catharine,  wife  of  Eld.  Joseph 
Berkey.  aged  73  years,  6  months  and  3  days.    She  died  at  her  son-in-law's,  away  from  her 

ERM.AN,    [writer  and  J.  E.  \arver,  Jas.  R.  Lane, 


:  church,  Va„ 
abeth  Miller,  widow  of 
Eld.  Jacob  Miller,  deceased,  aged  79  years  and 
9  months.  Deceased  has  been  failing  for 
some  time,  having  been  paralyzed  several 
years  ago.  She  sent  for  the  elders  and  was 
anointed  a  few  weeks  before  she  died.  Funer- 
al services  at  the  Amioch  church,  conducted 
by  Eld.  Geo.  W.  Wine,  from  Isa.  60:  19,  20,  to 
a  large  and  attentive  audience. 

SITES.— At  his  home,  in  Grant  County,  W. 
Va.,  Sept.  20,  1897,  of  typhoid  fever,  Bro.  Wm. 
I.  Sites,  aged  56  years,  10  months  and  25  days. 
He  leaves  a  widow  and  five  children,— three 
daughters  and  two  sons,  all  members  of  the 
church  except  the  two  sons.  Two  of  the 
daughters  were  baptized  in  the  morning  before 
the  funeral,  which  was  held  at  the  Bethel 
church,  Oct.  26,  1897,  by  the  wrter,  from 
Philpp.  1:  21.  Jacob  A.  Gakher. 


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ED  1  TORI  A  L.- 

The  Gish  Testament,   .  . 

Faith-Healing,     

Old  and  New  Testament 
The  Oldest  New  Testame 


i'  Depai 


Ancient  Mai 
POETRY,— 

Divine  Motherhood.    By  Sadie  Brallier  NofTsingi 
Trusting.    By  Longfellow, 


Selected  by  Fred  C 
ESSAY  DEPARTMENT.— 

i  Beatitude.    By  T.  T.  Myers 


From  Denver,  Colo.    By  L.  E. 

Suffering.    By  Howard  Miller 

Baptized  Under  Difficulties.    By  G.  W.  Lentz, 


By  S.  N.  McCann, . 
lembers' Duty.  By  Mvita  Leavell,  .  . 
:th  the  Storm  a  Calm."    By  Lizzie  D.  I 


THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,- 
Lesson  Light-Flashes, .  . 
SERMON  OUTLINE,— 


OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,- 


THE  YOUNG  I 

Circle  Noti'3.     Byjai  i 


■  Church, Hd.    by  J. 


3SNERAL  MISSIONARY  I 


>  TRACT  DEPARTHENT,- 


Items, 

Mission  Work.— Its  Divine  Call  Upon  Each  Individual, 

Bulsar  Notes.     By  W.  B.  Stover ■  ■  .  . 

The  Washington  Mission.    By  P.  S.  Miller, , 

Where  Our  Ministers  Are.    ByJ.F.  Neher, 

The  Work  in  Texas, .  . 


iIILY,- 


Keeping  Life  Chet 


->» EDITORIAL  t  MISCELLANY^ 

f  We  have  often  heard  of  the  willingness  of  somi 
men  to  steal  the  livery  of  heaven  in  which  to  serve 
the  devil,  their  master,  but  we  never  saw  a  clearer 
illustration  of  the  truth  of  the  saying  than  that  af- 
forded by  a  circular  issued  by  an  Omaha  and  Chi- 
cago liquor  house.  It  shows  how  this  class  of  men 
lay  impious  hands  on  holy  things  and  prostitute 
them  to  further  their  nefarious  business.  There  is 
a  kind  of  Christmas  salutation,  containing,  among 
other  things  these  words,  "Peace  on  earth,  'good 
whisky  for  alt  men.  No  one  shall  suffer  for  the  cup 
that  cheers,  while  we  can  prevent  it."  How  much 
more  fitting  and  in  harmony  with  the  business  rep- 
resented, if  the  quotation  read,  "  Hell  on  earth,  good 
whisky  tor  all  men."  If  the  proprietors  of  the 
liquor  house  in  Chicago  and  Omaha  will  take  a  walk 
among  the  saloons  and  slums  in  either  city  they 
will  6nd  how  effectually  their  "good  (?)  whisky" 
destroys  peace  on  earth,  and  how  poverty,  wretched- 
ness and  woe  follow  swiftly  in  the  wake  of  the  cup 
that  cheers,  of  which  they  would  have  all  men  par- 
take. Let  them  go  to  the  drunkard's  hovel  and  see 
their  victim  red  with  the  blood  of  a  murdered  wife. 
Let  them  go  to  the  alms-houses,  jails  and  peniten- 
tiaries and  count  their  victims  by  the  thousands,  and 
then  let  them  issue  a  new  circular,  telling  the  truth 
as  they  find  it.  If  this  were  done,  still  would  men 
drink  whisky  and  destroy  both  soul  and  body,  so 
that  the  rich  proprietors  of  whisky  houses  may  live 
in  luxury  and  sin  while  their  poor  victims  go  down 
to  destruction  in  misery  and  woe. 


The  situation  in  China  is  much  the  same  as 
heretofore  reported,  save  that  it  is  denied  that 
this  government  will  take  any  p3rt  in  dismem- 
bering the  Empire,  should  it  come  to  that.  Then 
it  is  urged  that  there  is  an  understanding  between 
England  and  Japan,  and  that  they  are  rounding 
up  a  war  fleet  of  considerable  strength  in  case 
of  emergency.  Russia  seems  not  ready  to  divide 
up  China,  France  just  now  appears  to  be  lit- 
tle concerned,  Germany  keeps  quiet,  but  still 
holds  on  to  the  small  territory  which  she  has  in 
her  possession,  while  it  is  generally  understood 
that  England  will  consent  to  nothing  in  which 
she  can  have  no  hand.  Of  course  this  is  all  ru- 
mor, while  the  real  situation  is  but  little  under- 
stood. China,  however,  is  perplexed.  Her  re- 
sources are  wonderful,  but  she  has  not  developed 
them,  and  to  day,  with  her  millions  upon  mil- 
lions of  population,  she  is  weak,  inefficient  and 
without  influence  in  the  world.  She  has  per- 
mitted other  nations  around  her  to  advance  in 
all  that  goes  to  make  up  strength,  while  she, 
in  her  exclusiveness,  remains  indifferent.  Had 
China  encouraged  Christianity,  civilization,  ed- 
ucation and  everything  else  tending  to  develop 
strength,  she  would  to-day  be  one  of  the  strong- 
est empires  on  the  globe.  But  she  has  permitted 
the  centuries  to  go  by  unimproved  and  must 
now  simply  submit  to  whatever  a  few  of  the 
leading  governments  may  see   proper  to   dictate. 


even  kilted  the  agents  sent  to  make  known 
the  terms  of  peace.  Spain  has  also  tried  to  bribe 
some  of  the  leaders,  but  without  success.  Then 
the  tide  of  war  appears  to  be  going  rather  against 
the  Spaniard?,  or  at  least  they  aie  making  no  prog- 
ress. If  independence  is  not  granted  to  the  Is- 
land, then  the  cruel  strife  must  continue,  or  the 
United  States  must  interfere  in  the  interest  of 
peace  and  common  humanity. 


Our    government    did    an    irgenious    piece    of 
legislation   a   few   days  ago.      For  years   she  has 
been    conferring    with    England    and    Canada    in 
regard  to   putting   a  stop    to    the    indiscriminate 
methods  of  seal  catching  in  the  Behring  Sea,  and 
other  waters  of  the  Northwest,  which  threatened 
the  destruction  of  the  entire  seal  family.    Canada 
would  not  yield  to  any  wise  protection  arrange- 
ments, England  sided  with  her,  and  so  that  ended 
that  part  of  the    diplomatic  undertaking.      Then, 
to  cut  the  Gordian  knot,  our  government  has  sim-   ^ 
ply  prohibited  the  importation  into  this  country,^'!, 
through   Canada   or  otherwise,  the  class   of  scal-£  » 
skins    procured    in    violation    of    the    protective  C  g 
methods   urged   and   agreed   upon   by  the   United  B 
States,     Russia    and    Japan,      Since    the    United    y.  < 
States    is    the    leading    sealskin     market    of    the     * 
world,     the     indisctiminating    seal  catchers    must 
either  stop  the  business  or  And  a  new  market  for 


their    goods.      This   is  another  way    of    righting 
Here    is  a    striking    example    showing    Ihe    lack  |  the  wrong.    It  is   commencing   at  the   other  end 

of  wisdom.  Ant.  waile  this  is  true,"as"it' applies  1  and  cutting  off  'the  'demand,  so  as  "to  Su  awly" 
to  an  earthly  government,  may  it  not  be  well  with  the  supply.  What  if  our  government  would 
for  us  to  consider  whether  we,  as  a  people,  have  prohibit  the  selling  of  any  intoxicants  in  this 
not  neglected  our  duty  in  developing  the  Breth- |  country?  Would  that  not  settle  the  supply  busi- 
ness? There  is  such  a  thing  as  commencing  at 
the  other  end  of  an  evil  in  order  to  get  rid  of  it. 


With 


ren  church  as  it  should  have  been  done, 
us  lost  opportunities  have  gone  by,  and  we  are 
far  from  being  what  the  Lord  intended.  True, 
we  have  made  wonderful  strides  during  the  last 
fifteen  years,  but  these  should  have  been  made 
one  hundred  years  ago.  But  since  we  have 
started  let  us  not  relax  our  efforts,  but  let  us 
persevere  until  we  reach  the  front  in  everything 
that  pertains  to  true  Christian  development. 


In  one  respect  the  condition  in  Cuba  is  growing 
rather  worse,  than  better.  Here,  within  less  than 
two  hundred  miles  of  our  shores,  people  are  starv- 
ing to  death  by  the  hundreds.  Families  that 
were  rich  a  few  years  ago  are  now  in  destitute 
circumstances.  Women  accustomed  to  all  the 
comforts,  pertaining  to  wealth  and  pleasant  sur- 
roundings, are  begging  for  the  bread  that  keeps 
soul  and  body  together,  People  die  in  the  streets, 
along  the  roadside,  and  in  out-of  the  way  build- 
ngs,  just  for  the  want  of  a  morsel  of  the  food 
of  which  we  have  such  a  great  abundance,  in  this 
land  of  peace  and  plenty.  The  President  has 
called  for  help  with  which  to  aid  these  starving 
people.  Money  is  being  sent  to  the  Secretary 
of  State,  Washington,  for  the  purpose,  but  not 
enough  of  it.  When  once  the  people  understand 
the  real  situation,  then  they  wi!l  doubtless  re- 
liberally.  Spain  seems  little  concerned 
about  the  starving.  She  has  brought  on  this 
cruel  state  of  affairs  by  her  barbarous  method 
of  warfare,  and  it  looks  as  though  she  may  yet 
lose  her  hold  of  the  Island.  It  is  thought  that 
to  complete  the  conquest,  Spain  must  furnish 
at  least  ioo.coo  more  men.  This  means  more 
money,  more  arms,  and  the  loss  of  more  men, 
for  the  climate  kills  off  the  soldiers  faster  than 
the   Cubans.     The   insurgents    have    spurned    the 


At  this  time  there  is  probably  no  civilized  nation 
that  is  subjecting  one  of  her  citizens  to  a  greater 
cruelty  than  that  heaped  upon  Alfred  Dreyfus,  by 
France.  He  was  formerly  a  captain  of  the  French 
artillery,  and  was  charged  with  making  known  to 
GEi'many  some  of  the  secret  plans  concerning  the 
mobilization  of  the  French  army.  As  Dreyfus  is  a 
wealthy  Jew,  and  as  there  is  in  France  a  strong 
prejudice  against  the  Hebrew  race,  it  is  maintained 
that  the  charge  against  him  was  a  put-up  game  to 
get  money  from  him,  as  well  as  to  ruin  his  charac- 
ter. He  was  tried,'  secretly,  however,  found  guilty, 
and,  two  years  ago,  banished  to  a  small  island  off 
the  coast  of  French  Guiana.  Here  he  is  confined 
in  an  immense  iron  cage,  guarded  by  seven  soldiers, 
and  allowed  no  communication  with  any  one,  net 
even  the  members  of  his  own  family.  Cut  off  from 
all  the  rest  of  the  world,  and  all  there  is  in  it,  he 
whiles  away  his  time  with  nothing  to  occupy  his 
mind,  save  the  past,  with  its  terrible  results.  It  is 
now  believed  by  many  in  France  that  the  man  is 
the  victim  of  a  deep-laid  and  well-planned  conspi- 
racy, and  the  minds  of  the  people  are  greatly  agi- 
tated over  the  injustice  that  he  is  receiving  at  the 
hands  of  his  own  country. 


Elsewhere  on  this  page  we  refer  to  the  call 
made  on  behalf  of  the  suffering  Cubans,  The 
Assistant  Secretary  of  State  gives  a  list  of  the 
things  most  needed,  as  follows:  "  Summer  clothing 
for  women  and  children;  medicines  for  fevers, 
principally  quinine;  hard  bread,  flour,  cornmeal, 
cereal  preparations,  bacon,  rice,  lard,  potatoes, 
beans,  peas,  salt  fish;  any  canned  goods,  particu- 
._  larly  nourishing  soups;  meat  extracts,  blankets, 
offer  of  autonomy,  or  self-government,   and  have    and  especially  large  quantities  of  condensed  milk," 


THE    GOSPEL    IMZZESSEITSra-EIR,. 


Jan.  S,  18 


■ESSAYS' 


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DIVINE  MOTHERHOOD. 


SADIE  BRALLIER  NOFFSINCER. 


ill  ofGoU, 


1  f-.rbe; 


i  King; 


Haii  ,  Mary  !  "  homage  m< 
Called  to  give  birlh  to  Zic 
rho  "  peace  on  earth,  good  will  to  men  " 
graciously  should  bring. 


Andli 
Ah.  Mary!  Was 


i  ■ 


>rd  Jesus  to  thy  breast, 
And  fondly  lull,  as  mothers  wi  1, 

With  crooniDgs  soil,  lis  heart  to  rts  ? 
Was  it,  indeed,  thy  Mrs  ci  lot 

To  grace  a  sphere  which  angel;  laud, 
Ani  in  thy  holy  motherhood 

To  share  a  partnership  with  God? 
Oh  passing  sweel!  Ob  passing  strange! 

Blest  among  women,  was  it  thine, 
From  the  pure  fountains  of  thy  breast 

To  feed  an  infant  so  divine? 
I  fain  would  fathom  the  deep  joy 

Which  in  thy  bosom  throbbed  and  stro< 
As  from  that  couch  of  straw,  a  cry 

Awoke  thy  tender  mi  iher-love! 
1  fain  would  see  thy  soft  caress; 

I  fain  would  bear  thy  gentle  word 
As  raptly,  thou  first  gazul  upon 

Thy  Son  begotten  of  the  Lord! 
Yet  thi  ne  not  all  the  j  sy,  we  cry, 

As  garlands  at  his  feet  we  lay; 
For  it  is  even  ours  to  clasp 

To  our  glad  hearts  tby  child  this  diy. 
Johnstown,  Fa.     _ 

THE  THIRD  BEATITUDE. 

BY  T.   T.   MYERS. 


law  was  inclined  with 
ely  they  have  power 


cited  where  the  juc'grr 
favor  toward  the  mec 
and  favor  in  the  earth. 

4.  The  meek,  as  a  rule,  have  many  friends  and 
few  enemies.  Their  friends  are  among  the  best 
people,  and  their  enemies  among  the  worst.  This 
fact  is  potent  and  true  in  the  home,  in  business, 
and  in  the  church.  There  is  here  no  disposition  to 
sacrifice  principle  for  favor, 

5.  The  meek  enjoy  best  the  good  things  of  life. 
They  have  the  spirit  of  appreciation  and  gratitude, 
Home,  friends,  trees,  flowers,  birds  are  full  of 
beauty  and  blessings  to  them.  A  man  once  asked 
Paul  Haines:  "Whose  grove  is  this?"  He  an- 
swered, "A  man  by  the  name  cf  Smith  pays  the 
taxes,  but  I  own  it."  Said  he,  "The  shade  is  mine. 
The  refreshing  breeze,  wafted  from  the  tree*,  is 
mine."  Those  things  are  ours  which  we  can  appre- 
ciate and  enjoy,  The  man  who  has  no  house,  but 
is  welcomed  at  a  hundred,  is  v/ealthier  than  he  who 
has  a  hundred  houses,  but  is  welcomed  at  none. 
Tent-maker  Paul  was  wealthier  thsn  palace  owner 
Nero. 

Finally,  the  meek  in  Christ  shall  inherit  heaven. 
Whether  heaven  will  be  on  this  earth  or  elsewhere, 
matters  not.  They  ate,  and  will  be  blessed  both 
in  this  world  and  in  the  world  to  come 

PMlade'fhia,  Pa. 


FROM  DENVER,  COLO. 


Boards,  and  too  few  of  us  are  actually  willing  to 
obey  the  command  and  "go."  It  would  all  be 
well  if  our  Mission  Boards  had  plenty  of  means  at 
their  disposal,  but,  as  we  know,  their  means  are  lim- 
ited. Therefore  we  ought  to  feel  that  the  work  is 
here  to  do,  and  that  r.cw  is  the  time  to  do  it,  and  I 
know  that  if  even  we  do  go  and  have  to  sacrifice 
our  friends,  and  even  our  means,  the  Lord  is 
able  and  willing  to  repay  us  bountifully  for  what 
sacrifices  we  may  make  when  we  go  according  to 
the  directions  of  his  Spirit,  and  with  the  true  love 
of  souls  hanging  around  our  hearts. 

May  the  Lord  arouse  us  and  call  faithful  work- 
ers to  come  and  labor  in  this  city,  and  not  only 
here,  but  evetywhere  where  his  name  is  not  pro- 
claimed, and  I  believe  if  we  would  go  in  this  man- 
ner, we  could  be  the  means  of  performing  wonders 
yet  in  these  last  days,  in  causing  sinners  to  feel 
the  necessity  of  coming  home  to  God.  Who  will 
be  the  first  one  to  come  and  make  the  sacrifice,  and 
help  labor  in  this  city?  Then  G od  will  receive  the 
glory  for  ail  we  are  enabled  to  do. 

Villa  Park,  Colo.,  Die.  16. 


SUFFERING. 


BY   HOWARD    MILLER. 


"Blessed  are  the  meek;  for  they  shall  inherit  the  earth." — 
Matt.  5:  5. 
-  Tuj^erir  of jlb*-e,  arth  aa=.-si;.rniw-fl  amoruT..the 

proud^e  frivolous,  and  the  fashionable.  We  do 
not  find  them  among  the  high-minded  and  the  lov- 
ers of  vanity.  We  would  look  for  them  among 
those  who  ate  not  conformed  to  this  world,  but 
who  are  transformed  by  the  renewing  of  their 
minds.  We  wonld  find  them  not  among  those  whose 
adornment  is  the  outward  adorning,  but  among 
those  whose  adornment  is  the  inward  adorning, 
even  the  adorning  of  a  meek  and  quiet  spirit,  which 
is  in  the  sight  ot  God,  of  great  price.  They  are  the 
humble,  the  unassuming,  the  lowly.  Poor  in  spirit 
is  humility  toward  God.  Meekness  is  humility  to- 
ward man.  They  are  such  in  life  and  spirit  as  to 
make  them  blessed  and  a  blessing. 

1.  They  have  a  good  disposition.  Divine  truth 
is  so  pregnant  with  power  and  blessing1,  that  it 
partakes  of  a  wide  application.  Nut  only  are  the 
meek  among  God's  people  blessed,  but  also  is  the 
spirit  of  meekness  in  others  blessed.  It  is  the 
meek, — the  lowly,— who  are  most  sought  after,  and 
who  hold  best  the  places  and  positions  of  honor 
and  usefulness  in  the  callings  of  life.  It  is  so 
among  doctors,  salesmen,  preachers  and  teachers. 
They  are  actuated  by  a  kind,  obliging,  helpful  spir- 
it.    In  this  sense  the  meek  now  inherit  the  earth, 

2.  The  meek  cherish  the  spirit  of  peace.  They 
ate  not  quarrelsome.  They  delight  not  in  rebel- 
lions and  insurrections.  Men  and  nations  who 
vaunt  not  themselves  and  are  not  puffed  up,  are 
mest  peaceful  and  most  prosperous.  The  spirit  of 
meekness  is  the  spirit  cf  charity  and  unselfishness, 
which  invariably  commends  itself  to  thinking  men 
and  nation?.  The  world  is  learning  that  the 
strongest  nation  is  the  nation  that  will  not  fight. 
The   meek,   the  peaceful,  shall   inherit  the  earth. 

spirit- 


The  meek,  too,  are  the  most  peaceful 
rally  prosperous  in  the  church. 

3.  They  are  on  the  mercy  side  of  law.  The  best 
child,  or  student,  or  church-member,  or  citizen, 
sometimes  makes  mistakes,  but  such  are  not  rash- 
ly and  harshly  dealt  with,  in  view  of  their  kind, 
obedient    spirit.    Numerous    instances    might    be 


Nov.  5  I  left  my  home,  in  Pearl  City,  III.,  to 
spend  the  winter  in  the  West  for  the  benefit  of  my 
health.  Our  first  slop  was  at  Northeastern  Kansas, 
in  the  North  Morrill  and  Sabetha  churches,  where 
we  spent  three  weeks  very  pleasantly,  visiting  the 
members  and  doing  some  preaching  From  here 
we  went  to  Longmont,  Colo.,  where  we  spent  near- 
ly two  weeks.  This  is  the  largest  church  in  the 
State,  and  is  known  as  the  St.  Vrain  church.  It  is 
in  a  prosperous  condition. 

From  here  I  went  to  Denver,  where  I  am  writ- 
ing this  letter,  and  where  I  expect  to  spend  the 
most  of  the  winter.  Here  is  a  band  of  faithful 
workers,  thirty  eight  in  number,  that  are  laboring 
under  many  difficulties.  They  had  no  regular 
preaching  services  before  I  came,  for'  one  year. 
They  have  a  neat  litttle  church,  in  a  splendid  part 
of  the  city,  nearly  paid  for  and  have  a  live  Sunday 
school,  in  charge  of  Bro.  Geo.  Long.  We  have  at- 
tended many  schools  in  the  East,  but  never  did  we 
see  the  interest  manifested  by  the  children  as  here. 
The  church  is  nearly  full  of  bright,  happy  faces  of 
little  boys  and  girls,  that  come  here  to  learn  more 
of  the  truth  of  Jesus.  Since  here  we  have  tried,  in 
our  weak  way,  to  hold  up  the  banner  of  King  Em- 
manuel. The  people  seem  eager  to  hear  the  Word, 
as  many  of  them  are  not  able  to  dress  so  as  to  at- 
tend the  other  churches  of  the  city,  and  they  en- 
joy coming  where  they  can  be  made  to  feel  at 
home.  Since  we  have  been  here  one  young  man 
has  been  received  into  the  church  by  baptism. 
Others  seem  near  the  kingdom, 

The  great  need  here  is  to  have  the  work  placed 
in  the  hands  of  a  faithful  brother  and  sister,  who 
can  give  themselves  wholly  to  the  cause  at  this 
place.  After  being  here  but  a  short  time,  and  see- 
ing the  great  spiritual  need  of  the  city,  my  heart  is 
made  to  bleed  for  the  hundreds  cf  poor  souls  that 
would  gladly  accept  the  Truth,  if  they  had  an  op- 
portunity. 

Brethren,  when  will  we,  as  a  church,  awake  to  a 
true  sense  of  our  duty,  and  go  and  take  possession 
of  these  fields?  Think  of  itl  A  city  of  130,000 
souls,  and  but  little  is  being  done  by  us  as  a  church 
in  saving  the  lost  souls  here.  Who  will  be  respon- 
sible when  Jesus  comes  to  reckon  v/ith  us? 

There  is  work  here  for  one  dozen  good,  faithful 
workers,  and  there  are  many  churches  over  our  be- 
loved Brotherhood  that  have  ample  help  and  to 
spare,  that  could  come  and  take  possession  of  this 
field  and  be  the  means  of  doing  much  good  for  the 
cause  of  Christ.  I  am  made  to  feel  that  there  are 
too  many  of  us  waiting  to  be  sent  by  our  Mission 


A  child,  or  a  very  near  and  dear  friend,  lies  in 
acute  suffering.  We  pray  and  we  hope,  and  in 
vain.  A  whole  community  is  swept  eff  the  face  of 
the  earth  by  a  cyclone.  An  earthquake  buries  a 
city,  and  all  in  it,  in  a  moment.  The  ship  burns 
down  in  mid-ocean,  and  all  the  passengers  that  es- 
cape the  flames  die  of  thirst  and  famine.  Is  there 
a  God  who  allows  such  things?  It  is  a  question 
that  has  gone  out  from  almost  every  human  heart, 
and  there  has  never  an  audible  whisper  come  in  re- 
turn. Is  there  an  answer  to  it  all?  I  think  there 
is,  and  that  is  to  be  the  burden  of  this  article. 

If  there  is  any  one  thing  settled  in  this  v/orld,  it 
is  that  we  know  next  to  nothing  of  cur  whence  or 
whitbB;Y»\^e  aje4ure/b4,ttling  along,  and  to-mor- 
row"we  are  gone,  and  we  are  like  the  stricken  ani- 
mal that  appeals  mutely  to  the  blue  sky  that  smiles 
and  smiles  and  sees  it  die.  There  is  another  thing 
equally  sure,  and  that  is  that  we  cannot  compre- 
hend the  infinite.  Whatever  of  clearness  we  may 
have  won  by  nearness  to  God,  it  is  a  personal  expe- 
rience that  is  not  applicable  to  others,  no  matter 
how  much  it  strengthens  our  weaker  brethren.  Of 
the  plan  of  the  universe,  no  man  can  ever  know 
anything,  It  is  illogical,  utterly  impossible,  that 
the  finite  can  comprehend  the  infinite.  The  less 
can  never  equal  the  greater. 

So  to  both  the  groper  and  the  most  learned 
comes  the  moment  when  all  is  a  blur  and  the  veil 
drops  on  the  future.  Your  doubts  are  not  new  or 
strange.  Humanity  is  the  same,  and  the  Esqui- 
maux in  his  igloo,  and  the  Indian  in  his  thatch,  are 
the  same  as  the  king  in  his  palace.  It  is  not  for 
any  of  us  to  know  the  whys  and  the  wherefores  of 
life's  gravest  situations. 

Still  reason,  backed  by  faith,  can  see  why  things 
might  be  as  they  are,  judged  even  from  human  an- 
gles of  observation.  Here  is  an  ant-hill,  and  if  its 
inmates  are  endowed  with  reason  adapted  to  their 
sphere  thete  may  come  a  time  when  there  is  an 
earthquake  crash,  and  half  the  city  is  in  ruins,  and 
its  inhabitants  crushed  and  dazed.  They  do  not 
see,  nor  are  they  capable  of  seeing  that  in  the  hast- 
ing of  the  man  God  sent,  to  free  a  nation  and 
found  an  empire,  his  horse  accidentally  stepped  on 
their  hill  and  v/recked  it.  Shall  the  people  to  be 
freed  continue  in  bondage,  and  the  empire  wait  be- 
cause of  the  ant-hill  and  its  people? 

The  community  of  animalculae  on  the  bit  of 
floating  seaweed  is  swept  under  and  crushed  by 
the  onward  sweep  of  the  ocean  steamer.  Can  they 
understand  it?  Shall  the  missions  watt  because  of 
the  conflict  of  the  accidents  of  existence? 

It  is  an  actual  fact,  that  in  the  composition  of 
the  grandest  painting  that  ever  mind  conceived,  or 
artist  executed,  there  are  sombre  colors  that,  taken 
by  themselves,  might  well  complain  that  they  were 
slighted  in  the  relation  they  sustain  to  the  whole. 


TKZE    GOSPEL    MESSElsTa-EIR,. 


Yet,  if  they  were  taken  from  the  picture,  it  would 
be  ruined.  Shall  the  colors  set  up  th<ir  judgment 
against  that  of  the  artist? 

Our  lives  are  checkered  with  sunshine  and  shad- 
ow. It  is  a  part  of  our  existence  that  it  should  be 
so,  Yea,  it  even  seems  that  the  warp  and  woof  of 
some  lives  are  all  drab  and  sombre,  Yet  as  it  is, 
it  was  intended  so  to  be.  Patience.  St,  Paul  says 
that  now  we  see  through  a  riddle  only,  but  that 
T3EN  we  shall  see  face  to  face.  Doubtless  in  that 
day  it  may  be  possible  that  we  shall  know  all  of 
our  past  and  its  reasons.  And  if  such  be  the  case, 
beyond  all  doubt  it  will  be  seen  that  all  things  have 
been  for  the  best,  and  that  the  bad  of  life  has 
been  of  our  own  making,  whether  unavoidable  or 
not.  Still  there  ever  remains  the  mystery  of  life 
and  death.  It  is  the  same  that  it  always  has  been, 
and  there  is  none  too  good,  and  none  too  low  or 
high  in  the  world,  who  do  not  shrink  at  the  thought 
of  passing  through  the  veil,  though  it  often  is  the 
case  that  at  the  last  moment  it  is  sometimes  vouch- 
safed to  the  favored  to  catch  a  Meeting  glimpse 
through  a  rift  in  the  clouds  of  the  land  of  the  lea), 
and  the  streets  of  the  Beautiful  City, 

Leuisburg,  Pa. 


BAPTIZED  UNDER  D5FF.CULTIES. 


BY  G.  W.  LENTZ. 


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[The  following,  concerning  the  death  of  sister  Clara  Ellen 
(L-nti)  Huston,  who  was  horn  in  Elkhart  County,  Ind.,  Aug  31, 
186+  and  died  at  Adrian,  Bates  Co,,  Mo.,  Dec.  II,  1897,  will  be 
read  with  more  than  usual  interest. — Ed.] 

Sister  Huston  has  been  under  the  hand  of  sffl'c- 
tion  .sxiecn  years  or  moie.  About  two  and  one- 
half  years  ago  she  had  a  very  lavge  tumor  removed 
from  the  abdomen.  The  operation  was  very  severe, 
but  she  recovered  sufficiently  to  be  about  her  house- 
hold duties,  About  six  months  age  she  took  very 
sick  again.  An  operation  was  decided  upon.  A 
condition  was  found  that  made  it  necessary  to  take 
nut  twenty-two  inches  of  the  small  k1.tS-5t!SJ?i  That 
wa>,  however,  the  smallest  part  of  the  operation';^ 
bowels  being  like  a  badly-tangled- up  skein  of  yarn, 
and  all  grown  together.  Dr.  Cordius,  of  Kansas 
City  (where  she  went  to  be  operated  on  each  time), 
worked  two  hours  to  untangle  and  separate  the 
parts  that  had  grown  together.  Severe  as  it  was,  she 
survived  the  operation  and  improved  rapidly  for 
awhile.  Then  she  grew  worse  again  and  finally  an- 
other operation  was  decided  upon,  Conditions 
were  worse  than  before.  Nearly  two  hours  were 
spent  in  operating  again.  She  improved  some,  but* 
these  severe  strains  were  too  much  for  her  constitu- 
tion and  it  was  seen  that  her  case  was  beyond  the 
reach  of  medical  skill.  She  was  apprised  of  this, 
and,  realizing  her  critical  condition,  was  brought 
home. 

Through  all  this  suffering  and  extreme  affliction 
she  was  very  cheerful,  never  complaining,  and  mur- 
mured not  a  word,  She  was  now  so  weak  that  it 
was  very  uncertain  whether  she  could  live  from  one 
hour  to  another,  not  even  having  strength  to  hold 
up  her  head  or  scarcely  to  move  it  on  her  pillow. 
She  still  had  as  full  and  free  use  of  her  mind  as 
ever.  She  could  bear  no  pressure  on  the  affect- 
ed parts  and  we  did  not  dare  to  raise  her  to  an  up- 
right position.  Her  heart  was  very  weak  and  was 
apt  to  stop  at  any  time  and  especially  if  she  be 
raised  upright. 

Oct.  28,  while  in  this  condition,  she  expressed  a 
desire  to  be  baptized,  and  wanted  it  done  as  soon  as 
possible.  She  was  not  impulsive.  A  more  thought- 
ful, calm,  considerate  person  we  never  had  the 
pleasure  of  talking  with,  as  to  her  expressed  wish 
of  being  baptized.  Of  course,  we  took  the  matter 
to  the  Lord  in  a  special  way.  Through  many  mis- 
givings, fears  and  doubts  on  the  part  of  some,  we. 
went  steadily  on  in  the  path  of  duty:  "  Wherever 
there  is  a  will  there  is  a  way." 

After  some  consultation  we  decided  to  provide  a 
tank,  seven  feet  long,  three  and  one-half  feet  wide 
and  three  feet  deep,  in  which  was  placed  sufficient 
water  for  baptizing  The  tank  was  placed  in  the 
yaid.    Being  in  town,  and  at  her  request  that  all 


should  see  her  baptized  that  would,  there  was  a 
large  number  present,  all  conducting  themselves 
very  becomingly.  The  service  in  the  house  just  be- 
fore baptism  was  very  impressive.  She  was  a  faith- 
ful attendant  at  church  when  able  to  go,  and  was  of- 
ten under  conviction  before.  After  prayer  she  said, 
"Amen,"  in  a  way  that  indicated  to  all  that  she  was 
very  much  in  earnest,  determined,  and  not  fearful. 

Then  we  sang,  "Christians  have  a  home, sweet 
home,"  etc.  She  was  now  placed  on  a  board  five 
feet  long,  her  head  extending  above  the  board,  ban- 
daged thereto  so  as  to  have  no  pressure  on  affected 
parts,  then  a  suitable  cloth  placed  around  her  and 
the  board.  She  was  now  brought  to  the  water,  and 
as  she  was  lifted  thereto,  we  could  not  help  but  no- 
tice the  smiles  of  satisfaction  and  rejoicing  from  her 
emaciated  but  beaming  countenance, 

Bro  Ira  Witmore  and  the  administrator  entered 
the  water.  She  was  placed  in  the  water  in  an  in- 
clined position,  face  upward,  her  head  just  above 
the  water,  her  feet  underneath.  The  usual  cove- 
nant was  made.  The  administrator  proceeded  with 
the  ceremony  to  the  part,  "  Baptized  for  the  remis- 
sion of  sins."  Then  she  was  gently  turned  over,  be- 
ing careful  to  keep  her  feet  beneath  and  head  above 
the  water,  and  she  was  thus  baptized.  As  it  was 
necessary  to  keep  the  water  from  her  nose  and 
mouth  (her  breathing  being  very  bad)  the  admin- 
istrator's wife  stood  at  the  head  of  the  tank,  taking 
the  wet  handkerchief,  and  handing  him  a  dry  one 
each  time  to  place  over  her  face.  She  was  now 
gently  turned  over  again,  face  upward,  still  being 
careful  to  keep  her  feet  below  and  head  above  the 
water,  and  the  laying  on  of  hands  and  prayer  follow- 
ed, at  the  conclusion  of  which  she  considerately 
said,  "  Ames"  in  a  clear,  ringing  voice  that  thrilled 
the  large  number  of  anxious  and  concerned  persons 
that  were  present.  She  suffered  no  inconvenience 
whatever  from  it,  as  she  afterwards  to  d  me.  It 
would  hardly  be  right  to  omit  mentioning  the  very 
efficient  help  of  her  nurse,  Mrs.  Barton,  of  Kansas 
City,  who  took  so  much  interest  in  arranging  for  the 
baptism.  It  was  a  scene  long  to  be  remembered. 
SV   npXinl'ireiiiced  then,   hut   aljo  reini-yrl  ,wt- 

much  afterward 


Mehemet  Ali.  O-ir  guide  showed  us  where  Erwin 
Bey  on  horseback  took  his  great  leap  from  the  wall 
and  thus  saved  his  life,  while  all  the  rest  were  mas- 
sacred. It  is  here  that  General  Lowe  received  the 
keys  and  took  possession  of  the  citadel  and  12, ceo 
soldiers  for  the  British  in  1S82,  since  which  time 
Egypt  has  been  under  the  hand  of  England. 

It  is  here  that  we  were  shown  Joseph's  well. 
While  this  may  not  be,  and  likely  is  not,  the  place 
of  Joseph's  imprisonment,  it  gives  one  a  very  good 
idea  of  a  deep  dungeon,  The  well  is  15  feet  in  di- 
ameter, and  2;o  feet  deep.  This  is  cut  out  of  the 
solid  rock  with  a  winding  stairway  running  down 
for  over  two  hundred  feet.  We  are  shown  the  plac- 
es where  Joseph  sat,  and  also  where  the  chief  bak- 
er and  chief  butler  stayed  while  in  prison,  but 
these  accounts  lose  much  of  their  interest,  because  it 
is  not  likely  they  are  true,  Our  guide  book  says  it 
was  not  the  Bible  Joseph,  but  a  Mohammedan  Jo- 
seph that  was  put  into  this  well.  Standing  in  the 
citadel  is  the  mosque  of  Mehemet  Ali.  We 
counted  five  domes  and  five  semi-domes.  Almost 
the  whole  of  the  interior  is  of  Oriental  alabaster, 
richly  decorated  with  gold  and  silver. 

We  are  made  to  wonder  at  the  great  sacrifice 
made  by  these  people  in  means  and  time,  when 
we  think  of  how  little  we  are  doing  to  build  even 
our  plain  churches  and  to  spread  the  life-giving 
doctrine  of  Jesus.  Will  not  their  devotion,  even 
to  a  false  prophet,  condemn  us  because  of  our  in- 
difference, when  we  stand  before  the  Great  Judge? 

As  we  walk  through  the  tombs  of  the  Mame- 
lukes, and  of  Mehemet  Ali  and  his  sons,  we  are 
made  to  think  of  the  millions  that  are  spent  to 
decorate  the  graves  of  our  deadl  Here,  in  Europe, 
and  at  home,  we  see  the  same  lavish  hand.  If  we 
could  take  the  wealth,  spent  on  one  cemetery,  and 
use  it  to  God's  glory,  what  a  host  of  workers  could 
be  sent  out  for  Christ!  The  darkest  places  could 
be  made  to  shine  with  Gospel  light,  the  suffering 
could  be  relieved,  the  oppressed  could  be  set  free 
with  the  money  that  is  wasted  on  the  dead  if  it 
could  only  be  used  to  God's  glory  for  the  living. 

.We  drive  out  to  ti*- ^7 ,nf  the  ancient  cit"  ai 

TXV  '..Vi'l^'ju'-Vu  -'-irc.ji  JryTfv-iiy.ltj  ^tV".  ',.-—.,      ^    -^; 


singing  praises  unto  the   Lord.  Heliopolis.    On  our  way  we  see  the  old-fashioned 

S,ie  improved  slightly  after  the  baptism.     Finally  wooden  plow  at  work,  the  old  water  wheel-    the 

she  died,  as  above  stated,  being  conscious  to  the  gardener  watering  his  garden  with  his  foot  the  - 
last.    She   recognized  her  husband  less  than   one 


minute  before  she  died,  passing  peacefully  and  qui- 
etly away  in  the  glorious  hope  of  eternal  life. 

The  above  gives  but  a  slight  idea  of  all  that  en- 
ters into  this  case.  We  have  wondered  if  any  one 
knew  of  a  more  extreme  case  than  this,  and  if  so, 
how  he  proceeded  to  perform  baptism.  We  won- 
dered again  whether,  when  persons  have  the  right 
use  of  their  mind,  there  could  be  a  jusiifiable  reason 
for  not  baptizing  sick  persons  at  their  request,  how- 
ever critical  their  case  might  be, 

Adrian,  Mo. 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.-No.  6. 


BY! 


.  ik'l.'ANN. 


The  Museum  at  Cairo— The  Citadel— The  Mosque  of  Me- 
hemet Ali— Tombs  of  the  Mamelukes— Virgin's  Tree 
and  Fountain— Heliopolis— Old  Cairo-Old  Coptic 
Church  —  Greek  Convent  —  Island  of  Hhoda 
—Mohammedan  School— Bazaars 
— Streets  and  Pa'aces. 

The  wonders  of  the  silent  past  seem  to  be  locked 
up  in  Cairo's  great  museum.  We  cannot  help  but 
think  of  the  great  educational  value  of  this  treasure 
house  of  the  past.  As  we  look  into  the  mummied 
faces  of  Rameses  and  his  descendants,  and  then  at 
the  jewelry  worn  by  these  old  kings,  we  remember 
how  the  hand  of  God  shaped  their  destiny  and  di- 
rected the  affairs  of  their  kingdom  to  his  own  pur- 
pose. Is  not  God  ruling  the  nations  of  to-day  and 
directing  the  destinies  of  men  as  he  wills,  even  as 
he  did  in  the  past? 

From  the  citadel  we  got  a  good  view  of  Cairo, 
with  her  four  hundred  mosques  rising  above  their 
surroundings,  their  domes  reflecting  the  bright  sun- 
light in  dazzling  splendor.  This  old  citadel  has 
been  the  scene  of  much  treachery  and  intrigue. 
Here  the  Mamelukes  were  massacred  in  181  r,  by 


called  virgin's  tree  and  fountain,  This  is  a  large 
sycamore  tree  where,  tradition  says,  Joseph  and 
Mary  rested  in  their  flight  into  Egypt.  The  foun- 
tain, or  well,  is  near  by. 

Heliopolis— if  this  is  its  site,— has  nothing  to 
mark  the  spot,  save  one  lone  monument,  covered 
with  hierogliphics,  which  I  could  not  understand. 
This  obelisk  was  erected  on  the  site  of  the  old  city 
by  Osirtasen,  3,600  years  ago.  It  is  said  that  the 
surface  of  the  soil  has  been  raised  by  the  inunda- 
tions of  the  Nile,  twenty-five  feet  above  the  base  of 
the  obelisk. 

In  our  drive  through  old  Cairo,  we  saw  many 
old  tumble-  down  houses  and  walls.  The  streets 
are  dirty  and  narrow,  being  full  of  filthy  children, 
dogs  and  "  backsheesh  "  beggars. 

We  visited  an  old  Coptic  church,  near  which  is 
the  old  Mosque  of  Omar,  in  a  dilapidated  condi- 
tion. A  Greek  convent  is  built  over  the  top  of 
the  old  Coptic  buildings.  Here  we  are  shown  the 
house  in  which  Joseph,  Mary  and  Jesus  lived 
while  in  Egypt.  This  is  traditional  aud  needs  to 
be  treated  as  we  should  treat  most  traditions. 

We  visited  the  Island  of  Rhoda,  and  saw  the 
Nilometer.  This  instrument  measures  the  height 
of  the  water  of  the  Nile,  and  thus  gives  a  basis  for 
laying  the  levy  of  tax  for  the  coming  year.  A 
good  raise  of  water  means  a  heavy  tax  on  the  farm- 
er,— a  light  raise  a  small  levy. 

The  Mohammedan  school  here  is  the  largest  the-^> 
ological  school  in  the  world.  It  is  a  wonderful 
sight  to  look  upon  nine  or  ten  hundred  men,  all  sit- 
ting on  the  floor,  studying  aloud  and  swaying  back 
and  forth  all  the  while.  They  eat,  sleep  and  study 
in  the  same  room,— Ihe  large  mosque  of  Gamia  El 
Azhar.  These  students  spend  from  nine  to  twelve 
years  here,  studying  their  Bible,  and  then  go  out 
as  preachers  of  the  Mohammedan  faith.  If  we 
would  study  our  Bible   as   faithfully  as   they  do 


THE    GOSPEL    HVLESSEHSTCKEI?,. 


Jan.  S,  1898 


theirs,  wt  would  be  a  mighty  power  in  God's  hands 
to  bring  the  world  to  Christ. 

The  Bazaars  and  streets  are  the  places  where  one 
could  spend  days  and  b:  ever  learning  something 
new.  Here  we  saw  a'most  every  nationality,  and 
every  costume  of  the  world.  Here  we  saw  the 
weman  at  the  mill,  the  tables  of  ihe  money  chaog- 
ers,  the  seller  of  oxen  and  sheep,  and  hundreds  of 
other  thirgs,  curious  and  old. 

It  is  a  city  of  contrasts,  the  very  rich  and  the 
very  poor  jostle  each  other  in  the  narrow  streets. 
We  saw  a  wadding  procession  and  four  funeral  pro- 
cessions. Sorrow  and  j  y  seemed  to  be  joined 
hand  in  hand.  Here  you  cm  see  the  most  ancient 
and  the  most  modern  in  dress,  in  mede  of  travel,  in 
mode  of  life.  To  see  the  donkey  boys  and  the 
camels,  the  dragomen  in  black,  white  and  red, 
and,  at  the  same  glance,  to  sec  an  electric  car,  a 
modern  bicycle,  a  fine  A'neri-an  carriage,  drawn 
by  a  good  span  of  horses,  surely  shows  things  in 
contrast.  The  tumbie-down  mud  hut  and  the  pal- 
ace costing  millions  of  guineas,  are  almost  side  by 
side.  This  is  a  world  of  inequality  and  of  sorrow. 
We  can,  perhaps,  see  as  much  of  both  sides  here  as 
anywhere  else.     _  

THE  LAV-MEMBERS'  DUTY. 
BY   MYRTA   LEAVE LL. 

"Bear  ye  one  another's  burdens,  and  so  fulfil  tte  law  of 
Christ."— Gal.  6:  :. 

Dear  lay-members,  as  we  have,  from  time  to 
time,  during  the  past  season,  been  permitted  to 
read  the  articles  on  the  minister's  work,  the  wife's 
duties  to  her  husband,  their  united  duties,  sacri- 
fices, work,  and  also  the  practical  experiences  of 
seme  of  our  devoted  ministers,  has  it  not  awakened 
our  very  souls  within  us,  until  we  cannot  help  but 
cry  out  in  the  words  of  Luke  3:12,  "  Master,  what 
shall  we  do?  " 

As  we  read  the  experiences  of  these  aged  minis- 
ters, can  we  see  ho,-/  the  lay-members  could  have 
heiocd  them  in  any  way^ajid  also  reaped  a  portion 

of  the  blessings  they  speak  of?  Let  us  see  wheth- 
er we  cannot  be  benefited  and  benefit  others  by 
their  experience!  Let  us  look  into  the  innermost 
parts  of  our  ministers'  work  to-day  and  see  if  there 
is  any  work  or  sacrifice,  wherein  we  can  aid  them. 

1.  We  need  another  minister  in  our  church.  We 
call  a  council  and  elect  Bio.  B  to  this  great  work. 
Can  we  do  anything  to  help  him  in  his  work? 

You  know  we  do  not  believe  in  salaried  minis- 
ters, but  we  know  Bro,  B  and  his  family  are  mor- 
tals, just  as  they  were  before  we  elected  the  broth- 
er to  the  ministry.  They  will  need  just  as  much 
to  eat  and  wear  as  we  do.  Is  it  possible  for  him 
to  attend  to  all  this  and  devote  as  much  of  his  time 
to  the  Master's  work  as  we  shall  expect  of  him? 
Does  he  need  any  help  financially?  Has  he  had 
reverses  until  he  is  in  debt?  If  so,  do  we  expect 
him  to  secure  means  enough,  above  the  family' 
support  and  the  time  spent  for  the  church,  to  raise 
this  debt,  not  speaking  of  the  burden  it  would  be 
on  his  mind?  Do  we  expect  this  of  him?  Would 
it  not  be  better  and  wiser,  in  every  way,  for  us  to 
free  him  of  these  debts?  Can  we  afford  to  wait 
and  let  the  Lord's  cause  suffer  until  he  can  manage 
to  pay  it  himself?  Let  us  be  careful  not  to  place 
burdens  on  some  one  else's  shoulders  that  we  wi 


Thus  equipped,  they  might  be  lh=  means  of  bringing 
some  to  the  fold  all  the  time. 

If  each  church  would  do  this,  how  long  would  it 
be  until  this  whole  world  would  be  resounding  with 
the  doctrine  of  the  Brethren,  and  our  number 
would  be  so  great  that  a  mighty  work  could  be  ac- 
complished. 

Let  each  one  of  us  resolve  to  do  all  in  our  power 
to  hasten  this  dayl 

2.  The  church  at  some  isolated  point  is  calling 
for  a  minister.  They  have  no  one  who  is  qualified 
to  fill  the  place,  as  required.  There  are  several 
waiting  to  hear  our  doctrine  from  some  one  who 
has  some  experience,  the  necessary  preparation,  or 
is  gifted  with  the  talent  to  take  hold  of  the  work 
and  make  it  a  success.  Well,  Bro.  C.  offers  to 
ccme  over  if  we  will  give  him  a  little  home  free 
of  debt, — just  enough  to  make  his  family  comforta- 
ble, so  that  he  can  give  most  of  his  time  to  the 
work.  But  are  we  willing  to  do  this?  Would  we 
not  rather  keep  the  few  dimes  it  would  take  from 
each  of  us  and  use  them  here  and  there,  to  make 
things  a  little  more  handy,  and  let  these  souls,  who 
never  heard  the  pure  Truth,  go  on  unsaved?  Are 
we  willing  to  sacriSce  some  that  they  may  have  the 
Bread  of  Life?    "  Am  I  my  brother's  keeper?  " 

We  have  many  ministers  to  day  that  would  heed 
the   Macedonian   calls,   if  they  were   thus  encour- 
gcd.    It  is   true,   we  sometimes  get  deceived  by 
doing  this  way,  but  must  we  let  the  Master's  cause 
f/er  because  there  are  a  few  Judases  in  our  ranks? 
Now  we  have  our  minister  in  a  fair  start.     Let 
see  if  we  arranged  for  his  wife  to  start  with  him, 
do  we  expect  her  to  stay  behind,  or  is  there  any- 
thing she  could  be  expected  to  do.    Vou  know,  my 
dear  sisters,  the  minister's  wife  is  composed  of  the 
same  material  as  you  or  I.     Do  we  expect  her  to 
bear  all  the  burdens,  all  the  work,  all  the  trials? 
Di  we  expect  her  to  carry  all  the  responsibilities 
Ihout  any  aid  or  help,  so  the  minister's  time  and 
nd  may  be  free  for  his  work?    She  is  expected 
keep  up  all  the  corners,  no  difference  if  there 
are   five   or  six   little   one7,   all   under  the  age  ol 

work,  keep  a  room  ready  for  the  minister  to  step 
into  and  take  an  hour's  rest,  and  two  or  three  hours' 
study,  which  he  must  have,  while  she  must  work 
and  toil  on.  She  must  keep  the  little  ones  from 
making  a  noise,  keep  them  and  herself  tidy. 

Besides  all  this,  she  is  expected  to  be  well  versed 
in  the  Bible,  ever  ready  to  gi  here  and  there  with 
awo'd  of  comfort  for  the  sick,  bereft,  the  Uced 
less  ones,  be  a  model  example,  ever  ready  to  at- 
tend a'!  services,  helping  her  husband  in  every 
way,  in  teaching  the  little  ones,  in  giving  encour- 
aging talks. 

All  this  we  expect  of  our  minister's  wife.  How 
many  of  us  would  like  to  exchange  places  with 
her?  How  do  we  expect  her  to  do  all  this  work 
and  have  her  mind  full  of  thoughts  of  God,  the 
church,  and  the  well-being  of  all?  Could  we  do  it, 
my  lay  sisters,  toil  six,  yes,  seven  days  in  the 
week,  and  yet  611  all  her  places?  Is  it  possible  for 
us  to  help  her  in  any  way  and,  by  so  doing,  be 
helping  our  min:ster  also? 

Suppose  we  give  them  a  little  help  now  and  then. 
The  help  need  not  always  be  money.  We  can  give 
such  things  as  may  be  needed  on  the  table,  and  about 
the  house,  or  we  may  give  such  clothing  as  will 
prove  useful  to   all  the   members  of  the   family, 


not  like  to  have  placed  on  our  own.    Would  it  not    7nere  are  many  ways  t0  help 


be  better  to  do  with  a  few  less  pies,  a  few  less  cakes, 
a  little  less  coffee,  a  little  less  tobacco,  or  any  oth- 
er luxury,  than  to  let  the  cause  suffer? 

I  am  certain  that  any  minister  would  do  without 
either  pics,  coffee  or  cake  (and  you  know  cur  min- 
isters do  not  use  tobacco),  as  long  as  any  of  us,  if 
that  would  free  him  of  his  debts  and  leave  him  free 
for  the  Master's  work. 

Does  your  minister  need  any  books  to  help  him 
in  his  preparations,  or  can  we  send  him  a  term  or 
two  to  one  of  our  schools,  to  give  him  better  prep- 
arations for  so  great  a  work?  A  term  or  two  of 
Bible  school  would  also  be  a  great  help.  Would 
we  not  all  enjoy  the  fruits  of  our  labor,  to  see  all 
our  ministers  thus  qualified  to  meet  any  opponent? 


Helping  in  this  way  would  give  the  wife  more 
time  to  study  and  fill  her  mind  with  thought,  ready 
for  all  time.  It  would  give  her  time  to  help  her  hus- 
band outline  his  sermons,  visiting  the  sick,  and  car- 
ing for  the  heedless  ones,  who  will  oftener  listen  to 
her  than  anyone  else.  It  would  give  her  time  to  get 
her  Sunday  school  lesson,  that  she  may  be  ready  to 
teach  the  little  ones,  or  to  fill  the  vacancy  of  any 
teacher.  I  know  of  a  case  where  the  minister  was 
not  able  to  fill  his  appointment,  so  the  wife  had  to 
attend  to  the  service. 

When  the  minister  has  to  go  and  it  is  impossible 
for  the  wife  to  go  along,  do  not  let  her  shoulder  all 
the  burdens  and  responsibilities  of  home  and  the 
flack  too.     Better  go  near  while  he  is  absent,  to  see 


if  you  can  help  her.  Let  one  go  and  then  anoth- 
er, and  the  burden  will  not  be  great  on  any  one. 
Where  there  is  more  thnn  one  minister  at  a  place, 
let  some  of  them  seek  new  openings.  The  field  is 
so  large  that  three  or  four  ministers  could  be  kept 
busy  in  every  congregation.  Then  let  us,  lay- 
members,  help  the  families  of  the  absent  ministers 
about  the  work  outdoors,  and  in  that  way  the  wife 
may  have  time  to  attend  to  her  husband's  part  of  the 
spiritual  needs  of  the  church,  that,  when  he  returns 
from  an  isolated  field,  he  may  see  the  cause  has  net 
suffered  while  absent. 

When  we  have  done  this,  we  can  feel  we  are 
bearing  our  part  of  the  burden,  and,  surely,  any 
spirit-filled  minister  will  make  the  work  prosper 
when  thus  aided.  Then  we  need  never  fear  the 
Brethren  church  will  allow  salaried  ministers. 
Then  the  question  will  be  ended  about  providing 
(or  our  ministers,  and  we  would  feci  we  had  done 
more  than  our  part.  Then  we  need  not  place 
flowers  on  their  graves,  that  the  world  may  see  we 
appreciate  the  efforts  of  our  minister  and  wife,  but 
there  will  be  such  union  and  love  between  us  that 
the  separation  would  be  as  in  one  family, — as  fa- 
ther and  mother  from  children. 

Now,  after  we  have  our  minister  and  wife  started, 
■et  us  keep  them  going,  and  let  us  ever  be  found 
lifting  and  never  leaning.  May  the  Lord  bless  and 
help  the  minister's  wife  and  Hock  all  to  do  their 
parti 

UnionviUe,  Iowa. 


"HE  MAKETH  THE  STORM  A  CALM" 
BY   LIZZIE    D.   ROSENBBRGER, 

Nearly  two  hundred  years  ago,  the  bitter  perse- 
cution in  Prussia  and  Holland  scattered  abroad  many 
of  God's  believing  children.  Friendless  and  home- 
less as  they  were,  this  verse  appealed  to  them,"  Ver- 
ily I  say  unto  you,  there  is  no  man  that  hath  left 
house,  or  brethren,  or  sisters,  or  father,  or  mother, 
or  wife',  or  children,  or  lands,  for  toy  sake  and  the 
gospel's,  but  he  shall  receive  an  hundredfold  now  in 
this  time,  houses,  and  brethren,  and  sisters,  and 
mothers,  and  children,  and  lands,  with  persecutions; 
and  in  the  world  to  come  eternal  life." 

As  they  stood  on  the  shore,  ready  to  embark,  they 
looked  back  to  their  native  land,  where  imprison- 
ment or  even  death  awaited  them,  to  the  homes  no 
longer  theirs,  to  friends  estranged,  while  between 
them  and  their  haven  rolled  the  ocean,  cruel  and 
treacherous.  God  was  their  only  refuge!  They 
must  make  the  voyage  as  pilgrims  and  strangers, 
aliens  going  to  an  unknown  land,  knowing  only  that 
hardships  and  trials  awaited  them.  But  our  Lord 
has  promised,  "  I  will  never  leave  thee,  nor  forsake 
thee." 

I  wonder  whether  we  are  guarding  our  heritage  of 
faith  and  trust  in  God,  bequeathed  to  us  by  those 
earnest  souls!  Our  brother,  Abraham  Cassel,  the 
antiquarian,  told  me  the  following  story:  In  1719 
some  of  our  brethren  fled  from  Crefeld  to  escape  per- 
secution. They  finally  set  sail  from  Friesland  in  a 
large  Flemish  vessel  with  several  hundred  passen- 
gers on  board.     Our  brethren  could  truthfully  sing: 

"  Jesus,  I  my  cross  have  taken, 
All  to  leave  and  follow  thee, 
Neglected,  poor,  despised,  forsaken 
Thou  from  hence  my  all  shall  be." 

Their  accommodations  on  shipboard  were  not  of 
the  best,  and  then  it  required  weeks  and  sometimes 
months  to  reach  the  shores  of  Americi.  After  they 
had  been  on  the  ocean  for  several  weeks  they  en- 
countered a  storm  of  unusual  violence.  The  sails 
were  lowered  and  a  large  quantity  of  merchandise 
was  thrownoverboard  to  lighten  the  ship.  The  pas- 
sengers were  terror-stricken,  and  even  the  sailors 
called  upon  God  for  help.  At  this  terrible  moment, 
when  the  ship  was  rolling  helplessly,  the  captain 
went  below,  into  the  hold  of  the  vessel,  and  there  he 
found  our  brethren, — like  Paul  and  Silas  in  the 
prison  at  midnight, — singing  praises  to  God.  Calm 
and  quiet,  they  were  kept  in  perfect  peace,  though 
the  storm  was  raging  around  them,    The  captain 


Jan.  8,  18 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSEHGER. 


was  greatly  impressed  by  their  faith  and  courage. 
A  glimmer  of  hope  and  trust  animated  him.  When 
he  came  on  deck  he  said  to  the  sailors,  "You  r.e:d 
have  no  fear,  there  is  no  danger;  God  will  not  let 
such  good  people  perish  in  mid-ocean!  "  And  soon 
the  winds  and  waves  were  stilled,  and  the  captain, 
looking  up  into  the  star-gemmed  sky,  thanked  God 
and  took  courage. 

After  many  weeks  they  landed  on  the  shores  of 
America.  The  brethren  chose  "  Peon's  woodi"  for 
their  home.  There  they  endured  all  the  hardships 
and  discomforts  of  a  new  home  in  a  strange  land; 
endured  with  patience,  h3ppy  in  the  thought  that 
they  and  their  children  could  worship  God  in  peace, 

Covingt  n,  Ohio. 


-^•THE  t  SUNDAY  *  SCHOOL* 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES 


The  Beginning  of  the  Ministry  of  Jesus. 
— Katt.  4:  17  25. 


t  jor  January  16, 


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SOME  OF  THE  EVILS  OF  WAR. 

A  chaplain  in  the  English  army  writes  roacen 
the  war  in   the  Northwestern   part  of  India.    We 
q'jote  a  part  of  his  letter  from  the  Bombay  Gu^rdis. 
It  shows  up  some  of  the  evils  of  war: 

Since  joining  the  Expeditior,  few  days  have 
passed  but  I  havs  b;come  more  and  more  deeply 
impressed  with  ths  amount  of  suffering  and  misery 
involved  in  war.  In  the  papers  we  see  the  account?, 
given  in  glowing  imagery,  of  the  glorious  achieve- 
ments of  our  forces  and  the  suffering  is  usually 
summed  up  thus:  Kil'ed — 50  many;  wounded— so 
many.  But  beneath  these  two  words,  with  the  fig- 
ures attached,  there  lie  hid  whole  volumes  of  woe 
that  eiernity  alone  wi!l  reveal. 

Our  enthusiasm  rises  to  white  heat  as  we  gsze  up 
on,  or  read  the  account  of  the  advance  on,  and  re- 
capture of,  the  Dirgai  Heights.  But  somehow  an- 
other feeling  finds  place  in  our  hearts  as  we  look 
upon  the  forms  of  those  officers  who  have 
brought  back  to  Shinawan,  on  their  way  to  Kohat 
for  interment  there,  and  remember  that  these 
resent  but  a  fraction  of  those  who,  in  a  moment, 
have  been  called,  during  one  short  day,  from  ti 
into  eternity,  and  as  we  kneel  "bsside  afidtfttr?. who 
in  the  time  that  h  now  drawing  to  its  close  has  be 
the  p-ide  of  many  in  his  regiment,  and  learn  fro 
him  that  the  poor  old  widowed  mother,  whom  he  has 
kept  from  starvat;on  by  the  monthly  remittance 
from  his  pay,  will  now  be  left  homeless  and  fiend- 
less,  to  spend  her  last  days  in  the  poor-house,  or  dit 
by  the  wayside,  if  too  high  spirited  to  accept  of  the 
public  alms,  we  cannot  help  feeling  that  there  is  an- 
other side  of  wai',  to  that  which  commonly  appears 
in  the  newspapers;  and  as  we  march  from  camp  to 
camp,  passing  at  every  few  hundred  yards  some 
poor  animal  that  has  dropped  through  sheer  ex- 
haustion, and  is  now  being  kicked  into  fresh  life  by 
some  heartless  driver,  and  many  others  that  have 
been  freed  from  their  burdens,  and  now  lie  dead  or 
dying,  the  sense  of  the  misery  entailed  beccmes 
deeper  and  yet  deeper. 

Then  our  thoughts  wander  out  to  "  the  other  side," 
and  we  remember  that,  though  "  savages,"  they,  too, 
are  men,  perhaps  much  more  so  than  our  ordinary 
newspaper  reporter  accounts  them.  And  whatever 
they  may  not  be,  this  owe  thing  is  certain,  tkey  are 
msxfjrwhi'H  Ck*ist d^d~ aad  our  mission  to  them 
cannot  be  one  of  extermination,  but  one  of  peace. 


There  are  attractions  and  blemishes  in  every 
character.  We  can  see  in  other.* ,  what  we  are  look 
iog  for  and  what  we  prefer.  In  those  whom  we 
love,  it  is  easy  to  see  their  good  side,  That  side 
pleases  us,  and  we  are  glad  to  admire  it.  We  even 
pass  over  with  hardly  a  thought  that  which  is  not 
pleasing  in  them,  for  love  coveis  a  multitude  of  de- 
fects. In  one  whom  we  do  not  love,  however,  it  is 
easier  to  see  faults.  In  them,  these  stand  out  so 
that  we  can  hardly  see  anything  else.  Of  course, 
we  are  looked  at  as  we  look  at  others.  To  some  it 
seems  as  if  our  faults  v/ere  chief  characteristics, 
and  there  are  those  whose  love  for  us  causes  out- 
good  traits  to  seem  most  prominent.  One  alone  so 
loves  us  that  his  eye  sees  all  the  good  there  is  in 
us;  and,  while  he  discerns  also  all  the  evil,  he  notes 
it  only  with  a  laving  purpose  to  help  us  to  over- 
come it  and  to  leave  it  behind, — S.  S.  Times, 


After  the  "temptation"  cf  the  last  lesson,  we 
arc  told  that  Jesus  went  northward,  and  we  find 
him,  after  calling  at  Nszireth,  at  Capernaum  of 
Galilee.  Ke  was  her,:  for.  thre:  distinct  purposes, 
that  he  might  fulfill  Wit  Scriptures,  to  call  his  dis- 
ciples, and  that  he  might  begin  his  ministry.  All 
these  were  events  of  great  importance  to  the  Chris- 
tian church, — fulfilling,  preparing,  beginning. 

The  Lord  has  a  purpose  in  life  for  ea:h  one  of 
us.  We  have  a  work  to  do.  We  arc  called  to  this 
work  from  heaven.  Hence  it  is  a  high  and  holy 
calling,  and  as  such  we  ought  to  regard  it.  But 
that  we  may  honorably  fill  ir,  we  must  not  only 
recogn:za  the  calling,  we  must  also  prepare  our- 
selves to  fill  it  acceptably  and  honorably.  After 
this  is  done,  a  beginning  must  be  made. 

The  preparation  and  the  beginning  are  two 
things  that  are  often  sadly  neglected  by  us,  and, 
as  a  result,  we  fail  in  our  purpose  in  life.  That  we 
imy  not  do  this,  we  have  these  lessors  To  us 
they  come  as  line  upon  line,  precept  upon  precept, 
and  by  our  continual  adding  to  our  life's  work,  in 
this  way,  we  are  enabled  to  do  that  which  the  Lord 
wants  us  to  da. 

Our  work  comes  to  us  by  piece  meal,— a  little  at 
a  time,— here  a  little  and  there  a  littk.  When  it 
comes  in  this  way,  it  is  not  hard  to  do,  if  we  make 
the  beginning  at  the  right  time,  and  do  not  wait 
till  it  heaps  up  and  looks  big.  A  mother  told  her 
son  to  go  out  and  chop  into  kindling,  a  pile  of 
wood.  He  went  out  and  looked  at  it  for  awhile, 
and  then  came  back  crying,  all  discouraged,  say- 
ing that  he  could  never  cut  up  so  large  a  pile  of 
wood.  His  mother  told  hi  11  that  he  was  not 
expected  to  do  it  all  at  once,  that  he  should  chop 
only  one  stick  at  a  tims.  This  seemed  to  be  a  ne\v 
revelation  to  him,  and  he  went  to  work,  feeling  that 
one  stick  at  a  time  was  an  easy  way  of  getting 
away  with  the  pile,  and  in  a  short  time  the  whole 
pile  was  gone.  So  it  is  with  the  work  that  the 
Lord  wants  us  to  do,— only  r>ne  thing  at  a  time.  If 
we  do  that  in  time,  the  big  pile  will  never  ccme. 
The  Lord  knows  j ust  how  much  we  can  do,  and  he 
never  overburdens. 

Then,  in  Christ's  fulfilling,  preparing  and  begin- 
ning, we  have  set  before  us  a  perfect  example,  and 
in  his  life  we  see  how  he  did  his  work,  so  that  we 
may  know  how  to  follow  his  example. 

The  Beginning. — Wc  are  always  mere  or  less  in- 
tere-eted  in  the  beginning  of  things,  especially,  if 
they,  in  any  way,  arc  to  affect  our  lives,  There  is 
much  depending  on  a  beginning.  Often  it  means 
half  the  battle.  There  is  a  false  proverb,— if  there 
can  be  such  a  thing, — sometimes  used:  "A  good 
beginning  makes  a  bad  end."  The  word  "good" 
here  should  be  substituted  by  "wrong,"  and  then 
we  would  have  it  right.  The  beginnings  that  are  to 
end  well  must  have  a  goodness  in  the  starting. 

Jesus  began  to  preach,  and  to  say,  ''  Repent;  for 
the  kingdom  is  at  hand."     This  was  to  be  a  king- 
dom better  than  all  others,— better  than  that  of  Da- 
vid or  of  Solomon,  one  from  which  the  works  of  sin 
were  to  be  excluded,  and,  as  all  people  had  sin  and 
were   sinners,  they  were  not  suitable  subjects  for 
this  kingdom  unless  a  radical  change  were  worked 
in   their  lives.     Nicodemus,    a   fairly    good    man, 
wanted  to  become  a  subject  of  this  new  kingdom 
just  as  he  was,  but  Christ  said,  Not  so;  "ye  must  be 
irn   again."     This  meant   repentance   because    of 
,st  unworthiness,  and  a  faith  in  what  was  to  be, 
d  the  means  through  which  it  comes,     It  was  a 
ry  significant  beginning.     It  meant  much,  but  not 
ore  than  what  must  be  accepted  of  and  experi- 
enced by  us,  before  we  can  become  subjects  of  this 
rdom.     As  it  began,  so  it  has  continued  until 
now,— and  will  so  continue  until  the  kingdom  is  ! 
completed  and  the  last  subject  has  been  accepted! 
and  taken  in.     If  many  of  you  arc  away  from  the' 


fold,  this  same  preaching  is  coming  to  you,  "Re- 
pen',  for  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  at  hind,"  This 
is  the  beginning  of  the  ministry. 

The  Preparation— As  his  time  was  necessarily 
short,  the  first  thing  to  do  wa«  to  gather  to  him  a  few 
faithful  witnesses  and  disciples,  who  should  receive 
from  him  and  give  to  the  world  the  Gospel  of 
peace  and  salvation.  He  prepared  to  do  thii  by 
calling  to  him,  as  he  walked,  preached  and  taught 
along  the  shores  of  the  Galilee,  Peter  and  Andrew, 
James  and  John,  and  others  farther  on,  up  to  the 
number  twelve. 

After  this  began  the  wonderful  teaching.  He 
was  the  Great  Teacher,  the  Teacher  of  teccheis. 
Let  us  see  what  and  how  he  did:  "  And  Jesus  went 
about  all  Galilee,  teaching  in  their  synagogues, 
and  preaching  the  Gospel  of  the  kingdom,  and 
healing  all  manner  of  sicknes?,  and  all  manner  of 
disease  among  the  people."  This  he  did  as  a 
teacher  in  the  presence  of  his  pupils.  He  gave 
them  object  lessons,  precepts  and  examples.  Then 
we  want  to  look  at  ths  dual  or  double  character 
of  his  teaching.  First,  he  taught  the  people  the 
Gospel,  or  how  to  be  saved  from  their  sins,  and  the 
nature  and  character  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven  in- 
to which  the  saved  and  those  to  be  saved  a>e  to  en- 
ter, and  the  how, — be  born  again,  throw  away  the 
old  garments  of  sin  and  put  on  the  new  and  clean 
robe  of  righteousness.  To  induce  them  to  come 
and  bz  saved  he  gave  them  object  lessons  in  heal- 
ing the  sick  of  their  bodily  diseases  and  infirmities, 
In  this  way  he  enlisted  their  sympathies  and  gtincd 
their  confidence,  and  opened  their  hearts  and  souls 
to  a  reception  of  the  soul-healing,  Christ  is  a 
great  teacher.     Learn  of  him!  H.  b   b. 


8KHMON    OUTLINE. 


HOW  TO  BE  AN  EXAMPLE  TO  OTHERS. 


'  Li-  1 


.  despise  thy  yputh;  but 

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W        III! 


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1  of  the  text. 


charily, 


of  the  bel 

Make  applicat 

1.  To  the  ministry.    * 

2.  To  other  officials. 

3.  To  the  laity,  as  servants  of  God. 

No  one  should  be  dcsp'iff.d  on  account  of  his  youth,  in 
church  work.  Merit,  or  zeal  and  worth  should  be  the  stan- 
dard of  approval  by  every  member  of  the  church,  regardless 
of  age  or  station. 

Diligence  in  duty  should  be  the  watchword. 

Neglect  not  ihy  gift.  Meditate,  study  to  be  approved  of 
God.  Give  thyself  wholly  to  the  work!  That  is,  do  not  di- 
vide up  your  available  time  with  reading  or  studying  about 
worldly  matters. 

lie  an  example  to  believers  in 

3.  In  charity  (which  is  eternal). 

4.  In  spirit. 

5.  In  faith. 


nty. 


Attend  to 

1.  Readings, 

2.  Exhortation. 

3.  Doctrine,  that  you  may  be  prepared  for  any  good  work. 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING. 


WATCHING  UNTO  PRAYER.-i  Pet.  4:  7. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  Jan.  /j,  /SgS, 

I.  What  We  Should  Watch. 
r.  Our  thoughts.    Prov.  24:  9. 

2.  Our  words.    Matt.  12:  37. 

3.  Oar  acts,    r  Cor.  3:  13. 
II.  Why  We  Skouli 


Watch  Continually. 

1.  Because  we  are  so  easily  led  astray,    Job  5:  7. 

2.  Because  Satan  is  always  active      1  Pit.  5:  3. 

III.  How  We  Should  Watch. 

1.  With  the  mind  of  Christ.    Phil.  2:  5. 

2.  With  a  realization  of  the  coming  judgment.     Rom.  14: 
10-13, 

3    With  a  critical  look  at  ourselves.    Jer,  17:  g. 
4.  With  charity  for  others      I  Pet.  4:  8. 

IV.  Watching  Should  Lead  Unto  Pbayzk. 

1.  Because  we   realize  cur  d;pendence  on  Gal.     Mark 
'3-37. 

2.  Because  Gcd  has  promised  bis  aid.    Vs.  40:  4. 

3.  Because  the  greatest  watchfulness  demands  the  mjst 
fervent  prayers.     Ps.  39:  1-5- 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER. 


Jan.  8,  189S. 


►THE  *  YOUNG  *  PEOPLE- 


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TRUST.N0. 

The  dawn  is  not  distant, 
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CIRCLE    NOTES. 

BY  JAMES    M.    NEFF. 

Sister  Linda  Griffith  writes  from  Meyersdale, 
Pa.,  that  they  have  recently  received  fifty  seven 
members  into  the  church  at  that  place.  She  sends 
the  names  of  two  new  members  to  the  Circle  and 
writes  a  letter,  indicating  a  warm  interest  in  the 
work  of  the  Circle  and  the  Lord's  cause  in  general. 
Let  us  all  pray  for  a  speedy  increase  in  the  number 
of  young  soldiers  of  the  Cross,  and  a  deeper  con- 
secration of  all.     ^     .        „  .^~- 

Below  we  give  a  list  of 

NEW   MEMBERS. 

807,  Haltie  Pel1 Hami  Hon,  Nebr. 


80S,  Marina  Dfl 

809,  Susie  Dell,. 

810,  J.C  Groff,. 


r  M.  Shick Holn 


813.  Liz 


1  E    He; 


Hnln 


lilton,  Nebr 
lilton,  Nebr. 
sville,  Nebr, 
sv'lle,  Nebr. 
sville,  Nebr, 
,  Nebr, 


irtha  Fink Holme: 

81s,  IraC    S.avely McPherson,  Kaos. 

816,  EdiibF.  Delp New  Murdock,  Kans. 

817,  Lucinda  Oaks Union,  Ohio 

818,  Mrs.  Maude  Glick Weyer's  Cave,  Va. 

8iq,  Charles  Beagle Somerset,  Pa, 

820,  Harry  H,  Cupp Bills,  Pa. 

821,  Loven;a  S.  Andes 204  East  Orange  St.,  Lancaster,  Pa, 

822,  Samuel  W.  High, Octavia,  Nebr, 

823,  John  G    Kilhefner Octavia,  Nebr, 

824,  Maggie  C.  Weckert, Keyser,  W.  Va, 

825,  S.  E.  Do»es Johnstown,  Pa 

826,  Amanda  Roddy Johnstown,  Pa 

Bro.  P.  F.  Eckerle,  of  Lanark,  III,  writes  that  he 
has  comoleted  the  course  of  reading  and  received 
his  certificate,  which  he  prizes  very  highly, — not  so 
much  for  what  it  is  as  what  it  represents.  He  say: 
11  May  the  Lord  bless  all,  who  do  this  reading,  with  a 
fuller  growth  in  grace  and  a  greater  love  for  souls." 
Bro.  O,  O.  Boggs,  of  Covington,  Ohio,  reports  that 
his  wife,  Mattie,  has  completed  the  course  of  read- 
ing and  he  pays  the  fee  and  orders  her  certificate. 
Who  at  Covington  will  call  for  the  next  certificate? 
We  have  a  number  of  earnest  young  members  there, 
and  we  should  like  to  hear  from  them. 

Sister  Sadie  S.  Young,  wife  of  one  of  our  able  and 
widely-known  young  evangelists.  J.  E.  Young,  and 
daughter  of  E'd.  D.  E.  Price,  of  Mt.  Morris,  writes 
from  Beatrice,  Nebr.,  as  follows: 

"I  received  the  book,  'Do  not  Say, '  a  day  or 
two  ago,  and  have  nearly  finished  reading  it.  I  feel 
that  it  is  certainly  a  grand  little  book  to  place  in 
the  hands  of  our  young  people.  As  soon  as  we  are 
through  with  ours  I  will  send  it  to  a  young  brother, 
who,  i  think,  will  be  interested  in  it,  and  I  would  like 
to  have  another  for  a  lady  friend  who,  I  have  always 


felt,  would  make  a  good  missionary.  Enclosed  you 
will  find  another  quarter  to  help  a  little  in  the  good 
work."  •  

NOW  AND  THEN. 

We  often  hear  people  say:  "If  I  were  a  boy  again, 
I  would  do  this  or  that,"  or,  "  If  I  had  my  past  life 
to  live  over  again,  how  differently  I  v/ould  do,"  etc. 
Now,  young  friends,  this  is  all  useless.  What  is  past 
is  gone  and  there  is  no  way  of  getting  it  back  again, 
no  matter  how  much  you  wish  and  fret  about  it. 
The  past  is  a  part  of  time  over  which  you  have  no 
control,  and  no  matter  how  many  regrets  you  may 
have  about  it,  there  can  be  no  change.     It  is  made. 

Again;  the  past  is  just  what  you  make  it.  Be- 
cause you  have  so  made  it,  you  know  why  it  is  as  it 
is,  and  you  can  be  proud  of  it  or  should  be  ashamed 
of  it  in  proportion  as  it  meets  your  approval  or  dis- 
approval. 

The  first  thing  you  want  to  learn  is  that  it  is  a 
wonderful  thing  to  live,  and  that  time  is  golden  and 
yours  to  utilize  and  enjoy.  The  sooner  and  more 
you  learn  this  the  fewer  will  be  your  regrets  over  the 
past,  and  the  less  will  be  your  desires  to  live  over 
again  the  days  and  years  gone  by. 

It  is  a  good  thing  for  you  to  never  have  such  de- 
sires. It  may  be  said  that  no  one  can  live  and  do 
so  well  but  what  regrets  will  follow  the  retrospect, 
This  may  be  true,  but  by  putting  a  proper  value  on 
as  it  comes  and  is  yours,  and  using  all  the  pos- 
sibilities at  hand,  you  will  feel  so  nearly  satisfied 
that  you  would  fear  to  ask  to  live  it  over  again  lest, 
nstead  of  making  it  better  you  might  make  a  v/orse 
use  of  it.  You  may  make  conditions  in  your  life  so 
that,  when  you  look  at  them  in  the  retrospect,  you 
can  say:  "  I  am  satisfied."  Do  you  know  that  such 
s  a  great  attainment?  We  know  of  nothing  better. 
When  young  persons  can  sit  down  and  calmly  look 
nto  their  own  lives,  and  say :  "lam  satisfied,"  they 
have  attained  a  very  high  standard  of  excellence, 

d  yet  this  is  what  you  want.     Nothing  else  will 
give  you  peace  of  mind. 
,Hnw    -■--" •  .1     -'tt.ii.ri_ to    ■^is.^-gfffenj'r''    Tut: re    if 

only  one  way,  and  that  i?,  improve  the  now.  If  you 
can  make  yourself  think  so,  it  is  just  as  easy  to  do 
this,  as  it  is  to  not  do  it,  because  the  "now"  de- 
mands something  of  you  and  you  must  do  and  give 
something.  The  wrong  thing  that  you  may  do  or 
give  may  be  a  harder  thing  than  the  right  one.  It 
often  is,— indeed,  always  is, — because  sin  has  always 
been  a  taskmaster,  and  a  hard  one  too.  If,  at  any 
time,  it  seems  pleasant  and  easy,  it  is  because  you 
are  being  deceived.  Di  you  know  this?  If  not,  you 
should,  because  Satan  has  been  a  deceiver  from  the 
beginning,  and  will  aWays  remain  so.  If  you  do 
not  want  his  wages,  in  regrets,  sorrows,  pains  and 
death,  avoid  him  and  his  service  as  well. 

But  it  is  the  "  now  "  that  you  are  concerned  about 
What  are  you  doing  with  it?  You  had  better  deal 
with  this  question  now,  because  it  is  the  only  time 
that  you  have  it  in  charge.  The  past  is  out  of  your 
reach,  and  the  future  you  can  only  anticipate.  The 
present  God  gives  you  with  the  message,  "Oc- 
cupy/1— dot — and  do  with  your  might,  that  which 
your  intelligence  and  reason  dictate,  and  you  will 
not  be  disappointed  as  the  years  go  by. 

We  just  now  think  of  young  people  who  are  la- 
terally rolling  in  fatness.  Their  "  now"  is  golden,  but 
their  "  then"  will  be  as  the  Sodomic  apple, — ashes 
and  disappointment.  Tell  them  that  they  are  mak- 
ing a  mistake,  that  will  bring  regret,  and  their  an- 
swer is,  "Yes,  it  may  be,  but, — ''  but  what?  Some 
trifling  little  thing  is  allowed  to  come  in  the  way, 
and  control,  for  the  moment,  that  which  will  bring 
days  and  years  of  regret,  They  do  not  seem  to 
have  the  foresight  and  will-power  to  sacrifice, — if 
such  it  can  be  called, — for  the  moment  and  the  hour 
which  promises  months  and  years  of  reward. 

Not  long  since  we  heard  a  young  girl  say  that 
Esau  was  a  baby  and  a  fool  because  he  gave  away  so 
much  and  got  so  little  in  return.  Perhaps  he  was 
somewhat  of  a  baby,  and  foolish  in  the  bargain,  in 
exchanging  his  birthright,  which  meant  so  much  in 
the  "then,"  for  a  mess  of  lentil  soup  in  the  "now." 
But  how  much  better  are  you  doing  in  bartering 


away  5  our  golden  "now"  for  things  of  less  vake 
than  a  bowl  of  snup?  Time  is  your  God-given 
birthright.  God  gives  it  to  you  now  and  with  it  he 
gives  you  the  will-power  and  possibilities  to  make 
every  hour  of  it  as  an  ingot  of  gold,  to  bless  your 
after-years,  and  in  the  end  give  you  a  joy  and  peace 
of  soul  that  will  make  you  shout  for  very  gladness. 
Yes,  dear  friends,  time  that  you  get  as  the  mo- 
ments come  and  go,  is  too  precious  to  be  wasted, 
Do  not  deceive  yourself  with  the  thought  that  a 
long  life  is  before  you,  and  that  a  little  waste  of 
time  now  will  not  amount  to  much  in  the  future. 
Do  not  think  that  a  little  bit  of  wild  oats  sowing 
now  is  a  small  matter  when  life  is  so  long.  No,  this 
is  all  a  mistake.  Wild  oats  is  a  bad  thing  to  sprout 
and  grow,  and  it  is  also  a  prolific  yielder  of  the  bit- 
ter fruits  of  sin, — as  bitter  as  it  can  be.  But  now, — 
it  is  your  crop.  You  did  the  sowing,  and  it  grows 
for  you  to  reap, — yes  for  you  Now  you  sow.  then 
you  reap.  What  will  it  be?  Do  not  be  deceived, 
young  reader,  whoever  you  may  be.  God  has  said 
it,  and  it  must  come  to  pas?, — "Whatsoever  a  man 
soweth  that  he  shall  reap."  Sow  now  that  which 
you  desire  to  reap  then,  and  you  will  not  be  disap- 
pointed. H.  B.  B. 


BV    J.    S.    LAU. 

About  four  years  ago  a  young  people's  meeting 
was  organized  at  the  above-named  church,  through 
the  earnest  and  persevering  efforts  of  Bro,  J.  S. 
Geiser,  and  since  that  time  the  meeting  has  steadily 
grown  in  interest  and  also  in  the  number  of  those 
who  take  part. 

While  these  meetings  are  intended  mainly  for  the 
benefit  of  young  members,  for  the  purpose  of  giving 
them  work,  and  fitting  them  for  church  duties,  they 
may  be  called  upon  to  perform  later  in  life,  the  old- 
er ones  are  deeply  interested  in  the  grand  work,  too, 
and  it  is  to  them  and  to  the  sincere  and  consecrated 
eJ&rfe^T^uTsisters,  that  these  meetings  owe  much 
of  their  success  also.  Our  Thanksgiving  service  was 
nade  exceedingly  interesting  by  each  one  naming 
n  writing  what  he  felt  grateful  for.  A  good  many 
letters  from  tho=e  of  like  precious  faith,  from  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  Brotherhood,  were  read  at  this 
meeting.  These  pipers  wers  sent  out  blank,  and  a 
request  was  made  to  those  addressed  to  return  them 
to  the  writer  that  they  might  be  read  at  the  service 
named. 

All  seemed  ready  to  respond  and  when  these  pa- 
pers came  back,  they  were  filled  to  overflowing  with 
expressions  of  thanks  and  gratitude,  and  it  is  very 
interesting,  indeed,  to  notice  the  oneness  of  mind 
and  the  unity  of  sentiment  running  through  them 
ali.  About  eight  different  Slates  were  represented 
by  letter  and  these  helped  to  make  a  meeting  long 
to  be  remembered.  If  those,  who  wrote  these  let- 
ters, knew  how  much  they  encouraged  us,  they 
would  feel  amply  repaid  for  their  much  appreciated 
efforts.  Bro,  J.  J.  Ellis  has  been  the  leader  of  our 
young  people's  meeting  for  the  last  two  years,  and 
has  again  been  re-elected  for  the  coming  year. 

Sunday  evening,  Dec.  12,  Bro.  P.  H.  Beery,  from 
Fruitdale,  Ala.,  came  to  us  and  preached  an  able 
and  well-prepared  sermon    from    Heb.   12:    12,  13'. 
agoz  Bernard  St.,  Baltimore,  Md,t  D(C  20, 


Faithfulness  of  service  can  only  come  from 
faithfulness  of  heart.  "  We  all  like  him,"  one  man 
said  of  another;  "  he  always  does  what  he  agrees  to, 
and  a  little  more.  He  isn't  around  giving  his  time 
and  his  services  for  nothing,  but  when  you  employ 
him  to  do  something  you  know  the  work  will  be 
done  as  well  as  it  can  be  done,  and  without  watch- 
ing," This  is  a  good  priuciple  to  apply  in  Christian 
service,  If  a  man's  heart  is  in  his  work,  he  will  not 
v/ork  simply  for  the  reward  he  is  to  get,  nor  to  make 
an  easy  undertaking  of  it.  His  first  thought  will  be 
to  do  well  the  work  that  has  been  given  him  to  do. 
It  is  the  Christian  who  is  not  constantly  thinking  of 
the  reward  of  heaven  cr  the  reward  on  earth  to 
whom  the  world  looks  for  faithful  service,— 6*.  S. 
Tims, 


Jan.  S,  18 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSEltta-EH,. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 


COMMITTEE. 


MQ0L4B  HEETIH3S  OF  TEE  C0HHIT5EB:  -  The  1 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annus 
lag;  the  second  Monday  ol  October  and  ol  Fet 

BUSINESS  FOE  AH7  HEE7IH3  should  be  In  the  ofiu 
committee  at  least  two  weeks  before  time  ol  n 
In  order  to  be  prepared  for  that  session. 


doraed  by  the  District  Mission  Board 
will  be  sent. 

TBS  COMMITTEE  2ECEIVSS  donations  I 
lunds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor.  In 
Smyrna;  Washlnfiton  Meetinghou 
India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 


DO  HOT  ADDEESB  I 
Committee,  to  < 
pondeuce  and  ii 


j  intended   lor    the 


.  MISS.  &  TRACT  COM., 


Thousands  of  people 

ie  on  the  verge  of  starva 


At  this  time   the  sub 

Messenger  is  larger  tha 
l  the  history  of  the  papei 


Timothy  was  told  to  give  attention  to  doi 
trine.  Let  those  who  conduct  Special  Bible 
Terms  keep  this  in  mind,  and  not  neglect  th 


Of  some  ministers 

not  shun  to  preach  the 

times  wonder  if  they  preach  the 

of  the  Gospel. 

A  recent  issue  of  the  Christim 
tains  the  portrait  of  a  French 
is  now  over  125  years  old. 
married  more  than  100  years. 


d  that  they  do 


She 


The  minister  has  a  good  ho 
and  yet  he  cannot  afford  to  r 
preach  on  Sunday!  There  is 
"  go  ye  "  Gospel  about  that  mai 


The  adoption  of  a  Hebrew 
in  Chicago,  is  regarded  as 
Jewish  spirit.  Many  of  them 
great  interest  towards  their  n 


g,  by  the  Jew; 
revival  of  the 

;  looking  with 


said  that  th< 
the  Jews;  they 
freedoi 

United  States 


'ii-.i 


»  recently  repotted  to 
no  more  hope  in  Russi 

ust  seek  a  place  of  rest 
own   promised    land. 

till,  however,  open  to  the 


Utah,  but 
5,  gathered 


:  going  to  Afri 


Arrangements  are  being  made, 
reported,  to  settle  4o,coo  Mormons  in 
Part   of  them  will  go   direct  fi 
most  of  them  are  to  he  new  con 
from   the    different    States, 
acres  of  land  have   been    purchased   for  the 
great  colony. 

It  has  been  announced  that  1'rince  Bema- 
dotte  (second  sou  of  King  Oscar  of  Norway 
and  Sweden)  and  his  wi 
to  spend  the  rest  of  thei 
His  wife  was  a  Miss  Munk,  and  before  the 
marriage,  the  prince,  whose  full  name  is 
Oscar  Bernadotte,  was  forced  to  give  up  all 
claims  to  the  throne  because  of  wedding  a 
woman  who  was  not  royal.  They  are  both 
said  to  be  earnest,  religious  workers,  and  it 
is  believed  that  their  labors,  among  the 
heathen  in  Africa,  will  result  in  great  good. 

MISSION  WORK.-ITS  DIVINE  CALL 
UPON  EACH  INDIVIDUAL. 

Nothing  so  readily  soothes  the  soul  into 
quietness  as  to  feel  it  does  not  have  a  direct 
and  personal  call.  That  question  settled,  and 
it  matters  little  what  the  issue,  how  many 
souls  are  at  stake  and  how  great  the  ability, 
and  many  the  opportunities,  there  is  no  inter- 
est manifest  and  no  work  done.  Herein  lies 
of  the  lethargy  in  the  mission  work 
manifest  in  loo  many  fol- 
They  have,  through  some 
own,  concluded    that    the 


of  the 

lowers  of  Christ, 
reasoning   of  their 
heathen,  yea  even 
own  land,  have  n 
10  help  save  them. 


the 


:rted 


claim   upon   Iheii 


lUoilS 


Chri 


uty, 


nthele 


influ 


a  power,  a  work,  which  reaches  and  affects 
individuals,  no  matter  how  great  the  company 
present.  Salvation,  to  those  who  possess  its 
hope,  is  expected  for  the  individual,  and  is 
it  not  just  and  right  that,  if  individuals  shall 
be  saved  as  individuals,  eacli  one  has    hlm- 

ing  others  to  that  salvation? 

In  the  early  light  of  prophetic  Christianity, 
the  Spirit  of  God  was  troubled  about  the 
salvation  of  the  people,  and  he  called, '  Whom' 
shall  I  send  and  who  will  go  for  us?"  Then 
Isaiah  said,  "Here  am  I;  send  me."  He 
did  not  say,  "Here  is  the  church;  let  her  look 
after  this  work,"  but  "Here  am  I,  send  ME." 
When  Gcd,  through  his  Son,  enlarged  the 
work  of  salvation  in   the   world,  he  declared 


BULSAR  NOTES. 


intents  who  r 


fred 


-Among   the    Syrian   Christians    in    South 
idia,  in  1875,  sprung  up  one  of  these  peculiar 
cts  which  not  infrequently  runoff  the  track  in 
America.    They  published*  "a  divine  procla- 
ion  to  the  effect  that  there  remained  only 
years  from  May,  1875,  until  the  glorious 
coming  of   King  Jesus,  of    Nazareth,  on    the 
fiery  cloud."      About   5,000  became  enthused 
with   the  idea.     Memorable    1881    has  passed, 
ost   people,  the  world  over,  are  ready 
fess  that  God  takes  pleasure  in  con- 
cealing some  things  from  the  people. 
—It  may  be  especially  interesting  to"  those 
iow  working  on  the  Anglo- 
that   the    Saxon    Chronicle 
ply  states  that   in  the  year  8S3,  King  Al- 
bassadors,  Sighclm  and  ^Etbel- 
n,  all  the  way  to  India,  with  alms  for  the 
Christians  there,  called  the  Christians  of  St. 
Thomas  and  St.  Bartholomew, 

—  Nearly  all  of  our  orphan  children  can  re- 
peat the  ten  commandments  in  Gujerati. 
We  can  also,  freely,  but  I  doubt  if  we  could 
do  so  in  English,  without  hesitating.  They 
are  working  away  on  the  Gujerati  language, 
and  it  will  likely  be  a  race  between  them  and 
our  coming  helpers,  as  to  who  will  get  on 
most  rapidly.  Several  are  very  bright.  One 
more,  however,  we  are  exceedingly  sorry  to 
say,  has  succumbed  to  the  disastrous  effects 
of  famine.  As  we  carried  her  emaciated, 
lifeless  form  off  to  the  burial,  the  children 
remaining  wept  aloud,  and  as  the  distance 
between  us  and  them  widened,  the  sound  of 
those  dear  children,  mourning  for  one  of  their 
number,  lingered  long  in  our  ears, 

—Last  week,  in  one  of  our  Christian  homes, 
I  was  informed  that  when  any  one  sits  grind- 
ing at  the  mill,  as  we  see  daily,  they  always 
turn  it  the  same  way.  But,  when  any  oni 
dies  among  the  Hindoos,  they  grind  a  littV 
meal  by  turning  the  mill  backwards,  and  mak 
four  small  "breads"  for  the  dead. 
—On. 


f  our  little  company,  who  was 
d  last  April,  is  now  in  South  Africa, 
les  that    he  is  exceedingly  happy  in   his    L°r' 

-i..f(.,,;(,  -~~--<'-^--  ^'Vii^f-J  x"    lU,^i>(  '   „    ;.;/;;;„'.",: 


ured  for  the  building  of  a  church.  The 
location  is  surely  a  very  desirable  one,  and 
the  price  at  which  it  was  bought,  is  far  below 
present  value,  That  a  church  is  badly 
needed,  the  situation  plainly  shows.  Our  work 
n  city  missions  can  only  be  made  strong  and 
permanent  by  building  churches,  as  many 
experienced.  People  do  not  seem  to 
lclined  to  unite  with  churches  in  the 
i,  that  have  no  houses  of  their  own  to 
worship  in.  Are  there  not  many  who  will 
tribute  to  the  building  of  the  church  there, 
that  the  amount  necessary  may  be  raised  so 
begin  the  building  at  an  early  date? 


De, 


WHERE  OUR  MINISTERS  ARE. 


the 


Aln 


rial  lis 
for     [898,     the 


(he 


land, 


'  ministers  in   the  Brotherhood,  and    they 
distributed    over    the    world    as    follows: 
isylvania,  348;    Indiana,    325;  Ohio,    :,,; 
sas.aio;  Virginia,  202;  Iowa,  145;  Illinois, 
Missouri,  rig;  West  Virginia,  [04;  Mary- 
Tennessee,  57;  Nebraska,  51;  Okla- 
;    Michigan,   26;    North    Dakota,    1'y, 
California,  25;  North  Carolina,  2);  1  Iregi  n.  tij 
Arkansas,  20;  Texas,  ii ;  Colorado,  11;  Minns* 
consin,    10;    Louisiana,    7;   Ala- 
bama, 6;  Florida,  6;  South  Dakota,  5;  Wash- 
ington, |;  New  Jersey,  4;  Arizona,  3;  Idaho,  3; 
Kentucky,  3;  Georgia,  2;  Connecticut,  1;  South 
Carolina,  1;  Utah,  1;  D.  C,  1;  Sweden,  7;  Den- 
mark, 6;  India,  3;  Asia  Minor,  3. 
Saginaw,  Tex. 

THE  WORK  IN  TEXAS. 


1    lt.„M'. 


.  VlV' 


s.  On  sever 
elf  reading 
telling    the 


sion 

s  he    has   found 

r.  11,   mil, 

or   wl 

boat  Interest    • 

pla 

ning   ihe    Bible, 

HHIII 

Go 

Snm 

spel    story,  lo  a 

pr":\i'r„'7i, 

upon 
maud 

And,  farther, 

■Why,  this  is  a  new  religion."  Then  be 
says,  "No,  no,  it  is  only  the  old  religion 
which,  unfortunately,  has  too  long   been  laid 

side." 


■vurld  1 


The  Jewish  population  of  tin 

stimated  at  fully  ten  millions,— more  people 
ban  the  land  of  Palestine  could  support, 
hould  they  even  be  permitted  to  settle  there. 

We  admire  the  preacher  who  feels  that  he 
oes  not  know  everything,  and  is  quite  w-JJing 
)  learn  more.  There  is  always  hope  for  the 
lan  who  continues  his  search  for  knowledge. 


that    "who 

soev 

r  (Jew 

free),  belie 

red 

n  him  s 

ing  life," 

md 

vhen    th 

work,  he  s 

aid 

0  .his  di 

Gentile,    bond 


the 


-ri.i: 


Each 


hould  ha 
e  Master 
sciple; 


"Go 


1  all 


We  now  have  th 
r,  and  when  Bro.  Ye 
ill  be  four.     One  of  th. 


If  China  should  be 
of  the  leading  power: 
doing  missionary  wor 
proved.  Missionaiie: 
every  part  of  the  em] 
necessary  safety. 


parceled  out  to  a 
,  the  opportunities 
:  would  be  greatly 
could  probably  e 
ire,  and  labor  with   all 


Do  not  be  alarmed  when 

tiembers  carrying  food,  eve 


the  ravens  engaged  in 
for  the  prophet  Elijah, 
proved  by  the  Lord. 


even  in  large  qi 
)ver  2,700  years  ago 
tat  kind  of  busi 
d  their  work  was 


,. 


In  Pennsylvania,  not  long  since,  a  m 
r  preached  so  strongly  against  the  wea 
of  feathers,  that  many  of  the  women  tore 
feathers  from  their  bonnets,  in  the  presence 
of  the  congregation.  That  is  the  kind  of 
preaching  to  do,— something  that  will  1 
effect. 


understood  th 
commission  as  applicable  to  himself,  and  wer 
right  to  work  to  carry  it  out. 

Paul  felt  the  call  to  be  individual 
what  wilt  thou  have  me  lodo?"     ", 
vessel  to  the  Gentiles."    But  he  was  not  more 
chosen  than  every  disciple   is    to  day.      The 
Gentiles  had  no  apostle.     The  apostles   who 
associated    with  Christ  had    not  caught    the 
spirit    of    world-wide    Christianity,   and    Paul 
was  one  born  out  of  due  season,  to  open  th« 
way  to  the  Gentiles.     The  way  once  opened, 
every   Gentile  follower  would  carry  the  good 
news   to   his  brother.     How    admirably    l1 
ion,  "Go,"  to  his  indi- 
iously   God    blessed 
labors! 

Then  Christ,  a 
tion,    through    tl: 
"And  let] 
could  be 
obligatory 

This  commission  reache: 
— the  lay-member  as  well  as  the  minister,— 
the  one  talent  as  well  as  the  five  talents,— 
in  fact,  every  one  who  claims  discipleship, 
God's  voice  to-day  calls  in  the  heart  of  each 
follower,  by  the  very  possession  of  h 
and  salvation,  and  by  all  the  powers 


applied  the  > 


of  Revela- 


the  very  clt 
:  Spirit,  again  commands, 
l  that  hearcth  say,  Come."  What 
re  personal,  more  pointed,  more 


—Now  it  has  been  three  years  since  we  b< 
gan  writing  "Diary  Leaves  "  and  the  "Bulsa 
Notes."  To  us,  the  former  have  been  wrii 
ten  with  the  greater  pleasure.  To  us  they 
appeared  to  present  a  larger  field  for  thought- 
ful correspondence  and  for  originality,  than  did 
the  mere  "Notes,"  but  we  have  produced 
both,  with  what  ability  God  has  graciously 
given  us.  If  through  this  pen  any  dear  broth- 
er has  had  his  spirit  quickened  to  a  degree 
of  missionary  activity,  I  thank  God  for  it. 
We  are  humbler  than  we  were  three  years 
igo.  I  think  we  know  God  better,  and  now, 
as  our  new  missionaries  are  nearing  these  hea- 
then shores,  I  hasten  to  place  the  pen  where 
they  can  get  it  to  continue  these  notes.  To 
them,  the  ins  and  outs  of  the  missionary  life 
may  not  be  more  interesting,  but  will  cer- 
tainly be  more  new  than  to  us.  The  things 
that  we  overlook  will  not  fail  to  escape  their 
notice.  Thus  these  notes,  from  the  home  of 
the  Brethren  in  Bulsar,  will  become  more  in- 
teresting. Meanwhile  we  hope  to  exercise 
along  some  other  lines. 
— Brethren,  pray  for  us. 
Nov.  19. 


We,  the  District  Missi 
submit  the  following  pla 
for  the  purpose  asked  for  ; 

The  churches  shall  an 


whose  duty  it  shall  I 

at  least  once  a  yea: 

as  the  church  may  d. 

pose   indicated   in   sa 

the    same  to    the  mi: 

lated  members  ;uid    i 

,n  send  their  offering 

Further,   the   Distri 

ne  they   sec-  proper 

ii  solicitors,  or  insti 

in  charge,   and  also 

special   effort  to   raise 

:o  forward  the  work. 


:spei 


fingregations, 


achr 


uch  oftener 

ide  upon,  for  the  pur- 
article,  and  forward 
onary  treasurer.  Iso- 
lividuals 


the  t 


necessary    means 


D.J..  Kr: 


THE  WASHINGTON  MISSION. 


/ithin  self,  and  hav 
lere   rests  the   obligatic 

'ithin,  it  becomes,  in  a 
ike  some  humble  part  i 
;ceive  this  salvation. 


ting    it.       Having     salv 


talent, 
1  to  help  others  to 
And   having   Christ 


Passing  through  Washington,  D.  C,  a  few 
days  ago,  and  having  a  little  spare  time,  I 
went  to  see  some  of  the  members  living  in 
the  City.  Those  whom  I  visited  seem  to  be 
much  encouraged.  Bro.  Hollinger  informed 
me  there  were  now  several   willing   to  unite 

church  by  ba 
vere  olhei 

After  this  short  but    pleasant    interview,  1 1 
felt  glad  for  the  encouragement  in  the  work 
I  also  saw  the  lot  the  Brethren  have 


needs  any  comment 
-ince  every  brother  and  sister  that  such 
I  is  much  needed,  and  would  be  the 
for  the  accomplishment  of  much  good. 
ir  District  is  a  large  one.  It  would  make 
States  as  large  as  Indiana.  It 
has  about  four  million  population.  We  have 
eight  ministers  of  the  Brethren  (one  to  about 
five  hundred  thousand  inhabitants),  about  one 
hundred  and  sixty  members,  six  organized 
churches;  two  without  a  minister.  Oh,  what 
a  vast  field  for  mission  work!  Experience 
teaches  that  the  only  very  successful  way  is 
for  the  minister  to  be  located  and  stay  with 
the  work.  Brother,  sister,  can  you,  yes,  will 
you,  help  the  work  with  your  means,  and 
thereby  assist    some   poor  brother  to    get    a 


pla, 


:  him  where  he  can  do 
to  the  honor  and  glory 
ation  of  precious,  blood- 


By  order  of  District  Hoard, 

A.  j.  Wine 


TIKE    G-OSjPET-i    ACESSE2STC3-EE/. 


Jan.  S,  18 


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Seven  accessions   to   the   church  at   New   Pott, 
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A  series   of  meetings   in  the    Brother's  Valley 
church,  Pa.,  closed  with  thirteen  accessions. 


Bro.  Chas.  M.  Yearout,  of  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa, 
is  arranging  to  locate  at  Warrensburg,  Mo.,  next 
spring.  

Bro.  F.  W.  Dove  has  been  doing  some  good 
..wTTT..  * ... . .-.-.  '-v..  n<-  w,cu  a  .w'eeiing  witn 
ten  conversions. 

Bro.  O.  V.  Long  closed  his  series  of  meetings 
in  the  Conestoga  church,  Pa,,  with  nine  appli- 
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Bro.  A.  G.  Crosswhite  closed  his  interesting 
series  of  meetings  in  the  Bachelor  Run  church, 
Ind.,  with  eight  accessions. 


A  series  of  meetings  at  Waynesboro,  Pa.,  con- 
ducted by  Bro.  J.  A.  Dove,  closed  with  six  acces- 
sions by  baptism,  and  two  reclaimed. 


Thirteen  accessions  are  reported  in  the  Browns- 
ville church,  Md.,  as  the  result  of  a  scries  of  meet- 
ings recently  held  by  Bro.  W.  M.  Wine. 


Bro.  L,  Frank  Haas  reports  the  work  in  Har- 
risburg,  Pa.,  as  moving  along  encouragingly.  He  is 
preparing  to  open  up  work  in  another  part  of  the 
city.  He  is  also  giving  considerable  attention 
to  evangelistic  work. 


The  Muicie  (Ind.)  Herald  contains  a  very  credit- 
able account  of  the  Brethren  in  that  city,  stating 
that  they  are  in  the  midst  of  an  interesting  series 
of  meetings,  and  that  several  were  recently  received 
into  the  church  by  confession  and  baptism. 


The  Special  Bible  Term,  at  this  place,  opened 
last  Tuesday  morning  with  a  number  in  atten- 
dance, On  account  of  going  to  press  early  in  the 
week,  we  cannot  say  anything  special  concerning 
the  work  being  done.    We  hope  to  say  more  later 


Bro.  J.  G.  Royer  has  just  returned  from  the 
Lower  Stillwater  church,  Ohio,  where  he  spent 
several  days  conducting  a  Bible  Term.  He  re- 
ports about  one  hundred  and  sixty  in  regular  at- 
tendance, excellent  interest,  and  two  received  into 
the  church  by  baptism. 


A  communication  from  Bro.  D,  L.  Forney,  un- 
der date  of  D:c.  3,  informs  us  of  his  safe  arrival 
at  Bulsar,  India.  He  reports  all  cheerful  and  in 
good  health,  and  says  that  he  and  his  wife  at  once 
entered  upon  the  study  of  the  language,  so  as  to 
prepare  themselves  for  the  important  work  en- 
trusted to  them.  Our  readers  will  rejoice  to  learn 
of  their  safe  arrival. 


We  are  requested  to  state  that,  during  the  first 
two  weeks  of  the  Bible  Term  of  the  Juniata  Col- 
lege, Pa.,  Bro.  M.  G.  Brumbaugh  will  give  his 
six  lectures  on  the  origin  of  the 'Brethren  or  Dun- 
ker  church,  under  its  present  organized  form,  In 
these  talks  there  will  be  some  new  facts,  not  yet 
known  to  the  Brotherhood,  that  every  minister 
and  church  worker  should  know. 


It  is  indeed  gratifying  to  learn  how  well  our 
people  are  pleased  with  our  new  Almanac.  It  is 
sent  free  to  every  subscriber  of  the  Messenger. 

Bro.  D.  E.  Stover,  of  Hawthorn,  Fla.,  writes: 
"  The  Christmas  number  was  the  most  spiritual 
paper  that  has  ever  been  issued  from  your  office." 

Bro.  Fercken  reports  one  more  baptized  at 
Adio,  Asia  Minor,  with  prospects  of  others  ac- 
cepting the  faith.  The  outlook  for  his  mission 
seems  quite  encouraging. 


Bro.  W.  R.  Deeter,  who  has  been  holding  some 
meetings  jit  Wakarusa,  Ind.,  writes  that  he  does 
not  "expect  to  fioici  "any  'more 'Tories  of  meetings 
this  winter  on  account  of  his  home  work.  He 
thinks  that  elders  should  not  neglect  the  flocks 
placed  in  their  care,  and  he  also  feels  that  he 
cannot  be  away  from  his  ministerial  work  without 
more  or  less  detriment  to  his  home  church, 


On  account  of  sickness  in  his  family,  Bro.  H. 
C.  Early  had  to  close  his  meetings  at  Beaver 
Creek,  Va.,  sooner  than  was  desired.  There  were, 
however,  six  conversions,  with  good  prospects  of 
more. 

Some  one  at  Glendora,  Cal.,  writes  us  on  an  im- 
portant matter,  and  signs  himself,  "  Many  Breth- 
ren." Had  he  given  his  name,  we  might  send  him 
a  very  satisfactory  explanation  concerning  the 
matter  of  which  he  v/rites.  As  it  is,  his  commun 
ication  can  be  of  no  bene6t  to  any  one.  We  wisr 
brethren  would  never  refuse  to  affix  their  names 
to  what  they  send  to  this  office. 


Under  date  of  Dec.  9,  Bro.  S.  N.  McCann  writes 
us  from  Jaffa,  Palestine.  He  had  completed 
his  trip,  in  company  with  a  number  of  others,  to 
Jerusalem,  Hebron,  the  D;ad  Sea,  etc.  He  was 
then  preparing  to  resume  his  journey  to  India, 
and  is  probably  with  the  other  missionaries  at 
Bulsar  by  this  time.  It  seems  that  he  was  not 
permitted  to  visit  Nazareth,  and  other  places  of 
interest  around  the  Sea  of  Galilee.  He  reports 
good  health,  and  a  very  enjoyable  trip  so  far. 

Our  record  shows  that,  during  the  last  six  months, 
over  20.000  letters  have  been  received  at  the 
Messenger  office.  The  number  for  each  month, 
commencing  with  July,  is  as  follows:  July,  2,252; 
August,  2.841;  September,  3,20,5;  October,  2,Si.8; 
November,  3,274;  December,  6,142;  total,  20,613. 
In  handling  so  many  communications,  more  or 
less  mistakes  will  occur,  in  spite  of  all  our  care, 
but  when  informed  of  them,  we  always  take  pleas- 
ure in  making  the  necessary  corrections.  In  fact, 
we  will  regard  it  as  a  favor  if  those  who  have 
dealings  with  us,  will  at  once  apprise  us  of  any 
error  that  may  occur  in  our  business  transactions 
with  them.  It  would  also  save  us  a  great  deal  of 
trouble  and  perplexity  if  each  person,  writing 
this  office,  would  give  his  address  in  every  in- 
stance, and  then  write  his  name  so  plainly  that 
t  is  not  possible  to  be  mistaken  about  it. 


The  Brethren  at  Franklin  Grove,  111 ,  believe  in 
preaching  the  Gospel  to  the  poor  as  well  as  to 
the  rich.  A  few  days  ago  they  sent  to  this  office 
55,053,  for  the  purpose  of  having  the  Messenger 
sent  to  members  who  are  not  able  to  pay  for  it. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  example  of  this  church, 
and  some  others,  may  provoke  the  rest  to  see 
that  their  poor  members  are  in  some  way  provided 
with  suitable  reading  matter. 

While  we  glory  in  the  pluck  of  an  aged  elder, 
who  wants  to  preach  the  Gospel  just  as  long  as 
the  Lord  permits  him  to  live,  we  pity  the  judg- 
ment of  the  one  who  persists  ia  remaining  in 
charge  of  his  congregation  until  the  most  of  the 
members  think,  and  even  have  to  say,  that  he 
should  resign,  so  a  more  active  man  may  be  se- 
lected to  direct  the  affairs  of  the  church.  Every 
aged  housekeeper  will  find  it  for  the  good  of 
the  cause,  for  him  to  tender  his  resignation  while 
he  has  judgment  and  strength  enough  to  do  it 
right.  If  his  flock  should  think  (hat  his  age  in 
no  way  interferes  with  his  usefulness,  they  will  let 
him  know  in  a  manner  that  will  be  greatly  to  his 
credit.  We  should  all  bear  in  mind  the  fact  that 
the  church,  as  a  rule,  is  more  competent  to  decide 
a  matter  of  this  kind,  than  the  aged  elder  him- 
self. Besides,  it  is  not  to  one's  discredit,  when 
he  grows  old,  to  be  retired  from  the  leadership 
of  an  important  movement.  It  is  one  of  the  in- 
cidents that  must  come  to  every  man,  however  use- 
ful he  may  be,  sooner  or  later  in  life.  Still,  it  takes 
a  good  deal  of  grace  to  enable  a  man  to  step  aside 
and  see  another  take  charge  of  the  flock  that  he 
has  been  leading  and  feeding  for  many  years,  but 
that  is  what  a  portion  of  the  grace  of  God  is  for. 


The  Baltimore  American  contains  a  very  inter- 
sting  report  of  the  Ministerial  Meeting  of  East- 
ern Maryland,  recently  held  at  the  Middletown 
Valley  house.  We  quote  the  following,  showing 
that  our  people  in  that  part  of  the  Brotherhood 
are  also  interested  in  woman's  work  in  the  church: 
"  The  last  topic,  '  Sisters'  Mission  in  the  Church,' 
had  been  assigned  to  four  sisters  from  different 
sections  of  the  church,  but  none  of  these  were 
present,  three  sending  papers  instead.  These 
were  from  Mrs,  Laura  Myers,  Westminster;  Mrs. 
R.  L.  Rinehart  and  Mrs.  Kate  Fahrney,  Frederick. 
This  topic  precipitated  the  most  lively  debate 
among  the  ministers  which  occurred  during  the 
meeting.  It  was  found  that  the  three  papers 
from  the  sisters  dealt  with  the  subject  in  a  general 
way  only,  but  the  ministers  at  once  proceeded  to 
discuss  the  subject  in  all  its  phases.  Some  ad- 
vocated giving  women  liberty  to  preach,  and,  in 
the  course  of  the  discussion,  Eld.  E.  W.  Stoner 
referred  to  the  fact  that,  a  number  of  years  ago, 
two  sisters  named  Stemey  and  Major  were  given 
this  privilege  and  that,  as  ministers  of  the  Gos- 
pel, they  acquitted  themselves  very  creditably. 
One  of  the  ministers  suggested  that,  as  a  woman 
was  in  all  things  to  be  a  help-mate  to  her  hus- 
band, the  minister's  wife  should  be  to  him  an 
assistant  in  his  office,  so  that,  in  case  of  his  sick- 
ness, she  could  be  prepared  to  carry  on  his  work. 
This  speaker  was  followed  by  E!d.  C.  D.  Bonsack, 
of  Westminster,  who  thought  that  woman's  sphere 
was  in  the  home,  and  in  the  department  of  the 
church  in  which  she  was  now  working." 


THE  aiSH  TESTAMENT. 

We  have  just  published  what  we  consider  the 
most  convenient  pocket  New  Testament  in  the 
English  language.  Before  his  death,  Eld.  James 
R.  Gish  commenced  supplying  the  money  to  bring 
out  the  work.  His  wife  has  since  had  the  book 
completed,  and  it  is  now  ready  for  filling  orders. 
The  book  is  neatly  printed  on  very  thin,  strong 
paper,  is  well  bound  in  various  styles,  and  is  just 
the  thing  to  carry  in  the  pocket.  It  is  self-pro- 
nouncing, and  has  the  references  and  marginal 
readings  following  the  verse  to  which  they  belong. 
In  this  respect  the  book,  for  neatness,  conven- 
ience, and  mechanical  execution,  is  probably  un- 
surpassed,    Sent  post-paid  as  follows: 

American  Morocco,  divinity  circuit,  gilt  edge,  red  un- 
der gold,  calf  lined ?I  25 

The  same,  leather-lined, 0° 

The  same,  paper-lined 5o 

We  have  a  cheaper  edition,  intended  mainly 
for  Sunday  schools,  same  paper  and  print  as  the 


Ja 


the  o-osifieIj  :MHEss:EnsrG-:E:R,, 


others,  but  bound  in  limp  cloth,  20  cents.  If  de- 
sired for  use  in  Sunday  schools,  write  for  special 
terms,  per  dozen.  When  writing  for  this  book, 
call  for  the  Gish  Testament. 


FAITH-HEALING. 


A  few  of  our  correspondents  think  we  are  pre- 
judiced because  we  decline  publishing  some  com- 
munications sent  us,  concerning  faith-healing. 
Now,  if  we  understand  ourselves,  we  are  not  pre- 
judiced in  the  least  against  those  who  are  the 
means  of  restoring  the  sick  through  faith, 
without  resorting  to  medicine.  What  we  object 
to  is  this  wholesale  condemnation  of  such  as 
do  not  take  part  in  healing  the  sick  just  in  that 
way,  and  who  do  not  regard  these  healing  occur- 
rences, resulting  from  faith,  as  miracles.  We  have 
received  articles,  severely  censuring  the  church, 
because  her  ministers  cannot,  and  do  not,  heal 
the  sick  as  did  the  apostles,  some  going  so  far  as 
to  say  that  the  church  has  lost  her  divinely-given 
power  in  this  respect.  This  these  writers  do, 
when,  at  the  same  time,  not  one  of  them  can  per 
form  the  miracles,  which  they  think  others  should 
perform,  in  order  to  prove  that  they  are  the  true 
ministers  of  Jesus  Christ. 

We  know  that  all  over  this  world  are  instances 
of  faith-healing,  and  such  occurrences  are  found 
among  nearly  every  class  of  people,  some  of  them 
believing  in  Christianity,  while  others  do  not. 
Just  what  to  believe,  or  what  not  to  believe,  does 
not  seem  to  be  particularly  essential,  Some  of 
these  healings, — for  we  would  not  like  to  call  them 
miracles, — are  performed  by  the  Catholics,  othe 
by  Protestants,  not  a  few  by  the  Mormons,  and 
even  some  by  the  heathen.  Some  of  them  seem  be- 
yond human  comprehension,  and  against  them 
we  have  not  one  word  to  say.  We  are  not  con- 
demning the  men  who  possess  the  ability  to  per 
form  these  things,  but  we  do  not  care  to  have 
them  censure  us  and  our  Brethren  because  we  fail 
to  do  likewise. 

We  know  that  the  most  eminent  of  them  can 
go  only  about  so  far,  and  there  they  stop.  There 
are  some  diseases  and  conditions  that  they  will 
not  undertake,  while  on  others  they  fail,  and,  in 
fact,  their  failures  are  many.  But  these  are  not 
published,  and  the  public  finds  out  but  little  con 
cerning  them.  Not  one  of  them,  or  all  of  then 
put  together,  can  raise  the  dead,  speak  with  other 
tongues,  or,  with  safety,  take  up  venomous  ser- 
pents, or  drink  deadly  poison.  Could  they  do 
these  things,  or  even  cure  the  worst  forms  of 
contagious  diseases,  it  might  be  worth  while  to 
talk  of  miracles,  But  so  long  as  they  confine 
their  efforts  to  the  milder  forms  of  diseases,  and 
so  long  as  the  Mormons  can  perform  as  many 
cures  as  the  Catholics,  and  so  long  as  the  Prot- 
estant does  no  more  than  either  of  them,  and  ro 
long  as  the  heathen  may  execute  as  much  as 
any  or  all  of  them,  we  see  nothing  in  their  claims 
more  than  what  may  be  found  in  medicine,  hy 
giene,  healthy  food,  pure  air,  proper  exercise  or 
anything  else  that  may  effect  cures.  We  are  not 
even  disposed  to  say  that  the  hand  of  God 
not,  in  a  measure  at  least,  in  all  of  it,  not  for  the 
purpose  of  demonstrating  that  he  is  with  the 
preacher,  the  doctor,  or  nurse,  one  more  thai 
the  other,  but  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  his  chil 
dren,  whom  he  has  made  and  whom  he  loves. 

So  far  as  miracles  are  concerned,  they  belong 
to  the  Bible  times,  and  have  ansv/ered  their  pur- 
pose in  pointing  out  the  one  true  God,  and  es- 
tablishing his  system  of  worship,  But  respecting 
these  occurrences,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the 
healing  of  the  body  is  some  instances,  they  have 
happened  all  along  the  past,  they  are  daily  tak- 
ing place  now,  and  will  continue  until  the  dawn 


of  the  millennium.  We  believe  just  as  much  in 
them  as  we  do  in  medicine,  hygiene,  pure  food, 
pure  air,  proper  exercise,  etc.,  but  we  do  not  like 
for  any  one  to  say  that  we  are  not  sound  in  the 
faith,  as  it  was  taught  by  Jesus  and  maintained 
by  the  apostles,  just  because  we  do  not  accept 
the  faith-healing  theory,  to  the  exclusion  of  all 
the  others.  We  know  that  some  of  the  sick  have 
been  cured  by  faith,  and  then,  on  the  other  hand,  we 
know  also  that  cures  have  been  effected  by  medicine, 
healthy  food,  wise  nursing,  and  a  change  of  cli- 
mate. God  is  the  author  of  whatever  virtue  there 
may  be  in  any  or  alt  of  these  remedies,  and  we 
do  not  know  that  his  hand  is  in  one  more  than  the 
other. 

Faith-healing  is  sometimes  called  divine  heal- 
ing, but  this  is  by  those  who  make  a  specialty  of 
the  faith  method,  though  there  is  no  more  divinity 
in  it  than  there  is  in  herbs,  healthy  food  or  pure 
atmosphere.  The  ability  to  perform  faith  cures 
is  limited  to  a  few  men  of  special  attainments, 
the  most  of  whom  endeavor  to  invest  their  meth- 
od with  an  awe  that  inspires  confidence  in  a  pe- 
culiar manner.  It  is  a  power  that  one  man  docs 
not  and  cannot  transmit  to  another,  and,  so  far 
as  we  know,  it  relates  to  a  method  that  one  pe 
son  cannot  teach  another  how  to  perform.  It 
crops  out,  here  and  there,  in  men  of  widely  differ- 
ent religious  belief,  and  always  attracts  a  good 
deal  of  attention.  We  do  not  mean  to  condemn 
it  more  than  any  other  method  of  treating  the 
afflicted.  If  one  can  be  cured  of  a  disease  in  this 
way,  that  is  his  business  and  not  ours.  Only 
people  do  not  want  to  pin  their  faith  to  a  man 
just  because  he  can  cure  some  of  the  sick  in  a  pe- 
culiar manner.  There  is  something  higher  than 
the  faith  that  sometimes  restores  to  health,  and 
that  is  the  faith  that  never  fails  to  save  the  soul. 
This  is  the  faith  set  forth  in  the  New  Testament, 
and  is  the  one  in  defense  of  which  the  Messenger 
is  published.  And,  while  contending  for  this 
faith,  we  art  nut '  dis'puseV'  to  use  our  columns  in 
advocating  one  method  of  cure,  more  than  the 
other.  True,  some  remarkable  occurrences  have 
attended  the  faith  method,  but  not  any  more  so 
than  the  other  methods  referred  to  in  this  com- 
munication. The  advocates  of  all  of  them  have 
their  ways  of  now  and  then  exciting  the  public, 
but,  as  a  rule,  such  excitements  soon  wear  off, 
and  then  the  people  often  feel  that,  for  the  time, 
they  were  deceived,  so  they  settle  down  to  their 
common-sense  methods  of  dealing  with  the  af- 
flicted, do  the  very  best  they  e'en,  and  trust  the 
Lord  for  the  rest.  And  it  is  this  quiet  and  in- 
telligent trusting  in  God  and  his  goodness,  that 
is  probably  doing  more  in  maintaining  health  and 
happiness,  than  all  the  exciting  methods  of  the 
age.  _^^__^  J* H#  M* 

OLD  AND  NEW  TESTAMENT  CHARTS. 

Want  of  time  has  kept  us  from  making  a  care- 
ful examination  and  study  of  the  charts  on  the 
Old  and  New  Testaments,  recently  published  and 
sent  out  by  Bro.  Sharp.  These  charts  cover,  the 
first,  the  prophecies  pointing  to  Christ  and  the 
cross  on  Calvary,  and  the  second,  the  Week  of 
Pass'on,  beginning  with  the  Sunday  on  which  Je- 
sus made  his  triumphal  entry  into  Jerusalem. 

We  have  been  interested  in  both  these  charts, 
but  the  second  is  of  special  interest,  as  it  covers 
the  most  important  period  in  the  history  of  our 
Blessed  Lord.  Bro.  Sharp  boldly  takes  the  po- 
sition, now  held  by  a  number  of  eminent  Bible 
scholars,  that  the  crucifixion  took  place  on  Thurs- 
day evening  instead  of  Friday,  as  has  been  gen- 
erally held  by  commentators.  He  says,  "  Count- 
ing backward  from  the  day  of  resurrection,  ac- 
cording to  the  Jewish  mode  of  reckoning,  it  fixes 
Thursday,  Nisan  14,  the  day  of  "  the  preparation 


of  the  passover"  (John  19:  14),  as  the  day  of 
crucifixion.  This  harmonizes  the  statements  of 
the  four  evangelists  with  that  of  the  Savior  (Matt. 
2:  40).  No  other  date  will. 
The  charts  and  lucid  explanations  connected 
with  them,  have  a  special  interest  to  our  people, 
and  we  bespeak  for  the  new  work  a  careful  ex- 
amination. So  far  as  we  have  looked  into  them 
we  find  the  position  taken  well  fortified  by  Scrip- 
tural quotations  and  logical  reasoning.  Bro. 
Sharp  informs  us  that  he  spent  a  great  deal  of 
time  and  study  on  the  charts  and  explanations. 
We  do  not  hesitate  to  say  that  they  will  be  found 
very  helpful  in  the  study  of  the  prophecies  con- 
cerning Christ,  and  of  the  Week  of  Passion.  The 
chart  and  book  of  explanations  may  be  ordered 
from  this  office  at  Si.oo.  d.  l.  m. 


THE  OLDEST  NEW  TESTAMENT. 

Our  readers  have  noticed  from  time  to  time 
what  has  been  said  about  the  discovery  of  the 
"Logia"  or  "Sayings  of  Jesus,"  found  at  Oxyr- 
hynchus,  in  Egypt,  a  year  ago,  but  nothing  has 
been  said  about  a  faded  piece  cf  papyrus,  found 
at  the  same  time  and  place,  which,  upon  a  care- 
ful examination,  proves  to  be  a  leaf  from  the 
New  Testament.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the 
covery  here  referred  to,  included  an  immense 
amount  of  papyri.  This  great  treasure  is  now 
being  examined,  and  we  may  expect  wonderful 
results,  Only  recently  a  leaf  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment was  taken  from  the  mass,  and  now  it  is 
shown  to  be  a  portion  of  a  book  that  was  in  ex- 
istence as  early  as  the  year  A.  D.  150.  The  leaf 
contains  the  opening  chapter  of  Matthew  and, 
according  to  Dr.  Thompson,  librarian  of  the 
British  Museum,  one  of  the  greatest  authorities 
on  ancient  manuscripts,  she,-,.,  the  same  contrac- 
tions found  in  the  Logia,  and  he  does  not  hesi- 
tate to  place  the  date  of  the  writing  in  the  middle 

^TSST3^^rBBE%«ys 4       ....  u'-    ■.    .,,.  f? 

The  value  of  this  remarkable  discovery  cannot 
be  over-estimated.  It  proves  beyond  all  doubt 
that  the  New  Testament,  of  which  this  leaf  is  a 
portion,  was  in  existence  as  early  as  the  year  A. 
D.  150.  It  shows  further  that  the  leaf  was  copied 
from  a  New  Testament  which,  of  course,  existed 
before  the  copy  was  made,  a  New  Testament  that 
was  in  use  in  the  days  of  the  good  Polycarp,  the 
first  bishop  of  Smyrna,  who  sat  at  the  feet  of  the 
beloved  apostle  John,  and  learned  of  him  the 
then  new  story  of  the  cross.  It  may  even  be  said, 
without  going  too  far,  that  the  book  may  have 
been  used  by  the  apostle  himself. 

It  has  been  the  boast  of  the  Bible  critic  and 
infidel  that  the  books  of  the  New  Testament  do 
not  date  back  farther  than  the  fourth  century, 
and  we  were  compelled  to  admit  the  truth  of 
the  statement.  The  Tischendorf  manuscript, 
written  about  A.  D.  350,  was  conceded  to  be  the 
oldest.  Writing  on  the  subject  for  the  Messenger, 
several  years  ago,  we  used  the  following  lan- 
guage: "The  first  copies  of  the  books  of  the  New 
Testament  were  written  on  papyrus,  2  John  12, 
This  being  easily  broken,  it  is  probable  that  the 
earliest  copies  of  these  Scriptures  are  lost,"  Now 
es  the  discovery  of  a  portion  of  one  of  these 
very  first  copies  of  the  New  Testament,  and  at  a 
single  step  we  have  gone  back  two  hundred  years 
with  the  date  of  our  holy  book,  and  it  may  be 
possible  have  reached  the  apostolic  age. 

The  immense  work  of  separating  and  decipher- 
ing the  fragile  mass  of  papyri  is  only  just  begun. 
As  fast  as  this  can  be  done  the  results  will  be  pub- 
lished. Any  of  our  readers  who  may  be  espe- 
cially interested  in  the  excavations  in  Egypt,  and 
who  would  like  to  assist  and  receive  the  reports 
and  publications  of  the  work,  may  obtain  neces- 
sary information  by  writing  to  us,  d.  l,  m. 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER;. 


Jan.  S,  1858. 


.  of  John  - 

n  what  way  did  Aquil 
"the  way  of  the  Lord  mor 


QULRISIS'  DEPARTMENT. 

Had  Jesus  ?ny  brothers  and  list*  ri?— /..  A\  Bard. 

He  seems  to  have  had  both  brothers  and  sisters. 
See  Mark  6:  3. 

In  Acts  18:  24,  25  what  is  meant  by  Apollos  knowing  only 
the  baptism  of  John?    If  the  bapt 
as  that  practiced  by    the  ppostli 
and   Priicilla  expound 
perfectly?  '—B.A.K. 

It  is  not  said  that  the  baptism  of  John  was  not 
right,  but  that  Apollos'  knowledge  extended  no 
farther  than  that.  He  knew  nothing  of  the  bap- 
tism of  the  Holy  Ghost,  the  baptism  of  fire,  or 
many  other  things  pertaining  to  the  church  of 
Christ.  He  did  not  comprehend  fully  the  im- 
port of  baptism,  as  it  related  to  the  formula  given 
in  Matt.  2S:  19.  hence  the  necessity  of  htm  being 
taught  the  way  of  the  Lord  more  perfectly.  He 
had  much  to  learo. 

Of  what  material  were  the  nails  made,  that  were  used  in 
fastening  the  Savior  to  the  cross?—//.  S.  L. 

It  is  not  knowo.  They  were  doubtless  made 
of  some  kind  of  metal,  possibly  iron.  Nails,  how- 
ever, were  not  a  very  common  article  in  those 
early  days. 


g  wives,  the  first  two  divorced 
He  asks  for  admission;  admit: 
to  leave  it;  shall  we  receive  him 
riages  regarded  as  unpardonable 


A  man  hiving  three  livi 
lives  with  center  of  them, 
his  sin,  repents  and  promise 
or  are  such  adulterous  ma 
even  if  all  restitution  possible  has  been  made?— E.  F. 

On  such  a  confession  and  promise  he  may  be 
considered  a  legal  applicant  for  baptism  and  ad 
mission  into  the  church.  It  will  continue  to  be 
his  duty  to  comply  with  his  promise  of  living  apart 
from  the  women  to  whom  he  had  been  married. 
Where  did  the  holy  kiss  originate?— Fanny  Teeter. 

The  origin  of  the  kiss,  as  a  mode  of  salutation, 
is  unknown.  It  is,  however,  very  ancient,  and 
was  adopted  as  the  Christian  salutation  in  the  time 
of  Christ  and  the  apostle,  and  as  a  holy  kiss,  or 
kiss  of  charity,  is  five  times  enjoined  in  tKcNew 
"Testament.  See  Rom.  16:  16;  1  Cor.  16:  20;  2  Cor. 
13:  12;  t  Thess.  5:  26,  1  Pet.  5:  14. 

Please  give  the  names  of  the  two  malefactors  that  were 
crucified  with  Christ— Fanny  Teeter. 

Their  names  have  not  come  down  to  us.  They 
were  probably  comrades  of  Barabbas,  the  robber. 

Is  it  right  for  a  brother  to  solemnize  marriage  when  one  of 
the  contracting  parties  has  a  companion  living?— ,4.  B. 

Our  Brethien,  in  Conference,  have  decided  that 
the  teachings  of  the  New  Testament  do  not  justify 
a  minister  of  the  Gospel  in  solemnizing  a  mar- 
riage between  partes,  when  cither  of  them  has 
a  living  companion,  hence  one  of  our  ministers  is 
not  permitted  to  knowingly  solemnize  such  mar- 
riages, and  when  they  persist  in  doing  so,  charges 
can  be  psrferred  against  them  the  same  as  for 
violating  or  disregarding  any  other  requirement 
of  the  church, 

A  man  preachine  here,  is  trying  to  explain  away  immer- 
sicn  by  saying  that  "much  water,"  in  John  3:  23,  means 
many  waters.  He  states  that  history  tells  us  that  the  pace 
referred  to  has  many  springs,  and  none  of  them  large  enough 
to  immerse  a  person  in.    How  is  this?— Ar>J.  I.  S. 

"Much  water"  is  sometimes  tendered  "many 
waters,"  and  by  some  it  is  thought  to  signify  "  deep 
water."  In  the  time  of  John  the  Baptist,  much  of 
the  Jordan  Valley  teemed  with  inhabitants,  and 
water,  by  means  of  springs,  streams  and  pools,  was 
in  great  abundance.  Near  Salem  was  a  place  of 
much  water,  or  many  waters,  and  here  John  did 
his  baptizing.  Several  places  are  found  by  the 
modern  travelers,  answering  the  description  where 
an  abundance  of  water  may  be  had  for  immersion, 
even  in  this  day.  When  John  and  Jesus  preached 
in  the  land  of  Palestine,  the  facilities  for  immer- 
sion were  as  good  as  may  be  found  in  any  part 
of  this  country.  The  best  of  evidence  goes  to 
show  that  immersion  was  the  only  baptism  in  the 
early  Christian  church.  j.  h 


ANCIENT  MARKET  PLACES. 

A  recent  issue  of  the  Inter  Ocean  contains  a  ser- 
mon by  Dr.  Hillis,  on  "The  Right  Use  of  the 
Tongue."  The  following  extract  shows  the  value 
of  the  market  places  as  a  news  point,  in  ancient 
times,  when  newspapers  were  unknown: 

In  that  far  off  era,  eloquence  was  the  one  divine 
gift.  Then  the  orator  was  esteemed  above  soldier, 
statesman,  and  merchant,  for  all  those  offices  that 
are  now  distributed  between  newspaper,  book,  and 
magazine  were  formerly  concentrated  in  conversa- 
<ion  and  public  speech. 

Could  we  go  back  twenty-four  centuries,  and,  at 
the  close  of  some  autumn  day,  take  our  stand  upon 
the  streets  of  Athens  or  Ephesus,  we  should  behold 
a  strange  scene.  As  the  sun  disappeared  from 
sight,  men  and  boys  poured  forth  from  homes  hum- 
ble and  rich,  and  out  of  every  alley  and  street  is- 
sued the  multitude,  thronging  and  crowding  toward 
the  market  place  or  forum,  to  hear  how  events  had 
gone  in  the  great  outer  world.  A  merchant,  who 
had  just  landed  a  cargo  of  wheat,  from  Egypt,  told 
of  a  riot  he  witnessed  in  that  distant  city.  A  sea 
capiain  pushed  into  p'ominence  a  poor  spent  sailor, 

d  told  how  he  had  found  the  mariner  clinging  to 

me  drift-wood,  off  the  coast  of  Cyprus  An  offi 
cer  brought  news  from  the  troops  in  Macedonia 
With  prophetic  excitement  the  rough-and-ready 
soldier  described  the  brave  youth  who  had  organ- 
zed  the  mountain  tribes  into  an  army.  What  cour- 
age was  his!  What  beauty  and  chivalry!  What 
wonder  of  devotion  did  he  stir  in  his  followers! 
When  the  Grecian  efficer  asked  his  allegiance,  the 
mountaineer  bade  one  servant  plunge  a  dagger  into 
his  heart,  and  asked  another  to  leap  over  the  preci- 
pice. When  both  had  instantly  obeyed,  the  young 
rebel  turned  to  the  Grecian  and  said,  "I  have  yet 
io.cco  soldiers  like  unto  these."  Then,  while  the 
murmur  ran  round,  the  wise  shook  their  heads,  and 
looked  with  fear  upon  one  another.  When  the  sol- 
dier had  ceased  speaking,  Alcibiades  arose,  to  se' 
the  crowd  into  roars  of  laughter,  with  a  humorous 
rrwC&Ufit  -i '.''  \  ",L   ";"'''  race  which  he  had  witnessed 

uring  his  visit  to  Thebe"s7 


— *  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY  *•— 

THOU  ART,  O  QOD. 

Thou  art,  O  God,  the  life  and  light 

Of  all  this  wondrous  world  we  see; 
Its  glow  by  day,  its  smile  by  n  "fit, 

Are  but  reflections  caught  from  thee: 
Where'er  we  turn,  thy  glories  shine, 
And  all  things  fair  and  bright  are  thir  e! 
When  day.  with  farewell  beams,  delays 

Amc  ng  the  opening  clouds  of  even, 
And  we  can  almost  think  we  gaze 

Through  golden  vistas  into  heaven, 
Those  hues  that  mark  the  son's  decline, 
So  soft,  so  radiant,  Lord,  are  thine. 
When  night,  with  wings  of  starry  gloom, 

O'ershadows  all  the  earth  and  skies, 
Like  some  dark,  beauteous  bird,  whose  plums 

Is  sparkling  wth  a  thousand  eye*. 
That  sacied  gloom,  those  fires  divine, 
So  grand,  so  countless,  Lord,  are  thine. 
When  youthful  spring  around  us  breathes, 

Thy  spirit  warms  her  fragrant  sigh; 
And  every  flower  the  summer  wreathes, 

Isborn  beneath  that  kindling  eye: 
Where'er  wc  turn  thy  glories  shine, 
And  all  thiDgs  fair  and  bright  are  thine! 

—  Selected  by  Fred  Ulrich. 


"BIBLE  FIRST,  PAPA." 

SELECTED   BY   ANNIE   BRENEMAN, 

About  forty  years  ago  a  Christian  man  sat  at  his 
fireside  in  Philadelphia.  Nearby  him,  playing  on 
the  floor,  was  his  only  child,— a  beautiful  little  boy. 
It  was  early  in  the  morning,  The  day's  work  had 
not  yet  begun;  and,  waiting  for  his  breakfast,  it 
may  be,  the  father  took  up  the  daily  paper  to  read. 
The  boy  at  once  climbed  into  his  lap,  and  snatched 
away  the  paper,  exclaiming,  "  No,  no,  papa!  Bible 
firsv,  Bible  first,  papal  " 


That  lesson,  ta-ight  by  a  little  child,  was  proba- 
bly a  turning  point  in  the  life  of  that  man.  Death, 
soon  came,  and  tore  away  the  sweet  little  preacher, 
but  his  morning  sermon  was  never  forgotten.  The 
business  man,  in  his  loneliness  and  sorrow,  went 
forth  to  do  his  work  for  Christ.  "Bible  first,  pa- 
pa'"  was  ever  ringing  in  his  ea;s.  It  became  the 
motto  of  his  life.  He  was  exceedingly  prosperous 
in  business.  Wealth  accumulated,  business  ir- 
creased,  friends  multiplied,  but  uppermost  in  that 
man's  heart  was  the  precious  Word  of  God.  He 
read  and  studied  it.  As  teacher  and  superintendent 
in  the  Sunday  school,  he  taught  it.  He  did  more 
than  this,— he  practiced  its  precepts. 

Would  not  the  child's  cry,  "  Bible  first,  papal  "  be 
an  excellent  motto  for  every  brother  and  sister  in 
our  own  Fraternity,  as  well  as  for  every  professor 
of  religion! 

KEEPINO  UFfi  CHEERFUL. 

In  one  of  her  letters,  in  a  recent  issue  of  the  Chris- 
tian Herald,  Margaret  E  Sangster  tells  how  one 
woman  manages  to  make  life  more  pleasant  for  her- 
self and  others.     She  writes: 

I  had  not  seen  Seraphine  in  twenty-five  years. 
That  is  a  large  slice  in  a  life-lime,  Priscilla,  who  is 
only  eighteen,  regards  five  and  twenty  as  mature, 
■  h  nks  of  forty  with  positive  horror,  and  so 
when  I  tell  her  that  Seraphine  and  I  were  girls  when 
we  parted  and  women  with  families  growing  up 
when  we  met,  she  laughs  and  turns  away. 

"Now  you  are  going  to  have  a  reminiscent  fi>, 
Aunty,"  she  sayp,  "and  I'll  just  get  rxy  knitting 
and  sit  down  and  listen  to  you."  All  the  girls  are 
knitting  in  these  days,  and  very  warm  and  pretty 
are  the  garments  which  arc  turned  off  by  their  nim- 
ble needles.  It  is  sn  old  fashion  cenre  up  again,  as 
old  fashions  do,  if  you  will  only  give  them  time 
enough.  When  I  was  a  girl,  every  woman  used  to 
knit,  and  a  very  quiet  womanly  occupation  it  is,  giv- 
ing time  for  thought,  or  for  talk,  as  an  expert  kni'.- 
ter  does  not  have  to  keep  her  eyes  all  the  while  on 
her  clever  fingers. 

To  return  to  my  story.  Priscilla  brought  her 
work,  a  sweater  for  Harry,  and  I  took  my  bit  of  em- 
broidery and  then  I  told  about  Seraphine. 

Of  all  the  girls  who  were  young  with  me,  Sera- 
phine Ainslie  was  the  prettiest,  the  most  daring,  and 
the  most  interesting.  She  had  dark  red  hair,  a  won- 
derful eomplexion,  and  brown  eyes.  Her  playing 
and  singing,  her  riding  and  driving,  her  skill  in  sew- 
ing, and  her  housekeeping,  all  did  credit  to  her 
bringing  up.  When  she  married  Hugh  Reynolds, 
and  went  west  to  live,  none  of  us  dreamed  that  she 
was  about  to  enter  en  a  li'e  of  hardship,  of  endur- 
ance, of  strife  and  poverty,  anH  of  real  loneliness. 
You  see  we  had  only  the  vaguest  conception  of  what 
life  must  be  for  a  woman  in  a  newly-settled  country, 
I  heard  from  time  to  time,  or  rather  I  read  be- 
tween the  lines  in  Seraphine's  occasional  letter?, 
that  life  was  not  a  play  spell  for  her.  But,  till  I  saw 
her,  coming  down  the  path  from  her  house  to  the 
gate,  with  hands  stretched  out  to  bid  her  old  school- 
mate welcome,  I  did  not  realize  what  the  years  had 
robbed  her  of.  Later,  I  ;eal zed  what  the  years  had 
given  her, 

She  was  thin  and  worn  and  a  little  bowed  in  the 
shoulders.  She  had  nuned  so  many  babies  and 
scrubbed  so  many  floors  and  done  so  much  hard 
work,  that  her  cheeks  had  lost  their  lovely  roses 
and  her  mouth  looked  sunken  and  drooping.  Only 
her  beautiful  shining  eyes  were  just  the  same  and 
her  rare  smile  was  like  the  Seraphine  I  u:ed  to  know 
and  love.  Dear  Seraphine!  I  found  out  that  she 
could  still  laugh,  that  her  smile  was  as  quick  as 
ever,  and  that  she  was  a  very  happy  woman.  Hard 
wcrk  cannot  daunt  the  soul  of  a  wife  who  is  honor- 
ed and  cherished;  of  a  mother  whose  children  are  a 
credit  and  a  blessing  to  her. 

"That,"  said  Priscilla,  "depends."  She  pursed 
her  lips  reflectively.  "  I  suppose,"  she  added,  "that 
in  your  friend's  case,  her  husband  and  children 
helped  her  all  they  could," 

"They  certainly  did,  my  dear.  But  my  point  is 
that  Seraphine  never  gave  up  entirely  to  the  domes- 


Jan.  8,  18 


THE    GOSPEL    IVL'ESSEiN'GrEie,. 


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tic  routine.  She  kept  house  moderately.  Some- 
times she  let  things  go.  Sometimes  she  managed 
to  let  the  children  eat  plain  (are,  and  she  wasn't 
troubled  if  there  was  now  and  then  a  window-pane 
not  quite  as  bright  as  a  looking  glass.  She  told  me 
that  she  had  never  given  up  her  habit  of  reading, 
that  she  kept  a  large  book  on  hand  like  'Gibbon's 
Decline  and  Fall  of  Rome,'  for  example,  and  read 
it  straight  through,  a  little  every  day;  that  she  took 
time  to  call  on  her  neighbors,  though  to  do  so 
meant  a  half  day  taken  from  other  thinps;  and 
that  she  had  never  lost  the  precious  habit  of  re4 
Bible  study.  Another  thing  she  had  kept,  and  that 
was  her  music.  She  sat  do.vn  at  her  parlor  organ 
and  played  old  tunes  and  hymn  tunes,  and  her  boys 
and  girls  sang,  and,  Priscilla,  she  was  an  interesting 
woman.  She  was  more  interesting  in  her  middle 
age  than  she  had  been  in  her  youth." 


>~*  CORRESPONDENCE  *~< 


"  \V,i 


I  (I, 


ell. 


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as  brief  as  possible.  Laod  or  other  advertisements  are  not  solicited  for  this 
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Preaching  to  the  Prisoners. 

As  the  calls  for  mission  work  in  our  District  were 
more  than  cou'd  be  filled  by  the  missionary  ap- 
pointed by  District  Meeting,  the  Board  called  on 
me  to  do  part  of  the  work. 

Dec.  6  I  went  to  Atchison,  Kans.  Here  I  found 
most  of  the  members  strong  in  the  faith.  I  held  a 
two  weeks'  series  of  meetings.  The  weather  being 
very  unfavorable,  we  thought  best  to  close.  While 
the  weather  was  good,  we  had  good  attendance. 
Here,  as  elsewhere,  there  are  many  fine  weather 
Christians.  While  we  had  no  accessions,  some  said 
they  would  come  soon. 

Dec.  19  I  went  to  Lansing,  to  preach  in  the  State 
Penitentiary,  at  10:  30  A.  M.  The  prisoners  (910  in 
number)  took  their  places  in  the  large  chapel. 
1  Together  with  the  attendants  and  visitors,  our  con- 
gregnion  was  nearly  eleven  hundred.  In  rising  be- 
fore this  great  sea  of  faces,  knowing  that  thty  are 
in  prison  walls,  and  some,  too,  because  of  gross 
crimes,  strange  feelings  come  to  a  mini'ster,— feel- 
ings that  I  shall  never  forget.  I  had  to  think,  "  Am 
I  doing  my  duty,  as  a  minister,  in  bringing  souls  to 
Christ?  "  Just  such  lost  ones  Christ  came  to  save, 
etc. 

-  Take  the  prisoners  on  the  whole,  and  they  are 
not  as  bad  looking  as  we  would  suppose.  While 
many  appear  to  be  degenerated,  there  are  a  great 
many  fine-looking  men.  Almost  all  classes  are 
represented  in  our  State  prisons, — judges,  lawyers, 
bankers,  and,  I  am  sorry  to  say,  preachers,  doctors, 
etc. 


Strong  drink  is  the  caus< 
them  being  there,  either 
may  every  parent  a:k  hit 
tonight?" 
Sabilha,  Kans. 


of  seventy-five  per  cent  of 
lirectly  or  indirectly.     Oh 
lself,  "Where  is  my  boy 
C.  J.  Hooper. 


The  Mt.  Perry  Debate. 


Ikijuiries  concerning  the  Mt.  Perry  Discussion, 
as  to  how  it  was  conducted  and  its  results,  prompt 
the  following  report: 

The  services  opened  each  morning  with  devo- 
tional exercises  by  the  D.sciples,  using  their  selec- 
tion in  song  service.  The  afternoon  session  was 
opened  by  the  Brethren,  using  the  Brethren's 
Sunday  School  Song  Book.  The  Disciples  had 
employed  an  efficient  chorister  to  conduct  their 
song  service,  who  also  took  an  active  part  in  the 
Brethren's  song  service.  The  congregation  har- 
moniously united  in  singing.  This  village  is  noted 
for  its  church-going  people.  There  are  three 
churchhouses  close  together,  representing  three 
different  denominations;  also  a  large  academy, 
in  which  Bro.  Leckrone  had  been  principal  for 
some  time.  While  in  that  position  he  was  called 
upon  to  officiate  on  several  funeral  occasions; 
also  at  other  times.  It  was  soon  observed  that 
his  mode  of  applying  the  Scriptures  conflicted 
with  the  popular  doctrine  which  had  been  held 
forth  in  that  place,  and,  if  let  alone,  might  prove 
detrimental  to  their  cause.  This  brought  about 
the  discussion.  Many  were  present  who  never 
before  heard  the  doctrine  of  the  Brethren. 

Eld.  Martin  is  a  middle-aged  man  of  a  robust 
constitution,  physically.  He  is  a  man  of  ability, 
and  used  his  best  energies  to  sustain  the  doctrine 
of  his  church.  His  deportment  toward  his  oppo- 
nent was  that  of  a  refined  Christian  gentleman. 
Bro  Leckrone  is  a  young  man  and,  as  yet,  is  but 
little  known  throughout  the  Brotherhood,  As  for 
literary  attainments  he,  perhaps,  had  the  advan- 
tage of  his  antagonist.  Though  the  discussion 
was  spirited  throughout,  the  ^jg^-^i-.'ic-Jqr. ^-*vss> 
vaileft—The  dffctrihS-  of  the  Brethren  being  so 
logically  and  forcibly  presented  and  sustained 
throughout,  caused  quite  a  sensation.  The  Breth- 
ren regret  that  it  was  not  published  in  book  form, 

Benjamin  Leckrone. 
Zi  -ntown,  Ohio,  Die.  24. 


of 


Brethien  in  caring  for  the  Lord's 


succesi 

cause  in  Virginia. 

I  spent  one  day  with  the  Brethren's  school  at 
Bridgewster.  That  school  is  realizing  a  growth, 
and  the  work  of  the  school  is  very  satisfactory  to 
that  church  district.  I  was  well  pleased  with  the 
church  influence  surrounding  the  school.  The  ne- 
cessity of  exemplary  brethren,  in  charge  of  our 
schools,  cannot  be  overestimated. 

The  results  of  placing  our  young  members  in 
school  under  the  influence  of  those,  not  in  sympa- 
thy with  the  rules  and  doctrine  of  the  church,  can 
be  safely  imagined. 

Bro.  Walter  Yount,  who  is  in  charge  of  the 
school,  is  not  so  well  kn  iwn  personally  in  the 
Brotherhood,  but,  as  a  literary  man,  he  is  of  influ- 
ence in  the  circle  of  his  acquaintance. 

I,  J.    ROSENBERGER. 

Covington,  Ohio. 


From  Tennessee. 


Notes  and  Jottings. 


After  the  services,  the  chaplain,  a  very  worthy 
I  gentleman,  told  the  prisoners  that  if  any  of  them 
desired  to  talk  to  me,  they  cou'd  have  the  privilege. 
We  talked  with  a  number  of  them  on  doctrinal  sub- 
jects. (We  are  not  allowed  to  preach  doctrine  in 
the  public  service.)  One  man  seemed  to  be  thor- 
oughly convicted  of  sin.  We  explained  the  Scrip- 
tures, as  understood  by  the  church.  He  said  he  had 
been  studying  the  Bible  for  some  time,  and  that 
was  the  understanding  he  had  of  it.  He  demanded 
baptism,  and  we  took  him  into  church  fellowship 
by  Christian  baptism.  I  saw  him  the  day  follow- 
ing. He  did  not  seem  to  care  for  prison  walls. 
Having  Jesus  in  his  soul,  he  was  happy.  He  wants 
all  the  brethren  and  sisters  to  pray  for  him,  that  he 
may  hold  out  faithful. 

I  believe  there  could  be  another  Pentecostal  Day 
if  we  were  allowed  to  hold  a  series  of  meetings 
there,  and  preach  the  whole  truth,  but  it  is  right  to 
obey  the  rules,  as  all  classes  and  faiths  are  thrown 
together,  and  it  might  cause  dissatisfaction  and 
trouble. 

Take  it  on  the  whole,  the  prisoners  are  well  fed, 
well  clothed,  and  very  well  treated,  but,  if  able, 
they  must  work.  The  thought  of  being  in  the  peni- 
tentiary, and  the  stain  upon  their  character,  is  prey- 
ing upon  the  minds  of  many  of  the  better  class, 


The  Ministerial  Meeting  of  Northeastern  Ohio 
proved  to  be  a  meeting  of  considerable  interest. 
One  of  the  features  of  special  interest  was  the  hour 
spent  in  hearing  brethren  answer  the  queries  as- 
signed them,  which  had  been  handed  to  the  com- 
mittee by  members  of  the  meeting.  Tc  me  was 
handed  the  query,  "  How  ought  parents  to  dress 
their  children?"  The  question  was  not  a  dif- 
ficult one,  but  exceedingly  important  to  every 
truly  converted  parent.  The  query,  of  course,  re 
lates  to  the  youthful  age  of  the  child,— the  time 
when  all  successful  training  should  begin.  It  is  a 
most  painful  sight  to  see  a  plain,  meek,  modest- 
looking  mother  with  a  little  belle  of  fashion  by  her 
side.  The  wife  of  a  high  railroad  official  was  once 
at  one  of  our  meetings.  She  seemed  candid  and 
devoted,  and  became  convinced  that  our  plain  and 
literal  view  of  the  Scriptures  is  correct.  In  one 
of  our  conversations,  she  raised  this  question, 
'Your  doctrine  being  so  plain  and  well  founded, 
why  is  it  that  you  lose  such  a  large  per  cent  of  your 

young  people?"     It  was  a  grave  question.    After  a 

moment's  hesitation,  I  said,  "  I  think  it  is  largely 

due  to  a  lack  of  care  in  their  youth." 
While  on  our  visit  to  the  Mill  Creek  church,  Va., 

we  had  several  children's   meetings.    On  Sunday 

morning  following  their  love  feast,  I  would  esti- 
mate we  had  fully  three  hundred  children  in  that 

meeting.    The  watchful  care  of  parents  is  so  great 

that  I  counted  but  three  little  girls  that  had  hats 

on,  in  all  that  vast  number.    With  such  child  rais- 
ing the  prospects  for  gathering  their  young  people 

into   the   church   is   very   encouraging.     The    Mill 

Creek  church  has  over  one  hundred  and  fifty  young    ... 

members.    I  was  very  favorably  impressed  with  the  '     Billi\  Tmn„  Dec.  IJ, 


One  month  ago  to-day,  our  family,  consisting  of 
my  invalid  companion,  son  and  wife,  two  daughters 
and  self,  arrived  at  this  place,  and  were  warmly 
geeted  by  the  two  brethren,  three  sisters,  and  their 
kind  neighbors  residing  here,  which,  in  a  degree, 
healed  the  rending  smart,  caused  by  the  "good, 
byes  "  the  day  before,  as  we  took  our  leave  of  the 
loved  ones  of  the  Ludlow  church,  with  whom  we 
lived  and  labored  for  nearly  thirty  long  and  anxious 
years.  If  partings  in  time  are  so  hard  to  endure, 
what  would  they  be  in  eternity  I 

Since  our  arrival  Bro.  and  Sister  Teeter,  of  South 
Dakota,  have  come  to  make  this  their  future  home. 
We  now  number  thirteen. 

We  find  the  people  here  kind  and  hospitable,  ex- 
tending a  warm  hand  of  welcome  to  all  worthy  im- 
migrants from  the  North.  There  is  apparently  no 
bitter  feeling  remaining  in  consequence  of  the  late, 
cruel  conflict  between  the  North  and  South.  Thank 
God  that  the  things  that  are  behind  can  be  so  far 
rSigoueur-  "   "'•'  "  -"■-    •■ — «Ii       '      ■     ' ■■'•.•  ..•   ;-   f»- 

We  have  no  place  of  our  own  in  which  to  hold 
public  service,  but  the  Missionary  Baptists  have 
kindly  tendered  us  the  use  of  their  house,  three 
Sundays  out  of  four,  for  preaching  service,  which 
offer  we  gratefully  accept,  and  expect  to  have  serv- 
ices regularly  every  two  weeks,  at  least, 

I  consider  this  part  of  the  South  a  broad,  open 
field  for  missionary  work,  and  if  our  conception  of 
Christ's  teaching  is  correct,  I  consider  work  here  as 
important  as  at  any  other  place  on  earth.  This  is  a 
good  place  for  young  and  middle-aged  ministers, 
full  of  the  genuine  missionary  spirit,  guided  by  the 
Holy  Ghost,  to  not  only  talk,  but  do  missionary 
work  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  God,  by  becoming 
citizens,  and  living,  as  well  as pyiaching,  the  religion 
of  Jesus  Christ,  and  thus,  by  "spreading  out," 
make  room,  in  some  of  the  crowded  churches  of  ihe 
North,  for  other  talent  to  be  called  into  action,  that 
is  now  lying  dormant  The  Creator  has  so  diversi- 
fied the  climate  of  this  goodly  land,  that,  if  one 
does  not  enjoy  the  rigors  of  the  northern  winters, 
he  has  the  open  field  of  the  Sunny  South,  inviting 
him  to  a  home  within  her  borders. 

The  religious  people  of  this  town  and  vicinity 
represent  mainly  the  Methodists,  Baptists,  and  Dis- 
ciples, each  having  a  number  of  earnest  adherents, 
zealously  working  for  the  cause  they  have  es- 
poused. The  moral  atmosphere  of  the  community 
is  commendable. 

Any  of  the  readers  of  the  Gospel  Messenger, 
who  contemplate  seeking  a  home  in  the  South,  can 
get  information  concerning  the  resources  and  finan- 
cial opportunities  of  this  part  of  the  country,  by 
writing  (enclosing  stamp)  to  Bro.  George  Teeter, 
or  Mahlon  Shellarger,  Bells,  Tenn.  It  is,  however, 
always  advisable  to  see  a  country  before  arranging 
to  locate.  Several  active  ministers,  who  are  sound 
in  the  faith,  would  be  warmly  welcomed  by  this  lit- 
tle body  of  members  here,  as  I  am  now  far  down 
the  western  slope,  and,  at  best,  cannot  expect  to  be 
of  any  service  many  more  years.  May  the  Lord  of 
the  harvest  send  laborers  into  this  new  field! 

Jesse  Stutsman, 


TXr^E    GOSPEL    IMTZESSZEItSra-IEIR,. 


Deatn  of  tld.  S.  S.  Barklow. 

At  his  home,  near  Norway,  Ore.,  surrounded  by 
his  family,  Bro.  Barklow  passed  to  his  heavenly  re- 
ward, on  Friday  morning.  Die.  17,  1897,  aged  56 
years,  4  months  and  20  days. 

Bro.  Barklow  had  been  in  ill  health  since  last 
June.  As  a  true  servant  of  God,  he  said,  "  Not  my 
will,  but  the  Lord's  will  be  done."  During  all  his 
tffi  ction  he  shov/ed  forth  to  all  strong  faith  in  all 
ot  God's  promises.  Funeral  services  were  held  a> 
thefam>Iy  residence,  on  Sunday  morning.  Many 
sorrowing  friends  followed  his  remains  to  the  Nor- 
way cemetery,  where  they  laid  all  that  was  mortal 
into  'he  tomb. 

Bro.  Barklow  was  born  July  27,  1841,  in  Union 
County,  Pa.  When  seventeen  years  of  age  he  gave 
his  heart  to  God,  and  put  on  the  Christian  armor. 
June  13,  iS5i,  he  was  married  to  Mary  Studebaker, 
to  whom  were  born  two  sons.  The  youngest,  Dr. 
J*c  b  S  Barklow,  died  June  1.  18S9.  Their  mother 
died  March  2(,  1S66.  Sept.  9,  1865,  Bro.  Barklow 
was  mar -ei  to  Annie  Miller.  They  lived  three 
years  in  Keokuk  County,  Iowa.  Then  they  moved 
to  Boo-e  County,  sa^e  State.  They  lived  there 
four  years.  Then,  with  his  brothers,  Kid.  David 
and  John  Birklow  and  their  families,  they  started 
westward  and  reached  their  new  home  in  Coos 
County,  this  State,  in  A'igust,  1872.  The  following 
year  what  is  now  known  as  the  Coquille  Valley 
church,  was  organzei  at  the  home  of  our  departed 
brother,  Nov.  22,  1S73,  it  heing  the  second  organized 
church  in  Oregon.  Bro.  Ba'klow  was  elected  to  the 
deacon's  offi  e  in  .86  j.  and.  in  1S70,  to  the  ministry 
of  Gad's  Word.  In  187 1  he  was  advanced  to  the 
seconH  degree  of  the  ministry,  and  to  the  eldership 
in  1887  Bro.  Barklow's  greatest  joy  was  to  see 
sinners  come  home  to  God.  His  pleasure  was  to 
perform  all  his  duties  in  his  labors  of  love.  He 
was  willing  to  sacrifice  for  the  church, — an  earnest 
speaker  and  missionary.  Funeral  sermon  by  the 
writer,  from  Ps   1  6;  15  Geo.  C.  Carl. 


:..??JtTo    .', 


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Notes  k  from  <  out  *  Correspondents. 

^ATcold^ater  to  a  thirsty  eoul,  so  is  good  news  Irom  a  t.tr  country." 

INDIANA. 

Elkhart.— We  have  just  reorganized  our  Sunday  schcol 
Sister  Ida  Roose  is  our  Superintendent.  The  schocl  is  in  a 
g^od  working  order,  and  is  held  each  Sunday,  at  9:  15  A.  M.— 
7  H  Miller,  Dec.  26. 

Middletown.— Christmas  Day  we  held  our  church  council 
at  the  old  church.  On  Sunday  brethren  Henry  Fadely  and 
Hoover  gave  us  an  able  Christmas  sermon.  During  tfce  year 
1  had  the  pleasure  ol  attending  seventy  meeting*  here,  for 
which  I  feel  verv  thankful  to  God.—/".  J.  E.  Green,  Dec.  27. 

Bachelor's  Run.— Bro.  A.  G.  Crosswhite,  one  of  onr  home 
ministers,  began  a  series  of  meetings  at  our  upper  house,  Nov. 
29,  and  CDnlinued  each  evening  till  Dec.  22.  Several  day 
meetings  were  also  held.  Bro.  Cnaswbite  had  large  and  at- 
tentive •"ongregatiuns  —J.  G.  Stinehaugh,  Flora,  Ind.,  Dec.  #5, 
Yellow  River.— Last  Sunday  was  quarterly  review  in  our 
Sunday  school.  Instead  of  the  review  we  were  lichly  enter 
ta-ned  by  a  lecture  on  the  life  of  Paul,  by  Bro.  Milliard  Myers. 
He  gave  the  history  of  Paul's  life  from  his  youth  to  his  lift's 
end.  Bro.  Myers  freipently  exposed  a  desire  to  be  like 
Fanl.— Jtto.  W.  Sellers,  Bourbon,  Ind*  Dec.  28. 

Tippecanoe.— We  just  closed  a  series  of  meetings  with  one 
accession  by  baptism.  Eld.  G.  D.  Zollers,  of  South  Bend, 
Ind.,  came  to  us  Dec.  6,  and  held  meetirgs  un'il  Dec.  23. 
Next  dav  Bro  H.  H.  Brallier  came,  and  closed  his  meetings 
on  the  niebl  of  the  25th.  We  had  good  preaching  and  a  fair- 
ly good  audience — Daniel  Rothenbcgcr,  North  Webster,  Ind,, 
Dec  27. 

Muncie.— Our  meetings  and  Sunday  school  are  growing  in 
interest  Yesterday,  at  the  opening  of  the  Sunday  school, 
Eld.  D.  H  Replogle  and  Bro.  Ox'cy.  of  the  Buck  Creek 
church,  came  in  Bro.  Replogle  preached  for  us  at  the  fore- 
noon service.  After  the  services  we  went  about  foar  squares, 
to  the  beautiful  White  River,  where  we  had  the  privilege  of 
leading  two  more  souls  into  its  waiers,  and  "  bury  them  in  bap- 
tism."    Rom.  6:  4— Geo.  L.  Studtbak:r,  Dec.  27. 


Wabash —An  interesting  series  of  meeting?,  conducted  by 
Eld.  Daniel  Shively,  commenced  in  this  church  Dec.  10, 
closed  on  the  night  of  Dec  26.  The  attendance  was  good,  ex 
ceptingafew  nights,  when  the  rain  prevented.  A  pleasant 
feature  of  the  meeting  was  the  attention  paid  to  the  Sanday 
school  children  by  the  speaker,  in  giving  them  a  Bible  ques- 
tion each  evening,  to  be  answered  at  the  next  meeting.  An 
election  was  held  for  two  ministers  and  four  deacons,  with  the 
following  result:  Ministers,  John  Frantz  and  William  Liven- 
good;  descons,  Henry  Bollinger,  Samuel  Brubaker,  William 
Hanis  and  Alonzo  Crumrine.  Those  that  were  present  with 
their  rompanions,  were  installed.  On  Sunday,  Dec.  26,  after 
Sunday  school,  we  had  a  children's  meeting.  Eld.  Shively 
kindly  entertained  the  children.  In  these  meetings  Hie  breth 
renhere  were  as-isted  by  the  following  ministers:  D  Wolf, 
A.  Moss,  J.  D.  Rife,  M.  Miller,  and  O.  Winger,  Much  credit 
is  due  the  young  people  of  this  community  for  their  kind 
assistance  in  sor:g  service.— Kiltie  Hursh,  Dec.  27, 
PENNSYLVANIA. 

Oladerun— Recently  two  more  were  added  to  the  church  at 
this  place,  making,  in  all,  eight  additions  in  1897.— D.  A.  Del 
rick,  k'e/lersburg.  Pa.,  Dec,  2Q. 

Mountville.— This  church  enjoyed  a  series  of  meetings, 
conducted  by  E'd.  Geo.  S.  Rairigh,  of  DentOD,  Maryland.  He 
preached  twenty-four  sermons.  Two  were  bap'izei  and  one 
was  reclaimed.  I  am  now  at  Haleyviile,  N.  J.,  a  new  point,  lo- 
cated in  the  lower  end  r>f  the  State—//  E.  Light,  Dec.  27. 

Sra\e  Spring  Valley.— Eld.  D.  S.  Clapper  held  a  series  of 
meetings  in  Friendscove,  in  the  M.  E.  church.  The  meetings 
began  Nov,  28,  and  continued  till  the  evening  of  Dec.  12. 
Much  good  is  hoped  for.  Eld.  Clapner  will  fi'l  the  appoint- 
ment from  time  to  tme.— /'.  R.  Gibson,  CharUiville,  Pa.,  Dec 

Ten  Mile.— Once  more  our  little  flock  was  made  to  rejoice, 
when  we  met  Dec.  26,  for  public  worship.  Tne*e  was  an  ap- 
plicant for  baptism.  After  services  Bro.  BottorrT  performed 
the  rite  of  baptism,  in  presence  of  a  large  number  of  spscta 
tots.— Rebecca  Grablc,  Beallsvillc,  Washington  Co ,  Pa.,  Dec. 
s8.  . 

Conestoga  —Bro.  O.  V.  Long,  of  Abbottstown,  Pa.,  began  a 
seiics  of  meetings  with  us  Dec.  4,  and  closed  Dec.  rg.  We 
have  nine  applicants  for  baptism,  among  them  several  boys 
only  twelve  years  old.  This  was  Bro.  Long's  first  effort 
among  us,  and  that  bis  work  was  much  appreciated,  was 
shown  by  the  full  houses  and  the  regular  attendance.— Lizzie 
Meyer,  Bareville,  Pa.,  D. , .  17. 

Myerstown.— I  saw  in  the  Gospkl  Mbssbnger,  No.  52,  on 
pace  826.  Querists'  Department,  that  the  first  query  is  signed, 
"Wm.  H,.  Overholizsr/'  Will  you  please  let  me  know  where 
"hat  O v^rholtzeV  is  Uomf^-U  i™*  *}9\  }  Ahat  wrotejt, andl  did  , 
not  know  there  was  another  by  teat  name.—  Wm.  H.  Ober- 
holtzer,  Dec.  s8. 

[  We  suggest  that  the  former  write  the  latter. — Ed.] 
Bethel.- On  Saturday  evening,  Dec.  18,  Bro.  John  Bowser 
bfgan  preaching  here,  and  closed  on  Sunday  evening,  Dec  26. 
The  attendance  was  good.  Bro.  Bowser  was  as  isted  by  some 
ol  the  other  brethren  during  the  week  None  were  received 
into  the  church,  but  some  realized  their  lest  and  undone  con- 
dition. We  hive  prayer  meeting  every  Sunday  evening,  and 
receive  great  benefit  therefrom  — /.  //.  Morris,  Dec  27, 

Waynesboro.— This  morning  Bro.  D.  M.  Click  left  us  for 
his  home  at  Weyers  Cave,  Va.  Bro.  Click  was  with  us  near- 
ly three  months,  conducting  several  singing  schools  in  and 
near  town,  teaching  us  to  praise  God  in  the  song  service  more 
harmoniously.  Daring  this  time  Bro.  J.  A.  Dove,  of  Clover- 
dale,  Va.,  preached  for  us  a  series  of  interesting  and  instruct- 
ive sermons.  Six  souls  were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism, 
and  two  reclaimed.—//.  M.  Stover,  Dec. 30, 

ftarrisburg.— 1  have  especially  enjoyed  reading  the  last 
three  or  fcur  issues  of  the  Messed  ger,  and  I  think  ihe  paper 
is  improving  in  interest,  spiritual  ty,  and  beauty.  I  think  it  is 
one  of  the  best  papers  issued.  I  love  it,  I  am,  at  present,  en- 
d  in  a  week's  meetings  here  at  home,  in  Harnsbur?. 
meetings  are  being  blessed  of  God.  The  woik  here  is 
ng  iu  good  shape,  and  is  moving  aloDg  nicely,  I  will 
;  home  fcr  the  Green  Tree  church,  Jan.  3,  to  hold  a  series 
of  meetings.  From  there  I  will  go  to  Upper  Dublin.  I  am 
still  doing  evangelistic  work  in  connection  with  my  work  at 
Harrisburg.— L,  frank  Haas,  Dec.  2Q. 

NORTH  CAROLINA. 
Flat  Rock.— Our  church  met  in  council  Dec.  25.  The 
most  ncUble  business  of  the  meeting  was  the  election  of  so- 
licitors, as  recommended  by  Annual  Meeting.  Sisters  Dora 
Miller  and  Pearl  Miller  (the  youngest  member  of  the  church) 
were  chosen.  Seven  have  been  added  to  the  church  at  this 
place  by  baptism  in  1897.-Z?.  /'.  Welch,  Clifton,  N.  C,  Dec 


Spring  Creek.— Bro.  John  Stafford  commenced  a  series  of 
meetings  Dec.  11.  and  closed  the  23rd,  delivering  fifteen  ser- 
mons. The  members  were  much  built  up  in  the  good  cause. 
Bro.  I.  D.  Parker  came  while  Bro.  Stafford  was  with  us,  and 
preached  two  sermons.—  Robert  Ross,  Kin  sic,  Ind.,  Dec,  2$. 

North  Solomon.— A  series  of  me:tings  commenced  Dec.  4, 
and  continued  till  lh!  evening  of  Dec.  9,  Then  Bro.  C.  S. 
Holsinger,  of  Belleville,  came  to  our  assistance,  and  continued 
the  meetings  each  evening  till  the  22nd.  Wc  have  had  a 
glorious  meeting.  Notwithstanding  the  inclement  weather, 
the  congrrgations  were  good,  with  ma>ked  attention,  Two 
were  baptized  Dec.  22,  in  1I1:  presence  of  a  most  solemn  con- 
course.— John  P.  Ctine,  Oakvale,  Kans.,  Dec.  22. 

Wichita.— The  members  here  enjoyed  two  very  interesting 
meetings  on  Christmas  Day,  conducted  by  our  elder,  W.  M. 
lohnson,  and  Bro.  S.  M.  Frown.  We  have  two  regular  ap- 
pointments on  Sunday,  besides  an  evergreen  Sunday  school, 
and  prayer  meeting  occe  a  week.  We  met  last  Sunday  to  re- 
organize our  school  for  the  wintir.  Bro.  Jacob  Highbarger 
was  elected  Superintendent,  A  collection  was  then  taken  for 
mission  purpests.  The  church  decided  to  send  it  the  Breth- 
ren's Sunday  School  Son£  Book,  to  be  used  in  our  Sunday 
school  and  prayer  meeting.  We  will  then  be  using  the  Breth- 
cil,  Feb.  12,  preparations 
will  be  made  for  the  District  Meeting,  to  be  held  in  Wichita. 
—Katie  Highbarger,  Dec.  2S, 

Fort  Scott.— Our  Sunday  schocl  enjoyed  a  very  pleasant 

children's  meeting,  Dec.  26.     It  being  Christ  mis  lime,  and  the 

of  the  quarter,  in  place  of  the  review,  the  children  were 

le  to   feel   they   had  a  place  and  a  work  in  the  Sunday 

schorl.     Short  declamations  by  the  children,  and  speeches  Ly 

teachers,  made  it  both  interesticg  as  well  as  instructive. 

:  nse  the  Brethren's  literature  altogether,— lesson  helps  and 

ig  books.  We  feel  we  cou'd  not  do  successful  work  with- 
out them.  A  Melhodist  minister  pronounced  the  Advanced 
Quarterly  the  best  he  had  ever  seen.     The  little  ones  greatly 

joy   the    Children   at    Work.     Besides  the  lesion,  it  culti- 


ading  religious  papers.  It  is  also  wonde: 
v  they  will  work  to  bring  in  new  scholars,  t 
d  card. — Mary  E.  Tisdale,  R>cc,  2$, 


vates  a  taste  fos 
ful  to  note  how 

VIRGINIA. 

Hylton—  On  the  night  cf  Dec.  n  brethren.  Noah  ana"  Wyatt 
Reed  began  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  school  hall  at  th's 
place,  and   continued    until    yesterday.     Two    young    sisters 

ere  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism,  and  one  a<jed  brother  was 

stored  to  fellowship— .1/.  /-.  Woods,  Willis,  Va.,  Dec.  20. 

New  Port.— Brethren  Samuel  Spitler  and  Joseph  Foster,  of 
Luray,  Va.,  begin  a  series  of  meetings  here  iu  Page  County, 
Dec.  II,  and  continued  until  Dec.  19.  The  brethren  labored 
earnestly  while  they  were  with  us,  Seven  united  with  the 
church,  and  others  seem  near  the  kingdom.—  Geo.  W.  Painter, 
Kountz.  Va  ,  Dec.  2$. 

Topeco.— Brethren  G.  W.  and  R.  M.  Weddle,  of  Kansas, 
were  called  to  their  old  home  in  Virg:n;a,  on  account  cf  the 
death  of  their  mother,— Mary  Weddle.  While  on  the'r  visit 
here,  they  labored  earnestly  for  the  Master's  cause.  Two 
were  buried  with  Chrin  in  baptism.— Jacob  Hylton,  Dec  21. 

St.  Luke.— Bro.  John  F.  Driver,  of  Timbsrville,  Va.,  came 
to  our  place  Dec.  7,  and  labored  with  cs  nearly  two  weeks, 
preaching  fourteen  sermons,  with  gocd  congregations.  The 
house  was  packed  several  limes,  and  the  best  o(  feeling  pre- 
vailed throughout  the  meeting.  Five  made  app  ication  for 
membership,  but,  on  account  of  siclness,  enly  three  were  bap- 
tized, and  others  almost  persuaded, — Jos,  S.   Gochenonr,  Dec. 


He  preached 
were  well  at- 

;ount  of  sick- 


KANSAS. 


iKa 


Bethany.— We  a 

ur  last  < 


cla 


in  our  new  borne.  One 
Our  number  now  is  thit 
le  second  and  fourth  Su 


regular  appo'ntments  ar 

each  month.    Toe  attendance  and 

This  church  was  organized  a  few  yi 

point  o'  preaching  by  the  Brethren  in  the  Cou'  ty.     We 

an  excellent  'arming  country,  and  p'enty  of  ror  m  for  rr 

work.     Brethren,  come  and  help  us!—  W.  li.  Bowser, 

Brun:w:ck,  'nd.,  Dec.  23, 


y.  The 
days  of 
Jraging. 


Ickerson.— The  churches  in  Southwestc 
d  that,  on  account  of  E.  W.  Price,  the  present  trea-urer 
moving  away,  the  board  appointed  Bro.  J     P.  Puterbaugh,  o' 
Nickerson,  to  act  as  treasurer  until  District  Meeting,  to  whorx 
all  money  should  be  sent.— P.  P.  Dettcr,  Sec,  Dec.  22. 

Walnut  Valley.—  Bro.  T.  J.  Yoder  began  a  series  of  meet 
ings  here  Oec.  4.  Dec  11  the  church  met  in  quarterly  coun 
cil.  In  the  absence  of  our  elder,  Bro.  Dickey,  Bro.  J.  J.  Yode: 
was  chosen  as  moderator.  Our  meetings  closed  Dec.  19  with 
no  accessions,  but  the  church  was  greatly  benefited.— . Mollie  Quincy  Lecki 
'  Martin,  Iteizer,  Kans.,  Dec.  2J.  £  —Jacob  Leek 


JO. 

Beaver  Creek.— We  have  just  c'osed  a  very  i 
nes  of  meetings,  conducted  by  Bio  H.  C.  Early, 
twenty-two  excellent  sermons.  The  me-tings 
tended.  Six  accepted  Christ  by  confession 
Many  others  seemed  almost  persuaded.  On  act 
ness  in  Bro.  Early's  family,  ths  meetings  were  closed  at  a 
lime  when  everybody  thought  a  bountiful  harvest  was  about 
to  be  reaped.  On  Sunday  morning,  Dec.  19,  Bro.  Early  con- 
ducted a  children's  meeting  at  the  church,  assisted  by  breth- 
ren H.  G,  Miller  and  A.  S.  Thomas.  Th"s  was  the  first  meet- 
ing of  the  kind  ever  held  in  ths  Beaver  Creek  church,  and  it 
certainly  was  a  most  intere;ting  one.  At  our  December  coun- 
cil two  wandering  ones  were  reclaimed  for  Christ.  We  have 
sent,  as  a  Thanksgiving  offering,  f>it,  to  suid  the  Messenger 
to  the  poor.  The  Beaver  Creek  church  ij  not  yet  what  it 
might  be,  but  the  rapii  prcgress  she  has  made,  in  the  last  fif- 
teen years,  is  encouraging.  To-day  her  prospects  are  bright- 
er than  they  have  ever  been  before.— M.  B.  Miller,  Dec.  23, 
OHIO. 
Qlenford.— Please  correct  in  the  MESSftNGSR,  a  mistake  in 
the  report  of  the  Mr.  Perry  Debate.  The  report  says  that  I 
exhibited  a  chart  showing  trine  immersion  to  he  the  prevail- 
ing practice  for  the  ''past  six  centuries"  It  shou'd  have 
siid,  for  the  "  first  six  centuries."—  Quincy  Leckrone,  Dec.  2J. 
Jonathan  Creek.— During  the  year  1897  twelve  were  bap- 
tized, and  three  received  by  letter.  One  was  lost  by  death, 
two  by  letter,  and  one  expelled.  This  still  leaves  a  gain  of 
twelve.  The  membership  is  about  one  hundred  and  eighty, 
scattered  over  four  different  Counties.  In  this  church  there 
have  been  three  debates  The  first  one  was  between  Eld. 
Jesse  Scoffield  and  Mr.  Hinkel,  of  the  Lutheran  church;  the 
second  between  Bro.  Silas  Hoover  and  Mr  Zartman,  of  the 
German  Reformed  church.  The  third  was  between  Bro, 
d  Eld.  Mart  n,  of  the  Campbellite  church. 


,  Dec.  30, 


Jan.  8,  189S. 


THE   GOSPEL   rMTIESSE^a-EIR,. 


Tuscarawas.— A  series  of  meetings  va->  begun  in  wbat  is 
known  as  the  Er'en  church,  on  the  evening  of  Dec.  4.  Bro.  A. 
I,  Hees'and,  of  Smithville,  Ohio,  did  the  preachinj.  His  ser- 
mons were  appreciated.  One  decided  to  walk  with  the  people 
of  God.  The  meetings  were  well  attended,  and  the  attention 
excellent  —Reuben  Shroyer,  Otierbein,  Ohio,  Dee.  22. 

Arlington  — We  recently  had  a  very  pleasant  series  of 
meetings  at  the  j  >int  bouse  of  the  Salem  and  Wolf  Cte;k  con- 
gregations, conducted  by  Bro.  Quieter  Calvert.  Meetings  be- 
gan Dec.  I,  and  closed  Dec.  ig,  in  all,  twenty-ax  sermons. 
Three  accepted  Christ.  Bro.  Calvert  did  not  shun  to  declare 
the  whole  Gospel.—/.  W.  Fidlcr,  Centre,  Ohio,  Dec,  25. 

Portage.  —Dec.  26  closed  a  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by 
Bro.  C.  L.  Wilkins,  who  came  to  this  place  en  the  evening  of 
Dae.  4,  and  preached  each  evening.  A  number  of  day  meet- 
ings were  a!s3  held.  Attendance  and  interest  were  good. 
Two  were  baptized,  and  others  seemed  to  be  near  the  king- 
dom, Our  elder,  J.  C.  Witmore,  who  has  been  in  poor  health 
for  some  time,  is  a  little  better  at  present.— J.  B.  Kyser,  Clov 
er.tale,  Wood  Co.,  Ohio,  Dec.  27. 

Jonathan  Creek  — We  recently  held  a  short  series  of  meet- 
ings in  ihe  Greenwood  cburcbhous-,  Two  were  baptized. 
Oi-e  of  thsm  tad  formerly  been  a  member  of  the  Discipl 
church.  This  mectmg  was  held  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Mt.  Per 
ry  Debi'e.  Since  the  "  Debate,"  we  have  added  to  this  con 
grejation,  in  all,  fifteen  members,  and  there  are  other  appli- 
cants. We  have  organized  a  very  interesting  Bible  class,  with 
a  large  attendance,  at  the  Greenwood  church.  The  c'a?s 
meets  each  Tuesday  eveniug.—  Quincy  Leckrone,  Glcnford, 
Ohio,  Dec.  33. 

Palestine.— We  closed  a  very  pleasant  series  of  meetings 
lait  evening,  Dec.  28,  at  the  West  Branch  house,  held  by  Eld. 
Henry  FranU,  who  be^an  the  meetings  Dec.  14.  preachiDg 
seventeen  sermons.  While  there  were  no  accessions,  the 
church  was  strengthened  in  Christian  love  and  fellowship. 
Sister  Fraiitz  is  in  delicate  health,  but  we  were  glad  that  she 
was  able  to  spend  a  lew  days  with  the  members  of  ibis  place, 
during  the  series  if  meeting;.  Oar  quarterly  council  occurred 
Dec.  22  One  was  aCd;d  to  the  church  by  baptism  sine 
last  repott— Daniel  Bailsman,  Baker,  Ohio,  Dec.  2). 


Indian  Creek  - 


injoyed  a  very  pleasant  and  proliUble 
s  of  meetings,  beginning  Dec.  11  and  closing  Pec.  22. 
J.  L.  Thomas,  of  North  Dakota,  conducted  the  meetings 
J.  C.  Seibert,  of  the  same  Sute,  was  also  with  us,  and 
us  one  discourse.  One  was  received  by  confession  and 
baptism  — A.  W.  Flora,  Maxwell.  Iowa.  Dec. 

South  Keokuk  —The  church  met  1a  quarterly  council  Dec. 
18.  Our  Sunday  school  was  organized  Ear  the  coming  year, 
by  electing  Frank  Shelly,  Superintendent.  We  use  the"  Breth- 
ren's literature,  and  are  well  pic  ised  with  it  We  have  a  very 
interesting  school,  although  our  attendance,  at  present,  is  not 
quite  so  large  as  dunng  the  summer.-  Grace  Brown,  Ollie, 
Iowa,  Dee.  20. 

Franklin—  Bro.  A  Wol*,  of  Jefferson  County,  I< 
a  proUactd  eff.rt  at  this  church,  i.i   Decatur  County,  Di 
remaining  with  us  till  the  night  of  tl  c  iQ-.h.    On  Friday 


a,  bega 


ngert  and  aflhct- 
orship  with  her. 

ght   of   this  con 


r  Ma 


Los  Angeles. -Our  1 
32x40,  is  now  finished, 


CALIFORNIA. 


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pied  Dec.  26. 

yet.     Have 


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folded  for  a  short 
had  the  coldest  weather  in  four  y 
—P.  S.  Myers,  Dec  3}. 

Fortuna.— We  are  much  in  need  of  min;sterial  help  at  th 
place.     Will  not  some  minister,  contemplating  a  change  of  1 
cation,  come  and  labor  for  us?     We  feel  sure  that  a  congreg 
tion  can  be  built  up  here,     The  people  seem  to  want  lo  lev 
more  about  the  Brethren.    There  are  six  members  heie.    W 
would  like  others  to  come  and  help  build  up   ihs   Master's 
cause.     We  have  a  good  country  here  in  the  Eel  River  Valley. 
The  field  for  spiritual  work  is  large  enough  for  a  number  of 
ministers.     Any  one  wishing  to  know  more  about  this  country, 
will  please  address  the  writer,— Mary  M.  Michael,  Humboldt 
Co ,  Dec.  15. 

Colton.— Mrs.  Cressmer  was  bapt;zed  Dec.  ig.  About  a 
dozen  others  are  considering  the  needful  change.  Bro,  D.  A 
Norciojs  aided  one  week  in  singing,  prayer,  and  one  sersion. 
Bo.  Andrew  Hutchison  was  also  helpful  in  one  sermon,  and, 
at  the  feist,  Dec  23  and  2\,  he,  with  brethren  I.  M,  GiMael, 
Edmund  Forney,  J.  W.  Metzger,  and  other  dear  members, 
rendered  us  all  gcod  service.  About  seventy  five  spectators 
beheld  thlrly  three  beloved  d'-sciphs  observe  the  ordinances. 
Great  attention  and  the  best  of  order  were  manifested  oa  the 
part  of  all.  God  surely  will  add  more  to  his  people  here! 
About  one  hundred  Messengers  atd  eight  hundred  tracts 
were  distributed  during  the  twenty-two  meeting",  Sister  Can- 
field  being  a  worthy  helper  in  the  Lord,— M.  M  Eshelman, 
De'.  24. 

Los  Angeles.— Christmas  night  a  goodly  number  convened, 
at  the  Brethren  church,  236  South  Hancock  Street,  to  hear  a 
well-prepared  program  rendered  by  the  Sunday  school  schol- 
ars, and  under  the  direction  of  Bro.  and  Sister  Buckwalter. 
The  day  following  we  bad  cur  regular  quarterly  review,  afier 
which  we  listened  to  some  excellent  admonitions  by  Eld.  P.  S. 
Myers.  In  the  afternoon  the  r*  were  exercises  arranged  for 
the  Sunday  schcol  children  on  the  west  side,  which  seemed  to 
be  enjoyed  very  much  by  all  present.  This  mission  school 
has  been  held  in  a  tent  ever  sine;  its  organization,  but  wiih  a 
little  money,  and  the  kind  aid  of  brethren  Buckwalter,  Carpen- 
ter, and  Bjone,  they  have  succeeded  in  erecting  a  building 
which  will  answer  the  purpose  very  nicely  for  the  present. 
The  brother  and  sister  in  charge  cf  this  mission  school  should 
be  praised  for  the  g-ood  work  they  have  wrought  among  the 
children  at  this  place.— C.  W.  Guthrie,  Dec.  38. 

IOWA. 

South  River.— Bro.  Wolf  came  to  this  place  Dec.  20,  and 
preached  three  missionary  sermons.  We  feel  that  he  did 
much  good  while  here. — Elisabeth  Watt,  Dec.  27. 

Grundy  County.— This  church  held  her  annual  Thanksgiv- 
ing meeting  Nov.  25,  The  missionary  cause  was  remembered 
by  a  liberal  donation.  Last  evening  closed  a  very  interesting 
series  of  lessons  in  vrcal  music,  given  hy  J.  Henry  Showalter, 
cfOhio.  We  trust  the  benefit  derived  therefrom,  will  assist 
in  building  up  the  cause  of  Christ.  Next  Lord's  Day  we  ex- 
pect to  reorganize  our  Sunday  school  fcr  a  term  of  s!x  months.  1 
—Alda  E.  Albright,  Ehlora,  Iowa,  Dec.  24.  ' 


ns,  and  Bro,  S 
to.  Wo'f  deliv 
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ntnaed  till  the 
M.  Kob.  One 
t    Kob,    Garden 


d  friends 
ed  sister,  Sarah  Scott,  and  had  a  season  c 
Bro.  Wolf  wa;  also  present  at  our  qrarter 
Bro.  L.  M.  Kob  was  chosen  to  take  the  o\ 
gregation,  as  cur  elder.  W.  J.  Stout,  on  ac 
firmuies,  was  not  able  to  preside  longer, 
was  chesen  as  collector  for  World-wide  ft 
H.  Duffield  as  agent  for  church  literatur 
ered  two  able  missionary  sermons.  \ 
World-wide  Missions.  The  meetings  we 
evening  of  Dec.  24,  by  the  home  mtDtsti 
made  application  (or  memberilvp, — Jt 
Grove,  Iowa,  Dec.  23, 

NEBRASKA. 

South  B3atrlce.— At  our  Thanksgiv'ng  services  a  co'lection 
of  S17  was  taken  up  for  Sis'.f  r  Bertha  Ryan.  Dec.  4  we  had  a 
special  council  for  church  work.  Fliers  Humbarcer  and 
John  L.  Snavely  were  with  us.  BretLr:n  Stephen  Ycder  and 
James  W.Gish  were  ordained  to  the  cldersb'p,  and  brethren 
William  Beckner  and  Jacob  S.  Dell  wc-e  elected  to  ihe  m  n:s 
try.  All  were  installed  the  sams  day.  Our  council  was  held 
Dec.  18.  Brethren  Daniel  Frautz  and  Noah  Bashor  were 
chosen  to  the  office  of  deacon,  and  installed  into  f  ffice.  Two 
church  letters  were  received.— Lydia  Dell,  Hamilton,  A'ebr , 
Dec.  so, 

North  Beatrice.— We  spent  our  Christmas  by  having  a  re- 
view of  the  last  quarter's  Sunday  school  lessons,  which  were  as- 
signed to  twelve  different  cnes,  one  lesson  \o  each,  after 
which  Bro.  J.  E.  Your  g  gave  us  a  very  interesting  and  instruct- 
ive sermon.  Bro.  George  Miihler,  of  I.diana,  being  with  us,  we 
had  services  again  in  tae  evening.  Ero.  Mishkr  gave  us  three 
sermons,  and  conducted  a  children's  meeting.  Cn  Su  day  we 
reorganized  our  Sunday  tchooJ,  with  Bro.  M.  L.  SoUenberger 
as  cur  Superintendent.  We  have  two  evergreen  Sunday 
schools.—  C.  II  Price,  Dec.  27. 

ILLINOIS.  _^ 

.„  wfiSSSGiJ.^x^aiTA^oatl'wTfe,  were  received  by  emis- 
sion and  baptism,  on  Sunday,  Dec.  25—  David  Rowland. 

Pleasant  Hill — The  series  of  meetings  here  is  now  in  prog- 
ress,   A  commendable  interest  is  manifested  in  the  meetings, 
as  well  as  in  our  Bible  school.     ( 
ship  cf  the  saints  yesterday. — /< 
25. 

Sugar  Creek.— Our  series  of  meetings,  held  by  Bro,  Jacob 
Wilrmre,  of  McPherson,  Kans.,  closed  on  Sunday  night,  Dec. 
26,  with  two  additions.  Our  quarterly  council  was  held  Dec 
18.  Some  special  w.  rk  came  before  the  meeting,  part  of 
which  was  the  forwarding  of  Bro.  B  F,  Filbrun  to  the  stco.id 
degree  of  the  ministry.  Elders  Jacob  Witmcre  aad  J.  H.  Biu- 
baker  assisted  in  the  work.—/-  M  Miller,  Auburn,  til , Dec. 30. 

Oakley.— To-day  occurred  our  fourth  quarterly  couuci!. 
Eigcit  were  received  by  letter,  and  six  letters  of  membership 
were  granted  Our  Sunday  school  was  reorganized,  electing 
brethren  D.  D.  Blickenstaff  and  S.  A.  Heckman,  as  Superin- 
tendents. Nearly  thirty  dollars  was  contributed  for  the 
spread  cf  the  Gospel.  Fro.  M.  Flory  is  to  hold  a  series  of 
meetings  for  us  in  Oakley,  in  January.  Two  have  besn  bap- 
tized  since  our  last  report.— D.  J.  Blickenstaff,  Dec, 30. 

WISCONSIN. 

Barron.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  Dec.  25  As  our  eld- 
er lives  foity-five  miles  away,  he  could  not  be  present.  Tbe 
church  chose  Bro.  Bowman  to  preside  at  the  council.  We  r:- 
crganized  our  Sunday  school  with  Bro.  Louis  Salsbury  as 
Superintendent—  PhiLra  Hojfhein,  Dee.  2;. 

Chippewa  Valley.—  This  church  met  in  council  Dec.  4. 
Sufficient  money  was  raised  to  defray  our  indebtedness  on  our 
churchhouse,  for  which  we  ftel  very  tbankiul  We  bad 
Thanksgiving  services,  after  which  a  collection  was  taken  for 
tbe  World-wide  Mission.— Carrie  M.  Bolter,  East  Pepin,  Wis., 
Dec.  6. 

LOUISIANA. 

Roanoke  —Our  love  feast  of  a  week  ago  v/as  a  pleasant  one. 
number  of  the  northern  excursionists,  who  zn  at  Lake 
Charles,  came  to  us  and  enjoyed  the  meeting  with  us  Among 
was  Bro.  W.  L.  Bingaman,  of  Laplace,  II.  How  much 
nioyed  his  labors!  This  was  our  fourteenth  lovefcast 
our  organization,  whea  our  deceased  brother,  J.  R. 
Gish,  was  here.  Since  then  we  had  no  visiting  minister  with 
u;.  Bro.  Bingaman  preached  twice  for  us  aod  gave  us  an  in- 
teresting talk,  on  Sunday  night,  on  "  Jerusalem."  On  the  night 
of  Dec.  24  he  is  to  commence  a  series  of  lectures  at  our 
place.  At  present  he  is  lecturng  in  Lake  Char  es.  He  ex- 
pects to  remain  in  the  South  for  some  time  and  we  s^all  h  we 
him  de'iver lectures  at  other  points,—.?  A.  Honbergcr,  Dec.  18. 


MISSOURI 

Bethel.— Sunday,  Dec.  26,  we  reorganized  our  evergreen 
Sunday  schrol  for  1898.  Bra.  J.  C.  Blantrm  was  ejected  ^u- 
perint-ndent.  Our  Sunday  school  meets  every  Sfludav,  at  to 
A  M.  We  have  preaching  services  at  !t  A.  M  ,  on  the  first 
and  third  Sundays,  a"d  at  7:  30  P.  M.  cn  the  second  and 
fouilli  Sundays.  Our  Bthle  class  meets  on  Wednesday  night 
of  each  wrek.  Our  prayer  meeting  convenes  eve'y  Sur  clay 
evening  at  7  o'clock;  song  service,  Saturday  eveni  g.  At  our 
'ast  regular  council  we  dec  ded  to  hold  a  "  Rihle  Nnrmai  " 
some  time  in  January.— 7.  C.  Btawon,  Mound  City,  Mo.,  Dec. 

Falrvlew.— Dec.  3,  Bro.  F.  W.  Dove    came    to   us    and 
preached  five  sermons  at  Hickory  Flat  schoolhouse.     Dec.  6 
the  meeting  was  moved  to  the  church,  and  continued  until  Dec. 
19.     He  preached  twenty  seven  sermons.     We  spent  t  ne  hour 
in  prayer  service  before  each  sermon      Old  and  young  took  a 
part  in  these  meetings.     Ten  united  with  the  church  by  bap- 
tism, ranging  in  age  from  ten  to  twenty  yar.°,  cxc<  pt  one  that 
is  the  head  of  a  family.     Others  are  almost  persuaded     The 
people  said  it  was  the  test  meeting  ever  held  at  our  church, 
This  year  twenty  have  joined  hy  baptism,  three  were  restored, 
fi«e  moved  away,  and  one  died.     We  have  had  two  scies  of 
me  stings.— Nannie  I/arman,  Denlow,  Mo.,  Dec.  37, 
OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 
Corded.— Bro  A  W.  Austin  will  begin  a 
t  Calvary  Creek  tonight.     During  that  tiro 
nd  hold  a  Communion.— Maggie  B.  Rogers,  Dec.  .7. 
Mt.  Hope  —We  are  in  the  midst  o'  an  interesting  series  of 
meetings,  cor du  ted  by  Bro,  N.  S.  Gripe.     Four  have  corte 
out,  and  others  are  much  impressed.— E.  L.  Brubaker,  Acton, 
Okla ,  Dec.  27. 

Big  Creek.— This  church  met  in  quarterly  council  last  Sat- 
urday. Considerable  business  was  harmoniously  disposed  of. 
We  reorganized  our  Sunday  school  by  el'Ciirg  Bro.  Bu  j  mini 
Burnette,  Sjperiotcndent.  We  met  at  the  caurch  Thanksgiv- 
ing Day,  and  listened  to  a  sermon  by  Bro.  Green  Film  re,  aft- 
er which  a  collectioa  was  taken  for  the  Armenian  Orphanage, 
The  amount  wa*  $1.80.  We  deci  led  to  hold  a  scries  of  meet- 
ings at  the  church,  to  be  conducted  1  y  Brj.  N.  S,  Gripe.  We 
a'so  decided  to  hold  a  series  of  meetings  at  Cushing.—  Maria 
Edgecomb,  Plumb,  Okla.,  Dec.  21. 

NORTH  DAKOTA. 
Des  Lacs  Va'ley.— We  still  continue  to  keep  up  our  ap- 
ointments  here.  The  weather  has  becu  very  fine,  so  far,  ihis 
inter.  We  have  had  some  c  >ld  days,  but  no  blizzard*  a*  yet. 
ur  co-laborer  in  the  ministry,  Bro.  N.  J.  Beagle,  is  at  home 
fain,  after  being  at  the  hospital  at  Minot  for  about  six  wet  ks, 
le  had  typhoid  fever,  and  was  very  low  for  about  three 
reeks.  We  all  feel  glad  to  see  him  around  again,  Every 
amilv  of  the   Brethren    here    is    taking    the    Mbssr>-gkk. 


1  of  meetings 
/ill  organize 


I  Though  weareall'in  lim'rfeTTc^u.r/sV.ilices.'w?  ,&',  '3£    f&. 
I  not  do  h  ithout  the  paper.     We  expect  a  few  m^re  members  to 
locate  with  us  in  the  spring.     We  are  all  well  pleased  with  cur 
new  home,  and  invite  those  looking  for  <  heap  homes,  on  gov- 
ernment land,  to  lccits  with  us.     We  have    two    orga.  ized 
churches  on  tbe  Soo  Line,  in   Ward  G  unty,  that  are  farther 
north  than  Cando— the  Drs  Lacs  Valley   and   the    Bnw  Bells 
churches     We  have  two  ministers,— the  one  at  Bow  Bells  is 
an  elder,  and  has  the  oversight  of  both  churches.—^.   IV, 
Hawbaker,  Kenmare,  N.  Dak ,  Dec.  24, 
MARYLAND. 
Brownsville.— We,  tbe  m:mber3  of  Broadrun  church,  which 
belongs  ti  the  Brownsville  congregation,  have  closed  tonight 
a  very  interesting  series  of   meetings,  which  was  c -rnmeaccd 
Dec,  8,    Dec.  17  eight  accepted  Christ  as  the  C  apra  n  of  their 
ttion,  and  one  was   reclaimed.     Today  fnur    more  were 
baptised.     Our  meeting  was  conducted  by  Bio    W    M.    W  m;, 
of  Win  htster,  Va„  who  U  a  stror  g  defender  ol  the  Truth.—  *?. 
S.  Highbarger,  Burkittivill.,  Aid.,  Dec.  2/. 
WASHINGTON. 
Rockford— I  wish  some  of  the  good  brethren  could  come 
out  here.     I  am  a  membt  r  in  telisf,  but  I  have  wve*  had  any 
opportunity  to  unite  with  the  c   ur  h.     I  do  h  pe  the  lime  will 
come  when  a  Breihren's  church  will  be  here  at  R'ickf.  rd.     I 
deiire  to  unite  with  tbe  Brethren  church,  for  I  Ion*  to  be  wth 
t  e   Lord's  pet-p  e.— Mrs   M.  J.  Eads,  Spokane  Co.,    Was*,, 
Dec  20, 

MINNESOTA. 
W  inona.-Our  Bib'e  school,  which  closed  Dec  18,  wai  ably 
conducted  by  Bro.  David  Hollingt.r,  <;f  Noith  Mam  hester, 
In^.  Tte  attendance  and  interest  were  quite  gcod  for  our 
first  school.  One  young  man,— a  member  ot  the  class, — uni'ed 
wiih  the  churcn.  The  inter*  st  shown  by  people  coning  to 
hear  the  W.  rd  preached,  was  good.— Mary  J.  McDougatl,  Al- 
mon,  Minn.,  Dec.  22. 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 
Martlnsburg.-Nov.  22  Bro.  S.  H  Utz.  of  New  Market,  Md., 
came  to  u>  aud  remained  until  Dec,  3,  preaching  thirteen  ser- 
mons. One  was  received  into  churcn  fellowship  Our  Sun- 
day sct-ool  is  still  in  progress,  b  it  it  is  undecided  about  con- 
tinuing through  the  wini-r.  We  have  teen  using  the  Breth- 
ren's literature  in  the  school,  and  tbe  scholars  all  seem  to  ap- 
preciate it.— C.  L,  Miller,  Dec  2  i. 

TENNESSEE. 
Lawrenceburg — We  have  a  church     f  twenty -five  n  em- 
bers, tutno  house  of  worship      Here  is  a  eood  opening  for 
Brethren  lo  procure  cheap  homes,     Write  me  for  further  in- 
formation— C,  W.Davis,  Dec.  37, 


TlrHIIE    GOSPEL    IMIESSEltfa-IEIR/. 


Jan.  8,  189S. 


COKRK8PONUENCE. 


From  Atlanta,  Ga. 

By  authority  of  the  General  Mission  Board, 
Bro.  S  F.  Sanger,  of  Calverton,  Va.,  accompa- 
nied bv  Bro.  S.  M.  Eby,  of  Winterhaven,  Fla., 
came  to  our  city  Dec.  II,  and  organized  the  lit- 
tle body  of  members  in  the  State  of  Georgia 
into  a  church —eight  by  letter  and  two  that 
were  baptized  here.  There  were  two  present 
that  did  not  piesent  their  letters. 

We  held  an  election  for  one  deacon,  result- 
ing in  the  choice  of  Bro.  E.  D.  Bashor.  After 
the  e'ection,  he.  with  his  wife,  was  duly  in- 
stalled. 

The  church  then  chose  Bro.  S.  F.  Sangi 


Calv 


Va., 


s  the; 


elder.     The  churjt 


to  be  known  as  the  First  German  Baptist 
Brethren  church  of  Atlanta.  After  the  organi- 
zation we  decided  to  have  a  Communion,  so,  in 
the  evening  of  the  same  day,  we  again  met  at 
the  Barcley  mission,  iqi  Marietta  St.,  and  had 
a  very  pleasant  and  orderly  Communion,  with 
six  brethren  and  five  sisicrs  around  the  Lord's 
table. 


It  being  Saturday  night    then 
about  fifty   spectators   present, 


night 


s    Saturday 
n  any  other 
jthcr  evenings    the 
,,  while  on  Saturday 
night  they  are  open  until    n   o'clock.    Those 
that  attended  the  meeting,  therefore,  felt  in 
ested,  and  were  very  attentive.     Many  of  tli 
present  resorted  to  their  Bibles,  and  some  £ 
to  us  afterward  that  it  was  according  to  Sc 
ture  Luther  Petri 

Qj  Means  St.,  Dee.  lj. 


Among  the  Isolated. 

As  Paul  and  Barnabas  had  determined  to 
do  [Acts  15:  36),  so  Bro.  J.  M.  Kagey  and  the 
vritei  decided  to  visit  the  Brethren  at  some  of 
the  mission  points  in  the  Cook's  Creek  congre- 
gation, "and  see  how  they  do." 

The  morning  of  Dec.  3  found  us  on  our  way, 
and,  after  traveling  thirty  one  miles,  over  hill 
an  1  dale  and  mountain,  we  reached  the  first 
point,  Brandywine.  Here,  on  the  morning  of 
Dec  4,  we  held  a  council.  Two  of  our  deacons 
having  preceded  us,  had  visited  the  members, 
and  reported  the  condition  of  thechurch.    The 

.'    1 m,,,,,     i..,., of.. I-    pi.  "- 

antly.  In  the  afternoon,  and  at  night,  as  well 
as  on  Sunday  and  Sunday  night,  we  met  for 
p  iblic  service,  and  had  good  congregations. 
The  attention  and  interest  were  good  On 
Monday  night  we  held 
puim  eight  miles  furthei 


Cios 


\e-J  1 


m.il.er 
me  for 


at  Bethel,  a 

Tuesday,  we 
:e  at  Smith's 


ed  until  Friday  rac 

ming,  Dec.  to. 

om  this  point  we 

went  to  the  H 

ch,  for  preaching  0 

Saturday  morning  we  met  for  cuuncil.  We 
had  tne  report  of  ihe  deacons,  and  adjusted  all 
matters,  we  trust,  to  the  prufit  of  all  present. 
Ni>  l)L-tter  me, ins  is  afforded  for  strengthening 
and  upbuilding  the  cause,  than  properly-con- 
ducted council-meetings.  Differences  there 
can  be  adjusted,  aud  the  union  strengthened, 
a  d  tience  ad  may  be  better  equipped  for  the 


In  the  evening  we  he  d  a  )o\ 
Ka,ey  officiated.     Not  many  we 


:  feast     Bro. 

;  present,  but 
the  meeting  was  pleasant  and  impressive. 
The  lar  e  crowd  present  g*ve  the  best  atten- 
tion. On  Sunday  morning  we  met  again  for 
preaching,  and  had  a  wel-ftlled  house.  At 
ni«hi  we  held  services  here  again,  and  also  at 
Bethel.     Mon  lay  morning  we  started  home. 

Owing  to  the  isolation  of  the  points  visited, 
and  the  length  and  difficul  ie^  of  the  journey, 
during  ihe  winter  months,  very  little  preaching 
is  done  by  the  Brethren,  and  several  of  the 
p  lint  will  be  w. thorn  preaching  service  by  us 
■  be  regretted,  as 
an  only  be  done 


when  regul 


Harrisonburg,  Va.,  Dec.  20. 

Among  the  Churches  In  West  Vlrgln'a 


veyed  1: 


distant.  I  began  meetings  that  night  in  th 
Seventh  Day  Baptist  churchhouse.  There  ar 
about  twenty-five  members  at  this  place,  on 
speaker  in  the  second  degree,  and  three  dcr 
cons.  Bro.  Milton  C.  Czigans  is  their  speakei 
They  have  no  house  of  worship,  but  they  ai 
preparing  the  lumber  this  winter  to  build  ncx 
spring.  If  they  can  gel  a  little  help,  they  soo; 
will  have  a  house  of  their  own  to  worship  ir 
Those  Seventh  Day  Baptists  are  very  kind  ti 
the  Brethren,  in  letting  them  use  their  house  of 
worship,  We  continued  the  meetings  till  Nov 
There  was  one  baptized  and  two  re 
c'a'med.  This  congregation  chose  us  to  take 
charge  of  them,  instead  of  Bro.  John  Frtedly 
who  lives  at  Kock  Camp,  in  Ritchie  County 
ighteen  miles  away.  He  has  become  toe 
ged  to  sec  after  tlrem,  and  desired  to  be  re- 
leased. 

iv.  29,  in  company  with  brethren  W.  R, 
Murphy  and  W.  II.  H.  Shaffer,  we  went  to 
Braxton  County,  to  Bro.  David  Bosley's  con- 
gregation. We  were  sent  there  by  order  of 
the  District  Meeting,  to  adjust  some  matters  in 
church.  All  was  easily  settled  to  the 
e  of  God.  After  the  council  two  brethren 
went  to  the  head  of  Fall  Run,  seven  or  eight 
miles  in  the  cast  end  of  this  congregation,  ant' 
held  a  series  of  meetings,  and  baptized  two,— 
man  and  wife.  I  wa-  left  at  Fall  Mills,  at  the 
Brethren  churchhouse,  to  hold  some  meetings 
Our  services  were  well  attended. 

On  Tuesday  evening  we  surrounded  the 
Lord's  table,  to  the  joy  of  all  that  partook. 
There  were  six  baptized,— all  heads  of  families, 
most  of  them  from  the  M.  E.  church.  Several 
others  are  almost  persuaded  to  get  nearer  the 
Lord.  This  church  is  under  the  care  of  Eld. 
David  Bosley,  who  is  quite  aged  and  feeble, 
but  strong  in  the  faith.  His  mantle  must  soon 
fall  on  other  shoulders.  He  and  his  aged 
wife  attended  every  meeting.  Our  meetings 
closed  with  a  crowded  house,  and  a  promise  to 
turn  in  the  spring.  David  J.  Miller. 
Overkill,  Upshur  Co.,  II'.  Va.,Dec.20. 


PECHT.— In    the  Huntingdon  church,  Pa.,        EBY.— Near  Lena,  111,,  Dec.  5,   1S07,  Sister 
3v.   19,   1897,  Bro.  William  Pecht,  aged  86   Cora  E.  Eby,  daughter  of   Eld.   D.   B,   Eby, 


years,  6  months  and  6  day 
one  of   those  quiet,  hnmbl 
Christians,  whom    everybody    1 
spected.     His  seat  was  never  1 


nd 


/ed 


He 


Brumbaugh  ai 

CLARK.— In  tl 
Valley  church,  W 


it   was   possible  for  him  t 
ained  his  physical   and  mi 
to  the  last.     When  his  hour  for 
e,  he  sweetly  fell  asleep.    Fu- 
conductcd    by    elders    H.    B 
d  W.  J.  Swigart.  *  *  * 


b:unds  of  the  Chippewa 

of  diabetes,  Emily  Clark 

f  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charley  Clark,  aged 


,  7  months  and  25  da 


Cauh 


Bake 


STF.ELW- 


.wn.     Burial  i 

m  job  14:  10. 
Ind.,  Dec.  1 


j^  MATRIMONIAL-^ 

"What  therefore  God  hath  joined  together,  1st  e 


BITTNER— HORNER.— At  the  residence 

Sfjfcfc  ftr;:;;;^  gp&ttrJtai  j$- ;::.,;,  by  4fcj 

undersigned,  Bro  William  E.  Bittner,  of  Gar-' 
reit  County,  Md.,  and  Sister  Cora  Horner,  of 
Meyersdale,  Pa.  I.  C.  Johnson. 

REESE— FAIRBURN.— At  the  home  of 
the  undersigned,  Dec.  0,  1897,  Bro.  James  M. 
e  and  Sister  Mary  E.  Fairburn,  both  of 
Allen  County,  Ohio.  David  Byerlv. 

SAYLOR— MILLER—  At  the  home  of  the 
bride's  parents,  by  the  undersigned,  Bro. 
Frank  D.  Saylor,  of  Somerset,  Pa.,  and  Sister 
Ada  B.  Miller,  of  Waterloo,  Iowa. 

SCHROCK— LICHTY.— At  the  home  of  the 
bride's  parents,  by  the  undersigned,  Bro.  Den- 
s  F.   Schrock,  of  Somerset,  Pa.,  and  Sister 
Isie  Lichty,  of  Waterloo,  Iowa. 

W.  H.  LlCIITY. 
STRICKLER-SHAUB.— At  the  residence 
of  the  bride  s  parents,  in  Millersville,  Lancas- 
Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  15,  1S97,  by  the  undersigned, 
,  Enos  W.  Strickler,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  and 
js  Anna  M.  Shaub.  T.  F.  IMLER. 


FALLEN  *  ASLEEP 


'  [>!,■> 


It  die  in  the  Lord." 


BLESSING.— In  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  while  on  the 
iv  to  his  home,  in  New  Orleans,  Nov.  18, 1897, 
Samuel  T.  B  essing,  aged  67  years  and  8 
onths.  He  was  a  native  of  Frederick  Coun- 
ty, Md.,  but  resided  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  a 
number  of  years.  Pie  was  the  writer's  brother 
n  the  flesh.  A.  C.  Castle. 


STUTSMAN.     At  Peabody,  Kans.,  Dec.  17, 
S97,  of  spinal  disease,  Bro.  Abraham  Sluts- 
nan,  aged  62   years,   10   mo  ths  and  6  days, 
During  his  sickness  he  cal  ed  for  the  elders  ol 
the  church,  and  was  anointed.    He  leaves  a  wife 
and  four  sons.     Funeral   services    were    con 
ted  by  Bro.  A.  M.  Dickey,  from  Job  14:  14 
Katie  Yost. 
Doddridge  County,  W.       WOLF.— At  Hedrick,  Iowa,  Dec.  17, 1897,  in 
Bro  Milton  C.  Czigans' congregation.     I    fant  daughter  of  Sister  Martha  and  lim  Alberi 
ed  with    Br.,    Martin  Cocnran,  at    Tod1  Wolf,  aged  6  months  and  20  days.     The  re-   ,„< 
on   «ne   B    &  O  R.  R.    I  preached  at    mains    were     brought    to    the    Pleasant    Hill    Th 
■  ext  day  Bro.    church.     Funeral  by  Eld.  Daniel  Zook,  from    sur 
een  miles  I  Luke  18:  16.  James  Glotfelty.    j  Tii 


he  Spring  Grove  congrega- 
Co.,  Pa.,  Sister  Catherine 
Steely,  aged  90  years  and  20  days.  Deceased 
united  with  the  Brethren  church  while  young, 
and  lived  an  exemplary  life  to  the  end.  Servi- 
ces by  the  Brethren.  I.  W.  Taylor. 

HINSEY.— At  the  home  of  his  daughter, 
Wabash,  Ind.,  Dec.  10, 1897,  of  inflammation  ol 
the  bowels,  Bro.  Adam  Hinsey,  aged  67  years 
it  months  and  3  days.  He  leaves  two  daugh- 
ters and  five  sons.  His  remains  were  brought 
to  North  Manchester.  The 
preached  at  the  church  west  of 
the  graveyard  near  the  church 
ices  by  Eld.  John  H.  Wright,  f 
REAHARD.— Near  Laketo 
1897,  Stella,  wife  of  Charles  Reahard,  aged  ic 
years,  11  months  and  11  days  She  was  a 
member  of  the  U.  B.  church.  She  leaves  a 
husband.  Funeral  in  the  Christian  church, 
id  interment  near  by.  Services  by  Mr.  God- 
an,  from  Job  7:  6.  Sarah  Reah 

BLOUGH.— In  the  Quemahoning  church, 
mierset  Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  8,  1897,  Sister  Cathar- 
e,  wife  of  Bro.  Jacob  Blough,  aged  72  years, 
months  and  24  days.  Funeral  services  con- 
ducted by  Eld.  E.  J.  Blough  and  the  writer. 
S.   P.   ZlM.MER.MAN. 

CLINE.— At  his  home,  near  Riverside,  Iowa, 
)ec.  14,  1897,  of  heart  failure,  Bro.  Michael  B. 
nine,  aged  71  years,  3  months  and  12  days. 
ie  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  came  to  Iowa  in 
Sj^.^rie-seTved  TK^-ctiUrCluas  a"  deacon  a 
umber  of  years.  He  leaves  a  wife  (a  sister) 
nd  nine  children,  three  of  whom  are  members 
f  the  church.  Funeral  at  the  Oak  Grove 
church  Dec.  16,  by  Bro.  S.  F.  Brewer,  from 
Heb.  9:27.  Tillie  Cline. 

STIVER.— In  Leetonia,  Ohio,  in  the  bounds 
of  the  Mahoning  church,  Nov.  lS,  1897,  Sister 
Catherine  Stiver,  nee  Sumers,  aged  76  years, 
2  months  and  15  days.  She  had  been  a  life- 
ong  member  of  the  Brethren  church,  having 
iccepted  her  Savior  while  sixteen  years  of  age. 
5he  was  the  mother  of  six  sons  and  four 
daughters.  Funeral  services  by  the  writer; 
.ext,  1  John  3:  2.  A.  W.  Harrold. 

NISWONGER— In  the  Salem  church,  near 

Union,  Ohio.  Dec.  21,    1S97,  Eva   Roose  Nis- 

nger,  aged  72  years,  it  months  and  20  days. 

racial   services  at   the   Poke   church,    from 

Eccl.  7:  2,  3,  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Isaac 

Waymin. 

WILLIAMSON.  —  In     Philipsbhrg,     Ohio, 

Dec.    19,    1897,  Charles  Ephraim  Williamson, 

;ed  1  year  and  2  months.     Funeral  services 

the  U.  B.  church,  from  Luke  18:    16,  by  the 

riter.  Jesse  K.  Brumbaugh. 

CALVERT— In  the  Allison  Prairie  church, 

awrence  Co.,  Ill ,  Dec.  16,  1897,  Sister  Rachel 

Calvert,  nee  Jones,  aged  75  years,  I  month  and 

12  days.     Sifter  Calvert  was  born  in  Adams 

County,  Ohio,  Nov.  4,  1S22,  was  married  to  Ira 

Calvert,  Sept.  24,  1S44.     Both  united  with  the 

Brethren    church  in    184S.     He   was  elder    in 

charge  of  the  Allison  Prairie  church  a  number 

of  years,  but  was  called  from  labor  to  reward 

twenty  years  ago.     Sister  Calvert 

,'0tcd  and  exemplary  Christian  life. 

She  had  a  good  memory,  and  could  quote  al- 


applii 

joyed  until  the  day  of 
;ht  had  failed  to  some 
ne what  feeble,  but  was 


most  anyScriptui 
the  same.    This  she 
her  death.     Her  eyi 

able  logo  about  and  attend  meetings.  She  e 
joyed  her  usual  health  until,  without  warnin 
calmly  and  peacefully  fell  asleep  in  Jest 
ee  sons  and  four  daughters  (all  marrie 
:ive  her.  Funeral  by  the  writer,  from 
1.4:7,8.  S.  W.  Garber, 


purpose  was  to  complete  both  a  literary  and 
Bible  course,  and  then  devote  her  life  to  mis- 
sionary work.  The  Lord  saw  otherwise,  A 
cold,  contracted  last  May,  rapidly  developed 
into  consumption,  thus  terminating  her  prom- 
ising life.  She  had  been  a  devoted  sister 
about  ten  years.  Sermon  by  the  writer,  from 
Job  38:  17.  J.  G.  Royer. 

BEAVER.-In  the  Carrington  church,  N. 
Dak.,  Dec- 12,  1S97,  Henry  Beaver,  aged  68 
years  and  4  days.  He  formerly  lived  in  the 
Spring  Creek  church,  Chickasaw  Co.,  Iowa, 
and  emigrated  to  North  Dakota  last  March. 
Services  by  Eld.  D.  H.  Niccum. 

D.  H.  Snoweerger. 
ZIGLER— In  the  Linville  Creek  church, 
Rockingham  Co.,  Va.,  Oct.  22,  1897,  Mary 
Ruth,  daughter  of  Bro.  Michael  and  Sister 
Mollie  Ziglcr,  aged  3  years,  3  months  and  13 
days.  Sister  Zigler  had  gone,  about  a  week 
ous,  to  Ohio,  on  an  extended  v  sit,  but 
ailed  home  to  see  her  little  daughter  laid 
in  her  last  resting  place.  Funeral  servi- 
t  Linville  Creek,  from  Ps.  126:  5,  6. 

D.  Hays. 
EVANS.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Snake 
Spring  church,  Bedford  Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  17,  1897, 
Eliza  Evans,  aged  75  years,  6  months  and  16 
days.  She  leaves  one  son.  Funeral  service  by 
David  Snyder  and  Samuel  Cakerice. 

GRIMES.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Snake 
Spring  church,  Bedford  Co.,  Pa„  Nov.  28,  1S07, 
Mary  Grimes,  aged  30  years.  She  leaves  a 
mother,  a  husband,  and  six  small  children. 
Funeral  service  by  brethren  J.  M.  Mohler  and 
Solomon  Hershbergcr. 

George  A.  Snyder. 

CRIPE.— In  ihe  Elkhart  church.  Goshen, 
Ind.,  Dec.  13.  1S97,  Bro.  Benjamin  J.  Cripe, 
aged  70  years,  3  months  and  20  days.  He  was 
born  in  Montgomery  County,  Ohio,  Aug.  23, 
1827.  Deceased  had  been  afflicted  with  drop- 
sy, which  developed  into  blood  poison  He 
leaves  a  Wife,  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 
Funeral  services  conducted  by  Eld.  George 
Swihart  and  Bro.  Levi  Hoke,  from  1  Thess.  4: 
David  R.  Myers. 


WEIMER.— In  the  Uni 
larke  Co.,  Ohio,  Dec.  1; 
/eimer,  aged  51  years,  2  m 
he  was  born  in  Rocking 
Oct.  4,  186^.     Her  maiden 


City     church, 
897,    Catherine 

lis  and  8  days, 
i  County,    Va., 

a  about  1864.  She  was  mar- 
Weimer  May  22,  1S70.  To 
line  children.  Two  preceded 
realm  during  infancy.  The 
ms  and  three  daughters  re- 
al West  Branch  church, 
uneral  discourse  from  I  Pet.  I:  3,  4- 

Esta  Simmons. 
THOMAS.— In  the  Quemahonmg  church, 
Somerset  Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  6,  1897,  John  Henry, 
n  of  friend  Sdas  and  Sister  Lovina  Thomas, 
ed  6  months.  Funeral  services  by  the  writ- 
and  L.  A.  Blough,  Mennonite. 

S.  P.  Zimmerman. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


The  Cuban  Suffer 
The  Day  of  Little 
Shall  Wo  Have  a  1 


POETRY.— 

The  Sin  o[  Omission.  Selected  by  Lizzie  < 
The  Carpenter's  Son.-Philpp.  2:  6.  By  Ai 
My  Prayer.    Selected  by  Ella  G.  Famous, . 


ta  formed  in  geological  periods.  These  facts  en- 
abled Prof.  Walters  to  compute  approximately  the 
period  when  the  battle  occurred.  He  has  com- 
pared the  facts  just  learned,  with  the  result  of 
seventeen  years'  previous  study  of  the  mound- 
Jets,  and  formed  the  theory  that  the  battle  was 
of  a  long  series  of  sanguinary  encounters  be- 
tween that  mysterious  race  and  the  Mayas,  which 
latter  race  came  from  Central  and  South  America, 
and  sought  to  gain  possession  of  North  America." 
It  would  seem,  that  at  some  remote  period,  long 
before  the  dawn  of  history,  this  Continent  was  in- 
habited by  a  strong  race  of  people,  of  whom  com- 
paratively nothing  is  known.  They  have  faded 
from  the  earth,  and  only  here  and  there  can  traces 
of  them  be  found. 


On  the  Way  to  India.— No.  7. 
The  Epist'c  to  the  Hebrews. 

"Deaconing."    By  Howard  Miller 

The  Fourth  Beatitude.    By  T.  T.  Myers 

Paul's  Theology.    By  Mary  A.  Evans 

Who  Can  Secure  a  Free  Home?    By  G.  L.  McDonaugh, 
Conversion.    By  Enoch  Hoy •*.... 


THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,— 

Lesson  Light-Flashes .  .' 37 

SERMON  OUTLINE  — 

Christ  Cleansing  the  Leper —Mark  1; 40-44.  By  John  E.  Mohler,  .  .  37 
OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,— 

The  Heavenly  Inheritancc.-i  Pet.  1: I-tz .....:.  37 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

Our  Reading  Circle.    By  P.  B.  Fitzwater 38 

Our  Love  to  God  and  One  Aoother,    By  Nancy  S.  Goodyear 38 

Notes  Irom  the  Chicago  Mission.    By  Lizzie  : 


Notes  Irom  the  Sea.    By  D.  L.  Forney. 

Giving  Back  the  Lord  His  Dues 

A  Greeting 

What  the  Little  Ones  Can  Do, .  .  ]  .'  .'  .'  !  .'  .* 
HOME  AND  FAMILY,— 

Our  Aid  Society.    By  Mary  E.  Brooks.  .  .'.  . 
0  Evcrybudie."    By  J.  F.  Ebei 


Cultivate  Cheer, 

Miss  Noah 

The  Stranger  Within  the  Gates, . 


to  handle  steam.  And  what  is  true  of  this  coun- 
try, in  this  respect,  is  also  true  of  others.  Espe- 
cially would  this  apply  well  to  the  River  Jordan  in 
the  Holy  Land.  A  few  good  dams  on  this  stream 
would  produce  power  enough  to  light  up  a  hun- 
dred large  cities  in  Palestine,  and  then  have  enough 
left  to  run  all  the  machinery  required.  What  won- 
derful possibilities  is  electricity  opening  up!  Just 
at  a  time  when  there  are  fears  of  a  scarcity  of  coal 
and  wood,  the  value  of  electricity  comes  to  the 
front  in  a  way  that  convinces  thinking  people  of 
the  fact  that  we  are  just  getting  ready  for  actual 
business.  Does  it  not  seem  that  we  are  getting 
the  world  in  a  good  shape  for  the  ushering  in  of 
the  millennium?  When  Satan  is  bound,  and  all  wars 
and  other  evils  shall  cease,  then  the  affairs  of 
earth  will  certainly  be  in  a  good  condition  for  Je- 
sus to  take  the  reins  of  government  in  his  hands. 


It  would  seem  that  another  airy  phantom  of  the 
skies  is  to  pass  not  far  from  the  earth  on  its  mys- 
terious journey  through  our  part  of  the  solar  sys- 
tem. What  is  known,  or  rather  supposed  to  be, 
the  Winnecke  comet,  has  again  made  its  appear- 
ance. It  was  first  discovered  in  the  year  1819,  and 
makes  its  circuit  through  space  about  every  five 
and  one-half  years.  It  is  an  immense  comet  with 
a  large,  bright  head,  and  is  followed  by  a  trail  of 
like  all 


^EDITORIAL  t  MISCELLANY- 

The  Scientific  American  contains  an  account  of 
one  of  the  most  remarkable  discoveries  ever  made 
regarding  the  ancient  population  of  North  Ameri- 
ca. Further  investigations  will  doubtless  reduce 
the  20,000  years  to  less  than  one-half.  But  we 
publish  the  report  as  it  has  been  given  to  the  pub- 
lic. "Twenty  thousand  years  ago,  according  to 
the  announcement  of  Prof.  Walters,  the  Archa:olo- 
gist,  in  the  New  York  Sun,  a  terrible  battle  was 
fought  on  the  Arkansas  River,  in  the  Indian  Ter- 
ritory, between  the  mound-builders  and  the  Mayas, 
in  which  over  75,000  warriors  bit  the  dust.  He  has 
reached  this  remarkable  conclusion  on  account  of 
his  investigations  of  a  prehistoric  burying-ground  in 
the  Choctaw  Indian  country,  which  he  has  found  to 
cover  thirty  acres,  and  to  contain  fully  75,000  skele- 
tons. His  attention  was  first  called  to  the  remark- 
able number  of  human  skeletons,  to  be  found  there, 
several  months  ago,  when  the  Kansas  City,  Pitts- 
burg and  Gulf  Railway  was  built  through  the  Choc- 
taw country.  The  workmen,  in  grading,  brought 
to  light  tons  of  human  bones,  and  a  remarkable 
number  of  implements  of  savage  warfare,  and  Prof. 
Walters  set  about  to  investigate  the  matter  scien- 
tifically. To  his  amazement,  he  found  a  large 
tract  literally  underlaid  with  these  relics  of  a  for- 
gotten race.  The  skulls  were  pierced  with  darts  or 
arrow  heads,  one  specimen  containing  thirteen 
moss  agate  arrow  heads.  This  proved  that  they 
died  in  battle,    The  skeletons  were  found  buried 


There  is  probably  no  disease  more  dreaded  than 
the  leprosy,  and  no  physician  should  say,  as  some 
have  done,  that  it  is  not  contagious.  There  are  too 
many  authenticated  cases  to  the  contrary,  for  it  has 
been  shown  to  be  as  liable  to  spread  as  indicated  in 
the  Bible.  Moses  did  not  urge  measures  to  stamp 
the  disease  out,  but  he  did  establish  regulations  cal- 
culated to  restrict  it.  The  disease  seems  to  have  ex- 
isted in  all  ages.  It  cannot  be  entirely  cured, 
though  there  are  some  remedies  that  give  great  re- 
lief. It  is  said  to  be  spreading  in  Russia,  on  the 
shores  of  the  Mediterranean,   Eastern  Prussia,  and 

in  Norway.     Cases  have  been  observed  in  England,  I  "E1"  many  millions  of  miles  in  length 
France,  and  Germany.    Through  the  Gulf  of  Mex-    "'her  comets,  is  moving  at  an  amazing  speed,  and 
icp.Irnm  fntejxam&t^ 'psy ."^Stendingjg^y    by  some  it  u  thought. that  it  mi^ht  possib^y^ike 

11  -t  jc."  .""    X"-\  ""''     j't-»--'  "H*i  --.iTslie  s  nrai-or  voomaif,  -witm-  Nfe'-.'svss  &-K 

h.H  mx  °"e  Ph^cian  in  New  O1-...S.  has    our  globe.     These  celestial  visitors  are  regarded  as 

had  118  cases  under  hls  observation.  Since  1840  it  conundrums  of  the  skies,  and  at  times  mav  b.  * 
has  been  introduced  into  Hawaii  by  the  Chinese,  verted  from  their  course  by  one  or  more  of  the 
and  probably  nothing  but  wise  legislation  and  vig-  planets,  but  there  is  little  likelihood  of  this  on. 
orous  measures  will  prevent  it  from   spreading  in    coming  in  collision  with  the  earth.     The  attraction 

th'S  Camt<y- °t  the  planets  may  veer  it  slightly  ,0  the  right °" 

One  of  our  exchanges  says  a  story  comes  from  left'  up  or  down'  and  ,hus  onward  it  flies  with  a 
Alaska,  of  the  discovery  of  a  lake  back  in  the  thoufand  chances  of  missing  our  globe,  to  one  of 
mountains,  the  waters  of  which  are  always  warm.  strikill£  •'•  In  'act,  he  who  has  stretched  out  the 
Fish,  in  countless  numbers,  can  be  caught  in  the  heavens'  and  nas  als°  marked  out  all  the  circuits 
coldest  weather  without  trouble,  for  Ihe  waters  of  l°T  the  millions  oi  celestial  orbs,  has  so  nicely  ad- 
the  lake  are  never  so  cold  but  one  could  bathe  in    'usted  the  movemen'  of  every  star,  as  well  as  the 


them.  While  this  wonderful  body  of  water  is  nun 
dreds  of  miles  from  the  ocean,  and  there  is  no  ap- 
parent connection  between  the  two,  the  lake  is  af- 
fected by  the  tide,  which  is  evidence  of  some  sub- 
terranean channel  which  connects  it  with  the  sea 
The  water  is  doubtless  warmed  in  some  manner  by 
the  internal  fires  of  the  earth.  Lake  Selawik  is 
the  name  given  to  the  lake  by  its  discoverer,  Fa- 
ther Tosi,  a  Jesuit  missionary,  who,  for  years,  has 
been  working  among  the  Alaskan  Indians  in  the  in- 
terior. Like  this  warm  lake  in  the  midst  of  al- 
most Arctic  cold,  Christianity  is  an  upspringing 
fountain  of  warmth  and  good  cheer,  and  never- 
freezing  hope,  which  will  maintain  its  life  and  com- 
fort in  the  midst  of  the  most  frigid  atmosphere  in 
the  world's  sin  and  despair, 


tramps   of  the    skies,   as    comets    are    sometimes 
called,  that   only  occasionally,    in  the  course    of 
any  centuries,  do  two  of  them  happen  to  meet  in 
their  onward  flight  through  space. 


At  the  Chappie  Rapids,  on  the  Menominee  Riv- 
er, seven  miles  from  Marinette,  Wis ,  immense 
dams  are  to  be  constructed  for  the  purpose  of  manu- 
facturing electricity.  By  some  it  is  thought  that 
the  power  to  be  obtained,  may  rival  that  at  the  Ni- 
agara Falls.  One  by  one,  are  the  streams  of  this 
country  being  harnessed  for  the  purpose  of  pro- 
ducing electricity  with  which  to  run  our  machinery 
and  light  up  our  cities,  and  in  the  course  of  a  de- 


During  the  cold  winter  nights  it  might  be  well 
for  us  to  often  think  of  the  poor  widow  in  Massa- 
chusetts, who,  after  giving  her  children  the  last 
morsel  of  food  in  the  house,  put  them  to  bed  and 
then  prayed  most  earnestly  to  God  for  help.  One 
and  a  half  miles  away  lived  the  village  storekeeper. 
At  three  o'clock  the  next  morning  the  howling 
winds  awoke  his  wife,  and  she  said,  "I  wonder  how 
that  poor  family  on  the  hill  is  getting  along?  " 
She  could  not  sleep  for  thinking  of  the  poor  people 
on  the  hill.  At  early  dawn  the  next  morning,  the 
man  started  with  a  well-filled  basket  of  good  things 
for  the  home.  After  a  hard  journey  through  deep 
snow  he  came  to  the  house,  was  soon  admitted 
and  told  his  errand.  The  poor  woman  told  him 
that  last  night  they  had  eaten  the  last  crust,  and 
told  him,  too,  how  she  had  asked  the  dear  Lord 
to  send  food  for  her  hungry  little  ones  and  herself. 
"So  I  have  answered  your  prayer,"  said  the  vis- 
itor, and  then  departed,  The  Lord  is  in  need  of 
men  and  women  to  aid  in  answering  prayers;  and 
the  reason  more  prayers  of  this  kind  are  not  an- 


cade,   one-half  of  the  power  required  for  various 

purposes,   may  be  produced  in  this  manner.     By  I  swered,  may  be  on  account  of  a  I         of  willin 
I  means  of  wires  the  power  can  be  carried  quite  a  I  upon  the  part  of  some,  to  be  used  bv  the  Lord  in 
in  sand,  and  above  the  sand  were  two  distinct  stra-  j  distance,  and  delivered  cheaper  than  it  is  possible  j  this  manner. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGEB. 


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a  show  thyselt  a 

THE  SIN  OF  OMISSION. 


It  isn't  the  thing  you  do,  dear, 

It's  the  thing  you  leave  undone 
That  gives  you  a  bit  of  a  heartache 

At  the  selling  of  the  sun. 
The  tender  word  fcrgotttn; 

The  Utter  you  did  not  write; 
The  llower  you  did  not  send,  dear, 

Are  your  haunting  ghosts  at  night. 


The 


Yo' 


The  loving  tcuc 
The  gentle,  w 

Which  you  had 
With  trouble 


lifted 


hofthehard.de. 


ae  or  thought  for 
gh  of  your  own. 

Thetc  little  acts  of  kindness 

So  easily  out  of  mind, 
These  chances  to  be  ange's 

Which  we  poor  mortals  find— 
They  come  in  night  and  silence, 

Each  sad,  reproachful  wraith, 
When  hope  is  fa:nl  and  flagging, 

And  a  chill  has  fallen  on  faith. 
For  li'e  is  all  too  short,  dear, 

And  sorrow  is  all  too  great 
To  suffer  our  slow  compas.i  m 

That  tarries  until  too  late; 
And  it  isn't  the  thing  you  do,  dea', 

It's  the  thing  you  leave  undone, 
Which  gives  jou  the  bit  of  a  hcattach 

At  the  setting  of  the  sun. 


OUR  MINISTERS. 


NCY   D.   UNDERHIL 


Though  we  feel  altogether  incompetent  to  ad- 
dress so  august  a  body,  yet  we  feel  so  much  love 
f,  hem.  and  for  the  great  bodv  of  immortal  sovVs  I  Ij.ii,' j^ihr-rr.. 
which  they  ate  lo  lead  and  guide  unto  the  gates  of 
the  eternal  city,  that  we  nevertheless  venture  a  few 
remarks. 

By  the  above  appellation  (minister)  we  refer  to 
both  preachers  and  their  wives,  because  the  true 
helpmeet  of  a  preacher  must  be  in  a  very  broad 
sense,  "  a  minister."  Upon  her  shoulders  must  rest 
the  heaviest  part  of  the  burden  of  home  keeping 
and  the  care  of  the  family.  She  must  also  be  a 
neighbor  to  the  poor  and  needy  all  about  her,  help- 
ing them  in  their  troubles  and  trials  and  sorrows 
and  sickness.  She  must  be  a  sister  to  the  mem- 
bers in  every  sense,  offering  help  and  encourage- 
ment to  the  heavy  hearted,  giving  sympathy  to  the 
suffering,  guiding  the  young  in  a  kind,  motherly 
way,  listening  to  and  holding  up  the  weak  hands 
of  the  aged  and  mfirm,  with  daughterly  affection, 
and  cheering  her  husband  ever  onward,  day  by  day, 
in  his  work  of  love  and  redemption.  She  must 
pray  for  his  success,  and  help  him  in  all  his  efforts 
to  win  souls  where  it  is  possible  for  her  to  do  so 
She  is,  indeed,  a  minister  to  his  daily  needs,  and 
the  ceaseless  necessities  of  her  young  brood,  if  she 
is  a  faithful  helpmeet,  but  her  ministry  does  not 
cease  in  the  home. 

Dear  young  brother  and  sister,  you  have  been 
chosen  to  occupy  a  place  of  gravest  responsibili- 
ty,— a  place  where  only  the  holy  and  pure  may 
walk.  You  are  a  servant  of  the  Most  High  God, 
ambassador  of  the  Lord  of  lords  and  King  of  kings. 
Yet,  shrink  not  from  your  duty,  thinking,  "  My  task 
is  hard."  Jesus  tried  it  himself, — he  tried  it  as  a 
man,  and  a  poor  man.  He  had  no  learning.  Per- 
haps you  say,  "  He  knew  all  things."  True,  but  he 
received  his  instruction  from  God  the  Father, 
whom  he  came  to  represent,  and  we  may  obtain 
from  the  same  source.  James  l:  5.  He  tried  it 
faithfully,  and  he  said,  "  My  yoke  is  easy  and  my 
burden  is  light."  If  we  just  cast  all  our  cares  upon 
him  who  careth  for  n>,  when  we  start  out  in  his  serv- 
ice, we  will  not  find  the  way  so  hard  as  we  may  have 
magined.    We  must  leave  them  with  him  all  the 


time.  He  wi'l  take  care  of  them.  Ii  new  ones 
come  to  us  sometimes,  we  can  go  to  him  with 
them.  We  may  have  to  get  up  "  very  early  in  the 
morning,"  sometimes,  or  even  climb  a  mountain, 
but  Jesus  did  those  things  and  received  strength 
for  all  his  needs,     So  can  we. 

Now  for  those  "few"  suggestions.  (My  prelimi- 
naries are  like  some  of  the  sermons  we  read 
about,— I  have  never  heard  any  of  them  — rather 
long.)  When  Jesus  started  out  in  his  ministry, 
one  of  the  first  things  he  did  was  to  git  some  helpers. 
Mark  1:  16-20.  Now  that  is  just  what  we  want 
you  to  do.  If  you  try  to  cany  all  the  burden  of 
soul -saving  alone,  you  will  be  sure  to  fail.  Do  not 
do  if;  please  do  not.  There  are  many  souls  willing 
to  help  you,  but  they,  like  the  apostles,  have  to  be 
asked.  Do  not  hesitate  to  call  on  them.  Jesus  did 
not.  Do  not  wait  for  a  very  long  acquaintance. 
He  did  not.  Begin  to  ca'l  on  the  members  for  help 
from  the  very  start,  and  keep  on  calling.  Then,  by 
and  by,  when  you  grow  old,  and  realize  that  you 
must  soon  depart  out  of  this  world,  you  will  have  a 
host  of  faithful,  well- trained  workers  already  in  the 
field,  doing  the  work  which  your  hands  must  leave, 
hence  your  works  will  indeed  follow  you,  and  that 
eternally. 

We  do  not  mean,  by  seeking  help,  that  the  col- 
lection should  be  taken  the  first  thing.  That  is  a 
thing  that  must  be  done  by  and  by,  when  you  get 
your  helpers  well  trained.  Thy  will  take  the  col- 
lection if  you  have  been  faithful  to  instruct  them. 
It  will  be  a  good  collection,  and  it  wi'l  run  over  in 
a  great,  unchecked  stream,  so  that  some  of  it  will 
reach  even  the  darkened  homes  of  heathen  lands, 
and  bring  to  the  inhabitants  the  Bread  of  Life. 

There  are  mmy  ways  in  which  the  laity  can  help. 
They  can  pray,  —  yes,  and  they  can  wotk  too. 
Teach  and  encourage  the  children  to  sing.  It  will 
be  the  means  of  bringing  souls  into  the  kingdom  of 
God,  There  are  young  men  and  women  in  almost 
every  congregation  who  can  lead  in  prayer  or 
song,  if  encouraged  to  do  so.  They  can  conduct 
prayer    meetings  with   profit.     Let  them    try  I    It 

...ght  have  done  belter,  do  not  discourage,  but 
jpeak  approvingly  of  their  effort.  They  will  do 
better  by  and  by,— much  better  if  they  keep  on  try- 


All  this  is  only  one  letter  in  the  alphabet  of 
helping  the  minister.  Teach  the  members  to  greet 
each  other,  and  to  be  very  careful  to  greet  all 
strangers  who  attend  Christian  services.  A  friend- 
ly shake  of  the  hand  and  a  few  kind  words  often 
means  another  worker  for  Jesus  Of  course  you 
do  not  need  instruction  in  that  line.  Teach  them 
to  be  hospitable  at  all  times,  to  take  strangers  to 
their  homes,  and  bring  them  back  to  another  serv- 
ice. That  is  one  very,  effectual  way  to  get  lost 
sheep  into  the  fold. 

There  are,  in  perhaps  every  congregation,  some 
who  would  make  useful  workers  in  the  way  of  tract 
distribution.     Many  a  soul   has  received  the  first 
ray  of  heavenly  light  through  a  little  tract.    Untold 
good  results  from  the  distribution  of  eood  litera- 
ture.    Let  leaflets  be  given  away  freely,  and  fol- 
lowed up  with  other  literature,  such  as  a  Sunday 
school  paper,  a  Messenger,  or  the  loan  of  a  book. 
If  your  congregation  is  in  a  city,  it  is  well  to  have 
committees   appointed    for  the   different  kinds  of 
work.     Let  them  understand  that,  while  the  work 
assigned  is  their  special  duty,  yet  it  is  not  confined 
to  the  members  of  a  committee.    All  should  im- 
prove  every    opportunity    for    doing    good.     Let 
some  visit  the  sick  and  suffering  of  the  vicinity  in 
which  they  live.     Do  not  let  these  visits  be  con- 
fined to  members  of  the  church,  but  extended  to 
all.     Have   some  to   look   after  the   needs   of  the 
poor.    Young  brethren  can  haul  and  cut  wood  for 
the  poor  widow  or  the  sick  man     Sisters  can  sup- 
ply food  and  clothing  (with  the  help  of  the  Breth- 
ren) and  much  good  can  be  accomplished  in  that 
way.    See  that   some  of  the   youog    brethren  are 
elected  to   the  ministry,   and  then  train   them  to 
help  you.    Give  them  all  the  encouragement  you 
can. 
Make  use  of  your  eyes  and  ears  everywhere.    An 


education  is  not  all  obtained  from  books.  They  are 
only  helpers.  Be  a  close  observer,  and  you  will  have 
something  appropriate  to  say  at  the  right  time,  and 
in  the  r'ght  place. 

Help  the  Sunday  school,  but  do  not  run  it.  (Un- 
less there  is  a  surplus  of  idle  ministers,  and  a  lack 
of  laity).  L?t  some  one  else  do  that.  Encourage 
the  teachers  and  the  superintendent.  Teach  a 
class,  if  it  seems  expedient  to  do  so.  Lead  in  song 
service  if  you  are  better  qualified  than  any  one  else. 
Otherwise  let  some  one  else  lead.  Encourage  all 
the  workersl  Do  not  neglect  the  childrenl  Give 
them  something  to  do,  and  help  them  to  do  it.  Al- 
ways have  a  smile  and  a  kind  word  for  the  children. 
They  can  be  great  helpers  now,  and  must  be  the 
workers  of  to-morrow. 

It  is  utterly  useless  to  pray  the  Lord  to  send 
forth  laborers  into  the  harvest,  and  then  show  the 
people  by  our  actions  that  we  expect  to  do  all  the 
work  ourselves.  We  must  show  them  that  we  ex- 
tect  their  help,  and  we  will  not  be  disappointed.  A 
single  remark  by  a  wise  minister  caused  us  to 
establish  daily  family  worship.  Another  remark, 
by  the  same  minister,  caused  the  writer  to  long  for 
a  greater  sphere  of  usefulness,  and  to  make  an  ef- 
fort to  serve  the  Lord  as  she  had  never  done  be- 
fore. O.ily  one  sentence, — "I  am  glad  to  learn 
that  you  have  gone  to  work  for  our  dear  Lord  in 
G."  Show  the  people,  individually,  as  well  as  col- 
lectively, that  you  have  confidence  in  them,  and 
you  will  inspire  confidence.  Let  them  see  that  you 
believe  they  are  bo'.h  willing  and  capable,  and  they 
will  prove  themselves  so. 

Never  consider  time  wasted  that  is  spent  in  an- 
swering questions  or  letters,  no  matter  how  young 
or  ignorant,  or  sinful,  or  unpromising  the  question- 
er or  applicant  may  be.  These  are  golden  oppor- 
tunities. Philip's  answer  to  the  Ethiopian  meant 
a  soul  for  Christ.  Trust  in  Jesus!  Always  trust 
him.  He  never  yet  refused  to  help  the  humble  pe- 
titioner who  appealed  to  him  in  faith.  But  self, — 
that  great  ugly  stumbling  stone!  Brethren,  we 
have  to  dig  a  deep  hole  and  bury  that  troublesome 
^IdraBMte^c'.eif  dawa -out  cjfsigliV  before  we  can 
accomplish  any  good  for  the  Lord.  If  the  soil  fi- 
nally gets  worn  away,  and  the  ugly  creature  begins 
to  show  itself  again,  we  have  to  dig  the  hole  deep- 
er and  have  another  burial,  for  if  we  do  not,  we  are 
sure  to  trip  and  fall  over  him  at  last.  But  in  your 
humility  the  Lord  will  exalt  you  as  the  stars  of 
heaven.  


ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.-No.  7. 

BY  S.  N.  McCANN. 

From  Port  Said  to  Cairo -A  Trip  to  the  Pyramids— 

The  Sphinx— Backsheesh. 
Wednesday,  Nov.  17.  —  It  was  after  midnight 
when  we  got  to  our  hotel.  We  were  told  that  we 
could  go  over  to  Jaffa  the  next  day,  but  on  going 
to  Cook's  office  next  morning,  we  found  that  our 
first  chance  for  Jaffa  was  Nov.  23,  so  we  bought 
tickets  for  Cairo,  leaving  Port  Said  at  3  o'clock, 
and  being  due  in  Cairo  at  n  P.  M.  Ojr  train  was 
late,  so  we  got  to  Cairo  at  2  A  M.  next  morning. 
We  returned  on  Monday,  the  22nd,  in  order  to  be 
sure  of  our  steamer  for  Palestine,  the  23rd. 

We  came  aboard  at  4  o'clock,  but  the  sea  was 
rough  and  the  vessel  remained  in  port  twenty  four 
hours.  All  bade  fair  for  us  to  stait  in  a  few  mo- 
ments (Nov.  24,  at  4  P.  M  )  for  Jaffa. 

Our  vessel  was  an  Austrian  Lloyd  steamer,  "Ve- 
nus" by  name.  We  were  getting  used  to  being 
late,  and  were  also  learning  to  be  patient  when  our 
plans  are  suddenly  changed. 

We  spent  four  days  in  the  capital  of  Egypt,  the 
city  of  contrasts.  We  first  paid  a  visit  to  the  great 
pyramids  and  the  Sphinx.  On  our  way  we  passed 
many  things  of  interest  to  one  used  to  American 
life.  The  variety  of  costume,  seen  on  both  men 
and  women,  as  they  throng  the  busy  streets,  riding 
donkeys,  carts,  carriages,  walking,  sitting  and  lying 
down,  makes  a  picture  gallery,  ever  changing,  as  if 
in  a  drama,  and  not  a  picture  of  real  life. 
We  met  a  funeral  on  the  Nile  bridge,  with  the 


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mourners,  all  draped  in  black,  singing  Iheir  mourn- 
ful song.  As  we  looked  after  it,  a  band  of  soldiers, 
dressed  in  their  gay  uniforms,  and  marching  to  the 
tread  of  martial  music,  took  their  place.  One  mo- 
ment we  think,  "  What  a  world  of  sadness,"  the 
next,  "  What  a  world  of  joy! " 

We  see  the  farmer  sowing  his  grain  broadcast  on 
the  receding  waters  of  the  Nile.  Close  by  we  see 
men  dragging  a  large  rake  over  the  muck  to  cover 
any  grain  that  may  be  exposed.  A  little  further 
on,  the  water  has  not  receded  enough  to  sow  the 
grain,  and  the  fields  present  the  appearance  of  a 
great  lake,  with,  here  and  there,  an  island  covered 
wi'h  mud  huts  and  a  few  palm-trees.  Soon  the 
pyramids  are  before  us,  but  a  little  way  off.  We 
first  feel  that  they  are  much  smaller  than  we  ex- 
pected to  see  them,  but  when  we  really  get  close  to 
them,  they  have  grown  so  much  in  size  that  we  re- 
alize, though  faintly,  that  we  are  truly  standing  be- 
fore the  greatest  monuments  of  antiquity, 

As  we  stand  and  look  into  the  face  of  the  Sphinx, 
and  then  upon  the  tombs  of  the  great  who  have 
almost  lest  a  place  in  history,  we  feel  to  exclaim, 
"  How  many  have  stood  where  we  stand,  in  the 
last  4,000  years  and  looked  with  wonder  upon  these 
silent  monuments  of  the  pastl"  As  we  wander 
through  the  palace  of  the  Sphinx,  we  are  made  to 
wonder  how  soon  the  hand  that  chiseled  and  pol- 
ished these  huge  blocks  of  granite,  will  rise  up  in 
judgment  and  witness  against  the  many  who  have 
looked  upon  this  monument  of  idolatry  without  be- 
ing stirred  to  an  earnest  effort  to  bring  this  land  of 
darkness  and  oppression  to  light  and  freedom! 

If  these  great  piles  of  stone  could  talk,  what  a 
history  they  could  tell  of  their  country,  of  the  op- 
pression and  war,  of  the  ignorance  and  superstition 
under  which  the  land  has  groaned,  How  they 
would  tell  us  of  the  many  travelers  who  have  come 
and  gone  while  they  still  stand  unchanged,  except  as 
they  have  given  up  some  of  their  treasures  of  gran- 
ite and  of  sleeping  dust  to  the  restless  hand  of  the 
builder  and  of  the  explorer. 

As  far  as  the  history  and  description  of  these 
wonders  of  antiquity  can  be  written,  the  work  has 
been  done.  We  shall  attempt  to  describe  only  a 
few  impressions. 

We  were  beset  by  donkey  boys  and  by  sellers  of 
scarabs,  old  coins,  etc,  Beggars,  and  boys  with 
camels,  swarmed  around  us  as  soon  as  we  came  in- 
to the  neighborhood  of  the  pyramids,  until  we 
were  away  beyond  the  reach  of  them,  and  that 
means  until  we  were  out  of  Egypt. 

We  have  been  made  to  feel,  more  and  more,  the 
grand  and  glorious  privilege  of  being  an  American. 
In  England,  and,  indeed,  throughout  Europe,  every 
vestige  of  true  and  noble  manhood  is  taken  out  of 
servants,  clerks  and  waiters  by  the  abominable  and 
cursed  principle  of  tipping,  In  Egypt  it  is  almost 
as  bad,  but  in  a  different  form.  Here  it  is  the  eter- 
nal "backsheesh."  I  believe  that  giving  "back- 
sheesh "  and  giving  tips  is  wrong  not  only  to  the 
employer,  but  also  to  the  servant  who  receives.  It 
is  especially  wrong  to  the  servant  or  person  who  re- 
ceives. If  I  wanted  to  act  the  rascal,  I  would  have 
a  splendid  opportunity  to  do  so  wherever  I  found 
a  person  looking  for  a  tip  or  backsheesh.  I  thank 
the  Lord  that  I  am  a  citizen  of  the  United  States, 
I  am  glad  that  the  loathsome  principle  of  tipping  or 
of  backsheesh  does  not  prevail  to  any  great  extent 
in  our  beloved  land. 

To  learn  to  love  our  native  land,  we  Americans 
need  to  come  into  the  East,     ' 

Our  party  for  the  trip  in  Palestine  is  composed 
of  eight,  p.ll  Americans,  six  ladies,  Mr,  Scott,  of 
Ohio,  and  myself. 


THE  EPISTLE  TO  THE  HEBREWS. 

BY   S,    Z.    SHARP, 

Not  all  Bible  students  are  aware  that  the  book, 
called  Hebrews,  is  the  most  important  epistle  in 
the  New  Testament.  It  embodies  the  great  doc- 
taines  of  the  Gospel,  and  illustrates  and  enforces 
them  by  arguments  the  most  cogent  and  lucid.  It 
not  only  illustrates  the  Gospel,  but  explains  and 


completes  the  law  of  Moses.  Without  this  epistle, 
we  can  never  fully  understand  the  law,  nor  com- 
prehend the  entire  plan  of  human  redemption. 

This  book  makes  plain  the  plan  adopted  for  the 
salvation  of  man  and  shows  it  in  all  its  details  to 
be  consistent  and  harmonious. 

"Christ  is  the  end  of  the  law  for  righteousness 
to  them  that  believe,"  is  Paul's  proposition,  and  he 
has  proved  it  in  a  masterly  manner  by  this  epistle. 
He  shows  that  all  the  rites,  ceremonies  and  sacri- 
fices of  the  Mosaic  institution  have  Christ  for  their 
object  and  end,  and  without  Christ  they  would 
have  no  meaning  or  intention,  and  would,  in  fact, 
have  been  absurd.  No  premises  were  ever  more 
clearly  stated.  Never  was  an  argument  handled  in 
a  more  masterly  manner,  and  never  was  a  conclu- 
sion more  correctly  and  legitimately  drawn.  The 
matter  of  this  epistle  is  everywhere  the  most  in- 
teresting and  important,  the  language  is  most  beau- 
tifully adapted  to  the  subject. 

Such  great  beauty,  such  pleasing  manner,  such 
interesting  matter,  induce  the  inquiring  reader  to 
study  this  epistle  repeatedly,  with  never  failing  in- 
terest. 

The  purpose  of  this  epistle  seems  to  be  that  of 
showing  the  relation  of  the  Old  Testament  to  the 
New, — Moses  the  great  leader  and  lawgiver,  to  our 
Leader  and  Lawgiver,— Christ;  Mt.  Sinai  to  Mount 
Zion;  the  Law  to  the  Gospel;  the  Levitical  priest 
hood  to  the  true  priesthood;  the  high  priest  under 
the  law  to  our  Great  High  Priest,  the  most  holy 
place,  where  the  high  priest  entered  to  make  inter- 
cession, to  heaven  where  our  High  Priest  entered 
to  make  continual  intercession;  the  daily  sacrifices 
to  the  one  Great  Sacrifice;  the  altar  to  our  altar;  the 
atonement  to  the  final  atonement,  In  short,  this 
epistle  shows  "the  relation  of  the  Old,  to  the  New 
Testament,  and  Christ  in  both."  Without  a  knowl- 
edge of  this,  it  is  impossible  to  understand  the 
great  plan  of  human  redemption.  To  understand 
better  this  great  plan  of  salvation,  a  chart  has  been 
prepared,  accompanied  by  a  book  of  explanation, 
which  book  and  chart  have  received  the  endorse- 
ment of  the  Brethren's  Book  and  Tract  Examining 
Committee.  Every  student  of  the  Bible,  and  espe- 
cially every  minister,  should  have  a  copy  of  both, 
which  may  be  had  by  sending  one  dollar  to  the 
Brethren  Publishing  House,  Mt.  Morris,  111. 

Plaltsbwg,  Mo. 


BY  HOWARD  MILLER. 


The  above  caption  may  be  new  to  a  good  many 
people,  and  it  is  well  to  say  in  the  start  that  it  has 
only  an  indirect  reference  to  official  position  in  the 
church.  The  origin  of  the  word  is  not  known  to 
me,  but  its  meaning,  in  this  connection,  can  be 
made  clear  to  everybody. 

Did  you  ever  see  a  barrel  of  apples  offered  for 
sale,  and  all  on  top,  and  in  sight,  the  largest  and 
best,  while  the  lower  you  got  in  the  package,  the 
smaller  and  poorer  they  were?  Well,  that  barrel 
of  apples  was  "deaconed  "  in  the  parlance  of  the 
trade.  I  believe  that  the  start  of  the  word  was  in 
New  England,  but  the  practice  of  it  is  world-wide, 
and  knows  no  limit  of  time  or  nationality.  If  one 
goes  through  the  markets,  or  down  the  streets,  he 
will  find,  exposed  for  sale,  all  sorts  of  merchandise, 
and,  in  the  vast  majority  of  cases,  the  best  is  on 
top,  and  if  there  is  any  poorer  than  another,  it  is  out, 
of  sight. 

Now  I  once  heard  a  member  of  our  Fraternity 
say  that  nobody  could  tell  from  the  way  I  started 
out,  what  was  coming  before  I  got  through,  and 
that  that  was  one  point  of  interest,  and  it  may  nat- 
urally seem  that  what  will  follow  will  be  the  ortho- 
dox deprecation  of  the  practice.  Let  us  see  about 
that.  "  Deaconing  "  will  not  stand  the  moral  mi- 
croscope, and  that  ought  to  settle  it  with  the  seeker 
after  the  right  way.  But  there  is  another  side  to  it, 
and  that  is,  that  a  good  many  people  want  to  be 
"  deaconed,"  and  rather  prefer  it.  If  you  put  all 
the  little  ones  on  top,  and  go  to  market,  you  will 


take  less  for  your  product,  or  go  home  with  your 
load  while  your  next  neighbor  has  sold  his,  made 
his  purchases,  and  gone  home.  If  you  have  a  lot 
of  dull-colored  rambo  apples,  and  another  has  a  lot 
of  big,  red,  tasteless  apples,  the  big  ones  will  be 
sold  first,  and  this  altogether  without  reference  to 
the  quality.  Nothing  is  surer  than  that  the  vast 
majority  of  people  buy  by  the  sense  of  sight,  and 
not  by  that  of  taste.  Undertake  to  educate  the 
public  if  you  will,  but  take  my  word  for  it,  that  it  is 
a  thankless  and  impossible  job  in  your  life-time, 
But,  says  one,  shall  we  therefore  "  deacon  "  because 
it  is  profitable?  Do  I  say  that  you  shall?  But 
there  is  nothing  surer  than  that  if  you  put  all  the  lit- 
tle ones  on  top,  and  drive  to  town,  the  woman  who 
comes  out  of  the  gate,  will  take  one  look,  and  say 
that  she  guesses  she  doesn't  want  any  to-day,  and 
then  the  next  wagon,  with  ils  "deaconed"  piles, 
will  find  her  holding  a  basket  while  the  owner  is 
measuring  out  her  purchase, 

And  it  is  a  certain  thing  that  "  deaconing  "  and 
being  "  deaconed"  does  not  begin  and  end  in  ap- 
ples. Perhaps  the  vast  majority  of  the  so  called 
worldly  churches  are  conspicuous  examples  of  the 
practice.  There  is  a  big  church,  likely  with  a  simi- 
larly-sized debt  on  it,  a  big  organ  booming  away  on 
the  inside,  a  lot  of  people  "worshiping"  in  the  lat- 
est fashions,  and  a  veiy  distinct  flavor  of  better- 
than-others  about  the  whole  business.  Right  back 
in  the  alley  lives  a  woman  who  is  making  a  brave 
fight  at  the  wash-tub  for  a  living,  and,  do  the  best 
she  can,  there  is  a  shortage  of  good  food  and  whole 
shoes.  What  business  has  she,  or  her  kind,  in  the 
church  of  paid  pews?  That  is  what  I  call  "  dea- 
coning "  with  the  Lord,  and  doing  it  with  a  ven- 
geance. Do  you  think  that  God  is  mocked  that 
way?    Wait  and  see. 

A  man  gives  to  the  public  with  an  open  hand, 
and  pays  his  help  with  a  closed  fist,  He  is  "dea- 
coning" his  life,  and  rather  likes  it,  because  the 
world  applauds  the  act,  though,  in  all  the  Book, 
there  is  no  approval  of  that  method  of  giving. 
The  converse  of   all  this   is  unfortunately  true. 

Take  s  nva-A'-or rfefhaif.-who'sL-  Nfe-is;-^  •/»:-;•; 

known,  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  moial  merit, 
most  of  it  out  of  sight,  and  as  long  as  he  lives  there 
are  not  wanting  the  many  to  reverse  the  act  of 
"  deaconing,"  and  who  take  a  delight  in  putting  all 
his  little  apples  on  top.  After  he  is  dead  most  peo- 
ple are  willing  to  let  him  alone,  as  he  is  out  of  their 
way. 

Take  it  all  around,  up  hill  and  down,  the  practice 
of  "  deaconing"  is  a  part  of  weak,  human  nature, 
and  happy  is  the  man  who  has  the  least  of  it  about 
him  in  principle  or  practice. 

Leuit&xrg,  Pa. 


THE  FOURTH  BEATITUDE. 


BY   T.   T.    MYERS, 


Blessed  are  they  which  do  hunger  and  thir 
for  they  shall  be  filled,"— Matt,  5:  6. 


alter  right- 


Christ  did  not  pronounce  his  benediction  upon 
those  wliojiunger  for  fame,  or  notoriety,  or  learn- 
ing, or  gold,  but  for  righteousness, 

This  righteousness  is  not  ceremonial,  There  were 
those  who  held  tenaciously  to  the  ceremonial  law. 
They  were  careful  of  the  outward,  but  neglectful  of 
the  inward,  They  were  such  as  made  clean  the  out- 
side of  the  cup  and  platter,  but  within  were  full  of 
extortion  and  excess.  There  is  danger  of  empha- 
sizing the  outward  of  religion  to  the  neglect  of  the 
inward.  Neither  is  it  a  legal  righteousness.  It  is 
not  of  works.  No  man  can  earn  his  way  to  heaven. 
Many  people  labor  under  a  delusion,  thinking  if 
they  do  good  it  shall  be  well.  They  forget  that 
they  must  be  good.  It  is  not  a  moral  or  self-right- 
eousness. It  cannot  be  self-attained  to  the  exclu- 
sion of  Christ.    Could   the   moral   man  be  saved 

thout  accepting  Christ,  then  was  it  useless  for 
Christ  to  die  upon  the  cross.  The  righteousness, 
so  acceptable  to  God,  and  so  divinely  blessed,  is 
the  real,  genuine  Christ  righteousness,  the  right- 
eousness of  the  heart.  Blessed  are  they  who  hun- 
ger and  thirst  for  it,     Christ  is  our  righteousness. 


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JC 


THE   GOSPEL   1VCESSB3STC3-EE,. 


Ja 


Notice  a  few  things  concerning  th:  demand  and 
supplv. 

1.  The  supply  begins  as  soon  as  the  demand.  As 
soon  as  we  begin  to  hunger  for  Christ,  he  begins  to 
fill  us.  When  I  was  a  boy,  working  in  the  harvest 
field,  I  often  got  very  hungry,  but  I  had  to  wait  till 
dinner  time  before  I  got  anything  lo  eat.  Not  so 
with  hungering  for  righteousness.  As  soon  as 
there  is  a  demand,— a  want,— the  infilling,  the  satis- 
fying begins  at  once. 

2.  The  supply  is  in  proportion  to  the  demand. 
One  can  have  much  or  little  as  he  desires.  You 
have  none  of  Christ,  or  some  of  Christ,  or  all  of 
Christ,  as  you  desire.  Your  peace  and  joy  and  hap 
piness  are  in  proportion  to  your  real  want.  Then, 
too,  the  supply  is  ample  to  meet  the  needs  of  all 
who  hunger.  At  home  1  sometimes  bad  to  wait 
for  the  second  table.  I  had  no  anxiety  as  to  wheth- 
er mother  would  give  me  what  I  wanted,  but  I 
feared  that  the  things  I  liked  so  much  might  not 
hold  out  till  my  turn  came.  But  the  righteousness 
in  Jesus  is  ample  for  all  and  for  all  lime.  Peace 
and  happiness  and  joy  in  him  are  sufficient  for  all 
who  may  apply. 

3.  The  supply  is  of  the  same  kind  as  the  demand. 
This  is  true,  too,  in  a  worldly  sense.  If  a  person 
really  wants  the  world,  he  can  get  at  least  a  pait  of 
it.  If  he  wants  worldly  pleasure  and  amusement, 
he  can  get  them.  Likewise,  if  a  Christian  wants 
divine  peace  and  contentment,  he  can  have  them. 
Christ  embodied  this  principle  when  he  said, 
"Where  your  treasure  is,  there  will  your  heart  be 
a'sD."  When  church  members  long  for  the  onions 
and  garlic  of  Egypt,  they  want  to  return  thither. 
If  they  are  really  risen  with  Christ,  they  will  seek 
those  things  which  are  above. 

4.  The  supply  satisfies  the  demand.  Entering 
the  dining  room  of  a  hotel  in  Sweden,  you  come 
first  to  a  table  loaded  with  victuals  especially  appe- 
tizing in  character.  Having  taken  a  few  bites 
there,  you  pass  on  and  sit  down  at  a  table  where 
you  are  served  with  a  full,  satisfying  course  dinner. 
If  we  have  tasted  of  Christ  s  goodness,  love,  and 
fullness.  The  full  course  dinner  of  his  grace  and 
love  is  served  farther  on,  and  we  shall  then  be  fully 
satisfied. 

"They  shall  be  filled."  They  shall  be  filled  with 
righteousness, — the  divine  graces,  the  fruits  of  the 
Spirit  The  work  of  righteousness  shall  be  peace, 
and  the  effect  of  righteousness,  quietness  and  as- 
surance forever.     Isa.  32:  17. 

Fhiladelphio,  Pa 


PAUL'S  THEOLOQV, 


When  the  Son  of  God  was  revealed  to  Paul,  on 
his  way  to  Damascus,  he  conferred  not  with  flesh 
and  blood,  but  immediately  arose  and  obeyed  the 
voice  of  God.  He  neither  ate  nor  drank,  until  he 
had  put  on  Christ  by  baptism.  He  had  not  seen 
Jesus  in  his  humiliation,  for,  while  Peter,  James  and 
John,  and  the  other  disciples,  had  been  listening  to 
the  words  of  the  Blessed  Master,  as  they  sat  among 
the  hills  of  Galilee,  or  along  the  shores  of  its  lake, 
Paul  had  been  a  student  in  Jerusalem,  so  occupied 
with  his  studies,  that  he  paid  no  attention  to  the 
wonderful  reports  circulated  from  time  to  time, 
concerning  the  wonderful  works  of  the  despised 
N  izarene. 

But  it  was  God's  will  that  he  should  see  this  Je- 
sus of  Nazareth  in  his  glorified  state.  The  bright- 
ness of  the  vision  was  so  great,  that  it  made  him 
b'ind,  but  when  he  had  received  his  sight,  and  been 
baptized,  he  made  no  provision  for  the  future,  but 
immediately  surrendered  himself  to  the  guidance 
of  the  Spirit,  who  said  unto  him,  "Depart,  I  will 
send  thee  far  hence  unto  the  Gentiles,"  and,  for 
twenty-five,  or,  perhaps,  thirty  years,  he  ceased  not 
to  preach  Christ  and  his  resurrection. 

While,  many  times,  the  Jews  sought  his  life, 
when  beaten  with  stripes,  when  naked,  and  the 
blood  running  down  his  back,  he  was  imprisoned, 
and  his  feet  put  in  the  stocks,  he  could  sing  and 


praise  God  When  he  and  Barnabas,  hungry  and 
cold,  foot  sore  and  weary,  amidst  hardships  and 
persecutions,  traveled  for  many  years  together,  ov- 
er the  rough  hills  of  Judca,  or  among  the  villages 
and  towns  of  Syria  and  Cilicia,  their  one  theme  was 
the  death  and  resurrection  of  Jesus. 

When  preaching  in  the  synagogue  in  Antioch  in 
P.sidia,  he  says,  "  We  declare  unto  you  the  g'ad 
tidings  of  the  promise  made  unto  the  fathers,  that 
God  hath  raised  up  Jesus  again." 

Afterwards,  in  Thessalonica,  for  "three  Sabbath 
days  he  reasoned  with  them  out  of  the  Scriptures 
that  Christ  must  needs  have  suffered  and  rises 
again  from  the  dead."  When  he  stood  on  Mars 
Hill,  among  the  philosophers  of  Athens,  surround- 
ed by  the  beautiful  and  costly  statues,  erected  in 
honor  of  their  gods,  he  dared  to  preach  Jesus  and 
the  resurrection. 

When  he  was  arrested  at  Jerusalem,  and  brought 
before  the  Sanhedrim,  he  cried  out,  "  For  the  hope 
and  resurrection  of  the  dead,  I  am  called  in  ques- 
tion." He  reiterated  the  same  before  Fel 
"  There  shall  be  a  resurrection  of  the  dead,  both  of 
the  just  and  the  unjust."  And  when,  after  two 
years'  imprisonment,  he  appeared  before  Agrippa, 
he  said,  "  Now  I  stand  and  am  judged  for  the  hope 
of  the  promise  made  of  God  unto  our  fathers,  unto 
which  promise  our  twelve  tribes  hope  to  come,  for 
which  hope's  sake,  King  Agrippa,  I  am  accused  of 
the  Jews.  Why  should  it  be  thought  a  thing  in- 
credible with  you,  that  God  should  raise  the  dead?  " 
"Having,  therefore,  obtained  help  of  God,  I  con- 
tinue unto  this  day  witnessing  both  to  small  and 
great,  saying  nothing  but  what  Moses  and  the 
prophets  did  say  should  come,  that  Christ  should 
suffer  that  he  should  be  the  first  that  should  rise 
from  th;  dead,  and  should  shew  light  unto  the  peo 
pie." 

In  Paul's  epistles  to  the  Corinthian?,  he  rea- 
sons, "  For  if  the  dead  rise  not,  then  is  not  Christ 
raised,  and  if  Christ  be  not  raised,  your  faith  is 
vain,  and  they  also  which  are  fallen  asleep  in  Christ 
are  perished.    If  in  this  life  only,  vie  have  hop=  in 

-■--ist  we  are   of  ■* '"■*"  ■niserable.  for  sin« 

by  rrfL'..™^mF'aeatb,  by  man  came  also  the  resur- 
rection of  the  dead." 

Death  was  the  sentence  pronounced  upen  Adam 
and  all  his  posterity  for  one  man's  disobedience. 
"For  dust  thou  art,  and  unto  dust  shalt  thou  re- 
turn. But  Jesus  gave  himself  a  ransom  to  redeem 
us  from  death  and  the  grave,  "  for  as  in  Adam 
all  die,  even  so  in  Christ  shall  all  be  made  alive, 
but  (very  man  in  his  own  order,  Christ  the  first 
fruits,  afterwards  they  that  are  Christ's  at  his  com- 
ing." 

Now  Paul  is  again  arrested,  and  brought  before 
the  cruel  tyrant  Nero.  Knowing  that  the  end  is 
near,  he  sends  his  farewell  message  to  Timothy,  "  I 
charge  thee  before  God,  and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
who  shall  judge  the  quick  and  the  dead  at  his  ap- 
pearing and  his  kingdom,  Preach  the  Word,  be  in- 
stant in  season,  and  out  of  season,  .  .  .  watch  thou  in 
all  things,  endure  afflictions,  .  .  .  make  full  proof  of 
thy  ministry.  For  I  am  now  ready  to  be  offered,  and 
the  time  of  my  departure  is  at  hand."  With  what 
confidence  he  exclaims,  "  I  have  fought  a  good 
fight,  I  have  finished  my  course,  I  have  kept  the 
faith:  henceforth,  there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of 
righteousness,  which  the  Lord,  the  righteous  judge, 
shall  give  me  at  that  day,  .  .  and  not  to  me  only,  but 
unto  all  them  also  that  love  his  appearing." 

It  was  not  an  idle  boast;  there  was  no  more  doubt 
or  fear  that  he  might  become  a  castaway,  for  he 
had  followed  Jesus,  had  manifested  the  Christ  in 
his  body,  had  borne  the  marks  of  the  Lord  Jesus, 
had  filled  up  what  was  lacking  of  the  sufferings  of 
Christ.  He  had  preached  the  Word,  healed  the 
sick,  and  the  signs  had  followed  him.  He  gloried 
only  in  the  cross  of  Christ,  and  when  all  men  for- 
sook him,  he  realized  that  there  was  one  with  him 
who  could  sympathize  with  him  in  his  troubles. 
He  had  patiently  run  the  race  that  was  set  before 
him,  and  now  the  prize  was  in  view,  but  he  will 
sleep  in  Jesus  until  the  resurrection  morning,  when 
the  dead  in  Christ  shall  rise  first.  "  Then,  we  which 
are  alive  and  remain,  shall  be  caught  up  together 


with  them  in  the  clouds,  to  meet  the  Lord  in  the 
air,"  "  for  they  without  us  should  not  be  made  per- 
fect."    Heb  II:  40. 
Ml.  Mortis,  III. 

WHO  CAN  SECURE  A  FREE  HOME  ? 
DV  G.  L.  McDONAUGH. 

"  Whosoever  will"  may  secure  a  free  home  in 
heaven.  There  is  no  age  limit,  as  there  is  in  this 
world  where  one  is  required  to  wait  until  twenty- 
one  years  of  age:  but  Christ  has  said  to  the  little 
children,  "  Come,"  and  he  has  said  to  the  weaiy 
and  heavy-laden,  "  Come,"  and  to  the  aged,  "  Come," 

Again,  there  is  no  limit  as  to  nationality,  as  there 
is  here  in  this  world  before  they  can  secure  a  free 
home;  but  all  nations  and  all  peoples  are  welcome 
to  these  free  homes.  All  that  is  necessary  is  to 
study  the  same  Book  of  Rules  and  Regulations  that 
was  spoken  of  in  the  article  addressed  to  home- 
seekers,  and  ask  God's  help  to  understand  and  ap- 
ply the  rules  to  ourselves,  as  laid  down  in  words  so 
plain  that  all  who  can  read  can  understand;  and  if 
we  do  as  the  Book  of  Rules  tells  us  to  do,  we  will 
surely  get  a  free  home  in  heaven. 

Now,  who  is  there  among  us  who  dees  not  want 
a  home?  Many  of  us  are  so  situated  in  this  world 
that  we  never  secure  a  home  of  our  own  here, 
while  others  accumulate  property  to  such  an  extent 
that  their  interest  in  securing  a  home  in  heaven  be- 
comes secondary,  if  not  entirely  overlooked.  They 
forget  the  saying,  "  What  will  it  profit  a  man  if  he 
gain  the  whole  world  and  lose  his  own  soul?  " — or 
home  in  heaven.  What  a  pleasant  thing  for  us  to 
know  that  if  we  live  such  lives  here  below  as  the 
Book  of  Rules  for  home-seekers  tells  us  we  should 
live,  each  of  us,  however  poor  in  this  world's  goods, 
may  secure  a  free  home  in  heaven,  which  no  one 
can  take  from  us!  The  beauty  of  it  is  that  all  these 
free  homes  in  heaven  will  be  alike.  Tnere  will 
not  be  some  living  in  mansions,  others  in  cottages, 
and  still  others  in  hovels,  but  all  will  be  housed 
alike.  Think  what  it  will  be  to  enjoy  such  a  home, 
where  there  will  be  no  death,  sorrow,  hunger,  or 
jealousies. 

While  these  are  called  free  homes  (for  such  they 
are  indeed,  for  we  are  to  get  them  without  money 
and  without  price),  still  there  are  some  things  we 
have  to  do  to  prepare  us  to  enjoy  such  homes.  Let 
us  look  at  it  from  a  common-sense  view.  How 
many,  living  in  medium  or  destitute  circumstances 
here  in  this  world,  would  be  prepared  to  enter  into 
and  occupy  a  nice  free  home  here  in  this  world? 
Would  they  not  find  it  necessary  to  cleanse  them- 
selves of  all  the  filth,  and  to  put  on  clean  clothes, 
before  they  would  consider  themselves  fit  to  enter 
into  a  newly-finished  and  furnished  home?  If  that 
is  the  case  here  below,  how  much  more  should  we 
cleanse  ourselves  of  the  filth  of  this  world,  so  as  to 
become  fit  subjects  to  occupy  that  free  home  eter- 
nal in  the  heavens? 

Now,  of  course,  the  question  will  arise,  How  are 
we  to  prepare  ourselves  to  enter  into  our  new  free 
home  in  heaven?  The  book  of  rules  and  regula- 
tions will  tell  us  what  to  do  to  qualify  us  to  enjoy 
ourselves  in  our  new  home. 

Philade'phia,  Pa. 


CONVERSION. 


BY   ENOCH    EB 


I.  What  is  it?  Not  conviction,  for  that  is  simply 
the  seed  of  conversion. 

2  It  is  not  sorrow  only;  for  that  is  the  fruit  of 
conviction. 

3.  Neither  is  it  a  superficial  change  of  life,  for 
that  may  be  done  for  policy's  sake.  A  corrupt 
heart  and  a  rebellious  will,  can  be  covered  with  a 

eligious  garb. 

4.  Moreover,  it  does  not  wholly  consist  in  a  mere 
profession,  or  union  with  some  religious  body;  if  so, 
all  church  members  would,  as  a  result,  be  convert- 
ed. 

Conversion,  in  a  theological  sense,  means,  (1) 
a  change   of  heart  and  disposition,  in  which  the 


THE    GOSPEL    IVLIESSEINa-IEI?,. 


enmity  of  the  heart  to  Gcd  and  his  law,  and 
the  obstinacy  of  the  will  are  subdued,  and  are  suc- 
ceeded by  supreme  love  to  God  and  his  religious 
governments,  and  a  reformation  of  life.  (3)  To 
turn  from  a  bad  life  to  a  good  one;  t3  charge  the 
heart  and  moral  character,  from  enmity  to  God, 
and  from  vicious  habits  to  the  love  of  God  and  r> 
holy  life."—  Webiter. 

Therefore,  the  sinner  must  first  be  arrested  and 
convinced,  —  convicted  before  he  can  be  con- 
verted. The  Holy  Spirit  is  sent  to  convince  the 
world  of  sin,  of  righteousness,  and  of  judgment. 
John  16:  S  The  Spirit  convinces  the  sinner  first, 
then  directs  him  to  the  Gospel,  which  convicts  him 
by  pointing  out  his  sins  He  now  stands  guilty 
and  condemned,  and,  feeling  burdened  with  his 
guilt,  and  sorry  that  he  sinned  against  God,  he 
searches  the  Scriptures  for  comfort.  They  cite  him 
to  the  Lamb  of  God,  who  shed  his  b'ood  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins.  His  will  now  yields  to  the  divine 
will,  which  now  controls  not  only  the  actions,  but 
the  heart.  All  its  motives  and  thoughts  are  made 
new,  being  now  dead  to  s:n,  by  turning  away  from 
the  very  appearance  of  evil.  He  is  now  qualified  to 
he  buried  with  Christ  by  baptism  into  death,  Rom. 
6:  4,  for  the  remission  of  sins.  Having  now  cruci- 
fied and  buried  the  old  man  with  him,  we  are  also 
resurrected  with  him  to  walk  in  newness  of  life. 
Therefore,  if  any  man  be  in  Christ,  he  is  a  new 
creature.  Old  things  are  passed  away,  behold,  all 
things  are  become  new.  2  Cor.  5:  17.  The  old 
man  is  completely  converted  into  a  new  one.  This 
is  Bible  conversion.  The  whole  spirit,  soul,  and 
body  must  be  blameless.  1  Thess.  5:  23.  Such  a 
•conversion  nreds  no  sounding  of  trumpets.  It  will 
be  known  and  read  of  all  men.  A  church  composed 
of  all  Bible  converts,  is  as  a  city  set  upon  a  Kill 
that  can  not  be  hid,  sending  forth  the  Gospel  light. 

Bocth.Kun. 


^THE  *  SUNDAY  t SCHOOLS 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES 

The  Scntitudes Matt.  5:  1  12. 

Lesson  for  January  3J,  ifoS. 

In  this  lesson  we  have  a  number  of  the  sayings  of 
Christ.  They  are  called  beatitudes  because  they 
express  the  highest  kind  of  enjoyment, — bliss  con 
summated.  Those  who  are  beatified  have  reached 
a  condition  of  happiness  and  felicity,  beyond  which 
there  can  be  nothing  better. 

These  beatitudes,  or  blessings,  were  spoken  by 
Jesus  one  day,  while  sitting  on  the  slope  of  a  beau- 
tiful hill,  southwest  of  the  Sea  of  Galilee,  and  were 
suggested,  no  doubt,  from  the  experiences  which  he 
had  been  passing  through  and  the  observations 
made.  Christ  was  the  man  among  men.  He  came 
from  heaven  not  only  to  be  like  men,  but  to  be  a 
man  right  among  them.  Men,  women,  and  chil- 
dren,— none  escaped  his  nitice,  neither  was  the 
least  want  of  any  individual  life  unnoticed  by  him. 
His  mission  was-right  among  men, — not  to  be  king- 
ly over  them,  but  to  help  and  bless  them.  Already 
he  had  been  among  them  as  a  teacher  and  a  pergon- 
al friend.  It  required  no  mediator  or  influential 
friend  to  stand  between  him  and  the  suppliant,  but 
the  poorest  and  most  needy  couid  approach  him  as 
an  intimate  friend,  receive  his  attention  and  obtain 
the  blessing  needed.  No  one  knew  this  need  better 
than  he.  It  was  a  new  experience  among  these 
people,  and,  because  of  this,  the  thousands  of  ail 
classes  of  people,  men,  women,  and  children,  fol- 
lowed after  him,  and,  forced  themselves  into  his 
presence  because  they  knew  that  he  would  not  cast 
them  away  nor  turn  a  deaf  ear  to  their  cries. 

It  was  after  he  had  been  feeding  the  hungering 
and  thirsting  multitudes-,  that  he  retired  to  this  out- 
of-the-way  place,  that  he  might  get  a  little  rest 
from  continued  labor,  but  the  object  of  his  mission 
had  been  growing  in  the  hearts  of  this  people,  and 
they  were  becoming  so  attached  to  him,  as  the 
Great  Teacher,  Comforter,  and  Healer,  that  they 
could  not   remain   away   from   his  presence.    The 


charm  of  his  eyes  and  the  sound  of  his  voice  had 
an  attraction,  such  as  they  never  felt  before,  so 
that,  wherever  he  went,  he  was  thronged  and 
crowded  around  by  ihe  people. 

How  many  of  the  multitude  followed  him  at  this 
time,  we  do  not  know.  The  text  says:  "And  see- 
ing the  multitudes,  he  went  up  into  a  mountain, 
and  when  he  was  set,  his  disciples  came  unto  him." 
The  probability  is  that,  while  the  disciples  were  his 
closest  hearers,  (he  mu'titude  was  also  there,  at  a 
greater  distance,  yet  within  hearing. 

Being  touched,  as  he  evidently  was,  by  seeing  the 
multitude,  he  gave  expression  to  these  most  gra- 
cious words,  or  blessings.  Let  us  look  at  them. 
Who  were  they  for?  While  they  were  said  to  the 
disciples,  they  evidently  were  intended  fir  larger 
interpretations.  As  the  disciples  were  the  learners, 
he  was  teaching  them  what  they  were  to  teach  to 
others,  and  so,  through  them,  we  have  this  teaching, 
and,  therefore,  it  comes  to  us  as  it  came  to  them. 

The  blessing  is  pronounced  upon  eight  different 
kinds,  or  conditions,  of  hutnaa  experiences, —  the 
poor  in  spirit,  they  that  mourn,  the  meek,  the  hun- 
gering and  thirsting,  the  mercii'u!,  the  pure  in  heatt, 
and  the  persecuted. 

These  are  a'l  good  things  to  be  and  have.  None 
of  us  may  possess  them  al\  and  yet  they  are  all  es- 
sential to  the  beatified  condition.  To  fall  short  of 
one  of  the  conditions  is  to  lose  the  attending  bless- 
ings, and  how  many  of  these  arc  v.e  willing  to  lose? 
Let  us  se?.  The  first  one,— how  about  it?  No,  we 
must  have  this,  because,  without  it,  we  cannot  have 
the  kingdom  of  heaven.  To  lose  this,  is  to  lose  all. 
But  how  can  we  be  poor  in  spirit?  It  is  easy  to  be 
poor  in  this  world's  goods, — much  easier  than  to  be 
rich.  But  in  this  we  see  how  good  Jesus  is.  He 
wants  us  to  have  that  which  is  easy  to  get.  We 
can  have  this  spirit,  whether  we  are  rich  or  poor,  but 
it  is  easier  for  t is e  poor,  because  they  do  not  have 
so  much  to  sacrifice  to  get  it.  It  means  that  we  are 
to  fee!  just  as  we  really  are,  ! hat  we  have  nothing 
of  ourselves,  that  we  are  only  stewards  to  care  for 
and  use  thst  which  the  Lord  gives  us.  If  we  do 
this,  £s  the  Lord  directs,  we  do  just  what  he  wants 
us  to  do,  and  we  are  blessed  because  the  kingdem 
of  heaven  is  ou's  to  enjoy. 

But  we  must  remember  that  being  po^r  in  spirit 
does  not  necessarily  mean  that  we  must  be  poor  in 
the  things  of  this  life,  Some  very  well-to  do  people 
are  quite  poor  in  spirit,  and  some,  who  are  quite  pacr 
financially,  are  as  rich  as  any  one  possibly  can  be  in 
spirit,  All  depends  as  to  how  we  feel  and  act 
towards  God,  who  is  the  source  from  which  our  all 
comes. 

"  Blessed  are  they  that  mown."  This  blessedness 
is  not  promised  simply  on  the  condition  that  we 
mourn, — weep  and  cry.  A  great  many  do  this,  and 
yet  are  not  comforted.  It  means  that  we  are  to 
have  the  mind  of  Jesus,  that  we  are  not  to  be  sel 
fish,  but  that  our  sympathies  are  to  go  out  to  the 
1 filleted, — to  the  troubled,  and  these  who  are  in  dis- 
tress. So  did  the  Christ.  At  the  tomb  of  Lazarus, 
and  in  the  presence  of  the  weeping  sisters,  it  is 
said,  "Jesus  wept."  As  we  sympathize  and  com 
fort  others,  so  we  shall  be  comforted. 

"  Blessed  are  the  meek,  for  they  shall  inherit  the 
earth."  The  earth  belongs  to  those  who  get  the 
most  ou*  of  it,  and  no  one  gets  so  much  out  of  life 
as  the  meek  and  lowly  Christian, — in  this  life  ten- 
fold. While  much  of  heaven  is  promised  on  the 
other  side,  some  of  it  may  be  had  while  here.  In 
the  true  and  devoted  Christian  life,  we  have  heaven 
begun,— a  pledge  of  that  which  shall  be. 

But  why  should  those  be  blessed  who  "hunger 
and  thirst?"  This  is  very  plain.  If  we  would  not 
hunger  and  thirst,  we  would  not  eat  and  drink,  and 
we  would  die  of  starvation.  We  eat  because  we 
hunger,  and  drink  because  we  thirst,  and,  by  eating 
and  drinking,  we  are  filled.  To  be  filled  is  to  be 
satisfied,  but  we  need  more  than  bread, — we  need 
righteousness,  and  to  be  filled  with  this,  we  must 
hunger  and  thirst  after  it.    In  this  kind  of  eating 

d  drinking,  we  can  never  overdo  ourselves.  The 
more  we  hunger  after  it,  the  more  we  get,  and  the 
more  we  get,  the  stronger  we  grow  to  do  God's 
work. 


And  blessed  are  the  merciful,  for  they  shall  ob- 
tain mercy."  This  is  a  kind  of  a  golden  rule.  The 
more  you  do  for  others,  the  more  shall  be  done  for 
you.  And  as  we  show  mercy  towards  our  fellow  be- 
ings, so  God  will  show  mercy  towards  us.  This  goes 
even  further,  —  the  good  man  is  merciful  towards 
his  beasts,  and  so  the  good  boy  and  girl  is  merci- 
ful to  all  kinds  of  animals.  Even  dogs,  cats,  etc, 
are  rightful  subjects  for  mercy.  If  you  want  your 
Heavenly  Father  to  be  merciful  towards  you, — and 
you  do, — you  must  show  the  same  spirit  by  being 
merciful  to  all  things  about  you.  The  boys  or  girls 
that  cause  pain  for  their  own  enjoyment,  are  wick- 
ed, and  cannot  expect  that  God  will  be  merciful  to 
them.  "  As  you  do  to  others,  so  it  shall  be  done  to 
yea" 

Just  so  it  is  with  all  the  other  blessings  named, 
We  are  to  be  bleat  as  we  do  blessed  things,  and  Ihe 
more  of  the  blessed  things  we  do,  the  more  will  be 
the  blessing  that  we  shall  receive. 

What  we  should  be  especially  grateful  for,  is, 
that  every  one  of  these  things  is  easy  to  do,  —  so 
easy  that  all  can  do  them,  down  to  every  poorest 
and  most  lowly  of  his  children.  If  we  are  not 
blessed,  it  will  tc  because  we  will  not  do  the  things 
that  we  can  and  ought  to  do.  B.  n    D 


SERMON    OUTLINE. 


CHRIST  CLEANSINfJ  THE  LEPER -Mark  i:  40-44. 

11Y  J0IIST  E,  UOKLBR, 

Ti'E  miracle  illustrates  tlie  truly  penitent  sinner  oimii'g  to 
Christ. 
Prominent  persons— Christ— the  leper. 
I.  (a)  Leprosy. 

1    Its  effect-. 

2.  The  lasv  to  Israel  to  prevent  its  spreading.  Lev. 
13:45.46. 

3.  Its  appearance  descr-bef.  Ref.,"  Europe  and  Bi- 
ble Lands,"  pp.  226,  228. 

I.  (i)  Tte  sinner  a  leper  before  God. 
1.  The  <  fleet  ols'n. 
2. The  law  to  prevent  its  sr  reading.    2  Cor.  6:  17.  1 

3.  Disuniting  ahrl  toatKraTHe  ■.,.  i,«i.  ;•,„■,■.  33;  ;;; 
Isaiah  28:  8. 

IT.  (a)  Theccmmandro  the  cleansed  leper,  "See  tbou  say 
nothing  to  any  man." 

II.  (4)  It  is  not  God's  design  that  the  Christian  shall  pro- 
claim to  the  world  the  work  of  God  in  his  heart,  be- 

r.  The  Christ-life  is  a  secret  to  all  but  himse'f  and 

Gjd.    Col.  3:3. 
2.  Tbe  fruit  of  tbc  cleansing  is  seen,  not  beard  from 
Ir.s  own  lips.    Jno.  3:  13;  Matt.  5:  14,  15,  16. 
III.  (a)  Christ    commanded— "Go  .  .  .  show   thyself    tr    the 


HI  (»)  God  commands  the  sinner  to  unite  himsel!  wiih  God's 
people  (Acts  2:  38,  41),  and  offer  the  gift  that  the  sec- 
oad  Moses— Christ — commanded. 
I.  This  gift  is  our  entire  being.    1  Cor.  6:  20;  I  John 
2:  15. 

IV.  (a)  Christ's  work  among  tie  people  was  hindered  by  the 
disobedience  of  the  cleansed  leprr. 

IV.  (A)  Christ's  work  in  the  world  is  hindered  by  the  disobe- 
dience of  those  who  profess  Christianity. 

1.  Reproach  is  brought  upon  tbe  cause.    Luke  6: 46. 

2.  It  destroys  the  faith  of  those  wbo  behold  rush  dis- 
obedience,   r  Cor.  8. 

Conclusion.— God's  plan  is  the  most  lucceesful  in  all  in- 
stances.   Prov.  19:  2t. 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


THE  HEAVENLY  INHERITANCE.-r  Pet.  1:  1-12. 

For  Thwsday  Evening,  Jan.  so,  1&9S. 

I.  Who  May  Obtain  it,  and  How? 

I.  The  "  elect."    I  Pet.  1:2;  Rom.  8:  17;  Gal.  4: 1- 

2   "Election"  based  on  obedience.    Rev.  22:  14;  1   Pet. 

II.  The  Inhfkitance  and  What  it  Implies, 

1.  Tbe  hope  of  the  inheritance  in  the  present  life.    I  Y 
j:3;Heb.  6:  iq. 

2.  An  inheritance  for  Ihe  Father's  children  ''reserved 
heaven."    Acts  20:  32;  Col.  r;  12. 

3.  An  inheritance  incorruptible.    1  Pet.  1:  4;  Rev.  22:  I- 

4.  What  others  say  concerning  the  inheritance. 

(j)  Paul,  "A  crown  o[  righteousness."    2Tiro.4;8. 
(2)  Tbe  angel  to  those  who  are  faithful,  "A  crown 
life,"    Rev.  2:  10. 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER. 


Jan.  is,. 18 


-*THE  *  YOUNG  *  PEOPLE-^ 


OUR   MISSIONARY  READING  CIRCLE. 
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0.  "Llfo  of  Roberl  Morrison,"  cloth Jo  centi. 

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All 


THE  CARPENTER'S  SON.-Phllpp.  a:  6. 


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To  learn  obedience  as  the  son 
Of  Joseph,— thou,  God's  only  one! 
That  thou  shouldst  wield  the  ax  and  ; 
Who  madest  worlds  without  a  (liw, 
And,  emptying  tbes  of  might  and  skil 
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OUR  READING  CIRCLE. 
"~WE   B.    FITZWATER. 


While  my  varied  experience  within  the  last  year 
has  prevented  my  finishing  my  Reading  Course,  as 
expected,  it  has  by  no  means  caused  me  to  lose  in- 
terest in  it.  I  reioice  to  see  the  effects  of  this 
Reading  Course.  Many  young  brethren  and  sis- 
ters are  laying  their  lives  upon  the  altar  of  sacri- 
fice, as  a  result  of  this  reading.  In  fact,  I  can  not 
sec  how  any  active  Christian  can  help  being  aroused 
to  greater  earnestness  and  consecration  by  reading 
the  lives  of  Judson,  Moffat,  Morrison,  etc.  Many 
experiences  of  theirs  have  I  read  with  tears  stream- 
ing down  my  cheek?,  wishing  that  I  might  be 
worthy  to  follow  in  their  footsteps,  Certainly, 
many  of  our  people  are  ignorant  of  the  mine  of 
precious  wealth  found  in  this  series  of  books,  or 
else  our  number  would  have  reached  two  or  three 
thousand  ere  this  time.  Wherever  these  books 
are  read  there  must  come  a  deeper  interest,  more 
liberality  and  thorough  consecration.  It  cannot 
fail  of  making  more  earnest  Sunday  school  workers 
and  better  prayer  meetings,  Elders,  read  these 
books  yourselves  and  recommend  them  to  your 
congregation,  and  then  you  will  have  less  trouble 
in  raising  money  for  church  expenses,  besides,  you 
can  have  quite  a  little  for  missions  at  home  and 
abroad.  Praise  God  for  the  excellent  literature 
that  is  being  disseminated  among  us,  and  the 
many  young  people  of  practical  training  from  our 
schools.  We  look  for  the  next  twenty-five  years  to 
work  mighty  changes  in  the  Brethren  church. 

Sheldon,  Iowa. 


OUR  LOVE  TO  GOD  AND  ONE  ANOTHER. 

BY   NANCY   S.   GOODYEAR. 

We  should  have  our  hearts  filled  with  gratitude 
and  obey  the  laws  of  our  spiritual  being,— for  in- 
stance, the  condition  or  law,  by  which  we  can  have 
a  peaceful,  tranquil  life,  in  submission  to  the  laws 
of  meekness. 


"Blessed  are  the  meek,  for  they  shall  inherit  the 
earth."  The  condition  of  the  beautiful  vision  is  a 
pure  heart  and  life.  "Blessed  arc  the  pure  in 
heart,  for  they  shall  see  God."  If  we  love  one  an- 
other God  dwelleth  in  us  and  about  us.  His  love 
is  perfected  in  us.  To  the  impure  God  is  simply  in- 
visible, the  opposite  condition  to  a  sense  of  God's 
presence,  In  other  words,  without  a  sense  of  God's 
presence  one  cannot  be  in  obedience  to  the  laws 
of  love. 

If  we  love  one  another,  God  dwelleth  in  us,  and 
his  love  is  perfected  in  us,  If  we  have  not  the 
Spirit  of  Christ  in  us,  we  are  not  God's  children. 
If  we  put  all  our  trust  in  God's  Word  (for  he  is  not 
so  much  in  need  of  us  as  we  are  of  him)  what  a 
help  and  peace  come  to  us  in  life,  if  we  fully  trust 
in  God's  Wordl  We,  as  Christians,  should  study  to 
improve  our  minds  along  the  pathway  of  life.  We 
should  study  how  to  improve  our  ways  of  living, 
daily,  before  those  around  us.  We  should  search 
diligently  for  the  cause  of  our  failings  and  short- 
comings in  l<fe,  and  then  strive  just  as  diligently  to 
remove  them  from  us,  It  is  only  by  the  grace  of 
God  that  we  are  enabled  to  overcome  our  imper- 
fections and  arise  in  newness  of  life, — perfect  men 
and  women  in  Christ  Jesus.  We  cannot  do  this  by 
our  own  thoughts  and  opinions,  but  must  let  his 
thoughts  be  our  thoughts,  and  his  opinions  our 
opinions,  If  we  want  to  live  as  Christ  wants  us  to 
live,  we  must  be  interested  in  the  salvation  of  the 
world,  If  we  have  no  interest  in  seeing  souls 
saved,  we  are  not  doing  the  work  Christ  left  for  us 
to  do,  for  he  has  told  us  to  go  to  every  land,  teach- 
ing and  preaching  Christ,  and  compelling  them  to 
come  to  him.  He  has  taught  us  to  work  to  make 
others  happy.  We  should  study  to  know  how  to 
do  the  greatest  amount  of  good  to  suffering  human- 
ity, how  to  cheer  and  make  glad  their  lonely  hearts 
and  homes. 

Let  us  be  angels  of  mercy  to  all  around  ust 
When  Christ  was  here  on  earth  he  went  about  do- 
ing good  to  those  around  him.  He  gave  his  life  as 
a  ransom  for  our  race.  Yes,  Jesus  sacrificed  his 
life  for  the  good  of  others,  even  me.  We  know 
that  Jesus,  during  his  life,  suffered  for  our  happi- 
ness, for  our  salvation,  for  he  said  that  if  we  fol- 
low him,  we  should  not  walk  in  utter  darkness,  but 
be  filled  with  the  light  of  God.  Again  he  says, 
"Ask  and  ye  shall  receive;  knock  and  it  shall  be 
opened  to  you," 

All  this  can  be  had,  simply  for  the  asking.  It  is 
certainly  worth  trying  for.  Why  should  we  not 
strive  more  for  that  beautiful  home  over  there? 
Nothing  binds  us  closer  to  God,  than  love,  for  God 
is  love,  and  as  we  are  weak  and  fallible,  and  know, 
also,  that  temptations  come,  our  only  safety  is  in 
the  Lord.  He  never  forsakes.  He  is  the  Rock, 
the  shelter  in  the  time  of  storm."  God  know- 
eth  those  that  trust  in  him.  When  we  are  tempted 
and  tried,  we  must  cast  all  our  care  on  him,  for  he 
loves  to  the  end;  our  blessed  Master  and  glorious 
Friend.  Oh  I  may  our  hearts  be  filled  more  com- 
pletely with  that  zeal  for  our  Master,  which  knows 
no  discouragementl  God  will  create  within  us 
greater  love  for  one  another.  God  so  loved  us  that 
he  gave  his  only  begotten  Son.  Should  we  not, 
therefore,  love  one  another?  We  may  claim  to  be 
God's  chosen  people,  and  yet  not  love  our  brother, 
for  Jesus  said  that  those  who  do  his  will,  are  our 
brother  and  sister.  O  may  we  love  our  Savior 
more,  that  he  might  redeem  us  from  all  iniquity 
and  purify  us  as  a  peculiar  people,  zealous  of  good 
worksl 

Marion,  Ind, 

NOTES  FROM  THE  CHICAGO  MISSION. 
BY    LIZZIE   HOWE. 

— Our  Communion  services  were  held  last  even- 
ing, Jan.  2.  It  was  one  of  the  most  impressive 
meetings  we  have  had.  Bro.  Thomas  D.  Lyon,  of 
Hudson,  111 ,  one  of  the  three  elders  present,  spoke 
in  a  most  fatherly  and  encouraging  manner  to  the 
lambs  of  the  fold,  for  whom  we  entertain  great 
hopes. 


— At  our  Christmas  exercises,  one  of  our  bright- 
est little  girls,  coming  from  one  of  the  darkest 
homes,  temporally,  as  well  as  spiritually,  spoke  the 
following  verse: 

"  I,  tco,  want  to  be  a  Christ's  star, 
Shiniug  for  him  as  you  are, 
Not  to  make  my  brightness  seen, 
But  dark  sduIs  from  earth  to  wean," 

—  It  is  our  desire  to  place  this  child  in  a  Chris- 
tian home,  and  we  have  fair  prospects  of  our  hopes 
being  realized,  May  she  live  to  be  a  bright  and 
shining  star  for  Jesus! 

— We  are  glad  to  have  with  us  Sister  Lydia  R. 
Snavely,  of  Hudson,  111.  She  has  shown  a  warm 
interest  in  the  work  in  the  past,  and  is  now  visiting 
some  of  the  homes,  dark  with  sin  and  poverty. 
She  says,  "The  half  had  not  been  told"  her. 

— It  is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive. 
Surely  the  little  ones,  of  the  North  Manchester  Sun- 
day school,  were  blessed  this  Christmas  season! 
Through  their  kindness,  our  children,— over  a  hun- 
dred of  them, — enjoyed  a  good  dinner.  But  this  is 
not  all.  The  little  ones  of  the  Mount  Morris  Sun- 
day school  denied  themselves  of  their  accustomed 
gifts,  and  chose  to  give,  rather  than  to  receive  gifts. 
Our  larder  being  replenished  by  them,  we  contin- 
ued the  feast  even  unto  the  third  day,  thus  reaching 
all  the  children  of  our  Industrial  school,  as  well  as 
Sunday  school,  This  was  a  pleasant  season  to  all, 
and  those  fortunate  enough  to  receive  books  and 
toys,  are  most  happy.  May  God  bless  the  little 
donors! 

— We  are  trying  to  extend  our  industrial  work 
for  the  benefit  of  the  mothers,  Already  they  are 
employed  one  half  day  of  each  week,  receiving,  as 
compensation,  clothing  and  dried  fruit.  How  hap- 
py they  are  to  meet  with  these  opportunities!  This 
is  but  a  small  beginning  of  what  we  hope  to  be, — a 
great  benefit  to  the  poor. 

— Through  the  generosity  of  a  good  sister,  about 
forty  of  our  little  girls  are  enjoying  warm  sleeping 
gowns.  How  kind  and  thoughtful  of  this  sister! 
She  provided  the  material,  and  our  girls  were 
taught  to  make  the  garments  in  the  Industrial 
school. 

— In  sending  freight  to  the  mission,  the  "bill  of 
lading,"  or  letter  of  advice,  should,  in  all  cases,  be 
sent  us.    This  will  avoid  delay  in  delivery, 

— Just  now  our  work  is  exceedingly  interesting. 
It  is  well  seasoned,  too,  with  discouragements  and 
disappointments.  O  the  preciousness  of  God's 
promises  through  his  Son,  Jesus  Christ!  "For  in 
that  he  himself  hath  suffered  being  tempted,  he  is 
able  to  succor  them  that  are  tempted." 

660  South  Ashland  Ave. 


"  It  is  better  to  give  our  roses  to  the  living,  than 
to  keep  them  all  to  place  upon  the  coffins  of  the 
dead.  Many  a  wreath  and  garland  beautify  the 
casket  of  those  from  whom,  while  living,  they  were 
withheld.  We  saw,  the  other  day,  some  beautiful 
words  of  praise  written  by  a  patriarch  of  eighty 
years  of  age,  of  the  faithful  wife  who  had  walked 
by  his  side  for  fifty-five  years,  of  whom  he  said; 
'  Let  me  break  this  alabaster  box  of  precious  oint- 
ment upon  her  head  of  once  raver,  now  silvery 
locks,  while  she  can  smell  its  fragrance.'  Let  us 
bring  our  precious  ointment  and  our  garlands  of 
roses  to  those  who  can  enjoy  their  fragrance  and 
beauty,  and  rejoice  in  the  love  that  offers  the  gifts, 
instead  of  waiting  until  the  eye  is  sightless  and  the 
heart  hushed  in  its  beatings." 


A  wise  old  friend  of  ours  is  accustomed  to  say: 
"  Beware  of  the  man  that  has  a  grievance. "  We 
are  not  sure  that  it  is  wise  to  act  upon  this  broad 
advice;  but  we  feel  confident  that  it  is  well  to  be- 
ware of  a  man  who  has  a  grievance,  and  parades  it 
on  all  occasions,  or  of  a  man  who  has  a  long  list  of 
grievances  against  different  persons,  churches,  or 
committees.  Such  a  man  is  likely  to  have  in  him 
some  very  unamiable  qualities.  We  used  to  hear 
of  an  old  lady  in  Virginia  who  declared  that  her 
husband  had  "the  winningest  ways  in  the  world  to  - 
make  people  hate  him." 


TIHIIE    GOSPEL    IMHESSIEHSTQ-IEIR,. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

COMMITTEE. 

Enoch  Eby,        -    Kansas   ,   L.  W.  Teeter,     -    Indiana 

D.  L.  Miller,     -    -Illinois   |   S.  R.  Zug,  -  Pennsylvania 

S.F.Sanger,   -    -    Virginia. 

IEQOLAB  HEETIBOS  OF  THE  COUKITTEE:  -  The   Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annual 
lng;  the  second  Monday  of  October  and  ol  Febn 

BUSINESS  FOB  ANY  MEETING  should  be  Id  the  office 


bscriptions  to  the  Gospbl  MksskN' 

dcrsed  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  bolore  the  papei 

will  be  sent. 
THE  COUMITTEE  RECEIVES  donations   lor   the  following 

funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orphans 

Smyrna;     Washington    Meetinghouse;     Sufierei 

India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 
DO    HOT  ADDSESB   business  or  money  Intended    Fat 


THE  YEAR. 


Please  do  not  spend  so  much  time  re 
ing  the  joys  of  the  past,  that  you  canno 
preciate  the  comforts  of  the  present. 

The  devils  had  a  faith  that  made 
tremble,  but  there  was  no  Holy  Ghost 
It  is  the  Holy  Ghost  faith  that  leads  to 


10  trouble  with  the  men  and 
e  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  but 
.ake  themselves  very  annoying 


Jesus  has 

women  that  a 

to  the  devil. 


So  long  as  twice  as  many  won 
attend  the  prayer  meetings,  the 
not  to  say  one  word  against  the  won: 
at  least,  half  of  the  time, 


1  leading, 


Parents  who  are  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  do 
not  take  pleasure  in  putting  ail  kinds  of 
finery  on  their  little  children.  They  have 
something  more  important  to  think  about. 


The  first  thing  Paul  wanted  to  know,  of  the 
disciples  he  met  at  Ephesus,  was  whether  they 
had  received  the  Holy  Ghost.  How  would  it 
be  if  each  one  of  us  could  ask  himself  that 
question?  It  would  be  a  good  question  to 
consider  before  going  to  the  Lord's  table. 


Some  people  do  nc 
ter  preach  about  1 
Mention  is  made  of 
16:6,  but  after  he  go 

preached  to  others. 


t  like  to  hear  the  minis- 
ell  fire  and  brimstone. 
iuch  a  character  in  Luke 
into  the  fire  himself,  he 
to     have     the     doctrine 


When  the    seven  at  Jerusalem  wen 

lected,  it  was  required  that  they  be  ful!  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.  We  would  see  greater  results 
if  all  men,  now  selected  to  preach  the  Word 
were  also  required  to  be  so  full  of  the  Spirit 
that  his  fruits  could  be  seen  on  every  hand. 


On  the  Day  of  Pentecost  those  filled  with 
the  Holy.  Ghost  were  graced  with  cloven 
tongues  on  their  heads,  but  in  these  I; 
days  it  seems  that  we  could  hardly  expect  the 
Great  Spirit  to  fill  the  hearts  of  those  whose 
heads  are  decked  with  feathers  and  birds. 


A  minister  who  has  located  at  a  new  point, 
feels  disappointed  because  his  congregations 
are  small.  That  may  be  the  very  reason  the 
Lord  wants  him  there,  Most  any  preacher 
can  be  inspired  by  a  large  audience,  but  it 
takes  a  genuine  minister  to  inspire  a  small 
assembly. 

Aged  people  should  not  think  that  they 
have  outlived  their  day  of  usefulness  just  be- 
cause they  are  no  more  able  to  work.  It  is 
encouraging  to  know  that  people  can  live  to 
be  old.  Let  us  make  the  old  people  feel  that 
that  they  are  wanted,  and  that  the  more  of 
them  we  have,  the  better. 


It  Is  not  advisable  to  have 
nothing,  but  when  they  do  ag 
labor  for  a  fixed  compensatioi 
fully  as  much  as  they  promised  t< 
is  a  good  rule  to  apply  to  Christie 
Let  each  one  do  fully  as  much  a 
calls  for,  and  a  little  more,  when  adi 
there  need  be  no  complaint  about 


en  work  for 
:  to  perform 
let  them  do 


his  duty 
aMe,  and 
nfaithful- 


MI5SIQN  WORK—ITS  DIVIVE  CALL 
UPON  THE  CHURCH. -No.  a. 

Cleansing  and  purifying  is  a  very  impor- 
tant part  of  the  church  work  and,  when  need- 
ed, should  never  be  neglected.  But  some- 
times the  impurires  of  the  church  so  engage 
the  thought  of  the  shepherd  as  well  as  the 
flock,  that  both  lose  sight  of  the  primal  object 
of  the  church  in  the  world. 

Nothing  purifies  water  so  quickly  as  to  get 
it  flowing  outward,  and  nothing  will  so  quick- 
ly remove  petty  jealousies  and  quarrels,  ob- 
jectionable conduct  in  living,  as  to  quicken  a 
burning  desire  to  save  souls.  This  begotten, 
the  individual  member  is  willing  to  sacrifice 
his  personal  preferences  for  the  cause,  and 
he  has  no  time  or  strength  to  spend  except 
to  call  men  and  women  to  Christ. 

Thus  God  has  so  wisely  provided  for  the 
purity  of  the  church,  in  making  her  prime 
object  in  this  world  the  proclamation  of  his 
Gospel  unto  all  men. 

Isaiah  was  permitted  to  view  the  great 
work  of  the  church,  and  speaks  very  forcibly 
about  it  in  chapter  40:  0,  10.  Seeing  the 
derfulness  of  the  salvation  that  would  < 
unto  men  through  Christ,  he  shouts  to  the 
church:  "O  thou  that  tellest  good  tidings  in 
Zion,  get  thee  up  into  the  high  mountain;  lift 
up  thy  voice  with  strength;  lift  it  up,  and  be 
not  afraid;  say  unto  the  cities  of  Judah,  Be- 
hold your  God." 

■There  can  be  no  quesiion  but  that  this 
prophetic  call  is  to  the  church  as  a  body,  and 
that  through  this  call  God  has  declared  that 
the  important  work  of  the  church  is,  to  pro- 
claim the  cause  of  her  indwelling  King. 
Christ  came  into  the  world  to  redeem  the 
world,  as  his  prime  and  only  object;  and  for 
any  body  of  believers  to  found  their  organi- 
zation upon  Christ,  immediately  makes  them 
the  evangelists  of  the  world.  To  possess 
Christ  at  once  gives  that  body  the  capacity, 
the  inclination  and  the  obligation  to  declare 
his  name,  and,  should  there  be  an  organi 
tion  that  did  not  show  th:s  inclination, 
feel  the  obligation,  one  could  justly  conclude 
that  Christ  was  not  their  portion, 

So  greatly  was  the  prophet  impre 
this  important  work,  that  he  urges  the  church 
not  to  go  at  it  in  a  half-hearted  way,  as,  it  is 
to  be  regretted,  she  is  doing  to-day,  Instead 
of  making  a  feeble  plea  in  behalf  of  missions, 

some  ministers  do,  or  worse  still,  to  make 

plea  at  all,  as  still  others  do,  the  prophet 
urges  the  church  to  get  in  the  most  conspic- 
uous places  in  the  world,  and  then  cry  aloud 
and  fear  not.  What  a  plea  for  world-wide 
missions!  What  a  plea  for  city  missions! 
Some  are  afraid  to  go  to  the  cities  of  our  lands, 
"the  high    mountains    of   this    day."     Others 


ui  <!, 


the 


of 


my 


the 


though  Christ  die 
not  city  people,  a 
iot  want  salvation,  a 


for  country  people  am 
though  city  people  did 
well  as  country  people, 

The  quicker  the  church  recogni 
mand  of  God,  through  the  proph 
the  high  mountains  and  proclaim  aloud,  am 
fear  not,  the  sooner  she  is  in  line  with  God' 
plan  of  work  and  greatest  blessings, 


-Xe 


g  we  rose  early  and  went  on 
the  upper  deck,  to  get  a  view  of  Sinai.  The 
range  bordering  the  sea  is  plainly  visible, 
but  we  could  not  say  which  of  the  peaks 
Moses  entered,  to  speak  with  the  Lord,  and 
before  which  Israel  looked  on  with  wonder 
and  amazement.  Had  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
been  hovering  over  the  Mount  now,  as  when 
Israel  was  there,  it  would,  no  doubt,  have  been 
in  easy  range  of  our  vision, 

—  It  is  evident  that  much  the  same  condi- 
tions exist  now,  as  then,  in  the  physical  feat- 
ures of  the  land.  Israel  referred  to  it  as  a 
wilderness,  and  all  that  is  visible  as  we  pass, 
is  barren  sands  and  rugged  rocks. 

—Our  voyage  of  1,200  miles  through  the 
Red  Sea  was  a  very  favored  one.  Usually, 
the  heat  is  intense,  but  there  were  only  about 
two  days,  as  we  passed  through,  that  brought 
out  the  perspiration.  Our  cabins  on  lower 
deck  are  too  warm  to  be  comfortable  at  night, 
so  some  of  us  arranged  to  sleep  on  the  open 
deck,  above.  We  fared  tolerably  well  till 
towards  morning,  when  a  hnge  wave  broke 
over  the  deck,  to  the  evident  discomfort  of 
the  sleepers.  Our  beds  were  wet  and  we  be- 
took ourselves  to  lower  quarters  the  rest  of 
the  night,  preferring  a  little  heat  to  so  much 


The  weather  is  very  pleasant  now.  It  is  a 
*  warm  In  day-time,  but  cool  at  night. 
This  climate  is  surely  a  healthful  one  for  some, 
t  least.  The  missionaries  are  all  quite  well. 
—The  plague  has  again  broken  out  in  Bom- 
ay  and  in  other  villages,  but  has  not'  yet 
cached  Bulsar.  Strict  quarantine  regulations 
revail  on  all  railroad  lines. 
Dec.j. 

QIVINa  BACK  THE  LORD  HIS  DUES. 

Are  we  doing  this?  As  the  Lord,  from  day 
)  day  and  year  to  year,  so  richly  blesses  us 
ilh  the  good  things  of  this  world,  are  we 

giving  back  to  him  the  portion  he  demands  to 

carry  forward  his  work? 
The  scantily-filled  treasuries,  and  the  con- 
ant  appeals  for  means  from  those  who  have 

charge  of  the  mission   work     of  the  church, 
ate  that  God's  blessing  has  been  withheld 

from  his  people,  or  that  they  are  not  doing 
ieir  duty. 

"Giving  as  the  Lord  has  prospered  us." 
re  we  as  familiar  with  this  text  as  the  one, 
Be  liot  conformed  to  this  world,"  and  some 

others  that  refer  to  the  ordinances  which  arc 

not  generally  practiced  by  the  other  denomi- 


— On  the    Red 


But  i 


!  day  , 


ea,  rain  is  very  unusual, 
a  number  of  heavy  show- 
the  passengers  saw,  at  a 
■  vessel,  a  water  spout. 
of  having  a  kodak  picture 


distance  from  o- 
They  felt  confiden 
of  the  phcnomenoi 

—We  arrived  at  Aden  Monday  night,  Nov, 
22.  All  passengers  going  to  Bombay  are 
transferred  from  the  steamer  "  Rome,"  to  the 
"Carthage."  The  Rome  goes  on  to  Colombo, 
Singapore  and  Australia,  requiring  six  weeks 
for  the  voyage  from  London.  Here  we  part- 
ed from  the  missionaries  going  to  China,  as 
they  continue  on  to  Colombo,  transferring 
there  to  steamer  for  China.  The  mission- 
aries to  India,  of  whom  there  were  nearly 
twenty  on  board,  with  many  others,  are  now 
making  their  way  at  the  rate  of  over  303  miles 
per  day,  toward  Bombay.  The  sea  is  calm 
weather  very  pleasant  and  all  on  board 
seemed  happy. 

—At  Aden,  before  leaving  the   Rome 
mail  was  brought  on  board  and  a  postal 
was  handed  us,  signed  "Wilbur."     How  glad 
we  were  to  get  it!    It  had  come  as  a  harbin- 
nd  among  othe 


need,  "We'll  1 


the  ship  c 


1  at  Id 


NOTES  FROM  THE  SEA. 

— The  account  of  our  voyage  thus  far  has 
been  given  very  fully  by  Bro.  McCann.  At 
present,  however,  we  are  separated,  be  and 
Sister  Gibble  stopping  at  Fort  Said,  to  visit 
Palestine,  in  company  with  several  others,  in- 
tending to  spend  about  three  weeks  in  the 
lands  of  the  Bible. 

—Leaving  Port  Said  we  passed  first  through 
Suez  Canal.  The  channel  being  narrow,  our 
vessel  moved  slowly,  and  occasionally  we  were 
anchored  to  the  bank,  to  allow  other  vessels  to 

Leaving  the  Canal,  we  passed  out  into 
the    Red  Sea.    Where  the  children  of  Israel 

;ed  over  we  are  not  sure,  but,  in  all  prob- 
ability we  crossed  their  path  at  night,  soon 
after  entering  the  sea,  and  where  the  channel  is 


—In  our  meditations  we  thought  of  the 
voyage  of  life,  and  the  haven  of  rest,  How 
sweet  to  know  that  Christ,  our  Leader,  has 
gone  before  and,  at  the  close  of  life's  weary 
voyage,  he  will  meet  us  "on  the  harbor"  with 
the  welcome  words,  "Well  done,  good  and 
faithful  servant;  enter  thou  into  the  joy  of 
thy  Lord." — Nov.  s.f. 

y" Later. — At  this  writing  we  are  at  the  mis- 
'sion  home  in  Bulsar.  We  arrived  at  Bom- 
bay Sunday  afternoon,  Nov.  28,  at  3  P.  M., 
thirty-two  days  after  sailing  from  New  York, 
The  trip  did  not  seem  as  long  as  we  had 
expected,  and  was,  in  some  ways,  much 
pleasatiter.  We  had  no  storms,  and,  most  of 
ime,  smooth  seas-  Seasickness  was  much 
lighter  for  us  than  many.  We  suffered  some 
lveniences,  at  times,  and  some  suspense 
our  little  girl  was  sick.  We  thank  the 
Lord  that  all  are  well  now. 

—For  days  on  our  trip  we  saw  no  land,  but 
we  could  rejoice  when  India's  shores  ap- 
peared before  us.  The  Lord  seemed  very 
near  us  through  all  the  days  and  nights  of 
travel.  We  felt,  indeed,  as  safe  as  on  the 
land,  and  we  praise  the  Lord  for  all  his  good- 
ness and  mercies  to  us.  We  feel  that  the 
united  prayers  of  God's  people  in  our  behalf, 
for  a  safe  and  prosperous  journey  to  India, 
have  been  answered,  and  we  still  crave  the 
prayers  of  each  brother  and  sister  for  us  and 
the  work  in  this  great  field. 


If* 


heretofore,  not  given  this  subject 

proper  thought,  it   is  high   lime   that    wc   be- 

wakened  to  our  duty. 

:nlargc  our  bank  accounts,  accumulate 

property,  furnish  our  tables,  houses  and  Ward- 

bes,— in  short,   our  surroundings  in  general 

e  as  the  Lord  has  blessed  us. 

Then  let  us  not  ease  our  conscience  by  giv- 

g  only  a  penny,  a  Dickie  or  a  dime  (or  mis- 

on  work  when  the  basket  is  passed  through 

the    congregation,    (or    if    the    amount    given 

correspond   with   God's  measure  or 

will  hold   us   accountable,   just    the 

for  the  neglect  of  any  other  of  the 

commandments. 

He  keeps  a  record  of  every  penny  that  is 
given  to  make  known  his  will  throughout  the 
world,  and  if  we  were  permitted  to  glance  at 
that  account  and  to  see  how  it  is  valued  by 
ft  would. 


cry  small  to 
les  from  God;  then  let  u: 
by  the  thought  that 


mlii 


God,  in  cornpar 

no  doubt,  look 

that  we  have  c< 

delude  ourselv 

spend     that,     over    which    he    has    \Z?:\z    112 

Stewards,   foolishly  and   for    things    that    are 

perhaps  an  injury  to   us,  without   rendering  an 

Rosin  S,  Myers. 

Enterprise,  Pa. 

A  QREETINO. 

always  glad  to  get  the  Messenger. 
hie,  I  generally  read  it  through  before 
reading  anything  else.      Of  late,    much   has 
been  said  of  the  good  the  paper    is    doing, 
thing.     My  brother  John 


U|C    I 


!  about  two  1 


—We  wer 

met  on  the  pier  at 

Borr 

bay  by 

Sister  Ryan 

Next  day  we  came 

out 

to  Bul- 

sar.     It  was 

night  when  we  arrived,  a 

-\d  Bro 

Stover,    wit! 

a    goodly     number 

of 

others 

awaited  our 

arrival  at  the  station 

We  were 

glad  to  meet 

those  of  like  preciou 

faith,  and 

n  our  missio 

rt  home  bowed  togeth 

■r  tc 

thank 

he  Lord  for 

being  permitted  to 

neet 

in  the 

vay  we  do. 

—The  mo 

ning  after  our  arriv 

I  w 

c  took 

our  first  lesson    in   Gujerati,  and 

nxious 

0  secure  it  a 

fast  as  possible. 

hundred  miles  to  see  him.  By  some 
means  they  had  got  hold  of  a  copy  of  the 
Brethren  at  Work,  and  from  that  learned 
something  concerning  the  faith  and  practice 
of  the  Brethren.  They  started  out  to  find 
the  people  holding  that  doctrine,  finally  heard 
of  my  brother,  and  came  to  him  to  learn  more 
of  the  doctrine  held  by  the  church.  They 
refused  to  return  to  their  homes  until  they 
had  received  baptism. 

I  know  of  a  number  of  persons  that  have 
bec'h  brought  to  the  church  by  reading  Bro, 
Peter  Nead's  "Theological  Works."  Permit 
me  to  say,  "Go  on,  brethren,  and  let  your 
light  shine  in  this  dark  and  sinful  world."  God 
bless  the  Gospel  Messenger,  and  all  who 
part  in  getting  it  out,  and  may  the  Lord 
help  the  readers  to  do  all  the  good  they  can. 


Huntington,  //id. 


.  Mc 


WHAT  THE  LITTLE  ONES  CAN  DO. 

Last  spring  Bro-  B.  F.  Rhorer,  teacher  of 
ass  No.  3,  gave  his  class  {seven  pupils)  ten 
:nts  each,  which   they  invested  in  different 
ways,  some   in  garden   seeds,   but  the  larger 
part  in  poultry,  and  these  were  generally  the 
most  successful.     The  amount  made  was  S7.75. 
The  rest  of  the  school  donated  52.25,  making 
in  all  $10.00.    The  little  girls  will  enter  tbe 
work  again  in  the  spring.     It  was  their  choice 
to  send  their  money  to  Bro.  W.  B.  Stover,  in 
India.     May  God  bless  the  faithful  little  work- 
ers! Ida  M.  Hudson. 
/'/tend,  A'a/ts. 


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Five    conversions    are    reported  in    the   Maple 
Grove  church,  Kans. 


Bro  I  J.  Rosenberger  writes  of  eight  accessions,- 
recently,  to  the  church  at  Covington,  Ohio. 

In  the  Root  River  church,  Minn.,  five  were  re- 
cently received  by  confession  and  baptism, 

Fiftv  cents  should  accompany  each  marriage 
notice,  intended  for  publication  in  the  Messenger. 

Bro.  A.  I.  Heestand  is  engaged  in  a  protracted 
meeting  at  Otterbein,  Ohio.  So  writes  Bro.  Reu- 
ben Shroyer. 

Bro.  Noah  Longanecker  is  now  engaged  in  a 
ue'ies  of  meetings  in  the  Springfield  church,  Sum- 
mit Co  ,  Ohio.         

Last  Sunday,  at  each  place  of  preaching  in  this 
congregation,  a  public  collection  was  taken  for  the 
Cuban  sufferers.    

Bro.  D.  B.  Gibson  leaves  here  this  week  for 
Clarksdale,  this  State,  where  he  is  booked  for  a 
series  of  meetings. 


Bro.  Andrew  Hutchison  is  reported  in  the  midsl 
of  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  College  Chapel, 
at  Lordsburg,  Cal. 


Six  recently  applied  for  membership  in  the  Ma- 
ple Spring  church,  W.  Va.  The  church  seems  to 
be  in  a  prosperous  condition. 


Encouraging  reports  come  from  the  Bible  Terms 
held  in  different  patts  of  the  Brotherhood.    It 
believed  that  they  will  be  the  means  of   doing  a 
great  deal  of  good. 


Bro.  David  Hollinger,  of  North  Manchester, 
Ind.,  is  spending  some  time  in  Southern  Califor- 
nia; when  last  heard  from,  he  was  engaged  in  a 
Bible  Term  at  Covina. 


Bro,  I.  C.  Johnson  writes  us  that  the  reports 
published,  concerning  a  large  number  of  additions 
to  the  Meyersdale  church,  Pa,,  recently,  is  not  cor- 
rect. Mistakes  of  this  kind,  of  course,  are  not  in- 
tentional.  

The  Brethren  at  Georgetown,  Miami  Co.,  Ohio, 
are  in  the  midst  of  an  interesting  series  of  meet- 
ings. Six  have  been  baptized,  and  the  good  work 
still  continues.  Bro.  W.  Q.  Calvert  is  doing  the 
preaching. 

The  next  and  regular  meeting  of  the  General 
Missionary  and  Tract  Committee  will  be  held  at 
Mt.  Morris,  on  Feb.  14,  and  business  intended  for 
this  meeting  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  Secre- 
tary not  later  than  Feb.  1. 

Bro.  D.  B.  Gibson,  of  Cerrogordo,  111.,  who  has 
been  with  us  several  days,  preached  at  Silver  Creek, 
last  Sunday  morning,  and  in  the  Chapel  in  the 
evening.  The  morning  services  in  the  Chapel 
were  conducted  by  Bro.  W.  R.  Miller,  of  Chicago, 


We  suggest  that  it  is  not  necessary  to  occupy 
space  in  the  Messenger  with  the  resolutions  of  a 
local  character  that  congregations  may  see  proper 
to  pass.  A  vote  of  thanks  to  a  community  for  as- 
sistance rendered  in  erecting  a  house  of  worship, 
aDswers  all  that  is  necessary  if  published  in  the  lo- 
cal papers.  

Writing  from  Washington,  Bro.  Albert  Holling- 
er says,  "  Prospects  are  brightening  for  a  gath- 
ering here.  We  began  the  new  year  by  baptizing 
two  to-day.  Olhers  seem  not  far  off.  The  bap- 
tism was  very  impressive,  as  one  of  the  candidates 
was  an  aged  sister  in  a  very  feeble  condition, 
who  was  carried  into  the  water  upon  a  chair." 


Bro  A.  W.  Reese  has  again  located  at  Warrens- 
burg,  Mo.,  his  former  home.  He  has  for  several 
years  been  employed  at  Leavenworth,  Kans,,  as 
physician  in  charge  of  the  Keeley  Institute  at  the 
National  Soldiers'  Home  at  that  place.  It  affords  us 
great  pleasure  to  learn  that  he  is  now  so  situated 
that  he  can  be  of  special  use  to  the  church  in  the 
ministry.  

Some  of  the  best  helpers  we  have  in  the  Brother- 
hood are  those  who  now  and  then  suggest  where- 
in we  can  make  the  Messenger,  the  Young  Disciplt, 
or  our  Sunday  school  Quarterlies,  better.  No  one 
will  ever  know  how  much  we  are  indebted  to  this 
class  of  advanced  thinkers.  They  do  not  find  fault 
with  our  work,  but  they  suggest  improvements  here 
and  there.    They  have  our  thanks. 


Bro.  I.  B.  Trout  was  with  us  all  of  last  week,  in 
charge  of  the  Doctrinal  class  in  the  Special  Bible 
Term.  The  line  of  study  pursued  was  both  thor- 
ough and  instructive.  A  class  of  this  character,  in 
each  congregation,  would  be  of  immense  value  to 
all  the  members.  Bro.  Trout  closed  his  work  here 
on  Monday  evening,  and  by  the  time  this  paper 
reaches  our  readers,  will  be  at  work  at  McPherson, 
Kans.,  rn  a  series  of  meetings,  which  are  to  con- 
tinue until  the  opening  of  the  Special  Bible  Term. 


The  latest  report  from  Asia  Minor  informs  us 
that  one  of  our  ministers  is  now  holding  regular 
services  in  Philadelphia.  The  candlestick  in  Phila- 
delphia is  to  be  restored. 


A  brother  sends  to  this  office  $25,  to  be  held  as 
an  endowment  fund  forever,  and  from  the  earnings 
he  is  to  receive  the  Messenger  during  his  life.  Aft- 
er his  death,  the  paper  is  to  be  sent  to  some  other 
person. 


Bro.  R.  F.  McCune  writes  that  six  were  recently 
baptized  in  the  Dallas  Centre  church,  Iowa,  and 
one  reclaimed,  as  the  result  of  a  series  of  meetings 
held  by  Bro.  S.  M.  Goughnour.  He  rejoices  in  the 
fact  that  all  of  his  children  are  now  in  the  church, 


A  letter  reached  us  on  Christmas  Day,  in  which 
we  found  Si, 50  and  an  unsigned  order  for  the 
Messenger  for  1S98  Not  even  a  post-office  or 
State  is  indicated.  We  receipt  for  all  cash,  and 
should  some  one  recall  sending  an  order  as  above, 
and  have  no  receipt  by  this  time,  please  write  us. 


Some  time  ago  a  correspondent  wrote  us  that  the 
church  at  his  place  had  made  the  proper  apology 
to  one  of  her  members,  and  that  he  had  been  re- 
stored to  his  place  in  the  church.  There  is  some- 
thing encouraging  in  a  report  of  this  kind.  It  is 
sad  for  a  church  to  make  a  mistake,  but  sadder  yet 
for  her  to  refuse  to  correct  it.  But  when  she 
comes  forward  and  apologizes  for  an  error,  and 
thus  not  only  sets  a  good  example  for  the  mem- 
bers individually,  but  places  herself  in  a  position  to 
receive  a  blessing  for  her  conduct,  we  may  expect 
to  see  that  congregation  prosper  in  all  her  under- 
takings. Sometimes  elders  make  mistakes,  and  are 
very  slow  about  correcting  them,  and  in  this  way 
set  a  poor  example  for  the  laity.  Let  those  that 
arc  high  in  authority  be  as  willing  to  correct  their 
mistakes  as  they  are  to  have  others  do  so,  and  we 
may  look  for  a  great  growth  in  grace.  An  honest 
confession  is  just  as  good  for  a  church  or  an  elder,  as 
it  is  for  any  one  else  that  has  fallen  into  error. 


Some  of  the  negroes  in  the  South  take  a  very 
sensible  view  of  the  ordination  question.  They 
believe  that  an  elder  should  know  a  number  of 
things  before  he  is  set  apart  to  the  eldership. 
Other  religious  bodies  might  profit  by  their  ex- 
ample. Here  is  a  report  cf  their  council,  as  it 
relates  to  the  ordination  matter:  "  A  council,  called 
by  the  Elizabeth  Baptist  church,  of  Fort  Reed, 
consisting  of  the  following  brethren  (names  given), 
met  Oct.  15,  to  consider  the  advisability  of  set- 
ting apart,  to  the  Gospel  ministry,  Bro.  Samuel 
McDonia,  of  Fort  Reed,  Fla.  After  a  careful  ex- 
amination the  council  unanimously  voted  to  rec- 
ommend to  the  church  not  to  have  the  brother 
ordained,  as  he  was  found  incompetent  by  the 
council,  the  brother  not  being  able  to  answer  any 
of  the  important  questions."  Like  Paul,  they 
think  that  a  bishop  should  know  what,  as  well  as 
how,  to  teach, — be  "  apt  to  teach." 


THE  CUBAN  SUFFERERS. 


Last  week  we  called  attention  to  the  fact  that 
on  the  Island  of  Cuba,  within  less  than  two  hun- 
dred miles  of  our  shores,  people  are  starving  by 
the  hundreds.  Much  has  been  said  through  the 
public  press,  concerning  the  condition  of  the  peo- 
ple, but  it  is  thought  by  many  that  the  worst  of  it 
has  not  yet  been  told.  The  President,  through  the 
Secretary  of  State,  has  called  for  aid  that  the  suf- 
fering and  starving  people  may,  in  a  measure,  be 
relieved.  We  have  been  urged  to  call  upon  our 
readers  for  assistance,  and,  after  consulting  a  num- 
ber of  the  Brethren,  have  decided  to  take  charge 
of  a  fund  at  this  office  for  the  purpose  designated. 
The  most  needed  thing  just  now  is  money,  and  we 
suggest  that  our  people  at  once  take  up  public 
collections  in  each  church,  to  raise  what  they  can, 
and  send  it  to  the  Messenger  office,  and  we  will 
see  that  it  gets  to  the  Secretary  of  State,  and 
thence  to  Cuba,  free  of  charge,  and  also  acknowl- 
edge the  same  through  the  Messenger.  In  Cuba 
the  means  raised  are  to  be  distributed  by  our  effi- 
cient United  States  Minister,  Mr.  Lee.  It  will  thus 
go  into  safe  hands,  and  be  wisely  disposed  of. 

Then  there  is  a  call  for  summer  clothing  for 
women  and  children,  flour,  cornmeal,  bacon,  rice, 
lard,  potatoes,  beanF,  peas,  salt- fish  canned  goods, 
condensed  milk,  and  also  blankets.  To  this  we 
might  add  wheat  and  corn,  for  these  could  be 
made  into  flour  and  meal  before  being  shipped  from 
the  United  States.  All  goods  of  this  kind  may  be 
shipped  to  Bro.  W.  R.  Miller,  162  Loomis  Street, 
Chicago,  and  in  each  instance,  he  should  be  no- 
tified by  letter  of  any  goods  shipped,  and  also  have 
the  waybill  forwarded  to  him.  Probably  all  the 
railroads  will  handle  goods  free,  and  each  shipper 
should  first  arrange  with  his  local  railroad  agent 
about  this  matter,  before  shipping  the  goods. 
With  a  little  effort,  a  large  amount  of  goods  may  be 
collected.  The  relief  supplies,  thus  secured,  will  be 
forwarded  by  the  best  route  from  Chicago  to  Cuba. 
For  any  further  information,  concerning  the  col- 
lection and  shipping  of  goods,  as  well  as  shipping 
rates,  write  Bro.  W.  R.  Miller,  and  in  every  letter 
enclose  a  stamp  for  reply.  But  please  do  not  send 
any  goods  to  the  Messenger  office,  or  write  us 
about  rates.    Confer   with   Bro.    Miller  about  all 


Jan.  15,  18 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGEB. 


matters  of  this  kind.  But,  remember,  that  all  the 
mcn-y  raised  should  be  sent  to  the  Brethren  Pub- 
lishing House,  Mt.  Morris,  111. 

It  is  also  suggested  that  the  Brethren  in  the 
East  arrange  for  a  central  point  to  which  goods 
may  be  sent,  and  from  there  forwarded  to  Cuba. 
Philadelphia  has  been  named  as  a  good  point.  We 
suggest  that  the  Brethren  at  Huntingdon  see  that 
the  necessary  arrangements  are  made  for  receiving 
and  forwarding  goods,  and  then  announce  the 
particulars  in  the  Messenger.  But  in  the  meantime 
let  all  the  churches  take  up  the  public  collection. 


THE  DAY  OF  LITTLE  TH1NO.S. 

On  a  Sunday  afternoon  in  August,  1896,  Bro.  A 
M.  T.  Miller,  of  Nebraska,  on  his  way  to  at- 
tend a  mission  Sunday  school,  met  a  family  in  an 
emigrant  wagon  on  their  way  from  Oklahoma,  to 
seek  a  new  home  in  the  Northwest.  He  entered 
into  a  conversation  with  the  father  and  mother  of 
the  six  children;  he  gave  a  few  tracts,  and  the  chil- 
dren copies  of  our  Sunday  school  papers.  The 
wagon  with  its  living  freight,  and  all  the  earthly 
possessions  of  the  little  family,  moved  on  to  the 
line  of  South  Dakota,  where  a  new  home  was  found 
at  McClean,  Nebr. 

Then  the  seed  sown  by  the  wayside,  having 
fallen  into  good  ground,  bore  fruit.  A  letter  came 
from  the  stranger,  asking  for  more  information 
about  the  Brethren  church.  Twenty- five  copies  of 
the  Doctrinal  Number  of  the  Gospel  Messenger, 
with  more  tracts,  were  sent  out  on  their  mission. 
And  then  came  the  word,  "My  wife,  my  eldest 
daughter  and  myself  would  like  to  unite  with  the 
plain  Dunker  Brethren  church.  Our  neighbors  are 
also  much  interested.  Can't  ycu  send  us  a  preach- 
er as  soon  as  the  weather  gets  warm?  Our  houses 
are  so  small  and  poor  that  we  cannot  entertain  a 
minister  as  he  should  be,  while  the  weather  is  so 
"cold." 

In  May,  1897,  about  seven  months  from  the  time 
the  seed  was  sown,  and  the  first  "white-winged" 
Messenger  found  its  way  into  the  hands  of  Bro.  F, 
D.  Keyes,  himself,  wife,  daughter,  and  fourteen  of 
his  neighbors  were  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism, 
by  the  Nebraska  State  evangelist,  Eld.  S.  H.  For- 
ney, of  Kearney. 

Causes.  —  The  mission  Sunday  school,  tracts 
placed  in  appreciative  hands,  the  doctrinal  copies 
of  the  Gospel  Messenger.  Bro.  Forney  a  willing 
servant  of  God,  ready  to  answer  the  Macedonian 
call. 

Results. — Souls  saved,  a  church  organized,  to  be- 
come the  center,  from  which  an  influence  for  good 
will  go  out  to  be  measured  only  in  eternity, 

Lesson  I. — One  man  can  only  do  his  part  of  the 
work.  The  tract  distributer  watchful  for  the  op- 
portunity, the  church  paper  doing  its  silent  part, 
the  State  Evangelist  preaching  the  living  Word,  all 
factors  under  God's  blessing  in  bringing  seventeen 
souls  to  Christ. 

Lesson  II.— Go  thou  and  do  likewise.  Don't  say, 
"I  wish  I  could  do  something  for  the  Lord" 
Look  about  you!  Every  day  golden  opportunities 
are  passing  within  your  reach,  never  to  return. 
Don't  let  them  go  by  unimproved,  To-morrow 
may  never  come.  Sow  the  seed  now  and  trust  the 
result  in  the  hands  of  the  dear  God.  o,  l.  m, 


SHALL  WE  HAVE  A  CRISIS? 

In  the  ministry  of  our  church,  we  mean.  We 
may  have,  and  we  may  not  have.  Such  a  thing  is 
being  predicted  on  the  part  of  some,  but  predic- 
tions do  hot  always  come  true.  O'.her  things  have 
been  predicted  that  never  came  to  pass,  and  it  is, 
perhaps,  because  of  their  being  predicted.  It  is 
the  sounding  of  the  note  of  slarm  that  prepares 


for  pending  fears,  preparations  are  made,  and  the 
predicted  crisis  is  avoided. 

It  is  the  coming  of  the  unexpected  things  that 
produces  the  crisis.  A  very  good  thing,  coming  at 
the  unexpected  hour,  may  prove  a  loss  instead  of 
a  gain.  So  it  may  be,  in  reference  to  what  may 
seem  to  be,  an  impending  crisis  in  the  ministry  of 
our  church,  Changes  have  been  coming  all  along 
down  through  the  ages,  and  we  can  expect  their 
continual  coming,  We  must  meet  them  judicious- 
ly and  intelligently,  and,  by  so  doing,  no  crisis  need 
come. 

The  calling  of  our  ministry  is  all  right.  It  is  as 
nearly  apostolic  as  we  now  see  to  make  it,  but  we 
may  entertain  wrong  views  as  to  its  effective  per- 
petuation. We  are  a  unit  as  to  the  need  of  prepa- 
ration. It  would  be  presumptuous  to  expect 
men  to  enter  the  most  important,  the  highest  and 
most  responsible  calling  in  life  without  careful 
preparation.  The  "wise  as  serpents"  do  this. 
Every  other  calling  demands  it,  and  the  civil  serv- 
ice law  makes  it  a  test  for  position.  To  this  we 
all  say,  "Amen,"  because  even  common  sense  tells 
us  that  no  man  would  be  fit  to  fill  any  important 
position  unless  prepared  for  it.  If  this  is  so,— and 
it  is,— would  any  of  us  say  that  a  man  is  fit  to  fill 
the  responsibilities  of  the  highest  of  all  callings 
without  having  the  necessary  preparation? 

Then  the  question  most  naturally  comes  up, 
when  a  church  is  about  to  call  a  man  to  the  min- 
istry, "How  do  we  get  the  material?"  It  is  a 
question  that  must  not  be  ignored,  and  will  not 
be,  unless  the  importance  of  the  work  to  be  done 
is  not  wisely  considered.  If  we  are  going  to  esti- 
mate the  calling  of  the  ministry  beneath  that  of  all 
other  calling?,  then  are  we  ready  to  make  the  call 
independent  of  the  character  of  the  material  or  the 
preparation  had. 

But  we  are  not  willing  to  do  this.  We  do  not  be- 
lieve this  way.  The  Lord  did  not  teach  this  way, 
neither  did  he  undertake  to  make  ministers  out  of 
sticks  and  stones,  but  he  did  take  them  from  the 
common  walks  of  life,  to  show  us  that  where  there 
are  brains,  culture  and  development  are  possible. 

Just  how  much  these  men  knew,  when  called,  we 
do  not  know.  But  we  do  know  that,  when  com- 
pared with  the  pretentious  Pharisees,  Sadducees 
and  the  so-called  cultured  of  the  times,  they  were 
considered  unlearned.  But,  a  continued  course  of 
learning  for  three  years,  under  the  Great  Teacher, 
would  give  them  a  preparation  for  Iheir  work  that 
ought  to  compare  favorably  with  any  course  that 
it  would  be  possible  to  get  now,  in  the  best  theo- 
logical school  in  the  world. 

When  the  disciples  v/ished  to  fill  the  place  left 
vacant  by  the  fall  of  Judas,  certain  qualifications 
were  demanded  for  eligibility,  and  out  of  the  whole 
number,  only  two  were  found,  and  of  these,  one 
was  chosen. 

When  a  man  was  needed  to  disciple  the  Gentile 
world  and  to  cope  with  the  philosophers  and  the 
wisdom  of  the  world,  a  Saul  of  Tarsus  was  called, 
a  man  that  stood  second  to  no  man  in  the  educa- 
tional world, — a  man  who,  it  is  said,  outstripped 
the  first  teacher  of  the  time,  in  philosophical  eru- 
dition and  linguistic  and  oratorical  powers.  Even 
he  felt  that  several  years  of  preparation,  before  be- 
ginning his  active  ministry,  were  necessary. 

So,  to  say  that  preparation  is  not  necessary,  is  to 
prostitute  the  high  and  holy  calling,  and  show  that 
we,  as  a  church,  have  not  yet  got  to  that  standard 
that  enables  us  to  see  and  appreciate  its  responsi- 
bilities. But  this  cannot  be  said  of  the  church. 
We  do  see  and  appreciate  the  responsibilities  of 
the  Christian  ministry  and  acknowledge  the  need 
of  preparation  therefor.  But  while  we  do  thus 
feel  and  see,  we  have  also  felt  and  seen  the  ex- 
tremes and  abuses  into  which  this  preparation  has 
run  en  the  part  ef  the  professing  Christian  world, 


that  a  halt  has  been  called  and  we  have  been  stand- 
ing, looking  at,  facing  and  fearing  these  thing?, 
and  doing  nothing  to  regulate  them,  until  we  have 
fallen  behind  and  gotten  into  the  other  extreme, 
that  of  making  no  preparation  at  all. 

From  this  condition  of  things  we  are  now  awak- 
ening and  the  crisis  feared  is  a  regular  theological 
course  of  training,  as  a  test  of  eligibility,  and  sal- 
aried ministry  to  follow. 

As  we  look  at  these  things  from  the  point  of  ex- 
cess and  the  extremes  in  which  the  Christian  world 
has  now  placed  them,  they  have  a  ghostly  and 
dangerous  appearance,  and  we  need  not  wonder 
that  there  is  some  "shying-off "  from  them.  In- 
deed, it  is  well  that  we  do,  as  this  high  and  holy 
calling  must  not  be  brought  down  to  a  level  with 
the  political  and  professional  callings  of  life. 

But  what  are  we  going  to  do  about  it?  Will  we 
abandon  the  good  and  lawful  things  of  God,  be- 
cause men  have  abused  them?  Theology,  in  its 
true  and  original  interpretation,  is  nothing  more 
nor  less  than  a  study  to  know  the  will  and  purpose 
of  God  concerning  us.  When  Paul  exhorted  to 
study,  etc.,  show  himself  approved,  that  he  might 
rightly  divide  the  Word  of  Truth,  what  else  was  it 
than  that  he  should  study  theology?  So  it  is  not 
the  study  of  theology  that  we  arc  to  shy  off  from, 
but  the  kir.d  of  theology  that  is  taught,  So  it  is 
with  the  salaried  and  the  supported  ministry.  It 
is  not  the  svpport  that  we  are  to  scare  at,— "The 
laborer  is  worthy  of  his  hire,"  but  the  manner  in 
which  it  is  done,  and  the  kind  of  work  we  get  for 
it.  In  other  words,  we  want  the  study  of  the  right 
kind  of  theology,  that  it  may  produce  the  right 
kind  of  men,  that  they  may  do  the  right  kind  of 
work.  Along  this  line  we  want  to  work  that  the 
cause  of  the  Master  may  be  perpetuated,  his  king- 
dom enlarged,  and  souls  saved.  By  doing  this  ju- 
diciously, we  will  get  to  the  true  standard,  meet 
the  issue  and  avoid  the  crisis. 

Let  us  now,  in  conclusion,  take  a  common-sense 
view  of  this  subject.  There  is  an  old  saying,  "  Like 
priest,  like  people."  But  this  tells  on  its  face 
only  part  of  the  truth.  Why  should  the  people 
be  like  the  priest?  Who  will  answer?  Much  de- 
pends on  the  priest  in  this  case.  But  let  us  reverse 
the  saying,  "Like  people,  like  priest."  Why  the 
priest  like  the  people?  Much  depends  on  the 
people  in  this  case.  When  the  teacher  knows 
more  than  the  people,  he  teaches  the  people,  and 
if  they  learn  anything  they  become  like  the  teach- 
er. But  when  the  people  know  more  than  the 
teacher,  is  it  not  reasonable,  if  there  is  any  re- 
ceiving or  changing,  it  must  be  on  the  part  of  the 
teacher,  or  the  one  that  knows  the  less? 

Only  a  few  weeks  ago  we  were  told  of  a  baptis-  | 
mal  scene  where  part  of  the  candidates  were  bap- 
tized by  trine  immersion,  part  by  single  immer- 
sion, and  a  part  by  pouring.  Who  was  the  teacher 
in  this  case?  And  yet  the  minister  had  studied 
theology.  What  was  wrong?  Had  he  too  much 
theology,  or  cot  enough?  Not  enough.  When 
those  who  are  to  be  taught  teach  the  teacher  how 
to  baptize,  we  say  there  is  an  incongruity  some- 
where. In  this  case  we  must  place  it  to  the  ac- 
count of  the  teacher.  The  teacher,  to  teach,  must 
know  more  than  his  pupils,  and  the  preacher,  to 
preach,  must  know  more  than  his  hearers. 

As  the  time  has  come  when  education,  both  in 

the  sciences  and  in  the  Bible,  is  becoming  almost 

universal,  there  is  but  one  thing  for  the  preacher 

to  do,  to  be  abreast  and  ahead  of  the  times,  or  of 

s  hearers. 

There  is  a  desire,  a  reaching  out,  on  the  part  of 
the  people,  for  Biblical  knowledge,  and  as  this  is 
the  kind  of  knowledge  our  preachers  are  to  preach 
and  give,  they  must  prepare,  they  must  &et  before 
they  can  give.  How  to  get  is  the  problem,  Solve 
this  and  the  crista  Is  past,  H,  a.  B, 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSEHGER. 


Jan.  15,  18 


QUtRISIS"  DEHAttTMcNT. 


nbe  found  in  the  Bible, 
the  lipht. — 7.  Fenslcr. 


In  the  Mejs*nrbr  you  say  the  Son  of  God  gavi 
ample  to  all  believers,  when  he  was  thrice  dipped 
of  Jordan.     Please  state  where 
If  I  am  in  the  dark,  I  want  to  | 

If  our  querist  will  turn  to  page  794.  of  the  Mes- 
senger, 1897,  he  will  notice  that  what  we  said  in 
regard  to  Jesus  being  dipped  in  the  Jordan  three 
times,  at  his  baptism,  is  taken  from  Dr.  Wall,  on  In- 
fant Baptism,  and  he  quotes  a  canon  to  that  effect. 
It  may  be  proper  here  to  remark,  that  all  the  an- 
cients, so  far  as  we  know,  held  that  the  primitive 
mode  was  trine  immersion,  and  that  such  was  the 
example  set  by  Jesur,  when  he  was  baptized  in  the 
Jordan.  Our  querist  is  referred  to  Matt.  28:  19,  for 
Bib'e  auihonty  for  this  method  of  performing  the 
rite  of  baptism.  The  construction  of  the  formula, 
there  given,  shows  that  there  must  be  an  action  for 
eich  name,  hence,  the  threefold  immersion. 

We,  the  German  Baplist  Brethren,  believe  in  obeying  all  the 
commandments,  and  teaching  the  same.  I  find  about  four 
hundred  co-nroandm?nls,  whn  we  should  do,  and  what  we 
sbou  d  not  do  to  ii.heiit  the  kiugrlcm  of  heaven.  I  also  find 
that  fastine  is  a  command  not  generally  taught,  not  practiced 
by  the  church.  Please  tell  us  the  rea  ons.  I  believe  we  feajt 
too  much  and  fast  too  little.  Sec  2  Cor.  6:  5;  ":  27:  Malt.  17: 
\\;  hV%n\%\-G.  H.  Sharp, 

Our  brother  is  right  in  saving  that  we  feast  too 
much,  b-Jt  fast  too  little.  Fasting,  however,  does 
not  seem  to  have  been  specially  enjoined  by  either 
Jesus  or  the  apostles,  and  yet  it  is  to  be  highly 
commended  for  our  spiritual,  mental  as  well  as  for 
our  physical  good.  And  since  it  has  not  been  spe- 
cially com*"a*dcdt  the  Brethren  have  not  seen  prop 
er  to  erjoin  it  on  the  members.  It  is  one  of  these 
individual  practices  that  should  commend  itself  on 
account  of  'he  good  resulting  from  it. 
Please  explain  Matt.  12:  31,  32— />.  N.  Spitler. 
Th*-se  verses  refer  to  what  Jesus  says  about  sin 
against  the  Holy  Ghost.  By  this  sin  is  meant  the 
attributiae  of  the  works-cf  the  Holy  Ghost  to  the 
devil.  The  person  who  accuses  the  devil  of  the 
works  that  the  Holy  Ghost  is  accomplishing,  sins 
against  the  Holy  Ghost.  It  stands  some  people  in 
hand  t^  be  very  careful  how  they  speak  and  write 
about  some  of  the  good  works  going  on  in  this 
world,  even  at  this  time,  for  the  Holy  Spirit  may  bt 
behind  more  good  movements  than  we  think.  It  ii 
a  sin  that  seems  to  be  neither  excusable  nor  pardon 
able. 

A  minister  who  is  old  wants  to  keep  a  little  country  store 
and  it  look*  as  if  not  keeping  tobacco  would  almost  make  thi 
venture  a  failure.     Is  there  any    loophole  by  which  he    cai 

handle  tobacco  and  retain  his  office?—  E.  F. 

Loopholes  are  rather  dangerous  things  to  trifle 
with,  at  best.  While  our  Conference  has  not  seen 
proper  to  'orb'd  members  selling  tobacco,  she  nev 
ertheless  advises  against  it,  both  among  the  officials 
and  others.  Those  who  use,  raise,  buy  or  sell  to- 
bacco, cannot,  however,  serve  as  delegates  to  the 
Annual  or  District  Meeting,  or  on  the  S'anding 
Committee,  nor  can  those  who  use  the  weed,  be  in- 
stalled as  deacons,  ministers,  or  elders.  The  loop 
hole  for  selling  tobacco  is  rattier  small.  Cannot 
the  members  who  use  the  weed,  quit  it,  then  buy 
more  goods  of  the  old  brother,  and,  in  this  way, 
help  him  along? 

In  Judges  n:  34  we  read,  "And  behold  his  daughter  came 
out  to  meet  h  m."  is  it  certain  that  JepMhah  offered  her  up 
as  a  burnt  offerng  according  to  his  vow  in  verse  31?— L.  J, 

It  is  not  certain  that  he  offered  her  as  a  burnt  of 
fering  As  the  Lord  accepted  the  will  for  the  Heed 
when  Abraham  proved  himself  willing  to  sacrifice 
the  life  of  his  son  Isaac,  so,  in  this  instance,  the  fa 
ther  may  have  been  spared  the  pain  of  taking  the 
life  of  his  only  child.  He  probably  consecrated 
her  to  a  service  rt  q  urtng  a  life-long  virginity,  sep- 
arating her  from  himself  and  his  home,  and  thus 
spent  the  rest  of  h  s  days  in  deep  sorrow  and  soli- 
tude, on  account  of  hi?  rash  vow. 


nd  Ne 


Is  there  any  person  mentioned  in  both  the  Old 
Testaments,  whose  name  is  nnt  given,  whose  death  was  unlike 
that  of  any  other  created  being,  and  whose  body  never  saw 
corruption?— L.  J.  Bryant. 

In  both  the  Old  and  New  Testaments,  such  a  per- 
son is  mentioned,  but  we  will  leave  our  readers  to 
solve  the  problem. 

Is  the  word  ".  murderer  "  ascribed  to  the  character  of  David 

any  place  iu  the  B.ble?-/;,  N.  Spitler. 

We   do   not   recall   an  instance  where  the  term 

murderer"  is  applied  to  David,  though  he  was  a 
party  to  the  shedding  of  innocent  blood  on  one  oc- 
casion.    2  Sam.  11:  14-17- 

[n  Matt.  22:  11,  12,  what  is  meant  by  the  wedding  garment? 

B.  A.  Kurtz. 

By  wedding  garment  is  meant  the  righteou:- 
ness  of  the  saints.     See  Kzv.  19:  8  and  7:  g. 

j     H     M 


*— ' #  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY*— 


MY  PRAYER. 


And  make  me  wholly  thine. 

Fighting  the  war  of  life. 

With  weaiy  heart  and  brain, 
Dear  Father,  in  this  world  of  strife, 

Do  thou  my  soal  sustain. 
Take,  O  my  Father,  take 

This  wayward  heait  of  mine; 
I  cannot  give  it  thee, 

But  thou  canst  make  it  thine. 
Thou  only,  Lord,  canst  know, 

Thon  only,  Lord,  canst  see 
How  hard  the  struggle  is  beneath, 

Tho'  elm  the  surface  be. 
Nothing  but  perfect  faith, 

And  love  of  thy  sweet  wil\ 
Can  lift  me  from  the  deep, 

And  bid  me,  "  Peace,  be  still!  "' 
Carethoul    I  will  not  care 

Nor  ask  with  troubled  mind, 
About  my  future  here — 

Teach  me  to  be  resigned. 
Care  for  me  all  my  liff, 

Care  thou  for  me  and  mine — 
Almighty  Father,  gracious,  good, 

Care  thou  for  all  of  time. 

Selected  by  Ella  G,  Famous. 


OUR  AID  SOCIETY. 


MARY   E     BROOKS. 


We,  the  sisters  of  the  Falls  City  church,  organ- 
ized a  "  Sisters' Aid  Society"  in  September.  Our 
average  attendance  has  been  only  four,  the  high- 
est number  being  six.  During  that  time  we  have 
raised  five  dollars  above  expenses,  which  we  sent 
to  the  Smyrna  Orphanage.  There  are  eight  sis- 
ters living  in  town,  but  circumstances  are  such 
that  some  cannot  attend,  although  they  are 
sympathy  with  the  work.  There  are  other 
ters  living  in  the  country,  but  at  such  a  distance 
that  they  cannot  come  very  often.  Our  plan  is, 
to  piece  and  quilt  quilts,  sew  carpet  rags,  make 
caps,  handkerchiefs,  plain  dresses,  and  any  other 
plain  sewing  that  any  one  wishes  to  have  done. 
We  also  do  charity  sewing. 

We  expect  to  contribute  all  we  get  to  the  differ- 
ent missionary  funds. 
Falls  City,  Netr. 


recipient  of  her  kindness,  with  loving  hand  had 
chiseled,  on  the  enduring  stone,  a  tribute  to  her 
memory. 

Kindness  is  the  goddess  that  invites  to  the  high- 
er and  better  life.  With  one  hand  she  rolls  back 
the  curtain  of  sorrow  and  despair,  with  the  other 
she  poinis  to  better  things.  On  her  head  is  the 
crown  of  joy,  with  the  three  heaven-bestowed 
jewels  of  faith,  hope  and  charity,  Her  mission 
is  that  of  spreading  a  feast  for  the  soul,  and  gar- 
nishing it  with  the  moorings  of  heaven.  She  is 
found  in  the  streets  of  our  cities,  in  the  lanes  and 
highways  of  our  country,  and  leaves  the  impress 
of  her  work  on  the  lives  of  all  those  with  whom  she 
comes  in  contact.  Her  work  stands  out  in  bold 
contrast  to  that  of  the  priest  and  Levite,  and  an- 
swers the  all-ibsorbirg  question,  "Who  is  my 
neighbor?"  As  we  sometimes  sing,  "Kind  words 
will  never  die,"  let  us  stop  long  enough  to  speak 
them. 

Szfem,  Ore. 

CULTIVATE  CHEER. 

It  was  a  favorite  saying  of  Bancroft,  the  histor- 
ian, who  was  a  vigorous  old  roan  at  ninety,  that 
the  secret  of  a  long  life  is  in  never  losing  one's 
temper.  The  remaik  was  simply  a  concrete  way 
of  expressing  the  hycienic  value  of  amiability — 
a  principle  which,  until  lately,  has  scarcely  been 
considered  in  the  training  of  children.  Hitherto 
we  have  regarded  fretfulness,  melancholy  and 
bad  temperas  the  natural  concomitants  of  illness. 
But  modern  science  shows  that  these  mental 
moods  have  actual  power  to  produce  disease, 
No  doubt,  in  most  case?,  imperfect  bodily  con- 
ditions are  I  h?  cause  of  irritable  and  depressed 
feelings,  yet  sometimes  the  reverse  is  true,  asd 
a  better  knowledge  of  physiological  laws  would 
show  them  to  be  effect,  rather  than  cause.  The 
fact  that  discontented  and  gloomy  people  are 
never  in  good  health,  is  an  argument  in  favor  of 
the  theory  that  continual  indulgence  in  unhap- 
py thoughts,  acts  as  a  poison  and  creates  some- 
form  of  disease.  Moreover,  such  people  radiate 
an  unwholesome  influence,  which,  like  the  atmos- 
phere of  a  malarial  region,  one  cannot  help  in- 
haling. They  also  lack  hope  and  energy,  and  are 
far  more  likely  to  succumb  to  prevailing  epidem- 
ics, than  those  of  a  cheerful  temperament.  A 
variety  of  motives,  therefore — our  personal  well- 
being,  regard  for  the  dear  ones  of  our  households, 
and  loyalty  to  the  divine  Master,  who  forbids  our 
taking  anxious  thought,  —  should  inspire  us  to 
cultivate  a  sunny  disposition.-  N.  W.  Q-ristian  Ad- 
vocate. 


"SHE  WAS  KINE  TO  EVERYBUD1E." 

BY  J.    F.    EBERSOLE. 

What  a  world  of  meaning,  what  a  text  for  hu- 
manity! 

Not  long  since  I  chanced  to  see  in  a  paper,  an 
account  of  the  finding  of  a  rudely  carved  tomb- 
stone in  a  remote  part  of  the  country,  bearing  the 
above  inscription.  What  it  lacks  in  spelling  is 
more   than  made  up  in  sentiment.      Some  happy 


M!S3  NOAH. 


The  scholar  should  know  his  textbooks,  else  he 
may  have  the  mortification  of  being  outmatched 
in  his  own  specialty  by  a  layman,  as  in  this  story 
from  an  exchange: 

A  child  was  brought  to  a  Yorkshire  vicar  for 
baptism.  As  he  was  told  that  the  name  was  to  be 
Noah,  he  naturally  referred  to  the  infantas'  he" 
in  the  course  of  the  service.  Soon  he  felt  his 
surplice  pulled  by  one  of  the  women,  who  whis- 
pered to  him  that  "  it  was  a  lass." 

'■  But  Noah  is  not  a  girl's  name,"  said  the  parson. 

"  Yes,  it  is,"  spoke  up  the  child's  father. 

An  adjournment  was  made  to  the  vestry  to  settle 
the  point.  The  father  said  that,  whenever  he  had 
a  child  to  be  named,  he  opened  the  Bible  and 
chose  the  first  name  of  the  proper  sex  that  met 
his  eye.  The  clergyman  insisted  that  in  the  pres- 
ent case  a  mistake  had  been  made,  whereupon  the 
father  opened  the  Bible  at  Numbers  26:  33,  and 
read,  "The  names  of  the  daughters  of  Zelophehad 
were  Noah,"  etc. 

There  was  no  more  to  be  said  — Selected. 


THS  STRANQER  WITHIN  THE  O.ATES. 


Margaret  E  Sangster,  in  the  Christian  Herald, 
has  some  good  things  to  say  under  the  above 
heading.    We  clip  the  best  from  her  article: 


Jan.  15, 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGER. 


43 


"When  one  goes  away  from  home  to  pay  even 
a  friendly  visit,  there  are  certain  obligations  which 
belong  to  her  as  a  guest.  She  is  bound,  for  in- 
stance, to  be  courteous  and  amiable,  to  be  blind 
and  deaf  to  anything  unpleasant  which  may  oc- 
cur in  the  family  who  are  entertaining  her,  to  be 
as  entertaining  as  possible,  and  in  every  way  to 
add  to  the  happiness  of  those  under  whose  roof 
she  tarries  for  a  time.  All  well-bred  people  un- 
derstand that  no  gi-'cU,  who  is  in  the  least  polite, 
will  be  indifferent  to  the  rules  of  the  household. 
If  people  have  certain  hours  for  breakfast  and 
dinner,  she  will  conform  to  these,  even  if  these 
are  quite  different  from  the  hours  she  keeps  at 
home. 

"She  will  never  be  late  in  fulfilling  an  engage- 
ment, she  will  be  interested  in  the  friends  of  her 
hostess,  and  when  these  friends  come  to  call  on 
her,  or  when  they  show  her  polite  attentions,  she 
will  manifest  her  pleasure  and  will  be  as  agreeable 
as  she  can,  to  every  one  whom  she  meets.  She 
will  try  to  keep  her  room  in  order,  and  though 
she  may  not  6nd  it  necessary  to  relieve  her  host- 
ess of  any  cares,  she  will  certainly  not  add  to 
the  burden  of  care,  which  belongs  to  the  keeping 
of  every  house.  If  her  hostess  has  no  domestic 
help,  it  will  be  quite  in  order  for  the  guts*,  stay- 
ing a  day,  a  week,  or  a  month,  to  take  charge  of 
her  own  room,  and  in  any  little  unobtrusive  way 
to  assist  the  mistress  in  whatever  she  may  be  do- 
ing. 

"  But  she  will  not  always  keep  herself  with  the 
family;  the  ideal  guest  has  resources  in  herself. 
She  has  her  own  engagements,  her  letters  to 
write,  her  books  to  read,  her  walks  to  take,  her 
occupations  which  will  enable  her  at  times  to  with- 
draw from  the  family,  and  leave  it  to  its  own 
privacy  and  its  own  concerns.  A  judicious  moth- 
er once  told  her  daughter  who  was  going  away  for 
the  first  visit  from  home,  '  I  cannot  tell  you  how 
to  behave,  except  that,  of  course,  you  will  be  as 
considerate  and  thoughtful  away  from  home  as 
you  have  been  trained  to  be  in  your  own  mother's 
"*,  fhouse;  but  every  family  likes,  at  times,  to  be  by 
itself,  so  be  careful  that  you  are  not  always  in 
evidence.  Sometimes  go  away  by  yourself,  and  do 
not  feel  that  you  must  always  be  entertained.' 

"  In  this  world  we  are  all  bound  up  in  one  bun- 
dle. No  one  of  us,  on  account  of  more  fortunate 
environment  or  easier  social  position,  has  a  right 
to  look  down  upon,  or  to  be  unkind,  to  any  other. 
If  we  are  guests  under  the  roof  of  an  over-bur- 
dened farmer's  wife,  guests  by  right  of  a  weekly 
amount  which  we  pay  her,  we  still  must  endeavor 
by  our  promptness,  our  willingness  to  be  pleased, 
our  occasional  taking  upon  ourselves  of  little 
duties  which  may  relieve  her,  to  make  her  life 
smoother  and  easier  than  it  would  be  if  we  were 
selfish  and  churlish.  Especially  should  the  moth- 
er, who  has  little  children  under  her  care,  remem- 
ber this.  I  have  seen  children  allowed  to  trample 
down  the  beloved  flowerbeds,  which  the  mistress 
of  the  house  had  cared  for,  as  if  they  were  the 
very  joy  and  pride  of  her  heart.  We  would  sel- 
dom hear  objections  to  the  presence  of  children 
anywhere,  if  they  were  taught,  as  they  should  in- 
variably be,  to  have  due  regard  for  the  rights  of 
others,  as  well  as  for  their  own  pleasure.  Even  a 
baby  may  be  persuaded  not  to  pick  '  the  lady's 
flowers,' 

"There  is  one  thing  which  people  are  not  as  care- 
ful in  considering  as  they  might  be,  and  that  is 
punctuality  in  making  and  meeting  appointments. 
If  you  are  going  to  a  house  some  miles  from  a 
village,  you  should  inform  yourself  with  precision 
as  to  the  arrival  and  departure  of  trains,  and  if 
you  send  word  that  you  may  be  expected  at  a 
certain  day  and  hour,  be  sure  that  you  are  there, 
unless  providentially  hindered.  A  busy  man 
leaves  his  work  in  the  fields,  and  drives  over  five 
or  six  miles  to  meet  a  woman  who,  at  the  last 
moment,  has  decided  that  she  will  not  start  until 
the  next  day.  All  the  arrangements  of  his  day 
are  thus  deranged,  and  this  sort  of  heedlessness  is 
a  direct  violation  of  the  law  which  tells  us  to  do  ai 
we  would  be  done  by." 


CORRESPONDENCE . 


California  Missions. 

Tbis  writing  brings  the  writer  to  the  close  of  an- 
other very  eventful  year.  Many  blessings  can  be 
recalled, — sorrows,  though  unbidden,  have  also 
come.  Many  miles  have  been  traveled  over.  The 
Father's  watch-care  has  been  present  all  the  way, 
and  all  the  time.  I  have  now  spent  nearly  two 
months  among  the  churches  and  missions  m  this 
great  field  of  the  Lord.  I  spent  three  weeks  of  act- 
ive work  among  the  "  busy  bees"  of  Los  Angeles. 
They  are  not  drones;  they  are  workers.  Bro.  P.  S. 
Myers,  with  his  helpers,  is  working  this  part  of  the 
field. 

I  then  went  to  Colton.  This  is  one  of  their  mis- 
sion posts,  and  is  in  care  of  Bro.  M.  M.  Eshelman. 
Here  we  enjoyed  a  love  feast,  that  was  deserving  of 
the  name,  The  little  band  seemed  to  have  a  full 
cup  "  wrung  out  "  to  each  member.     Ps.  73:  10. 

As  I  visit  and  work  in  these  city  missions,  how  I 
do  wish  that  all  our  brethren  and  sisters  could  see 
for  themselves  the  very  arduous  work  and  intense 
anxiety,  which  those  who  have  charge  of  the  work 
must  do  and  endure.  When  you  have  seen  the 
work,  etc.,  and  then  see  how  happy  the  new-born 
souls  are,  you  will  want  to  give  much  more  to  mis- 
sions than  you  ever  gave  before. 

The  feast  here,  and  also  at  Los  Angeles,  partook 
of  all  the  essentials  of  a  love  /east,  as  fully  as  any 
feasts  that  I  ever  attended.  The  Brethren  have  an- 
other mission  at  Pomona,  under  the  care  of  Bro.  B, 
F.  Masterson.  This,  like  the  others,  requires  con- 
stant and  well-directed  attention.  I  hope  to  visit  it 
early  in  the  new  year,  O  for  more  consecration  of 
life  and  means,  all  over  the  Brotherhood,  so  that 
the  Lord's  wiil  may  be  done  in  us  and  by  ust  I 
am  now  (Dec,  29)  in  the  San  Jacinto  Valley.  The 
work  here  is  in  care  of  Eld.  I,  M.  Gibble, 

A.  Hutchison. 

Lordsburg,  Cal. 

Asia  Minor  Mission. 

Last  Friday  Bro.  Melkom  and  I  went  to  Aidin,  t 
visit  the  three  brethren  that  we  have  there.  We 
found  them  strong,  as  ever,  in  the  faith,  much  unit' 
ed,  and  endeavoring  to  set  a  good  example  of  Chris- 
tian walking  among  the  three  thousand  who  only 
wear  the  garb  of  Christianity,  and  the  forty  thou 
sand  who  worship  "but  one  God,"  but  whose  proph 
et  is  Mahomet.  We  were  much  impressed  and  edi 
fied  with  their  piety,  earnestness,  and  childlike 
faith,  They  have  suffered,  and  suffer  yet,  a  great 
deal,  from  the  members  of  the  corrupt  Greek 
church,  which  they  have  left.  The  persecution  di 
rected  against  them  is  the  boycott!  But  God  has 
been  very  good  to  them  in  that  they  have  had  an 
increase  of  customers,  but  among  the  Mohamme- 
dam,  this  time,  so  that,  although  poor,  they  are  not 
deprived  of  "  food  and  raiment," — the  necessary 
things  of  life.  Bro.  Anastase,  who  is  eighty-seven 
years  old,  has  a  little  shop  4x4  feet,  where  he  sells 
socks,  straps,  belts,  etc.  The  Holy  Bible  is  always 
near  him,  which,  with  weak  eyes,  he  reads  in  his 
moments  of  leisure.  He  said,  "  I  have  found  great 
peace  in  Jesus,  and  much  daily  comfort  in  the  read- 
ing of  his  Word." 

Besides  our  members  there  are  only  three  Protes- 
tants (formerly  orthodox  Greeks),  in  Aidin.  They 
are  men  who  know  the  Scriptures  well,  whose  faith 
in  Christ  is  strong,  and  whose  spirituality  has 
caused  us  to  marvel.  One  of  them  is  the  propri- 
etor of  the  little  hotel  at  which  we  were  staying,  so, 
in  one  of  the  rooms,  we  held  our  services,  at  which 
our  three  members,  the  three  Protestants,  Bro.  Mel 
kom  and  I  (altogether  eight)  met  to  worship.  Be 
sides  preaching  the  Word,  we  also  explained  our 
doctrines,  proving  and  substantiating  them  by  the 
Scriptures. 

The  evening  previous  to  our  departure,  Bro.  Her 
aclion  Ktitikakis,  proprietor  of  the  hotel,  confessed 
Christ,  and  expressed  to  us  a  strong  desire  to  re- 
ceive Gospel  baptism,  and  join  our  Fraternity.  He 
had  to  wait  until  after  11  P.  M.,  when  everybody 
was  asleep  at  bis  inn  (for  nothing  but  an  "  inn  "  it 


),  to  receive  this  ordinance.  It  was  bitter  cold, 
the  wind  blew  hard,  the  moon  shone  brightly 
above  the  countless  minarets  of  this  thoroughly 
Turkish  city,  when  we  went  to  where  deep  running 
waters  awaited  us.  There  another  precious  soul 
was  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism,  to  rise  up  in 
newness  of  life.  And  thus,  by  the  grace  of  God,  we 
have  now  four  members  in  Aidin,  with  strong  hope 
that  the  two  remaining  Protestants,— thoroughly 
consecrated  men, — will  soon  join  with  the  four 
brethren  that  we  have  there.  Bro,  Heraclion  is 
thirty-eight  years  old.  Greek,  which  he  speaks 
very  correctly,  is  his  mother  tongue.  Besides  that, 
he  knows  Turkish,  which  everybody  knows,  and 
must  know,  in  the  interior. 

The  brethren  are  very  anxious  to  have,  as  soon  as 
possible,  a  minister,  to  impart  to  them  the  Word  of 
God.  We  have  succeeded  in  sending  one  to  Phila- 
delphia, and  now  we  shall  try  to  send  another  one 
to  Aidin,  which,  by  the  way,  was  once  the  renowned 
Thrallts.  We  are  told  that  Aidin  is  a  very  good  and 
promising  field,  for  a  young,  active,  energetic  pas- 
tor. We  have  returned  much  pleased  and  encour- 
aged, and  expecting  "great  things"  there,  through 
the  mercy  of  God,  the  consistent  lives  of  our  few 
rnembers,  and  the  man  whom  the  Lord  may  appoint 
as  overseer  of  that  flock!  G.J,  Fercken, 

Smyrna,  Asia  Minor,  Dec.  13. 


Eome  Jottings. 


—It  is  evening,— the  last  one  in  1897.  Only  a 
few  short  hours,  and  the  old  year,  with  its  record  of 
joys  and  sorrows,  will  be  gone,  and  a  new  scene  of 
time  ushered  in.  Can  it  be  possible  that  three  hun- 
dred and  sixty-five  days  have  been  given  us  for  im 
provement?  The  year  has  gone,  and  if  we  have 
been  idle  the  account  will  be  still  sadder,  for  the  op- 
portunities have  been  given. 

— No.  1  of  the  Messenger  is  here.  When  I 
worked  on  the  Pilgrim  and  Primitive  Christian,  we 
always  expected  a  little  rest,  as  only  fifty  numbers 
were  issued.  This,  no  doubt,  was  jn.ore_apjyeciated 
by  the  printers  I  han  the  readers.  The  church  paper 
should  be  a  welcome  guest  in  every  home,  and  the 
plea  we  sometimes  hear,  "We  have  no  time  to 
read,"  is  not  well  founded.  It  is  certainly  true  that 
we  always  find  time  to  do  what  most  interests  us, 
and  this  is  true  of  reading  as  well,  We  should  take 
time  to  read,  and  time  to  read  the  church  paper, 
too.  This  we  will  do  if  we  are  sufficiently  interest- 
ed in  the  church  and  her  work.  I  think  I  have 
read  every  issue  since  the  beginning  of  the  publica- 
tion of  the  Pilgrim,  which  is  about  twenty-eight 
years  ago,  and  we  hope  we  shall  never  be  too  busy 
to  read  the  good  news  from  the  churches. 

— The  letter  in  No,  1,  from  Bro.  Fercken,  is  cer- 
tainly very  encouraging,  and  should  stimulate  to 
greater  activity  in  the  mission  work  in  general. 
Our  foreign  fields  are  enlarging  their  borders,  and, 
perhaps,  working  harder  than  some  of  our  home 
churches.  Are  we  throwing  out  the  life-line  (0 
those  who   are  perishing? 

—Our  short  stay  in  the  city  of  York,  during 
the  Ministerial  Meeting,  in  November,  was  made 
very  pleasant  by  the  kindness  of  the  members  there, 
Bro.  Joseph  Long  certainly  has  a  body  of  people 
that  reflect  great  credit  on  their  pastor.  We 
learned  that  the  church  stands  high  in  the  estima- 
tion of  the  city  people,  and  their  services  are  large- 
ly attended.  We  are  sure  it  is  not  because  they  are 
fashionable,  for  they  are  models  of  neatness  and 
"  order,"  and  exceedingly  kind  to  everybody. 

— On  this  trip  we  (husband  and  self)  also  took 
in  a  day  of  the  Ministerial  Meeting,  near  Hagers- 
town,  We  also  stopped  over  Sunday  at  Waynes- 
boro, where  Bro.  J.  A.  Dove,  of  Virginia,  was  hold- 
ing a  series  of  meetings,  and  preaching  grand  ser- 
mons. 

—On  Thanksgiving  Day,  Bro.  Albert  Hollinger 
preached  morning  and  evening,  in  Shippensburg, 
our  home  congregation.  Ha  is  much  interested  in 
his  work  in  Washington,  and  is  laboring  hard  to  get 
a  house  of  worship.  We  hope  it  will  not  be  long 
until  the  amount  will  be  raised, 

Wealthy  A,  Burkholdbr. 


TIKE!    GOSPEL    3VEESSE3SrGEK-. 


Jan 


INDIANA. 

English  Prairie.-We  held  our  council  Dec. 
2  with  a  good  representation.  We  reorganized 
ou'r  Surdsy  school  for  the  winter.  We  also  re- 
ceived two  members  by  ktter.-/eA»  Long,  Brighton, 
Ind,  Jan.  I. 

Laporte.-Eld.  Lemuel  Hillery,  of  Goshen,  Ind., 
commenced  preaching  at  the  Water/ord  church, 
in  Laporte  congregation,  a  week  ago,  and  last 
evening  began  a  series  of  discourses,  entitled, 
"  The  Contrast  Between  the  Law  and  the  Gospel." 
This  series  will  require  a  number  of  sermons- 
Thurst'ii  Miller,  Jtu  5. 

Foit  Wayne— We  held  our  quarterly  council 
Jan  1  witn  Bro.  Daniel  Snell  presiding,  assisted 
by  Bro.  J.  Ahner.  We  reorganized  our  Sunday 
school,  t- e  writer  being  appointed  Superintend- 
ent. We  are  now  arranging  to  purchase  a  lot  for 
a  churchhouse,  which  we  are  much  in  need  of, 
as  the  hall  is  very  inconvenient.— A  M.  Efyjan.  4 
Roann.— Last  night  we  closed  an  interesting  one 
week's  meeting,  conducted  by  our  home  minis- 
ter. Two  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  —  man 
and  wife,— and  received  Christian  baptism.  Yes- 
terday we  reorganized  our  evergreen  Sunday 
school,  with  Bro.  Arthur  Dillman  as  Superintend- 
ent Social  meetings  ate  held  every  Wednesday 
night.  -Joeph  John,  Jan.  3. 

Pipe  Creek.— Bro.  W.  L.  Hatcher,  of  Ridgeway, 
Ind,  commenced  a  series  of  meciings  at  Onward, 
D;c!  13,  and  continued  until  D;c  23  delivering 
eleven  sermons  in  that  village.  One  made  the 
good  confession  and  was  baptized.  It  was  thought 
by  many  that  ihe  meetings  closed  too  soon.  There 
were  many  regiets  that  Bro.  Hatcher  could  not 
stay  longer.— IK.  B.  Dai'ey,  Peru,  Ind,  Dec  2S. 

Horth  Fork— Bro.  Isaac  W.  Brubaker,  of  La- 
j>'.ace,  111,,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  here 
on  the  evening  of  Dec.  18,  and  preached,  in  all, 
twen  y  sermons  to  large  and  attentive  congrega- 
tions. While  there  were  no  immediate  additions, 
we  feel  that  much  good  has  been  done.  The 
meetings  closed  Jan.  2,  with  encouraging  attend- 
ance and  the  best  of  interest.— John  Deal,  Pyrmir.t, 
In4..  Jem.  3. 

North  Liberty— To  day  our  quarterly  council 
passed  off,— pleading  and  profitable  to  aH.  All 
officers  of  '97  were  re  elected  for  'c.8  The  church 
decided  to  have  a  singing-school  in  the  near  fu- 
ture, to  be  conducted  by  Sister  Iva  Ulery,  of  Ply- 
mouth, Ind.  Our  Sunday  school  has  closed.  We 
hope  to  re-open  it  with  the  second  quarter.  Bro. 
Dsniel  Whitmer  is  our  elder.  We  have  three  min- 
isters, and  1  ;o  lay-members.— Maggie  M.  Good,  Jin, 


Antioch.  —  Eld.   Noah   Fisher   was  induced    to 
locate  here,  and  moved  among  us  last    O:tober. 
Soon  after  this  we  repaired  our  churchhouse.    We 
now  have  an   excellent   edi5ce.     It    is    the    best 
a'icience  room  in  town.    The  house  was  dedicated 
N    '.    28.      Ed.    Fisher  preached    the    dedicatory 
sermon.    The  meetings   were   then   continued   for 
three  weeks,  every  night.     Seven  united  with  the 
churth  by  baptism,  and  one  was  restored  to  fel- 
lowship.   At  the  conclusion  of  the   meetings   we 
held  our  love  feast  Dec.   18,   and  it  was  a  soul- 
checriag  feast — A.  B.  Mil'er,  Anderson,  Ind.,  Jan.  3. 
Baugo.— Eld.  W  R.  Deeter  commenced  a  series 
ci  meetings  in  Wakarusa  Dec.  16.  and  continued 
to  Jan.  3.     He  labored  hard  while  with  us.      He 
preached  two   sermons  on   baptism,   and   one    on 
feet-washing  and  the  Lord's  Supper.     He  proved 
clearly  that  we  are  right  in  the  position  we  take. 
The  last  meeting  was   a    special   council   for   the 
purpose  of  electing  a  minister.     Bro,  Elias  Swartz 
wa3  the  choice  of  the  .church.      The  installation 
services  were    solemn    and    impressive.      At  the 
close  of  this  service  one   came  forward,  express- 
ing a  desire  to  be  baptized  in  the  near  future. — 
Christian  Metiltr,  Wakarusa,  Ind.,  Jan.  4. 


Buck  Creek.  — Dec.  :i  Bro.  L.  W.  Teeter,  of 
Hagerstown,  Ind,  commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings here,  and  continued  until  Dec.  29,  preaching 
twenty-three  sermons.  Four  were  baptized.  One 
has  been  a  Sunday  school  teacher  for  three  years. 
Our  quarterly  council  was  held  Dec.  25  — /.  B. 
Wike,  M011 eland,  Ind.,  Die.  30. 

Elkhart  Valley.  —  Our  quarterly  council  was 
held  Dec.  23.  Bro.  Bolinger  preached  for  us  D;c 
16.  Bro.  J.  C.  Murray  is  expected  to  begin  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  at  our  church  the  latter  part 
of  January.  We  have  a  membership  of  nearly 
eighty.  Bro.  D.  I'uteibaugh  and  wife,  two  of  our 
active  Sunday  school  workers,  arc  spending  the 
winter  in  Louisiana.  About  fifteen  months  ago 
we  decided  to  have  an  evergreen  Sunday  school, 
and  since  that  time  our  work  has  been  steadily- 
growing.  During  the  year  1S97  we  had  an  average 
attendance  of  sixty,  the  last  quarter  averaging 
seventy-nine.  One  class  of  eight  little  folks  were 
each  given  five  cents,  last  spring,  to  invest.  The  in- 
vestment was  to  be  collected  on  Christmas,  for 
the  India  mission,  and  amounted  to  S5  25  The 
song  seivice,  conducted  by  Sister  Anna  Bussard, 
has  improved  our  singing  very  much.  During  the 
year  six  were  baptized  and  two  reclaimed.  Only 
one  of  this  number  was  from  the  Sunday  school. — 
Clara  E.  Slavffer,  Dienla/s,  Ind.,  Jan  3. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Belleville. —  Bro.  Wm.  S.  Ritchc-y,  of  Bedford 
County,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  at-Gib- 
boney's  schoolhouse,  near  Belleville,  Dec.  18,  and 
closed  Dec.  28.  One  was  added  to  our  number. 
On  Sunday,  Dec.  26,  Bro.  Ritchey  preached  two 
impressive  sermons  in  the  Amish  church,  near  by. — 
E.  B.  Grassmyer,  Miff/ in  County,  Fa.,  Jan. 3.  , 

Tulpehocken.  —  We  held  our  quarterly  council 
Dec,  20.  Elders  J,  H.  Longenecker,  John  Hertz- 
ler  and  Israel  Wenger  were  called  in.  The  church 
decided  to  hold  an  ekciion  for  a  deacon.  The 
lot  fell  on  brethren  Edwin  K'irtz  and  Joseph 
I  Wilhelm.  Bro.  John  Heir  was  advanced  to  the 
full  ministry.  Seven  were  received  into  the 
church  by  baptism.— Ella  V.  Loystr,  EiMand,  Lib- 
amn  Co.,  Pa  ,Jon.  2. 

Lost  Creek.— Nov.  27  Bro.  C.  C.  Ellis  came  to 
us,  and  gave  us  three  sermons.  Dec.  4  Bro.  J. 
Kurtz  Miller  came  to  us.  He  preached  on  Sun- 
day, and  commenced  a  series  of  Bible  lessons  Dec. 
6,  which  he  continued  until  the  nth,  They  were 
highly  appreciated.  Dec.  i3  Bro.  Silas  Hoover 
commenced  a  series  of  meetings  and  continued 
until  the  28th,  giving,  in  all,  fifteen  sermons.  Our 
only  regret  was  that  the  meetings  closed  so  soon. 
One  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  was  bap- 
tized. Later  four  others  signified  their  willing- 
ness to  come,  but  are  not  baptized  yet.  Jan.  1 
we  held  our  quarterly  council.  The  average 
attendance  of  our  Sunday  school  for  the  last  quar- 
ter was  103.  Brethren  J.  H.  Smith  and  H.  J. 
Shellenberger  were  elected  Superintendents.  One 
member  was  reclaimed.— John  Hart,  Swales,  Pa , 
Jan.  ;. 

ReadiDg. — On  New  Year's  Day  our  small  band 
of  workers  met  to  organize  our  Reading  church, 
which  formerly  belonged  to  the  Maiden  Creek 
congregation.  We  elected  two  deacons, — breth- 
ren Alvin  Longenecker  and  Daniel  Stouffer.  Bro, 
John  Herr,  of  Myerstown,  is  our  cider.  We  have 
no  minister  yet,  in  Reading.  Brethren  John  Herr 
and  Christian  Bucher  had  this  place  in  charge 
heretofore.  Everything  at  the  council  was  done 
in  spirit  and  in  love.  We  feel  thankful  to  have 
a  nice  house  of  worslvp  that  we  can  call  our  own. 
Our  house  was  dedicated  Sept.  26.  It  stands  on 
an  elevated  spot.  Its  dimensions  2re  forty  by 
sixty  feet,  and  it  is  two  rqrares  from  P.  &  R. 
depot.  It  is  a  substantial  brick  house,  atranged 
for  love  feast  purposes.  We  intend  holding  a  feast 
by  spring.  Bro.  Pfoutz,  of  Farmersville,  preached 
for  us  during  our  revival  services,  which  were  held 
for  two  weeks  Three  young  sisters  came  out  on 
the  Lord's  side  and  were. baptized  in  the  Schuyl- 
kill River.— G.  H.  Sherman,  Jan.  j . 


Conestoga— Our  ch'irch  met  in  council  Jan.  1. 
All  business  was  disposed  of  in  a  pleasant  manner. 
Jan.  2  eight  of  the  converts  were  baptized  irto 
Christ.— Lizzie  Myerjan.  3. 


Brother's  Valley.— Our  series  of  meetings,  at  the 
Pike  churchhouse,  closed  last  evening.  Bro.  Jas- 
per Barnthouse,  of  Markleysburg,  Pa,  was  with 
us  over  two  weeks,  and  preached  twenty  sermons. 
Thirteen  precious  souls  were  baptized.  Others 
were  deeply  impressed,  and  the  members  en- 
couraged on  their  way  Zionward. — Clara  G.  Rieman, 
Berlin,  Pa.,  Dee.  2y. 

Ephrata.— Two  more  accepted  Christ  since  my 
last  report.  This  makes  eleven  in  all.  They  were 
aH  baptized  in  a  beautiful  spiing  at  Springville, 
on  Christmas  forenoon.  In  the  afternoon  Bro.  I. 
Taylor  preached  a  good  sermon  on  how  to  cele- 
brate Christ's  birthday.  After  the  sermon,  offi- 
cers for  the  Sunday  school  were  elected.  Bro.  S. 
W.  Kulp  and  the  writer  were  elected  Superintend- 
ent and  Assistant.—  Dc-ii  Kiilafner,  Jan. 3. 

Meyersdale.— We  held  our  yearly  council  Jan. 
I,  1S9S.  Everything  passed  off  pleasantly.  The 
church  agreed  to  send  839.10,  donated  on  Thanks- 
giving Day,  one-third  to  Home  Mission  and  two- 
thirds  to  General  Mission.  Ojr  Sunday  school 
collection,  Jin,  2,  for  Washington  meetinghouse,, 
was  S17  13  About  2;o  were  in  attendance  at 
our  Christmas  exercises,  which  consisted  of  essays 
on  Christmas  and  Christ,  and  some  speeches. 
Regular  church  seiviccs  fo'lowed  at  10:  30 — /,  C„ 
Joltnson,Jan.3. 

Harrisburg.  —  We  have  now  completed  a  year 
of  active  church  work  in  this  city.  While  the  re- 
sults are  not  all  we  would  desire  to  behold,  yet 
we  know  that  the  Lord  has  been  with  us,  and  has 
blessed  us  in  our  efforts.  Seven  precious  souls 
have  united  with  the  church  within  this  year.  Our 
Sunday  school  has  been  steadily  increasing  in 
number  and  interest.  We  realize  that  the  Lord 
has  a  work  for  us  to  do  in  this  city,  and  we  pray 
that  the  new  year  may  be  more  abundant  in  labor  ; 
for  the  Master. — Ssrah  A.  Hawk,  439  Walnut  St, 
Jan.  4. 

Woodbury.— Eld.  Jas.  A.  Sell  began  a  series  of 
meetings  at  the  Replogle  meetinghouse  Dec.  11, 
and  closed  D;c.  s6  He  preached,  in  all,  nine- 
teen sermons,  eight  of  which  were  f'om  the  life 
of  Joseph,  so  far  as  he  was  a  type  of  Christ. 
These,  as  well  as  all  he  preached,  were  made  veiy 
practical.  The  good  seed  sown,  we  trust,  will 
be  gathered  not  many  days  hence.  Owing  to 
the  inclemency  of  the  weather,  the  attendance  was 
not  as  large  as  it  otherwise  would  have  been. 
After  services,  on  Christmas,  a  collection  was  tak- 
en, and  S3  00  raised  for  the  Washington  Mission. 
We  closed  our  Sunday  school  Jan.  2.  until  the 
openi'ng  of  the  second  quarter  of  189S.  In  our 
young  people's  meeting,  which  meets  each  Sun- 
day evening,  we  likely  will  follow  the  Interna- 
tiona! Sunday  School  Lessons.—/.  C.  Stayer,  Bed- 
ford County,  Pa.,  Jan.  4- 

KANSAS. 

Cottonwood.— We  are  enjoying  a  splendid  se- 
ries of  meetings,  conducted  by  Bro.  W.  H.  Lea- 
man,  of  Madison,.  Kans.  There  have  been  two 
accessions,  and  several  more  are  very  near  the 
kingdom,  The  meetings  are  expected  to  continue 
for  some  time  yet.—; John  G.  Ssrgent,  Dunlop,  Kens., 
D:c.3t. 

Ozawkie. — We  had  a  very  enjoyable  meeting  on 
Christmas  Day.  The  meetings  were  continued 
each  evening  until  Jan.  2.  Th;  attendance  was 
good  and  the  interest  manifested  leads  us  to  be- 
lieve there  was  good  accomplished.  The  meet- 
ings were  conducted  by  ihe  home  ministers,  as- 
sisted by  Bro.  Walter  Brunton,  of  York,  N.  Dak, 
Jan.  3  the  brethren  will  commence  a  series  of 
meetings  at  the  Mt  Pleasant  schoolhouse,  four 
miles  west  of  Ozawkie.  Our  Sunday  school  is  in- 
teresting. Bro.  A.  J.  Smith  is  our  Superintendent. 
— H.  L.  Brammell,  Jan.  3 . 


Ja 


THE   GOSPEL   MBSSENGEB. 


Lyndon. -As  home  missionary  for  Northeastern 
Kansas  I  have  been  laboring  mostly  among  iso- 
lated members,  and  End  the  work  much  more  ar- 
duous, than  where  the  church  is  established.  I 
arn  now  at  this  place  holding  forth  in  the  Chris- 
tian church.  Congregations  and  interest  sre  good. 
Same  express  themselves  very  favorably—  C.  H. 
Brown,  Jan.  j. 

Maple  Grove.  —  Dec.  25  Bro  Wm.  Jarboe 
preached  at  the  Salem  schoolhouse.  The  next 
day  meetings  were  held  at  the  G'enwood  school- 
house  at  11  A.  M  and  also  at  7  P.  M.  On  Mon- 
day morning  we  met  at  Bro.  Hutchison's  house  for 
social- meeting.  Bro.  Jarboe  has  labored  for  seven 
years  with  the  members  of  the  Fairview  church 
baptizing,  during  that  time,  over  fifty  members! 
The  Brethren  heic  are  very  zealjus— B"ot  L  Tiny 
'Oitn-qxe,  Kern.,  Dec.  jr. 

Kansas  City. — We  are  now  engaged  in  a  series 
■of  meetings  in  the  Kansas  City  church,  and  are 
having  a  very  good  meeting,  with  the  best  of  in- 
terest on  the  part  of  the  citizens.  Last  Sa'urday 
at  the  council,  W.  A.  Gerber  was  elected  to  the 
ministry  and  Bro.  D.  G.  Sell,  deacon.  Bro.  Jacob 
Brugh  was  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of  the 
ministry.  We  also  sppointcd  a  committee  on 
location  and  one  on  solicitation  for  funds,  hoping 
to  soon  have  a  meetinghouse  in  Kansas  City.  1 
will  devote  as  much  of  my  time  as  I  can,  for  some 
'time  to  come,  to  the  work  in  the  city.  Any  one 
having  friends  in  the  City,  who  want  a  visit  paid 
to  them,  will  write  me,  up  to  Feb.  15,  at  910  Pa- 
cific Street,  Kansas  City,  Kins,  and  I  will  visit 
thern  and  try  to  get  them  interested  in  our  serv- 
ices.— /.  //,  Critl.  Jan.  4. 


<I5 


ived  into  chinch  (el- 
)ur  last  report.— John 


ts  un- 
nterest 


South  Poplar  Ridge.— Eld.  Perry  McKimmey 
just  closed  a  very  interesting  series  of  meetings. 
He  cime  here  Dec.  1 1  and  was  with  us  until  Dec. 
28  Two  were  baptized.— Ella.  Nrffs'ii'cr,  Dc flare, 
Ohio.Jcn  4. 

Sandy  Church.— On  the  evening  of  Dec.  5  we 
began  a  scries  of  meetings  at  the  Reading  house 
of  worship.  The  home  ministry  conducted  the 
services  until  Wednesday  evening.  At  this  time 
Bro.  Jno.  F.  Kahler,  of  Canton,  Ohio,  came  in 
answer  to  the  call  of  the  church.  The  meeting 
continued  until  the  ig'.h.  Though  there  were  no 
accessions  to  the  church  we  have  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  much  good  has  been  done. — Ella  V/eaver, 
North  Georgetown,  Oh  :o,  Jan.  6. 

Hickory  «rove.— Bro.  D.  L,  Miller  came  to  us 
on  the  evening  of  Dec.  10,  and  lectured  to  the 
High  School  that  evening  on  "Peoples  of  the 
Orient."  Next  evening  he  lectured  on  "Ancient 
Cities  of  the  East."  On  Sunday,  Dec.  12,  he 
preached  for  us  at  the  Hickory  Grove  church  and 
continued  his  preaching  and  Bible  Land  talks 
until  the  iS:h.  Dec.  25  Bro.  C.  C,  Ellis,  of  Hunt- 
ingdon, Pa.,  came  to  us.  He  also  gave  us  a  talk 
at  the  High  School.  He  then  preached  fourteen 
sermons.  Though  there  were  no  accessions,  we 
feel  that  much  good  has  been  done.— Jacob  Coppoek, 
Miami  County,  Ohio  Jan  4. 

ILLINOIS. 
Lanark. — One  was  restored  to  fellowship,  Dec. 
30  — /.  Bemutl  Trout,  Jan.  j. 

Sterling. — One  was  received  into  the  Sterling 
church  last  Sunday,  Jan.  2,  by  baptism— P.  X.  Kcli- 
n-.r,Jan.3 

Walnut.— Bro.  Samuel  Bowser,  of  Ankney,  Iowa, 
began  preaching  at  this  place  Dec.  IS,  and  con- 
tinued until  the  evening  of  Dec.  29.  We  have  no 
additions  to  report,  but  have  great  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  some  lasting  impressions  were  made. — 
Mattie  Davis,  AiUria,  III.,  Dec.  jo. 

Blue  Ridge.  —  The  members  here  met  in  the 
Mansfield  house  Jan.  1,  for  quarterly  council.  Eld- 
ers D.  B.  Gibson  and  Daniel  Mohler  were  with 
us.  E'der  Gibson  presided.  We  organized  our 
Sunday  school  for  the  ensuing  year  with  Brr. 
S.  P.  Kttupp  as  Superintendent.     We  use  the  Breth- 


Polo. — Two  have  been  rec 
lowship,  by  bap-ism,  since 
Heckman,  Dec,  23. 

IOWA. 

Creston.— My  health  is  so  much  impa 
winter,  that  I  have  canceled  my  appoint 
til  my  health  is   restored.     1    desire    ar 
in  the  prayers  of  the  Brotherhood  in  my  behalf, 
that  I  may  be  again  enabled  to  labor  in  the  vine- 
yard of  the  Lord— M.  Myers,  D:c  28. 

Libertyville  Church.— We  met  in  regular  coun- 
cil Dec.  25.  One  was  rec'aimed.  We  decided  to 
have  an  evergreen  Sunday  school;  also  to  have 
Bible  readings  each  Sunday  evening  before  preach- 
ing, and  to  take  up  the  topics  given  in  the  Gospel 
Messenger.  We  had  Bible  r-ac'ing  and  preach- 
ing during  the  last  week  of  1897,  'onc'ueted  by 
home  talent  —  C.  E.  Wolf,  Botavia,  Ii-wa,  D<c  jr. 

Batavia.— We  ail  think  our  Premium  Bibles  are 
grand.  Many  remark,  "How  can  you  people  put 
up  such  a  good  Bible  for  the  monei.?"  One 
brother  ordered  three  to  be  sent  to  his  children, 
two  of  whom  are  members  of  the  church.  An- 
other brother  ordered  the  Messenger  ai;d  Bible 
sent  to  one  of  his  sons,  and  a  Bible  to  another 
son, — none  of  whom  are  members  of  the  church. 
That  is  the  kind  cf  presents  to  give  to  your  chil- 
dren. Thus  they  will  know  that,  as  parents,  you 
are  interested  in  their  soul's  salvation  —C.  E  Wdf 
Dec.  3i. 

V1ROINIA. 

Garber's  Church.— Bro.  S.  A.  Sanger,  of  Scott's 
Ford,  Va.,  began  preaching  Dec.  n,  delivering 
nineteen  sermons,  closirg  Dec.  2S.  He  also  gave 
us  an  excellent  sermon  on  Christmas  Day,  on  the 
birth  of  our  Savior.  On  Sunday  morning,  Dec. 
26,  the  first  children's  meeting  was  held  at  this 
place,  in  which  Bro.  Sanger  gave  an  interesting 
talk,  followed  by  Bro.  W.  K.  Conner,  of  Brents- 
ville,  Va.  -One  was  baptized.— 5.  /.  Bowmen.  Har- 
risinburg,  Va.,  D.c  j/ 

Nokesville— An  eight  days'  Bible  Term  closed 
tonight  at  Brentsville.  with  a  cheering  and  help- 
ful program.  The  school  was  well  attended,  and 
the  interest  excellent.  We  had  efficient  teaching 
by  brethren  W.  E.  Roop,  on  "Bible  Geography 
and  History;"  Chas.  D.  Bonsacks,  "Missionary 
Work; "  Geo.  Bucher,  "  Church  History  and  the 
Sabbath;"  A,  Hollinger,  "Giving;"  Dennis  Wei- 
mer,  "Prophecies;"  J.  C.  Beahm,  "  Sunday  School 
Work."  We  also  had  instruction  on  Bible  and 
hymn  reading,  and  preparation  and  delivery  of  a 
discourse,  by  I.  N,  H.  Beahm.  Truly,  the  last 
week  of  \Sjj  was  spent  in  remarkable  activity  and 
joy.—  G.  W.  Beahm,  BrmlsriUe,  Va„Jcit  2. 
OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 
Eatchelder.  —The  Turkey  Creek  church  held 
her  quarterly  council  Dec  ir,  the  elder  being  ab 
sent,  but  we  had  a  good  meeting.  Two  were  re- 
ceived by  letter.  We  decided  to  have  a  prc- 
tracted  meeting  during  January.  The  members 
seem  to  be  much  encouraged.— A.  K.  S:U,  Foremen, 
Kay  Co.,  Ok!a.  T.,  Dec.  26. 

Mound  Valley.— Bro.  A.  W.  Austin  commenced 
meetings  here  Dec.  7.  Dec.  11  we  held  our  love 
feast.  Two  were  baptized  before  the  feast.  Later, 
others  came  out, — making  twelve  added  to  this 
little  band,  Bro.  Austin  is  the  first  elder  to  come 
to  us  for  over  one  year.  At  Bro.  Enois'  resig- 
nation we  chose  Bro.  Appleman,  but  as  he  had 
all  that  he  could  do,  he  would  not  accept.  We 
have  now  chosen  Bro.  Austin.  Wc  feel  that  it  is 
a  great  task  for  him,  as  he  lives  about  one  hun 
dred  and  fifty  miles  away  and  has  to  travel  by 
private  conveyance.  Any  of  our  ministering  breth- 
ren wishiug  to  change  localities  are  invited  to  come 
and  see  our  country.  —  Anna  L.  Henen,  Thomas, 
Okla.  T,  Dec.  27. 

TENNESSEE. 

Frenchbroad.— Bro.   Frank   Nine  and   wife,    cf 
West  Virginia,  have  been  visiting  their  parents  at 
place.     While  with  us  Bro.   Nine   favored   us 


MISSOURI. 

Mound  City.  —  The  Brethren  of  the  Bethel 
church  will  commence  a  Bible  Normal  at  the 
Squaw  Creek  meetinghouse  Jan,  15,  and  continue 
until  Jan.  23  The  Normal  is  to  be  conducted  by 
Bro.  A.  C.  Wieand,  of  McPh-rson,  Kans  An  in- 
vitation is  extended  to  M.—  Wm.  G  Andes,  Jan.  2 

Kidder.— We  held  our  regular  quarterly  council 
Jan.  1  Not  an  unpleasant  remark  was  made. 
We  reorganized  the  Sunday  school  wi  h  Bro. 
Israel  Smtee  as  Superintendent.  We  also  de- 
cided to  have  a  term  of  Bible  lessons,  under  the 
instruction  of  Sister  Mary  E  Martin,  lately  of 
Washington,  D  C.—  W.S,Ellenb:<Kr,Jin  ; 
MICHU1AN. 

Frontier.  — Eld.  Daniel  Snc-11,  of  Sidney,  Ind  , 
commenced  meetings  here  on  the  evening  of  Dec. 
8,  in  the  village  of  Frontier,  and  continued  until 
the  evening  of  Dec.  23  preaching 
sermons.      We    had    good 


enty-two 
ins.  Some 
Aras  the  first 
nd  our  doc- 
Aiere  no  ad- 
aide-  Noah 


gregatn 
nights  the  hall  was  too  small.      This 
time  the  Brethren  ever  preached  here,  a 
trine  was  new  to  everybody.    There 
ditions,  but  lasting  impressions  were  r 
L<nS Jim.  J. 

ARKANSAS. 

St.  Francis.— We  met  in  council  Dec.  2.).  We 
reorganized  cur  Sunday  school.  We  decided  to 
drop  one  of  the  preaching  appointments  for  the- 
present,  it  being  about  twenty-four  mile3  away, 
and  only  one  minister  to  attend  to  it.  As  he  has 
three  other  appointments  it  keeps  him  busy.  Bro. 
J.  Sloniker  presided  over  the  meeting  in  a  very 
acceptable  manner.  Our  corresponding  clerk  hav- 
ing left  us,  the  writer  was  appointed  in  his  place.— 
/.  C.  Oiban,  Palest  in,  Ark  ,  Dec.  jr. 
MINNESOTA. 

Root  River.— Bro.  O.  J.  Beaver  commenced  a 
series  of  meetings  here  Dec.  5,  closirg  Dec,  23. 
Five  precious  souls,  some  young  in  yets,  were 
received  into  the  church  by  baptism.  We  held 
our  quarterly  councii.jan.  i.  WrTjeCHeia  ie;"iioiu 
our  love  feast  June  18,  and  to  have  two  weeks' 
meetings  previous  to  that  time.— limit  Broadwater, 
Prairie  Queen,  Minn.,  Jan.  ?. 

■  WEST  VIRGINIA. 
Eglon.— Dec.  25  Eld.  I.  W.  Abernathy  began  a 
series  of  meetings  at  Maple  Spring,  and  closed 
Jan.  2.  Not  being  well,  the  brethren  assisted  him 
in  a  few  of  the  preaching  services  One  was  re- 
claimed and  three  applied  for  baptism.  Six  se- 
ries of  meetings  were  held  in  this  congregation 
during  the  past  year,  and  forty- four  were  added 
to  the  church  —  Rachel  Weimcr  Judy.  Jan  j, 
NEBRASKA. 
Kearney.— I  am  here  preaching  in  the  W  od 
River  congregation.  Owing  to  the  Holidays  and 
the  amusements,  usually  aitending  these  occasions, 
our  attendance  has  not  been  large,  but  with  seem- 
ingly good  interest.  I  will  go  from  here,  in  a  few 
days,  to  Aurora,  Nebr.,  to  hold  some  meetings  at 
that  place.—  //.  W.  StricHir,  Dec.  :q. 


I'EOOKAMMB. 


ren's  literature  and  Sunday  School  Song  Book. —  I  with  twelve  good  sermons. — Kate  McCrany,  Nina, 
Bernice  A<hm;re,  Matt'fiili,  III,  Jan.  2.  \  Tein.,  Die.  28. 


Special  Bible  Term,  P/attsburg,  Mo.,  Feb.  1-14,  1898. 


Lands  of  rhe  Bible,  Including  the  Geography  and  Polit- 
ical Divisions. 

2.  How  to  Conduct  Bible  Readings, 

3.  The  Life  of  Christ— His  Work,  Humanity,  Divinity   and 
Building  ot  His  Church. 

4.  Homilelics. 

5.  The  Old  Testament  as  Related  to  the  New, 
6  Sunday  School  Work  and  Workers, 

7.  Fundamental  Church  Doctrines. 

8.  How  to  Win  Souls  to  Christ. 


A.-rangen 
ris  College, 

ents  are  made  with  Prof.  J.  G.  Royer,  of  Mt.  Mor- 
to  take  a  prominent  part  of  the  work. 

Ministers 
Bible  are 

ertained  at 

Snndav  school  workers,  and  all  students  of  the 
arnestly  S' licited  to  attend,  Special  arrange- 
to  accommodate  ministers.  All  others  will  be  en- 
specially  low  rates.    Tuition  free. 

S.  Z.  Sharp, 

THE    GOSIFIEILj    MESSENGER/. 


Jan.   15 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


A  Minister  Wanted. 


The  South  River  church,  Madison  Co.,  Iowa 
feels  the  urgent  need  of  some  ministerial  as 
sistance,  and  desires  to  correspond  with  some 
brother  who  is  in  full  sympathy  with  the  Broth 
erhood,  with  a  view  of  locating  with  us.  We 
have  a  comfortable  meetinghouse  and  a  devot- 
ed membership.  There  will  be  a  chance  tc 
buy  or  rent  land,  within  a  reasonable  distance 
Address  the  writer.  W.  W.  FOLGER. 

Folgt-r,  Clarke  Co.,  Ioiva,  Jan.  3. 


Joyous  Giving. 

Whether  we  are  blest  by  giving,  depends 
very  much  on  the  spirit  in  which  we  give,  for 
giving  is  twofold.  If  done  cheerfully,  the  giver 
and  receiver  are  each  blest;  if  grudgingly,  the 
receiver  only  is  benefited- 

Such  joyous  giving  it  has  never  been  our  lot 
to  witness,  as  was  exhibited  in  our  Sunday 
school  this  fall,  when  a  class  of  little  workers 
brought  in  their  first  missionary  offering. 

In  the  early  summer  each  had  been  given 
five  cents  to  invest.     The  result  of  this  invest- 


ed 1 


*2  4y 


Part  of  it  was  given  back  for  future  invest 
ment,  and,  if  properly  encouraged,  these  littl 
workers  will  continue  to  labor  and  give,  am 
who  can  measure  the  result  to  themselves  am 
the  cause  of  our  Master?      Anna  Bowman. 

{Sicnstcd,  Mo. 


More  Workers. 


The  church 


efficic 


How  may  we  obtain  them? 

1.  The  Bible  schools,  held  at  different  plac- 
es, are  a  power  for  good. 

2.  The  Brethren  schools,  if  properly  con- 
ducted, will  be  a  much-needed  help  to  our 
church  work. 

3.  Singing  schools  are  also  a  valuable  help. 
They  will  be  helpful  to  all  church  workers. 

4.  Sunday  schools  are  a  necessity  to  the 
church,  and  are  calculated  to  mould  the  senti- 
ment of  ihe  young,  to  lead  their  energies  in  the 

^ilircaiun  L'f  doing  gnml,  and  serving  God. 

-:.  I'mver  meetings  arc  of  much  worth 
They  are  calculated  to  lift  the  soul  up  to  God 

6.  More  preachers  are  needed  to  spread  the 
Gospel,  and  build  up  the  waste  places,  bring- 
ing souls  home  to  God. 

7.  Mure  missionaries  are  needed  to  enlighter 
the  heathen  nations  and  turn  sinners  heaven- 
ward. J.  H.  Mills 

Elkhart,  hid. 


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"Clerical  Types,"  by  Rev.  Hai 
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The  title  of  this  book  hardly  suggest 
racy  and  interesting  character  of  tin 
Here  are  twenty  lively  sketches  of  as  many 
different  varieties  of  ministerial  types.  Near- 
ly all  of  them  will  seem  more  or  less  familiar 
to  the  reader  who  has  kept  his  eyes  open. 
The  author  writes  that  his  own  parish  is  near 
enough  to  a  large  city  to  feel  its  pulsations, 
and  to  touch  and  be  touched  by  its  larger  life, 
yet  far  enough  away  from  it  to  be  out  of  reach 
of  its  noise  and  strife.  "  Looking  out  thro 
the  narrow  loop-hole  of  this  tower  of  obsei 
tion,"  he  writes,  "  1  have  seen  a  goodly  bit  of 
the  ministerial  world  pass  in  review  and  have 
had  leisure  to  observe  and  study  a  great 
ety  of  ministerial  types."  Some  of  these 
he  has  described,  "  setting  down  n: 
malice,  but  speaking  the  truth  in  love, 

The  chapter  on  the  Faith-healer  will  be 
found  especially  interesting.  We  have  a  score 
or  more  of  preachers  who  ought  to  read  the 
Chapter  on  the  doctrinal  preacher,  before  they 
get  teo  old  to  put  into  practice  some  of  the 
good  lessons  suggested. 

This  book  really  may  bring  to  many  a  min- 
ister an  answer  to  the  oft-quoted  prayer  of  the 

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YODER— MOHR— At    the    bride's    home, 
:ar  DeGraff,  Logan  Co.,  Ohio,  Dec.  22,  1807, 
by  the  undersigned,  Mr.  Harvey  E.  Yoder  and 
Miss  Nora  E.  Mohr.      Abednego  Miller. 

SLINGLUFF  —  SHUGARD.— At    German- 
town,  Va„  Dec.  9,  1807,  by   the   undersigned, 
Bro.  Casper  S.  Slingluff,  of  Blue  Bell,  Pa„  and 
Sister  Alice  Shugard,  of  Germantown,  Pa. 
G.  N.  F. 
ROYER— WISE.— At  the  r< 
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GERGASON.—  In  the  Walnut  Valley 
church,  near  Heizer,  Kans.,  Dec.  18,  1897,  Jo- 
sephine, eldest  daughter  of  Sister  Caroline 
Burgtorf,  aged  29  years,  9  months  and  6  days. 
She  was  married  March  18,  1886,  to  Hans  Ger- 
gason.  She  leaves  a  husband  aad  six  small 
children.  Funeral  services  by  the  Lutheran 
minister,  and  interment  in  the  Everett  grave- 
yard. .  Mollie  Martin. 

KATHERMAN.— In  the  Woodland  church 
Mich.,  Nov.  29,  1897,  of  apoplexy,  Hannah  Jane 
Katherman  (««  Byrd),  aged  49  years,  6  months 
and  9  days.  She,  with  her  husband,  united 
with  the  Brethren  church  in  1S81.  She 
husband,  one  son,  and  four  daughters, 
al  improved  by  brethren  Wm.  Boggs  and 
Isaiah  Rairigh.  John  M.  Smith. 

MAUZY.— In  the  Washington  church,  Kos- 
ciusko County,  Ind.,  Dec,  22,  1897,  Bro.  Jesse 
Wood  Mauzy,  son  of  Bro.  and  Sister  Nathan 
Mauzy,  aged  20  years,  2  months  and  29  day 
He  united  with  the  Brethren  church  when 
but  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  lived  a  faithful 
Christian  life  till  his  death.  Funeral  services 
were  held  by  the  writer.      H.  H.  Brallier. 

STERNS.— In  Mt.  Etna,  Iowa,  at  the  resi- 
dence of  her  son,  Charles  Sterns,  Nov.  26,  1897, 
of  inflammatory  rheumatism,  Mrs.  Mary  Sterns, 
relict  of  John  Sterns,  deceased,  aged  about  75 
years.    They  were  bom,  raised,  and  married, 
in   Pennsylvania,  and  united   with   the  Ri 
Brethren.     They     leave    two    sons    and     1 
daughters.    Funeral  services  in  the  Breth 
church,  Nov.  30,  from  Heb,  4:  9,  by  the  under- 
signed.   Interment  in  the   Dunker  cemetery, 
southwest  of  Mt.  Etna.  M,  Myers. 


LEVI.— In  the  Fort  Scolt  church,  Kansas, 
Dec,  26,  1897,  of  paralysis,  Elizabeth  A.  Levi, 
ged  79  years,  7  months  and  20  days.  She  was 
10m  in  Washington  County,  III.,  May  6,  1827. 
She  leaves  two  daughters  and  two  sons.  Our 
aged  sister,  while  visiting  one  of  the  members, 
ung  in  a  rocking  chair,  when,  sudden- 
ly, she  fell  helpless  to  the  floor,  and  never  re- 
ered.     Funeral  services  conducted  by  Bro. 

C.  S.  Garber.     Text.  2  Tim.  4:6,  7,  8. 

Mary  E,  Tisdale. 
NORRIS.— In  the  Sugar  Creek  congrega- 
nt, near  Lima,  Ohio,  Nov.  8,  1897,  Mary  E. 
Drris,  infant  daughter  of  Bro.  M.  C.  and  Sis- 
r  Chloe  E.  Norris,  aged  3  months  and  28 
days.  Funeral  services  at  the  church,  by  Eld. 
Samuel  Driver.  David  Byerly. 

DETWILER.— Near  Pennsville,   Fa.,  Nov. 
1,  1897,  Eva  May  Detwiler,  aged  9  years,  6 
months  and  4  days.    Services  by  the  writer. 

HORNER.— In  the  Jacob's  Creek  congrega- 
tion, Westmoreland  County,  Pa.,  Dec.  23, 
97,  Sister  Anna  Horner,  aged  75  years,  8 
anths  and  28  days.  Sister  Horner  united 
th  the  church  early  in  life,  and  lived  a  faith- 
ful, consistent  life  to  the  end.  Funeral  servi- 
s  from  2  Cor.  5:  1-10,  by  the  writer. 

H.  S.  Myers. 

MARTIN.— In  the  St.  Joseph  Valley  church, 

iar    Mishawaka,    Ind.,    Dec.    19,    1897,  Sister 

Margaret,  wife  of  Bro.  Jacob  Martin,  aged  62 

years,  11   months  and  22  days.    She    united 

with  the  Brethren   church   in   1851.    Funeral 

rvices  by  the  writer. 

JARVISE.— In  the  City  of  South  Bend,  Ind., 
Dec.  29,  1897,  Sister  Melvina,  wife  of  Bro.  Geo. 
W.  Jarvise,  aged  64  years,  7  months  and  2 
e  was  a  consistent  member  of  the 
Brethren  church  for  twenty-five  years.  Funer- 
s  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Eld,  G. 

D.  Zollers.  H.  W.  Kreighbaum. 
BEAR.— In  the  Pigeon  River  church,  Ind., 
ec.   21,  1897,  Bro.    Leonard    Bear,    aged    63 
:ars  and  1  month.     In  1S55  he  was  married  to 

Barbara  A.   Myers.     To  them  were  born  six 
children,    two  sons   and   four  daughters.     He 
vas  a   consistent  member  of   the   church  for 
wenty-five   years.    Twenty-two  of    these    he 
served  in  the  office  of  deacon.     He  leaves   a 
fe  and  four  children.     Funeral  services  by 
ethren  M.  C.  Shotts  and  I.  N.  Snowberger, 
am  2  Tim.  4:  7.  Artie  Fast. 

LATSHAW.— In  the  Middle  Fork  church, 
Clinton  Co.,  Ind.,  Dec.  14, 1S97,  Sister  Elizabeth 
Latshaw,  aged  44  years,  9  months  and  20  days. 
She  leaves  a  son  and  daughter.     Her  husband 
died   a  few  years  ago   of  consumption.     She 
as  anointed  a  short  time  ago.     Funeral  serv- 
es by  Eld.  Solomon  Blickenstaff,  from  Rev. 
:  4.  John  E.  Metzger. 

WEDDLE.— In  the  Fairview  congregation, 
ouglas  Co.,  Ma,  Nov.  29,  1897,  Eliza  Weddle, 
aged  25  years.     She  was  born  in  Floyd  Coun- 
ty, Va.,  and  moved  to  Missouri  two  years  ago. 
a  great  sufferer  with  heart  trouble, 
and  leaves  a  dear  husband  and  one  little  boy. 
Nannie  Harman. 

GLICK.-In  the  Bethel  congregation.  Holt 
Co.,  Mo.,  Dec.  24,  1897,  David  Casper  Glick, 
invalid  son  of  Bro.  Joel  and  Sister  Axie  Glick, 
aged  17  years,  8  months  and  8  days.  Funeral 
services  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Bro.  A.  H. 
Partch,  from  2  Sam.  12:  23. 

A.  A.  Weaver. 

TOWBERMAN.— At  the  home  of  her  son, 
in  the  Barren  Ridge  congregation,  Augusta  Co., 
Va.,  Dec.  19,  1897,  Sister  Catherine  Towber- 
man,  aged  74  years,  I  month  and  27  days.  Sis- 
ter Towberrnan  had  been  a  devoted  member 
of  the  church  for  a  number  of  years.  She  was 
the  mother  of  two  sons.  Her  husband  and  one 
of  the  sons  preceded  her  to  the  great  beyond. 
Her  only  living  brother,  Eld.  Samuel  Flory,  of 
South  English,  Iowa,  who  had  comt 
Slate  to  see  her,  was  permitted  to  be  present 
her  death  and  burial.  Funeral  services  at 
Barren  Ridge  church,  by  Eld.  Samuel  Driver, 
from  John  11:  11,  12.  Interment  at  Mt.  Zion 
cemetery.     *  N.  Walter  Coffman. 

STEWART.— At  Moscow,  Ida.,  Dec.  22, 
1897,  of  dropsy,  Thomas  Stewart,  elder  and 
only  minister  of  the  Old  Order  Brethren,  at 
this  place.  He  leaves  an  aged  mother,  a  wife, 
and  a  number  of  children.        Jas.  Weimer. 

CARPER.— Near  Nottawa,  Mich.,  Sept.  6, 
1897,  Sister  Mary  Carper,  wife  of  Bro.  John 
Carper,  aged  30  years,  4  months  and  25  days. 
Funeral  services  from  John  II;  25,  by  brethren 
Samuel  Phiels  and  N.  H,  Shutt. 


19,  1897,  Harry  Werst- 
nths  and  26  years.  He 
while  skating,  and  was 
vices  by   N.  H.  Shutt, 


nge  Co,,  Ind.,  De- 
aged  12  years,  5  r 
broke  through  the  ice 
ned.    Funeral   : 
from  Eccl.  12:  1. 
ARCHER.— In  the  bounds   of  the  English 
rairie  church,  Lagrange  Co.,  Ind.,  near  Mon- 
go,  Sept.  24,  1S97,  Wava  Archer,  aged  2  years, 
snths  and  22  days.    Deceased    was    the 
daughter  of  Lafayette  and  Anna  Archer.     Fu- 
:ral  services  by  Bro.  N.  H.  Shutt,  from  2  Sam. 
26.  John  Long. 

WILLIAMS.— In  the  Belleville  church,  Re- 
public Co.,  Kans.,  Dec.  29,   1897,  of  consump- 
.11,   Ora  Adison,   second   son   of  N.  K.  and 
misa  J.  Williams,  aged  21   years,   1   month 
id  9  days.     He  was  a  constant  sufferer  since 
May    17,    1895.     He  united  with  the  Brethren 
church  in  January,  1856.     Funeral  services  by 
Bro.  C.  L.  Holsinger,  and  others,  from  Rom.  3: 
C.  L.  Hol 


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GARRIAN.— At  the   "Old   Folks'    He 
irginia,  Nov.  30,   1897,  Sister  Betsy  Ga: 
aged  about  76  years,     She  was  buried  ir 
Early  graveyard.     Funeral,  Sunday,  Dec.  5,  at 
the  Pleasant  Run  church,  by  Bro.  Jacob  Thom- 
S.  I.  Bowman. 
WEBER— In  the  Waddams  Grove  church, 
III.,  Dec.  21,  1897,  Sister  Anna  Eliza  (Garde) 
Weber.     Deceased  was  born  in  1825,  at  Well- 
angan,  Switzerland.     She  was  married  to 
Nicholas   Weber,    in    Berne,    Switzerland,    in 
came  to  America  in  1S49,  and  settled  in 
Ashland  County,  Ohio.     Five  years  later  they 
:  to  this  place.     About  thirty-nine   years 
ago  she  and  her  husband    united    with    the 
church.     She  was  a  faithful  member  up  to  the 
of  her  death,   which   occurred  Dec.  21, 
after  an  illness  of  four  days.    She  was 
the  mother  of  four  children,  two  sons  and  two 
daughters.     She  leaves  an  aged  husband  and 
ions.     She  was  buried  at  Louisa.     Funeral 
by  brethren  Allen  Boyer  and  David  Eby,  from 
att.  11:  28,29;  Heb.  4:9,  10,  11;  Rev.  14: 13. 
Levi  Boyer. 
WANTZ.— In  the  Nettle  Creek  church,  Ha- 
gerstown,  Ind.,  Dec.  23,  1897,  Sister  Mary  Ann 
(Ellabargerj  Wantz,  aged  43  years,  11    months 
13  days.     She  married  David  Wantr,  Sept. 
26,  1876.     To  this  union  were  born  three  sons 
d    three  daughteis;   one  son  preceded  her. 
ie   united   with  the  Brethren  church  at  the 
age  of  twenty,  and  has  ever  remained  a  faith- 
ful   member   until   her  death.     She  leaves    a 
husband  and  five  children.     Funeral  services 
conducted  at  the  Locust  Grove  church,  by  eld- 
ers L.  W.  Teeter  and  Abraham  Bowman,  from 
1  Cor.  is:  57- 

EARNEST.— In  Knightstown,  Ind.,  Dec.  2g, 
1897,  Sister  Susannah  (Reddffk)  Earnest,  aged 
73  years,  11  months  and  2  days.  Dec.  24,  1839, 
she  was  married  to  Isaac  N.  Earnest.  To  this 
union  were  born  two  sons  and  two  daughters, 
one  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  In  1S47  she 
united  with  the  Brethren  church.  She  leaves 
a  husband,  two  sons,  and  one  daughter.  Fu- 
neral services  by  Eld.  L.  W.  Teeter,  from  2 
Cor.  5:  4.  Ida  E.  Teeter. 


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.  TfaotnsaloM of  Chritlftom  Abraham  to  Jattph 
namtiofChruF"'    "  The  W*  ^erprtMh  the 

THE  book  of  the  °  generation  of 
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2  A'bra-ham  begat  I'saao;   and 
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New  Year  Greeting. 


-  of  i 


,  I  wish  t 


o  call  J 

attention  To  (lie  fact  that,  during  the  last 
fears  1  have  located  hundreds  ol  Brethren  ( 
the  overcrowded  nod  well-developed  Statei 
Mountain  and  DtrWs  £■***  r,,«lon 
\  .->,■■;  JKiiota.    Ic 


,  plen: 


namely  thai  In  this  time  or  general  depresil 
there  is'a  place  where  the  people  ore  prosperc 
ami    happy,    and  where    th" 


Tlnx's,"  Is  almost   mil; 
that  a  man  of  limited  t 

that  the  water  is  goo 
both ciml and  wood,  is 


i  nbr. 


will  tell  you  ofllio  many  poor  men  who  have  gone 
there  with  their  families,  who  were  renterB  in 
the  East,  where  they  had  been  giving  half  of  all 
they  raised  to  tlio  landlord,  and  are  now  living  on 
land  of  their  own,  with  comiortnblo  buildings 
and  all  that  makes  Lome  hnppy;  that  Ihey  also 


1  prlv 


fully,    if    you    will    address   them,   enclosing   a 
Hhunpi'd  envelope  for  reply. 

1  am  proud  to  say  that  I  am  the  originator  or 
Mils  movement  of  Brethren  Colonies  to  North 
Dakota,  Where,  live  years  ago.  thor«  wbb,  to  my 
personal  knowledge,  not  ono  of  the  Brethren  In 

tributary  to  tlio 


Great  Northern  Railway 


nmctl  plaops:  Cando,  Arndt,  Bls- 

At  Grand  Harbor,  Join 

Davlls   Lake,   Rutten,    Orary, 

AtMayvllle.Geo.Hwib 

Htark weather,    Ponu,    Churohs 

Although  the  country 

1  In  Ramsey  County;  York,  Ben- 

going  very  fast.    If  It  Is  y 

vllle.  Trail  County. 

homestead,  accept  my  al 

va    been    organized   at   various 

the  matter  until  It  Is  to 

:  congregation  being  near  Can- 

waiting  you  In  the  Turtle  .1 

regions  of  North  Dakota  V. 

you  are  a  homoseoker,  eon 

-  Dl    M.^vllte  also  have  a  good 

have  come  before  you,  and 

irtandGoo.  Stryckc 
s  large,  tbe/w  lam 


,  lor 


Bslbert,  J.  L,  Thoi 
,  Levi  E.  Ullller,  II 
l.  B.  Woodard,   Ma 


Hen,  811ns  N.  Eversole. 

>:  Lake,  Marshall  Colebank. 

rk,  Walter  Brunton  and  J.  H.  Domutb. 


70R  SHE 


selling,    poor    health. 


do  not  delay 
and  Dirt's  Lake 
fact  that  then 

If  you  desln 
tical  exptrtmc 
or  if  youhav. 


RENTING    LAND 

In  the  older  States,  have 


FARMS  OF  THEIR  OWX 

Northern  Pacific  R. 

Centra!  North  Dakota 

FltEE  GOVERNMENT  LAND, 

CROP  PAYMENT  LAND1 
RAILROAD  LAND  at  S3  to  (5  porncre.  Terms, 
One-tenth  Cash;   Balance   In    ten   equal    annual 


Fertile  Bolll 
Good  Schools 


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1  will  pay  FIVE  DOLLARS  to  any- 
one who  will  furnish  me  with  a  single 
copy  of  the  Gospel  Visitor,  then  pub- 
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My  address  is 

Dr.  Peter  Fahrney, 

112-114  S.  Hoyne  Ave., 
Chicago. 

San-Mar.— The  farm  and  mansion  on 
the  western  slope  of  the  Blue  Mountain, 
in  the  fruit  region  between  Smoketown 
and  Mapleville,  in  this  county,  heretofore 
owned  by  one  of  the  Fahrneys,  bas  been 
recently  sold  to  Dr.  Peter  Fahrney,  of 
Chicago. 

Part  of  the  original  estate  has  upon  it  a 
dilapidated  building,  erected  and  occupied 
as  a  medical  office  by  old  Dr.  Fahrney  in 
the  last  century.  The  purchaser  is  his 
grandson  and  namesake  Tradit" 
that  Lady  Washington  c"  — 


i  house,  and  it  is  to  become  the 
nucleus  of  a  Sanitarium,  which  will  be 
conducted  on  the  Cottage  Plan,  and  hence- 
forth be  known  as  San-Mar. 

Dr.  Peter  Fahrney  has  made  the  favorite 
prescription  of  his'anceslor  (Dr.  Peter's 
Blood  Vitalizer)  a  household  word.  The 
merit  of  this  reliable  blood  cleanser  is  not 
only  known  in  the  Doctor's  native  land,  but 
its  fame  has  reached  over  land  and  sea  to  the 
far  shores  of  Africa,  and  many 
Europe. — Boomboro  (.!/</,)  Tim 


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Graph  o- 

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it  and  goods.    We 

lady  agent 


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11  ymi  hear  11  sine  "Swr.t  By  ami  t 
Ihti    Same   To-dtn  ."   mill    n     liumln'.l 


ng  thin g 

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nutr.  nuorU  ivi-rlved,     I  sold 

Moyer  writes:  :- TxTiuk  t.   i    hnve-  found  some 

■■  ■     b  Hint  will  soil  U^-<-  lianl  limys."    He  has  soli 
n,(ii i;i  Ijc.xcs.    AVf  I l ii v '.-  i mm:'  l»'ly  u^ m-i  Mi: 

miii'  'witiJ.-'  |ni    (/tnni*,        As!>nls'    pnxil-.    fin 

..,  -     , .  i  -~  r"  i    iiuiilsl)    l.i-'nulliur.   i'n|nri:d.    pr  In  It'll 
T-rfree       \\V  wi.nl    t-.u    fluent    In    -ach   Ct 
.plesol  nilim-il  n 


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The  Old  Testament  as  Related  to 

the  New  Testament  and 

Christ  in  Both. 


Cheap  Excursions  to 

NEBRASKA! 


January  18, 

February  1  and  15, 
March  1  and  15, 

April  5  and  19. 


Testa 


scover  without  1 
3  Lord'sSupper, 


he  blessings  of  th 

•Week  of  Passioi 
Ich  have  given  rli 


readily.    It  plainly  s 
e°nlght  before  his  bet 


d.and  protected 
la   flu    -      ' 

hung  against  the 


tilled,  strong  and  durable, 

i'v   nwvtr.     A   goodly  portion  Jb   fl?ely 

Hi  npin-il.  and  on  I 

should  be  in  every  family; 

j  Chart  is  fi.jc«.nii."L!il'-d  by  n  book  of  Explam 
,,,11,11-1. -il  by  S.  Z.  Hharp.     Both  book  ar 
d  highly 


by  ( 


Book  t 


these  dotes  round-tit p  tickets,  good  for  21 
will  ba  sold  by  all  Burlington  Route  agents 
iv  those  of  many  eastern  railroadBat 

...Slalf  Pare... 


A  Dry,  Healthful  Climate.    A  Soil  Unsur- 
passed for  Richness,  Easy  to  Culti- 
vate, and  Yielding  all  Vari- 
eties of  Crops. 


J** 

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Tit'chea'p' 

o  P.S.  Eusli 

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i.  U.  11.,  Ohlca 

JO,  111. 

Cap  Goods. 

Sold  In  all  partB  of  the  United  States.  Onston 
ers  satisfied.  Send  two-oent  stamp  for  samples. 
Blt28  B-  L>  CARTER, 

Dry  Goods,  Shoes,  Etc.,  Gibabd,  III. 


Windsor 
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TRIBUNE  BLOCK, 

145  to  153  Dearborn  St.       S.  Grkgstbn,  Prop 

CHICAGO,    ILL. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.- 

Iteras :  ;  .'.  49.56 

Our  Creed, 57 

Doctrinal  Lines, . S7 

The  Standing  Committee 57 

A  Warning 57 

Training  the  Children S7 

POETRY.- 

"  Mizpah," : •  •  So 

Thine  Own  Part 54 

Starved  on  the  Streets S& 

ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,— 

Vainglory.    By  F.  D.  Anthony 5° 

"  Heady."    By  W.  J.  Swigart ■ So 

On  the  Way  to  Indla.-No.  8.— By  S.N.  McCann 5° 

Are  These  "Free  Homes"  Desirable?    By  Geo.  L.McDonaugh, .  .  .51 
Obedience.    By  Chas.  M.  Yearout 51 

SERMON  DEPARTMENT,— 

The  Unclean  Spirit  Cast  Out.    A  Sermon  by  John  E.  Mohier,    .  ;  .  .  52 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,— 

Lesson  Light-Flashes 1  •  •  • 53 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,— 

Our  Affections— Where  Are  Theyf-Col.  3-a.  ■  ■  •  •  • 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

Snow-Drilts, 54 

Sunday  School  Notes.    By  John  R.Snyder 54 

A  Regard  lor  Servants 54 

GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT,— 

Mission  Work.— Its  Divine  Call  Upon  the  Church —No.  3, .  .  .  .  ;  .  55 
Mission  Receipts  lor  November,  1897, 53 

HOME  AND  FAMILY,-              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
-,..   "A  Thc-s.Ti'^:  Mc:;.tr.    By  P!a;a  E.  Teague 5& 

**- EDITORIAL  t  MISCELLANY -e- 

The  Waldenses,  from  the  Alpine  valleys,  Italy, 
that  have  already  settled  in  the  South,  appear  to  be 
well  pleased  with  their  new  homes.  The  first  col- 
ony that  came  to  this  country,  settled  in  Burke 
County,  North  Carolina,  in  1893.  For  the  first  year 
the  new  emigrants  did  not  succeed  very  well  with 
their  crops,  but,  with  more  experience  in  handling 
the  soil,  came  better  returns  for  their  labors,  and,  at 
this  time,  the  indications  for  numerous  colonies  in 
the  South  seem  quite  encouraging.  It  is  expected 
that  1,000  fresh  emigrants  will  soon  join  the  350 
now  located  near  Morgantown,  Tenn,  Ten  thou- 
sand acres  of  land  have  been  purchased,  and  opti 
have  been  secured  on  much  more,  for  the  use  of 
the  newcomers,  with  a  period  of  twenty  years  in 
which  to  pay  for  most  of  it.  Valdesse  is  the 
principal  town  of  the  Waldenses,  in  the  Tennessee 
mountains,  and  is  ten  miles  from  Morgantown, 
Here  these  people  propose  to  build  homes  for  them- 
selves, with  natural  surroundings  somewhat  resem- 
bling the  mountainous  regions  they  left  in  Italy, 
In  the  early  centuries  the  Waldenses  resembled  the 
Brethren,  but  they  have  so  far  departed  from 
their  original  faith  and  practice,  that  probably  not 
one  of  the  ordinances  is  retained  in  its  primitive 

form.  

'"  Education,  like  any  other  good  thing,  is  all  right 
so  long  as  it  is  properly  used  and  not  abused. 
This  is  also  true  of  educational  institutions,  and  all 
that  pertains  to  them.  But  evil  will  now  and  then 
creep  into  the  best  of  them.  Some  would  get  rid 
of  these  evils  by  putting  an  end  to  the  institutions 
themselves.  This  would  be  just  one  step,  and 
big  one,  too,  at  that,  towards  the  heathendom  from 
which  we  all  came.  Educational  enterprises  must 
be  encouraged,  in  order  to  develop  the  race,  and 
then  we  must  wage  a  constant  warfare  against  the 


evils  that  will  come  in  spite  of  all  efforts  to  the 
contrary.  And  while  we  know  that  unpleasant  oc- 
currences will  happen  in  schools,  as  well  as  in  fami- 
lies, still  we  should  think  that  a  Divinity  school 
would  be  comparatively  free  from  the  devices  of 
Satan.  But  such  seems  not  always  the  case.  Sa- 
tan will  now  and  then  take  his  place  among  the 
prophets.  At  least  this  has  proved  to  be  the  ex- 
perience in  the  Divinity  school,  at  Alleghany,  Pa., 
where  poker-playing  has  been  considerably  in- 
dulged in  by  the  students  of  the  Western  Presby- 
terian Theological  Seminary.  Thorough  investiga- 
tions showed  that  not  only  were  a  number  of  the 
students  burning  midnight  oil,  but  that  a  number 
of  them  had  been  gambling,  and,  to  make  a  very 
bad  matter  still  worse,  it  appears  that  some  of  the 
newly-installed  pastors  are  mixed  up  in  the  affair. 
It  is  a  sad  comment  on  religion  when  preachers,  as 
well  as  divinity  students,  get  to  gambling.  We  are 
led  to  ask,  What  will  the  harvest  be? 


Late  reports  indicate  that  the  condition  of 
things  in  the  gold  regions  of  A'aska  are  better  than 
was  anticipated.  The  food  supply  is  sufficient  to 
meet  the  demands,  and  there  is  no  likelihood  of 
any  one  starving.  It  is  now  estimated  that  fully 
100,003  persons  will  enter  the  territory  this  season. 
A  number  in  the  West  start  during  the  present 
month,  hoping  to  go  through  the  passes  in  Febru- 
ary, over  the  firmly-packed  snow.  A  few  hundred 
reindeer  have  been  secured  in  Lapland,  to  be  em 
ployed  in  carrying  supplies.  It  is  believed  that 
these  reindeer  can  live  on  the  moss  in  Alaska,  and 
will  therefore  need  no  feeding.  When  navigation 
opens  in  the  spring,  a  number  of  well-laden  vessels 
will  enter  the  Yukon  River,  and  we  can  look  for  an 
unprecedented  rush  to  the  land  of  gold.  We  hear 
of  several  Brethren  who  are  preparing  to  join  the 
number.  Of  course  it  is  their  privilege  to  go  in 
search  of  gold  as  well  as  it  was  Solomon's  privilege 
to  send  ships  to  the  land  of  Ophir,  for  the  yellow 
metal.  And  while  we  will  not  advise  them  in  the 
matter,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  they  will  let  their 
light  shine  in  the  land  of  the  midnight  sun,  for  if 
there  is  any  place  where  Christianity  is  needed,  it  is 
among  gold-seekers,  for,  as  a  rule,  they  are  so  car- 
ried away  with  a  desire  to  become  suddenly  rich, 
that  they  often  forget  both  God  and  religion, 

To  the  south  of  us  is  a  close  neighbor  about 
whom  we  should  know  more  than  we  do.  We 
refer  to  the  Republic  of  Mexico,  Here  may  yet 
be  found  marks  of  a  very  ancient  civilization.  In 
fact,  when  this  part  of  the  Western  Continent  was 
discovered,  it  was  found  to  be  inhabited  by  a  race 
of  considerable  culture  and  wealth.  Mexico  has 
had  her  reverses,  from  some  of  which  she  is  now 
slowly  recovering,  and  may  yet  come  well  to  the 
front  in  many  of  the  things  that  make  a  nation 
strong  and  prosperous.  Nature  has  done  wonders 
for  this  favored  region.  It  has  given  her  a  very  ac- 
commodating climate,  much  fertile  soil,  and  beauti- 
ful, as  well  as  grand  scenery.  Mexico,  however,  if 
projected  on  a  map  of  the  United  States,  would 
reach  from  Texas  to  Maine,  and  would  make  six- 
teen States  equal  to  New  York.  Two  ranges  of 
mountains,  a  continuation  of  the  Andes,  widen  out 
in  the  center  of  the  country,  and  create  a  table- 
land from  4000  to  8,000  feet  high.  Mexico  City  is 
7,469  feet  above  the  sea,  and  is  1,200  feet  higher 
than  Mt.  Washington.  This  elevation  accounts  for 
certain  climatic  conditions,  the  thermometer  rang- 
ing in  the  daytime  from  ninety  degrees  in  the  sun 
to  seventy  degrees  in  the  shade,  and  falling  to  for- 
ty degrees  at  night,    The  population  is  counted 


12,500,000.  Most  of  the  people  arc  poor,  and  the 
land  is  held  by  6,oco  proprietors,  who  manage  to 
make  the  mass  of  the  people  carry  the  great  burden 
of  the  taxes.  Imports  for  1896  amounted  to  £42,- 
253.938,  and  exports  8105,016,209.  The  national 
debt  is  $213,600,000.  There  are  7,coo  miles  of  rail- 
road, and  40,000  miles  of  telegraph,  A  very  large 
part  of  the  population  is  either  pure  Indian  or 
mixed  blood;  Aztecs,  of  the  type  who  fought  Cor- 
tez,  may  still  be  met  with,  and  twenty-five  distinct 
Indian  languages  are  spoken.  A  greater  advance- 
ment in  civilization  is  being  made,  along  with  the 
use  of  native  products  in  domestic  manufacture, 
and,  as  time  goes  by,  we  may  look  for  considerable 
more  advancement. 


The  situation  in  eastern  Asia,  as  it  relates  to 
China,  seems  somewhat  improved,  and  it  is  thought 
that  we  need  not  look  for  the  dismembering  of  the 
Empire  at  this  time.  Germany  has  been  satisfied 
with  a  fifty  years'  lease  of  Kiao-Chau,  and  a  small 
tract  of  adjoining  territory.  This  will  give  her  an 
excellent  port,  and  will  probably  answer  all  her 
purposes  in  this  part  of  the  East,  Russia,  it  seems, 
failed  to  secure  similar  favors  at  Port  Arthur,  a 
point  to  which  she  hoped  to  extend  her  great  Si- 
berian railroad,  now  in  course  of  construction. 
The  difficulty  between  England,  Russia  and  Japan, 
concerning  Korea,  appears  to  have  been  adjusted, 
or  at  least  partly  so.  China  is  much  in  need  of  a 
loan,  and  some  of  the  powers  arc  only  too  anxious 
to  assist  her  in  securing  the  money,  with  a  view, 
however,  of  strengthening  their  claims  on  the  I'  n, .- 
pire,  England  seems  to  have  managed  her  part 
with  great  skill,  and  will  probably  aid  China  in  ob- 
taining the  loan.  In  fact,  the  hand  of  Great  Brit- 
ain may  be  clearly  seen  in  this  whole  affair,  and  it 
is  not  likely  that  she  will  permit  any  of  the  other 
powers  to  obtain  favors  in  China  in  advance  of 
those  possessed  by  her.  It  is  also  fortunate  that 
peace  is  assured  at  this  point,  for  it  gives  the  Em- 
pire an  opportunity  of  demonstrating  to  the  world 
whether  or  not  it  can  rise  above  its  present  unfor- 
tunate condition.  And  should  the  Government 
from  now  on  exercise  wisdom,  and  call  to  her  aid 
able  counselors  and  instructors  from  the  civilized 
nations,  and  give  more  encouragement  to  the  mis- 
sionaries, in  order  that  they  may  assist  in  develop- 
ing her  people,  as  well  as  her  resources,  the  Empire 
may  yet  enjoy  a  long  lease  of  life.  We  also  sug- 
gest that  this  is  an  excellent  time  to  increase  the 
missionary  forces  in  that  part  of  the  East.  Here 
is  a  wonderful  work,  demanding  the  best  efforts  of 
civilization,  and  no  influence,  short  of  that  exer- 
cised by  the  missionaries,  can  bring  about  the  de- 
sired results.  

It  is  rumored  that  the  authorities  at  Havana  are 
throwing  obstacles  in  the  way  of  the  supplies  sent 
from  this  country  to  the  starving  Cubans,  They 
seem  to  be  hampering  General  Lee  in  every  way 
possible.  President  McKinley  has  just  informed 
the  public  that  the  supplies  sent  to  Cuba  must  and 
will  be  properly  distributed,  and  that  no  hindran- 
ces shall  be  allowed  to  interfere  with  the  good 
work.  His  words,  in  the  minds  of  some,  indicate 
that  he  is  contemplating  important  steps  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  suffering  Cubans,  The  other  day  he 
called  our  Congressman  Hitt,  to  the  White  House, 
where  considerable  time  was  spent  discussing,  it  is 
presumed,  the  situation.  The  public  is  awaiting  de- 
velopments. In  the  meantime,  people  are  starving 
by  the  hundreds,  and  many  days  must  pass  before 
the  greater  number  of  the  sufferers  can  be  reached 
with  the  supplies  that  are  being  pushed  forward, 


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•BSSAYS' 


"MIZPAH." 

"Go  thou  thy  way,  and  I  go  mine, 

Apart,  but  nrt  afar; 
Only  a  thin  veil  hangs  between 

The  pathways  wheic  we  are. 
And  '  God  keep  watch  'twixt  thee  and  me,' 

This  is  my  prayer; 
He  looks  1by  way,  He  locketh  mine, 

And  keeps  us  Dear. 
"And  though  our  paths  be  separate, 

And  thy  way  is  not  mine, 
Yet,  coming  to  the  mercy-set, 

My  soul  will  meet  with  thin?. 
And  '  God  keep  watch  'twixt  thee  and  me,' 

I'll  whisper  there; 
He  blesseth  thee,  He  blcsseth  me, 

And  wc  are  near." 

— Sclrclcd. 

VAINOLORY. 

BY    F.    D     ANTHONY. 

The  sin  of  va:nglory  is  one  which  often  steals 
from  us  our  best  actions.  At  times  when  we  are 
not  on  our  guard  it  insinuates  itself  so  very  secretly 
that  even  our  best  efforts,  which  are  so  commend- 
able in  the  eyes  of  men,  are  but  dross  and  debauch- 
ery in  the  sight  of  God, 

St.  Gregory,  in  his  work  entitled,  "  Morals,"  says, 
"I  confess  that  when  1  examine  my  own  intention 
in  writing  this,  methinks  I  have  no  other  will  than 
to  please  God;  but  I  find  that  when  I  am  not  upon 
my  guard,  a  vain  desire  of  pleasing  men  prompts 
me;  and  that,  what  I  do,  is  not  so  free  from  dust 
and  chaff  as  it  was  in  the  beginning." 

Brethren,  how  many  of  us  are  free  from  this 
"  vain  desire  of  pleasing  men?"  It  seems  to  me 
that  a  serious  reflection  on  our  conduct  will  enable 
us  to  discover  similar  temptations  in  our  best 
actions.  We  engage  in  the  performance  of  our 
Christian  duties,  at  first,  through  motives  of  honesty, 
-charity  and  zeal;  but  unfortunately  vanity  creeps 
steadily  into  these  motives,  exciting  in  us  a  desire 
to  please  men.  Indeed,  the  effect  is  twofold  ( 1 )  to 
please  men  and  (2)  to  be  esteemed  by  them.  If 
we  fail  to  obtain  this  esteem,  we  are  prone  to  lose 
courage  and  to  be  content  with  doing  only  such 
things  at  arc  strictly  essential  to  our  profession. 

The  sin  of  vainglory  is  so  much  the  more  to  be 
dreaded  because  it  attacks  not  only  beginners  in 
the  service  of  God,  but  even  those  who  have  made 
great  advancement  in  the  way  of  holiness. 

Sometimes  the  temptation  of  vainglory  is  the 
last  resource  left  to  the  tempter  to  cause  those, 
who  are  strongest,  to  lose  all  of  the  merit  of  their 
good  works.  The  last  temptation  that  he  made  use 
of  against  the  Savior  was  to  persuade  Him  to  en- 
gage in  a  vain  service.     Matt.  4:  o. 

"As  it  often  happens,  that,  after  a  most  prosper- 
ous voyage,  a  vessel  is  wrecked  in  the  very  haven, 
so  the  most  perfect  ought  to  be  exceedingly  on 
their  guard  against  vanity;  because,  after  having 
sailed  prosperously  throughout  the  whole  course 
of  their  life,  stood  courageously  all  the  storms  and 
tempests  the  devil  raised  against  them,  when  they 
come  in  sight  of  the  harbor,  full  of  confidence  in 
past  victories,  and  believe  themselves  out  of  all 
dinger,  they  often  suScr  a  miserable  shipwreck,  by 
their  pride  and  vanity.  Hence  some  call  vainglory 
'a  storm  in  the  harbor.'  " 

The  character  of  the  sin  of  vainglory  is,  that  it 
robs  God  of  the  glory  that  belongs  to  Him  alone. 
"  Will  a  man  rob  God?  "  This  is  one  of  the  ways 
in  whif.h  it  can  be  done.  He  who  seeks  not  God's 
glory,  but  his  own  in  the  good  he  does,  is  a  robber. 
It  is  like  the  Satanic  principle  in  the  wilderness, — 
to  deprive  the  Savior  of  his  glory. 

In  God's  works  there  is  utility  and  glory.  He 
leaves  the  utility  of  His  work  to  men,  but  reserves 
all  the  glory  to  himself.  "  The  Lord  hath  made 
all  things  for  himself;"  that  is,  for  His  glory.  He 
is  not  willing  that  any  "  flesh  should  glory  in  hit 
presence;  that  according  as  it  is  written,  He  that 


glorieth,  let  him  glory  in  the  Lord."  1  Cor.  1:  29, 
31.  Hence,  if  we  seek  to  attract  to  ourselves  the 
esteem  and  praise  of  men,  we  pervert  the  order 
which  God  has  established,  and  thereby  do  Him  an 
injury. 

If  we  are  living  within  the  Christian  sphere  and 
are  taking  pains  to  do  what  is,  in  itself,  right  and 
commendable,  why  do  it  in  an  unprofitable  way  and 
thus  lose  all  the  fruit  of  our  labors? 

Vainglory  in  all  its  forms  is  evidently  wrong,  and 
deadly  in  its  results.  See  Matt.  7:  21,  22,  23.  He 
who  is  truly  humble,  seeks  not  his  own  glory,  but 
that  of  God  alone.  When  we  consider  what  we 
owe  to  God,  and  how  imperfect  our  best  actions 
are,  we  should  blush  at  the  good  opinion  we  are  apt 
to  have  of  ourselves.  Let  us  labor  to  glorify  God 
in  all  wc  do,  so  that,  in  the  end,  "  we  receive  a  full 
reward."     2  John  8. 

Eldaton,  Pa.     ________ 

••  HEADY." 


BY   W.   J,    SWIGAHT, 

This  is  a  term,  used  by  the  Apostle  in  2  Tim.  3;  4 
as  among  the  qualities  that  belong  to  those  who 
oppose  and  work  ruin  to  the  Christian  cause  in  the 
world.  In  the  Revised  Version  it  is  "headstrong." 
The  term  is  probably  taken  from  the  animals  whose 
heads  go  in  advance  in  their  movement,  and  until 
the  head  turns,  the  rest  of  the  body  cannot  turn. 
If  their  course  is  opposed,  they  sometimes  refuse 
to  be  turned,  put  their  head  down,  shut  their  eyes, 
and  rush  forward  regardless  of  all  consequences  to 
themselves  or  to  anything  that  may  be  in  their  way. 
Others,  refusing  to  be  submissive  in  labor,  bear 
away  on  the  yoke,  or  the  trace,  or  the  reins,  and 
break  into  ungovernable  and  destructive  gaits  and 
courses. 

People  partake,  in  varying  measure,  of  some  of 
the  qualities  characteristic  of  the  brute.  Hence,  in 
applying  the  figure  to  men  we  hear  the  terms 
"  heady,"  "stiff-necked,"  "  headstrong,"  etc.,  and  I 
suppose  we  must  admit  there  is  some  fitness  in  the 
application  of  the  terms  to  men. 

Of  whom  does  the  apostie  speak  in  the  long  list 
of  dreadful  terms  in  this  chapter?  Of  those  "  hold- 
ing a  form  of  Godliness,"  Verse  5.  That  is,  it 
may  be  among  those  who  are  members  of  the 
church.  How  often  this  person  makes  his  appear- 
ance in  the  church!  How  many  of  our  congrega- 
tions have  one  or  more  of  these  "heady1'  ones  to 
contend  with!  And  how  much  turmoil  and  con- 
fusion even  one  such  person  can-make  in  a  church! 
There  would  be  peaceful  church  meetings  if  they 
were  not  in,  but  they  generally  are  in,  and  in  for 
one  purpose,  apparently. 

There  are  people  who  seem  to  delight  in  conten- 
tion and  jarring.  They  are  vindictive,  and  natural- 
ly quarrelsome.  They  jar  and  jangle,  they  oppose 
and  obstruct,  they  wrangle  and  stir  up  bad  feelings; 
destroy  the  peaceful  and  loving  spirit  that  ought  to 
pervade  a  meeting  of  God's  children;  they  stir  up 
strife.  They  themselves  generally  sit  back  at  the 
Communion,  and  so  go  on  from  year  to  year  and 
call  that  religion, — the  religion  set  forth  by  the 
meek  and  lowly  lamb  of  God,  and,  1  suppose,  ex- 
pect to  get  to  heaven  on  it. 

How  much  trouble  has  come  from  this  clas3  of 
people,  called  "heady"  1  Indeed,  when  we  come 
to  think  of  it,  the  greater  part  of  the  unfortunate 
divisions  which  have  rent  our  church  in  recent 
years  did  not  come  always  or  generally  from  a 
difference  of  views  on  essential  points  of  faith,  but 
mostly  because  of  this  contention  and  headiness  on 
the  part  of  some  one, — not  always,  of  course,  of 
just  one ;  for  headiness,  like  other  qualities,  is  apt  to 
beget  its  kind,  and  headiness  breaks  out  generally; 
and  schism  and  division  follow. 

Few  things  have  a  more  blighting  and  killing 
effect  on  the  spirituality  of  a  church  than  this  strife 
among  the  membership.  When  the  members  think 
about  these  dissensions  and  difficulties,  and  when 
they  talk  about  these  instead  of  "  provoking  one 
another  to  love  and  good  works,"  when  they  meet 
each  other,  it  Is  a  sorry  plight  for  the  spiritual 


growth  of  that  church.  For  a  minister  to  go  into  a 
church  to  preach,  and  after  the  services  listen  to 
the  details  of  a  church  trouble  from  one  side,  and 
the  next  night  find  himself  regaled  by  the  same 
thing  from  the  other  side,  till  towards  midnight, 
makes  him  yawn  and  gstsp  for  breath,  spiritually  as 
well  as  physically. 

There  is  something  in  man  that  makes  him  dis- 
like to  "  give  up  "  He  does  not  like  to  yield  his 
own  opinions,  especially  if  he  has  once  expressed 
them.  This  often  brings  a  "  setness,"  that  may  be 
f  a  milder  and  less  destroying  form  than  the 
bove,  but  which  tends  to  disturb  in  its  degree. 

Firmness  is  a  noble  virtue,  but  it  stands  so  near 
to  the  evil  of  obstinacy  that  the  latter  may  be  mis- 
taken for  the  former,  especially  by  the  person  in 
whom  it  is  resident.  Many  a  one  might,  so  far  as 
feeling?  are  concerned,  adopt  She  prayer  of  the 
old  Scotch  deacon  when  he  prayed,  "  Oh  Lord, 
grant  that  we  may  be  right,  for  thou  knowest  we 
are  hard  to  turn."  Dr.  Ho'land  ssys,  "It  is  re- 
markable, in  a  church  quarrel,  how  all  of  them  go 
to  praying."  But  they  prsy  for  the  triumph,  not 
of  the  right,  but  of  their  own  side.  How  remote  is 
spirit  from  the  spirit  of  the  Master  when  he 
said,  "Nevertheless,  not  my  will,  but  thine  be 
e."  This  is  the  spirit  referred  to  by  the  apostle 
James,  when  he  says,  "Ye  fight  arid  war.  .  .  . 
Ye  ask  and  receive  not  because  ye  ask  amiss  that 
ye  may  consume  it  upon  your  lusts." 

It  is  sad  to  think  of  the  evil  consequences  of 
these  things,  and  how  much  harm  they  workl  Eld- 
ers, rather  than  remain  and  meet  the  opposition 
and  vindicttveness  of  some  heady  one,  have  pre- 
ferred to  go  to  other  fields.  Other  elders  have  op- 
posed their  people  and  lorded  over  them  in  the 
determination  to  have  their  own  way,  until  their 
possibilities  for  doing  good  were  destroyed. 
Churches  that  were  prosperous  have  become  dis- 
turbed and  rent,  Hearts  have  been  made  to  ache, 
Awakened  and  interested  persons,  who  were  lcok- 
into  the  church  desiringly,  have  turned  away, 
because  of  dissensions  and  strife  within,  and  prob- 
ably lived  and  died  withont.  t 

The  end  and  punishment  ot  the  heady  is  so...e 
what  foreshadowed  in  the  dreadful  list  of  sins  with 
which  this  is  classed.  It  is  clearly  and  emphati- 
cally a  malevolent  passion  that  seeks  the  harm  of 
others,  while  no  good  can  accrue  to  its  author,  and 
must  receive  direful  retribution  in  the   end. 

"Let  all  bitterness  and  wrath  and  anger  and 
clamor  and  evil  speaking  be  put  away  from  you, 
with  all  malice;  and  be  ye  kind  one  to  another, 
tender  hearted,  forgiving  one  another,  even  as  God 
for    Christ's    sake   hath   forgiven   you."      Eph.   4: 

31,  32. 
Huntingdi  n,  Pa. 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.— No.  8. 

BY  S.  N.  MCCAJJN. 

From  Port  Said  to  Jerusalem  on  Nov.  24  and  25— Steamer 

Delayed— Voyage— Landing  at  Jaffa -Jalfa— Simon  s 

House— Plain  of  Sharon  -Olmzo— Ekron  — 

Bethshemesh—  Terraced  Hills 

—Jerusalem. 

We  were  anchored  a  night  and  a  day  at  Port 
Said,  "  because  of  the  rough  sea."  I  think  they 
were  waiting  for  cargo. 

A  young  bride  of  nine  years,  and  bridegroom  of 
twelve  years  sailed  with  us.  They  told  us  that 
this,  their  marriage  day,  was  their  first  meeting. 
The  parents  did  all  the  match  making.  The  Iitt.e 
girl's  relatives  came  on  board  and  bade  her  farewell. 
The  parting  seemed  a  sad  one.  This  bridal  couple 
had  deck  passage.  The  mother-in-law  sat  by  the 
side  of  the  little  girl  and  tried  to  keep  her  face 
veiled,  but  the  little  girl  disliked  the  veil  and  fre- 
quently put  it  aside.  The  mother-in-law  replaced 
it  and  called  her  a  "  contrary  little  donkey." 

An  old  missionary  of  Mount  Carmel  called  my 
attention  to  the  young  married  couple  as  they  came 
on  board.  He  had  previously  borrowed  a  franc  of 
me.  I  enjoyed  looking  at  the  wedding  party,  and 
the  old  missionary  said  to  me,  "That  is  worth  a 
franc,  is  it  not?    If  I  had  not  called  your  attention 


1898. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGEB. 


51 


to  it  you  would  have  missed  it."  This  is  the  way 
he  settled  his  bill.  It  was  but  a  very  little  thing, 
but  when  missionaries  do  thus,  what  can  we  expect 
of  the  natives?  I  liked  the  old  man  but  did  not 
think  much  of  his  standard  of  justice. 

Many  were  sick  on  this  short  voyage.  Sister 
Gibble  paid  her  tribute  to  Neptune  again,  but  I 
never  sleep  sweeter  than  when  I  am  being  rocked 
by  the  restless  waves. 

Our  landing  at  Jaffa  was  comparatively  smooth. 
From  what  we  could  fee  we  would  be  inclined  to 
say  that  the  place  bears  a  worse  name  than  it  de- 
serves, but  we  have  since  learned  by  experience 
that  we  cannot  take  things  by  their  first  appear- 
ance. Even  the  Jaffa  landing  is  apt  to  give  false 
impressions,  when  she  puts  on  her  smooth  face,  for 
we  are  now  doomed  to  lay  in  Jaffa  at  least  four 
days,  and  if  her  angry  waves  continue  to  lash  her 
rocky  harbor,  perhaps  much  longer, 

Jaffa  did  not  seem  so  much  elevated  as  we  ex- 
pected to  sec  it.  As  we  landed,  we  remembered 
that  we  were  in  one  of  the  oldest  towns  in  the 
world.  We  looked  back  a  few  centuries  and  we 
see  great  floats  of  cedar  and  fir-trees  anchored 
among  the  rocks  of  Jaffa.  We  see  Phoenician  sail- 
ors landing  float  after  float  upon  the  shore,  where 
the  trees  are  received  by  stalwart  Jews  and  moved 
slowly  southeast  over  the  plain  of  Sharon  up  the 
foot-hills,  and  on  over  the  hills  to  Jerusalem.  I 
ask,  "Why  are  you  carrying  all  this  timber  and 
stone  upon  this  mountain  top?"  And  some  one 
answers,  "In  order  to  build  a  house  for  the  Lord." 
1  Kings  5:  5,  9;  2  Chron.  2:  16.  Thus  the  busy 
workmen  labor  on  until  a  great  temple  is  built  to 
the  Lord  on  Mt.  Moriah, 

As  we  look  out  upon  the  sea,  the  years  fly  past 
and  we  see  a  man,  a  Jew,  hurrying  to  the  shore. 
He  is  looking  anxiously  at  a  vessel  that  is  an- 
chored, and  while  he  looks  a  number  of  boatmen 
begin  to  pull  at  him  and  say,  "Me  good  boatman." 
Finally  he  agrees  with  one  to  embark  him  for  one- 
sixth  of  a  shekel.  When  he  is  aboard  he  pays  the 
boatman  and  must  give  him  a  few  mites  more,  be- 
cause the  sea  is  getting  rough.  This  man  is  wor- 
ried and  he  goes  down  into  the  sides  of  the  ship 
and  is  soon  fast  asleep.  The  vessel  moves  out  and 
the  vaves  begin  to  roll  high,  and  soon  there  is  a 
tempest.  The  poor  man  is  cast  into  the  sea,  but 
God  takes  care  of  him,  though  he  has  been  diso- 
bedient. May  the  life  of  Jonah  and  his  sad  at- 
tempt to  run  away  from  God  make  us  ever  willing 
to  not  only  say,  "Thy  will  be  done,"  but  to  be 
willing  to  do  God's  will. 

We  walked  over  to  the  place  where  it  is  said 
Simon  the  Tanner's  house  stood.  We  saw  the  old 
well  with  its  deeply-notched  rock  curbing.  A  blind 
man  was  drawing  water  and  pouring  it  into  a  large 
stone  trough,  resembling  a  sarcophagus,  and  as  his 
rope  dropped  into  the  notches  of  the  rock,  we  saw 
how  they  were  made,  and  were  made  to  feel  that 
perhaps  we  were  looking  into  the  very  well  used  by 
Simon  the  Tanner,  upon  whose  house-top  Peter 
went,  to  commune  with  God.  We  went  up  to  the 
house  top  and  remembered  Peter's  vision,  and  the 
messenger  from  Cass  area.  We  remembered  how 
hard  it  was  for  even  Peter  to  give  up  his  early 
training  and  allow  the  Lord  to  direct  his  life 
Would  not  the  Lord  still  come  into  our  lives  and 
direct  them  to  his  glory,  if  we  would  commune  with 
him  more?  Would  he  net  still  lead  us  out  of  self 
into  the  clearer  light  of  his  own  presence? 

We  were  soon  aboard  the  train,  wending  our  way 
out  through  beautiful  orange  and  lemon  groves, 
laden  with  golden  fruit.  The  fertile  plain  of  Sha- 
ron was  being  plowed  and  one  could  easily  imagine 
himself  in  some  of  the  beautiful  farm  land  of  Vir- 
ginia or  Pennsylvania,  but  as  soon  as  we  saw  a 
mud-built  village,  our  vision  of  the  dear  home  land 
fled. 

We  passed  Lydda,  but  could  not  see  it  for  the 
olive  groves.  Ramleh  was  seen  on  our  right.  It  is 
the  traditional  Arimathea  from  which  Joseph  came. 
Matt,  27:  57. 

To  our  left  in  the  hills  we  saw  the  ancient  site  of 
Gimzo.    The  Philistines  rushed  up  out  of  the  plain 


and  took  this  city,  with  a  number  of  others,  from 
the  Israelites,  and  dwelt  in  them. 

We  saw  ancient  Ekron,  the  city  to  which  the  five 
lords  of  the  Philistines  returned  after  they  sent 
away  the  ark.  As  we  looked  out  upon  this  old  city, 
we  could,  in  mind,  see  the  men  of  Gath  coming, 
bearing  the  ark  of  Israel  but  the  Ekronites  refuse 
to  let  them  come  near.  They  assemble  the  lords  of 
Philistines  and  they  decide  to  send  the  ark 
back  to  Israel,  providing  two  heifers  would  leave 
their  young  calves  and  take  the  ark  home. 

We  see  them  hitch  the  heifers  to  the  cart  with  its 
precious  burden  and  they  at  once  start  across  the 
plain  and  up  the  foot-hills  to  the  field  of  Joshua,  a 
Bethshemite,  and  stop  there.  As  we  look  out  upon 
ancient  Bethshemesh,  we  see  them  rushing  out  to 
see  the  ark  and,  as  they  take  this  forbidden  sight, 
God  smites  many  of  them  with  death,  so  much  so 
that  they  send  the  ark  away  to  Kirjath-jearim. 
1  Sam.  5:  1  to  6:  21. 

We  were  impressed  with  the  view  of  the  terraced 
hills  to  our  right  and  to  our  left,  as  we  went  on 
towards  Jerusalem.  The  hills  seem  like  great 
heaps  of  stone,  yet  they  show  clear  traces  of  culti- 
vation in  some  former  day, 

It  was  dark  when  our  train  stopped,  for  we  had 
arrived  at  that  "  unholy "  holy  city,  Jerusalem, 
We  got  into  a  carriage  and  were  driven  to  the 
American  Colony,  where  we  took  up  our  abode  for 
a  few  days. 

Though  in  Jerusalem  we  have  not  seen  the  city, 
We  feel  that  we  are  now  upon  sacred  ground  and 
hope  that  our  short  stay  may  prove  a  blessing  to 
us  in  our  work  for  God  in  the  future. 

Jaffa,  Dec.  p,  i8j?. 

ARE  THESE  "FREE  HOMES"  DESIRABLE? 

BY  GEO.  L.  MoDONAUGH. 

We  have  been  reading  about  a  land  of  "  free 
homes"  and  of  homeseekers'  excursions,  and  who 
can  possess  themselves  of  these  "  free  homes." 

Now  it  is  but  natural  that  questions  should  arise 
about  these  heavenly  "  free  homes,"  such  as  are 
asked  daily  about  earthly  "  free  homes  "  : — 

Is  it  a  desirable  place  to  live? 

Are  the  neighbors  good? 

Is  it  a  healthy  place? 

Is  the  water  good? 

Is  it  hard  to  get? 

Are  there  any  churches  there? 

Is  there  any  fruit  there? 

What  is  the  general  appearance  of  the  country? 

How  about  the  buildings, — are  they  nice? 

How  long  has  this  country  been  open  for  settle 
ment? 

Why  has  it  not  been  occupied  long  ago? 

Are  we  sure  that  parties  who  start  now  can  se 
cure  as  desirable  locations  as  those  who  went  some 
time  ago? 

Now  these  and  many  other  questions  are  liable 
to  come  up  from  time  to  time,  but  in  this  case  we 
cannot  refer  the  enquiring  ones  to  parties  who  have 
been  there  and  returned,  or  who  are  living  there 
now,  but  we  will  have  to  rely  entirely  on  what  the 
Guide  Book  tells  us,  and  we  take  it  for  granted 
that,  ere  this,  every  one  who  is  interested  in  thi: 
matter  of  "free  homes"  has  provided  himself  with 
one  of  these  Guide  Books,  for,  without  studying  it 
prayerfully  and  asking  God  to  assist  us  to  under- 
stand it,  and  to  comply  with  the  rules,  as  laid  down 
in  that  Guide  Book,  we  can  never  possess  one  of 
these  free  homes.  Now,  with  this  before  you,  if 
you  have  not  yet  secured  one  of  these  Guide  Books 
and  still  desire  to  know  all  about  these  "  free 
homes,"  you  had  better  at  once  send  your  name 
and  post-office  address,  accompanied  with  S2.75,  to 
the  publishers  of  "  The  Gospel  Messenger,"  1 
the  request  that  they  send  you  at  once  the  Gi 
Book,  which  gives  all  the  rules  and  regulations,  as 
to  how  to  secure  a  "  free  home  "  in  heaven,  and 
also  ask  them  to  mail  you  every  week,  for  the  en- 
suing year,  their  weekly  paper,  which  gives  an 
count  of  many  people  in  different  parts  of  the 
world  who  are  studying  this  Guide  Book,  as  to  all 


the  questions  that  are  mentioned  above  and  many 
more  that  arise  every  day  and  every  hour. 

Those  who  have  already  secured  "their  title 
clear"  to  one  of  these  heavenly  "  free  homes  "  were 
only  enabled  to  do  so  by  studying  this  Guide  Book 
or  Book  of  Rules;  and,  through  the  goodness  of 
God,  they  were  enabled,  in  their  weak  way,  with 
His  divine  assistance,  to  comply  with  the  rules  as 
laid  down  in  the  Guide  Book.  If  each  and  every 
one  of  us  will  but  apply  himself  to  the  study  of 
this  Guide  Book  with  the  same  diligence  that  we 
daily  and  hourly  apply  ourselves,  to  secure  a  liveli- 
hood here  below,  there  is  not  the  least  doubt  that, 
with  God's  help,  we  can  secure  "  a  home  not  made 
with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens."  But  it  is  but 
too  true  that  procrastination  deprives  many  per- 
sons from  securing  one  of  these  "free  homes"  in 
heaven,  and  has  done  so  since  the  world  began. 
But  the  various  excuses  and  objections  that  are 
advanced  by  those  who  are  approached  on  (he 
subject  of  their  securing  a  "  free  home  "  in  heaven, 
we  will  leave  for  some  future  article,  for,  as  an 
emigration  agent,  the  writer  has  learned  that  un- 
less those  whom  he  approaches  are  interested  in 
the  subject  of  securing  a  "  free  home,"  it  is  time 
thrown  away  to  talk  on  the  subject. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


OBEDIEENCE. 


BY   CHAS.   M.   YEAROUT. 


"Though  he  were  a  Son,  yet  learned  he  obedience  by  ihe 
things  which  he  suffered;  and  Nan-,  made  perfect,  he  became 
the  author  of  eternal  salvation  unto  all  them  that  obey  him." 
-Heh.  5:8,9. 

The  human  family,  by  disobedience,  plunged 
themselves  into  a  state  of  death,  separated  them- 
selves from  God,  and  were  utterly  powerless  to  re- 
instate themselves  into  Eivor  and  fellowship  with 
God.  By  the  fall  man  became  corrupted,  a  law 
breaker,  and  rested  under  the  condemnation  of  a 
broken  law.  "Whosoever  committeth  sin  trans-, 
gresseth  also  the  law:  for  sin  is  the  transgression  of 
the  law."  "The  soul  that  sinneth,  it  shall -die." 
The  entire  posterity  of  Adam,  therefore,  rested 
under  the  penalty  of  death,  One  was  unable  to 
help  another:  for  all  were  resting  under  sin,  Man 
could  not  offer  an  acceptable  sacrifice  to  God, 
because  of  his  polluted  or  sinful  state,  "  God  is  of 
purer  eyes  than  to  behold  evil,  and  cannot  look  on 
iniquity,"  and  it  was  not  possible  for  all  the  beasts 
that  were  slaughtered  and  offered  upon  Jewish 
altars,  to  take  away  sin.  They  simply  typified  or 
pointed  forward  to  the  innocent  Lamb  of  God. 

THE  OBEDIENCE  OF  CHRIST,  THE  ONLY  SOURCE  OK 
SALVATION, 

Man's  salvation  was  sealed  up.  "And  no  man 
in  heaven,  nor  in  earth,  neither  under  the  earth,  was 
able  to  open  the  book,  neither  to  look  thereon." 
Jesus,  "the  lion  of  the  tribe  of  Juda,  the  root  of 
David,  hath  prevailed  to  open  the  book,  and  to 
loose  the  seven  seals  thereof."  The  Highest  Star 
of  all  the  constellations  of  heaven,  the  Chiefest 
among  ten  thousand,  the  One  altogether  lovely,  was 
selected  as  the  only  one  able  to  redeem  man  from 
death,  Christ  was  pure  and  spotless  and  could 
make  an  acceptable  offering  to  God,  hence  the 
innocent  suffered  for  the  guilty,  the  pure  for  the 
defiled,  the  just  for  the  unjust,  that  he  might  bring 
us  to  God.  "Because  we  thus  judge,  that  if  one 
died  for  all,  then  were  all  dead:  and  that  he  died 
for  all,  that  they  that  live  should  not  henceforth 
live  unto  themselves,  but  unto  him  which  died  for 
them,  and  rose  again."  "  By  the  grace  of  God 
he  tasted  death  for  every  man.  For  it  became  him, 
for  whom  are  all  things,  and  by  whom  are  all 
things,  in  bringing  many  sons  unto  glory,  to  make 
the  captain  of  their  salvation  perfect  through  suf- 
ferings."    Heb.  2:  9,  10, 

CHRIST  OUR  SUBSTITUTE. 

"Surely  he  hath  borne  our  griefs,  and  carried  our 
sorrows:  he  was  wounded  for  our  transgressions, 
he  was  bruised  for  our  iniquities:  the  chastisement 
of  our  peace  was  upon  him;  and  with  his  stripes  we 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGER,. 


Ja 


are  healed."  "  He  made  himself  of  no  reputation, 
and  took  upon  him  the  form  of  a  servant,  and  was 
made  in  the  likeness  of  men;  and  being  found  in 
fashion  as  a  man,  he  humbled  himself,  and  became 
obedient  unto  death,  even  the  death  of  (he  cross." 
Phil  2:  ;,  8. 

While  Christ  prayed  alone  in  the  historic  garden 
of  Gsthsemane,  the  sin  of  a  wicked  world  rested 
upon  his  sacred  person,  the  agony  and  suffering 
of  that  lone  hour  no  moital  will  ever  know,  His 
suffering  was  so  intense  that  his  sweat  became,  as 
it  were,  great  drops  of  b!oud  falling  down  to  the 
ground,  and  he  prayed,  saying,  '  Father,  if  thou 
be  willing,  remove  this  cup  from  me:  nevertheless, 
not  my  will  but  thine  be  done."  It  was  not  pos- 
sible to  let  the  cup  pass,  and  save  man,  and  in  har- 
mony with  God's  will,  he  drank  it  to  its  very  bitter 
dregs. 

SOME   OF   THE    BENEFITS  OF  CHRIST  S  OBEDIENCE. 

Christ  walked  the  lanes  and  streets  of  Judea 
that  we  might  walk  the  golden  streets  of  the  New 
Jerusalem.  He  wore  the  crown  of  piercing  thorns 
that  we  might  wear  the  golden  crown  of  life  in  the 
kingdom  of  eternal  glory.  He  died,  that  we  might 
liv<*.  He  triumphed  over  death,  hell  and  the  grave, 
that  we  might  aiise  in  his  likeness,  and  dwell  with 
him  in  a  state  of  eternal  blessedness.  Through  his 
obedience  he  became  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the 
life,  and  we  enter  into  life  and  rest  only  through 
and  by  him. 

Christ  met  the  demands  of  the  violated  law,  and 
pa  d  the  debt  which  the  human  family  could  not 
pay,  because  of  thefr  celled  state  and  condition, 
Jmtice  was  satisfied  with  the  offering  Christ  made 
in  men'i  stead.  While  passing  through  the  throes 
of  death,  his  loving  heart  cried  to  the  Father  to 
have  mercy  upon  his  enen ies  "Father,  forgive 
them;  for  they  know  not  what  they  do."  Though 
he  were  the  Son  of  God,  and  surrounded  with  every 
attribute  of  perfection,  yet  learned  he  obedience, 
and  through  his  obed'ence  he  became  the  author  of 
eternal  salvation  to  all  them  that  obey  him. 

CUR  OBEDIENCE  TO    CHRIST    NECESSARY    IN    ORDER   TO 
OUR  SALVATION. 

If  God  would  not  yield  to  the  entreaties  of  His 
Son,  and  let  the  bitter  cup  of  suffernig  pass  from 
him;  much  less  will  he  compromise  with  man,  and 
save  him,  shoit  of  implicit  obedience  to  the  re- 
quirements of  the  Gospel. 

Christ  came  into  this  world  as  a  mediator  between 
God  and  mankind  (1  Tim.  2:5),  and  stipulated 
terms  of  peace  or  reconciliation.  God,  upon  his 
part,  has  accepted  of  the  work  and  terms  of  Christ, 
as  laid  down  in  the  Gospel,  and  if  we  desire  life  and 
salvation,  we  must  come  to  those  terms.  2  Cor. 
5:13,  19. 

"Not  every  one  that  saith  unto  me,  Lord,  Lord, 
shall  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  but  he  that 
doeth  the  will  of  my  father  which  is  in  heaven." 
Matt.  7:21;  Rom.  2:  13.  We  manifest  our  love  to 
Christ  by  obedience  to  his  words.  u  If  a  man  leve 
me,  he  will  keef  my  words.  He  that  kvtth  me  not 
keeptth  >nt  my  sayings."  John  14:23,  24.  If  man 
could  have  saved  himself,  then  it  would  have  been 
useless  for  Christ  to  suffer  and  die;  butas  man  could 
not  save  himself,  and  was  utterly  powerless  to  rein- 
state himself  into  favor  with  God,  he  must,  of  ne- 
cessity, accept  of  Christ  and  his  terms  as  the  only 
means  of  salvation.  God  was  never  more  in  ear- 
nest than  when  he  sent  his  Son  into  this  world  to 
redeem  man  from  the  power  of  death,  and  present 
him  with  a  means  of  life  and  eternal  rest.  To  look 
upon  any  part  of  God's  plan  as  being  non-essential 
or  unnecessary,  is  to  discredit  thewisdom  and  knowl- 
edge of  God,  and  place  human  wisdom  above  that 
of  God. 

"  O  the  depth  of  the  riches  both  of  the  wisdom 
and  knowledge  of  Godl  how  unsearchable  are  his 
judgments,  and  his  ways  past  finding  out!  For 
who  hath  known  the  mind  of  the  Lord?  or  who  hath 
been  his  counsellor?  Or  who  bath  first  given  to  him, 
and  it  shall  be  recompensed  unto  him  again?  For 
of  him,  and  through  him,  and  to  him,  are  all  things: 
to  whom  be  glory  for  ever.    Amen."    Rom,  1 1 :  33-36, 


"  In  whom  also  we  have  obtained  an  inheritance  be 
ing  predestinated  according  to  the  purpose  of  him 
who  worketh  all  things  after  the  counsel  of  his  own 
will."     Eph.  1: 11, 

The  disobedient  can  never  reach  heaven.  "  When 
the  Lord  Jesus  shall  be  revealed  from  heaven  with 
his  mighty  angels,  in  flaming  fire  he  will  take  ven- 
geance on  them  that  know  not  God,  and  that  obey 
not  the  gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ;  who  shall 
be  punished  with  everlasting  destruction  from  the 
presence  of  the  Lord,  and  from  the  glory  of  his 
power."     2  Thess.  1:  7-9 

817  Division  St.,  Cedar  Rapids,  loua. 


.SERMON  +  DEPARTMENT* 


THE  UNCLEAN  SPIRIT  CAST  OUT.— Mark  5: '-'7. 

A   SERMON    BY   JOHN   E,    MOHLER. 

The  narrative  here  recorded  I  consider  one  of  the 
most  significant  in  our  record  of  Christ's  ministry. 
Not  only  do  the  incidents  of  the  narrative  stand  out 
distinct  and  different  from  anything  else  in  history, 
but  they  illustrate,  in  a  most  striking  manner,  the 
human  heart  in  conflict  with  sin.  They  illustrate 
the  experience  of  man  battling  against  sin  from  the 
time  the  Holy  Spirit  begins  to  call  the  sinner  to 
God,  until  he  is  cleansed  and  purified  by  the  power 
of  God.  Then  they  portray  the  spectacle  of  a  sin- 
ful world  looking  on  and  frowning  at  the  noble 
work  of  God. 

The  word  picture,  held  up  to  our  minds,  is  a  clear 
one,  In  the  first  part  of  the  scene  we  view  a  ship 
on  the  Sea  of  Galilee.  It  has  just  come  from  the 
West,  and  as  it  draws  to  the  eastern  side  of  the  sea, 
by  the  coast  of  Gadara,  the  Savior,  with  the  twelve 
apostles,  steps  out  of  the  ship  upon  the  land.  But 
scarcely  have  they  entered  the  country  of  the  Gad- 
areoes  when  there  meets  them  a  man  whose  dwell- 
ing is  in  the  tombs,  in  the  mountains  of  that  place. 
These  tombs  were  excavations  made  in  solid  rock, 
where  the  people  buried  their  dead.  They  were 
large,  dark  rooms,  and  round  about  the  edge  of  the 
rooms  were  smaller  openings,  where  were  placed  the 
caskets  containing  the  bodies  of  the  dead. 

When  we  think  of  the  dismal  surroundings  we  ex- 
claim, 'What  a  horrible  dwelling  place  for  a  hu- 
man being!"  But  a  second  glance  at  the  man 
shows  him  to  be  a  maniac.  His  beastly,  haggard 
appearance,  and  the  wild  gleam  of  his  restless  eyes 
are  unmistakable  signs  of  insanity,  and  the  Scrip- 
tures describe  him  as  being  possessed  of  an  unclean 
spirit. 

When,  at  this  time,  the  apostles  followed  close  to 
their  Savior,  I  wonder  if  they  did  not  look  to  him  as 
a  strong  protector!  He  had  so  recently  proven 
himself  a  ruler  of  the  elements  when,  with  a  word, 
he  stilled  the  raging  tempest  cf  Galilee  (Mark  4:  39); 
and  now  they  were  confronted  by  a  lunatic  who  was 
so  powerful  that  when  he  had  been  bound  with  heavy 
chains  and  his  limbs  locked  in  fetters,  he  burst  the 
chains  asunder  and  broke  the  fetters  into  pieces. 
All  the  ingenuity  and  power  of  the  authorities  had 
been  taxed  to  control  this  terrible  man,  but  in  vain; 
and  he  was  so  reckless  in  his  deeds  that  he  even 
took  sharp  stones  and  cut  and  gashed  his  own  body, 
But  seel  when  the  meek,  unassuming  Christ  enter- 
ed the  region  where  the  insane  man  abode,  the  un- 
clean spirit  in  the  man  cried  with  a  loud  voice  and 
said,  "  What  have  I  to  do  with  thee,  Jesus,  thou  Son 
of  the  most  high  God?  I  adjure  thee  by  God  that 
thou  torment  me  not  1 "  Why  this  beseeching, 
pleading  cry?  Why  should  this  raving  madman, 
who  had  successfully  resisted  all  man's  attempts  to 
control  him,  now  beg  the  calm,  unresisting  Jesus  to 
let  him  alone?  It  was  because  he  recognized  the 
power  of  Christl  He  knew  that  here  was  a  powe: 
stronger  than  he,  and  Christ  had  said,  "  Come  out  of 
the  man,  thou  unclean  spirit," 

While  the  maniac  could  break  the  forged  fetters 
and  burst  the  chains  that  bound  him,  he  could  not 
resist  the  command  of  the  Son  of  God,  Then  the 
unclean  spirit  besought  Christ  that  he  would  not 
utterly  cast  him  out  of  the  land,    He  begged  the 


Master  the  privilege  of  entering  the  filthy  swine  and 
when  this  privilege  was  granted  he  drove  the  swine 
to  their  destruction. 

When  the  unclean  spirit  was  cast  out  of  the  man, 
we  see  the  man  "  sitting  at  the  feet  of  Jesus,  clothed ' 
and  in  his  right  mind."  What  a  marvelous  change! 
What  a  miracle!  No  wonder  that  they  who  saw  it 
were  stricken  with  fear.  Then  something  strange 
occurred!  When  the  people  heard  of  the  Savicr's 
work,  they  flocked  to  see,  and  as  they  beheld  the 
man  who  was  a  maniac,  now  clothed  and  in  his  right 
mind,  do  you  think  they  rejoiced?  Should  not 
their  hearts  have  been  made  glad  that  there  was 
such  power  upon  earth?  Oh,  shame  upon  humanity ! 
When  the  people  saw  that  the  drove  of  swine  had 
perished  through  the  same  power  that  had  cleansed 
the  insane  man,  they  had  all  of  Christ  they  could 
bear.  The  flesh  of  the  filthy  swine  was  put  in  the 
balances  against  the  salvation  of  a  human  being,  and 
between  the  two  the  swine  were  chosenl  Don't  you 
agree  with  me  that  this  was  a  strange  thing? 

But  there  are  things  equally  as  strange  that  take 
place  to-day.  Th!s  word-picture  is  an  illustration 
of  human  experience  in  all  time.  When  Christ 
came  into  the  strange  land  and  there  met  him  a  man 
who  had  his  dwelling  among  the  tombs,  then  was  il- 
lustrated a  condition  that  all  of  us,  except  innocent 
children  have  experienced.  When  Christ  enters  the 
human  heart  to-day,  to  call  into  his  service  the  spirit 
that  God  had  placed  in  man,  then  there  appears  a 
man  who  has  his  dwelling-place  in  a  horrible  tomb. 

Once  one  cf  Christ's  converts  asked  him  to  allow 
him  to  bury  certain  ones  who  had  died,  before  he 
would  follow  the  Master.  Christ  replied,  "Let  the 
dead  bury  their  dead."  By  this  he  meant  to  teach 
that  those  who  are  not  seeking  eternal  life  first  of 
all,  are  dead,  even  in  this  life.  When  our  life  is 
given  to  the  service  of  Satan, — when  our  greatest 
hopes  and  fondest  desires  are  centered  in  the  joys 
and  pleasures  and  occupations  of  this  fleeting  life, 
then  we  are  dead  to  a  future,  eternal  life.  Then 
this  moital  body  is  only  a  tomb  to  confine  our  spirit. 

Unconverted  friends,  is  our  dwelling  place  in  a 
tomb  of  the  dead?  Did  you  ever  think  where  we 
are  dwelling  in  an  unconverted  state?  Did  you 
ever  walk  through  a  graveyard  during  the  hours  of 
night,  when  all  was  silent  save  the  sighing  of  the 
wind  through  the  trees,  and  as  you  beheld  the  stones, 
that  mark  the  resting-places  of  the  dead,  tower  like 
so  many  spectres  above  the  green  sward,  did  you 
think  that  would  be  a  beautiful  place  in  which  to 
live?  But  it  is  far  more  beautiful  than  the  tomb  our 
unconverted  spirits  dwell  in  every  day  and  night. 
Just  think  of  itl  And  notwithstanding  this,  when 
Christ  seeks  to  enter  our  heart  and  purify  and  beau- 
tify our  abode  and  enliven  our  dead  spirits,  we  cry 
out  like  the  insane  man,  "What  have  I  to  do  with 
thee,  Jesus,  thou  Son  of  God?  I  adjure  thee,  by  God, 
that  thou  torment  me  not." 

Like  the  raving  maniac  in  the  country  of  the  Gad- 
arenes  our  spirit  cannot  be  tamed  by  all  the  powers 
of  earth.  It  may  be  chained  and  fettered,  but  the 
bands  are  burst  asunder  and  the  spirit  is  as  free  as 
the  wind.  Like  the  mad  man  who  cut  and  gashed 
himself  with  the  stones  in  the  mountains,  so  we  are 
cruel  to  ourselves  in  seeking  our  own  destruction. 

When  the  hero  of  that  famous  book,  "  Uncle  Tom's 
Cabin,"  was  sold  as  a  slave  to  a  kind  master,  he  ob- 
served that  his  master  was  most  kind  to  all  of  his 
servants,  but  one  night  his  master  was  brought  home 
in  a  state  of  intoxication.  Then  the  spirit  of  the 
Christian  slave  was  troubled,  and  as  he  lingered 
about  his  Master,  the  next  morning,  with  sorrowful 
countenance,  his  master  asked  him  what  was  wrong. 

"I  feel  very  bad,  master,"  he  said.  "I  alwajs 
thought  master  would  be  good  to  everybody," 

"  Well,  am  I  not?  Am  I  not  good  to  you,  Tom  ?  " 
replied  his  master. 

"  Yes,"  answered  Tom,  "  master  is  good  to  me  and 
to  every  one  but  himself.  Master  is  very  bad  to 
himself;  "  and  the  truth  spoken  by  that  negro  slave 
to  his  master  is  true,  as  applied  to  every  one  who  is 
living  in  sin  to-day.     He  is  "  very  bad  to  himself!  " 

Are  we  good  to  every  one  else  and  evil  to  our- 
selves only?  Are  we  striking  and  cutting  ourselves 
with  the  weapons  of  sin?    If  so,  then  the  Savior 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER,. 


53 


speaks  to  us,  saying  "  Come  out  of  the  man,  thou  un 
clean  spirit!"  Have  you  heard  that  call  of  Jesus? 
Have  you  answered  that  call?  Have  you  vainly 
striven  to  stifle  the  voice  of  Gcd?  Have  you,  like 
the  insane  man,  besought  the  Spirit  of  God  to  de- 
part from  you?  Ob,  when  the  Holy  Spirit  strives  to 
convict  man  of  sin,  then  the  evil  spirit  trembles  at 
the  "still  small  voice!''  He  knows  that  God  is 
many  times  stronger  than  he  is.  He  knows  that 
with  our  help  God  will  cast  him  out  of  us,  but  not 
without  our  help.  We  are  not  strong  enough  to 
cast  him  out  by  ourselves  and  God  will  net  csst  him 
out  without  our  help.  Then,  should  we  not  seize  the 
golden  opportunity  to  work  with  God  to  cast  out  the 
unclean  spirit?  Like  the  insane  man,  let  us  pros 
trate  ourselves  before  God  and  yield  to  the  call  of 
his  Spirit  to  us! 

Let  us  work  with  God,  to  cast  out  the  unclean 
spirit,  and  this  is  the  way  to  work  with  him:  As  the 
unclean  spirit  rent  the  insane  man  before  it  came  out 
of  him,  so  all  of  our  affections  must  be  rent  from  the 
evil  spirit.  Our  willful,  proud  spirit  must  be  brought 
in  humble  submission  to  God's  entire  will  before  the 
evil  spirit  can  be  cast  out, 

I  wonder  if  we  always  realize  this!  I  wonder  if 
we  sometimes  do  not  reserve  a  small  Fpace  in  our 
hearts  and  keep  a  measure  of  the  unclean  spirit  in 
it.  Have  our  purposes  and  affections  and  desires 
been  entirely  rent  from  obedience  to  that  spirit? 
When  God  tells  us  to  do  some  simple  thing,  do  we 
refuse  because  we  do  not  think  it  necessary,  or  be- 
cause we  wish  to  do  something  else  insteac?  Or  do 
we  listen  to  a  spirit  that  tells  us  God  does  not  mean 
just  what  he  says?  If  so,  then  the  evil  spirit  is  not 
entirely  cast  out  of  us.  To  resist  the  spirit  of  God, 
or  th:  will  of  God,  in  the  smallest  matter,  is  spirit- 
ual insanity;  but  when  we  work  with  God  to  enable 
him  to  thoroughly  cleanse  and  purify  us,  then  the 
question  with  us  will  not  be,  "  How  much  does  God 
f.qnre  me  to  do?"  buf,  "  How  much  ecu  I  do  to 
please  him?  "  When  this  is  our  sincere  mind,  then, 
by  the  power  of  Gcd,  the  unclean  rpirit  will  be  en- 
tirety cast  out  of  us  and  allowed  to  enter  only  those 
Svi.o  are  atready  possessed  by  evil  desires,  and  whose 
greatest  joy  is,  like  the  filthy  swine,  to  be  filled  with 
the  things  of  this  earth,  and  who  must  finally  be 
driven  to  perish  in  the  lake  of  fire  prepared  for  the 
devil  and  his  angel?. 

When  the  unclean  spirit  is  driven  out  of  us,  and, 
instead  of  fcekingour  own  harm,  we  embrace  all 
that  is  for  cur  good;  when,  instead  of  cutt;rg  and 
gashing  ourselves  with  the  weapons  of  sin  we  rest 
quietly  in  spiritual  health;  when,  instead  of  living 
in  a  horrible  tomb  of  the  dead  we  have  our  bodies 
made  the  beautiful  temple  of  the  Holy  Spirit;  when, 
instead  of  teaching,  by  example,  cur  children  and 
our  ne'ghbois' children  to  live  in  rebellion  to  God, 
we  teach  them  to  appreciate  his  love  and  care  over 
us,  then  sho-uld  there  not  be  rejoicing  upon  the  part 
of  those  who  behold  us  sitting  at  the  feet  of  Jesu 
clothed,  and  in  cur  right  mind  ?  Oh,  there  is  rejoic- 
ing, for  Christ  tells  us  that  there  is  joy  in  heaven 
over  one  sinner  that  repentelh,  and  we  know  there 
is  joy  in  the  church  upon  earth. 

And  should  there  not  be  joy  also  among  the  world 
over  a  soul  that  is  snatched  from  the  chains  and  fet 
ters  of  spiritual  insanity  and  restored  at  the  feet  of 
Jesus  in  his  own  right  mind?  AlasI  Alas!  The 
same  spirit  is  in  the  world  today  (hat  was  in  the 
people  in  our  Savior's  day,  who  valued  the  flesh  of 
swine  more  than  the  salvation  of  a  human  being! 
We  see  the  same  spectacle  to-day  of  a  selfish  world 
frowning  at  the  noble  work  of  God,  when  it  means  a 
loss  to  the  world.  When  a  soul  has  been  rescued 
from  Satan  and  the  unclean  spirit  is  driven  out,  and 
the  saved  soul  beholds  all  things  in  his  right  mind, 
then  he  has  no  pleasure  in  the  follies  of  this  world. 

When  the  Savior  gathers  one  of  his  jewels  from 
the  service  of  the  world  to  his  own  consecrated  ser- 
vice, then  the  world  has  enough  of  Christ.  The 
great  wide  world  has  much  use  for  partial  Christians, 
but  when  the  Gospel  light  shines  so  brightly  as  to 
reprove  it  of  sin,  then  the  world  would  like  to  see 
Christ  depart  from  its  coasts.  If  the  desires  of  this 
world  were  gratified,  every  human  effort  would  con- 


tribute to  cur  destruction,  and  none  to  our  future 
happiness  or  the  freedom  of  our  spirit. 

Then  let  us  not   shrink  nor  faint  because  of  the 

frowns  of  the  world.     Let  vs  not,  therefore,  strive 

to  be  like  the  world  or*court  its  special  favors;  but 

us  desire  to  sit  at  the  feet  of  Jesus,  clothed  in  his 

_;hteousness.  In  our  own  right  mind,  illumined  by 
the  Holy  Spirit,  let  us  heed  the  admonition,  "Take 
my  yoke  upon  you  and  learn  of  me;  for  I  am  meek 
and  lowly  in  heart;  and  ye  shall  find  rest  to  your 
souls.  For  my  yoke  is  easy  and  my  burden  is  light." 
Matt,  n:  19.  30. 
Wanemburg,  Mo. 


^THE  *  SUNDAY  *  SCHOOL^ 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 
How  to  Pray. -Matt  6:5-15. 

Lesson  Jor  January  30,  iSgS. 

As  our  Usscn  for  this  week  is:  "How  to  Pray,"  we 
will  see  what  prayer  is.  We  have  all  heard  prayers 
said,  but  as  there  are  many  kinds  of  prayer,  we  may 
not  all  fully  understand  what  is  meant  by  prayer. 
The  most  simple  definition  we  can  give  is  the  asking 
for  the  things  we  want.  Our  earnestness  in  asking 
or  praying  depends  on  how  much  we  feel  our  need. 
And  this  generally  speaking,  also  has  much  to  do 
with  our  manner  of  praying. 

We  sometimes  tell  children  to  pray  to  God  in  the 
same  manner  that  they  pray  to  their  parents.  But 
what  wo'jld  you  think  of  hiving  children  asking  of 
God  in  the  same  way  that  they  ask  of  their  parents? 
Do  you  think  it  would  be  right  to  do  so?  If  not, 
why  not?  Suppose  you  think  a  little  along  this  line 
We  cannot  see  why  it  would  be  wrong  to  pray  to 
our  Heavenly  Father  in  this  way.  If  there  should 
be  any  v/rong  about  it,  the  trouble  is  with  the  way 
that  you  pray  to  your  parents.  If  all  children  could 
learn  to  ask  of  their  parents  as  they  are  taught  to 
ask  of  God,  it  would  be  greatly  to  the  credit  of  the 
children  and  to  the  pleasure  of  the  patents. 

You  may  ask,  "Why  is  it  that,  when  we  ask  of 
our  parents,  we  do  it  with  our  eyes  open,  and  wh 
we  ask  of  God  we  are  taught  to  close  our  eyes 
This  is  a  very  proper  question,  and  possibly  it  may 
only  be  a  habit  or  custom.  If  so,  however,  it  seems 
to  be  a  good  one,  founded  on  several  good  reaso 
The  first  one  is,  we  can  see  our  parents,  and  by  thus 
seeing  we  can  make  our  request  more  expressive, 
but  God  we  cannot  see,  if  we  were  tc  keep  our  eyes 
open,  Wc  are  visible  to  God,  but  he  is  not  visible 
to  us.  We  must  pray  to  him  in  faith,  believing  that 
he  sees  and  hears  us,  though  we  cannot  see  him. 
do  this  we  must  not  only  believe  but  have  our 
minds  so  fixed  upon  God  that  we  can  speak  to  him 
just  as  if  we  could  see  him.  We  can  do  this  best  by 
closing  our  eyes  and  thus  getting  everything  else 
away  from  us.  In  this  way  we  can  think  of  God 
better  and  get  n  arer  to  him.  But  this  reason  will 
be  better  seen  farther  on. 

We  will  now  look  at  the  "  how,"  given  in  the  les- 
son. The  first  is  when  we  pray  we  are  not  to  be  as 
Ihe  hypocrites  are.  A  hypocrite  is  one  who  pretends 
to  be  what  he  is  not.  Because  it  is  a  right  thing  to 
pray,  and  because  other  people  pray,  he  prays  too, 
—  not  because  he  has  or  feels  a  need,  but  for  show 
He  goes  through  the  form  that  he  may  be  seen  of 
men,  and  therefore  he  gets  his  reward,  if  he  gets 
any,  from  those  for  whom  he  prays.  But  God  does 
not  hear  cr  give,  because  he  does  not  ask  of  God, 
expecting  to  receive.  So  it  is  with  us.  If  we  pray 
simply  because  we  want  it  known  that  we  pray,  or 
to  be  seen  of  men,  this  is  all  the  reward  we  get,  be- 
cause God  dees  not  hear  or  answer  such  prayer*. 

Next  we  are  told  how  to  do  when  we  want  to 
pray.  "  Enter  into  thy  closet  and  when  thou  hast 
shut  the  door,"  then  pray  or  ask  of  God,— just  as 
you  would  of  your  father,  mother  or  friend.  When 
you  want  to  make  a  special  request  of  them,  you  do 
it  in  this  way-  You  want  to  get  with  them  all  alone, 
so  that  you  may  tell  them  just  what  you  want. 
What  Christ  means  by  the  "closet,"  is  a  secret 
place,  where  no  one  can  hear  but  God.    One  reason 


for  our  dissppointments  in  prayer  is,  because  we  do 
not  do  it  aright.  We  tell  God  a  great  many  things 
that  we  do  not  want  nor  expect,  and  when  we  make 
public  prayers,  we  do  too  much  to  be  hca^d  witl.- 
ut  expecting  to  receive. 

To  meet  these  mistakes,  he  tells  us  that  we  ?re 
not  to  do  as  the  heathen  do.  They  make  vain  repe- 
n  -,  as  if  the  answer  to  be  received  depended  on 
the  much  speaking,  or  the  many   words  used.     This 

all  wrong.  The  Lord  understands  us  much  bitter 
than  even  our  parents.  He  does  not  need  our  many 
words  in  order  that  he  may  understand.  Neither 
does  he  care  for  our  choice  sentences  that  he  may 
give.  What  he  wants  is  the  earnest  desire  of  our 
hearts,— to  tell  him,  in  a  simple  way,  what  we  need 
and  want.  Then  we  have  the  promise  that  we  shall 
receive. 

It  is  a  pleasure  for  the  Lord  to  give  us  what  we 
need,  but  he  wants  us  first  to  feel  that  need  in  a  way 
that  we  can  appreciate  the  relief  when  it  comes. 
When  done  in  this  way,  there  is  an  appreciation  in 
the  receiving  and  a  pleasure  in  giving.  But  how 
good  is  God  in  teaching  us  how  to  pray  so  fullj  I 

A'ter  giving  all  these  instructions,  telling  us  what 
not  to  do,  and  then  how  to  do,  he  follows  by  giving 
us  a  general  form,  so  complete  and  full  that  in  it 
are  found  provisions  for  all  of  our  wants,  from  the 
greatest  to  the  least.     Let  us  look  at  it! 

It  opens  with  an  address  to  him  to  whom  wc  prry, 
"Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven."  This  is  the  first 
thought  in  every  prayer.  Then  we  are  to  ack  for 
that,  after  wh:ch  every  Christian  heart  desires,,  that 
the  kingdom  of  Christ  may  come  both  into  our 
hearts  and  in  person,  so  that  his  will  may  be  done 
on  earth  as  it  is  done  in  heaven.  Did  you  tv^r 
think  how  much  this  means,  and  what  the  answer 
of  it  would  do  for  this  world  of  ours?  It  would 
take  all  the  bolts  from  our  doors  and  fasteners  from 
our  windows.  There  would  be  no  thieves,  robbers 
and  murderers.  It  would  take  from  aP  out  cities, 
towns,  villages  and  homes,  all  liars,  swearers,  profane 
and  indecent  persons.  Not  one  would  be  left  to 
disturb  the  peace  of  the  loving  subjects  of  the  K  ng, 
— the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  All  standing  armies  .vou'd 
be  called  home.  Our  great  arsenals  and  iavy  yards 
would  be  turned  into  praise  houses,  the  manufactur- 
ing of  implements  of  war  would  cease,  and  the  war- 
ships, that  row  plow  the  seas,  would  bj  used  to  car- 
ry Christians  from  country  to  country  to  give  and 
receive  the  glad  greetings  of  peace  and  good-will 
to  men.  Would  not  this  be  glorious?  Pray  on, 
pray  more  earnestly.  "  Thy  kingdom  come,  thy  will 
be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  done  in  heaven." 

Next  our  daily  needs  are  remembered, — "  G've  us 
our  daily  bread."  This  all  comes  from  the  Lord. 
Why  not  ask  fcr  it  ?  It  is  to  be  had  for  the  asking. 
"  Ask  and  ye  shall  receive." 

We  are  to  forgive  as  God,  for  Christ's  sake,  for- 
gives us.  "  Forgive  us  our  debts  as  we  forgive  our 
debtors."  So  we  pray,  Do  we  mean  it?  If  so,  un- 
less we  forgive,  we  cannot  be  forgiven,  because  this 
is  what  we  ask  God  to  do. 

Do  temptations. come?  "  Lead  us  not  into  temp- 
tation, but  deliver  us  from  evil."  We  pray  God  to 
lead  us  not  in  paths  where  temptations  are,  fcr  we 
are  very  weak,  and  without  God's  help  cannot  meet 
and  overcome  them.  May  the  Lord  lead  us  into 
the  paths  of  righteousness  for  h's  name's  sake!  In 
all  our  praying  let  us  ever  remember  this  one  thing; 
we  should  ask  only  for  the  things  we  think  and  feel 
that  we  need.  H.  d.  b. 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING. 


OUR  AFFECTIONS— WHERE  ARE  1  HEY?— Col.  3:  2. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  Jan.  sy,  iSoS. 

I.  Why  Worldly  Things  Cannot  Satisfy  tub  Soul. 

1.  Their  tendency  is  downward.     1  John  2:  15-17. 

2.  They  do  not  feed  the  inner  man.     Eccl.  1:  1418. 

3   They  are  "  weights,"  rather  than  "  wings."     Hcb.  12:  1, 
II.  Heavenly  Things  to  bs  Des'red. 

r.  Because  they  ennoble  our  natures.     Ps.  iq:  8—1 1. 

2.  Becatse  they  lead  to  fullness  of  joy.     Ps.  16:  II. 

3.  Because  they  lead  to  final  victory  over  death  and  the 
grave,    1  Cor.  15:  55-57- 


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THINE  OWN  PART. 


Why  fret  thee,  soul, 
For  things  beyond  tby  small  control? 
Uo  thou  but  tby  part,  and  thou  shalt  see 
Heaven  will  have  charge  of  these  and  thee 
Sow  thou  the  seed  and  wait  in  peace 


The  Lord's  incr 

Canst  thou  divin 

e 

The 

uiracle  of  shower  and  shine? 

The 

narvcl  of  recurrent 

spring 

That 

from  the  thorn  can 

roses  bring? 

The  ebb  and  flow  of  tide 

5  that  keep 

Time  through  thy 

sl=eP? 

Not  one  of  these 

Bui  balks  thee  with  its  rr 

ysteries? 

Give 

then,  tby  labor  to 

n  end 

Thou 

canst  not  clearly  c 

amprehend. 

Cont 

lit  that  God,  whok 
Shall  do  the  rest, 

noweth  best, 

—  The  Outlook 

SNOW-DRIFTS. 

Snow- drifts  in  the  latitude  in  which  we  live,  are 
no  uncommon  things  because  they  are  the  things 
we  expect,  and  sometimes  dread,  during  our  long 
and  stormy  winters.  We  give  little  importance  to 
them  because  of  their  commonness,  but  were  we  to 
see  them  only  once  in  a  lifetime,  they  would  be 
classed  among  the  wonderful  sights,  and  heralded 
all  over  the  world, 

The  other  day,  while  driving,  in  a  sleigh,  over 
our  adjoining  hills,  our  attention  was  called  to 
snow-drifts,  alongside  of  the  road,  and  at  first  we 
were  interested  in  the  pranks  that  the  storm  had 
been  playing  with  the  beautiful  crystal  snowdrops. 
We  thought,  "  How  unpleasant  it  would  have  been 
to  have  been  there  when  the  play  was  going  on." 
Experience  has  taught  us  that  to  be  in  a  drifting 
snow  is  not  at  all  a  pleasant  pastime. 

Then  we  began  to  notice  the  different  forms  and 
shapes.  Here  was  architecture  wrought  in  most 
exquisite  skill, — Roman,  Grecian,  and  Corinthian 
styles,  and  whiter  and  more  beautiful  than  the  fin- 
est marble.  Why  all  these  shapes,  curves,  circles, 
globes  and  variations?  Did  the  thought  ever  come 
to  you,  why  nature  does  such  beautiful  and  attract- 
ive things?  These  are  the  handwritings  of  God, 
the  Great  Architect.  He  does  it  that  we  may  see, 
enjoy,  and  praise  the  Author.  The  work  of  the 
greatest  painters,  sculptors,  and  architects  of  the 
ages,  have  been  only  base  imitations  of  that  which 
we  find  everywhere  in  nature.  All  the  blessings 
that  the  Good  Father  bestows  upon  us,  in  the  world 
in  which  we  live,  come  in  forms  most  beautiful  and 
lovely.  He  even  directs,  most  skillfully,  the  howl- 
ing storms,  as  they  pick  up  and  whirl  along  the 
frozen  particles  of  rain-drops,  and  put  them  down 
in  quiet  nooks  into  snow-drifts  of  beautiful  forms. 

But  as  we  look  at  these  great  snow-drifts,  heaped 
up  in  the  ravines  and  alongside  of  our  roads  and 
fences,  and  then  look  across  to  the  hill-tops  and 
side- fields,  and  see  them  bared  to  nakedness,  we 
cay,  "Why  all  th 


came  to  us  in  this  way:  The  snow,  like  humanity, 
does  not  like  hard  and  stormy  places,  though  need- 
ed most  right  there.  Like  the  snow,  we  are  in- 
clined to  drift  away  from  hard  and  stormy  places, 
and  nestle  down,  like  drifts,  m  shady  nooks  and 
soft  places,  to  be  oH  duty  and  enjoy  ease.  We  felt 
like  saying  to  these  snow-drift3,  though  beautiful 
and  at  ease,  "  Why  here,  heaped  up  and  encumber- 
ing the  way,  when  so  much  needed  out  yonder  on 
the  hill-tops  and  field-sides,  to  blanket  and  protect 
the  tenderly-growinggrain?  Too  much  snow  in  the 
roadways,  too  little  over  the  broad  fields." 

Is  not  this  true  of  our  people,— all  people,— to- 
day? Are  not  the  storms  of  toil  and  labor  drifting 
our  young  men  and  women  away  from  the  country 
fields  and  homes  to  the  already  over-crowded  cities? 
Why  all  this?  They  are  unwilling  to  face  the 
storms  of  honest  toil,  and  are  drifting  towards 
shady  nooks  and  soft  spots,  where,  like  great  snow- 
drifts, they  heap  up  into  beautiful  shapes  and  forms, 
only  to  be  in  the  way  of  true  manhood  and  woman- 
hood, and  to  be  shoveled  out  of  the  way  as  rubbish. 
Why  all  this  cramming,  crowding,  and  heaping  to- 
gether when  there  is  so  much  need  to  occupy  the 
more  important  and  prolific  fields  for  toil  and  labor? 
Snow-drifts  may  look  very  pretty  in  the  low  places 
and  roadways,  but  they  were  scores  of  times  more 
useful,  spread  out  over  the  hills  and  plains,  as  they 
were  dropped  from  the  clouds. 

The  thousands  and  millions  that  crowd  our  towns 
and  cities  may  seem  very  attractive,  and,  for  a  time, 
may  eke  out  an  existence  from  the  fat  of  others,  but 
how  much  better  it  would  be  for  themselves,  their 
children  and  the  world,  if  they  were  spread  out  into 
more  prolific  fields,  and  be  ptoiueers  instead  of  con- 
ntvters  only. 

But  it  is  nov.  only  our  young  people  that  are  drift- 
ing towards  supposed  havens  of  ease  and  do-noth- 
ing. There  are  others  and  older  children  that  are 
drifting  in  the  same  direction.  Are  not  many  of 
our  church  people  drifting,— not  where  most  need- 
ed, where  they  could  do  most  for  Christ,  and  the 
upbuilding  of  his  cause, — but  where?  Where  do 
you  say?  Ask  your  own  self,  and  then  answer,  if 
you  will. 

Perhaps  it  would  not  be  kind  to  include  among 
these  some  of  our  ministers.  How  is  it?  When 
we  commence  drifting,  where  are  we  most  likely  to 
settle  and  pile  up?  Out  in  the  Macedonian  fields, 
from  where  are  heard  the  loud  calls,  come  over  and 
help  us?  Or  is  it  in  fields  where  there  is  already  a 
sufficiency  of  laborers,  where  one  preaches,  and  five, 
six  or  seven  bear  testimony,  in  short,— a  place 
where  they  are  not  needed?  How  does  it  look 
when  we  read  in  our  church  news  columns  of 
churches  being  organized  with  fifteen  to  fifty  mem- 
bers,— three  elders,  five  ministets,  and  seven  dea- 
cons?   Snow  driftl  H.  B.  B. 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES. 


BY   JOHN    R.   SNYDER. 

— If  the  engineer  allows  the  fire  to  go  out  in  his 
engine,  he  has  lost  his  power,  and  must  again  re- 
kindle the  fire  and  generate  steam,  before  he  is  able 
to  do  any  work  with  his  engine.  This  causes  a  de- 
lay in  the  work  which  could  have  been  avoided, 
had  he  kept  up  the  fire.  So  it  is  with  the  Sunday 
school  that  lets  its  fire  go  out  (e.  g,  closes  for  the 
winter).  It  takes  several  Sundays  in  the  spring 
"  get  things  in  working  order."  By  all  means  keep 
up  the  Sunday  school  the  year  round,  where  possi- 
ble. 


ages  at  Smyrna  and  Bulsar.  This  school  had  pre- 
isly  been  in  the  habit  of  using  the  collections 
for  the  purchase  of  supplies  for  the  school.  Some 
objections  were  raised  to  the  proposed  plan,  fearing 
there  would  not  be  enough  taken  at  the  remaining 
sessions  to  pay  for  the  supplies.  But  notice  the  re- 
sult: At  the  end  of  a  six  months'  trial,  nearly  S40 
had  been  sent  to  the  two  Orphanages,  supplies 
were  all  paid  for,  and  over  gto  left  in  the  treasury, 
which  was  divided  between  two  of  our  cities  for  the 
support  of  the  work  there.  In  this  same  school,  in 
nine  months,  the  collections  amounted  to  over  872, 
where  previously  there  was  scarcely  enough  to  pay 
expenses.  The  average  attendance  was  not  above 
sixty.  We  merely  give  this  as  an  example  of  what 
can  be  done,  and  for  the  encouragement  of  others 
to  take  up  the  same  plan. 

■Have  you  ever  noticed  how  the  Sunday  school 
work  and  the  mission  work  of  the  church  have  been 
growing  up  together?  If  not,  just  look  back  ten 
years,  and  begin  to  compare.  There  is  a  wonderful 
similarity.  Their  growth  has  almost  been  marvel- 
ous. What  will  ten  years  more  bring  forth?  But, 
our  enthusiasm,  do  not  let  us  be  carried  away 
too  much  by  modern  "  dazzle,"  but  keep  to  the 
side  of  conservatism  and  expediency. 
— Children's  meetings  have  become  quite  corn- 
on  among  our  churches,  and  they  are  productive 
of  much  good,  if  properly  conducted,  We  do  not 
favor  the  rendering  of  an  elaborate  "  Children's 
Day  program,"  closely  bordering  on  the  theatrical, 
but  a  few  choice  recitations  and  selections  of  a  re- 
ligious character  are  never  out  of  place.  An  "  ob- 
ject sermon,"  in  the  hands  of  the  proper  person,  is 
extremely  interesting  to  the  small  people,  and  just 
as  much  so  to  those  of  larger  growth.  On  this  line 
every  one  interested  in  this  line  of  work  should 
send  to  the  Publishing  House  for  a  copy  of  Dr. 
Stahl's  "  Object  Sermons,"  "  Through  Eye  Gate 
and  Ear  Gate  into  the  City  of  Child-soul,"  It  is 
full  of  splendid  illustrations  of  every-day  objects 
for  "  sermons  "  of  this  kind. 
Bellefontain;  Ohio. 


—The  Sunday  school  is  a  good  place  to  cultivate 
the  spirit  of  Christian  giving.  By  bringing  up  the 
young  mind  in  this  "  spirit,"  and  teaching  it  as  a 
privilege,  as  well  as  a  duly,  for  all  to  give  something 
to  the  different  benevolences  of  the  church,  it  will 
soon  form  a  habit  which  will  not  leave  them  as 
long  as  they  live.  Encourage  giving  for  missionary 
work  especially. 

— In  speaking  of  this,  it  calls  to  mind  a  Sunday 

I  school  with  which  we  are  acquainted,  that  decided 

What  a  pityl     In  some  places,  |  to  lay  aside  the  regular  collection  for  the  first  Sun- 

t«e  much,  in  others,  too  little."    Well,  the  thought  I  day  of  each  month  for  the  support  of  the  Orphan- 


A  REGARD  FOR  SERVANTS. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Carter,  of  London,  a  lady  of 
note  and  a  brilliant  converser,  was,  we  are  told,  so 
kind  and  considerate  to  her  servants,  that  she  nev- 
er lost  the  consciousness  of  their  presence  while 
waiting  at  table,  where  they  are  too  often  forgot- 
ten in  modern  society.  Mrs.  Carter  was  so  popu- 
lar a  converser,  that,  living  in  London,  in  a  house 
of  her  own,  she  never  dined  at  home,  some  one  or 
other  of  her  numerous  friends  sending  their  car- 
riage or  chair  for  her  every  day. 

It  is  said  of  her,  that  while  servants  were  in  at- 
tendance at  meals,  she  made  a  point,  as  far  as  it 
could  be  done  without  breaking  through  the  customs 
of  society,  to  give  the  conversation  such  a  turn  as 
might  be  useful  to  them,  so  that  indirectly  and  inci- 
dentally, as  it  were,  she  often  contrived  to  im- 
press upon  their  minds,  truths  of  the  greatest  conse- 
quence, which,  perhaps,  made  sometimes  a  deeper 
impression  than  if  delivered  from  the  pulpit  by  the 
most  eloquent  preacher;  for,  in  fact,  they  always  lis- 
tened to  instruction,  so  conveyed,  with  the  utmost 
earnestness,  and  in  all  families  where  she  was  ac- 
customed to  visit  intimately,  showed  her  the  most 
marked  and  zealous  attention.  Indeed,  her  man- 
ners were  so  gentle,  and  her  tone  of  voice  so  sweet, 
it  was  almost  impossible  to  be  uncivil  to  her.  I 
have  heard  a  lady  of  rank,  who  was  one  of  her 
dearest  friends,  and  with  whom  she  lived  a  great 
deal,  declare  that  she  attributed  much  of  the  gen- 
eral good  conduct  of  her  servants, — of  whom  there 
were  many, — to  their  listening  frequently  to  such 
conversations. — The  {Baptiii)  Standard. 


"The  poorest  resources  when  religiously  used, 
are  more  than  sufficient  to  meet  all  demands. 
Look  at  the  resources, — five  loaves  and  two  fishes! 
Look  at  the  demand, — five  thousand  menl  Look 
at  the  result,—"  They  did  all  eat  and  were  filled." 
—Joseph  Parker. 


TIEUE   G-OSIPIEXj   MESSENGER. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 


ah-vKd 


L.  W.  Teeter,  -  Indtai 
S.R.  Zug,  •  PennsFlvao 
-    -    Virginia. 


IE3ITLA3  MEETINGS  Of  THE 
bclQre  Standing  Committee 
lng;  the  second  Monday  of 

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funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  Ii 
Smyrna;  Washington  Meelingho1 
India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 

03  HOT  ADDEEGS  business  or  money 
■Committee,  to  any  of  it3  members, 
pondence  and  money  should  be  sc 


the  following 
Orphanage  at 
Sufferers    In 


There  are  over  2.030  min 
n  the  Brethren's  Almanac 
that  only  half  are  active.    Then  think  oC  1,000 
missionaries   in  the   various  mission    fields  of 
ridl     Let  the  reports  of  the  combined 
n  India,  China,  Africa,  Europe,  South 
a  and   the  United  States  come   up  in 
named    report    from    Annual    Confer- 
ach  year,  and    would    not    that    great 
congregation  conclude  the  report  with  shout- 
ng  and  tears  of  joy,  exclaiming,  "How  beau- 
tiful are  the  feet  of  them  whom   the  church 
s  sent  out  to  proclaim  salvation!  " 
The  heathen  are  dying  without  Christ.     No 
e  will  go  to  them  unless  the  church  send 
em.    There  are  churches    in    the    Brother- 
hood   having    a  membership  of    50.    1°°,    '5°. 
2co,  or  more,  memhers,  who  have  never  sent 
one  messenger  to  a  dying  world.     Yet,  within 
their  congregation,  in  a   prayer    meeting    a< 
full  of  the  Spirit  as  was  that  at  Antioch,  prob- 
ably   a    Paul   and    Barnabas    could   he  found 
who,  through  God's  grace,  would  call 


MOTTO   FOR  '. 


MISSION  WORK.-ITS  DIVINE  CALL 
UPON  THE  CHURCH.— No.  3. 

In  a  former  article  the  call  was  looked  ; 
as  directly  being  upon  the  church.  In  thi 
the  call  is  seen  rather  indirectly,  or  through 
the   work  which  the  church   is  under  obliga- 


gatic 


j  do. 


Isaiah  grant: 

precious 


that    th 


of  i 


■  all 


church  having  th> 
fvalion,  will  be  so  eage 
n,  that  she  will  be  using 
messengers  to  every  part 

ees  these  messengers  as 

from  the  mother  church, 

rid,   and 


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every  effort  ti 
of  the  world 
they  are  goi: 

and  traveling  up  and  down  the 
exclaims,  "How  beautiful  upon 
tains  are  the  feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good 
di.igs  of  good,  that  publishcth  salvation,' 
language  from  Isaiah  clearly  implies 
that  the  publisher  had  authority  to  makt 
this  proclamation,  and  that  it  came  from  God 
through  the  church. 

But  Paul  makes  this  clearer  and  more  em- 
phatic when  he  says,  in  Rom.  to;  14, 15,  "  How 
then   shall    they  call  on  him    in  whom    they 
have  not  believed?    and   how   shall   they   be- 
lieve in  him  of  whom   they  have  not  heard; 
and  how  shall  they  hear  without  a  preacher: 
And  how  shall  they   preach,   except   they  be 
sent?"     Yes,  how  shall   the  unbelieving  and 
sin-blinded  world  believi 
unless  a  preacher  is  sent  to  them?     And  who 
else  is  to  send  the  preacher  except  the  church 
If  a  question  of  doubt,  on  this  point,  would 
have  arisen  in   Paul's  mind    he    could  ha 
readily    said,    "Though    in    my  convcrsior 
was  especially  set  apart  to  be  an  apostle 
the  Gentiles,  yet   I   did  not  enter  upon  that 
work  until  the  church   at  Antioch  set  Bai 
bas  and    myself    apart,    and    consecrated 
to  it."     This  quotation  from  Romans,  as  well 
as    the    example    of    Paul,    makes    emphatic 
some  very  important  things. 

1.  That  no  matter  how  emphatic  the  call 
of  God  to  the  individual  is,  he  should  not  go 
until  the  church,  through  the  Spirit,  sets  him 
apart  for  the  work. 

2.  Because  none  should  go  without  being 
sent,  great  is  the  responsibility  of  the  church, 
in  this  matter.  She  should  ever  be  alert  to 
find  those  suitable  to  go,  and  set  them  apart 
so  that  they  may  go.  To  be  careless  or  in- 
different in  this,  brings  the  blood  of  the  un- 
saved upon  her.  And  woe  is  me  if  I  should 
be  one  who  stands  in  the  way  of  sending  any 
one,  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  on  his  mission  to 
the  lost. 

3.  Instead  of  the  church  waiting  until  a  call 
is  upon  her,  by  her  own  immediate  and 
pressing  needs  she  should  ever  be  looking 
out  and  setting  apart  messengers  to  the  world 
of  unsaved  ones. 

Herein  lies  the  secret  of  the  wonderful 
propagation  of  ike  Moravian  church.  Every 
member  holds  himself  in  readiness  to  go 
when  called,  and  the  church  is  sending  so 
continuously  and  rapidly,  that  to-day  she  has 
more  preachers  in  the  mission  field  than  at 
home. 


ouls 


)  Chris 


Oh  church,  awake  to  thy  mission  in  the 
world!  Oh,  church,  have  more  faith  in  God! 
Oh,  church,  fear  not  the  difficulties  that  pre- 
sent themselves!  Look  at  those  in  your  rank 
and  file!  Set  apart  those  full  of  the  Spirit, 
good  men  and  women,  that  they  may  go,  GO, 
GO!  G.  D,  R, 

MISSION    RECEIPTS  FOR  .NOVEMBER. 
1897. 

in  on  tli  that  1*  t!ct  h<- iv  In  rii-kuowli'dyfd.  please  no- 
tify the  S-ci-i-C.i  v  ;*-n:.-tit.t:ci\.  gl vin v.  amount,  diitt 

mouth's  I'l'iiuM.  Usually.  amounts  mailed  ultei 
the  28th  of  a  mouth  uppeur  in  the  following 
month's  report. 

WORLD-WIDE  MISSIONS. 

[Money  donated  to  this  f u ml  will  ho  used  at  hom* 

th-.1  true  bF*MS,— rr»  bi-'ir  i-.i  wlmr-i  iu'eded,— and  It  1' 
kotiod  thatlt  v.lll  be   Wi'Il  .supjioi-tecl.     Interest  or 
vim-  iit-aitjiiitted,  will  be  ao 


vi  k-d;j,.M  l. 


,  —  L=in 


*i; 


oroey,  Chicago,  $1;  Cerro- 
$8,77;  Cherry  Grove  church, 
>rger,  OrBiieovllIe  ?l ;  total, .  5 

,  51);  Loffrt  Twin  Creek  eh., 


82;  Chippewa  eh., 
B.  P.  L.  Dow,  Lc 
s.  Feadcr,  New  Bt 
S»  HO ;  Lafayette  cl 


.   «J.M; 


h,  518.6 


$4.& 


Lob  man,  1'iircillse  Hill,  .;:.';  Abraham  actl 
Elizabeth    Ebertole,    (defeased)    Arcadia, 

$10.70;  tctsl,         

low.*..— Solicited  by  Lizzie  Fickel,  Mt. 
Etna, 33;  Isaac  Dubois,  Greene,  $3;  Louisa 
Krotz,  Hampttn,  25  cents;  a  sister,  Iveater, 
$15;  Mrs.  Hugh  E.  Walton,  Sibley,  53; 
Indian  Creek  cb.,  57.80;  Elizabeth  Swltzer, 
Iowa  Olty,  51;  M,  E.  Loudenslager,  Defi- 
ance, 51;  Brooklyn  cfi.,  $7.61  J  fa  memory 
of  Abraham  and  Elizabeth  Shelly,  Clar- 
ence, 55;  a  brother,  Adel,  55;  Harlan  S.  S„ 
53.60;  Spring  Creek  ch.,  511 C7;  South  Wa- 
terloo ch  ,  520.31;  South  Keokuk  ch.,  51; 
Llboi'tyvllle  ch.,  gl;  Co-Jar  County  church, 

Indiana.— A  b-otaer.  Nappanee,  w,  Elk- 
hart Valley  church,  510;  Bethel  ch.,  $10; 
sister  D.  P.  W&ylana,  Goahen,  *1.0l; 
a  lover  of  soule,  North  Manchester,  gl; 
Fhobo  J.Wbittcor, North  Liberty,510;  Mex- 
ico ch.,  57.75;  Sura  Gougnnour,  Elkhart,  ?i ; 
ArcadU  ch„  52  87;  J.  C,  Shigloy  and  wife, 
West  Point,  51;  Noppanee  ch, 58.30;  total,. 

Alice  Roddy,  Johnstown,  SO  cents;  A,  W, 
Htahl,  Laurelvllle,  £0  cents;  Three  Spring 
ch.,51;  Hynduian  ch,,  51;  J.  M.  Keeny,  Port 
Alleghany,  52;  Lech  1 » I  ■  - 1 1 1 ,  Raek  Greek  ch., 
Sl01;Geo.DIchl,  Back  Cretk  ch.,52c.nts; 
Katie  Oelllg,  Back  Creek  ch.,  10  ctB.;  John 

haver.  Back  Creek  ch.,  25  cents;  "lor  Je- 
sus," Beck  Creek  ch.,  B0  cents;  Elizabeth 
Kojer,  Back  Creek  ch.,  50  cenis;  Alice 
Oellig,  Back  Creek  e-h.,  25  eta.;  Bess.  Haw- 
baker,  Back  Creek  ch.,  25  cts.;  Catharine 

Miller,  Back  Creek  cb.,  S5  cents; , 

Williamson,  00  els  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  F. 
Lepley,  Connellsville,  5'0;  a  aister,  Phila- 
delphia, 51;  New  Enterprise  church,  *7  55; 

nsas.— Pleasant  View  church,  (5.76; 
H  Morrill  cb.,  51.05;  Joseph  D.  Win- 
Oiford,  60  cents;  Abilene  cb.,  55.30; 
kie  church,  Jl;   Verdigris   ch.,  12.75} 

jsoitbi.— Bethel  church,  55.50;  Mineral 
t  ch.,  55.80;    Centorviefc-   church,   52; 
Mound  church,  50  7&;  total,    , 


Hod  by  1 
Dings,.  .  . 


r,  tlern.-t,  JL'  IT.;  .hi*.  K. 

?-';  total 

P.   G.    Poebler,  Jcn- 


.  Aheclnctffj  Mlher.Dtv 
).  E.Arnold,  McPhor- 
Jos.  Holaorple,  Ph., 


L,   Ki 


ts,J8-l; 


Total, 11,208  0! 

BOOK  AND  TRACT  FUND. 
[Used  only  for  publication  and  distribution  of 


Pbn 


nt- 


toncr.Lnngmon 
nd  Elizabeth  Fo 


Prlaer,  Hornet.  51  15;  to- 


Total,    |8J 


1'knnsi  mania,  —  Sa  roll  Cassol,  llarleye- 
ville,  |1;  a  slater,  Harley&vllle,  51;  J  M. 
Keeny,  Port  Alleghany,  jl;  Elizabeth  Shear- 
er, Lfnttfastowo,  52;  a  brother  and  slater, 
Waynotboro,  510;  David  Klnzy,  Back  Creek 


total,    .  .  .  . 

INDIANA- 

er,  Tec  garde 
Illinois.  - 
onvlllo,  51; 

Arizona  — 
Kansas—- 


iklln   Ccunty 


3.,  87  1 


Upper  Iowa  River  c 

Slkbart  Valley  ch,,  85  cts  ; 

1,  55;  total,        

Lanark  cb.,  52;  a  sister, 


,  Chicago,  51;  An- 


Nel 


Total, 

ORPHANAGE  AT  SMYRNA. 
Pennsylvania.— Julia   Yorty,  Somerset, 

Roddy,  Johnstown,  51;  D.  Hosteller,  Pleas- 
ant Hill,  512;  as.ater,  Harleyavllle,51;  Lew- 
istown  S.  S„  53.30;  Edith  and  B'Bio  Delett, 
Shauiokln,  5)  cts.;  Isaac  GarmaD,  PenDs- 
town,50cts.;  a  brother  and  sister,  Waynes- 
boro, 510;  I.  Merle  Hofeoker,  Johnstown,  51; 


-Q,ai 

iter   ,-h. 

512,7 

5;  Slate  Creek 

r* 

E   Rlddlesberger 

Belleville,  |1; 
,  Sib;  Sabetba 

•JA 

-Fo 

ir  Mile 

ch.. 

l;    Mile  New- 

51.77;   Nettie 

a  ;  Yelk 

w  Creek  ch„  57/6; 

illev 

,3.;  Phebe  J.  Whlt- 

rty,  55; 

-Lower 

fwln  ch 

,  GO 

ts.;  Harley  K 

5l.f0;Etta  Hoover,  Brad- 
Arlhor  Mack.  Webster,  25  cts.; 
,  Bradford,  15cts.;  a  S.  S.  teacher, 
!8cts  ;  LoganSuaday  ee-hcol,  *l'.i*,i; 
ove  ch.,  55.70;  Mary  . I.  Lentz,  (de- 
drrod,  51  ^'3;  Eaple  Creek  ohurch, 
aiah  Swartz,  Ashlaad,51;  total,  . 
A.— /.  P.  Dlebl,  G00I3  Mills,  52.50; 
Peach  Grove  S   8  ,  5C.60;  Troutville  Sunday 


)1,  50.0; 


Colorado,— A  young  fI>it,  Pueblo,  .  60 

Ciiii.nKBN's  Mission.— As  reported  lu  the 
Young  Disctele 6  10 


l.h-U.  .*,',: 


,  50.C2; 


<  tnl, 


■i-k».y. 


5'i.f:i'; 


Shelly,    Clu 
ohuroh,  520.31;  total,     ......      .228 

-  Klllo    Snyder,    Bellefontalne,    51; 
ch.,  57:  Catharine  Blclmnan,  Wll- 
llamatown,  BO  ote  ;  W.  U.  P  aliar,  Baltic,  fj 

total no 

Indiana,—  A  sister,  Teegardon &  a 


MKSSKNl.Ki;    IMIIlt   I'UND. 


lom,52.i-i;  Mary  A.    I'aul,    Dlllsbui-g,  if  I ;  G.  B. 

Stoulfor,  l}lllsburg,5t.r>0;  total 

Illinoih.— Mra.  Mary  Price,  Oregon,  51; 
Annette  Varger,  OniDgevlUe,  51;  total,   .  .  . 

vllle,  5l;Oftlharlno  Newklrk,  Michigan  Val- 
ley, 51;  total 

A  lii/.ONA.-Gleiulalo  ohurch 

INDIANA.-Uannah  Kyor,  (iosliRii.ria  C0nt»; 
Susan  Yoder,  Green  Contor,  55  centw;  gusiu 
Kee porta,  I.ogansport,  Jl)  cts.;  total 

lowA.~W.  D.  Llchty,  JowaClty, 

Wkst  VtitdiNiA.-Atliter,  Brookaido, .  .  . 

Total 5 

IND'A  ORPHANAGE. 

KAN-SA.s-McPherson  oh. .solicited  by  By- 
ron Talhelm,  518  85;  Uaas"  ch.,  5U.wi);  Char- 
ley and  Myrtle  A  nlingnr,  Madison,  51  20;  Me- 


unu 


\  Hoover,  Brodfori 


Colo.— A  youug  sister,  Pueblo, . 


Ouio.— Win.  Kleplnger,  J>nyton,  5L';  Marlci 
Hoover,  Wetlorsvllle,  S1.S0;  South  Poplar 
Kldgeob.,  $21.80;  total,     -  ■ 

VA^-C.  E.Glskey,  Mo^uaelta  Springs,  52; 
Mill  Creek  church    517  50;  Daisy  and  Birdie 

er,  Ik-aver  Creek  eh.,  75  cents;  a   brother, 
Singers  Gen,  52;  Geo.  W-  ShafTer,  Singers 

Glen,  51 ;  John  Shu  liar,  Sluycrs  Glen,  51;  to- 


tal, 


-  Kocklnghn 


.  510; 


Maryland.— "The  Lord's  Tenth." 

Illinois.— Hickory  Groves.  S-,  57.22;  Mrs 
.  Watson,  Fair  Haven,  $1;  total, .  .  .  . 

Iowa  —Mrs.  T.  I'.  Wltenmyer.  Centervllle, 


—J,  M.    Harshbarger,   Johnstown,  $-; 
3  Harshbargor,   Jobuitown,  51;   Edith 

barker.  Johnstown,  $1;  a  slater,  Harlej*vllle, 

brother,  Malnlaod,  il;  Ephraia  church,  $0; 
Margaret  Oellig,  Hick  Creokch.  51;  toial, . 
Ill— Bell  WhUiner,  Shaunon,  51;  Cora 
lioyd,  Lanark,  25  ots.;  Auut  Kittle  Rice,  Mr. 
Morris,  5o{  a  aister,  Hutsouville,  51;  Wad- 
dams  Gravech.,  113.21;  total 

(Cait(lftdt4  vn  Page  it.) 


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The   Qierists'   Department,    though  already   in 
type,  is  crowded  out  this  week. 

Bro.  S.  F.  Sanger  changes  his  address  from  Cal- 
verton,  Vj.,  to  Manassas,  same  State. 


A  series  of  meetings  at  Mt.  Hope,  Okla.,  con- 
ducted by  Bro.  N.  S.  Gripe,  resulted  in  six  acces- 
sions. 

The  Brethren  of  the  South  Waterloo  church, 
Iowa,  are  said  to  be  in  the  midst  of  an  interesting 
Bible  Term.  

Bro,  D.  B.  Eby,  of  Lena,  III.,  started  to  Texas 
the  6rst  of  this  week.  He  is  likely  to  be  absent  for 
some  weeks,  

Bro.  M.  Flory  is  engaged  in  a  series  of  meetings 
at  Girard,  111.  When  last  heard  from  there  were 
a  number  of  confessions. 


At  one  of  his  meetings  in  New  York,  Mr,  D.  L. 
Moody  took  a  collection  for  the  Cuban  sufferers, 
and  raised  overS6oo. 


A  series  of  meetings  at  the  Painter  Creek  house, 
Ohio,  conducted  by  Bro.  John  Calvin  Bright,  re- 
sulted in  eight  conversions. 

Bro.  Jacob  G,  Zug  writes  us  that  since  his  last  re 
port  six  have  been  received  into  the  Falling  Spring 
church,  Pa.,  making  eight  in  all. 


Writing  from  Clay  Hill,  Pa.,  Jan.  10,  Bro.  W.  A. 
Anthony  says,  "Six  were  baptized  at  our  regular 
appointment.     O.hcrs  are  near." 


Bro.  Geo.  W.  Cripe  is  giving  the  work  in  Adams 
County,  111.,  special  attention  just  now.  He  reports 
plenty  to  do,  and  not  half  preachers  enough  to  do 
it.  

The  members  of  the  Big  Swatara  church,  Pa.,  re- 
joice over  the  ingathering  of  seven  souls,  as  the  re- 
sult of  a  series  of  meetings,  recently  held  by  Bro. 
Hiram  Gibble. 

After  the  Sunday  morning  services,  two  weeks 
ago,  the  congregation  assembled  at  Fairview,  Mo., 
went  to  the  water  side,  where  nine  were  buried 
with  Christ  in  baptism. 

Bro.  Geo,  Bowman,  of  Washington  County, 
Tenn.,  spent  the  greater  part  of  December  in  a  few 
series  of  meetings  in  Virginia  and  his  own  State, 
He  reports  seven  conversions. 

In  the  report  of  the  Bachelor  Run  church,  Ind., 
on  page  20,  we  failed  to  state  that  there  were  eight 
accessions  during  Bro.  Crosswhite's  meetings,  The 
mistake  was  no  fault  of  our  correspondent. 


The  Ludlow  church,  Darke  Co.,  Ohio,  seems  to 
be  in  a  very  prosperous  condition  at  this  time. 
The  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by  Bro.  W.  Q. 
Calvert,  has  just  closed  with  thirty  accessions. 


Bro.  T.  C.  Denton  and  wife,  of  Daleville,  Va., 
are  now  on  their  way  to  Southern  California,  and 
have  arranged  to  spend  some  time  at  Lordsburg, 
where  they  may  be  addressed  until  further  notice. 


Bro.  I,  H.  Crist  reports  three  applicants  for 
baptism,  in  Kansas  City.  He  finds  considerable  in- 
terest among  the  people  who  attend  the  services. 
Some  of  the  colored  people  are  also  seeking  more 
light,  and  may  yet  respond  to  the  Gospel  call, 

Bro.  D,  F.  Stouffer  has  just  closed  an  interest- 
ing series  of  meetings  in  Sharpsburg,  Md.  The 
services  are  held  in  the  Methodist  church.  The 
Brethren  have  purchased  a  lot  in  the  city,  and  are 
preparing  to  build  a  house  of  worship  next  sum- 
mer. 

Bro.  Thomas  Reiser  and  wife,  of  Roanoke,  111,, 
are  now  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  They  are  said  to  be 
looking  for  a  location  in  a  milder  climate.  This 
leaves  the  church  at  Roancke  without  a  minister. 
Still  the  members  are  keeping  up  their  Sunday 
school,  and  we  feel  sure  that  the  Lord  will  bless 
them.    , 

Sister  Kate  Johnson,  Meyersdale,  Pa.,  who  has 
kept  an  account  of  the  accessions  reported  in  the 
Messenger  during  the  year  1S97,  gives  the  number 
baptized  as  5,489.  If  to  this  we  add  those  not  re- 
ported, we  may  safely  say  that  during  the  last 
twelve  months,  6,000  members  were  added  to  the 
church  by  confession  and  baptism. 


A  few  hours  before  closing  these  pages,  consid- 
erable interesting  church  news  came  to  our  desk 
that  must  lay  over  until  next  week. 


Thb  meetings  in  Goshen,  Ind  ,  conducted  by  Bro. 
Peter  Stuckman,  resulted  in  fourteen  accessions, 
ten  by  confession  and  four  reclaimed. 


We  are  informed  that  Bro.  Andrew  Hutchison's 
meetings  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  some  time  ago,  re- 
sulted in  nine  accessions  to  the  church. 


The  Kansas  City  Star,  of  Jan.  12,  has  some  good 
things  to  say  concerning  the  work  of  the  Brethren 
in  that  city.  It  states  that  our  people  are  looking 
for  a  lot  on  which  to  erect  a  house  of  worship. 
We  trust  the  day  is  not  far  distant  when  we  will  not 
only  have  a  commodious  church  ediGce  in  Kansas 
City,  but  also  a  large  working  congregation. 


lady  writes  us,  saying:  "  Ma  belongs  to  your 
church,  but  pa  belongs  to  the  Baptist  church.  But 
we  would  like  to  take  the  Brethren  paper.  We 
would  like  you  to  send  us  a  sample  copy  of  the 
Mbssenger."  This  is  very  nice  in  children  to  want 
to  read  the  paper  setting  forth  the  doctrine  that 
mother  has  embraced.  We  are  always  glad  to  send 
sample  copies  to  people  in  search  of  more  light. 


The  General  Mission  Report  for  November  ap- 
pears in  this  issue.  It  will  be  found  full  of  interest. 
We  believe  our  readers  would  be  greatly  profited  by 
giving  these  reports,  from  time  to  time,  close  atten- 
tion. It  is  encouraging  to  observe  how  the  differ- 
ent funds  increase  or  decrease  according  to  the  de- 
mands made.  It  can  be  seen  that  our  people  are 
growing  in  the  grace  of  giving. 

Bro.  W.  S.  Long  says,  that  some  time  ago  he 
had  the  Messenger  sent  to  certain  parties,  and  that 
since  some  of  them  have  united  with  the  church. 
He  desires  to  continue  this  way  of  preaching  the 
Gospel.  Ten  thousand  of  our  readers  might  en- 
gage in  this  line  of  mission  work,  and  see  good  re- 
sults from  the  effort.  All  we  ask  is  the  privilege  to 
enter  the  homes  of  the  unconverted,  and  we  will 
see  that  the  Gospel  is  preached  to  them. 

Last  week,  and  the  week  before,  the  people  of 
this  place,  as  well  as  those  attending  the  Special 
Bible  Term,  had  the  pleasure  of  enjoying  seven  il- 
lustrated talks  by  Bro.  D.  L.  Miller.  The  attend- 
ance was  very  large,  there  being  from  8"0  to  I.OCO 
persons  present  at  each  meeting.  Bro.  Miller 
employs  one  of  the  best  stereopticons  in  use, 
and,  during  his  talks,  gave  about  three  hundred  and 
fifty  views.  These  were  from  photographs,  and 
presented  things  as  they  existed  at  the  time  the 
pictures  were  taken.  With  these  excellent  views 
and  his  talks,  he  took  his  large  audiences  from 
Rome  to  Asia  Minor,  then  to  Palestine,  and  from 
there  to  Egypt,  far  up  the  Nile,  to  the  Convent  at 
Mt.  Sinai,  thence  to  India,  Ceylon,  China  and  Japan. 
The  journey  through  Japan  was  charming,  but  the 
most  interesting  feature  was  the  walk  about  Jerusa- 
lem. After  thus  spending  a  few  evenings  with 
Bro,  Miller  in  Palestine,  one  seems  to  see  the  whole 
country  just  as  it  is.  In  no  way,  aside  from  a  per- 
sonal visit,  can  a  person  get  so  much  knowledge  of 
the  Bible  Lands,  as  in  this  manner.  Young  people, 
especially,  have  made  on  their  minds  impressions 
that  will  cling  to  them  all  through  life.  This  war 
one  of  the  most  interesting  and  instructive  ieatures^ 
in  our  Bible  Term. 


Some  preachers  never  reach  the  "  dead  line,"  and 
Bro.  Enoch  Eby  is  one  of  them.  He  is  now  about 
seventy  years  old,  and  were  all  of  our  ministers 
half  as  active  in  the  cause  of  Christ,  as  he  is,  some- 
body would  think  a  good  deal  of  this  world  is  being 
turned  upside  down.  The  following  extract  from 
a  letter  he  writes  to  this  office,  and  especially  the 
closing  line,  will  bear  us  out  in  what  we  say: 

Another  point  concerns  me  much,  and  that  is,  how  to  get 
large,  wealthy  churches,  that  have  six  or  eight  ministers,  and 
plenty  of  idle  talent,  that  is  sound,  to  induce  some  of  her 
preachers  to  move  to  the  outskirts,  where  they  are  needed,  or- 
ganize churches,  and  then  elect  ethers  to  take  their  places. 
This  the  wealthy  churches  could  do  even  if  they  would  have 
to  buy  them  out,  and  hold  the  property  until  purchasers  could 
be  found,  or  any  way  that  they  could  do  to  get  the  preach- 
ers out  and  spread  the  Truth.  I  am  gratified  with  our  prog- 
ress along  this  line,  but  in  many  places  there  is  room  for  im- 
provement. Again,  we  must  adopt  some  plan  for  gettiDg 
the  Messenger  more  among  the  outsiders.  The  Seventh 
Day  Adventists  briDg  their  means  together  to  their  general 
Conference,  by  the  thousands.  In  this,  and  other  ways,  the 
church  pays  for  their  literature,  and  when  they  cannot  sell  it 
they  give  it  away.  Itelievethat  I  will  suggest  that  all  the 
churches  send  all  they  can  raise,  to  the  District  Meetings,  by 
the  hand  of  their  delegates,  and  these  meetings  send  the 
same,  by  delegates  to  the  Annual  Meeting.  In  this  manner 
we  could  raise  $2,000  as  easily  as  S500.  And  we  might  raise 
even  more.  When  I  see  so  much  to  do,  I  sometimes  tell  my 
wife  that  I  wish  I  was  young  again! 


One  of  our  isolated  members,  residing  in  North 
Dakota,  seems  to  enjoy  the  Mbssenger  very  much. 
He  says:  "I  long  for  its  coming  from  week  to 
week.  I  am  living  with  a  man  who  is  almost  an  in- 
fidel, and  my  only  companion  is  the  Bible  and  the 
Messenger.  When  I  received  the  paper  this  after- 
noon, I  read  it  through  and  through,  comparing  the 
citations  with  the  Scriptures.  Then  I  sang  some 
familiar  hymns,  and  felt  in  a  good  condition  to  go 
to  my  closet,  and  enter  into  communion  with  God." 
One  who  can  get  this  much  good  out  of  a  paper, 
will  certainly  be  profited  by  reading  it. 


OUR  CREED. 


"  If  the  New  Testament  is  the  only  rule  of  faith 
and  practice  for  the  Brethren  church,  and  is  our 
only  creed,  then  what  about  the  Minutes?"  — 
some  one  asks.  The  design  of  the  Minutes  of  the 
Annual  Meeting  has  been  to  unify  our  people  re- 
specting the  doctrine  set  forth  in  the  Scriptures. 
In  our  early  history  the  Brethren  differed  concern- 
ing certain  Christian  duties  and  privileges.  It  was 
needful  for  them  to  reach  an  understanding,  for 
people  cannot  properly  worship  together  unless 
'  they  be  agreed.    This  resulted  in  certain  Minutes( 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER,. 


57 


which  have  been  added  to  from  time  to  time,  until  I  an  answer  is  not  considered  by  the  Standing  Co 


the  book  has  reached  its  present  size.  And  th 
whole  thing,  when  summed  up,  simply  means 
how  the  Brethren  understand  the  teachings  of  the 
Scriptures  on  the  points  presented  to  their  Confer- 
ence. These  Minutes  have  resulted  in  a  union  of 
sentiment  and  practice  among  us,  that  is  of  im 
mense  value,  and,  when  they  are  properly  used,  and 
not  abused,  they  answer  a  good  purpose.  But  we 
do  not  believe  in  carrying  them  to  council-meetings, 
and  placing  them  on  top  of  the  Bible.  As  a  gener- 
al thing,  our  church  officials  ought  to  be  well 
enough  informed  to  keep  house  without  having  to 
resort  much  to  the  Minutes.  As  a  rule,  the  Minutes 
refer  to  the  Scriptures  on  which  decisions  are  based. 
For  our  part,  we  prefer  going  direct  to  these  Scrip- 
tures, tell  the  members  what  they  mean,  and  that 
this  is  the  way  they  are  understood  by  the  Breth- 
ren, and  that  the  better  way  is  for  us  to  endeavor 
to  conduct  the  affairs  of  the  church  in  harmony 
with  this  understanding.  Our  people  have  always 
regarded  the  New  Testament  as  their  creed,  while 
the  Minutes  tell  how  this  creed  is  understood  on 
certain  points.  And  since  these  Minutes  refer  us  to 
the  creed  for  our  authority,  let  us  always  keep  this 
creed  in  front.  The  Minutes  we  can  change,  modi- 
fy, and  even  repeal,  as  we  get  more  light,  but  the 
creed  remains  the  same,  now  and  forever. 


DOCTRINAL  LINES. 


Bro.  W.  I.  T.  Hoover,  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  is  de- 
livering a  series  of  doctrinal  sermons,  and  has  made 
special  preparation  for  the  work.  Paul  instructed 
Timothy  to  give  attention  to  doctrine,  and  we 
would  urge  all  our  young  ministers  to  prepare 
themselves,  and  deliver  a  number  of  sermons  on 
doctrine.  A  work  of  this  kind  will  not  only  do  a 
great  deal  of  good,  but  it  will  be  a  fine  drill  for  any 
young  minister.  To  most  of  our  young  ministers, 
who  would  like  to  inform  themselves  more  fully 
regarding  the  doctrine  held  by  the  Brethren,  we 
would  suggest  the  reading  of  the  following  books: 

Nead's  Theological  Works.* 

Doctrine  of  the  Brethren  Defended,  by  R.  H. 
Miller. 

Quinter  on  Trine  Immersion.* 

Quinter  and  McConnell  Debate. 

Miller  and  Sommer  Debate. 

Seven  Churches  of  Asia,  by  D.  L.  Miller, 

Brethren's  Tracts  and  Pamphlets,  Vol.  i. 

Church  Manual. 

The  Lord  our  Righteousness. 

To  this  list  we  would  add  Franklin's  Gospel 
Preacher,  Vol,  I,  The  books  marked  thus  (*)  are 
just  now  out  of  print. 

There  are  scores  of  other  books  that  should  be 
read  by  ministers,  but,  in  order  to  get  a  clear  in- 
sight into  the  true  doctrine,  it  will  pay  all  of  our 
young  ministers  to  give  the  books  named  a  careful 
perusal,  The  main  object  of  these  books,  however, 
is  to  help  one  understand  the  teachings  of  the 
Scriptures,  and  especially  will  they  be  found  useful 
along  the  doctrinal  lines.  j.  h.  m, 


mittee.  Some  of  them  are  not  even  read.  When 
a  query  is  presented,  the  first  question  asked  by  the 
presiding  officer  is,  "Has  it  an  answer?"  If  it 
has,  he  calls  for  the  next,  and  so  on,  until  one  is 
reached  having  no  answer.  Then  he  calls  for  an 
answer.  Occasionally  there  is  a  good  deal  of  discus- 
sion about  the  answer  proposed,  but  the  majority 
rules.  Then,  when  that  particular  question  comes 
before  the  open  Conference,  the  members  of  the 
Standing  Committee  may  differ,  and  take  sides, 
just  as  they  had  the  privilege  of  doing  in  the  Com- 
mittee room.  Even  the  officers  of  the  Conference 
sometimes  differ  in  the  public  discussion.  This  is 
their  privilege.  What  passes  in  the  Committee 
room,  in  this  respect,  is  not  considered  binding. 
It  is  only  getting  business  in  shape  for  the 
Conference.  And  permit  us  here  to  state,  that 
there  is  nothing  unfair,  in  the  least,  about  the 
whole  arrangement.  Somebody  must  get  matters 
in  shape  for  the  Conference,  and  this  work  has  been 
assigned  to  the  Standing  Committee.  When  the 
business  comes  before  the  delegates  in  the  open 
Conference,  it  is  their  privilege  to  vote  down  every 
measure  proposed  by  the  Standing  Committee,  if 
they  feel  so  disposed.  They  can  do  it,  for  they  out- 
number the  Standing  Committee,  as  a  general 
thing,  more  than  six  to  one.  This  Committee  does 
not  take  the  advantage  of  the  Conference,  and 
could  not,  even  if  it  wanted  to.  Its  power  is  too 
limited  for  anything  of  the  kind.  j,  h    m. 


A  WARNINQ. 


THE  STANDING  COMMITTEE. 

A  brother  writes  us,  and  wishes  to  know  wheth- 
er the  Standing  Committee  is  not  a  secret  society, 
and  whether  it  does  not  take  the  advantage  of  the 
open  meeting  by  first  placing  answers  to  all  the 
queries  before  they  can  be  discussed.  In  the  first 
place,  the  Standing  Committee,  of  itself,  is  no  soci- 
ety at  all.  It  might  very  properly  be  denominated 
as  a  "  Committee  on  Programme,"  as  the  arranging 
of  the  programme  for  the  open  Conference  is  the 
main  part  of  its  work.  Furthermore,  it  does  not 
put  answers  to  all  the  queries.  It  frames  answers 
for  those  that  have  no  answers.     A  query  containing 


Bro.  McCann,  in  his  letters  "On  the  Way  to  In- 
dia,"   writes   many    good    things,     His   words    of 
warning  in  letter  No.  3  will  bear  repetition.     He 
says:  "We  had  twenty-seven  missionaries  on  board 
our  vessel.     There  are   nine   children  among   the 
missionaries.     Thirteen    of     the    missionaries    are 
from  the  United  States.     All  are  bound  for  India. 
There  are  four  Free  Methodists,  and  four  of  the 
Pentecost  Band.     This  was  a  mission  band  organ- 
ized in   the  Free   Methodist  church,   eleven  years 
ago,  by  V.  A.  Dake,  who  died  in  Africa,  five  years 
ago.     The   band   separated  from  the  Free  Metho 
dists  about  three  years  ago,  last  January,  because 
the  church  required  them  to  throw  their  strength 
into  the  general  channels  of  the  church,  and  quit 
publishing  their  paper  as  a  separate  organ.    They 
also  differed  somewhat  on  the  doctrine  of  holiness. 
Their  present  leader  is  T.  H.  Nelson,  of  Indianap- 
olis, Ind.    The  purpose  of  the  band  is  home   and 
foreign  mission   work.    This    split  was   caused  by 
some  zealous  workers  pushing  forward,  independent 
of  the  church,  publishing  a  paper  and  pressing  their 
work  without   regarding   the    church's    authority. 
May  we,  as  brethren,  take  warning  and  move  with 
care,  lest  we  become  factions,   instead  of  a  united 
body  in  Christ! " 

We  commend  these  words  of  our  dear  brother  to 
the  careful  consideration  of  all  our  readers.  Those 
of  us  who  passed  through  the  period  when  papers 
sprung  up  on  every  hand,  and  when  some  of  them 
crystallized  sentiment  against  the  church  and  her 
work,  which  finally  led  to  two  factions  leaving  her 
communion  and  starting  up  separate  organizations, 
are  prayerfully  anxious  that  such  a  condition  may 
never  exist  again  in  the  church.  Bro.  McCann's 
warning  is  timely  and  in  place.  Let  us  take  heed 
unto  itl  D.  L  M, 


TRAINING  THE  CHILDREN. 

We  have  reached  a  period  in  the  history  of  our 
church  work,  when  more  well-directed  attention 
should  be  given  to  the  religious  training  of  the 
children.  We  must  endeavor  to  train  them  for  the 
Lord  and  for  his  work.  It  is  not  sufficient  that 
they  be  converted,  but  they  must  be  trained  so  they 


will  be  of  some  practical  use  to  the  kingdom. 
This  training  must  be  both  in  the  family  and  in  the 
Sunday  school,  and  should,  by  no  means,  be  neg- 
lected in  the  church.  Christian  parents,  in  their 
own  homes,  must  impress  their  children  with  the 
supreme  importance  of  the  Christian  religion,  and 
give  them  to  clearly  understand  that  it  is,  by  no 
means,  a  secondary  matter.  This  can  be  done  in 
various  ways,  but  nothing  tells  more  on  the  minds 
of  children  than  the  lives  their  parents  live  in  their 
homes.  It  is  well  said  that  "the  mother  is  the 
child's  Bible,"  and  it  is  to  her  that  the  little  ones 
look  for  the  first  rules  of  life. 

Every  mother  should  impress  upon  the  minds  of 
her  children  the  thought  that  she  is  a  consistent 
Christian  woman,  and  the  father  should  be  known 
to  them  as  an  exemplary  Christian  man.  In  fact, 
children  should  have  no  doubts  concerning  the  re- 
ligion of  their  parents,  and  all  the  fathers  and  moth- 
ers ought  to  conduct  themselves  so  as  to  impress 
their  children  in  this  manner.  This,  of  course,  can- 
not be  done  without  making  Christian  living  a 
study,  and  it  is  here  that  too  many  make  the  fatal 
mistake.  They  do  not  study  how  to  live  like  Chris- 
tian fathers  and  mothers  should  live.  Their  chil- 
dren cannot  see  that  they  are  any  better  than  the 
unconverted,  so  far  as  real,  practical  religion  is 
concerned. 

Then  the  children  must  be  correctly  taught  at  the 
family  fireside,  Parents  want  to  be  careful  what 
they  talk  about,  and  how  they  talk  in  the  presence 
of  their  children.  Their  conversation  should  relate 
to  things  at  least  becoming  Christian  people. 
They  should  not  parade  before  the  family  the  evils, 
defects,  and  corruptions  of  the  community,  and  es- 
pecially should  they  not  dwell  upon  the  mistakes 
and  faults  of  church  members,  nor  church  troubles'. 
Family  conversation  ought  to  be  made  a  study, 
and,  by  all  means,  should  it  be  guarded.  "Those 
who  do  this,  can  be  constantly  wesving  into  thtirt 
conversation  thoughts  that  will  favorably  impress 
their  children  religiously,  and,  thereby,  implant  in- 
to their  hearts  seed,  that  may,  in  due  time,  lead 
them  to  Christ.  This  planting  of  the  seed  of  the 
kingdom  into  the  hearts  of  the  children,  also  needs 
study,  for  there  is  danger  of  overdoing  even  a  good 
thing. 

Parents  should  not  fail  to  supply  their  families 
with  good  reading  matter,  and,  in  doing  so,  the 
Brethren's  literature  ought  to  have  a  prominent 
place.  It  should  be  read  and  talked  about.  We 
have  been  in  families  where  half  of  the  conversation 
was  concerning  things  mentioned  in  the  Messen- 
ger. The  children  took  delight  in  that  class  of  lit- 
erature, because  they  heard  their  parents  talk  so 
much  about  it.  The  parents  led  out  and  the  little 
folks  soon  fell  into  line. 

Next  to  the  family  is  the  Sunday  school  training, 
which,  in  many  localities,  is  the  leading  Sunday  at- 
traction for  the  children  and  the  young  people.  It 
here  that  our  children  are  trained  either  for  the 
church  or  for  the  world.  In  far  too  many  instan- 
ces, parents  are  not  sufficiently  concerned  about 
the  Sunday  school,  nor  about  the  character  of  the 
work  done  there.  Even  our  elders  and  preachers 
are  too  indifferent  respecting  this  line  of  church 
work.  They,  as  well  as  the  parents,  should  know 
what  kind  of  material  is  being  developed  for  the 
future  church. 

These  are  lines  of  thought  well  worthy  of  serious 
consideration,  and  must  receive  more  than  ordinary 
attention  if  we  expect  the  church  to  prosper  as  it 
should.  We  must  give  more  attention  to  the  little 
people.  A  greater  number  of  our  children  should 
be  in  the  church.  In  fact,  all  of  them  ought  to  be 
there,  and,  probably,  were  we  more  in  earnest  re- 
specting their  salvation,  we  would  have  the  pleas- 
ure of  seeing  many  more  of  them  enrolled  among 
the  saints,  j,  n    m, 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER. 


2:,  189S. 


HOME*  AND*  FAMILY. 

STARVED  UN  TflB  S1RBBTS. 

Deats,— found  dead  in  the  street, 

Cr,ild  forsaken  and  lo:n; 
Damp  from  head  10  feet, 

With  dews  "f  sweet  May  moral 


Dead, -for  wan 
Dead  in  the  c 

Dead  and  unde 
Without  ever 


1  of: 


the  dust, 
a  word  of  praje 

lillle 


Dead- 
Stretching  their  skeleton  bands, 

Plead  for  the  crumbs  from  cur  store, 
Child  en  in  famine  lands. 

Dead.-but  the  Spirt'  and  Word, 
Forth  on  thrir  mission  have  sped, 

Summoning  the  sa  nts  o  the  Lord, 
To  share  with  the  starving  their  bread. 

-Stlrctcd. 


A  THOUCjrt'LESS  MOTHER. 


A  CERTAIN 


BY  FLORA  E  TEAGUB. 

mother  in  one  of  our  smaller  cities 
nd  of  plsyint;  "  progressive  euchre  " 
One  av  rung  sue  received  a  fine  silver  cup  for  be- 
ing the  most  iuccessM  player  in  a  group  of  her  so- 
ciety friends.  She  was  much  delighted  with  her 
success,  and,  on  showing  it  to  her  family  the  next 
morning,  her  son,  in  his  early  "  teens  "  said,  "  Huhl 
I  can  beat  that,  for  I  made  ten  dollars  at  the  pool 
table  last  night!" 

1  nme.'iately  the  eyes  of  the  mother  were  opened 
in  more  senses  than  one,  for,  in  the  first  place,  she 
had  no  idea  that  her  son  had  thus  been  spending 
his  time,  and,  in  the  next  place,  partners  in  sin, 
how  could  she  condemn  him?  It  taught  her  a  les- 
son once  for  all. 

After  learning  this  mother's  story,  I  wondered 
how  many,  many  other  mothers  there  are,  who, 
whi'e  they  may  not  be  playing  "  progressive 
e  ich.  e,"  yet  arc  so  busily  ab  urbed  in  one  thing 
or  another,  that  they,  too,  know  not  how  their 
sons  and  daughters  are  spending  their  evenings. 

Mothers,  are  the  souls  of  your  children  precious 
to  you  or  not?  If  they  are,  study  how  you  may  in- 
terest their  minds  so  much  that  home  will  be  the 
place  they  prefer  to  be  in,  first,  last,  and  all  the 
time.  Live  for  your  children  in  such  a  way  that 
you  are  not  slaves  to  petty  tyrants,  but  guides,  ad- 
visers and  companions. 

Let  that  extra  piece  of  fancy-work  go  and  spend 
that  time  in  conversation  with  your  young  people, 
o  in  reading  something  of  interest  and  profit,  so 
that  you  may  relate  it  to  them  of  an  evening.  Se- 
lect gond  elding  ma-ter  for  them,  and,  when  they 
are  oil  enough  to  read,  let  one  read  while  the  oth 
er«,  with  mother,  listen.  After  reading  awhile, 
tike  some  time  for  commenting  on  what  has  been 
read. 

If  you  have  a  musical  instrument  in  your  home, 
gither  the  little  ones  around  you  and  sing  some 
s.veet  and  happy  songs  that  all  love.  Do  not  be 
afraid  of  a  musical  instrument  in  your  home.  I 
would  rather  have  it  where  my  children,  with  pure 
aid  sacred  song  in  their  home,  could  delight  my 
ear  and  fill  my  soul  with  joy,  than  to  have  them  in 
some  questionable  place,  listening  to  Satan's  flesh- 
fascin.ting  and  sin-alluring  songs. 

Ado'n  your  homes  with  at  least  a  few  pieces  of 
art  from  time  to  time  These  are  the  things  that 
aid  in  culturing,  beiutifyinff  and  refining  the  soul. 
Som-  one  has  said.  "N  1  beautiful  picture  was  ever 
mad?  without  having  behind  it  a  pure  and  beauti- 
spiration."  I  like  that. 
1  attention  frequently  to  beau- 
in  nature  and  art.  Have  each  one 
1  flower.  In  the  summer- 
e  their  plats  for  flowers 


■il  ga 


to  be  found  10  tv  I  places,  or  play.ng 
Tne  only  question  is,  will  you? 

Do  not  say  you  have  not  time.  Is  some  of  the 
o'her  work  you  are  doing  as  profitable?  Fewer 
dishes  of  dyspepsia-provoking  viands,  less  fancy- 
work  on  your  wearing  apparel,  or  in  the  form  of 
throws,  tidies,  etc  ,  and  you  will  have  all  the  time 
you  need.  A  rich  harvost  awaits  your  reaping  if 
you  sow  the  proper  seed  in  the  proper  time  and 
proper  place. 

May  God  bless  the  mothers  of  this  nation  and 
help  them  to  train  properly  their  olive  plants  for 
his  kingdoml 

Ml.  Motris,  III. ^ 

THREE  SCENES.-WnlCH  DO  YOU  LIKE  BEST? 

BY   CYRUS   BUCHER. 

This  New  Years  night  three  scenes  come  to  my 
mind.  They  were  not  all  imagination,  nor  vision, 
nor  dreams,  but  were  very  real,  very  reel. 


ful  thought  as  an  ins 

Call  the 

children's 

tiful  hand 

work  in  n 

in  the  fair 

ily  to  pos 

time  et  th 

e  childre 

Direct  the 

ir  wo  k. 

be  fou  id 

a  'heir  p 

them  a     1 

1  b  rds.  et 

which  yoc 

can  inter 

C  11  attention  to  the  beauty 
plants      Study  all  vou  can  with 
Oh,  there  arc  m<ny  wav 


A  number  of  young  people,  mostly  members, 
gather  at  a  brother's  house,  who  is  interested  in 
the  young,  and  especially  in  the  future  we'fare  of 
the  church.  A<=  they  gather  in,  they  are  very  soci- 
able, talking  in  a  general  way,  but  as  the  hour  hand 
of  the  clock  moves  to  7,  one  says,  "I  wonder 
whether  Brother  John  or  Sisler  Mary  will  be  here? " 
Several  look  at  their  watches.  One  says,  "The 
hour  has  arrived.  We  have  come  'o  spend  a  social 
evening  together."  A  call  is  made  for  Scripture 
reading.  I  notice  nearly  all  have  their  Bibles,  and 
the  Brethren's  Song  Books.  I  notice,  too,  that  all 
the  sisters  have  their  bonnets  off,  and  have  plain 
caps  on,  and  all  are  dressed  orderly.  Some  one,  as 
leader,  reads  and  then  calls  on  a  sister  to  lead  in 
prayer.  She  does  so,  very  fervently,  for  the  meet- 
ing, for  the  poor  ministers,  that  God  may  help 
them,  for  our  dear  missionaries  among  the  heathen, 
for  all  men,  Another  closes  with  the  Lord's 
Prayer. 

They  then  choose  a  lesson  which  I  suppose  they 
had  studied  and  all  seem  interested,  and,  with  the 
singing  and  Christian  air  pervading,  I  said  to  my- 
self, "  That  shows  that  they  have  been  with  J  -sus,— 
that  they  have  been  to  him  in  prayer  before,  hav- 
ing family  altars  where  all  take  part  and  are  inter- 
ested in  the  wotk."  They  leave,  and  all  feel 
stronger  for  the  battles  of  life.  The  brother  of  the 
ays,  "  Mother,  I  am  so  g'.ad  that  these 
young  people  practice  their  religion."  "Amen," 
says  she, 

SCENE   II, 

Again,  I  sec  a  number  of  young  people  gather  at 
a  brother's  house.  The  assembly  is  mote  of  a 
mixed  character,  —  mostly  brethren  and  sisters, 
however.  Some  few  of  their  friends  also  come  to- 
gether for  a  social  evening.  I  notice  a  large  num- 
ber have  Song  Books.  Among  the  number  I  notice 
several  who  seem  to  have  come  to  be  heard,  and 
although  the  nature  of  the  meeting  is  to  be  up- 
building to  the  young,  a  few  will,  by  their  senseless, 
foolish  talk,  throw  a  chill  over  the  meeting, 
quenching  the  spiritual  feeling.  They  not  only 
make  themselves  ridi-ulous,  but  the  better  part  of 
the  attendants  despise  them  I  notice,  too,  that 
some  look  like  sisters,  but  act  only  a  little  that 
way,  and  one  or  two  breihr«n  enjoy  the  foolishness. 
However,  one  more  solemn  than  the  rest,  thinks  it 
would  be  good  to  have  prayer.  He  leads  and,  aft- 
er some  delay,  one  closes  with  the  Lord's  Prayer. 
The  evening  is  enjoyed  mostly  by  singing  the  beau- 
tiful hymns  of  our  Song  Book.  I  notice,  however, 
that,  towards  the  last,  several  other  song  books  are 
introduced,  and  there  being  only  a  few  books,  and 
the  songs  new,  as  rnany  as  can,  gather  around  the 
organ  and  sing,  while  the  others  listen.  But  this 
even  gets  dry,  and  talking  and  singing  and  joking 
end  the  meeting,  and  one  after  the  other  depart. 
The   few   foolish    talkers   think   they  had   a  good 


really,  whether  they  got  much  spiritual  benefit. 
The  hymns  were  good,  but  it  seems  they  did  not 
feel  right  when  they  sang.  Perhaps  the  prayer  was, 
too  formal  and  cold. 

When  the  meeting  is  over,  the  old  brother  says, 
to  his  wife,  "I  do  not  seem  to  enjoy  these  meetings; 
as  I  formerly  did.  There  is  so  much  levity  mixed, 
with  it,  and  I  have  been  thinking-,  perhaps  it  would; 
be  better  not  to  have  them  any  more."  Mother 
feels  sad  when  she  says,  "It  seems  the  young 
must  have  something  to  enjoy  themselves,  but,  re- 
ally, I  felt  sad  myself.  I  do  not  know  what  we 
would  better  do.  Let  us  study  and  pray  over  ill! 
I  know  I  used  to  enjoy  these  meetings  myself,  but 
it  seems  we  are  drifiicg,  slowly  drifting  back  to  the 
world.  May  the  good  Lord  help  us!  Let  us 
pray!"  Alter  a  fervent,  solemn  prayer,  they  retire, 
for  the  night  and  the  second  scene  closes. 


Several  members  come  on  a  visil,  and,  thinking 
it  would  be  pleasant  to  have  a  social  gathering,, 
several  young  members  invited  a  number  of  friends.. 
As  they  come,  I  notice  that  there  are  no  Bibles,, 
but  1  hit  all  have  hymn  books  of  some  kind,. 
Again,  I  notice  that  several  have  packages  as  they 
gather  in.  After  considerable  v/aiting  and  delay,, 
some  think  there  ought  to  be  some  music  Some 
propose  one  thing  and  some  another.  Some  want 
to  sing  from  one  book,  and  some  from  the  other. 
Finally,  after  considerable  jesting  and  senseless 
talk,  several  start  up  a  hymn.  Perhaps  the  French 
harp,  zither  or  the  violin  play  an  important  part.. 
Those  not  having  the  Brethren's  book  along,  have, 
no  chance  at  all  because  they  are  not  far  enough 
advanced  in  the  "s-ience  of  music"  to  take  pa»t, 
I  notice,  too,  that  some  who  are  introduced  as. 
"brother  and  sister,"  look,  in  appearance,  just  like 
those  that  make  no  profession,  I  also  notice  that  a 
good  many  jokes  about  the  minister,  and  gossip 
on  the  part  of  some,  is  "richly  enjoyed,"  How- 
ever, after  earnest  calls  for  "  something  we  can  a'l 
sing"  some  few  old  hymns,  such  as  we  he?.rd  in. 
Scenc  I,  are  sung, 

After  thus  passing  ihe  time  till  a  late  hour,  an 
aged  sisier,  who  desired  the  welfare  of  her  chil- 
dren and  thought  of  the  good  o'd  times  when  they 
came  together  to  sing  and  pray,  whispered  in  an. 
aged  brother's  ear,  "I  think  we  ought  to  have 
prayer  before  parting," 

Being  conscientious,  he  felt  considerably  embar- 
rassed. Self-denial  and  duty  plead  for  action.  Fi- 
nally the  call  was  made  for  a  season  of  prayer  be- 
fore part  ng,  asking  those  present  to  be  properly 
prepared.  Some  went  for  their  bonnets,  others 
tried  to  obtain  a  prayer-ccvccing,  and  still  others, 
never  having  thought  of  prayer  at  the  meeting,  had 
no  covering  along.  Perhaps  they  were  instructed 
that  a  woman  when  she  prays  cr  prophesies,  should 
be  covered.  Perhaps  they  had  never  read  careful- 
ly for  themselves  "that  a  woman  that  prays  (a  pray- 
ing woman)  should  be  covered  because  of  the  an- 
gels." Some,  perhaps,  never  had  family  worship 
If  they  had,  the  father  only  practically  engaged  in 
it.  2nd  the  wife,  sons  and  daughters  took  no  part. 

Well,  the  brother  prayed,  feeling  humiliated  and 
sad.  This  brought  a  serious  feeling  to  the  dose  of. 
the  meeting,  and,  after  leaving,  the  more  serious 
said,  "This  is  where  we  are  drifting."  Others 
slid,  "I  felt  very  much  ashamed."  The  father 
said,  "Wife,  I  do  not  think  we  ever  want  such  a 
meeting  again."  The  wife  replied,  "No,  I  felt  con- 
demned and  sad  all  the  evening,  and  I  was  glad 
that  we  at  leas^  had  prayer  at  the  close." 

I  hope  ail  will  take  this  lesson  to  heart,  and  not 
have  the  world  and  religion  so  mixed,  that  we  get 
the  world  practically  uppermost.  These  old  peo- 
ple felt  too  sad  to  pray,  and  retired  shedding  tears. 
Now,  my  dear  reader,  "  which  do  you  like  best?  " 
And  oh,  my  dear  Savior,  whose  blood  was  shed  for 
me,  which  doym  like  best? 
Astoria,  III. 


Some  churches 


better  condition  if 


mmy  wavs  in  '  meeting,  because  thev  had  a  chance  to  talk.    £ 
est  your  children  so  much  that    of  the  most  serious  ones  think  the  meeting  was  not  \  their  chief  members  were  half  as  anxious  t 
neither  you  nor  they  will  want  to  go  on  the  streets,    as  good  as  it  used  to  be,  and  they  do  not  know,  '  God  as  they  are  to  lead  the  world, 


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t^-Church  News  solicited  for  this  Department.  II  you  have  ha 
meeting,  send  a  report  of  it,  so  that  others  may  rejoice  with  you.  In 
give  name  of  church,  county  and  state.    Bebrief.    Notes  of  Travel  s 


Prom  Washington,  D.  C. 

To  the  members  who  so  kindly  contributed  to 
our  Helping-hand  Society,  during  1897,  we  extend 
our  most  grateful  thanks.  A  work  of  importance 
is  begun  here.  Many  hearts  and  souls  have  been 
cheered  through  your  helping  hand,  towards  these 
little  ones,  who  knew  little  or  nothing  about  God 
and  a  dying  Savior.  Think  of  it,  brethren!  We 
beg  you,  who  have  not  yet  come  to  these  little 
ones,  rescue  with  your  abundance,  do  not  delayl 
To-day  we  have  the  promise,  but  not  to-morrow. 
Today,  if  we  have  the  opportunity,  let  us  do  good 
with  that  which  the  Lord  lendeth  to  us.  Perhaps, 
before  the  end  of  this  year,  the  Lord  will  claim  it. 
Oh,  for  our  own  soul's  welfare,  let  us  continue  in 
the  vineyard  of  the  Lord.  If  not  able  with  health 
or  wealth,  we  are  able  with  our  prayers.  All  dona- 
tions towards  the  cause,  here  in  this  city,  are  much 
appreciated.  Send  your  donations  to  the  writer,  at 
315  D.  St.,  S.  E„  Washington,  D,  C. 

Carrie  Westergrbn, 


Notes  from  India. 


— This  is  the  cold  season  for  India,  as  well  as 
for  America.  Here,  however,  the  thermometer 
ranges  from  65  to  80  in  the  shade.  Nights  seem 
very  cool,  but  the  middle  of  the  day  is  quite  warm. 
The  adult  natives  with  but  little  dress,  children 
without  any,  feel  our  cool  mornings  about  as  much 
as  we  would  zero  weather  at  home. 

— The  famine  has,  through  the  blessing  of  God, 
been  the  means  of  gaining  access  to  the  homes 
and  hearts  of  the  people  in  a  way  that  could  not 
have  been  done  without.  The  missionaries  are 
known  far  and  wide,  and  receive  a  hearty  welcome 
and  ready  hearing  in  both  country  and  village. 

— To-day,  Bro,  Stover  started  early  for  a  village 
six  or  seven  miles  distant,  and  will  not  return  till 
late  this  evening.  Much  of  this  kind  of  work 
should  be  done  and  done  soon. 

—  Several  days  ago  seven  Parsecs  and  one  Hin- 
doo came  to  have  an  hour's  talk  on  the  religion  of 
Christ,  and  listened  with  rapt  attention,  as  the  won- 
derful story  was  unfolded  to  them,  Before  leav- 
ing, they  decided  on  an  hour  when  they  may  re- 
turn and  hear  still  further  of  him  who  died  and 
lives  again  for  all  men. 

— Bro.  Lyons,  who  was  baptized  some  weeks 
ago,  is  now  in  Zululand,  Africa.  In  a  personal  let- 
ter to  the  missionaries,  he  writes:  "  I  am  sure  many 
in  Bulsar  will  think  of  a  certain  day  when  many  of 
us  gathered  by  the  riverside  to  be  baptized  and 
freed  from  all  past  sin,  and  to  come  home  as  white 
as  snow  in  the  sight  of  God.  Ohl  how  glad  I  am 
to  tell  my  comrades  of  that  wonderful  day  for  me! 
I  say,  "wonderful,"  yes,  indeed,  it  was  wonderful 
to  me,  as  there  were  many  things  which  I  could  not 
understand  until  I  got  to  the  river,  and  then  it  all 
appeared  as  clear  to  me  as  if  I  had  read  it  in  a 
book.  The  mist  seemed  to  lift  and  roll  away  be- 
fore my  eyes,  and  then  all  I  knew  was  that  I  was 
leaving  my  old  life  behind  in  that  very  river,  and 
that  I  was  starting  out  in  the  world  again.  It 
seemed  I  had  a  very  bright  light  to  steer  by,  "The 
light  of  God's  love."  Praise  the  Lord  that  I  am 
steering  for  that  beacon  still,  and  I  hope,  with  the 
assistance  of  Jesus  Christ,  to  gain  that  light  and 
cast  my  life's  anchor  in  the  refuge  of  God's  love. 
We  would  that  more  lights  might,  with  our  broth- 
er, shine  in  Africa,  as  well  as  here. 

— The  Orphanage  is  indeed  a  comfortable  home 
for  the  homeless,  The  children  are  very  prompt 
in  answering  Scripture  questions,  and  energetic  in 
song.  They  sing  in  Gujerati  and  join  in  the  Lord's 
Prayer  in  the  same, 

-To-day  Sister  Ryan  is  out  with  the  orphans  to 
s  neighboring  village,  ts  have  them  sing,  end  then 


she  will  talk  to  the  people.     Among  these  children, 
we  trust,  are  some  of  our  future  missionaries,' 

— Sister  Stover  has  general  charge  of  home  af- 
fairs, while  wife  and  myself  are  putting  in  all  pos- 
sible time  in  studying  the  language.  Our  teach- 
er's name  is  Balubhai  Jeyshanker  Pandia. 

— The  plague  has  not  yet  broken  out  in  Bulsar,  and 
at  present  we  hear  nothing  of  it  spreading  farther, 

— To  all  the  dear  brethren  and  sisters  who  wrote 
us  personal  letters  before  leaving  New  York,  we 
would,  by  this  means,  express  our  appreciation  of 
the  same.  They  have  been  read  and  reread,  and 
while  we  may  not  be  able  to  answer  each  with  a 
separate  response,  you  may  know  that  they  have 
been  a  comfort  to  us.  We  thank  the  Lord  for  the 
spirit  which  characterized  each  one,  and  pray  that 
God  may  bless  all  as  he  alone  can  do. 

D.  L.  Forney. 

Eulsar,  India,  Dec.  10. 

How  the  Doctrinal  Number  Is  Received. 

Very  recently,  through  the  kindness,  good  will, 
and  well  wishes  of  a  most  excellent  and  dear 
friend,  who  is  a  member  of  the  Brethren  church,  I 
received  from  my  post-office  a  copy  of  what  you 
term  "doctrinal  issue"  of  the  Gospel  Messenger. 
By  your  kind  permission  I  will  occupy  a  little 
space  in  your  paper,  that  I  may  thus  express  my 
appreciation  for  this  valuable  expression  of  kind 
ness,  good-will  and  desire  for  the  good  of  others 
The  disposition  that  prompted  this  act  of  kindness 
doubtless  was  born  of  the  Spirit  of  Christ,  and  is 
therefore  akin  to  his  lofty  character,  consequently 
it  is  worthy  of  the  highest  commendation,  merits 
the  profoundest  respect,  and  challenges  the  admir- 
ation, love,  and  esteem  of  every  one. 

Individually,  and  as  a  personal  favor,  I  accept 
this  as  a  token  of  esteem,  good-will,  and  a  legiti- 
mate desire  to  do  good  by  thus  assisting  others  in 
a  life  of  truth  and  usefulness,  and  that  others  may 
possess  the  joys  of  such  a  life,  God  hasten  the 
day  when  each  individual  shall  be  engaged  in  such 
a  laudable  work! 

It  is  due  my  friend,  and  the  general  management 
of  the  Messenger,  that  I  should  say  that  I  have 
read  the  paper  sent  me  with  more  than  an  ordinary 
interest  and  carefulness,  owing  to  the  special  mat- 
ter of  its  contents.  It  has  been  both  instructive  and 
beneficial  to  me.  God  bless,  according  to  his  own 
will  and  purposes,  the  labors  of  those  who  are 
sending  out  those  weekly  messages! 

John  H.  Durham. 

Meuid  City,  Mo.,  Jan,  1. 


Asia  Minor  Mission. 


— Our  orphans  continue  faithfully  to  hold  their 
nightly  prayer  meeting.  We  rejoice  to  see  the  un- 
abated interest  and  devotion  in  these  holy  gather- 
ings of  their  own  creation. 

—The  chancellor  of  the  Armenian  Archbishop 
sent  us  an  orphan  from  Everek,  in  the  far  interior, 
a  few  days  ago,  He  is  twelve  years  old,  blond  as  a 
Scandinavian,  but  very  shy,  and  with  an  expression 
of  wildness  over  his  countenance.  His  father  fell 
a  victim  of  the  massacres.  He  came  to  us  filthy, 
and  covered  with  tattered  rags.  We  gave  him  a 
good  Turkish  bath,  bought  him  clothes  and  shoes, 
and  after  dismissing  a  Smyrna  orphan,  who  shed 
bitter  tears  at  leaving  us,  presented  him  with  the 
vacant  bed  and  seat  in  the  refectory  and  dormito- 
ry, Next  day  he  expressed  a  wish  to  go,  without 
giving  any  reason.  We  spoke  persuasively  to  him, 
and  he  remained,  The  day  after,  as  the  children 
were  all  taking  a  walk,  he  escaped.  Our  janitor, 
after  finding  him  in  a  khan,  removing  his  new 
clothes  to  put  on  again  his  old  clothes,  brought 
him  back  to  the  Orphanage.  Ashamed  of  himself, 
and  mortified  at  his  being  caught  and  brought  back 
as  an  escaped  prisoner,  he  kissed  our  hand  and 
asked  our  forgiveness.  We  forgave  him,  of  course! 
The  same  night  he  tried  to  escape  through  a  window 
of  the  second  story,  but,  finding  it  too  high,  he  was 
forced  to  give  it  up.  Next  morning  we  told  him 
that  he  was  not  compelled  te  remain  hers,  Bod  that 


he  was  at  liberty  to  leave  if  he  so  wished  it.  He 
removed  his  good  clothes,  and  put  on  once  more  his 
filthy  rags.  We  bade  him  adieu  and  God's  bless- 
ing. The  poor  boy  is  one  of  those  many  in  the  far 
interior  who  prefer  a  liberty  which  is  a  synonym 
of  rags,  filth,  ignorance  and  danger,  to  that  which 
is  cleanliness,  learning,  civilization  and  safety.  The 
Israelites  sighed  for  the  fleshpots  of  Egypt.  A  de- 
graded soul  often  sinks  into  animalism,  and  one 
needs  only  live  here,  or  in  the  far  interior,  to  be- 
lieve for  himself  how,  under  the  sway  of  Moham- 
medanism, Christians  even  can  become  degraded, 
and  be  found  clad  in  animalism. 

— To  our  great  surprise,  the  boy  of  whom  we 
wrote  above,  came  back  to  us  this  morning,  crying 
and  begging  to  be  taken  back,  which  we  did.  He 
has  found  out  for  himself  that  roaming  in  the 
streets  of  Smyrna  has  not  the  same  charm  as  roam- 
ing in  the  wild  fastnesses  of  Armenia.  We  are 
glad  for  it,  and  believe  that  he  will  remain  with  us, 
be  happy  and  find,  some  day,  the  Savior  of  the 
world,  who  loved  him  and  died  for  him.  The  mor- 
al from  all  this  is,  that  not  all  our  orphans  appre- 
ciate tow  what  is  done  for  them,  that  it  ought 
not  to  alarm  us  and  cause  us  to  grow  cold  in  our 
interest  toward  the  destitutes  of  this  world,  that 
for  us  now,  our  duty  is  to  "  cast  our  bread  upon  the 
waters,"  and  believe  that  it  will  return  to  us  "after 
many  days." 

—We  have  good  news  from  our  Bro.  Prothrom- 
us,  in  Philadelphia.  He  writes,  that,  for  the  pres- 
ent, he  is  occupying  a  room  in  a  khan  where  he, 
every  night,  holds  services,  some  eight  or  ten  being 
present,  One  of  our  three  members  is  still  absent, 
and  I  am  only  awaiting  his  return,  to  go  and  visit 
them  all,  and,  if  possible,  organize  them  into  a 
church!  G.  J.  Fercken. 


From  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 


In  looking  over  the  work  of  this  place  for  the 
past  year,  many  discouragements  have  met  us  in 
our  endeavors  to  advance  the  Master's  cause,  but, 
when  we  look  at  the  other  side,  there  is  much  to  en- 
courage the  Lord's  workers  to  press  on  in  the  noble 
work  in  which  they  are  enlisted. 

City  work  requires  a  large  amount  of  patience 
and  perseverance,  wiih  implicit  trust  and  confidence 
in  the  Lord.  Even  under  most  favorable  aspects, 
it  will  be  slow,  but,  if  a  solid  foundation  is  laid,  and 
the  Lord's  workmen  are  true  and  faithful,  the 
building  must  go  up. 

City  work  will  depend  largely  upon  the  instruct- 
ing and  indoctrinating  of  the  children.  From  this 
source  our  success  must  come.  Gather  in  the  chil- 
dren, and  train  them  up  for  the  Master. 

Our  Sunday  school, — though  perhaps  not  so 
large  in  numbers  as  some, — has  been  a  success  in 
interest,  and  wholesome  instruction,  under  the  effi- 
cient management  of  our  Superintendent,  Bro.  J.  K. 
Miller,  who  is  always  at  his  post,  with  a  glad  wel- 
come for  all. 

The  average  attendance  for  every  Sunday  during 
the  year  was  thirty-seven.  The  total  collection 
was  S32.02,  making  an  average  of  61  '/■  cents  for 
each  Sunday  during  the  year.  The  sum  of  Sio  27 
was  forwarded  to  the  General  Missionary  Commit- 
tee, for  missionary  purposes,  during  the  year. 

Our  congregations  at  preaching,  though  not  large, 
have  increased,  and  considerable  interest  is  mani- 
fest. Our  weekly  prayer  meetings  have  been  sea- 
sons of  earnest  praise  and  thanksgivings,  and  much 
wholesome  instruction  has  been  imparted  by  the 
brethren  and  sisters.  Surely  we  have  been  made  to 
sit  together  in  heavenly  places  in  these  consecrated 
meetings.  Their  hallowed  memories  will  not  soon 
be  forgotten.  Chas,  M.  Yearout. 


Heaven  helps  those  who  help  others.  God  is 
very  present  with  those  who  dwell  helpfully  with 
others.  God's  hand  takes  hold  of  our  work,  when 
our  work  is  done  out  of  love  in  brotherly  kindness. 
Diligent  selfishness  has  the  reward  of  diligence,  but 
the  curse  of  selfishness;  diligent  unselfishness  has 
the  reward  of  diligence  and  the  blessing  of  heaven. 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSEZtTG-E^. 


From  Florida. 

With  the  new  year  came  a  cold  wave  to  the  land 
of  sunshine  and  flowers,  which  by  no  means  was  a 
welcome  visitor.  We  are  now,  Jan.  10,  enjoying 
delightful  weather.  Farmers  are  sowing  oats  and 
preparing  for  corn. 

We  held  our  quarterly  council  at  the  Pine  Grove 
church,  Jan.  i.  Everything  passed  off  very  pleas- 
antly. We  re-elected  Bro.  D.  E.  Bowman,  Treas- 
urer, and  J.  I.  Miller,  Clerk,  for  the  coming  year. 
In  the  evening  we  held  our  love  feast,  which  was 
very  quiet  and  enjoyable.  Twenty  eight  members 
participated.     We  had  no  visiting  ministers. 

Jan.  2  we  re  organized  our  Sunday  school  at  Pine 
Grove  (which  is  our  custom  every  six  months)  with 
Bro.  D.  E.  Stover  as  our  Supeiintendent, 

The  Sunday  School  at  Keuka  was  re  organized 
one  week  eailier,  with  J.  N.  Overhul'z,  Superin- 
tendent. 

I  would  like  to  suggest  to  our  people  who  wish 
to  locate  in  Florida  and  perhaps  many  other  places, 
to  be  slow  to  purchase  through  real  estate  agents 
until  they  see  the  property.  None  of  our  brethren 
here  are  in  the  real  estate  business,  and  a  few 
stamps  sent  to  some  of  them  would  bring  a  true 
description  of  the  country  and  save  many  dollars 
in  a  purchase,  no  doubt.  C  D.  Hylton. 

Hawthorn^  Fla. 


From  Waterloo,  Iowa. 


—  Ourt  work  moves  along  encouragingly,  but  not 
without  the  usual  amount  of  hard  work  and  attend- 
ant difficulties.  The  reason  why  city  missions  are 
not  more  valuable  to  the  church,  is,  because  they 
are  not  costing  the  church  enough  in  either  efforts 
or  dollars. 

— November  was  spent  in  getting  recruits  into 
our  Sunday  school;  December,  in  ca-ing  for  these 
twenty  recruits, 

— This  month  we  are  again  gathering  in.  So  far 
twelve  more  have  been  enrolled.  Christmas,  at  3 
P.  MM  we  listened  to  an  appropriate  program,  well 
attended,  and  much  enjoyed  by  the  children. 

— Before  Christmas  fresh  eatable?,  from  our 
country  co-workers,  found  their  way  into  seven 
different  families  belonging  to  our  Sunday  school. 

— !n  two  months,  sixty-seven  articles  of  clothing 
were  distributed,  including  bed-clothing, 

— The  Sunday  school  was  re-organized  at  the 
beginning  of  the  new  year. 

— At  our  council,  Jan.  4,  arrangements  were  ef- 
fected, giving  us  a  series  of  meetings  in  June. 

— A  ten  days'  Bible  Term  is  now  in  progress  at 
the  South  Waterloo  church,  with  a  good  attend- 
ance. Lydia  E.  Taylor. 

lie 2  South  Si- ,  Jan   12. 


From  the  Northwest  Baltimore  Mission. 

The  year  1897  is  chronicled  with  one  of  the  past 
years,  in  which  the  above  mission  wa3  crowned 
with  success  During  the  year  there  were  seventy- 
five  sermons  preached,  with  an  average  attendance 
of  fifty-three  at  each  service.  Seven  were  received 
into  the  church  by  baptism,  five  of  whom  were  Sun- 
day school  scholars.  One  hundred  and  eighteen 
scholars  were  enrolled  in  our  Sunday  school. 

On  Sunday,  Jan.  9.  our  Sunday  school  was  so 
crowded  that  our  Secretary  and  Superintendent 
had  to  stand  during  the  entire  session,  and  in  al- 
most every  class  some  of  the  scholars  had  to  sit 
three  on  two  chairs. 

The  total  collection  in  Sunday  school  for  the 
year,  was  S)4  17.  The  amount  of  missionary  col- 
lections, devoted  mostly  to  home  work,  was  S31  12. 
During  November  and  December  we  received 
$49.83  in  our  Home  Mission  fund,  for  church  lot 
and  house.  We  now  have  SS16.80  in  cash,  and  a  lit- 
tle over  S3C0  in  subscriptions. 

Here  we  are,  a  congregation  of  forty  one  mem 
bers,  without  a  churchhouse,  without  a  minister  or 
a  deacon  among  us.  Unable,  of  ourselves,  to  build 
a  house,  w;  must  look  to  our  beloved  Brotherhood 
for  help. 


Dear  reader,  if  the  Brethren  can  succeed  in  "  city 
missions'"  with  such  unfavorable  surroundings  as 
these,  and  others  not  named,  what  might  they  ac- 
complish, with  your  help,  under  favorable  circum- 
stances? 

Send  donations  for  Baltimore  church  to  the  writ- 
er. J.  S.  Geiskr. 

itoy  Edmondson  Ave  ,  ft  n  10. 


Notes  x  from  x  out  .*  Correspondents. 

"As  cold  water  to  n  thirsty  soul,  so  Is  good  news  Irom  a  far  country." 


Cheyen 


day  in  January,  and 
Although  there  were 
•n.—L.  B.  Lake,  Jan. 


KANSAS. 
County  Church.— We  met  in  quarterly  code 
:e  letters  were  granted.    The  church  decided 
end  Bro  Geo.  H.  Sharp  as  delegate  to  District  Meeting.— 
E.  Hiltabidcl,  Atwcod,  /Cans ,  Jan,  4. 

Ozawkle The  Brethren  of  this  place  came  to  the  Moi 

leasant  schoolbousc  on   the  first    S 
preached    ten    soul-cheering   sermons 
lecessions,  much  good  ssed  was  5 
/J- 
Parsons.— Jan.  2  Bro.  S.  E.  Thompson,  of  Fredonia,  Kans., 
.me  here  and  held  meetings  one  week,  preaching,  in  all,  nine 
rmons.    Much  interest  was  manifested  during  these  meet- 
zs,  and  two  precious  souls,— a  brother  and  sister, — were  re- 
ived into  the  church  by  baptism.— Nora  Rcnch,  23//  For- 
(  Ave.,  Parscns,  /Cans.,  Jan.  p. 

Alaple  Grove Bro.  A.  C.  Snowberger  came  to  us  Dec.  25, 

and  preached  for  us  the  following  week.     He  gave  us  ten  ser- 
hich  resulted  in  five  ruing  made  willing  to  follow 
Three  were  baptized  on  New  Year's  Day  and  two  to- 
day.   One  was  received  by  letter.    Last  Saturday  was  our 
quarterly  council.     We  are  enjoying  beautiful  weaihsr.— Lau- 
1  M.  Shuey,  Rockwell  City,  /Cans  ,  Jan.j. 
Monitor. —  We  met  in  quarterly  council  on  New  Year's 
Day.    All  business  was  disposed  of  in  a  Christian  like  spir- 
The  church  voted  S'ooo  to  send  the  Messenger  to  some 
of  her  neighbors.    We  decided  to  hold  a  love  feast  May  7, 
P.M.    Our  Sunday  school  distributed  $3  70  to  the  chil- 
,  the  proceeds  of  the  same  to  be  given  to  the  Armenian 
Orphanage,    The  proceeds 


S4773   —  M.  ./.  Mishlet 


ntbly  1 


fan.  8, 

Ozawkle.— We  conven 

S,  Mohler,  of  Meriden,  Kaas.,  was  with  us.    A  call  was 

ade  for  two  brethren  to  fill  the  office  of  deacon.    The  lot 

11  on  our  worthy  brethren,  L.  H.  Replogle  and  Jacob  Kintz, 

who  were  duly  installed  into  office.    Oar  home  ministeis  are 

ducting  a  very  interesting  seties  of  meetings  at  the  Mount 

asant  schoolbouse,  four  miles  west  of  town,—//.  L,  Brant' 

tne/l,  Jan.  S. 

Walton.— Bro.  G.  M.  Lauver.  of  McPherson,  Kaos.,  came 
a  us  Dec.  2-t,  and  remained  until  Jan.  2,  preaching  eleven  ser- 
ious. As  the  words  of  Eternal  Truth  were  held  forth  to  a 
rowded  bouse  every  night,  it  was  noticeable  that  many 
ood  impressions  were  made,  and  we  trust  that  the  good  seed 
own  will  eventually  bring  forth  a  bountiful  harvest.  These 
/ere  tbc  only  meetings  we  had  here  for  six  months,  but  we 
,ave  an  evergreen  Sanday  school  with  good  attendance  and 
merest;  also  prayer  meeting  every  Friday  night  from  house 
1  house-  In  this  way  the  fourteen  members,  located  here, 
keep  alive  in  the  good  work  for  the  Master,  hoping  that  the 
will  speedily  come  when  we  may  be  able  to  do  more  and 
better.  We  very  mnch  need  an  organization  here  at  Walton. 
Daniel  Shomber,  Jan.  10. 

Lyndon.— Bro.  C.  H.  Brown,  the  evangelist,  or  missionary 
for  the  Northeastern  District  of  Kansas,  commenced  meetings 
t  Lyndon,  Dec.  i\,  and  continued  until  Jan.  1 1 ,  preaching 
twenty  four  sermons.  Two  came  oot  on  the  Lord's  side,  and 
were  buried  in  baptism.  This  is  a  mission  point.  Bro.  B;own 
was  sent  there  by  the  Mission  Board  of  Northeastern  Kansas, 
and,  by  appo;ntment  of  the  Board,  had  to  leave  just  at  the 
time  when  he  ought  to  have  remained,  as  bis  congregations 
were  first-class,  with  the  best  of  prospects  for  more  additions. 
About  a  year  ago  the  writer  commenced  having  occasional 
meetings  there,  which  have  been  kept  up  by  myself  and  oih- 
ers  to  the  present.  There  are  nine  members  living  at  that 
place.  The  "Christian"  church  kindly  gave  us  the  us:  of 
their  house,  and  the  meeings  have  principally  been  held  at 
the  request  of  Bro  J.  A.  Yearout,  wh:s3  zeal  for  the  Master's 
cause  is  untiring.  —  C.  T.  l/eckman,  Carlington,  /Cans.,  Jan.  /j. 
Kansas  City — Last  November  the  members  here  were  or- 
ganized with  one  elder,  one  minister,  ens  deacon  and  about 
forty  members.  The  next  day  two  were  baptiz:d,  Dec.  1  I 
commenced  a  series  of  doctrinal  sermons,  in  tbe  Chapel  on 
the  south  side  These  meetings  still  continue  with  excellent 
interest.  Thus  far  three  have  been  baptized.  One  was  a 
minister  from  the  Christian  Union,  along  with  his  wife.  Two 
have  made  application,  and  three,  who  had  grown  weary, 
have  been  renewed.  The  prospects  here  are  encouraging, 
and  we  hope  to  soon  have  a  bouse  of  our  own,  as  our  pres- 
ent place  of  worship  is  too  small.  After  an  experience  of  ten 
years  in  city  work,  I  am  sure  that  it  can  be  made  a  success. 
The  same  God  that  will  answer  prayers  for  the  conversion  of 
souls  in  the  country,  will  answer  them  in  the  cities.  Of  course 
there  are  many  discouragements  to  meet  and  overcome,  but  if 
we  do  the  work  in  faith,  the  Lord  will  bless  it.—/.  H.  Crist, 
Jan.  14, 


Fredonia.— Bro.  W.  B.  Sell  is  holding  forth  the  Word  of 
the  Gcspel  in  a  country  schcolhouse.  Most  of  those  who 
came  were  identified  with  other  churches,  Some  said  they 
never  heard  such  preaching.  Bro.  Sell  has  got  the  people 
to  thinking  seriously  along  the  line  of  the  Truth—  B.  F.  Mil- 

Meriden.— The  Mission  Board  of  Northeastern  Kansas  met 
in  regular  session  at  Lawrence,  Kans.,  Jan.  3,  1808.  There 
were  several  calls  for  help.  The  work  at  Kansas  City,  Kans  , 
is  promising.  They  are  now  trjing  to  make  arrangements 
by  which  they  can  secure  funds  to  build  a  meetinghouse. 
They  wculd  like  to  have  more  meetings  at  Lawrence.  There 
are  many  ca'ls  from  places  where  there  are  but  fsw  members. 
One  more  dear  soul  has  been  baptized  at  the  State  Piiion. 
Oar  missionaries  re  part  fair  interest  at  the  isolated  places  and 
at  some  places  the  prospects  are  good  for  an  ingathering. 
As  a  part  of  our  plea  to  the  members  of  our  District,  we  would 
recommend  that  each  one  read  the  article  by  Bro.  Tobias 
Hoover,  in  Gospel  Mrssingbr  of  Jan.  1,  page  11.—/.  W. 
Moseir,  Sec,  Jan.  j. 

INDIANA. 

Cedar  Lake  —Bro.  John  Killian,  from  the  Little  St.  Joe 
church,  began  meetings  here,  at  the  No.  4  schoclhouse,  Dec. 
24,  and  continued  until  Jan.  10.  There  were  large  congrega- 
tions and  a  deep  interest  felt.  Twenty-three  sermons  were 
preached.  Two  applied  for  membership,  and  will  be  bap- 
tized in  the  future.—  Cora  Dragoo,  Butler,  Ind.,Jan.  11. 

Springfield.— Bro.  Adam  Eby,  who  has  been  in  school  at 
North  Manchester,  came  home  and  gave  us  a  series  of  meet- 
ings during  the  Holidays.  He  presented  the  Gospel  very 
pla'nly.  He  is  yet  young  in  the  ministry.  The  song  service, 
conducted  by  Cassie  Hollinger,  was  enjoyable,  and  tie  meet- 
ings well  attended.— Hattie  Weaver,  Cos/>ervillc,  fnd.,Jan.  8. 

Bremen.— We  have  just  closed  a  very  interesting  series  of 
meetings,  conducted  by  Bro.  Alexander  Miller,  cf  Union  Cen- 
ter congregation.  He  preached  for  us  nineteen  excellent  ser- 
moiis.  The  mectiDgs  brgan  Christmas  n'ght  and  closed  Jan. 
g,  One  dear  sister  felt  the  need  of  a  Savior  and  was  received 
into  fellowship  by  confession  and  baptism,  Others  were  al- 
most persuaded.— Jacob  B  Parker,  Jan.  /j. 

WNlJamsport.— We  are  still  in  the  field,  working  for  the 
Master.  Our  Sunday  school  is  growing  io  interest  and  at- 
tendance. We  also  organized  a  you  eg  peop'e's  meeting  with 
sixty-three  in  attendance.  We  also  contemplate  holding  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  commencing  Jan.  15  Bro.  Wm.  Harshbar- 
ger,  from  Ladoga,  is  to  assist  us.  He  is  our  elder  in  charge 
of  this  mi<s:on  field.— D,  M.  Btubaker,  Jan.  g. 

Goshen  —Dec.  11  Bro.  P.  W.  Stuckman,  of  Nappanee,  Ind  , 
began  a  series  cf  meetings  in  Goshen,  and  continued  for  three 
weeks.  Five  were  baptized,  and  we  have  five  mnrp  apnH- 
cants  for  baptism.  Four  were  reclaimed.  The  interest  was 
good  throoghout  the  meetings,  and  the  large  hall  was  often 
taxed  to  its  full  capacity.  Tbe  members  at  this  place  seem 
to  be  much  encouraged  in  their  work  and  united  in  their  ef- 
forts in  the  Lord's  vineyard.— D.  R   Voder,  Jan.  10, 

Muncie  — Eid.  J.  W,  Rarick  preached  for  us  at  the  fore- 
noon services  yesterday,  After  the  services  we  again  re- 
paired to  the  water,  where  three  more  souls  received  the  ho- 
ly ordinance  of  Christian  baptism.  In  the  afternoon  we 
anointed  one  of  our  sisters  who,  seemingly,  is  near  death's 
door.  We  begin  our  series  of  meetings  to  morrow  evening. 
We  hope  to  have  help  from  the  churches  adjoining  the  city. 
Our  place  of  meeting  is  310  South  High  Street.  A  yard  for 
learns  is  close  by.—  George  L.  Studcbaker.Jan.  10. 

Turkey  Creek.  —  Bro.  Dorsey  Hodgden,  of  Huntington, 
Ind.,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  Gravelton 
churchhouse,  Dec.  4,  continuing  until  Dec.  26,  preaching 
twenty-sine  sermens.  The  attendance  and  interest  were 
good,  and  the  meetings  closed  with  a  large  crowd.  Although 
there  were  no  immediate  accessions,  we  feel  that  the  mem- 
bers were  greatly  strengthened  and  encouraged.  Dec.  30,  at 
I  P.  M  ,  wc  met  in  quarterly  council  in  Nappanee.  Consid- 
ab'e  business  was  disposed  of  in  a  pleasant  way. — L.  D.  (71- 
ery,  Nappanee,  Elkhart  Co.,  Ind.,  Jan.  4, 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Tenmlle.— Bro.  Jerry  Bottorff  held  a  short  s;ries  of  meet- 
ings at  the  old  brick  church,  closing  Jan.  9,  with  fair  congre- 
gations. The  weather  being  very  inclement,  not  many  mem- 
bets  could  attend.  There  were  no  accessions  to  the  church, 
but  we  believe  some  good  was  accomplished.  The  discours- 
es were  very  impressive. — Rebecca  Grable,  Beallsville,  Wash- 
ington County,  Pa.,  Jan.  10, 

Lost  Creek.— Bro.  E.  D.  Book  commenced  a  series  cf 
meetings  at  the  Cross  Reads  church  on  New  Year's  Day,  and 
continued  until  we  had  ten  sermons.  Though  Bro,  Brok  suf- 
fered very  much  from  throat  affections,  yet  be  wielded  the 
Gospel  Swotd  with  .power.  The  meetings  were  well  attended. 
Though  there  were  no  accessions,  we  believe  some  seed  fell  in 
good  ground. — /.  B.  Erey,  East  Salem,  Pa.,  Jan.  10. 

Newburg.— B.-o.  S.  M.  Stouffer  is  preaching  a  series  of 
sermons  in  the  Ridge  churchhouse,  and  although  ihe  nights 
are  dark  and  the  roads  extremely  muddy,  the  meetings  are 
growing  in  interest  and  attendance.  Each  evening  a  half 
hour  is  devoted  to  song  service  which  is  greatly  enjoyed  by 
the  young  people,  Bro.  Hollinger,  of  Washington,  will  hold 
some  meetings  in  Sbippensburg  soon—  Wealthy  A.  Burkhold- 
er.Jan.14. 


Jan.  22,  18 


THE   GOSPEL   IMHESSEnsTCKER,. 


Chlqties—We  received  by  baptism,  duriDg  the  year  1S97, 
thirty-one  sou's,  and  by  letter  nineteen,  and  reclaimed  one. 
Seven  of  our  number  passed  over  the '"chilly  waters;"  ten  re- 
ceived letters,  and  two  were  disowned,  making  a  gain  of  twen- 
ty members.  One  midster  was  elected  during  the  year.— 
Henry  S.  Zug,  Jan  S. 

BlgSwatara.-Bro.  Hiram  Gibble,  of  Lancaster  Coonty,  Pa., 
commenced  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  Hanover  Dais  church- 
house,  Dec.  24,  and  preached  for  us  every  night,  Christmas 
and  Sunday  raorniDgs  included,  until  Jan.  6.  We  had  large 
congr  gations.  Good  and  soul  cheering  sermons  were  brought 
forth.  Seven  have  made  application  for  baplism.— Dorothy 
J.  Aungil,  Hoernentown,  Pa.,  Jan.  8. 

Dunnings  Creek.— On  last  Tue-day  evening  we  closed  a 
very  interesting  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by  Bro.  David 
T.  Tetweiler,  cf  Salemville,  Pa,  who  came  here  on  Christ- 
mas and  preached  thirteen  soul-cheering  sermons.  A  more 
interesting  meeting,  I  think,  was  never  he'd  here.  Although 
there  were  no  accessions,  lasting  impressioas  were  made. 
These  meetings  were  held  in  the  Holsinger  meetinghouse. 
We  have  three  regular  places  for  preaching  during  the  win- 
ter, and  there  are  other  places  in  our  congregation  where 
calls  are  made,  but,  on  account  of  not  having  houses  of  wor- 
ship, and  the  ministerial  force  being  weak,  those  points  have 
to  be  neglected.  God  speed  the  day  when  we  can  do  more 
for  our  dear  Master!— Levi  Rogers,  Ryot,  Pa  ,  Dec.  g. 
CALIFORNIA. 
Covlna.— Jan.  1  we  convened  in  quarterly  council.  Pro. 
Edmund  Forney  and  Jacob  Wine,  of  Illinois,  and  Elias 
Smehzer,  of  Indiana,  were  with  ui  in  our  meeting.  Two  rrin- 
isteis  and  four  deacons  wer^  chosen.  Bro.  David  Hollinger, 
of  North  Manchester,  Ind,,  gave  us  an  excellent  sermc  11  on 
Sunday  morning.  Oj  Tuesday  evening,  at  7  P.  M.,  h;  will 
begin  a  Bible  school  at  this  place.— Clarence  Overholtzer, 
Jan  4. 

Egan.— Oar  love  feast  cc:utred  on  the  evening  of  Dec.  25. 
Ministeri  from  abroad  were  A,  Hutchison,  J.  W.  Melzger  and 
Edmund  Forney.  Bro.  Forney  officiated,  Bro.  A.  Hutchi- 
son continued  the  meetings  til!  Jan.  2.  Many  good  impres- 
sions were  made.  We  met  in  quarterly  council  Jan.  1.  Bro. 
S.  E.  Yoder  was  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of  the  minis- 
try. We  reorganized  our  Sunday  school  again  for  ihe  next 
six  months.—  G.  W.  Priscr,  Hemet,  Riverside  Co.,  Cal.,  Jan.  j. 
Lordsburg.—  Our  quarterly  council  was  held  Jan.  3.  Sev- 
eral visiting  brethren  were  with  us  from  the  East,  Among 
the  number  were  Bro.  Hollinger,  of  North  Manchester,  and 
Bro.  Edmund  Forney.  Since  our  elder  was  absent,  Bro.  For- 
ney was  chosen  moderator.  The  bnsiness  passed  off  pleas- 
antly. One  letter  was  granted  and  six  leceived.  Bro.  J.  C. 
Whitmef  was  elected  to  the  office  of  deacon.  Bro.  Andrew 
Hutchison  begins  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  College  Chapel 
on  Sunday,  Jan.  q.—A.  Overholtzcr,  Jan.  4, 

Los  Angeles — The  church  at  this  place  met  in  quaiterly 
council  Saturday,  Jan  8.  We  held  the  regular  yearly  ele 
cf  Sunday  school  officers.  Seveial  members  were  added  to 
the  church  by  letter.  Since  our  last  report,  six  more 
united  by  baptism,  making  in  a'l  nice,  while  Bro.  Hutcl 
was  with  us.  Tie  Mission  Board  has  built  a  house  of 
ship  at  the  place  where  the  mission  schcol  is  located,  which 
makes  it  much  more  desirable  for  continuing  the  work. 
Preaching  services  aie  also  held  at  this  f  lace.  There  is  plen- 
ty of  room  for  good,  active  workers,  and  we  hope  that  those 
who  think  of  coming  to  this  State,  will  join  us  in  the,  cly.—L. 
C.HosfeldtJan  13. 

TENNESSEE. 
Mount  Pleasant.  —  Bro.  N.  N.  Garst,  of  Pleasant  Hill, 
Tenn.,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  at  our  church  on 
Christmas  Day,  and  continued  until  Jan.  I,  preaching  about 
thirteen  sermons.  Though  Bro.  Gatst  is  young  in  the  minis- 
try, he  does  not  fail  to  declare  the  Word  of  God  in  its  purity. 
Seven  were  added  to  the  church, — two  by  baptism,  one  re 
claimed,  two  applicants  for  baptism  and  two  yet  to  be  re- 
claimed at  our  next  church  meeting.—  Fannie  />'.  Smith,  Soli- 
tude,  Hawkins  Co.,  Tenn  ,  Jan.  4. 

Blizzard.— I  went  on  a  mission  of  love  Dec.  1,  to  Hawkins 
and  Granger  Coanties,  Tenn.,  and  Lee  County,  Va.  We  had 
forty-two  meetngf,  preached  at  eight  places.  Good  attention 
was  given  to  the  Word  of  God,  and  we  were  well  treated  by 
all.  Seven  received  the  Word,  and  were  made  willing,  by 
the  Holy  Spirit,  to  obey  the  Truth  and  be  baptized.  I  get 
home  Dec.  25.  On  Christmas  Day  we  had  meeting  at  the 
Knob  Creek  church.  Two  were  baptized.— George  C.  Bow- 
man, Washington  County,  Tenn  ,  Jan.  11, 

New  Hope.  —  We  now  have  eighteen  members  living  in 
the  bounds  of  this  church.  We  have  three  ministers, — two  in 
the  first  degree  and  one  in  the  second.  Bro.  James  Harp,  who 
recently  moved  to  our  place  from  Paulding  County,  Ohio,  is 
in  the  second  degree.  Brethren,  des;ring  to  come  south,  will 
find  it  to  their  advantage  to  visit  this  part  of  the  South,  as 
there  are  different  places  in  West  Tennessee,  where  Breth- 
ren are  locating  and  churches  will  be  built  up,  so  that  Breth- 
ren certainly  can  find  conditions  to  suit  them. — A,  W,  Oren, 
Lankjord,  Tenn.,  Jan.  S. 

MISSOURI. 
Mineral  Creek.— Oar  Spe:ial  Bible  Term,  conducted  by 
brethren  C.  E  Arnold  and  E.  Frantz,  both  of  McPherson,  Kans  , 
was  a  success,  We  believe  that  it  is  much  better  to  spend 
Christmas  week  in  a  Bible  school,  than  in  Holiday  visiting  atd 
financial  pm  suits.— Fred  Culfi,  Leeton,  Mo.,  Jan.  3,  ' 


Falrvlew.— J*n.  8  we  met  in  church  council.  The  business 
was  adjusted  in  a  Christian  way.  Two  were  received  by  let- 
ter, and  one  letter  was  granted.  It  was  decided  to  have  a  Bi- 
ble class  at  the  church  once  a  week.  Oa  Sunday,  at  it  A. 
M„  Bro.  Abrarn  Tyson  preacted.  After  preaching  one  Un- 
der lamb  came  out  on  the  side  of  the  Lord.  Then  we  went 
to  the  water-side,  where  nine  young  persons,  that  had  united 
with  us  at  a  previous  meeting,  were  buried  with  Chi  1st  in  bap- 
tism.— Nannie  Harman,  Denloiu,  Mo„Jan.  10. 

Orand  Va'ley.-On  the  evening  of  Jan.  1,  the  members  met 
for  onr  quarterly  council  in  Bro.  D.  M.  Click's  residence. 
Bro.  Click  presided.  All  business  was  done  i  1  a  Christian 
manner.  Officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were  elected  as  fol- 
lows: Sister  Etta  Long,  Clerk;  Bro.  T  O.  Click,  Treasurer; 
Bro.  Howard  Long,  Solicitor;  and  the  writer  as  news  corres- 
pondent and  solicitor  for  mis  ioLary  funds  It  ii  the  desire 
and  prayer  of  all,  that  any  Brethren  traveling  through  here, 
by  way  of  Denver  and  Salt  Lake,  sbould  s»top  c  ff  and  visit  us, 
and,  if  ministers,  preach  for  us.  By  notifying  a  few  da>s 
previous,  Bro.  D.  M.  Click,  Grand  Junction,  or  H.  H.  Winger, 
Palisade,  Colo,  you  will  be  met  at  the  train.—  H.  if.  Winder, 
Palisade,  Colo,  Jan. 3. 

Chivington.  —  Bro.  Geo.  E,  Studebaker  began  preaching 
at  the  Chivington  schoolhouse  Jan  2,  and  continued  each 
evening  during  the  week,  He  also  precched  on  Sunday,  Jan. 
9,  morning  and  evening-ten  sermons  in  a  1,  Tic  doctrine 
cf  the  Brethren  had  never  been  preached  in  Chivington,  there- 
fore it  was  new  to  the  people  here  Bro.  Studebaker  dis- 
tributed a  number  of  tracts  and  also  5. me  copies  of  Messen- 
ger No,  49.  The  attendance  was  very  good,  the  people 
seeued  much  interested,  and  we  trust  that  tte  s:ed  sown  may 
bring  forth  much  fiuit!  Bro.  Studtbaker  was  well  phased 
with  the  people  here,  ard  especially  wi  h  the  large  attendance 
and  great  inteiea  the  young  men  took  in  the  meetings.  The 
few  members  at  this  place  were  greatly  siruigihencil  and 
bui'.t  up.— Lizzie  Shoemaker,  Jan.  10 


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NORTH  DAKOTA. 

Red  River.— On  Sunday  evening  we  closed  an  interesting 
series  of  meetings  of  two  weeks'  duration,  conducted  by  the 
home  m'nisters.  The  attendance  and  interest  were  gcod 
throughout.  Our  Scandinavian  friends  attended  well.  The 
wea'htr  and  roads  were  fi-  e  all  through.  Our  Sunday  school 
closed  with  the  old  year,  with  an  average  attendance  of  twen- 
ty-nine for  the  fourth  quarter.— D.  W.  WclJ,  Moyville,  N. 
Dak ,  Jan.  11. 

Sweetwater  Lake.— We  met  in  regular  quarterly  council 
Jan.  6.  We  had  a  good  attendance  and  a  pleas:-nt  meeting. 
Considerable  business  came  before  the  meeting,  but  was  dis- 
posed of  to  the  :a  isfaction  of  all  present,  Seven  letters  of 
membership  were  granted,  and  six  were  received  by  Mter. 
Among  them  was  Bro.  John  Brooks  and  family,  he  being  a 
minister  in  the  second  degree.  His  help  is  much  needed 
here,  in  this  new  field.  Our  elder,  J.  C.  Seiberr,  not  being 
pres;nt,  Bro.  S.  N.  Eversole,  by  request,  acted  as  moderator 
of  the  meeting.— Isaac  Wagoner,  Crary,  N.  Dak.,  Jan  8, 

Enterprise.— The  church  at  this  place  seems  to  be  in  a 
very  prosperous  condition,  Nearly  a'l  of  our  ministers  have 
gone  east  for  the  winter,  leaving  all  the  work  for  the  few 
that  remain  at  home.  I  am  glad  to  say  they  are  doing  their 
work  well.  I  was  made  to  feel  very  sorry  when  we  bad  to 
close  oar  Sunday  school.  I  pray  that  the  day  may  not  be  far 
distant  when  we  can  have  an  evergreen  Sunday  school.  The 
Enterprise  meetinghouse  is  situated  eight  and  one-half  miles 
west  of  Cando,  Four  years  ago  you  could  not  see  a  house 
anywhere,  while  now  you  will  have  to  travel  a  good  ways,  to 
get  out  of  sight  cf  houses,— Clara  Alsladt,  Cando,  N,  Dak., 
Jan.  10. 

OHIO. 

Springfield.— Eld,  Noah  Longanecker  closed  a  one  week's 
series  of  meetings  in  the  Springfield  church,  Summit  County, 
Ohio.  Bro.  Longanecker  is  an  able  expounder  of  the  Gospel, 
—Jucob  Mishler,  Mogadore,  Jan.  14. 

Covington. — Bro.  D.  S.  Filbrun's  meetings  in  our  town 
closed  on  the  evening  of  Dec.  2t  with  a  good  interest  and 
a  well  fiiled  house.  Two  were  baptized  during  the  meetings, 
and  three  since  the  meetings  closed.  In  all,  we  have  had  eight 
idditions.— /.  J.  Roscnberger,  Jan.  7. 

Painter  Creek.— For  some  time  our  Sunday  school  has 
aken  up  one  special  collection  each  quarter  for  some  be- 
levolent  purpose,  raising  S3982  the  past  year,  besides  the 
egular  donat  o.is.  All  hearts  seem  to  be  touched,  at  pres- 
ent, in  sympathy  wiih  the  intense  suffering  and  starvation  of 
the  Caban  patriots.— Levi  Minnie k,  Jan.  10. 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Beaver  Run.— Bro.  Jonas  Fike  began  meetings  for  as  at 
tbe  Union  scboolhouse  Nov.  29,  and  continued  till  Dec.  10. 
Brc  Fike  preached  with  power,  and  the  people  gave  marked 
attention.  While  there  were  no  accessions,  surely  much  good 
has  been  done,  I  am  now  engaged  in  a  series  of  meetings  in 
Frederick  City,  Md,  I  began  Jan,  9.— Geo.  S.  Arnold,  Bur- 
lington,  W,  Va.Jan.io. 


IOWA. 

Oarriaon.—  Our  series  of  meetings  closed  Jan.  2,  with  one 
addition.  This  church  has  been  strengthened  very  much  dur- 
ing Bro  Htpes'  labors  here.  He  did  his  part  well.— Lizzie  R. 
Pugh,  Jan.  4. 

Dallas  Center.  —  Jan.  1  Bro.  S.  Goughnour  commenced 
preaching  for  us.  The  same  evening  one  ycurg  man  applied 
for  admission  to  the  church.  Baptism  was  deferred  till  the 
following  Wednesday  evening,  after  services,  when  six  young 
men,  all  but  one  in  their  teens,  were  received  by  baptism, 
while  the  moon  was  shining  brightly  over  all.  It  was  an  im- 
pressive scene.  Five  of  them  were  from  one  Sunday  schcol 
class.  One  sisttr  was  reclaimed.  Our  meetings  will  close 
Jan.  12  — Geo.  B.  Royer,Jan.  10. 

NEBRASKA. 

Kearney— Eld.  H.  W,  Strickler,  from  Lnraine.  I.!.,  closed 
a  two  weeks'  meeting  in  tie  Wood  River  scboolhouse,  Jan.  2. 
The  congregations  were  quite  small,  He  gave  us  some  fotd 
for  thought.  He  went  from  here  to  Imperial,  Nebr,  Eld.  J. 
L,  Suavely,  now  working  under  the  auspices  of  the  Mission 
Board,  stopped  me  night  with  us  recently,  while  on  his  way 
to  the  Northwest.— E.  M.  Snavcly,  Jan.  7, 
ILLINOIS. 

Cerrogordo.— Our  quarterly  council  convened  Dec.  30,  at 
which  an  election  was  held  for  a  minister,  and  resulted  in  ihe 
calling  of  two,  instead  of  one,  The  lot  fell  on  breth:en  J.  M. 
Shively  and  W,  A.  Gara,  Tfaey  have  not  yet  been  installed, 
Sunday  school  officers  were  appointed  for  the  first  six  months 
of  this  j  ear.— R.  E.  Burger,  Jan.  6. 

Pleasant  Hill.— The  Bible  School  at  Pleasant  Hill,  conduct- 
ed by  brethren  Chas.  Gibson  and  Ji  In  Leer  was  a  proaounced 
success.  Sixty  scholars  were  enrolled.  The  meetings,  con- 
ducted hy  Eld.  M.  Flory,  continue  with  growing  interest, 
At  this  date  six  have  been  received  by  baptlsu,  and  others  nre 
near  the  kingdom.  In  addition  to  these  results,  the  member- 
ship is  being  established  in  the  frith  of  the  Gospel,  thus 
brightening  the  prospects  of  the  church.— James  Wirt,  Vir- 
den,  III.,  Jan.  12. 

WASHINGTON. 
Centralia — Nov.  21  we  commenced  meetings  in  Klickitat 
County,  Wash.  I  preached  forty-three  sermons  at  three  pla- 
ces and  held  one  council  and  one  prayer  meeting.  There 
were  no  additions  to  the  cburrh,  but  there  were  some  who, 
we  ttink,  were  almost  persuaded.  At  our  council  the  Brcih-, 
ren  decided  to  build  a  churchhousc  next  summer.  We  found" 
the  members  alive  to  tbe  work.  What  they  need  most  is  a  res- 
ident minister.  The  work  now  is  carried  on  by  yy;  District 
Mission  Board.  We  expect  to  commence  meetings  at  Grand 
Mound,  tomorrow.  There  is  free  Government  land  in  Klick- 
itat County,  near  where  they  expect  to  build  the  church.— 7, 
U.  G.  Stiverson,  Oysterville,  Wash.,  Jan  S. 
OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 
Mount  Hope.— An  inte:estirg  series  of  mee'ings,  lasting 
three  weeks,  has  just  closed  at  this  p'ace.  Bro.  N.  S  Gripe 
did  the  preaching  with  much  earnestness.  Six  were  baptized, 
and  others  were  much  imprers:d.  Our  quarterly  council  was 
Dec.  30.  We  elected  Charley  Highland  as  our  Sunday  school 
Superintendent.  Our  Elder,  J.  O.  Brubaker,  has  not  been 
able  to  do  any  preaching  for  some  lime,  on  ac  ount  of  hoarse- 
ness. Bro.  F.  B,  Landts  has  been  doing  some  preaching  in 
the  mission  field  of  ttis  District.  There  are  many  calls  for 
the  Gospel  in  this  Dislrict,  and  only  a  few  to  do  tbe  w.  rk.— 
E.  L.  Brubaker,  Acton,  Okla.  T.Jan,  10, 
IDAHO. 
Nez  Perce.— On  Saturday,  Jan.  I,  we  te'.d  our  first  quarter- 
ly council.  We  bad  a  very  pleasant  meeting  and  business 
was  disposed  of  very  satisfactorily.  We  decided  10  hold  reg- 
ular preaclrng  services  in  town  every  Sunday  morning,  at  it 
A.  M.,  prayer  meeting  each  Wednesday  evening,  and  cong 
service  on  Saturday  evening.  The  winter,  thus  far,  has  teen 
very  mild,— the  coldest  weather  being  two  degrees  above  zsro. 
The  temperature  averages  about  twenty  degrees  above  ze-o, 
— John  M.  Cox,  Jan  3. 

OREGON. 
Rogue  River.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  at  the  Talent 
churchhouse  on  New  Year's  Day,  with  Eld.  David  Browcr 
presiding.  All  business  was  pleasantly  disposed  of.  Ne?/ 
officers  for  tbe  coming  year  were  appointed.  One  member  was 
added  to  the  church  by  letter,— a  mute.  We  bave  now  fifty- 
seven  members.  We  have  changed  our  Sunday  schcol  from 
three  to  ten  o'clock.  We  have  preaching  every  Sunday  at 
eleven  o'clock, — Mary  Webster,  Talent,  Ore.,  Jan.  7, 
LOUISIANA. 
Uayden. —  Jan.  4  Bro.  Wm,  Bingaman,  of  Laplace,  111., 
accompanied  by  his  niece.  Sister  Susie  Bingaman,  and  Bro. 
S.  A.  Honberger,  came  here  to  give  bis  Bible  Land  talks  and 
t  lessons.  He  closed  to-night  a  s:ries  of  seven  talks,  to 
large  and  appreciative  audiences.  He  also  gave  us  a  good 
sermon  on  Sunday.  Bro.  Honberger  gave  a  good  talk  on  Sun- 
day evening.  We  hope  these  efforts  will  do  much  good!— E. 
W.Pratt,  Jan.  II. 

ARKANSAS. 
Tornmore.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  Jan.  1,  with  Bro. 
J.  W.  Gephart  as  moderator.  Tbe  business  was  disposed  of 
with  the  best  of  feelings.  We  raised  some  money  for  Gener- 
al Mission  work.  Brethren  Gepbart  and  D.  G.  Buckrosn  did 
some  good  preaching.  Some  are  almost  ready  to  unite  vith 
us.  The  meeting  closed  with  good  interest.— P.  W.  Daniel, 
Curtis,  Ark.,  Jan,  8, 


THE   GOSPEL   HyEESSEnSTGEE.. 


Mission  Receipts  for  November. 


Wheeler,  Thomas,  lOots, ;  K.  1 .  Keni, 

Iowa  -Sister  L.  Chapman  nut!  daughter, 

Adcl  $5  I.";  <i  slater,  ivester,  |5j  total 

Md- The  Lord's  tenth, 

Misn.-A  brother  aucl  Bister,  Greenlenf- 

Ari/.  —aioodale  cliurob, 

KANB.— PflBOOdy  3.  *..  $1.15;  Conwny  8,  H„ 
|I; Monitors. 8., il;  Claytte  Weirlck,  Wleh- 

LA.-C.rolloe  Do  Haven,  Roanot",  20Cts.; 
Lewis  Mliinlx,  Uontioke  0  els.;  Eftrl  Mln- 
nls,  Roanoke,  7  em.;  Lnlo  HonuiTger,  Kaon- 
oko.  07  oontB;  total 

Mo.— Cora,  stump,  Nevada 

Total, Jl 

INDIA  MISSION. 
[Used  only  lor  the  mission  In  India.) 
P\.— Amanda  Roddy,  JolinBtown,  *2;  Bit- 
ter Mary  E.  Klnzle.  Now  Paris,  *5;  D  G. 
BlieHenborger,  MoAlllstervillo,  Jl;  u  sister, 
llnrl'-yi'V  ill>',   Hi    ■'•  M-  Kaeny,   Port   AUe- 


jm,  -Kiiamrl    \  Alley  Ch„  85  ( 

Fair   Vlow  i-H.i  * 

juvenile  H.  s.  o!089,  Oart  t^eek   H.   S.,   |i; 

total, ■ ' 

OHIO  —  \  Bistvr,  Urt.vion,  r.u  i-ts.;  dlara  A. 
Holloway.  Zai.eBvllle,  f!;  Wolf  Creek  B.  *., 
S7  01;  Lower  Twin  oh.,  15.00;  ri  Muter,  ( -nss- 
town,  |1;  Amos  Homer,  New  Uedlord,  |1; 
Lafayette  ohnroli,  I1.S6;  total 

Iowa.-  Dry  Greek  h.  8,.  16.06;  Franklin 
i   innty  B.S.,8TotB.;  I'pprr  Iowa  River  cli., 

111.— Susie  Forney,  Chicago,  |1;  Arnold's 
Grove  th.,  *■">;  Annelta  Yarger,  OrangeYllla, 
•;'■■  a  sister,  SutBonvlUe,  II;  total, 

ASA.— B,  J.  Keherand  wife,  Hollywood,*!); 


Why  are  the  means  not  forthcoming?    Is  it  be 

;e  of  unbelief?    If  so,  what  is  the  cause  o 

unbelief?     Four    thousand    dollars    look 

big,  but  when  apportioned  to  80,000  members 

leaves  but  a  nickle 


i  not  pay  that?    How  many  can  pay  r 


the  individual.    Who 
c? 


Geo.  Buciiek. 


Mechanic  Grove,  Pa.,  Jan 


A  Worthy  Example. 

I  commenced  to  take  the  Gospel  Visitor 
in  ,g57i-_SOoii  after  I  united  with  the  church. 
I  continued  while  it  was  published  under  that 
name,  and  also  after  it  was  changed  to  the 
Christian  Family  Companion.  I  also  took  the 
Pilgrim.  I  acted  as  agent  for  the  three  publi- 
cations, and  also  subscribed  for  the  Brethnn 
at  Work.  Now,  since  the  Messenger  is  our 
only  paper,  I  think  it  excels  them  all.  I  send 
it  to  every  member  in  our  congregation  that 
says  he  wants  to  read  it,  and  is  not  able  to  pay 
for  it.  I  also  send  it  to  some,  not  members, 
where  I  think  it  will  do  good. 

John  B.  Miller. 

New  Paris,  Pa.,  Dec.  2Q. 

i  amazing  amount  of  good  might  be 
!  there  a  number  of  this  kind  of 
agents  in  every  community!     Tiiey  would  get 
the  Messenger  into  the  hands  of  thousan 
of  the  poor  members,  as  well  as  those  who  '. 
not  members. — Ed.1 

From  the  Manassas  Church,  Prince 
William  Co.,  Va. 


[embers    attended    our    meetings    regularly. 

/e  were  not  a  little  surprised  to  learn  that 

leir  minister  had  failed  to  preach  to  them  the 

whole  truth,  as  we  have  it  revealed  to  us  in  the 

Bible,  and  yet  they  had  been  paying  him  to 

preach    to   them   what  they  thought  was  the 

ruth.    A  goodly  number  of  the  people  of  that 

cinity  can  not  read,  hence  they  are  the  more 

sily  kept  in  the  dark. 

But  the  enemy  was  not  idle.  The  next  thing 
:  tried,  was  to  circulate  a  report  that  the 
eetings  were  discontinued,  and  that  we  had 
>ne  home.  The  language  of  Paul  to  Ely 
{Acts  13:    10)  would  apply  favorably  to 

but  one  thing  proved  to  be  true,  that,  if 
God  be  for  us,  who  can  be  against  us?    Bio, 
Light  gave  the  people  sound  doctrine,  witt 
ch  power  that  men  and  women  were  madt 
say,  "  We  never  heard  it  on  this  fashion." 
We  also  distributed   the    Brethren's  tracts 
and  did  some  visiting  through  the  day.    Tak 
ill  into  consideration,  our  meetings  were  1 
ess,  and,  by  judicious  management,  mud: 
good  may  yet  be  done.    After  holding  fifteen 
leetings,  we  left  for  home  on  Friday,  Jan.  7. 
Samuel  W.  Taylor. 
Spring  Grove,  Pa.,  Jan.  10. 


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Total ' 

SUMMARY, 

1S77.  1 

World-wldo  Missions, 11,238  09      I 

Asia  Minor  Mission 51  « 

India  Mission 120  61 

Smyrna  Orphanage, 171  M 

Washing""  Mi-i'tl»(jhou30 8* 

Book  and  Tract  Fund, 380  00 

India  Orphauage 18-103 

Mbssbnukii  Poor  Fund 28-15 

Sufferers  In  India, 178  07 

Number  of  tracts  Bent  out, .  .      48,978  21,300 

CORRECTION  FOR  OCTOBER. 
In  the  World-Wide  Mission  Fund  the  Ji'.TQ  cred- 
ited  to   S.    H.    Workman,    Ankneytown,    Ohio, 
should    have    been    credited    to   the   Owl   Creel; 
church,  Ohio.  _  _ 

QKB.  MIBB.  AND  TBAOT  OOK. 


took  up  a  collection 
lission,  amounting  to  S9.46.  W 
Christmas    service    at    Cannon 


Thanksgiving 
for  the  home  mission 
lso    had 
Branch. 
Our  regular  quarterly  council  occurred  Jan. 
Next  day  our  Sunday  school    went   into 
winter  quarters,— I  am  sorry  to  say,— for  three 
iths.    We  had  addresses  by  Bro.  W.  E. 
ip,  of  Maryland,  and  our  young  minister, 
W.  K.  Conner.     To-morrow  night  we  expect 
meet  to  organize  a  Bible  class. 
One  of   our  Sunday    school   teachers    gave 
mes  to  seven  girls,  and  they  brought  back 
.co,  which  they  will  give  to  the  Washington 
ission.     This  amount  will  be  swelled  to  prob- 
.    Two  of  the  little  sisters 
If  little  girls  can  do  so 
not  do  if  we  would  try? 
eek  we  had  the  pleasure 
nding  a  Bible  Normal,  at  Brentsville, 
Va.,  under  the  auspices  of  the  faculty  of  the 
"Prince  William  Normal."     Bro.  Albert  Hoi- 
linger,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  was  present,  anc 
gave  several  interesting  talks.    The  last  nigh* 
ten-minute  talks  were  given  on  eight  live  top- 
ics,    interspersed     by     singing.     Bro.     Roop 
preached  for  us  at  Bradley,  on  Sunday,  J; 
J- 
Manassas,  Ya.Jan.5. 


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UELP.— At  Dayton,  Ohio,  Dec.  22,  1897.  Bro. 
John   Delp,  aged  32  years,   1   month  and  21 
days.     Bro.  Delp  met  his  death  at  the  hands  of 
colored  man,  who  struck  him  over  the  head 
ith  a  shovel.     Bro.  Delp  was  at  his  work  as  a 
loulder,  with  the  Dayton  Malleable  Iron  Com- 
pany, and  was  stooping  over  a  flask,  when  he 
ed  the  fatal  blow.     He  leaves  a  wife  and 
nail  children.    The  negro  is  in  the  hands 
of  the  law.     Services,  Dec.  24,  by  brethren  W. 
I.  T.  Hoover  and  J.  W.  Beeghly,  from  1   Sam. 
,.  3.  Elmer  Wombold. 

MYERS.— At  Burbank,  Cal.,  Dec.  28,  1897, 
Reuben  Aldus  Myeis,  son  of  Orville  and  Ella 
Myers,  aged  4  years,  5  months  and  2  days. 
Services  by  the  writer.  P.  S.  Myers. 

ODELL.— Two  miles  north  of  Bassett,  Iowa, 
Dec.  20.,  1897,  of  lung  fever  and  jaundice, 
friend  Charles  B.  Odell,  aged  47  years.  De- 
ceased came  to  this  country  sixteen  years  ago, 
from  New  York.  Thirteen  years  ago  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Jennie  Granger.  To  them  four  chil- 
dren were  born,— two  sons  and  two  daughters, 
One  son  preceded  him  to  the  grave.  Services 
by  Eld.  Charles  Poland,  of  the  M.  E.  church, 
from  1  Cor.  15:  55-  J-  H-  Huffman. 

BRUMBAUGH.— Near  Kent,  Ohio,  Dec.  18, 
1897,  Jacob  Brumbaugh,  aged  61  years,  8 
months  and  14  days.  He  left  his  home  in 
good  health,  and  went  to  the  station,  to  take  the 
train  to  go  to  Ravenna.  Soon  after  the  train 
started,  he  died  on  the  seat.  The  train  was 
id  backed  down  to  the  station, 
body  was  left,  and  examined  by 
eral  doctors,  who  claimed  his  death  came 
by  heart  failure.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  four 
children.     Services  by  Bro.  David  Young,  as- 

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CORL.— In  the  Yellow  River  church,  Mar- 
shall Co.,  Ind.,  Dec.  10,  1897,  Sister  Mary 
Corl,  aged  66  years,  4  months  and  5  days.  She 
born  in  Columbiana  County,  Ohio,  Aug. 


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Our  Stop  In  Washington. 


Between  Christmas  and  New  Y 

H.   Beahm   and    family,    at    Brentst 
During  the  week   Bible   lessons  we 
which  proved  beneficial  to  me.    On 
home,  on  Jan.  I,  we  stopped  off  a  half-day 
Washington,  by  request  of  Bro.  Albert  Hollin 
ger,   the   minister  in  charge  of   the   mission 
During  our  stay  two  sisters  were  baptized. 

I  was  favorably  impressed  with  the  simplici 
ty  which  the  members  manifested.  I  do  not 
mean  that  there  is  no  room  for  improvement, 
that  room  is  everywhere,  and  is  the  largest 
the  world,— but  when  a  "  little  one,"  like  my- 
self, comes  to  the  chief  city  of  a  great  nation, 
and  is  so  heartily  greeted  by  the  members 
there.  I  think  there  must  be  some  primitive 
Christianity  in  that  place.  There  is  a  strong 
desire  in  the  Washington  church  for  the  plain 
country  members  to  associate  and  worship  with 
them.    This  is  as  it  should  be. 

Their  need  is  a  meetinghouse,  owned  by  the 
Brethren,  but  sufficient  means  are  not  at  hand 
yet.  It  really  seems  "  penny-wise  and  pound- 
foolish  "  to  pay  nearly  S;oo  a  year  for  rent, 
simply  for  want  of  a  sanctuary  of  our  own, 


From  Cumberland  County,  N.  J. 

Because  of  a  call  from  friend  Oscar  and  Sis- 
ter Piersons,  living  in  Cumberland  County,  N. 
J.,  the  Home  Mission  Board  of  Eastern  Penn- 
decided  to  send  Eld.  H.  E.  Light,  of 
Mountville,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.  Sister  Pier- 
is  the  only  member  here,  and  lives  fifty 
s  or  more  from  any  organized  church  of 
Brethren.  She  made  arrangements  for 
holding  meetings  in  a  schoolhouse  close  by,  by 
permission  of  the  school  board. 

Dec.  25,  by  request,  I  accompanied  Eld.  H 
E.  Light  to  the  home  of  Sister  Piersons.  Hei 
husband,  Mr.  Piersons,  has  been  an  invalid  for 
ten  years,  and  unable  to  leave  his  bed.  The 
first  appointment  was  made  for  the  same  ev- 
ening, at  7  o'clock,  but  a  sudden  change  in  the 
arrangements  took  place  only  two  hours  before 
meeting  time.  A  messenger  was  sent,  by  au- 
thority of  the  school  board,  to  inform  us  that 
of  the  house  had  been  denied  us  by 
the  school  board,  they  having  been  influenced 
by  a  certain  minister  of  some  other  denomina- 

We,  however,  had  come  to  stay,  and  we  did 
stay.  Friend  and  Sister  Piersons  opened  then 
had  meetings  at  any  rate 
The  congregations  were  small  at  first,  but  con 
tinued  to  grow,  buth  in  numbers  and  in  inter- 
est, night  after  night,  until  we  had  good  con 
gregations. 

Notwithstanding  the  minister,  above  re 
ferred  to,  also  opened  meeting 


cussed  with  ability  and  cle; 

matrimonial- 


SWITZER— BUSTLE—  At  the  residence 
of  Mr.  Dodd,  near  Liberty,  Va.,  Dec.  26,  1897, 
by  the  undersigned,  Bro.  Chas.  E.  Switzer  and 
Georgia  V,  Bustle,  all  of  Fauquier  Coun- 
ty Va.  Andrew  Chambers. 

GARBER  —  WAMPLER.  —  Near  Green, 
mount,  Va.,  Dec.  23,  1807,  Bro.  Samuel  L.  Gar 
ber  and  Sister  Maggie  A.  Wampler. 

J.  \V.  Wampler. 

HAYS— CARNAHAN— At  the  residence  of 
the  bride's  parents,  Jan.  2,  1808,  by  the  under- 
signed, Bro.  Charles  Hays  arid  Miss  Nora 
Carnahan,  both  of  Fandon,  111. 

S.  S.  Hummer. 


uel  Corl,  Aug.  15,  1850.    To  this  union  were 
children— three    sons    and   four 
daughters.    Services  by   Bro.    J.    H.    Sellers, 
from  Rev.  14:  13.  Alice  Yoder. 

BECKNELL.— In  the  Bethel  church,  Mil- 
ford,  Ind.,  Dec.  27,  1S97,  bister  Ufcta.  My- 
mer  Becknell,  aged  80  years  and  9  days.  She 
was  born  in  Somerset  County,  Pa.,  Dec.  18, 
1817.  She  was  a  member  of  the  church  for  fif- 
ty-four years.  For  a  number  of  years  she  was 
an  invalid.  Services  by  Eld.  W.  R.  Deeter, 
from  Rev.  14:13- 

Chauncey  I.  Weyb 


FALLEN  t  ASLEEP 


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1   vvl.L.  1.  . 


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tile  away,  a  goqdly  number  of  his  best  I  yo 


LAYERING— In  the  Salem  congregat 
Stark  Co.,  Ind.,  Dec.   14.  1897,  of  diphthe 
Lydia  Alice  Lavering,  aged  10  years,  8  months 
4  days.    Deceased  was  the  daughter  of 
Brother  and  Sister  John  Lavering.    Services 
by  Bro.  Abraham  Ferrcl,  from  I  Cor.  15:  55. 
LOVINA  ZuMBAUGH. 

FLANNERY— Within  the  limits  of  the  Bau 
go  church,  Ind.,  Dec.  12,  1897,  Sister  Cora  E 
(Sailor)  Flannery,  aged  22  years,  5  months  and 
23  days.  She  united  with  the  church  in  th< 
spring  of  1893.  She  was  married  afew  months 
before  her  death,  but  had  not  yet  left  her  par- 
ental home.  Services  conducted  by  brethren 
H.  M.  Schwalm  and  J.  Metzler.  Text,  "  Weep 
but  weep  for  yourselves  and  for 


<  childri 


Chkistian  Metzler. 


GANSHORN.—  In  the  Camp  Creek  church, 
Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind.,  Jan.  3, 1898,  John  Ganshorn, 
of  Peter  and  Mariah  Ganshorn,  aged  35 
years,  9  months  and  15  days.  He  was  married 
;o  Addie  Shively,  Oct.  6,  1889.  To  this  union 
,vas  born  one  son,  who  preceded  him  to  the 
spirit  world.  He  leaves  a  sorrowing  wife. 
He  united  with  the  German  Baptist  church  in 
1891.  Funeral  by  Bro.  J.  H.  Sellers,  from  Job 
14:  1,2.  J-  w-  Shively. 

MURRY.— At  the  home  of  her  parents,  in 
Covington,  Ohio,  Dec.  2S,  1897,  of  consump- 
tion, Sister  Hetty  Warner  Murry,  aged  23 
years,  9  months  and  1  day.  She  was  baptized 
ng  her  sickness,  and  realized,  thereby, 
great  joy  and  peace  of  mind,  which  never  left 
her.  She  communed  once,  and  was  anointed. 
Services  by  the  writer  and  Bro.  Isaac  Frantz. 
I.  J.  Rosenberger. 

PRICE— In  the  Indian  Creek  church,  near 
Harleysville,  Montgomery  Co.,  Pa.,  Dec.  23, 
of  the  infirmities  of  age,  Bro.  Abraham 
H.  Price,  aged  81  years  and  10  months.  De- 
ceased was  an  influential  member  of  the 
church  for  many  years.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried, but  survived  both  wives.  Five  children, 
ill  in  the  church,  survive  him.  He  was  a 
farmer  all  his  lifetime,  and  lived  and  died  on 
the  same  farm  on  which  he  was  born  and 
raised.  He  was  buried  in  the  family  cemetery. 
J.  Y.  Heckler. 

MILLER.— At  Lordsburg,  Cal.,  Dec.  6, 1897, 
A.  B.  Miller,  son  of  Eld.  Michael  and  Phebe 
Miller,  aged  45  years,  2  months  and  5  days. 
Three  weeks  previous  to  his  death,  they 
moved  from  North  Manchester,  Ind.,  to  Lords- 
burg, Cal.,  with  the  hope  of  regaining  his 
health.  His  remains  were  brought  back  to 
North  Manchester,  Ind.,  for  burial,  accompa- 
nied by  his  wile  and  children  only.  He  leaves 
a  dear  companion  and  three  children. 

Amos  b.  Miller. 


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Items .6S.  n. 

Reports  from  the  Churches 

Twenty  Years  a  Babe 

Eastern  Hospitality .  .  .  . 

POETRY.— 

True.    By  Elizabeth  Akers  Allen, 

Longing  and  Listening.    Samuel  W.  Duffield,  D.  D 

Entering  in.    Selected  by  Elln  G.  Famous 

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THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

Ruined  Citi 

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Occupation 

GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT, 

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Mission  Work.— Its  Success  Predicted  in  the  Psalms.— No.  , 

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Unexpected  Sermon 

Honest  Beauty 

The  Husband  and  the  Wile,  .  .  .  . 


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For  some  time  there  have  been  fears  of  a  serious 
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food,  and  an  excessive  issue  cf  copper  coins  oper- 
ates to  make  the  real  necessities  of  life  dear.  At 
first  it  was  thought  that  the  new  Shah  would  suc- 
ceed in  harmonizing  the  political  elements,  allay 
the  turbulent  feelings  of  the  masses  and  pave  the 
way  for  bettering  the  condition  of  his  country.  In 
this  his  subjects  have  been  disappointed,  and  an 
outbreak  of  considerable  importance  is  expected 
among  some  of  the  Southern  tribes,  Russia  is 
watching  the  situation  from  the  North  and  has  of- 
fered the  aid  of  troops  in  the  event  of  a  disturbance, 
Then  it  is  well  known  that  Russia  would  like  to  ex- 
tend her  influence  Southward  so  as  to  reach  the 
Persian  Gulf.  England,  ever  on  the  alert,  is  in  a  con- 
dition to  aid  with  her  Indian  troops  from  Bushire,  a 
point  on  the  east  side  of  the  Persian  Gulf.  Persia 
is  weak  and  corrupt  almost  in  the  extreme.  Her 
people  are  sadly  in  need  of  education.  In  fact, 
there  are  few  countries  where  culture  is  more  neg- 
lected. The  tendency  of  the  whole  country  is 
from  bad  to  worse,  and  thus  it  will  continue  so  long 
as  the  masses  are  held  under  the  influence  of 
the  Mohammedan  system.  Everywhere  there  is  an 
absence  of  enterprise  or  anything  else  calculated  to 
better  the  condition  of  the  masses.  A  few  Chris- 
tian missionaries  are  doing  a  noble  and  self-sacrific- 
ing work  in  parts  of  Persia,  but  they  are  hampered 
in  almost  every  way  possible,  and  at  times  much 
persecuted.  Could  the  whole  country  be  brought 
under  Christian  influences,  educational  methods  en- 
couraged and  the  general  interests  of  the  people  be 
kept  in  view,  this  part  of  the  world  might  be  made 


a  delightful  region  for  the  most  cultured  and  pros- 
perous of  people.  But  without  Christianity  it  must 
ever  remain  uninviting. 


If  a  year  ago  a  physician  of  eminence  had  said 
that  a  human  being  could  live  without  a  stomach  he 
would  have  been  laughed  to  scorn,  for  next  to  the 
heart  and  lungs  the  stomach  is  considered  absolute- 
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enjoy  good  health  without  this  particular  organ. 
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stronger,  and  when  last  heard  from,  Die.  9  three 
months  after  her  stomach  was  removed,  she 
seemed  to  be  in  good  health,  had  a  good  appetite, 
ate  regularly  and  was  going  about  her  household 
duties,  feeling  better  and  happier  than  she  had  felt 
for  some  time.  No  one  knows  just  how  long  the 
woman  may  live  in  this  condition,  but  her  case  is 
being  watched  and  studied  with  a  good  deal  of  in- 
terest, Some  suggest  that  nature  may  be  forming 
a  new  stomach.  Should  this  lady  live  for  years,  we 
shall  hear  of  more  attempts  at  removfngthis  organ. 
There  are  thousands  of  people  who  would  like  to  get 
rid  of  ths  stomachs  that  they  have  abused  until 
they  become  the  cause  of  a  great  deal  of  suffering. 
We  wonder  if  people  generally  pause  to  consider 
that  they  must  one  of  these  days  render  at  ihe 
judgment  an  account  for  abusing  not  only  the  stom- 
ach, but  any  other  organ  of  the  body? 

Just  at  this  time  the  situation  in  Cuba  is  more 
excitipg  than  it  has  been  for  a  year.  Congressman 
Hitt,  who,  by  the  way,  hails  from  Mt.  Morris,  made 
a  speech  last  week  that  produced  a  decided  sensa- 
tion, both  in  America  and  Europe.  He  is  known 
to  be  the  trusted  counselor  of  the  president  in  mat- 
ters relating  to  the  Cuban  affairs,  and  what  he  had  to 
say  was  received  as  the  next  thing  to  a  message 
from  the  Chief  Magistrate  himself.  Mr.  Hitt 
urged  Congress  to  desist  from  taking  any  special 
steps  regarding  Cuba,  as  the  President  was  pursu- 
ing a  policy  that  must  shortly  manifest  itself  most 
clearly,  and  it  would  not  be  wise  to  throw  any  ob- 
stacles in  his  way.  Several  war  vessels  are  an- 
chored at  Key  West,  and  the  press  \;  full  of  ru- 
mors. What  all  this  means  we  cannot  tell,  but  it 
certainly  cannot  mean  war.  Considerable  rioting 
has  been  going  on  in  Havanna,  and  the  excite- 
ment is  running  high,  not  so  much  about  the  Cu- 
bans, as  about  the  Spaniards  themselves.  It  looks 
as  though  Spain  is  going  to  have  more  trouble  with 
her  subjects  than  with  her  enemies.  In  the  mean- 
time, relief  supplies  are  going  forward  to  General 
Lee,  and  he  is  distributing  them  to  the  needy,  so 
that  hundreds  are  receiving  aid  and  will  be  kept 
from  starving.  But  in  spite  of  all  the  efforts  now 
made,  hundreds  must  perish  before  food  can  reach 
them.  While  war  is  cruel,  we  are  glad  that  Chris- 
tians need  not  take  part  in  it.  But  it  should  be  a 
source  of  comfort  to  us  to  know  that  we  can  aid  in 
feeding  the  hungry  and  clothing  the  naked. 

The  struggle  in  Central  Africa,  on  the  part  of 
England  and  France  for  more  territory,  has  reached 
an  exceedingly  interesting  point.  England  is  push- 
ing her  conquest  up  the  river  Nile,  hoping  to  ex- 


tend her  territory  far  enough  south  to  connect  with 
the  parts  she  possesses  in  Southeastern  Africa.  If 
she  succeeds  in  perfecting  her  plans,  the  backbone 
of  the  Dirk  Continent,  extending  from  north  to 
south,  will  be  under  English  control.  France,  who 
s  ever  ready  to  hamper  Great  Britain  in  every  way 
possible,  is  moving  a  force  through  the  center  of 
Africa,  from  the  west,  hoping  to  take  possession  of 
the  upper  Nile  region  before  the  arrival  of  English 
troops,  and  thus  prevent  England  from  bringing  to- 
gether her  possessions.  It  is  believed  that  the 
French  have  already  reached  the  Nile,  and  are 
rapidly  moving  down  the  stream,  while  the  British 
forces  are  coming  up.  The  meeting  of  these  two 
forces  is  not  likely  to  lead  to  fighting,  but  it  will 
probably  settle  the  limits  of  the  territory  to  be  con- 
troled  by  each.  And,  unless  some  unexpected 
thing  should  occur,  England's  plan  for  uniting  her 
possessions  in  the  north  and  south  must  fall  through. 
On  the  east  of  Africa,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Red  Sea, 
France  owns  a  large  port  (Obok)  and  gulf,  and 
would  now  like  to  extend  her  possessions  from  the 
Nile  on  east  to  Obok,  but  Abyssinia  is  in  the  way, 
and  is  likely  to  so  remain.  With  the  Nile  the  move- 
ment upon  the  part  of  France  must  end,  for  the 
present,  at  least.  The  conduct  of  these  two  great 
nations  displays  a  wonderful  greed  for  more  terri- 
tory, not  so  much  for  the  purpose  of  doing  good  as 
for  getting  rich  and  gaining  more  power  in  the  world. 
England,  however,  is  a  better  civilizer  than  France, 
and  in  her  efforts  at  securing  a3  much  territcry  in 
Africa  as  possible,  has  the  sympathy  and  support 
of  most  Christian  people. 

For  the  last  ten  days  the  excitement  in  France 
has  been  intense.  It  grew  out  of  the  Dreyfus  case, 
referred  to  a  short  time  ago.  D.eyfus,  a  wealthy 
Jew,  and  an  officer  of  rank  in  the  French  army,  was 
charged  with  selling  to  Germany  information  re- 
specting military  plans,  and  banished  to  a  lone 
island  where  he  is  confined  in  a  huge  iron  cage. 
The  Jews,  as  well  as  many  others  in  France,  main- 
tain that  justice  has  not  been  shown  the  wealthy 
Hebrew.  One  of  the  influential  Jews  charges  some 
of  the  high  officials  with  unlawlul  conduct  in  rela- 
tion to  the  matter,  and  thousands  demand  a  new 
trial.  All  this,  and  much  more  that  we  cannot 
mention  here,  has  enraged  a  part  of  the  French 
population,  and  great  mobs  parade  the  streets  of 
some  of  the  cities,  persecuting  the  Jews  and  de- 
stroying their  property.  In  Paris  considerable  dis- 
turbance has  been  going  on  for  several  days, 
Mobs  parade  the  streets,  crying,  "  Down  with  the 
Jews."  In  places  the  stores  belonging  to  the  Jews 
are  broken  into  and  much  of  their  property  de- 
stroyed. It  tests  the  strength  of  the  police  force 
to  keep  order  and  protect  life  and  property.  This 
is  a  strange  spectacle  to  be  witnessed  in  an  enlight- 
ened republic,  where. a  Jew  is  thought  to  have  ss 
good  a  right  to  live  and  do  business  as  those  of  any 
other  nationality.  At  Algiers  the  situation  is  still 
worse.  Strong  mobs  parade  the  streets,  denounc- 
ing the  Hebrews  and  destroying  their  property. 
Bloody-street  fights  are  quite  frequent,  In  one  of 
these  conflicts  three  Frenchmen  were  killed,  and 
thirty  Jews  wounded.  These  mobs  invaded  the 
Jewish  quarters  of  the  city,  and  attempted  to  wreck 
their  places  of  business.  The  disorder  was  too 
great  for  the  police  force,  and  troops  were  ordered 
to  the  scene  of  disturbance.  The  troops  had  to 
charge  the  rioters  repeatedly  with  drawn  swords 
and  fixed  bayonets.  Many  arrests  have  been  made 
and  the  authorities  seem  determined  to  protect  the 
Jews  and  put  an  end  to  the  disturbance. 


TIHE    GOSPEL   MESSENGER. 


Ja 


29,  18 


•ESSAYS 


I  The  following  poem  is  noteworlhy  not  only  for  its  beauti 
but  for  the  remarkable  fact  that  its  words  are  all  monosylla 
bles.  Toe  poem  appears  to  have  been  written  without  ; 
thought  of  its  verbal  peculiarity  I 

The  fair,  frail  blojms  which  loved  the  sun 


In  yen  tall  tree,  now  bleached  and  thinned, 

A  nest  swings  frayed  and  lone, 
All  seated  with  rain  and  rent  by  wind- 
Its  fair  freight  Hedged  and  fbwn. 
Where  are  the  birds,  the  moths,  the  bees, 

And  scores  of  glad  free  things 
Which  thronged  the  ground,  the  grass,  the  trees. 

Or  thrilled  the  air  with  wings? 
Gone  with  the  warmth,  and  bloom  and  light 

Bom  of  the  sun  and  sky, 
Ere  yet  there  fell  this  grief  and  blight, 

And  the  chill  nights  drew  nigh, 
On  the  lo 

When  days  \ 


ched  the  gate 


1  that  ha: 
Dto:ps,  all  tt 


1  fcr  song. 
Shom  of  its  fruit,  still  clings  the 

tts  fair  robes  torn  and  sere, 
No  tint  is  lelt,  njr  sound 

Of  all  that  June  held  d> 
But  here,  where  down  thi 


gti 


The 


c  lu'd  i 


One 


ugh  the 
ir  with  ; 


As  one  brave  heart,  when  all  the  truth 

On  earth  seems  dead  or  lost, 
Still  keeps  the  faith  and  fire  of  youth, 

And  smiles  in  spite  of  frost. 
Ah,  tin  ugh  the  friends  1  once  held  dear, 

Are  far,  or  false,  or  down, 
I  need  not  grieve,  for  you  are  here, 

My  hope,  my  love,  my  ownl 

-  Elisabeth  A  kit 


THE  KINGDOM  OF  QOD. 


BY   C     H.    BALSBAUGH. 


We  cannot  escape  from  our  environment.  It  is 
ordained  of  God,  and  for  most  beneficent  purposes, 
"It  is  not  good  for  man  to  be  alone."  Even  God 
is  a  trinity,  and  no  less  a  perfect  unity.  This  is 
the  ideal  of  all  being,  individual  and  social. 

To  be  like  God,  in  personality  and  relation,  is  the 
standard  of  the  universe.  "  I  and  my  Father  are 
one."  John  10:  30.  "That  they  may  be  one,  even 
as  we  are  one."  John  17:  22.  The  race  is  not  an 
aggregation,  but  an  organism.  The  principle  that 
binds  man  to  man  is  not  policy  or  self-interest,  but 
the  life  that  constitutes  the  Triune  Godhead  one. 

The  adhesive,  conservative  power  of  humanity 
is  a  divine  gravitation.  "Am  I  my  brother's  keep- 
er?" is  the  root  of  sin  and  the  essence  of  hell. 
Being,  love,  holiness,  are  the  essential  facts  of  di- 
vinity. Man  is  the  miniature  duplicate  of  God. 
Sin  is  the  erasure  of  the  Divine  Image.  The  in- 
carnation is  its  restoration  in  the  Son  of  Mary,  as 
the  type  of  all  mankind.  No  salvation  but  in  the 
realization  of  this  mystery,  "Be  not  deceived:  God 
is  not  mocked."  Bastards  and  hybrids  enter  not 
at  the  gates  of  pearl.  "  Ye  must  be  born  again,"— 
"born  of  God"  "Without  holiness,  no  man  shall 
see  the  Lord."  Heb.  12:  14.  External  relation- 
ship is  no  proof  of  internal  identity.  "The  Spirit 
itself  beareth  witness  with  our  spirit,  that  we  are 
the  children  of  God."  Rom.  8:  16.  To  lack  this 
we  stand  in  jeopardy  every  hour." 

The  kingdom  of  God  is  not  primarily  an  organi- 
zation, but  the  dominance  of  a  principle,  the  reg- 
nancy  of  a  life,  and  that  life  very  God.  The 
church  is  the  form  or  mode  in  which  this  kingdom 
is  established  on  the  earth  for  the  consummation  of 
the  divine  purpose  in  Christ  Jesus.  The  true 
church  is  not  counted  by  number?,  but  by  quality. 
Half  a  dozen  of  Smyrna  saints  are  mighttfer  than 
ten  thousand  of  tepid  Laodicean  professors.    There 


is  great  dagger  that  we  may  rely  unduly  on  numer- 
ical scholastic  and  symbolical  incidentals.  May 
God  multiply  our  "  little  flock  "to  millions  and  in- 
crease our  learning  a  thousandfold,  and  keep  us 
very  jealous  of  the  ordinances  of  grace:  but  infi- 
nitely above  all,  may  He  be  to  us  in  Christ  Jesus 
our  "wisdom,  and  righteousness,  and  sanctification 
and  redemption,"     1  Cor.  1:  30. 

Our  connection  with  Him  must  be  as  vital  and 
direct  as  that  of  the  branch  with  the  vine.  John 
13:  4.  We  will  not  truly  represent  Christ  to  the 
world,  nor  gralidly  fulfill  our  mission,  until  the  sub- 
lime, pathetic  prayer  in  John  17:  23  is  individually 
realized. 

When  interrogated,  "people  have  no  hesitancy 
in  avowing  their  membership  in  the  church,  but  ask 
them  whether  they  are  in  the  kingdom  of  God,  or 
whether  they  are  Christians,  and  the  answer  is  du- 
bious and  evasive."  This  is  a  startling  fact.  The 
church  of  Chist  has  no  right  nnr  possibility  of  ex- 
istence save  by  His  indwelling  as  "the  Author  and 
Finisher  of  faith."  If  regeneration  may  not  be  as 
unequivocally  determined  as  generation,  Christian- 
ity is  the  greatest,  most  unaccountable  delusion  in 
the  history  of  the  world.  Nothing  of  which  we 
have  any  knowledge,  by  history,  observation,  or 
consciousness,  is  so  pronounced,  so  absolutely  un- 
deniable, as  the  incarnation  of  God.  Christ  is  the 
supreme  fact  of  the  universe.  "\n  fJim  dwelleth 
all  the  fulness  of  the  Godhead  bodily."  In  Him 
we  are  complete,  Col,  2:  9,  10  This  high  calling 
of  Cod  in  Christ  Jesus  we  are  slow  to  apprehend 
and  exemplify.  Philpp.  3:  14.  Nothing  lower  does 
God  offer  us  for  ideal  and  attainment  than  Him- 
self,  as  revealed  in  His  Incarnate  Son.  The  same 
Holy  Ghost  that  overshadowed  the  elect  virgin  and 
fashioned  the  embryo  Christ,  and  developed  Him 
unto  manhood,  and  sustained  Him  on  the  cross,  is 
the  Originator  and  Perfecter  of  our  religious  life. 
Heb.  9:  14  and  13:  20  are  complementa!  of  Luke 
1:  35,  The  "lecause"  in  John  14:  19  is  (he  link  of 
transmission  from  Christ  to  Christian.  No  soul 
enters  the  crystal  doors  of  the  upper  sanctuary 
save  through  the  Blood  of  the  Lamb.  "  The  blood 
is  the  life,"— the  life  of  God.  Acts  20:  28.  The 
first  step  is,  "/>'.'  it  unto  me  according  to  thy  word." 
Luke  1:  38.  The  culmination  is  reached  in  John 
17:  5,  24  The  life  of  Christ  means  what  He  is,  in- 
trinsically and  expressively.  The  kingdom  of  God 
is  His  absolute  rulership  over  souls. 
Un'on  Dipml,  Pa. 


THE  FIFTH  BEATITUDE. 


BY   T.   T.   MYERS, 


!  the 


ercy.'  — 


ful:  for  they  shall  obt; 
Matt.  5:7. 

The  merciful,  throughout  the  Bible,  are  the  ac- 
knowledged recipients  of  God's  special  favors  and 
blessings.  God  delights  in  those  of  a  merciful  spir- 
it. Love,  like  a  friend,  visits  those  who  are  well, 
while  mercy,  as  a  physician,  visits  those  who  are 
sick,  to  minister  unto  them, 

God's  mercy  to  us  is  inexpressible.  When  we 
were  dead  he  came  to  us  to  call  us  to  life,  and  now 
when  we  are  sick  he  comes  to  heal  us.  When  we 
are  helpless  he  helps  us;  when  we  are  disconsolate, 
he  comforts  us;  when  we  are  in  soirow  he  gives  us 
joy. 

We  often  merit  severe  divine  judgment  and  pun- 
ishment, but  mercy  intercedes  for  us  and  we  are 
spared.  Surely,  we  who  are  the  constant  recipients 
of  God's  mercy,  should  ever  be  found  giving  out 
mercy  to  others. 

1.  Be  merciful  to  the  names  of  others.  Every- 
body has  a  right  to  a  good  name.  Everybody 
ought  to  help  everybody  else  to  have  a  good  name. 
A  good  name  is  sacred  property  and  should  be 
cherished  and  guarded  and  kept.  God  hates  the 
spirit  in  a  man  that  leads  him  to  speak  against  his 
fellow  man,  and  endeavors  to  destroy  his  influence 
and  power  for  good.  Two  enemies  of  good  that 
need  to  be  fought  and  slain  every  day,  are  envy 
and  jealousy,  One  business  man  has  marked  suc- 
cess,   His  neighbor,  a  business  man,  succeeds  not 


so  well.  He  cannot  lcok  with  pleasure  upon  the 
success  of  his  neighbor,  He  is  jealous  and  envi- 
ous. He  begin;  to  talk  about  him  and  run  down 
his  business  and  actually  gives  birth  to  the  report 
of  dishonesty  in  his  business  brother.  Gcd  hates 
such  a  spirit  and  such  actions.  A  minister  gets 
along  well  in  his  work.  His  brolher  minister,  who 
ought  to  help  him,  seeks  to  curtail  his  power  and 
influence.  God  hates  such  a  spirit.  No  wonder 
that  he  so  signally  blesses  a  merciful,  kind,  helpful 
spirit  in  man.  Mty  God  rid  us  elders,  ministers, 
deacons  and  lay-members  of  all  envy,  jealousy  and 
hatred,  that  we  may  be  merciful  and  kind  and  help- 
ful! 

2.  We  should  be  merciful  to  the  offenses  of  oth- 
ers. "Brethren,  if  a  man  be  overtaken  in  a  fault, 
ye  which  are  spiritual,  resfore  such  an  one  in  the 
spirit  of  meekness;  considering  thyself,  lest  thou 
also  be  tempted."  Gal.  6:  1,  "Let  him  that  is 
without  sin,  cast  the  first  stone."— fesvt,  A  good 
sister  said  to  me,  "  I  find  so  much  occasion  to  ex- 
amine and  judge  myself  that  I  neither  have  time 
nor  disposition  to  examine  and  judge  others." 

Generally  those  who  are  most  inclined  to  judge 
and  condemn  others,  are  least  inclined  to  pass 
judgment  upon  themselves.  If  we  have  a  proper 
appreciation  of  our  own  weakness  and  sinfulness,  we 
will  be  quite  charitable  and  merciful  toward  others. 
Such  a  spirit,  too,  will  commend  us  to  the  mercy 
of  God. 

3.  Mercy  asserts  itself  in  behalf  of  the  estates  of 
others.  Among  God's  people  there  is  no  dispo- 
sition of  the  stronger  to  take  advantage  of  the 
weaker.  They  have  no  desire  to  push  a  man  to  the 
wall,  financially,  and  then  sell  him  out.  They  who 
have  the  good  spirit  of  God  seek  ever  to  protect 
and  save  another's  name  and  estate.  Surely  a  man 
who  appreciates  God's  mercy  toward  him  will  be 
merciful  toward  the  man  over  whom  he  has  legal 
power.  When  a  person  is  down,  either  financially, 
or  morally,  or  religiously,  mercy  comes  not  to  bind 
him  down  tighter,  but  to  help  him  up  again. 

4  Mercy  exercises  herself  in  supplying  the  wants 
of  others.  Some  one  is  in  need  of  cheer, ..or  bread,  ,' 
or  shoes.  Mercy  seeks  such  to  help  them.  Mercy 
is  an  angel  of  sympathy  and  help.  The  highest 
tribute  given  Mrs.  Hays  at  the  time  of  her  death 
was  that  of  a  little  bootblack,  who  said,  "  Mrs. 
Hays  was  an  angel  long  before  she  died."  This  ex- 
pression was  invited  by  her  kindness  and  helpful- 
ness to  those  in  need. 

5.  The  merciful  are  deeply  moved  for  the  souls 
of  others.  God's  peop'e  must  be  a  missionary  peo- 
ple. Their  salvation  came  by  his  mercy,  and  now 
he  seeks  to  extend  his  mercy,  through  them,  to 
others  also, 

Brethren,  we  must  pass  on  the  invitation.  Sal- 
vation is  for  the  world.  Pity  the  lost,  pray  for  the 
lost,  work  for  the  salvation  of  the  lost.  Your  chil- 
dren, friends,  neighbors  are  out  of  Christ.  Have 
real,  active  mercy  for  them.  Pity  the  heathen. 
Fly  to  their  rescue!  God  bless  our  missions  and 
missionaries! 

Philadelphia,  Pa, 


FUNERALS. 


BY   ENOCH   EBY. 


We  get  an  occasional  good  article  in  the  Gospel 
Messenger  on  the  popular  sin  of  extravagance,  so 
common  at  funerals,  in  preparing  a  sumptuous 
feast  at  the  house  of  mourning,  to  be  eaten  on 
the  return  from  burial.  Such  articles  are  timely 
and  in  place.  We  should  have  more  of  them  on 
the  sin  of  sumptuousness,  especially  at  funerals. 
The  time-honored  custom  of  blending  the  house 
of  mourning  and  the  house  of  feasting,  merits  a 
sharp  reproof  and  the  disapprobation  of  all  in- 
telligent, and  especially  Christian  people.  The 
former  will  come  to  all  in  due  time,  and  will  do 
us  good,  as  the  heart  is  made  better.  Eccl. 
7:  3.  The  latter  is  of  doubtful  propriety,  to  say 
the  least. 

A  frugal  meal  for  those  who  come  a  distance, 
and  others  who  have  performed  the  necessary  la. 


21),    1 8 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSEUGEB. 


67 


bor,  is  perfectly  right,  but  sumptuousness  is  wrong 
at  any  time,  and  nowhere  more  unbecoming  than 
at  a  funeral. 

But  why  criticise  the  practice  of  feasting  at  the 
house  of  mourning,  and  pass  unnoticed  the  expen- 
sive and  vain  display  secured  at  the  undertaker's? 

The  habiliments  for  clothing  the  body  for  buri- 
al, and  the  casket  in  which  it  is  laid,  often  costs 
very  much,  more  than  a  Christian  burial  would  de- 
mand. While  we  insist  upon  a  respectable  burial 
of  the  body,  conducted  with  Christian  decorum 
upon  Gospel  principles,  we  maintain  that  costly 
and  vain  display  should  be  studiously  avoided,  and 
especially  so  when  the  life  of  the  deceased  was  in 
harmony  with  the  teachings  of  the  Gospel  and  ex- 
ample of  the  meek  and  lowly  Savior.  If  the  dead 
would  be  edified  by  employing  any  such  doubtful 
measures,  as  expressive  of  honor  or  sympathy,  we 
would  see  more  propriety  in  doing  so,  and  the  same 
could  be  said  of  the  costly  monuments  erected  in 
many  of  our  cemeteries.  It  is  a  practice  common 
to  this  age,  and  still  on  the  increase.  That  the 
resting  place  of  our  friends  should  be  modestly 
marked,  I  presume,  no  one  will  deny.  We  consid- 
er it  a  duty;  Christianity  demands  it.  It  is  only 
the  abuse,  or  excess  of  the  practice  that  enters  in- 
to this  line  of  thought.  That  the  present  practice 
on  this  line  results  in  evil,  I  think,  will  be  admitted 
by  all.     Let  us  ask  a  few  questions  and  seel 

i.  Is  it  consistent  to  place  a  stone  or  monument 
at  the  grave  of  a  meek  and  lowly  saint,  costing 
from  one  hundred  to  one  thousand  dollars?  Con- 
sistency is  a  jewel  that  belongs  to  Christianity,  but 
is  not  found  when  thus  exemplified. 

2.  Who  is  benefited  by  it  intellectually,  morally, 
or  religiously?  Not  one.  One  class  may  be,  some- 
what, financially. 

3.  Whose  money  are  we  spending?  The  Lord's. 
We  have  none  of  our  own;  we  are  only  stewards 
over  that  which  he  has  given  us. 

4.  Are  we  responsible  for  the  use  we  make  of  our 
money?    We  certainly  must  give  an  account  of  our 

,  stewardship,  and  the  Lord  wants  all  that  we  do  not 
absolutely  need,  to  forward  his  cause. 

5.  Does  it  damage  any  one?  Yes,  a  good  many 
financially;  hence  more  or  less  morally  and  relig- 
iously. 

6.  How  much  are  we  using  unnecessarily?  This 
is  hard  to  .calculate,  but  nationally  it  reaches  the 
billions;  as  professors  of  religion,  millions;  so  far  as 
it  concerns  us,  and  as  a  church,  or  Brotherhood, 
multiplied  thousands.  What  will  the  judgment  be? 
If  the  hungry  are  not  fed,  the  naked  not  clothed, 
and  the  poor  have  not  the  Gospel  preached  to 
them  with  that  money,  will  we  do  it,  or  will  we 
continue  to  waste?  Which?  "Wherefore  do  you 
spend  money  for  that  which  is  not  bread."  Isa. 
55:2. 

Booth,  Kans. 

ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.— No.  9. 

BY  S.  N.  McCANN. 

A  Walk  About  the  Holy  City. 

Modern  Jerusalem  is  a  city  of  mixed  races  and 
mixed  religions.  It  is  a  busy,  bustling  Eastern 
city,  with  narrow,  dirty  streets  and  many  wretched- 
looking  people.  The  new  part  of  the  city,  extend- 
ing north  and  east  of  the  old  city,  is  much  cleaner 
and  more  homelike  than  the  part  within  the  walls, 

It  is  not,  however,  of  the  modern  city  that  we 
wish  to  write,  but  of  the  city  of  the  past, — the  city 
that  lies  sleeping  in  the  dust  over  which  we  tread 
as  we  walk  through  and  around  the  Holy  City. 

It  is  not  the  history  of  the  city  of  the  past  that 
we  examine,  but  the  tombs  of  her  dead.  Nothing 
seems  more  wonderful  to  us  than  these  silent  mon- 
uments of  the  past. 

It  is  not  an  isolated  tomb,  here  and  there,  that  is 
shown  and  named  after  some  of  the  honored  ones 
who  once  figured  in  the  history  of  God's  chosen 
people,  that  most  interests  us,  but  it  is  the  name- 
less graves  that  are  seen  almost  wherever  you  go 
in  this  land  of  Sacred  Story. 

There  is  the  tomb  of  Absalom,  of  Jchoshaphat,  of 


David,  of  Rachel.  In  Hebron  we  have  the  graves 
of  Abraham,  Isaac  and  Jacob,  and  at  Nabloos  that 
of  Joseph,  but  when  we  go  into  the  valley  of  dead 
bodies,  where  we  visit  the  so-called  tombs  of  the 
Kings,  and  the  many  tombs  here  and  there,  about 
the  city  and  country,  we  are  made  to  faintly  realize 
the  amount  of  work  and  the  expense  that  it  took 
to  prepare  these  rock-cut  chambers. 

When  we  remember  that  none  but  the  very  rich 
could  have  afforded  this  vast  outlay  for  tombs,  we 
realize  that  beneath  our  feet  are  the  bodies  of  a 
host  of  God's  people. 

When  the  dead  are  called  forth,  what  a  scene  will 
the  hills  and  valleys  round  about  Jerusalem  pre- 
sent! These  rock  cut  tombs,  though  very  numer- 
ous, point  to  a  much  greater  number  of  unmarked 
graves.  They  tell  of  a  numerous  population  that 
has  dwelt  here  in  ages  past. 

When  we  look  out  upon  the  barren  hills,  rocky 
beyond  description,  we  would  be  inclined  to  doubt 
the  Bible  statements,  in  respect  to  the  many  peo- 
ple that  once  lived  and  battled  here,  but  when  we 
look  into  the  silent  tomb?,  unnumbered  tombs,  and 
then  think  of  the  multitude  of  unmarked  graves, 
we  are  made  to  realize  faintly  a  picture  of  the 
teeming  multitudes  that  once  dwelt  in  this  land. 

We  were  made  to  wonder,  whenever  we  would 
think  of  the  length  of  time  and  the  amount  of  work 
put  upon  even  one  of  these  tombs.  How  much 
greater  the  work  upon  a  set  of  tombsl 

One  has  but  little  idea  of  what  these  grea^,  rock- 
cut  chambers  are,  until  he  sees  them. 

We  first  visited  the  so-called  tomb,  of  the  kings, 
situated  north  of  the  city.  We  went  down  a  flight 
of  25  steps,  the  steps  being  about  27  feet  wide,  cut 
into  the  solid  limestone  rock.  We  are  now  about 
27  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  rock,  and  to  our 
right  and  in  front  of  us,  there  are  large  cisterns  cut 
into  the  solid  rock.  To  our  left  we  enter  a  door 
into  an  open  court,  about  S5  or  90  feet  square,  and 
30  feet  deep, — all  cut  out  of  the  solid  rock.  In 
the  southwest  corner  of  this  court  there  is  a  niche 
or  recess  in  the  rock,  which  is  so  arranged  that  it 
may  be  closed  by  a  rolling  stone,  which  is  resting 
in  a  groove,  cut  in  the  rock,  Through  this  hole  we 
enter  a  chamber  about  20  feet  square.  There  are 
four  openings  in  this  chamber,  leading  to  other 
chambers  which  open  into  numerous  tombs, — all 
cut  out  of  the  solid  rock.  We  give  but  a  feeble 
idea  of  the  extent  of  this  great,  rock-cut  home  for 
the  dead,  yet,  when  we  visit  the  many,  many  tombs 
of  a  similar  character,  though  less  extensive,  we 
are  lost  in  wonder  and  surprise  at  the  greatness  of  the 
tombs  and  the  patience  of  these  ancient  workmen. 

We  find  these  rock-cut  tombs  not  only  about  Je- 
rusalem, but  about  Hebron,  Bethel,  Nabloos,  Miz- 
peh,  and,  indeed,  all  through  the  land  where  we 
have  been. 

As  we  look  at  these  tombs  we  catch  a  vision  of  the 
past,  a  funeral  procession  is  passing.  We  hear  the 
sad  wail  of  the  mourners,  while  we  look.  In  the 
course  of  years  the  dead  and  those  that  mourn 
their  loss  are  buried.  Thus  the  generations  come 
and  go,  leaving  only  here  and  there  a  trace  of  their 
existence. 

We  look  at  -these  marks  of  former  generations, 
and  wonder  who  chiseled  these  stones  and  who 
made  these  tombs  their  last  resting  place,  but  we 
turn  away,  realizing  that  soon  we  shall  join  their 
number,  and  the  generations  yet  unborn  will  stand 
where  we  stand,  wrapt  in  wonder  as  they  ponder 
the  sealed  mysteries  of  this  mysterious  land,  and 
especially  cf  this  mysterious  city. 

Die.  11,  'p7-      ^ 

WANTED  I    TEN  THOUSAND  EMIGRATION  AGENTS. 

BY  GEO.  L.  MoDONAUGH. 

We  want  ten  thousand  emigration  agents  from 
among  the  readers  of  (he  Gospel  Messenger,  to 
assist  in  distributing  literature,  and  to  use  their  in- 
fluence in  the  interest  of  "  Homeseekers'  Excur- 
sions to  Free  Homes  in  Heaven."  How  many 
times  have  some  of  us  been  asked  for  the  names 
and  post-office  addresses  of  our  friends  and  rcla- 


9,  by  parties  who  wished  to  mail  them  literature 
on  the  subject  of  "  free  homes  "  here  in  this  life? 
And  how  many  times  have  the  publishers  of  the 
Gospel  Messenger  requested  its  readers  to  send  in 
the  names  of  their  friends  and  relatives,  so  that 
they  might  mail  sample  copies  of  the  Gospel  Mes- 
senger to  them?  And  how  many  of  us  have  ever 
complied  with  the  request?  Echo  answers,  How 
many? 

The  first  thing  that  will  be  expected  of  new  emi- 
gration agents  is,  that  they  take  their  pencil  and 
a  sheet  of  paper,  and  immediately  jot  down  the 
names  of  a  few  of  their  friends  and  acquaintances, 
who  do  not  take  the  Gospel  Messenger,  and  send 
the  list  to  the  publishers  of  that  paper,  with  the  re- 
quest that  they  mail  sample  copies  to  these  people. 

Another  thing  that  would  be  a  good  idea  for  us 
all  to  do  (even  if  it  requires  a  small  sacrifice  on  our 
part)  is,  that  we  each  enclose  a  few  cents  or  a  few 
dollars  to  the  publishers,  with  the  request  that  they 
add  the  amount  to  the  fund  they  use  for  sending 
the  Gospel  Messenger  to  parties  who  are  finan- 
cially unable  to  subscribe  for  the  paper.  Then, 
there  is  still  another  way  of  getting  this  home- 
seekers'  literature  out  amongst  people  who  have 
never  heard  of  the  Gospel  Messenger.  While  the 
regular  subscription  price  of  the  paper  is  Si  50  per 
year,  which  is  very  cheap  for  as  good  a  religious 
paper,  still  the  publishers  have  a  rule  that,  where  a 
regular  subscriber  or  reader  of  their  paper  wishes 
to  donate  the  Gospel  Messenger  to  some  person 
who  has  never  taken  it,  the  party  so  disposed  can 
send  S1.00  with  the  name  and  post-office  address 
of  his  friend,  accompanied  by  the  statement  that 
this  is  a  donation,  and  the  paper  will  go  for  one  year, 
and  no  person,  except  the  publishers  and  ourselves, 
know  anything  about  it.  The  publishers  have  sev- 
eral times  spoken  of  the  large  number  of  papers 
that  are  sent  out  this  way  every  year. 

Now  the  readers  will  see  that  any  one,  who  is  in- 
terested in  his  friends  joining  these  ''homeseek- 
ers' excuasions,"  and  securing  "free  homes"  in 
heaven,  can  become  an  active  emigration  agent  at 
once.  Of  course  it  is  expected  that  every  one  who 
undertakes  to  work  in  this  business  will  make  nini- 
self  familiar  with  the  plans  of  these  "homeseekers' 
excursions"  by  daily  reading  a  portion  of  the 
homeseekers'  "  Guide  Book"  or  "  Book  of  Rules," 
that  has  several  times  been  mentioned  in  previous 
articles  on  this  subject.  In  the  words  of  the  Apos- 
tle Paul  to  Timothy  (2  Tim.  4:  I,  2),  we  should  bear 
in  mind  that  each  and  every  one  of  us  will  some 
day  be  called  on  to  answer  for  our  stewardship  of 
the  talents  that  have  been  given  us,  while  we  were 
here  on  earth;  and  if  there  is  any  one  of  us  who 
failed  to  read  the  article  published  on  page  791  of 
the  Gospel  Messenger,  published  Dec.  11,  headed 
"  A  Question,"  that  we  hunt  it  up  and  read  it,  And 
if  that  will  not  show  us  that  we  should  all  become 
emigration  agents  at  once,  and  try  to  do  something 
to  help  on  this  cause  of  securing  "  free  homes  "  in 
heaven,  by  every  one  of  the  human  family,  it  is 
hard  to  tell  what  would  have  any  effect. 

There  is  another  point.  All  who  start  as  emigra- 
tion agents  in  this  cause,  should  bear  in  mind:  An 
excursion  is  always  supposed  to  be  something 
pleasant, — not  a  funeral  procession, — and  we  all 
should  try  to  meet  our  friends  and  acquaintances 
with  a  pleasant  smile  and  a  warm  hand-shake, 
showing  that  we  are  enjoying  a  pleasure  in  feeling 
that  we  have  joined  one  of  these  homeseekers*  ex- 
cursions, and  that,  in  the  words  of  the  poet,  we  are 
truly  feeling  what  his  words  express,  viz: 

"Oh,  how  happy  aic  they 
Who  their  Savior  obey.'1 

Now,  as  we  journey  along  with  this  Homeseekers' 
Excursion,  we  will  find  many  who  have  never  heard 
of  the  Gospel  Messenger,  and  the  liberal  premium 
offer  of  a  fine,  leather-bound  copy  of  the  "Home- 
seekers'  Guide"  or  "Book  of  Rules,"  which,  with 
the  paper  for  one  year,  can  be  secured  for  such  a 
small  sum  as  $2  75.  And  as  these  persons  have 
money,  they  will  not  only  take  a  copy  of  both  the 
"Homeseekers'  Guide"  and  paper  for  themselves, 
but  also  will  take  a  copy  for  a  friend.    Then  there 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSIElsra-EIR,. 


Jan.  29,  1898. 


are  others  who  have  the  "  Homeseekers'  Guide" 
who  will  be  glad  to  subscribe  fcr  the  Gospel  Mes- 
senger, so  as  to  keep  posted  as  to  the  number  of 
people  all  over  ihe  world,  who  are  dai'y  and  hour- 
ly joining  one  of  the  Homeseekers*  Excursion  par- 
ties, either  in  (his  land  of  Bibles,  cr  in  some  other 
portion  of  the  world,  for  active  emigration  agents 
(who  have  left  home  and  kindred  to  spread  the 
news  of  these  Homeseekers'  Excursions  to  these 
free  homes  in  heaven)  are  doing  good  work. 

Now,  hoping  there  will  be  no  difficulty  in  secur- 
ing a  large  number  of  emigration  agents  from 
amongst  the  readers  of  the  Gospel  Messenger, 
who  will  not  only  take  hold  of  the  work  at  once, 
but  will  continue  faithful  until  '  they  can  read  their 
title  clear  to  mansions  in  the  skies,"  we  will  close 
by  saying,  May  God  be  with  each  and  every  one  of 
us  as  we  read  the  foregoing  article,  and  enable 
all  our  readers,  for  themselves  to  take  hold  of 
this  Homeseekers'  Guide  Book  with  the  intention 
and  prayer  to  study  it  daily,  until  they  shall  one 
and  all  thank  God  for  the  day  they  enlisted  as  emi- 
gration 3gcnts  to  work  in  the  interest  of  "Home- 
seekers'  Excursions  "  to  "  free  homes  "  in  heaven, 

Fkdadepkia,  Pa, 


MORE  PASSOVER  ARTICLES  WANTED. 


In  the  doctrinal  issue  of  Dec.  4,  Bro.  A.  Hutchi 
son  gives  us  a  treat  that  arouses  our  appetite  for 
more  of  the  same  spiritual  food.  Concerning  the 
meal  that  Christ  ate  with  his  disciples  in  the  upper 
room,  he  says  it  may  bs  safely  called  the  Lord's 
Supper,  and  it  may,  with  equal  propriety,  be  called 
passover.  This  clean  cut  statement  in  the  Mes:en- 
g2r  has  thrilled  at  least  one  heart  with  joy,  and  we 
hope  it  is  the  beginning  of  a  new  era  in  our  teach- 
ing concerning  the  passover.  In  our  zeal  to  es- 
tablish the  validity  of  a  full  meal  for  the  Lord's 
Sapper  and  to  distinguish  between  that  meal  and 
the  Jewish  passover,  we  have  tried  to  disconnect 
the  name  passover  from  Christ's  meal  and  make  it 
-.cluslvcly  to  the  Jewish  passover  feast. 
But  have  we  done  wisely,  and  is  Christ's  ordinance 
improved  by  withholding  the  name  that  he  applied 
to  it?  I  ask  a  careful  reading  of  Mark  14:  14-18 
j.nd  Luke  22:  S-16,  We  know  there  is  a  way  of 
explaining  all  these  Scriptures  to  make  the  word 
"  passover"  appear  to  refer  to  the  Jewish  passover, 
and  yet  have  a  meal  eaten  by  Christ  and  his  disci- 
ples that  was  not  the  Jewish  passover,  but  it  re- 
quires a  longer  stretch  of  imagination  to  com- 
prehend it  than  the  ordinary  mind  is  capable  of, 
a>  the  writer,  with  many  others,  has  experienced. 

When  Chtist  said,  "  Go  and  prepare  us  the  pass- 
over  that  we  may  eat,"  the  logical  conclusion  is  that 
he  intended  to  eat  a  passover,  and  this  conclusion 
is  confirmed  by  his  emphatic  statement,  "Where 
I  shall  eat  the  passover  with  my  disciples,"  hence 
if  we  say  he  did  not  eat  a  passover  with  his  disci- 
ples, we  have  a  discrepancy  between  his  saying 
and  doing  that  cannot  be  satisfactorily  explained. 
When  they  were  in  the  act  of  eating,  how  im- 
pressive and  inspiring  his  language  concerning  the 
new  institution,  "With  desire  I  have  desired  to  eat 
this  passover  with  you  before  I  suffer,"  In  less 
than  twenty-four  hours  he  must  expire  on  the 
cross,  and  his  death  must  fulfill  the  type  of  the  Pas- 
chal Lamb  and  take  away  the  Jewish  passover, 
and  in  its  stead  establish  and  ratify  the  Christian 
passover  ordinance.  "He  taketh  away  the  first 
that  he  may  establish  the  second."    Heb.  10:  9. 

This  being  the  period  of  transition  from  the 
J -.wish  to  the  Christian  dispensation,  and  Christ's 
last  supper  time,  it  was  his  last  opportunity  to  in- 
stitute the  Christian  passover,  hence,  how  intense- 
ly significant  and  important  his  desire  to  eat  this 
passover  with  his  disciples  before  he  would  suffer! 
"  For  I  say  unto  you  I  will  not  any  more  eat  there- 
of until  it  be  fulfilled  in  the  kingdom  of  God." 

With  the  first  institution  of  the  passover  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  it  signified  and  typified  a  fulfillment 
in  the  kingdom  of  God.  It  was  instituted  for  a 
memorial  of  the  event  of  the  destroying  angel  pass' 


ing  over  the  blood-mark-rd  houses  of  the  Israel- 
ites. This  passing  over  of  the  angel  is  a  type  of 
God's  justice  passing  over  the  sins  cf  every  soul 
washed  in  Ch'ist's  blood  by  faith  and  obedience. 
This  type  was  perpetuated  under  a  passover  ordi- 
nance suited  to  the  Mosaic  law  until  the  law  was 
fulfilled  by  Christ's  death.  From  this  time  on  it 
must  be  continued  under  an  ordinance  suited  to 
the  Gospel  dispensation,  "And  this  day  shall  be 
unto  you  for  a  memorial  and  ye  shall  keep  it  a 
feast  to  the  Lord  throughout  your  generations. 
Ye  shall  keep  it  a  feast  by  an  ordinance  forever," 
Ex.  12:  14. 

"Forever"  would  indicate  until  its  final  fulfill- 
ment. The  Mosaic  law  was  administered  by  the  Le- 
vitical  priesthood,  but  with  Christ's  death  the  law 
was  fulfilled,  the  priesthood  abolished  and  the  Gos- 
pel dispensation  ushered  in  with  the  risen  Christ  as 
the  high  priest,  who  had  previously  instituted  a 
new  law  with  a  Christian  passover  ordinance. 
"  For  the  priesthood  being  changed,  there  is  made 
of  necessity,  a  change  also  of  the  law."  Heb,  7:  12 
The  passover  ordinance,  both  Jewish  and  Chris- 
tian, culminates  in  Christ,  who  was  the  lamb  slain 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world.  "For  even 
Chiist  our  passover  is  sacrificed  for  us."  1  Cor,  5: 
7  His  death  on  the  cross  fulfilled  the  type  of  the 
Paschal  Lamb,  and  prepared  a  spiritual  feast  for  his 
followers  with  the  assurance  of  a  final  and  ultimate 
passover  in  the  kingdom  of  God. 

Here  the    Christian   passover  steps  in  to  typify 

r  point  forward  to  the  great  passover  of  Christ, 

hen  he  will  gird  himself  and  make  them  to  sit 

down  to  mrat  and  he  will  come   forth  and   serve 

m.    Luke  12:  37. 

Come,  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the 
*dom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation  of 
the  world."  Matt.  25:  34.  This  will  be  an  aclual 
realization  of  the  passover,  as  it  was  realized  and 
typified  back  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  in  that  memor- 
able night  when  the  destroying  angel  passed  over 
the  blootf-marked  houses  of  the  Israelites  and  slew 
the  first-born  in  every  house  of  the  Egyptians. 
Every  soul,  washed  in  Christ's  blood,  has  the  prem- 
ise of  pardon,  which  is,  in  reality,  Gad's  justice 
passing  over  our  sins.  It  is  God's  passover.  Sal- 
vation comes  to  us  only  by  the  passover.  We  can- 
not met  it  it,  God,  in  mercy,  passing  over  our  sins, 
is  the  ultimatum  of  the  Christian's  hope  of  eternal 
life.  Passover  is  the  one  volitional  act  of  God, 
upon  which  our  eternal  glory  and  happiness  de- 
ends. 

I  admonish  Bro,  Hutchison,  with  every  other 
linister  and  teacher  in  our  Fraternity,  to  preach 
and  teach  the  Christian  passover.  Call  it  "Chris- 
passover  "  because  Christ  called  it  "  passover  " 
and  instituted  it  for  the  Christian.  It  inherits  the 
name  "Christian."  Call  it  "Lord's  Supper,"  be- 
cause it  was  Christ's  last  and  special  supper,  and 
Paul  calls  it  "Lord's  Supper."  Call  it  "feast  of 
charity,"  for  such  it  is,  and  Jude  calls  it  "feast  of 
charity."  Call  it  the  "Lord's  passover"  because 
that  is  what  it  signifies  and  typifies,  but  please  do 
not  reject  the  name  "  passover."  Let  us  cherish  it 
as  the  representative  name  of  our  only  hope  of  sal- 
vation,—  Gods  justice  passing  cvtr  our  sins.  May  we 
dive  deeper  and  deeper  into  this  fathomless  abyss 
of  God's  eternal  love,  is  my  humble  prayer  and 
Amen, 

West  Cairo,  Ohio. 

REMARKS. 

My  special  object  in  writing  the  article  to  which 
reference  is  made,  was  to  have  that  question  care- 
fully considered  by  our  people.  That  the  Lord  did 
order  a  passover  in  the  time  of  Moses,  we  have  no 
doubt.  That  the  lamb  then  killed  and  used,  point- 
ed significantly  to  Christ,  the  Lamb,  who  was  the 
victim  for  our  sins,  v/e  all  agree.  There  was  a  meal 
eaten  at  that  time  by  the  Lord's  people,  and  that 
meal  was  called  passover.  There,  doubtless,  was 
a  reason  for  this.  That  lamb  was  to  be  "without 
blemish,"  so  was  Christ  without  sin.  The  lamb, 
then  slain,  pointed  to  the  time  when  Jesus  should 
come  to  suffer  for  his  people,  and  hence  pass 
over,— passing  over  from  a  promise  to  the  fulfill- 
ment of  it.    When  Christ  was  here,  he  ate  a  meal 


with  his  disciples,  which  he  calls  "passover,"  be- 
cause it  points  jo  a  grand  event,  which  was  yet  to 
come,  when  he  should  come  to  receive  them  unto 
himself,  and  net  only  serve,  but  feait  with  them, 
which  is  implied  in  the  expression,  "  I  will  not  any- 
more eat  thereof,  until  it  te  fulfilled  in  the  king- 
dom of  God."     Luke  22    16. 

There  should  be  no  confusion  in  the  mind  of  the 
Bible  student,  as  to  the  time  of  killing  and  eating 
the  passover  lamb  under  the  law,  and  the  time 
when  Christ  celebrated  his  passover  meal  with  his 
disciples.  Jesus  and  his  apostles  ate  their  passover 
at  the  beginning  of*  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
month,  and  then  he  died  near  the  close  of  the 
same  day.  Then  the  type  was  fulfilled,  the  Jewish 
passover  was  ended,  and  the  Christian  passover  be- 
gan.   So  we  look  forward  with  joy. 

A.  Hutchison 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCH  OF  ELD.  DAVID  LONG. 

BY    EMMERT   ROWLAND. 

Perhaps  few  people  have  been  as  widely  known 
in  our  brotherhood  as  the  late  David  Long. 

He  was  born  of  German  parentage,  in  1F20,  in 
what  is  known  as  Manor  congregation,  Washington 
County,  Md.r  in  a  fertile  section  of  the  beautiful 
Cumberland  Valley,  a  rustic  district,  such  as  would 
naturally  produce  a  noble  character  and  a  forceful 
disposition. 

His  grandfather,  Isaac  Long,  lived  ab^ut  the 
middle  of  the  seventeenth  century,  and  adhered  to 
the  River  Brethren  faith.  Although  never  an  or- 
dained minister,  he  loved  to  exhort  and  would 
often  conduct  services  in  his  own  house. 

His  father,  Joseph  Long,  a  deacon  in  the  Breth- 
ren church,  married  Nancy  Rowland,  a  descendant 
of  the  Shively  family,  who  migrated  to  this  country 
from  Germany,  He  raised  a  family  of  eight  ch  1- 
dren,  all  of  whom  became  members  of  the  church, 
and  the  three  sons  ministers.  They  were  Imrnanu- 
el,  Joseph  and  David.  While  his  children  were  yet 
young,  at  home,  he  adopted  the  admirable  custom 
of  each  asking  the  blessing  at  meai.c,  by  turn. 

Of  this  noble  ancestry  sprang  the  subject  of  cur 
sketch.  He  received  only  the  rude  education  of- 
fered by  the  country  schools  of  his  day,  but  living 
in  a  rural  district,  and  brought  up  by  Christian  par- 
ents, he  gathered  wisdom  found  only  In  nature's 
school,  and  learned  the  law  of  love  by  obedience, 

He  soon  grew  up  to  manhood,  and  with  him  grew 
the  shining  graces,  which  made  him  amply  fit  for 
the  useful  life  before  him,  He  united  with  the 
church  in  1S43,  while  yet  a  yourg  man,  was  soon 
placed  in  the  deaconship,  and,  at  the  age  of  thirty, 
was  elected  to  the  ministry.  On  the  very  day  of 
his  election  his  wife,  Mary  (Reichard)  Long,  was 
dangerously  ill,  at  the  point  of  death.  Much  sym- 
pathy was  expressed  fcr  the  young  preacher,  who 
was  now,  according  to  mortal  view,  to  be  left  alone 
in  a  work  so  important.  She  recovered,  however, 
and  iived  to  sustain  and  strengthen  him  in  his  new 
responsible  duties, 

He  commenced  preaching  in  due  time,  and  at 
once  showed  the  marks  of  an  able  speaker.  He  ef- 
fectually filled  the  offices  of  first  and  second  degree 
until  the  death  of  Eld.  Jacob  Highbarger,  when  he 
was  made  bishop  in  his  stead,  of  what  is  now  Man- 
or, Beaver  Creek,  Berkley  and  Hagerstown  congre- 
gations. The  congregation  afterward  being  divid- 
ed, he  remained  bishop  of  Manor  congregation,  un- 
til his  death.  He  died  Jan  23,  1T97,  in  his  seventy- 
seventh  year.  After  a  few  days'  illness  he  passed 
peacefully  away.  The  funeral  was  held  two  days 
later,  the  services  being  conducted  by  Eld.  D.  F. 
Stoufifer,  assisted  by  Eid.  E.  W.  Stoner.  Interment 
took  place  in  Manor  cemetery.  Close  by  the  chap- 
el, where  he  spent  many  seasons  of  labor  and  joy, 
is  a  grassy  mound,  to  which  those,  who  knew  him, 
approach  with  reverent  step,  pause,  drop  a  tear  and 
call  him  blessed. 

He  raised  a  family  of  eleven  children,  all  cf 
whom  are  members  of  the  Brethren  church  save 
one,  Five  sons  and  six  daughters  looked  to  him 
for  instruction,  and  seven  ministers  call  him  father, 


Jan.  29,  1S9S. 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSBNQEB. 


69 


Four  of  his  own  sons  are  1 
ville,  York,  Pa,  Walter 
Victor,  at  home.  E'd.  1 
Md.,  E'd.  Divid  Kendij 
Eld.  Seth  Myers,  Altcona 


nini  iters:  Joseph  and  Or- 
S.,  Tyrone,  Pa,  and  D 
ili  Yourtee,  Brownsville, 
,  Bridgewater,  Va ,  and 
Pa,  are  sons-in  law. 


As  to  success  in  life,  if  wealth  and  fame  can  be 
called  such,  he  never  attained  to  it;  for  he  never 
trod  ambition's  way,  nor  was  his  life  tainted  with 
the  direful  traits  that  attend  her  With  his  family, 
hii  care,  his  service  to  his  Gsd,  hz  cared  little  for 
the  outside  woilc;  bat  with  meekness  was  content 
with  his  let.  He  never  sought  the  company  of 
men  of  rank,  but  descended  to  men  of  lew  estate. 
The  friendship  he  displayed  made  him  easily  ap- 
proached, a  comfoit  for  the  unfortunate,  a  fountain 
of  wisdom  to  the  inquiring.  While  his  friendship, 
perhaps,  was  not  so  easily  secured,  yet,  when  once 
obtained,  was  lasting. 

Though  of  a  submissive  nature,  he  always  con 
tended  for  his  rights  and  the  rights  of  others,  and 
his  rebuke,  though  severe,  was  ever  tirr.e'y.  His 
presence  quieted  the  vain  and  foolish,  eased  the 
pain  of  the  sorrowing,  and  lent  grace  to  his  feiiow 
worshipers.  He  loved  the  association  of  his  breth- 
ren and  friends,  and  sought  pleasure  in  pleasing 
He  was  much  a'tached  to  his  family,  and  many 
were  the  seasons  of  joy  when  children,  grandchil- 
dren; nieces  and  nephew?,  assembled  in  the  home 
of  the  one  whom  they  loved.  They  enjoyed  his 
welcome  greeting,  his  wise  instruction  and  his  kind 
admonition.  His  life  was  ere  devoted  to  the 
church, — one  to  stand  for  primitive  Christianity 
and  one  to  prove  the  assertion,  ''The  world  knows 
nothing  of  its  greatest  men." 

Bro  Long  frequently  represented  his  D;str!ct  on 
Standing  Commit'ec,  and,  because  01  his  recog- 
nized ability,  as  peace-maker  and  counselor,  was 
sent  on  many  committees,  in  behalf  of  the  church. 
He  took  a  g'eit  interest  in  the  young,  and,  espec- 
ially during  hh  late  year?,  assisted  in  forming  Bible 
classes  and  improving  our  church  music. 

He  wielded  a  wide  influence  over  his  brethren. 
He  would  "  eat  no  meat  "  to  sive  his  brother  cause 
to  offend;  and  was  carefulto  adjust  all  differences 
arising  between  the  brethren.  Always  at  his  post 
he  spared  no  means  to  forward  the  principles  of  the 
church.  He  lived  to  serve  and  no  labor  was  too 
hard,  if  done  for  the  welfare  of  tfte  church.  No 
sicritice  was  too  great  if  for  her  Increase.  To  this 
untiring  zeal  and  labcr  to  keep  the  rbek  united,  and 
free  from  the  enemy,  is  largely  due  the  growth  of 
the  church  of  which  he  was  made  overseer. 

Weaknesses  he  may  have  hid.  As  "error  is  the 
lot  of  mortals,"  we  look  not  for  them  lest  we  fall 
into  error  more  erroneous.  Among  worldly  men, 
during  life,  he  was  known  only  as  Divld  Long,  and 
a  wise  counselor,  but  when  death  called  him  from 
their  weak  vision,  they  said  "  Adieu,"  and  called 
him  the  "distinguished  divine." 

As  a  speaker  he  was  noted  for  his  forcible  reason- 
ing, plain  speech,  and  for  adapting  himself  to  his 
audience,  so  as  to  agreeably  meet  the  wanls  of  his 
hearers.  He  was  ever  wont  to  command  the'r  re- 
spect and  attention. 

Four  sors  be?r  his  likeness,  as  well  as  that  of 
their  Master,  over  four  States  cf  the  Uaion,  and 
wherever  his  footstep  hes  been,  live  the  many 
deeds  his  willing  hacdi  found  to  do. 

Such  is  the  life  of  one  who,  though  dead,  yet 
speaketh,  and  who  can  tell  the  abundance  of  such  a 
harvest? 

Hazersiown,  Md. 


If  there  were  two  masters  requiring  exactly  the 
same  service,  it  would  be  possible,  that,  by  serving 
the  one,  both  would,  to  some  extent,  be  served,  so 
it  is  plain  that  the  opposites  are  here  referred  to. 
The  subject  under  consideration  is  'service''  and 
"  car?,"  and  the  thought  is  introduced  to  show  that 
whenever  the  service  is  rendered,  the  care  can  be 
expected.     If  we   serve   God  he  has  promised   to 


far 


nd  if 


-»THB  *  SUNDAY  *  SCHOOL-^ 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 
Cur  Father's  Care.— Matt.  6:  24-31. 

Lesson  jor  February  6,  1S9S, 

The   lesson  opens  by  stating  a  thing  which   no 
man  can  do. —  serve  two  masters  at  the  same  tt 
This,  however,   is   somewhat   modified   by  a  later 
statement,  in  which  it  is  said:  "No  man  can  serve 
God  and  mammon  together,"  which  arc  opposite 


look  to  mammon  to  give  us  the  needed  care,  so  all 
we  have  to  do,  in  determining  to  whom  we  shall 
render  our  service,  is  to  decide  who  will  serve  us 
best. 

If  mammon,  or  the  world,  can  give  vs  as  much  or 
more  than  God  can  give  us,  we  had  better  give  our 
service  there.  But,  through  sad  experience,  we 
have  learned  that  both  our  bodies  and  souls  have 
needs  that  the  world  cannot  give,  and,  ^s  the  world 
cannot  supply  these  nee^s,  we  must  go  to  God  for 
them.  Wc  do  this  by  giving  him  our  service,  and 
placing  ourse'ves  wholly  in  his  care.  Doing  this, 
we  have  the  promise  that  he  will  care  foru?.  If  we 
have  done  thi=,  and  fully  believe  in  the  promises 
made,  the  thought  is,  why  be  zo  anxiously  con- 
cerned as  to  what  will  happen,  where  our  daily  food 
will  come  from,  cr  how  we  shall  be  clothed?  The 
life  that  the  Lord  has  given  us  is  more  than  meat, 
and  our  bodies  were  made  for  a  higher  purpose 
than  simply  to  be  clothed.  Att?nd  to  the  higher 
purposes  and  duties,  and  God  will  Pee  that  these 
things  of  so  much  less  importance,  will  be  attended 
to. 

The  trouble  always  has  been,  that  men  and  wom- 
en have  been  more  concerned  about  their  food  and 
clothing  than  about  the  spiritual  life  and  welfare  of 
the  sou).  Our  faith  in  the  promises  is  not  strong 
enough  to  enable  us  to  trust  as  we  should.  We  try 
to  do  too  much  in  our  own  strength. 

That  we  may  lean  less  on  our  own  strength  and 
wisdom,  and  more  on  the  Lord,  this  lesson  is  given. 
In  enforcing  t^e  lesson,  Christ  gives  two  illustra- 
tions; The  fowls  of  the  air  and  the  fbwers  of  the 
fkld.  .The  fowls  of  the  air  do  not  sow  nor  reap, 
neither  do  they  gather  into  barns,  jet  they  are  fed 
oy  the  Heavenly  Father,  and  are  we  not  much 
better  than  they?  We  certainly  are,  because  all 
things  were  made  for  the  good  and  pleasure  of 
man.  God  hath  highly  f  xalted  us  above  every  oth- 
er creature  that  he  hath  made,  in  giving  us  an  im- 
mortal soul,  and  making  such  ample  provisions  for 
our  future  good.  Now  our  Mediator,  the  Christ  of 
our  hope,  reasons  in  this  way  with  us:  If  the  Father 
so  cares  for  the  fowls,  which  were  made  for  our 
pleasure,  will  he  not,  in  a  much  greater  way,  care 
for  us  on  whom  he  has  bestowed  so  much  consider- 
ation, and  for  whom  so  great  a  sacrifice  was  made? 
The  mode  of  reasoning  used  is  certainly  very 
strong,  and  ought  to  be  conclusive,  without  a  dnubt. 
But  to  make  the  assurance  still  stronger,  we  have 
this  additional  evidence:  "Consider  the  lilies  of  the 
field,  how  they  grow;  they  toil  not,  neither  do  they 
spin.  And  yet  X  say  unto  you,  that  even  Solomon, 
in  3ll  his  glory,  was  not  arrayed  like  one  of  these." 
"  Wherefore, "  he  says,  "if  God  so  clothes  the  grass 
of  the  field,  which  to  day  is,  and  to-morrow  is  cast 
into  the  oven,  shall  he  not  much  mere  clothe  you, 
O  ye  of  little  faith?" 

Can  we  not  all  say,  "Yea,  Lord,  we  believe  that 
thou  wilt?"  This  is  the  way  he  wants  us  to  feel, 
and  if  we  have  any  faith  at  all,  we  ought  to  believe 
at  least  this  much. 

And  yet,  notwithstanding  all  our  saying  that  we 
believe,  do  our  actions  2nd  our  words  bear  testimo- 
ny to  cur  faith?  We  only  half  believe;  at  best 
seemingly  so. 

We,  perhapr,  do  not  really  doubt  the  premises  of 
God,  but  we  often  seem  over-anxious  to  help  him 
carry  them  out.  In  other  words,  we  seem  to  say: 
"  Lord,  we  will  try  to  take  care  of  ourselves,  and 
when  we  fail,  or  come  short,  we  will  be  glad  to  have 
you  help  us." 

But  this  is  not  the  way  we  should  feel.  O-ir  rela- 
tion to  God  is  as  was  our  relation  to  our  parents, 
when  yet  children.  We  locked  to  them  to  care  for 
us,  to  see  that  our  food  and  clothing  were  provided. 
But  while  we  did  this,  we  did  what  we  cc-uld  in  hav- 


ng  these  things  provided.  The  Lord  causes  the 
seeds,  grains,  etc  ,  to  grow  and  be  grown  for  the 
fowls  of  the  air,  but  their  p3rt  is  to  find  it,  and 
get  it  for  themselves,  The  Lord  has  net  made 
them  to  perch  on  the  limb  of  a  tree,  or  to  sit  in 
their  nests,  and  then  bring  their  food  to  them  and 
cram  it  down  their  throats.  They  must  use  the 
possibilities  which  have  been  given  them,  and  the 
Lord  will  do  the  rest. 

So  it  is  with  us.  It  is  not  expected  in  our  trust- 
ing in  the  Lord  to  care  fcr  us,  that  we  will  fold  our 
hands,  and,  in  our  ease,  wait  for  the  Lord  to  ccme 
and  fill  our  stomachs,  and  clothe  our  bodies,  but  we 
are  to  use  the  possibilities  which  have  been  given 
us.  We  are  to  plow,  and  sow,  and  labor  with  our 
hands  and  minds,  and  then  trurt  in  the  Lord  to  do 
the  balance.  We  are  not  to  grumble  and  fret  be- 
cause things  do  not  come  just  as  wc  expect,  The 
Lord  knows  when  to  send  frosts,  rain  and  snow, 
much  better  than  we  do,  and  the  best  thing  we  can 
do  is  to  do  cur  part  well,— the  very  best  we  can, 
and  then  remmit  all  into  the  hands  cf  the  Lo*d, 
and,  like  Moses  and  his  army,  on  the  borders  of  the 
Red  Sea,  stand  still  and  see  the  salvation  of  the 
Lord.  It  will  ccme  to  us  just  as  surely  as  it  did  to 
Israel. 

It  is  all  right  for  sinners  and  those  who  do  not 
have  Gnd  as  their  Fa'.her,  to  splutter  and  grumble 
when  things  do  not  come  ri^ht,  because  they  de- 
pend on  their  own  wisdom  and  s'rergth  to  make 
things  come  tight,  and,  if  they  do  not,  they  arc  re- 
sponsible, and  have  a  right  to  grumble,  not  at  God 
—but  at  themselves.  But  not.  so  it  is  with  us.  Our 
Heiven'y  Fa'her  knoweth  that  we  ha\e  need  cf  all 
these  things.  The  vety  best  we  can  do  is  first  to 
seek  the  kingdom  of  God  and  his  righteousness, 
and  all  theie  things  w-ll  be  added.  H,  n    B 


SKKMON"    OUTLIN10. 


SALVATION. 


"Andihesba'l  b 
name  Jrcsus:  for  he 

ing  forth 
ha1!  save 

a  son,  and  Ihou  shalt  call  hil 
bis  people  Irom  their  sios."— 

Matt.  1:  21. 

The  thing  t)  be: 

from  God,  and  enta 

ved  from 
h  death  or 

.?  sin,  which  always  separa'es 
a  lost  condition  on  all  win  tin. 

r.  We  are  saved 

frciu  Ada 

nic  sin  by  the  atonement,— by 

the  death  of  God's  Son.    Rom 
2.  We  are  saved  from  our  si 

5:6. 

is  by  the  life  of  Christ.     Rom, 

Four  causes  go  b 

1.  The  primary  c. 

2.  Tbe  proximate 

fjre: 

use,  God's 
cause,  Ch 

ist's  death  aod  resurrection. 

3.  The  formal  can 

se,  regene 

ation, 

5.  The  final  cause 

Christian 

peifjclion. 

Necessary  forces: 

1.  Gospel  power, 

2.  Belief  and  fail! 

3.  Repentance  an 
4   Obedience  thro 

d  prayer. 

ugh  the  light  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

back  of  which 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  WARFARE-Eph.  6:  n 

For  Thursday  Evening,  Feb.  3,  iSgS. 


1.  Satan  aDd  bis  h 

sts.    Eph.  4:  27;  2  Cor.  11:3 

2.  Worldly  and  co 

rupt  associates.    1  Cor.  15:  3). 

3.  Our  own  evil  na 

ure.    Rom. 7:  25. 

II.  The  Armor. 

7.  The  whole  arm 

r  required.    Eph.  6:  13;  Rom.  13:  12; 

2  Cor.  6:  7. 

2.  Wc  must  do  011 

part  to  stand.     1  Pet.  4:  7. 

3   We  must  keep  t 

ur  armor  in  readiness.    Eph  6:  14-17. 

4.  Wc  must  know 

tow  to  use  it.    1  Cor.  0:  26,  27. 

III.  OORCAPrAlN.ANI 

His  Orders  to  Us. 

I.  He  commands  1 

s  to  watch.    Eph,  6:  18;  Matt.  26:  41. 

2.  He  commands  1 

s  to  pray.    Luke  18:  1;  Rom.  12:  17. 

3.  He  commands  1 

i  to  persevere.    Rev.  3:  11,  12;  Eph. 

4.  He  expects  us 

to  "  [ijht  the  good  fight  of  faith."    I 

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LONOINU  AND  LISTENING. 

To  stretch  ray  band  and  touch  Him 

Though  he  be  far  away; 
To  raise  my  eyes  and  see  him 

Through  darkness  as  through  day; 
To  lift  my  voice  and  call  him- 

To  feel  a  band  extended 

By  One  who  standeth  near; 
To  view  (he  love  that  shineth 

In  eyes  sereoe  and  clear; 
To  know  thai  he  is  calling— 

This  is  to  hear. 

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RUINED  CITIES. 


BY  HOWARD  MILLER. 


I  have  yet  to  see  the  boy  who  is  not  interested 
in  ruins.  There  is  something  wonderfully  attrac- 
tive about  an  old  tumbledown  house  that  nobody 
-  livcs-in,  and  many  boys  and  girls  have  taken  their 
first  lessons  in  exploring  when  they  are  allowed  to 
overhaul  the  home  garret.  What  a  delight  it  would 
be  to  make  a  tour  of  some  of  the  ruined  cities  down 
in  lower  Mexico?  Yet  they  are  not  at  all  what 
would  be  looked  for.  In  a  sense  they  are  very  dis 
appointing,  at  first  sight,  but  they  grow  on  one,  and 
their  study  is  most  fascinating. 

There  are  about  sixty  cities  in  ruins  down  in  the 
region  of  Mexico  and  Spanish  America.  If  we 
were  to  go  to  one  of  them  it  would  require  consid- 
erable preparation,  and  involve  no  little  expense,  as 
there  are  a  good  many  things  that  would  be  want- 
ed, and  the  party  ought  to  have  a  good  many  in  it. 
I  wonder  whether  I  can  give  the  young  reader  any 
idea  of  the  ruins?  In  the  first  place  they  are  nearly 
all  in  remote  and  unsettled  sections,  and  they  are 
hard  to  get  at.  If  we  were  in  the  vicinity  of  a  typi- 
cal ruined  city  what  would  impress  us  most  would 
in  all  probability  be  the  characteristic  luxuriance 
of  the  vegetation  of  the  tropics  in  which  they  are 
for  the  most  part  situated.  Arriving  at  the  site  of 
one  we  would  notice  that  here  and  there  would  be  a 
huge  stone,  evidently  shaped  by  the  hands  of  men. 
Then  another  would  be  seen,  and  after  a  little  we 
would  see  that  they  were  laid  in  some  sort  of  order, 
and  the  next  thing  to  do  would  be  to  set  the  labor- 
ers of  the  party  to  digging  and  clearing  away  the 
accumulation  of  dirt  about  the  building.  It  would 
not  be  long  tili  we  would  get  some  idea  of  the  size 
of  the  house.  They  were  all  built  of  stone,  that  is 
all  that  are  left  standing  now,  though  it  can  readily 
be  seen  that  wood  was  also  used,  but  it  has  disap- 
peared long  ago.  It  does  not  require  a  great  deal 
of  skill  to  reconstruct  a  ruined  house  or  temple 
after  one  gets  down  to  the  general  plan  of  it. 
It  can  be  seen  that  there  are  streets,  temples  and 
public  buildings.  The  extent  of  some  of  the  cities 
that  I  have  seen  leads  me  to  believe  that  perhaps 
several  hundreds  of  thousands  of  a  population  oc- 
cupied them, 

On  some  of  them  there  is  no  end  of  hieroglyphic 
writing  and  not  a  word  of  it  has  ever  been  read. 


If  we  could  read  the  records  they  have  left  we 
would,  in  all  probability,  know  a  great  deal  more  of 
the  world's  real  history  than  we  now  do.  The  first 
authentic  mention  of  them  is  by  the  early  Spaniards 
who  overrun  that  country  nearly  four  hundred 
years  2go.  They  were  then  pretty  much  as  they 
are  now.  It  is  a  wonderfully  interesting  question 
where  these  people  came  from,  but  it  is  more  in- 
teresting, at  least  to  me,  what  became  of  them. 
There  is  not  even  a  reliable  myth  as  who  they  were 
or  what  became  of  them.  I  will  try  to  give  you  the 
theories  of  their  history.  One  is  that  they  were 
people  who  somehow  got  over  the  Pacific  Ocean 
long  centuries  ago.  Another  is  that  the  old  and 
the  new  worlds  were  joined  centuries  ago,  and  that 
the  people  of  old  Egypt  were  either  their  forerun- 
ners or  their  descendants.  Another  is  that  they 
grew  up  just  where  they  are,  or  where  their  ruined 
cities  are  now  found.  I  want  to  tell  you  that  the 
scientific  men,  who  hold  to  these  theories,  are  about 
equally  divided  in  their  opinions.  They  were  a 
race  of  idol  worshipers,  and  some  of  their  gods 
are  still  standing,  and  a  peculiarity  is  that  the  Cross 
is  found  among  other  things.  This  does  not  mean 
that  they  were  Christians,  for  the  cross  has  been 
found  in  many  countries,  long  before  the  time  of 
Christ.  One  of  these  days  the  scientific  men  who 
are  working  on  this  subject  will  get  at  the  facts  in 
the  case,  and  then  we  will  know  a  great  deal  more 
about  the  world  and  its  people  than  we  do  now, 

There  is  one  thing  that  is  pretty  certain,  and  that 
is  there  were  no  animals,  such  as  we  have,  in  any  of 
these  cities.  There  are  no  pictures  to  indicate  any- 
thing of  the  kind,  though  it  is  equally  certain  that 
they  had  turkeys.  They  had  no  iron  or  steel,  and 
it  is  simply  wonderful,  the  work  that  they  did  with 
their  poor  tools,  in  all  probability  axes  and  tools 
made  out  of  a  harder  stone  than  what  they  wrought 
on.  In  one  old  graveyard,  probably  the  size  of  a 
square  in  town,  it  is  said  that  over  S50.000  of  solid 
gold  ornaments  were  taken  from  the  graves  where 
the  survivors  at  that  time  had  buried  them  with 
their  dead.  The  whole  study  of  these  ruins  is 
fraught  with  almost  unsurmountable  difficulties, 
and  nobody  knows  the  real  facts  in  the  case, 
Lewhburg,  Pa. 


THE  STUDY  OP  HYMNS. 


BY    MARGUERITS    BIXLER. 


To  rightly  interpret  a  hymn  for  others,  it  is  nec- 
essary to  understand  it  ourselves.  A  person  who 
knows  nothing  about  cube  root  would  not  be  apt  to 
stand  before  a  class  and  attempt  to  explain  it.  I 
etimes  wonder  why  those,  who  claim  to  be  inter- 
ested in  sacred  music,  are  not  equally  as  thoughtful. 
A  hymn  must  be  studied,— carefully  and  prayer- 
fully studied,— before  it  can  be  sung  intelligently. 
Ofttimes  I  am  asked  what  I  do  to  inspire  my  pupils 
'n  their  study  of  sacred  song.  The  best  answer  I 
;an  give  is  that  I  first  inspire  myself. 

To  give  you  an  idea  of  one  way  I  study  and 
teach  hymns,  let  us  use,  for  an  example,  Sullivan's 
"Onward,  Christian  Soldiers,"  No.  18,  in  the  Sun- 
day School  Song  Book.  This  is  a  missionary  hymn, 
and  as  Christian  people  are  always  full  of  the  mis- 
sionary spirit,  it  will  be  an  interesting  one  to  study. 

First,  we  notice  there  is  a  command  to  a  com- 
pany of  Christian  soldiers,  who  are  marching  as  if 
going  to  war,  marching  forward  into  the  battle  with 
their  Captain  in  the  advance,  inspiring,  cheering 
and  leading  them  on.  Now  comes  the  question  — 
What  should  be  the  movement  of  the  first  stanza? 
Well,  let  us  think.  Do  you  know  what  kind  of 
step  soldiers  are  apt  to  take  when  going  to  battle? 
Do  you  not  think  a  quick  step  would  be  the  most 
appropriate?  Why?  Because  it  is  expressive  of 
action.  You  have  no  idea  how  rapid  this  move- 
ment is.  I  believe  the  quickest  way  to  obtain  an 
idea  is  to  get  on  the  floor  in  front  of  my  class  and 
step  it  off.  Try  it.  We  are  now  ready  (o  sing  the 
first  stanza  in  a  joyful,  animated  style,  in  strict 
march  time. 

The  second  stanza,— "Like  a  mighty  army  moves 
the  church  of  God,"     Do  you  know  anything  about 


the  movement  of  large  bodies,  generally?  Yes, 
they  move  slow  and  sure.  Soldiers  tell  us  that  the 
whole  army  cannot  move  rapidly.  While  it  is  pos- 
sible for  the  cavalry  to  do  so,  also  the  infantry,  on  a 
charge,  the  entire  army  wilh  its  commissary  depart- 
ment, moves  slowly.  Sing  this  line  slow  and 
strong.  "Brothers,  we  are  treading  where  the 
saints  have  trod."  This  is  a  decided  change  of 
thought;  from  that  of  activity,  to  that  of  reflection. 
At  the  close  of  a  beautiful  spring  day,  we  stood 
on  the  old  battle-field  of  Gettysburg.  Beautiful, 
historical  scenery  met  our  gaze, — scenery  that 
would  satisfy  an  artist's  eye.  We  looked  and  won- 
dered. After  the  guide's  explanation  there  were  no 
words  of  exclamation,  no  murmurs  of  delight.  All 
was  silence.  We  were  standing  on  ground  where 
others  had  not  only  trod,  but  poured  out  their  life's 
blood  for  the  cause  of  freedom.  Reflection  and 
memory  were  here  enthroned  and  solemn  were  our 
thoughts.  When  engaged  in  deepest  thought,  we 
are  motionless;  the  muscles  are  not  active,  No- 
tice the  difference  between  this  stanza  and  the  first, 
d  sing  it  thoughtfully.  The  latter  part  of  the 
stanza  brings  us  the  thought  of  unity,  and,  naturally, 
strength.  Not  divided,  but  a  united  band,  sure  of 
success.  God's  people  must  stand  united  if  victor- 
ies are  to  be  gained  for  Him.  Sing  this  cheerfully 
and  with  confidence.  The  third  stanza  is  beautiful. 
In  it  we  find  the  crowning  point  of  the  selection, 
"  Crowns  and  thrones  may  perish."  "  Gates  of 
hell  can  never  'gainst  the  church  prevail."  Why  is 
this  true?  Because  we  have  Christ's  promise,  "I 
will  not  forsake  thee." 

How  it  cheers  and  inspires  the  soldier's  confi- 
dence! Fully  trusting  he  marches  on  to  success. 
You  think  his  promise  might  fail?  Neverl  Men's 
promises  sometimes  fail;  but  Christ's  cannot. 
Heaven  and  earth  may  pass  away,  but  His  promises 
will  not  fail.  Then,  how  should  such  a  thought  be 
expressed?  Slow,  emphatic,  staccato.  They  can 
never  fail. 

The  last  stanza  expresses  victory.  The  darkest 
hours  and  severest  struggle  past,  the  army  now 
moves  gloriously  on,  continuously  praising  their 
Captain-K'ng  with  songs  of  praise  and  gladness. 
Would  that  we  might  praise  Him  more  in  song  as 
we  pass  through  the  battles  of  life.  There  is  power 
in  song.  The  chorus  denotes  action  and  should  be 
sung  in  a  strong,  cheerful  manner,  in  perfect  march 
time. 

We  hope  these  few  hints  will  cause  you  all  to 
take  a  still  deeper  interest  in  rightly  interpreting 
the  beautiful  songs  of  Zion.  Remember,  a  song, 
rightly  sung,  is  a  sermon  preached,  and  its  purpose 
is  that  of  saving  souls.  Be  earnest,  willing  workers 
in  the  realm  of  song,  for  yet  a  little  while,  and  with 
a  perfect  understanding  shall  we  sing  His  praise 
throughout  the  ceaseless  ages  of  sweet  eternity. 


OCCUPATION. 


When  the  heart  is  heavy  and  we  suffer  from  de- 
pression or  disappointment,  how  thankful  we  should 
be  that  we  still  have  work  and  prayer  left  to  comfort 
Occupation  forcibly  diverts  the  mind,  prayer 
sweetly  soothes  the  soul. 

Then,"  writes  one  who  has  been  sorely  tried,  "  I 
tell  my  griefs  to  God,  as  a  child  tells  its  troubles  to 
its  mother;  and  when  I  have  told  all,  I  am  comfort- 
ed, and  repeat  with  a  lightened  heart  the  prayer  of 
St,  Francoise  de  Chantal  (who  certainly  suffered 
more  than  I),  '  Thy  will  be  done  forever  and  ever, 
O  Lord,  without  if  or  but,' — and  then  for  fear  a  mur- 
mur may  arise  in  my  heart,  I  return  immediately  to 
my  work,  and  become  absorbed  in  occupation." — 
Gold  Dust. 

It  is  nobler  far  to  do  the  most  commonplace  duty 
in  the  household  or  behind  the  counter,  with  a  sin- 
gle eye  to  duty,  simply  because  it  must  be  done, 
than  to  go  out  of  your  way  to  attempt  a  brilliant 
deed,  with  a  double  mind,  and  saying  to  yourself 
lot  only,  "  This  will  be  a  brilliant  deed,"  but  also, 
'  and  it  will  pay  me,  or  raise  me,  or  set  me  off  into 
the  bargain."  Heroism  knows  no  "  into  the  bar- 
gain."— Charlis  Kirgiky, 


Jan.  29,  18 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSE^TGEI^. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract.    This  is  a  severe  agc  on  the  catholic  church. 

:  of  liberty  and  it  seems  that  this 


Department. 


B6.-c.li  Bby.        •    Kansas 

D.  L.  Miller,     -   -  Illinois 

S.  P.  Sacfeer, 


OF  THE   COMMITTEE: -The    Monday 


IE3ULAB 

before  Stani 

lug;  the  second  Monday  ol  Octobe 

BUSINESS  FOB  ANY  MEETING  should  b 


ZACB  STATE  DISTRICT  IHBSIQN  B0A3D  is  esilltled  F 


dorscd  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  before  the  pape 
will  bo  sent, 
THE  0OUUI1T&S  BSOSIvBS  doniitlons  lor  the  lollowln 
funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India.  Orphanage  ? 
Srhyrna;  Washington  Meetinghouse;  Suflerers  1 
IHdia;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 


body  of  people  cannot  live  and  thrive  in  thi 
Ent  of  religious  and  political  liberty.    A 
rsaya  that  liberty  will  yet  kill  the  Catho- 
lic church. 


me  people  are  opposed  to  advancing  well 
qualified-young  men  to  a  higher  degree  of 
isefulness,  fearing  that  this  may  be  the  means 
f  spoiling  them  The  way  to  prevent  young 
nen  from  spoiling  is  to  give  them  plenty  of 
/01k  to  do,  and  then  keep  them  at  it.  It  is  the 
devil  who  spoils  men  by  keeping  them  idle. 


so  itor  a:::e:c 


business  or  money  Intended   for    the 
my  of  its  members.    All  such  corres- 

GEN.  MISS.  St  TRACT  COM,, 


MOTTO  FOR  THE  ! 


Th  Chicago  there  are 
dist  churches,  valued  1 


lid  lo  be  Jig  Methc 


The  Mormons  claim  to  have  five  hundred 
ciders  at  work  in  the  South,  and  eighty  of  them 
afe  In  Tennessee! 

Mr.  R.  Q.  Hobbs,  who  took  a  calgo  of  corn 
to  India,  to  relieve  the  starving,  estimates  that 
6ooa,Rno  people  were  carried  away  by  the 
famine. 


At  Allegan,  Mich.,  1 
Hendricks  Goucher,  re( 
vanced  age  of  id?  years 
able  memory,  and  retain 
faculties  to  the  last. 


American  Congress 
expenditure  of  §14,000 
and  twelve  torpedoes, 
with  which  the  natio 
King  of  kings  in  the 
spiritual  weapons. 


of  all  the  missionar 
about  Si4,oco,oco  ye 


J  for  three  battleship; 


members  of  the  Keyser  family,  being  a  little 
less  than  sixty-nine  years  of  age.  From  the 
lime  he  was  a  little  boy,  he  came  to  the 
cemetery,  and  kept  up  his  frequent  visits 
as  long  as  he  was  able.  For  some  years,  I 
think,  he  did  not  attend  any  services  of  the 
Brethren.  About  three  years  ago,  I  preached 
ae  year  on  the  life  of  Christ.  It  was  a 
bright  summer  Sunday  morning  when  Mr. 
Keyser  strolled  into  our  service.  At  the  close 
.id,  "  I  do  love  to  hear  you  preach  about 
Jesus."  He  came  after  that  as  long  as  he  was 
He  had  intended  to  unite  with  the 
church,  but  death  overtook  him.  He  was  a 
of  noble  impulse,  loving  devotion,  and 
loved  the  Lord  Jesus  to  a  remarkable  degree, 
though  he  did  not  make  an  open  and   public 

infesssion  of  Him. 

1  spent  a  few  days  in   the  Brooklyn  mission 

cently.  G.  N.  Falkenstein. 

66//  Germantown  Ave., 

Philadelphia,  Pa.  Jan.  to. 


:nlly  died  at 
She  had  a  : 

d  a  good  use 


Writing  to  this  office  one  of  our  contrib- 
utors says  that  the  ohly  men  who  make  no 
mistakes  are  dead  men.  This,  of  course,  does 
not  mean  that  the  man  who  makes  the  most 
mistakes  has  Ihe  most  life  in  him. 


A  traveling  evangelist  in  Georgia  encour- 
ages among  his  people,  in  the  public  services, 
what  is  known  as  the  "holy  laugh."  This 
seems  to  be  a  leading  feature  of  his  doctrine. 
We  wonder  what  will  be  thought  of  next! 

The  story  about  seeds,  four  thousand 
years  old,  taken  from  the  ruins  in  Egypt,  and 
then  growing  when  planted,  is  conceded  to  be 
incorrect.  Several  experiments  were  made 
with  seeds  taken  from  the  ruins  of  Thebes, 
and  not  one  of  them  grew. 


Those  who  have 

are  delighted  with 
say  that  it  is  the  most  conve 
gotten    up    New    Testament 
When    its    convenience    is 


e  Gish  Testament 
do  not  hesitate  to 
;nient,  and  neatly 

published, 
understand 


Lbes 


nse  demand  fo 


In  the  United  States  there  are  said  to  1 
1,187  religious  papers  with  an  aggregate  circ 
lation  of  15,000,000  copies.  Of  these  569  a: 
weekly  and  most  of  the  others  monthly.     If  all 

these  papers  would  contend  for  the  whole  G05 
pel  what  a  power  ihey  would  be  for  good! 

A  traveler  in  Egypt,  after  passing  up  anc 
■down  the  Nile,  said  that  one  can  scarcely  ente 
a  town  or  village  without  finding  a  schoolhouse 
where  the  Arabs  are  taught,  and  they 
proud  to  say  their  education  began  in 
American  mission  schools, 


MISSION  WORK, 


One  of  the  main  purposes  of  chosen  I 
was  to  school  a  nation  lo  receive  Christ. 
this  reason  Old  Testament  history  re 
principally  salvation  for  the  Jew  alone. 
and  again  the  spirit  of  God  so  filled  son 
the  writers  of  Old  Testament  times  that 
writings  included  all  mankind  ih  salvz 
Such  is  David's  expression  in  Ps.  22:  27. 

All  Ihe  ends  oF  the  earth  shall  remember  and 
turn  unto  the  Lord: 

And  all  the  kindreds  of  the  nations  shall  ■ 
ship  before  thee, 

Many  expressions  in  the  Old  Testament 
are  directly  applicable  to  the  Jews  only,  and 
al  of  a  world-wide  salvation;  but  here  is 
that  includes  the  remotest  nations  of 
as  well  as  all  between  them.  It  cannot 
'to  the  judgment,  when  all  shall  meet 
who  sitteth  upon  the  throne,  for  they 
shall  "remember  and  turn  unto  the  Lord/'  as  a 
voluntary  act  of  their  own. 

2re  there  no  other  promise  or  prediction 
s  Bible,  here  is  sufficient  to  give  hope  to 
the  South  Sea  cannibal  or  the  Hottentot  of  New 
Guinea.      These  nations  will   worship,— shall 
rship,   before  Him.      It   hath   so   been   de- 
clared, and,  verily,  it  shall  come  to  pass* 

Just  how  socn  this  glorious  day  shall  appear 
depends  largely  upon  the  attitude  the  church 
takes  in  this  matter.  If  she  be  awake  to  her 
day  and  opportunity  this  glad  day  will  rapidly 
!.  If  she  neglect  her  opportunities,  the 
present  generations  of  these  nations  will  have 
to  die  in  darkness,  and  the  present  generation 
of  the  church,  so  cold  and  heartless,  will  pass 
from  earth  to  meet  a  just  desert  for  dilatory 
g  in  the  world,  and  another  will  come 
forth  that  will  declare  ihe  Gcspel  to  the  na- 
tions of  the  earth. 

But  how  about  the  embryo  of  missions,  be- 
gun in  India,  Asia  Minor,  and  Europe,  as  well 
as  different  parts  of  the  United  States? 

In  the  first  place  the  workers  in  the  field,  as 
well  as  those  who  helped  to  send  them  in  the 
name  of  the  church,  can  be  assured  they  arc 
in  harmony  with  God"s  plan  of  world-wide  sal- 
vation. In  the  next  place,  they  all  have  the 
assurance  that,  if  the  present  generation  does 
not  live  to  see  all  nations  worshiping  God, 
they  have  nobly  lived,  labored,  and 
ficed  to  begin  a  work  which  is  destined  t( 
ceed.  And  how  soul-cheering  it  is  to  a  really 
soul-loving  one  that  he  is  an  humble  factor 
God's  hands  to  bring  about  so  grand  and  gle 

Be  assured,  be  encouraged,  be  strengthen! 
brother,  sister,  for  all  nations  shall  remember 
and  turn  to  the  Lord,  or  as  David  give 
same    idea   in    Ps.  S6:  9,— "All    nations  shall 
come  and  worship  before  Thee,"  G.  I 


REPORT  OF  CHICAQO  MISSION. 


Missionary  Society,  Montlcollo, 

-Eld.  hiin'l  Dllling 6  (W 

3,  Grundy  Co.,  Iowa,  per  ft.  A. 

18  JO 

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Anrelto,   I"\vn,  pr 

Clreoue,  Haas., . 
of  Horrlngton, 
,  tSri'ono,  Knrii,, 


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Staunton 
for  bapti 


til  the  in 


Thibet  is  beset  on  all  sides  wii 
workers  waiting  at  different  door; 
habitants  of  that  strange  country 
throw  them  open.  This  time  ca 
delayed.  The  Moravians,  the  Scandinavia 
and  the  China  Inland  Mission  all  have  0 
posts.  A  party  of  earnest  Scandinavian  rr 
sionaries  recently  made  a  perilous  expediti 
from  India  across  the  frontier  of  Thibet,  and 
with  great  joy  held  their  first  prayer-meeting 
on  Thibetan  soil. 


From  Staunton,  Va. 

My  Christmas  was  very  pleasantly  spei 
Roanoke,  Va.,  visiting  members  and  frit 
Jan.  f  finds  me  ready  to  take  up  the  work  here 
again,  for  awhile. 

The  first  news  I  heard,  after  reaching 
s  that  we  have  another  applicant 
We  pray  that  others,  like  this 
dear  sister,  may,  with  ihe  new  year,  begin  a 
new  life!  Let  us  all  begin  the  new  year  with  a 
determination  to  do  mere  work  for  the  Mas- 
ler.  Martha  Click. 


From  Topeka,  Kana. 

I  spent  six  days  of  November  in  Morris 
County,  but  was  stopped  by  snow  and  winter, 
I  then  returned  and  went  to  Topeka  and  spent 
the  remainder  of  the  time  visiting  and  preach- 
ing in  the  city  and  its  surroundings-  The 
Brethren's  house  of  worship  is  too  far  from  Ihe 
city  to  get  people  out  lo  meeting  from  the 

There  are  a  few  Danish  families  and  about 
[,000  Swedes  in  the  city  proper,  whom  we 
ited,  gave  tracts,  prayed  with  and  did  as 
as  we  could.  Several  families  want  the  Bible 
and  Messenger  as  soon  as  they  can  get  thi 
money  and  will  send  for  it  themselves,  I  had 
one  Messenger  posted  up  in  the  post  office, 
as  a  notice  for  meeting.  Thus  the  Messenger 
and  Bible  advertisement  were  seen  and  read 
by  hundreds  of  people. 

e  Topeka  church  will  have  a  resident 
iter  next  spring,  which  they  very  much 
need.  I  found  the  members  in  a  much  scat- 
i  condition,  and  I,  therefore,  devoted  the 
ings  lo  the  development  of  good  feelings 
among  them,  as  well  as  urging  them  to  pi 
on  to  the  mark  of  our  high  calling.  I  found 
more  response  in  that  direction  than  I  antic 
pated  at  first,  in  and  out  of  the  church. 

Christian  Hope. 
Heringlon,  A'ans,,  Dec.  2$. 


From  Germantown,  Pa. 

work     moves     along     encouragingly, 
one  applicant  awaiting  baptism.     We 
ir  special  meetings  this   evening,— tc 
continue  as  may  be  deemed  advisable. 

Jan.  5  I  preached  the  funeral  of  John  G, 
Keyser.  He  was  a  grandson  of  Eld.  Peter 
Keyser,  who  preached  here,  in  the  old  meet- 
ing-house, over  fifty  years.  Mr,  Keyser  was, 
at   the  time  of  his   death,  one  of  the   oldest 


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Mary  M.Gox,  Hwe 
Bro.  Tens  Howell, 

tBprfnfis,  Mo 

per  Dan'l  Boek,  Kokomo, 

In  closing  the  work  for  the  year  we  have 
many  things  to  be  thankful  for,  and  while  no 
great  visible  results  have  attended  our  labors, 
yet  we  feel  that  an  influence  has  gone  out, 
principles  have  been  established,  and  that  a 
silent  force  is  at  work,  which  must,  in  time, 
bring  about  the  much-desired  results. 

This  is  a  hard  field  to  work,  from  various 
causes,— social  conditions,  complexity  of  re- 
ligious proclivities,  modes  of  living,  and  the 
shallow  idea  of  true  piety  which,  in  many  cases, 
prevails.  When  the  tide  of  immigration  turns 
South  in  earnest,  and  our  people  begin  to  col- 
onize,—which,  in  every  case,  they  should  do, 
when  emigrating,— and  when  a  different  influ- 
ence is  brought  to  bear,  we  may  expect  the 
redemption  of  this  fair  land  and  people.  Who 
will  come  and  help  us? 

There  are  rare  opportunities  here  for  the 
men  in  earnest,  but  it  is  a  poor  place  for  va- 
grants and  idlers.  As  I  have  decided  to  locate 
here  permanently,  I  very  much  desire  to  col- 
onize a  number  of  our  people  here.  The  in- 
ducements are  rare.  We  have  a  delightful 
climate  and  our  natural  resources  are  excel- 
lent. We  have  cheap  fertile  lands,  adapted 
to  a  great  variety  of  crops.  Timber  is  abun- 
dant and  building  material  very  cheap.  In- 
formation cheerfully  given  to  all  earnest  in- 
quirers. B-  E-  Kesler, 

Dryden,  Ark., /an.  1, 


By  Industrial  wcbool  and  donatle 5  S'J 

Total WW  H 

Expenditure^ J'03  ** 

Balance  on  band, <1«5  Stt 

Elizabeth  How*,Treas. 

REPORT  OF  BROOKLYN  MISSION. 


3„  Norway,  Ore,  per  Snrab 


ir,  Bpenuer,  Obto, 


Expenditures,  . 
13S1  Third  Ave. 


THE    GOSPEL    ZMHESSEHsTGEK,. 


Jan.  29,  18 


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1  Weekly,  at  J1.50  per  Annum,  by 

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)rb, , Office  Editor, 

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Enoch  Eby.  Dante!  Hayi,  \V.  R.  Destet. 


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noney  is  sent  or  sul.suiption  nidercd,  until  change  is  1 
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A  series  of  meetings  at  Fairview,  Grant  Co., 
Gkla.,  closed  with  nine  conversions. 

Some  write  us  and  ask  us  to  announce  their  quar- 
terly councils.    We  think  this  unnecessary. 

As  the  result  of  a  series  of  meetings,  held  at 
Qjinter,  Kans.,  five  confessed  Christ  and  were  bap- 
tized.   

There  are  now  45  members  in  the  City  of  Lima, 
Ohio,  six  having  but  recently  united  with  the 
church,  

Bro.  Orville  V,  Long  closed  a  protracted  meet- 
ing at  the  Latimore  meetinghouse,  Pa,,  with  seven 
accessions,  

The  Brethren  in  the  Blackwater  church,  Franklin 
Co.,  Va.,  are  rejoicing  over  eleven  applicants  for 
membership.  [ 

Bro,  Wieand's  meetings  at  Monitor,  Kans  ,  con- 
tinued six  weeks.  There  were  ten  baptized  and 
one  reclaimed.  | | 

Bro,  Israel  Cripe  announces  the  change  of  his 
address  from  Knobnoster,  Mo.,  to  Montpelier, 
Blackford  Co.,  Ind. 


Writing  from  Lexington,  III.,  Bro.  D.  B.  Gibson 
says  that  he  is  preaching  to  packed  houses,  and 
hopes  for  good  results. 


Any  one  having  a  copy  of  Bro.  Qdinter's  work  on 
"Trine  Immersion,"  will  please  write  us,  stating 
price  and  condition  of  the  book. 


After  closing  his  meetings  at  Martins,  Nebr.,  Bro. 
H,  W.  Strickler  went  to  Moorefield,  intending  to  go 
from  there  to  Aurora,  same  State. 


Now  and  then  a  correspondent  sends  church 
news,  signing  only  his  initials  to  the  communication. 
Such  matter  is,  of  course,  not  published. 

The  Maple  Grove  church,  W.  Va.,  seems  to  be  in 
a  healthy  condition.  Seven  more  were  recently  add- 
ed to  the  church  by  confession  and  baptism. 

There  has  been  quite  an  ingathering  in  the  church 
at  Mountain  Valley,  Tenn.  During  two  series  of 
meetings  sixteen  were  added  to  the  membership. 

One  of  our  agents  writes  that  he  sold  eleven 
copies  of  Bro.  Fiory's  'Mind  Mysteries"  in  ten  hours. 
Scores  of  others  might  do  as  well  if  they  would 
make  th*  efiori. 


An  interesting  series  of  rneetings  in  the  Yellow 
River  church,  Ind.,  conducted  by  Bro.  Daniel 
Wysong,  closed  with  twelve  baptized  and  one  re- 
claimed.   

The  Brethren  are  having  a  glorious  meeting  at 
North  Manchester,  Ind.  Twenty  were  baptized 
last  Saturday,  and  one  has  since  applied  for  mem- 
bership.   

Bro.  Tobias  S.  Fike,  Brookside,  W.  Va  ,  thinks 
some  of  changing  his  location.  He  would  like  to 
settle  where  he  can  devote  all  of  his  time  and  ener- 
gies to  the  ministry. 

Bro.  Sidney  Hodgden  reports  seven  confessions 
duiing  his  recent  series  of  meetings  in  the  Santa  Fe 
church,  Miami  Co.,  Ind,  His  next  series  of  meet- 
ings will  be  at  Shideler. 


Bro  Wm.  M.  Hoover  is  engaged  in  a  series  of 
meetings  in  Germantown,  Pa.  The  meetings  are 
repotted  full  of  interest.  One  has  been  baptized 
and  others  are  seeking  the  better  way. 


Bro.  Geo.  Luke,  who  lives  at  Spence,  Newton 
Co.,  Ark.,  thinks  that  Brethren,  seeking  homes  in  a 
mild  climate,  will  do  well  to  help  build  up  the 
cause  of  Christ  in  that  part  of  the  Southwest. 


The  Brethren  of  the  Tuscarawas  church,  Ohio, 
have  had  quite  an  ingathering,  at  what  is  known  as 
the  Zion  house.  Eleven  united  with  the  church 
during  a  series  of  meetings  held  by  Bro.  A.  I,  Hee- 
stand.  - 

We  are  asked  to  name  the  most  helpful  book 
known  to  us  on  prayer.  We  name  "Alone  With 
God  "as  the  best  devotional  work  we  have  ever 
read.  Price,  75  cents.  We  have  sold  over  10:0 
copies  during  the  last  few  years. 


Bro  D.  L  Kinzie,  of  Muenster,  Texas,  says  that 
two  of  the  outsiders,  to  whom  the  Messenger  was 
sent  last  year,  are  now  members  of  the  church. 
This  is  another  evidence  of  the  good  the  paper  can 
accomplish,  when  read  by  those  seeking  for  the  bet- 
ter way. 

The  Williamsport  (Ind.)  Review  has  a  good 
word  for  the  work  in  which  Bro.  D.  M.  Brubaker  is 
engaged  in  that  city.  It  also  rpeaks  highly  of  the 
Sunday  school  and  the  Young  People's  Bible 
Society,  which  was  recently  organized  with  fifty-two 
members. 

During  the  month  of  November  we  received 
S2S.45  to  pay  for  sending  the  Messenger  to  the 
poor,  The  December  report  will  show  an  encour- 
aging increase,  and  we  hope  to  have  a  still  greater 
increase  to  report  for  January.  Brethren,  do  not 
forget  the  pool! 

It  never  pays  to  write  anonymous  letters,  espe- 
cially to  a  printing-office.  They  are  seldom  read. 
We  now  and  then  receive  an  anonymous  letter,  but 
not  knowing  who  it  is  from,  we  do  not  take  time  to 
read  it,  aud  so  the  writer  loses  his  time  and  post- 
age stamp  all  for  no  purpose. 


Bro.  L.  H.  Eby  writes  us  from  beyond  the  bor 
ders  of  the  United  States,  telling  us  how  he  feels 
among  strangers  in  a  foreign  land.  In  company 
with  others,  he  crossed  the  Rio  Grande  River  into 
Mexico,  near  El  Paso,  and  writes  us  from  a  Catho- 
lic church  nearly  three  hundred  years  old.  He 
seems  very  much  delighted  with  his  sojourn  in  that 
part  of  the  world. 


Bro.  Michael  Flory  closed  his  series  of  meet- 
ings at  Pleasant  Hill,  111.,  with  twenty-six  addi- 
tions by  confession  and  baptism,  and  one  re- 
claimed. The  members  of  the  church  are  rejoic- 
ing greatly.  Feb.  4  Bro.  J.  M.  McClure  is  to  com- 
mence a  series  of  doctrinal  sermons.  This  is  the 
first  time  that  we  have  heard  of  getting  a  number 
of  members  into  the  church  and  then  indoctrinat 
ing  them.  Well,  there  is  nothing  out  of  the  way 
about  it,  only  we  are  glad  te  know  that  the  doc- 
trine is  not  being  neglected, 


Our  readers  will  find  much  encouraging  church 
news  in  this  issue.  It  causes  the  saints  on  earth, 
as  well  as  the  angels  in  heaven,  to  rejoice  when  sin- 
ners by  the  score  turn  away  from  their  sins  and 
become  members  of  the  church. 


A  part  of  the  General  Missionary  Report  for  De- 
cember will  appear  in  next  issue,  and  the  remainder 
a  week  iater.  The  report  is  so  large,  though  set  in 
small  type,  that  it  will  require  two  issues  to  contain 
it,  confining  it  to  the  missionary  page.  Our  mis- 
sionary work  is  steadily  growing,  and  should  it  thus 
continue  it  will,  in  course  of  a  few  years,  become  a 
work  of  great  magnitude. 


Now  and  then  we  hear  of  parents  opposing  their 
children  uniting  with  the  church  of  God.  As  the 
years  go  by,  these  parents  will  probably  regret  their 
unwise  course  in  this  particular,  more  than  any 
other  mistake  of  their  lives.  When  the  fire  of  the 
Christian  religion  once  commences  to  burn  in  a 
child's  hear?,  it  is  a  most  dangerous  thing  to 
quench  it.     It  may  never  be  lighted  again. 


The  District  Meeting  for  Southern  Ohio  will  be 
held  in  the  Lower  Stillwater  church,  adjoining  the 
City  of  Dayton,  April  26.  This  meeting  will  put 
into  operation  a  new  feature  for  a  District  Meeting. 
It  was  decided  last  year  that  all  matters  to  come 
before  the  meeting  should  be  printed  and  distrib- 
uted at  or  before  the  meeting,  The  official  notice 
will  appear  next  week. 

It  affords  us  pleasure  to  state  that  the  United  ' 
Brethren  church  in  Galion,  Ohio,  has  decided  to 
discontinue  having  socials,  fairs,  festivals,  ba- 
zaars and  entertainments  for  the  purpose  of  mak- 
ing money  for  the  use  of  the  church.  The  church 
believes  that  these  things  are  not  only  worldly,  but 
contrary  to  the  teachings  of  the  New  Testament, 
and  shouid  be  opposed  by  all  true  Christians.  This 
church  is  on  the  right  track,  and  we  hope  to  see 
others  falling  into  line.  Few  things  are  doing  more 
real  harm  than  the  church  festivals,  fairs,  bazaars, 
etc,  tolerated  and  encouraged  by  most  of  the 
churches.  We  further  believe  that  the  cause  of 
Christ  will  never  prosper  as  it  should,  until  these 
evils  are  both  discarded  and  denounced. 


Up  to  last  Saturday  we  had  enjoyed  the  most  de- 
lightful winter  weather  we  have  ever  experienced 
in  the  North;  but  on  Saturday  a  blizzard  struck  us 
in  full  force,  raging  ail  day  and  far  into  the  night, 
piling  up  the  snow  to  the  depth  of  two  and  three 
feet.  Sunday  morning  presented  a  busy  scene,  as 
the  snow  had  to  be  shoveled  from  the  walks,  so 
people  could  get  to  church.  Probably  no  one  felt 
himself  too  self  righteous  to  shovel  snow  that  Sun- 
day morning,  Well,  it  was  a  case  of  the  ox  in  the 
ditch,  and  it  probably  pleased  the  Lord  to  see  the 
people  doing  their  part  in  removing  the  beautiful 
snow  without  complaining,  or  finding  fault  with 
the  work  of  the  great  Creator.  And  on  Tuesday 
morning  we  were  visited  by  another  blizzard  of 
still  greater  severity,  which  piled  up  snow  all  day, 
and  is  still  raging  at  the  time  we  close  these  pages, 
late  Tuesday  evening. 


It  is  not  wise  for  a  young  minister,  or  old  one 
either,  for  that  matter,  to  antagonize  the  other  min- 
isters around  him.  It  is  a  part  of  grace  for  a  min- 
ister to  keep  on  the  good  side  of  all  his  colaborers 
in  the  ministry.  It  is  not  necessary  that  he  should 
have  them  arrayed  against  him  until  he  loses  all 
of  his  influence  among  them.  He  can  stand  up 
for  what  he  considers  to  be  right,  but  in  doing  so 
he  should  act  the  part  of  a  man,  and  not  make  un- 
becoming remarks  about  those  who  do  not  happen 
to  see  things  just  as  he  presents  them.  Let 
him  do  that  which  makes  for  peace,  and  avoid  all 
unnecessary  strife  and  friction.  As  a  rule,  when  a 
minister  so  conducts  himself  as  to  get  all  the  other 
ministers  in  his  part  of  the  State  down  on  him,  he 
is  more  or  less  to  blame  for  the  unfortunate  situa- 
tion. While  this  may  not  apply  in  every  instance, 
it  do*l  in  far  too  many  cases. 


Ja 


29,  18 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSBNGBE. 


Bro.  D.  L.  Miller  was  to  have  commenced  a 
series  of  meetings  in  ihe  Chapel  at  this  place,  last 
week,  but  he  was  taken  sick  the  evening  before, 
and  has  not  been  able  to  leave  his  home  since. 
His  condition  is  improving,  and  he  will  probably 
be  able  for  duty  the  last  of  this  week.  The  meet- 
ings, however,  are  going  ca,  Bro.  J.  G.  Royer  do- 
ing the  preaching.  The  interest  is  good,  and  we 
hope  to  see  good  results  from  the  efforts  made. 
One  was  baptized  last  week.  Others  seem  near  the 
kingdom. 

The  Brethren  in  Oregon,  Washington  and  Idaho 
have  a  straight-forward  way  of  handling  some  mat- 
ters. At  their  last  District  Meeting  a  query  was 
presented,  asking  rhe  Annual  Meeting  to  answer  a 
very  simple  question.  The  meeting  disposed  of 
the  paper  after  this  order:  "We,  the  delegates  of 
the  District  Meeting,  consider  it  imprudent  to  send 
this  query  to  the  Annuil  Meeting,"  and  then  pro- 
ceeds to  answer  it.  It  might  not  be  amiss  for  all 
the  future  District  Meetings  to  dispose  of  a  number 
of  queries  after  the  same  manner. 


A  brother  writes  us  that  his  house  burned  to 
the  ground,  with  all  of  its  contents,  and  he  would 
like  us  to  maks  a  call  through  the  Messenger  in 
his  behalf,  that  those  feeling  so  disposed  may  do- 
nate something  to  help  him  bear  his  loss.  In  the 
course  of  a  year  we  receive  a  number  of  requests 
like  this,  and  will  now  state  for  the  benefit  of  all, 
that  when  a  member  meets  with  a  financial  loss  that 
he  is  not  able  to  bear,  and  must  have  help,  the 
proper  thing  for  him  to  do  is  to  make  his  needs 
known  to  the  congregation  where  he  holds  his 
membership.  Should  this  congregation  be  unable 
to  render  the  necessary  assistance  it  can  then  call 
on  the  adjoining  churches.  This  is  the  proper  way 
of  relieving  those  among  the  Brethren,  who  must 
have  assistance,  and  it  is  a  most  excellent  method. 


REPORTS  FROM  THE  CHURCHES. 

It  will  be  very  convenient  for  us,  if  correspon 
dents,  when  sending  church  news  for  publication, 
will  observe  the  following:  First  give  the  name  of 
the  church  to  which  the  news  relates,  then  give  the 
news  briefly,  but  clearly,  and  close  with  the  name 
of  the  writer,  followed  by  his  post-office,  State  and 
date.     Here  is  a  very  good  sample: 

Howard. — Bro.  A.  G.  Crosswhite,  of  Flora,  Ind.,  com- 
menced a  series  of  meetings  here  Dec.  27,  and  continued  until 
Jan.  16.  with  interest  and  a  good  attendance.  Eleven  were  te- 
ceived  by  baptism.  One  was  baptized  Dec.  26,  and  a  yonng 
sister  was  received  by  baptism  a  few  months  previous.— Ceo. 
Bntbtikcr,  Ridgeway,  Ind ,  Jan.  iS. 

News  will  now  and  then  become  a  little  confused 
by  correspondents  heading  their  communications 
differently,  and  yet  writing  from  the  same  congre- 
gation. By  observing  our  instructions  this  will  be 
avoided.  We  are  pleased  with  the  promptness  of 
our  correspondents  in  keeping  their  States  well  rep- 
resented in  our  columns.  Each  church  having  any 
news  of  interest  should  ba  represented  in  our  news 
department.  Let  all  the  reports,  however,  be 
short  and  to  the  point.  The  shorter  they  are  the 
more  of  them  we  can  get  into  Ihe  paper.  Our  pur- 
pose is  to  make  the  Messenger  newsy  as  well  as 
instructive, 


TWENTY  YEARS  A  BABE. 

One  of  our  correspondents  writes  us  that  he  has 
"  been  a  babe  in  Christ  for  twenty  years,  and  has 
just  found  it  out.  We  wonder  if  there  are  not  oth- 
ers who  have  been  babes  even  longer  than  that, 
and  do  not  yet  know  it.  Probably  they  have  been 
fed  on  milk  so  long  that  they  cannot  digest  any- 
thing else,  and  mean  to  remain  babes  the  rest  of 
their  days.  As  a  rule,  parents  are  at  fault  when 
their  children  remain  babes  beyond  a  reasonable 
age,  May  not  ministers  have  something  to  do 
with  encouraging  the  prolonged  babyhood  "tat*  in 
the  churehf 


Our  correspondent  thinks  he  was  not  put  to 
work  soon  enough,  and  for  that  reason  he  never 
became  a  full-grown  man  in  Christ  Jesus.  He  qui- 
etly buried  his  one  talent,  lived  on  milk  for  twen- 
ty years,  and  just  now  begins  to  realize  what  a  sad 
mistake  has  been  made.  Had  he  cultivated  his 
one  talent,  he  might  have  had  two,  long  before 
this,  and  to-day  would  be  able  to  bear  the  strongest 
spiritual  food. 

We  have  too  many  of  these  babes  in  the  church. 
It  is  no  credit  to  them  to  be  babes,  nor  is  it  any 
credit  to  the  church  to  have  them  long  remain 
such.  We  suggest  that  our  elders  and  preachers 
look  up  these  babes  and  see  what  they  can  do  in 
the  way  of  developing  them.  They  need  more 
than  the  sincere  milk  of  the  Word.  They  need 
strong  meat,  that  they  may  grow  and  reach  Chris- 
tian manhood  and  womanhood.  Then,  along  with 
stronger  nourishment,  they  should  be  assigned 
work,  for  people  who  are  well  fed,  and  cannot  or 
will  not  work,  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  are  still 
babes,  however  long  they  may  have  been  in  the 
church. 

Babes  in  Christ  are  good  things  of  which  to 
make  Christian  men  and  women,  but  we  do  not 
want  to  be  too  long  about  it,  or  else  they  will  be- 
come so  thoroughly  set  in  their  baby  ways  as  to 
render  it  impossible  to.  make  anything  else  of  them. 
Let  these  babes  be  brought  up  in  the  way  the  Lord 
intended,  then,  as  they  increase  in  years,  they  will 
know  how  to  work  as  they  go  about  their  Master's 
business.  j.  h.  m, 

EASTERN  HOSPITALITY. 

By  eastern  we  mean  that  part  of  the  world  known 
as  the  Bible  Land,  especially  that  part  of  it  which 
has  come  down  through  the  ages  unaffected  either 
by  emigration,  immigration  cr  the  spirit  of  the  times, 
known  as  progress.  It  is  thus  a  standing  witness  to 
the  oldest  historical  records  that  the  world  has  to 
give. 

Hospitality  is  generally  looked  upon  as  a  princi- 
ple, emanating  from  the  highest  standards  of  civili- 
zation and  Christianity,  but  this  cannot  be  accepted 
as  the  interpretation  of  it  by  the  Orientals.  This 
spirit  is  infused  into  it,  but  they  give  it  a  broader 
interpretation. 

Their  views  of  hospitality  are  as  full  and  as  com- 
plete as  ours  can  be,  but  part  of  the  active  princi- 
ples of  it  are  forced  and  enlarged  by  custom,  and 
this  custom  is  almost  as  old  as  the  human  race,  as 
we  find  that  they  were  in  vogue  in  the  days  of  Abra- 
ham and  his  nephew,  Lot. 

The  customs  differ,  as  to  minor  parts,  among  the 
different  nationalities  of  these  countries,  but  a  strik- 
ing similarity  runs  through  all  the  tent- dwellers  of 
the  Orient,  especially  among  the  Kurds,  Druses  and 
Bedouins  of  Syria  and  Palestine.  Of  course,  their 
notions  of  home  life,  if  the  life  they  live  can  be 
called  such,  have  much  to  do  with  their  manner  of 
showing  hospitality. 

Tent  life  in  the  days  of  Abraham,  in  our  estima- 
tion, must  have  been  not  only  desirable,  but  grand 
and  glorious.  Living,  as  they  did,  so  closely  in 
contact  with  nature,  as  Gjd  made  it,  fresh,  pure  air, 
babbling  brooks  and  rippling  streams,  sparkling 
stars,  blue  skies,  with  silvery  rays  of  the  moon,  pierc- 
ing in  through  the  crevices,  theirs  was  a  happy  life. 
They  were  not  confined  in  crowded  cities,  surround- 
ed by  dismal  walls,  but  on  the  hill-sides,  the  open 
valleys  and  the  unbounded  plains.  Their  tent  was 
pitched  in  a  clump  of  oaks,  as  was  Abraham's,  and 
it  gives  to  us  the  very  picture  of  freedom,  ease  and 
comfort.  As  we  seethe  strangers  approaching  the 
tent,  bearing  the  sad  news  of  Sodom,  with  the  old 
father  sitting  at  the  tent-door,  we  have  an  introduc- 
tion to  the  hospitality  of  ancient  times.  As  soon 
as  the  strangers  come  within  hailing  distance,  with 
their  faees  towards  tht  tent,  they  ere  soniidtnd 


guests,  and  already  have  the  welcome  of  the  home. 
To  have  passed  on,  even  had  they  been  ordinary 
guests,  would  have  been  an  insult  to  the  head  cf 
the  family,  and  all  cause  for  hospitality  would  then 
have  ended. 

The  peculiarity  about  the  ideas  of  '•  ospi.ality 
with  these  people  is,  that,  in  passing  b;  their  cnts, 
if  those  who  are  passing  salute  any  one,  belonging 
to  the  tent,  to  get  information  or  otherwise,  they 
are  considered  guests  and  are  expected  to  turn  in. 
When  once  inside,  they  became  the  lords  of  the 
home,  and  the  master,  or  sheik,  the  seivant.  The 
very  best  belonging  to  the  tent  home  is  given 
to  the  guests.  Mats,  skins  and  rugs  ate  placed  on 
the  ground  to  rest  on,  while  refreshment!  are  being 
prepared.  First  coffee  or  some  other  hot  drink  is 
made  and  offered,  and  to  refuse  this,  is  to  insult. 
After  this  a  kid  or  calf  is  killed,  dressed  and  cooked. 
All  this  takes  time.  But  with  these  people  time  is 
no  consideration,  and  you  are  expected  to  tarry  and 
partake  of  the  hospitality  offered.  The  more  you 
eat  the  better  they  are  pleased,  and  a  show  of  ap- 
preciation is  always  expected.  It  is  said  that  the 
master  of  the  house  often  sits  back  and  weeps  for 
joy  because  of  the  great  honors  thus  bestowed. 

To  come  into  their  tents  and  give  yourself  into 
their  charge  and  care,  not  only  makes  you  a  wel- 
come guest,  but  while  with  them  you  are  entirely 
safe  with  all  your  belongings.  Even  though  they 
would  rob  and  kill  you  anywhere  else,  while  with 
them,  as  a  guest,  you  are  safe.  They  look  upon 
their  charge  in  the  highest  sense  of  honor  and 
would  defend  you  even  at  the  risk  of  their  own 
lives, 

We  have  a  hint  of  this  same  sense  of  honor  and 
responsibility  in  the  case  of  Lot  in  Sodom.  When 
he  took  the  strangers  in,  he  felt  under  the  most 
sacred  obligaticns  to  defend  them  from  the  rabble 
on  the  outside,  and  rather  than  deny  his  (rust  ho 
was  willing  to  jeopardize  the  purity  and  the  lives 
of  his  own  daughters. 

This  gives  clearly  an  idea  of  the  sense  of  the  in- 
terpretation of  eastern  hospitality,  as  Lot  was  a  rep- 
resentative man.  While  those  people  have  gotten 
far  away  from  the  moral  and  religious  standing 
of  these  ancient  fathers,  yet  their  ideas  of  hospi- 
tality are  much  the  same  in  practice  if  not  in  spirit. 

They  not  only  provide  for  and  guard  their  guests, 
while  within  their  tents,  but  when  they  leave  they 
are  provided  with  a  body-guard  to  see  them  safely 
beyond  the  line  of  their  territory,  be  that  near  or 
far. 

What  seems  further  strange  about  their  lives  and 
sense  of  hospitality  is  that,  though  anywhere  and 
everywhere  else,  when  you  meet  them  the  "  back- 
sheesh" is  expected  and  asked  for,  yet,  if  you  be- 
come a  guest,  no  matter  how  long  you  remain,  they 
will  receive  no  pay,  and  to  offer  it  is  an  insult.  The 
honor,  thus  conferred,  and  the  joy  it  affords  to  re- 
ceive and  entertain  strangers,  more  than  compen- 
sates for  the  trouble  and  cost  of  the  entertainment. 

Though  we  passed  through  the  territory  of  these 
people  and  saw  their  tent-homes,  we  did  not  have 
the  actual  experiences  of  this  eastern  hospitality,  as 
now  shown  towards  strangers,  but  it  was  not  for 
lack  of  opportunity.  After  seeing  their  tents  and 
the  in-dwellers,  we  preferred  to  live  in  our  own  tents 
and  enjoy  the  hospitality  that  comes  from  a  free 
distribution  of  the  French  pounds.  Had  we  under- 
taken it  we  might  not,  when  through,  been  able  to 
show  a  proper  appreciation,  but  we  could  not  help 
thinking,  after  all,  what  power  the  religion,  the 
principles  of  which  we  so  poorly  represent,  has 
over  the  minds  and  hearts  of  these  people,  who, 
seemingly,  have  gotten  so  far  away  from  God. 
Through  the  hospitality  of  these  people  we  ought 
to  learn  to  get  out  of  our  selfishness  and  come  in 
clo-er  touch  with  the  (treat  brotherhood  of  man, 
n.  t,  li 


THE    GOSPEL    MBSSENGBB. 


Jan,  29,  18 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

If  members  in  good  standing  go  into  a  strange  country, 
and  the  brethren  there  call  them  brother  or  sister,  yet  cannot, 
or  do  not  invite  them  to  the  Lord's  table,  is  that  doing  the 
will  of  our  Savior  who  has  commanded  as  to  love  one  another 
as  he  has  loved  us?— A  Sister. 

When  members  in  good  standing  attend  a  feast, 
either  at  home  or  abroad,  they  are  not  supposed  to 
sit  back  and  wait  for  a  private  and  individual  in- 
vitation to  come  to  the  Lord's  table.  The  table  is 
spread  for  all  the  members,  and  when  the  time 
comes  each  one  should  take  his  place,  showing, 
however,  due  respect  to  the  aged  and  even  others. 
And  while  all  this  is  true,  yet  the  home  members 
should  see  that  the  neglected  visiting  members, — 
should  there  be  such,— are  invited  to  the  table. 
Among  the  members  there  ought  to  be  a  high  de- 
gree of  hospitality  at  a  love  feast.  This,  of  course, 
does  not  relate  to  those  who  are  not  in  a  condi- 
tion to  approach  the  Lord's  table. 

What  is  to  be  done  with  a  minister  who  uses  foolish  and  un- 
becoming language,  anil  sings  unbeccming  songs  to  the  young 
people,  and  when  reminded  of  it,  says,  "1  know  it  is  wrong," 
but  maintains  that  he  cannot  help  it,  and  still  continues  to  do 
the  samtl-F.  II'.  S.  M. 

If  you  have  done  what  you  can  to  reform  him, 
and  he  will  not  amend  his  ways,  then  report  his 
conduct,  without  delay,  to  the  elder,  and  he  will 
know  how  to  deal  with  the  case.  A  matter  of  this 
kind  should  not  be  delayed,  for  it  relates  to  con- 
duct wholly  unbecoming  a  minister,  and  no  church 
should  long  tolerate  in  her  preacher  that  which  is 
so  detrimental  to  true  Christian  piety. 

Would  it  be  right,  under  any  circumstances,  for  an  elder  to 
rise  in  council-meeting  and  accuse  the  modcratcr  of  unfair 
ruling,  or  of  trying  to  influence  the  church,  and  threaten  to 
bring  charges  against  hint  for  the  same? — A.  M. 

Conduct  of  this  kind  will  never  happen  in  a  coun- 
cil-meeting where  both  elders  behave  themselves 
like  the  shepherds  of  a  flock  should.  It  is  unfortu- 
nate when  one  elder  has  to  rebuke  another  in  this 
way,  and  equally  unfortunate  to  be  falsely  accused. 
This  is  one  of  the  questions  that  should  be  referred 
to  an  adjoining  elder,  who  has  some  knowledge  of 
both  parties. 

Where  does  the  church  get  authority  for  not  baptiz'ng 
a  candidate  when  a  member  objects  to  him  being  received  in- 
to fellowship  with  the  church?  Would  it  not  be  right  to  bap- 
tize them  and  let  them  settle  their  differences  according  to 
Matt.  18?— 0.  S.  M. 

A  trouble  of  this  kind  indicates  that  there  is  a 
wrong  on  one  side  or  the  other,  and  possibly  on 
both.  No  two  can  walk  together,  either  in  the 
church,  or  out  of  it,  except  they  be  agreed,  and 
the  best  time  to  settle  their  troubles  is  before  they 
enter  into  church  relation  with  each  other,  then 
they  can  walk  together  with  the  church  and  with 
each  other  without  making  a  disturbance,  Then, 
in  burying  the  old  man  in  baptism,  it  is  proper  that 
he  should  rise  a  new  creature,  to  walk  in  newness  ol 
life,  and  this  he  cannot  do  if  some  old  trouble  with 
one  of  the  members  still  lingers  in  the  heart. 
The  principle,  laid  down  in  Matt.  5:  23,  in  regard  to 
leaving  the  gifts  at  the  altar  until  a  reconciliation 
is  effected  with  a  brother,  will  apply  to  this  ques- 
tion with  special  emphasis. 

Can  any  of  our  Fraternity  be  a  practicing  lawyer  and  remain 
a  consistent  member,  or  be  held  as  a  brother?—^/.  E.  D. 

Law  is  a  good  thing  if  used  lawfully,  and  also  a 
very  necessary  thing,  and  we  presume  that,  if  a 
brother  were  to  practice  law  in  the  manner  cred- 
ited to  two  Quakers  living  in  Ohio,  he  could 
be  held  as  a  consistent  member.  Of  them  it  is  re- 
ported, that  they  would  take  no  case  into  court 
that  was  not  in  harmony  with  the  laws  of  the  State, 
aad  that  under  no  circumstances  would  they  plead 
tie  wrong  side  of  a  case.  When  they  found  a  cli- 
ent en  the  wrong  side,  or  in  fault,  they  told  him 
so,  and  in  all  instances  advised  private  settlements 
of  difficulties.  They  became  very  popular,  and 
proved  an  honor  to  their  profession,  as  well  as  a 


blessing  to  their  community.  Few  men  can  make 
themselves  more  useful  than  an  honest  and  well- 
informed  lawyer.  But  since  the  profession  has  be- 
come noted  for  unfairness,  inconsistency,  insinceri- 
ty and  mere  money-making,  often  regardless  of 
principle,  it  is  just  as  well  for  our  Brethren  to  keep 
out  of  it,  and  also  proper  that  the  church  insist 
upon  them  doing  so.  J.  H  M. 


— >*  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY  *w~ 


ENTERINQ  IN. 

The  church  was  dim  and  silent 

With  the  bush  before  the  prayer; 
Only  the  solemn  trembling 

Of  the  crgao  stirred  the  air. 
Wilhc.it,  the  sweet,  pale  sunshine; 

WithiD,  the  holy  calm, 
Where  priests  and  people  waited 

For  the  swelling  of  the  psalm. 
Slowly  the  door  swung  open, 

And  a  little  baby  girl, 
Brown-eyed,  with  brown  hair  falling 

In  many  a  wavy  curl, 
With  soft  cheeks  flushing  hotly, 

Sly  glances  downward  thrown, 
And  small  hands  clasped  before  her, 

Stood  in  the  aisle  alone. 
Stood  half  abashed,  half  frightened, 

Unknowing  where  to  go, 
While,  like  a  wind-rocked  flower, 

Her  form  swayed  to  and  fro; 
And  the  changing  color  fluttered 

In  the  little  troubled  face, 
As  from  side  to  side  she  wavered 

With  a  mute,  imploring  grace. 
It  was  but  for  a  moment, 

What  wonder  that  we  smiled, 
By  such  a  strange,  sweet  picture 

From  holy  thoughts  beguiled? 
Up,  then,  rose  some  one  softly, 

And  many  an  eye  grew  dim, 
As  through  the  tender  silence 

He  bore  the  child  with  him. 
And  long  1  wondered,  losing 

The  sermon  and  the  prayer, 
If  when  some  time  I  enter 

And  stand  abashed  and  drocping 

In  the  portal's  golden  glow, 
Our  Lord  will  send  an  angel 

To  show  me  where  to  go? 

-Selected  by  Ella  G.  Fa 


RUTH'S  EXPERIENCE. 

BY   SADIE   BRALLIER    NOFFSINGER. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  repeat  the  words  which 
James  Grant  uttered,  as  he  passed  from  his  wife's 
presence  and  firmly  closed  the  door.  It  would  not 
be  in  the  least  edifying,  and,  indeed,  I  cannot  even 
say  it  would  be  wise.  Suffice  it  to  assure  the  read- 
er that  the  silken  thread,  which  had  bound  these 
two  hearts  together,  was  in  danger  of  being  snapped; 
and  thereby  hangs  our  tale. 

Who  was  to  blame?  James  could  not  have  told, 
nor  yet  could  Ruth.  They  only  knew  that  the  fact 
existed,  and  over  this  knowledge  they  both  brood- 
ed, and,  as  women  will,  Ruth  shed  some  very  bitter 
tears.  In  the  lone  watches  of  the  night,  she  lay, 
battling  with  the  misery  which  was  eating  like  a 
canker  at  her  heart,  not  knowing  when  it  came,  or 
how,  wondering  if  it  would  ever  cease,  certain  of 
but  one  thing, — that  the  joy  had  gone  from  out  of 
her  life,  She  knew  not  whither,  but  it  had  surely 
gone. 

Her  eyes  had  lost  much  of  their  lustre,  her  lips 
much  of  their  sweetness,  and,  altogether,  her  face 
revealed  a  havoc  not  made  by  time,  for  she  had 
been  a  wife  but  three  short  years.  One  would  not 
have  thought  it,  but  it  was  so. 

And  with  it  all  she  had  grown  sullen.  Perhaps 
this  was  what  exasperated  her  husband  most  of  all; 
and  he  continued  to  neglect  her  more  and  more. 
No  reference,  how  ardent  soever,  to  the  virtues  of 
other  men's  wives,  aroused  her  from  her  lethargy; 
and  even  the  example  of  his  own  mother's  good- 
ness, which  he  continually  set  before  her,  was  of  no 
avail.     She  only  grew  more  sullen  and  more  cold. 


Now,  if  this  were  poetry  or  fiction,  the  countenance 
of  this  yearning,  neglected,  heart-broken  wife, 
would  daily  grow  more  sweet  and  pure,  until  it  fi- 
nally beamed  with  a  grace  celestial;  her  heart 
would  daily  offer  morecostly  sacrifices  of  tender- 
ness and  love,  and,  beautified  by  her  great  suffering; 
she  wou'd  walk  amongst  men  serene,  benignant 
and  adored.  But  Ruth  was  a  creature  of  real  life, 
who  had  only  a  human  heart  with  which  to  love 
and  bless  and  suffer,  "templed  in  all  points  as  we 
are  tempted,"  and  liable  to  stumble  the  same  as  we. 
S?,  after  the  door  had  closed  behind  her  husband, 
she  sat  down  to  brood,  as  was  her  wont.  She  re- 
called a  great  many  things,  and,  with  the  rest,  came 
the  remembrance  of  Jean  Ingelow's  poem,  "Divid- 
ed." She  recollected  how,  in  brighter  days,  she 
and  James  had  read  that  poem  together,  and 
watched  the  little  stream  expand  between  these 
twain  until  it  became  a  river  so  broad  and  vast,  it 
could  not  be  bridged,  while  sadly,  regretfully,  hope- 
lessly, (hey  walked  on  and  en,  "  each  a  faint  speck 
on  either  side."  In  their  new  born  happiness,  they 
had  wondered  how  two  wedded  hearts  could  ever 
become  eternally  estranged;  and  now  that  same, 
dread  river,  with  its  mournful  sounds,  was  rushing 
swiftly  between  their  lives,  and,  like  an  evil  omen  to 
her  soul,  arose  the  plaintive  stanza; 

1  G'itters  the  dew  and  shines  the  tlver 

Up  comci  the  lily  and  dries  her  bell; 
But  two  are  walking  apart  forever 

Atd  wave  their  bands  for  a  mute  farewell." 

A  sudden  terror  seemed  to  strike  her  poor  heart 
numb.  Might  it  be  that  for  thii'  feet,  also,  there 
was  "  no  backward  path  and  no  returning"?  She 
feared  it  was  even  so.  Dazed  and  bewildered,  like 
the  desola'e  woman  in  the  poem,  she  thought, 
"  How  hard  to  fall™  with  lip;  that  quivrr 
That  moving  speck  on  the  far  off  sidel  " 

How  long  she  sat  there  she  never  knew.  It 
might  have  been  hourr,  it  might  have  been  but  a 
few  brief  moments,  For  thoughts  follow  each  oth- 
er wi'h  maivelous  rapidity,  and  misery  is  eternal 
while  it  lasts.  At  all  events  she  was  aroused  by'*'' 
soft  hand  nestling  on  her  shoulder,  and  a  sweet, 
molherly  voice,  which  said:  "You  look  ill,  child, 
Tell  rne  what  it  is  all  about." 

Yes,  it  was  the  saint  of  (he  neighborhood,  wherh 
everybody  called  Aunt  Agnes.  Her  kindly  "Tell 
me  all  about  it,  child,"  did  not  imply  that  she 
would  tell  somebody  else.  She  was  trusted  as  uni- 
versally as  she  was  loved,  and  the  only  jewel  with 
which  she  adorned  herself,  was  that  "  charity  which 
Ihitiketh  no  evil,"  To  the  sorrowful  and  sick  and 
poor  she  was  comfort  and  health  and  riches,  all  in 
one,  I  remember  how  her  blessings  fell  like  bene- 
diction on  the  heart, — for  in  the  olden  time  she 
blessed  me  alsol 

And  Ruth  was  in  need  of  just  such  a  friend  to 
comfort  and  to  instruct  her.  Her  pride  relented, 
her  spirit  broke,  and  almost  before  she  realized 
what  she  did,  she  was  sobbing  fotth  all  the  story  of 
her  woe,— how  weak  she  was,  how  unfitted  for  a 
housekeeper,  how  unfitted  for  a  wife,  how  she  and 
her  husband  were  drifting  apart,  farther  and  far- 
ther, slowly,  though  surely,  and  how  the  sorrow 
tempests  had  surged  against  her  breast  until  her 
heart  was  broken, 

Hollow  flittery  is  no  kiiidne<s  to  any  of  us,  and 
some  one  has  even  gone  so  far  as  to  aver  that  our 
best  friends  are  those  who  tell  us  of  cur  faults.  Of 
this  truth  Aunt  Agnes  was  a  living  testimony. 
Moreover,  she  was  not  an  adherent  to  the  opinion 
that  all  men  are  selfish,  and  all  wives  martyrs. 
Rather  she  was  a  type  of  that  superior  womanhood 
whose  chief  virtue  lirs  in  teaching  the  younger 
women  "  to  be  keepers  at  home,  to  love  their  chil- 
dren, to  love  their  husbands."  She  arched  her 
spectacles  a  trifle, — those  dear  spectacles  with  the 
broad  brass  rims,  and  took  the  tearful  face  within 
her  two  soft  hands. 

"  Child  Ruth,"  she  began,  "  each  heart  hath  its 
secret  burden.  We  cannot  share  it  with  others, 
We  scarcely  understand  it  all  ourselves.  We  fam- 
ish, we  weep,  we  try  to  pray;  and,  at  last,  like  the 
bard  of  Israel,  we  wail:  '  Oh,  that  I  had  wings  like 


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THE    GOSPEL    MESSErNGEK,. 


a  dove,  then  would  I  fly  away,  and  be  at  rest!  ' 
But  we  cannot  fly  from  our  sorrow  any  more  than 
David  could.  We  can  only  take  it  to  the  gentle 
Burden-bearer,  and  he  will  help  us  bear  it.  Aye 
Ruth,  he  verily  and  truly  will. 

"  Much  of  our  sorrow  comes  because  we  do  not 
trust  the  Lord  enough.  Day  by  day  we  need  to 
walk  by  faith,  for  trials  beset  us  on  every  side.  We 
make  a  grave  mistake  when  we  believe  that  married 
life  is  all  a  dream.  It  is  only  then  that  we  begin  to 
wake,  and  there  are  many  things  to  vex  and  try  the 
heart.  These  '  trifling  things,'  as  some  thoughtless 
people  are  pleased  to  term  them,  are  often  the  seat 
of  conjugal  discord.  We  need  to  trust  our  laundry- 
ing,  and  darning,  and  bread-baking,  to  the  Lord, 
We  need  the  stronger  arm  to  bear  us  up,  and  void 
of  it  we  faint  and  sometimes  fail  utterly,  Do  not 
think  I  love  you  any  less,  dear  Ruth,  when  I  tell 
you  that  I  fear  you  have  been  most  to  blame.  You 
have  endeavored  to  bear  the  daily  cares  of  life  in 
your  own  strength,  and,  failing  in  this,  as  all  mor- 
tals must,  you  have  wearied  your  husband  with 
much  fretting,  and  shut  life's  gladness  from  you 
both.  Make  more  sunshine  for  your  husband,  and 
he  will  repay  you  with  his  love  a  hundredfold, 
You  were  created  to  be  his  helpmeet,  not  his  dis- 
couragement. A  wife  cannot  well  be  cheerful 
while  her  heart  is  breaking,  but  Ruth,  dear,  hearts 
do  not  break  while  they  are  resting  safely  in  God's 
care." 

"All's  well   that   ends   well,"    Shakespeare    de- 
clared, and,  with  Ruth's  heart,  we  know  that  all  is 
well,  while  to  her  joy  there  will  never  be  an  end, 
for  it  is  the  joy  of  a  life  hid  with  Christ  in  God. 
Johnstown,  Pa. 

AN  UNEXPECTED  SERMON. 

A  gentleman  was  once  traveling  in  Virginia,  aod 
about  the  close  of  the  day,  he  stopped  at  a  wayside 
hotel  for  supper,  and  to  stay  all  night.  In  a  few 
moments  a  plain-looking  old  man  alighted  from  his 
twiggy,  and  he,  too,  was  there  to  spend  the  night. 
The  gentleman  saw  that  the  old  man  was  of  the 
honest,  clever  sort,  so  they  entered  the  hotel  to- 
gether, after  exchanging  some  words  of  greeting. 
Only  a  short  time  passed  when  three  or  four  young 
men  came  in.  Some,  if  not  all  of  them,  were  young 
lawyers,  and  they  were  full  of  interest  about  their 
profession.  After  the  usual  arrangements  were 
made  for  their  entertainment,  they  were  all  seated, 
and  the  conversation  was  begun  by  one  of  the 
young  lawyers,  about  an  eloquent  harangue  that 
had  been  that  day  delivered  at  the  bar.  Another 
young  man  replied  that  he  had  heard,  the  same  day, 
eloquence  equal  to  it,  but  it  came  from  the  pulpit, 
instead  of  the  court-room.  This  reply  aroused  the 
first  speaker,  and  he  jeered  at  pulpit  eloquence. 
This  stirred  the  company  of  young  men  into  an  ex- 
cited discussion.  The  Christian  religion  was  dis- 
cussed thoroughly  from  six  o'clock  until  eleven. 
Every  argument  for  and  against  it  was  brought 
forth.  While  some  declared  there  was  good  in  it, 
others  would  argue  against  it,  in  lawyer  style.  The 
old  gentleman  had  not  entered  into  any  of  their  ar- 
guments, but  sat  quietly  listening.  He  noted  each 
point  in  their  argument,  and  drew  his  own  conclu- 
sions about  the  destiny  of  each  young  man  accord- 
ing to  his  principles.  He  thus  added  to  his  own 
stock  of  knowledge  while  he  studied  human  nature, 
While  he  sat  there  his  heart  was  stirred,  and  he 
prepared  an  argument  for  them  which  he  knew 
could  not  be  resisted,  for  in  his  breast  he  held  firm- 
ly fixed  the  principles  and  experience  of  true  relig- 
ion. There  seemed  to  be  no  hope  of  settling  the 
question,  for  none  would  be  convinced  by  the  oth- 
er's arguments.  All  at  once  one  young  man  seemed 
to  become  conscious  of  the  old  man's  presence. 
He  whirled  around,  and  asked  in  a  familiar  tone, 
"  Well,  old  gentleman,  what  do  you  think  of  these 
things?  " 

The  traveler  who  had  entered  the  hotel  at  the 
same  time  with  the  old  gentleman,  had  heard  the 
whole  matter,  and  now  he  was  surprised  and  the 
amazement  of  the  young  men  was  great,  The  old 
man  then  gave  them  his  answer,    For  one  hour  he 


proved  his  eloquence,  for  he  spoke  to  them  earn- 
estly, with  perfect  simplicity  and  pathos,  of  the  re- 
ligion of  Jesus,  following  up  each  point  of  their 
own  argument  with  such  strong  proof  that  they 
could  find  no  room  left  for  them  now. 

What  a  surprise  to  these  high-minded  young  fel- 
lows! They  wondered  who  this  man  was  who  could 
thus  reply,  and  who  had  heard  all  their  words. 

A  fear  filled  them  that  perhaps  he  was  the  man 
who  had  spoken  from  the  pulpit  and  whose  elo- 
quent discourse  they  had  used  for  the  base  of  their 
discussion. 

No,  it  was  not  he,  but  it  was  Chief  Justice  Mar- 
shall who  had  addressed  them.  Now  their  time 
had  come  to  think,  and  they  went  to  their  retire- 
ment somewhat  sobered  and  defeated—  Youth's 
Friini. 

HONEST  BEAUTY. 

A  well  known  London  lady  of  fashion  startled 
her  friends  one  night  by  appearing  in  a  drawing- 
room  with  hair  almost  white.  Many  acquaintances 
recognized  her  with  difficulty.  They  had  been  ac- 
customed to  seeing  her  with  jet-black  hair. 

"  Oh  yes,"  she  exclaimed,  when  rallied  upon  her 
change  in  appearance.  "  I  am  weary  of  having  my 
hair  dyed  every  week,  I  am  going  to  run  the  risk  of 
being  called  an  old  woman." 

But  in  reality  she  had  not  taken  any  risk  of  hav- 
ing her  increasing  age  commented  upon.  She 
looked  younger  with  her  white  hair  than  she  had  in 
her  glossy  black  dye.  Her  face  and  complexion 
were  brightened  by  contrast  and  she  was  handsomer 
and  more  youthful  than  ever. 

In  order  to  grow  old  gracefully  one  must  not  be 
unduly  anxious  to  cheat  Father  Time  out  of  his 
dues.  A  contented  spirit  is  the  best  fitting  mask 
forage. —  Youths'  Companion 


THE  HUSBAND  AND  THE  WIFE. 

It  is  frequently  the  case  that  husband  and  wife 
differ  much  both  in  natural  temperament  and  in  the 
I  general  view  which  they  take  of  life.  But  if  they 
are  wise  and  good  they  will  surely  grow  together 
with  the  advancing  years.  Serious  disagreement  on 
important  issues  imperils  the  happiness  and  even 
the  salvation  of  the  family.  If  the  parents  lead 
separate  and  antagonistic  lives,  they  cannot  hope  to 
have  a  united  and  harmonious  household.  As  there- 
fore they  love  their  children,  and  wish  them  well  for 
time  and  eternity,  let  them  compromise  their  differ- 
ences and  come  to  a  perfect  and  affectionate  under 
standing.  Each  one  should  be  willing  to  give  up 
something.  If  the  spirit  of  genuine  love  prevails, 
time  will  do  all  the  rest. —  Chtistian  Advocate. 


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A  Book  for  All. 

I  have  jnst  finished  reading  the  "Juniata  Bible 
Lectures"  by  Bro.  M.  G.  Brumbaugh  and  can  surely 
recommend  it  as  safe  teaching  in  every  home,  The 
Book  of  Ruth  is  one  I  always  admired,  but,  since 
reading  these  lectures,  the  story  possesses  new  inter- 
est, and  I  take  up  my  Bible  and  read  and  reread  the 
simple  narrative,  until  it  becomes  more  real  and 
vivid  to  the  mind.  The  choice  Ruth  made  was  an 
index  of  her  true,  beautiful  character,  and  it  was 
made  for  life, — there  was  no  wavering,  no  doubting, 
no  recanting.  The  work  was  thorough,  because  she 
put  her  heart  into  it.  She  said  to  her  mother-in  law, 
"  Entreat  me  not  to  leave  thee,  or  to  return  from 
following  after  thee,  for  whither  thou  goest  I  will 
go,  and  where  thou  lodgest  I  will  lodge;  thy  people 
shall  be  my  people  and  thy  God  my  God."  Beauti- 
ful language,  and  spoken  in  earnest,  which  v/as  fully 
proved  by  her  devotion  to  her  mother-in-law  and 


to  her  God.  What  an  example  to  us,  who  have 
taken  similar  vows  upon  ourselves,  and  who  pro- 
fess to  be  the  Lord's  followers!  Ruth  teaches  a 
lesson  of  constancy,  of  pure  devotion  and  steadfast- 
ness of  purpose, 

Parents,  get  the  book,  that  your  children,  as  they 
sit  around  the  evening  lamp,  may  become  inte rested 
(as  they  surely  will)  in  this  interesting  story.  It  is 
a  book  for  all  ages,  but  especially  for  the  young 
men  and  women,  who  are  just  starting  out  in  life. 
It  is  so  plain  and  practical  that  it  cannot  fail  to 
touch  the  heart  and  awaken  desires  to  live  a  better 
life,  and  to  be  pure,  earnest  and  religious  as  Rulh 
was. 

While  all  the  chapters  are  rich  and  full  of  instruc- 
tion, the  "  home-coming"  of  Ruth,  after  her  day's 
work  is  especially  touching,  and  appeals  to  those 
who  are  children,  and  to  parents  who  provide  homes 
for  children.  "Where  hast  thou  gleaned  today?  " 
was  the  question  asked  by  the  mother-in-law  as  the 
daughter  returned  from  her  daily  toil,  and  it  is  a 
question  that  concerns  many  parents  to-day.  Give 
your  children  a  chance  to  read  about  these  interest- 
ing people,  and  you  may  be  glad  of  it  by  and  by. 
Wealthy  A,  Burkholder. 

Ntwbutg,  Pa, 

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The  Cuban  Sufferers. 


We  have  to-day  from  the  Central  Cuban  Relief 
Committee,  appointed  by  the  President,  the  follow- 
ing:— 

"  Multitudes  of  the  peasantry,  who  have  taken  no  part  in 
the  war,  are  suffering  for  the  barest  necessaries  of  life,  and 
thousands  have  already  died  of  starvation."  "  In  consequence 
of  the  stringent  martial  laws,  tillage  was  prohibited,  and  there 
has  been  neither  sowing  or  reaping  for  several  seasons.  The 
result  is  wide-spread  famine,  which  is  gradually  becoming 
worse,  and,  unless  substantial  help  is  soon  extended,  the  sac- 
rifice of  human  life  from  hunger  alone  will  be  appalling." 

"According  to  figures  published  in  the  press  of  Havana,  by 
the  fi'ar/o,  an  irjJluential  newspaper,  there  are  now  99,312 
persons  in  a  single  province,— Mantan/as,— who  are  absolutely 
without  resources.  Up  to  November  30,  1897,  20,044  bad  per- 
ished of  burger,  while  17,456  had  disappeared,  many  of  whom 
had  doubtless  also  succumbed  to  want.  At  this  lime  there  are 
in  the  same  province  over  fo.cco  persons,  of  whom  2o,oco 
are  women,  and  24.000  are  children,  actually  starving.  Of 
these  it  is  declared  by  the  physicians,  that  a  majority  will 
surely  die  of  the  diseases  induced  by  famine.  The  same 
authority  adds  that  in  all  the  provinces  fully  200,000  pacificos 
(non-combatants)  have  already  died  of  hunger,  and  an  equally 
large  number  must  miserably  perish  from  the  same  cause,  un- 
less relief  is  speedily  afforded." 

It  seems  to  me  that  these  revelations  must  awak- 
en a  deep  sympathy  for  this  unfortunate  people. 
The  question  is  one  of  humanity  alone:  Shall  these 
unhappy  sufferers  be  permitted  to  perish  of  want 
and  starvation,  while  we  have  abundance? 

The  following  cablegram  from  Consul  General 
Lee,  gives  in  detail  all  articles  that  are  urgently 
needed  to  alleviate  the  suffering  in  Cuba: 

Havana,  Jan.  11, 1898, 
Centkal  Cue^n  Relief  Committeb, 
Temple  Court,  N.  Y. 
Summer  clothing,  second-hand  or  otherwise,  principally  for 
women  and  children,  medicines  for  fevers,  including  a  large 
proportion  of  quinine,  hard  bread,  Hour,  cornmeal,  bacon,  rice, 
lard,  potatoes,  beans,  peas,  sail,  fish,  principally  codfish,  any 
canned  goods,  large  quantises  condensed  milk,  blankets  and 
charcoal;  money  will  also  be  useful  to  secure  nurses,  medi- 
cines, and  for  many  other  necessaries."        (Signed)        Lee. 

I  am  also  informed  by  the  Committee,  that  favor- 
able reports  have  been  received  from  railroad  presi- 
dents, in  regard  to  free  transportation  for  all  sup- 
plies and  donations  for  the  suffering  Cubans, 
Whatever  is  to  be  done,  ought  to  be  done  quickly. 
W.  R.  Miller. 

Chicago,  III,,  162  Loomis  St. 


The  world  is  hard  and  rude;  the  world  is  blind 
and  stupid;  the  world  often  fails  to  know  its  best 
friends  and  its  truest  benefactors;  but  there  is  no 
crust  of  stupidity  so  crass  and  dense  but  that 
through  it  there  will  pass  the  penetrating  shafts  of 
light  that  ray  from  the  face  of  a  man  who  walks  in 
fellowship  with  }z%M.—Maclar(tt. 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSEZtsTGEK,. 


Selection!  f  rom  "Do  Not  £ay."-No. 


itbe 


Thh  following  selections  have  been  made  fro 
little  book,  "  Do  Not  Say."  It  is  in  the  last  year's 
course  of  reading  in  "The  Missionary  Reading  Cir- 
cle," and  should  be  read  by  every  one.  If  you  are 
opposed  to  mission  work,  it  is  just  what  you  need, 
for  in  it  you  will  find  any  excuse  you  will  ever  have 
occasion  to  use.  If  you  favor  mission  work  you 
should  have  it,  because  in  it  you  will  find  every  ex- 
cuse answered  thit  you  will  be  liable  to  meet.  Send 
for  two  or  three  copies  and  give  to  your  ministers. 
It  only  costs  ten  cents  a  copy. 

SELECTIONS. 

China  Teemikg  Millions!— Yes,  over  three  hun- 
dred millions!  Would  you  like  to  see  them  pass 
thirty  eviry  minute?  Then  you  must  stand  there, 
never  tiring,  never  sleeping,  closely  watching,  night 
and  day,  week  after  week,  month  alter  month,  for 
more  than  twenty  years!  And  then  you  will  have 
seen  the  people  of  that  one  country  only.  The 
teeming  millions  of  other  heathen  lands  will  have 
yet  to  follow!  Or  put  it  this  way:  If  you  want  to 
preach  once  in  your  church,  which  holds  six  hun- 
dred, to  the  heathen  who  are  living  now,  you  must 
have  a  seivice  every  day  for  four  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  eighty  years,— that  is,  seven  hundred 
and  eighty  ycjrs  longer  than  from  the  creation  to  the 
birth  of  Christ.  Supposing  you  began  preaching 
the  year  our  Lord  was  bom,  and  had  gone  on,  tv,-ry 
day  since,  until  now,  there  would  remain  by  far  the 
largest  half  who  had  not  yet  had  their  turn!  And 
amongst  these  thousands  of  millions  we  send  out  a 
little  handful  of  missionaries,  and  expect  to  hear 
thit  half  the  world  is  converted! 

Well,  What  Will  WbSav?— Whatindeed!  I  for 
one  am  at  a  loss  what  we  can  say.  After  puzzling 
over  this  question,  and  casting  about  in  all  directions, 
to  lay  hold  of  something  which  we  might  reasonably 
urge  as  our  excuse,  I  am  obliged  to  give  it  up.  If 
our  Master  returned  to-day,  to  find  millions  of  peo- 
ple unevangelized,  and  looked,  as,  of  course,  he 
would  look,  to  us  for  an  explanation,  I  cannot  imag- 
ine we  should  have  one  to  give.  Of  one  thing  I  am 
certain, — that  most  of  the  excuses  we  are  accus- 
tomed to  make  with  such  a  good  conscience  n  'zo,  we 
should  be  wholly  ashamed  of  then." 

Another  Excuse— Oh at  best  they 

are  "only  heathen  Chinese."  Only  heathen  Chinese! 
But,  only  "  heathen  Chinese"  have  sins,  and  pains, 
and  sorrows,  and  hearts  to  feel  them,  too,  the  same 
as  you.  "  Heathen  Chinese"  are  brothers 
ters  whom  Jesus  bids  you  love.  Even  "heathen 
Chinese"  have  souls  to  be  saved  or  lost,  and  I  sup- 
pose it  was  for  "heathen  Chinese,"  as  much  as  for 
you,  that  the  Savior  shed  his  blood. 

God  does  not  expect  the  unconverted  to  preach 
theG:spe!to  the  heathen.  He  expects  his  disci- 
ples to  do  it.  The  privilege  of  carrying  the  good 
tidings  has  not  been  entrusted  to  others.  The 
charge  has  been  entrusted  exclusively  to  us.  What, 
then,  can  we  ssy,  if  our  Master  returns  to  d3y,  and 
finds,  that,  after  nineteen  centuries,  more  than  half 
the  world  is  utterly  unevangelrzed?  "The  Gospel 
to  every  creature," — a  plain  command.  Millions 
who  hive  never  heard  it, — a  simple  fact.  What  are 
we  going  to  say?  Can  we  say,  "We  do  not  know 
the  command? " 

Oh,  it  is  a  cruel  shame,  a  disgrace  to  the  church 
of  Christ,  that  we  are  almost  at  the  close  of  the 
nineteenth  century,  and  millions  of  our  fellow  men 
have  never  heard  of  Jesus  yet, — redeemed,  but  they 
do  not  know  it.  No  one  has  gone  to  them  in  the 
years  that  are  past;  and  to  multitudes  of  them 
one  is  going  to-day.  John  R.  Snvder 

Belle fontaine,  Ohio. 


Notes  x  from  «  our  .<  worresponaents. 

a  thirsty  soul,  so  is  good  newa  from  a  far  country." 


NEBRASKA. 

aiterly  council  convened  Jan.  (.  Our 
as  reorganized  with  new  officers.  We  decid- 
ies  of  meetings  Jan.  2,  to  be  conducted  by  the 
The:e  meetings  were  continued  two  weekf, 
•erest—  Sarah  Mchlcrjan.  iS. 

ce  more  revived  by  the  coming  of 
McCrea,  Dec.  30,  win,  while  here, 


Red  Cloud.-Ou 

Sunday  school  was 
ed  to  begin  ■ 
home  minist 
with  cxcellci 

Arcadia.— We  w 
our  aged  brother,  J 
preached  thirteen  sermons.  Some  were  made  to  count  the 
cost.  Many  are  very  favorably  impiesse'd.  Our  Sunday 
school  is  moving  a'.ocg  nicely.— D  M.  Ross,  Jan.  15. 

Strnlton.-Erettaren  Henry  Fry  and  G.  H.  Sharp,  of  the 
Cheyenne  church,  Kans.,  commenced  meetings  at  the  Wood 
schoolhousc,  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  7.  Bro.  Fry  remained  for 
three  sermons,  then  Bro.  Sharp  continued  the  meetings  until 
the  followini,'  Sunday  night,  with  good  interest  and  good  at- 
tendance. Some  seemed  deeply  impressed.— C.  A.  Wray, 
Jan.  18. 

Martin.— Eld.  H.  W.  Strickler,  of  Loraine,  111.,  commen-ed 
meetings  here  on  the  evening  of  Ja 
Jan.  16,  pleaching  thirteen  sermons, 
lions  and  good  interest.  The  Brelh 
most  of  the  people.  There  were  tw 
Others  are  almost  persuaded.—/:'// 
Jan.  iS. 

Cambridge  —Bro.  Geo.  Mishler,  of  Kinzie,  Ind.,  commenced 
a  series  of  meetings  at  the  Afton  schoolhouse,  ten  miles  north 
of  Cambridge,  Jan.  i,  and  preached  ten  sermons  to  fall  houses. 
This  is  a  new  point,  where  none  had  ever  heard  the  Brethren 
preach.  Bro.  Mishler  made  (juite  a  stir  among  the  people,  as 
he  did  not  shun  to  declare  the  whole  Gospel.—/.  S.  Gripe, 
Jan.  13. 

Octavta.— Dec.  18  this  church  met  in  special  council  with 
Eld.  L.  M,  Forney,  of  Kearney,  Nebr,,  and  Eld.  J.  L.  Snavely, 
of  Alvo,  Nebr ,  present,  to  assist  us  in  ordaining  an  elder  from 
among  our  ministers.  The  choice  fell  on  Bro,  J,  B.  Moore. 
He  and  his  wife  were  duly  installed, 


Wc  had  good  congn 


applicants  for  baptis 
a  M.  F/ory,  Chase  C 


Bro.  Fori 


of 


church. 


eeki 


Sumner.— B 

which  began  J: 
idditions,  but : 
preaching 


,  J.  L. 


ilh  interest.— John  G.  Kilhefncr 
actings  here 


navely  held  twelv 
interest  was  good.  There  were  no 
very  near.  I  think  if  wc  could  have 
ring,  about  April,  some  would  come 
the  church.  Very  few  had  seen  any  of  the  Brethren  before, 
ar.d  our  doctrine  put  ihcm  to  thinking.  We  have  lived  here 
ten  year?,  and  this  was  the  first  meeting  we  had  here.—  Sarah 
Clause, Jan.  jj. 

Bethel.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  Jan.  ».  Eld.  John 
Ikenberry  requested  to  be  rclJeved  of  the  oversight  of  the 
church.  On  account  of  inconvenience,  age  and  infirmities, 
bis  request  was  granted.  Eld.  D.  B.  Heiny  was  then  select- 
ed to  take  the  overs;ght  of  the  church.  The  members  of 
Nuckolls  County,  Nebr.,  asked  the  privilege  to  organize  them- 


selv 


crga: 


The 


-  the 


large 


which  was  enlarged  du 
er,  is  now  fully  completed.    We  now 
venient  house  of  worship.     Our  Sunday  school 
hundred  and  twenty  for  the  last  quarter. — J   O, 
Say/or,  Carleton,  Nebr.,  Jan.  i\ 

INDIANA. 

',  Felthouse    has    moved    to    Jackson, 
■).    He  wishes  to  know  of  the  nearest 

Brethren  chcrch  to  that  place.     Who  will  inform  him?— A  //. 

Miller, Jan  14., 
Pigeon  Rlv 


sr.-Eld.  Isaac  Rairigh  commenced  a  series  of 
,  Jan.  1,  and  continued  until  Jin.  16,  preaching 
While  there  were  no  accessions,  we  be- 
almost  persuaded.—  Artie  Fast,  Flint, 


twenty- four 
Hcve  that  si 
Ind.,  Jan.  17. 

Pipe  Creek.-Bro.  Henry  Frantz,  of  Forgy,  Ohio, 
us  Dec.  31,  and  held  a  series  of  meetings,  and  remair 
Jan.  13,  de'iveriog  sixteen  set  mom.  There  were  no  1 
to  the  church,  but  we  think  much  good  and  whole 
struclion  was  given.—  W.  B.  Dailey,  Peru,  Ind.,  Jan.  i 
Beaver  Dam.—  We  are  in  ihs  midst  of  a  very  in 
series  of  meetings,  conducted  by  Eld.  Joseph  Spitz 
night  he  preached  to  a  house  full  of  people,  02  the 
tion  from  the  dead,  and  proved  most  conclusively  from  many 
Bible  evidences,  that  there  is  a  resurrection  both  of  the  just 
and  unjust.  Eld.  Spitzsr  is  undoubtedly  up-to  date  with  any 
man  on  quoting  Scriptare  from  memory,  and  giving  every 
time,  chapter  and  verses.—/.  L.  Kline,  Sevastopol,  Ind ,  Jan. 


Yellow  River.— We  have  just  closed  an  interesting  series  of 
meetings.  Bro.  Dani;l  Wyseng,  from  Nappanee,  came  to  us 
Jan.  I,  remaining  until  Jan.  17,  preaching  twenty-one  sermons. 
Twelve  were  received  into  the  church  by  baptism,  and  one  re- 
claimed. Gocd  attention  wa»  given  daring  the  meetings, 
which  closed  with  great  interest.— Alice  Voder,  Bourbon,  Ind., 
Jan.  ij. 

Elkhart.— The  members  of  the  Elkhart  City  church  met  in 
council  on  Thursday  evening,  Jan,  13.  We  think  of  holding  a 
love  feast  early  in  the  spring.  We  are  using  the  Prayer  Meet- 
ing subjects,  as  given  in  the  Messenger,  in  our  social  servi- 
ces, and  are  very  much  pleased  with  them.  We  feel  to  ihauk 
the  Brethren  for  this  Department  of  the  Messenger.     Those 

their  social  services  by  the  proper  use  of  these  topics.  We 
have  preaching  services  every  Sunday  morning  at  10:  30,  and 
in  the  evening  at  7  o'clock.  Our  Sunday  school  convenes  at 
0:  15— -V.  C.  /Cindy,  Jan.  i$. 

OHIO. 

County  Line— Bro.  C.  W.  Keith,  of  Maplewcod,  Shelby 
Co.,  Ohio,  was  with  us  on  Sued  ay  evening,  Dec.  0,  and 
preached  a  very  acceptable  sermon.—/.  I.  Guthrie,  Herring, 
Ohio,  Jan.  is. 

Middle  District. -On  Sunday  evening,  Jan,  2,  Bro.  Henry 
Gump,  of  the  Hickory  Grove  church,  came  to  us  and  labored, 
by  giving  nineteen  soul-cheering  sermons.  Three  souls  were 
received  by  baptism,  and  two  reclaimed,  Good  interest  pre- 
vailed during  the  entire  meetings—  D.  /'.  Sollenberger,  Fideli- 
ty, Ohio,  Jan.  17. 

Brookville. — Bro.  Silas  Hoover  closed  an  interesting  seres 
of  meetings  last  evening,  at  the  Wolf  Creek  house,  with  fair 
attendance,  considering  the  rainy  weather  and  dark  nights, 
He  preached  fourteen  sermons.  Three  were  received  by  bap- 
tism. We  regret  that  Bro.  Hoover  could  not  stay  longer,  as 
there  were  otters  near  the  kingdom.— D.  L.  ICiftse/,  Jan.  jS. 

UppsrTwln.— Bro.  Aaron  Brobaker,  of  Grat:s,  Ohio,  com- 
menced a  series  of  meelings.in  our  Beech  Grove  hcuse,  near 
Eaton,  Jan  1,  closing  on  the  cveniug  of  the  ctth.  He  gave  us 
ten  sound  Gosp?l  sermons,  which  were  highly  appreciated. 
The  meetings  should  have  continued  longer,  but  the  weather 
forbade.  Goad  impressions  were  made.  S?me  were  surely 
counting  the  cost.— B.  F.  Petry,  Gratis,  Ohio,  Jan.  j3. 

Lima.— Bio  S.  G.  Lehmer,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal„  held  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  in  the  City  of  Lima,  Ohio,  He  came  to  us  Dec. 
29,  and  preached  nineteen  sermons  in  the  assembly  room  nE 
the  court  house,  with  a  very  good  attendance.  Five  made  the 
good  confessicn,  and  were  received  by  baptism,  Several 
more  are  near  the  kingdom.  Bro.  Lehmer  preached  his  last 
sermon  Jan.  16,  and  one  more  has  requested  to  be  baptiz^ 
next  Sunday,  which  makes  six  addition!.  We  now  have  for'tv'- 
five  members  in  the  city.—  W,  H.  R00J,  io56  Fast  lVay?:c  St., 
Jan.  17. 

Tuscarawas.— I  an  pleased  to  report  ttat  a  very  interest- 
ing meeting  has  been  held  in  what  is  known  as  the  Zion 
churchhouse.  The  meetings  began  on  the  evening  of  Dec.  28, 
and  closed  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  12.  The  interest  was  excel- 
lent, and  the  attention  the  very  best.  In  fact,  a  more  atten- 
tive and  orderly  meeting  I  never  attended.  Bro.  A.  I,  Hees- 
tand,  of  Smithville,  Ohio,  did  the  preaching.  His  sermons 
were  well  de-ivered  and  rich  in  thought.  Eleven  made  the 
good  confession,  and  were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism, 
Those  received  into  the  church  were  all  young  people,  such  as 
will  be  a  great  help  to  the  church,  Many  mote  were  almost 
pevsuided.— Reuben  Shroyer,  Otterbein,  Ohio,  Jan.  14. 

Ludlow.— Dec.  21  Bro.  W.  Q  Calvert,  of  Maybill,  Adam3 
Co  ,  Ohio,  began  preaching  fcr  us  at  the  Georgetown  bouse. 
Because  of  the  increasing  interest,  the  meetings  continued  un- 
til Jan.  16,  with  thirty  accessions  by  baptism.  Nearly  all  of 
this  number  are  grown  young  people  and  married  people, 
Jan.  2,  Bro.  John  Calvin  Bright,  of  New  Lebanon,  Ohio,  began 
preaching  at  the  Painter  Creek  houss,  closing  Jan.  16,  with 
e'ght  accessions  by  Christian  baptism.  These  are  all  young 
people,  and  some  of  our  best  Sunday  school  workers.  The  at- 
tendance and  inteiest  at  both  of  these  meetings  were  very 
guid,  and  our  church  greatly  encouraged.  Bro.  D,  D.  Wine 
is  expected  to  preach  at  the  Pitsburg  house  during  a  series 
of  meetings,  to  be  held  in  February.  Bro,  Lawrence  Kreider, 
our  Messenci'K  agent,  has  placed  fifty-two  Premium  Bibles 
in  our  community.  Steps  have  been  taken  to  build  a  new 
house  of  worship  at  Red  River,  a  new  point  in  our  Ludlow 
district.  The  necessary  funds  have  already  beeu  subscribed. 
Our  evergreen  Sunday  schools  are  progressing  nicely.  Bio. 
Granville  Minnich,  one  of  our  young  and  newly-elected  minis- 
ters, is  attending  the  Special  Bible  Term  at  North  Manches- 
ter, Ind. — Levi  Minnich,  Painter  Creel:,  Ohio,  Jan.  17. 


The  individual  who  quits  the  church  because 
somebody  in  it  wounds  his  feelings,  or  because  he 
dislikes  the  pastor,  or  because  "  there  are  too  many 
collections,"  or  because  he  is  not  duly  appreciated, 
or  for  any  other  of  a  hundred  similar  reasons,  sees 
more  spots  than  sun,  Generally,  the  church  does 
not  suspend  when  such  people  leave  it. — Cumber- 
land Preibytcrien. 


Elkhart.— The  cause  bee  is  moving  along  in  the  good  old 
way.  In  a  city  like  this,  the  members  are  more  or  less  transient, 
— moving  in  and  out  of  town.  Members  who  work  in  shops 
(and  especially  those  who  work  after  night),  can  not  derive 
the  same  benefit  frrm  church  services.  It  is  seldom  we  can 
get  the  members  together  during  the  week,  in  day-time,  for  a 
council-meeting,  hence  the  most  of  the  councils  are  held  in 
the  evening.  There  should  be  a  churchhouse  more  in  the  cen- 
ter of  the  city.  Our  house  being  on  one  side,  makes  it  two 
miles,  or  more,  for  some  of  the  members  to  walk. — J.  H.  Mil- 


OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

-Jan.  S  we  met  in  council.     Fou 


ved 


hr,\ 


.;$. 


Oak  Grove. 

by  letter,  en;  a  miniate 

was  decided  to  hold  a 

20,  by  our  home  minis! 

our  new  churchhouse,  Jan.  30.    We  wcl:ome  any  visiting  min 

ister  to  help  us  in  these  meetings. — Hannah  Howe,  Daven 

port,  Okla   T.Jan.  iS. 

Fair  view. — We  closed  a  two  v 
Wednesday  night,  at  the  schoolhouse.  Nine  were  receive) 
by  baptism,  and  many  are  counting  the  cost.  The  meeting 
were  condected  by  Bro.  Daniel  Gordon.  The  weather  wa 
pleasant,  attendance  large,  and  attention  good. — Lizzie  Slcph 
enson,  Pond  Creek,  Grant  Co.,  Okla.,  Jan.  if. 


.  deacon,     It 
I  to  dedicate 


cgs 


Jan.  2i), 


TI£E  GOSPEL  MESSENGBB. 


IOWA. 

Garrison—One  sister  was  baptized  to-day.  and  two  sisters 
turned  to  the  fold,  who  had  gone  astray.  More  are  thinking 
usly,  and  we  hope  they  will  come  soon  -Lis:ie  R.  Pugh, 


77 


Jan.  ,4. 

Rock  Drove.—  This  church  met  in  quarterly  council  Jan.  10. 
Our  elder,  J.  F.  Eikenberry,  presided,  assisted  by  Eld.  Harvey 
Ekciberry.  Bro.  O.  J.  Beaver,  our  District  evangelist  was 
ordained  to  the  eldership,  and  installed  with  solemnity.— Nel- 
lie G.  Beaver,  iXoya  Springs,  Iowa,  Jan.  11. 


•■  met  in  quarterly  conn 
in  fund,  etc.,  were  nea 
since  my  last  report.  ( 
it,  this  being  the  first  ti 
in. — Sara  Goughr.our,  E 


Des  Moines  Valley To-day 

Our  donations  to  the  poor,  mis:-i 
S45-  Two  were  received  by  letter 
Sunday  school  is  growing  in  inters 
we  continued  over  the  winter  seas 
hart,  Iowa,  Jan.  IJ. 

Harlan.— I  just  came  home  from  Audubon  County,  Iowa 
where  I  held  some  meetings  at  a  new  place,  where  the  Breth 
ren  had  never  preached  before.  We  had  a  gcod  intfrsst 
We  will  soon  go  back  again.  The  meetings  stopped  on  ac 
count  of  a  snow-storm,  I  distributed  some  tracts,  which  were 
eager' y  received— Jos.  L.  Myers,  Jan.  jj. 

Dickens.— Bro.  W.  H.  Lichty,  of  Waterloo,  came  to  us  Dec. 
28,  and  preached  each  evening  until  Jan.  12,  at  which  time 
Bio.  S.  H.  Miller,  of  Waterloo,  preached  one  sermon.  Bro. 
Lichty  conducted  a  Bible  Notmal  etch  afternoon,  in  connec- 
lith  the  meetings.    At  the  close  the  church  held  a  choice 


for  a  de 
dead 


nda 


soffic 


Bn 


was  called  to  the 
nd  Bro.  C.  D.  Reeves  to  the  ministry.—/).  //. 


South  Engllsh.-O  jr  special  Bible  Term  began  Jan.  4.  and 
clcsed  Jan.  14  It  was  conluclel  by  home  talent.  The  at- 
tendance  was  good,  and  the  study  of  God's  Word  was  entered 
into  with  /:al  and  earnestness.  The  work  wastakiog  the  Bi- 
ble as  a  text  boik,  and  studying  it  by  subject  pible  reading. 
Ail  expressed  tbeaiselves  as  b:ing  spiritually  strengthened 
and  built  up,  Alldesiie  that  we  have  another  special  tenn 
next  winter.— .5.  /•'.  Brewer,  Jan.  14, 

Boone  River  -Our  last  quarterly  council  was  held  Nov.  27. 
We  organized  our  Sunday  school  for  six  months,  from  Jan.  1. 
Bro.  J.  E.  McFarlen  was  elected  Superintendent.  The  breth- 
ren here  are  to  be  commended  for  tteir  energy  in  pushing  tie 
Sunday  school  work,  and  the  interest  taken  in  the  social  meet- 
ines,  and  developing  the  singing  talent  of  the  church.  Even 
outsiders  voice  the  sentiment  that  we  have  better  singing  than 
accompanied  by  instrumental  mus:c.  We 
t  the  church  each  Sunday,  and  every  ether 
iunday  eveoing  at  a  schoolhouse  six  miles  distant.  The  in- 
t  has  been  good.- John  G.  Schmidt, Jan.  ib, 
TEXAS. 

■  8,  page 

""by  J.  F.  Neher,  and  "The  Work  in  Texas,"'  by  A.  J.  W 
there  is  an  apparent  d  sogreement,  but  both  are  conect.  Two 
of  the  eleven  live  in  the  Par.lnndle  of  Texas,  and  belong  ti 
the  Dstrict  of  Oklahoma,  and,  at  the  time  of  the  willing  c 
the  anicle,  Bro.  L.  H.  Eby  had  not  yet  moved  to  Texas,  bu 
still  his  name  so  appears  in  the  Almanac.  Since  then  Bro.  S 
S.  Redmon  has  moved  out  of  the  Dislrict,  so  we  still  have  on 
ly  eight  ministers  in  the  District.— A.J.  Wine,  Xocona  Tex 
Jan.  ,6. 

Blue  Mound.-At  our  last  council  it  was  decided  to  hold  : 
series  of  meetings.  Eld.  J.  F.  Neher  will  deliver  a  series  0 
doctrinal  sermons,  at  Saginaw,  beginning  Jan-  21.  There  i: 
quite  an  interest  at  this  place.  We  have  an  interesting  Sun 
day  school,  with  Bro.  J.  A.  Bowman  as  Superintendent.  Wi 
also  have  a  Bible  Reading  Circle  each  Sunday  evening 
These  meet'ngs  are  largely  attended  by  our  young  people.  I: 
15  encouraging  to  see  so  many  of  our  young  people  comine 
with  the'r  Bibles  in  hand.  A  few  elder  ones  have  become  in 
terested,  who  had  not  read  their  Bibles  for  many  years.— p 
K  Bowman,  Saginaw,  Tex.,  Jan.  :o. 


I    where  singing 
I    have  preaching 
-j*    Sunday  eveain 
terest  has  been 
1     fj.  TEXAS. 

»    AV  Explanation.— In  Gospel  Messenger  of  Jai 
In.  last  colnmn,  under  the  title,  "  Where  our  Minis 


Nocona — This  church  m:t  in  quarterly  council  Jan,  I.    Tbe 
sum  of  S3.50  was  paid  in  for  mission  work.    Letters  of  mem- 
bership  were  granted  to  Bio.  S.  S.  Redmon,  wife  and  daugh- 
ter,  who  moved  to  Oklahoma.    It  was  decided  to  tuold  a  series 
of  meetings  in  the  near  future,  to  be  conducted  by  our  home 
ministers,  possibly  assisted  by  Bro.  J.  M.  Elliott.    Jan.  15  the 
District   Mission  Beard  met  at  the  house  of  the  Secretary. 
The  chairman,  Bro.  S.  S.  Redmon,  having  left  the  District, 
Bro.  F.  K.  Bowman,  of  Saginaw,  Tex.,  was  appointed  to  fill' 
the  vacancy.     Eld.  J.  M.  Elliott,  formerly  of  Houston,  Tex, 
has  been  engaged  by  the  Board  to  do  evangelistic  and  mis- 
sionary work   in  Northern  Texas.    He  will  likely 
home  in  the  Williams  Creek  church.    He  was  present  at  the 
meeting,  and   will  at  once  enter  the  work.    Other  matte 
looking  to  the  advancement  of  the  cause,  were  consider. 
Bro.  Elliott  will  preach  to-day  in  the  Williams  Creek  cong 
gation.— A.  J.  Wine,  Jan.  16. 

ARKANSAS. 

Knoxvflle— Our  council-meeting,  Jan.  15,  was  a  pleasa 
one.  It  was  held  at  the  home  of  our  elder,  Henry  Brubak. 
and,  whilst  some  of  our  memb:rs  have  gone  to  other  fields 
labor,  others  have  been  added.  We  feel  to  thank  God,  ai 
lake  courage.  Yesterday,  at  orir  Bible  meeting,  the  subje 
"as  the  second  coming  of  Chiist.  Many  good  thoughts  we 
expressed.  We  have  no  churchhouse  of  our  own.  Meetini 
«e  held  every  Sanday  in  other  houses.  We  hope  to  have 
Aurchhouse  during  this  year,— 7«.  H.  Parkins,  Jan.  17. 


VIRGINIA. 

En.anuels.-Our  elder,  G.  W.  Wine,  began  a  series  of 
meetings  at  the  Emanuels  churchhouse,  the  last  night  of  the 
past  year,  and  continued  until  the  night  of  Jan.  13  at  which 
time  his  health  did  not  permit  him  to  continue  any  longer. 
Hie  meeting  was  continued  by  ethers  until  to-day.  There 
were  no  accessions  to  the  church,  but  we  are  encouraged,  and 
rejoice,  knowing  that  good  has  been  accomplished-/!  / 
Miller,  Sangerville,  Va.,  Jan.  to. 

Troutvllle.-The  members  of  this  congregation  secured  the 
services  of  Bro.  C.  S.  Ikenbeiry,  music-teathcr  of  Daleville 
College,  to  instruct  a  class  in  singing  during  the  Holiday.'. 
We  were  well  pleased  with  the  manner  of  teaching,  and  we 
are  much  pleased  with  this  way  of  spending  our  Holidays 
Bro.  T.  C.  Denton  and  wife  left  Jan.  7,  for  California.  Bio.  |. 
A.  Dove  is  now  holding  a  series  of  meeiings  at  Haymaker- 
town.— cne  of  our  preaching  p  ints.— J.  L.  Shaver,  Jan.  /,-. 

Oreenmount -The  members  of  this  church  met  in  council 
today.  Considerable  business  was  fan-acted  Four  letters 
of  membership  were  granted.  This  was  our  first  meeting  at 
this  place  sirce  the  erection  of  our  new  churchhouse,  and,  al 
though  not  yet  quite  finished,  wc  can  now  hold  services  in  it. 
A  report  from  the  building  committee  shewed  that  the  cost  of 
this  house,  when  complete,  will  be  .-fo  rt  s,,6;o  The  dedica- 
tory services  will  b;  held  on  the  fiis;  S  mday  in  March.-/. 
Wm.  Miller,  Singers  Glen,  Va  Jan.  /J. 

KANSAS. 
Qulnter— Bro.  G.  M.  Throne,  of  tie  Maple  Grove  church 
just  closed  a  very  interesting  seiies  of  meetings,  beginning 
Jan  8,  and  ending  Jan.  16.  The  Lord  was  surely  with  him 
and  his  heareis.  Five  were  baptized  .nt.o  the  fold  <  f  Christ- 
DanielJ.  Werts,  Jan,  /q. 

Pleasant  (drove.  -Last  night  we  closed  a  very  interesting 
series  of  meetings  at  this  church,  with  a  full  house  and  the 
test  of  attention.  Bro.  W.  H.  Miller,  of  Westphalia,  Kacs 
did  the  preachnj.  He  give  us  thhteen  interesting  and  in- 
structive sermons.  There  were  no  additions,  yet  we  feel  that 
our  meetings  weie  profitable  ones.— Liaie  Kling.Jan.  :j. 

Sawyer -Bro.  Glick  commenced  preaching  here  at  the 
Sand  Creek  schoolhouse  Jao.  2,  and  delivered  fourteen  ssr- 
mons  to  good  congregations.     Our  brother  has  a  rrood  knowl- 
edge of  the  Bible,  and  gives  chapter  and  verse  for  what  he 
siys.    In  this  respect  I  never  heard  his  equal.    We  were  all 
greatly  built  up  by  the  meetings.-./ar^r  X.  Perty.  fan.  iS. 
Emporia — Bro.  Geo.  Mar.01,  of  Gypsum  City,  Kans.,  came 
1  us  Jan  1,  and  continued  Ihe  meetings  over  three  Sundays. 
The  attendance  was  good,  and  attention  the  very  best.    Two 
ade  willing  to  accept  the  Truth,  and  were  buried  with 
n  baptism,  and  we  believe  there  are  others  near  the 
kingdom.    As  we  are  somewhat  isolated  here,  we  ask  our  min- 
itering  brethren,  when  passing  Emporia,  to  call  and  give  us 
ome  meetings.     Give  the  writer  a  few  days'  notice,  as  I  live 
six  miies  southwest  of  Emporia.     I  will  gladly  meet  biethren 
at  depot,  when  to  notified.— D,  W.  Sloudcr,  Jan.  ji). 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Pine  Orove.-B.-o.  D.  H.  Walker,  of  Lull,   Pa.,  opened  a 
series  of  meeiings  at  this  place,  Dec.   18,  and  continued  until 
the  evening  of  the  27th.    Bro.  Walker  preached  thirteen  ser- 
mons,   There  were  no  accessions.— N.  H.  Blough,  Davids- 
ville.  Pa  ,Jan,jj. 

James  Creek.— Bro.  Bii:e  Sell  began  a  series  of  meetings  at 
the  James  Creek  church,  Dec  31,  and  closed  Jan.  It,  preaching 
eighteen  sermons.  While  there  were  no  accessions  to  the 
church,  yet  the  members  we'e  greatly  strengthened  in  their 
Christian  work.— Priscilla  S.  Brumbaugh,  Jan.  17. 

Everett.-Bro.  J.  B.  Miller,  of  Woodbury,  Pa.,  gave  a  series 
of  sermons  in  the  Fairview  meetinghouse,  five  miles  northeast 
ol  Everett,  Pa.    One  came  out  oa  the  Lord's  side,  and  was 
bapt'zed  in  tbe  river  near  by.  on  Sunday  last.    By  giving  in- 
in  singing,  and  preaching  the  Word  with  power,  Bro. 
Miller  helped  to  build  up  an  interest,  which,  we  think,  will  be 
I  lasting  good.—/.  .5.  Hershberger,  Jan.  is. 
Latlmore.-Bro.  Orville  V.  Long,  of  Abbottstown,  Pa.,  wto 
one  of  our  home  ministers,  commenced  a  series  cf  meetings 
at  the  Latimore  meetinghouse,  Jan.  1,  preaching  every  even- 
0  weeks,  and  visiting  from  house  to  house  dur  ng 
the  day.     Tte  great  interest  taken  in  the  meeting  was  mani- 
fested by  the  larg:  and  regular  attendance.    At  (he  close  of 
the  meeting  seven  pre:ious  souli  united  with  the  church  by 
baptism—  John  M.  Reffcitiberger,  Clear  String,  Pa.,  Jan.  /j, 
DISTRICT  OP  COLUMBIA. 


ILLINOIS. 

Lena— I  leave  home  Jan.  18,  for  a  trip  through  Texas, 
New  Mexico,  Colorado  and  Kansas.  I  may  be  addressed  as 
follows:  Barstow,  Texas,  till  Feb.  S;  Villa  Park,  Colo.,  till 
fell.  12;  Rocky  Ford,  till  Feb.  .8;  and  Summerfield,  Kan* 
till  Feb.  23.—/).  B,  Ely,  Jan.  16. 

Mt.  Carroll.-The  church  at  this  place  met  in  quarterly 
council  Jan.  .2.  Although  the  day  was  rainy,  quite  a  good 
number  of  tbe  members  came  together.  All  business  ol  the 
meeting  passed  off  agreeably  and  harmoniously.  Bro.  P.  R. 
Kellner  commenced  preaching  last  evening,  for  us  here  in 
town.— If.  If.  Eisenbise,  Jan.  ?,. 

MISSOURI. 

Pleasant  Vlew.-The  new  church  is  now  completed,  and 
was  dedicated  on  Sunday,  Jan,  o.  Bro.  Josiah  Ellenberger 
preached  at  ,1  A.  M,  and  at  night.  This  congregation  now 
has  two  churcbhouses  in  its  limits.  Wc  are  expecting  to  have 
a  protracted  meeting  in  a  short  tinie.-A/,,^,,  Clemens,  Stel, 
Mo ,  Jan.  //. 

laforge— The  members  here  appointed  a  love  feast  for 
New  Years  evening,  and  commenced  a  scries  of  meetings  on 
Christmas  Day,  previous  to  tie  love  feast,  and  continued 
meetings  every  night  till  Jan.  t,  the  time  appointed  for  our 
feast,  when  about  thirty-five  members  surrounded  the  Lrrd's 
table,  and  we  surely  had  a  glorious  feast.  The  churchhouse 
vas  well  Idled  with  spectators.  Wc  continued  meetings  each 
iventng  until  Jan  5,  when  we  closed  with  good  congregations 
ind  good  attention.  The  meeiings  were  conducted  by  our 
mme  ministers,  and,  although  there  were  no  immediate  accts. 
tens,  we  know  that  lastiog  impressions  were  made,  that  will 
tot  soon  be  forgotten,  Any  of  the  Brethren  traveling  through 
ieie,  are  invited  to  stop  off  and  visit  our  members.  You  will 
find  them  all  sociable,  and  they  will  make  you  feel  at  home 
After  our  feast  at  the  chuich,  a  few  of  the  members  went  to 
the  home  of  a  dear  sister,  lying  near  death's  dooi,  and  had  a 
Communinn  service  with  her.—  Tabilha  Crura,  Firrenbire 
Mo.,  Jan,  14. 

LOUISIANA. 
Lake  Charles.— Bro.  S.  A.  Honbarger,  of  Roanoke,  La, 
was  with  us  over  Sundry,  and  preached  for  us  in  the  evening! 
We  are  having  a  good  little  Sunday  school,  of  ab.n.1  thirty 
scholars.  Bro.  Puterbaugh  is  our  Superintendent.  We  hope 
0  have  a  Brethren  church  in  Lake  Charles  before  lore  — /  V 
Met-.ger,  Jan. ,,.  ^      '     ' 

Roanoke.-Dcc.  26  Bro.  W.  L.  Bingaman,  of  Laplace,  III., 
tommenced  his  lectures  en  the  old  vorld,  with  good  atter  d'- 
ince,  and  with  much  interest.  They  were  very  instructive, 
ind  I  think  they  will  be'p  the  came  at  this  place.  He  is  ecu- 
iinuing  his  lectures  at  other  points.  The  church  here  met  in 
quarterly  council  Jan.  15.  There  was  not  much  tuiiness  be- 
fore the  meeting,  except  the  eleclion  of  cbureh  r  lli-ers  for  the 
year,  and  of  making  one  more  apponlment  for  rrgular 
preaching,  at  Welsh,  La.  It  was  deciied  that  each  male 
member,  consenting  to  do  so,  would  put  out  one  acre  of  rice 
for  mission  and  church  expenses.—  S.  E.  Lewis  Jan  IS 

WEST  VIROINIA. 

Maple  Sprlng.-In  Gospsi.  Mhssevgeb.  No.  3.  the  report 
from  Maple  Spring,  reads,  "  Thiee  applicants  and  one  re- 
'  limed."    It  should  have  said,  "Seven  applicants  and  one 

daimed."—  D,  G  Judy,  Eglon,  W.  Va.,  Jan.  17. 

=glon.-Jan.  ,6  Bro,  E.  F.  Fike  preached  for  us  at  Maple 
Spring.  Alter  preach  ng,  he  as)  I  aptized  seven  applicants 
who  had  applied  for  membenhip  duiing  a  series  of  meetires 
held  by  Bro.  I.  W.  Abernatby.-/;.  G.  lady  Jan  ,7 


Washington — The  city  love  feast,  Jan,  18,  was  a  glorious 
'ent.  More  than  forty  communed;  nine  of  the  number  were 
ministers.  Bro.  S.  H.  Utz  officiated.  There  were  present 
about  two  hundred  spectators.  At  the  conclusion,  Bro.  Hol- 
linger  addressed  the  attentive  lookers-on,  in  a  brief  but  telling 
mannner.  The  Washington  City  mission,  in  bolh  spirit  and 
general  work,  is  quite  encouraging.  B.-o.  Hollinger  is  thor- 
oughly  interested  in  the  work  and  the  plain,  straight  forward 
of  Zion—  /.  X.  H.  Beahm,  Brentsville,  Va ,Jan.  /q. 


MICHIGAN. 

Thornapple.-On  Chris'mas  night,  Eld.  Isaiah  Rairigh,  of 
Woodland,  Mich,  began  a  seiies  of  meetings  at  our  west 
house,  and  closed  on  Sunday  evening,  Jan.  0,  preaching  twen- 
ty-one sermons.  Our  attendance  was  small,  owing  to  other 
meetings  in  the  neighborhood.  We  have  no  additions  to  re- 
port, yet  we  believe  much  good  was  doce.-C  P.  Leece.  Elm- 
I  dale,  Mich.,  Jan.  10. 


OREQON. 

Coqullle  Valley.-Our  regular  quaiteily  council  convened 
at  our  meetinghouse,  near  Myrtle  Point.  Jan.  8.  Eld.  John 
Bonewitz  was  chosen  boasekeeper  of  this  church.  Steps  were 
taken  to  purchase  ground  and  to  have  cur  meetinghouse 
moved  into  the  town  of  Myrtle  Point,  Ore  joung  soul  fol- 
lowed the  example  of  our  Savior,  and  was  buried  with  him  in 
holy  baptism.  Three  others  have  united  with  the  church  since 
our  last  report.  All  those  who  have  received  the  Premium 
Bible  are  well  pleased  with  it.— Sarah  A.  VanDyke,  Jan.  11. 

MARYLAND. 

Double  Pipe  Creek.-Our  council  at  the  Monocacy  church 

tory  to  each  minister,  so  they  all  may  know  their  place  and 
n"  A  committee  of  three  was  appointed  to  look  up  the 
ind  villages  where  our  brethren  have  never  preached, 
and,  if  arrangements  can  be  made,  to  have  our  ministering 
brethren  fill  appointments  at  such  places, -Samuel  Wet- 
bright,  Jan.  n, 

TENNESSEE. 
Mountain  Valley — Bro.  Mathias  Nead  cam 
and,  during  his  stay  with  us,  delivered  sixteen  aci, 
9  Bro.  Henry  T.  Brubaker,  of  Chase,  Kans.,  commenced 
week's  meetings,  preaching  sixteen  sermons.    As  a  result  of 
both  meetings,  sixteen  were  added  to  the  church,  and  a  good- 
ly number  "  almost  persuaded."—/'.  .17.   Correll,  Moreloek, 
Tenn.,  Jan.  18. 

COLORADO. 
Pueblo.— Bro.  G.  E.  Studebaker  has  commenced  his  mis- 
sion work  in  Colorado,  by  meetings  at  Shivington,   Rocky 
Ford,  and  up  tbe  Arkansas  Valley  to  Pueblo.—/?.  //.  Patter- 
■~^,7an.4. 


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Jan.  29p  ifl 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


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Notes  from  the  Chicago  Mission. 

— Et-d.  Daniel  Deardorff,  of  Franklin 
Grove,  and  Eld.D.B.  Gibson,  of  Cerrogordo, 
III  called  at  our  mission  home  last  week. 
These  short  seasons  of  Christian  associalion,- 
especially,  with  ihosc  of  many  years'  c>.pcri- 
ence,—  are  always  helpful  to  us;  the  expres- 
sions of  interest  from  those  who  cannot  come 
in  person,  are  also  a  source  of  strength  to  the 

—The  Sunday  school  and  preaching  services 
show  an  increase  in  attendance  lately.  Com- 
ing as  it  does,  after  the  Christmas  season  is 
over,  when  there  is  no  inducement  whatever, 
to  come  for  the  "loaves''  and  "fishes,"  we 
s  a  very  promising  and  healthful 


growth. 

—A  new  class  has  been  formed  in  Sunday 
school,  with  Sister  Lena  Wieand  as  teacher. 
A  number  of  those  who  just  entered,  had  never 
been  in  Sunday  school  before. 

—While  visiting  the  family  this  week  where 
four  children  have  united  with  the  church,  we 
learned  that  these  four  read  a  chaptei  from 
the  Bible  at  meal-time,  and  conduct  family 
worship.  The  "leaven"  of  truth  is  at  work  in 
this  family.  May  it  continue  till  they  are  all 
united  in  Christ's  service. 

—Our  industrial  work,  so  far,  has  been  al- 
most exclusively  (or  the  girls  and  mothers. 
Recently,  a  few  of  our  bright,  ambitious  boys, 
became  eager  to  do  something  too,  and  they 
are  now  battling  with  needles  and  yarn,  learn- 
ing to  crochet  or  knit.  We  long  for  Hi 
when  we  may  have  suitable 
to  be  helpful  to  a  hundred  boys, 
dustry  suitable  to  themselves, 
same  purpose  that  we  are  no' 
number  of  girls,— to 
life  that  await  them 

660  S.  Ashland .  1 


odation 
1  lines  of  in 


Susie  Forney. 


God  Loveth  a  Cheerful  Giver. 


Nine  bright  little 
Sunday  school,  each 
their  teacher,  last  win 
way, 


,  of  the  Wuodland 
ived  a  nickel   from 

money. 
II,.  v  worked  faithfully  through  the  summer, 
d,  just  before   Christmas,  brought  back    to 
:ir   teacher    the   amount    of   S5.22.     Being 
,alce  the  choice  where 
it,  some  said  to  the  In- 
ie  to  the  Smyrna  Or- 


their  teacher  the  a 
granted  a  privilege  to 
the  money  should  be  : 
dia  Orphanage,  and  s< 
phanage,  and  so  it  was  sent  there. 

All  seemed  to  realize  the  blessed  privilege 
they  are  enjoying,  and  would  like  very  much 
to  help  those  little  suffering  orphans  to  a 
pleasant  home,  where  they  would  be  allowed 
the  grand  privilege  of  learning  about  the  dear 
Redeemer,  that  came  from  heaven. 

God  bless  the  parents  and  those  that  encour- 
aged these  little  girls,  and  all  others,  that  are 
willing,  and  are  doing  something  for  those  that 
are  in  need-  It  is  not  how  much  we  give  and 
do,  that  pleases  the  Lord,  but  the  willingness 
and  love  that  is  in  our  hearts. 

There  are  many  little  children,  and,  older 
ones  too,  that  think  because  they  have  not  the 
chance  to  earn  money,  and  have  nothing  to 
give  away,  they  can  do  nothing  for  the  Lord, 
This  is  a  great  mistake.  Dear  little  readers,  il 
is  not  always  necessary  to  have  money  to  do 
mission  work.  You  are  missionaries, — each 
one  of  you.  You  can  speak  kind  words,  sing 
to  the  sick  and  down-hearted,  pray  for  your 


While  it  was  not 

:ient  majority  to  grant  the  reqi 

is  not,  dining  all  the  proceeding' 

:>rd  or  feeling  manifested. 

On  New  Year's  Day  we  met  to  organize. 
We  have  chosen  Eld,  David  Dilling,  of  the 
Ucello  church,  to  be  our  elder.  We  have 
thirty-four  members,  with  an  evergreen  Sun- 
lay  school.  The  Burnettsville  church  is  now 
n  charge  of  Bro,  M.  M.  Sli 


1).  A.  Me 


Jan.  o-. 


From  Worthlngton,  Minn. 

In  the  Messenger,  a  few  weeks  ago,  it  was 
stated  that  this  church  had  chosen  Bro.  Harv- 
ey    F.ikenberry   as   their  elder.     He  declined, 
ivever,   feeling   that   he   had  more  burdens 
in  he  could  bear,  so  District  Meeting  sent 
Bro.  S.  H.  Miller,  of  Waterloo,   Iowa,  and 
;se  Rolston,  of  Sheldon,  Iowa,  who  came  to 
Jan.  15,  to  inquire  into  our  needs.    A  coun- 
was  held,  and  two  brethren  were  ordained 
to  the  eldership,   namely,   C.   S.   Hilary  and 
William  Kikenbcrry.     Bro.  C.   S.  Hilary  was 
1     charge    of    the    Worlhington    church. 
Brethren  D.  H.  Keller  and  Jacob  Burkholder 
called  to  the  ministry.     A   choice  was 
held  for  two  deacons,  and  there  being  a 
tie  between  three,  the  church  decided  to  ac- 
cept all  three,  namely,  Eli  Ogg,  Chris.  Nickle- 
md  W.  P.  Reed. 

vas  quite  an  impressive  scene  to  see  as 
large  a  number  as  this  to  present  themselves 
nstallation  on  Sunday  morning,  before 
public  services.  The  sclmolhouse  was  packed, 
•ven  then  all  could  not  get  in. 
er  this  we  listened  to  a  good  sermon 
from  Bro  Miller.  He  also  preached  for  us  at 
night.  We  feel  to  thank  these  brethren  for 
their  labor  of  love  among  us. 

e  church  here  now  has  two  elders,  four 
iters,  and  five  deacons. 


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The  February  number  of  McClttre's  Maga- 
itie  will  contain  an  historical  document  of 
very  extraordinary  interest.  It  is  the  account 
of  Washington's  last  days  from  the  manu- 
:ript  diary  of  his  private  secretary,  Tobias 
ear.  Col.  Lear  was  greatly  trusted  by  Wasb- 
gton,  was  in  constant  attendance  upon  him 
uring  his  last  illness,  received  his  dying 
words  and  instructions,  and  witnessed  his 
death.  For  the  closing  scenes  in  Washing- 
ton's life,  this  diary  is  the  only  original  docu- 
ment, and  it  has  never  been  published  before 
in  full,  in  any  popular  form.  The  original 
manuscript,  indeed,  has  been  generally  sup- 
posed to  be  lost.  It  is,  however,  in  the  posses^ 
sion  of  a  relative  of  Mrs.  Leai 
es  the  publication  in  AlcClur 


,  who  authori; 


-In  the  Salem  congrega 
•a.,  Jan 


daughter  of  Alfred    and    Rebecca    Omdorff, 
aged  IS  years  and  9  months.     Interment  at  Sa- 
Funeral   services  by    the    writer,    from 
Amos  4:  12.  W.  W.  Wine. 

STOVER— In  Baltimore,  Md.,  Dec.  I,  1897, 
Sister  Nannie  Stover,  wife  of  Bro.  J.  M.  Stover, 
a  husband,  a  son,  and  four  daugh- 
body  was  brought  to  the  parental 
home,  near  Fairplay,  Md.,  which  is  now  occu- 
pied by  a  sister,  as  her  parents,  Dr.  Valentine 
d  Catherine  Reichard,"  have  gone  before." 
rvices  conducted  in  the  Manor  church,  Dec. 
4,  by  our  brother,  Eld.  D.  F.  Stouffer,  from  the 
xt,  "The  end  has  come."    Her  body  was 
en  laid  to  rest  in  the  tomb. 

M.  Alice  Mumma. 
WEIDNER.— In  the  Indian  Creek  congre- 
ition,  at  her  home  in  Nevada,    Story    Co., 
iwa,  Oct.  27,  1807,  of  diphtheria,  Sarah,  wife 
of   Bro.   Joseph    Weidner,   aged   56    years,    9 
ind  19  days.    She  was  born  in  Somer- 
set County,  Pa.     Her  father  died  when  she  was 
II  a  child.     At  the  beginning  of  the  war  she 
aved  with  her  mother  and    step-father   to 
Stark     County,    Ohio.    After    living    there    a 
short  time,  they  moved  to  Waterloo,    Iowa, 
she  lived   until  the  summer  of    1870. 
as  united  in  marriage  with  Joseph  Wcid- 
nd  then  moved  to  Story  County,  where 
ved  until   her  death.     She    sought    the 
om  of  God,  and  united  with  the  Brethren 
church  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years.     She  was 

[Other  of  three  daughters  and  three  so 
She  leaves  a  husband,  one    daughter,    tin 
and  three  step-sons.     Her  remains  wi 
to  rest  in  the  Nevada  cemetery.    Serv 
by  John  H.  Cakerice,  from  John  2:  28;  Rev. 


WISE.— Near  Bradford,  Ohio,  Nov-  24.  1897, 

oses  Wise,  aged  84  years,  5  months  and  6 

days.     Deceased  was  born   in  Lebanon,  Ohio, 

June  18,  1813,  and  moved  to  the  neighborhood 

of    Bradford,  Ohio,    with    his    parents, 


Eliza  A.  Caker 


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Co.,  Io 

WEIDNER.- 


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From  Burnettsville,  Ind. 

We  held  our  quarterly  church  cc 
Christmas  Day.  Elders  Solomon  Blickenstaff 
and  W.  S.  Toney  were  present.  The  division 
of  the  Monticello  church  had  been  under  con- 
templation for  some  time.  The  territory  was 
thirty  miles  square,  with  two  churchhouses 
The  eastern  part  ot  the  territory  presented  2 

petition,  signed  by  the  members  living  in  it 

asking  to  be  granted  the  privilege  of  an  organ 
ization,    to    be    known    as    the     Burnettsville 

church,  after  the  name  of  the  town  in  which 

our  house  is  located 
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-  MATRIMONIAL  - 


KEEDY—  HERTZLER.— At  the  Old  Folks' 
Home,  Jan.  1,  1898,  by  T.  G.  Winey,  Bro.  Jesse 
Keedy  and  Sister  Anna  Hertzler,  both  of 
Booth,  Kans.  ELLA  MILLER. 


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GAINER.— In  the  Mount  Zion  congrega- 
ion,  W.  Ya.,  Jan.  9,  1898,  Bro.  Israel  P.  Gainer, 
.ged  62  years,  1  month  and  28  days.  He  was 
narried  to  Arminda  Wells,  forty-three  years 
igo.  Nine  children  blessed  their  union,  six  of 
whom  preceded  him  to  the  grave.  He  leaves 
dow,  one  son,  and  two  daughters.  Sister 
Arminda  has  been  an  invalid,  confined  to  her 
bed  for  twenty  years.  The  eldest  daughter 
has  been  an  invalid  for  about  seven  years. 
Services  at  the  home,  by  brethren  J.  K.  Hols- 
berry  and  J.  Monroe  Wells. 

Myrtle  Wells  Poling. 


decided  by  ballot. 


BUCKWALTER.— In  the  Clear  Creek  con- 
gregation, Huntington  Co.,  Ind.,  Geo.  A.  Buck- 
waiter.  He  was  born  in  Hampshire  Co.,  W 
Va.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  three  daughters 
Two  companions  preceded  him.  He  was  a 
>  houses  being  eight  miles  apart,  the !  faithful  member  of  the  church  for  about  thirty  I  Funeral 
located  half  way.    The  matter  was] years.    Services  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Bro. J 1.    He  1 


BURNS.— In  the  Salem  congregat 
Oak,  Ind.,  Jan.  II,  1898,  of  paralysis,  Nancy 
(Shock)  Burns,  wife  of  Michael  Burns,  aged  74 
years  and  n  months.  She  was  a  devoted  sis- 
ter. She  belonged  to  the  Brethren  church  fifty 
years.  To  this  union  were  born  nine  sons  and 
four  daughters,— all  members  of  the  Brethren 
church,  except  two.  Services  by  Bro.  John 
Appleman,  from  2  Tim.  7.  Interment  in 
Union  cemetery.  Lovina  Zumbaugh. 

WEIDNER— In  the  same  church,  at  Wa- 
terloo, Iowa,  Oct.  14,  1897,  of  diphtheria,  Lillie 
Grace  Weidner,  daughter  of  Bro.  Joseph  and 
Sarah  Weidner,  aged  16  years,  6  months  and 
16  days.  She  went  to  Waterloo  with  her  pa- 
rents, to  attend  the  love  feast  at  the  South  Wa- 
terloo church,  where  she  took  sick  and  died. 
She  was  taken  into  the  church  when  but 
twelve  years  old.  Her  remains  were  laid  to 
rest  in  the  Brethren  cemetery,  at  Waterloo, 
Iowa.  The  funeral  was  preached  Jan.  2,  by 
John  H.  Cakarice,  of  Conrad,  Grundy 
John  2:  28. 
In  the  same  church,  and  a1 
the  same  place,  Nov.  12,  1897,  of  diphtheria 
Annie  May  Weidner,  daughter  of  Bro.  Joseph 
Weidner,  aged  21  years,  8  months  and  25  days 
She  joined  the  Brethren  church  at  the  age  of 
twelve  years.  As  her  brother  was  not  permit- 
ted to  be  in  the  room,  he  looked  in  the  window. 
She  gave  him  good-bye,  and  tin 
him,  and  said,  "We  won't  have 
bye  in  heaven."  Funeral  services  at  the  time 
of  her  mother's  and  sister's,  Jan.  2. 

WITTER.— At  h»s  home,  four  miles  west  of 
South  Bend,  Ind.,  Jan.  8,  1898,  after  an  illness 
of  about  four  weeks,  of  heart  failure,  Bro. 
George  Witter,  aged  about  eighty  years.  De- 
eased  was  born  in  Union  County,  Ind.,  Oct 
3,  1817.  He  came  to  St.  Joseph  County  in 
833,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  was 
married  Feb.  16,  1840,  to  Sarah  Miller,  who, 
th  eight  children,  two  sisters,  and  one  broth- 
,  survives  him.  Bro.  Witter  united  with  the 
German  Baptist  church  forty-five  years  ago, 
and  has  been  a  deacon  for  the  past  thirty 
years.     Funeral  discourse  from  Rev.  14:  13. 

REAVIS.— In  Clinton  County,  Ind.,  Jan.  6, 
1898,  Mr.  Enoch  Reavis,  aged  90  years,  5 
months  and  26days.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Primitive  Baptist  church.  Funeral  services  in 
the  Brethren  church,  by  his  pastor,  from  Rom. 
the  Brethren's  cemetery. 


843,  he  was 
ibeth  Burget. 
daughters  and  four  sons  blessed  their 
Four  of  the  daughters  preceded  him. 
The  loving  wife  died  April  8,  i860.  Soon  after 
larriage,  he  and  his  wife  united  with  the 
n  Baptist  Brethren  church,  and  he  was 
fter  elected  to  the  office  of  deacon, 
faithfully  fulfilling  the  duties  of  the  position 
until  his  death.  June  13,  1861,  he  was  wedded 
Elizabeth  Ulery.  Two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters from  this  union  survive  him.  About  four 
became  affected  with  a  cancer  on 
his  lower  Hp,  which  resulted  in  his  death.  Fu- 
neral services  in  the  Harris  Creek  church,  con- 
ted  by  Eld.  Tobias  Kreider,  assisted  by 
tbren  Devault  Crowcl  and  S.  D.  Royer.     In- 

J.  G.  Porter. 

QUESENBERRY.— In  the  Fairview  church, 

Douglas  Co,  Mo.,  Dec.  23,  1897,  of  consump- 

,  Bro.  John  Quesenberry,  aged  42  years,  10 

ths  and  17  days.    He  was  born  and  raised  in 

Floyd  County,  Va.    Nearly  twelve  years  ago  he, 

th  his  family,  moved  to  Missouri.    He  joined 

e     Brethren    church    four    years    ago.     He 

wes  a  wife  (a  sister),  and  six  children.    Two 

e  members,  and  three  others  have  made  a 

profession  since  his  death.     Funeral  by  Bro. 

F.  W.  Dove.  Nannie  Harman. 

f*BEAVER.— In  the   Buffalo  Valley  church^ 

"     an  Co.,  Pa.,  Jan.  7,  1898,  Bro.  Adam  Beav- 

iged  81  years,  6  months  and  27  days.     Bro. 

ver  was  born  in  Union  County,  Pa.,  June 

816.     He  served  the  church  as  a  faithful 

ister  for  a  number  of  years.    His    aged 

panion,  three  sons  and  two  daughters  ! 


Funeral 


the     Pike 


church,  from  2 
Shively. 

KOWFFMAN.— Near  Seward,  Okla.  T., 
Jan.  6,  189S,  Sister  Eliza  Kowffman,  wife  of 
Joseph  Kowffman,  aged  So  years,  4  months 
and  15  days.  About  ten  months  before  her 
death,  she  was  anointed.  She  was  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Brethren  church  for  over  Eg  ,'y 
years.  She  leaves  a  devoted  husband  or\ri!d 
four  children.  Three  children  preceded  her 
to  the  spirit  world.  Services  by  the  writer, 
from  Rev.  14:  13.  Geo.  W.  Landis. 

PAUL— In  the  Sweetwater  Lake  church,  N. 
Dak.,  Jan.  6,  1898,  of  typhoid  fever  and  hem- 
orrhage of  lungs,  Sister  Francis  Elizabeth 
Charleton  Paul,  aged  26  years,  3  months  and  5 
days.  She  leaves  a  husband  and  one  daugh- 
ter, about  two  years  old.  The  latter  is  sick 
with  the  same  disease  (typhoid),  and  not  ex- 
pected to  recover.  Funeral  seivices  by  the 
writer,  in  Devil's  Lake  City,  in  the  Presbyteri- 
an church.     Text,  Acts  n:  16. 

S.  N.  Eversole. 

WOLF.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Four  Mile 
congregation,  Ind.,  of  consumption.  Sister  Sa- 
rah {.nee  Bryant)  Wolf,  aged  55  years,  10 
months  and  5  days.  She  was  born  in  Flem- 
ings County,  Ky„  March  15,  1842,  and  was 
narried  to  G.  W.  Wolf,  about  1861.  To  this 
jnion  were  born  three  daughters  and  one  son. 
Dne  daughter  preceded  her  to  the  spirit  world. 
5he  united  with  the  Brethren  church  in  May, 
1897.  Funeral  services  by  Bro.  S.  W.  Payton, 
from  Job  14:  10.  Interment  in  the  Lick  Creek 
cemetery.  Stella  Fiant. 

BOWMAN —At  the  home  of  her  son,  in  the 
Waddams  Grove  church,  111.,  Jan.  5,  1898,  Sis- 
Catharine  E.  Bowman  {nee  Rutter)  wife  of 
Bro.  P.  H.  Bowman,  aged  64  years,  10  months 
7  days.  She  was  born  in  Huntingdon 
County,  Pa.,  Feb.  18,  1833.  She  lived  a  con- 
sistent member  of  the  Brethren  church  for  a 
number  of  years.     She  leaves  a  husband  and 


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DORSEY    HODGDEN, 


HAMMON.— In    the    Washington     church 

osciusko  Co.,  Ind.,  Jan,  4,  1898,  Bro.  Abra- 

im  Hammon,  aged  47  years  and   14  days. 

by  the  writer,  from  2  Cor.  5 

afflicted  companion. 

H.  H,  Brallier, 


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:  Pet. 


netery.    Sep 

1:  18,  19. 


CATON.— At  Goshen,  Ind.,  Jan.  5,  1898, 
George  Caton,  aged  74  years,  5  months  and  15 
days.  Deceased  was  born  July  21,  1823,  in  the 
State  of  Maryland.  He  came  to  Indiana 
about  fifty  years  ago.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Anna  J.  Ludwick,  Jan.  20,  1855.  Six  children 
were  born  to  them,  two  of  whom  preceded  him 
to  the  spirit  world.  He  united  with  the  church 
a  little  more  than  two  years  ago.  Services  by 
the  writer,  assisted  by  Wm.  Hess,  from  Hosea 
9:5.  I,  L,  BERKEV, 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGER. 


BRUNK.— In  the  Appanoose  church,  Frank- 
lin Co.,  Kans.,  Jan.  6.  iSgS,  Arhe  Earl,  son  of 
Bro.  J.  E.  and  Sister  Lucy  Brunk,  aged  i  year 
and  7  days.  Funeral  services  by  brethren  C. 
T.  Heckman  and  John  Sherfy,  from  Matt.  19: 
14.  James  T.  Kinzie. 

RABER. — In  the  asylum  at  Logansport, 
Ind.,  Dec,  28,  1897,  Henry  Raber,  aged  70 
years,  5  months  and  3  days.  He  emigrated 
from  Brunswick,  Germany,  to  America,  in 
1851.  He  was  married  to  Sister  Margaret 
Priser  in  1856.  To  this  union  were  born  five 
children.  The  mother  and  four  children  pre- 
ceded him  to  the  spirit  world.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  German  Lutheran  church. 
Services  by  the  writer,  from  Matt.  16:  27,  in 
the  Presbyterian  church,  in  Packerton,  Ind. 
Daniel  Snell. 

EIKENBERRY.— In  the  Four  mile  church, 
Union  Co.,  Ind.,  Jan.  2,  189S,  Elizabeth  («« 
Brower)  Eikenberry,  aged  53  years,  7  months 
and  7  days.  She  was  born  May  25,  1844,  and 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Daniel  Eikenberry, 
Feb.  2,  1868,  who  preceded  her  to  the  spirit 
world  5  years,  6  months  and  5  days.  To  this 
union  were  born  four  sons  and  three  daughters. 
She  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  German 
Baptist  church,  for  over  twenty  years,  and  was 
seriously  ill  for  several  months.  Funeral  by 
Eld.  Jacob  Rife,  assisted  by  brethren  Henry 
Fadely  and  Carey  Toney,  from  2  Cor.  4:  16-18. 
Sallie  D.  Lohrer, 

ZIGLER. — In  the  Somerset  congregation, 
Wabash  Co.,  Ind.,  Dec.  3,  1897,  Sister  Eliza- 
.  beth  A.  Zigler,  aged  91  years,  4  months  and  2S 
days.  Funeral  by  Bro.  E.  E.  Brubaker,  of  the 
Wabash  church,  from  2  Cor.  5:1. 

Newton  Wolf. 

HERSHBERGER.— At  the  home  of  one  of 
her  daughters,  Grant  County,  Ind.,  Dec.  I,  1897, 
Sister  Elizabeth  Hershberger,  aged  80  years,  6 
months  and  4  days.  Her  husband,  John 
Herihberger,  preceded  her  to  the  spirit  land 
forty-two  years.  She  joined  the  church  in  her 
young  days.  To  this  union  were  born  nine 
children,  two  of  whom  were  laid  away  in  infan- 
cy. She  leaves  seven  children.  Her  remains 
were  brought  back  to  the  Nettle  Creek  church, 
the  place  of  their  old  home,  and  laid  beside 
her  husband,  at  the  Cheago  church,  where  the 
fur  "nil  was  improved  by  the  writer,  assisted 
o>  Jd.  Lewis  Kinsey,  from  Rev.  14:  12,  13. 
Abraham  Bowman. 

DRIVER.— In  the  Linville  Creek  church, 
Rockingham  Co.,  Va.,  Nov.  30,  1897,  of  paraly- 
sis and  heart  trouble,  Bro.  David  Driver,  aged 
79  years,  7  months  and  5  days.  He  leaves  an 
invalid  wife,  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  In- 
terment at  the  Wampler  cemetery.  Funeral 
services  by  the  Brethren. 

SPITZER.— In  the  same  church,  Dec.  27, 
1897,  of  consumption,  Sister  Mary,  daughter  of 
Bro.  Jonas  Spitzer,  and  wife  of  Bro.  Jacob  H. 
Spitzer,  aged  43  years,  8  months  and  8  days. 
A  husband  and  one  daughter  lament  their 
heavy  loss.  Interment  at  the  Linville  Creek 
cemetery.  Services  by  Eld.  J.  P.  Zigler  and  J. 
S.  Kline. 

RUNION.— In  the  same  church,  Jan.  4,  i8g8, 
Bro.  Reuben  Runion,  aged  about  65  years.     He 

Trissel  graveyard.     Services  by  Eld.  John  P. 
Zigler  and  Eld.  Abraham  Shank,  of  the  Men- 

BRENNER.— Near  Brozdway,  in  the  same 
church,  Dec.  31,  1897,  friend  I.  Frank  Brenner. 
He  was  widely  known.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church.  Interment  at  Lu- 
theran Raders  church  cemetery,  near  Timber- 


'ille. 


Mi« 


BRUMBAUGH.-In  the  Palestine  church, 
Darke  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  6,  1898,  Sister  Lydia 
Brumbaugh,  nee  Stutsman,  aged  79  years,  1 
month  and  25  days.  Deceased  was  born  in 
Montgomery  County,  Ohio,  Nov.  11,  181S.  She 
was  married  to  George  Brumbaugh,  in  1838, 
and  moved  to  Darke  County,  Ohio,  in  the 
spring  of  1841.  She  lived  in  said  County  until 
her  death.  To  the  above  parents  were  born 
ten  children, — four  sons  and  six  daughters. 
The  father,  two  50ns,  and  four  daughters  pre- 
ceded her.  She  united  with  the  German  Bap- 
tist church  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years. 
Services  by  Eld.  Tobias  Kreider,  from  Rom. 
5:  10.  Daniel  Bausman, 

ROOT,— In  the  Coquille  church,  near  Myr- 
tle Point,  Ore.,  Willie  Forest,  son  of  Bro.  Heze- 
kiah  and  Sister  Ivy  Root,  aged  2  months  and 
28  days,  Sarah  A,  VanDyke, 


CHURCH  DIRECTORY. 


YORK    PA.— Cor.  Bdvldere  Ave.  and  KingSt.    Se 

MUXCIE.  IND.--iio  -.  Htnh  St.  Services,  u  A.  1 
(P.  M  ;S.S„  10  A.  M  ;  Bible  Rending.  Wednesday 

LOS  ANGELES.  CAL.-236  S.  Hancock  St.,  East  I 
iiigeks.  Services,  it  A,  M.;  7:  W  K  M.;  S.  S..  10  A.  M 
CHICAGO,  JLL -183  Thirteenth  Place.    Servicer, 

each  ihkIh.    V re 0  Reading  K 


Slate  Streets;  S.  S.. 


(thSt.and  Pa.  Ave,, 
5.S..  10  A.  M.;Youni 

ST.  JOSEPH.  MU.-Mccting  every  Sunday  at  7:  30  P. 
M„  at  Old  Schoolhouseon  Madison  St.,  aWblocks  west 
of  car  line  in  Waiter's  Addition. 

FT.  WAYNE.  IND.-Zelfs  Hall.  Corner  Gay  St.  and 
<:.M.:ti  Ave.  S-r.i^-i,  10:  io  A.  M. ,7:30P.M.  Prayer 
meeting.  Thursday.?:  30  P.M. 

DECATUR.  ILL.-Gephaft  Hall,  1101,1105  N.  Water 
St.    S.S..10A.M.    Preaching.  11  A.M.  and  7:30  P.M. 

DAYTON,  OHIO.-College  St.  (West  Side).  S.  S.,Q 
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EDITORIAL.— 

Items Y;  .  .Si, 88 

The  Use  oS  the  Word  in  Conversion, 8S 

Room  lor  Working  Preachers -. 89 

Annual  Meeting  Queries ■  s9 

Querists'  Department -  •  89 

The  Oldest  Story  of  the  Deluge, 9° 

P0ETRY,- 

Immortality.    Selected  by  Ella  G.  Famous 82 

Watch  and  Pray.     By  Wm.  P.  Wertz S5 

"EcceHomo!"    By  Sadie  Brallicr  Noffsinger co 

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The  Sixth  Beatitude.    ByT.  T.  Myers 82 

Watchman,  what  of  the  Night?    Secrecy.    By  I.  J.  Roscnberger,   ..82 

Irreparab'eSins.    By  Howard  Miller Sz 

On  the  Way  to  India—  No.  ro.— By  S.N.  McCann 83 

Election.     By  Noah  Longanecker 83 

The  Cross.    By  A.  Hutchison s4 

Temptation.     By  Lucinda  Stouffer 84 

Two  Pictures.    By  W.  R.  Dceter 85 

Soul-inspiring.      By  E.  B.  Bagwell 85 

How  I  Quit.    By  B.  F.  Miller 85 

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Lesson  Light-Flashes .  . 8; 

SERMON  OUTLINE  — 

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i\       The  School  of  Christ— Matt.  11:29.  & BS 

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Where  Art  Thou?    .  .  86 

Why  He  was  Healthy  and  Happy .  .  8C 

What  a  Boy  Did  in  One  Year 86 

Cultivating  Good  Graces 86 

GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT,— 

Items 87 

Mission  Work— No.  5-— Its  Success  Predicted  in  Three  Missionary 

Psalms— Psalm  67, 87 

Mission  Receipts  lor  December,  1897 87 

HOME  AND  FAMILY,— 

Don't  Neglect  the  Children.    By  Maggie  Clemens, .  .  .  ;  .  91 

The  Tragedy  oi  Tragedies, 91 


^EDITORIAL  i  MISCELLANY^- 

For  the  last  few  years  a  good  deal  of  attention 
has  been  given  to  the  advisability  and  practicability 
of  opening  up  a  good  water-way  between  Chicago 
and  the  Atlantic  coast,  by  way  of  the  great  lakes 
and  some  of  the  rivers.  Various  routes  are  being 
considered  and  in  course  of  time  the  one  costing 
the  least  will  probably  be  agreed  upon.  And  then, 
as  time  goes  by,  we  may  look  for  the  opening  of  an- 
other route  between  New  Orleans  and  Chicago,  so 
that  large  vessels  from  either  the  South  or  East, 
may  discharge  or  take  on  their  cargoes  at  Chicago. 
Such  an  arrangement  would  make  this  city  the  most 
important  commercial  center  in  the  western  world, 
if  not  in  the  whole  world.  However,  there  was 
doubtless  a  time  when  a  great  body  of  water  ex- 
tended all  the  way  from  Lake  Michigan,  down  the 
Mississippi  Valley  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  This,  of 
course,  was  before  the  dawn  of  history,  when  some 
unknown  race  inhabited  this  country  and  enjoyed 
its  advantages  under  circumstances  quite  different 
from  what  we  do.  Though  they  may  have  had 
their  great  centers,  still  they  never  dreamed  of 
great  cities  like  Chicago  and  New  York,  nor  did 
they  think  of  the  steam  vessels  that  ply  our  waters, 
the  iron  bands  that  span  the  continent,  or  the  wires 
that  run  in  every  direction.  What  changes  have 
come  over  the  country  since  then,  and  who  knows 
but  that  still  greater  changes  may  be  brought  about 
before  the  close  of  the  next  thousand  years. 


This  big  world  of  ours,  as  we  regard  it,  though  it 
may  not  be  so  big  after  all,  as  compared  with  some 
otfiers,  has  a  good  many  complications  in  it,  and  a 
few  of  them  fall  to  the  United  States,  more  of  late 
years  than  usual,  it  seems.  In  connection  with 
Alaska,  we  have  a  rather  peculiar  one.  When  this 
country  was  purchased  by  our  government  no  one 
ever  dreamed  of  its  enormous  wealth.  Priortothat 
time,  however,  the  Greek  church,  of  Russia,  had  ac- 
quired considerable  land  on  account  of  its  mission 
stations  among  the  Indians  of  Alaska,  When 
Alaska  passed  over  to  the  United  States,  the  mission 
stations  still  held  the  land  ceded  to  them,  and  were 
not  at  any  time  molested.  But  since  the  discovery 
of  gold  the  miners  are  taking  up  claims  on  the 
land  possessed  by  the  Greek  church,  and  the  mat- 
ter, a  short  time  ago,  was  referred  to  the  authorities 
at  Washington,  There  it  was  decided  that  all  land 
belonging  to  the  Greek  Church,  in  Alaska,  prior  to 
the  purchase,  was  still  her  property,  and  must  not 
be  molested  by  miners.  It  was,  however,  stipulated 
that  no  mission  station  could  claim  more  than  640 
acres.  This  is  free  from  taxation,  and  should  their 
lands  prove  to  be  as  rich  in  mineral  as  some  of  that 
now  being  mined,  the  Greek  Church  will  have  a 
fine  thing  of  it.  The  church  will  be  able  to  go  into 
the  mining  business,  and  become  immensely  rich, 
But  by  and  by  there  will  be  earnest  protests  against 
one  congregation  owning  640  acres  of  rich  mining 
land,  and  here  is  where  the  complications  are  going 
to  present  themselves,  for  the  Empire  of  Russia 
stands  behind  the  Greek  missions. 


Sugar,  instead  of  being  a  luxury,  as  it  was  oni 
regarded,  has  become  one  of  the  prime  necessities 
of  life.  Recent  experiments  show  that  it  contains 
strong  nutrient  powers  and  is  well  calculated  to  re 
pair  the  waste  tissues  of  the  body  and  sustain  severe 
physical  and  mental  exertion.  The  people  of  this 
country  consume  about  sixty-five  pounds  of  sugar 
each  year,  per  capita,  or  more  than  twice  as  much 
as  is  used  by  the  people  of  Germany,  and  yet  Ger- 
many leads  all  the  nations  of  the  world  in  producing 
sugar.  Our  annual  sugar  bill  takes  a  hundred  mil 
lion  dollars  out  of  the  country,  and  every  pound  of 
this  immense  sum  might  be,  and  ought  to  be  kept 
at  home  and  paid  out  among  our  farmers.  Recent 
extensive  experiments  show  that  the  States  of  Ne- 
braska, Iowa  and  Illinois  can  raise  enough  sugar 
beets  to  more  than  supply  all  the  sugar  used  in  this 
country.  An  acre  of  corn,  sold,  at  twenty  cents  per 
bushel,  will  purchase  150  pounds  of  sugar.  An  a 
of  sugar-beets  will  produce  3000  pounds  of  pure 
gar.  Within  the  next  ten  years  we  hope  to  see  every 
pound  of  sugar  used  in  our  land  produced  withir 
her  borders.  God  has  wonderfully  blessed  oui 
country  and  her  resources  are  as  yet  but  half  devel 
oped.  We  should  move  along  the  line  of  develop 
ment,  giving  God  thanks  for  our  goodly  land. 

Matters  on  the  seas  look  just  a  little  suspicious 
at  this  time,  and  yet  we  hope  that  it  does  not 
mean  war,  with  all  of  its  horrible  consequences. 
A  number  of  warships,  belonging  to  England 
Japan,  Russia  and  Germany,  are  gathering  in  the 
Chinese  waters,  the  most  of  them  belonging  to 
England  and  Japan,  and  it  is  reported  that  Russia 
is  sending  a  portion  of  her  Black  Sea  fleet  to  join 
those  already  anchored  near  Port  Arthur,  in  Ch' 
Though  now  controling  the  largest  navy  in  the 
world,  England  is  having  constructed  one  hundred 
and  seventeen  additional  war  vessels.  Then  thi 
are  other  movements  that  somewhat  relate  to  our 
own  country.  A  few  days  ago  this  Government 
sent  a  man-of-war  to  Havanna,  Cuba,  presumably 


to  look  after  our  interest,  and  to  be  on  hand  for 
any  emergency  that  might  arise,  It  is  also  given 
out  that  Spain  is  concentrating  her  warships  in 
the  Cuban  waters,  Add  to  this  the  facts  that  the 
United  States  already  has  a  number  of  ironclads 
in  the  vicinity  of  Key  West,  the  southern  extrem- 
ity of  Florida,  and  that  she  is  pushing  the  work 
on  some  other  vessels,  now  in  course  of  construc- 
tion, as  rapidly  as  possible,  working  her  forces 
both  day  and  night,  and  we  are  led  to  ask,  What 
does  all  this  mean?  One  thing  is  certain,  the  rela- 
tions between  the  United  States  and  Spain  arc 
becoming  greatly  strained,  so  much  so  that  not  a 
few  well-informed  men  predict  a  conflict,  In  Ha- 
vanna itself  the  conditions  are  by  no  means  prom- 
ising, but  rather  threatening.  The  presence  of 
the  strong  military  forces  has  so  far  prevented 
any  serious  outbreak  among  an  excited  people. 
The  feeling  against  Blanco,  the  Spanish  General, 
is  increasing,  and  he  is  becoming  very  unpopular 
among  a  very  influential  class.  He  is  said  to  be 
losing  influence  among  his  own  soldiers.  So,  tak- 
ing it  all  in  all,  the  outlook  on  the  seas,  as  well  as 
in  Cuba,  is  far  from  being  encouraging. 


It  is  a  very  fortunate  thing  for  humanity,  to  say 
nothing  of  Christianity,  that  the  Roman  Catholics 
control  as  little  of  this  world  as  they  do.  Were  they 
in  full  control,  religious  as  well  as  civil  liberty  would 
be  things  of  the  past.  For  years  they  have  been 
trying  to  cripple  the  free  school  system  of  Manitoba, 
and  would  doubtless  do  the  same  in  this  country 
had  they  the  majority  of  voters.  Just  now  they  are 
showing  their  tendency  to  have  everything  their  own 
way  by  saying  who  shall  arid  who  shall  not  solem- 
nize marriages  in  Peru,  South  America.  A  bill  was 
recently  passed  by  the  Peruvian  Congress,  legaliz- 
ing civil  marriages.  This  was  in  the  interest  of  the 
thousands  residing  in  Peru  who  are  in  no  way  re- 
lated to  the  Catholic  Church,  but  the  bill  was  vetoed 
by  the  President,  who  is  a  Catholic.  In  this  in- 
stance no  regard  is  paid  to  the  preferences  of  the 
many  Protestants  who  reside  in  different  parts  of 
that  conntry.  There  are  also  a  number  of  Protes- 
tant missionaries  building  up  missions  in  various 
parts  of  Peru,  and  not  one  of  them  dare  solemnize  a 
marriage  even  for  his  own  people,  All  this  work 
must  be  done  by  Catholic  priests,  and  that,  too,  in 
the  name  of  the  Catholic  Church.  This  is  unfortu- 
nate for  the  non-Catholics  residing  in  Peru,  and 
were  they  permitted  to  do  so,  the  Pope  of  Rome 
and  his  prelates  would  in  like  manner  interfere 
with  justice  in  every  country  in  the  world.  It  is 
fortunate  indeed  that  the  power  of  the  Pope  is  wan- 
ing-  


The  P/esbyterian  gives  some  interesting  facts 
concerning  longevity,  that  will  be  read  with  inter- 
est. It  says  that  more  people  over  ico  years  old 
are  found  in  mild  climates  than  in  the  higher  lati- 
tudes. According  to  the  lsst  census  of  the  German 
Empire,  of  a  population  of  55.oco.ooo,  only  ;8  have 
passed  the  100th  year.  France,  with  a  population 
of  40,000,000,  has  214  centenarians.  In  England 
there  are  146,  Ireland  57.S,  and  in  Scotland  46. 
Sweden  has  10  and  Norway  23,  Belgium  5,  Din- 
mark  2,  Switzerland  none.  Spain,  with  a  popula- 
tion of  18,000,000,  has  401  people  over  100  years  of 
age.  Of  the  2,500  000  inhabitants  of  Servia,  575 
people  have  passed  the  century  mark,  It  is  said 
that  the  oldest  person  living,  whose  age  has  been 
proven,  is  Bruno  Co'crim,  born  in  Africa  and  now 
living  in  Rio  de  Janeiro,  He  is  150  years  old.  A 
coachman  in  Moscow  has  lived  140  years. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGER. 


Feb.  5, 


■ESSAYS' 


IMMORTALITY. 


As  years  go  by  and 
Faith,  He,,;  and  I 

Swell  Hope,  that  lb 
Wilh  clearer  visio 

All  earlbly  things  m 
sing  wilh 


The  El 
Brghti 


alaniln 


.ugh  tbe  myslic  vei 
God  ecu  see. 
re  shadowy  grow, 


sible 


"II 
Hope, ' 


s  betlcr  furlhe 


nly  day— 


reckage  sad  of  Hie 

Hearj,  like  a  songbird,  'mid  ihe  glooi 
"All  things  shall  work  for  Rood  to  ihoi 

Who  lo  ihe  Lord  in  love  have  come.' 
The  Love  lhal  counls  all  human  hie 

lo  one  great  brotherhood  the  same, 
The  Heavenly  Father's  children  all, 

Bearing  'he  signel  of  his  name — 
"  It  is  better  further  on," 
I'm  rising  still,  I  feel,  I  know, 

To  ncbler  life  beyond  the; ky; 
Earth's  sunrise  gold  iion  my  held, 

But  hraven's  pure  light  is  hy-and  by. 
The  nearer  I  approach  ihe  end, 

Immortal  symphenies  1  hear 
From  world  unseen,  with  not:  s  o[  joy, 

Onward  and  upward,  ra'l  lig  clear, 
"It  is  beller  further  on." 
I  stand  up?n  the  opening  way 

Unknown,  tbat  stretches  on  before, 
Praying  that  still  each  onward  step 

Fast  hold  shall  take  on  shining  shore. 
The  earthly  life  is  dear  and  sweel, 


Wiib  all  its  preci 


ible 


By  Hand  of  Love,  that  still  has  kepi 
The  best  for  his  redeemed  in  heaven. 
"It  is  betler  further  on." 

— Selected  by  Ella  C.  Fa 


THE  SIXTH  BEATITUDE. 


BY  T.  T.   MYERS. 


r  tbe  pun 


for  they  shall 


We  take  it  for  granted  that  we  want  to  go  to 
heaven.  People,  as  a  rule,  hope  so  to  arrange 
sometime  in  life,  that  they  may  spend  eternity 
there. 

Heaven  is  a  place  of  purity  and  holiness.  Only 
pure  and  holy  beings  can  dwell  there.  "And  there 
shall  in  no  wise  enter  into  it  anything  that  defileth, 
neither  whatsoever  wotketh  abomination,  or  mak- 
eth  a  lie.'     Rev.  21 1  27. 

Man,  in  his  natural  condition,  is  sinful,  impure, 
unholy.  He  is  unfit  for  the  association  of  heaven. 
"  There  is  none  righteous,  no,  not  one." 

In  order  to  get  to,  and  enjoy  heaven,  man  must 
become  pure  and  holy.  He  cannot  make  himself 
righteous.  Christ  only  can  do  that  for  him.  He 
must  be  born  again.  In  the  new  birth  he  gets  the 
new,  holy  life,— the  life  that  fits  him  for  heaven. 

When  the  heart  is  pure,  then  will  the  life  be  pure. 
The  fountain  must  be  pure  if  the  stream  would  be 
pure.  The  wise  man  says,  "  Keep  thy  heart  with 
all  diligence;  for  out  of  it  are  the  issues  of  life." 

The  thoughts  will  be  pure.  A  pure  heart  begets 
pure  thoughts.  Should  Satan  hurl  an  evil  thought 
into  your  mind,  you  are  ready,  immediately,  to  hurl 
it  back  again. 

The  words  will  be  pure.  Pure  thoughts  beget 
pure  words.  We  do  not  expect  figs  from  thistles, 
neither  do  we  expect  foul  words  from  a  pure  heart. 
"  By  their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them." 

The  actions  will  be  pure.  The  heart  being  pure, 
the  inward  promptings  will  be  pure,  and  this  will 
give  purity  to  the  outward  manifestations.  A  pure 
heart,— a  pure  life,— is  precious  in  God's  sight  be- 
cause it  is  so  much  like  himself.  Unto  them  he 
gives  his  choicest  blessings  and  sweetest  experien- 
ces.   They  shall  see  God. 

1.  They  see  God  in  nature.  It  takes  God  within 
to  see  God  without,  The  pure  see  God  in  the  run- 
ning brook,  in  the  opening  flower  and  in  the  sing- 
ing bird.    They  see  God  in  the  rising  of  the  sun 


and  in  the  heaving  of  Ihe  ocean.  To  such  all  forms 
of  nature  are  symbols  of  God,  to  be  interpreted  by 
man.  To  them  "  the  heavens  declare  the  glory  of 
God,  and  the  firmament  showelh  his  handywork." 

2  They  see  God  in  the  Bible.  The  Bib'e  is 
then  no  more  a  book  of  dry  history  and  story.  It 
is  full  of  beauty,  life,  inspiration,— God.  God  is 
seen  in  its  commandments,  in  its  promises,  in  its 
comforts,  and  in  its  rewards,— rich  and  beautiful 
truths  in  it,  hidden  to  the  natural  man,  are  beauti- 
fully unfolded  and  manifested  to  the  spiritual  and 
pure. 

3.  They  see  God  in  history.  God  still  has  a  hand 
in  the  history  of  nations.  Though  they  may  seem 
to  have  run  wild  and  rebelled  against  him,  yet  fie 
has  the  upper  hand,  and  his  power  and  rule  will  be 
made  manifest.  He  understands  ful'y  the  great 
eastern  question,  and  will  bring  his  final  glory  out 
of  it  all.  The  pure  in  heart  arc  not  disheartened 
when  things  seem  to  go  wrong,  for  they  know  that 
the  Lord  Omnipotent  reigneth. 

4  They  see  God  in  the  providences  of  their  own 
lives.  They  see  a  blessing  in  the  disappointments 
and  afflictions  that  come  to  them.  They  see  God 
in  their  present  condition  and  lot  in  life,  and  what 
he  would  have  them  do.  It  is  beautiful  and  com- 
forting and  satis'ying  to  be  able  to  see  God  in  our 
lives.    It  helps  us  to  live,  to  work,  and  to  suffer. 

5.  They  see  God  in  the  hour  of  death.  When 
the  evening  of  life  draws  near,  and  the  curtains  of 
death  unfold,  then  will  God,  who  was  seen  through- 
out life,  also  be  seen  in  its  close.  There  is  no 
death  where  Christ  is,  and  where  he  reigns,  What 
seems  like  death  is  only  promotion.  The  God-life 
at  that  time  will  still  see  its  God. 

6   They  shall   see  God   in  heaven.     He  will  be  I 
there  to  welcome  his  people.    They,  with  perfect 
eye  and  clear  vision,  may  look  upon  him  in  li 
glory.    If  we  would   see  him  there,  we  must  s< 
him  here. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


resembled  Ihe  religion  Moses  found  in  the  camp 
when  lie  came  down  from  the  mountain  with  the 
Law,  "They  ate  and  drank  and  rose  up  to  play" 
I  pronounce  it  most  woefully  sad.  And  into  this 
net,  this  snare,  many  Brethren's  children  are  be- 
ing drawn. 

The  Cjni.me  is  now  a  monthly  magazine  of  thir- 
to-two  pages,  at  one  dollar  per  year.  Every  min- 
ister and  every  parent  in  cur  Brotherhood  ought  to 
be  a  reader  of  that  wide-awake  anti-secret  journal. 

I  have  been  furnishing  the  readers  of  the  Gospel 
Messenger  with  a  number  of  lodge  tragedies.  I 
am  in  receipt  of  a  very  complimentary  letter  from 
Bro.  A,  B.  Duncan,  of  Oak  Hill,  W.  Va  ,  in  which 
he  encloses  the  following  pitiful  story: 


as   given 


WATCHMAN,  WHAT  OF  THE  NIGHT?    SECRECY. 

BY    I.   J,    ROSENBERGER. 

"  What  I  say  unto  you,  I  say  unto  all,  Watch! " 
I  have  shown  in  my  writings  on  secrecy  that  a 
number  of  secret  orders  claim  to  be  religious  in- 
stitutions.    Upon  this  I   meet  with  constant  oppo- 
tion.    This,   however,   is  not  strange.     Mackey's 
Lexicon  en  Freemasonry,"  page  369,  has  the  fol- 
lowing: "  AU  the  ceremonies  of  our  order  are  pref- 
aced and  terminated  with  prayer,  because  Masonry 
a  religious  institution."     On  page  16,  Mackey  de- 
fines "  Acacian  "  as  signifying  a  "  Mason  who,  by  liv- 
strict  obedience  to  the  obligations  and  pre- 
cepts of  the  Fraternity,  is  freed  from  sin."    The 
same  can    be  clearly    shown   of  Odd-Fellowship. 
They  sing,  they  pray  and  they  preach  at  their  buri- 
al service,  regardless  of  the  kind  of  life  the  de- 
ceased may  have  lived. 

/"T  never  knew  them  to  fail  to  give  the  friends  the 
verbal  assurance  that  the  deceased  had  gone  "  from 
lodge  below,  to  the  celestial  lodge  above." 
But  as  there  is  no  Christ  in  their  rituals,  songs,  nor 
prayers,  it  is  therefore  a  Christless  religion.  This 
ilasses  them  on  the  low  level  of  Hinduism,  Budd- 
lism,  etc.  With  them  Christ  is  not  the  way;  they 
eek  "to  climb  up  some  other  way."  Christ  plain- 
ly names  them  in  John  10:  1,  as  "thieves  and  rob- 
bers." 

It  will  doubtless  prove  a  surprise  to  the  readers 
of  the  Gospel  Messenger,  when  I  tell  you  that 
the  OdiFellows  Herald,  Springfield,  111.,  Jan.  1, 
?97,  gives  an  account  of  the  baptism  of  twenty- 
even  children  at  a  union  meeting  of  the  Grape 
Creek  Lodge  No.  632,  and  the  White  Oak  Rebekah 
Lodge  No.  314  The  Rev.  W.  T.  Beadles  officiated 
ccasion.  They  were  not  christened  into 
any  one  church;  but  the  parents  were  said  to  thus 
bind  themselves  to  raise  them  in  the  nurture  and 
dmonition  of  the  Lord,  and  to  become  good  Odd 


MAN  CRIPPLED  FOR  LIFE  WHILE  TAKING  A  LODGE 
DEGREE. 

Lena  R.  Winslow,  of  Missouri,  while  being  initiat- 
ed into  the  Knights  of  Ma-cabees  in  the  Ksnsas 
City  lo^ge  was  badly  injured;  has  since  sued  the 
lodge  for  S25CO.  Wir.slow's  stor 
The  Km-.ai  City  Star,  runs  thus: 

"I  was  blindfolded  first,  so  that  I  could  not  see 
a  thing.  Then  Ihe  lodge  members  proceeded  to 
have  fun  with  me,  and  the  loud  way  in  which  they 
laughed  at  my  antics  indicated  that  they  enjoyed 
themselves.  I  was  led  into  the  hall,  and  while 
walking  along,  unconscious  of  danger,  suddenly  the 
carpet  on  which  I  was  walking,  slipped  from  under 
tr;e  with  a  violent  jerk,  and  down  I  fell.  I  got  up 
and  walked  along  a  little  farther,  and  then  two  men 
who  were  leading  me  made  me  go  fast  and  I  slum- 
bled  over  a  pile  of  sawdust  bags.  Then  they  ran 
me  up  and  down  the  hall,  and  stripped  me  and 
stuck  out  their  fists  for  me  to  run  against,  and  had 
all  sorts  of  fun,  but  I  didn't  kick.  Then  they  put 
a  belt  around  ir.e  and  hoisted  me  to  a  hook  in  tte 
ceiling  and  laughed  like  men  at  a  minstrel  show,  as 
I  hung  there  with  my  back  to  the  ceiling,  my  legs 
and  arms  clawing  the  air.  A  rope  was  pulled  sud- 
denly, which  unhooked  me,  and  down  I  fell 'into  a,  " 
canvas  blanket  held  by  a  dozen  men,  who  tossed 
me  up  to  the  ceiling  and  down  till  I  was  pretty 
tired,  but  still  I  didn'r.  kick, 

"  Finally  they  walked  me  up  a  slanting  plank, 
nearly  to  the  ceiling  and  ordered  me  to  jump  off. 
I  thought  the  thing  had  gone  far  enough,  and  I 
balked.  They  were  bound  that  I  should  jump, 
however,  and  pushed  me  off,  and  the  fall  ciippled 
me.  I  was  getting  a  salary  of  Si,2C0,  but  since 
have  been  unable  to  work,  and  I  lost  my  position." 
One  acquainted  with  the  rules  and  laws  of  lead- 
ing secret  orders  and  their  lav/less  p:nalties,  need 
only  stop  and  gaze  upon  their  inside  workings, 
which  are  constantly  developing  in  open  daylight, 
and  he  will  see  them  trifle  with  human  life,  in  their 
greed  for  sport  and  revelry.  We  are  reminded  of 
the  days  of  the  gladiators.  Hence,  "What  I  say 
unto  you,  I  say  unto  all:  Watch." 
Civingicn,  Ohio. 


IRREPARABLE  SINS. 


BY   HOWARD    MILLER. 


The  thief  can  repent  and  restore.  The  murderer 
may  repent  and  expiate  wilh  his  life.  Most  sins 
can  be  repaired  in  some  way,  but  there  are  also 
some  that  are  not  tangents  from  the  right  line  of 
duty,  but  they  are  square  departures  to  the  left, 
and  some  of  them  cannot  be,  by  any  human  means, 
ever  made  right.  Thus,  to  rob  a  lone  widow,  in 
what  is  called  business,  then  let  her  die,  no  giving 
in  charity,  no  repentance,  will  ever  hide  the  sin. 
Or  in  the  case  of  a  man  and  woman,  a  moment  of 
blind  passion,  a  sin,  although  unknown  to  the 
world,  is  utterly  and  wholly  irreparable.  Mark 
you,  I  do  not  say  unforgivable,  but  always  and  for- 
ever one  of  memory's  pitfalls  that  no  greenery  of 
vine  and  shrub  to  deceive  the  public  can  ever  ob- 
literate from  the  mind  of  the  doer.  It  is  these  Iap- 
es  of  rectitude,  or  moments  of  utter  weaknesses  in 


Fellows.    Games  were  played  and  mirthful  songs    our  natures,  that  ever' trouble  the  person  of  fine 
were  sung,  with  feasting.    That  religion  very  much  I  mental  mold. 


Feb.  g,  i3g8. 


THE   GOSPHL   rMESSEHSTa-IE^. 


There  are  some  natures  so  finely  adjusted  to  the 
heat  and  cold  of  morality  that  they  never  make 
these  mistakes,  bst  they  are  also  never  the  strong- 
est, for  if  the  li'e  history  of  the  greatest  of  the 
world  teaches  anythicg  it  is  that  they  are  also  the 
greatest  in  their  weaknesses. 

It  is  also  true  that  if  every  life  were  an  open 
book,  so  that  any  might  turn  the  pages  and  read, 
there  would  be  few  who  would  not  find  the  same 
stoiy  of  disaster  somewhere  within  the  volume. 
We  are  not  all  made  alike  and  we  may  not  break  or 
crack  with  the  same  degree  of  heat  or  cold,  but  it 
is  only  a  question  of  temperature,  and  not  of  mate- 
rial solidity. 

The  first  step  toward  moral  strength  is  a 
thorough  appreciation  of  the  limitations  of  that 
strength.  It  is  a  further  fact  that  a  man  may  be 
vastly  stronger  for  having  shivered  his  moral  integ- 
rity. It  is  this  way.  When  a  casting  is  made  in 
the  foundry,  a  wheel,  say,  it  may  be  warped  in  such 
a  way  that  it  is  hardly  fit  for  use.  But  it  cracks, 
the  strain  is  relieved,  and  strange  to  say,  it  is  a 
stronger  wheel  than  before,  snd  it  may  be  stronger 
than  one  that  is  solid.  It  is  so  in  our  sins.  We 
break,  and  if  we  heed  the  causes  that  lead  to  it  we 
may  arise  from  our  disaster  stronger  than  before,  in 
that  we  know  how  weak  and  unreliable  we  really 
are,  aod  it  serves  as  a  help  to  keep  out  of  that 
place  in  the  future. 

But  beyond  all  doubt,  even  though  there  may  be 
no  personal  reparation  for  certain  sins,  yet  there  is 
forgiveness  for  them.  It  is  this  knowledge  that 
makes  life  bearable  under  certain  stress  of  sorrow. 
It  is  the  knowledge  that  no  matter  how  secret  the 
sin,  how  deadly  and  upas-like  it  has  been,  it  will 
pass  away  under  the  bleaching  love  of  Christ  for 
the  sinner.  It  may  be  that  the  tattoo-mark  goes 
through  the  skin,  through  the  flesh  and  is  marked 
in  the  bone,  but  when  we  rise  in  the  new  life 
there  will  be  no  blemish  on  any  of  us  who  inherit 
that  life,  There  is  also  the  lesson  of  human  chari- 
ty to  be  learned  of  it  all,  and  when  we  would  ex- 
ploit the  weakness  of  our  fellows,  should  we  re- 
member our  own,  silence  would  seem  the  most 
politic. 

Leivisburgt  Uhion  Co ,  Pa. 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.-No. 


A  Walk  Through  the  Holy  City. 

About  noon,  Nov.  25,  we  first  entered  the  city  of 
David,  We  entered  through  the  Damascus  Gate, 
the  royal  gate  of  the  city.  As  we  went  through 
the  gate,  we  passed  the  Turkish  guards,  who 
are  kept  continually  at  the  gates.  We  noticed 
a  little  well  or  cistern  in  the  side  of  the  gate,  cut 
in  the  stone,  but  it  is  dry.  We  afterwards  no- 
ticed them  at  different  places,  along  the  highway, 
but  they  were  generally  dry.  They  are  provided  to 
give  water  to  the  poor  along  the  way.  It  is  doubt- 
less to  these  dry  wells  that  Peter  refers  in  his  meta- 
phor of  the  fleshly,  presumptuous,  self-willed  profes- 
sors of  Christianity,  when  he  said,  "  These  are  wells 
without  water."  2  Pet.  2: 17. 

These  waterless  wells  are  still  found  wherever 
men  love  self  better  than  they  love  God.  Our  guide 
pointed  out  the  upper  end  of  the  arch  of  an  old 
gate  that  has  been  walled  shut.  We  do  not  know 
how  long  since  this  gate  was  in  use,  but  presume 
that  the  people  who  thronged  this  old  gate-way 
might  have  heard  Paul's  threats  the  day  he  rode  off 
for  his  Damascus  persecution.  We  can  hardly  rea- 
lize that  we  are  now  standing  within  the  walls  of 
Jerusalem,  the  city  of  war,  siege,  and  intrigue,  the 
city  that  has  been  destroyed  and  rebuilt  almost  a 
score  of  times,  the  city  that  so  many  long  to  see, 
the  city  that  is  emblematical  of  the  heavenly  city 
yet  to  be. 

We  turn  to  our  left  and  go  upon  the  wall,  or  rather 
upon  the  top  of  a  house  that  stands  upon  the  wall 
between  the  Damascus  and  Herod  gates.  From 
here  we  get  a  good  view  of  the  old  city.  Looking 
to  the  south,  we  look  over  ML  Zion;  a  little  to  our 
left  is  Mt,  Marian,     Mt,  Bezetha  lies  at  our  feet  and 


to  our  right  is  Mt.  Acre,  From  this  point  we  get  a 
good  view  of  the  Mosque  of  Omar,  the  Church  of 
the  Sepulchre,  the  Tomb  of  Divid  and  numerous 
other  public  buildings,  such  as  Mosques,  churches, 
and  Jewish  synagogues,  We  look  north,  and  just 
in  front  of  us  is  Gordon's  Tcmb,  and  Jeremiah's 
Grotto.  Many  believe  that  this  is  the  place  of  the 
skull  and  that  we  are  now  looking  upon  Calvary. 
The  new  part  of  the  city  spreads  out  before  us, 
growing  every  day  in  extent,  density  and  beauty. 

We  walked  through  Christian  Street  and  David 
Street,  passing  through  different  bazaar  streets  just 
to  observe  the  costumes  and  customs.  The  streets 
are  full  of  filth,  donkeys  and  dirty-looking  people. 
The  merchant  sits  in  his  store,  and,  as  a  rule,  waits 
upon  all  his  customers  without  rising  to  his  feet. 
/*  We  saw  measuring  grain,  grinding,  baking,  work- 
ing clay,  oil  presses,  and  much  else  curious  and  in- 
structive. The  man  who  buys  the  grain  does  the 
measuring,  and  you  may  be  sure  that  he  takes  Bible 
measure.  It  is  the  custom  so  to  do.  He  fills  his 
measure;  then  he  shakes  it  down,  and  not  only 
shakes  it  but  literally  pushes  it  down  with  his  hands, 
then  heaps  the  grain  on  until  it  is  running  over,  then 
gouges  a  hole  in  the  top  with  his  fingers  and  fills  it 
up  to  running  over  again,     Luke  6:  38. 

We  also  saw,  in  this  same  land,  men  measuring 
grain  by  filling  the  measure  and  then  taking  a 
straight-edge  and  stroking  it  across  the  measure. 
Thus  the  old  may  soon  give  place  to  the  new. 

We  saw  two  women  grinding  at  the  mill,  as  men- 
tioned in  Matt.  24:  41.  Two  women  were  sitting 
down  upon  the  ground  and  with  their  hands  were 
feeding  and  turning  the  mill-stone.  During  the 
same  walk  we  saw  a  very  good  modern  flour-mill, 
lighted  up  with  electric  lights,  The  new  puts  the 
old  in  very  awkward  contrast,  on  every  side,  in  this 
city  of  God. 

We  took  the  liberty  to  walk  into  a  number  of 
bakeries.  The  people  all  go  to  a  baker  to  get  their 
bread  baked,  They  knead  the  dough  at  their  homes 
and  bring  it  to  the  baker  in  trays  or  charge 
placed  upon  their  heads.  They  usually  wait  while 
the  bread  is  being  baked.  The  baker  uses  for  fuel 
thorns  and  cow  chips.  It  is  no  uncommon  thing  to 
see  a  donkey  standing  close  beside  the  baker.  The 
baker  sprinkles  flour  on  a  part  of  the  floor  and  rolls 
the  dough  in  this  before  putting  it  into  the  oven. 
We  saw  barefooted  people  from  the  filthy  streets 
walk  over  the  place  where  the  baker  rolls  his 
dough,  without  disturbing  his  work  in  the  least, 

We  saw  the  potter  at  his  wheel  moulding  his  clay 
to  the  vessel  of  his  liking.  So  God  will  mould  us 
to  bis  liking  if  we  will  only  be  clay  in  his  hands, 
If  the  clay  would  rise  up  and  begin  to  rebel  against 
the  potter,  the  result  would  be  unfavorable  to  the 
beauty  and  usefulness  of  the  vessel  moulded,  so,  when 
man  rebels  against  God,  the  result  is  unfavorable  to 
the  helpless  man,  who  is  as  clay  in  the  potter's 
hands. 

The  oil-press  that  we  saw  was  not  the  ancient  oil 
press,  but  a  modern  one,  for  grinding  and  crushing 
the  oil  out  of  a  small  seed,  which  oil  is  used  instead 
of  butter  and  lard,  for  culinary  purpose?.  I  believe 
we  would  have  fewer  dyspeptics  if  we  could  substi- 
tute the  oil  of  this  country  for  cur  lard, 

In  our  walks  we  passed  through  the  Mohammedan, 
Christian,  Armenian  and  Jewish  quarters  of  the  city. 
The  filth  of  the  city  seems  to  culminate  in  the  Jew- 
ish quarter.  The  wonder  to  us  is  that  people  can 
exist  in  such  filthy  surroundings.  The  stench  is  bad 
enough  where  we  must  endure  it  only  for  the  pass- 
ing moment,  but  how  much  worse  to  live  in  it? 

It  is  Friday  evening  and  we  stand  west  of  the 
temple  enclosure,  at  the  Jews'  wailing  place,  We 
stand  and  hear  their  sad  wail,  their  mournful  chants, 
and  prayers,  looking  at  them  as  they  go  through 
their  gesticulations  for  over  an  hour. 

We  pity  them  and  wish  they  could  be  helped  to 
see  the  Strong  Deliverer,  in  whom  we  trust.  We 
saw  the  nails  driven  by  them  in  the  crevices  of  the 
rock  and  also  the  many  places  worn  smooth  by 
their  kisses. 

How  zealous,  bow  earnest  these  people  aret  Can 
we,  who  walk  in  the  light,  see  such  misguided  zeal 
and  not  be  zealous? 


BY    NOAH    LONGANECKER. 

By  election  is  meant  the  "Divine  choice;  the 
predetermination  of  individuals  as  objects  of  mer- 
cy and  salvation."  The  Bible  speaks  of  some  as 
the  elect,  and  of  others  as  the  reprobate.  "Then 
shall  he  send  his  angels,  and  they  shall  gather  to- 
gether his  elect  from  the  four  winds,  from  the  ut- 
termost part  of  the  earth  to  the  uttermost  part  of 
heaven."  Mark  13:  27.  "God  from  the  begin- 
ning hath  chosen  you,"  2  Thess.  2:  13.  In  this 
line  of  thought  we  have  the  terms  "tied,  called, 
c/tosen,  ordained,  predestinated."  "As  many  as  were 
ordained  to  eternal  life  believed."  Acts  13:  48. 
"Whom  he  did  foreknow,  he  also  did  predestinate 
to  be  conformed  to  the  image  of  his  Son,"  Rom. 
8:29.  "Elect  according  to  the  foreknowledge  of 
God  the  Father,"     1  Pet.  1:  2. 

Those  who  labor  to  disprove  the  doctrine  of  elec- 
tion, also  deny  the  foreknowledge  of  God.  Well 
they  may,  for  there  could  not  justly  be  an  election, 
or  a  predestination,  if  there  were  no  foreknowledge 
of  God.  It  is  simply  ridiculous  (or  any  one  to  de- 
ny the  foreknowledge  of  God,  and,  at  the  same 
time,  pretend  to  believe  the  Bible.  One  of  the 
most  ridiculous  things  in  the  world  would  be  for  a 
minister  to  deny  the  foreknowledge  of  God,  and 
then  turn  around  and  preach  a  sermon  on  the  ful- 
fillment of  God's  prophecies.  The  two  must  go 
hand  in  hand.  The  foreknowledge  of  God  makes 
the  doctrine  of  election  one  of  the  most  reasona- 
ble and  just  things  in  the  world.  Man  has  a  free 
will,  hence  he  is  a  responsible  being. 

The  sun  shines  because  God  designs  and  orders 
it  to  shine.  He  has  no  free  will,  hence  he  is  not  re- 
sponsible, Man  walks  because  he  wills  to  walk, 
hence  he  is  responsible.  He  is  accountable  to 
God.  God  foreknows  what  man  will  choose.  He 
foreknows  that  some  wilt  choose  life,  hence  it  is 
but  just  that  he  should  choose,  or  predestinate, 
them  to  eternal  life.  He  foreknows  that  some  will 
choose  death,  hence  it  is  but  just  that  they  should 
be  ordained  to  condemnation, 

"Who  then  can  be  saved?"  "  Whosoever  will." 
There  are  those  who  believe  in  an  unconditional 
election.  How  horrible  to  read  the  following  in  a 
theological  work:  "The  true  Gospel  is  that  there 
are  even  now  children  in  hell  not  more  than  a  span 
long."  Said  writer  believed  in  an  unconditional 
election.  Election  is  conditional.  When  God 
foreknows  who  will  believe  it  is  but  just  that  he 
should  predestinate  them  to  eternal  life,  And 
when  such  once  have  the  invitation,  they  will  be- 
lieve. This  makes  the  following,  and  scores  of 
other  texts,  plain:  "As  many  as  were  ordained  to 
to  eternal  life  believed."  Christ  earnestly  wished 
the  salvation  of  the  Jews.  His  tears  for  them 
make  this  plain.  He  did  all  that  could  be  done  to 
save  them.  But  their  free  will  was  not  destroyed. 
"  How  often  would  1  have  gathered  thy  children  to- 
gether, even  as  a  hen  gathereth  her  chickens  under 
her  wings,  and  ye  would  notl"  Matt.  2y.  37. 
Christ  wished   and   bled   to   save   them,  but   they 

would    not."    Their  doom    was    of    themselves. 

Could    Christ,    by   an   unconditional   decree    have 

sealed  their  doom,  and  then  wept  over  them,  bled 

d  died  for  them?     How  preposterous,  absurd  and 

shocking  is  such  a  thought! 

But,  says  one,  do  we  not  read  as  follows:  "  There- 
fore he  hath  mercy  on  whom  he  will  have  mercy, 
and  whomhe  will  hehardeneth."  Rom.  9:  18.  But 
we  also  read,  "Blessed  are  the  merciful,  for  they 
shall  obtain  mercy,"  This  makes  it,  after  all,  hinge 
on  our  own  free  will.  And  we  all  must  admit  that 
God  does  not  harden  the  heart  by  imparting  sin. 
The  heart  is  hardened  when  God's  gracious  call  is 
refused.    The  more  such  calls  God  gave  to  Pharaoh, 

hen  not  heeded,  the  harder  his  heart  became.  Did" 
not  God  raise  Pharaoh  to  the  throne  for  some  pur- 
pose? He  did.  But  he  was  not  born  for  said  pur- 
pose. God  foreknew  what  Pharaoh  would  do. 
Through  his  wise  providence  he  allowed  Pharaoh  to 
become  king.  It  was  not  wrong  for  Christ  to  select 
Judas  as  one  of  the  twelve,    But  it  would  have  been 


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THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGER. 


■Feb.  ;,  18 


wrong  for  him  to  have  selected  Paul  to  do  the  work 
of  Judas.  God  do:s  not  elect  a  person  so  much  for 
what  he  his  dent,  as  he  elects  him  for  what  he 
knows  that  he  will  do.  With  this  truth  before  the 
mind  let  the  reader  turn  to  Rom.  9.  and  the  doc- 
trine of  the  election,  as  taught  by  Paul,  will  appear 
both  plain  and  just. 

We  repeat,  "  Whom  he  did  foreknow,  he  also  did 
predes'mate  to  be  conformed  to  the  image  of  his 
Son."  God's  people  are  the  "  elect  according  to 
the  foreknowledge  of  God  the  father."  While  the 
foreknowledge  of  God  is  a  pleasing  thought  to  the 
elect,  it  is  fearful  to  the  reprobate.  "  There  are  cer- 
tain men  crept  in  unawares,  who  were  before  of  old 
ordained  to  this  condemnation,  ungodly  men." 
Jude  4.    Let  the  reader  note  the  references. 

Character,  not  reputation,  seals  our  destiny. 
Character  is  what  God  tniws  us  to  be  Reputation 
is  what  men  tl.ink  us  to  be.  God  lo^ks  specially  on 
the  heart,  the  fountain  of  good  or  bad.  Men  look 
on  the  outward  appearance.  "  The  heart  is  deceit 
ful  above  all  things,  and  desperately  wicked:  who 
can  know  it?"  Jer.  17:  9  God  alone,  knows  all 
our  hearts.  The  wise  man  prayed  to  God,  "Thou 
only  knowest  the  hearts  of  the  children  of  men." 
2  Chron.  6:  30.  He  has  a  foreknowledge  of  our 
hearts,  hence,  he  does  justly  predestinate  That  he 
does  foreknow  the  heart,  I  give  the  following:  Ben- 
hadad, the  King  of  Syria,  was  sick.  HescntHazrel 
toElisha,  the  prophet,  to  inquire  if  his  sickness  were 
unto  death.  Elisha  (old  him,  "Go,  say  unto  him, 
thou  mayest  certainly  recover:  howbeit  the  Lord 
hath  shewed  me  that  he  shall  surely  die."  The 
Lord  revealed  it  to  Elisha  that  Hazael  was  a  mur- 
derer, that  he  would  kill  the  king,  become  king 
himself,  and  then  commit  the  most  devilish  and 
hellish  crimes  of  that  age.  He  began  to  weep. 
Hazael  said,  "Why  weepeth  my  lord?"  Elisha 
told  him  why  he  wept.  Hazael  said,  "  But  what,  is 
thy  servant  a  dog,  that  he  should  do  this  great 
thing!  "  Do  you  think  that  I  have  lost  all  modesty, 
and  will  prostitute  myseH  to  do  all  those  devilish 
and  hellish  deeds  that  you  say  I  will  do?  Elisha 
answered,  "  The  Lord  hath  showed  me."  2  Kings 
S:  ,--15.  For  a  fulfillment  of  said  prophecy,  see 
crupter  10:  32,  33  and  13:  3,  7. 

We  all  have  free  wills.  The  Lord  knows  all  that 
we  ever  thought  and  did.  He  knows  all  that  all  men 
ever  will  think  or  do.  Read  2  Pet.  1-9.  and  you 
will  see  the  force  of  the  following:  "Wherefore  the 
rather,  brethren,  give  diligence  to  make  your  call- 
ing and  election  sure:  for  if  ye  do  these  thing;,  ye 
shall  never  fall:  for  so  an  entrance  shall  be  minis- 
tered unto  you  abundantly  into  the  everlasting 
kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ." 
How  beautiful  these  four  titles  look  side  by  side! 
The  thought  that  God  foreknows  all  our  thoughts 
and  actions  is  a  most  salutary  one.  It  should  be 
taught  to  the  child,  as  well  as  the  father  in  Israel 
The  doctrine  of  God's  election  by  grace  is  by  the 
many  never  preached  from  the  stand.  At  least  we 
never  heard  it  preached.  And  why?  It  certainly 
is  a  most  salutary  one.  We  do  not  mean  the  doc 
trine  of  an  unconditional  election.  Such  an  election 
Dr.  Dick  teaches  in  his  "  Theolog,"  and  then  adds, 
"  If  the  object  of  a  minister  is  to  convert  sinners,  it 
would  be  foolish  for  him  to  preach  it  from  the  sa- 
cred stand."  We  quote  from  memory.  Such  is, 
however,  not  the  case  with  a  conditional  election. 
Paul  and  Peter  regarded  it  as  belonging  to  the 
power  of  God  unto  salvation. 


THE  CROSS. 


BY   A,    HUTCHISON. 


man  endangered  his  physical  life  by  becoming  a  fol 
lower  of  Jesus. 

Now,  since  this  is  not  true  with  us,  wherein  does 
the  cross  now  consist?  It  seems  from  what  wa 
know,  from  experience  and  observation,  that  every 
person  has  some  pet  sin,  or  object,  upon  which  the 
heart  is  set,  and  it  seems  as  though  it  is  here  where 
the  cross  comes  to  that  individual  The  same  thing 
is  not  in  the  way  of  every  one,  but  each  one  has  his 
or  her  own  trouble. 

On  hearing  what  others  have  to  say,  as  to  where 
their  difficulty  was.  I  would  say.  "  Why,  I  cannot 
see  any  cross  in  that."  But  when  I  would  state 
what  my  trouble  was,  they  would  say,  "  O  that 
would  be  no  cross  to  me."  So  it  is  clear  to  me, 
that  each  one  has  his  or  her  own  cross. 

At  that  point  the  salvation  of  that  person  hinges. 
The  especial  work  of  an  evangelist,  on  this  line,  is 
to  find  out  where  the  cross  is,  with  each  one,  and 
then  help  them  over,  or,  from  a  Scriptural  stand- 
point, help  that  one  to  take  up  that  cross  and  bear 
it  bravely  on  after  Jesus,  Each  one  should  realize 
that,  the  nearer  he  keeps  with  Jesus,  and  the  more 
he  views  his  cross,  the  lighter  his  own  will  become. 

Here  is  where  much  could  be  done  by  others,  in- 
cluding the  preachers.  I  meet  with  quite  a  number 
who  seem  to  think  that  the  particular  thing,  upon 
hich  their  hearts  are  set,  is  too  little  to  do  any 
damage,  and,  therefore,  the  church  ought  to  allow 
them  to  enjoy  it.  But  while  this  might  seem  to  be 
plausible   enough,— yet,   to  allow  such    a    liberty, 

ght  be  the  medium  through  which  that  one  may 

ie  his  spiritual  life,  because  that   would  remove 

e  cross,  and  cut  oH  the  crown  promise. 

I  believe  there  is  danger  at  this  point,  because 
every  privilege  of  this  kind,  which  is  granted  by 
the  church,  adds  one  more  step  toward  the  world. 
We  all  know  that,  when  the  natural  child  begins  to 
walk,  the  steps  are  very  short,  but,  in  course  of  a 
few  years,  it  can  outrun  its  mother.  So  it  is  with 
the  church.  Grant  each  member  its  special  choice 
in  laying  down,  instead  of  taking  up,  the  cross,  and 
soon  the  church  may  run  after,  and  call  in  vain  to 
her  members  to  return.  We  can  not  be  ignorant  of 
the  tendency  of  church  people,  to  move  toward  the 
world.  And  this  is  not,  by  any  means,  confined  to 
the  popular  churches.  The  only  reason  for  this  is, 
they  shun  the  cross.  And  yet  Jesus  says,  "  He  that 
taketh  not  his  cross,  and  followeth  after  me,  is  not 
worthy  of  me."     Mat'.  10:  -8, 

Can  we  afford  to  run  contrary  to  the  words  of  Je- 
sus? He  says  again,  "He  that  rejecteth  me,  and 
receiveth  not  my  words,  hath  one  that  judgeth  him: 
the  word  that  I  have  spoken,  the  same  shall  judge 
him  in  the  last  day."  J  )hn  12:  4S.  O  how  light 
our  little  crosses  are,  when  compared  with  that  of 
our  Blessed  Savior! 


TEMPTATION. 


BY   LUCINDA   STOUFFER, 


What  are  we  to  understand  by  the  cross  now? 
Where  the  Savior  spoke  of  the  cross,  he  generally 
associated  it  with  saving  or  losing  life.  Luke  9:  23 
says,  "And  he  said  to  them  all,  It  any  man  will 
come  after  me,  let  him  deny  himself,  and  take  up 
his  cross  daily,  and  follow  me."  Then  follow  these 
words,  "  For  whosoever  will  save  his  life  shall  lose 
it:  but  whosoever  will  lose  his  life  for  my  sake,  the 
sane  shall  gave  it."     It  seems  as  if,  in  that  day,  a 


One  of  the  most  important  lessons  to  be  learned 
in  life  is  to  avoid  its  temptations.  It  never  was  a 
matter  of  choice  with  any  cne,  to  bring  with  him 
such  a  sinful  nature;  however  man  is  prone  to  sin 
as  the  "sparks  fly  upward."  God  told  Noah,  "I 
will  not  again  curse  the  ground  tor  man's  sake,  for 
the  imagination  of  man's  heart  is  evil  from  his 
youth." 

The  whole  scheme  of  redemption  supposes  that 
man  is  a  fallen  being.  It  is  no  disgrace  to  be 
tempted,  but  it  is  a  disgrace  to  yield  to,  and  foster, 
temptations.  What  slavery  it  is  when  once  we  are 
captive!    What  misery  it  brings  to  its  victims! 

There  are  several  objects  that  seem  to  represent 
the  tempter.  One  is  the  spider.  How  systematic- 
ally he  works  in  setting  snares!  He  goes  a  good 
distance  from  home  and  uses  every  means  to  en- 


snare and  capture.  So  it  is  with  Satan.  Weil  did 
our  Savior  say,  "Watch  and  pray  that  ye  enter  net 
into  temptation."  James  says,  "  Resist  the  devil 
and  he  will  flee  from  you." 

Another  figure  of  Satan  is  the  serpent.  What 
spell-binding  power  this  enemy  possesses!  How 
helpless  the  bird  becomes  when  he  is  under  its  in- 
fluence! We  notice  however,  that  only  the  young, 
tired,  crippled  bird  is  attacked, — the  one  that  re- 
mains near  the  ground.  Strong  birds,  soaring  on  the 
wing,  are  out  of  its  reach.  Hence  we  learn  that 
growth  is  mcessary,  and  this  can  be  obtained 
by  obedience  to  Gods  will  and  prayer  for  his 
guidance.     Triere  is  no  time  for  idleness. 

It  was  the  serpent  that  beguiled  Eve.  How  cun- 
ning its  approach  to  her,  pointing  out  drfiirtely  the 
only  tiling  forbidden  her.  What  an  influence  it  has 
upon  us,  sometimes,  for  our  friends  (?)  to  tempt  us 
with  some  wron?,  especially  if  it  meets  our  desires! 
Eve  made  her  first  mistake  by  reasoning.  What 
folly  it  is  to  parley  with  temptationl  The  serpent 
said  "  Yea,  hath  God  said,  Ye  shall  not  eat  of  every 
tree  of  the  garden?"  We  notice  Eve  fails  to  quote 
the  text  correctly.  Satan  encouraged  her  to  make 
the  second  attempt  with  success.  Again  he  says, 
"  Ye  shall  n't  surely  die,  for  God  doth  know  that  in 
the  day  ye  eat  thereof  then  your  eyes  shall  be  op- 
ened and  ye  shall  be  as  gods,  knowing  good 
and  evil."  It  was  good  food,  and  pleasant,  and 
in  her  ambition  to  be  wise,  she  )  ielded. 

Here  are  represented  the  lust  of  the  flesh,  lust  of 
the  eye,  and  the  pride  of  life,  which,  John  says, 
"  is  not  of  the  Father  but  of  the  world." 

The  lion  is  an  animal  that  is  likened  un'o  Satan 
in  some  respects.  He  is  able  to  take  the  advantage 
of  a  man,  especially  if  lie  is  not  prepared  with  his 
weapon.  The  lion  well  knows  when  his  victim  is 
not  prepared,  and  so  it  is  with  Satan.  It  takes  fire 
balls  to  run  the  lion  from  his  prey.  Nothing 
short  of  prayer,  attended  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  can  tu'n 
the  enemy,  when  one  is  wholly  under  his  influence. 
Seemingly  strong  Christians  have  gotten  into 
"doubting  castles"  under  the  giip  of  '■  G\ant  D-- .. 
spair."  David,  Salomon,  Samson  and  many  others 
have  been  led  astray,  so  let  no  cne  think  himself 
too  strong  to  be  tempted  and  led  away.  Our  Savior 
was  tempted  "  in  all  points  as  we."  Shortly  after 
his  baptism,  after  fasting  forty  days  and  forty 
nights,  Satan  tempts  him  to  make  bread.  Here  the 
cunning  enemy  thought,  perhjps,  was  an  opportu- 
nity to  supply  his  physical  need  after  fasting,  but 
the  Savior  replies,  "  Man  shall  not  live  by  bread 
alone." 

The  second  attempt  was  to  take  him  to  the  sum- 
mit of  a  high  mountain.  What  a  promise  he  makes! 
Satan  never  fails  to  promise. 

When  he  makes  the  third  attempt  he  is  able  to 
quote  from  the  Psalms,  "  He  shall  give  his  angels 
charge,"  etc.,  but  Jesus  says,  "  Get  thee  behind  me." 
O  for  strength  to  resist  as  did  cur  blessed  Savior! 

When  Satan  had  completed  his  temptation,  he 
departed,  but  only  "  far  a  season."  It  is  cur  un- 
happy fate  that  temptation  leaves  us  only  "  for  a 
season." 

We  next  read  that  "angels  ministered  to  the 
Savior."  Has  that  not  been  our  happy  experience? 
When  temptations  are  overcome  we  realize  a  sense 
of  joy.  What  blessed  seasons  are  suchl  Are  not 
the  angels  rejoicing  over  the  victory?  Whenever 
Satan  fails  to  get  us  wholly  under  his  influence  he 
will  accept  partial  service,  however  little  that  be. 
This  comes  near  home  and  is  practical  to  al'.  If 
we  profess  to  be  God's  children  and  then  reach 
after  the  vanities  of  life,  Satan  will  not  object,  but 
from  a  standpoint  of  wisdom,  we  think  he  him- 
self is  amused  at  our  follies.  Solomon  says,"  Take 
us  the  foxes,  the  little  foxes  that  spoil  our  vines, 
for  our  vines  have  tender  grapes."  Little  sins  come 
upon  us  because  we  are  so  negligent  in  watching 
them.  How  often  we  hear  persons  indulge  each 
other  and  themselves,  because  certain  wrongs  arc 
"  such  little  things."  They  say,  "If  we  never  do 
worse  things  we  will  be  well  off."  But,  ah,  who  is 
the  author  of  little  sins?  If  we  will  not  profit  by 
our  little  wrongs,  Satan  will  accomplish  his  ends  at 
last.    Then,  too,  God  will  take  note  of  them.    He 


THE    GOSPEL   MESSENGER. 


sees  the  "sparrow  fill  to  the  ground"  and  "  cum- 
bers the  hairs"  of  our  head.  Then,  how  about  the 
unguarded  "bywords  or  white  lies,"  or  that  tiny 
"  gold  ring"  or  ihe  little  bit  of  lacef 

L:ttle  sins  are  too  various  to  mention.  A  certain 
writer  has  said,  "  An  army  of  moths  are  harder  to 
destroy  thin  a  lion  at  the  doer."  It  was  said  that 
Dr.  Watts  was  free  from  pride  and  vanity.  An  infi- 
del made  his  boast  he  could  detect  his  weakness. 
His  first  attempt  was  to  refer  to  his  ability,  next  his 
fine  character,  noble  reputation,  popularity  as  a 
writer.  All  this  brought  about  no  change  in  tene 
or  countenance.  At  last  the  infidel  said,  "You  are 
the  p'aiirst  man  I  ever  saw,  to  be  as  great  a  man 
as  you  are."  Then  the  doctor's  face  crimsoned. 
This  man's  pride  was  in  his  plainness.  Paul  said, 
'Let  him  that  thinketh  he  standeth  take  heed  lest 
he  fall." 

It  is  well,  when  temp'ed,  to  consider  the  source, 
— the  serpent,  the  devil!  If  not  on  our  guard,  in  the 
end  eternal  punishment  will  be  ours, 

Pitsiurg,  Ohio. 


->THE  t  SUNDAY  t  SCHOOLS 


LESSON  LIUHT-r  l.ASHES. 
The  Coll  of  Matthew  -Matt.  9:  0-17. 

Lesson /or  February  rj,  l£oS. 

We  are  all  placed  in  life  to  do  somelhicg,  and  we 
all  have  something  to  do.  While  there  are  many 
callings  iii  life,  we  are  not  suited  to  fill  them  all, 
nor  any  conside1.  able  number  of  them,  neither  do 
we  always  know,  of  ourselves,  for  which  special 
ones  we  are  best  fitted.  Be*  a  use  of  this,  many  wait 
in.  indecision,  or  accept  temporary  employment, 
wai'ing  for  a  desirable  opening,  or  a  special  call  to 


Ttt  O  PICTURES. 


r 


BY    W.    R.    DEETER. 

With  our  Bib'es  in  our  hands,  let  us  look  at  two 
Communion  tables,  one  of  wh'ch  is  the  Lord's  ta- 
ble, and  we  want  to  know  which  one,  We  come 
unprejudiced,  and  look  at  them  through  th:  teach- 
ing of  God's  Word,  and  then  decide. 

Table  No  1  is  surrounded  by  fashionable  women, 
having  their  hats  covered  with  birds,  win^s,  feath- 
ers, or  other  appendages.  Their  fingers  glitter  with 
go'd-rings,  the  hair  is  frizzled,  the  mammoth  sleeve 
is  the  order.  The  administrator  is  a  fashionably- 
attired  man,  and  is  called  a  gentleman  by  the  world. 

Table  No.  2  is  surrounded  by  plainly  attired 
women,  no  birds,  wings,  feathers,  or  je>velry  of  any 
kind  are  worn  by  them,  their  heads  are  covered  by 
a  plain,  modest  head-dress,  that  is  not  dictated  by 
Flory  McFlurrisy, — is  net  conformed  to  this  world, 

The  administrator  is  a  modest,  humble  man,  who 
makes  no  effort  at  display. 

Take  your  Bibles,  and  turn  to  R3.11.  12:  2;  1  Tim. 
2:  9;  1  Pet.  3:  3;  1  John  2  15  16;  John  15;  19.  Read 
these  Scriptures  carefully,  get  on  your  knees  and 
read  them,  if  need  be,  and  then  decide  which  is  the 
Lord's  table,  which  is  most  in  harmony  with  God's 
Book. 

These  pictures  are  not  a'l  imaginary,  Reader,  to 
which  table  do  you  belong?  Stop,  think,  and  be 
sure  you  are  right, 

Miprd,  Ind.     ___^___ 
SOUL-lNSPIRiNQ. 


Words  fail  me,  this  morning,  when  I  try  to  ex- 
press my  thanks  to  yon  for  the  many  soul-inspiring 
thoughts  found  in  the  Gospel  Messenger.  The 
last  ten  weeks  I  have  been  confined  to  rr.y  room, 
and  most  of  the  time  to  my  bed.  The  Messenger 
has  been  most  precious  to  me,  and,  as  money  is  not 
plenty  with  me,  we  have  agreed  to  dispense  with 
some  other  necessities,  in  order  to  have  the  Gospel 
Messenger. 

Dajtm,  Ohio. 

HOW  I  QUIT. 

BY   B.    F.    MILLER. 

I  see  so  much  written  on  tobacco,  that  I  can  not 
help  saying  something  along  that  line,  also.  I  used 
the  weed  for  thirty  years,  but  have  quit  using  it  for 
ten  years.  I  am  still  living,  and  happier  than  ever. 
I  often  tried  to  quit,  but  failed.  Then  I  asked  the 
Lord  to  take  that  ravenous  appetite  from  me 
put  my  will  power  to  work,  and,  finally,  I  con- 
quered. This,  any  man  can  do,  if  he  comes  with  a 
praying  mind, 

Frtdonia,  Kar.s, 


their  life-work. 

This  call  forms  a  very  interesting  epoch  in  th 
experience  of  all  who  ate  desirous  of  n  a'cing  life  a 
success.  It  means  much,  because  much  depends 
on  the  acceptance.  It  means  choosing  one  thing, 
and,  in  a  sense,  rejecting  everything  e'sr, 

We  have  been  looking  at  a  number  of  things  as 
possibilities  for  success.  We  have  been  weighing 
them  in  the  light  of  our  jjdgment,  but  are  undecid- 
ed as  to  which.  The  time  for  decision  has  arrived, 
— a  call  has  come.  Shall  we  take  hold  of  this  one 
thing  and  let  all  others  go?  Yes,  so  it  means,  and 
to  do  less,  means  failuie  in  the  one  thing. 

This  is  true  ;  s  to  life's  calling,  but  we  are  glad 
that  there  is  a  call  that  comes  to  each  one  of  us, 
and,  in  accepting  this  caP,  instead  of  it  necessitat- 
ing a  letting  go  of  any  and  all  things  that  are  good 
and  desirable,  it  opens  up  to  us  Ihe  very  thing  or 
things  we  need,  to  do  the  very  best  work  in  life. 
Thia  thing  is  the  call  to  accept  the  kingdom  of 
God  into  our  hearts  aid  lives.  "  F.rst  seek  ye  the 
kingdom  of  God,  and  its  righteousness,  and  all 
these  things  shall  be  added." 

Just  how  old  Matthew  was  at  th's  time,  or  how 
far  he  had  gone  in  settling  down  to  his  life's  work, 
we  do  not  know.  When  found  by  the  Master,  he 
was  a  publican, — a  tax  collector,  sitting  at  the  re- 
ceipt of  custom.  He  was  busy  at  wotk,  and,  per- 
haps, doing  quite  well,  financially,  as  his  was  a  po- 
sition of  trust,  and,  therefore,  demanded  a  fair  sal- 
ary. Perhaps  he  had  settled  down  and  was  satis- 
fied. 

And  yet,  it  would  seem  as  if  he  was  on  the  look- 
out for  another  opening,  or,  at  least,  he  was  not 
tied  down  as  tight  to  his  work  as  some  of  us  are. 
The  Master  said  unto  him:  "  Follow  me."  The  in- 
vitation was  a  very  shoit  one,  and  without  financial 
inducements  held  out  The  prospects  for  present 
enjoyments  must  have  been  very  unpromising,  in- 
deed, and  yet  the  call  was  readliy  accepted,  because 
the  narrative  says,  "  And  he  arose  and  followed 
him."  Whether  or  not  he  understood  the  full  im- 
port of  the  call,  we  are  not  able  to  determine,  but 
this  we  know, — looking  at  the  two  things,  that  of 
being  a  tax  collector,  and  a  follower  of  the  new 
Teacher,  he  chose  the  latter,  left  all,  and  followed 
the  Master. 

In  this  decision  we  have  a  very  important  lesson, 
and  one  that  touches  the  lives  of  many.  Choosing 
between  worldly  prospects  now,  and  heavenly  rich- 
es then,  has  caused  a  struggle  with  untold  thou- 
sands, and  only  the  few  decided  as  did  Matthew. 
The  young  man  who  came  to  Christ  went  away  £0.'- 
rowful,  because  he  was  rich,  and  cou'd  not  accept 
the  call,  and  so  it  has  been,  and  still  is,  win  many 
more.  Sad  hearts  are  made  because  of  the  ca  1, 
and  because  they  feel  that  they  ought  to  respond, 
but  do  not  have  the  courage  to  carry  out  their  own 
convictions.  How  is  it  with  you?  Jesus  is  calling: 
"Come,  follow  me,"  and  you  say,  "No;  not  now, 
after  awhile,  "at  a  convenient  season  I  will  com 

Matthew  said:  "  I  will  go  now,"  and  he  went.  So 
should  you  do.  "  When  you  hear  his  voice,  hardei 
not  your  hearts.'' 

Let  us  look  at  the  lesson  a  little  further,  and  se 
where  Jesus  took  his  new  follower.  It  was  at  1 
feast,  where  publicans  and  sinners  came  and  sat 
down  with  him  and  his  disciples.  There  was  noth 
ing  wrong  about  this,  and  yet  there  were  those  whe 
took  exceptions  to  the  meeting,  and  were  angry 
about  it,— the  Pharisees  who  represented  the  selfish 


element  of  the  world.  The  answer  to  the  accusa- 
tion is  very  encouraging  to  us.  He  came  into  the 
world  as  the  Great  Physician,— and  what  for?  To 
cure  and  heal  the  well?  No,  but  the  sick.  These 
Pharisees  felt  that  they  were  whole  and  good,  so 
they  had  no  needs,  and,  therefore,  Jesus  could  not 
do  anything  for  them,  but  these  publicans  and  sin- 
ners felt  that  they  were  sinners,  and,  therefore,  hid 
need  of  a  Savior.  And  as  he  came  to  save  sinners, 
he  could  save  these,  because  he  came  for  this  pur- 
pose. As  long  as  we  do  not  feel  the  need  of  a  Sav- 
ior, Jesus  can  do  nothing  for  us,  but  as  soon  as  we 
feel  our  weight  of  sin,  and  a  need  of  being  saved, 
then  Christ  comes  as  the  physician  to  heal,  We 
are  all  sinners,  we  are  all  sick,  miserable  and  lost. 

While  in  this  condition  Christ  comes  as  he  came 
to  Matthew,  and  says:  "  Follow  me."  To  follow 
him  is  salvation  and  everlasting  life.  This  is  more 
to  us  than  all  our  callings  in  life  can  be,  no  matter 
hov/  good  they  be.  This  Matthew  had  learner). 
He  felt  a  need  that  sitting  at  the  custom  could  not 
satisfy,  so  you  have  a  need  that  nothing  but  follow- 
ers of  Jesus  can  give.  Respond  to  the  call,  and  he 
will  fill  all  your  needs,  H,  B.  u 


S 1-',  K  MOIST    O  UTL I IM  10. 


CONVERSION. 


"  Rbi'Ikt  ye,  th:refore,  and  be  convertej,  that  your  sins  in 
l.>e  blotted  out  when  the  limes  of  refreshing  shall  come  f;t 
Ihe  presence  of  the  Lord."— Acts  3:  19. 
I.  All  mankind  are  sinners,  and  can  not  change  the  fact 
forget  it,  but,  upon  certain  conditions,  can  obtain  pard> 
Matt.  18:  3;  John  3:  5. 
II.  The  conditions  are 

1.  Conviction, 

2.  Penitence, 

Note  i— We  must  feel  that  we  are  sinners. 

Norn  2  —  There  is  a  law  of  our  nature  that  if  we  do  wrc 
we  feci  guilty.  The  Holy  Spirit  works  in  harmony  with  th 
law. 

Note  3.— The  design  of  this  law  is  to  produce  pure  motivr 
for  reform 

Note  4.— Conviction,  as  to  depth  and  duration,  is  net  th 
same  in  all  persons. 
Ill,  The 

I.  The  he 


ng 


:  ppposed  to  God. 
we  are  not  prepared  for  the 


Note  I.—  No  change 
place  of  this  on< 

Note  2,-Oj 


;  gcorln 


IV.  Nature  of  c 

1.  A  change  of  mind 

(1)  To  knowledge, 

(2)  To  faith, 

(3)  To  resolution. 

2.  Change  of  heart. 

(I)  Reformation  of  life. 

3.  Change  of  relation. 

(1)  Obedience  to  truth. 
V.  Evidences, 


e  pass  through 
3  will  not  suffice; 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING 


THE  SCHOOL  OF  CHR!ST.-Matt.  11:  39,  3' 

For  Thursday  Evening,  Feb,  10,  1S9S. 

I.  Our  Teacher. 

I.Wise.    Mark  1:2;;  Luke  4:  16. 

2.  Loving.    John  13:  1;  John  15:  12,  13. 

3.  Patient.    Isa,  S3:  7;  Matt.  27:  "  H 
II.  How  We  Can  Learn. 

I.  By  studying  the  great  Text-b: ok.    John  5:  39; 


Bym 

editating  npo 

ihis 

precepts  and  wonderiul 

Ps.  I 

2;  Ps.  63:  6,  7 

;Ps. 

119:  IS.  78. 

Byp 

acttcal  obedi 

nee 

1  Pet.  1:  22 

■IE  Bl 

essed  Prom 

SI. 

Rest  from  a  guilty 

ience.    Heb 

10:  32. 

Rrst 

rom  the  resn 

is  of 

sin.    1  John 

■7- 

Rest 

n  the  "  sweet 

field 

>  of  Eden," 

Rev.  21: 1- 

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l:kt.:, 


When  in  strength  you  think  you  stand, 

Watch  and  pray, — 
And  when  near  a  foreign  land 
That  your  frail  bark  does  not  strand 

Watch  and  pray. 
When  with  peace  and  plenty  blesrel 

Watch  and  pray,— 
In  this  life  is  toil  unrest,— 
Each  one  can  but  do  his  best 

Watch  aDd  pray. 
In  the  home  is  God  revealed 

Watch  and  pray, — 
At  the  altar,  in  the  field 
Wear  the  sandals,  bear  the  shield 

Watch  and  ptay. 
There  is  cause  for  pain  and  care 

Watch  :ind  pray, — 
When  temptations  at  you  stare 
Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer 

Watch  and  pray. 
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has  been  well  attended  and  good  interest  was  man- 
ifested. The  study  of  Old  Testament  history 
was  much  improved  by  an  instructive  lecture  by 
Bro.  J.  Carson  Miller,  which  was  enjoyed  by  all, 
A  sermon  by  Bro.  J.  W.  Wayland  on  "Wom- 
an's Work  in  the  Church,"  also  received  marked 
attention.  Besides  the  above,  interesting  work  was 
done  in  the  following  classes:  Miracles  of  our  Lord, 
Israelitish  Monarchy  under  David  and  Solomon, 
Sunday  school  work.  Studies  from  Paul's  letters 
to  Timothy,  and  special  drills  in  Sunday  school  and 
church  music.  This  school  is  in  a  prosperous  con- 
dition under  the  careful  management  of  Bro.  W. 
B.  Yount,  with  able  assistants. 

Btidgewaicr%Va,Jcn  si, 


WHERE  ART  THOU? 


This  is  a  very  old  question, — perhaps  the  very 
oldest  one  of  which  wc  have  any  record,  and  it  is 
full  of  meaning.  The  place  where  we  are  means 
much  to  ourselves,  and,  at  times,  quite  as  much  to 
others,  as  the  place  where  we  are  found  tells  large- 
ly what  we  are. 

We  were  impressed  with  this  truth  in  reading 
about  a  young  man  of  Siam,  who  requested  bap- 
tism. Ke  had  been  known  as  a  leader  among  the 
boys  of  his  village,  and  that  he  should  now  ask 
for  so  strange  a  thing,  to  them,  was  a  great  surprise. 
He  was  asked  a  number  of  questions,  and,  among 
others,  whether  he  had  been  at  a  Christian  revival. 
His  answer  w^s:  "No,  but  I  saw  a  Christian." 
Just  whtre  he  saw  this  Christian,  or  what  he  saw 
him  do,  we  do  not  know,     But  where,  and  what  do 


you  think?  This  is  what  we  want  you  to  think 
about.  The  first  thought  that  came  to  us  about 
this  Christian  was:  When  did  this  young  man  see 
him?  The  next  thought  was,  What  was  he  doing? 
Some  of  you  who  will  read  these  lines  are  pro- 
fessed Christians,  and  those  that  are  not,  should 
be.  You  have  been  born  again,  and  have  started 
in  the  new  life.  In  making  this  change  you  have 
said  that  you  have  changed  about  and  that  you  are 
different  from  what  you  were  before  you  made  the 
change.  If  you  had  been  seen  in  the  company  of 
bad  boys  or  girls,  or  at  the  dance,  in  the  saloon, 
or  places  of  this  kind,  you  are  seen  there  no  more. 
Your  new  life  has  placed  you  in  new  relations  and 
new  places,  because  you  have  a  new  work  to  do, 
and  different  influences  to  exert. 

This  young  man  was  once  where  you  were  before 
your  conversion.  But  one  day  he  saw  something 
that  made  a  wonderful  change  in  his  mind.  Where 
was  this  place?  What  was  it  he  saw,  and  what  was 
the  person  doing?  He  says  it  was  a  Christian 
that  he  saw,  We  do  not  know  whether  this  Chris- 
tian was  a  boy  or  girl,  but  that  does  not  matter. 
It  was  the  Christian  part  or  life  that  he  saw. 
There  was  something  in  the  life  of  this  Christian 
that  preached  a  great  sermon  to  this  young  man. 
He  was  converted  and  wanted  to  be  baptized, — not 
because  he  had  been  at  a  revival,  or  that  he  had 
been  at  a  Bible  reading,  but  he  had  seen  a  Chris- 
tian. 

Now,  suppose  this  young  man  had  seen  you  in- 
stead of  seeing  this  Christian,  what,  do  you  think, 
would  have  happened?  Are  you  so  living  and 
walking  the  life  of  Christ  that  those  who  see  you 
would  see  in  you  what  this  young  man  saw,  and 
become  a  convert  to  the  same  blessed  life?  Do 
you  not  hear  the  sweet  voice  of  Jesus  asking  you, 
"Where  art  thou?" 

We  were  told,  not  long  ago,  of  a  young  lady  who 
is  remaining  away  from  the  church  because  of  what 
she  sees  in  the  life  of  several  young  ladies  who  are 
in  the  church.  If  this  young  man  had  seen  these 
young  ladies  who  are  in  the  church  and  claim  to 
to  be  Christians,  do  you  think  he  would  have  been 
converted  and  asked  to  be  baptized? 

Young  sisters,  whoever  you  be,  what  do  you 
think  about  it?  "Where  art  thou?"  Are  you 
not  down  among  the  trees,  making  yourselves  gar- 

ents  of  leaves  to  cover  your  sinfulness?  Are 
there  not  times  when  you  are  at  places  at  which, 
you  know,  you  ought  not  to  be,  and  where  you 
would  not  want  your  Christian  friends  to  see  you? 
And  why  this  feeling?  Because  your  conscience 
hurts  you  and  tells  you  that  you  are  not  where  a 
Christian  should  be. 

Remember,  you  must  witness  for  something. 
Every  time  you  are  seen,  no  matter  where  that  may 
be,  you  are  witnessing  for  just  what  you  are.  So 
it  is  very  important  that  you  are  always,  and  at  all 
places,  a  fair  witness  for  your  true  self. 

This  is  so  because  it  would  be  underestimating 
your  best  self  in  witnessing  for  sir»,  representing 
yourself  as  a  sinner,  when  it  is  not  at  all  what  you 
want  to  be.  To  be  found  where  you  ought  not  to 
be  and  doing  the  wrong  thing,  is  to  witness  the 
very  worst  side  of  your  life,  the  part  that  your  own 
good  judgment  would  most  gladly  hide. 

The  mistake  that  many  of  our  young  pec  pie 
make,  and  some  that  are  church  members,  too,  is 
that  they  get  an  idea  that  when  they  get  away 
from  the  eyes  of  those  who  know  them,  their  re- 
sponsibility for  right-doing  is  very  much  less,  and 
that  they  can  indulge  in  things  that  they  would 
not  think  of  doing  at  home,  or  where  known,  with- 
out doing  any  very  great  wrong.  This  is  one  of 
the  greatest  mistakes,— indeed,  if  there  could  be 
indulgence  anywhere,  it  had  better  be  right  at 
home,  and  where  best  known,  because  in  such 
cases  the  harm  resulting  could  be  the  more  easily 
remedied,  and  comparatively  it  would  be  less  dan- 
gerous, from  the  fact  that  your  better  life  is  known. 

It  is  when  among  those  that  you  do  not  know, 
and  that  do  not  know  you, — those  who  need  the 
better  life,— that  you  should  be  the  most  circum- 
spect and  careful,  It  is  before  such,  especially, 
that  you  should  witness  for  Christ, 


Think  for  a  moment  what  would  have  been  the 
result,  had  this  Christian,  whom  this  young  man 
saw,  been  found  strutting  along  with  a  cigar  in  his 
mouth,  his  hat  perched  on  one  sitfe  of  his  head,  and 
engaged  in  foolish  and  light  conversation!  Do  you 
think  that  he  would  have  been  converted  and  asked 
for  baptism  on  seeing  such  a  witness  for  Christ? 
And  yet,  every  time  you  are  seen,  you  are  giving 
forth  your  testimony.  You  are  either  saying:  "I 
am  a  child  of  God,"  or,  "  I  am  a  worldling;  I  stand 
for  sin  and  the  devil."    Where  art  thou?     h  b.  b. 

WHY  HE  WAS  HEALTHY  AND  HAPPY. 

We  were  on  a  recent  occasion  talking  to  a 
young  man  who  is  employed  in  a  large  linendrap- 
er's  shop  in  London.  Seeing  that  he  was  very 
healthy  and  cheerful-looking,  we  asked  him  what 
open-air  recreation  he  indulged  in,  Did  he  ride  a 
bicycle,  row,  or  what  did  he  do  to  make  him  look 
so  strong  and  manly?  "Ah,"  he  said,  "  I  have  no 
time  for  any  of  those  things,  and,  if  I  look  happy, 
it  is  because  I  try  to  help  others  in  my  spare  mo- 
ments. As  a  rule,  I  am  at  work  ten  or  twelve 
hours  in  the  shop,  but  on  Saturday  evenings  and 
Sundays,  and  whenever  I  have  an  hour  or  two,  I 

go  down  to ,  in  the  East  End,  and  hunt  up  my 

drift  children.  We  get  them  into  a  room  and  try 
to  teach  them  something.  When  any  one  gives  us 
money  we  have  a  tea  for  them.  Then  there  is  a 
Bible  class  and  a  glee  class  for  young  men.  It  is 
work  like  this  that  keeps  me  well.  Give  me  the 
drift  children  and  I  am  happy  and  healthy."  We 
found  that  there  were  other  young  men  in  the  same 
establishment,  whose  recreation  after  their  long 
hours  of  work  was  of  the  same  unselfish  kind — The  • 
Qtdvir.  __^__ 

WHAT  A  BOY  DID  IN  ONE  YEAR. 

He  begged  the  office  of  sexton  in  the  little 
Western  church,  and  earned  75  cents  a  week.  He 
picked  ico  quarts  of  fruit  for  a  neighbor,  He 
bought  and  sold.  11  dozen  chickens,  and  cleared  S5 
on  them.  When  he  could  get  no  other,  work  a 
neighbor's  wood-pile  was  always  ready  at  a  dollar 
a  cord  for  sawing  and  splitting.  He  earned  S13.75 
his  wood-pile.  For  doing  chore?,  cleaning 
yards,  doing  errands,  etc.,  he  received  $\o.  For 
Iking  cows,  taking  care  of  horses,  etc.,  for  neigh- 
bors, S20, 

At  the  end  of  the  year  this  fourteen-year-old  boy 
had  earned  a  little  more  than  gioo,  and  never 
missed  a  day  at  school.  It  was  a  busy  year,  yet 
play  hours  were  scattered  all  through;  swimming, 
fishing,  hunting,  skating  and  coasting,  each  found 
ts  place.  The  old  adage  proved  true  in  this  case, 
'Where  there's  a  will  there's  a  way."  He  never 
missed  a  job;  when  other  boys  were  idle,  he  was 
busy,  and  the  best  of  all  that  I  can  tell  you  about 
him  is  this:  he  was  a  "King's  Son."  If  a  boy  can 
do  this  much,  what  ought  we  to  expect  of  a  young 
an  or  a  young  woman? 


CULTIVATING  GOOD  GRACES. 

What  a  different  world  this  would  be  if  only  all 
of  us  would  cultivate  the  grace  of  good  nature!  It 
is  the  best  tonic  for  nervous  disorders,  the  surest 
preservative  of  home  happiness,  and  the  most 
effective  remedy  for  the  divorce  disease  now  un- 
happily prevalent.  He  who  has  learned  how  to 
take  even  the  most  disagreeable  things  and  griev- 
ous disappointments  good-naturedly,  may  never  be 
a  millionaire,  but  he  will  be  what  is  much  better, 
both  happy  and  a  source  of  happiness,  and  the  at- 
mosphere he  carries  with  him  will  be  like  a  bit  of 
sunshine  in  the  Mammoth  Cave. 


God  will  always  take  the  best  time  to  hand  out 
mercies  to  his  people;  there  is  no  mercy  so  ripe,  so 
beautiful,  as  that  which  he  gives  in  his  own  time. 
Though  God  delays  thee,  yet  be  silent,  for  there 
is  no  possibility  of  taking  a  mercy  out  of  God's 
hand  till  the  mercy  be  ripe  for  us  and  we  be  ripe 
for  the  mercy. — Thomas  Brooks, 


Feb.  5,  18 


THE    GOSFIGXj    MESSEHSTGE^. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

COMMITTEE. 

Enoch  Eby,        •    Kansas   i   L.  \V.  Teeter,     ■    Indiana 

D.  L.  Miller,     -    -Illinois   |   S,  R.  Zug,  -  Pennsylvania 

S.  F.  Sang".   "    ■    Virginia. 

IS3DLA2  MEETINGS  OF  TUS  CQHHITTEE:  -  The  Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annual  Meet- 
ing; the  second  Monday  ol  October  and  of  February. 


THE  OOHHITTEE  BECEIVE3  donations  for  the  following 
funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orphanage  at 
Smyrna;  Washington  Meetinghouse;  Suffered  In 
India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 

SO   HOT   ADDBEE3   business  or  money  intended    for    the 


i.-l  Cm, 


Every  pre.iclier  ought  to  bavc 
Gish  New  Testament   to  carry 

It  is  self-pronouncing,  has  the  r 
lowing  the  verse,  and  by  this 
tiered  very  convenient. 


i  copy  of  the 


s  has  well  said  that  thi 

ss  to  have  advanced  thinkers  just 

t  does  she  commence  dying.     Let 

us  have  advanced  thinkers,  but  let  them  think 

soberly  as  well  as  righteously. 


A  sister  who  works  in  a  factory  sends  g2.co 
to  help  support  an  India  orphan,  and  intends 
to  give  lhat  amount  regularly  unt'l  the  full 
amount  is  made  up  for  the  support  of  the  or- 
phan. That  is  the  kind  of  people  that  help  to 
make  this  world  better. 


'&  A  religious  paper  in  the  East  has  received 
an  endowment  of  $50,000.  Why  not  endow  a 
paper  as  well  as  anything  else  that  belongs  to 
the  Brotherhood?  A  ?5o.coo  endowment  would 
enable  us  to  send  the  Messenger  free  to  a 
host  of  p3or  people,  and  at  greatly  reduced 
rates  to  hundreds  of  ministers.  We  already 
have  a  small  endowment  for  that  purpose,  but 
there  is  room  to  make  it  a  thousand  times 
larger.  ^ 

"  One  hears  a  great  deal  these  days  about 

the  devotion  of  the  race  to  money  getting,  and 
the  indifference  of  men  of  wealth  to  the  needs 
of  their  poorer  -brethren,  but  statistics  just 
compiled  show  that  during  last  year  more  than 
thirteen  million  dollars  was  bequeathed  to 
charitable,  missionary,  and  educational  insti- 
tutions in  this  country,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
millions  given  to  cbarity  by  generous  persons 
whom  death  has  spared  to  continue  to  do  good 
to  their  fellowmen." 


MISSION  WOAK. 

No.   s- -Its  Success    Predicted  In  Three 
Missionary  Psalms. — Psalm  67. 

Read  the  Psalm  carefully.  It  opens  out 
with  a  prayer  for  blessings,  spiritual  and  tem- 
poral, directly  upon  the  Jews,  but  tt  soon  en- 
larges to  that  conception  of  the  great  mission 
of  the  church  under  Christ,  in  which  all  the 
nations  of  the  earth  shall  be  temporally  and 
spiritually  blessed  under  the  beneficent  reign 
of  the  universal  King.  How  peculiarly  typical 
is  this  of  the  office  of  the  church, — "cause  his 
face  to  same  upon  us,"  that  through  us  the 
way  of  the  Lord  may  be  "  known  upon  earth  " 
and  "thy  saving  health  (salvation)  among  all 

Christ  said,  "  Ye  are  the  light  of  the  world," 
—light-bearers  reflecting  the  Divine  Light  of 
the  world's  Redeemer!  They  are  not  confined 
to  a  restricted  or  small  part  of  some  state  or 
country,  but,  in  the  plain  language  of  David's 
prayer  and  our  Lords  declaration,  TO  THE 
WORLD.  What  can  be  plainer,  or  more  em- 
phatic? 


Ho 


xplicitly  is  the  Old  Testament  a  school- 
master leading  the  world  to  Christ!  There 
was  the  narrow-minded  Jew  who  thought  only 
of  temporal  prosperity  and  earthly  dominion 
and  supreme  reign,  of  other  nations  not  on  an 
equality  with  his  own  but  in  full  subjection  to 
the  hoped  for  great  and  powerful  Jewish  king- 
dom; and  here  God  places  into  their  song  and 
prayer  that  they  should  be  light-bearers  and 
carry  salvation  to  "all  nations."  Later  the 
Lord  himself  came  and  said  to  his  disciples, 
"Go  and  teach  all  nations."  No  greater  the 
boundary  of  labor,  no  greater  the  task  laid  upon 
the  church  than  did  David  pray  for  and  desire 
that  his  nation  would  be  instrumental  in  ac- 
complishing-, and  as  the  Jews  refused  to  re- 
ceive this  larger  li^ht  and  duty,  and  were  re- 
jected of  the  God  ol  heaven,  so  surely  will  the 
church  to-day  be  rejected  if  she  does  not  open 
her  heart  to  the  reception  of  a  world-wide  sal- 
vation to  all  the  nations  of  the  earth.  The 
lesson  is  a  strong  one  of  warning  and  let  not 
those  who  read  lay  it  aside  carelessly, 

But  where  is  success  predicted  in  this 
Psalm?  The  desire  to  have  His  face  shine 
upon  the  church,  is  closely  followed  by  her 
usefulness  in  taking  salvation  to  the  earth,  and 
in  the  last  verse  the  Psalmist  says  that  then 
"God  shall  bless  us,  and  all  the  ends  of  the 
earth  shall  fear  Him."  Thus  it  is  declared. 
This  is  the  expected  work  of  the  church,  and 
it  is  not  too  much  for  her  to  accomplish  in  the 
strength  of  the  Lord,  for  if  the  one  hundred 
and  twenty,  coming  from  the  humbler  walks 
of  life,  having  little  or  no  political  influence  or 
social  standing,  representing  not  the  wealth 
but  rather  the  poverty  of  their  day,  should  set 
to  work  under  the  influence  of  the  Spirit,  a 
power  which  did  in  300  years  overthrow  the 
Paganism  of  the  Roman  empire,  and  in  later 
years  subdue  the  heathen  hoards  of  Northern 
Europe,  is  it  unreasonable  to  say  that  the 
church  to-day  can  subdue  all  the  heathen  na- 
tions of  the  earth,  if  she  will  shake  off  her 
indifference  and  listlessness,  pray  for  a  new 
out  pouring  of  the  Spirit  and  get  a  new  supply 
of  Divine  Inspiration  and  light?  Let  the 
church  of  to-day  pray  mightily  that  His  face 
shine  upon  us  so  that  nations  may  through  us 
learn  to  fear  Him.  o.  D  ft. 


MISSION    RECEIPTS  FOR  DECEMBER, 
1897.      - 


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Williams,  Frnukford,  11,20;  F.  O,  Cunning- 

ham,  Hunker  Hill,  $2.60;  total, 

Wash  -Dayton  ch.,  $1)0;  A.  N,  Huffman, 


UlOClt,  MinoriGii.  :.';  Joun  u:ul  ..Ihi  in  i-,viin«, 
Roseland,  $15;  T.    K.  Evans,    Koselaud,    $8; 


;b;  Paradise  Prairie  cb.,  $20; 


■  $1; 


IdyCn 


■enls;  Kfiikn  ch.,  :-5  10;  total,     

Mijh.— Woodland  eh  ,$12  35; Jones, si; 

3anl?lShellne,  Volinla,  Si;  total, 

Dtau.- G.  V.  Goshorn,  Whlterooks, .  .  .  . 

Cai-.— Covins  and  Glendora  churches,     .  . 

N.  Dak.- Red  River  ch.,  S7.50;  Lake  View 
i.  S  ,  $2.03;  total 

Ark  — W.  W,  Reynold?,  Rogers,  $1;  Knox- 


18;  J.  B.  Ltli 


Wis.-  Chippewa  Valley  eh 

La.— Lewis  Miller  artl  wife,  Grayeon,  50 
cents;  Jos.  RogUlls,  GrayEoa,  25  cents;  Isaac 
P.  Winner,  Grayeon,  25  cents;  Abel  M,  Wln- 

Mins.—  Lucy  E.  Louienslager,  New  Ulra, 

Colo.— Reglna  Click,  Roatmont,  . 


Rachel  0 
Pa.,  00  i 


lByerly,  Lluia.C 


nnan,  Highland, 
Jarrollton,  $1.20;  I 


:  Bill 


Warner,  Center,  $1.80;  B,  F    Sn»der,  Belle- 
font&lae,fi.20;O:  D.  Bmltli,  North  Hampton, 

Jesse  K,  Brumbaugh,  Union,  S1.20;  Jas.  Kay* 


lor,  Bellefonta 


;«,   II. 10;   Jos.    Fits 

i,$8;8amui  i  Brush 
Buck,   Now  Enterprlte, 

r,  New  Kntorprlse, ! 

rsdalo.  $rl;  h  trail  M 
$1.20;  Spring  Greek  Ob  .  IB 


U.  -i:  V.V.    RoltS,  1 


OhIIIh,  Mat    River,  sl.r.i':    1».    It.    Eby,  Lotio, 

$1.20;  total 00  15 

MD.-John  E.  liiingi-y,  iooldent,  $16;  Blle- 
abelb  Roop  Union  Bridge,  $15;  Annlo  It, 
8ton>-r,  Onion  Bridge.  j&:  W.O.  McKlnstry, 
Uiilon   Bridge,  $12;  J.  B.  1  leiblibergur  and 


'   -. 


:hili.$l.00;  Andrtw  Foutz,  Denver,  $0;  Sarja'l 
>  and  Lena  Stoner,  Ladoga,  $28;  J,  I.  Mia- 
lek,  Baton,  $3;  Sue  B.  Murray,  $1.20;  8.  N. 
L>plo<le,  Hagerstowa,  $i;  IlirbaraCllngon- 
oel.  Flora,  $120;  J,  L.  I'uterlxiugh,  Elkhart, 

KASH.-Nowton  ch  ,  K>  cents;  W.  D.  Tl;- 
ale,  Ft,  Pcott.  $8;  Julio  A.  Proine,  Ottawa. 
120;  (J.  E.  Arnold,  Mcl'borson,  $1.60;  I,  H. 
frlit.  Gardner,  |3.E0;  Ida   M.   PMoe,  Nlcker- 

Nkuk.-E.B.  Rothrrck,  Carlisle,  tl.!0j  Joe, 
..Miller, Carleton.so;  U.  B.  Henry,  Bblck* 
•y.  $120;  Levi  HoiTort.  Carleton,  '1.20;  Jona- 
ban  Kelao,  Cnrleton,  «:i;  total,      12  00 

Uo.— H,.  A.  Orr,  Torney,$1.20;S.  E.  iioguo, 

W.  Va  -Hnllle  K.McLbIo,  Oak  Hill l  :» 

N.  Dak  -J.  A.  Weaver,  Bow  Bells 1  »0 

Total $«0  00 

ASIA  MINOR  MISSION. 
fTo  be  used  In  the  mission  In  Asia  Minor.] 

Stump  ami  wi'e.  Nevndn,  $10;  total,     ....     $10  tW 
Ind  -David  (itiii  ami  wife,  W»lkoiton,  $1; 

Spring  Creek  oh.,  fl.BOj  Yellow  River  ch.,  $3; 

orth  Liberty  rb.,*l;  total, 0  50 

IA.-Eoglish    River  cb.,  $1;   Klngsloy  ch., 

$8.81;  total .  .     081 

Pa—  Diamond vllle  ch.,    -l.il7>:  Big    Bwatara 

h.,$l;  total 5  1" 

CoLO,-Geo.  Reniier,  Palisade, 6(0 

Md-M  C.  McKlnstry,  Union  Bridge.    ...     5  CO 
Seiik.-A,  Zook,  Verdon,  $1;  a  brother  and 


Iersvllle,$l;  total 

i.— Coyuille  Valley  c 
.-Belle  Wbl'  more. 


THE    GOSPEL    MZESSEaSTO-IEI?/. 


The  Gospel  Messenger, 

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Mount  Morris,  III.,  Feb.   5, 


The  General  Mission  Board  meets  here  Feb.  14. 
Considerable  business  will  likely  come  before  the 
Board. 

The  Brethren  held  a  delightful  meeting  in  the 
Pleasant  Hill  house,  York  County,  Pa.,  which  closed 
with  thirteen  conversions. 


All  of  our  missionaries  have  now  reached  Bul- 
sar,  India,  and  when  last  heard  from,  were  in  rea- 
sonable health  and  full  of  joy. 


The  work  at  Cedar  Ripids,  Iowa,  has  been  en- 
trusted to  Bro.  Michael  Ernmert.  He  will  soon  en- 
ter upon  his  labors  in  the  city. 

The  series  of  meetings  held  at  Sharpsburg,  Md„ 
by  Bro.  D.  F.  Stouffer,  closed  with  sixteen  acces- 
sions by  confession  and  baptism. 

During  Bro  Filbrun's  meetings  at  the  Oakland 
churchhouse,  Ohio,  eight  were  received  into  the 
church  by  confession  and  baptism. 

Bro  Chss  M.  Yearout  is  arranging  to  close  his 
work  in  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  about  the  first  of 
March.     He  goes  to  Warrensburg,  Mo. 

The  Brethren  have  opened  up  a  new  field  in 
Zanesville,  Ohio.  Bro.  Ouincy  Leckrone  recently 
held  a  series  of  meetings  there  and  baptized  sev 


We  have  a  new  lot  of  Certificates  of  Member- 
ship, filty  bound  in  one  book,  with  stub  for  refer- 
erence.  The  price  is  now  reduced  to  25  cents  per 
book,  sent  by  mail  post-paid. 


Bro  P.  R  Keltner  engaged  in  a  very  promis- 
ing series  of  meetings  in  Mount  Carroll,  this  State, 
last  week,  but  had  to  close  just  when  the  meetings 
should  have  been  continued. 


The  Los  Angeles  (Cal.)  Daily  Times,  of  recent 
date,  has  a  good  word  for  the  Brethren  in  that  city. 
It  speaks  very  favorably  of  their  services  in  the 
church  on  South  Hancock  Street. 


We  learn  with  regret,  that  Bro.  J.  C.  Seibert,  of 
Camb,  N  Dak  ,  is  lying  very  sick  at  the  home  of 
Bro.  H.  R.  Taylor,  1636  East  Grand  Ave ,  Des 
Moines,  Iowa.  He  is  suffering  with  lung  trouble. 
He  came  to  the  city  on  business  and  took  sick. 

Bro.  D.  L.  Miller,  though  improving,  is  not  yet 
well  enough  to  do  any  preaching.  Our  series  of 
meetings,  which  closed  last  Sunday  evening,  were 
continued  without  the  assistance  from  him  we  had 
expected,  Bro.  J.  G.  Royer  doing  the  preaching. 

Last  week  we  meant  to  say  that  Bro.  Woi.  M. 
Howe  is  engaged  in  a  series  of  meetings  at  German- 
town,  Pa,,  but  the  types  made  us  say,  "  Wm.  M. 
Hoover,"  and  about  ten  thousand  papers  were  run 
off  before  the  mistake  was  noticed  and  corrected. 


Some  of  our  correspondents  weave  death  notices 
in  with  the  church  news  they  send  for  publication. 
In  carh  instance  they  will  find  the  death  notices 
omitted  from  the  news.  Matters  of  this  kind 
should  not  be  mixed.  Let  each  be  written  sepa- 
rately.   

We  are  now  at  work  on  our  Sunday  school  Q"ar- 
ttrli-s  for  April,  May  and  June.  In  these  Quarttt- 
li's  we  shall  introduce  the  finest  system  of  refer- 
ences to  be  found  in  any  Sunday  school  literature 
in  this  country.  Our  purpose  is  to  make  our  Sun- 
day school  helps  the  very  best. 

Under  date  of  Jan.  21  Gen  Lee  writes  from  Ha- 
vanna,  Cuba,  telling  Bro.  W.  R.  Miller,  of  Chicago, 
that  all  supplies  sent  for  the  Cuban  sufferers  will 
duly  reach  those  for  whom  they  are  intended,  and 
no  one  else.  The  supplies  find  their  way  to  the 
sufferers  soon  after  they  are  received. 

So  far  we  have  received  at  this  office,  and  for- 
warded, nearly  S3C0  for  the  Cuban  Sufferers.  In- 
side of  a  few  days  it  will  reach  its  destination  and 
prove  helpful  in  feeding  and  clothing  the  hungry 
and  naked.  In  due  time  we  shall  acknowledge 
through  the  Messenger  the  receipt  of  all  the  mon- 
ey sent  us  for  this  purpose. 

When  Bro.  Ernmert  Rowland  was  writing  the 
biographical  sketch  of  Bro.  David  Long  that  ap- 
peared in  last  issue,  it,  of  couse,  never  occurred  to 
him  that  the  very  next  paper  would  contain  a  notice 
of  his  own  departure.  He  died  last  week,  lacking 
only  a  few  months  of  being  twenty  years  old.  In 
view  of  this  fact  his  communication  will  probably 
be  reread  with  additional  interest. 


Eii.ht  confessed  Christ  and  were  added  to  the 
church  by  baptism  at  Markleysburg,  Pa„  week  be- 
fore last.  One  was  also  restored  to  fellowship,  and 
another  is  to  be  added  to  the  fold  in  like  manner. 


At  the  present  time  there  are  sixteen  members 
located  at  Woodley,  Fla.,  on  the  eastern  bank  of 
the  Indian  River,  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles 
south  of  Jacksonville.  They  hope  to  effect  an  or- 
ganization be-fore  the  close  of  the  season. 

The  disagreeable  weather,  of  late,  has  interfered 
a  good  deal  with  a  number  of  series  of  meetings 
that  were  in  progress.  While  our  correspondents 
cannot  report  as  many  conversions  as  there  would 
have  been,  had  the  weather  continued  favorable 
yet  the  services  have  not  been  without  their  good 
results.  The  seed  sown  may  yet  produce  a  bounti- 
ful harvest. 


We  are  in  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Chronicle,  con- 
taining a  fine  bird's-eye  view  of  Colton,  Cal,,  and 
some  of  the  surrounding  country.  If  the  regions 
round  about  look  as  fine  as  the  picture,  it  must  be 
a  charming  locality.  It  is  here  that  the  Brethren 
are  conducting  a  mission,  and  bringing  together  a 
little  band  of  workers  which  we  trust  will  yet  de- 
velop into  a  church  of  great  strength  and  much  ac- 
tivity.   

We  are  raising  up  a  band  of  missionary  workers 
that  will  some  day  make  the  weight  of  their  influ- 
ence felt  around  the  globe.  In  a  communication 
to  this  office,  Bro.  L.  A.  Bookwalter,  of  Trotwood, 
Ohio,  mentions  some  of  these  coming  workers, 
He  says  that  last  spring  a  kind  hearted  person 
gave  ten  cents  each  to  a  number  of  children  in  a 
primary  class,  to  invest  and  use  for  the  Lord. 
Some  invested  their  money  in  one  way,  and  some  in 
another,  witli  the  result  that  S31.00  was  raised  for 
the  Lord's  cause.  By  thus  training  all  of  our  chil- 
dren to  give  liberally,  there  will  be  no  lack  of  mon- 
ey by  and  by,  to  carry  on  the  Lord'9  work.  This  is 
a  hopeful  outlook  for  the  future  of  the  church. 


An  explorer  thinks  that  he  has  found,  in  Africa, 
the  original  site  of  the  Garden  of  Eden.  We  pre- 
sume people  have  been  hunting  for  that  garden  ev- 
er since  the  destruction  of  the  tower  of  Babel,  and 
they  will  likely  keep  up  the  search  until  the 
Millennium,  and  then  not  find  it.  We  suggest 
that  the  better  way  is  to  love  God  and  keep  his 
commandments,  and  thus  be  prepared  to  enter  the 
better  Eden  in  the  Paradise  of  God. 

Not  long  since  we  stated  in  these  columns:  "Of 
some  ministers  it  is  said  that  they  do  not  shun  to 
preach  the  whole  Truth.  We  sometimes  wonder 
if  they  preach  the  'go  ye'  part  of  the  Gospel," 
Now  a  correspondent  suggests  that  there  may  be 
those  who  preach  the  "go  ye"  part  of  the  Gospel, 
but  they  do  not  practice  it.  There  may  be  some- 
thing in  this.  Do  those  who  preach  most  about 
missions  practice  what  they  preach?  How  is  it? 
This  is  a  question  that  comes  close  home, 

As  a  rule,  those  who  leave  the  Brethren  church 
for  the  purpose  of  making  their  mark  in  the  world, 
do  not  find  the  honors  they  expected.  Not  long 
since  one  of  these  ex- members  was  booked  for  a 
lecture,  charging  a  small  admission  fee,  It  is  re- 
ported that  not  enough  people  came  to  justify  the 
opening  of  the  doors.  Of  course  the  lecture  was 
not  delivered.  Moses  was  much  wiser.  He  pre- 
ferred the  company,  privalions  and  honors  among 
his  own  people,  rather  than  the  pleasure  and  the 
empty  honors  of  the  world. 

It  is  simply  astonishtog  how  many  persons  writ- 
ing this  office  on  business,  fail  to  give  their  post- 
office  address.  Some  seem  to  think  that  because 
we  are  sending  them  the  paper,  we  know  where 
they  live.  True,  their  names  may  be  on  the  mail- 
ing galleys  in  the  mailing-room  below,  but  we 
cannot  afford  to  have  the  mailing-clerk  spend 
hours  searching  his  list  to  find  the  address  of  a 
person,  who  could  have  written  it  in  his  letter 
with  no  loss  of  time  whatever.  We  do  wish  that 
all  of  our  patrons  would  make  it  a  rule  to  give 
their  address  every  time  they  write  this  office. 

One  of  our  eiders  in  the  West,  who  does  a  great'  ' 
deal  of  traveling  and  preaching  writes: 

I  find  in  the  Southwest  so  many  members  without  church 
letters;  some  of  them  for  good  reasons,  and  others  for  some 
trivial  things  that  should  not  affect  the  membership.  Should 
it  not  be  the  duty  of  elders  to  look  after  the  members  when 
they  move  away,  restore  them,  and  then  see  that  they  get  let- 
ters? I  have  spent  a  good  deal  of  time  getting  letters  f.r 
members  after  years  of  neglect  by  some  one. 

Our  brother  here  refers  to  a  matter  of  more  than 
ordinary  importance,  and  one  that  should  receive 
attention.  We  believe  that  to  every  worthy  mem- 
ber, who  moves  out  of  a  congregation,  a  letter 
should  be  given  whether  he  asks  for  it  or  not.  If 
he  is  not  worthy,  let  step9  at  once  be  taken  to 
adjust  matters,  in  order  that  he  may  be  granted  a 
letter,  showing  that  he  is  in  love  and  union  with  the 
church.  This,  of  course,  cannot  well  be  done  with- 
out keeping  a  record  of  all  the  members  in  each 
congregation.     But  why  not  keep  the  record? 


THE  USE  OF  THE  WORD  IN  CONVERSION. 

In  conversion  the  Spirit  is  the  agent,  and  the 
Word  the  instrument.  The  Spirit  employs  the 
Word,  and  by  this  means  the  sinner  is  turned  to 
the  Lord,  and  led  to  accept  the  conditions  of  par- 
don. This  wi'l  be  better  understood  when  it  is 
borne  in  mind  that  the  Word  of  the  Lord  is  the 
seed  of  the  kingdom,  and  by  its  use  the  conversion 
of  sinners  is  to  be  effected,  through  the  agency  of 
the  Spirit. 

This  Word  of  Truth  was  brought  from  heaven  to 
earth  by  Jesus  Christ,  and  by  him  was  transmitted 
to  his  apostles.  On  the  Day  of  Pentecost  these 
apostles  were  filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  from 
that  time  on,  were  under  the  influence  and  guid- 
ance of  the  Spirit,  so  that  what  they  preached,  as 
well  as  what  they  wrote,  was  by  the  direction  of 
the  Spirit,    This  Spirit  took  charge  of  the  writers 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER. 


of  the  New  Testament,  and  guided  them  iu  their 
work,  so  that  the  record,  as  we  now  have  it,  con- 
tains only  such  things  as  should  be  regarded  as  the 
Word  of  the  Lord.  And  since  the  Word  was 
placed  in  writing  as  the  Spirit  directed,  this  Word 
can  well  be  used  by  the  Spirit  as  the  instrument  by 
which  sinners  are  to  be  made  new  creatures  in 
Christ  Jesus.  In  one  place  this  Word  is  called  the 
Sword  of  the  Spirit.  The  Spirit  can  employ  it  as 
the  soldier  employs,  or  makes  use  of  his  sword. 

There  can,  however,  be  no  conversion  before  the 
Word,  in  some  way,  enters  the  heart  of  the  sinner. 
Still,  there  are  different  ways  of  getting  the 
Word  into  the  heart.  But  one  thing  is  certain,  it 
must  come  by  hearing.  The  sinner  may  hear  the 
Word  preached  by  the  minister,  or  he  may  hear  it 
in  the  Sunday  school  class,  or  he  may  learn  it  from 
a  friend,  or  he  may  read  it.  When  once  this 
Word  is  in  the  heart  or  mind,  the  Spirit  has  some- 
thing on  which  he  can  work.  He  can  warm  up  the 
heart  as  the  sun  warms  up  the  earth,  and  in  this 
way  the  Word  or  seed  sown  in  the  heart  is  made  to 
grow.  The  beginning  of  this  growth  is  called  be- 
getting, It  is  also  at  this  point  that  living  faith 
commences.  This  growth,  or  development,  con- 
tinues until  the  penitent  sinner  reaches  that  stage 
where  baptism  is  demanded  and  received.  This 
completes  the  conversion  so  far  as  it  relates  to  the 
changing  of  the  sinner  from  one  state  or  condition 
to  another.  The  change  is  from  a  child  of  Satan 
to  a  child  of  God,  a  change  from  the  kingdom  of 
Satan  to  the  kingdom  of  Christ.  He  has  been 
bot*n  again,  made  over,  made  a  new  creature  in 
Christ  Jesus. 

This  operation  from  the  beginning  to  the  end, 
has  been  the  work  of  the  Spirit  using  the  Word  as 
the  instrument  by  which  the  result  is  brought 
about.  Looking  at  the  subject  in  this  light  one  can 
readily  see  how  impossible  it  is  to  separate  the 
Word  and  the  Spirit  in  conversion.  While  each 
has  its  part  to  perform,  still  they  do  and  must  work 
ii  together  in  the  conversion  of  the  world.  In  fact, 
the  whole  scheme  of  renovating  the  world,  guid- 
ing and  developing  the  church,  is  entrusted  to  the 
Spirit,  but  in  accomplishing  the  grand  and  far 
reaching  undertaking,  the  Spirit  does  and  will  ever 
employ  the  Word  3S  its  instrument,  and  without 
this  instrument,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  genu- 
ine conversions  are  not  consummated  j.  h.  m 


ROOM  FOR  WORKING  PREACHERS. 

When  Alexander  Campbell  was  in  his  twenty- 
second  year,  he  commenced  his  special  prepara- 
tion for  the  ministry,  and  wrote  out  for  his  own 
personal  guidance  the  following: 

"  One  hour  to  read  Greek, — from  8  to  9  in  the 
morning. 

"  One  hour  to  read  Latin, — from  n  to  12  in  the 
morning. 

"One  half  hour  to  read  Hebrew, — between  12 
and  1  P.M.. 

"  Commit  ten  verses  of  the  Scriptures  to  memory 
each  day,  and  read  the  same  in  the  original  lan- 
guages with  '  Henry  and  Scott's  Notes  and  Practi- 
cal Observations.'  For  this  exercise  I  shall  allow 
two  hours,  These  exercises  being  intended  for 
every  day,  will  not  be  dispensed  with.  Oiher  read- 
ing and  studies  as  occasion  may  serve.  These 
studies,  in  all,  require  four  and  one-half  hours. 
Church  history  and  divers  other  studies  are  in- 
tended to  constitute  the  principal  part  of  my  liter- 
ary pursuit." 

He  formed  the  habit  of  rising  very  early,  often 
at  four  o'clock.  The  next  year  he  was  married  and 
worked  on  a  farm.  He,  however,  kept  up  his  regu- 
lar reading,  morning,  noon  and  evening,  and  dur- 
ing the  first  year  of  his  married  life  is  said  to  have 
carefully  read  thirty-five  volumes,  or  over  eight 
thousand  pages,  and  preached  nearly  every  Sunday, . 


It  was  this  kind  of  work  that  laid  the  foundation 
for  real  greatness.  We  mention  this  for  the  spe- 
cial benefit  of  some  timid  and  half-hearted  preach 
ers,  who  think  they  can  neither  preach  nor  study 
unless  they  have  everything  arranged  for  their 
personal  comfort  and  convenience.  Useful  preach- 
ers, as  well  as  great  preachers,  come  up  through 
great  tribulation,  and  just  now  the  church  is  look- 
ing for  the  young  preachers  who  take  delight 
facing  and  overcoming  the  obstacles  of  life.  For 
such  men  there  is  always  plenty  of  room  at  the 
top,  though  they  have  to  work  to  get  to  it.  But, 
as  a  rule,  the  Lord  has  little  use  for  the  men  who 
are  looking  for  the  easy  places.  j,  h.  m 


ANNUAL  MEETING  QUERIES. 

Up  to  date  we  have  received  from  the  State  Dis- 
tricts, that  have  held  their  District  Meetings,  the 
following  queries,  which  will  be  presented  to  the 
coming  Annual  Meeting: 


T.  We  petition  Annual  Meeting  through  District  Meeting; 
know  if  our  Brotherhood  maintains  the  doctrine  that,  through 
the  laying  on  of  bands,  in  connection  with  baptism,  there  is 
conferred  upon  the  subject  a  benefit?  If  so,  why  do  we  si 
pend  the  use  of  it  in  the  church,  except  when  ordaining 
bishop?  Is  there  any  Scriptural  reason  for  so  doing?  Sent 
Annual  Meeting. 

2,  Whereas  the  established  order  in   the   Brethren  church 
has  always  been  to  exact  from  applicants  for  membership,  an 
obligation  of  promise,  to  transform  from  the  world  and  to  con 
form  to  the  rales  of  the  church,  as  prescribed  in  Minute  Book, 
page  26,  Art.  8,  and  page  150,  Art,  63  and  12,  also  page  155, 
Art.  3,  and  inasmuch  as  there  is  prevailing  in  some  locali 
ties  a  strong  sentiment  that  this  is  a  matter  of  advice,  thu 
declaring  that  no  obligation  of  promise  is  to  be  made  or  taken 
with  applicants,  to  conform  to  the  order  in  dress,  we  thereto] 
ask  Annual  Meeting,  through  District  Meeting,  to  define  sa 
articles  and  say  iF  it  is  possible  for  one  applying  for  membe 
ship  to  declare  his  agreement  with  the  church  as  specific 
without  an  obligation  of  promise?     Also,  whether  Art.  3,  page 
2$q,  referring  to  Bro.  Hope,  is  corroborating  these  above  : 
tioned.    Sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 

NORTHERN  INDIANA, 

Petition  from  Solomon's  Creek  church.  As  there  is  quite 
a  diversity  of  Song  and  Hymn  Books  in  use  among  us,  there- 
by preventing  harmony  in  our  song  service,  and  inasmuch 
as  the  Brethren's  Hymnal  and  the  Sunday  School  Song  Book 
do  not  meet  the  wants  of  the  church,  will  not  District  Meeting 
ask  Annual  Meeting  to  supply  this  want  and  direct  that  all 
the  churches  use  the  same  book  in  all  of  our  services?  Ans.— 
Yes.     Sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 

MIDDLE   MISSOURI. 

1.  Has  a  brother  who  is  not  conscientious  in  doing  so, 
the  right  to  wear  the  full  beard  according  to  Minutes  of  1888, 
Art.  2  and  3,  page  34  of  Supplement  to  Minutes?    Sent  to  An- 

2.  Ioasmuch  as  the  New  Testament  Scriptures,  as  under- 
stood by  the  Brethren,  are  better  established  by  a  study  of  the 
types  and  shadows  of  the  Old  Testament,  in  connection  with 
their  fulfillment  in  the  New.  and  as  the  International  Sun- 
day school  lessons  do  not  sufficiently  present  the  analogy  of 
the  Old  and  New  Testaments  in  connection  with  their  ful- 
fillment in  the  New,  nor  bear  on  any  doctrinal  subject  long 
enough  to  establish  it  in  the  minds  of  the  Sunday  school 
scholars,  we  petition  Annual  Meeting  to  appoint  a  committee 
to  arrange  a  ser'es  of  Sunday  school  lessons  especially  adapt- 
ed to  teaching  the  entire  Gospel  as  understood  by  the  Breth- 
ren.   Petition  granted.    Passed  with  its  answer. 

3.  (Warrensburg  church.) — We  petition  Annual  Meeting 
through  District  MeetiDg,  to  give  a  proper  course  of  proced- 
ure for  disorganizing  a  church  that  can  no  longer  be  main- 
tained.    Passed  to  Annual  Meeting. 

NORTHERN  MISSOURI. 
Wacanda  church  asks  Annual  Meeting  thruugh  District 
Meeting,  if,  in  the  investigation  of  reports  against  members, 
coming  from  outsiders  of  good  character,  the  church  can 
require  such  accused  members  to  go  with  two  brethren  {or 
sisters)  and  face  such  accasers?    Sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 


OKLAHOMA  AND  INDIAN  TERRITORY. 
Oak  Grove  church,  Okla.  T.,  asks  Annual  Meeting  through 
istrict  Meeting,  if  it  would  not  be  more  in  harmony  with  the 
language  of  our  Savior  to  use  the  Lord's   Prayer  only  in 
lusion  to  the  last  prayer  at  our  meetings  of  worship,  in- 
stead of  using  it  at  the  conclusion  of  every  season  of  prayer, 
See  Matt.  6:  9;  compare  Luke  11:2-4. 

We  publish  these  queries  now  so  that  the  spring 
District  Meetings  may  know  what  has  already  been 
arranged  for  the  Conference.  ;,  h.  m. 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

Do  you  think  it  contrary  to  the  New  Testament  teachings, 
for  a  woman  to  hold  the  office  of  superintendent  in  the  Sun- 
day school?—/!.  C, 

Certainly  not.  Besides,  we  have  scores  of  sisters 
who  are  acting  as  superintendents. 

Do  you  thiuk  our  members  should  attend  church  festivals 
held  by  other  denominations?— C.  F.  Af, 

We  think  that  the  Lord  is  piofoundly  ashamed 
of  the  popular  church  festivals,  held,  as  they  are,  in 
houses  set  apart  for  his  worship,  that  he  looks  upon 
this  as  an  abomination  in  the  sight  of  God,  and 
therefore  should  not  be  attended  by  any  of  his 
truly  consecrated  followers.  It  seems  to  us  that  no 
brother  or  sister  should  ever  become  a  party  in  a 
gathering  as  unbecoming,  and  as  much  out  of 
place,  as  popular  church  festivals. 


:fors 


planatinn  on  John  3:  14-18.  If  all  whit 
looked  on  the  serpent  were  healed,  why  should  not  those  that 
believe  on  Christ  be  forgiven?  Heb.  2:  9.  Why  did  Christ 
taste  death  for  every  man  when  they  could  not  be  saved,  and 
there  must  have  been  many  at  the  time  of  Christ's  death,  ac- 
cording  to  Moses'  law?  Luke  16:  15,  16,  Why  preach  the 
Gospel  to  every  creature  when  they  can  not  receive  It?  Why 
condemn  a  man  when  he  believes?  Matt.  12:  31,  Christ  says. 
"  All  manner  of  sin  shall  be  forgiven  men."  If  a  man  is  living 
with  a  divorced  companion,  and  has  never  heard  the  true  Gos- 
pel of  light,  has  he  blasphemed  against  the  Holy  Ghost?  — 
7.  IV.  Ftshbum, 

In  this  department  our  answers  must  be  brief. 
The  reason  the  Israelites  were  cured  by  merely 
looking  at  the  brazen  serpent  is,  because  the  com- 
mand  was  to  look.  If  the  conditions  of  pardon  were 
limited  to  faith,  in  the  New  Testament,  then  the 
sinner  would  be  entitled  to  pardon  on  the  ground  of 
mere  belief,  but  since  it  is  declared  that  he  that 
believeth  and  is  baptized,  shall  be  saved,"  acd  "  re- 
pent and  be  baptized  ...  for  the  remission  of 
sins,"  and  also,  "  except  ye  repent  ye  shall  all  like- 
wise perish,"  it  follows  that  one  who  simply  be- 
lieves in  Christ  has  not  the  promise  of  pardon, 
Christ  tasted  death  for  every  man,  and  all  receive 
the  benefit  in  being  made  free  from  the  penalty  of 
the  Adamic  sin,  and  those  who  accept  Christ,  and 
obey  his  commands,  will  also  receive  Ihe  pardon  of 
their  sins,  as  well  as  the  promise  of  eternal  life, 
We  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature  for  the 
reason  that  it  will  save  them  if  they  obey  it,  and 
they  can  receive  it  if  they  will.  We  prefer  not  to 
discuss  the  divorce  question,  or  any  phase  of  it,  in 
this  department. 

In  Mark  16:  17,  18  we  read  of  the  signs  following  them  that 
believe— casting  out  devils,  speaking  with  new  tongues,  tak- 
ing up  serpents,  drinking  deadly  poison,  and  healing  the  sick, 
Can  the  followers  of  Christ  now  do  these  things,  or  have  they 
lost  the  power?  Can  a  body  of  people  be  the  true  church,  and 
yet  not  have  these  signs  to  follow? — //.  C. 

These  signs,  or  miracles,  followed  the  apostles  and 
others,  until  the  New  Testament  revelation  was  fully 
established,  then  they  ceased,  not  any  more  being  a 
necessity  in  order  to  demonstrate  the  divine  order 
of  things.  Now  the  New  Testament  is  the  authori- 
ty, and  in  that  we  find  ample  proof  that  these  signs 
did  follow  those  who  believed,  and  that  should  set- 
tle the  authenticity  of  the  Christian  religion  in  our 

nds.  As  for  speaking  with  divers  tongues,  or 
drinking  deadly  poison,  etc.,  not  one  of  those  con- 
tending for  modern  miracles  can,  or  will  attempt  to 
do  anything  of  the  kind,  and  so  long  as  they  will 
not  and  can  not  practice  what  they  preach,  in  this 
particular,  we  think  their  claims  entitled  to  but  lit- 
tle consideration. 

If  a  singing-class,  composed  of  members,  as  well  as  those 
who  are  not  members,  desires  the  use  of  one  of  our  houses  of 
worship,  for  the  use  of  the  class,  have  the  trustees  the  authori- 
ty to  open  the  house  for  this  purpose?—  IV.  H,  F. 

We  suggest  that  a  question  of  this  kind  be  re- 
ferred to  the  elder  in  charge.  It  may  then  be  prop- 
er for  him  to  bring  it  before  the  church,  and  the  de- 
cision of  the  church  in  council  ought  to  render  sat' 
igfaction,  J.  r.  m. 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER. 


Feb.  5,  18 


THE  OLDEST  STORY  OF  THE  DELUOE. 

We  are  indebted  to  the  Indeptuiin!  tor  some  val- 
uable information  which  we  cow  lay  before  our 
readers,  concerning  what  may  be  regarded  as  the 
oldest  story  of  the  Deluge  known  to  the  world. 
Moses  wrote  his  account  of  the  flood  about  1500 
years  B.  C,  but  the  story  to  which  we  refer  was 
written  700  years  before  that  time.  The  discovery 
was  made  by  Pere  Scheil,  the  learned  French  As- 
syriologist,  who  has  given  much  time  to  the  study 
of  the  collections  in  the  Museum  at  Constantinople. 

It  is  a  Babylonian  account  of  the  flood,  in  poetry, 
written  on  both  sides  of  a  terracotta  tablet,  about 
7x8  inches  in  size.  The  writing  was  divided  into 
eight  columns,  four  on  one  side  and  four  on  the 
other.  The  reading  commences  with  column  1  and 
closes  with  column  8,  this  column,  however,  being 
directly  opposite  of  column  I.  The  tablet  is  so  bad- 
ly marred  that  only  a  small  portion  of  the  writing, 
it  originally  contained,  remains,  vis.,  that  portion 
that  appears  white  in  the  illustration.  It  is  dated 
on  "the  28th  day  of  the  month  Sebat,  in  the  year 
when  King  Ammizaduga  built  the  fortress  of  Am- 
mizadugaki  at  the  mouth  of  the  Euphrates."  This 
date  is  clearly  preserved,  and  establishes  the  time 
it  was  written,  B.  C.  about  2140.  The  tablet  is  the 
tenth  chapter  of  a  poem  entitled,  "  While  (he  Man 
Rested."  It  was  written  with  great  care,  and  by 
the  scribe  is  said  to  be  copied  from  a  still  older 
document.  For  the  curiosity  and  interest  of  the 
Messenger  readers  we  reproduce  both  sides  of  the 
tablet,  and  two  sections  of  the  original  writing, 
followed  by  the  translation.  It  will  be  observed 
that  these  sections  are  taken  from  the  second  and 
seventh  columns,  the  other  parts  being  too  illegible 
to  be  fully  deciphered, 


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Col.  II— That    .    .    . 
That  he  has 

That  he  should  kill,  that  he  should  destroy 
In  the  morning  that  he  should  rain  down 


thee 


That  during  the  night  he  should  prolong    .    .    , 
That  he  should  rain  down  the  inundation    .    . 
The  plain  he  will  make  its  ruin  great;  the  city     . 
That  which  Ramman  shall  have  accomplished  i 


the  city    . 
He  says  he  will 


( ?)  the  land 


(The  Gods)  will  not  fear    .    .    . 
Col.  VII.  — Ea  spake  the  word 
And  said  torn:: 

Why  wilt  thou  make  men  to  die    .    .    . 
I  will  reach  out  my  band  to  men    .    ,    . 
The  Deluge  of  which  thou  speakest    .    .    . 
Whatever  it  may  be,  I     .     .     . 
I,  shall  I  have  produced  (in  vain?) 
He  shall  be  informed  of  it    .    .    . 
Totheead  that  he  build     .     .    . 
And  he  shall  beget    .    .    . 
That  they  may  enter  (into  the  ship)    .    .    . 
That  Fir  (uapistim  take)  the  car    .    .    . 
That  he  may  coaie    .    .    . 
That  he  may  take    .    .    . 
That  he    .    .    . 

Of  this  tablet  Mr.  Scheil  says: 
"  It  is  not,  indeed,  surprising  that  every  literary 
center  in  Babylonia  should  have  edited  in  its  own 
manner  one  of  the  most  truly  national  and  popular 
of  its  traditions,  that  of  the  origins  of  the  human 
race.  This  would  be  particuliarly  true  of  the  city 
of  Sippara  (  Abu-habba),  whose  scholarly  fame  sur- 
vived as  late  as  Pliny's  time,  and  whose  name  ap- 
pears in  the  account  of  the  Deluge  preserved  by 
Berosus 

"  It  is  in  Sippara,  indeed,  that  our  tablet  was  found, 
if  we  may  trust  those  from  whom  it  was  obtained; 
and  their  statement  is  confirmed  by  the  name  of 
the  scribe,  Ellit-A;  a.  It  is  known  that  Aya  was 
the  goddess  consort  of  Shamash,  and  that  this  di- 
vine couple  had  their  principal  seat  in  Sippara. 

"  The  scribe  designates  himself  as  an  apprentice, 
or  scholar,  a'tip-sar  sihru,  of  one  of  the  flourishing 
and  numerous  medvuisys,  or  schools,  of  S'ppara,  one 
of  which  I  have  myself  had  the  opportunity  to  un- 
cover in  the  same  mound  where  our  tablet  of  the 
Deluge  was  found." 

Commenting  on  this  interesting  find  the  editor  of 
the  Indeptiiler.t  has  this  to  say: 

"Every  Biblical  scholar  knows  that  ths  Hebrew  ac- 
count of  the  Deluge  found  in  Genesis  has  been  par- 
alleled by  two  Babylonian  accounts,  one  that  of 
Berosus,  a  Babylonian  historian,  whose  narrative 
has  been  handed  down  to  us  by  early  Greek  Chris- 
tian writers,  and  the  other  that  found  on  Assyrian 
tablets  by  George  Smith.  Both  resemble,  and  yet 
both  differ  from  the  Genesis  story.  Biblical  critics 
have  differed  as  to  the  age  of  the  Biblical  story,  the 
more  conservative  holding  that,  being  written  by 
Moses,  it  is  older  than  his  time  and  was  incorpor- 
ated by  him  into  the  Book  of  Genesis,  while  the 
newer  school  of  critics  were,  until  the  discovery  of 
the  Tel  el- Amarna  tablets,  inclined  to  believe  that 
the  story  was  borrowed  from  Nineveh  or  Babylon 
at  the  time  of  the  Captivity  or  not  long  before  it, 
at  which  time  the  Book  of  Genesis  was  written. 

"  The  discovery  by  George  Smith  of  a  full  poetical 
account  of  the  Deluge,  on  tablets  in  King  Assur- 
banipal's  library  at  Nineveh,  was  of  immense  inter- 
est; but  it  did  not  assure  us  of  the  age  of  the  Deluge 
story  among  the  inhabitants  of  the  Euphrates  Val- 
ley; for  it  was  on  tablets  written  in  Assurbaoipal's 
reign,  that  is  scarce  six  hundred  years  before  Christ. 
To  be  sure  these  were  said  to  be  copied  from  tab- 
lets in  Babylonian  libraiies,  but  we  did  not  know 
how  old  these  original  tablets  were.  Besides, 
the  Deluge  story  was  on  the  eleventh  tablet  in  a 
long  poem,  compiled  in  twelve  books,  one  for  each 
month,  in  a  quite  artificial  way,  and  might  belong 
to  a  comparatively  late  period  of  religious  and  lit- 
erary syncretism.  The  original  Babylonian  tablets, 
from  which  the  Assyrian  copies  were  made,  were 
much  desired. 

"  Now  Pere  Scheil  has  made  the  discovery.  To  be 
sure  the  record  on  the  tablet  does  not  amount  to 
much,  it  is  such  a  fragmentary  bit;  but  it  is  large 
enough  to  make  it  sure  that  the  tablet  contained  the 
story  of  the  Deluge;  and,  most  fortunately,  the 
most  important  part  of  all  is  preserved,  the  colo- 
phon, with  the  date.  It  is  dated  in  the  reign  of 
Ammi-zaduga,  King  of  Babylon;  and  we  know  that 
he  reigned  about  2140  B.  C.  That  is,  we  have  here 
a  precious  bit  of  clay  on  which  was  written  a  poeti- 
cal 3tory  of  the  Deluge,  seven  centuries  before 
Moses  and  about  the  time  of  Isaac  or  Jacob.  That 
is  enough  to  make  the  discovery  memorable.    We 


learn  positively  that  the  story  of  the  Deluge  was 
familiar  to  the  common  people  of  Babylonia,  and 
therefore  of  all  the  East  from  Syria  to  Persia. 

"  Professor  Sayce  has  lately  stated,  misapprehend- 
ing Pere  Scheil's  oral  announcement,  that  the  new 
text  verbally  agrees  with  that  discovered  by  George 
Smith,  showing  Ihe  care  and  accuracy  with  which 
the  document  was  preserved  from  generation  to 
generation,  with  '  no  change  even  in  the  form  of  a 
single  word.'  This  is  not  the  fact.  The  reader 
will  see  that  this  is  an  entirely  different  redaction; 
and  Pere  Scheil  suggests  that  different  cities  would 
have  their  different  poetical  editions  of  the  story. 
This  fragment  belongs  to  the  story  current  at  Sip- 
para, where  the  fragment  was  found;  and  we  may 
suppose  that  the  account  given  by  Berosus  was  also 
from  the  Sippara  edition,  for  Berosus  tells  us  that 
Xtsuthrus  (Noah),  before  the  Flocd,  buried  in  Sip- 
para the  records  of  the  world's  antediluvian  history. 
The  cuneiform  account,  discovered  by  George 
Smith,  seems  to  have  originated  in  the  city  of  Su- 
rippak;  at  any  rate  the  Noah  of  that  story  came 
from  the  Surippak.  There  are  in  that  account  no 
such  passages  as  we  have  in  this  new  fragment, 
which  shows  that  we  have  to  do  with  another  ver- 
sion, we  do  not  know  how  old,  for  it  is  itself  a  copy 
from  a  partly-effaced  original, 

"  This  text  is  in  poetry.  It  proves  that  the  poetic 
construclion  was  fixed  more  than  two  thousand 
years  B.  C.  K  ich  line  is  divided  into  two  hem- 
islichs,  as  in  Hebrew  poetry.  Literary  form  was  no 
unfamiliar  thing  in  the  time  of  Abraham. 

"We  learn  nothing  more  from  this  fragment  than 
we  knew  bsfore,  as  to  the  origin  of  the  Deluge 
story,  The  history  neither  of  Egypt  nor  of  Baby- 
lon finds  any  place  for  an  historical  deluge.  The 
fragment  is  large  enough  to  show  that  it  is  a  poem 
full  of  polytheistic  and  mythical  details,  of  which 
the  Genesis  version  has  been  thoroughly  purged, 
giving  us  a  tale  purely  monotheistic,  absolutely  eth- 
ical and  fit  to  give  religious  instruction  to  an  un- 
scientific people  in  the  infancy  of  civilization. 

We  feel  confident  that  our  readers  will  not  only 
take  a  great  interest  in  this  remjrkable  find,  but  tint 
it  will  even  strengthen  the  faith  of  some  of  them  U.  ,     - ', 
the  record  of  the  Deluge,  as  given  by  Moses. 

I.  H.  H, 


HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY , 

"ECCE  HOMO  I" 

BY  SADIE  BRALLIER  NOFFSINGEIt, 

An  d  did  He  leave  that  home  of  love  and  smiles, 
Where  melody  breaks  forth  auon  from  harps 
Of  gold,  and  glad  hosanijas  blend  in  sweet 
Accord  eternally,  from  lips  unstained 
With  sin?    Where  flowers  ambrosial  laughingly 
Their  faces  often  dip  in  crystal  lakes 
And  gurgling  fountains,  clear  as  nnonday  sun; 
While  on  a  great  white  throne,  centre  of  all, 
Fair  Majesty  lorever  sits  empowered. 
And  did  He  pass  'mid  worlds  unknown  and  sink 
Thro'  infinite  space  until  that  planet  far 
Was  reached,  whereon  dwelt  man,— downfallen,  weak 
Poor,  sinful  man?    And  did  he  willingly 
Th'  artistic  symmetry  of  gods  resign  * 
To  don  a  form  of  litlle  comeliness, 
That  he  might  be  rejected  and  despised, 
Accused  by  those  He  came  to  save,  and  bear 
His  whole  eatth-life  the  vile,  unholy  brand 
Of  traitor,  hypocrite  and  fraud,— that  One 
In  whom  there  was  no  guile,  that  He.  thereby, 
Might  understand  the  utter  sinfulness 
Of  s'n,  and  mete  to  all  a  remedy? 
Ah,  could  the  tragic  morning  ever  dawn 
When  he  should  be  upreared  'twixt  heaven  and  eartl 
With  malefactors  vile!  that  spikes  should  pierce 
His  outstretched  hands,  and  draw  His  red  life-blood, 
Breaking  His  heart,  that  heart  forever  touched 
With  our  infirmities,  the  while  He  looked 
Down  from  that  rugged  pedestal,  and  prayed 
A  blessing  on  His  murderers,  and  wept 
And  agonized,  the  Just  for  the  unjust, 
Till  in  His  death-pangs  He  cried  out,  "My  Gcdl 
My  God!  hast  thou  forsaken  me!  and  why?" 
O,  mystery  and  wonder  of  my  soul! 
That  for  the  sake  of  vile,  ungrateful  worms, 
The  Christ  from  heaven  shou'd  an  exile  diet 
Jolmstvvjn,  Pa, 


THE    GOSPEL    ^EESSEHSTQ-EIK,. 


DON'T  NEGLECT  THE  CHILDREN. 

BY   MAGGIE    CLEMENS, 

In  thirty  years  from  this  time  another  set  of  men 
and  women  will  fill  the  places  we  occupy  to-day. 
They  will  do  the  thinking,  acting,  and  talking  of 
the  world  instead  of  ourselves.  Theirs  will  be  the 
places  of  responsibility  and  trust  in  the  church  and 
community  to  fill.  Who  will  be  the  men  and  wom- 
en to  fill  these  places?  They  are  the  children  of 
the  present  day, — the  children  who  cheer  our 
homes,  who  fill  our  schools,  who  attend  our  Sunday 
schools  or  who  roam  our  streets. 

If  this  is  true,  then  these  children  should  be  edu- 
cated in  morals  and  religion.  The  children  will  be 
educated  in  some  way,  whether  it  be  to  usefulness 
or  to  idleness.  We  may  neglect  them,  by  not  put 
ting  good  books  in  their  reach,  by  not  teaching 
those  principles  which  are  to  be  so  much  admired 
in  the  young  minds,  by  neglecting  that  religious 
training,  but  fchey  will  be  educated.  The  every-day 
home  life  will  leave  its  influence  on  them  and  be 
mark  to  guide  them  in  the  right,  or  to  lead  them  to 
misery,  It  is  often  a  sentiment  to  not  bias  or 
prejudice  children's  minds  by  religious  opinions 
but  allow  them  to  arrive  at  the  age  of  maturity  anc 
then  they  will  be  able  to  judge  for  themselves  and 
make  a  wise  choice. 

Now  this  might  be  true  if  we  were  right  by  na- 
ture, but  the  Holy  Scriptures  teach  that  "the  heart 
of  man  is  deceitful  above  all  things,"  and  again, 
"Light  has  come  into  the  world  but  men  chose 
darkness  rather  than  light,  because  their  deeds  are 
evil."  This  evil  we  can  trace  to  children,  and,  if  not 
restrained    will    develop    in    ruin    and    rebellion. 

Think,  dear  parents,  what  is  to  be  the  destiny  of 
that  boy  on  whom  you  dote  to-day.  Is  he  to  be  a 
man  of  honor  and  pleasure  to  you,  or  a  shame  to 
his  parents  and  dread  to  good  people? 

O,  how  much  must  depend  on  our  present  en- 
deavors! Much  you  can  do  to  bring  him  to  know 
the  love  of  him  who  said,  "Suffer  the  children  to 
coipe  unto  me  and  forbid  them  not  "  or  you  can 
neglect  them.  Let  us  think  seriously  of  the  re- 
sponsibility and  act  accordinglyl 

Every  day  you  neglect  the  boy,  the  harder  it  will 
be  to  treat  his  case  successfully,  for  youth  is  the 
time  when  impressions  are  easily  made.  Quoting 
the  words  of  another,  "If  you  would  have  green 
and  growing  fields  in  the  summer,  ripened  grain  in 
autumn,  and  rich  stores  for  comfort  in  winter,  good 
seed  must  be  sown  in  spring," 

Besides  this,  the  influence  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is 
more  perceptible  in  youth  than  in  older  age.  Can 
you  not  remember  the  communings  of  the  Spirit, 
v/hich,  if  not  heeded,  became  weakened  by  age, 
and,  if  heeded,  can  realize  the  importance  of 
impressing  it  upon  the  youthful  minds?  Now, 
if  the  present  life  were  all  we  had  to  live  for, 
we  might  make  some  allowance  for  this  indiffer- 
ence, but  as  the  destinies  of  our  dear  little  ones  de- 
pend on  the  present  life,  it  is  doubly  important  to 
train  them  to  obtain  the  happiness  reserved  for  the 
good  in  a  future  state  of  existence. 

In  the  days  of  the  Kings  we  have  it,  "  Train  up  a 
child  in  the  way  he  should  go  and  when  he  is  old 
he  will  not  depart  from  it."  In  the  apostolic  times 
it  was  enjoined,  "Fathers,  provoke  not  your  chil- 
dren to  wrath  but  bring  them  up  in  the  nurture  and 
admonition  of  the  Lord,,"  Short  is  our  time  here 
below;  let  us  do  good  as  much  as  we  can  and  trust 
in  our  Savior,  who  doeth  all  things  well,  that  he 
may  guide  our  minds  and  actions  in  the  way  of  all 
truth,  and  leave  such  impressions  on  the  youthful 
minds  around  us  as  assures  them  that  Christ  is  in  us 
and  we  are  his. 

Stet,  Mo, 

THE  TRAGEDY  OF  TRAGEDIES. 

Within  this  life  the  most  pitiable  of  all  tragedies, 
and  the  most  helpless,  is  a  loveless  marriage.  Just 
as  marriage  approaches  the  estate  of  heaven  for  a 
tfian  and  a  woman  whose  souls  are  one  in  faith  and 
hope,  so  a  marriage  approaches  the  estate  of  hell 
for  two  persons  who  have  no  community  of  thought  I 


or  faith.  Where,  for  instance,  a  man  of  bright  in- 
telligence is  tied  to  a  coarse  woman,  or  a  spiritual 
woman  united  to  an  evil-living  man,  it  is  not  won- 
derful that  husband  and  wife  should  drift  apart,  and 
in  the  end  come  to  hate  one  another.  One  can  un- 
derstand why  some  speak  bitterly  of  life  and  rail 
against  marriage.  Others  show  a  nobler  courage  in 
such  a  case,  who  hide  their  sorrow  from  the  world, 
and  carry  their  heavy  cross  without  speech,  fulfill- 
ing the  will  of  God  with  a  proud  patience,  and  hav- 
ing the  nearer  support  of  his  favor  till  the  kindly 
hand  of  death  break  the  yoke. 


CONTENTMENT. 


"  It  ain't  so  hard  to  be  contented  with  the  thing: 
we  have,"  said  the  old  woman  dolefully.  "It's  be- 
ing contented  with  the  things  we  haven't  that's  so 
tryin'." 

"I  don't  know  about  that;  I  don't  know,"  said 
Uncle  Silas.  "When  we  begin  to  look  at  the 
things  our  neighbors  have  and  we  haven't,  we  al- 
ways pick  out  just  the  things  we  want.  They  live 
in  a  nice  house,  we  say,  and  we  have  only  a  little 
one.  They  have  money,  and  we  need  to  count 
every  penny.  They  have  an  easy  time  and  we 
have  to  work.  We  never  say:  'They  had  the  ty- 
phoid fever,  but  it  did  not  come  near  us.  They 
have  a  son  in  the  insane  asylum,  but  our  brains  are 
sound.'  Staggering  feet  go  into  their  grand  door 
but  nothing  worse  than  tired  ones  come  home  to 
ours  at  night.  You  see  when  we  begin  to 
Providence  to  account  for  the  things  that  don't 
come  to  us,  it's  only  fair  to  .take  in  all  kinds  of 
things." — Intetiir. 

TRAINING  THE  CHILD. 

(  There  are  men  who  know  better  how  to  tra 
horse  than  they  do  a  child.  Men  will  pay  a  jockey 
to  walk  around  with  a  colt,  and  bestow  upon  h 
every  possible  care,  and  study  all  his  points,  end 
have  every  one  of  ihem  developed  to  the  highest 
degree — heartily  willing  to  spend  any  amount  of 
money  to  bring  their  object  of  care  and  solicitude 
to  perfection — snd,  at  the  same  time,  will  allow 
their  children  to  run  wild  and  uncared  for  about  the 
streets,  exposed  to  vice  and  bad  weather,  and  then 
grumble  at  the  taxes  being  so  high  for  school  rates 
and  other  enterprises  kept  going  for  the  culture 
and  development  of  men.  This  is  one  of  your 
moral  incongruities. 


-*  CORRESPONDENCE  *~> 

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From  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
[The  following  was  iminteulionially  delayed.— Ed  ] 
For  more  than  forty-nine  years  Deep  River,  Io- 
wa, was  my  earthly  home,  and  for  nearly  thirty-four 
years  the  Brethren  church  at  that  place  was  my 
church  home.  In  October  last,  while  holding  a 
meeting  at  Dry  Creek,  Linn  Co.,  Iowa,  I  received  a 
letter  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Mission  Board,  in- 
forming me  that  I  was  desired  to  move  to  the  City 
of  Des  Moines,  and  take  charge  of  the  Brethren's 
mission  there.  In  little  more  than  a  month's  time 
sale  was  made,  the  old  home  placed  in  the  care  of 
the  married  children,  the  church  left  in  the  care  of 
Bro.  G.  W,  Hopwood,  and,  with  my  family,  I  made 
our  first  move,  and  here  we  are,  in  this  city  of  about 
seventy-five  thousand,  and,  strange  as  this  move 
may  seem  to  others  as  well  as  ourselves,  let  us  feel 
that  the  Lord  opened  up  the  way,  and  we  are  here 
to  help  solve  a  problem  that,  in  our  judgment,  has 
not  yet  been  solved,  regarding  the  Lord's  work  by 
our  people  in  cities.  How  far  we  shall  succeed  in 
the  work  is  yet  to  be  told. 
Sister  Alice  Holden,  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  has  been 
ppointed  by  the  Mission  Board  to  assist  in  this 
Mission.  She  is  now  with  us  in  our  home,  and  we 
feel  certain  will  add  very  much  to  make  the  work  a 


success.  Eld.  Geo.  A.  Shamberger,  who  has  had 
charge  of  this  mission  the  past  year,  still  has  his 
home  in  the  city,  but  has  entered  the  field  in  evang- 
elistic work. 

Brethren  and  sisters  coming  to  or  going  through 
our  city  should  not  fail  to  give  us  a  call,  and  help 
us  to  advertise  the  Lord's  business  in  this  place. 
Ministers  who  can  stop  with  us  a  few  days  should 
let  us  know  of  their  coming  a  while  beforehand. 
Our  place  of  residence  is  1636  Grand  Ave.,  East 
Des  Moines,  about  five  blocks  east  of  the  capitol. 
Brethren,  having  friends  or  knowing  of  Brethren's 
children  living  in  the  City,  will  please  write  us,  giv- 
ing their  names  and  numbers,  that  we  may  call  on 
them.  Members  that  ate  thinking  of  moving  to 
town,  should  come  to  this  place,  and  help  us  build 
up  a  Brethren  church  in  the  Capital  of  our  State. 
We  have  a  churchhouse  of  our  own, — four  services 
each  Lord's  Day,  and  prayer  meeting  during  the 
week.  H,  R,  Taylor. 

Die,  6.  ^____^^ 

Death  of  Bro.  Andrew  B.  Miller. 

Bso.  Andrew  B.  Miller,  of  the  Mill  Creek, 
congregation,  Rockingham  Co.,  Va  ,  died  Jan.  6, 
1S98  (his  beloved  wife's  thirty-eighth  birthday), 
aged  forty  one  years,  two  months  and  nineteen 
days.  Jan.  8th  his  remains  were  laid  peacefully 
away  in  the  Mill  Creek  graveyard,  in  the  presence 
of  a  very  large  and  sympathizing  congregation. 
Funeral  text,  2  Tim.  4:  7,  8, 

Bro.  Miller  was  born  in  Rockingham  County,  Va  , 
where  he  lived  all  his  life.  April  4,  1880,  he  and 
Sarah  Virginia  Long  were  united  in  marriage. 
Eight  children  were  born  to  them,  all  of  whom  sur- 
vive. One  month  after  his  marriage  he  became  a 
member  of  the  church,  his  wife  having  become  a 
member  at  the  tender  age  of  fourteen  years.  She  re- 
mains a  devoted  sister,  In  April,  iSSi,  he  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  deacon,  and  served  the 
church  faithfully  in  this  office  one  year,  when  he 
was  elected  to  the  ministry.  Two  or  three  years 
later  he  was  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of  the 
ministry,  in  which  office  he  labored  arduously  till  he 
exchanged  labor  for  reward. 

As  a  man  Bro.  Miller  lived  out  well,  in  every-day 
life,  what  he  professed.  Those  connected  with  him 
in  social  and  business  relations  held  his  character 
as  above  question.  Honest  and  upright  in  all  his 
ways,  he  despised  trickery.  Anything  savoring  of 
scheming  had  his  rebuke  at  once.  His  principle  in 
everything  was  to  let  things  stand  on  their  own 
merits.  Few  men  have  such  deep  convictions  of 
duty  and  right  as  he  had.  This  gave  him  great  de- 
cision of  character.  He  would  have  been  the  last 
man  to  be  bribed.  He  always  did  what  he  believed 
to  be  right,  without  regard  to  the  position  of  major- 
ities, On  questions  in  council  he  always  voted, — 
he  was  never  neutral,— and  had  the  courage  to  vote 
his  convictions,  if  alone.  In  debate  he  was  always 
decided,  his  points  clear  in  his  own  mind,  but  kind 
in  spirit  towards  those  of  different  views. 

As  a  minister  he  was  always  willing.  He  never 
shirked  duty.  Distances,  bad  roads,  unfavorable 
weather,  etc.,  he  did  not  stop  to  consider  when  duty 
called.  When  some  work  was  to  be  done,  not  al- 
ready allotted  to  some  one,  as  a  distant  appoint- 
ment, some  one  to  be  baptized,  etc  ,  he  always  said, 
"Well,  if  you  won't,  I  will." 

His  preaching  was  of  the  practical  class,  always 
fearless  in  spirit,  yet  with  marked  humility,  devout, 
clear,  spiritual  rather  than  literal,  and  always  re- 
flected his  decided  character  and  purpose.  His 
sermons,  short  ordinarily,  were  well  planned  and 
kept  near  the  subj:ct.  He  always  manifested  great 
reverence  for  the  word  of  God.  He  had  a  fair  Eng- 
lish education,  but  the  Bible  was  his  chief  book  of 
study.  Thus  an  active  and  valuable  soldier  has 
fallen  in  the  prime  of  his  usefulness,  but  we  humbly 
submit,  in  the  fond  hope  that  our  loss  is  his  eternal 
gain,  and  pray  that  the  God  of  mercy,  who  has  re-, 
moved  the  husband  and  the  father,  may  graciously 
remember  his  heart-broken  widow  and  fatherless 
children.  H.  C.  Early. 

Mcntevideo,  Va, 


THE   GOSPEL   IMIESSIEIlsrG-EE/. 


Mission  Work  of  Munde,  lnd. 

Kvek  since  the  Brethren's  Annual  Meeting  was 
held  here,  in  1893,  there  have  been  urgent  requests 
made  for  our  people  to  preach  in  the  city.  Many 
have  been  the  "  Macedonian  caWs."  At  our  last  Dis- 
trict Meeting  Bro.  W.  A.  Morrell,  a  resident  of  the 
city,  made  a  very  strong  appeal  for  our  Brethren  to 
preach  in  the  city.  There  are  four  churches  adjoin- 
ing Muncie.  Each  of  these  churches  was  represent- 
ed by  the  elder  of  the  church,  in  the  city,  some  time 
during  the  summer.  At  this  meeting  it  was  agreed 
to  submit  to  each  congregation  the  propriety  of  lo- 
cating a  minister  in  the  city. 

At  a  church  council  in  the  Missis'sinewa  church, 
held  Aug.  to,  1897,  the  church  appointed  Bro.  J.  G, 
Rarick  to  draft  a  plan  for  recommendation  to  the 
general  meeting  of  the  four  churches,  which  was 
held  in  Muncie,  Sept.  2,  1S97.  We  will  give  the 
preamble  and  articles  of  association,  as  adopted  by 
each  of  the  four  churches  adjoining  the  city,  be- 
lieving them  to  be,  a  safe  guard  in  our  city  mission 
work. 

Wh.br.bas  tbcre  is  a  growing  demand  for  preaching  ser- 
vices in  the  Cily  of  Muncie,  there  being  several  members  now 
resident  therein,  deprived  of  worship  as  they  feel  the  Gospel 
requires,  and  Ihcre  are  others  still  moving  in.  and  among  them, 
members'  children,  who  are  being  swallowed  up  in  the  woild- 
liness  of  the  day,  and  some  who  have  become  members  going 
back  into  the  beggarly  elements  of  the  woild,  therefore  we, 
the  Buck  Creek  church,  the  Kilbuck  church,  the  Upper  Fall 
Creek  chorch  and  the  Mississinewa  church,  agree  to  associate 
ourselves  lege  her  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  in  the  supply- 
ing of  a  resident  minister,  until  such  time  when  there  shall 
be  no  longer  need  of  such  supply,  or  until  Ibis  association  shall 
dissolve  by  mutual  consent. 

1.  That  the  four  congregations,  named  above, ass 
selves  lor  the  purpose  of  supplying  the  City  of  Mr. 
resident  minister.  Each  of  the  four  congregat 
shall  elect  a  brother  10  represent  their  congregatio 

2.  That  the  tour  brethren,  so  elected,  shall  be  in 
elect  a  filth  member,  which  shall  constitute  a  cor 
whose  bands  this  work  shall  be  entrusted. 

3.  It  shall  be  the  duly  of  the  committee  to  s:e 
the  four  churches  arc  solicited  for  means  to  suppo 


the  prosperity  of  Zton!  May  the  Lord  bless  our 
silent  preacher,  the  Messenger,  that  it  rr  ay  still  con- 
tinue to  come  laden  with  the  blessed  message  of 
salvation!  Geo.  L.  Studbbaker, 

Muncie,  Ini,Jan.  If. 


Death  ot  Eld.  Wm.  J.  Stout. 

Eld.  Wm.  J.  Stout  was  born  in  St.  Louis  County, 
Mo.,  Sept.  22,  1816,  depatted  this  life  at  Leon,  De- 
catur Co.,  Iowa,  Jan.  23,  1S98,  aged  8i  years,  4 
months  and  1  day.  In  his  youthful  days  Eld. 
Stout  spent  several  years  in  Illinois;  then  came  to 
Jefferson  County,  Iowa,  where,  Sept.  16,  1S39,  he 
was  married  to  Letita  Sears.  To  this  union  eight 
children  were  born,  two  of  whom  preceded  him  to 
the  spirit  world.  In  1844  he  and  wife  united  with 
the  German  Baptist  Brethren  church  in  Jefferson 
County,  Iowa.  In  1854  he  and  family  removed  to 
Decatur  County,  Iowa,  where  in,  1856.  he  was  chos- 
en to  the  ministry.  He  and  his  wife  were  pioneer 
members  of  the  Decatur  County  (now  Franklin) 
church,  Iowa,  having  lived  in  this  county  ever  since. 
The  greater  part  of  his  ministerial  work  was  per- 
formed here.  In  about  1S77,  he  was  ordained  to 
the  eldership,  and  for  some  years  past  was  elder  in 
charge  of  the  Franklin  church.  He  was  ever  faith- 
ful to  the  church  and  her  principles,  keeping  sacred 
every  charge  committed  to  his  trust  by  her.  The 
high  esteem  in  which  he  was  held,  by  those  who 
knew  him  best,  was  manifested  by  the  large  at- 
tendance at  his  funeral,  although  a  severe  snow- 
storm raged  in  the  afternoon. 

Giving  a  brief  account  of  his  life  history,  I  would 
state  that  his  married  life  was  a  period  of  59  years. 
Sister  Stout  survives  him.  Fifty-four  years  he  was 
a  faithful  church  member.  Forty-two  years  were 
spent  in  ministerial  labor  for  Christ  and  the  church. 
Funeral  setvices  at  the  Franklin  church,  at  his  re 
quest,  by  the  writer.  Texts,  2  Tim.  4:  6-8;  Rev.  14: 
12,  13  L.  M,  Kob. 

Gard' it  Grove,  Iowa. 


4.  That  said  com 
licilcd,  and  shall  u 
support  10  a  miuist 

5.  That  said  minister  sh; 
from  tbe  church  from  whenc 
maintain,  tbe  order  of  Ills  G 

6.  That  said 


ttee  shall  take  charg'!  of  all  means,  soso- 
it  in  locating,  and  giving  such  needed 
that  his  work  may  not  be  hindered. 

ter  shall  have  a  good  recommendation 
whence  he  comes,  and  shall  be  in,  and 
1  Brotherhood. 


lull  control  of  the  work 
membership  in  a  proper 


id  committee  shall  b 
.-it  Muncie,  until  they  considtr  I 
condition  to  organize  (or  themselves. 

7.  That  said  committee  shall  have  the  right  to  solicit,  and 
also  counsel  with  the  District  Mission  Board. 

8  Tbe  name  of  said  committee  shall  be  the  German  Baptist 
Brethren  Mission  Boaid  o[  Muncie,  lnd. 

9.  Tbe  power  electing  either  of  the  above  committees,  shall 
alone  have  the  power  to  fi'l  a  vacancy,  should  such  occur. 

10.  That  said  committee  shall  work  in  harmony  with  the 
General  and  District  Mission  Eolrds. 

Since  the  work,  here  at  Muncie,  has  been  started, 
which  was  last  September,  there  have  been  ten  bap- 
tized, one  reclaimed,  and  others,  who  were  not  in 
the  order  of  the  church,  have  agreed  to  conform  to 
the  order  of  the  General  Brotherhood,  and  desire  to 
be  recognized  as  members  of  the  church.  We  now 
have  nearly  fifty  members  in  the  city,  a  very  inter- 
esting Sunday  school  and  Bible  reading.  Others 
have  said  they  were  coming  soon.  We  bespeak  a 
bright  future  for  the  Muncie  work. 

We  now  have  under  contemplation  the  erection  of 
suitable  buildings  to  forward  the  work.  Rent 
very  high.  We  have  a  room  subrented  for  church 
privileges.  Sometimes  we  arrange  for  our  meeting 
when  the  parties  renting  the  room  have  to  have  it 
and  we  are  obliged  to  give  way.  This  never  occurs, 
however  on  Sunday. 

Parties  having  friends  in  the  city,  upon  whom 
they  desire  us  to  call,  will  please  send  us  their  name 
and  address,  and  we  will  be  pleased  to  call  on  them. 
May  the  Lord  continue  to  bless  the  mission  work 
of  the  church!  How  we  are  made  to  realize  the 
text,  "  The  harvest  is  great,  but  the  laborers  are 
fewl"  Brethren,  those  of  you  who  have  not  been 
called  to  preach  the  Gospel,  may  you  give  of  your 
substance,  and  say  to  the  minister,  Go!  Then,  in 
the  evening  of  this  world,  we  may  all  come  rejoic- 
ing, bearing  precious  fruit.  The  Lord  be  praised 
for  what  he  has  done  for  us!    Brethren,  pray  foi 


Notes  x  from  <  our  x  Correspondents, 

a  thirsty  soul,  so  is  good  news  from  a  fai 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

Qlffln  Hill.— Sine?  our  last  report,  one  dear  sister,  who  had 

wandered  away  from  the  church,  was  received  back  into  the 

fold.    Thus  the  good  work  is  still  going  on  at  this  place  — 

Annie  RibbUtt,  Conemaugh,  Pa.,  Jan.  16. 

Upper  Dublin.— An  interesting  series  of  meetinzs  is  in 
progress  at  the  Upper  Dublin  church,  Eastern  District  of 
Pennsylvania,  with  Bro.  L.  F.  Haas  as  evangelist.  In  doe 
time,  we  trust,  precious  souls  will  be  garnered  for  the  Lord. — 
B.  F.  Kittinger,  Amblir,  Pa.,  Jan.  24. 

Roaring  Soring.— Eld.  Brice  Sell  began  a  series  of  meet- 
ings in  the  Albright  church  Jan.  22  and  has  preached  each  ev- 
ening for  almost  one  week  with  very  good  interest.  His  sub- 
jects, so  far,  have  principally  beea  on  God's  dealings  with 
man.  We  look  forward  for  good  results—  D.  S.  Replogle, 
Blair  Co.,  Pa.,  Jan.  .7. 

Lower  Cumberland.— Bro.  S  S.  Beiver  commenced  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  at  ths  Mohler  meetinghouse  Jaa.  lo,  and  con- 
tinued till  the  23rd.  Owing  to  tbe  unfavorable  condit'on  of 
the  weather  and  roads,  the  congregations  were  small.  He 
labored  faithfully  both  in  word  and  doctrine- Harry  Bed 
man,  Dilhburg,  Pa  Jan.  24. 

Pleasant  Hill. -This  is  known  as  a  blanch  of  Upper  Co- 
dorus,  York  County.  Bro.  Reuben  Grabill,  of  Manbeim,  Pa., 
held  a  series  of  meetings  at  this  place,  The  meetings  were 
well  atended.  Pro.  Grabill  does  not  shun  to  declare  tbe 
Truth  in  its  purity  and  simplicity.  Thirteen  were  buried  with 
Christ  by  baptism.  Rom.  6:  4.  Some  were  vety  happy  as 
they  came  up  out  of  the  water.  Mark  t:  1-9.  These  were 
sanctified  and  cleansed  with  the  washing  of  water  by  the 
Word.  See  Eph.  5:  25;  Heb.  10:  22.  Obedience  is  better  than 
sacrifice.— 5.  C.  Slraleyjan.  20. 

Markleysburg We  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  at 

this  place  Jan.  7.  Bro.  Isaac  W.  Abernatby,  of  Wilson's  Mills, 
W.  Ya.,  came  to  our  assistance  Jan.  8,  and  preached  thirteen 
sermons,  when  he  was  taken  sick  and  went  home.  The  meet- 
ings were  continued  by  the  home  ministers  until  Jan.  23. 
Eight  were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism,  one  restored,  and 
another  one  is  to  be  restored.  Our  dear  brother,  while  with 
us,  was  called  to  the  bedside  of  a  sick  man  who  desired  to 
unite  with  the  church.    Upon  being  instructed  for  baptism,  he 


Black  Rock.— Bro.  Jacob  A.  Bricker,  of  Downsvillc,  Md., 

.me  to  this  place  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  I,  and  labored  faith- 
fully until  the  evening  of  the  nth,  By  the  grace  of  God  we 
will  try  to  water  the  good  seed  sown,  and,  by  and  by,  we  may 
be  m2de  to  rejoice  to  see  siocers  coining  into  the  fold.— E.  S. 
Miller,  I  irk  Co.,  Fa.,  Jan.  20. 

Warrior's  Mark Bro.  K.  B.  Moomaw  came  to  this  place 

Dec  25,  and  remained  till  Jan.  I.  On  Sunday  he  preached 
two  sermons  and  also  during  the  week  four  sermons.  His 
stay  with  us  was  much  enjoyed  and  shall  ever  remain  a  pleas- 
Bro.  W.  S.  Long,  of  Tyrone,  came  Jan.  r,  to 
conduct  a  series  of  meetings  till  Jan.  14.    He  labored  for  us 

try  earnestly.  Sinners  were  solemnly  and  tenderly  warned 
llee  the  wrath  to  come.    Some,  we  believe,  were  deeply  im- 

:essed,  and  members  encouraged  on  their  way  Zionward  — 

aney  Chronister,  Jan.  -'-'. 

Glen  Hope.  Bro.  H.  A.  Stohl,  of  Glade,  Pa.,  came  to  Rose- 
bud on  the  evening  of  Jan.  8,  and  remained  with  us  ten  days. 
He  preached  thirteen  sermons,  in  which  he  explained  the 
Scriptures,  and  the  commandments  and  ordinances,  as  we  un- 
derstand and  practice  them.  Five  were  baptized,  and  three 
were  hindered  by  their  parents.  Many  are  seriously  counting 
the  cost.  This  is  the  first  time  the  Bible  has  been  explained 
in  its  fullness,  at  this  place,  to  my  knowledge.  There  are 
now  eleven  members  in  al',  in  this  village,  without  a  preacher 
or  a  deacon.— A'.  A.  Moore,  Coalport,  Clearfield  Co,  Pa.,  Jan. 

Artemas Bro.  D.  S.  Clapper,  of  Everett,  Pa.,  came  to  our 

church  and  preached  for  us  on  Friday  evening,  Jan.  14,  and 
remained  over  Sunday,  preaching  four  discourses.  On  Satur- 
day, Jan,  15,  we  held  our  quarterly  council,  at  which  we  agreed 
to  start  a  Bib'e  class  at  our  church,  to  meet  evety  Sunday 
evening.  On  Sunday,  Jan.  16,  at  our  foreooon  services,  we  read 
extracts  from  tbe  Gosper.  Messbngei;  and  the  message  of  the 
Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  calling  for  contributions  to  belp  the 
suffering  Cubans.  We  then  took  up  a  collection  for  the  same, 
amounting  to  S3.65,  which  was  afterwards  raised  to  St.co  by 
friends  not  at  that  meeting.— John  Bennett,  Jan.  20. 

Elk  Lick.— Our  quarterly  council  was  held  Saturday,  Jan. 
22.  Elders  S.  F.  Sanger,  Samuel  Sprankle  and  Levi  A. 
Wenger  were  with  us.  The  latter  presided  over  tbe  meetings. 
All  business  was  disposed  of  in  a  Christian-ltke  manner.  The 
brethren,  while  with  us,  preached  three  sermons  It  was  de- 
cided to  hold  our  love  feast  May  28,  with  one  week's  meetings 
prior  to  the  feast.  On  Thanksgiving  Day  a  collection  of  SS 
was  raised  for  Home  Missions,  and  St  for  lb:  Washington 
meetinghouse.  Our  Sunday  school  is  interesting  and  attend- 
ance good.  It  was  reorganized  tbe  first  of  tbe  year  with  Bro. 
Milton  Blougb  as  Superintendent.  We  have  singing  once  a 
week.— Carrie  -V.  Bcachy,  Elk  Liek,  Fa.,  Jan.  14. 

INDIANA.  'in' 

ant  Hill Bro.  John  Stafford,  of  Spencerville,  lnd. A 

>  us  Jan.  9.  to  hold  a  series  of  meetings,  which  closed 
last  Sunday  evening,  Jan.  16.  We  feel  that  the  church  was 
much  built  up,  though  there  were  no  accessions.— Charles 
Gump,  Jan.  22. 

Beaver  Dam.— Our  series  of  meetings,  which  began  Jan.  6, 
conducted  by  Eld.  Joseph  Spilzer,  closed  last  night,  Jan.  23, 
with  much  interest  manifested.  Had  it  not  been  for  so  much 
stormy  weather,  etc.,  no  doubt  it  would  have  been  one  of  the 
most  interesting  meetings  in  the  history  of  the  charcb.  There 
was,  however,  a  good  foundation  laid  for  future  woik.— John 
L.  Kline,  Sevastopol,  lnd.,  Jan.  20. 

Florence.— Bro.  H.  L.  Fadely,  of  Honey  Creek,  lnd.,  began 
meetings  at  the  Florence  church  Jan.  r,  and  continued  until 
Jan.  20,  preaching    twenty-eight 


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the 


good.    One 


eply  impressed. — 
littees  here  from 
te'found,  but 


rid  he  would  be 


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;  he  got  able.    We  expect 


sof  r 


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gregation  on  the  evening  of  tbe  29th,  to  be  conducted  by  the 
home  ministry—  Jasper  Bamthouse,  Markleysburg,  Pa, Jan. 


throughout  the  meet 

the  church  by  bap  lism,  and  others  we: 

Sallie  D.  Lohrer,  Bcechymire,  lnd.,  Jai 

Fort  Wayne.— Last  Monday  we  had  comn 
the  Middle  and  Northern  Districts  of  India 
location  for  a  church.  Several  good  lets  we 
are  yet  undecided  where  to  locate.  We  are  greatly  in  need 
of  a  house  of  worship,  and  also  of  a  minister  who  can  devote 
all  of  his  time  to  the  work  in  the  city.  With  these  advantages 
we  would  increase  in  numbets  and  inteiest,  and  the  g..od 
work  of  the  Lord  would  go  on  as  at  other  places— /i.  M.  Eby, 
Jan.  21. 

North  Manchester.— Tbe  Bible  school,  conducted  here  by 
the  Brethren,  is  a  success.  Seventy  or  more  enrolled  aid  the 
meetings,  conducted  by  Elders  J.  C.  Murray,  of  Nappanee, 
,  and  T.  T.  Myers,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  continue  with  in- 
sing  interest.  Twenty  were  teceived  by  baptism  yester- 
day and  we  have  one  applicant  to-day.  God  speed  the  day 
when  others  will  come!  In  addition  to  the  above  the  members 
are  being  established  in  the  faith  of  the  Gospel.— A  -S".  2 
Butterbaugh,  Jan.  2j. 

Anderson.— Our  Sunday  school  still  continues  to  grow  1 
interest.    The  Brethren's  Quarterlies  are  greatly  appreciate 
with  us.    They  are  an  improvement  on  any  of  their  predeces- 
sor.   Our  new  minister,  Bro.  Frank  Hay,  is  taking  up  the 
good  work  with  commendable  zeal,  having  preached  two  v 
creditable  discourses  sitce  bis  installation.    On  account 
pressing    engagements    elsewhere,    our  elder,  Bro.  John 
Wellington,  has  not  been  permitted  to  be  with  us  for  some 
time.    Services  are  held  each  Sunday  night  and  each  secon1 
and  fourth  Sunday  at  10:  30  o'clock.—/.  J.  Alldredge,  214  (TiCJ 


,Ja: 


THE   GOSPEL  'MBSSENGBB. 


Eel  River-Eld.  I.  J.  Rosenberger  cams  to  us  Jan.  i  and 
remained  until  Jan.  lS,  preaching  twenty-six  discourses  be- 
sides addressing  two  children's  meetings  Our  meetings  were 
all  well  attended  by  both  members  and  friends,  and  a  great 
interest  s-em-d  to  prevail.  Whil:  there  were  no  accessions 
many  lasting  impressions  were  made.— C.  C.  Arnold,  Jan.  as. 

OHIO. 

East  Nimlshllien.— Bro.  Samuel  Sprankle  commenced  a 
series  of  meetings  at  what  is  known  as  the  Lake  church,  on 
the  everting  of  Jan.  4,  and  contnueel  until  Jan.  16.  The  rteet- 
ings  were  well  attended.  Two  were  made  willing  to  be  buried 
with  Christ  iu  baptism.— A.J.  Carper,  Middle  Branch,  Ohio 
Jan  so. 

Eagle  Creek.— On  Monday  evening,  Jan.  24,  the  writer  met 
with  -.he  brethren  and  sisters  of  the  Eagle  Creek  church,  to  as- 
sist them  in  a  series  of  meetings.  S'nce  we  are  just  begin- 
ning we  cannot  tell  what  will  be  the  resulis  of  oar  labor,  but 
we  are  well  pleased  with  the  interest  already  manifested.— 
Reuben  Shroyer,  Jan.  s5. 

Black  Swamp.— Jan.  23  closed  a  series  cf  meetings,  can- 
ducted  by  Bro.  Perry  McKimmey,  who  came  to  this  place  on 
the  evening  if  Jan.  6,  and  preached  each  evening  with  the 
exzeption  of  two  evenings.  A  number  of  day  meetings' 
also  held.  The  attendance  was  goad,  One  was  baptized 
others  seemed  to  be  near  the  kingdom.— Catharine  Ga, 
Cummings,  Wo2d  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  24. 

Notice.— The  District  Meeting  of  Southern  Ohio  wil 
held  April  26,  in  tic  Lower  Stillwater  congregsticn,  adja 
to  the  City  of  Dayton.  Article  12,  Minutes  of  1897,  prov 
that  all  matter  for  tfce  meeting  shall  be  distributed  by  the 
Clerk  in  piinted  form  at  or  before  the  meeting,  hence  church- 
es having  business  for  the  meefng  w.ll  please  forward  it  in 
due  time  to  our  Clerk,  D.  M  Garver,  Farmersville,  Ohio.—/. 
J.  Rosenberger,  <  'c--ington,  Ohis,  Jan.  24. 

Oakland.— On  the  evening  of  Jan.  8  Bro.  D.  S.  nibrtm 
commenced  preaching  at  the  Oakland  churcbhouse  and 
t'nued  until  la*t  eveaing,  preaching  twenty-five  sermons 
eluding  one  funeral  discourse.  Our  dear  brotber  preached 
th2  Word  with  powe-,  and  we  have  reason  to  believe  that  last- 
ing impressirns  were  made.  Eight  w  ere  received  inio  church 
fellowship  by  baptism.  We  feel  that  the  meetings  closed  too 
soon—  John  H.  Christian,  Gettysburg,  Ohio, Jan.  25. 

Donnels  Creek.— Dec.  28  we  closed  a  very  interesting  series 
of  meetings  in  the  Palestine  church,  Ohio.  Dec.  31  wife  and 
I  set  out  for  the  Pipe  Creek  church,  Ind  ,  where  we  assisted  in 
a  series  cf  meetings,  which  closed  Jan.  13,  Bro.  D.  P.  Shively, 
cf  Nead,  Ind.,  commenced  preaching  in  the  Donnels  Creek 
church.  New  Cailisle  house,  Jan.  15  The  attendance  and 
v  ijfcttrcst  are  very  good.  We  expect  to  commence  a  s-ries  of 
,*  nfeetiogs  in  the  Donnels  Creek  house,  Feb.  io,  to  be  conducted 
by  Bro.  L.  W.  Teeter,  of  Hagerstown,  Ind.  Health  permitting, 
I  expect  to  go  to  Cosiine,  Ohio,  Feb.  1,  to  assist  in  a  series  of 
meetings.— Hen ry  Fran tz,  F orgy,  Ohio,  Jan.  22. 

Zanesvllle.— By  request  of  Bro.  Thomas  Harnisb,  who  re- 
cently located  in  the  City  of  Zmesville,  we  went  to  that  place 
to  hoid  a  series  of  meetings.  We  began  tfce  meetings  Jan  g, 
and  c'osed  on  the  evening  of  tae  23rd,  preaching,  in  all,  six- 
teen sermons.  There  were  seven  applicants  for  baptism.  We 
were  aided  during  a  part  of  the  lime  by  Bro.  Elijah  Horn.  We 
were  also  financially  supported  by  other  members  from  the 
church  at  Goshen.  Zaoesville  is  a  flourishing  city  of  over 
31,odo  population.  Our  doctr.ne  had  never  1  efore  been 
preached  there,  but  we  found  willing  hearers,  Bro.  Harnish 
and  wi'e  lnvirg  previously  distributed  Messengers  and 
vork  is  only  begun.— Quincy  Leckrone,  G /en ford, 


Ohit 


VIRGINIA. 


Troutvllle.— Yesterday  was  cur  regular  church  meeting  at 
the  Valley  church,  Botetourt  County,  Oit  hearts  were  made 
to  rejoice  that  thtc;  souls  asked  admission  into  the  church,  as 
a  result  of  a  short  series  of  meetings  held  at  one  of  our  out- 
posts by  Bro.  J.  A.  Dove.  Eld.  B.  F.  Moomaw  read  part  of 
Matt.  18  in  a  very  impressive  manner  and  gave  a  few  fatherly 
comments  to  the  candidate,  and  the  church  as  wel'.  We 
missed  the  presence  of  Bro.  Denton  and  wife,  who  are  now  in 
California,  Bro.  Dove  preached  to  day.  We  received  an- 
other minister  in  our  congregation,  namely,  J.  W.  fkenberry 
and  wife.  We  gladly  welcome  all  such  among  us. — S  L. 
Shaver,  Jan.  2j. 

Blackwater.— Last  Sunday  night,  Jan.  16,  closed  a  very  in- 
teresting series  of  meetings,  which  commenced  Jan.  6,  at 
Gregory's  scboalhouse,  an  outpost  of  the  above  congregation 
The  meetings  were  conducted  by  the  home  brethren.  The 
very  best  interest  was  manifest  throughout.  The  mestings 
clos;d  with  eleven  applicants  for  bap-.tsm  and  many  others 
counting  the  cost.  In  fact,  it  is  said  by  people  outside  the 
church,  that  there  never  was  such  an  interesting  meeting  in 
this  part  of  the  country.  We  have  six  ministers  that  stand 
high  in  the  estimation  of  the  people,  and  can  do  effective 
preaching.  They  have  a  large  territory  to  work.—  G.  IV.  Naff, 
Rocky  Mountain,  Frank/in  Co.,  Va.,Jan.  20. 

KANSAS. 
Merlden.— The  church  met  in  council  with  Elders  J.  A. 
Root  and  J.  S.  Mohler  present.  Deeming  it  expedient  that  a 
deacon  be  elected,  Bro  Abraham  Mosier  was  elected  and 
duly  installed.  Our  resident  minister,  Bro.  J.  S,  Mohler,  has 
been  preaching  for  two  weeks.  Meetings  have  closed  for  the 
present.— C,  W.  Feebler,  Jan  24. 


Monitor— Bro.  Weiand  cl:scd  a  six  weeks'  meet  ng  Jan.  9. 
The  members  were  built  up  spiritually  and  many  others  were 
madetorealii;  their  used  of  Christ,  As  an  immediate  result 
ten  were  I  apiized  and  ens  reclaimed.— M.J.  Mis/i/er,  Jan.  21. 

Bethel  -Bro.  Joseph  Click  came  to  us  Jan.  1,  arid  preached 
at  tbe  Sand  Creek  hou-e  until  the  nth.  He  then  closed  on 
account  rf  the  inclemency  of  the  weather.  On  Sunday,  Jan. 
lfi,  by  request,  he  preached  on  triune  baptism,  and  on  Sunday 
night  at  the  fand  Cieek  schoolhouse.  The  house  was  filed 
nearly  every  night.  We  bad  no  acessims,  but  much  good 
seed  has  been  sown.— /.  If.  Miller,  Sawyer,  Pratt  Co.  Kans 
Jan.  23. 

NEBRASKA. 

South  Loup  —Bro.  J.  L.  Suavely  came  to  us  Jan.  12,  and 
began  a  series  of  meetings,  preaching  seven  sermons,  which 
were  greatly  appreciated.  Bro.  S.  M.  Forney  also  came  and 
we  held  our  quarterly  council  Some  business  came  up  and 
was  disposed  of  in  a  Christian  like  mann«  r.  Sister  Ida  Ward 
was  appointed  Clerk  and  Correspondent  and  Bro.  Wro,  P,  Mc- 
Lellan  was  advanced  to  the  sicocd  degree  of  the  ministry. 
We  also  held  an  election  for  a  minister,  The  lot  fell  on 
the  writer.  Ten  lettirs  were  granted.— /,  C.  Wright,  Miller, 
Nebr.,  Jan,  10, 

Silver  Lake.— Last  Sunday,  J?n.  23,  we  closed  a  sere;  of 
meetings,  conducted  by  Bro.  J.  B.  Moore,  from  Octavia,  Nebr. 
He  pr-achsd  thirteen  sertrons.  Dming  the  day,  for  three 
days,  he  gave  us  one  lesson  a  day  on  Normal  Studies  and  the 
Life  and  Ministry  of  Christ.  Our  elder,  J.  \.  Kin  iig,  of  Juniata, 
coul  i  not  be  with  us  to  attend  ihe  meetir  gs  on  account  of  his 
wife  being  very  sick.  Last  Sunday  a  week  she  was  anointed. 
She  was  leeling  better  tbe  day  afier.  Bro.  Mooic  went  from 
here  to  Juniata.— Mary  Ami  Grabill,  Rose/and,  Adapts  Co, 
Nebr.,  Jan.  26. 

Charleston  —Dec.  18,  Bro.  J,  B.  Moore,  of  Odavia,  came  to 
us  and  te;d  one  week's  meetings  in  the  M.  E.  church  in 
Charleston.  He  preached  seven  very  instructive  sermons 
a-.d  helped  us  to  start  asocial  meeting,  which  is  held  weekly 
in  private  houses.  This  is  an  isoUted  point.  Outside  of  my 
own  family  there  is  only  one  member  here  able  to  attend 
service?.  Chathston  is  on  tbe  Hastings  branch  of  the  F.  E.  & 
M.  V,  R.  R.  The  only  remainirg  minister  in  the  Exeter 
church,  Nebr  ,  will  move  away  in  the  spring.  This  leaves  us 
without  a  m'nister.  Any  of  our  ministering  brethren  in  the 
East,  who  are  well-establ  saed  in  the  faith  of  the  church,  wish- 
ing to  change^locations,  would  do  well  to  correspond  with  us 
concerning  the  country,  etc.—  Samuel  IV,  Mohler,  Charleston, 
Nebr.,  Jan.  26. 

ILLINOIS. 

Naperville.— We  have  just  closed  a  very  interesting  series 
of  meetings,  conducted  by  Bro.  Daniel  Dierdoiff  of  Franklin 
Grove.  Ths  »'.t;nticn  was  good.  Our  broilur  preached 
twe'.ve  sermons  which  were  h'ghly  appreciated  by  all.  One 
felt  the  need  of  a  Savior  and  was  baptized  on  Sunday,  Jan.  16 
We  observed  that  some  are  almost  ready  to  unite  with  us. 
The  meetings  cl  ised  with  a  gocd  interest—  Harvey  M.  Bark- 
doll,  Wamnville,  lit.,  Jan  24. 

Romlne— Bio  J.H.Baker,  of  Astoria,  111,  began  preach- 
ing in  our  church  on  Sundiy,  Jan.  g,  and  continned  one  week, 
preaching  nine  sermons.  Tnongb  the  nights  weri  dark,  and 
"he  roads  very  muddy,  the  attendance  was  fairly  good.  We 
have  ore  applicant  for  baptism,  and  one  reclaimed,  while 
many  said,  "  You  are  right,"  and  are  now  counting  the  cost. 
Our  church  was  greatly  strengthened  by  the  labors  of  our  dear 
brother.  Wc  have  a  good  house  of  worship,  near  which  is 
much  cheap  and  good  land  for  sale.— -S".  S.  louts,  Salem,  III,, 

Waddaras  Grove.— Bro.  John  Heckman  came  to  us  Jan.  15, 
remaining  over  Surd  ay,  givirg  us  three  missionary  sermons. 
After  services  on  Sunday  morning,  a  collection  was  taken  up, 
amounting  to  $13.65  On  Christmas  $0.25  was  raised,  one  half 
to  be  applied  to  the  Smyrna  Orphanage,  llie  other  to  the 
Washington  meetinghouse.  This  is  the  second  year  for  our 
evergreen  Sunday  school.  We  have  Bible  meeting  every 
Sunday  evening.  Our  singing  class,  conducted  by  Bro.  Ke'ly 
M.  Moore,  meets  twice  a  week,  and  has  made  quite  an  im- 
provement in  singing.  As  a  reward  for  his  labor,  tbe  class 
presented  both  him  and  his  wife  with  a  nice  Premium  Bible.— 
IV.  K.  Moore,  Nora,  III.,  Jan.  22, 

IOWA. 

Clarence.— Eld.  Wm,  C.  Hipes,  of  Kidder,  Mo.,  is  now 
holding  meetings  with  the  Brethren  near  Clarence.  We  are 
ccntinuing  our  Sunday  school  during  the  winter.  Interest 
a-  d  attendance  are  good.— John  Zuck.Jan.  24. 

Yale.— I  am  at  this  place,  in  the  midst  of  a  good  meetintr. 
The  house  is  crowded  every  night.  At  home  we  received  two 
more  by  baptism  last  Sunday,  and  another  made  application 
before  we  left  tae  water.— A'.  F.  McCune,  Dallas  Center,  Iowa, 
Jan.  2/. 

South  English.— Eld.  A.  Wolf  came  to  us  Jan.  iS  and 
preached  two  missionary  sermons.  Tbe  collection  amounted 
to  $10.76.  Bro.  J.  D.Haughtelin,  of  Panora,  Iowa,  is  also  with 
ns  and  will  continue  the  meetings  over  Sunday.— S.  F,  Brow- 
er,  fan  2/. 

Laurens.— Bro,  Buck,  of  Ireton,  Iowa,  strppsd  with  us  while 
on  his  way  to  Dallas,  Iowj,  and  gave  us  six  very  interesting 
to  a  full  house  of  attentive  listeners.  We  hrtpe  other 
ij  while  passing  through  here,  will  stop  to  help  us  with 
the  work  of  the  Lor  J.—  P.  J.  Sutter,  Laurens,  Iowa,  Jan.  2S. 


The  Tent.— To  all  who  are  interested  we  would  state  that 
e,  the  undersigned  committee,  have  now  puicbased  the  tent, 
ordered  by  the  Northern  District  of  Iowa,  Southern  Minne- 
sota and  South  Dakota,  to  be  used  by  our  District  Evangelist, 
for  the  use  of  wfcich  arrangements  may  now  be  made  as  soon 
as  the  weather  will  p-rmit.— 1\  Eikenberry,  Greene,  Iowa, 
T.  I..  Kimmel,  Sheldon,  Iowa,  Jan.  22. 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Ross's  Chapel.-Bro.  Jonas  Fike,  of  Egloo,  Preston  Co., 
W.  Va.,  commenced  a  protracted  meeting  here  Jan.  I  an  I 
preached  (or  thirteen  days.  Quite  an  interest  was  manifested 
by  the  large  crowds  and  we  bad  good  order.  While  thcte 
were  no  additions  we  are  persuaded  that  the  Word  preached 
will  do  good.-Z).  W.  Kirk,  Colfax,  Marion  Co.,  W.   Va,Jan. 

Sandy  Creek.-We  held  our  regular,  quar'crly  council  yes- 
terday, at  Mcintain  Dale,  our  new  churchhouse.  Consider- 
able business  was  before  the  meeting,  but  all  was  dispo'cd  of 
in  the  spirit  of  meekness.  We  have  reestablished  a  regular 
appointment  at  the  "Old  Glade  Union,"  Hazelton,  W.  Va. 
Tc-iay,  after  our  services  at  that  place,  we  buried  four  in 
baptism,  who  arose  l>  walk  i.i  newnc-s  of  life.  We  expect 
Bro.  Gaunt,  of  Elklick,  Pa.,  to  begin  a  series  of  meetings  here 
at  Salem,  Jan.  29—  Jeremiah  Thomas,  Clifton  Mills,    IK   Va., 


MARYLAND. 


Shnrpaburg  -Bro.  D.  F.  Stouffer,  of  Benevola,  Md.,  ccnO 
nienced  a  series  of  meetings  In  the  M.  E.  church  here  Jan.   a, 
and  continued  until  Jan.  to.     He  preached  nineteen  sermons.     // 
Sixteen  united  wiih  the  church  by  baptism.    The  oldest  was    ' 
eighty-three,  the  youngen  len  years  old.     I  think  more  will 
come  soon—  John  E.  Otto,  Jan.  2q. 

Rtdgely.-Last  Sunday  evening  we  closed  a  very  interest, 
ing  series  of  meetiogs,  conducted  by  Bro.  J.  M.  Mohler,  of 
Lewis  town,  Pa.,  who  came  here  Jan.  8,  and  preached  nineteen 
sermons.  Although  the  roads  were  very  muddy,  the  meetings 
were  well  attended.  These  m-etings  were  held  in  the  Bethel 
meetinghouse  exc;pt  one  which  was  held  in  the  Boonsborough 
bouse,  Four  were  added  by  baptism.  We  hue  two  regular 
places  for  preaching  and  there  are  other  places  in  our  congre- 
gation where  calls  are  made,  but,  on  account  of  not  having 
houses  of  worship,  those  points  have  to  be  neglected.— David 
S.  Stayer,  Jan.  2j, 

WISCONSIN. 

Barron.— An  interesting  series  tf  meetings  has  just  closed 
at  this  place.  Bio.  C.  P.  Rowland,  of  Lanark,  III.,  commenced 
preaching  Jan.  6,  and  continued  until  Jan  23,  delivering  nine- 
teen sermons.  Bro.  H.  Bak-r,  of  East  Pepin,  Wis.,  preached 
two  sermons.  Three  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  were 
buried  in  baptism.  Tbe  meeting  dosed  with  a  full  house  of 
attentive  listeners.— 7W/«-a  Hrjfheim,  Jan,  25, 

Conncrsville.— Eld.  H.  C.  Baker,  of  East  Pepin,  Wis., 
came  to  this  place  Jan.  17,  at  tbe  call  of  Bro.  Daniel  Hay,  and 
held  a  series  cf  meetings,  preaching  nine  sermons,  and  c'os- 
ing  Jan.  23,  with  (our  accessions.  Wc  bttievc  many  more 
were  almost  persiadcd.  Eld.  Baker  is  an  able  speaker,  and 
has  the  power  of  simplifying  the  Scriptures.  He  has  done  a 
good  work  in  this  place.— Mike  Whisler,  Jan.  24. 

ALABAMA. 

Frultdale.— The  Fruitdale  church  met  in  coun-il  Jan.  8. 
The  business  before  the  meeting  was  disposed  of  in  live  and 
harmony.  Further  steps  were  taken  #to  promote  missionary 
endeavcr  in  adjacent  territory.  Twenty-one  members  have 
been  added  to  tbe  Fruitisle  church  during  tae  last  quarter, 
and  many  other  gocd  peopl:  from  the  North  have  located  in 
our  midst.  A  few  members  have  been  lost  to  our  rongiega- 
ticn  by  the  organization  of  a  new  congregation  at  Citronelle, 
south  of  us,  but  we  hope  and  believe  that  the  greater  good 
will  thereby  be  accomplished.  Bro.  P.  H.  Beery  has  returned 
from  his  trip  to  Maryland  and  now  preaches  each  Lord's  Day 
in  tbe  Seminary  Chapel,  which  scarcely  accommodates  the 
crowds  that  assemble  to  hesr  bim.  Our  elder,  M.  M.  Eunis, 
has  several  appointments  in  tbe  adjacent  couutry,  wheh  take 
him  away  almost  every  Sunday.-/tfw«  M.  Neff,  Fruitdale, 
Ala.,  Jan.  2/, 

OREO.ON. 

Salem.— Bro.  J.  N.  Gwin,  of  Ashland,  Ore.,  came  to  us  Dec. 
and  began  meetings  on  New  Years  evening.  He  preached 
neteen  sermons.  There  were  no  visible  results  but  we  trust 
was  as  bread  cast  upon  the  waters,  to  return  not  many 
days  hence.  The  members  were  encouraged  and  built  up. 
d  of  ministerial  help;  come  over  and  help  usl— 
Nora  White,  Maeleay,  Ore,,  Jan.  2j, 

ARKANSAS. 
St.  Frances.— Our  elder,  Bro.  Henry  Brubaker,  of   Knox- 
He,  Ark.,  met  with  as  at  a  called  council  Jan.  22,  at    10 
o'clock  A,  M„  for  the  purpose  of  doing  some  business  that 
ded  attention.    Sister  Jane  SI  oniker  is  very  ill.    By  request 
Bro.  Brubaker  held  services  at  her  home  at  3-30  P.  M.,  Sun- 
day, which  were  fiod  for  the  soul.     Bro.  Brubaker  preached 
ns  while  with  us.— P,  S.  flartman,  Palestine,  Ark., 


COLORADO. 


St.  Vraln.— We  had  our  regular  council  Jan.  1.  Consider- 
able butine;s  was  before  tbe  meet  ng.  We  elected  our  Sun- 
day ichool  officers  for  the  year.  Pro.  Pet  r  Feiler  is  our  Su- 
perintendent. Bro.  Keitaer,  of  Illinois,  is  holdmg  a  series  of 
meetings  for  us  with  good  interest.— Fred,  Wiedman,  Long- 
mont,  Goto.,  Jan.  2S, 


THE  GOSPEL  rMrrESSIEUSTQ-EiR/. 


Feb.  5, 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From  l>:n 


r,  Colo. 


Thec 


se  here  is  getting  along  nicely.  Our 
"growing  in  interest  as  well  as  in 
numbers.  The  people,  by  their  undivided  at- 
tention, show  that  they  appreciate  the  preach- 
ing of  God's  Word  in  its  simplicity  and  purity. 

The  church  has  one  of  the  best  locations  in 
Denver.  It  is  situated  on  a  ridge,  about  one 
hundred  feet  above  the  main  pail  of  the  city, 
where  there  is  an  unobstructed  view  of  the 
snow  capped  Rockies,  as  well  as  of  the  city. 

Such  a  place  affords  abundant  material  for 
meditation.  Viewing  the  mountains  you  see 
the  wonderful  works  of  God,  and  in  the  city 
the  works  of  man.  How  pleasant  if  both  were 
m  harmony,  bnl,  alas,  sin  prevents  il!  When 
we  behold  this  picture,  we  receive  new  inspi- 
rations to  lead  men  to  glorify  God  in  their 
mortal  bodies. 

We  hope  this  description  may  also  serve 
as  .hi  inspiration  to  others.  Since  my  former 
appeal,  i  in  only  new  helper  is  Sister  Lavinia 
Stoner,  who  lias  come  down  irom  Longmont. 
She,  as  well  as  myself,  are  in  Colorado  to  get 
ihe  benefit  of  its  fine  climate,  and  the  advan- 
tages of  a  high  altitude.  God  works  in  a  mys- 
terious way  his  wonders  to  perform,  and  who 
knows  bul  what  he  sometimes  places  the  hand 
of  affliction  on  us  to  draw  us  nearer  to  him, 
and  to  lead  us  to  new  fields  of  labor.  I  now 
appeal  to  those  who  have  the  same  affliction 
as  myself  (lung  trouble),  to  come  here  and 
thereby  both  give  and  receive  a  blessing— at 
least,  such  has  been  my  experience.  1  also 
appeal  to  those  who  are  well  and  strong,  not 
to  wait  until  they  are  forced  to  go,  bul  come  in 
their  full  v.^or  to  the  work,  'ihe  field  is  now 
ready  for  the  harvest,  but  we  lack  reapers  and 
means  to  carry  on  the  work. 

Let  us,  as  a  church,  be  more  eager  in  pre- 
senting ihe  true  Gospel.       L.  E.  KeltNEU. 

Viiia  Pari-,  Colo,,  Jan.  tg. 


Notes  from  the  India  Field. 

—WE  n.»u-  anxiously  await  the  arrival  of  the 
other  missionaries, — Bro.  McCann  and  Sisler 
Gibbel.  They  will  reach  Bombay,  Sunday, 
Irom  Palestine,  where  they  have  been  touring 
for  about  three  weeks. 

-To-morrow  is  Christmas.  Many  will,  no 
doubt,  spend  it  in  a  way  that  will  be  no  honor 
to  him  whose  birth  it  is  designed  to  recall. 
Revelry  and  intemperance  in  eating  and 
drinking  are  no  credit  to  tho:e  living  in  Chris- 
tian lands,  much  less  for  those  professing 
Christianity.  Here  the  custom  of  the  English 
speaking  class  is,  to  send  a  small  present  of 
sweetmeats  to  your  neighbor,  accompanied 
■with  the  good  wishes  of  the  one  sending. 

— We  can  scarcely  realjze  il  is  Christmas, — 
no  snow  and  ice,  no  sleighs,  not  even  cold. 
People  are  going  barefoot,  and  children  with 
little  or  no  clothing  whatever.  Trees  are 
green,  flowers  blooming,  and  the  appearance 
is  more  like  May  than  December.  Mercury 
ranges  from  50  in  the  early  morning  to  So  at 

— Last  week  we  were  favored  with  a  visit 
from  Pastor  A.  Haegert,  of  the  Bethel  Santhal 
mission.  From  the  printed  report  we  glean  a 
few  items  as  given.  When  Mr.  Maegart  came 
to  the  Sanihal  district,  twenty-two  years  ago, 
there  were  no  Christians.  To-day  there  n 
Christians  m  eighty  villages.  The  mission  < 
cupies  1,200  square  miles  and  has  twenty-four 
churches,  one  of  which  seats  i.oco  peopl 
Two  new  stations  are  being  built  and  at  each 
a  church,  schoolhouse,  and  hospital  are  to  be 
erected,  at  a  cost  of  io.oco  rupees,  or  $3,300. 
About  ten  ox-cart  loads  of  Bibles,  Testaments 
and  Gospels  have  been  distributed.  M> 
than  50.000  patients  have  received  medical 
aid;  much  suffering  and  many  lives  have  been 
saved.  Many  women  have  been  saved  from 
becoming  widows,  and  many  children  from  be- 
ing orphans.  Each  of  the  six  missionaries  re 
ceives  food  and  clothes,  but  no  pay;  their  sal 
ary  they  get  on  arrival  in  heaven.  Twenty  na- 
tive preachers,  two  and  two,  visit  about  fifty 
villages  per  week.  Sixty-one  persons 
baptized  during  the  year. 

—  Mr.  Haegert  works  independent  of  any 
Mission  Board,  bul  spends  his  own  means  u 
support  the  work,  receiving  such  aid  as  friend: 
o!  the  mission  choose  to  give.  Success  has  re 
suited  in  many  cases  because  of  medical  serv 
ice  rendered  in  time  of  great  need.    A  practi 


j  of  great  value  1 


cal  knowledge  of  medi 
mission  workers. 

The  sacnli:es,  toils  and  dangers,  attending 
the  opening  and  conducting  of  this  mission, 
have  been  great,  indeed,  and  can  be  known 
only  to  those  who  know  what  mission  work  is, 
in  the  wild  jungles  of  heathen  India. 

—Of  the  twenty-six  children  in  ihe  Orphan- 
age at  first,  four  have  died.  They  died  of  no 
special  disease,  but  were  simply  unable  to  re- 

r  normal  strength  from  their  famine  suf- 
fering. It  is  hard  to  realize  the  extent  of  suf- 
fering through  which  many  have  passed  dur- 
rjg  the  last  year.  In  some  places,  help  is  still 
needed,  but  there   is   little  suffering   near   us 

Last  Saturday,  by  way  of  rhange,  the  or- 
phans were  taken  out  to  the  river,  at  the  place 
of  baptism,  in  the  country.  All  of  us  went 
along.     Under,  a  large  banyan   tree,  they  sang 

s  in  their  native  tor.gue,  and  recited  Scrip- 

baptism   was   last   performed,    the    ordinance 

explained    to    them    in    full.     They    were 

then  asked  if  ihey  would  like  to  be  baptized, 

when   they   are  old   enough,   and  every  hand 

up.     May    we   not   hope    that,    in    due 

all  will  become  active  workers  for  the 

Lord?     Before  returning  home  we  took  our  ev 

g  meal  on  the  ground,  in  true  native  style. 

ana  leaves  served  as  plates,  and  our  fin- 

.  as  knives  and  forks.    It  was  our  first  ex- 

ence  eating  litis  way. 

The  plague  is  slightly  on  the  increase  at 
Bombay    and    oiher    points.     Different    from 
ost  diseases,  it  usually  increases  during  cool 
;ather,  and  grows  less  as  the  hot  season  ap- 
•oaches,  D-  L.  Fohnhv. 

Bulsar,  India,  Dec,  .■/. 


In  the  Brooklyn  Mission. 

Jan.  12  1  returned  to  my  home  from  a  few 

weeks' stay  in  the  Brooklyn  Mission.     I  went 

Thanksgiving  Day. 

Boone  is   a  good  manager, — good  at 

laying  out  work  for  others,  but  always  keeping 

id  share  for  herself.     There  were  four  of 

ters  there,  for  a  time,  and  she  sent  us  out, 

jy  two,  to  do  house-to-house  visiting.    1 

always  thought  I  would  enjoy  this  work,  and, 

while  I  did,  1  must  confess,  that,  after  the  first 

trip,  it  took  more  courage  than  I  had  thought 

would.     Sometimes  we  were  met  at  the  door 

th  these  words:  "I  have  no  money  for  you 

day,"  closing  the  door,  and  not  giving  us  a 


Cha 


;had( 


i  for. 


On  asking  one  man  whether  he  had  any  chil- 
■en  to  send  to  Sunday  school,  he   replied, 
No;  and  I  would  not  send  them  to  you  peo- 
ple if  I  had." 

I  remember  on  one  trip,  we  were  unkindly 
realed  by  so  many  persons  that,  on  going  out 
ne  next  time,  1  prayed  especially  that  we 
light  be  kindly  received,  and  we  were.  If  we 
roulcl  only  do  more  praying,  more  reading. 
ow  much  happier  we  and  others  would  be! 
,et  us  open  the  door  and  receive  kindly  all 

Reader,  when  you  are  sitting  in  your  easy- 
chair,  by  your  warm  fireside,  or  about  your 
rk,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  wondering  why 
Sister  Boone  does  not  write  for  the  Messen- 
remember  that  she  does  not  really  have 
evening  to  herself.  Four  evenings  of 
each  week,  boys  and  girls,  men  and  women, 
;  to  her  to  read  and  be  instructed,  and  to 
e  their  lesson  in  various  branches.  The 
boys  and  g  rls  are  mostly  those  who  have  em- 
ployment, who  do  not  have  the  privilege  of  at- 
tending school.  The  men  and  women  are 
those  who  are  becoming  interested,  who  want 
to  learn  the  English  language,  and,  since  they 
are  of  different  nationalities,  it  requires  much 
care  and  patience.  There  are  four  evening  re- 
ligious meetings  each  week,  three  of  which 
Sister  Boone  must  conduct,  or  have  some 
else  do  it. 

The  boys  and  girls  meet  to  sew  Monday  and 
Thursday  of  each  week.  The  schools  ai 
full  that  many  children  cannot  attend  the 
whole  day.  Those  who  go  to  school  in  the 
morning,  sew  in  the  afternoon,  and  those  who 
attend  school   in  the   afternoon,  sew    in 


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Sunday  school  collection.  Then,  too,  Sister 
Boone  visits  many  in  their  homes,  to  read  and 
pray  with  them.  There  are  those  mothers 
who  go  to  her  with  their  trials  and  discourage- 
ments as  a  child  would  go  to  its  mother.  She 
invariably  has  some  good  advice  for  them,  al- 
ways pointing  them  to  Jesus. 

As  I,  in  silence,  watched  Sisler  Boone's  kind- 
ness to  these  mothers,  the  question  came  to 
me,  "  Where  does  she  get  her  supply?  "  Then 
the  answer  came,  "  From  the  Lord."  If  those 
of  us,  who  claim  to  know  the  Lord,  would  go 
to  him  for  help,  rather  than  to  our  friends, 
how  much  better  filled  we  would  be  to  help 
those  who  know  not  him. 
I  know  there  are  those  who  would  be  willing 
1  help  the  various  missions,  who  have  done 
imparatively  nothing.  One  sister  said  to  me, 
I  will  do  what  I  can,  but  how  shall  I  go 
about  it?"  After  a  little  advice,  by  that  sis- 
management,  a  good-sized  box  was  made 
md  sent  to  Brooklyn.  She  was  happier 
for  having  done  what  she  could. 

When  Ihe  thought  comes  to  you  that  you 
should  write  a  letter  to  encourage  some  one,  to 
a  dollar  to  this  mission,  some  clothing  to 
ler,  to  offer  a  prayer  for  some  weak  broth- 
3  il!  These  thoughts  come  from  the  Lord, 
and  should  tot  be  passed  by  lightly. 

Sister  Boone  has  a  day  set  apart  for  special 
prayer.     In  speaking  of  our  people  not  being 
iritual  or  as  consecrated  as  they  should 
be,  the  question  was  asked  whether  a  revolu- 
might    be    brought    about    through    our 
prayers   for  the  Brotherhood.    One  sister  re- 
plied if  we  have  the  proper  faith,  it  could  be 
1.     Matt.  18:  19.     Read  Romans  12. 

Minnie  E.  Howe. 
Maitland,  P<i. 


Missionary  Work. 

Raising  money  for  missionary  work  reminds 
e  of  what  the  Savior  says  about   us  becom- 
g  as  little  children  before  we  can  enter  the 
kingdom  of  heaven.     Can  we  give  fifty  or  fif- 
teen cents  for  every  nickel  the  Lord  has  en- 
usted  to  our  care?    Well,  that  is  what  six 
little  boys  and  girls  in  my  Sunday  school  class 
did,  last  year.     I  wish  all   the   readers  of  the 
could  have    seen    their    radiant 
faces  when  the  time  came  for  them  to  pay  in 
oney.      You    would     certainly    have 
thought  that  it  is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to 
God  bless  the  parents  for  instilling 
this  principle  in  the  hearts  of  their  children. 
Mary  Baknhizer. 


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'  Let  Us  Follow  Him,"  by  Henry  Srenkre- 
cz,  and  translated  from  the  Polish,  by  Jere- 
ah  Curtis.     Little,   Brown,   &   Co.,    Boston, 

Publishers. 
A  charming  and  touching  story,  leading  up 
the  crucifixion  of  Jesus.     It  is  just  such  a 

book  as  one  prefers  to  read  through  in  one  ev- 
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SKIRYIN— MORTON.—  Near    Damascu: 

Oregon,  Jan.  4,  1S98,  by  the  undersigned,  at  hi 

residence,  Mr.  Wm.  Skirvin  and  Miss  Eugeni 

Morion,  both  of  Clackamas  County,  Oregon. 

Jacob  Bahr. 

BOOKS— BUSHONG.— At  the  home  of  th 
bride's  parents,  near  Book  waiter,  Pawnee  Cc 
Nebr.,  Jan.  19,  1898,  by  the  undersigned,  M 
Jacob  Books,  of  Chase  County,  Kans.,  an 
Miss  Edna  C.  Bushong. 


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There  is  a  sister  in  the  hospital,  which  Sister 
Boone  visits  once  a  week,  or  has  some  one 
else  go.  If  you  would  like  Sister  Boone  to  vis- 
it her,  you  might  at  least  send  a  dime  to  pay 
the  car-fare,  for  it  takes  just  that  much  each 
time.  We  do  not  count  a  dime  much  when  we 
spend  it  for  our  own  selfish  desires,  but  it  is 


iCcRABTREE.— In  the  Shannon  church,  Car- 
roll Co.,  111.,  Sister  Ida  Catherine  Crabtree, 
aged  37  years  and  1  day.  Deceased  was  the 
wife  of  H.  E.  Crabtree,  and  daughter  of  Eld. 
Henry  Martin.  Sister  Crabtree  was  afflicted 
with  cancer  of  the  stomach.  She  leaves  a 
family  of  six  children.  Services  by  Eld.  I 
Bennett  Trout  and  the  writer, 

D,  Rowland, 


HALL.— In  the  r-I-.^o  ^t.-ic  .  iniM.li,  Fa.,  Bro. 
F.  K.  Hall,  M.  D.,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  aged  So 
ears,  6  months  and  6  days.  Bio,  Hall  former-' 
■riy  lived  in  Meyersdale,  where  he  united  with 
the  church  in  1873.  About  eleven  years  ago 
he  moved  to  Pittsburg,  where  he  practiced 
medicine.  He  was  sick  about  sixteen  months. 
His  wife  and  two  sons  survive  him,  seven  chil- 
dren having  preceded  him.  Services  by  the 
writer,  from  1  Cor.  15:  56,  57,  assisted  by  Bro. 
Isaiah  Johnson. 

MATHENY,-ln  the  Elk  Lick  congrega- 
tion, Pa.,  Jan.  10,  1898,  Bro.  James  Matheny, 
aged  33  years.  Bro.  Matheny  got  up  at  mid- 
night, and  went  to  the  mines  to  work.  He 
was  killed  by  a  fall  of  slate.  He  leaves  a  wife, 
and  three  little  children.    Fuueral  services  by 

e  writer,  from  Amos  4:  12.    W.  A.  Gaunt.  " 

CULP.— In  Logan  County,  Ohio,  Jan.  3, 189S, 
Catharine  Culp,  aged  76  years  and  9  days.  In 
September,  1841,  she  was  married  to  David 
Culp.  To  this  union  were  born  eight  sons  and 
daughters.  Her  husband  and  two  sons 
preceded  her  to  the  great  beyond.  In  May, 
844,  she,  with  her  husband,  united  with  the 
church.  Func.-al  by  the  Old  Order  Brethren. 
Fred  Culp. 

SHIDLER.— In  the  east  arm  of  the  Belle- 
lie  church,  Kans.,  Dec.  21,  1S97,  Bro.  Jacob 

Shidler,  aged  about  eighty  years.  He  united 
th  the  Brethren  church  in  early  life.  He 
is  a  deacon  for  many  years.  Flis  companion 
eceded  him  to  a  better  world  over  a  year 
o.     He   leaves  five   children.     He  was   the 

father  of  six  children.     Services  by  the  writer, 

from  Rev.  14:  13  and  James  4:  14. 


Dan 


,  Swr 


MYERS.— In  the  Pipe  Creek  church,  Mi- 
111  County,  Ind.,  Jan.  10,  1S9S,  Charles  J.  My- 
s,  son  of  the  late  Brother  Daniel  and  Sister 
Sarah  Myers,  aged  36  years  and  23  days.  He 
nd  his  brother  were  engaged  in  cutting  wood. 
In  felling  a  tree,  he  was  caught  by  a  limb,  and 
rushed  to  the  ground.  He  was  carried  to  his 
ome,  a  short  distance,  and  lived  about  one 
hour.  He  leaves  a  sorrow-stricken  wife, 
ccs  were  held  at  the  church,  conducted 
by  Bro.  Frank  Fisher,  assisted  by  Eld.  Henry 
Franlz.  \V-  B.  DAILBY. 

"WALKER.— In  ihe  bounds  of  the  Sandy 
church,  Ohio,  Jan.  6,  1S98,  Harriet  Walker,  net  j 

Stuckey,  aged  53  years,  5  months  and  3  days. 
She  leaves  a  husband  and  one  adopted  son. 
^ices  in    Paris,   by  the  Luiheran   minister. 
i  remains  were  taken  to  Freeburg,  for  in* 
lent.  S.  B.  Stuckey. 

•VTTERFIELD-At  Nina,  Tenn.,  Jan. 
189S,  of  heart  failure,  Bro.  S.  C.  Satler- 
field,  aged  59  years,  7  months  and  27  days, 
vas  born  in  1S39,  in  this  State,  of  which 
he  has  always  been  a  citizen.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Sister  Maggie  Orren,  Aug.  10,  1871. 
To  this  union  were  born  seven  sons  and 
Dne  daughter.  One  son  died  in  infancy; 
the  others  survive  him,  with  their  wid- 
owed mother.  He  was  a  consistent  member 
of  the  church  for  nearly  twenty  years.  He 
served  in  the  office  of  deacon  several  years,  in 
which  time  he  served  the  church  faithfully. 
He  was  our  Sunday  school  Superintendent, 
and  a  man  of  rare  Christian  graces.  On  the 
night  of  his  death  he  went  to  bed  as  usual. 
His  wife  heard  him  move  through  the  night, 
and  not  hearing  him  again,  found  he  was  dead. 
His  remains  were  laid  to  rest  in  Ihe  French- 
broad  cemetery.  Services  by  Eld.  Jacob  Wine, 
from  Job  14:  14.  E.  Kate  McCrary. 

CUNNINGHAM— In  the  bounds  of  the  La- 
forge  church.  Mo.,  Jan.  14,  iBoS,  of  pneumonia, 
Henry  Cunningham,  after  an  illness  of  about 
five  weeks.  He  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Laforge 
graveyard.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  seven  chil- 
dren.    Funeral  by  Moses  Cruea. 

Tauitha  Cruea. 

ROUZER.— In  the  Olive  Branch  congrega- 
tion, Boone  Co.,  Iowa,  Jan.  21,  1S98,  Andrew 
Rouzer,  aged  53  years,  2  months  and  18  days. 
Services  held  at  the  Olive  Branch  church,  and 
the  body  interred  in  the  cemetery  at  that  place. 
He  was  married  to  Louisa  Keller,  Jan.  13,  1870. 
He  leaves  a  wife,  three  sons  and  one  daughter. 
Services  by  Bro.  S.  C.  Miller,  from  Isa.  27:  12. 
Lizzie  McColly. 

SHIREMAN—  In  the    Eel    River    church, 

Kosciusko  Co,,  Ind.,  Jan.  iS,  1S98,  Mary  Ann 
Shireman,  aged  59  years,  9  months  and  10 
days.  Services  by  Eld.  Samuel  Leckrone,  as- 
sisted by  Joseph  SpUzer  and  the  writer, 

Emanuel  Lecicrone, 


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KIMBLE.— In  the  Little  St.  Joe  church, 
Intl.,  Jan.  16,  1898,  Lola  May,  daughter  of 
James  C.  and  Oda  A.  Kimble,  aged  2  years,  4 
months  and  4  days.  Services  by  the  writer, 
from  2  Sam.  12:  23.  John  Killian. 

STICKEL.— Near  New  Carlisle,  Ohio,  Dec. 
9,  1897,  Sarah  Stickel,  aged  53  years,  7  months 
and  8  days.  She  suffered  very  much  for  sev- 
eral years.  Her  husband,  Bro.  Benjamin 
Stickel,  preceded  her  almost  two  years.  Two 
daughters  and  one  son  survive.  Funeral  serv- 
ices in  New  Carlisle,  by  the  writer,  assisted  by 
G.  Funderburgh,  of  the  "Brethren  in  Christ" 
church.  Henry  Frantz, 


CHURCH  DIRECTOR  F. 


YORK  PA.— Cor. 
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SIMPSON.— In    the  Da' 


Jan.  16,  iSq8,  Sister  Blanch  Simpson,  nee 
pie,  aged  27  years,  3  months  and  19  days. 
was  united  in  marriage  with  J.  M.   Q'n 


Prayer  meiiiiic,  Wi.-:irn.:<><J.ty  evening. 

llo  rhiirrh     O^n  !     HARRISBURGpP A. -Second  Floor,  S.  E.  Cor.  ad  i 

lie  ctiurcn,  i_ ...    .  j  Su,„  .,,,,,., Sp.-  - 


child  (th: 
Brethren 
Brethren 


894.    She  leaves  a  husband 

ee  weeks  old).    She  united 

church    in    1895.    Services 

Interment  at  the  North  Be 

C.  J.  Won 


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"S..10  A  M  :Younsr  Ffldp'e' 
ST.  JOSEPH,  MO.-Mectii 
I.,  at    Old  Schoolhouse  on  I 


HEETER.— In  the  Roann  church,  Ind.,  Jan. 
9,  I8g8,  Clarence  Calvin,  son  of  Bro.  Joseph 
and  Sister  Mary  A,  Heeter,  aged  1  year,  4 
months  and  27  days.  Services  by  Eld.  David 
Neff,  assisted  by  Bro.  Henry  Neff.  Interment 
in  new  cemetery,  north  of  Roann. 

Joseph  John. 

BOHN.— In  Mallard,  Iowa,  Jan.  17,  1898, 
Sister  Hannah  Bonn,  wife  of  Adam  Bohn, 
aged  63  years,  5  months  and  4  days.  Sister 
Bohn  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  church  for 


.vh- 


y  years.     She  has 

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cs  by  the  writer. 
W.  H.  Lichtit 


18,  Sis 


DRURY.— In  the  Mohawk  Valley 
tion,  Lane  County,  Ore.,  Jan.  14,  1 
Catharine  Drury,  aged  62  years,  7  months  and 
2  days.  Deceased  was  afflicted  with  dropsy. 
She  leaves  a  husband,  three  sons  and  four 
daughters.  She  joined  the  Brethren  church 
some  fifteen  months  ago.  She  was  an  infirm 
cripple  for  a  number  of  years.  Interment  ai 
the  Brethren  cemetery.  The  weather  being  in- 
clement, the  funeral  discourse  was  deferred. 

k  J.  A.  Royer, 

POWERS— In  the  Dalhs  Center  church, 
Boone  Co.,  Iowa,  Jan.  18,  189S,  of  diabetes,  Su- 
san Powers,  nee  Cline,  aged  71  years,  7 
and  2t  days.  She  passed  away  after 
illness,  though  she  had, not  been  well  for  a 
year  or  more.  She  was  born  in  Washington 
County,  Maryland,  May  25,  1827.  She  was 
married  to  William  Powers,  Dec.  25,  1845 
They  moved  to  Carroll  County,  111.,  in  1854. 
where  she  lived  till  1876.  She  then  moved  tc 
Boone  County,  Iowa.  She  was  the  mother  ol 
thirteen  children,  two  of  whom  preceded  hei 
to  the  spirit  world.  She  leaves  an  aged  hus- 
band and  nine  children.  She  selected  2  Tim 
4:  7,  8,  for  the  funeral  occasion. 

R.  F.  McCune. 

TICKERHOOF.— In  Glen  Hope,  Clearfield 
Co.,  Pa.,  Jan.  2,  1898,  Sister  Susan  Tickerhoof, 
aged  66  years  and  29  days.     Sister  Tickerhoof 
died  very  suddenly,   from    dropsy   and   heart 
trouble.     Her  husband,  Bro.  Alex.  Tickerhoof, 
left  her  in  the  kitchen,  attending  to  her  usual 
duties,  to  bring  an  armful  of  stove-wood. 
his  return,  he  found  her  lying  on  the  floor, : 
in  a  few  moments,  her  life  fled.     She    w; 
consistent  member  of  the  Brethren  church  for 
over  seventeen  years.     She  leaves  a  sorrowii 
husband  and  six  children.     She  was  the  mol 
er  of  nine  children.     Services  by  the  writ 
from  Job  16:  20.  J.  W.  Wilt, 

M'LLER.— Near  South  Bend,  Ind.,  Jan. 
1898,  Maud  V.,  wife  of  friend  Frank  Mill 
aged  22  years.  They  were  united  in  marria 
April  15,  1897.  Services  by  the  writer,  assi 
ed  by Schweitzer,  from  James  4:  14. 

KREIGER.— At  South  Bend,  Ind.,  Jan.  : 
1898,   Ernest   L.,  son  of  Mr.   and  Mrs.  Jac 
Kreiger.     Services  by  M.  Goffeney,  assisted  by 
the  wiiter.  H.  W.  Kmi 


MILLER.— At  her  home  in  Honey  Creek, 
Henry  Co.,  Ind.,  Jan.  13,  189S,  Sister  Mary  F, 
wife  of  Bro.  Henry  Miller,  aged  59  years,  < 
months  and  22  days.  She  was  the  daughter  0 
Bro.  Samuel  and  Sister  Anna  Smith,  and  cam' 
to  this  State  with  husband  and  parents  in  1864 
Her  present  husband,  who  is  aged  and  feeble 
and  four  children,  are  left.  Services  at  thi 
Brethren  church  east  of  Middletown,  by  Eld. 
IX  F.  Hoover,  and 
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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.—  "~ 

ItemB • 1 

Amorlcan  Mission  Work 

Handing  Our  Charges  Over  to  Others, 

The  Quiet  Influence  ol  a  Growing  Power 

Querists'  Department 

POETRY,— 

Teach  Me,  Lord,  to  Pray.    Selected  by  Ella  G.  Famous, 

My  Prayer.     By  Edith  Harman 

The  Bishop's  Visit.    By  Emily  H.  Miller,  in  Unknown  Exchange, 
ESSAY  DEPARTMENT.— 

On  the  Way  to  India.— No.  it— By  S.  N.  McCann ;  .  . 

Faith  and  Works.    By  D.  E.  Price 

Witnesses.    By  Samuel  L.  Black 

What  Next?    By  I\  B.  Fitzwater 

Are  We  Responsible?    By  Mrs.  Flora  E.  Teague 

In  the  Beginning.    By  J.  F,  Ebersole 

The  Way  They  Did  at  Painter  Creek.    By  J  no.  Calvin  Bright, ,  .  , 

Christ  In  You  the  Hope  ol  Glory.    By  N.  J.  Brubaker, , 

Forbidden  to  Teli.    By  J.  H.  Peck 

Did  Jesus  Partake  ol  the  Loaf  and  CupJ    By  C.  Fitzwater, 
THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,- 

Lesson  Light-Flashes ■ 

SERMON  OUTLINE,— 

5alvation.    By  C.  D.  Hyiton, . 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,— 

God's  Care  lor  Us.— Matt.  6:24-31,  ■  ...  .\  ....'...'••  ■ 
THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

Circle  Notes.    By  James  M.  Nefl '.  . 

The  Land  ol  the  Teens 

GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT,— 

Psalms— Psalm  7*. ] 

Mission  Receipts  for  Decc-iifber,  1897 

HOME  AND  FAMILY,— 

Patience.    By  Edna  Puterbaugh, 

A  Prayer  Meeting  and  the  Result.    By  Martha  Click 

~>  EDITORIAL  i  MISCELLANY -s* 

Probably  all  great  preachers  have  their  peculiar 
habits,  and  then,  on  the  other  hand,  there  are  those 
having  an  abundance  of  peculiarities,  that  are  any- 
thing but  great.  In  his  day  Lyman  Beecher  was 
one  of  the  ablest  preachers  in  this  country,  and  he, 
too,  had  some  very  striking  peculiarities.  Some  of 
them  are  set  forth  in  the  following,  which  we  quote 
from  the  Literary  Digest.  It  would  certainly  not  be 
safe  for  any  preacher  of  this  generation  to  under- 
take to  imitate  him:  "If  he  was  to  preach  in  the 
evening,  he  was  to  be  seen  all  day  talking  with 
whoever  would  talk,  accessible  to  all,  full  of  every- 
body's affairs,  business  and  burdens,  till  an  hour  or 
two  before  the  time,  when  he  would  rush  up  into 
his  study  (which  he  always  preferred  should  be  the 
topmost  room  of  the  house),  and,  throwing  off  his 
coat,  after  a  swing  or  two  with  the  dumbbells,  to 
settle  the  balance  of  his  muscles,  he  would  sit  down 
and  dash  ahead,  making  quantities  of  hieroglyphic 
notes  on  small  stubbed  bits  of  paper,  about  as  big 
as  the  palm  of  his  hand.  The  bells  would  begin  to 
ring,  and  still  he  would  write.  They  would  toll 
loud  and  long,  and  his  wife  would  say,  '  He  will  cer- 
tainly be  late,'  and  then  would  be  running  up-  and 
down-stairs  of  messengers,  to  see  that  he  was  fin- 
ished, till,  just  as  the  last  stroke  of  the  bell  was  dy- 
ing away,  he  would  emerge  from  the  s'tudy  with  his 
coat  very  much  awry,  and  come  down  the  stairs 
like  a  hurricane,  stand  impatiently,  protesting  while 
female  hands  that  ever  lay  in  wait  adjusted  his  cra- 
vat and  settled  his  coat-collar,  calling  loudly  the 
while  for  a  pin  to  fasten  together  the  stubbed  little 
bits  of  paper  aforesaid,  which,  being  duly  dropped 


into  the  crown  of  his  hat,  and  hooking  wife  or 
daughter  like  a  satchel  on  his  arm,  away  he  would 
start  on  such  a  race  through  the  streets,  as  left  nei- 
ther brain  nor  breath  till  the  church  was  gained. 
Then  came  the  process  of  getting  in  through  crowd- 
ed aisles,  wedged  up  with  heads,  the  bustle,  and 
stir,  and  hush,  to  look  at  him,  as,  with  a  matter-of- 
fact,  business-like  push,  he  elbowed  his  way 
through  them  and  up  the  pulpit  stairs." 


f  The  fleets  of  Europe  and  Asia  are  still  in  the 
Chinese  waters,  the  number  of  vessels  growing  still 
larger.  England  has  twenty-three  war-vessels  of 
various  ranks,  Russia  sixteen,  and  Germany  eight. 
France  may  also  have  a  few,  while  the  ships  of  Ja- 
pan are  anchored  near  home.  Last  week  it  was 
thought  that  England  was  leading  in  directing  the 
eastern  affairs  as  they  relate  to  China,  but  another 
week  appears  to  have  greatly  shifted  the  scene. 
Russia  and  Germany  seem  to  have  united  in  a  plan 
to  secure  for  China  the  loan  she  is  attempting  to  ne- 
gotiate. If  they  succeed  in  this,  then  the  plans  of 
England  will,  in  a  measure,  be  frustrated,  and  she, 
of  course,  will  lose  power  in  the  East.  One  can  not 
help  observing  that  the  relations  between  the  great 
powers  are  greatly  strained,  and  that  it  will  require 
remarkable  diplomatic  skill  to  keep  trftm  from  be- 
ing plunged  into  a  great  war.  All  of  them  have 
large,  well-drilled  armies,  and  immense  navies. 
And  whether  or  not  they  are  disposed  to  fight,  one 
thing  is  certain,  they  are  straining  every  nerve  to  get 
rmfliT  fnr  thf  gr*9'p»*  /-«j-a:..»  •«..*.  ».~-v  1---     — 

seen.  When  this  does  occur,  Russia  will  be  on  the 
one  side,  and  England  on  the  other.  It  has  been 
suggested  that  Germany  and  France  will  aid  Rus- 
sia, while  Italy  and  Japan  will  stand  with  England. 
Should  it  come  to  a  conflict,  it  will  prove  a  terrible 
calamity  indeed,  requiring  fifty  or  more  years  for 
Christianity  and  civilization  to  regain  what  they 
will  lose,  The  more  we  study  the  movements  of 
the  nations  of  earth,  and  the  more  we  see  of  their 
military  preparations,  the  more  fully  do  we  become 
convinced  that  the  kingdom  of  Jesus  Christ  is  not 
of  this  world.         

Germany  seems  to  be  growing  rather  particular, 
regarding  the  grade  of  food  her  people  will  be  per- 
mitted to  serve  at  their  tables,  Some  time  ago  she 
prohibited  the  importation  of  American  meats  for 
sanitary  reasons,  it  was  claimed,  maintaining  that 
the  meats  from  this  country  are  by  no  means  free 
from  disease.  Now  the  conclusion  has  been  reached 
that  the  fruits  shipped  from  our  orchards  are  not 
up  to  the  sanitary  standard,  hence  it  has  been 
deemed  wise  to  prohibit  this  line  of  American  pro- 
duce. The  prohibition  not  only  applies  to  green 
fruit,  but  to  dried  fruit  as  well,  and  to  fresh  apples 
in  particular.  It  is  also  urged  that  by  admitting 
California  fruits  there  is  danger  of  introducing  into 
Germany  insects  that  may  destroy  their  orchards. 
Just  how  much  ground  there  may  be  for  this  dis- 
crimination against  American  products  it  is  a  lit- 
tle difficult  to  tell,  However,  there  is  a  possibility 
of  being  a  little  bit  more  nice  than  wise.  Our  own 
'ernment  holds  that  there  are  no  just  reasons 
for  this  wholesale  prohibition  against  the  products 
of  our  orchards,  and  will  doubtless  take  steps  to  re- 
taliate. Congress  has  given  to  the  President  power 
to  retaliate  in  such  emergencies,  whenever  he  deems 
it  for  the  good  of  the  country.  Ours  is  a  great 
market  for  Germany.  Her  products  come  to  us  in 
large  quantities,  and  for  the  President  to  prohibit 
her  shipping  to  our  shores  certain  products  would 
greatly  cripple  her  commerce.  Well,  this  is  just 
what  he  is  authorized  to  do,  and,  unless  the  prohibi- 


tion against  American  fruits  is  withdrawn  he  will 
doubtless  do  it.  This  is  the  way  it  is  done  from  a 
worldly  standpoint,  an  eye  for  an  eye  and  a  tooth 
for  a  tooth,  When  Christianity  prevails  as  it  should, 
this  friction  between  nations  will  disappear. 

The  present  winter  has  been,  so  far,  a  peculiar 
one.  Up  to  within  the  last  few  weeks,  we  had,  in 
Northern  Illinois,  the  most  delightful  winter  weath- 
er known  for  years,  Other  parts  of  the  country 
have  had  similar  experiences,  and  still,  in  other 
sections,  it  has  been  just  the  reverse.  For  months 
the  people  in  North  Dakota  were  charmed  with 
the  delightful  weather  with  which  they  were 
blessed.  But  now  the  whole  northern  part  of  the 
United  States,  from  the  Rocky  Mountains  to  the 
Atlantic,  is  covered  with  a  great  bed  of  snow.  Por- 
tions of  the  country  have  been  storm-swept,  many 
lives  have  been  lost,  and  an  immense  amount  of 
property  destroyed.  And  while  we  were  enjoying 
most  delightful  days  here  at  the  north,  in  the  early 
part  of  January,  a  cold  wave  swept  far  to  the  South, 
killing  not  a  few  of  the  orange  trees  in  Florida,  ex- 
tending as  far  south  as  the  great  freeze  a  few  years 
ago.  California  has  also  experienced  more  cold, 
snow,  and  frost,  than  known  for  many  years.  Up  to 
within  a  few  days,  the  weather  in  England  has  been 
the  mildest,  for  the  season  of  the  year,  within  the 
memory  of  man.  But  to  the  east  the  conditions  have 
not  been  so  fortunate.  Great  atmospheric  disturb- 
ances have  prevailed  in  Europe  and  Asia,  inlerfer- 

health  of  the  people,  The  winter  is  not  yet  past, 
and  we  may  look  for  other  disturbances.  While 
some  of  these  conditions  may  not  be  pleasant,  still 
the  world  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Lord,  and  he  knows 
just  what  is  the  best  for  all  of  us,  and  we  feel  sure 
that  he  will  take  care  of  his  people. 

Everything  goes  to  show  that  the  great  basin, 
drained  by  the  Euphrates  and  Tigris  rivers,  where 
once  stood  the  renowned  cities  of  Babylon  and  Nine- 
veh, as  well  as  the  tower  of  Babel,  and  where  the  orig- 
inal garden  of  Eden  was  located,  and  where  Abraham 
spent  his  boyhood  days,  was  the  cradle  of  the  hu- 
man race..  Some  distance  to  the  north  of  this  basin 
the  ark  landed,  and  Noah  and  his  family  made  their 
way  into  the  valley  where  they  multiplied  and  laid 
the  broad  foundation  for  another  world  of  people. 
Centuries  rolled  over  the  heads  of  their  descendants. 
They  builded  large  cities  and  even  established  large 
libraries.  This  was  an  age  of  civilization,  arts  and 
sciences.  People  did  not  live  five  hundred  or  more 
years  to  no  purpose.  They  acquired  knowledge 
and  prospered.  From  this  basin  they  spread  east- 
ward and  westward,  and  in  course  of  time  we  find 
in  Egypt  a  people  so  far  advanced  in  the  sciences 
and  arts  that  the  ruins  of  their  great  cities,  temples 
and  monuments  are  still  the  admiration  of  the 
world.  We  also  find  indications  of  a  very  ancient 
civilization  in  China  and  olher  parts  of  the  East. 
And  still  later  we  find  in  Central  America  ruins  in- 
dicating that  this  remote  civilization  spread  even  to 
this  continent.  At  present  the  wonderful  ruins  of 
great  cities  in  Central  America  are  overgrown  with 
immense  forest  trees.  For  centuries  the  sands  of 
the  desert  have  covered  many  of  the  ruins  in  Egypt, 
while  it  takes  the  spade  of  the  explorer  to  bring  to 
light  the  great  buried  cities  and  libraries  of  the 
Euphrates  Valley.  What  wonderful  people  these 
ancients  were,  and  then  what  remarkable  changes 
have  come  over  the  country  which  their  skill  in  the 
remote  past  tilled  with  cities,  temples  and  monu- 
ments, and  whose  industry  made  the  land  to  blos- 
som as  the  rose  I 


THE  GOSPEL  MESSENGER.' 


Feb.  12,  18 


•ESSAYS; 

"Study  to  Show  thyself  Approved  unto  God.  a  workman  that  needeth  I 
ashamed,  rightly  dividing  the  Word  o!  Truth." 

TEACH  ME,  LORD,  TO  PRAY. 


Teath  me,  Father,  by  thy  Spirit 

When  I  stand  before  thy  face, 
How  to  ask  for  needed  guidance, 

How  to  seek  thy  helpful  grace. 
When  within  my  closet  kneeling,— 
There  with  earnestness  appealing,— 
With  thy  Word  its  light  revealing, 

Sanctify  tbat  place. 
I  would  come  into  thy  presence, 

Tarry  with  thee  all  the  day; 
Seek  to  catch  thy  faintest  whisper, 

Hear  thy  dictates  and  obey. 
With  my  earnest  heart  thus  yearning, 
With  tby  Spirit's  aid  discerning, 
In  thy  school  I  shall  be  learning,— 

Learning  how  to  pray. 
I've  been  slow  to  learn  the  lessons 

Which  have  come  from  day  to-day; 
But  thy  patience,  Lord,  has  conquered, 

And  I  love  thy  righteous  way; 
I  would  give  my  best  endeavor, 

From  thy  holy  presence,  never 
Would  I  stray,  if  tbou  wilt  ever 
Teach  me,  Lord  to  pray. 

—Selected  iy  Ella  G,  Fan. 

ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.— No.  II. 


A  Remarkable  Fulfillment  of  Prophecy. 
Many  prophecies  have  been  fulfilled,  but  many 
are  yet  to  be  fulfilled,  while  some  are  in  process  of 
fulfillment.  The  fulfilled  prophecies  are  often  very 
clear,  while  the  future  ones  are  more  or  less  specu- 
lative. Theories  are  often  advanced  which  time 
proves  false,  even  in  respect  to  prophecies  that 
seem  literally  to  be  in  process  of  fulfillment.  The 
remarkable  prophecy,  contained  in  Jeremiah  31:  38, 
40,  in  respect  to  the  building  up  of  Jerusalem, 
seems  to  be  in  process  of  fulfillment  to  the  very 
letter. 

We  tried  to  study  this  prophecy  while  walking 
over  the  ground,  as  marked  out  by  the  prophet, 
and  it  surely  looks  as  if  Jeremiah  foresaw  the  work 
that  is  now  going  on  in  Jerusalem. 

The  old  site  of  the  tower  of  Hananeel  is  now  occu- 
pied by  the  Grand  New  Hotel.  A  gate  was  opened 
in  the  Northwest  corner  of  the  present  wall  in  1889. 
This  part  has  been  built  up  and  the  line  of  buildings 
goes  straight  outward  to  a  little  hill,  and  then  en- 
compasses Goath,  and  now  there  are  many  improve- 
ments going  on  in  the  Valley  of  Tombs,  which  sure- 
ly has  been  a  valley  of  dead  bodies.  The  great  ash 
heap  is  being  removed  and  building  is  going  on  in 
this  vicinity. 

At  the  present  rate  of  building  and  improvement, 
a  few  years  more  will  find  a  busy,  active  city  encir- 
cled by  the  line  of  Jeremiah's  prophecy. 

When  we  were  at  Solomon's  Pools,  workmen  were 
engaged  in  the  upper  pool,  repairing  the  wall  and 
cleaning  out  the  mud,  preparatory  to  conveying  the 
water  to  the  gardens  and  to  Jerusalem,  as  of  old. 
We  could  not  be  sure  as  to  the  purpose  of  this  im- 
provement, but  we  are  sure  that  quite  a  number  of 
workmen  are  engaged  in  repairing  and  cleaning  the 
upper  pool.  These  improvements  seem  to  point  to 
the  fulfillment  of  prophecy.  They  at  least  point  to 
a  time  of  greater  prosperity  to  Jerusalem  in  the 
near  future.  Zechariah  seems  to  include  these  im- 
provements in  the  south  with  the  improvements  in 
the  north,  mentioned  by  Jeremiah,  designating  the 
tower  of  Hananeel  and  the  King's  winepresses. 
Zech.  14: 10, 

Zechariah  also  mentions  Benjamin's  Gate,  which, 
if  located  in  the  northeastern  part  of  the  wall, 
would  correspond  with  Jeremiah's  prophecy. 

Whether  these  things  are  the  fulfillment  of 
prophecy  or  not,  one  thing  is  sure,  and  that  is  this, 
that  great  improvements  are  going  on  in  the  imme- 
diate vicinity  of  Jerusalem,  There  is  some  talk 
here  of  the  Jews  buying  up  this  country,  prepara- 
tory to  emigrating  here, 


This  is,  likely,  little  more  than  talk.  Things 
would  soon  take  a  great  change  if  such  could  be  the 
case.  The  future  surely  has  some  better  things  in 
store  for  the  terraced  and  rich  valleys  of  this  once 
prosperous,  but  now  barren  and  almost  forsaken 
land. 

When  we  see  this  sacred  land  under  the  rule  of 
the  Turk,  when  we  see  Mt.  Zion  plowed  and  culti- 
vated, as  part  of  it  is  now,  we  think  of  the  proph- 
ets who  foretold  these  things.  Bliss's  excavations, 
south  of  the  present  wall,  show  clearly  the  traces 
of  an  old  wall,  thus  throwing  some  acres  of  the  old 
Mt.  Zion  outside  of  the  present  city  wall. 

Some  of  this  land  is  under  cultivation,  and  other 
parts  are  used  at  present  as  a  cemetery.  Thus  Mt. 
Zion  is  plowed  as  a  field  even  unto  this  day.  Mi 
cah  3:  12;  4:  2.  It  may  soon  come  to  pass  that 
"many  nations  shall  go  and  say,  Come  ye,  and  let 
us  go  up  to  the  house  of  the  God  of  Jacob,  and  he 
will  teach  us  his  ways  and  we  will  walk  in  his 
paths;  for  out  of  Zion  shall  go  forth  the  law  and 
the  word  of  the  Lord  from  Jerusalem," 


FAITH  AND  WORKS. 

BY   D.    E.    PRICE. 


"For  as  the  body  without  the  spirit  is  dead,  so  faith  with- 
out works  is  dead  also."— James  2:  26. 

There  are  two  extremes  to  nearly  all  subjects, 
and  the  above  is  no  exception  to  the  general  rule, 
for  while  some,  no  doubt,  put  too  much  confidence 
in  outward  ceremonies,  and  probably  omit  the 
weightier  matters,  such  as  judgment,  mercy  and 
love,  others  depend  too  much  on  the  faith-a'one 
theory;  which  has  become  so  very  prevalent  in 
this  nineteenth  century.  Each  party  claims  Scrip- 
tural authority  to  prove  its  practice.  One  refers 
us  to  Paul  in  Rom.  4,  and  the  other  to  James  2 
Paul  says  that  "Abraham  was  justified  by  faith 
without  works."  James  says,  "Was  not  Abraham, 
our  Father,  justified  by  works,  when  he  had  offered 
Isaac  his  son  upon  the  altar?  Seest  thou  how 
faith  hath  wrought  with  his  works,  and  by  works 
was  faith  made  perfect?"  Do  Paul  and  James  con- 
tradict each  other?  The  modern  skeptic  and  pop- 
ular professor  would  have  it  about  that  way. 

If  we  search  the  Scriptures  to  find  contradictions, 
we  can  generally  find  them;  and  if  we  want  to  es- 
tablish some  particular  theory,  we  can  find  some 
isolated  Scripture  to  sustain  it;  but  if  we  want  to 
get  the  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  truth,  we  must 
take  the  Scriptures  in  their  entirety.  Paul  and 
James  do  not  contradict  each  other;  but  are  in  full 
harmony.  Paul  undoubtedly  had  reference  to  the 
Mosaic  Law,  or  dispensation,  which  was  done  away 
in  Christ.  "Wherefore  the  law  was  our  school- 
master to  bring  us  unto  Christ,  that  we  might  be 
justified  by  faith.  But  after  faith  is  come,  we  are 
no  longer  under  a  schoolmaster.  For  we  are  all 
the  children  of  God  ky  faith  in  Christ  Jesus.  For 
as  many  of  you  as  have  been  baptized  into  Christ 
have  put  on  Christ."     Gal.  3:  24,  25,  26,  27, 

Hence  we  see  plainly  that  Paul  had  in  view  the 
works  of  the  former  law,  which  were  done  away  in 
Christ,  while  James  had  reference  to  the  works  of 
faith  in  not  withholding  his  only  Son  when  God  de- 
manded him  as  a  sacrifice. 

There  is  another  passage  of  Scripture  that  is  of- 
ten used  to  prove  that  we  are  saved  by  faith  with- 
out works.  "  For  by  grace  are  ye  saved  through 
faith;  and  that  not  of  yourselves:  it  is  the  gift  of 
God:  Not  of  works,  lest  any  man  should  boast. 
For  we  are  his  workmanship,  created  in  Christ 
Jesus  unto  good  works,  which  God  hath  before  or- 
dained that  we  should  walk  in  them."  Eph.  2:  8 
9,  10.  The  first  part  of  this  quotation,  no  doubt 
has  reference  to  the  works  of  the  law;  and  the  lat- 
ter part  to  the  works  of  faith,  which  God  has  or- 
dained that  we  should  walk  in  them. 

We  are  not  saved  by  our  works  alone,  but  by  our 
good  works,  if  done  in  faith,  we  bring  ourselves  in- 
to covenant  relationship  with  Christ,  and  are  saved 
by  his  grace.  Jesus  says,  Luke  17:  10,  "When  ye 
shall  have  done  all  these  things  which  are  com- 
manded you,  say,  We  are  unprofitable  servants;  we 


have  done  that  which  was  our  duty  to  do."  Our 
service  is  no  profit  to  him  whom  we  serve,  but  the 
profit  all  reverts  back  to  us  by  placing  us  under 
his  saving  grace. 

James,  in  reasoning  on  this  subject,  says:  "What 
doth  it  profit,  my  brethren,  though  a  man  say  he 
hath  faith,  and  have  not  works?  can  faith  save  him? 
If  a  brother  or  sister  be  naked,  and  destitute  of  daily 
food,  and  one  of  you  say  unto  them,  Depart  in 
peace,  be  ye  warmed  and  filled;  notwithstanding 
ye  give  them  not  those  things  which  are  needful  to 
the  body;  what  doth  it  profit?  Even  so  faith  if  it 
hath  not  works,  is  dead,  being  alone."  Luke  2: 
14-17. 

When  a  man  gets  a  living  and  saving  faith  in  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  he  will  not  remain  inactive;  but 
will,  like  the  great  Apostle  Paul,  cry  out,  "Lord, 
/hat  wilt  thou  have  me  to  do,"  and  will  gladly 
bey  all  that  is  commanded  in  the  Gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

saw  a  demonstration  of  this  kind  of  faith  once 
at  a  meeting  at  Cherry  Grove,  111.  While  a  broth- 
er was  earnestly  preaching  the  Gospel,  the  report 
e,  "Bro.  Henry  Martin's  house  is  on  fire." 
The  congregation  believed  the  report,  though  it 
was  not  correct,  and  if  that  brother  could  have 
preached  with  the  eloquence  of  a  Demosthenes,  he 
could  not  have  held  that  congregation.  They  were 
all  in  confusion,  in  an  instant,  and  rushing  to  the 
door.  They  thought  that  Bro.  Martin's  prop- 
erty, and  probably  some  of  his  family  were  in  dan- 
ger of  destruction,  and  were  ready  to  run  to  their 
rescue.  But  when  we  had  nearly  all  got  out  of 
the  house,  the  report  came  that  the  fire  was  only 
n  a  meadow,  and  that  there  was  no  danger.  The 
congregation  again  sat  down  quietly,  and  the 
brother  finished  his  discourse.  If  mankind  had 
h  faith  in  the  report  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ,  there  would  be  such  a  revival  as  was  never 
known  in  the  history  of  the  church. 

People  generally  profess  to  believe  that  there  is 
a   God, — "The   devils   also   believe  and   tremble," 
hut  3.  faith  of  thpt  kind  has  no  saving  virtue,  beiri^      ^  , 
alone  and  dead,  and  produces  no  works. 

I  will  close  my  article  with  a  circumstance  I  once 
heard  related,  of  two  men  traveling  the  same  road, 
who  got  into  a  controversy  on  this  subject  One 
contended  that  we  are  saved  by  faith  alone;  and 
the  other  claimed  that  we  are  saved  alone  by 
works.  They  finally  came  to  a  river,  and  there  was 
a  man  with  a  boat,  ready  to  take  them  across. 
They  informed  him  of  their  dispute  by  the  way, 
and  requested  him  to  decide  it  before  they  entered 
the  boat.  But  he  told  them  to  get  into  the  boat, 
and  he  would  prove  before  they  got  over  the  river 
that  they  were  both  wrong.  After  they  were  seat- 
ed in  the  boat,  he  said,  "This  oar  to  my  right  I  will 
call  faith,  and  this  one  to  my  left,  I  will  call  works." 
He  then  pushed  off  into  the  current  and  bejan  to 
work  the  oar  to  the  right  with  all  his  power,  but 
the  boat  kept  going  around  in  a  circle,  and  floated 
down  the  stream,  He  said,  "That  won't  work,  I 
will  now  try  the  oar  to  my  left,"  and  his  boat  turned 
around  the  other  way,  and  still  continued  floating 
with  the  current.  He  then  said,  "I  will  now  try 
both  oars,"  and  he  landed  them  both  safe  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  river. 

If  we  depend  on  either  faith  or  works  alone  for 
our  salvation,  we  will  float  down  the  current,  and 
may  finally  be  lost,  but  if  we,  through  a  living  faith, 
"  work  out  our  salvation,"  we  will  eventually  land 
on  the  shores  of  eternal  deliverance  and  blessed- 
ness. 

Mt.  Morris,  III 


WITNESSES. 


BY   SAMUEL    L,    BLACK. 

Many  persons  fail  to  do  the  things  commanded 
in  the  New  Testament  by  our  Savior,  and  yet  pro- 
fess to  know  him.  The  evidence  of  our  faith  is  in 
doing  the  whole  will  of  our  Lord  and  Master, 
Christ  taught  Nicodemus  that  he  must  be  born 
again  by  water  and  of  the  Spirit,  that  he  might  ob- 
tain eternal  life, 


THE   GOSPEL   lyLIESSE^GEIR,. 


99 


Baptism  is  a  washing  of  regeneration,  and  it  also 
is  an  evidence  of  our  willingness  to  follow  Jesus. 
There  is  no  excuse  for  any  one  being  deceived. 
"  Knock  and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  you."  Matt. 
7:  7.  "Whosoever  transgresseth  and  abideth  not 
in  the  doctrine  of  Christ  hath  not  God."  John  1: 
9.  Christ  taught  that  many  shall  strive  and  not 
be  able.  These  are  the  ones  that  abide  not  in  his 
doctrine. 

Water  is  used  in  baptism,  and  also  in  feet-wash- 
ing. In  both  ordinances  it  is  a  witness  of  our  faith 
in  Christ.  In  feet-washing  we  have  an  important 
example, — one  that  witnesses,  and  one  that  shows 
humility,  brotherly  love,  charity,  obedience,  and  is 
in  harmony  with  the  teaching  of  our  Lord.  "  For  I 
have  given  you  an  example  that  ye  should  do  as  I 
have  done."     John  13:  15. 

Always  be  sure  you  have  Bible  proof  and  you  are 
safe.  "Prove  all  things;  hold  fast  that  which  is 
good."  1  Thess.  5:  21,  Just  to  think  we  are  right 
does  not  make  us  so.  Excitement  is  often  accept- 
ed for  religion,  or  pardon  of  sin. 

I  have  se.en  people  who  professed  Christ  and  nev- 
er obeyed  any  of  the  ordinances,  as  set  forth  in  the 
New  Testament.  "Not  every  one  that  saith  unto 
me,  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
heaven;  but  he  that  doeth  the  will  of  my  Father 
which  is  in  heaven."  Matt.  7:  21.  "And  I  know 
that  his  commandment  is  life  everlasting.  What- 
soever I  speak  therefore  even  as  the  Father  said 
unto  me  so  I  speak."  John  12:  50,  "It  is  the 
Spirit  that  quickeneth;  the  flesh  profiteth  nothing; 
the  words  that  I  speak  unto  you,  they  are  spirit 
and  they  are  life."    John  6:  63. 

The  Savior  has  told  us  the  way.  Why  not  follow 
in  his  Word?  His  words  are  spirit,  when  wc  are 
led  by  the  Spirit.  "The  Spirit  itself  beareth  wit- 
ness with  our  spirit  that  we  are  the  children  of 
God."  Rom.  8:  16,  We  may  be  certain  that  we 
are  children  of  God.  We  have  no  reason  to  doubt, 
because  the  Bible  says  that  is  the  way  to  become 
such.  "Ye  shall  know  them  by  their  fruits." 
Matt.  7:  16,  "  But  th|:  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love,  joy, 
peace,  long-suffering,  gentleness,  goodness,  faith, 
meekness,  temperance."     Gal.  5:  22,  23. 

What  an  array  of  evidence  in  favor  of  the  child 
of  GodI  Many  persons  say  it  is  impossible  to  do 
all  the  Bible  says,  That  is  doubting  the  Word  of 
our  Savior,  He  says,  "My  yoke  is  easy,  and  my 
burden  is  light,"  When  one  loves  God,  it  is  a 
pleasure  to  do  his  will.  Get  in  earnest  and  you 
will  see  the  difference  between  mistaken  and  real 
Christian  experience.  "  But  if  we  walk  in  the  light 
as  he  is  in  the  light,  we  have  fellowship  one  with  an- 
other and  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  his  Son  cleans- 
eth  us  from  all  sin."  1  John  1:  7.  In  the  blood  we 
have  a  witness, — one  that  sealed  our  redemption. 
Through  its  cleansing  power  we  may  gain  the  Holy 
City.  "And  he  said  unto  them,  This  is  my  blood 
of  the  New  Testament  which  is  shed  for  many." 
Mark  14:  24.  "  But  let  a  man  examine  himself  and 
so  let  him  eat  of  that  bread  and  drink  of  that  cup." 
1  Cor.  11:  28.  A  man  must  do  something  in  order 
to  be  worthy.  He  must  have  faith  in  our  Lord's 
teachings  and  do  them,  and  all  is  well.  Our 
prayer  is  that  God  may  open  the  eyes  of  the  spir- 
itually blind. 

Green  Centre,  Ind. 


n 


WHAT  NEXT? 


BY   P.   B.   P1TZWATBR. 


As  one  is  enabled  to  pause  a  moment  in  the  rou 
tine  of  life's  busy  cares,  and  survey  the  religious 
world,  he  almost  breathlessly  exclaims,  "What 
nextl"  Different  churches  are  making  new  de- 
partures, in  order  to  make  religion  attractive 
About  Nov.  1  one  of  the  leading  Methodist  church- 
es of  Chicago  dismissed  their  choir  and  brought 
in  the  brass  band  to  take  its  place,  Music,  border- 
ing on  the  theatrical,  was  used,  greatly  to  the  de- 
light of  the  audience.  The  ladies,  especially, — as 
the  Chicago  Record  states, — bursted  their  gloves  in 
their  applause. 

Dr.  Scudder,   of  Jersey  City,   N.  J,,  has  intro- 


duced the  bowling-alley  into  his  church  in  order 
to  attract  the  people,  and  when  we  see  a  paper  like 
the  Christian  Herald,  boldly  advocating  his  meas- 
ures, we  again  ask,  What  next?  But,  in  the  midst 
of  it  all,  we  are  proud  that  our  beloved  Messenger 
is  clear,  and  comes  out  boldly  in  its  denunciation 
of  such  unholy  alliance  with  the  things  of  this 
world.  When  will  those  compromises  end?  Need 
we  wonder  that  the  power  of  the  church  is  waning? 

We  are  generally  inclined  to  censure  the  preach- 
er, but  we  ought  not  to  be  too  severe,  for  the  laws 
of  nature  are  constantly  reminding  us  that  "  like 
begets  like."  Only  by  an  interposition  of  Divine 
Providence,  can  a  Christian  church  beget  a  Holy 
Ghost  preacher.  When  a  man  is  sent  out  from  a 
spiritually  dead  church,  and  educated  in  a  semi- 
atheistic  theological  seminary,  can  we  wonder  at 
his  readiness  to  go  to  the  world? 

It  is  a  curious  fact  in  botany  that  a  plant  may 
be  so  cultivated  as  to  lose  every  characteristic 
of  its  species,  and  even  destroy  its  ovules,  render- 
ing it  unable  to  propagate  its  kind.  The  same  is 
true  of  popular  Christianity.  Through  the  mania  of 
"  Higher  Criticism,"  the  insane  desire  to  please  all, 
and  the  distorted  idea  of  comeliness,  the  churches 
have  lost  almost  every  trace  of  the  Christian  like- 
ness, and  are  able  to  give  to  the  world  only  dead, 
formal  and  debased  workers. 

This  universal  state  of  affairs  is  brought  about 
largely  by  the  religious  press  taking  up  the  facts  of 
such  ungodly  alliances,  and  heralding  them,  with 
their  approval,  to  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

In  view  of  these  facts,  it  becomes  us,  as  a  church, 
to  exercise  great  care  as  to  the  literature  dissemi- 
nated among  us,  Our  dear  old  Gospel  Messenger 
is  an  unflinching  advocate  of  the  Truth  and 
common  sense.  Let  us  stand  by  it!  Let  no  one 
who  loves  the  church  and  primitive  Christianity, 
do  anything  or  lend  his  influence  to  any  project 
that,  might  eventually  mar  its  influence.  Just  now, 
when  she  is  really  entering  upon  her  mission  prop- 
er, as  the  many  are  being  brought  to  the  knowledge 
of  the  Savior  through  her  agency,  let  us  fall  in 
line  and  help  on  the  good  work.  Let  those,  who 
are  gradually  allowing  their  little  papers  to  tres- 
pass upon  the  province  of  the  Messenger,  seriously 
inquire  whether  an  influence  may  not  be  going  out 
that  may  ultimately  hinder  the  cause  which  we  all 
love.  May  we  have  one  paper,  one  sentiment,  one 
object  in  view,  and  be  one  church,  forever  and  in- 
separable! May  the  question  at  the  head  of  this 
article  come  to  every  one! 

Shddon,  Iowa. 


ARE  WE  RESPONSIBLE  ? 

BY  MRS.  FLORA   E,   TBAGUE. 

There  is  before  the  present  Congress  a  Bill  that 
ought  to  do  more  towards  fixing  securely  and  pure- 
ly that  Divine  institution,— the  home,— than  any  bill 
that  has  come  before  it  of  late. 

This  bill  is  called  the  Anti-divorce  Bill.  It  is 
intended  to  make  the  obtaining  of  divorces  the 
same  in  every  State,  as  also  to  raise  the  standard  of 
nuptial  vows  and  to  prohibit  the  obtaining  of  di- 
vorces on  any  other  but  Scriptural  grounds,  as  in- 
terpreted by  some. 

In  condensed  form  the  Bill  is  something  like  this: 
It  limits  absolute  divorce  (carrying  the  right  of  re- 
marriage) to  cases  of  adultery,  legal  separation 
without  re-marriage  being  allowed  for  other  causes. 

On  this  question  individuals  and  churches  are 
granted  the  opportunity  of  petitioning  their  Con- 
gressman to  do  what  he  can  to  have  the  Bill  be- 
come a  law.  By  applying  to  Mr.  Wilbur  F. 
Crafts,  Ph,  D.,  Supt.  of  the  Reform  Bureau,  Wash- 
ington,  D.  C,  blank  petitions  may  be  secured. 

Now,  it  seems  to  me,  with  this  God-given  oppor- 
tunity to  help  crush  out  this  dreadful,  home-destroy- 
ing evil,  we  surely  should  avail  ourselves  of  the 
privilege.  How  many  different  Congressmen  might 
we,  as  a  church,  reach  if  we  only  wouldl  The  ques- 
tion is,  Will  we? 

Opportunities  have  been  given  in  many  other 
cases,  where  moral  and  social  evila  might  have  been 


crushed  out,  but  they  were  not  grasped  and  what 
must  the  world  think  of  indifferent  Christianity? 
What  does  God  think? 

It  seems  to  me  that  we  may  work  with  these  pe- 
titions in  a  far  more  effectual  way  than  we  can  by 
the  ballot. 

I  am  made  to  wonder  why  the  religious  press 
does  not  scatter  such  knowledge  broad-cast  and  urge 
its  readers  to  action.  Men  are  ever  ready  to  re- 
spond to  right  measures,  provided  they  have  good 
leaders. 

With  the  earnest  desire  of  doing  what  I  can 
against  this  evil  and  of  having  the  aid  of  others,  I 
have  written  this  article.  Who  will  be  the  first  to 
lead  off  in  securing  lists  of  petitioners? 


IN  THE  BEGINNING. 


BY  J,  F.  EBERSOLE. 


"  In  the  beginning  God  created  the  heaven  and  the  earth." 
The  earth  and  the  blue- vaulted  sky  were  created 
at  one  and  the  same  time.  That  the  heaven  referred 
to  does  not  mean  the  place  of  rest  is  certain  because 
in  Gen.  i :  20  the  fowls  of  the  air  were  created  to  fly 
in  the  open  firmament  of  heaven.  The  earth  and 
heaven  referred  to  were  created  ages  ago,  perhaps 
millions  of  years,  as  we  reckon  time.  How  long 
the  spirit  of  God  moved  upon  the  face  of  the  waters 
is  indefinite,  but  that  the  waters  covered  the  earth, 
seems  evident,  for  in  verse  9  the  waters  were  gath- 
ered into  one  place  and  the  dry  land  appeared. 

The  period  that  marks  the  creation  in  which  we 
live  begins  with  verse  three.  "  And  God  said,  Let 
there  be  light  and  there  was  light."  I  believe  that 
all  the  vast  machinery  of  the  universe,  the  sun, 
moon  and  stars,  were  created  "  in  the  beginning,"  in 
the  remote  unknown  past,  but  there  was  no  need  of 
the  light  of  the  sun  again  until  the  rehabiliment  of 
the  earth,  hence  the  recreation  of  light,  spoken  of 
in  verse  14,  and  consummated  in  verse  16,  as  also  in 
verse  20.  The  prospective  creation  of  man  is  spoken 
of  afterwards.  The  positive  declaration  of  his  crea- 
tion was  only  again  clothing  the  great  orb  of  day 
with  his  powerful  rays,  to  light  a  new  creation. 

We  extinguish  our  lights  when  no  longer  required. 
We  do  not  destroy  the  lamp  but  relight  it  when  re- 
quired. We  do  not  make  a  new  lamp.  Cannot  God 
do  the  same  with  his  lights,  which  he  has  placed  in 
the  firmament?  Cannot  He,  whose  mighty  power 
swings  the  great  orb  of  day  into  space,  regulate  its 
times  and  periods?    Surely  He  can. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  this  earth  was  inhabited 
ages  ago.  The  finding  of  prehistoric  remains  of 
man  and  animals,  together  with  the  study  of  the 
geological  periods,  confirms  this  conclusion,  but 
it  was  before  our  creation.  The  resurrected  past 
confirms  this.  The  inhabitants  lived  to  the  end 
of  their  time  or  cycle,  and  were  swept  into  the 
great  beyond.  Darkness  wa3  upon  the  face  of  the 
deep.  In  what  way  they  were  finally  destroyed  we 
know  not,  but  he  who  "  stretcheth  out  the  north  over 
the  empty  place  and  hangeth  the  east  upon  nothing," 
has  ways  and  means  of  his  own.  The  fact  that  they 
lived  and  perished  only  confirms  the  prophetic  pe- 
riod in  which  we  live.  When  all  the  greatness  of 
which  we  boast  shall  come  to  naught,  darkness  shall 
again  reign  supreme. 

I  do  not  believe  that  all  the  vastness  of  things 
created  in  the  beginning  have  existed  for  our  period 
only,  but  for  others  who  formerly  inhabited  this 
globe  and  for  those  who  shall  do  so  in  the  ages  to 
come. 

The  skeptic  who  tries  to  destroy  faith  in  the  Bible 
by  calling  attention  to  the  finding  of  conditions 
that  will  not  reconcile  themselves  to  it,  only  pro- 
claims the  certainty  of  his  doom. 

My  boy,  at  one  time,  asked  me  what  was  on  the 
other  side  of  the  world,  meaning  the  starry  firma- 
ment. Thoughtlessly  I  said,  "  I  do  not  know." 
The  better  answer  is,  "  Nothing."  There  is  no  limit 
to  space.  The  greatest  flight  of  imagination  can 
only  reach  to  where  it  begins,  beyond  which  lies 
the  unmeasured  void  that  hath  no  end. 

Duration  is  measured  by  the  same  short  concep- 
tion.   There    is  room,  and  time  enough    can   be 


THE   GOSPEL   3VE ESSIES O-EIE^.. 


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measured  on  the  great  dial-plate  of  duration  for 
many  worlds  like  this,  which  can  be  placed  so  far 
beyond  the  farthest  fixed  star  that  Neptune,  Mars, 
Venus  and  Jupiter  could  not  be  located  from  them 
with  the  most  powerful  telescope,  and  whose  intro- 
ductory history  would  read  to  the  inhabitants  there, 
as  does  ours  "  in  the  beginning."  Their  location 
would  afford  a  starting  point  for  the  onward  flight 
of  the  finite  mind  into  the  vast,  illimitable  area  that 
hath  no  bounds. 
Space  and  duration  are  the  measuring  reeds  of 

eternity.  _^ 

THE  WAY  THEY  DID  AT  PAINTER  CREEK. 

BY  JNO.  CALVIN  BRIGHT. 

One  of  the  places  of  worship  in  our  Brotherhood 
goes  by  the  name  of  "  The  Painter  Creek  Meeting- 
house." The  brethren  and  sisters  who  worship 
there  had  set  the  time  for  their  series  of  meetings 
to  begin  and  had  engaged  a  "  common  preacher" 
to  assist  them, 

When  "the  preacher"  arrived  on  the  scene  he 
found  they  were  ready  for  the  meeting.  They  did 
not  wait  a  week  or  ten  days  before  a  great  many  of 
them  came.  They  did  not  wait  until  they  found 
out  whether  "the  preacher"  had  come,  and  what 
others  thought  of  his  preaching,  but  they  were  there, 
at  the  first  meeting,  with  their  families  and  neigh- 
bors, ready  to  worship  "  the  God  over  all."  It  was 
enough  to  inspire  even  a  "  common  preacher  "  with 
some  earnestness  and  eloquence. 

And  they  kfft  it  up.  The  second  week  of  the  meet- 
ing the  bad  condition  of  the  roads  and  the  inclem- 
ent weather  only  fanned  their  zeal.  The  time  set 
for  the  general  services  to  begin  was  seven  in  the 
evening,  with  song  services  at  6:  30. 

The  congregation,  was  on  time.  Shortly  after  six 
the  singing  commenced,  and  such  singingl  The 
audience  was  supplied  with  books  by  the  brethren 
and  sisters  and  all  were  at  liberty  to  "  name  a  hymn," 
and  perhaps  twenty  different  ones  took  their  part 
in  "leading  the  song."  The  Brethren's  children, 
from  six  years  old  and  upward,  "  named  a  hymn," 
and  all  seemed  to  say,  "  This  is  our  meeting," 

And  the  good  sextons  (it  takes  more  than  one, — and 
they  ought  all  be  good,— to  regulate  a  large  room 
and  wait  on  a  congregation  properly)  did  their 
work  well. 

The  social  part  of  the  meeting  was  commendable. 
The  brethren  and  sisters  mingled  with  the  neighbors 
and  friends  and  made  them  feel  welcome,  and  spoke 
to  them  of  the  "one  thing  needful."  A  most 
prominent  place  of  the  sanctuary  was  given  to  the 
children,  where  their  silvery  voices  could  be  heard  in 
naming  their  hymns,  and  joining  in  the  glad  songs 
of  praise. 

Last,  but  not  least,  we  learned  that  love  and  har- 
mony prevail  throughout  the  official  body  and  the 
church,  and  that  of  the  large  official  body  nearly  all 
their  children,  who  have  arrived  at  the  age  of  ac- 
countability, "  have  chosen  that  good  part."  What- 
ever else  may  betide  "  the  preacher,"  he  will  never 
forget  "  the  way  they  did  at  Painter  Creek,"  when 
they  had  their  meeting,  and  he  feels  it  ought  to  be 
told  wherever  the  Messenger  goes,  that  all  the 
churches  may  profit  by  their  example. 

New  Lebancn,  Ohio. 


CHRIST  IN  YOU  THE  HOPE  OF  GLORY. 

BY  N.  j.  BRUBAKER, 

An  instinctive  desire  to  shine  abides  in  every  hu- 
man breast.  The  child,  as  soon  as  conscious  of  itself, 
desires  to  be  an  object  of  notice.  Indeed,  desire  for 
approbation  is  one  of  the  distinctive  characteristics 
of  man,  for  all  m»n  of  all  ages  have  sought  honor. 
Though  their  methods  of  life  have  been  varied,  ac- 
cording to  their  ideals,  honor  in  some  form  or  other, 

In  the  humbler  spheres  of  life  simple  approval  by 
associates  may  have  been  the  aim.  In  the  higher 
circles  it  may  have  been  regal  prestige  or  military 
glory,    The  judicial  ermine,  the  kingly  crown,  the 


pyramids  of  Egypt,  the  tower  of  Babel, — all  alike  in- 
dicate man's  desire  to  shine  in  honor  and  glory.  But 
in  all  these  attempts  to  live  beyond  life  we  see  failure. 
Man's  monuments  have  crumbled,  his  crowns  have 
perished;  his  scepters  have  broken.  With  brush,  or 
with  chisel,  or  with  pen,  he  has  tried  to  win  endur- 
ing fame,  but  to  no  avail.  In  his  search  for  immor- 
tal glory  he  has  sought  in  the  realms  of  mortality, 
and  however  well  he  painted  or  carved  or  wrote, 
time  will  finally  assert  that  immoital  glory  is  not 
the  product  of  man. 

No;  we  must  look  above  and  beyond  for  things 
eternal.  This  innate  longing  of  the  soul  must  be 
satisfied.  Defeated  among  men  our  hope  is  not  ex- 
tinguished but  directed  above.  Paul  gives  us  the 
key  to  unfading  splendor,  "  Christ  in  us  the  hope 
of  glory."  Here  we  see  that  we  are  to  build  with- 
in. The  eternal  monument  must  be  builded  with 
eternal  materials.  The  name  that  is  above  every 
name  must  be  written  in  our  hearts.  The  statue 
that  will  last  forever  must  be  the  fullness  of  Christ 
in  us.  The  picture  that  will  never  fade  must  be  the 
mage  of  the  Divine  Mind,  painted  within  us,  and 
the  immortal  poem  must  be  the  perfect  rythm  and 
measure  of  an  enchristed  soul, 

Christ,  the  Son  of  God,  is  the  sum  total  of  all  the 
divine  attributes,  the  incarnation  of  all  that  is  eter- 
nal and  glorious.  His  divine-human  love  is  im- 
measurable and  can  never  fail.  His  mercy  is 
matchless  and  endureth  forever.  His  power  will 
overcome  all  things,  for  he  is  omnipotent.  His 
laws  are  unalterable  and  expressive  of  his  inflexible 
justice.  His  infinite  truth  is  commensurate  with  all 
liberty,  and  excludes  every  vestige  of  bondage. 
He  is  all  and  in  all.  From  him  all  love  and  mercy 
and  power  and  truth  emanate  in  one  constant  glow 
of  dazzling  splendor  and  radiant  glory.  For  this 
reason  Paul  says,  "  Christ  in  you  the  hope  of  glory." 
Nothing  except  Christ  can  shine  through  all  the 
vistas  of  an  infinite  past,  amidst  all  the  realities  of 
a  throbbing  present  and  into  all  the  hopes  of  an  in- 
comprehensible future. 

Do  you  want  to  shine,  my  brother,  my  sister,  in 
this  life  and  in  the  life  beyond?  Then  let  Christ 
dwell  in  your  soul.  This  is  the  only  way,  the  only 
hope.  You  must  be  the  lamb  and  Christ  will  be  the 
light.  As  it  is  not  the  light-house  that  shines  but  the 
light  that  is  within  the  light-house,  just  so  it  is  not 
you  and  I  that  can  shine,  but  Christ  within  us,  His 
divine  Spirit  must  be  manifested  in  ourhumancon- 
duct.  Humanity  is  made  pure  and  holy  and  sacred 
and  glorious  only  as  it  is  the  receptacle  and  at  the 
same  time  the  reflector  of  the  divine  essence,  It  is 
Christ  permeating  your  soul,  renovating  your  soul, 
and  radiating  from  your  soul  to  the  souls  of  your 
fellow-men  that  will  make  you  truly  a  light  in  this 
world,  and  a  spirit  of  glory  in  the  realms  above. 

Let  us,  from  day  to  day,  imbibe  more  of  the 
Christ  nature,  that  from  within  us  may  beam  forth 
to  our  fellow-men  some  rays  of  humility,  mercy, 
compassion,  gentleness,  truthfulness,  patience,  jus- 
tice and  holiness,  Then,  when  we  have  become 
like  him,  all  men  within  the  radius  of  our  influence 
will  know  that  we  are  not  only  partakers  but  exem- 
pliBers  of  the  divine  nature,  Our  light  will  never 
grow  dim,  for  it  will  be  Christ  eternal  within,  who 
shines,  Then  we  will  reflect  the  humility  of  him 
who  was  willing  to  lay  aside  the  divine  nature, 
make  himself  of  no  reputation,  fashion  himself  as  a 
man,  to  become  obedient  to  death,  even  the  death  of 
the  cross.  We  will  reflect  the  self-denial  of  him  who, 
while  among  men,  had  not  where  to  lay  his 
head,  of  him  who  was  willing  to  give  himself  into 
the  hands  of  his  enemies,  though  he  had  twelve 
legions  of  angels  ready  to  come  to  his  rescue,  of 
him  who  remained  hungry  in  the  wilderness  though 
able  to  make  stones  into  bread.  We  will  reflect  the 
mercy  and  compassion  of  him  who,  amidst  tempta- 
tion, suffered  the  deepest  pangs  of  human  sorrow  in 
order  that  he  might  be  able  to  succor  and  reconcile 
those  who  are  likewise  tempted.  We  will  reflect 
the  patience  of  him  who,  in  the  basest  of  all  trials, 
was  falsely  accused,  yet  answered  nothing.  Yes 
we  will  reflect  the  justice  and  truth  and  zeal  and 
righteousness  and  holiness  that  continually  flashed 
forth  from  his  divine  presence  in  radiant  splendor 


and  unexampled  glory.  We  will  reflect  all  the 
heavenly  graces  that  constitute  that  halo  of  divinity 
ever  above  his  holy  he'ad,  that  circle  of  light,  pre- 
eminently symbolic  of  his  glory  eternal. 

When  I  was  a  child  and  looked  upon  the  pic- 
tures of  Christ  I  remember  that  there  was  always  a 
circle  about  his  holy  head.  I  did  not  know  the  sig- 
nificance of  the  circle.  It  did  not  occur  to  me  that 
it  was  an  essential  part  of  the  picture,  that  this  was 
the  divine  nature  of  Christ  shining  forth,  and  that 
absence  of  this  light  would  have  indicated  his  lack 
of  divinity.  Nor  did  it  occur  to  me  that,  in  whom- 
soever Christ  abideth,  that  person  must,  of  neces- 
sity, manifest  a  similar  halo  by  virtue  of  Christ  be- 
ing within.  But  now  it  is  clear  to  me  that  if  we,  in 
our  humanity,  do  not  show  forth  the  spirit  of  Christ, 
it  is  because  the  divine  nature  is  not  implanted  in  us. 
Conversely,  if  we  are  truly  the  begotten  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  and  have  Christ  within  us,  that  glory  that  is 
an  essential  part  of  him  will  beam  forth  in  radiant 
splendor  and  matchless  beauty  wherever  we  may 
be,  and  here  or  there,  perchance,  some  faltering  wan- 
derer will  catch  a  glimpse  of  the  Christ  within  us  who 
can  lead  him  back  to  God.  He,  in  turn,  may  light 
with  his  heaven-enkindled  flame,  some  other  fellow- 
man,  who  yet  may  light  still  others,  on  and  on,  until 
Christ  is  indeed  actually  realized  as  the  light  that 
lighteth  every  man  who  cometh  into  the  world. 
Nor  is  this  all,  for  in  the  world  beyond  these  pure, 
enchristed  souls,  these  immutable  stars  of  glory, 
shall  they  not,  oh  God,  begem  thine  infinite,  dome 
of  eternity? 

Girard,  III. 

FORBIDDEN  TO  TELL. 

BY  J.  H.  PECK. 

"  Then  charged  he  his  disciples  lhat  they  should  tell  no  man 
that  he  w;is  Jesus  the  Christ."— Matt.  16:  20, 

My  attention  was  recently  called  to  the  above 
passage  of  Scripture  by  a  minister  who  teaches  that 
the  Gospel  of  Christ  was  not  preached  until  afUr 
the  descent  of  the  Holy  Spirit  on  the  Day  of  Pente- 
cost, the  above,  Matt.  17:  9  and  Luke  24:  47,  being 
his  principal  proof-texts.  Now  the  question  is, 
Do  Matt.  16:  20  and  17:  9  have  any  reference  at 
all  to  preaching  the  Gospel,  and  what  is  their  true 
meaning? 

Webster  defines  Gospel  as  meaning  glad  tidings; 
especially,  the  good  news  concerning  Christ  and 
his  salvation.  So,  then,  wherever  we  have  the 
good  news  concerning  Christ  and  his  salvation  pro- 
claimed, we  deem  it  proper  to  call  it  preaching  the 
Gospel  of  Christ. 

That  God  preached  the  Gospel  of  Christ  to  Abra- 
ham when  he  said,  "  In  thee  shall  all  nations  of  the 
earth  be  blessed,"  is  clearly  taught  in  Gal.  3:  8, 

That  John  the  Baptist  preached  the  Gospel  of 
Christ,  when  he  said,  "  Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the 
Lord;  make  his  paths  straight,"  and  "  There  cometh 
one  mightier  than  I,  the  latchet  of  whose  shoes  I 
am  not  worthy  to  stoop  down  and  unloose,"  is  clear 
from  Mark  1 : 1-8,  That  Jesus  himself  preached  the 
Gospel  of  Christ  when  he  preached  the  Gospel  of 
the  kingdom  of  God,  saying,  "  The  time  is  fulfilled, 
and  the  kingdom  of  God  is  at  hand;  repent  ye, 
and  believe  the  gospel,"  Mark  11:  14,  15,  cannot  be 
successfully  contradicted. 

That  Jesus  sent  out  the  twelve  apostles,  and  aft- 
erwards seventy  of  his  disciples,  to  preach  the  Gos- 
pel of  Christ  and  his  Kingdom,  is  found  in  Matt, 
10:  7,  Mark  6:  12,  Luke  9;  2  and  10: 1,  2. 

But  it  is  urged  that  Jesus  and  his  disciples 
preached  only  the  Gospel  of  the  kingdom  of  God, 
and  not  the  Gospel  of  Christ;  to  which  I  will  say, 
would  they  likely  preach  the  Gospel  of  the  king- 
dom of  God,  without  telling  anything  about  the 
King!  In  Luke  1:  30-33  we  learn  that  Jesus  is  to  be 
the  king,  and  that  of  his  kingdom  there  shall  be  no 
end,  so  I  cannot  conceive  how  they  could  preach 
the  Gospel  of  the  kingdom  of  God,  without  telling 
anything  about  Jesus  Christ  as  the  coming  king, 
which  would  be  preaching  the  Gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ.    What,  then,  are  we  to  understand  by  Jesus, 


Feb. 


t:e£e  gospel  nyczEssEnsro-iErR,. 


charging  his  disciples  that  they  should  tell  no  man 
that  he  was  Jesus  the  Christ? 

Bible  students  have  divided  the  ministry  of  Christ 
into  three  periods:  The  period  of  obscurity,  the 
period  of  popularity,  and  the  period  of  opposition 
The  period  of  obscurity  commences  with  Jesus' 
baptism  and  ends  about  the  time  of  his  conversa- 
tion with  the  Samaritan  woman  at  Jacob's  well, 
about  one  year  later;  his  time  being  spent  mostly  in 
Judea. 

The  period  of  popularity  follows  the  period  of 
obscurity  and  ends  about  the  third  Passover,  mak- 
ing about  fifteen  months,  mostly  spent  in  Galilee. 

The  period  of  opposition  being  the  remainder  of 
his  ministry  lasts  about  one  year,  and  ends  with  his 
crucifixion. 

It  was  at  the  commencement  of  the  period  of  ob- 
scurity and  at  his  baptism  that  the  Spirit  of  God,  de- 
scending like  a  dove,  rested  upon  him,  and  intro- 
duced him  to  the  world  as  the  Son  of  God.  Matt. 
3:13-17.  Daring  this  same  period  John  the  Bap- 
tist also  introduces  him  as  "  the  Limb  of  God, 
which  taketh  away  the  sin  cf  the  world."  John  1;  29 
During  this  period  Nicodemus  acknowledges  him 
as  a  "teacher  come  from  God,"  and  Jesus  does  not 
dispute  his  word  nor  tell  him  noi  to  tell  it  to  others. 
But  it  took  some  lime  for  the  new  king  to  be- 
come well  introduced,  and  longer  to  be  accepted  by 
many  as  the  King  of  kings  and  Lord  of  lords. 
During  the  period  of  popularity  he  himself  preached 
the  Gospel  of  the  kingdom  of  God,  and  sent  out 
his  disciples  to  preach,  and  many,  even  among  the 
chief  rulers,  believed  on  him.    John  12:42. 

But  this  popularity  cf  Jesus  incited  the  more 
hatred  and  revenge  in  those  who  did  not  believe, 
and  thus  was  brought  about  the  period  of  opposi- 
tion, and  schemes  were  put  on  foot  to  kill  him 
Matt.  26:  3-5  and  John  11:4-51. 

It  was  during  this  period  ot  opposition  and  when 
he  was  in  danger  of  being  apprehended  before  his 
time,  that  he  advised  his  dhciples  to  make  no  ef- 
fort to  proclaim  him  as  the  Christ,  and  Matt.  16:20 
17:9  are  no  proof  whatever  that  the  Gospel  of 
Christ  did  not  exist  and  could  not  be  preached  until 
n.'ter  Pentecost. 

Of  course,  that  part  of  the  Gospel,  pertaining  to 
his  crucifixion,  resurrection  and  ascension,  could 
not  be  preached  as  having  taken  place  until  it  did 
take  place.  But  the  glad  tidings  of  Christ  as  the 
Messiah,  the  glory  of  his  coming  kingdom,  and  sal 
vation  in  his  name,  were  certainly  proclaimed  four 
before  the  Dxy  of  Pentecost,  after  h:s  ascension. 
Manvel,  Tex. 

DID  JESUS  PARTAKE  OF  THE  LOAF  AND  CUP? 

BY  C.  FITZWATER. 

Did  Christ  partake  of  the  Communion  (bread  and  wine)  thi 
night  he  instituted  the  Lord's  Supper  and  feet-washing? 

I  cannot  find  any  Scripture  passage  that  says  that 
he  did,  consequently  I  do  not  believe  that  he,  h; 
self,  did  partake  of  the  Communion.  He  took  the 
bread  and  cup  after  supper  and  gave  it  to  his  dis 
pies,  and  told  them  to  partake  of  it  after  he  had 
given  thanks.  After  he  and  the  disciples  had  pa; 
taken  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  as  I  understand  it,  he 
took  bread  and  gave  thanks,  and  brake  it  and  gave 
it  to  them  and  told  them  to  eat,  that  it  was  his  body 
that  was  broken.  Likewise  he  took  the  cup  and 
gave  thanks  and  gave  to  them  and  told  then 
drink,  that  it  *vas  his  blood  that  was  shed,  etc. 
the  same  time  he  said  that  he  would  not  eat  and 
drink  any  more  till  he  did  it  new  in  the  Father's 
kingdom.  He  said  that  the  bread  and  wine  were 
his  flesh  and  blood.  If  sc,  he  would  have  been 
obliged  to  eat  his  own  flesh  and  drink  his  owa 
blood.  Neither  could  he  have  eaten  it  in  the  sense 
that  the  disciples  did, — "discerning  the  Lord's 
body,"  as  I  understand  it  to  mean.  The  Jewish 
passover  pointed  forward  to  the  death  of  Christ 
and  was  fulfilled  in  his  death.  It  also  pointed  back 
to  Egypt.  Christ's  passover  points  forward  to  th 
reunion  of  the  church  with  Christ  in  the  end  of  the 
world.  The  Communion  (bread  and  wine)  point 
back  to  the  cross. 


I  have  given  a  few  thoughts  on  this  subject,  as  it 
occurs  to  me,  and  I  would  ask  some  of  the  abler 
brethren  to  give  their  views  through  the  Messenger. 
I  think  it  may  possibly  open  some  new  light  or 
awaken  some  new  thought  on  those  ordinances. — 

Mctkias,  W.  Va. 


'An  old  Scotch  woman  used  to  give  a  penny  a 
day  for  missions,  and  for  the  sake  of  so  doing  went 
without  some  things  that  she  might  otherwise  have 
had.  One  day  a  friend  handed  her  a  sixpence,  so 
that  she  might  buy  herself  some  meat,  as  an  unus- 
ual luxury.  'Well,  now,'  thought  the  old  woman, 
1  I've  long  done  very  well  on  porridge,  and  the 
Lord  shall  have  the  s'xpence  too.'  In  some  way 
the  story  came  to  the  cars  of  a  missionary  secreta- 
ry, who  told  it  at  a  missionary  breakfast.  The  host 
was  much  impressed  by  the  simple  talc,  and,  saying 
that  he  had  never  denied  himself  a  single  chop  for 
God's  Word,  subscribed  ,{,\od  on  the  spot.  Sever- 
al of  the  guests  followed  his  example,  and  £2,200 
was  raised  before  the  party  separated. " 


-h-THE  +  SUNDAY  +  SCHOOL^ 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 
The  Twelve  5ent  Forth  —Matt   10:  2-15. 

Lesson  jor  February  20,  iSgS. 

The  sending  forth  of  the  twelve  apostles  into  the 
active  ministry  of  the  world  was  an  event  of  inter- 
est to  these  men,  and  as  well  to  those  to  whom 
they  were  sent.  It  was  a  kind  of  a  test  trip,  and,  to 
them,  a  new  experience.  To  realize  more  fully  as 
to  what  it  means,  we  need  only  allude  to  our  own 
experience,  as  we,  for  the  first  time,  started  out  into 
the  world  in,  what  we  supposed  to  be,  our  mission 
or  calling  in  life.  With  what  varied  apprehensions, 
feats  and  tremblings  we  started  and  made  our  first 
effort! 

Do  you  remember  what  it  was  that  gave  U3  the 
courage  to  make  the  start  at  all?  It  was  because 
of  the  little  preparation  we  had  made,  and  the  con- 
fidence we  placed  in  that  preparation,  The  more 
preparation  we  make,  the  less  our  fear,  and  the 
greater  our  hope  of  success. 

For  a  considerable  time  these  men  had  been 
learners, — disciples, — and  that  they  might  have  a 
little  experience  in  the  use  of  that  which  they  had 
learned,  the  teacher  sends  them  out  on  a  mission  of 
doing  good,  and  also  to  preach,  to  some  extent, 
the  great  doctrine  they  had  been  learning.  The 
lesson  we  learn  from  this,  is,  that,  to  do  any  work 
we  need  preparation,  and  this  preparation  should 
be  in  proportion  to  the  nature  and  importance  of 
the  work  to  be  done.  The  teacher  of  God's  Word 
is  compared  to  a  physician.  One  deals  with 
physical  life  and  physical  diseases,  the  other,  with 
spiritual  life  and  spiritual  diseases.  No  one  would 
think  of  employing  a  physician  who  was  not  ac- 
quainted with  medicines  and  physiology.  It  would 
be  unwise  and  dangerous.  He  might,  not  under- 
standing the  nature  of  the  disease,  administer  the 
wrong  medicine,  as  has  been  done  to  the  death  of 
the  patient.  This  would  be  criminal,  and  to  such 
criminality,  the  law  attaches  a  heavy  penalty.  If 
this  is  so,  and  it  is,  who  would  dare  to  assume  to 
be  a  soul  physician  without  preparation  and  a  full 
knowledge  of  the  character  of  the  medicine  to  be 
given  to  sick  souls!  To  kill  a  man  physically 
by  the  use  of  wrong  medicine  would  be  bad, — very 
bad, — but  to  kill  a  soul  spiritually  through  ignor- 
ance of  the  use  of  soul  medicine,  would  be  a  thou- 
sand times  worse. 

These  men  had  learned  of  Jesus,  and  that  they 
might  the  more  cure  spiritual  diseases  they  were 
taught  how  to  cure  the  physically  sick,  They  were 
to  go.  "  And  as  ye  go,  preach,  saying,  The  kingdom 
of  heaven  is  at  hand."  That  the  people  might  be 
caused  to  believe,  to  be  cured  spiritually,  he  gave 
them  power  to  heal  physically:  "Heal  the  sick, 
cleanse  the  lepers,  raise  the  dead,"  etc.  This  heal- 
ing, etc.,  was  symbolical  of  the  spiritual  healing 
that  they  should  do.  They  did  both,  because  they 
had   learned  well  from   the  Master,  and  believed 


fully  in  his  power.  The  healing,  etc.,  physically, 
are  no  more  necessary  as  a  setting  and  rooting  for 
the  Truth,  or  to  get  to  the  spiritual,  yet  we  do  not 
believe  that  the  Lord's  hands  are  shortened,  when 
this  symbol  is  necessary  to  get  to  the  other  and 
more  important  healing. 

But  another  very  interesting  thought  we  have  in 
this  lesson, — to  whom  these  men  were  sent.  They 
were  not  sent  to  the  Gentiles,  nor  yet  to  the  Samar- 
itans, who  were  considered,  by  the  Jews,  as  far  away 
as  the  Gentiles, — "But  go  rather  to  the  lost  sheep 
of  the  house  of  Israel."  As  Jesus  was  of  Jewish 
descent,  and  of  that  race  of  people,  it  was  right 
that  they  should  have  the  first  call  and  opportuni- 
ty, but  it  will  be  seen  in  the  use  of  the  word  "  rath- 
er "  that  others,  or  those  of  the  Gentiles,  who  would 
seek  could  find,  and  we  are  glad  to  know  and  say 
that  after  the  Jews  had  the  call  and  option,  then  it 
was  that  the  door  to  the  "  one  fold  "  was  gradually 
thrown  open,  and  the  time  soon  came  when  it  was 
opened  wide,  and  the  "  whosoever  will  "  proclama- 
tion went  forth  and  was  sounded  and  resounded 
until  it  reached  and  was  heard  to  the  uttermost 
ends  of  the  world. 

Another  interesting  feature  in  this  lesson  is  the 
manner  in  which  these  workers  went  out, — "  l'/o- 
vide  neither  gold  nor  silver  nor  brass  in  your 
purses."  They  were  not  to  take  with  them  a  hand- 
satchel,  to  carry  along  a  change  of  raiment.  This 
was  to  test  their  entire  dependence  on  the  Lord, 
that  he  would  provide  for  all  their  wants,  even  to 
that  of  raiment.  From  it. we  can  learn  that  there 
are  no  conditions  or  circumstances  in  which  a  work- 
er for  Jesus  cannot  go.  And  it  shows,  too,  that 
when  a  man  is  willing  to  give  his  all  in  the  service 
of  the  Master,  he  should  receive  all  the  suppoit 
that  gold,  silver  or  brass  can  give,  even  to  his 
clothing.  Circumstances  requiring  such  entire  de- 
pendence, while  in  the  field,  are  not  the  ordinary 
ones,  but  there  may  be  such.  And  when  they  are 
found  they  ought  to  be  filled  and  attended  to,  de- 
pending entirely  upon  the  direct  interposition  and 
help  of  the  Lord  through  those  to  whom  he  minis- 
ters. 

As  the  thought  of  support,  in  entering  the  work 
of  the  Master,  is  being  looked  at  and  considered  by 
ouryoungmen.it  will  be  well  for  them  to  study 
this  subject  very  carefully.  What  we  all  need  is 
more  consecration  to  the  Lord's  work,  feeling  as- 
sured that  when  we  fully  commit  ourselves  into 
his  hands,  and  give  ourselves  to  his  work,  he  will 
provide.  Though  the  way,  in  the  beginning,  may 
seem  dark,  in  the  end  it  will  be  light.  h.  b.  b. 


SERMON    OUTLINE. 

SALVATION. 


"It  is  good  that  a  man  should  both  hnpe  and  ijuictly  wai 
for  the  salvation  of  the  Lord,"— Lam.  3:  26. 

1.  Define  salvation, 

2.  Who  may  enjoy  it.    See  John  1:  11;  Acts  2:  38,  39;  8:  12 
37;  10:34,35- 

3.  When  to  seek  it.    Luke  14:  17;  Acts  17:  30;  2  Cor.  6:  2. 

4.  How  to  obtain  it. 

(a)  Through  faith  or  belief.  Acts  16:  31;  John  3:  16,  3I 

Heb.  11:6", 
(<5)  Repentance.    Matt.  4:  '7;  Acts  2:  38,  etc. 
(c)  Baptism.    Acts  2:  38;  16:  33;  Mark  16:  16;  etc. 


OUR,    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


QOD'S  CARE  FOR  US.— Matt.  6:  34-34. 
For  Thursday  Evening,  Feb,  /;,  /SgS, 

I.  How  We  are  Taught  God's  Care. 

1.  A  lesson  from  the  birds,    Job  38:  41;  Luke  12: ; 

2.  A  lesson  from  the  lilies.     Matt.  6:  29;  Luke  12: 

3.  A  lesson  from  the  grass.    Ps.  147;  8;  Luke  12:  2 
II.  Why  Wk  Mav  Expect  God's  Care. 

r.  God  knows  our  needs.    Ps.  1:  6;  Malt.  6:  8. 
2.  God's  assurances.    Prov.  11:  18;  Rom.  8:  32;  Ps 
III.  Our  Duty  Delineated. 

1.  A  choice  for  Gcd.    Josh. : 

2.  A  disregard  for  worldly  c; 

3.  Seeking  the  best  first.    Josh.  24:  14;  Malt.  4:  1 

4.  Perfect  trust,    Ps.  37;  s;  Puilpp.  ■]■  19:  Ps-  55' 


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'-- 


It  were  a  blessed  thing  for  me,  O  Lord, 

To  fix  my  hope  entire  on  Thee;  to  deem 
Thee  all  my  pleasure  and  Thy  Holy  Word 
The  measure  of  my  lite;  and  if  I  might 

Have  faith  so  great  that  it  should  always  seem 
I  held  Thy  hand  and  walked  with  Thee  in  light; 

And  though  this  body  should  by  storms  be  tossed, 

And  feel  the  ravages  of  want  and  pain; 
And  though  all  earthly  hope  and  joy  be  lost, 
And  all  the  bitterness  of  life  be  mine, 

To  smile,  my  God,  into  Thy  face  again, 
By  faith— this  were  a  privilege  divine. 

And  that  my  faith  may  be  as  this,  I  pray; 

And  that  my  one  great  Hope  Thou  may'st  remain; 
But  as  I  wander  onward,  day  by  day, 
For  something  more.O  Lord,  I  plead  with  Thee; 

My  Christ  hath  lived  and  died  for  me  in  vain, 
If  I  love  not  as  He  hath  loved  me. 

O  Lord,  all  things  Thou  knowest;  how  this  heart 

Doth  strive  to  put  all  selfishness  away; 
Thou  knowest  all  that  I  but  know  in  part 
How  self  doth  rule  where  love  alone  should  be. 

O  Lord,  that  Thou  wilt  strengthen  me,  I  pray, 
And  help  me  love  as  Thou  hast  loved  me, 
Pomona,  Cal. 

CIRCLE  NOTES. 
BY   JAMES   M.    NEFF. 

Bro.  A.  B.  Coovbr  writes  from  Palestine,  Ark., 
that  more  than  three  years  ago  he  became  a  member 
of  the  Circle  at  McPherson,  Kans.,  but  read  none 
of  the  books  till  six  of  them  were  loaned  to  him, 
recently,  by  Brother  and  Sister  D.  L.  Forney.  He 
desires  to  purchase  the  remaining  books  of  the 
course  and  finish  the  reading,  He  says,  "  While 
reading  '  Do  Not  Say,'  not  even  the  thought  that  I 
was  unqualified  for  a  missionary  consoled  me."  He 
orders  a  copy  of  the  book  sent  to  a  friend,  and 
otherwise  manifests  interest  in  the  work  of  the  Cir- 
cle. 

Writing  from  the  County  Infirmary,  Huntington, 
Ind.,  Bro.  Frank  Henderson  says:  "  Find  inclosed 
a  2  cent  stamp  for  which  please  send  me  a  copy  of 
'Do  Not  Say.'  I  am  very  desirous  of  more  light 
upon  the  truth,  but  I  have  not  the  means  to  pur 
chase  books,  therefore  I  am  always  very  thankful 
for  an  opportunity  of  getting  gift  books,  I  am  a 
young  man  twenty-seven  years  old.  I  am  a  help- 
less invalid,  confined  to  my  bed  most  of  the  time. 
I  have  not  been  upon  my  feet  for  over  four  years, 
yet  I  am  happy  in  the  Lord.  I  am  made  to  re- 
joice in  2  Cor.  4;  17.  The  Lord  is  wonderfully 
blessing  me.  I  am  a  strong  advocate  of  Rom.  S:  2S. 
I  find  great  consolation  in  John  14:13,  14,  and  I 
believe  Jesus  is  'just  the  same  to-day.'  I  would 
gladly  become  a  member  of  the  Circle  if  I  had  the 
necessary  means.  God  bless  the  Circle.  My  great- 
est ambition  is  to  become  an  efficient  worker  for 
the  Lord.  Pray  for  me,  that  I  may  become  an  able 
worker  in  the  Lord's  vineyard. " 


This  poor  brother,  according  to  the  common  way 
of  thinking,  is  very  unfortunate,  but  evidently  the 
Lord  is  giving  him  more  than  he  is  taking  from  him. 
Many  of  our  readers,  no  doubt,  have  a  number  of 
the  Circle  books,  that  they  have  read  and  laid 
aside.  Sister  Newcomer  sent  Bro.  Henderson  "  Do 
Not  Say"  and  "  Life  of  Judson,"  No  doubt  he 
would  be  very  glad  to  receive  and  read  any  of  the 
other  books  of  the  course.'  Bro.  Henderson  writes 
well  and  after  he  has  read  some  of  these  books,  we 
shall  expect  to  hear  from  him. 

Sister  Esther  F.  Ennis,  of  Fruitdale,  Ala.,  writes: 
"  I  have  read  seven  of  the  Circle  books  and  must 
say  that  I  have  found  them  very  interesting,  espe- 
cially the  little  book,  '  Do  not  Say.'  It  is  worth  sev- 
eral times  its  cost.  May  the  good  work  go  on,  and 
many  others  be  strengthened  in  the  mission  work 
and  feel  to  press  onward  in  their  Christian  warfare, 
and  work  more  and  pray  more  for  the  spreading  of 
the  Gospel." 

Sister  Mary  E,  Frantz,  writing  from  Holmesville, 

Nebr.,  sends  the  names  of  nine  new  members  and 

says  there  are  now  sixteen  members  of  the  Circle 

1  their  local  congregation.     I  quote  from  her  Utter: 

May  God's  blessing  be  upon  the  work,  and  the  re- 
sult be  a  general  awakening  to  the  Deeds  of  the  ne- 
eded souls  everywhere.  I  am  much  gratified  to 
know  that  '  Do  Not  Say '  is  doing  its  work.  I  quote 
from  a  friend  to  whom  one  copy  was  presented. 
'  Some  one  has  kindly  sent  me  a  copy  of  "  Do  Not 
Say."  In  it  I  find  much  to  arouse  us  to  a  sense  of 
onr  duty.  If  we  cannot  all  go,  we  can  all  be  the 
means  of  going.'  The  guidance  of  the  Spirit  I  pray 
for  you  and  all  our  brethren  and  sisters,  not  only  in 
America  but  in  every  nation  where  they  are  found, 
Praise  his  name  for  those  in  India  and  other  lands.'  " 

We  believe  that  with  proper  activity  upon  the 
part  of  our  Local  Secretaries  there  are  many  Io 
calities  in  the  Brotherhood  where  we  might  haye 
as  many  Circle  members  as  we  have  at  Holmesville. 

Below  we  give  a  list  of 

NEW   MEMBERS. 

i,  Alice  A.  Roddy Johnstown,  Pa 

5,  Nora  Burnette Cushing,  Okla 

3,  Tillie  Holderread Cushing,  Okla 

[,  Liz/ieBerkey, Johnstown,  Pa 

!,  Anna  Henkel, Lanark,  III 

j,  Ida  May  Diltz Covington,  Ohio 

834,  Sarah  Eller Covington,  Ohio 

Mrs.  Laura  Davis Covingtop,  Ohio 

Lizzie  Hollinger Covington,  Ohio 

Rosan  Younce Covington,  Ohio 

Elizabeth  Brant Covington,  Ohio 

C.  E.  Downs McPherson,  Kans 

Lena  A,  Mohler, Covington,  Ohio 

Myrtle  Blocher, Hill  Grove,  Ohio 

F.  B.  Myers Mt.  Pleasant,  Pa 

843,  Mrs.  Laura  O.  Brown, 122  Third  Ave.,  Altoona,  Pa 

844,  Anna  Kirkpatrick South  English,  Iowa 

845,  Mrs.  Emma  Detwiler 604  Franklin  St.,  Johnstown,  Pa 

846,  Mary  A.  Stees 411  Fourth  Ave.,  Altoona,  Pa 


THE  LAND  OF  THE  TEENS.* 

This  entrance  into  the  Land  of  the  Teens  is  a 
serious,  even  a  dangerous  period,  for  if  you  have 
not  had  right  instruction  you  may  be  led,  or  fall 
into  habits  of  wrong  doing  or  thinking.  If  you  are 
rightly  taught  you  will  begin  to  have  added  rever- 
ence for  yourselves  in  that  God  is  dignifying  you 
with  new  powers  that  will  bring  you  more  nearly 
into  co-partnership  with  himself.  These  powers 
the  most  sacred  of  all  that  have  come  to  you  need 
years  for  development,  and  should  be  guarded  by 
pure  thoughts  and  kept  for  their  holy  office  of  pro- 
moting the  earthly  usefulness  and  eternal  blessed- 
ness of  those  who  hereafter  will  -owe  both  earthly 
and  immortal  life  to  you, 

I  have  said  that  we  are  not  responsible  for  the 
dower  of  virtues  and  vices  which  are  ours  by  in- 
heritance, but  we  are  responsible  for  the  inheritances 
of  our  children,  and  this  is  a  most  solemn  thought. 
Do  you  not  begin  to  see  that  we  cannot  value  our- 
selves too  highly  if  we  have  the  right  idea  of  what 
our  real  worth  is?  We  can  scarcely  over-estimate 
the  results  of  our  own  deeds.    We   may  think   it 

^Selected  by  Lavinia  Stoner  from  Dr.  Wood-Allen's  book, 


does  not  matter  if  we  do  not  always  tell  the  exact 
truth;  if  at  some  times  we  equivocate  and  at  others 
exaggerate,  but  when  we  remember  that  truth  is  the 
foundation  of  character,  and  realize  that  by  little 
equivocations  or  exaggerations  we  may  be  weaken- 
ing the  foundations  of  many  who  are  from  us  to  re- 
ceive their  talents  and  tendencies,  we  begin  to  see 
that  the  matter  is  a  very  serious  one.  I  am  some- 
times told  that  young  people  will  not  be  influenced 
by  a  consideration  for  the  welfare  of  unborn  genera- 
tions whose  existence  is  very  problematical  in  their 
thought;  but  my  observation  is  that  young  folks 
are  much  more  sensible  than  we  give  them  credit 
for  being.  More  than  one  young  man  has  said  to 
me:  "  I  was  never  taught  that  my  conduct  and 
thought  would  impress  themselves  upon  my  chil- 
dren, but  now  that  I  see  that  such  is  the  case,  I  am 
sure  that  I  will  hereafter  be  more  careful  of  my 
life  than  I  ever  have  been," 

This  field  of  investigation  is  a  broad  one,  and 
even  if  you  never  have  an  opportunity  to  study  the 
subject  scientifically,  you  can  still  be  of  incalculable 
benefit  to  humanity  by  ever  remembering  that  you 
are  living  for  an  earthly,  as  well  as  for  a  heavenly 
immortality.  The  young  people,  who  to-day  are  in 
the  Land  of  the  Teens,  are  they  who  are  determining 
the  characteristics  of  the  men  and  women  of  the 
Twentieth  Century,  creating  the  standards  of 
thought  and  action,  the  methods  of  business,  the 
levels  of  morals,  in  fact  the  whole  status  of  society 
in  the  world  of  a  hundred  years  to  come. 

It  is  a  very  wonderful  fact  that  God  has  so  cre- 
ated us  that  the  result  of  our  deeds  is  not  limited 
to  our  own  lives,  but  makes  its  impress  upon  those 
who  are  to  come  after  us.  We  are  not  separate 
units,  but  are  links  in  a  living  chain  of  endless 
transmission.  The  fact  makes  our  lives  of  far  great- 
er consequence  than  if,  in  their  results,  they  were 
imited  to  ourselves.  If  we  are  anxious  concerning 
the  future  of  our  country,  we  may  take  to  heart  the 
thought  that  it  will  be  what  we  ourselves  have  made 
it.  The  Bible  expresses  the  same  idea  in  many 
ways.  "  Whatsoever  a  man  soweth,  that  shall  he 
also  reap,"  does  not  mean  merely  that  his  own  fu-^ 
ture  will  be  influenced  by  his  conduct,  but  that  his 
future,  in  his  children,  will  be  a  record  which  he  him- 
self has  made.      _  

THE  NUMBER  THIRTEEN. 

Quite  apart  from  his  achievements  as  an  explorer, 
Dr.  Nansen  has  strong  claims  to  recognition.  He 
has  entirely  and  finally  disestablished  the  number 
thirteen  as  a  symbol  of  disaster,  for,  not  content 
with  being  born  on  the  thirteenth  of  the  month,  he 
went  off  on  his  recent  expedition  with  a  company 
of  thirteen,  all  of  whom  returned  safely.  The  Fram 
got  clear  of  the  ice  on  the  thirteenth  of  the  month, 
on  the  same  day  on  which  Nansen  arrived  at  Thom- 
soe,  and,  to  crown  all,  he  was  entertained  by  the 
Royal  Scottish  Geographical  Society  on  the  occa- 
sion of  their  thirteenth  anniversary,  held  on  Febru- 
ary 13th,  After  this  the  occupation  of  the  Thirteen 
Club  is  quite  gone.  It  only  remains  for  some  one 
t)  discover  a  new  unlucky  number. — Lcnion  World. 


RULES  OF  ETIQUETTE. 


A  wise  old  man  advised  his  daughter  if  she  ex- 
pected to  go  to  heaven,  to  begin  the  study  of  its 
rules  of  etiquette  now,  and  if  she  wished  to  enjoy 
singing  the  songs  of  Moses  and  the  Lamb  up  there, 
to  begin  to  practice  right  away,  Too  many  over- 
lock  the  great  fact  that  there  must  be  fitness  for  the 
society  of  heaven  to  render  heaven  an  enjoyable 
place  and  that  such  fitness  can  only  be  acquired  by 
cultivating  familiarity  with  and  a  love  for  the  society 
and  customs  of  heaven. — Religious  Telescope 


Tiieosoi'hv,  properly  defined,  is  metaphysical, 
esthetical,  and  moral  idiocy;  and  Christian  Science, 
so-called,  properly-defined,  is  idiocy  in  all  matters 
pertaining  to  metaphysics,  esthetics,  and  morals. 
So  there  you  have  the  difference  between  these  two 
modern  fads. f^ Do  you  see  it? — Religious  Telescope, 


THE   GOSPEL   ZMTESSEiq-Q-ER,. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 


Enoch  Eby,        •    Kansas   i   L.  W.  Teeter,     -    Indians 

D.L.  Miller,     -    -  Illinpts    I   S.  R.  Zug,  ■  Pennsylvania 

S.F.Sanger,   •    •    Virginia. 

XEOULAB  HEETINfiS  OF  THE  COMMITTEE:  -  The  Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annual  Meet- 
ing; the  second  Monday  ol  October  and  oi  February, 

BCBINES3  FOE  AHT  MEETING  should  be  in  the  oSice  oi  the 
committee  at  least  two  weeks  bclore  time  oi  meeting, 
In  order  to  be  prepared  for  that  session. 


doreedby  the  Distri 


THE  COMMITTEE  BEOEIVES  donations  lor  the  following 
funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India.  Orphanage  at 
Smyrna;  Washington  Meetinghouse;  Sufferers  in 
India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 
SO  HOT  ADD2E33  business  or  money  Intended  lor  the 
Committee,  to  any  of  its  members.  All  such  corres- 
pondence and  money  should  be  sent  to 

GEN.  MISS.  &  TItACT  COM., 

Mount  Morris,  III. 


How  many  oF  our  readers  practice  what 
is  recommended  in  Luke  14:  13?  That  may 
be  one  of  the  all  things  commanded. 

MISSION  WORK. 

No.  6.- Its  Success    Predicted  in  Three 
Missionary  Psalms.— Psalm  72. 

Prayerfully  read  this  Psalm,  as  it  is  full 
of  rich  meaning.     It  is  a  prayer  uttered  in  the 
zenith  of  Jewish  light,  power  and  civili^ti.m 
for  the  peaceful,  prosperous,  universal  and  ei 
erlastiug  reign  of  God's  Anointed  One  and  Hi 
bride,  the  church.     How  wonderful  will  be  the 
kingdom!     Righteousness    shall    prevail,    the 
poor  shall  be  mercifully  judged;  the  child 
of  the  needy  shall  be  saved,  and  the  oppres 
broken  in  pieces:  an  "  abundance   of   peat 
will  be  in  all  the  world,  which  shall  last  el 
rially.     Like    rain    to    the  parched    earth  shall 
Christ's  influence  be  among  the  peoples  of  the 
world.     And  how  like  the  dry  ground  is  a  c 
gregation  without  the  active  Christ-life!     1 
let  the   refreshing  showers  of  His  grace  : 
freely   again    upon   such,  and  life   returns 
vigor  and  strength. 

But  His  dominion,  the  metes  and  bounds  of 
the  church,  shall  be  "  from  sea  to  sea,"  am 
"  from  the  river  lo  the  ends  of  the  earth. 
All  kings  shall  render  loving  homage  to  Hin 
and  worship  Him,  and  all  nations  shall  giv 
Him  a  grateful  service. 

Along  with  its  universality  comes  a  great 
prosperity  of  the  kingdom.  No  hunger  an 
poor  in  any  part,  for  the  fields  of  corn  shall  be 
so  fruitful  that  the  rustling  of  the  wind  in  them 
shall  be  like  the  rustling  of  the  cedars  of  Leb 
anon,  and  the  harvest  shall  be  plentiful.  A 
hint  is  here  also  of  the  growth  of  the  church 
She  shall  start  out  small  in  the  world,  a  hand- 
ful 6f  corn  in  the  mountain,  but  she  shall  final- 
ly increase  into  a  world-wide  harvest. 

This  world-wide  harvest  time  is  surely  com- 
ing,— though  slow  as  some  men  count  time,— 
yet  surely  coming,  for  God  hath  so  declared  it. 
The  evangelization  of  the  world  ,is  a  porten- 
tous task  and  its  accomplishment  must  alsc 
be,  in  some  ways,  correspondingly  slow.  Be- 
cause of  this  some  short-sighted  men,  whose 
time  in  life  is,  at  longest,  less  than  one  cen 
have  designed  to  measure  the  work  of  the 
church  and  declared  her  missions  a  fai 
They  forget  that  behind  the  civilization 
Christianity,  they  now  so  much  enjoy,— behind 
every  church,  schoolhouse  and  Christian  home, 
there  is  two  thousand  years  of  patient  Chris- 
tian endeavor,  and  centuries  of  suffering  and 
labor.  So  far  only  the  picket  lines  of  the  great 
army  of  the  Lord  have  come  in  contact 
the  enemy  in  a  few  places.  The  great  body  of 
the  church  has  not  yet  entered  into  the  con 
But  she  must,  before  the  final  triumph.  There 
is  a  time  coming,  in  the  world's  history,  when 
all  the  armies  of  the  Lord  shall  be  marshaled 
for  battle  against  the  foes  of  heaven.  The 
church  shall  be  tried  as  she  has  never  been. 
And  in  that  great  struggle  of  nations  and 
creeds  and  religions,  the  body  of  Christ,  the 
church,  the  bride,  shall  come  forth  victorious. 


NTo  one  knows  how  soon  the  victory  will  be 
ron.  The  tiny  bud  hath  laid  quietly  in  its 
sleeping  place  of  imprisonment  during  the 
;r.  Spring  comes  and  the  struggle  for 
freedom  and  beauty  comes  on.  One  sees  little 
of  the  struggle,  until,  almost  in  a  day,  the  blos- 
of  victory  shows  forth  and  all  know  that 
the  tiny  bud  has  conquered  stern  winter's 
grasp.  So  it  is  with  the  church  to  day.  She 
has  been  lying  dormant,— too  dormant  possibly, 
n  the  grasp  of  the  winter  of  evil  power.  The 
pringtime  and  final  struggle  are  nearer  than 
ome  suppose.  God  to-day,  in  his  own  infinite 
^ay,  is  marshaling  his  hosts  for  the  conflict, 
and  victory  shall  be  the  Lord's. 

Brother,  sister,  will  that  not  be  a  joyful  day 
when  triumph  is  for  her  for  whom  your  tears 
have  fallen  and  your  prayers  ascended?  Be 
faithful.  Be  hopeful.  Trust  the  Lord  and  la- 
bor on!  As  individuals  our  places  may  seem 
insignificant  and  worthless  indeed,  yet  every 
true  follower  is  a  part  and  parcel  of  the  great 
temple  the  Lord  is  erecting.  Labor  on!  The 
Divine  Architect  will  direct  the  whole  work  of 
which  yours  is  only  a  part,  and  when  complet- 
ed, in  that  final  day,  what  will  be  more  joyful 
than  to  know  that  somewhere,  in  the  cycle  of 
ages,  you  took  an  humble  part  in  the  erection  of 
this  glorious  temple  of  the  Lord.  This  build- 
ing will  surely  be  built;  God  hath  so  decreed 


II  u 


MISSION    RECEIPTS  FOR  DECEMBER 
1897. 

{Continued,  from  last  web.) 
ORPHANAGE  AT  SMYRNA. 
Kanh.— Hugh  H.  BelJ,  Burr  Oat,  30  cents; 
Slate  Creek  ch.,  (3.80;  Geo.  A.  Flshbuiu, 
Overbrook,  J2;  Lydia  Klmtuel,  McLoulli, 
$2.50;  East  McPberson  ch.,  51.10;  Bast  Mc- 
pherson S.  S.,  J0.M;  Sister  and  Tal.  Hutcbi- 

sas  Center  S.S.,?i;.U0;  total, $  28 

Ohio.— Delia  M.  Landis,  Pioneer,  J2.50;  Lo- 
gan S,  S.,  (1.13;  Belle  Seller's  S.  S.  class,  Bry- 
an, 02  cents;  Sugar  Creek  S.  S.,  $12.50;  Dayton 

P.  Kleplnger,  Union,  10 cents;  total, Hi 

111.— A  sister,  Lanark,  $1;  Sisters'  Aid  So- 
ciety, Carrogortlo,  $2.50;  Adam  Wlngert, 
Lanark,  51;  Mfc.  Morris  College  Missionary 
Class,  J2.60;  primary  class  Woodland  S.  S.,  tlS 

beth  A.  Senger,  Laplace,  $1;  Geo.  and  Jennie 

Hossock.Mt.  Morris,  55;  total, II 

W.VA.— Ten-cent  Mission,  Eglon, 18 

Mo.— W.  H,  Slabaugb,  Lamar,  §10;  War- 
rensburg   S.   S,  SI;   Mary   M.   Cox,    Sweet 

S.,  31; ,   Tyrone,   51,01;   Lizzie   M, 

Wolfe,  JohnsvfIle,$l;  total, h 

Ind.— Elizabeth  Eby,  Pine  Creek  ch.,  $2; 
Mary  J.  Smllh,  Colfax,  $5;  total 7 

FI.A,— Christie  Bowman,  Hope,  50  cents; 
Emma  Bowser,  Hope,  $1;  Florida  Boweer, 
Hope,  Jl;  Florence  Huison,  Hope,  26  cents; 
Catharine  Yoder,  fl  awthorn,  25  cents ;  baby 

Mioh.— New  Haven  S.  S.,  $2.11;  Woodland 
S.  S.,  $  l;  total, 0 

Nebr.— Anna  L.  Bryant,  Pk-kiell,  Si;  Sis- 
ters' Aid  Society.  Falls  City,  $5;  total,.  ...      G 

Mn.— Barbara  and  Eflie  Merrill,  Lonacon- 
tng,  $2;   Alfred   Englar,   New  Windsor,  ?;!; 

Ok  la.— Big  Creek  ch., 1 

Iowa.— Joseph  Blough,  Garrison,  (1;  Job. 
Newcomer,  Newuurg,  ?i;  Anna  Flory,  North 
English,  Tocents;  total 2 

Ark.— Knoxvlllech 

Wis.— Nancy  Rubey,  River  Falls, 

Children's  Mission.  — As  reported  in 
Young  Disciple, ( 

Total, $188 

WASHINGTON  CITY  MEETINGHOUSE. 

[A  house  in  We  shine,  ton  Is  -n-aMy  needed  la  o 
work  mill  hnvr  1  In-  ud\  :ui  ui.H'1  oi  11  permiuie 
as  sufficient  funds  are  raised.] 

Md.— Pipe  Creek  ch.,  571.50;  Beaver  Dam 
eh„  1(2.50;  Raid  ch.,  $14.76;  Lydia  Wamplor, 
Medford,  $5;  Mrs.  1>.  A.  Erbaugh,  Trenton, 
51;  J.  S.  Hershberger  and  wife,  Grantsvllie, 
$13;  total $107 

PA.— Mamie  Foglesanger,  SI;  Mrs,  Nancy 


slon,ElkIlck,$10; 

F.  O.  Liven 

B'ood.  Elkllck, 

>.    Miller, 

iockwood 

Miller,  PhlladelDl 

a,  SI ;  a  brother  and  si 

Meeting,  Li 

darley.  Ephratn 

.,  55;  a  si 

iblrleysburg,  $9.8 

total,   .  . 

Iowa.— Jos.  Blough,  Garrte 

oh.,  SO;  Pleasant  Hill  ch.,$:J.:5D 

Kingsley 

mer,  Newt 

Hawn,  Burr  Oak 

SI;  South 

Waterloo 

Aid 

M .  E  Michael,  Ruleton,  31 ;  Mary  E.  ] 
,  McPberson,  $5;  E.  M.  Martin,  McP 
i,  IS;  Geo.  A.  Flshburn,  Overbrook,  \ 


phroy,   Russel,  51;  1 

adrldge,  \\\  Lydia  Klmmel,  M 

IsterCarr,  Horslngton,51;  Slate- 

Horslngton,  $1;  total,  ...... 

Ohio.— Donnol's  Creek  ch.,  14.71;  Is 
in,  tiolden   Corners,  50  cents;  Hell 


i,60o 


:  Mm.  Mu 


Mcll- 
,  Bryan, 


;  Flora  I  Hon",  Mndlsonbun 
Irs.  showaltiT,  Wadsworth,  51;  C.  J, 
in,  Dayton, 51:  M.  E.  Loudenslager, 
J.  51;  J.  A.  Trncklor,  MoConib,  i*1 
Oli/.a  Bender,  Mt.  Airy,  $1;  Fannie 
,  Hollowtown,  Jl ;  Logan  S.  8.,  15.60; 


er,  Covington, 
er,  Mcgadore.5 
Ill.-J.   Suave 


ngto 


lr.,  Hudson,  SI;  Chil- 
Mary  Gibson,  Girnrd, 
Chicago,  si;  Elizabeth 
tl;  Hudson  cbarch,  $2; 

■,New  Fails,  51;  sisters' 


W.  VA.— Ten-cent  Ml^hm,  F,glon,  513.12; 
Nan  A.  Breakiron,  Palestine,  Jt;  total,  ...  1412 
■  Mnttle  E.  Hylton,  Hawthorn,  Jl; 
tylton,  Hawthorn,  60  cents;  Alda 
Hawthorn, 50 cents;  Pernio  Hylton, 
Hawthorn, 60  cents;  Susie  Teetor, Hawthorn, 
d  Teeter,  Hawthorn,  (2;  Christie 
Hope,  50  cents;  Wllllo  Bowser, 
Hope,  51;  Bonnie  Bowser  (deceased),  51; 
rendu-  Bowser,  51 ;  Harry  Bowser,  Jl;  total,  11  00 
VA.-O.S.  Myers,  Mt. Crawford,  $8;  Hairen 
ldge  eh.,   $8.00;   J.   C.   Crlckonborgcr   and 

Ife,  Barren  Ridge,  75  cents;  total 10  so 

MD.  — J.  E.   W.,    Punkltown,   $5;   Samuel 

Eumll,  New  London.  511.60;  total S  60 

Mary  ,M,  Cox,  Sweet  Springs,  23  oeilts; 
Hi  Ho  workers  of  Prairie  View  oh.,  (1.60;  to- 
tal,        1  75 


bury,  si;  Daniel  ai 
2;  Elizabeth  Eby,  Pine  Creek 
er,  Westllold.  51 ;  total, 
Mo.- Mary  M.  Cox,  Sweet  Spring: 
i6Vl  Stump  and    wife,    Nevada, 
diller,  Nevada,  51;  Jennie  Wagont 
1;  total, 


Spring 
rney,  MUford, 


rand  two  brothers,  Mt.  Olive, 
Margaret  E,  Slilery,  SI;  Flora  Varner, 
ny  Man,  $1;  Keliecca  llamsberger,  Stn- 
i  Draft,  51;  a  brother,  spring  Creek,  $1;  a 


Susan  Teeter,  Ha\ 
Hawthorn,    51; 
irn,    51;     Catharlni 
Scents;  total,      .  . 


les,fl;  total, 
,— A  brother  an. 
A  brother,  El  I 
—Nancy  llobey, 


;  Eddy 
Teeter, 
Haw- 

slsters, 

,  SI;  Maggie  Myors, 


d,  ProgH 


MESSENGER  POOR  FUND. 

III.  —  Z,  Arnold,  Ellsworth,  52.25;  LHb 
Hawbecker,  35  cents;  Napervllle  ch.,  52 
Franklin  ch.,  $50.50;  total.  

PA.— Dry  Valley  ch.,  5i;  Renbon  S.  Gray- 
bill.  51;  a  fclster,  Shlrleysburg,  sit);  total,  ...   1600 

Nhhr.-a  sister,  Beatrice,  $1;  a  brother, 
Arcadia,  60  cents ;  Geo.  W.  Blue,  Golden,  $;t  50; 
total,  

Ohio.— Lydia  Fried,  Montpeller,  Si;  Geo. 
HolBOpplo,  Air  Hill,  '15  cents;  D.  B.  Ho  IT, 
Croston.  26  cents;  Mrs.  Catharine  Whittler, 
Newark,  50  cents;  .1.  A.  Trackjer,  McComb, 


*.';Loliil. 

a  dak 


.12; 


,    I  'rvilerf.'k, 


$2;  total 

Ind,  —  Fanny  Fogle,    Lakevl'l 

Cloyd,  Union  City,  25  cei 
Adamsboro,  $1;  total,      .  . 

KANS.-Martha  J.  Ffslibu 
J.  M.Sblvely,  Alfred,  60  cen 

VA.-Wm.  Haines,  Staunl 

Oke.— Coqnllle 


Iowa—  Barbs 


,  Palisi 


CHINA'S  MILLIONS. 
IK,.— Mary  Lair's  S.  S.  class,  Mt.  Morris,  .  .  $1  ; 

AFRICAN  MISSION. 
Ind.— Richard  CunDlngbuin,  New  London,    $5  i 

INDIA  ORPHANAGE. 
Onto. —Delia  M.  Landis,  Pioneer,  52.50; 
Oak  Grove  ch.,  $4.10;  Dickey  eh.,  $7.i>l ;  Black 
River  ch.,  $0;  Belle  Seller's  S.  8.  class,  Bryan, 
88  cents;  Sugar  Creek  oh.,  51250;  Hattle 
Richards,  Eldorado,  $2,01;  Flora  Saylor, 
Eldorado,  52.26;  May  Miller,  Eldorado, 
51  65;  Mary  Eby.  Eldorado,  51.50;  Ada  Mil- 
ler,  Eldorado,   51.25;    Ashland   S.    S„  53.25; 


Isey  1 


■,S|>|-in 


Pa  —A  sister,  Somerset,  55;  Nora  J. 
baugh,  Jnmui  Creek,  52.25;  a  tlater,  ] 
lcsburg, 50  cents;  a  brother  and  sis tet 
Creek,  56;  Sisters'  Benevolent  SawJn 
ly  of  Walnut  Grove,  Johnstown,  510;  Spring 

RnnS.S.,$I; ,  Tyrone,  51.84;  Geo. 

Clapper,  Yellow  Creek,  50  cents;  Sisters'  Bi- 
ble Meeting.  Lancaster,  51;  Lizzie  M.  Wolfe, 
Johnsville,  51;  total, 

Iowa. — loseph  Blough,  Garrison,  SI;  Wa- 
terloo City  S.  8.,  52.50;  Harlan  ch  ,  $3.60;  J.  B. 
Sensenbaugh,  Alburnett,  51;*  two  sisters, 
English  River  ch.,  52;  Panther  ch.,  jo.05;  Jos. 
Newcomer,  Newburg,$l;  Iiidlan  Creek  S,  S., 
55.71;  Anna  Flory,  North  Eogtlsh,|l;  total,. 

KANS.-Ilugh  H.  Bell.  Burr  Oak,  30  cents; 
Children  of  Prairla  View  S.  S.,  57;  Prairla 
View  ch,.  Friend,  ?!  25;  Lydia  Klmmel,  Mc- 
Loath,  12.50;  Kast  McPberson  ch  ,51.10;  East 


Ida 


:le  Green,  Lowlatown, . 

KNOWN. -Rogue     lllwi    ill,    -.!  !■: 

mid  wife,  f  l.:l'i;  total , 


Total ISOfi  v 

SUFFERERS  IN  INDIA. 
[Those  funds  are  sent  to  Bro.  Stover  for  dlstri- 


ir,  Mt.  i 


'6,7  ( 


,  I. mlli 


',  Mt.  OlUe,   '..cnls;  Tupeci)  cli,,  M;  to!  ill,    .     h 
KANfl.—  Dorranoo  ch.,  $9.03;  Geo.  A.   IflBh- 
irn,  Overbrook,  5U0;  Walnut  Vnlley  eh.. 

iii;  sister  and  Tal   Hutchison,   McPberson, 

N.  Dak.  —  Collected  at  Thanksgiving  din- 
er, Mayvlllo,  $5;  Clomnile,  Lulu  and  Kail 
Putorbaugh  Cando, (VJ cents;  total 


m\  Sealer,  Go  con 
.J.  E,Pefliy,»D0 


N;   .Mm1VS 


,  M 


■  hiji'i   Eltln 
-Joseph   lt'i 


1//I0  E.   Itrubaker, 


Total, 105  37 

INDIA  MISSION. 
[Used  only  for  Hie  mission  In  India. | 
iND.-DavldOloin,  Walkerton,  Jl;  Middle 


ork  1 


\    JTll. 


,    -J... 


Utll 


H..5M.27;  Dlamondvllle  Oil., 
ichaulcsburg,  51;  a  friend, 
lade  Run  eh.,  52  12;  lireth- 
rott,  V,  Big  Bwatnra  oh., 

lew  oh.,  $1;  Warrensburg 


Mo! 


ch.,    |J2 


A.  Fishlmrn.  Overbrook, 
52;  Lydta  Klmmel.  MoLoath,  |S.E0;  Siel  >ir  and 
Tal  Hutchison,  McPberson,  50  cents;  total,. 
Iowa.— English  River  ch.,  *1;  Kerlin  Leo- 
nard, Aurella,5l  10;  Kingsley  ch.,  55  81 ;  0.  M. 
Stau Her,  Garrison,  *1;  total,        ... 

Md,- Perry  Bowser,  lievansvllle,  50  cents; 
Greenbury  Kc-ker,  U"niontown,51;  M.  C.  Mc- 

Kinstry,  Onion  Bridge,  55;  total 

Ill— Belle  Wbllmoro,  Lanark,  50  conts; 
,.nna  Pearl  Barnhart,  Mansfield,  5.';  Hudson 

h.,.?:i75;  total 

NEHB.-South  Beatrice  ch„  51  H5;  Bethel 
h,,  25  cents;  A.  Zook,  Verdon,  (1 ;  a  brother 

nd  sister,  Virginia,  52.50;  total,       

Fla.  —  Catharine  Yodor,  Hawthorn,  51; 
;ate  Stover,  Hawthorn,  51;  J.  Replogle, 
fawthorn, 51;  a  Melhodist  brother  and  sis- 
ter, Windsor,  $1;  tolal 

Colo— Geo.  Rennor,  Palisade 

llle  Valley  ch 


.-Now  Ha 

,k  —  Myrta  Stryckei 

-Knoxvlllech..    . 


Muj-vi'Jm,  . 


LA.-t 

55;    II  o 


llchnid  Cunningham,  New  London, 
trd    ch„    5U;   EHzab3th  Eby,  Pino 
,52;  total,  .  .         ...  .  .      .  . 

.— Oakley  ch.,  50,32;  Adam  Wlngert,  Lan- 
1;  Mt.  Morris  College  Missionary  class, 
a  sis  tor,  Lanark,  51;  Geo,  and  Jennie 
Hossoik,  Ml.  Morris,  *5;  total,   ........ 


SUMS! 


African  Mission, 

Smyrna  Orphanage,     .... 
Washington  Meetinghouse, 


(2,520  05      $S,008  i 

cts  sent  out,.  .      54,771  47,18 

Qua,  Miss,  and  Tkaci'  Com. 


THE    GOSPEL    IMrESSZEUSTG-ElIR,. 


Feb.  12,  18 


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The  members  and  friends,  at  Pine  Creek  and  Po- 
lo, 111.,  raised  Si  25  for  the  Cuban  sufferers. 


We  have   a   few  love  feast    announcements  for 
April  and  May,  that  will  appear  in  due  time. 


Bro.  Andrew  Hutchison  closed  his  series  of 
meetings  at  Lordsburg,  Cal.,  with  seven  accessions, 

The  District  Meeting  for  California  and  Arizona 
will  convene  at  Lordsburg,  March  24,  and  the  Min- 
isterial Meeting  the  day  before, 


The  Brethren  are  opening  up  a  new  point  near 
Chismville,  Ark.,  where  there  are,  at  this  time,  thir- 
ty-three members,  with  prospects  of  others  soon. 


There  were  thirty-eight  additions  to  the  church 
in  the  Union  congregation,  west  of  Plymouth,  Ind,, 
in  a  meeting  recently  held  by  Bro.  P.  W.  Stuckman. 

Bro,  D.  B,  Gibson  writes  us  that  the  meetings  at 
Lexington,  III,,  are  moving  grandly  on,  there  being 
twelve  applicants,  six  of  whom  have  been  baptized. 

Our  next  issue  will  contain  a  number  of  articles 
on  the  Divorce  question.  The  subject  is  well  han- 
dled, and  the  different  communications  will  be  read 
with  more  than  ordinary  interest, 


We  are  always  pleased  to  receive  papers  contain- 
ing notices  of  the  doings  of  our  people,  but  in  each 
instance  the  parts  intended  for  our  notice  should  be 
marked,  otherwise  we  may  not  see  them.  * 


Writing  from  Plattsburg,  Mo.,  the  Brethren  re- 
port the  deepest  snow  seen  in  that  State  in  eighteen 
years.  This  greatly  interferes  with  traveling,  and, 
of  course,  with  meetings,  to  some  extent. 

The  Brethren  at  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  are  in  the 
midst  of  a  very  encouraging  series  of  meetings, 
with  Bro.  I.  D.  Parker  doing  the  preaching.     Eight 

applicants  for  church  membership  are  reported. 


When  last  heard  from,  Bro.  Enoch  Eby  was  en- 
gaged in  a  sews  of  meetings  at  Nickerson,  Kans. 
He  expects  to  be  at  the  Mount  next  week,  to  at- 
tend the  meetings  of  the  General  Mission  Board. 


It  is  suggested  that  it  would  be  well  to  set  one 
page  of  the  Messenger  apart  for  the  special  inter- 
est of  the  children.  We  refer  such  parties  to  the 
Young  ViscipU,  an  illustrated,  weekly  paper,  pub- 
ished  especially  for  the  little  people,  price,  fifty 
cents  a  year.    Write  us  for  sample  copies. 


Our  Premium  Bible  offer  is  yet  in  force,  but  will 
be  withdrawn  before  long.  Those  wishing  a  Bible 
at  the  greatly  reduced  rates  offered,  should  renew 
their  subscriptions  without  delay.  A  few  have  not 
yet  renewed. 

Writing  from  Burnettsville,  Ind.,  Bro.  D.  A. 
Mertz,  on  page  78,  meant  to  say  that  there  are  fifty- 
four  members  in  the  church  at  that  place,  but  the 
types  made  him  say  thirty-four.  The  mistake  is 
hereby  corrected, 


Bro.  James  M.  Nepf,  Fruitdale,  Ala.,  will  be 
pleased  to  have  the  names  and  addresses  of  all  the 
members  living  along  the  line  of  the  Mobile  St 
Ohio  railroad.  Since  he  often  passes  over  that  line, 
it  may  be  convenient  for  him  to  now  and  then  call 
on  those  who  will  favor  him  with  their  address. 


The  missionary  report  for  December,  which  is 
completed  on  page  ic  3,  shows  that  the  full  amount 
received  for  all  purposes,  during  the  month, 
amounts  to  $2,529.05,  and  that  over  54.000  tracts 
were  sent  out.  We  suggest  that  our  readers  study 
these  reports  from  time  to  time.  They  will  be 
found  full  of  interest. 


Those  who  have  written  Bro.  D.  L.  Miller  are  re- 
quested to  exercise  a  little  patience,  as  he  is  receiv- 
ing many  more  letters  than  it  is  possible  for  him  to 
answer  in  his  present  condition,  His  recovery  is 
much  slower  than  was  expected,  and  it  may  be 
some  weeks  yet  before  he  will  be  well  enough  to  re- 
sume his  regular  line  of  work. 

Just  before  going  to  press,  we  received  the  fol- 
lowing from  Bro.  P,  Fahrney,  dated  at  Chicago, 
Feb.  7: 

"  Our  mutual  friend,  Jacob  Deardorff,  is  dead.  He  died  of 
heart  failure  this  morning.  He  bad  been  in  my  office  for  six 
years,  and  met  many  of  the  Brethren  during  that  time. 
While  not  a  member  of  the  church,  I  can  testify  that  he  loved 
the  Brethren,  and  was  a  good  man  morally,  and  in  every  other 
way.    His  remains  are  taken  to  Greencastle,  Pa.,  for  burial." 


Two  devout  missionaries,  in  India,  belonging  to 
and  working  for  another  church,  asked  our  sisters 
at  Bulsar  for  patterns  of  the  covering  they  wear 
during  their  religious  services.  The  sisters  gave 
each  of  them  a  covering,  and  now  they  pray  and 
prophesy  with  their  heads  covered,  as  the  apostle 
Paul' directs.  We  are  glad  that  others  can  come  to 
our  sisters  for  that  which  becometh  saintly  women. 
This  is  far  better  than  going  to  the  fashion-plates 
for  the  latest  worldly  styles. 


Horace  Greeley  came  near  telling  the  truth,  as 
it  relates  to  some  secular  papers,  when  he  said:  "  It 
is  not  the  province  of  a  newspaper  to  tell  the  truth, 
but  the  news."  Just  now  there  is  an  item  going  the 
rounds  of  the  press,  that  may  be  news,  but  it  lacks 
the  element  of  truth.  It  says  that  a  party  of  Dun- 
kers  went  to  the  Holy  Land  two  years  ago,  and  now 
it  is  reported  that  the  little  band  is  in  great  distress, 
that  a  number  have  died,  and  steps  are  being  taken 
to  send  relief  to  the  remainder.  Doubtless  there 
are  those  in  Palestine,  suffering,  who  were  enticed 
from  their  homes  in  America,  but  they  are  not 
members  of  the  Brethren  church,  at  least,  we  do 
not  know  them  to  be  such. 


Eternity  alone  will  reveal  the  amount  of  good 
being  accomplished  by  the  Sisters'  Aid  Societies,  in 
the  different  parts  of  the  Brotherhood.  They  meet, 
sing  and  pray,  read  the  Scriptures,  enter  upon  the 
work  of  helping  the  poor,  and  for  them  they  make 
garments;  look  up  the  sick,  encourage  them,  search 
out  the  hungry,  and  help  supply  their  wants.  In 
some  places  these  societies  have  become  a  real 
cessity,  and  it  is  a  wonder  how  we  ever  got  along 
without  them.  We  need  more  of  them.  In  fact, 
there  should  be  one  in  every  town,  and  in  most 
rural  districts,  where  we  have  congregations.  Let 
our  officials  on  every  hand  encourage  our  sisters  in 
their  noble  undertaking.  For  our  Home  and  Fami- 
ly Department  we  would  be  pleased  to  have  short 
reports  from  sisters  who  are  interested  in  this  good 
work.  Write  for  the  encouragement,  instruction, 
and  edification  of  one  another, 


In  this  issue  Bro.  John  Calvin  Bright  tells  us  how 
the  members  at  Painter  Creek,  Ohio,  do  when  a 
series  of  meetings  is  in  progress.  The  article  is 
certainly  to  the  credit  of  that  church.  But  suppose 
it  were  published  how  they  do  at  some  other  pla- 
ces; then  what!  Some  things  might  be  said  that 
would  not  be  to  the  credit  of  a  congregation.  We 
need  more  instruction  and  encouragement  along 
this  line.  

Nearly  a  dozen  years  ago,  a  little  boy  came  into 
this  world  in  Manatee  County,  Fla.  For  a  time  he 
was  the  joy  of  his  home,  but  death  called  him 
hence.  He  left  behind  him  an  orange  tree,  whose 
fruit  is  sold  each  year,  and  the  money  sent  to  the 
General  Missionary  Board,  to  be  expended  for  mis- 
sionary purposes.  In  the  second  column,  page  103, 
will  be  found  a  report  from  this  orange  tree.  The 
little  boy  is  dead,  but  his  tree  goes  on  doing  good, 
Eternity  alone  will  make  known  how  many  souls 
this  tree  has  been  the  means  of  leading  up  to  a  bet- 
ter life.  

.No  one  knows  how  much  we  are  indebted  to 
these  wide-awake  correspondents  who  send  us  all 
the  interesting  news  they  can  pick  up.  While  we 
may  not  use  all  they  send,  still  we  use  enough  of  it 
to  show  that  we  greatly  appreciate  their  efforts, 
Sometimes  they  will  send  us  clippings  from  papers. 
At  other  times  they  send  papers  well  marked,  or 
write  out  this,  that,  and  the  other  item  of  news,  that 
les  under  their  notice.  Indeed  it  would  be  dif- 
ficult to  run  a  real  newsy  paper  without  the  aid  of 
this  class  of  helpers.  They  find  the  news,  send  it 
to  us,  and  we  make  use  of  it.  They  have  our 
thanks  now  and  in  time  to  come, 


We  have  just  printed  a  new  edition  of  the  Miller 
id  Sommer  Debate.  It  is  a  neatly-printed  and 
well  bound  volume  of  over  five  hundred  pages,  and 
contains  a  full  report  of  a  public  discussion  between 
.  R,  H.  Miller,  upon  the  part  of  the  Brethren, 
and  Eld.  Daniel  Sommer,  upon  the  part  of  the  Dis- 
ciples, held  at  Rockingham,  Ray  Co.,  Mo„  in  18S9. 
The  subjects  discussed  are,  The  Setting  up  of  the 
Kingdom,  Trine  Immersion,  Feet- washing,  Tne v' 
Holy  Kiss,  and  the  Lord's  Supper.  Both  of  the 
disputants  were  men  of  recognized  ability,  and  each 
handled  his  side  of  the  question  with  rare  skill,  In 
this  book  will  be  found  some  of  the  best  arguments 
for  and  against  the  practice  of  the  Brethren.  The 
work  has  had  a  good  sale  among  our  people,  and 
the  demand  for  it  is  such  that  we  thought  it  advisa- 
ble to  bring  out  another  edition.  We  are  now  pre- 
pared to  fill  orders,  and  the  book  will  be  sent  post- 
paid, for  Si. 25,  Let  us  have  your  orders  without 
delay.  ____^____ 

AMERICAN  MISSION  WORK. 

We  have  reached  a  period  in  our  history  when 
the  importance  of  giving  more  attention  to  mission- 
ary work  in  America,  and  particularly  in  the  rural 
districts,  should  be  emphasized.  While  we  have 
congregations  in  nearly  every  State  and  territory  in 
the  Union,  it  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  many  of 
them  are  small,  and  only  in  a  few  States  are  they 
anything  like  numerous.  Furthermore,  many  of 
them  are  far  too  inactive  to  command  the  influence 
that  should  characterize  good  working  churches. 
We  need  to  do  something  to  energize  these  congre- 
gations, and  to  greatly  increase  their  numbers.  We 
ought  not  to  be  satisfied  with  anything  short  of  at 
least  one  congregation  in  each  County  in  ihe  United 
States.  Then  from  here  we  should  push  our  work 
into  Canada,  and  then  into  Mexico,  It  is  not  nec- 
essary for  us  to  wait  until  calls  come  from  these 
sections.  We  can  put  the  "go  ye,"  into  force,  and 
enter  the  fields  both  north  and  south.  Especially 
should  the  work  in  Canada  be  pushed.  There  the 
people  speak  the  English  language,  and  they  are 
near  our  very  door.  We  again  emphasize  the  ur- 
gent necessity  of  placing  a  few  active  workers  in 
Canada,  with  instructions  to  remain  in  the  field 
until  churches  are  organized  and  equipped. 


THE    GOSPEL'  MESSENGEEi. 


105 


So  far  as  extending  the  work  in  our  own  land  is 
concerned,  that  is  largely  in  the  hands  of  the  State 
Mission  Boards,  and  very  much,  indeed,  depends 
upon  the  well-directed  activity  of  these  Boards. 
For  the  present,  we  call  attention  to  the  absolute 
necessity  of  greater  efforts  in  the  rural  districts. 
We  do  not  mean  that  the  missions  in  cities  must,  in 
any  manner,  be  neglected,  but  it  is  well  to  bear  in 
mind  the  fact  that  nearly  all  the  city  missions  are 
depending  almost  wholly  on  the  country  for  the 
means  to  carry  on  their  work,  and,  therefore,  to 
neglect  these  country  churches,  means  to  complete- 
ly cripple  not  only  the  missions  in  the  cities,  but  all 
other  missions  as  well.  A  little  reflection  along 
this  line  will  enable  any  one  to  understand  that  the 
life  of  our  entire  missionary  system  depends  very 
largely,  indeed,  upon  our  success  in  the  rural  dis- 
tricts. 

To  permit  our  work  in  the  country  to  go  down, 
simply  means  the  neglect  of  our  missionary  efforts 
everywhere  else.  It  is  therefore  important  that 
we  put  more  men,  energy,  and  money,  into  the  ru- 
ral districts,  build  up  and  equip  more  churches  in 
order  to  increase  our  resources  for  carrying  on  the 
different  missions  already  under  way,  to  say  noth- 
ing of  those  yet  to  be  undertaken.  Viewing  the 
situation  from  this  standpoint,  we  suggest  that  it  is 
very  unwise,  indeed,  for  any  State  District  to  ex- 
pend all  of  her  money  in  city  missions,  to  the  neg- 
lect of  localities  in  the  country  where  successful 
work  may  be  done.  We  hear  of  places  where  coun- 
try churches  are  permitted  to  go  down,  just  for  the 
want  of  half  the  effort  made  to  build  up  churches 
in  new  localities,  that  must  be  an  expense  for  many 
years  to  come.  A  course  of  this  kind  is  far  from 
being  wise.  It  is  not  economy,  and  does  not  dis- 
play good  foresight.  Let  us  again  urge  the  neces- 
sity of  giving  more  well-directed  attention  to  build- 
ing up  churches,  and  keeping  the  cause  in  good 
working  shape  in  the  country,  for  here  is  the 
verv  foundation  of  all  the  success  we  are  ever  go- 
ing to  achieve  in  our  missionary  efforts.  To  neg- 
lect our  country  congregations,  or  let  any  of  them 
go  down,  means  to  cut  off  our  most  valuable  basis 
of  supplies  in  carrying  on  the  Lord's  work.  Let  us 
increase  our  forces,  by  developing  these  churches, 
and  cultivating  well  the  seed  that  has  long  been 
sown  in  the  hearts  of  the  people.  Then  we  will  be 
better  prepared  to  do  a  greater  work  in  the  cities 
than  we  have  yet  done,  or  have  even  ever  contem 
plated.  j.  h.  m. 


HANDING  OUR  CHARGES  OVER  TO  OTHERS. 

Several  aged  ministers,  in  different  parts  of  th 
country,  and  in  other  denominations,  are  resigning 
their  large  charges,  feeling  that  they  are  too  old  to 
carry  on  the  pastoral  work  of  their  churches  with 
the  energy  and  skill  that  should  characterize  the  ef- 
forts of  the  shepherds  of  growing  flocks.  Some  of 
them  have  presided  over  their  congregations  for 
many  years,  and  are  held  in  very  high  esteem.  As 
a  rule,  their  announcements  are  received  with  re- 
grets. 

Among  those  to  whom  we  now  refer,  are  Dr.  Sun- 
derland, of  Washington,  and  Dr.  Hall,  of  New  York. 
The  former  is  seventy-eight  years  old,  and  the  lat- 
ter not  far  from  seventy.  Both  of  them  are  yet 
strong  men,  but  they  feel  the  weight  of  years,  and 
have  the  good  judgment  not  to  ask  their  flocks  to 
suffer  for  the  want  of  care  and  spiritual  food,  on 
account  of  the  feebleness  that  must,  sooner  or  later, 
come  to  every  man,  however  useful  and  proficient 
he  may  be  in  his  calling.  And  what  we  have  said 
of  these  distinguished  men,  we  can  also  say  of  some 
of  our  thoughtful  elders,  who  have,  during  the  last 
year,  handed  their  charges  over  to  younger  and 
more  active  brethren.  We  need  not  mention  the 
names  of  any  of  them,  but  suffice  it  to  Bay,  that 


they  have  done  a  noble  work  for  the  cause  of 
Christ,  and  will  go  to  their  graves  covered  with 
honors.  We  regret  to  see  them  retire  from  the  ov- 
ersight of  their  flocks,  but  not  one  of  them  wanted 
to  see  his  congregation  suffer  in  the  least  on  ac- 
count of  the  infirmity  that  old  age  brings.  Then, 
too,  it  must  be  a  satisfaction  to  them  to  see  the 
churches,  over  which  they  have  long  presided,  and 
to  whose  spiritual  wants  they  have  long  adminis- 
tered, fall  in  with  other  faithful  shepherds,  who 
will  direct  the  affairs  of  the  kingdom  with  com- 
mendable energy,  skill,  and  faithfulness. 

We,  however,  suggest  that  before  aged  elders  can 
hand  their  Hocks  over  to  others,  they  must  first  pre- 
pare men  to  take  their  places.  We  are  led  to  won- 
der if  this  is  being  done  in  all  parts  of  the  Brother- 
hood. Are  our  aged  elders  training  men  to  step 
into  their  places  when  age  makes  it  necessary  for 
them  to  retire  from  the  active  oversight  of  their 
churches?  If  not,  then  it  must  be  evident  that  they 
are  neglecting  a  grave  duty.  In  our  judgment, 
this  is  one  of  the  most  important  questions  con- 
fronting our  elders.  If  we  would  see  the  cause  con- 
tinue to  prosper,  we  must  leave  the  churches  in  the 
care  of  faithful  men,  who  will  intelligently  feed  the 
flocks  of  the  Lord. 

Almost  everywhere  our  churches  are  in  need  of 
more  elders,  and  they  need  them  badly.  True,  we 
must  not  lay  hands  suddenly  on  any  man,  nor  must 
we  ordain  men  who  are  inefficient.  But  one  thing 
we  can  do,  and  ought  to  do  it  without  delay,  and 
that  is,  prepare  men  for  the  higher  duties  of  the 
Christian  ministry.  We  fear  that  our  younger  min- 
isters, in  many  localities,  do  not  receive  the  encour- 
agement and  training  they  should  have  in  order  to 
prepare  them  for  the  responsibilities  that  must  fall 
upon  them.  Some  of  them  are  held  in  the  first, 
and  even  in  the-  second  degree,  too  long.  They 
need  to  be  worked  forward  faster,  not  for  any  honor 
the  position  may  be  to  them,  but  for  the  service 
they  may  render  the  church  while  they  are  in  their 
prime.  Then  we  need  to  elect  more  young  mei 
the  ministry,  and  thus  equip  our  churches  the  bet- 
ter for  the  important  work  falling  to  them.  We 
call  special  attention  to  this  line  of  thought,  believ- 
ing that  it  should  receive  more  consideration  than 
many  of  our  people  are  giving  it.  j,  h.  m. 


THE  QUIET  INFLUENCE  OF  A  OROWINO  POWER. 

There  are  powers  that  come  forth  into  the  world 
as  the  brightness  of  the  sun,  and  speak  out  as  the 
pealing  thunder,  and  flash  as  the  lightning,— but 
they  are  meteoric  in  their  character,  and  soon  pass 
away. 

Again;  there  are  powers  that  come  forth  as  the 
spear  of  grass  or  the  opening  bud, — as  quietly  as 
the  lulling  breeze  of  evening.  They  attract  but  lit- 
tle notice  at  first,  but  gradually  grow.  And  the 
slower  the  growth,  if  healthy  and  normal,  the  long- 
er the  life,  and  the  greater  the  results,  influence  and 
power.  The  mustard  stalk  has  the  growth  of  only 
a  few  months,  and  the  life  of  a  season,  while 
the  oak  makes  only  a  small  advancement  each 
season,  but  has  the  life  of  centuries.  We  have  seen 
the  importance  and  power  of  these  different 
growths  in  our  own  short  experiences,  as  well  as 
learned  of  them  in  the  histories  of  the  experiences 
of  those  who  have  passed  away,  and  while  it  is  nat- 
ural for  us  to  fall  in  love  with,  and  desire,  the  rapid 
developments,  yet  our  own  judgments  say  that,  the 
slower  and  quieter  is  the  better  and  safer.  Growth, 
to  be  influential  and  powerful,  must  be  sufficiently 
gradual  to  give  time  for  adding  strength  and  solid- 
ity. 

About  the  life  of  boys  or  girls,  who  show  a 
growth  out  of  proportion  with  their  years,  there 
are  always  some  fears  and  doubts,  These  are  the 
teachings  of  past  experiences,  and  the  rule  points 


that  way.  The  exceptions  are  in  cases  where  ab- 
normal growth  ceases,  and  an  average  and  balance 
are  struck.  Before  the  end  slow  growth  and  long 
living  must  be  thrown  together,  to  give  influence 
and  power. 

During  our  life  of  somewhat  varied  experiences, 
we  have  been  looking  and  thinking  along  these 
lines,  and  the  more  we  look  and  see,  the  more  we 
have  learned  to  admire  the  slow,  but  gradual,  de- 
velopment. It  is  on  the  Gospel  principle  of  adding 
here  a  little,  and  there  a  little,— to  stick  and  stay. 
It  is  in  harmony  with  our  own  experiences,  and  our 
teachings  of  the  lives  and  things  surrounding  us.  It 
is  the  adding  to,  without  diminishing  from  that 
which  shows  enlarging  growth. 

Taking  the  case  of  the  small  stone  that  was  hewn 
out  of  the  mountain,  and  started  rolling,  at  first, 
and  for  a  long  time,  the  growth  was  so  slow  as  to  be 
scarcely  perceptible,  but  turn  after  turn  added  to 
its  size,  until,  finally,  the  world  began  to  notice  its 
power  and  feel -its  influence.  At  first  it  was  so 
small  that  it  could  be  kicked  out  of  the  way  by  the 
toe  of  the  foot,— a  mere  kitten  to  be  played  with. 
Further  on  it  was  an  ox,  to  dispute  the  right  of  way. 
Then  it  was  an  elephant,  saying  plainly,  to  every- 
thing else,  Get  out  of  my  way.  And  finally  it  be- 
came so  large  that  it  rolled  over  and  crushed  every- 
thing before  it.  This  is  given  as  a  symbol  or  figure 
of  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ. 

That  there  has  been  an  influence  of  power  at 
work  in  the  world  for  the  last  eighteen  centuries,  it 
seems  to  me,  must  be  evident  to  all  careful  think- 
ers. The  small  stone,  taken  out  from  among  the 
thousands  of  hills  of  Judea,  has  been  slowly  and 
quietly  rolling,  and  gathering,  kicked  around, 
thrown  aside,  and  trampled  over,  but  not  hurt  or 
impeded  in  its  onward  way.  Sometimes  it  rolled 
out  into  the  light,  and  then  back  again  into  the 
darkness,  only  to  make  light  and  scatter  darkness 
wherever  it  fell,  until,  at  last,  it  began  to  get  so 
large  that  it  could  no  more  be  thrown  around  at  the 
pleasure  of  those  who  wanted  it  out  of  their  way. 
Now  wonder  sets  in,  and,  while  some  are  rejoiced  at 
the  enlargement  of  this  power,  for  the  glory  of 
God,  others  fear  and  tremble,  and  still  others  stand 
at  a  distance,  with  their  hands  placed  over  their 
eyes,  to  hide  the  rays  of  light,  wondering  what  all 
these  things  mean. 

This  growing  power,  of  course,  has  been  gradual- 
ly developing  down  through  the  ages.    But  does  it 
not  seem  as  if  the  rolling  ball  has  now  passed  its 
stage  of  smallness  and  silence,  and  is  now  begin- 
ning to  be  a  power  that  will  both  be  seen  and  felt? 
There  are  agencies  that  are  quiet,  yet  effectively 
at  work.    We  see  them  here  and  there  and  every- 
where, molding  and  shaping  this  power  into  effect- 
iveness.   And  though  the  results,  at  first,  were  few 
and  small,  yet  the  powers  behind  them  have  been 
pushing  and  rolling  until  the  rays  are  striking  from 
the  mountain  tops,  and  piercing  down  into  the  val- 
leys, until  we  again  see  even  some  of  our  Brethren 
holding  up  their  hands  in  utter  amazement. 
The  signs  of  the  times  seem  to  be  that  a  mighty 
ir  will  soon  appear  in  the  camp,  and  there  will  be 
shaking  of  dry  bones  that  will  bring  astonishment 
to  the   dead  and    lukewarm  belongers,   while  the 
saints  will  rejoice  with  exceeding  great  joy, 

What  does  a  half  million  for  missions  mean? 
Where  did  all  this  come  from?  It  is  only  the  be- 
ng  of  the  manifestations  of  the  silent  forces 
that  are  at  work  for  God  and  the  church,  Who  are 
they  that  are  coming  forward,  laying  their  lives  on 
the  altar,  and  saying,  "Here,  Lord,  send  me?" 
From  whence  are  those  who  are  entering  our  towns 
and  cities,  in  the  face  of  popular  religion  and  the 
forces  of  sin,  to  raise  up  and  unfurl  the  banner  of 
the  pure-  and  simple  religion  of  Jesus?  It  is  the 
great  influence  of  this  growing  power,  Open  your 
eyes  and  s«e  what  it  is,  h,  s,  a. 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSE3STGEH/. 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

'  Ought  not  an  elder  to  see  that  all  the  regular  appointments 
are  filled  in  his  church,  when  he  goes  on  a  protracted  effort 
or  is  otherwise  detained  from  filling  the  appointments  himself? 
— E.  L.  M, 

Most  assuredly.  It  is  just  as  important  that  he 
does  this,  as  it  is  that  the  shepherd  arrange  for 
the  daily  feeding  and  care  of  his  flock  of  sheep  dur- 
ing a  temporary  absence.  When  the  elder  is  to  be 
absent  any  length  of  time  he  should  inform  his  co- 
laborers  of  the  fact,  and  arrange  with  them  about 
the  services,  so  that  the  flock,  over  which  the  Holy 
Ghost  has  made  him  overseer,  may  not  be  neglected. 
It  is  a  grave  thing  for  a  divinely-appointed  shepherd 
to  neglect  that  part  of  the  Lord's  flock  placed  under 
his  care.  And  while  this  is  true,  it  will  be  well  for 
the  members  of  the  flock  to  consider  that  they  also 
owe  a  duty  to  their  shepherd.  They  should  so  see 
in  case  he  is  poor  or  even  in  moderate  circum- 
stances—that his  temporal  needs  are  not  wholly 
neglected.  He  is  entitled  to  at  least  a  portion  of 
the  milk  of  the  flock.  There  is  an  important  duty 
on  both  sides  of  this  question. 

How  old  was  Paul  when  he  was  converted?—/.  Y.  S. 

The  date  of  his  birth,  as  well  as  his  age  at  the 
time  of  his  conversion,  are  unknown.  He  was  prob- 
ably not  far  from  thirty  years  of  age. 

Would  it  not  make  a  Sunday  school  more  interesting  to 
make  frequent  changes  of  our  teachers  and  officers,  and  give 
more  of  our  young  people  a  chance  to  work? — E.  L.  M. 

A  frequent  change  is  advisable,  so  as  to  develop 
a  variety,  and  the  best  of  talent  in  the  church.  And 
especially  should  the  young  members  be  given  work 
in  the  Sunday  school,  and  developed  in  this  man- 
ner. Most  schools  reorganize  every  six  months, 
and  thus  give  the  patrons  of  the  school  opportuni- 
ties to  change  when  they  feel  so  disposed.  This 
does  not  mean,  however,  that  a  school  should  get 
rid  of  a  first-class  Superintendent,  etc.,  just  for  the 
sake  of  a  change.  Let  there  be  changes,  but  work 
the  best  of  talent  to  the  front. 

In  Acts  9:7  wc  read:  "And  the  men  which  journeyed  with 
him  stood  speechless  hearing  a  vo'CH,  but  seeing  no  man." 
In  Acls  22:  q  we  read;  "But  they  heard  not  the  voice  of 
bim  that  spake  to  me."    Is  this  a  contradiction?  —  L.J.  Bryant. 

There  may  be  an  apparent  contradiction  but  not 
a  real  one.  In  the  Revised,  of  Acts  9:  7,  the  margin- 
al rendering  is  "  hearing  the  sound."  The  Campbell 
translation  ["The  Living  Oracles"]  of  Acts  22:9 
makes  both  passages  clear.  It  reads,  "And  they  that 
were  with  me  saw  the  light,  indeed,  and  were  terri 
Bed;  but  they  did  not  distinctly  hear  the  voice  of 
him  that  spoke  to  me."  It  simply  means  that  those 
who  were  with  Paul  heard  the  sound  of  talking  but 
did  not  understand  what  was  said. 


— *  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY^—' 


THE  BISHOP'S  VISIT. 


Oft 


be  dreadful  to  have  hin 
lust  be  quiet  and  still, 
whistle  and  drum; 


Teli.  you  about  it? 

I  thought  it  would 
For  mamma  said  I  1 

And  pul  away  my 
And  made  me  unharness  the  parlor  chairs, 

And  pack  my  cannon  and  ail  the  rest 
Of  my  noisiest  [daythings  off  upstairs, 

On  account  of  this  very  distinguished  guest. 
Then  every  room  was  turned  upside  down, 

And  the  carpets  bung  out  to  blow, 
For,  when  the  bishop  is  coming  to  town, 

The  house  must  be  in  order,  you  know. 
Then,  out  in  the  kitchen  I  made  my  lair, 

And  started  a  game  of  hide  and  seek; 
13ut  Bridget  refused  to  have  me  there, 

For  the  bishop  was  coming  to  stay  a  week; 
And  she  must  have  cookies  and  cakes  and  pies 

And  fill  every  closet  and  platter  and  pan, 
Till  I  thought  the  bishop,  so  great  and  wise, 

Must  be  an  awfully  hungry  manl 
Well,  at  last  he  came;  and  I  do  declare, 

Dear  grandpapa,  he  looked  just  like  ynu, 
With  his  gentle  voice  and  silvery  hair, 

And  bis  eyes  with  a  smile  ashining  through. 
And  whenever  he  read,  or  talked,  or  prayftd, 

I  understood  every  single  word. 
And  I  wasn't  the  leastest  bit  afraid, 

Though  I  never  once  spoke  nor  stirred; 
Till  all  of  a  sudden  he  laughed  right  out 

To  see  me  sit  quietly  list 
And  began  to  tell  us  queer 

Some  queer  little  boys  in 
All  about  Egypt  and  Spair 

He  wasn't  disturbed  by  a  little  noise, 
But  said  that  the  greatest  and  best  of  me 

Once  were  rollicking,  healthy  boys. 
And  he  thinks  it's  no  matter  at  all 

If  little  boys  run  and  jump  and  climb, 
And  that  mamma  should  be  willing  to  le 

Through  the  banister-rails  in  the  hall  s 

— Emily  J/.  Miller,  in  Unknown  E.w/uin^c, 


nd  the: 


BY   EDNA    I'UTBRBAUGH. 


Are  there  any  actual  contradictions  in  the  Bible?  If  not, 
please  tell  why  some  statements  seem  contradictory? — J,  E. 
Pobst. 

In  the  minds  of  some  there  are  a  few  apparent 
contradictions,  but  with  a  proper  understanding  of 
Bible  customs  and  otfter  considerations,  they  may 
be  well  harmonized,  These  apparent  conflicts  usu- 
ally relate  to  matters  not  involving  either  doctrine 
or  morals,  and  for  that  reason  the  salvation  of 
none  need  thereby  be  jeopardized.  They  may  gen- 
erally be  accounted  for  because  of  errors  in  the 
transcribing  of  early  manuscripts  or  slight  errors  in 
translations. 

Is  it  wrong  for  a  brother  to  assist  other  denominatioms  in  the 
choir?—/.  C.  //. 

We  suggest  that  there  is  a  better  way  of  doing. 
Our  people  need  the  time,  talent  and  influence  of 
her  own  members,  and  those  blest  with  the  gift  of 
singing  should  employ  their  talent  in  praising  God 
in  our  own  assemblies.  Then  those,  having  charge 
of  the  affairs  of  the  church,  should  so  adjust  matters 
as  to  encourage  the  use  of  this  talent  among  our 
own  people.  In  far  too  many  places  we  are  not 
making  the  very  best  use  of  the  musical  talent 
among  u>,  j.  h, 


Patience  is  self  control  and  forbearance  under 
sufferings  which  are  brought  upon  us,  or  a  resigna- 
tion in  regard  to  being  deprived  of  the  things  not 
permitted  unto  us.  He  that  feels  the  pressure  of 
pain  or  sorrow,  and  bears  it  bravely,  has  patience. 
He  that  is  deprived  of  all  that  tends  to  make  life 
happy  and  pleasant,  and  bears  it  patiently,  is  in  the 
spirit  of  the  Gospel.  Patience  comprises  the  bear- 
ing of  all  things  to  be  borne.  It  is  a  willingness  to 
wait  for  relief.  It  is  a  willingness  to  bear  patiently 
the  trying  things  of  this  life;  and  to  bear  the  afflic- 
tions that  are  brought  upon  us,  whether  physically 
or  spiritually,  without  murmuring  against  God  and 
his  dealings  with  us.  "Through  suffering  we  are 
made  perfect," 

Christian  patience  has  three  aspects:  (1)  towards 
the  providential  appointments  of  God;  (2)  towards 
the  injuries  of  men;  (3)  towards  the  toilsome  pro- 
cesses of  Christian  life  and  work.  The  first  may  be 
called  submission;  the  second,  meekness;  and  the 
third,  endurance. 

How  needful  it  is  that  we,  professing  Christianity, 
exercise  this  virtue  by  first  submitting  ourselves 
willingly  to  the  will  of  God.  Secondly,  it  is  shown 
by  meekness  and  lowliness  in  following  Christ. 
Thirdly,  by  enduring  the  pains  and  sorrows  that 
are  inflicted  upon  us. 

Patience  is  not  a  noisy  virtue,  nor  is  it  always  a 
popular  virtue.  "  It  does  not  flash  like  lightning 
upon  the  world, — much  less  does  it  roll  like  thun- 
der, but,  like  the  mild  and  genial  light  of  morning," 
it  "shines  brighter  and  brighter  unto  a  perfect 
day."  Patience  is  a  heavenly  charm,  that  drives 
away  the  evil  spirit.  It  is  the  celestial  flower,  plant- 
ed by  the  hand  of  God.  It  is  a  brilliant  star  that 
sheds  its  lustre  and  clearness  upon  our  path  in  the 
darkest  night  of  adversity,    "  Patience  worketh  ex- 

Iperience,  and  experience  hope,  and  hope  maketh 
not   ashamed,   because   the   love   of   God   is    shed 


ad  in  our  hearts  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  which  is 
given  unto  us." 

We  must  be  patient  with  those  associated  with 
us,  for  this  is  the  beginning  of  our  duty.  We  are 
inclined  to  be  patient  with  those  who  are  upright 
and  virtuous,  even  wh£n  they  are  weak  and  stumble. 
That  is  right,  but  it  is  not  enough.  We  may  be  al- 
so inclined  to  be  patient  with  all  those  who  hold 
the  same  opinions,  and  act  for  the  same  ends  with 
but  we  must  not  stop  there,  for  we  must  be  pa- 
tient with  persons  who  are  dull  and  foolish.  The 
world  is  full  of  them.  We  meet  them  at  every  turn. 
They  are  very  trying  to  our  patience,  especially  so 
f  you  are  of  a  nervous  disposition.  They  are  in 
your  way,  they  thwart  your  plans;  they  make  your 
task  burdensome;  nevertheless,  you  must  be  patient 
with  them,  if  you  expect  to  do  good  to  them,  "  The 
yoke  sits  easiest  on  the  neck  of  a  patient  soul,  and 
he  feels  his  chain  lightest  who  does  not  drag,  but 
carry  it." 

There  js  sublime  beauty  in  a  patient  life,  in  a  life 
content  with  the  work  that  has  fallen  to  it;  not 
thout  aspirations,  perhaps,  for  something  higher, 
or  grander,  or  more  beautiful,  yet,  recognizing  that 
the  thing  immediately  before  it,  is  the  right  thing 
to  be  do*e. 

How  beautifully  Ruskin  portrays  the  sweetness 
of  a  patient  character,  when  he  says,  "  Not  without 
design  does  God  write  the  music  of  our  lives.  Be 
t  ours  to  learn  the  time  and  not  be  discouraged  at 
the  rests.  If  we  say  sadly  to  ourselves,  'There  is 
music  in  a  rest,'  let  us  not  forget,  'There  is  the 
making  of  it.'" 

ie  making  of  music  is  often  a  slow,  painful 
process  in  this  life.  How  patiently  God  works  to 
teach  usl  How  long  he  waits  for  us  to  learn  the 
lesson! 

Patience!  why,  it  is  the  soul  of  peace!  Of  all 
virtues  it  is  nearest  kin  to  heaven;  it  makes  men 
like  gods."  It  is  not  right  that  we  should  refuse  to 
suffer,  as  servants  of  Christ,  the  very  things  which 
he  suffered  on  earth  for  us,  as  our  servant, — perse- 
cutions, and  even  death.  Ah  Christian!  will  you  re- 
fuse to  suffer  for  Christ?     Think  of  it! 

Let  us  be  patient,  and  let  our  Father  teach  ills 
own  lesson  his  own  way,  for  he  knows  best,  and  do- 
eth  all  things  well.  Let  us  try  to  learn  the  lesson 
well  and  quickly,  but  do  not  fancy  that  he  will  ring 
the  schoolbell,  and  send  us  to  play  before  our  les- 
son is  learned.  May  this  ever  be  remembered,  and 
let  it  be  a  joy  in  every  trial  and  grief  and  pain  and 
wrong  you  suffer,  that  to  suffer  well  is  to  be  a  true 
advocate  for  Christ.  "  Be  thou  faithful  unto  death, 
and  I  will  give  thee  a  crown  of  life." 

The  prize  is  not  given  to  us  in  the  beginning  or  in 
the  middle,  but  at  the  end  of  the  race.  Oh,  Chris- 
tian, 13  not  this  a  prize  worth  striving  for?  Are 
you  seeking  the  prize  that  is  awarded  you  at  the 
end  of  the  Christian  race?  What  a  grand  promise! 
Will  it  be  yours  to  enjoy? 

Let  us  be  awake  to  the  sense  of  our  duty;  and 
may  we  come  off  more  than  conquerors  through 
him  who  has  loved  us,  and  died  that  we  might  ob- 
tain this  "  crown  of  life."  God  help  us  to  live  such 
lives,  that,  when  the  "  curtains  of  death"  are  being 
drawn  about  us,  the  welcome  plaudit  may  be  ours 
to  enjoy,  "  Well  done,  thou  good  and  faithful  ser- 
vant; enter  thou  into  the  joys  of  thy  Lord." 
Elkkat-t,  Ind. 

A  PRAYER  MEEHNQ  AND  THE  RESULT. 


BY   MARTHA    CLICK. 

A  sister,  seeing  where  two  young  men  could  in- 
crease their  usefulness  in  pointing  souls  to  Christ 
was  led  to  give  each  a  tract  Tobacco  using  was 
the  hindrance  and  the  tract  was  against  it.  Did 
these  young  men  get  angry  and  say,  "  It  is  nobody's 
business  if  we  use  tobacco?"  No,  they  did  like 
Andrew  (John  1:41).  They  found  two  other  men 
who  were  also  addicted  to  the  useless  habit.  They 
read  the  tract  and  talked  it  over. 

At  first  they  thought  the  tract  was  wrong;  then 
they  considered  it  at  a  prayer  meeting  and  the  Holy 
Spirit  said;  "Give  up  the  ugly  habit  and  give  that 


Feb. 


TX3IE    GOSPEL    IMIIESSIEjtSra-IEIR,. 


107 


money  this  year  to  the  foreign  mission  work." 
They  counted  what  they  had  been  wasting  and  said: 
"  We  will  quit." 

None  of  these  men  belong  to  our  church;  but  I 
am  longing  for  a  prayer  meeting  like  that  in  our 
church.  O,  that  our  whole  Brotherhood  would 
unite  in  prayer  that  the  church  may  be  rid  of  this 
as  well  as  other  useless  habits,  and  follow  the  teach- 
ing of  the  Holy  Spirit  When  we  pray,  "  Thy  king- 
dom come,"  let  us  get  ready  for  the  coming.  When 
we  say,  "Thy  will  be  done,"  let  us  be  submissive 
and  follow  where   the  Savior  leads.     God  forbid 

THAT  WE  SHOULD  PRAY  ONE  WAY  AND  ACT  ANOTHER! 

Stauntcn,  Va. 

Do  you  know  the  Scriptures  better  than  you  did 
a  year  ago?  You  ought  to.  Have  you  more  places 
in  the  Bible  to  which  you  go  as  the  bird  goes  to  her 
retreat?  Suppose  some  one  had  intrusted  me  with 
a  great  matter,  and  had  given  me  written  instruc- 
tions as  to  how  to  conduct  it;  and  suppose  when  I 
felt  like  it,  I  went  and  read  a  sentence,  and  then, 
after  a  week,  half-a  dozen  sentences,  I  should  have 
only  the  most  fragmentary  knowledge  of  the  in- 
structions.— Wayland  Hoytt  D,  D, 


-■*-*  CORRESPONDENCE^ 

"  Write  what  tliou  seest,  and  send  it  unto  the  cliurc 


l^~Church  News  solicited  (or  this  Department  If  yon  have  had  a  good 
meeting,  send  a  report  of  it,  so  that  others  may  rejoice  with  yon.  In  writing, 
give  name  of  church,  county  and  state.  Be  brief.  Notes  of  Travel  should  be 
as  brief  as  possible.  Land  or  other  advertisements  are  not  solicited  for  this 
department.    Our  advertising  columns  afford  ample  room  for  that  purpose. 


Emigration  Spreads  the  Doctrine. 

We  think  we  can  verify  this  without  going  back 
to  the  time  when  Alexander  Mack  and  his  little 
band  emigrated  from  Germany  to  Germantown,  Pa  , 
to  plant  the  Dunker  doctrine  for  the  first  time  on 
American  soil. 

In  the  fall  of  1882,  when  in  Eastern  Kansas  and 
Western  Missouri,  it  was  said  that  the  following 
,  spring  the  Dunkers  would  hold  a  Convention  or  An- 
nual Meeting  at  Bismark  Grove,  Lawrence  County, 
Kansas,  The  question  arose  among  many,  your 
correspondent  among  others,  "Who  are  the  Dunk- 
ers, and  what  is  their  doctrine?"  When,  in  the 
following  spring,  train-load  after  train-load  of 
plainly- dressed  men  and  women  passed  through  the 
Union  Depot  at  Kansas  City,  en  route  to  Bismark 
Grove,  the  first  question  was  answered,  and  for  those 
of  us  who  attended  that  meeting  and  found  that 
they  preached  that  the  only  creed  necessary  to  be- 
come a  follower  of  Christ,  is  to  follow  the  rules,  as 
laid  down  in  the  Bible,  the  question,  "  What  is  their 
doctrine?"  was  answered. 

At  the  close  of  this  meeting  they  spread  over  the 
States  of  Kansas  and  Nebraska  like  the  grasshop- 
pers had  done  in  former  years,  and,  like  the  grass- 
hopper, took  possession  of  it,  and  to-day  you  will 
find  the  Dunker  people  and  the  Dunker  doctrine 
well  known  in  these  States,  A  few  years  later  the 
tide  of  immigration  flowed  over  the  Indian  Terri- 
tory and  the  State  of  Texas,  and  to-day  you  know 
the  Dunkers  have  a  District,  known  as  Texas  and 
Oklahoma,  represented  each  year  at  Annual  Meet- 
ing. 

A  few  years  later  a  band  of  Brethren  started  to 
California  to  spy  out  the  land,  and  they  found  the 
Dunker  doctrine  like  that  otter  emigrant, — the  na- 
vel orange,  had  taken  root  and  become  quite  a 
sturdy  plant,  which,  nourished  and  cultivated  by 
the  emigration  that  has  followed  since  then,  has 
spread  over  portions  of  Southern  California  and 
over  into  Arizona,  and  is  known  as  the  District  of 
California  and  Arizona,  at  Annual  Meetings. 
Those  emigrants  are  now  calling  for  several  thou- 
sand plainly-dressed  brethren  and  sisters  to  come 
and  hold  an  Annual  Meeting  in  their  midst,  to  help 
them  spread  the  Dunker  doctrine  still  more  in  the 
goodly  land. 

Still  a  few  years  later  the  tide  of  emigration 
started  to  the  Northwest,  and  with  it  took  the 
'''unker  doctrine,  and  today  we  find  Dunkers  and 


Dunker  churches  scattered  over  Minnesota  and 
North  Dakota.  Dur  ng  the  past  year  there  was 
organized  a  new  District,  known  as  North  Dakota 
and  Minnesota  which  sends  a  delegate  to  the  next 
Annual  Meeting. 

A  recent  visit  made  by  some  of  the  members  to 
the  extreme  northwestern  portion  of  this  free  land 
of  ours,  demonstrated  that  the  Dunker  doctrine  had 
drifted  away  out  there,  and  it  was  shown  that  this 
seed  can  be  sown  and  bring  forth  fruit  by  the  lay- 
members,  as  well  as  by  the  ministers,  for  in  several 
places,  where  there  were  bodies  of  our  people  lo- 
cated without  ministers,  they,  by  their  daily  prac- 
tice and  precept,  and  with  their  Sunday  schools 
and  prayer  meetings  had  not  only  sown  the  doc- 
trine, but  had  a  harvest  ready  for  the  reaper. 

Now,  having  fully  demonstrated  what  has  been 
done  in  the  spread  of  the  doctrine  by  emigration, 
we  will  close  by  saying,  "  There  is  yet  room"  in  this 
great  fertile  West  for  much  more  Dunker  doctrine 
to  be  sown  by  emigration.  May  we  not  hope  there 
will  be  many  who  say,  "  Here  am  I,  send  me?  " 
Geo.  L.  McDonaugh. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


"  I  Tell  You." 

In  the  early  part  of  my  ministerial  work,  a  good 
old  elder  told  me  that  I  used  the  expression  "  I  tell 
you"  unnecessarily  in  my  preaching,  I  thanked 
him  for  his  kind  advice  and  promised  him  that  I 
would  endeavor  to  rid  myself  of  the  useless  habit. 

After  a  dozen  years  of  hard  work  in  the  ministry, 
I  found  that  I  was  not  clear  of  that  practice,  and  I 
wondered  why.  "Looking  unto  Jesus  "  I  find  that 
he  used  the  same  expression,  as  recorded  by  Luke, 
eleven  times,  and  its  equivalent,  "I  say  unto  you" 
twenty  times.  Matthew  informs  us  that  this  teach- 
er from  God  used  the  latter  expression  thirteen 
times  in  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount,  and  forty- 
five  times  in  his  entire  Gospel. 

While  we  should  not  be  wise  above  that  which  is 
written,  yet  I  have  a  kindly  feeling  in  my  heart  for 
the  loving  old  brother's  advice,  as  he  was  desirous 
that  1  should  become  a  workman  approved  in  the 
divine  and  holy  calling.        Granville  Nevinger, 

Beecher  Cily,  III. 


Let  Her  be  Covered. 


My  Dear  Young  Friend: — 

You  hesitate  to  unite  with  us  because  you  are 
sure  we  are  in  error  with  regard  to  the  covering  of 
the  sisters  in  prayer, 

You  manifestly  misapprehend  the  Apostle's  argu- 
ment, and  unconsciously  charge  him  with  the  most 
glaring  self-contradiction. 

No  danger  that  Paul  made  a  mistake  in  a  matter 
of  such  importance  as  to  involve  the  obligation  and 
welfare  of  "  all  the  churches."  He  was  taught  by 
Christ  himself.  1  Cor,  11:23;  Gal.  1:  11,  12.  When 
he  wrote  1  Cor.  11,  he  specially  claims  to  be  guided 
by  Divine  authority.  His  logic  was  of  a  higher 
standard  than  that  afforded  by  human  erudition. 
When  he  writes  about  the  proprieties  of  worship,  he 
does  not  designate  the  parties  concerned  by  the 
terms  husband  and  wife,  but  man  and  woman. 
This  goes  much  deeper  than  the  connubial  relation, 
and  reveals  the  original  order  of  creation.  He  does 
not  refer  to  the  customs  of  the  times,  as  some  in- 
sist, but  to  the  Divinely-prescribed  position  of  the 
sexes,  and  of  Christ  and  God. 

From  the  third  to  the  twelfth  verse  he  treats  of 
the  prayer-covering.  In  the  thirteenth  verse  he 
changes  from  the  spiritual  to  the  natural,  and  refers 
to  the  hair  as  the  emblem  of  the  higher  require- 
ment. The  covering  of  the  fifteenth  verse  is  not 
the  covering  of  the  sixth.  The  covering  he  so 
strenuously  insists  on  in  the  sixth  verse  is  only 
for  Christian  women.  The  covering  in  verse  fifteen 
is  for  all  women,  no  matter  whether  they  pray  or 
swear. 

The  man  cuts  off  his  hair  while  woman  wears  it 
full  length.  As  nature  teaches  us  this  difference, 
so  let  there  also  be  a  difference  in  worship.  This 
is  the  apostle's  premise  and  inference,      He  em- 


phatically declares  that  the  churches  of  God  have 
no  such  custom  as  to  allow  woman  to  be  uncovered 
in  prayer,  and  thus  shame  both  nature  and  Chris- 
tianity. She  is  not  only  to  be  covered,  as  becomes 
all  women,  but  to  be  covered  for  a  specific  purpose. 
She  is  not  only  related  to  man,  indicating  subjec- 
tion, but  to  God,  indicating  worship.  This  is  to  be 
shown  by  covering  in  prayer,  while  man  is  to  ob- 
serve the  reverse  order, 

Christ  always  taught  the  people  spiritual  things 
by  natural  parables.  This  is  what  Paul  is  doing  in 
1  Cor.  11,  and  in  many  other  places.  To  mistake 
the  woman's  long  hair  for  the  prayer-covering,  is 
just  as  unreasonable  as  to  mistake  the  bread  and 
wine  for  the  real  flesh  and  blood  of  the  Lord  Jesus, 
or  a  grain  of  mustard  seed  for  the  Kingdom  of 
God,  or  baptism  for  regeneration.  In  all  these  in- 
stances, and  in  many  others,  the  visible  is  the  sym- 
bol of  the  spiritual.  The  "also,"  in  verse  (3,  is  the 
very  climax  of  divine  logic,  to  shut  every  mouth 
that  contends  for  the  hair  as  the  prayer-covering. 
Every  opponent  I  have  ever  had,  in  personal  con- 
troversy, broke  down  at  this  point.  "  Let  God  be 
true  "  and  consistent,  and  we  obedient. 

C.  H,  Balsbaugh, 

Union  Deposit,  Pa. 


Notes  from  Chicago. 


—It  was  my  privilege  to  spend  two  weeks  at  the 
Mt.  Morris  Bible  Term  last  month.  I  feel  very 
grateful  for  the  opportunity,  as  I  received  much 
helpful  information  that  was  so  practical  and  that  I 
can  adopt  in  the  work  here.  If  we,  who  have  had 
the  opportunity  of  attending  these  terms,  are  not 
very  careful  we  will  allow  this  "  heavenly  manna  " 
to  corrupt  on  our  hands,  by  not  scattering  it  out 
broadcast  to  those  who  had  not  the  privilege  of  at- 
tending these  gatherings  and  will,  therefore,  surely 
be  condemned  by  him  who  said,  "  Freely  ye  have 
received,  freely  give."     Matt.  10: 3.     Let  us  give! 

— Our  prayer  meeting  subject,  last  Wednesday  ev- 
ening, was  "Living  Epistles."  Many  earnest  re- 
marks were  given,  all  leading  in  the  one  direction 
that  our  daily  lives  and  our  daily  actions  should  be 
a  living  epistle  of  Christ. 

—A  middle-aged  stranger,  who  had  wandered  into 
the  service  was  noticeably  interested  in  the  discus- 
sions. On  being  accosted,  at  the  close,  as  to  wheth- 
er he  enjoyed  the  service,  he  remarked,  "  Yes,  I 
must  say  I  did.  I  have  attended  a  great  many 
prayer  meetings  over  the  city,  but  never  one  where 
they  dwelt  so  much  on  the  fact  that  our  very  ac- 
tions must  count  for  Christ.  So  many  times  that 
part  does  not  come  into  the  question  of  Christian 
religion."  That  was  his  version  of  popular  Chris- 
tianity. 

— How  necessary  it  is  that  our  daily  walk  be  such 
that  when  we  leave  a  community,  people  may  be 
able  to  give  this  testimony  of  us,  "  They  were  hon- 
est, upright  Christian  people "  as  was  given  of  a 
family  of  our  members,  which  has  moved  from  our 
community  into  another,  and  the  people  living 
around  bore  this  testimony  of  them  and  inquired  as 
to  their  whereabouts, 

— How  much  better,  yes,  how  much  pleasanter 
such  a  record  left,  than  one  of  which  we  are  con- 
stantly being  reminded  as  having  left  the  commu- 
nity with  debts  here  and  debts  there.  It  would  be 
much  tetter  for  the  individuals  themselves,  and  I 
know  it  would  be  much  pleasanter  for  us, 

— We  are  constantly  being  watched,  criticised, 
and  imitated  by  those  about  us,  What  a  change 
there  would  necessarily  be  in  a  great  many  lives, 
before  some  of  us  wolud  dare  to  say,  as  did  Paul  to 
Timothy,  "  Follow  me,  as  I  also  follow  Christ!" 

— Arrangements  are  being  made  to  send  little 
"Alma"  to  the  Mexico  Orphans'  Home.  She 
comes  from  one  of  the  darkest  homes  in  the  City 
and  her  father  has  at  last  consented  to  allow  her  to 
be  put  in  a  good  Christian  home.  She  is  an  ex- 
ceedingly bright  child  and  has  attracted  the  at- 
tention and  interest  of  a  great  many  visitors,  as  she 
calls  on  vis  "jn  season  and  out  of  season." 

Cora  Crips, 

<Soc  S,  Ashland  Ave, 


THE    GOSPEL    HVIBSSEISrGEE,. 


Feb.  12 


From  the  Northwest  Baltimore  Mission. 

The  work  here,  for  Jesus,  has  been  very  encour- 
aging during  the  first  month  of  i£gS.  The  attend- 
ance and  interest  at  all  our  services  were  much  bet- 
ter than  last  year. 

When  members  from  the  country  visit  our  mis- 
sion, as  occasionally  some  do,  they  realize  the  half 
has  never  been  told  in  regard  to  the  actual  need 
of  a  meetinghouse  in  this  large  city. 

Sister  Dove  L.  Sauble,  our  city  missionary,  is  do- 
ing a  good  work.  Through  her  earnest  and  persist- 
ent efforts,  our  Sunday  school  has  already  out- 
grown our  hall.  It  seems  almost  useless  for  her  to 
secure  new  scholars,  until  we  can  get  a  larger 
place  of  worship.  During  January  we  received 
S22  70  in  our  Home  Mission  Fund  for  a  church-lot 
and  house.  Permit  us  to  say  that  until  we  are 
ready  to  buy  a  lot  and  build,  we  deposit  this  mon- 
ey in  a  good  savings  bank  for  safe  keeping  where 
we  get  interest.  If  ever  a  house  of  worship  was 
needed  in  any  place  for  the  Brethren,  it  is  needed  in 
Baltimore  City  now.  J.  S.  Gkiser. 

1607  Edmonton  Ave.,  Baltimore,  Md.,  Fed,  1. 


From  Arkansas. 


One  year  ago  myself  and  Bro.  F.  H.  Bradley 
came  here  to  look  up  a  point  to  locate  a  number 
of  Brethren.  After  thoroughly  investigating  the 
country  and  making  several  trips  here,  to  preach 
and  get  acquainted'  with  the  people  of  the  South, 
we  decided  to  move  to  this  place,  which  we  did  last 
November,  Bro.  Bradley  and  myself  were  the  first 
Brethren  that  ever  visited  this  part  of  Arkansas, 
therefore  the  Brethren's  doctrine  is  new.  We  bap- 
tized a  few,  and  a  number  moved  in,  so  we  now 
have  thirty-three  members  living  here.  Six  others 
will  move  here  by  March  1. 

So  far,  all  of  the  members  like  it  well  here.  Fi- 
nancially, we  think  we  can  do  as  well  here  as  far- 
ther north,  Here,  as  at  many  other  places,  there 
is  a  great  need  of  a  pure  Gospel  being  preached. 
We  find  the  people  of  the  South  kind  and  sociable. 
We  have  now  four  regular  appointments  for  preach- 
ing and  many  calls  which  we  can  not  reach.  We 
have  large  congregations  at  the  meeting  and  the 
best  of  order.  We  will  gladly  welcome  all  faithful 
members  among  us,  but  would  suggest  that  pro- 
spective settlers  had  better  come  and  look  at  our 
hills  for  themselves.  As  some  of  the  hills  are 
large,  some  of  the  land  is  very  rough.  Then, 
again,  we  have  some  fine  valley  land,  which  we 
think  is  very  desirable.  Good  fruit  of  all  kinds 
does  well  here.  All  who  moved  here  are  well 
enough  satisfied  to  buy  themselves  homes.  Those 
writing  for  information,  will  please  enclose  stamp 
for  reply.  J.  E.  Crist. 

Chitmvilll,  Ark. 


Notes 

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Correspondents. 

good  news  from  n  far  country." 


Death  of  Bro.  Jacob  Swihart. 

Bro.  Jacob  Swihart  was  born  in  Hancock  Coun- 
ty, Ohio,  Nov.  30,  1S36.  He  moved  to  Indiana  with 
his  parents  in  1845.  Later  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Clara  Gidley,  to  which  union  were  born 
seven  children, — four  sons  and  three  daughters. 
He  united  with  the  church  in  1S64.  He  was  chos- 
en a  deacon  in  June,  1883,  elected  to  the  ministry 
Jan.  26,  i8?4,  advanced  in  February,  it^$.  He 
served  faithfully  until  his  strength  gave  away.  He 
was  afflicted  for  nearly  eight  years. 

He  moved  to  Arkansas,  Jan.  11,  1S98,  hoping  to 
be  restored  to  his  usual  health.  He  died  Jan.  22, 
i8gS,  in  Craighead  County,  Ark.,  aged  sixty-one 
years,  one  month  and  twenty-two  days. 

On  account  of  no  church  or  minister  near  by,  he 
was  buried  without  a  funeral  at  this  time.  A  wife 
and  seven  children  are  left  to  lament  their  great 
loss. 

Bro.  Swihart  lived  an  exemplary  life.  To  us,  here 
in  the  church,  the  loss  is  heavy,  He  was  loved  and 
respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  His  place  in  the 
church  was  never  vacant  when  he  was  able  to  at- 
tend, C.  K,  ZUMBRUN. 

Blue  River,  Ind. 


INDIANA. 

Yellow  Greek. — We  are  in  the  midst  of  a  series 
of  meetings  at  this  place,  with  good  interest.  A 
snow-storm,  which  is  raging  to-day,  will  likely  be 
against  our  meeting.  Should  the  storm  continue, 
it  will  blockade  the  roads  in  some  places. — Daniel 
SneU,  Sidney,  Ini.,  Fib.  2. 

Muncie. — We  closed  our  series  of  meetings  here 
Jan.  30  with  a  good  interest,  Three  more  have 
been  baptized  since  our  last  report.  We  have  two 
applicants  for  baptism,  During  the  meeting  there 
were  six  baptized.  We  can  see  nothing  to  hinder 
from  building  up  a  strong  church  here  in  the  city. 
Our  Sunday  school  is  increasing  in  interest.  We 
hope  to  be  able  to  have  a  place  of  worship  of 
our  own  in  the  near  future. — Geo.  L,  S'.udebaker, 
Feb.  2. 

Beaver  Dam. — To-day  a  number  met  at  the  house 
of  Bro.  Charley  Warren  for  anointing  services. 
Bro,  Charley  and  wife  are  prostrated  with  fever. 
Both  desired  to  comply  with  James  5:  14.  After 
the  usual  services,  the  anointing  was  performed  in 
the  usual  manner  by  Eld.  Samuel  Leckrone,  as- 
sisted by  Bro.  Warren.  Thus  they  were  both  given 
into  the  hands  of  a  merciful  God.  This  was  indeed, 
a  most  happy,  but  solemn  hour,  as  it  is  not  very  of- 
ten the  case  that  two  of  one  family  are  anointed 
in  the  same  hour. — John  L.  Kline,  Sevastopol,  Ind,, 
fan.  ?/. 

North  Liberty.  —  For  thirteen  evenings  Sister 
Ulery  was  with  us,  conducting  a  singing-school  in 
a  most  efficient  manner,  We  hope  to  have  her 
with  us  another  week  or  two  in  the  future.  We 
think  she  has  improved  our  singing  a  great  deal, 
The  semiannual  meeting  for  the  Greene  and  Lib- 
erty township  Sunday  school  associations  was  held 
in  our  church,  Jan.  30,  there  being  a  forenoon  and 
afternoon  session.  The  meeting  was  called  to  or- 
der by  our  Chairman,  Bro.  Daniel  Whitmer.  The 
topics  before  the  meeting  were  disposed  of  in  a 
very  profitable  manner.-— Maggie  M.  Good,  Jan.  ?o. 

Pleasant  Valley. — We  held  our  quarterly  coun- 
cil Jan.  29.  Our  elder,  C.  Schrock,  could  not  be 
with  us,  on  account  of  ill  health.  By  his  request, 
Eld.  George  Swihart,  of  Goshen,  was  with  us,  and 
assisted  in  our  church  work.  Bro.  Levi  Hoke  was 
also  with  us,  One  was  received  by  letter,  and  one 
letter  was  granted.  Sister  Eder  Schrock  was  in- 
stalled as  help-mate  to  her  husband,  Harvey 
Schrock,  a  minister,  Our  Sunday  school  for  the 
winter  is  doing  well.  It  is  conducted  by  Bro.  Har- 
vey Schrock.  We  are  glad  to  know  that  our  eld- 
er's health  has  improved  somewhat  during  the  last 
week. — L.  E.  Weaver,  Middlebury,  Ind.,  Feb,  3. 

Union.— Our  church  has  recently  experienced  a 
great  season  of  rejoicing  from  the  presence  of  the 
Lord.  Bro.  P.  W,  Stuckman  came  into  our 
midst  Jan,  5,  and  preached  for  us  the  same  even- 
ing, continuing  each  evening  for  three  weeks,  in- 
cluding a  few  day  meetings.  The  Lord  blessed  the 
work  of  our  brother  by  adding  thirty-eight  precious 
souls  td  our  number.  Seven  of  this  number  were 
reclaimed,  twenty-nine  have  been  baptized  and 
two  will  be  baptized  in  the  future.  The  majority 
of  the  thirty-eight  are  young  people  in  the  Sunday 
school.  Thank  God  for  the  Sunday  school  where 
the  children  are  prepared  for  future  use  in  the 
church.  Our  Bible  reading  on  Thursday  evening, 
at  the  church,  and  our  Sunday  school  at  9:30,  are 
growing  in  interest  and  attendance,  Wc  have  a 
singing  class  which  meets  upon  Wednesday  even- 
ing at  the  schoolhouse,  and  is  conducted  by  Sister 
Iva  Ullery. — Laura  Appelman,  Plymouth,  Ind.,  Jan  jr. 

KANSAS. 

Ramona.  —  Bro.  William  Leaman,  of  Madison, 
Kans.,  just  closed  an  interesting  meeting  of  two 
weeks'  duration.  The  Truth  was  presented  in  a 
clear  and  forcible  manner,  and  we  believe  many 
good  and  lasting  impressions  were  made.  Our  lit- 
tle band  was  increased  by  four, — three  by  baptism 
and  one  reclaimed, — Ellis  Strickler,  Jan.  31. 


Maple  Grove.— Bro.  A.  C.  Snowberger  came  to 
the  Brethren  in  Decatur  County  and  began  preach- 
ing Jan.  5.  Bro.  Snowberger  was  sick  the  first  two 
weeks  and  did  not  preach  many  sermons,  but  after 
recovery  he  preached  thirteen  sermons.  Four  pre- 
cious souls  were  baptized.  Two  were  received  by 
letter. — E,  M.  Flickittger,  Rockwell  City,  Kans.,  Jan.  31. 

Salem. — Bro.  E.  Eby,  came  to  us  Jan.  17,  and  * 
Bro.  C.  J.  Hooper  next  day.  These  brethren 
preached  seven  sermons,  While  they  were  with  us 
we  held  our  quarterly  council.  We  decided  to  be 
represented  at  District  Meeting  by  delegates.  Bro. 
J.  P.  Puterbaugh  and  the  writer  were  selected.  We 
expect  to  hold  our  love  feast  May  14,  Our  ever- 
green Sunday  school  is  still  progressing  nicely. 
Since  my  last  report  the  Mission  Board  of  South- 
western Kansas  met  at  our  meetinghouse  and  did 
some  efficient  work  for  the  benefit  of  the  churches 
in  our  District.  Bro.  G.  E,  Studebaker,  the  Dis- 
trict evangelist,  was  present  and  gave  a  very  en- 
couraging report  of  work  done  and  of  what  should 
be  done  in  the  near  future. — L.  E.  Fakrttfy,  Sterling, 
Kan\.,  Feb.  2. 

Burr  Oak.  —  The  church  at  this  place  met  in 
quarterly  council  Jan.  29,  with  Bro.  L.  S.  Myers, 
moderator.  Seven  letters  were  granted,  and  one 
young  brother  received  by  letter.  Six  elections 
were  held, — all  by  ballot.  Bro.  Eli  Renner  was 
chosen  to  represent  us  at  District  Meeting.  .Bro. 
James  Smith  was  elected  Sunday  school  Superin- 
tendent. Sister  Adeline  Porter  was  chosen -church 
Secretary,  As  Bro.  Daggett  (our  Messenger 
agent)  is  going  to  move  away,  the  writer  was 
chosen  to  that  position.  An  appeal  was  made  to 
the  church  for  a  series  of  rfieetings  three  miles 
northwest  of  Burr  Oak,  where  the  Brethren  have 
been  holding  meetings  once  a  month.  Bro.  Dag- 
gett will  conduct  the  meetings.  One  dear  brother 
was  restored  to  fellowship. — E.J,  Modlin,Jan.  31. 

Wetniore. — Jan.  12,  Bro.  C.  H,  Brown,  of  Na- 
varre, Kans.,  met  with  us  to  hold  a  series  of  meet- 
ings. He  preached  eighteen  sermons,  and  we  had 
eight  Bible  class  meetings,  mostly  among  neigh- 
bors who  make  no  profession,  but  kindly  oricqed 
their  houses  and  invited  us  to  come.  Some  who 
have  never  had  the  opportunity  of  attending  any 
of  our  meetings  were  reached  in  this  way,  and  ex- 
pressed themselves  much  pleased  to  be  with  us, 
Many  regretted  that  Bro  Brown  could  not  stay 
longer.  An  aged  lady,  in  her  eighty-third  year, 
said  that  one  hour  spent  in  a  meeting  of  this  kind 
did  her  more  good  than  a  thousand  years  in  sin. 
Although  there  were  no  immediate  results,  v/e  be- 
lieve much  good  has  been  done  to  spread  the 
blessed  Gospel,  This  is  a  mission  point.  At  the 
close  of  the  meeting  £6.45  was  raised  for  mission 
work. — E.  K,  Gardner,  Jan.  29. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Greenspring. — To-day  two  precious  souls   were 

added   to  the  church  by   Christian  baptism.     Our 

collection  for  starving  Cubans  amounted  to  $11.10. 

— D.  H.  Miller,  Oakville,  Pa.,  Jan.  30. 

Snake  Spring.— Eld.  Levi  Holsinger,  of  Water- 
side, Pa.,  came  to  us  Jan.  15,  and  began  a  series  of 
meetings  in  the  Cherry  Lane  church.  He  preached 
eleven  sermons.  We  were  made  to  rejoice  to  see 
one  precious  soul  come  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and 
be  baptized.  —  Nancy  Sollenberger,  Clearvilleu  Pa,, 
Jen.  29. 

Yellow  Creek. — We  closed  a  series  of  meetings 
at  this  church,  Jan.  17,  conducted  by  Eld.  James  A. 
Sell,  with  one  addition.  He  wielded  the  Sword 
with  power.  We  think  there  were  many  impres- 
sions made.  We  have  now  commenced  a  series  of 
meetings  at  the  Bethel  house,  conducted  by  Bro. 
Hostetler. — Abram  Steele,  Jan.  31. 

Upper  Dublin. — An  interesting  series  of  meet- 
ings closed  here  Jan.  28.  Bro.  L,  Frank  Haas,  of 
Harrisburg,  Pa.,  told  the  Gospel  story  in  a  force- 
ful, yet  a  very  feeling  manner.  While  there  were 
no  visible  results,  new  life  was  infused  into  the 
hearts  of  the  members,  which,  in  itself,  will  prove 
a  fruitful  and  far-reaching  gain  for  the  Lord's 
cause, — B,  F,  Kitlittger,  Feb.  1. 


Feb.  12,  IS 


THE  GOS-FEXj  messehgee,. 


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Refton. — Our  council  was  called  at  the  home  of 
Bro.  Geo.  Bucher,  Jan.  22.  Bro.  H.  E.  Light  pre- 
sided. The  Brethren  agreed  to  purchase  a  meet- 
inghouse in  Refton,  well  arranged  for  love  feast  oc- 
casions. Our  feast  will  be  May  21,  in  said  house. 
Brethren  Geo.  Bucher  and  Cyrus  Royer  were  elect- 
ed delegates  to  District  Meeting.— Maty  P.  Phillipy, 
Li'.tle  Britain,  Pa.,  Feb.  3. 

Waynesboro.— The  Brethren  of  this  congrega- 
tion held  their  first  quarterly  council  Jan.  29,  At 
this  time  it  was  decided  to  hold  our  spring  love  feast 
April  21,  at  the  Antietam  church,  about  one  and 
a  half  miles  north  of  Waynesboro.  The  District 
Meeting  of  Southern  Pennsylvania  will  be  held  at 
the  same  place  on  the  day  previous  to  the  love 
feast.  Further  information  concerning  the  District 
Meeting  will  be  given  later,  —  Sudie  M.  Wirgert, 
F<b.3. 

Johnstown. — The  mission  board  of  this  congre- 
gation secured  the  services  of  Bro.  G.  S.  Rairigh, 
of  Dayton,  Md.,  who  commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings in  the  Baptist  church  En  Morrellville,  Jan.  1, 
and  closed  the  evening  of  Jan.  27,  with  a  full  house 
of  earnest  listeners.  He  preached  twenty-seven 
sermons.  Two  were  added  to  the  church  by  bap- 
tism, and  we  have  three  more  applicants,  while  a 
number  of  others  are  expected.  From  2,500  to 
3.000  tracts  and  50  copies  of  the  doctrinal  number 
of  the  Gospel  Messenger  were  distributed.  The 
Mission  Board  has  arranged  for  regular  services  at 
this  point.  We  also  expect  to  organize  a  Sunday 
school  in  the  near  future.  As  a  mission  point  the 
prospects  seem  good. — A,  J,  Strayer,  Feb,  4, 

CALIFORNIA. 

District  Meeting. — The  California  and  Arizona 
District  Meeting  will  convene  in  Lordsburg,  Cal., 
at  9  A.  M.,  March  24,  1898.  The  Ministerial  Meet- 
ing will  convene  at  the  same  place  the  day  previ- 
ous, at  9  A.  M.— M.  M.  Eshdman.  . 

Fortuna — The  Gospel  Messenger  and  our  Bi- 
ble are  our  only  ministers.  We  are  much  pleased 
'  whfen  We  receive  the  Messenger  from  week  to 
week.  We  have  not  had  any  preaching  here  for 
about  four  years.  I  and  two  others  were  baptized 
at  that  time  by  our  Brethren.  Some  of  the  Breth- 
ren moved  here  lately.  They  like  this  part  of  Cal- 
ifornia well.  We  are  willing  to  help  a  minister  all 
we  can.  We  try  to  live  in  harmony  with  the  Gos- 
pel principles  and  the  order  of  our  church. — B.  W, 
Hays,  Humboldt  Co.,  Cal,  Jan.  2j. 

Lordsburg.  —  Our  meetings  at  this  place  have 
been  pleasant.  I  go  to  Glendora  next,  where  I  am 
to  begin  Jan.  30  I  will  here  say,  in  answer  to 
those  who  wish  to  know,  that  I  am  to  leave  here 
for  the  East,  near  April  1,  and  will  likely  spend 
some  time  in  the  East  and  South.  I  would  be  glad 
if  I  could  arrange  to  stop  with  the  Brethren  in  Ari- 
zona and  Texas.  I  also  hope  to  meet  with  the  Fa- 
ther's children  at  Annual  Meeting.  We  are  hav- 
ing more  frost  and  snow  in  California  than  is  com- 
mon, but  while  that  is  true,  still  the  Lord's  work 
goes  on,  and  wc  feel  to  thank  God  and  take  cour- 
age.— A.  Huichiscn,  Jan.  27. 

ILLINOIS. 

Kaskaskia.  —  We  are  moving  along  as  usual. 
Our  co  laborer,  D.  T.  Wagner,  has  done  most  of 
the  preaching  this  winter.  Much  rain  and  very  bad 
roads  have  caused  rather  small  attendance.  Dec.  19 
my  father-in  law,  Bro.  M.  M.  K,  VanDyke,  of 
Beecher  City,  111.,  fell  on  the  ice  and  almost  dis- 
located his  hip,  and  in  about  ten  days  he  slipped 
again  and  so  strained  his  leg  that  he  is  in  a  critical 
condition  at  present.  We  desire  the  prayers  of 
God's  children  in  his  behalf. — G.  Nevinger,  Beecher 
City,  111.,  Feb.  1. 

MISSOURI. 

Bethel  Church. — Bro.  A.  C.  Wieand  came  to  us 
on  Saturday,  Jan.  15,  stayed  until  Jan  23,  and  con- 
ducted one  week's  Bible  Normal,  which  was  very 
interesting.  During  his  stay  with  us  he  preached 
Eve  excellent  sermons.  On  Sunday  two  were  add- 
ed to  the  church  by  baptism,  and  others  are  near 
'he  kingdom,—/,  C.  Blanton,  Mound  City,  Mo.,  Jan, 
*9 


ARKANSAS. 

Palestine.— Jan.  28  we  arrived  at  our  new  home 
in  Arkansas,  which  is  to  be  our  future  field  of  labor. 
On  Sunday,  Jan.  30,  we  met  for  the  first  time  with 
the  Father's  children  at  this  place.  We  find  them 
a  loving  little  band,  not  only  professing,  but  living 
religion.  This  is  the  place  vacated  by  Bro.  For 
ney,  who  is  now  in  India.  Bro,  Forney  and  wife 
leave  a  good  record  behind  them,  and  it  is  our  ear- 
nest desire  to  do  the  same,  for  we  are  determined, 
by  the  grace  of  God,  to  labor  for  the  glory  of  God 
and  the  salvation  of  souls.—/.  H.  Nelur,  Feb.  1. 

St.  Francis.— Bro.  Henry  Brubaker  came  to  us 
Jan.  21.  He  stayed  with  us  over  Sunday,  preached 
five  sermons,  and  held  a  council.  Such  visits 
are  appreciated  by  us.  On  Sunday,  at  3:30  P.  M., 
he  preached  at  Bro.  Aaron  Sloniker's.  Sister  Slon- 
iker  not  being  able  to  attend  meeting  elsewhere,  on 
account  of  sickness,  requested  the  services.  Jan. 
28  Brother  and  Sister  J.  H.  Neher  came  here,  to  take 
Bro.  D.  L,  Forney's  place  in  the  mission  work  at 
this  point.  Bro.  Neher  preached  for  us  yesterday. 
He  gave  us  an  excellent  sermon  on  "  Prayer."  We 
have  prayer  meeting  every  Sunday  evening,  and  an 
evergreen  Sunday  school,  which  is  growing  in  inter- 
est and  numbers.—/.  C.  Osbomr,  Palestine,  Ark., 
Jin.  jr. 

IOWA. 

South  Keokuk.— Bro.  Abram  Wolf  came  to  us 
Jan.  26,  and  preached  two  very  interesting  mis- 
sionary sermons,  after  which  a  collection  was  taken, 
amounting  to  88  00.  —  Grace  Brown,  Ollit,  Iowa, 
Feb.  3. 

Mallard. — Bro.  Abraham  Buck,  of  Ireton,  Iowa, 
came  to  us  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  29,  and  gave  us 
three  very  encouraging  sermons.  The  attendance 
and  attention  were  good.  We  believe  that  the 
Lord  will  add  to  the  church  in  the  near  future. 
There  are  only  five  isolated  members  at  this  place, 
but  we  are  doing  what  we  can  and  the  future  looks 
bright  for  the  upbuilding  of  a  church  here.  We 
need  ministerial  assistance. — E.  C.  Whitmer,  Fib.  1. 


COLORADO. 
Poudre  Valley.  —  We  met  in  quarterly  council 
Jan.  8.  Our  elder,  Bro.  Whistler,  of  Lyons, 
and  Bro.  B.  F.  Early,  of  Berthoud,  were  with  us. 
Bro.  Early  preached  an  able  temperance  sermon 
on  Saturday  evening.  Bro.  Whistler  stayed  with 
us  until  the  13th,  and  preached  six  able  sermons. 
A  good  interest  was  awakened  by  the  time  the 
meetings  closed.  Sickness  prevented  Bro.  Early 
from  continuing  the  meetings,  as  was  intended. 
We  are  few  in  number  and  need  help.  We  have  a 
healthful  climate  and  good  farming  country,  but  few 
workers  for"the  Lord.—/.  F.  Shuck,  Ft.  Collins,  Colo., 
Jen.  i7. 

OHIO. 

Price's  Creek.  —  Our  regular  quarterly  council 
was  held  Jan.  27,  with  elder  Rezin  Stephens 
as  moderator.  Everything  passed  off  pleasantly. 
Feb.  I  Bro.  Henry  Frantz  begins  a  series  of  meet- 
ings at  our  Castine  house. — Geo.  H.  Petry,  West  So- 
nera, Preble  County,  Ohio,  Jan,  29. 

Logan,  —  Bro.  S.  G.  Lehmer,  of  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  will  begin  a  series  of  meetings  for  us  Feb.  12, 
at  the  Logan  churchhouse.  This  will  be  our  sec- 
ond protracted  effort  this  winter.  Bro.  Abednego 
Miller,  one  of  our  home  ministers,  will  begin  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  at  Marl  City,  a  mission  point,  Feb. 
t.—John  B.  Snyder,  Bellifontaine,  Ohio,  Feb.  1, 

Wolf  Creek. — A  short  and  interesting  series  of 
meetings  was  closed  at  our  main  house  near  Brook, 
ville,  Jan.  17.  Bro.  Silas  Hoover,  of  Pennsylvania, 
held  the  meetings  for  us.  The  weather  was  inclem- 
ent, and  the  people  were  just  beginning  to  be 
aroused,  when  the  meetings  closed.  Three  were 
baptized.  —  /.  Homer  Bright,  New  Lebanon,  Ohio, 
Jan.  23. 


Painter  Creek.— We  are  indebted  to  our  elder, 
Tobias  Kreider,  for  the  greater  part  of  the  follow- 
ing statistical  report  of  the  membership  of  the 
Ludlow,  Ohio,  church:  Received  in  1S97  by  bap- 
tism, 25 -,  by  letter,  [7;  reclaimed,  3;  total  gain,  45, 
Letters  granted  to  members  in  1897,  15;  disfellow- 
shiped,  4;  members  died,  10;  total  loss,  29;  net  gain, 
16,  Our  present  membership,  including  the  ac- 
cessions the  past  month  is  about,  410,  yet  the  har- 
vest is  great  and  not  half  the  sheaves  gathered  in- 
to the  fold.  —  Levi  Minnich,  Darke  County,  Ohio, 
Jan.  ;i. 

Dayton. — The  members  of  West  Dayton  met  in 
council  Jan,  27.  Elders  L.  A.  Bookwalter  and  F. 
Cotterman  were  present.  There  was  a  great  amount 
of  business  before  the  meeting,  and  was  pleasantly 
disposed  of.  Four  letters  were  granted  and  one 
received  by  letter.  "  Deportment  of  Membership" 
was  discussed  by  Eld.  Bookwalter,  followed  with 
remarks  by  Bro.  W.  I.  T.  Hoover.  This  meeting 
was  one  of  the  largest  we  have  ever  had  in  the  city. 
These  meetings  convene  at  7  P.  M, — Elmtr  Wont- 
bold,  77  Farley  Stretl,  Jan.  ;  r. 

NEBRASKA. 

Farnham. — I  have  just  closed  a  series  of  meet- 
ings, near  Moorefield,  Nebr.  On  Sunday  evening, 
Jan.  30,  I  was  called  on  to  anoint  Bro.  Benjamin 
Lapp,  a  deacon,  residing  here.  He  is  very  low 
with  pneumonia,  and  is  now  seventy-four  years  old. 
It  is  not  likely  that  he  will  recover.—//.  W.  Stick- 
ler, Feb,  1. 

Red  Cloud. — We  just  closed  a  very  interesting 
series  of  meetings.  Our  principles  were  forcibly 
set  forth  by  Bro.  C.  B.  Smith  in  five  sermons.  He 
then  had  to  leave  for  other  fields.  Bro.  N.  B.  Wag- 
oner continued  with  five  sermons  more,  with  great 
interest.  Bro.  Smith  has  lately  moved  to  this 
church.  Bro.  Wagoner  has  lived  here  from  his 
boyhood,  and  still  the  people  come  to  hear  him! 
He  is  best  liked  where  best  known.—/,  C.  Foulz, 
Guide  Rock,  Nib:.,  F'b,  2. 

Moorefield— Eld.  H.  W.  Strickler,  of  Loraine, 
111,,  commenced  meetings  here  on  the  evening  of 
Jan.  21.  He  handled  the  Word  without  fear.  His 
sermons  are  logical  and  sound.  Many  new  thoughts 
were  awakened  and  good  and  lasting  impressions 
were  made.  While  there  were  no  applicants  for 
baptism,  many  are  now  reading  the  Bible  on  a  line 
of  thought  as  never  before.  It  is  a  pity  that  such 
men  are  not  kept  in  the  field  all  the  while.  Our 
brother  preached  thirteen  sermons.—  Oliver  J.  Lapp, 
Feb,  2, 

MARYLAND. 

New  Windsor.— On  Saturday  evening.  Jan.  29, 
Bro.  D.  F.  Stouffer,  of  Hagerstown,  and  Bro.  J.  S. 
Weybright,  of  Double  Pipe  Creek,  came  here  and 
gave  us  three  sermons,  but  there  ought  to  have 
been  a  dozen.  They  were  full  of  encouragement 
to  the  members.  At  the  close  of  the  service,  on 
Sunday  night,  mention  was  made  of  the  suffering 
condition  of  the  Cubans,  and  a  collection  was  taken 
up  for  them.— Ephraim  Stouffer,  Fib.  2. 

New  Market,  —  I  visited  some  of  our  mission 
points  in  Baltimore  County,  We  had  preaching  at 
Phoenix,  Saturday  evening  and  Sunday  morning, 
and  on  Sunday,  Jan  30,  at  2  P.  M.,  at  Oregon.  I 
then  went  to  the  Baltimore  City  mission  and 
preached  at  eight  o'clock  to  a  full  house.  The 
members  at  Northwest  Baltimore  are  in  earnest  in 
the  work  of  the  Master.  Their  congregation  is  too 
large  for  the  hall  which  they  are  now  occupying. 
Their  Sunday  school  has  so  increased  that  they 
cannot  accommodate  all.  They  are  surely  in  need 
of  a  meetinghouse.  If  they  had  a  house  a  great 
deal  more  good  could  be  done.— 5.  H.  Utz,  Feb,  1, 
OREOON. 

Talent. — Yesterday  one  more  was  added  to  the 
church  by  faith,  repentance  and  baptism.  This 
was  a  woman  who  was  afflicted  for  some  time,  and 
was  very  weak  indeed.  She  was  received  as  an  ap- 
plicant for  baptism  a  few  weeks  ago.  A  tank  was 
prepared  in  which  to  administer  baptism  and  the 
applicant  was  received  into  the  church  yesterday 
afternoon,— David  Brower,  Jan,  28, 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSEHSTGEI?/. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From  Cando,  N.  Cak. 

0<  R  Sunday  school  has  closet!  for  the  win 
tcr,  and,  in  us  stead,  we  have  organized  a  Hi 
Die  class,  which  meets  every  Wednesday  ev 
eninp.  at  the  church.  A  good  interest  is  mani 
fested  by  our  young  members.  We  belicvi 
there  should  be  something  ot  this  nature  ir 
every  church,  and  especially  where  there  arc 
young  members. 

Our  singing  class  meets  every  Friday  even 
ing.  The  class  is  conducted  by  Bro.  Jerry 
Keslcr.  W.  H.  LEAVEI.L, 

Jan  -y. 

Bro.  Henry  Kurtz. 

In  reading  the  "  Brethren's  Family  Alma- 
nac," 1  notice  Bro,  Charles  C.  Ellis'  article,  in 
regard  to  Bro.  Henry  Kurt/  being  the  founder 
and  starter  of  the  Brethren's  now  extensive 
publishing  business.  I  ant  one  of  the  yet  liv- 
ing witnesses  that  stood  by  and  heard  him 
case  at  the  Brick  church,  on 
Augusta  County,  Va.  1  was 
,-in  1851. 

well  the  old  Brethren  that  were 
present  from  different  States,— Henry  Tracy, 
of  Ohio;  D.  P.  Saylor,  of  Maryland;  Daniel 
Brower,  of  Ohio;  and  a  host  of  Virginians,  John 
Kline,  Jacob  Brower,  Benjamin  Bowman,  Dan- 
iel Yount  and  John  Harshbarger.  I  think  Bro. 
B,  1- .  Moomaw  and  some  of  the  Niningers  were 
also  present. 

1  stood  near  by,  and  well  remember  our  lit- 
tle German  brother  pleading  that  the  church 
grant  him  the  right  to  publish  a  paper,  called 
The  Gospi  I  I  'istior.  Some  of  the  old  Brethren 
opposed  him,  thinking  there  might  be  danger 
in  the  paper.  Others  thought  it  might  be  well 
to  let  him  have  a  trial.  After  considerable  dis- 
cussion, the  decision  was  about  as  follows,  to 
the  best  of  my  recollection,  "He  may  be  per- 
mitted to  publish  the  I  'isitor  upon  his  own  re- 
sponsibility." 

The  Messenger  is  the  ripening  Eiuit  of  the 
sowing  of  Bro.  Kurtz.  May  Rev.  14:  13  ue  tlie 
reward  of  Bro.  Kurtz,  and  not  only  his.  v,ut 
others  that'  have  followed  his  example,  and 
have  continued  lo  sow  the  gooil  seed  of  the  Gos- 
pel of  Jesus  Christ.  John  K.  Leedv. 

Roanoke,  I  'a, 


plead  Ins  ow: 
Middle  River 
but  young  the 


Pleasant  Thoughts. 


1  DESIRE  to  express  my  appreciation  for  the 
Gospel  Messenger,  that  has  reached  me  ev- 
ery week,  so  far,  this  year,  through  the  kind- 
ness of  some  dear  brother  or  sister.  This  is 
one  way  of  doing  good  to  the  widows, 

1  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church,  but,  after  hearing  so  many  good  ser- 
mons preached  by  the  Brethren,  and  reading  a 
great  deal,  1  became  dissatisfied,  feeliDg  that 
I  was  in  error.  Taking  the  matter  to  the 
Lord  in  prayer,  I  resolved  to  obey  the  whole 
truth.  1  am  perfectly  satisfied  since  1  have 
been  baptized  by  trine  immersion.  1  am  de- 
termined to  engage  more  earnestly  in  the  good 
work  of  my  Heavenly  Father,  and  to  obey  the 
Lord  more  fully. 

I  am  so  glad  that  1  can  claim  his  blessed 
promise,  in  Matt.  2S:  20,  "  Lo,  1  am  with  you 
alway,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  world. 
What  sweeter  communion  need  wc  than  that 
"Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  all  that  i 
within  me;  bless  his  holy  name!" 

West  Manchester,  Ohio,  Feb.  1. 


ng.Jan.  23.    One 


vi'd  during  the 


There  were  some  disadvantages  that  i 
fercd    wilh    these  meetings,  yet    we  feel   that 
they  were  very  helpful  lo  the  membership. 
H,  H.  Bhallie 

/'tt/rr/ivi,  hid.,  Jan. 30. 


-^OUR  x  BOOK  x  TABLE-*- 

"  Vick's  Garden  and  Floral,"  for  1898,  Roch 
Ster,  N.  V„  is  on  our  desk.  It  is  a  fine  puli- 
ation, and  is  full  of  valuable  information  for 
ny  person  cultivating  a  flower  or  runnii 


"Illustrated  Commentary  on  Matthew,"  by 
Lyman  Abbott.  Published  by  A,  S.  Barnes  & 
Co.,  751  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

Now,  that  the  Sunday  school  lessons  are  on 
the  life  of  Christ,  every  teacher  should  have  at 
his  command  a  good  variety  of  helps  on  the 
book  of  Matthew,  which  is  the  text  followed. 
And  among  commentaries  there  is  none  from 
which  quotations  are  taken  more  freely,  than 
from  the  illustrated  commentary.  This  is  so 
use  the  author  is  clear,  pointed,  uses  good 
;rations,  and  helps  the  reader  to  think  by 
giving  valuable  suggestions.  The  book  is 
about  twice  the  size  of  the  average  "Sunday 

hooi  commentary,  and  is  a  valuable  addition 

any  library. 

"Story  of    Troy."    By    M.    Clarke.    Cloth, 
mo,  pp.  255,    Illustrated.    Price,  60  cents, 
ew  York,  Cincinnati,  and  Chicago:  American 
Book  Co, 

This  latest  addition  to  the  "Eclectic  School 
Readings  "  is  in  literary  and  artistic  execution 
of  the  most  attractive  books  in  the  series. 
It  tells,  in  a  most  interesting  way,  the  story  of 
Troy,  and  its  famous  siege  and  destruction;  of 
ts  brave  defenders  and  heroes  of  3,000  years 
igo,  whose  wonderful  exploits  have  been  cele- 
jratcd  in  story  and  song  by  the  greatest  poets 
md  historians  of  ancient  times.  The  purpose 
of  this  book  is  to  treat  these  classic  subjects  in 
a  way  as  to  bring  them  within  the  reach 
;omprehension  of  young  readers  at  a  time 
1  their  study  will  inspire  the  mind  with 
lofty  ideals  and  a  taste  for  the  best  kind  ol 
■ading.  A  short  account  of  Homer,  the  fa- 
icr  of  poetry,  and  of  the  gods  and  goddesses, 
ho  played  such  an  important  part  in  the 
great  events  to  be  related,  is  first  given  as  a 
ble  introduction  to  the  book.  Then  fol- 
low the  connected  stories,  which  form  the  chief 
subjects  of  the  book.  This  story  must,  of 
>e,  be  read  with  the  allowances  that 
should  always  be  made  when  reading  that  re- 
lating to  the  heathen  gods  and  goddesses. 


From  the  Washington  Church,  Kans. 

Bro.  Wm.  Neff,  of  Milford,  Ind.,  came  1 
us  Jan.  3,  and  labored  with  us,  in  a  protracted 
effort,  at  the  Stoneburner  schoolhouse,  preach- 
ing fifteen  sermons,  which  were  logical 
practical,  and  were  eagerly  listened  to. 
meetings  were  well  attended,  considering  the 
weather.  Our  brother  closed  his  labors  on 
Sunday  evening,  Jan.  16,  at  the  Dunham 
schoolhouse,  as  we  had  to  give  the  use  of  the 
house  to  the  "Progressive  Brethren,"  who  had 
made  a  previous  appointment.  Bro.  Holder, 
of  Cando,  N.  Dak.,  dropped  in  during  the 
meeting,  and  preached  on  Saturday  evening. 
His  sermon  was  well  received.  Several  re- 
quested that  he  preach  a  few  evenings,  and 
continue  the  work.  Accordingly,  he  stayed, 
and  the  meeting  continued  tdl  Sunday  even- 


"  Life  of  Alexander  Campbell,"  by  Thomas 
J.  Grafton,  Christian  Publishing  Co.,  St. 
Louis,  publishers.     Price,  $1.00. 

is  is  a  neatly-printed  and  a  well-bound 
book,  of  234  pages,  containing  a  portrait  of  Mr. 
Campbell.  A  glance  at  this  picture  reminds 
one  of  the  strong  features  so  noticeable  in 
Eld.  R.  H.  Miller.  The  story  of  Mr.  Camp- 
bell's life  is  well  written  in  a  conservative 
manner,  and  yet  so  attractive  that  one  can 
hardly  cease  following  up  the  narrative  when 
once  commenced.  The  author  follows  the 
subject  of  his  narrative  from  his  humble  home 
in  Ireland,  to  Washington  County,  Pa.,  thence 
to  Bethany,  Va.,  and  from  there  into  a  life  of 
rare  activity.  Mr.  Campbell  is  shown  to  have 
been  a  man  not  only  of  natural  ability,  but  one 
who  devoted  years  of  his  life  to  mental  and 
physical  labors,  that  few  could  have  endured. 
At  the  age  of  about  twenty-three  he  married, 
and  settled  down  on  a  farm,  where  he  per- 
formed the  labors  common  to  farmers,  and,  at 
the  same  time,  kept  up  his  regular  course  of 
studies,  mounting  higher  in  the  intellectual 
scale,  until,  as  a  theological  writer,  speaker, 
and  debater,  he  had  few,  if  any,  superiors  in 
this  country.  While  we  do  not  accept  some 
things  that  Mr.  Campbell  taught,  still,  we  can- 
not help  admiring  the  man  on  account  of  the 
sterling  qualities  that  made  of  him  a  strong 
man,  When  he  entered  upon  the  ministry,  he 
resolved  to  preach  a  free  gospel,  and  would 
never  accept  any  compensation  for  his  laboi 
as  a  minister,  but  received  his  support  main! 
from  his  farm,  his  publications,  etc.  The  reai 
ing  of  this  work  may  inspire  young  preachers  I 
some  extent;  at  least,  it  shows  that  the  young 
preacher,  on  the  farm,  can  rise,  if  he  will 
ly  apply  himself,  and  make  the  very  best  of 
his  opportunities.  The  book  may  be  ordered 
from  the  Messenger  office, 


MATRIMONIAL- 


sea— NELSON— At  the  residence  of  the 
bride's  parents,  near  Kearney,  Ncbr.,  Jan 
1898,  by  the  undersigned,  Mr.  Charles  A.  Sea 
and  Miss  Emma  C.  Nelson,  both  of  Buffalo 
County,  N'ebr.  S.  M.  Forney. 

MARTIN— BAER.— At  the  home  of  the 
bride's  parents,  near  Tipton,  Iowa,  Jan.  19, 
1898,  Eld.  John  Zuck  officiating,  Mr.  Harry  N. 
Martin,  of  Robins,  Iowa,  and  Sister  Mary  E. 
Baer,  of  Tipton,  Iowa. 

SAWYER-ROUSH— At  the  residence  of 
Mr.  Robert  J.  Adcock,  1 124  Manitott  Ave., 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Jan.  23,  1898,  by  M.  M. 
Eshelman,  Mr.  Jacob  Sawyer  and  Sister  Trilla 
J.  Roush. 


..  FALLEN  f  ASLEEP  . 

'  Blessed  are  tlie  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord/ 


EARLY.— In  the  Shoal  Creek  church,  New- 

n  County,  Mo.,  Jan.   18,  1S9S,  of  pneumonia, 

Elizabeth  Early,  aged  60  yea 


nd  g  days.  She  united 
hurch  in  1859.  She  lea 
levcn  children.  One  so 
preceded  her  to  the  spirit 
Eld.  Christian  Holdeman, 
G.  Ha 


th  the    Brethren 

husband  and 

1     Services  by 
ted  by  Eld.  I. 


;,  from  2  Tim.  4:  6,  7,  8. 

Enos  J,  Reece. 
BRUMBAUGH.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Can- 
n  church,  Ohio,  Jan.  22,  1898,  Sister  Sarah  E. 
umbaugh,  nee  McDonnel,  aged  54  years,  I 
onth  and  10  days.  She  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
nia,  Dec.  13,  1843.  She  was  married  to  Bro. 
aac  Brumbaugh,  Dec.  2S,  1870.  To  this  union 
;re  born  four  children,  all  living  at  pres  nt. 
A  few  days  prior  to  her  departure,  she  called 
for  the  elders,  and  was  anointed.  She  was  laid 
rest  in  the  Mt.  Pleasant  cemetery. 

John  F.  Kahler. 
HOWELL. —  In  the  Greentown  church, 
Howard  Co.,  Ind.,  Dec.  25,  1897,  Bro.  Tence 
Howell,  aged  69  years,  3  months  and  21  days, 
united  with  the  German  Baptist  church 
y  years  ago.  He  served  the  church  in  the 
e  of  deacon  for  several  years.  He  called 
for  the  elders,  and  was  anointed.  He  leaves  a 
dear  companio*  and  six  children.  Funeral  by 
e  writer.  Daniel  Bock. 

SKINNER.— In  Oakville,  Ind.,  Jan.  4,  1898, 
Burton  C„  son  of  Bro.  David  and  Sister  Lena 
F.  Skinner,  aged  5  months  and  2S  days.  Servi- 
by  Eld.  D.  F.  Hoover,  in  the  church  in 
Oakville,  where  they  lived.  Interment  at 
Bethel,  near  Sulphur  Springs,  Ind. 

WARNER.— In  Sulphur  Springs,  Ind.,  Jan. 
6,  189S,  William  E.,  son  of  Peter  and  Cathar- 
ne  Warner,  aged  42  years,  9  months  and  4 
lays.  He  was  born  at  Sulphur  Springs,  Ind., 
April  12,  1855.  He  was  married  to  Sarah  A. 
/er,  Thanksgiving  Day,  1876.  To  them 
born  nine  children,  all  of  whom  are  liv- 
Services  held  at  the  church  in  Sulphur 
Springs,  Ind.,  by  Eld.  D.    F.   Hoover.     Inter- 

ent  in  the  Sulphur  Springs  cemetery. 

India  Yost. 

HUNTSINGER.— In  the  Salem  church, 
Ohio,  John  Ritter  Huntsinger,  aged  70  years,  6 
months  and  1  day.  The  subject  of  this  notice 
was  born  at  Tippecanoe,  Miami  Co.,  Ohio. 
He  was  married  to  Sarah  Wolf  in  1853,  who 
preceded  him  to  her  long  home  twenty  years. 
There  were  born  to  them  three  children,  of 
whom  two  still  survive.  Services  by  the  writ- 
er, assisted  by  J.  H.  Brumbaugh,  from  1  Cor. 
3:  8.  Jesse  K.  Brumbaugh. 

LOHMAN.— Near  Cameron,  Mo.,  Jan.  16, 
1898,  John  Lohman,  aged  91  years,  9  months 
and  n  days.  Funeral  discourse  by  Eld.  D.  D. 
Sell,  from  Rev.  3:  21.  Bro.  Lohman  was  born 
in  Hesse-Cassel,  Germany,  and  was  well  ac- 
quainted along  the  historic  stream  where 
Alexander  Mack  baptized.  His  zeal  for  the 
mission  cause  was  strong,  and  he  urged  that 
missionaries  be  sent  back  where  our  Brethren 
started  their  work,  'Four  children  survive 
him.  S.  Z.  Sharp. 

LAWRENCE.— Seven  miles  southeast  of 
Iowa  City,  Iowa,  Jan.  17,  1898,  friend  Samuel 
H.  Lawrence,  aged  36  years,  4  months  and  18 
days.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  three  daughters, 
He  was  sick  but  three  days,  Services  from  1 
Pet.  1:  25,  by  the  writer,  J,  C.  Seibert, 


VanDYKE.— At  Chicago,  III.,  Jan.  20.  iS.>S. 
little  Esther,  infant  daughter  of  Dr.  G.  H.  and 
Catharine  B.  VanDyke.  Services  at  their 
home,  629  S.  Ashland  Avenue, 

W.  R.  Miller. 
WILT. —  In  the  Falling  Spring  church, 
Franklin  Co.,  Pa.,  Jan.  16,  1898,  Sister  Fanny 
Wilt,  aged  82  years,  4  months  and  22  days. 
Interment  in  the  burying  ground  on  the  farm 
of  Bro.  Jacob  Benedict,  deceased.  Services  by 
the  writer,  from  Heb.  13:  14. 

Wm.  C.  Koontz. 
BLOUGH.— fn  the  Quemahoning  church, 
Somerset  Co,,  Pa.,  Dec.  8,  1897,  Sister  Mary, 
wife  of  Bro.  Jacob  B.  Blough,  aged  72  'years,  5 
months  and  24  days.  Funeral  services  by  S. 
P.  Zimmerman  and  the  undersigned.  She  was 
a  member  of  another  church  for  many  years, 
but,  in  her  last  illness,  asked  to  be  baptized. 
Being  too  weak  to  walk,  she  was  seated  on  her 
chair,  and  hauled  to  the  creek  and  baptized 
without  difficulty,  and,  in  about  three  weeks  aft- 
er, passed  peacefully  away,      E.  J.  Blough. 

VARNER.— In  the  Mt.  Zion  church,    Page 
Co.,  Va.,  Jan.  22,  1 898,  Bro.  Joseph  Varner,  aged 
years,  8  months  and  28  days.     Bro.  Varner 
,s  one  of  the  oldest  pillars  in  the  church.     He 
,s  paralyzed  a  few  days  before  his  death,  and 
ver  spoke  again.     His  funeral  was  preached 
the  church,  by  Eld.  Martin  Rothgeb,  from 
;  text  he   formerly  selected,  — 2  Tim.  4:  7, 
His  body  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  church  ceme- 
tery, to  wait  the  resurrection  of  the  just. 

Walter  Strickler. 
SHUTT.— In  Girard,  III.,  Jan.  4.  1898,  Elma 
(Neher)  Shutt,  aged  33  years,  4  months  and  22 
days.  She  leaves  a  husband  and  nine  chil- 
le  was  the  youngest  daughter  of  Bro, 
John  and  Sister  Lydia  Neher.  Funeral  by  M, 
Flory  and  Javan  Gibson,  from  Job  14:  14,  in 
the  Pleasant  Hill  church.  James  Wirt. 

RANK.— In  the  Bear  Creek  church,  Ohio, 
rs.  Minerva  Rank,  aged  33  years,  11  months 
id  26  days.  She  leaves  a  husband  and  one 
mghter.  Services  by  J  J.  Bowman,  from 
John  11:25.  Josiah  Eby. 

HANER.— At  Ottawa,  Franklin  Co.,  Kans,, 
,n.   20,    189S,  Sister  Eimly   Sophie   (Carlson)  j 
aner,  aged  rg  years,  u  months  and  ^.^nys.* 
She  leaves  a  husband,  with  whom  she' lived  on- 
ly about   eight    months.     Her    remains    were 
ight  to  the  Appanoose  cemetery  for  inter- 
t.     Services  in  the  Appanoose  church,  by 
brethren  John  Sherfy  and  Daniel  B.  Barnhart, 
om  1  Pet.  1:  24.  James  T.  Kinzie. 

ROBERSON  —  In   the  bounds  of  the  Tus- 
irawas  church,  Ohio,  Nov.   10,   1897,  Archie 
Roberson,  son  of  Bro.  Allen  Roberson,  aged  4 
years,  I  month  and  28  days.     Funeral  sermon 
by  the  writer,  assisted  by  A.  I.  Heestand. 
HARMON— In  the  same  congregation,  Jan. 
1898,  friend  Martin  Harmon,  son  of  George 
armon,  aged  28  years  and  26  days.     He  was 
onderfully  concerned  about  his  soul's  salva- 
an,  and  earnestly  solicited  God's  mercy  and 
forgiveness.     He  desired  to  be  baptized  (but 
ird  could  not  be  forwarded  to  the  writer  and 
Bro.  Heestand,  who,  at  that  time,  was  conduct- 
ing meetings  in  the  vicinity)  in  time  to  attend 
to  the  ordinance  while  conscious.    Sermon  by 
Bro.  A.  I.  Heestand  and  the  writer,  from  the 
words,  "  Set  thine  house  in  order,  for  thou  shalt 


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FREDERICKS.— In    the    bounds    of    the 
rownsville  church,  Md.,  at  Brunswick,  Dec. 
,  1897,  Sister  Fannie  Fredericks,  aged  about 
33  years.     She  received  a  fall,  a  short  time 
ious,  which  resulted  in  paralysis,  followed 
by  spasms,  ending  in  death.     She  leaves  a  hus- 
band and  six  children,     Interment  at  Browns- 
lie.    Services  by  the  undersigned. 
JENNINGS.— Near  Brownsville,   Md.,  Jan. 
1898,  Sister  Hannah   F.  Jennings,  wife  of 
ro.  George  B.  Jennings,  aged  about  52  years. 
She  suffered   intensely   for  over  six   months, 
he  was  afflicted  with  cancer  of  a  very  malig- 
ant  form.     Sister  Hannah  was  a  faithful  dea- 
jness  and  worker  in  the  church.     She  leaves 
faithful  husband  and  two  faithful  daughters, 
ervices  by  the  home  brethren  and  Bro.  D.  F. 
Stouffer,  from  Psa.  17:  15,  at  Brownsville, 

E.  Yourtee. 

CAMERER.— In  Martinsburg,  Blair  Co., 
Pa.,  Jan.  14,  1898,  Sister  Mary  Camerer,  wife  of 
friend  Daniel  Camerer,  aged  about  68  years. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  Brethren  church  a 
number  of  years.  Services  by  Bro.  A.  B.  Bur- 
get,  from  Heb.  13;  14,  J,  G,  Mock, 


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MARTIN.— At  Juniata,  Nebr.,  Jan.  24,  i8q8, 
of  lung  fever,  Leon  Emerson,  infant  son  of  Sis- 
ter Cora  and  Bro.  Henry  Martin,  aged  10 
months  and  4  clays.  Services  by  Bro.  J,  B, 
Moore.  Sarah  B.  Lemon. 

YARNALL.— In  the  Brethren's  Home,  at 
Manheim,  Pa.,  Jan.  6,  1S9S,  Sister  Rebi 
wife  of  the  late  Nathan  Yarnall,  aged  a 
years.  Funeral  services  at  the  Green  Tree 
church,  Montgomery  County,  by  the  writer,  as> 
sisted  by  brethren  J.  Z.  Gotwalls  and  J.  T.  My- 
ers, from  Heb,  4:  9. 

CASSEL.— In  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Jan.  7,  180$ 
Bro.  Charles  M.  Cassel,  aged  27  years.  He 
leaves  a  wife  and  two  children.  Their  loss 
though  great,  is  his  gain.  Services  by  the 
writer,  from  Philpp.  3:  8-1 1.     T.  T.  Myers. 

IMHOFF.— In  the  Cando  church,  Townei 
Co.,  N.  D.,  of  pneumonia,  Sister  Fanny  Ini 
hoff,  aged  66  years,  1  month  and  8  days.  Sh< 
was  born  in  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  Nov.  30 
1831,  and  came  to  Ashland  County,  Ohio,  witl: 
her  parents,  when  two  years  old.  She  lived  u: 
Ohio,  until  1874,  when  she  removed  to  Miami 
County,  Ind.  She  moved  to  Marshall  County, 
Iowa,  in  1888.  In  1807  she  came  to  Cando, 
D.  She  united  with  the  Brethren  church  at 
Mexico,  Ind.,  in  1875.  She  was  married  twice, 
and  leaves  two  sons.  She  was  laid  to  rest  in 
the  Brethren's  graveyard  at  the  Enterprise 
church,  west  of  Cando.  Services  by  Bro, 
Isaac  Deardorff.  W.  H,  Leavell, 

BRENNEMAN.— In  the  Log  Creek  congre- 
gation, Caldwell  Co.,  Mo.,  Jan.  13,  1898,  after  a 
'  lingering  illness,  of  cancer  of  the  stomach, 
Susannah,  wife  of  Martin 
years,  1 1  months  and  17  days. 
name  was  Beery.  She  was  bor 
in  Rockingham  County,  Va. 
united  in  marriage  to  Mart 
2,  1848.  Ten  children  were  born  to  th 
Nine  reached  their  majority,  eight  of  whom 
are  yet'  living,  She  moved,  with  her  family,  t< 
Ray  County,  Mo.,  in  1868.  She  united  witl 
the  Mennonite  church  in  1853.  In  1881  sh. 
united  with  the  Brethren  in  this  congregation 
Funeral  services  by  the  writer,  from  Rev.  14 
13,  after  which  her  remains  were  laid  to  rest  ii 
the  Brethren's  burying  ground,  near  the  Oak 
Groye  meetinghouse. 

BRENNEMAN.— In  the  same  congregation 
Jan.  24,  1898,  of  pneumonia,  Martin  Brenne 
man,  aged  71  years,  11  months  and  15  days 
He  returned  home  from  the  funeral  of  hi 
wife,  and  took  his  bed,  which  he  never  left 
He  had  joined  the  Mennonite  church,  with  hi: 
wife,  in  1853,  in  Rockingham  County,  Va-,  and 
moved  to  Ray  County,  Mo.,  in  1868.  A  few 
years  later  he  moved  to  Caldwell  County 
where,  in  1SS1,  he,  with  his  wife,  united  with 
the  Brethren  in  this  congregation.  Not  long 
after,  he  was  called  to  the  office  of  deacon,  iri 
which  capacity  he  continued  faithful.  He  was 
buried  by  the  side  of  his  wife.  The  writer  be- 
ing ill,  and  not  able  to  attend  the  funeral,  the 
sermon  was  postponed.  A  short  service  was 
conducted  by  a  ''  Christian  Union  "  minister. 
J.  E.  Ellenberger. 

PAUL— In  the  Sweetwater  Lake  church, 
Ramsey  Co.,  N.  Dak.,  Jan.  6,  1898,  of  typhoid 
fever,  Sister  Francis  Elizabeth  (Charleton) 
Paul,  aged  26  years,  4  months  and  5  days. 
She  was  married  to  John  I.  Paul,  Dec.  27,  1S94. 
To  this  union  was  born  one  daughter.  She 
leaves  a  husband  and  little  daughter.  Servi- 
ces by  Bro.  Silas  Eversole. 

Ida  Deardorff. 

KAGAY.— In  the  Rush  Creek  church,  Fair- 
field Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  21,  iScjS,  Sister  Maria 
Kagay,  aged  56  years  and  20  days.  Deceased 
was  the  eldest  daughter  of  James  and  Eliza- 
beth Stuart,  and  granddaughter  of  our  aged 
brother,  Isaac  Beery.  Funeral  services  from 
2  Tim.  4:  6-8,  by  Eld.  John  Smith. 

David  Henricks. 

RITZIUS.— At  Cando,  N.  Dak.,  Nov.  20, 
lS^7,  Mary  T.  Ritzius,  aged  35  years,  n  months 
and  3  days,  Deceased  was  born  in  Coshocton 
County,  Ohio.  With  her  parents  she  moved  to 
Marshal  County,  Ind.,  in  I871.  She  was  mar- 
ried to  Noah  Ritzius,  Nov.  25,  1883.  To  this 
union  were  born  two  sons.  The  younger  son 
preceded  her  to  the  spirit  world;  Dec.  i,  18S6, 
she,  with  her  husband,  became  a  member  of 
the  Brethren  church.  September  last  she  was 
anointed.  She  leaves  a  kind  husband  and  one 
son,  She,  with  her  husband,  son,  and  mother, 
moved  from  Marshall  County,  Ind.,  to  their 
present  home,  in  the  spring  of  1897,  Funeral 
services  by  the  writer,  A.  B,  Peters, 


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Along  the  Republican  Valley,  and  all 
through  tfte  central  part  of  the  State,  price; 
range  from  $4  to  S12  for  unimproved  land,  anc 
for  improved  lands  from  $12  to  J30  per  acre. 

In  the  eastern  portion  of  the  State  land  val 
ues  are  from  $20  to  $50  an  acre,  according  tc 
location  and  extent  ol  improvements  effected. 

The  best  plan  to  pursue  is  to  write  to  Mr 
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well-known  Dunker  farmer,  and  has  lived  ii 
Nebraska  for  many  years-  He  is  the  Immi 
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without  getting  cured.  1  became  tired  of  life. 
I  had  violent  pains  everywhere,  —  couldn't 
sleep  on  account  of  backache,  headache  and 
palpitation  of  the  heart.  My  feet  were  as 
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vised  a  change  of  climate.  I  went  out  in  the 
country,  but  was  unable  to  notice  any  im 
provement.  One  day  I  happened  to  read 
in  a  newspaper  an  article  about  the  Blood 
Vitalizes,  and  Oleum  Liniment.  The 
article  so  inspired  me  with  confidence,  that 
I  sat  down  at  once  and  ordered  a  trial  box. 
I  began  to  use  them  according  to  directions 
and  soon  found  great  relief.  The  backache 
which  had  troubled  me  for  so  many  years, 
began, to  gradually  leave  me.  The  same 
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to  do,  a  few  bottles  of  the  Blood  Vital 
representing  an  outlay  of  but  a  couple  of  dol- 
lars, accomplished. 

These  truly  wonderful   remedies  shall  find 
a  place  in  my  house  as  long  as  I  live. 
Yours  very  truly, 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


EDITORIAL.— 


Meeting  of  tlic  General  Mlssii 

Sunday  School  Work 

The  Husband  and  the  Wile. 


FOETRY.- 

A  Fitting  Prayer.    Selected  by  Mrs.  Catharine  Snydei 
A  Work  (or  All 


ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,- 

Marriageand  Divorce  Outlined.    By  I.  J.  Rosenberger 

Remarks  on  Matt.  19:  0.    By  Noah  Longanecker 

Is  Divorce  With  Remarriage  Sanctioned  By  tile   New  Testame 

By  Grant  Mahan 

Adultery  and  Fornication.    By  A.  W.  Vaniman 

The  Divorce  Question.    By  M.  T.  Baer 

The  Sacredness  of  the  Marriage  Relation— The  Bible  View.    By 
seph  Holsopple, 


Byje! 


;  V.  Heckler, 


.   Iiby, 


The  Adultery  Questio 

Marriage  and  Divorce.    By  D.  E.  Cripe, .  .  .  . 

On  the  Way  to  India.— No.  12.— By  S.  N.  McCai 


THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

Wanted— A  Young  Man 

A  Great  Opportunity.    By  C.  E.  Arnold 

Sunday  School  Notes.— No.  2.    By  John  R.  Snyder. 


GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT,— 

Mission  Work.— No.  7.— Its  Success  Predicted  in  Three  Missionary 

Psalms— Psalm  87 11 

'.  Mission  Receipts  lor  January.  lSe* 1 

'■  itfK  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,- 

Lesson  Light-Flashes .  ."  .  .  I  .".  .  .  .  .  ."' r: 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,— 

Bible  Teachings  on  Prayer.-Mark  u:  24-26 1: 


-^-EDITORIAL  i  MISCELLANY -s* 

Booker  T.  Washington,  the  founder  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Industrial  School  for  Colored  People  at 
Tuskegee,  Ala.,  advises  the  men  of  his  race  to  keep 
out  of  politics  and  not  to  seek  office.  "  Don't  try 
to  govern  the  country,"  he  tells  them,  "  until  you 
know  how.  Educate  yourself,  and  take  care  of  your 
own  interests,  and  leave  the  affairs  of  the  nation 
to  be  cared  for  by  men  of  education  and  expe- 
rience." Mr.  Washington's  greatest  objection  to  the 
holding  of  office  by  the  colored  people,  is  the  fact 
that  it  provokes  hostilities  among  the  whites  and 
complicates  matters  between  the  races.  He  also 
deplores  the  tendency  of  the  age,  to  seek  office, 
rather  than  follow  the  ordinary  pursuits  of  life. 
His  idea  is  that  every  citizen  should  strive  to  be  a 
model  man,  and  not  allow  himself  to  be  influenced 
by  demagogues  or  an  insatiate  desire  for  public 
office. 

The  annexation  of  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  which 
is  now  being  seriously  considered,  brings  out  many 
ideas,  regarding  the  propriety  and  advisability  of 
doing  so.  Favored  with  a  climate,  balmy  and  mild 
throughout  the  year,  and  many  natural  advantages, 
these  islands  are  indeed  a  charming  abode.  It  is 
thought  that,  by  the  introduction  of  American 
methods  and  business  enterprise,  the  resources  of 
the  islands  will  be  doubled,  and,  while  the  United 
States  will  derive  some  benefit  by  the  extension  of 
her  commercial  interests,  the  Hawaiians  themselves 
will  be  undoubtedly  much  benefited.  That  kind  of 
a  change  is  one  to  be  admired.  It  would  be  a 
blessed  experience,  spiritually,  if  persons,  on  unit- 
ing with  the  church  of  God,  would  not  only  "grow 
in  grace"  themselves,  but  prove  a  benefit  to  the 
body  with  which  they  have  united.  The  church 
needs  "wings,"  not  "weights," 


Perhaps  it  has  not  occurred  to  our  readers  that 
peculiar  circumstances  make  our  country  the  natur- 
al champion  of  international  arbitration.  Practi- 
cally unarmed,  and  without  need  of  a  standing 
army,  fearless  because  we  are  strong  in  our  isolation, 
our  voice  should  always  be  for  peace  and  against 
war.  The  intelligence,  integrity  and  strength  of 
our  people  is  most  apparent  in  their  universal  de- 
sire to  adjust  all  national  difficulties  by  peaceful 
arbitration  rather  than  by  the  bloody  sword.  Our 
real  strength  is  in  "standing  still." 


In  Central  America  is  the  little  republic  of  Guat- 
emala, which  is  about  the  size  of  the  State  of  Ten- 
nessee. It  lies  to  the  south  of  Mexico,  and  borders 
on  that  part  known  as  Yucatan,  a  country  that 
in  the  remote  past  was  peopled  by  a  race  well  civ- 
ilized, and  far  advanced  in  arts  and  letters,  and 
builded  great  cities  and  magnificent  temples,  the 
ruins  of  which  are  still  the  admiration  as  well  as 
the  conundrum  of  the  Western  World.  Doubtless 
these  people  inhabited  Guatemala  also,  This,  how- 
ever, was  long  before  the  dawn  of  history  on 
this  continent.  The  interior  is  considerably  elevat- 
ed, and  here  the  climate  is  both  delightful  and 
healthful.  It  is  frequently  visited  by  frosts,  but 
snow  never  falls.  The  soil  is  fertile  and  the  pro- 
ducts varied  and  abundant.  Horses,  mules,  sheep 
and  cattle  are  reared  in  great  numbers.  With  a 
more  thrifty  class  of  people  the  whole  region  could 
be  made  a  charming  place  to  live,  save  that  it 
would  now  and  then  be  disturbed  by  earthquakes, 
some  of  which  do  considerable  damage  to  both  life 
and  property,  The  government  is  republican  in  form, 
the  president  being  elected  for  six  years.  A  few 
days  ago  President  Barrios  was  shot  and  instantly 
killed  while  out  walking  in  the  evening,  near  the 
palace,  with  two  military  officers,  The  assassin, 
while  attempting  to  escape,  was  immediately  killed 
by  the  President's  staff,  The  President's  constitu- 
tional successor  was  peaceably  installed,  and  all  is 
now  quiet  in  the  little  republic. 


Some  of  our  readers  may  have  wondered  why 
China  is  made  to  yield  so  easily  to  the  demands  of 
the  powers.  It  is  no  secret,  when  we  remember 
that  there  is  no  central  authority  in  China.  The 
state  officials,  or  mandarins,  are  powerless.  The 
people  are  unwilling  to  sustain  their  own  govern- 
ment. They  are  not  only  indifferent  to  foreign 
invasion  but  those  of  the  business  community,  who 
know  anything  of  modern  customs  and  foreign 
affairs,  welcome  it.  The  government  of  China  is  so 
saturated  with  corruption,  ignorance  and  injustice 
that  patriotism  is  impossible.  The  important 
posts  throughout  the  whole  empire  have  to  be  paid 
for  at  very  high  rates,  and  when  the  buyer  assumes 
pov/er,  he  makes  it  his  first  business  to  reimburse 
himself  for  the  outlay.  His  next  duty  is  to  add  as 
much  as  possible  to  his  private  means  before  he  is 
removed  from  office,  and  his  third  to  collect  a  sur- 
plus sufficient  to  "  buy  off"  the  higher  powers  when 
he  is  required  to  render  an  account  of  his  steward- 
ship. As  he  has  bought  and  paid  for  his  post, 
those  who  stand  between  the  government  and  the 
emperor  will  not  permit  him  to  be  removed  unless 
his  crimes  are  too  flagrant.  This  system  is  sheltered 
from  public  criticism  by  a  pretense  of  great  virtue, 
by  the  degradation  and  punishment  of  people  who 
commit  petty  offenses.  Aside  from  the  moral 
question  involved,  the  invasion  of  China  by  the 
European  powers  is  a  good  thing  for  the  Chinese 
and  for  the  world  at  large,  because,  wherever  for- 
eigners have  secured  a  foothold,  there  has  been 
progress  and  prosperity, 


Those  who  have  been  accusing  the  Brethren  of 
being  too  radical  in  prohibiting  our  members,  con- 
cerning the  frequenting  of  saloons,  will  probably 
be  astonished  at  the  following  resolution,  passed 
by  the  trustees  of  Princeton  University:  "No  stu- 
dent shall  bring,  or  cause  to  be  brought  into  col- 
lege, or  keep  in  his  room,  any  spirituous  or  fer- 
mented liquors;  nor  shall  he  frequent  any  place 
where  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold  as  a  beverage." 
We  want  more  of  this  kind  of  "  resolutions."  If  all 
the  colleges  of  our  land  were  equally  strict,  the 
liquor  traffic  would  find,  in  the  rising  generation  of 
educators,  a  vast  army  of  temperance  workers,  that 
will  finally  bring  about  the  downfall  of  the  cursed 
traffic.  

Probably  nearly  the  whole  civilized  world  is 
watching  the  progress  of  the  Zola  and  Dreyfus  af- 
fair in  France.  Dreyfus  is  confined  in  an  iron  cage, 
on  a  lonely  island,  charged  with  making  known  to 
Germany  some  important  military  secrets.  The 
trial  was  conducted  in  secrecy,  on  evidence  that  is 
also  kept  a  profound  secret,  Zola,  the  French 
novelist,  in  a  letter  accused  the  Government  of  un- 
fair dealings  in  the  Dreyfus  case,  and  declared  him- 
self ready  to  sustain  his  charge.  He  is  now  on 
trial,  But  to  his  amazement,  as  well  as  to  the 
amazement  of  every  one  who  loves  fairness,  all  the 
government  officers  who  had  anything  to  do  with 
the  trial  and  conviction  of  Dreyfus  are  prohibited, 
by  order  of  the  court,  from  telling  what  they  know 
about  the  case.  Not  even  Dreyfus'  wife  is  permit- 
ted to  relate  what  she  has  in  her  possession  relating 
to  the  unfortunate  affair.  It  seems  to  be  a  deliber- 
ate effort  upon  the  part  of  the  government  to  de- 
feat justice,  and  keep  covered  up  a  course  of  pro- 
ceedings that  will  not  stand  the  test  of  investiga- 
tion. When  it  is  borne  in  mind  that  both  Dreyfus 
and  Zola  are  Jews  of  wealth  and  high  standing,  and 
also,  that  the  French  have  no  love  for  the  Hebrew 
race,  we  may,  in  a  measure,  be  able  to  account  for 
the  peculiar  phase  of  persecution  here  referred  to. 
The  secret  course  France  is  pursuing  in  this  mat- 
ter is  certainly  no  credit  to  a  republic,  in  this  en- 
lightened age. 

The  conduct  of  the  minister— De  Lome— sent  by 
Spain  to  Washington,  to  represent  her  interests  in 
this  country,  is  a  most  unfortunate  affair  at  this 
time,  on  account  of  the  strained  relations  existing 
between  both  governments.  A  minister  sent  to 
represent  the  interest  of  his  own  kingdom  at  the 
court  of  another  nation,  is  expected  to  treat  that 
nation  with  all  becoming  respect,  both  in  public 
and  private.  This  the  Spanish  minister,  to  his  great 
dishonor,  has  failed  to  do.  Not  long  since  he 
wrote  a  letter  of  some  length  to  one  of  the  officers 
of  his  home  government,  in  which  he  spoke  very 
disrespectfully  of  our  President,  and  recommended 
some  measures  upon  the  part  of  Spain  towards  this 
government  that  would  be  considered  very  dishon- 
orable. In  some  manner  this  letter  was  intercepted 
in  Cuba,  sent  to  the  United  States  last  week  and 
published.  Our  government  at  once  demanded  of 
Spain  the  immediate  recall  of  her  minister,  he  hav- 
ing, in  the  meantime,  wired  to  Spain,  tendering  his 
resignation.  The  resignation  was  accepted,  and 
De  Lome  is  preparing  to  leave  the  United  States, 
disgraced,  of  course,  at  the  capital  of  this  nation. 
The  incident  has  caused  no  small  amount  of  excite- 
ment, both  in  this  country  and  in  Spain,  and  to 
some  extent  in  other  parts  of  Europe.  Spain  has 
made  all  necessary  apology  to  this  country  for  the 
grave  mistake  of  her  minister,  and  with  this  the 
matter  ends. 


7 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGBB.' 


Feb.  19,  18 


-ESSAYS 


Study  to  show  1!1Y;'1-II  '.: 


t  needeth  not  be 


A  FITTING  PRAYER. 

SBLECTSD  BY  MRS.  CATHAH1NB  SNYDIR. 

Mr.  H.  S.  HarrisoD,  a  minister,  was  in  the  habit  from  his 
bo>hood  till  the  day  of  his  death  of  repeating  the  following 
morning  prayer: 

"Be  with  us,  Lord,  at  early  morn 

And  let  our  thoughts  to  Thee  he  drawn. 
"  Be  with  us,  Lord,  throughout  the  day, 

In  all  we  do  and  all  we  say. 
"And  then,  O  Lord,  at  lime  of  eve 

May  we  Thy  presence  still  perceive. 
"  Aud  leave  us  not  throughout  the  night, 

For  then  we  need  Thee  for  our  light. 
"  For  the  Lord  God  is  a  sun  and  shield; 
The  Lord  will  give  grace  and  glory; 
"No  good  thing  will  he  withhold  from  them  that  walk  up- 
rightly; 
O,  Lord  of  Hosts,  blessed  is  the 
Robins,  Iowa. 


1  that  trusteth  in  The 


MARRIAOE  AND  DIVORCE  OUTLINED. 

BY    I.   J.    ROSENBERC.ER. 

We  reduce  these  outlines  to  two  propositions; 
Proposition   I, — A  husband  may  put  away  his 
wife,  and  a  wife  may  put  away  her  husband. 

Christ's  law  on  this  point  is  given  thus:  "  Whoso- 
ever shall  put  away  his  wife,  saving  for  the  cause  of 
fornication,  causeth  her  to  commit  adultery." 
Matt.  5:  32.  The  same  permission  of  putting  away, 
is  given  in  Matt.  19:  9  Paul's  words  on  this  law 
are  these:  "  Let  not  the  wife  depart  from  her  hus- 
band. But  and  if  she  depart,  let  her  remain  un- 
married or  be  reconciled  to  her  husband."  X  Cor. 
;:  10, 11. 

These  texts  are  definite  proof  of  my  proposition. 
Christ's  words,  "putting  away,"  and  Paul  saying, 
"  depart,"  are  well  nigh  synonymous,  and  neither 
implies  divorce.  In  1  Cor.  5  is  related  a  grave  case 
of  fornication.  Paul  says,  "  Put  away  from  among 
yourselves  that  wicked  person,"  but  in  2  Cor.  2, 
Paul  urges  his  restoration.  Hence  the  "  putting 
away,"  either  in  the  church  or  in  marriage,  is  a  sus- 
pension of  former  rights  of  the  offender,  awaiting 
satisfactory  repentance.  Paul  says,  "  Doth  not  ev- 
en nature  itself  teach  you?" 

Let  us  see  what  nature  teaches  us  on  this  line 
Let  us  suppose  a  case:  A  husband  finds  his  wife 
guilty  of  fornication  or  adultery.  Would  not  the 
most  sainted  husband  hold  his  wife  at  a  measure  of 
distance, — in  a  sense  "  put  her  away," — to  await  due 
repentance  and  reform?  In  doing  so,  would  he 
not  be  carrying  out  both  the  letter  and  the  spirit  of 
the  Gospel? 

There  is  no  proof  that  God  ever  authorized  di- 
vorce. Christ  never  taught  it,  Paul  forbids  it  in 
the  strongest  terms.  Moses  was  the  sole  author  of 
all  the  divorce  law  that  ever  existed,  and  that  was 
by  his  permission  only.  Christ  explains  thus: 
"  Moses,  for  the  hardness  of  your  hearts,  suffered 
you  to  put  away  your  wives;  but  from  the  begin- 
ning it  was  not  so."  "What  therefore  God  hath 
joined  together,  let  not  man  put  asunder."  Christ 
came  to  restore;  to  bring  back;  and  his  work  in- 
cluded the  original  purity  of  the  marriage  vow. 

The  Jews  understood  Christ  to  be  setting  aside 
the  divorce  law  granted  by  Moses,  for  they  reply: 
"  If  the  case  of  the  man  be  so  with  his  wife,  it  is 
not  good  to  marry."  Christ's  teaching  on  this  line 
was  so  narrow  to  the  Jews,  compared  with  Moses' 
teaching,  that  they  concluded  it  were  better  not 
to  marry  at  all.  Israel  was  represented  as  having 
hearts  of  stone.  God  promised,  "  I  will  take  the 
stony  heart  out  of  your  flesh,  and  will  give  you  a 
heart  of  flesh,"  hence,  better  things  are  expected  of 
modern  Israel, — those  in  Christ.  The  penalty  of 
fornication  and  adultery,  under  the  law,  was  not 
divorce  but  death.    See  Deut.  22. 

Proposition  II. — The  Scripture  disallows  all 
right  to  subsequent  marriage,  while  the  former 
companion  is  living. 


Christ's  law  on  this  point  is  in  these  words: 
"Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife,  and  marry  an- 
other, committeth  adultery  against  her.  And  if  a 
woman  shall  put  away  her  husband,  and  be  married 
to  another,  she  committeth  adultery."  Mark  10: 
11,  12.  The  same  law  is  found  in  Luke  16:  18. 
Paul's  words  in  support  of  this  law,  are  these:  "  For 
the  woman  which  hath  an  husband  is  bound  by  the 
law  to  her  husband  so  long  as  he  liveth;  but  if  the 
husband  be  dead,  she  is  loosed  from  the  law  of  her 
husband.  So  then  if,  while  her  husband  liveth,  she 
be  married  to  another  man,  she  shall  be  called  an 
adulteress:  but  if  her  husband  be  dead,  she  is  free 
from  that  law;  so  that  she  is  no  adulteress,  though 
she  be  married  to  another  man.''  Rom  7:  2,  3. 
The  simple  paraphrase  of  this  text  is,  "  Death  only 
annuls  the  marriage  contract."  I  now  aver  that  my 
propositions  are  both  proven.  I  ask  the  reader  to 
notice  that  Paul's  words  are  not  only  clear,  but 
sweeping.  "The  woman  ...  is  bound  to  her  hus- 
band so  long  as  he  liveth."  This  precludes  all 
right  to  any  exceptions. 

Matt.  19:  9  reads  thus:  "Whosoever  shall  put 
away  his  wife,  except  it  be  for  fornication,  and  shall 
marry  another,  committeth  adultery:  and  whoso 
marrieth  her  which  is  put  away  doth  commit  adul- 
tery." Upon  this  text  alone  is  all  right  based  for 
subsequent  marriage  while  the  former  companion  is 
living.  This  text  is  indefinite.  I  shall  simply  seek 
to  harmonize  it  with  preceding  facts, 

1.  To  what  does  the  exception  in  this  text,  "  Ex- 
cept it  be  for  fornication,"  allude,— to  the  putting 
away  that  goes  before  it;  or  to  the  marrying  again 
that  follows?  The  liberal  view  is  that  it  refers  to 
both  that  which  goes  before  it  and  to  that  which 
follows  it.  I  call  this  view  bad  syntax.  All  agree 
that  the  parallel  exception  in  Matt.  5:  32,  "saving," 
etc.,  refers  to  the  putting  away  alone  that  goes  be- 
fore. Apply  the  same  rule  to  Matt.  19:  9,  and  all  is 
plain.  I  therefore  claim  that  the  exception  in 
Matt.  19:  9  refers  to  the  putting  away  that  goes  be- 
fore, and  not  to  the  marrying  another  that  follows. 
Hence,  the  man  that  marries  again  while  his  former 
companion  is  living,  commits  adultery,  regardless 
of  the  cause  of  separation. 

2.  The  liberal  view  is  that  fornication  annuls  the 
marriage  contract.  Let  us  test  this  theory  with  an 
illustration.  Suppose  A  and  B  are  husband  and 
wife.  A  puts  B  away  because  of  fornication.  The 
liberal  view  is  that  B's  act  of  fornication  annulled 
A  and  B's  marriage  contract.  A  being  free,  mar- 
ries C  and  they  come  and  join  the  church,  But 
Christ  gives  the  words  of  warning  and  says:  "  Whoso 
marrieth  her  that  is  put  away,— that  is  B— commits 
adultery."  This  shows  that  B,  though  divorced, 
is  yet  a  married  woman  and  A  is  her  husband. 
Hence  A  married  to  C  is  living  in  adultery.  This 
clearly  shows  that  B's  act  of  fornication  did  not 
annul  the  marriage  conlract  between  her  and  A. 
Again;  if  B's  act  of  fornication  annulled  the  mar- 
riage contract  between  her  and  A,  so  that  A  is  free, 
why  is  not  B  equally  free?  If  B  is  bound;  to  whom 
is  she  bound?  I  am  told  that  a  man,  taking  a 
woman  in  marriage,  who  proves  to  be  a  fornicator, 
is,  in  the  true  sense  not  married  to  his  wife  at  all. 
I  explain  that  Christ  calls  that  woman,  "  put  away  " 
for  fornication,  "huwifi,"  and  not  his  concubine. 
It  is  *t7safe  to  dispute  Christ's  statements. 

3  The  clause,  "And  shall  marry  another,"  is  the 
only  support  of  this  liberal  view,  and  that  hangs  in 
the  scale  of  doubt,  because  it  is  not  found  in  some 
ancient  manuscripts,  and  hence  is  omitted  in  some 
versions.  Wilson,  in  his  "  Emphatic  Diaglott"  has 
a  right  hand  column,  based  upon  the  labors  of  many 
talented  critics  and  translators  of  the  Scriptures. 
In  this  column  this  doubtful  clause  is  omitted. 
Westcott  and  Hort,  men  of  high  repute  as  Greek 
scholars,  omit  this  doubtful  clause,  "  And  shall 
marry  another."  This  fact  alone  ought  to  forever 
silence  all  opposition  to  the  pla'n  Gospel  teaching, 
I  have  presented. 

4.  The  German  has  this  text  thus,  "Whoever  sep- 
arates himself  from  his  wife  (except  it  be  for  forni- 
cation) and  marrieth  another,  he  breaks  matrimony; 
and  whoso  marries  the  one  dismissed,  he  also  breaks 
matrimony,"    This  version  clearly  shows  that  the 


woman  put  away  was  yet  a  married  woman  and 
hence  her  act  of  fornication  did  not  annul  her  mar- 
riage contract.  The  German  has  the  exception  in 
parentheses,  A  parenthetical  clause  explains  or 
adds  some  idea  to  the  principal  clause,  and  will 
make  sense  with  the  parenthetical  clause  omitted. 

(1)  Omit  this  clause  and  we  have  Luke's  exact 
words. 

(2)  This  clause  adds  the  idea  that  a  companion 
may  be  put  away. 

(3)  This  clause  explains  what  a  companion  may 
be  put  away  for,  viz.,  for  fornication. 

(4)  A  parenthetical  clause  modifies  the  principal 
clause  and  the  one  that  goes  before,  as  we  have 
shown,  hence  Matt  19:  9,  properly  analyzed,  as  it 
stands  in  the  English,  Greek  and  German  versions, 
allows  no  right  to  subsequent  marriage,  while  the 
former  companion  is  living. 

5.  Fornication  and  adultery  are  not  unpardon- 
able sins.  That  is  seen  in  the  case  of  fornication  in 
1  Cor.  5;  also  the  woman  taken  in  adultery  and 
brought  to  Christ  in  John  8.     Israel  and  Judah  are 

presented  in  the  prophets  as  having  played  the 
harlot,  committed  whoredom,  yet  the  Lord  wel- 
comes their  return,  even  invites  them.    While  this 

but  a  figure,  yet  the  literal  must  be  true,  as  indi- 
cated in  the  figure;  hence,  for  these  sins,  there 
hould  be  left  an  open  door  for  reconciliation  and 
return  of  the  offender. 

An  illustration:  A  sister  was  unfaithful,  It  re- 
sulted in  her  separation  from  her  husband  and  the 
church.  Years  of  effort  failed  in  a  reconciliation. 
When  on  her  death  couch,  she  realized  she  was  ap- 
proaching death's  lonely  door.  The  friends  noticed 
her  grief  gathering.  She  finally  burst  forth  and  un- 
bosomed her  great  sorrow.  It  was  all,  all  due  to 
her  unreconciled  state.  Her  lonely  husband  and 
the  church  were  sent  for,  and  reconciliation  effect- 
ed with  both  parties,  to  the  joy  of  all.  In  the  days 
of  Ezra  and  Nehemiah,  God's  people  were  called 
upon  to  "  put  away  their  starnge  wives."  I  wonder 
if  there  is  not  need  of  some  of  that  same  cleansing 
now? 

Those  involved  in  marriage,  called  the  "  innocent 
party,"  I  usually  call  the  "  careless  parties."  The 
great  need  is  more  careful  teaching. 

Covington,  OHs,  » 


REMARKS  ON  MATT.  19:  9- 


BY   NOAH    LONGANECKER, 


"  Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife,  except  it  be  for  forni- 
cation, and  shall  marry  another,  committeth  adultery:  and 
whosoever  marrieth  her  which  is  put  away,  doth  commit 
adultery." 

Christ  here  gives  a  rule  with  but  cm  exception. 
The  rule  is  plain,  and  it  is  alike  understood  by  near- 
ly all.  Here  is  the  rule:  "  Whosoever  shall  put 
away  his  wife,  and  shall  marry  another,  committeth 
adultery:  and  whosoever  marrieth  her  which  is  put 
away,  doth  commit  adultery." 

We  first  note  the  rule  because  there  are  some  who 
claim  to  be  well  informed,  who  contend  that  the 
pronoun  "  her"  refers  to  the  one  who  would  be  put 
away  "  for  fornication."  The  rule  shows  that  such 
a  view  is  erroneous. 

The  Jewish  doctors  had  many  exceptions  to  this 
rule.  They  had  two  famous  "schools,"  that  differed 
much  about  those  exceptions,  hence  the  Pharisees 
tempted  Christ,  by  asking  him  the  question,  "Is  it 
lawful  to  put  away  his  wife  for  every  cause?" 
Christ's  answer  allows  but  one  exception  to  the  rule. 
While  the  "  school  of  Shammai  "  gave  "  whoredom  " 
as  an  exception  to  the  rule,  Christ  gave  "  fornicz- 
tion  "  as  the  only  exception, 

"  The  school  of  HUM  "  taught  that  a  man  might 
put  away  his  wife  for  numerous  causes.  "  Whore- 
dom "  is  a  general  term,  designating  lewdness  of 
married  or  unmarried  persons.  "  Fornication"  is  a 
definite  term,  designating  lewdness  of  unmarried 
persons.  Clarke  changed  the  term  "  fornication  " 
in  Christ's  exception  to  the  rule,  to  "  whoredom," 
not  because  it  reads  so  in  the  original,  but  for  the 
reason,  as  he  says,  "  fornication  signifies  no  more 


Feb.  19,  189S. 


T-tlE   GOSPEL   MESSIEnSTGEIR,. 


sij 


than   the   unlawful   connection   of  unmarried   per- 
sons." 

Wilson,  in  translating  the  word,  gives  it  "  fornica- 
tion," but  in  his  copy  he  uses  the  word  "whore- 
dom," probably  for  the  same  reason  that  Clarke 
does.  While  all  the  learned  give  "  lewdness  of  un- 
married persons  "  as  the  primary  meaning  of  forni- 
cation, some  also  contend  that  it  sometimes  may 
mean  the  sin  of  adultery,  when  one  or  both  persons 
are  married.  Cruden  and  others  refer  us  to  Matt. 
5:  32  and  19:  9  as  proof  for  such  a  use  of  the  word. 
We  form  certain  views  and  then  cite  some  texts, 
and  construe  them  to  teach  our  views.  After  a 
while  our  views  become  general,  and  thus  new 
meanings  are  associated  with  words. 

Let  us  illustrate.  Webster  defines  "baptism"  to 
mean  "  to  dip  in  water,"  but,  as  a  Christian  rite,  he 
says,  "  This  is  usually  performed  by  sprinkling  or 
immersion."  He  might  have  added,  by  pouring. 
This  use  ha?  become  so  general,  that  now  the 
learned,  as  a  rule,  deGne  baptism  to  mean  to  dip,  to 
pour,  to  sprinkle,  etc,  The  trend  with  the  word 
"fornication"  is  similar.  But  we  all  must  know 
that  lewdness  of  unmarried  persons  is  its  primary 
meaning,  and  in  this  sense  we  must  understand  it, 
unless  the  connection  shows  that  it  must  be  other- 
wise understood.  We  contend  that  Christ  attached 
its  primary  meaning  to  it.  Christ's  teachings  all 
tend  to  preserve  the  purity  and  holiness  of  the 
family  and  the  church,  hence  this  single  exception 
to  the  above  rule.  Two  unmarried  persons,  through 
fornication,  become  "  cm  body,"  "one  jink"  See  1 
Cor,  5:  16  Christ  so  regards  them.  They  should 
not  separate  one  from  the  other,  for  if  they  do, 
some  innocent  party  may  be  imposed  upon  and  d.= 
ceived. 

In  our  boyhood  days  we  were  made  to  think 
along  this  line.  A  young  man  married  a  young 
lady,  and  in  a  short  time  he  had  evidence  that  she 
had  committed  fornication  with  another  young 
man  before  said  marriage,  but  passed  herself  off 
a  chaste  virgin  on  this  poor,  simple,  ignorant  young 
man.  There  is  not  an  intelligent  minister  in  our 
Brotherhood  that  would  have  the  audacity  to  say 
that  he  would  live  with  such  a  woman.  Christ  does 
not  ask  any  man  to  thus  live  with  a  woman.  This 
makes  it  all  plain  why  Christ  allows  a  man  to  put 
away  his  wife  for  fornication,  but  not  for  adultery, 
Nothing  but  death  can  separate  man  and  wife  that 
have  become  "one  body"  by  act.  Such  have  no 
right  to  separate  and  deceive  the  innocent.  Let 
that  man  and  woman  who  have  become  ''  cue  body," 
"oneftish,"  through  the  act  of  fornication,  ever  re- 
member that  Christ  does  not  allow  them  to  separ- 
ate and  deceive  the  innocent,  We  can  then  see 
clearly  why  Christ  gives  fornication  as  the  only 
cause  for  a  man  to  put  away  his  wife, — so-called 
from  a  civil  standpoint, — and  then  marry  another. 
Some  think  that.-should  the  pending  report  on  the 
divorce  question  be  adopted  by  the  church,  it 
would  not  tend  to  the  sacredness  of  the  family 
institution,  and  the  purity  of  the  church,  It  cer- 
tainly would,  if  properly  understood,  taught,  and 
lived  up  to.  If  the  civil  government  would  join 
hands  with  the  church  in  passing  such  an  act,  it 
would  be  a  wonderful  power  for  purity  and  holiness. 
I  am  in  favor  of  the  report  of  the  committee  on  the 
divorce  question,  and  pray  God  for  its  passage  at 
next  Annual  Meeting. 

Those  who  criticise  our  views  on  the  term  "  for- 
nication "  refer  us  to  the  following  texts:  (1)  In  1 
Cor.  10:  8  and  Rev.  2:  14  we  read  that  the  children 
of  Israel  committed  "fornication,"  which  is  called 
"whoredom"  in  Num.  25:  I.  Young  gives  fornica- 
tion as  the  original  in  Num.  25:  1.  Whoredom  may 
sometimes  mean  "fornication,"  at  other  times 
"  adultery,"  and  sometimes  both.  So  in  this  case 
we  keep  to  the  primary  use  of  the  word  "fornica- 
tion," for  there  is  nothing  in  Num.  25  that  forbids 
this  use.  (2)  Cruden  refers  us  to  1  Cor.  5:  1  as 
.  proof  that  fornication  means  "  incest."  Some  tell 
us  that  the  father,  referred  to  in  said  verse,  was  yet 
living  while  his  son  had  his  wife.  Eld.  Henry 
Kurtz  used  to  say  that  such  was  not  true,  for  then 
Paul  would  have  used  the  term  adultery.  So  say 
we.    Indeed,  the  Bible  does  not  speak  with  uncer- 


tain sound.  We  do  claim  that  the  Brethren  are  on 
safe  grounds  as  long  as  they  hold  to  the  primary 
use  of  the  term  baptism.  May  we  not  say  the  same 
of  the  term  fornication?  We  then  conclude  that 
when  the  exception  of  Matt.  19:  9  is  properly  con- 
sidered, with  the  rule,  it  teaches  us  that  when  one 
puts  away  his  wife  for  fornication,  and  marries  an- 
other, he  does  not  commit  adultery. 
Hartville,  Ohio. 


IS  DIVORCE   WITH    REMARRIAGE    SANCTIONED    BY 
THE  NEW  TESTAMENT? 


BY  GRANT  MAHAN. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  coming  Annual  Meet 
ing  will  give  its  answer  to  the  question.  For  years 
the  church  has  been  trying  to  formulate  an  answer, 
but  so  far  in  vain.  There  are  only  two  answers  pos- 
sible; the  New  Testament  sanctions  it  or  it  does  not. 
We  usually  say  the  teachings  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment are  so  plain  that  we  can  easily  tell  what  they 
are.  Surely  we  do  not  mean  to  say  that  the  Lord 
gave  us  a  command  concerning  divorce  and  remar- 
riage, and  yet  gave  it  in  such  ambiguous  language 
that  we  do  not  know  what  he  meant.  But  as  long 
as  we  do  not  take  a  stand  on  the  question  we  are 
practically  saying  just  that  about  the  teaching  of 
Jesus  on  this  subject. 

It  seems  plain,  from  the  teaching  of  the  Scrip- 
tures, that  Jesus  permits  man  and  wife  to  separate 
for  one  cause,  and  for  only  one.  As  a  church  we 
are  agreed  on  that  point.  But  we  are  not  agreed, 
it  seems,  as  to  the  relation  these  people  sustain  to- 
ward each  other  after  the  separation  has  taken 
place.  Are  they  still  husband  and  wife  in  the  sight 
of  God,  or  are  they  like  two  people  who  have  never 
been  married?  If  the  former,  then  clearly  remar- 
riage is  not  to  be  thought  of;  if  the  latter,  marriage 
for  them  is  just  as  lawful  in  the  iyes  of  God  as  for 
any  others.  Our  whole  difference  of  opinion  is  on 
this  one  point,  If  we  can  agree  on  this,  the  rest 
will  settle  itself. 

There  is  only  one  text  which  causes  any  difficulty. 
Some  think  the  exception  in  Matthew  19:9— "ex- 
cept it  be  for  fornication"— applies  only  to  the  put- 
ting away,  while  others  think  it  applies  to  both  the 
putting  away  and  the  remarrying.  If  this  were  the 
oniy  passage  relating  to  the  subject  we  might  have 
some  difficulty  in  finding  out  just  what  we  should 
do.  But,  fortunately,  Matthew  is  not  the  only  one  of 
the  New  Testament  writers  who  speaks  of  it,  nor  is 
this  passage  the  only  one  in  which  he  speaks.  In 
chapter  5:  32  the  exception  is  placed  with  the  put- 
ting away,  and  not  with  the  remarrying.  According 
to  this  verse,  he  who  marries  a  divorced  woman, 
whither  she  is  guilty  of  adultery  or  not,  commits  adul- 
tery. 

The  other  places  in  the  New  Testament  where 
the  subject  is  mentioned  make  no  exception. 
Mark  says  that  for  one  party  to  the  marriage  to  put 
away  the  other  and  marry  again  is  to  commit  adul- 
tery. Luke  says  that  the  one  who  puts  away  a 
partner  to  this  contract  and  marries  another  com- 
mits adultery,  and  whoever  marries  the  one  put 
away  commits  adultery.  In  Romans  Paul  says  the 
law  of  the  husband  is  binding  on  the  wife  as  long 
as  life  lasts;  if  she  marries  another  man  while  her 
husband  is  living  she  shall  be  called  an  adulteress. 
In  First  Corinthians  he  says  the  Lord  commands 
the  wife  not  to  leave  her  husband,  and  the  hus- 
band not  to  put  away  his  wife.  If  a  wife  does  de- 
part from  her  husband,  she  is  to  remain  unmarried 
or  be  reconciled  to  her  husband. 

In  these  six  places  we  have  divorce  and  remar- 
riage spoken  of.  In  five  of  them  remarriage  is 
absolutely  forbidden.  Those  who  wish  to  use  the 
sixth  passage  against  remarriage  have  at  least  as 
good  authority  for  using  it  in  that  way  as  their  op- 
ponents have  for  using  it  in  favor  of  remarriage. 
In  other  words,  no  one  can  point  to  any  passage  in 
the  New  Testament  and  say,  This  allows  remar- 
riage; while  we  can  point  to  five  passages  and  say, 
These  positively  forbid  remarriage  as  long  as  both 
the  parties  to  the  first  marriage  are  alive.  We  have 
only  one  rule  of  faith  and  conduct,  and  that  is  in 


the  New  Testament.  If  we  are  to  have  any  right 
to  call  ourselves  followers  of  Jesus,  we  can  get 
this  right  only  from  obedience  to  all  his  commands. 
And  if  we  disobey  this  command  we  are  no  more 
his  followers  than  if  we  disobey  any  other  com- 
mand. 

There  are  good  reasons  for  giving  such  a  com- 
mand. God  instituted  the  family  and  made  the  re- 
lation between  husband  and  wife  closer  than  any 
other;  he  made  the  man  and  the  woman  one  flesh 
by  joining  them  together,  and  commanded  that 
man  should  not  put  them  asunder.  That  is  one 
very  good  reason  for  holding  this  relation  inviolate. 
The  commands  of  Jesus  are  calculated  to  bring  man- 
kind back  to  the  original  condition,  and  if  they  are 
obeyed  they  will  do  so. 

Another  reason  is  that  the  sin  of  adultery  is  not 
an  unpardonable  one.  Jesus  himself  forgave  the 
sin  when  he  was  on  earth.  It  is  forgiven  on  the 
same  condition  that  any  other  sin  is,  by  being  re- 
pented of  and  forsaken,  Let  us  suppose  a  case: 
A  man  and  woman  are  married,  the  woman  com- 
mits adultery  and  is  put  away.  After  a  time  she 
repents  and  asks  forgiveness.  What  is  the  husband 
to  do?  Jesus  says  forgive,  and  if  the  man  is  a 
Christian  he  0101/  forgive.  What  does  forgiveness 
do?  It  restores  to  the  former  condition;  anything 
short  of  this  is  not  forgiveness,  So  the  man  must 
forgive,  and  after  he  has  forgiven  the  woman  takes 
her  place  beside  him  again. 

Now  suppose  the  husband  had  taken  to  himself 
another  woman  before  his  wife  repented  and  asked 
forgiveness.  Can  he  forgive  her  when  she  comes? 
No;  and  yet,  according  to  the  command  of  Jesus, 
he  must  forgive.  The  man  may  say  he  forgives,  but 
he  cannot  forgive,  for  he  has  placed  himself  in  a  po- 
sition which  makes  forgiveness  impossible.  The 
relation  Jesus  sustains  to  his  church  is  like  the  one 
between  man  and  wife.  He  says  he  will  be  faithful 
to  us,  and  we  promise  to  be  faithful  to  him  as  long 
as  life  lasts.  We  are  often  unfaithful;  but  as  often 
as  we  truly  repent  and  ask  his  forgiveness  he  is 
ready  to  pardon  us  and  receive  us  into  our  former 
position.  And  every  Christian  must  hold  himself 
in  the  way  that  Jesus  holds  himself. 

This  thing  of  being  ready  and  in  a  position  to 
forgive  and  receive  back  is  one  of  our  most  impor- 
tant Christian  duties.  It  often  enables  us  to  save 
one  from  his  sin.  If  we  could  not  do  this  the  re- 
penting one  would,  in  all  probability,  be  driven 
back  to  his  sin.  The  saving  of  a  soul  may  depend 
on  our  being  able  to  forgive  and  restore  some  one 
to  his  former  position.  We  need  to  be  careful,  for 
our  responsibilities  are  very  great. 

People  who  favor  remarriage  often  ask  where  the) 
justice  is  in  having  the  innocent  suffer  because  of 
the  guilty.  We  cannot  tell,  All  we  know  is  that 
this  is  God's  way.  We  know  that  the  innocent  al- 
ways have  suffered  for  the  guilty,  and  that  they  will 
probably  continue  to  do  so.  We  know  that  Jesus, 
the  only  really  innocent  person  who  ever  lived  en 
this  earth,  suffered  as  no  one  else  ever  has  suffered 
or  can  suffer.  We  know  that  it  was  all  for  us  guilty 
and  sinful  beings.  We  know  our  condition  would 
be  far  different  from  what  it  is  if  the  innocent  One 
had  not  been  willing  to  suffer  for  us,  trying  in  this 
way  to  make  us  better.  We  know  that  the  greatest 
blessings  we  have  now  have  come  to  us  through  the 
suffering  of  the  innocent.  And  we  know  that  if 
the  world  ever  is  made  better  it  will  have  to  be 
through  the  self-sacrifice  and  suffering  of  the  inno- 
cent. This  is  the  price  that  must  be  paid  for  all 
moral  and  spiritual  progress,  It  is  not  for  us  to 
ask  why  it  is  so;  it  is  enough  for  us  to  know  that  this 
is  God's  way.  It  is  for  us  to  say  whether  we  will 
do  our  part  of  the  suffering  in  order  that  we  may 
be  workers  together  with  God  in  his  great  plan  for  / 
the  betterment  of  the  world, 

According  to  the  advice  the  church  gives  in  al- 
most every  case,  it  would  not  be  right  to  admit 
into  the  church  a  divorced  and  remarried  person. 
We  are  often  told  to  do  what  we  know  is  right,  and 
leave  the  doubtful  things  undone.  We  know  a  per- 
son divorced  for  the  reason  Jesus  allows  may  be  a 
true  follower  of  Jesus  without  being  married  again. 
But  we  must  doubt  whether  he  can  be  if  he  is  mar- 


1HB   GOSPEL   MESSENGER. 


Feb.  19,  18 


ried  again.  The  one  way  is  safe,  the  other  is  doubt- 
ful. All  agree  that  the  one  way  is  all  right,  but 
many  believe  the  other  way  is  all  wrong,  I  believe 
that  God  prohibits  such  so-called  marriages  as 
strictly  as  he  does  lying  and  stealing. 

It  seems  hard  to  say  that  persons  living  in  such  a 
condition  are  living  in  a  state  of  adultery,  for  many 
of  us  have  friends  living  in  just  that  way,  But  it 
would  make  no  difference  if  we  ourselves  were  liv- 
ing in  that  condition.  God  forbids  it,  and  if  we  are 
to  be  his  children  we  must  obey  him.  The  desires 
of  the  flesh  are  in  most  cases  opposed  to  the  law  of 
God.  The  fact  that  many  people  would  like  to  have 
God's  law  on  this  point  different  does  not  make  it 
different.  We  can  only  hope  and  pray  that  our 
church  will  stand  where  Jesus  stands  on  this  ques- 
tion. We  can  only  wait  and  see  whether  the  stand 
will  be  taken  there. 
Maud  Morris,  III, 


ADULTERY  AND  FORNICATION. 


The  report  of  the  committee  on  the  divorce 
question  at  last  Annual  Meeting  is  strictly  a  Bibli- 
cal one  and  cannot  be  gainsaid,  However,  it  still 
leaves  the  question  open  for  a  difference  of  opin- 
ion. The  question,  yet  at  issue,  is,  What  did  the 
Savior  mean  by  his  exception?  If  possible,  let  us 
see  what  the  people  who  heard  him  understood  by 
his  language.  As  a  starting  point  let  us  say  that 
the  words  "  adultery  "  and  "  fornication  "  are  never 
used  interchangeably.  Secondly,  let  us  note  the 
fact  that  the  English  Bible  gives  no  feminine  of 
fornicator.  If  there  be  a  "  fornicator,"  there  must, 
of  necessity,  be  a  "fornicatress,"  according  to  ordi- 
nary English  language,  When  we  turn  to  the  Bible 
in  the  Greek,  the  word,  instead  of  being  translated 
"fornicatress,"  is  always  translated  "harlot"  or 
"whore."  Accordingly  it  is  plainly  seen  that  forni- 
cation means  whoredom  or  prostitution,  The  fol- 
lowing Greek  words  show  clearly  that  adultery  and 
fornication  are  distinct  terms: 

Moikuo,  to  commit  adultery, 

Moikia,  adultery. 

Afoikos,  adulterer, 

Porneuo,  to  commit  fomicallcn, 

Pornia,  fornication. 

Pomes,  fornicator,  whoremonger. 

Pornte,  harlot  or  whore. 

A  harlot  is  a  public  prostitute  and  is,  by  no 
means,  confined  to  unmarried  persons. 

Let  us  now  notice  the  Scriptures  on  the  question: 

Matt.  5:  32:  "  Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife, 
saving  for  the  cause  of  fornication,  causes  her  to 
commit  adultery."  Note  closely  the  last  five 
words.     We  shall  refer  to  them  again, 

Matt.  19:  9:  "Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife, 
except  it  be  for  fornication,  and  shall  marry  anoth- 
er, committeth  adultery:  and  whoso  marrieth  her 
which  is  put  away  doth  commit  adultery." 

Mark  10:  11:  "  Whosoever  shall  put  away 
his  wife  and  marry  another  committeth  adultery 
against  her." 

The  first  and  last  quotations  convey  a  similar 
idea,  that  of  a  man  causing  his  wife  to  commit 
adultery.  Now  it  is  evident  that  if  she  remain  vir- 
tuous and  unmarried,  he  could  not  cause  her  to 
commit  adultery,  therefore  Jesus  recognizes  the 
fact  that  putting  her  away  would  drive  her  toward 
marrying  again  or  doing  worse.  In  Matt.  5:  32 
Jesus  makes  an  exception  and  says,  if  it  be  for  for- 
nication his  putting  her  away  will  not  cause  her  to 
commit  adultery.  It  can  be  seen  at  a  glance  that 
if  this  woman  be  a  harlot  already,  his  putting  her 
away  would  not  have  the  effect  referred  to,  howev- 
er the  man  who  would  marry  her  would  still  be  an 
adulterer. 

Paul  says,  in  1  Cor.  6:  16,  "  Know  ye  not  that  he 
which  is  joined  to  an  harlot  is  one  body?  "  So,  in 
case  a  man  were  living  with  a  woman  as  wife,  and 
she  still  a  harlot  or  public  prostitute,  Paul  would 
say  he  is  the  same  as  she.  This  makes  Christ's 
language  clear  in  Matt,  19:  9.  He  not  only  allows 
a  man  to  put  away  his  wife,  but,  according  to  Paul, 
he  must  do  so, 


Christ  does  not  allow  a  man  to  put  away  his  wife, 
and  marry  again,  for  adultery,  for  a  wife  might  fall 
in  an  unguarded  moment  and  immediately  repent 
and  remain  a  faithful  wife,  but  a  married  woman 
who  so  far  loses  her  virtue  and  self-respect  as  to 
become  a  public  character  would  not  be  very  like- 
ly ever  to  change  her  ways,  and  should  she  do  so, 
it  would  not  be  too  much  to  demand  of  her  to  re- 
main unmarried. 

Again,  a  man  desiring  to  put  away  his  wife  and 
marry  again  might  falsely  charge  her  with  adul- 
tery, but  if  she  were  a  harlot  he  would  have  very  lit- 
tle trouble  to  prove  his  case. 

So  we  see  that  Christ,  although  using  adultery 
and  fornication  in  the  same  verse,  clearly  indicated 
a  wide  distinction  between  the  two  words,  The 
Greek  language  explains  just  what  the  distinction 
is.  The  practical  application  of  this  question  would 
be  to  determine  whether  the  guilty  party,  be  it 
husband  or  wife,  could  be  termed  a  whoremonger 
or  harlot,  as  the  case  might  be.  The  term  "har- 
lot" could  not  be  applied,  however,  to  a  girl 
who  might  have  made  a  single  mistake  before  mar- 
riage. If  the  church  were  to  accept  this  idea  which 
is  recognized  by  the  best  Greek  scholars,  she 
would  have  very  few  divorce  cases  in  the  church 
and  would  have  clear  Scriptural  ground  for  what 
she  would  have. 
McundtidgCy  /Cans, 


THE  DIVORCE  QUESTION. 

BY   M,    T     BAER. 

In  Gospel  Messenger  No  50,  Dec.  11,  page  793, 
I  find  the  following  paper  will  come  before  Annual 
Meeting  of  1898: 

1.  That  a  divorce  cannot  be  obtained  except  for  the  cause  of 
fornication.     Matt.  5:  32, 

2.  That  "whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife,  except  it  be 
for  fornication  and  shall  marry  another,  committeth  adultery." 
Matt,  iq:  9. 

3.  We  therefore  decide  that  no  divorced  person,  having  mar- 
ried again  while  a  former  companion  is  living,  can  be  re- 
ceived into  the  church,  or  held  as  a  member,  unless  it  can  be 
clearly  shown  that  said  companion  was  put  away  because  of 

By  permission  of  the  editors,  I  submit  the  fol- 
lowing for  the  readers  of  Gospel  Messenger: 

The  first  and  second  propositions  I  endorse,  be- 
cause that  is  purely  Gospel.  The  third  proposi- 
tion I  cannot  endorse. 

My  first  reason  is  that  the  Gospel  is  the  law  of 
the  church,  and  the  church  cannot  exercise  juris- 
diction over  the  world,  therefore  the  church  cannot 
enforce  the  Gospel  law  upon  individuals  before 
they  become  members  of  the  church.  See  I  Cor.  5: 
J3-  Judgment,  as  referred  to  in  the  above 
Scriptures,  means  to  inflict  punishment  for  violated 
law.  See  also  Matt.  7:  i,  2.  Therefore  no  persons 
come  under  the  Gospel  law,  as  their  rule  of  action, 
until  they  become  members  of  the  church  by  faith, 

pentance  and  baptism. 

I  take  the  position  that  not  all  marriages  that 

e  entered  into  are  of  God.  For  instance,  a  young 
man  begins  to  keep  company  with  a  young  lady, 
whose  father  is  wealthy.  He  succeeds  in  winning 
her  affections,  and,  with  "  an  eye  to  business"  (as 
saying  goes)  he  marries  her  with  the  expecta- 
tion that  her  father  will  set  him  up  in  busi- 
ness. But  he  is  disappointed  and  becomes  cruel  to 
his  wife,  fails  to  provide  for  her  and  finally  de- 
serts her. 

Again;  a  young  lady  marries  a  young  man  with 
the  expectation  that  he  is  wealthy,  and  afterwards 
finds  out  she  is  disappointed.  She  then  begins  to 
treat  him  coldly,  and  with  disrespect.  Finally  she 
leaves  him, 

I  am  satisfied  that  there  are  thousands  of  such 
and  similar  cases.  Shall  we  conclude  that  such 
unions  are  of  God?  Certainly  not.  Well,  the  con- 
sequence is  that,  almost  invariably,  such  parties  in 
course  of  time  fall  in  love  with  some  other  parties, 
and,  in  order  to  protect  their  chastity  and  loyalty, 
they  apply  to  the  courts  for  a  bill  of  divorce- 
ment, and  obtain  it, — not  upon  the  grounds  of  for- 
nication, but  upon  the  grounds  of  cruel  treatment 


and  desertion.  By  virtue  of  their  divorce  they 
marry  and  live  happy  and  peaceably,  raise  fami- 
lies and  are  respected  citizens. 

Now  they  come  to  church;  they  hear  the  preach- 
ing of  the  Gospel,  they  believe,  become  penitent, 
and  apply  for  baptism  and  church  fellowship. 
What  shall  we  say?  Shall  we  say,  "You  are  living 
in  adultery,  and  therefore  we  cannot  receive  you  un- 
less you  will  separate  as  husband  and  wife?" 
Would  they  not  be  surprised?  Would  they  not 
say,  "  We  do  not  believe  you;  for  we  have  lived  in  all 
good  faith  and  conscience  before  God  until  this 
day?"  Again,  would  not  that  cause  many  good 
families  to  break  up?  Then,  again,  how  do  we  know 
but  what  we  are  doing  the  very  thing  that  God  says 
we  shall  not  do?  "What  therefore  God  hath 
joined  together,  let  not  man  put  asunder."  Matt. 
19:  6. 

How,  then,  are  we  to  determine  which  marriages 
are  of  God?  The  best  evidence  that  I  could  give,  is 
when  they  live  in  comparative  peace  and  happi- 
ness. But  where  deception  has  been  practiced  by 
either  party,  or  where  it  is  shown  that  either  party 
entered  into  the  marriage  relation  with  an  impure 
motive,  such  marriage  is  not  of  God.  Is  it  not  pre- 
sumable that,  in  apostolic  times,  there  were  those 
who  had  been  married,  and  were  divorced  and  re- 
married, who  came  to  the  church?  Is  there  an  in- 
stance on  record  that  could  not  be  so  construed,  as 
to  require  the  parties  to  separate  as  husband  and 
wife?  I  am  satisfied  that  such  were  taken  into  the 
church  in  apostolic  times.  Let  us  hear  Paul:  "Be 
not  deceived:  neither  fornicators,  nor  idolator3, 
nor  adulterers,  nor  effeminate,  nor  abusers  of  them- 
selves with  mankind,  nor  thieves,  nor  covetous, 
nor  drunkards,  nor  revilers,  nor  extortioners,  shall 
inherit  the  kingdom  of  God.  And  such  were  some 
of  you:  but  ye  are  washed,  but  ye  are  sanctified, 
but  ye  are  justified  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus, 
and  by  the  Spirit  of  our  God."     1  Cor.  6:  9,  10,  11. 

It  is,  therefore,  clear  that  some  of  the  members 
of  the  Corinthian  church  were  fornicators  and 
adulterers  before  they  were  washed  (baptize!?. 
Through  faith,  repentance  and  baptism  they  were 
sanctified  and  justified,  and  I  maintain  that  the 
same  law  is  still  in  vogue,  and  that  the  same  pro- 
cess will  produce  the  same  results, 

It  must  further  be  noticed  that  such  parties  are 
innocent  (or  at  least  ignorant)  of  the  violation  of 
any  law,  inasmuch  as  they  have  the  protection  of 
the  highest  law  to  which  they  are  amenable  be- 
fore uniting  with  the  church.  Jesus  says  that  "all 
manner  of  sin  and  blasphemy  shall  be  forgiven  un- 
to men:  but  the  blasphemy  against  the  Holy  Ghost 
shall  not  be  forgiven  unto  men,"     Matt,  12:  31, 

The  question  might  be  asked,  "On  what  condi- 
tions?" I  answer,  "On  conditions  of  faith,  re- 
pentance and  baptism,  and  from  henceforth  such 
must  walk  in  newness  of  life,  according  to  the  Gos- 
pel." 

Again;  I  have  known  a  number  of  parties  who 
were  deserted  and  did  not  know  whether  their 
companions  were  dead  or  living,  or  of  their  wherea- 
bouts, Could  we  truthfully  say  that  such  have  a 
husband  or  wife?  I  think  not.  Ask  such  men  or 
women,  "Where  is  your  husband?"  or  "Where  is 
your  wife?  "  and  the  answer  invariably  is,  "  I  have  no 
husband,"  or  "  I  have  no  wife."  I  would  conclude 
that  such  answer  is  correct,  and  sometimes  it  is 
rumored  that  such  companions  are  dead. 

In  such  cases,  shall  we  deny  such  parties  salva- 
tion, for  fear  that  the  other  parties  are  still  living? 
I  trow  not.  Here  comes  in  the  idea  of  a  "eu- 
nuch," Let  me  say  that  the  matter  of  living  the 
life  of  a  "  eunuch  "  must  be  a  voluntary  act,  and  not 
a  compulsory  one, 

Next  we  will  consider  Romans  7:  1-4:  "  Know  ye 
not,  brethren,  (for  I  speak  to  them  that  know  the 
law,)  how  that  the  law  hath  dominion  over  a  man 
as  long  as  he  liveth?  For  the  woman  which  hath 
an  husband  is  bound  by  the  law  to  her  husband  so  ■ 
long  as  he  liveth;  but  if  her  husband  be  dead,  she 
is  loosed  from  the  law  of  her  husband.  So  then  if, 
while  her  husband  liveth,  she  be  married  to  anoth- 
er man,  she  shall  be  called  an  adulteress:  but  if 
her  husband  be  dead,  she  is  free  from  that  law;  so 


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TIEiZE   GOSPEL   ZMIIESSZEHSTG-IEIR. 


117 


that  she  is  no  adulterers,  though  she  be  married  to 
another  man,  Wherefore,  my  brethren,  ye  also  are 
become  dead  to  the  law  by  the  body  of  Chti-t;  that 
ye  should  be  married  to  another,  even  to  him  who 
is  raised  from  the  dead,  that  we  should  bring  forth 
fruit  unto  God." 

I  want  to  call  attention  to  the  fact  that  Paul  was 
not  treating  the  marriage  relation  in  the  above 
Scriptures,  but  that  he  referred  to  the  marriage 
law  by  way  of  explanation  (as  an  allegory)  to 
show  to  the  Roman  brethren  that,  in  uniting  with 
the  church  (which  is  the  body  of  Christ,  Col.  1:  iS, 
24)  they  were  free  from  the  law  of  Moses,  and  if 
they  would  still  hold  to  the  law  of  Moses  they 
would  be  spiritual  adulterers.  That  the  main  ob- 
ject of  the  Epistle  to  the  Romans  was  to  teach 
this  fact,  I  believe  all  careful  students  of  the  Scrip- 
tures will  agree,  and  I  therefore  maintain  that  it  is 
wrong  to  use  such  Scriptures  fjr  a  purpose  for 
which  the  author  did  not  intend  them.  As  Peter 
would  say,  it  is  wresting  the  Scriptures  (see  2  Pet. 
3:  16)  from  their  real  intent,  and  using  them  for  an- 
other purpose.  A  rigid  application  of  this  text 
would  be  to  deny  a  divorce  under  any  circumstan- 
ces. 

Moreover,  I  cannot  endorse  the  third  proposi- 
tion, because  of  the  clause,  "Or  held  as  a  mem- 
ber, unless  it  can  be  clearly  shown  that  said  com- 
panion was  put  away  because  of  fornication."  To 
aiopt  such  a  rule,  would,  in  order  to  be  consistent 
or  just,  necessitate  us  to  go  through  the  entire 
Brotherhood  aral  cleanse  the  church,  by  cutting  off 
from  the  church  all  members  who  do  not  come  un- 
der such  rule.  I  am  of  the  opinion  that,  in 
so  doing,  we  would  lose  some  of  our  noblest  mem- 
bers and  best  workers.  In  view  of  the  above  rea- 
sons, I  would  oppose  the  adoption  of  said  rule. 

Ftiitoe,  Mo. 


JOSEPH   HOLSOPPLE. 


1.  God  designed  the  marriage  relation  to  be  held  sacred: 
violable  and  indissoluble  during  the  life  of  both  the 
ing  parties.    Rom.  7:  1,  2,  3;  1  Cor.  7:  i-n;  Matt.  19:  4-6. 

2.  Because  of  the  fallen  nature  of  the  race  it  could  be  sus- 
pended for  a  specific  cause.     Deut,  24:  1 ;  Matt.  5:  32. 

3.  Moses  permitted  the  divorced  wife  to  marry,  but  not  so 
the  husband  divorcing  her.    Deut.  24:  1. 

4.  It  seems  that  the  people  acted  as  though  a  divorce  for 
the  cause  named  gave  full  freedom  and  liberty  to  consider  the 
the  marriage  annulled. 

5.  The  Lord  did  not  sanction  this,  but  expressed  his  disap- 
proval very  strongly.     Jer.  3:  1;  Mai.  2:  11-17, 

6.  Parties  who  separate  aie  to  remain  unmarried  or  be  rec- 
onciled together,     Matt.  19:  12;  1  Cor.  7:  10,  11. 

7.  If  either  party  should  roarry  a  third  party  duiing  the  life 
of  a  former  companion,  reconciliation  would  be  impossible 
and  it  would  be  a  case  of  adultery.  Matt,  5;  32;  Mark  10:  11; 
Luke  16;  18;  Rom.  7:  3, 

All  the  above  propositions  are  terse  and  plainly 
substantiated  by  the  Scriptures  adduced.  There 
was  no  permission  given  to  one  separating,  because 
of  the  uncleanness  stated  by  Moses  in  Deut.  24:  1, 
or  Christ  in  Matt.  5:  32,  or  any  other  Scripture  pas- 
sage, with  a  view  to  marry  a  third  party.  That 
which  seems  to  be  such  a  permission  to  Ihe  di- 
vorced wife,  in  Deut.  24:  1,  is  certainly  corrected  in 
Jer.  3:  1  and  Mai.  2:  11-17. 

To  all  that  is  said  above,  some  there  are,  who 
answer  that  there  is,  however,  an  exception  and  re- 
fer to  Matt.  19:  9.  This  verse  we  will  now  exam- 
ine. 

The  rules  of  Scriptural  interpretation  recognize 
grammatical  exposition.  All  grammarians  rec- 
ognize ellipses.  Gould-Brown,  page  255,  says, 
"Almost  all  compound  sentences  are  more  or  less 
elliptical.  There  may  be  an  omission  of  any  of  the 
parts  of  speech,  or  even  whole  clauses."  To  this  no 
grammarian  offers  any  objection. 

Now  take  Matt.  19:  9  and  supply  the  ellipsis  with 
the  words  underscored  (italic)  and  it  will  be  seen 
how  well  it  agrees  with  the  other  Scriptures  cited. 
"Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife  except  it  be 
for  fornication,  committeth  adultery ."  Compare  Matt. 
5:  32:  "  Whosoever  shall  put  aivay  his  201ft  and  marry 
another  committeth  adultery."     Mark  10;  n;  Luke 


16:18.  "And  whosoever  marrieth  her  that  is  put 
away  from  her  husband  committeth  adultery." 
Matt.  5:  32. 

1.  We  have  taken  the  liberty  to  supply  nine 
words  to  complete  the  sense  intended  in  Matt.  19: 
9  and  find  almost  the  same  word?,  conveying  alto- 
gether the  same  sense  as  the  other  scriptures  do 
from  which  the  words  supplied  are  taken. 

2.  Observe  that  the  saving  clause,— exception, — 
is  in  the  subjunctive  mode,  adverbial  in  its  nature, 
and  is  an  adjunct  of  the  predicate  in  the  first  prop- 
osition, and  is  there  exhausted,  as  is  plainly  shown 
in  Matt.  5:  32.  If  there  are  any  inquirers  who  do 
not  understand  grammar,  or  who  are  not  con- 
vinced of  the  correctness  of  our  exposition  of  Matt. 
19:  9,  we  offer,  for  their  consideration,  another  line 
of  argument,  to  show  that  there  is  no  eertainty  of 
Christ  contradicting  what  is  so  plainly  taught  in 
Mark,  Luke,  Romans  and  Corinthians, 

There  is  no  certain  proof  that  Matthew  ever 
made  the  statement  in  19:  9  which  the  common 
versions  attribute  to  him.  There  are  copies,  per- 
haps, of  equal  authority,  and,  perhaps,  far  superior 
to  the  one  which  King  James'  translators  used, 
which  do  not  so  state  the  language  in  question. 
(Sec  foot-notes  to  same  in  many  of  the  copies  of 
the  Revised  Version.)  See  also  "Teeter's  Com- 
mentary," page  Si. 

Wilson,  in  his  "Emphatic  Diaglott,"  uses  a 
Greek  copy, — perhaps  the  same  from  which  King 
James'  Version  is  taken.  He  takes  the  liberty  to 
make  his  text  to  conform  to  the  other  copies 
which  read  the  same  as  in  Matt.  5:  32. 

From  all  these  facts  and  considerations  there 
should  be  no  trouble  to  come  to  a  unity  of  action 
in  regard  to  this  question.     • 

Indiana^  Pa. 


DIVORCE. 

BY   JESSE  Y.  HECKLER. 


"But  I  say  unto  you,  That  whosoever  sball  put  away  his 
wife,  saving  for  the  cause  of  fornication,  causeth  her  to  com- 
mit adultery:  and  whosoever  shall  marry  her  that  is  divorced 
committeth  adultery," — Matt.  5:  32, 

To  intelligently  understand  and  administer  a  law, 
it  is  necessary  that  we  know  correctly  to  whom  it 
was  given. 

John  taught  the  people:  "Repent  ye:  for  the 
kingdom  of  heaven  is  at  hand."  Matt  32.  The 
Savior  said,  "  My  kingdem  is  not  of  this  world." 
John  18:36.  This  implies  that  the  Savior  had  a 
kingdom  on  earth.  The  kingdoms  of  this  world 
were  also  here. 

Now,  to  which  of  these  kingdoms  was  this  law  of 
divorce  given?  We  take  the  position  that  this  law 
was  intended  only  for  the  subjects  of  Christ's  King- 
dom, or,  in  other  words,  to  govern  the  members  of 
his  church,  Paul  says,  "  For  what  have  I  to  do  to 
judge  them  that  are  without?"  1  Cor.  5:12  We 
judge  them  only  that  are  within,  so,  when  the  Gos- 
pel is  preached  to  them  that  are  without,  and  they 
receive  the  Word  gladly  and  obey  it,  they  are  trans- 
lated from  the  power  of  darkness  into  the  kingdom 
of  his  dear  Son.  In  the  kingdom  of  this  world  they 
had  the  privilege  to  give  and  get  divorces, — no  law 
against  it,— but  now  they  have  been  translated  into 
Christ's  kingdom.  Here  they  are  under  the  laws 
of  Christ,  and  not  allowed  to  give  and  get  divorces, 
except  it  be  for  fornication.  While  in  the  world 
they  may  have  been  guilty  of  divers  crimes,  but,  hav- 
ing received  pardon  and  forgiveness,  they  are  no 
more  held  accountable  for  former  sins. 

A  man  drinks  and  gets  drunk;  he  is  a  drunkard, 
but  when  he  reforms  and  drinks  no  more,  he  is  no 
more  a  drunlcard.  "  Let  him  that  stole  steal  no 
more,"  Eph.  4:28,  He  that  has  stolen  is  a  thief, 
but  when  he  reforms  and  steals  no  more,  he  is  no 
more  a  thief.  He  that  has  married  her  that  was  di- 
vorced, has  committed  adultery,  but  when  he  re- 
forms, and  does  so  no  more,  he  is  no  more  an  adul- 
terer. Note,  Paul  says,  "  Let  him  that  stole  steal 
no  more."  he  does  not  say,  "  Let  him  return  the 
stolen  goods,"  for  that  may  not  be  practicable, 
hence  it  is  not  asked  for.  So  it  may  also  not  be 
practicable  to  return  a  wife  that  was  married  in 
adultery;  while  living  in  sin.  | 


But  some  will  say,  "They  are  still  living  in 
adultery."  I  say,  No,  not  so,  unless  Paul  made  a 
mistake  in  writing  to  the  Corinthians.  He  says, 
"Therefore  if  any  man  be  in  Christ,  he  is  a  new 
creature:  old  things  aie  passed  away;  behold,  all 
things  are  become  new."     2  Cor.  5: 17. 

Why  should  all  things  become  new?  Because 
the  former  things  were  not  good,  but  the  power  of 
the  Gospel  makes  Ihem  new,  Then,  if  our  mar- 
riage relations  are  not  good,  they  are  among  the 
"all  things"  made  new,  and  become  good. 

This  disturbance  in  the  church  about  the  divorce 
question  is  evidently  of  modern  origin.  It  does 
not  appear  as  a  question  in  the  early  age,  of  the 
church.  To  speak  plainly,  we  do  not  believe  it 
was  a  question  at  all,  On  the  Day  of  Pentecost, 
when  three  thousand  were  converted  under  Peter's 
preaching,  it  does  not  appear  as  if  Peter  went 
through  that  vast  multitude,  to  sift  out  the  divorce 
cases.  Knowing  with  what  freedom  divorces  were 
granted  in  that  day,  it  is  but  reasonable  to  believe 
that  there  were  a  goodly  number*of  such  persons 
among  them,  but  we  do  not  believe  they  were  re- 
jected, for  Peter  said,  "  Repent  and  be  baptized, 
tvety  ctte  of  you."     Acts  2:  38, 

It  is  known  that  the  people  of  Corinth  were  a 
very  depraved  people,  and  among  such  the  marriage 
relations  are  always  very  loose.  Paul  names  a  list 
of  shameful  crimes,  1  Cor.  6:  9  10,  and  add",  "And 
such  were  some  of  you,  but  ye  are  washed,  but  ye 
are  sanctified,  but  yc  are  justified  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  Jesus,  and  by  the  spirit  of  our  God."  Bad  as 
they  had  been,  they  were  made  free.  The  blood  of 
Jesus  has  el'eansed  them  from  all  sin. 

Now  the  church  will  be  called  upon  to  enact  a 
decision  that  no  divorced  person  shall  be  received 
into  fellowship,  exeept  the  divorce  be  given  for  the 
cause  of  adultery.  This,  to  us,  is  a  very  serious  « 
question,  for  souls  are  hanging  in  that  balance. 
Let  us  look  into  it  before  we  adopt  it,  and  see 
some  of  its  workings. 

The  church  sends  out  her  missionary  to  preach, 
He  goes  to  the  frontier;  he  gathers  an  audience, 
and  preaches  the  Gospel.  He  tells  them  the  story 
of  the  death  of  Christ,  who  came  to  save  sinners. 
He  quotes  the  Scripture,  "Come  unto  me  all  ye 
that  labor  and  are  heavy  laden,  and  I  will  give  you 
rest."  "  Come,  let  us  reason  together,  saith  the 
Lord;  though  your  sins  be  as  scarlet,  they  shall  be 
white  as  snow;  though  they  be  red  like  crimson, 
they  sball  be  as  wool."  "  He  gave  himself  for  us, 
that  he  might  redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,"  "  The 
blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  his  Son,  cleanseth  us  from  all 
sin,"  "Whosoever  will,  let  him  take  of  the  waters 
of  life  freely,"  etc. 

Having  preached  a  reasonable  length  of  time,  he 
now  calls  on  those  who  are  wilting  to  accept  the 
Gospel,  to  make  it  known.  Thirteen  arise  for 
baptism  and  church  fellowship.  But  now  he  must 
set  aside  the  Gospel  of  free  salvation  for  all.  The 
church  has  made  a  rule  by  which  he  must  now  (un- 
like the  apostles)  examine  these  applicants  on  the 
divorce  question.  Among  them  are  two  married 
women  who  are  divorced  from  former  husbands, 
but  they  never  knew  that  it  wai  wrong  to  get  a  di- 
vorce. He  must  ask  them,  "  Was  the  divorce  given 
on  the  ground  of  adultery?"  They  say,  "  No.  It 
was  for  drunkennes?." 

The  next  question  is  whether  these  former  hur- 
bands  are  still  living.  One  says,  "  My  husband 
went  to  Colorado,  and  I  have  heard  that  he  there 
got  into  a  drunken  brawl  with  some  miners  and  got 
killed."  "Well,  then,  if  your  former  husband  is 
dead,  you  can  be  received." 

The  other  woman  says,  "  My  husband  is  living  in 
an  adjoining  State.  He  has  married  again,  has  quit 
drinking  and  has  joined  a  church."  "Well,  but  by 
the  rules  of  the  church  you  will  have  to  leave  the 
husband  you  are  now  living  with  before  you  can  be 
received."  She  says,  "  I  can  not  do  that,  my  former 
husband  is  married  again,  and,  besides  that,  my 
present  husband  is  good  to  me.  He  has  provided 
me  a  home,  and  we  have  these  four  children.  You 
ask  that  which  is  impossible  for  me  to  do." 
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WANTED.-A  YOUNQ  MAN.  . 

Pick  up  almost  any  of  our  daily  papers,  and  we 
see  a  number  of  advertisements  headed  in  this  way, 
and  why?  Is  it  because  young  men  are  scarce  and 
hard  to  find?  From  the  number  to  be  seen  on  the 
street  corners,  hanging  around  the  hotels,  saloons 
and  railway  depots,  it  would  seem  not,  as  droves 
of  them  arc  to  be  seen  almost  everywhere.  Why, 
then,  is  not  the  supply  greatly  in  excess  of  the  de- 
mand? It  is  because  of  the  quality,  rather  than 
the  quantity.  For  good,  first- class  articles  of  all 
kinds  there  is  always  a  demand. 

There  are  splendid  openings  all  the  year  around 
for  the  kind  of  young  men  that  will  fit  them,  but 
the  trouble  is  that  so  large  a  percentage  of  our 
young  men  are  not  fitted  for  these  splendid  and  de- 
sirable openings,  and  you  may  ask,  Why  not? 
There  are  many  reasons  for  this,  and  yet  all  these 
reasons  may  be  gotten  out  of  the  way  without  price 
or  sacrifice. 

Young  man,  why  should  you  knowingly  and  of 
your  own  free  will,  disqualify  yourself  for  getting 
the  very  thing  you  need  and  want?  It  does  seem 
strange  that  you  should  be  so  inconsiderate  and  un- 
wise, yet  so  many  of  you  are  doing  so,  day  by  day. 
Instead  of  getting  nearer  and  nearer  the  place  and 
position  you  want,  each  step  you  are  taking  is 
lengthening  the  distance  between  you  and  your  ob- 
jective point. 

What  kind  of  a  young  man  is  wanted? — you  may 
ask.  Just  the  kind  you  would  want,  had  you  an 
important  position  to  fill. 

Place  yourself,  for  a  moment,  in  the  place  of 
those  who  have  positions  to  offer,  and  ask  yourself 
what  kind  of  a  young  mm  you  would  want.  You 
would  want  the  one  that  has  a  good  name, — who 
has  carefully  utilized  all  his  educational  advanta- 
ges, is  kind  and  shows  filial  respect  to  his  parents, 
spends  his  evenings  at  home,  is  honest  and  court- 
eous, and,  above  everything  else,  is  a  Christian.  A 
young  man,  having  these  qualifications,  would  fit 
and  fill  almost  any  honorable  position,  and  just 
such  young  men  are  wanted. 

Advertisements  are  placed  in  the  papers,  because 
such  are  hard  to  find.  How  would  you  do?  Do 
you  have  these  qualifications?  If  you  have  you  are 
needed  and  you  will  be  called.  It  is  really  aston- 
ishing how  few  young  men  we  have  that  are  up  to 
the  standard  they  could  be  and  should  be,  to  meet 
the  wants  of  the  business  and  religious  world. 

Not  long  sine*  there  was  a  young  man  needed  as 
a  clerk  in  a  bank,    The  position  was  a   desirable 


one  but  the  importance  of  it  called  for  special  fit- 
ness on  the  part  of  the  one  to  be  employed,  and,— 
do  you  believe  it? — in  a  town  of  over  six  thousand 
inhabitants,  there  could  not  be  found  more  than 
two  or  three  young  men  that  could  have  been  ac- 
cepted, even  as  candidates  for  the  position. 

It  would  have  been  very  interesting  to  young 
men  if  they  could  have  had  a  side  position  and 
heard  discussed  the  qualifications  needed,  and  the 
ones  not  needed.  This  one  smoked  cigars  and  cig- 
arettes,—and  he  was  not  needed.  Another  was 
known  to  attend  clubs  and  do  a  little  drinking. 
Another  spent  all  he  earned  on  his  clothes,  and 
was  not  punctual  in  meeting  his  engagements,  An- 
other was  not  courteous  and  spent  his  evenings  in 
doubtful  places.  None  of  these  were  needed,— in- 
deed almost  every  defect  in  character  was  consid- 
ered and  marked  as  objections  to  employing  the 
different  applicants. 

Sowing  wild  oats,  smoking,  drinking,  playing 
cards,  lounging,  late  hours  at  clubs  and  other 
doubtful  places  may  seem  innocent  sport  to  be 
winked  at,  and  it  may,  by  equally  foolish  young 
girls,  but  when  it  comes  to  people  of  better  judg- 
ment and  business  men  who  have  important  posi- 
tions to  fill,  they  take  a  different  view  of  the  mat- 
ter, By  them  these  fast  young  men  are  placed  on 
the  list  of  "not  wanted."  And  they  are  right  in 
doing  so,  because  it  is  a  common-sense  view,  and 
the  very  thing  that  every  sensible  man  would  be 
expected  to  do. 

Then,  what  is  the  right  thing  to  do,  on  the  part 
every  young  man,  that  he  may  be  wanted?  Go  to 
work,  prepare  yourself  for  life's  work  and  make 
yourself  worthy  of  the  calling  or  position  that  you 
may  desire,  to  make  life  a  success,  and  you  will  get 
there.  Thousands  have  done  it,  and  have  not  been 
disappointed,  so  may  you.  All  you  have  to  do  is 
to  will  it  so,  and  if  you  have  attended  to  your  first 
duty,  God  will  help  you  to  do  the  balance. 

H    B.  B. 
A  GREAT  OPPORTUNITY. 

BY   C.   E.   ARNOLD, 

We  are  now  studying  the  life  and  teachings  of 
Christ,  as  recorded  by  Matthew.  This  study  will 
continue  until  July,  when  the  Sunday  school  les- 
sons will  return  to  the  Ol'd  Testament.  During  the 
first  half  of  next  year  the  lessons  will  be  chiefly  in 
John's  Gospel. 

With  the  year  nineteen  hundred,  the  Internation- 
al Lesson  Committee  will  introduce  a  new  plan  of 
Sunday  school  study.  During  a  period  of  six 
years  the  Bible  will  be  studied  biogmphically,  that 
is,  we  shall  study  the  lives  and  work  of  the  great 
men  of  the  Bible.  These  lives  are  the  links  in  the 
great  chain  of  Bible  history.  Certainly  this  will 
prove  an  interesting  and  most  valuable  Bible 
course,  and  no  child  of  the  King  can  afford  to  neg- 
lect any  portion  of  it. 

But  the  "great  opportunity"  alluded  to  in  the 
title  of  this  essay,  is  the  opportunity  we  shall  have 
to  study  the  life  of  Jesus.  By  the  new  plan  it  is 
proposed  to  devote  the  first  year  and  a  half  to  a 
systematic,  chronological  study  of  the  life  of  Christ. 
Add  to  this  year  and  a  half  the  half  year  of  1898 
and  the  half  year  of  1899,  and  we  have  two  and 
a  half  years  almost  continuous  study  of  the  life  of 
Christ.  Is  not  this  truly  a  great  opportunity? 
Shall  we  not  embrace  it?  At  the  end  of  the  peri- 
od, how  much  more  shall  we  know  of  the  Great 
Teacher  who  said,  "Learn  of  me"?  Have  you  de- 
cided to  embrace  this  great  opportunity?  Then 
get  ready  now  for  the  next  Sunday's  Sunday  school 
lesson.  We  are  now  in  the  midst  of  this  opportu- 
nity, and  every  week  sees  some  of  it  pass  by  either 
improved  or  unimproved. 

During  this  period,  no  doubt,  more  people  will 
be  studying  about  Jesus  than  at  any  former  time 
in  the  world's  history.  May  we  not  hope  that  at 
the  end  of  the  period  more  people  will  truly  un- 
derstand Jesus  and  earnestly  follow  htm  than  at 
any  former  time  in  the  world's  history?  Who  will 
be  of  that*umber?  Shall  you?  Shall  I? 
McPhirsan,  Kaas, 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES.-No. 


BY  JOHN   R,   SNYDER, 


THE    SUPERINTENDENT. 


— There  are  many  factors,  in  the  make-up  of  a 
Sunday  school.  It  takes  every  one  of  them  to 
make  a  success  of  any  venture,  and  the  same 
truth  holds  good  in  the  Sunday  school  organization. 
We  can  110  more  work  successfully  without  a  co- 
operation of  the  whole  school  than  a  wheel  can  do 
its  work  without  all  its  spokes.  True,  the  wheel  may 
do  its  work  with  some  of  the  spokes  broken  or 
loose,  but  it  weakens  the  usefulness  of  the  wheel 
just  that  much,  A  Sunday  school  rnay  be  conduct- 
ed with  only  a  partial  co-operation  of  those  who 
make  up  the  "spokes"  of  the  "wheel,"  but  it  is 
crippled  and  can  never  fulfill  the  mission  it  was  in- 
tended to  fill. 

— But  there  are  those  who  seem  to  think,  by 
their  disinterestedness,  that  the  superintendent  of 
a  Sunday  school  is  "wheel,  spokes  and  all."  Be- 
cause they  have  selected  him  for  that  position  is 
no  reason  why  he  should  be  expected  to  bear  all 
the  burdens  of  the  position,  any  more  than  he  is 
entitled  to  all  the  honors,  "  Bear  ye  one  anoth- 
er's burdens  and  so  fulfill  the  law  of  Christ."  Gal. 
6:2. 

— While  the  superintendent  is  not  "all  in  all"  of 
the  Sunday  school,  yet  his  position  is  a  very  im- 
portant one.  On  his  shoulders  falls  the  power  of 
an  executive,  the  results  of  whose  labors  are  as 
far-reaching  as  eternity.  The  responsibility  he 
must  carry,  in  order  to  be  true  to  his  work,  is  very 
great  indeed.  His  work  eannot  be  done  in  a  care- 
less, "slipshod"  manner  and  be  acceptable  in  the 
sight  of  God,  He  must  use  the  same  earnestness, 
zeal  and  carefulness  that  he  would  if  he  knew  that 
the  tt'.vnal  zvelfare  of  each  one  of  those  under  his 
care  depended  upon  the  way  he  magnified  his  of- 
fice. 

— The  term  "superintendent"  Implies  an  over- 
seer, director,  or  manager  of  an  institution,  and 
this  is  the  duty  of  the  Sunday  school  superintendent. 
He  has  no  more  right  to  take  upon  himself  the  en- 
tire work  of  the  school,  than  the  patrons  of  the 
school  have  to  expect  him  to  do  all  the  work.  To 
be  a  superintendent  in  the  true  sense  of  the  word, 
he  must  insist  upon  the  co-operation  of  all  in  the 
great  work  he  has  been  called  upon  to  direct  and 
manage, 

— Not  every  person  is  qualified  to  be  a  superin- 
tendent. There  are  many  things  necessary  to 
make  the  incumbent  of  this  position  successful, 
First  of  all  he  must  be  a  Christian.  To  select  a 
superintendent  who  is  not  a  Christian  is  like  put- 
ting a  novice  in  charge  .of  an  engine, — it  may  go  all 
right,  but  it  is  liable  to  "to  blow  up."  But  even  all 
good  Christians  are  not  successful  Sunday  school 
superintendents.  There  are  various  other  qualifi- 
cations, such  as  aptness  to  lead,  to  teach,  to  con- 
trol, and  a  large  endowment  of  sociability.  While 
not  necessary,  perhaps,  yet  if  he  has  had  experi- 
ence and  preparation  in  this  line  of  work,  his 
chances  fof  success  in  the  administration  of  the  du- 
ties of  the  school  he  has  in  charge,  are  much 
greater. 

— There  is  a  liability  of  the  superintendent  abus- 
ing the  privileges  of  his  office.  Sad,  indeed,  is 
such  a  condition  and  we  are  glad  to  think  that  such 
cases  are  extremely  few.  This  is  more  noticeable 
in  those  who  have  the  "  organs  of  speech"  highly 
developed.  Deliver  our  schools  from  the  "lectur- 
ing superintendent,"  who  devotes  half  of  the  pre- 
cious time  to  the  putting  forth  of  his  own  egotisti- 
cal ideas.  Fill  our  Sunday  schools  with  God-given 
men  and  women  and  see  the  mighty  power  given 
the  church! 
Belh •fo/itaine,  Olvc, 


Prayer  should  be  just  what  one  feels,  just  what 
one  thinks,  just  what  one  needs;  and  it  should  stop 
the  moment  it  ceases  to  be  the  real  expression  of 
the  need,  the  thought,  and  the  feeling. — H,  W, 
Beecksr, 


Feb.  19,  1 8 


TIKE   GOSPEL   MIESSEZLSTGrEI^. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

COMMITTEE. 

Enoch  Eby,        -    Kansas    t    L.  W.  Teeter,     •    Indiana 

D,  L.Miller,     -    -Illinois    |    S,  K.  Zug,  -  Pennsylvania 

S.  F.  Sanger.   -    ■    Virginia. 

BE30LAS  MEETINGS  0?  TB2  COMMITTEE:  -  The  Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annual  Meet- 
ing; the  second  Monday  of  October  and  of  February, 

SESIHES3  FOB  ANT  MEZTIH3  3hould  be  In  the  office  of  the 


dorsed  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  before  the  paper 

E3E  QQHHITTES  DECEIVES  donations  for  the  following 
funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orphanage  at 
Smyrna;  Washington  Meetinghouse;  5uSerer3  in 
India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 


SO  HOT  ADDEESS  business  or  money  Intended   ior 

the 

Committee,  to  any  of  its  members.    All  ouch  C 

pondence  and  money  should  be  sent  to 

GEN.  MISS.  &  TRACT  COM. 

Mount  Morris, 

III. 

MOTTO  FOB  THE.  YEAR. 

Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week  let  every  on 

9  Of 

prospered  lilm.-l  Cor.  16:  8. 

How  many  souls  might  be  rescued  from  sin 
iE  Christians  would  give  one-tenth  of  their  in- 
come for  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel.    This 

most  of  them  can  do  if  they  only  will, 

The  apostles  not  only  preached  in  favor  of 
spreading  the  Gospel,  but  they  went  among 
the  nations  and  preached  it.  There  is  nothing 
so  effectual  as  the  minister  practicing-  what  he 
preaches. 


SpeHlng~bee9 
but  they  are  no 
makes  use  of  them  in  order  t 
spread  the  Gospel.  The  Lo 
his  Word  spread  in  that  way. 


g!a  ' 


i  their  place, 
church    that 


Since  the  object  of  preaching  the  Gospel 
i  to  save  the  people,  it  seems  strange  that  a 
ninisier  should  preach  his  congregation  to 
leath,  but  this  is  sometimes  done  by  men 
iave  more  zeal  than  judgment. 


ones  representing  all  kinds  of  nations  of  earth, 
and  these  all  found  in  the  kingdom  of  Christ. 
They  are  not  there  because  some  mighty  pow- 
er has  crushed  them  into  subjection,  or  be- 
cause the  attractions  of  Zion  have  drawn  them 
thither,  — but  a  grander  thought, —they  are 
counted  as  children  of  God,  having  equality  of 
birthright  with  favored  Israel. 

How  glorious  the  thought  that  the  heathen 
nations  of  the  world,  whom  some  look  upon 
with  disdain,  others  with  indifference,  shall  one 
day  be  communicants  in  equality  with  the 
chosen  of  God,  in  that  great  Supper  in  the  ev- 
ening of  the  world! 

Emphasizing  this  thought  in  another  figure, 
God  is  represented  as  registering  the  nations 
in  an  actual  count  and  with  delight  speaking 
of  each  one,  "This  one  was  born  there." 

The  thought  of  the  last  verse  is  something 
similar  to  a  grand  review  day,  when  each  na- 
tion shall  pass  before  God  and  the  Lamb,  pre- 
ceded by  singers  who  play  and  sing  praises, 
the  burden  of  their  song  being,  "All  the 
springs  of  the  joys  of  bur  nation  are  found  in 
Thee,  Oh  God  of  nations! " 

Think  of  that  day  for  a  moment!  What  a 
grand  sight  for  the  Redeemer,  who  did  so 
much  for  the  world,  when  he  shall  see  what 
were  once  the  cannibalistic  nations  of  the  South 
Sea  Islands  there;  the  tribes  of  Africa,  the  na- 
tions of  Asia,  the  hords  of  South  America,  yea, 
all  the  nations  of  earth,  singing  praises  to  the 
dear  Redeemer,  and  the  Father  of  all. 

What  a  grand  home-coming  that  will  be! 
Not  unlike  home-comings  here  in  this  life,  in 
its  joys,  but  this  will  be  unalloyed  joy  forever 

Does  not  this  psalm  sound  li 
umph  of  God,  and  right,— that  miss 
important  work  of  the  church  in  the 
that  they  will  and  shall  succeed? 


the  final  tri- 


be 


Then 
;  of  a 


which  God  is  supporting. 

Well,  then,  why  urge  the  church  to-day  to  be 
so  active,  if  it  will  be  done  anyhow?  Does 
any  one  wish  to  miss  having  a  share  in  the 
home-coming  of  nations?  Nay,  verily.  The 
day  of  all  days  to  every  saint,  will  be  the  day 
when  he  can  join  in  the  chorus  of  nations 
around  the  throne  of  God,  singing  praises  for- 
ever and  ever.  The  opportunity  is  to-day, 
and  is  ours  now,  to  help  this  work  along.    Will 


When  a  friend  spoke  to  a  man  in  1 
York,  who  was  noted   for  his  liberality, 
cerning  this  generosity  of  his,  he  said:  "I 
not  generous,  I  am  by  nature  extremely 
aricious.     But  when  I  was  a  young  man  I  had 
sense  enough  to  see  how  mean  and  belittli 
such  a"  position  was,  and  I  forced  myself 
give.     At  first,  I  declare  to  you,  it  was  a  t 
ture  to  part  with  a  penny,  but  I  persisted,  1 
til  the  habit  of  liberality  was  formed.    Thi 
is  no  yoke  like  that  of  a  habit.  -  Now  I  like 


MISSION  WORK. 


No.  7.— Its  Success    Predicted  in  Three 
Missionary  Psalms. — Psa'm  87. 


Tur 


the  i 


nissionary  lyric  of  the,  Bible. 
In  other  places  we  have  grand  conceptions  of 
the  final  triumph  of  Christ, and  his  universal 
reign,  but  in  no  place,  in  the  annals  of  Jewish 
time,  is  there  anything  equal  to  tiie  expression 
of  world-wide  salvation,  as  is  found  here. 

The  psalm,  as  will  be  noted,  opens  with  ex- 
ulting patriotic  expressions  in  behalf  of  Zion. 
The  foundations  of  the  Lord  are  in  the  holy 
mountains  of  Zion  and  he  loveth  the  gates 
that  open  to  their  sacred  city.  These  moun- 
tains have  always  been  interpreted  as  the  typ- 
ical representatives  of  the  church, — the  chief 
cornerstone  of  whose  foundation  is  the  ever- 
lasting reck,— Christ. 

Of  the  church,  most  glorious  things  are 
spoken  throughout  all  the  world.  Let  the 
reader  stop  a  moment  and  recall  all  the  grand 
and  good  things  that  may  be  mentioned  of  the 
supreme  reign  of  Christ. 

The  fourth  verse  represents  God  looking 
over  the  nations  found  in  his  kingdom  and  he 
makes  mention  of  proud  Egypt,  who,  for  her 
haughtiness,  is  called  Rahab;  of  worldly  Baby- 
lon, the  city  of  confusion;  of  revengeful  Phil- 
istia,  long  the  enemy  of  Israel;  of  covetous 
Tyre,  the  center  of  rich  traders;  of  ignorant 
Ethiopia,  whose  sons  have,  long  been  the 
slaves  of  the  world, — these  nations  as  typical 


MISSION  RECEIPTS  FOR  JANUARY, 


daHofT.  Dallas  Cen 

tor  Ci-  l) 

s  Moines  Vol 

leys.  B„  (3;  Mt  JI 
River  ch.,  (10  75;  I 

ttveVcl 

SI'S;  English 
,  Now  Virgin- 

Turney,  Pomeroy,  GO 

BntB- total 

IND,-Clear  OxMk  c 

b..  (I.M;  Car 

t.ils"- ion    E,.hdoiS'>-'.".-- 

(MarLokei 

(-i.il;  John  Miller,  N, 

Baker,  Corydou,  s:»  ;:"^ 

bon,  S3;  Class  No.  8,  P 

71  cents;  Christian  s 

■>:,';     11  Irani     Roose,    \ 

akai-UEa,  (2 

Davy,  Indianapolis,  G 

Mn.-Manorcn.,  $10.85;  B.-ondiori 

$3;  H.  J.  Broadwater, 

I.ouaoonlng, 

1.  Tho: 


,  54.2. 


slater,  Tlmbervlllo,  si;  Sophia  Brunt, 
Godtls  Mill,  ?5;  total 

N.  Dak.— W.  F,  Hollenberg  and  wife, 
Grand  Harbor, 

Nebu.  -  Catharine  Dovlngor,  Benedict, 
52;  South  Lincoln  oh.,  $800;  Wood  River 
oh.,  65  cents;  Ervln  KellTer,  Kearney,  25 
cents;  Leslie  Suavely,  Kearney,  25  cents; 
Pear]   Suavely,  Kearney,  25  cents;  Salley 

W.  Va.— John  C.Fran  a  and  wife,  Lnurol- 

dnlo,  (2.fi0;  C.  1'.  Spnngler,  Berkley,  ?;!.50;  A. 
M,  Frantz,  Dawson,  00  oentH;  total,  .  .  . 
Cal.— Solicited  by  G.  W.  Prlser,  Hornet, 

*2.25;  Covluach.,  R2.N5;  Barbara  Kindlg.In- 

AKK.-tft.  Francis  oil.,  $180;  Knoxville 
eh.,  sun;  total ... 

MiKx.— Mrs.  Sarah  Kby,  Duluth,  60  cts.; 
Louisa  Heath,  Wabasha,  (1.25;  total,.  ,  .  . 

Tenn.-M.  A.  J.,Snmmorvflle,  .... 

Colo,— A  brother  and  family,  Peyton,  00 
cents ;  John  J.  Smith,  Wray,  CO  cents ;  totSl, 

Wash.— Allen  Ives  and  wife,  Centralia, . 

Mo.— Infant  class,  Prairie  View  S.  S.,    .  , 

Ohe.— F,d.  Huston,  Roseburg, 

State  Unknown.— John  Olsson, 

Marriage  Notices.  —  J.  W.  Wamplor, 
Edoni,  Va.,5t> cents;  S  S.  Hummer,  III.,  60 

Bahr,  Damascus,  Ore,,  B0  cents;  Simon 
Stude baker,  Summorneld.  K 11  us.,  50  cents; 

,  Iowa,  50  cents;  8.  M,  Forney, 

Kearney,  Nehr.,  EO  cents;  M.  M.  Eshelman, 

Coltou,  Cal„  60  cents;  total, 

Loans.— X.  F.  Bradford,  Iowa,  (02.81 ;  Wm, 
D.  Weesner,  East  Salem,  111.,  $5;  A.  R.  and 

Sheller,  Iowa,  S2l.n0;  Nevada  en.,  Mo.,  (10; 

Sclumck,  luwa,  ,>si50;  total,   . 


tlfy  t 


knmvl,'iti,'<.-(1,  please 

>.  klvin,..:  ;imoi:i]i,  lime 


^■ml'iiL',  r>.n<l  how  sent 
month.  If  nrjy,  will  annom- 
iiKnith'-i  report.  Usually, 
the    28th  of  a   month   appear  m    tne 

month'.-,  report. 

WORLD-WIDE  MISSIONS, 
[Money  donated 

lM!|"n'il    : 

kuowledged  r 


■■  vlljei'\v!-ir:.  iVsi..;;m;U'il,    will  bo  fl 


3  Barnhizer,  Mt. 


$5;'  Maria   Correll, 

Mt,    Morrl 

s,  ?l;  Lizzie 

Brlcknell,   Rockfor 

Lear  Stiver,  ¥1.25;  Gl 

$3.40;  Pleas- 

erlldaJ.C 

ates,  Glrard, 

§2.50;  total, 

PA.-J.T.Emmert 

Wayne.1-! 

aro,  $1.50;  G. 

W.  Kephart,  Altoorj 

n,  50  cents 

Meyersda'o 

,  Waynesboro,  * 


dower,  Portage  ch.,  55  cents;  Jacob  and 
Leody,  Lima,?  10; Hoover  family, 
Good,  Youngslown,  50  cents ;  Woo- 
,    $1.00;    Delila    F.    Kelly,    North 

Uenr:^-tov,u,  >1;  tola!, 


s.] 

Iowa.— John  W.  Borden,  South  English, 
§1.50;  Samuel  Flke,  CalvlD,  $0;  Mrs.  Susan 
Wise,  Dallas  Centor,  $1,20;  Conrad  Meessr, 
Grundy  Center,  (1.20;  Jacob  Llclity,  Eagle 
Center,  512;  N.C.  Folger,  Folger,  $1.20;  Dan- 


>r,  No 


Kn-iidh,  ¥l.r;0;  K.  M.  Lichty,  C 
Flke,  Calvin.  (ti;  Noah  W.  Miller,  Waterloo, 
(3;  Daniel  A.  Miller,  Waterloo,  (a;  C.  S.  Mc- 
Nutt,  Adel,  $2.40;  Adam  Dage,  Waterloo, 
$3.00  ;.J.  J.Berkley,  Calvin,  (3;  H.  O.  N.  Coff- 
raan,  South  English,  $3;  D.  E.  Fox,  Laurens, 
$1.20;  W.  W.  Folger,  $1.20;  H.  c.  Bomvey,  New 
Virglnia;*1.20;  Elizabeth  Watts,  Truro,  $1,20; 
Jacob  Keller,  Ne-w  Virginia,  J:'. 10;  Catharine 
A.  Garner,  South  English,  $1.20;  Wm.  H. 
Lichty,  Calvin,  S3;  J.  D.  CofTman,  South 
English,  (3;  S.  F.  Nlswander,  Month  English, 
$3;  Daniel  Nlswauder,  South  English,  (3;  W. 

H.  Lichty,  Calvin,  $3;  total.        $ 

Oifio.  — J.  W.  Moore,  Tiffin,  (3;  Geo.  A, 
Half,  Batdorf,  $1.20;  Elizabeth  S.  Weidler, 
Ashland, .*(',;  KU  Ni^wonger,  1'lttsburg,  n3.«0; 
Bear  Creek  eh,  $1;  S.  W.  Blocher,  Green- 
vffle,  (U.iiO;  Jos.  Keslar,  PJeaaant  Home,  ?:); 
Perry  MeKlmraey,  Metaraora,  (6;  Ellen  Ua- 
sore,  Trotwoocl,(l0;  W.  H.  Folkerth,  Union, 
Bagwell,   Dayton, 


Moomaw,  Troutvllle,  (13.50;  D.  S 
Q.uicksburg,  (1.50;  D.  L.  HufTman, 
SI  20;  Lydia  Oline,  Tlmbervllle,  (! 
Sanger,  Bcobtsford,  fl.30;  Martha  Hi 


(«:  n,  v.  j 

HcplORli- 


m,  $I,20j  I.  B. 
J.  R,Krbaugh, 
Waynesboro, 
1,  T'S;  isaao  11. 

,  Maltlaud,  $2; 


Iufjlewood,  (1.21);  total, 

Mo.- Jos.  Brown,  Stet 

Nehs.-D.  G,  Couser,  Rokeby 

LOAN.-E,  Flory,  MoPherson,  Kans,,    . 

Total, 

ASIA  MINOR  MISSION. 
fTobeused  in mission  Lo  \  ila  Ml 

flB();G.  W.  Gophart,  Altoonn',  |S;  a  broth 
HarleyBvllle,    $26;    a    brother    and    slsl 

Waynesboro,  «o;  total, 

III.— Lanark  ch.,  $8,82;  Cherry  Grove  ( 
(0.10;   Slstera'   Sewing  Society,  Lanark, 


loWA.-Franklln  f, 

OAL.— Solicited  by  < 
cents;  Covlnacli,,  Sit; 

Im.^h-woiirl,  .-.,.;',n;  lota 
Ind.— Maria  Howe 

Goshen,  25  cents;  totn 


>.,7l.l'5;  1 


.  Piiser,  Homed,  ti> 


Mary    Moata, 
Moats,  Nicken 

MoPherson  ch. 


ORPHANAGE  AT  SMYKNA. 
,  McQ,uold,  McPheraon,  1 


Wa 


.     .Si.IV 


W. 


(1.20;  Walter  and  Henry  Lehman, 
11.20;  J.  R.  Brnmbaugh,  $3  40;  E.  H. 
RosenbergeE,  McComb,  $1.20;  W.  ('.  Teeter, 
Dayton, $1.20;  J.  A.  Miller,  WeBtMlton,  $1,20; 
tllnnlsh.  Potadam,  (1.20;  Margaret 
,  Union, $1,30;  John L,  Dohiner,  Un- 
;  John  H.  Rlnehart,  Union,  $1  20;  L. 
DeGralT,  (1.20;  Thus.   ShafTer, 


i,?1.2 


,  New 


sle,  (1.20;  John  Marshall,  Brookvilfe,  (1.2 
,  B.  Chris tf an.  Garland,  $1.30;  totat, ,  .  .  . 
Ind.  — Newton  Wolfe,  Somerset,  (1.50;  . 
.  Long,  Huntington,  $0;  B.  !•'.  BIl 111,  Bower 


$4;  W.G.  Cananah,' 


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Shultz,  River,  (1.20;  Jacob  Klepeer,  Mfljenl- 
ca,*I.20;Wm.  B.  Young,  Clarke  Hill,  $1.20; 
Henry  ShoL-k,  Huntington,  $8;  John  and 
Sarah  Richer  Pern,  (ii;  Ellas  Blosser,  Nap- 
panee,  (1.20;  Elizabeth  Jones,  Mexico.  ?>">;  W. 
I.  Miller,  Mexico,  >;;  H.  Grossnickle,  North 
ManoheBtur,  fS;  total .  .  . 


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Feb.  19,  18 


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Mount  Morris,  III.,  Feb.   19, 


Bro     R.    F.    McCune   closed   a  very  interesting 
meeting  at  Yale1,  Iowa,  with  twelve  accessions, 

The  dedication   of  the   Rich  church,   six  miles 
north  of  Mansfield,  Ohio,  will  take  place  Feb.  27. 


The  Brethren  report  an  interesting  series  of 
meetings  in  the  Walnut  church,  Marshall  Co.,  Ind., 
with  five  conversions. 


Bro.  C.  P.  Rowland  has  just  closed  a  protracted 
meeting  at  Maple  Grove,  Wis,,  with  seven  acces- 
sions by  confession  and  baptism. 


The  outlook  at  Dallas  Center,  Iowa,  seems  to  be 
real  encouraging.  Since  the  beginning  of  the  year, 
twelve  have  united  with  the  church, 


Bro.  R.  F.  McCune,  of  Iowa,  was  in  the  Mount 
a  short  time  this  week.  We  regret  that  we  were 
not  permitted  to  spend  more  time  with  him. 


Bro.  Joseph  Long  held  a  series  of  meetings  at 
Florin,  Pa.,  that  was  the  means  of  inducing  ten  to 
make  the  good  confession,  and  apply  for  Christian 
baptism.  

Bro.  John  C,  Goudv,  Eaton,  Ind.,  would  be 
pleased  to  have  the  name  of  every  member  living 
in  or  near  Lebanon,  111.  It  will  be  to  their  interest 
for  him  to  have  the  names  as  asked  for.  ° 


Bro.  M.  J.  McClure  is  now  delivering  his  series 
of  doctrinal  sermons  at  Pleasant  Hill,  111.  He  is 
listened  to  by  large  assemblies,  and  the  people  are 
giving  marked  attention  to  the  Word  preached. 


The  little  church  at  Germantown,  Pa.,  seems  to 
have  taken  on  new  life,  and  it  is  believed  that  we 
may  look  for  a  continued  growth.  Bro.  Wm,  M. 
Howe  recently  closed  a  series  of  meetings  there 
with  six  accessions. 


When  electing  temporary  officers,  delegates  to 
the  District  Meetings,  etc.,  a  number  of  the  church- 
es have  adopted  the  ballot  system.  Some  employ 
it  when  electing  deacons  and  ministers,  This 
method  has  been  in  use  in  the  Standing  Com 
mittee  room,  for  years,  and,  in  our  judgment,  is  the 
best  method  of  electing  officers  yet  introduced.  It 
enables  the  voter  to  cast  his  ballot  for  whom  he 
thinks  proper,  without  any  one  save  the  Lord  know- 
ing who  is  his  choice.  We  have  seen  it  used  for 
nearly  twenty  years,  and  the  more  we  see  of  it,  the 
better  wc  like  it. 


Brethren  S.  R.  Zug  and  S.  F.  Sanger  came  to 
the  Mount  last  Saturday.  They  are  here  attending 
the  meeting  of  the  General  Mission  Board.  They 
are  both  members  of  the  Committee.  Bro.  Sanger 
preached  at  Silver  Creek  last  Sunday  morning. 


In  this  issue  we  have  another  installment  of  the 
Mission  Report,  giving  the  receipts  for  the  month 
of  January.  The  report  is  an  encouraging  one.  It 
will  be  completed  next  week.  We  wonder  how 
many  of  our  readers  are  studying  this  phase  of  the 
missionary  workl  

In  this  paper  will  be  found  a  report  from  Salem, 
Ohio,  that  will  bear  a  great  deal  of  close  study. 
An  article  of  considerable  length  might  be  written 
on  the  different  phases  of  the  report  Similar  in- 
formation from  each  congregation  in  the  Brother- 
hood would  be  of  great  value. 

Bro.  L,  W.  Teeter  preached  for  us  in  the  Chap- 
el last  Saturday  evening,  and  also  on  Sunday  even- 
ing. On  both  occasions  he  was  listened  to  by 
large  and  attentive  audiences.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  General  Missionary  Committee,  and  is  here  at- 
tending the  meeting  of  the  Board. 

The  Brethren  at  Hudson,  111,,  are  greatly  re- 
joiced over  the  results  of  their  recent  series  of 
meetings,  held  by  Bro  D,  B.  Gibson  at  Clarksville, 
a  point  within  the  limits  of  that  congregation. 
There  were  seventeen  confessions.  The  interest  in 
this  part  of  Illinois  seems  to  be  growing. 


Bro.  Enoch  EBY*has  been  with  us  several  days, 
,d  preached  at  the  Salem  meetinghouse  last  Sun- 
day morning,  He  is  chairman  of  the  General  Mis- 
sionary Committee,  and  is  here  attending  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Board.  For  his  age  Bro.  Eby  is  holding 
his  own  quite  well  indeed,  He  is  still  full  of  zeal 
and  Christian  activity. 


It  is  not  often  that  one  congregation  is  favored 
with  the  presence  of  four  brethren  who  have  served 
as  Moderators  of  the  Annual  Meeting.  But  such 
is  our  privilege  this  week,  when  we  have  with  us 
brethren  Enoch  Eby,  Daniel  VanimaD,  L.  W. 
Teeter  and  D.  E.  Price,  the  latter  being  the  elder  in 
charge  of  the  congregation  at  this  place. 


Bro,  I.  D.  Parker  was  with  us  a  few  days  this 
w'eek,  and  preached  in  the  Chapel  last  Sunday 
ning;  also  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  evenings. 
He  has  just  returned  from  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  where 
he  conducted  a  series  of  meetings  that  resulted  in 
thirty  confessions.  He  reports  the  church  at  Hunt- 
ingdon in  a  prosperous  and  encouraging  condition. 


Bro,  Daniel  Vaniman  reached  this  place  last 
Saturday  evening.  He  is  here  to  attend  the  meet- 
ing of  the  General  Missionary  Committee.  He  re- 
ports the  outlook  at  McPherson,  Kans.,  real  en- 
couraging, saying  that  the  recent  Bible  Term  was 
not  only  well  attended,  but  that  it  was  both  in- 
structive and  inspiring.  Not  in  a  long  while  had 
he  seen  such  an  interest  in  Bible  study. 


The  churches  wishing  a  book,  containing  fifty 
Certificates  of  Membership,  should  order  at  once. 
We  have  just  put  up  a  new  lot,  and  can  fill  orders 
without  delay.  All  of  our  churches  ought  to  use 
these  certificates,  and,  when  put  up  in  book-form, 
with  stub  for  record,  they  will  be  found  very  con- 
venient. Each  book  contains  fifty  certificates,  and 
will  be  sent  post-paid  for  twenty-five  cents.  Let  us 
have  your  orders  soon. 


Bro.  I.  Bennett  Trout  came  over  from  Lanark 
last  Monday,  and  spent  a  part  of  two  days  with  us. 
He  had  just  returned  from  McPherson,  Kans., 
where  he  conducted  a  scries  of  meetings  and  also 
did  some  work  in  the  Bible  term.  When  he  left 
there  were  five  confessions,  with  prospects  of  more. 
Bro.  J.  E.  Young  was  sent  for,  and  will  continue 
the  meetings.  Bro.  Trout  has  many  good  things  to 
say  about  the  church,  school  and  people  at  Mc- 
Pherson.    He  is  very  much   pleased  with   the  out- 

looki 


About  twenty  of  our  readers  have  sent  in  news- 
paper clippings  concerning  a  party  of  Dunkers  who 
are  said  to  have  gone  to  Jerusalem  a  few  years  ago, 
and  are  now  reported  to  be  in  a  suffering  condition, 
We  stated  last  week  that  we  knew  nothing  of  such 
a  party  of  members.  There  is,  of  course,  some 
mistake  about  the  report. 


A  cartoon  comes  to  our  desk,  that  is  full  of  mean- 
ing. To  the  left  is  a  choice  city  pulpit,  and  a  pas- 
tor is  wanted.  A  long  line  of  venerable  and 
learned  clergymen  are  on  hand,  prepared  to  deliver 
trial  sermons,  while  the  church  committee  occupies 
a  seat  in  front.  Each  one  seems  to  feel  that  he  has 
a  call  from  the  Lord  to  fill  this  pulpit.  In  the  up- 
per right  hand  corner,  are  thousands  of  heathens, 
calling  for  the  Bread  of  Life,  and  one  lonely  mis- 
sionary, with  the  open  Bible  in  hand,  heeds  the  call, 
and  is  on  his  way  to  that  field.  How  unlike  the 
apostolic  age,  where  the  best  preachers  in  the 
church  went  to  the  foreign  fields,  while  elders  were 
ordained  in  every  city,  to  feed  and  care  for  the 
flocks  of  the  Master,  as  fast  as  they  could  be  organ- 

d. 


The 


The  following  item  of  interest  is  clipped  from 
theGreensburg  (Pa,)  Tribune; 

One  of  the  oldest  and  most  remarkable  preachers  in  West- 
ern Pennsylvania  is  George  Hanawalt,  of  Walerford,  this 
County.  His  grandfather,  George  Hanawalt,  served  as  a 
soldier  through  the  American  revolution.  His  father  was  a 
minister  for  thirty-six  years,  in  Pennsylvania,  and  was  the 
first  English  preacher  of  his  denomination,  the  German  Bap- 
tist Brethren,  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  Hanawalt  himself 
has  just  ended  thirty-six  years  of  service  in  the  ministry,  dur- 
ing all  of  which  time  he  has  not  received  one  dollar  of  salary, 
"  working  with  his  own  hands  "  to  support  himself  and  family. 
He  is  the  father  of  nineteen  children,  sixteen  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing, Some  of  them  are  teaching,  some  of  them  are  in  busi- 
ness, and  all  of  them  are  doing  well.  Mr.  Hanawalt  lives  on 
a  beautiful  farm,  in  the  Ligonier  Valley,  and  is  in  charge  of 
the  churches  at  Waterford,  Bolivar  and  Cokeville,  making  a 
uit  of  thirty  miles  to  fill  his  Sunday  appointments. 


In  this  issue  will  be  found  the  best  symposium 
on  the  divorce  question  that  has  probably  ever  ap- 
peared in  the  Brethren's  literature.  The  commnni- 
cations  cover  a  wide  field,  and  discuss  nearly  every 
phase  of  the  question  in  a  clear  and  an  instructive 
manner.  The  writers  take  in  a  much  wider  range 
than  is  contemplated  in  the  query  that  is  to  be  pre- 
sented to  our  next  Annual  Meeting,  but  it  was 
thought  proper  to  permit  this,  in  view  of  the  inter- 
est that  our  people  are  just  now  taking  in  the  sub- 
ject. We  bespeak  for  these  communications  a 
careful  reading.  We  cannot  spare  space  for  all  the 
matter  received,  but  give  enough  to  cover  the  field 
as  well  as  ought  to  be  expected  in  one  issue  of  the 
Messenger.  This  is  all,  that  will  appear  on  the 
divorce  question  until  it  is  presented  for  considera- 
tion in  the  open  Conference,  at  Naperville,  next 
June.  


The  General  Missionary  Committee  met  here 
last  Monday  morning.  On  account  of  Bro.  Miller 
not  being  well  enough  to  leave  his  house,  the  ses- 
sions were  held  in  his  library.  A  great  deal  of  busi- 
ness had  accumulated  since  the  last  meeting,  and 
some  of  it  is  of  more  than  ordinary  importance. 

Considerable  attention  was  givey  the  Washington 
mission,  and  especially  was  the  importance  of  a 
house  of  worship  in  the  capital  of  our  nation  given 
due  attention.  It  was  decided  to  take  aggressive 
steps  for  the  purpose  of  securing  enough  money  to 
erect  the  meetinghouse  that  has  so  long  been  in 
contemplation.  We  hope  to  hear  of  the  money  be- 
ing secured  irt  a  short  time,  and  the  building  of  the 
house  assured. 

Steps  were  taken  to  improve  our  Sunday  school 
music,  the  committee  having  been  duly  authorized 
by  the  Annual  Meeting  to  bring  out  No.  2  of  the 
Brethren's  Sunday  School  Song  Book.  This  matter 
will  be  pushed,  and  in  course  of  time  our  people 
may  have  another  book  that  will  prove  an  inspira- 
tion in  their  song  service.    In  the  meantime  they 


Feb.  19,  18 


THE   GOSPEL   IMZESSEHsra-ZEIR. 


should  continue  to  purchase  and  use  our  present 
Song  Book,  for  it  will  take  time,  labor  and  patience 
to  produce  the  kind  of  a  book  that  is  further  de- 
manded. 

The  reports  from  the  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  mission 
are  quite  encouraging,  so  much  so  that  it  was 
deemed  wise  to  locate  a  minister  there.  Bro.  Wm. 
M.  Howe  was  appointed  for  this  mission,  and  it  is 
to  be  hoped  that  he  will  soon  be  able  to  enter  upon 
the  work  entrusted  to  him. 

Considerable  time  was  spent,  considering  the  ad- 
visability of  opening  up  a  mission  in  Canada,  The 
matter  is  held  over  until  the  next  meeting. 

The  Board  has  in  contemplation  more  work  in 
the  rural  districts,  where  our  doctrine  takes  well, 
and  where  it  does  not  cost  so  much  to  sustain  the 
workers  in  the  field.  This  is  looked  upon  as  a  mat- 
ter of  great  importance,  and  was  most  thoroughly 
discussed,  and  carefully  considered  from  many 
stanCpoints. 

Some  hours  were  spent  looking  into  and  consider- 
ing the  business  connected  with  one  of  the  largest 
donations  yet  received  by  the  Brotherhood.  When 
the  matter  is  well  rounded  up  it  will  probably  ex- 
ceed 550,000,  the  income  from  which  is  to  be  main- 
ly employed  in  furnishing  the  ministers  of  the  Breth- 
ren church  with  such  literature  as  will  prove  help- 
ful to  them  in  their  work  as  ministers.  We  look 
upon  this  as  a  gift  of  rare  value,  and  the  result 
of  which  will  be  far-reaching  indeed.  Not  only  the 
ministers  will  be  benefited  by  having  good  litera- 
ture placed  in  their  hands,  but  the  church  will  reap 
the  benefits  of  this  unexpected  source  of  informa- 
tion and  encouragement. 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  money  is  coming  to  our 
people  year  after  year,  and  should  this  continue,  as 
we  believe  it  will,  in  the  course  of  a  few  years  we 
will  have  an  immense  fund,  the  income  of  which 
can  be  used  for  the  good  work  of  the  Lord, 

Much  more  business  came  before  the  committee, 
as"  they  proceeded,  but  we  go  to  press  too  early  to 
permit  us  to  say  more  in  this  issue.  Permit  us  to 
further  add,  that  the  outlook  for  the  work,  entrust- 
ed to  the  General  Mission  Board,  is  real  encourag- 
ing, and  we  believe  that  the  time  is  not  far  distant 
when  the  efforts  they  are  now  putting  forth  will  in- 
sure still  greater  results  than  what  has  beeir*realized 
in  the  past.  j,  h.  m. 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  WORK. 


The  time  will  soon  be  here  for  opening  Sunday 
schools  all  over  the  land  where  they  have  not  been 
continued  during  the  winter.  But  there  is  one 
phase  of  this  work  that  troubles  a  few  of  our 
earnest  Sunday  school  workers,  and  they  have  re- 
peatedly written  us  for  advice.  We  are  glad  that 
instances  of  this  character  are  growing  less,  and  in 
the  course  of  a  few  years  they  will  probably  entire- 
ly disappear.  Those  seeking  advice  write  in  sub- 
stance: 

"We  have  Sunday  school,  and  use  the  Brethren's 
Quarterlies.  We  also  have  Bible  meetings  each 
week.  These  services  are  opened  and  closed  with 
singing  and  prayer.  The  sisters  take  the  same  part 
in  them  accorded  the  brethren.  But  so  many  mem- 
bers here  are  opposed  to  our  work.  They  want  us 
to  dispense  with  the  Quarterlies,  and  also  think 
that  sisters  should  not  teach,  nor  should  they  take 
an  active  part  in  the  Bible  meetings.  Now  and 
then  these  things  come  before  our  council-meetings, 
and  to  most  of  us  it  is  very  annoying.  If  we  do 
not  employ  sisters  in  our  Sunday  school  we  cannot 
get  teachers  enough,  Then,  if  we  do  away  with  the 
Quarterlies  we  fear  that  we  cannot  keep  up  the  in- 
terest among  the  children,  for  they  must  have 
some  assistance  in  preparing  their  lessons.  To 
labor  under  such  circumstances  is  real  discouraging. 
What  would  we  better  do?  " 

Every  devoted  worker  for  God  is  almost  certain 
te  meet  with  obs>a«Ws  of  soms  kind,    If  he  pes= 


sesses  humble  boldness  enough  to  meet  them 
cheerfully,  and  wisdom  enough  to  handle  himself 
prudently  and  carry  on  his  work  wisely,  he  will  not 
only  be  able  to  overcome  such  obstacles,  but  he 
will  find  them  helpful  to  him  in  the  end.  Having 
secured  the  consent  of  the  church  to  organize  a 
Sunday  school,  along  with  a  Bible  or  social  meet- 
ing, our  advice  is,  to  proceed  right  along  with  the 
work,  permitting  no  discouragement  to  hinder  it  in 
the  least.  However  small  the  attendance,  let  the 
leaders  do  good  work,  give  strict  attention  to  bus- 
iness, and  trust  God  for  the  rest.  See  that  all  the 
services  are  so  conducted  that  no  one  can  justly 
find  fault  with  them.  Of  one  thing  they  can  rest 
assured,  and  that  is,  God  is  behind  every  properly- 
conducted  Sunday  school  and  Bible  meeting,  and 
in  the  end  they  will  triumph.  Knowing  this,  ear- 
nest workers  can  well  afford  to  labor  and  wait. 
There  is  nothing  so  encouraging  as  being  on  the 
right  side  of  a  question,  and  those  who  are  giving 
well-directed  attention  to  these  departments  of 
church  labor,  should  both  feel  and  know  that  they 
are  on  that  side. 

So  far  as  our  Sunday  school  Quatltrlies  are  con- 
cerned, they  are  authorized  by  the  Conference,  and 
are  under  the  supervision  of  a  committee,  appointed 
for  that  purpose,  and  no  one  has  a  right  to  inter- 
fere with  their  use  in  any  school  where  they  are 
wanted.  As  for  sisters  teaching,  they  have  just  as 
good  a  right  to  teach  as  the  brethren,  and  in  many 
localities  they  make  the  best  teachers  that  can  be 
had,  especially  for  the  younger  classes.  In  not  a 
few  places  they  serve  as  Superintendents,  and  as  a 
general  thing  give  excellent  satisfaction.  It  is  also 
their  privilege  to  take  an  active  part  in  prayer  or 
social  meetings,  and  when  called  upon  to  do  so,  it 
is  their  privilege  to  lead.  So  long  as  they  conduct 
themselves  as  becometh  Christian  women,  no  mem- 
ber of  the  church  should  think  of  objecting  to  their 
service.  In  his  day  Paul  had  some  of  the  sisters  to 
assist  him  in  the  Gospel,  and  what  was  right  then, 
respecting  the  work  of  sisters,  is  right  now. 

And  while  we  say  this,  and  might  say  a  good 
deal  more,  we  urge  our  aggressive  workers  every- 
where to  earnestly  labor  for  peace.  There  ought  to 
be  no  strife  between  brethren,  regarding  the  work 
of  the  Lord,  nor  does  it  pay  to  antagonize  a  part  of 
the  church,  if  it  can  possibly  be  avoided,  in  a  de- 
partment of  labor  so  important  as  that  of  Sunday 
school  work.  It  is  unfortunate  that  there  should 
be  opposition  of  this  kind  in  any  locality.  And 
where  it  is  found  we  must  labor  to  overcome  it  in 
the  wisest  way  possible,  feeling  certain  that  it  can- 
not long  continue.  j.  h,  m. 


>  THE  HUSBAND  AND  THE  WIFE. 

'  We  are  asked  to  say  whether  it  is  the  duty  of  the 
Christian  wife  to  obey  her  Christian  husband,  and 
whether  it  is  the  privilege  of  the  Christian  husband 
to  demand  obedience  of  his  Christian  wife.  The 
metes  and  bounds  of  this  subject  are  most  clearly 
designated  in  the  fifth  chapter  of  Kphesians  and 
the  third  chapter  of  Colossians.  Here  it  is  stated 
that  wives  should  submit  themselves  unto  their  own 
husbands,  as  unto  the  Lord,  and  that  the  husband 
is  the  head  of  the  wife  even  as  Christ  is  the  head 
of  the  church.  Then,  on  the  other  hand,  it  is  said 
with  equal  emphasis,  that  husbands  should  love 
their  wives  and  be  not  bitter  against  them,  that 
they  should  love  them  even  as  Christ  also  loved  the 
church  and  gave  his  life  for  it. 

For  the  Christian  husband  and  the  Christian  wife 
there  is  a  higher  plane  than  that  which  must  be 
regulated  by  the  authority  to  command  upon  the 
part  of  one,  and  the  duty  to  obey  upon  the  part  of 
the  other.  We  refer  to  the  law  of  love.  Where  this 
prevails  as  it  should  there  will  be  no  occasion  for 
the  husband  to  exact  obedience  of  his  wife,  nor 
will  the  wife  even  fee  under  the  painful  necessity  ef 


obeying  her  husband  in  matters  that  are  distasteful 
to  her.  The  husband  will  regard  the  wife  as  his 
partner— not  his  servant— in  life,  and  equally  inter- 
ested with  him  in  all  that  pertains  to  their  home, 
property,  labors  and  pursuits.  The  wife,  while 
recognizing  the  fact,  that  the  husband  is  the  head 
of  the  family,  knows  that  it  is  her  privilege  to 
stand  by  his  side,  to  be  his  helper  and  his  coun- 
selor, as  well  as  his  partner,  in  all  that  goes  to 
make  up  life,  happiness  and  success  for  both  of 
them.  With  these  convictions  upon  the  part  of 
each  they  will  ever  consult  each  other's  wishes, 
tastes  and  conditions  and  do  only  that,  and  require 
only  that,  which  will  work  for  peace,  love  and  hap- 
piness. The  husband  and  wife  who  have  reached 
this  plane  of  Christian  love  know  little  or  nothing 
concerning  commands  and  obedience,  as  they  relate 
to  companionship  in  life.  They  have  learned  to 
look  upon  each  other  as  equals;  they  deal  with  one 
another  as  partners  and  discuss  and  decide  matters 
accordingly.  The  husband  will  probably  never 
find  occasion  to  exact  obedience  of  his  wife  nor 
will  the  wife  ever  feel  the  pangs  of  servitude. 

And  while  the  Scriptures  regard  the  husband  as 
the  head  of  the  wife,  it  was  surely  never  contem- 
plated that  he  should  lord  it  over  the  intelligent, 
prudent  and  faithful  wife,  and  exact  of  her  an 
obedience  which  his  love  and  tender  regard  for  her 
do  not  richly  merit.  The  design  of  Christianity  is 
to  elevate  the  woman,  and  in  the  marriage  relation 
place  her  as  near  on  an  equal  footing  with  the  hus- 
band, in  the  realm  of  authority,  as  it  is  possible  to 
do,  and  yet  leave  man  at  the  head  of  the  family. 
And  as  in  Christ  there  is  neither  male  nor  female, 
so  in  the  Christian  marriage  relation  let  there  be 
neither  lord  nor  servant,  but  let  the  husband  and 
the  wife  regard  each  other  as  equally  interested 
and  equally  concerned  in  everything  that  pertains 
to  either  or  both  of  them,  j,  H,  M, 


UNIFORMITY  IN  CHRISTIAN  ATTIRE. 

Did  the  church,  in  the  time  of  the  apostles,  insist  on  a  uni- 
formity of  dress  the  same  as  the  Brethren  now  have?— A .  L.  11. 
In  the  time  of  the  apostles  there  was  no  occasion 
for  considering  the  uniformity  question,  for  styles 
did  not  change  then  as  now.  With  them  it  was 
only  a  matter  .of  plainness,  not  of  form,  for  there 
was  but  one  general  form  in  dress,  and  that  is  still 
in  use  among  the  people  of  Bible  Lands,  The  early 
churches  demanded  plainness  of  all  members  of  the 
church,  and  this  is  all  that  the  Brethren  would 
need  to  insist  upon,  were  it  not  for  the  ever-varying 
and  foolish  fashions  of  the  age,  The  time  was 
when  our  manner  of  dressing  was  the  same  as  that 
found  among  other  plain  people,  but  the  world 
changed,  while  we  did  not,  and,  as  a  consequence, 
we  were  left  with  our  present  uniform  style  of  attire. 
If  all  Christian  people  would  dress  plainly,  as  direct- 
ed by  the  Scriptures,  and  as  taught  by  good  com- 
mon sense,  the  question  of  uniformity  in  dress  would 
never  need  to  disturb  us.  But  because  of  the  ever- 
changing  fashions,  and  the  tendency  of  some  of 
our  own  people  to  fall  in  with  them,  and  thus  be 
led  away  from  Gospel  plainness,  it  has  been 
deemed  proper,  and  wisely  so,  that  we  perpetuate 
the  uniform  style  of  attire  that  has  come  down  to 
us,  using  it  as  an  aid,  or  a  means,  of  maintaining 
that  plainness  that  should  characterize  the  true 
people  of  the  Lord.  That  plainness  is  most  clearly 
taught  in  the  New  Testament  must  be  admitted  by 
all  careful  Bible  students,  though  there  may  be  a 
difference,  in  the  minds  of  some,  regarding  the  best 
method  of  carrying  it  out.  After  years  of  expe- 
rience, and  careful  observation,  the  Brethren  have 
reached  the  conclusion,  that  uniformity,  or  an  es- 
tablished order  in  dress,  is  the  very  best  known  way 
of  keeping  members  in  the  line  of  Gospel  plainness. 
On  this  ground  uniformity  is  urged  and  even  in* 
v.i-.l  Mp.,,.,  ).  U,  N, 


THE   GOSPEL   MBSSENQBB. 


Feb.  19,  18 


•ESSAYS,- 


BY    ENOCH   EBY. 


The  subject  of  divorce  has  occupied  the  minds  of 
the  moral  and  religious  world  more  or  less  for 
years;  and  it  is  right  that  it  should;  no  subject  in 
the  Bible  should  be  more  carefully  and  faithfully 
guarded.  The  looseness  of  the  marriage  vow  of 
the  present  age  is  much  to  be  lamented.  Because 
of  it  divorces  are  easily  and  unscrlpturally  obtained. 

To  grant  a  divorce  to  control  legal  rights  to 
property,  or  children,  might  be  admissible,  but  not 
to  pave  the  way  for  a  second  marriage.  The  Holy 
Spirit,  through  Paul,  tells  the  separated  party  to 
remain  unmarried  or  "be  reconciled  to  her  hus- 
band." 1  Cor.  7:  11.  But  how  can  she  be  recon- 
ciled if,  when  she  returns,  "  penitent,"  and  finds  her 
husband  divorced  and  married  to  another  woman? 

The  original  law  of  matrimony  is,  that  one  man 
and  one  woman  are  made  one  flesh,  therefore  "  what 
Gad  hath  joined  together  let  not  man  put  asunder." 
The  Apostle  Paul,  in  all  his  writings  on  the  sub- 
ject, does  not  even  give  a  shade  of  permission  for 
a  second  marriage,  until  the  first  union  has  been 
dissolved  by  death,  and  he  received  it  of  the 
Lord.    1  Cor.  7;  10. 

After  examining  the  Scriptures  bearing  on  the 
subject,  with  care,  I  am  fully  persuaded  that  the 
German  Baptist  Brethren  church,  in  its  early  histo- 
ry in  America,  taught  and  practiced  the  only  safe 
and  Bible  view  of  the  subject,  namely,  "receive  no 
one  into  church  fellowship,  having  two  living  com- 
panions, without  any  reference  to  the  cause  of  sep- 
aration. For  this  reason  my  advice  is  that  we  re- 
trace our  steps  and  unite  on  that  which  every  Bi- 
ble student  will  acknowledge  to  be  perfectly  safe, 
and  the  only  sure  way  to  maintain  the  purity  of 
the  church  on  this  question. 

Booth,  Kans.     ^ 

THE  ADULTERY  QUESTION  EXAMINED. 
BY   F.   C.   RENNKR. 

"  And  I  say  unto  you,  Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife, 
except  il  be  for  fornication,  and  shall  marry  another,  cora- 
mitteth  adultery:  and  whoso  marrieth  hei  which  is  put  away 
doth  commit  adultery."— Matt.  19:  9. 

This  Scripture  sets  forth  several  important  facts 
and  points  to  be  considered,  and  we  will  consider 
them  under  the  following  heads: 

1.  What  ts  adultery  in  this  Scripture? 

2.  Does  it  destroy  the  soul? 

3.  If  so,  what  is  the  remedy? 

4.  Are  husbands  or  wives  justified  in  divorcing 
their  partner  for  fornication? 

5.  Why  does  fornication  separate  them? 

6.  If  a  man  puts  away  his  wife,  for  the  cause  of 
fornication,  can  he  marry  another? 

7.  Can  a  man  who  has  put  away  his  wife  for  forn- 
i cation  and  has  married  another  he  a  member  in 
the  church? 

1.  What  is  adultery?  It  is  a  violation  of  the 
muriage  contract,  through  the  lust  of  the  flesh. 
It  breaks  God's  command,  "Thou  shalt  not  lie 
carnally  with  thy  neighbor's  wife."  Lev.  18:  20,  It 
is  abomination  and  lewdness.  "One  hath  com- 
mitted abomination  with  his  neighbor's  wife;  anoth- 
er hath  by  lewdness  defiled  his  daughter  in  law," 
Esek.  22:  11,  Adultery  is  uncleanness,  lascivious, 
ness,  etc.  Gal.  5:  19.  It  defiles  the  body  and  puts 
asunder  that  which  God  joined  together. 

2.  Does  it  destroy  the  soul?  Inasmuch  aa  adul- 
tery is  a  product  of  the  evil  inclinations  of  the 
heart,  it  will,  if  not  crucified  in  the  flesh,  defile  the 
soul,  "for  out  of  the  heart  proceed  evil  thoughts, 
murders,  adulteries,  fornications,"  etc.  See  Matt, 
15: 19,  God  knowing  the  heart,"  gives  them  over  to 
uncleanness,  through  the  lust  of  their  own  hearts 
to  dishonor  their  bodies  between  themselves."  Rom, 
i:  24.  "And  those  who  do  those  things  shall  not 
inherit  the  kingdom  of  God."     Gal,  5:  21.     And  as 


God  cannot  look  upon  sin  with  the  least  degree  of 
allowance  but  will  destroy  all  the  unrighteous  and 
adulterers,  (See  I  Cor.  6:  9,  10  ),  the  verdict  is  that 
adultery  destroys  the  soul, 

3.  What  is  the  remedy,  or  what  shall  those  do 
who  have  married  a  partner  that  had  been  divorced, 
and  are  living  in  adultery?  Jesus  said  (and  his , 
Wford  shall  judge  you  at  the  last  day),  "Whoso 
marrieth  her  that  i3  put  away,  committeth  adu'- 
tery," 

Now  there  is  a  remedy.  Since  the  blood  of 
Christ  cleanseth  from  all  sin,  and  all  manner  of  sin 
hall  be  forgiven  men  (except  the  one),  then,  to 
apply  the  remedy,  you  must  do  violence  to  your- 
selves, and  make  a  complete  sacrifice  by  repenting, 
id  turn  back,  undo  the  unrighteousness,  thereby 
aking  restitution  by  a  mutual  agreement  between 
man  and  wife  to  separate,  and  have  the  marriage 
anceled,  and  then,  for  Christ's  sake  and  his  Word's 
sake,  remain  single  till  one  or  the  other  dies.  If 
ke  restitution  for  evil,  and  "  confess  our  sins, 
he  is  faithful  to  forgive  us  our  sins  and  to  cleanse 
as  from  all  unrighteousness."     1  John  I:  9. 

4.  Are  husbands  or  wives  justified  in  divorcing 
heir  partner  for  fornication?  Jesus  told  the  Phar- 
seqs  that  they  were  not  justified    in  putting  away 

their  wives  for  any  cause  except  for  fornication,  aud 
this  continued  to  be  the  rule  of  Christian  conduct 
down  to  the  time  of  Constantine,  and  the  early 
bishops  agreed  that  no  other  cause  is  adequate  for 
the  dissolution  of  marriage.  Compare  "Justin 
Martyr's  History,"  Division  One;  Cyprian  "Testi- 
mon  ,"  3:  62,  etc.,  and  what  saith  the  Scripture? 
God  msde  them  male  and  female,  all  both  in  one 
bndy  (Gen.  1;  27)  and  he  called  their  name  Adam, 
they  being  one  (Gen,  5:  2).  God,  out  of  the  one 
flesh  made  male  and  female,  to  multiply  beings  on 
earth  ( Gen.  1 :  27,  2S).  One  was  of  the  other,  hence 
they  were  one  flesh,  the  same  as  the  Bible  is  com- 
posed of  two  parts, — the  Old  and  New  Testaments, 
yet  one  Bible.  Thus,  when  male  and  female  join 
together  in  a  sincere  promise  to  live  faithful,  for- 
saking all  others,  cleaving  alone  to  each  other  un- 
til separated  by  death,  they  are  joined  together, 
and  are  no  more  twain  but  one  flesh,  and  there  is 
no  power,  civil  or  eclesiastical,  that  legally  can  sep- 
arate them,  except  adultery  thr3ugh  fornication, 

5.  Why  does  fornication  separate  them?  Because 
the  one  that  commits  that  sin,  sins  against  the 
flesh,  and  as  our  bodies  are  the  members  of  Christ 
(1  Cor,  5:  15),  "What!  know  ye  not  that  he  which 
is  joined  to  an  harlot  is  one  body?  for  two,  saith  he, 
shall  be  one  flesh."  1  Cor.  5:  16.  Hence  if  the  c»e 
that  is  sinning  will  not  repent  and  keep  the  mar- 
riage promise,  the  other  is  justified  in  putting  the 
partner  away,  that  the  body  of  Christ  may  be  clean. 

"  Now  ye  are  the  body  of  Christ,  and  members  in 
particular"  (1  Cor,  12:  27).  "  Now  the  body  is  not 
for  fornication,  but  for  the  Lord;  and  the  Lord  for 
the  body"  (1  Cor.  6:  13).  Moreover  the  apostle 
commands  that  we  keep  not  company  nor  eat  with 
a  fornicator  (1  Cor.  5:  11),  but  that  the  wicked 
person  be  put  away.     1  Cor.  5:  13. 

6.  If  a  man  puts  away  his  wife  for  the  cause  of 
fornication,  can  he  many  another?  Jesus  says,  Matt, 
1  g't  9,  "  Whosoever  shall  put  away  his  wife,  except  it 
be  for  fornication,  and  shall  marry  another,  commit- 
teth adultery."  We  understand  Jesus  to  mean  that  if 
he  puts  her  away  for  any  other  cause  than  fornica- 
tion, he  is  not  guilty  of  adultery  until  he  marries 
again,  but  if  he  puts  her  away  for  the  cause  of  fornica- 
tion, and  t^ien  marries  another  he  does  not  commit 
adultery,  but  whosoever  marries  the  one  put  away 
does  commit  adultery,  beeause,  in  the  first  case,  she 
is  another  man's  wife,  and,  in  the  second  case,  she  is 
unclean.  God  intended  man  to  have  a  help  mate, 
hence  he  said  (Gen,  2:  18),  "And  the  Lord  God 
said,  It  is  not  good  that  the  man  should  be  alone." 
This  was  because  of  the  animal  passions  actuating 
the  inclinations  of  the  flesh  to  unholy  and  unchaste 
desires,  evil  thoughts,  abominable  lusts,  leading  to 
evil  propensities.  Hence  the  apostle  says,  "  Never- 
theless, to  avoid  fornication,  let  every  man  have  his 
own  wife."  1  Cor.  7:  2.  McKnights's  Translation 
reads,  "  Nevertheless  on  account  of  whoredoms  let 
every  man  have  a  wife  of  his  own."     (1  Cor.  7;  5.) 


In  the  ninth  verse  he  says,  "  It  is  better  to  bear  the 
inconveniences  attending  marriage,  than  to  be  tor- 
mented with  unchaste  desires."  Under  the  law  of 
Moses  a  man  marrying  a  second  wife  was  bound  to 
treat  her  as  his  first  wife.  (See  Numbers  21:  10.) 
Hence  we  understand  that  the  offending  party  has 
broken  the  marriage  contract,  and  the  law  disannuls 
the  marriage,  and  the  innocent  is  free,— to  marry 

;ain  if  he  chooses  to  do  so, — only  in  the  Lord. 

7.  Can  a  man  who  has  put  away  his  wife  on  ac- 
count of  -fornication  and  married  another,  be  a 
member  in  the  church?  Jesus  Christ  came  into  the 
world  to  save  sinners  (Luke  19:  10;  Matt.  18:  u), 
and  as  his  precious  blood  cleanseth  from  all  sin 
(1  John  1:  7),  there  must  be  a  rule  to  apply  his 
blood  in  every  case,  Thus,  if  a  man  has  a  wife  that 
becomes  a  loose  character,  or  unfaithful,  and  will 
not  reform,  it  is  his  duty  to  put  her  away,L  because 
he  cannot  consistently  associate  nor  eat  with  a 
fornicator,  nor  have  his  body  defiled  with  an  harlot, 
hence  he  does  no  sin  in  putting  away  the  evil,  and 
to  live  holy,  and  not  fall  into  snares  and  tempta- 
tions so  incident  to  the  flesh.  He  does  not  sin  in 
marrying  a  virtuous  companion  to  purify  the  soul 
and  body  from  lust,  evil  thoughts,  fornication,  etc., 
for  it  is  only  the  pure  in  heart  that  shall  see  God 
(Matt.  5:  8).  "  For.  all  these  evils  proceed  out 
cf  the  heart "  (Mark  7:  21-23). 

"What  therefore  God  hath  joined  together,  let  not 
man  put  asunder."  It  is  only  God's  Word  that  can 
put  asunder,  and  the  cause  of  fornication  (Matt,  ig: 
q;  Matt  5:  32)  puts  it  asunder.  Hence  we  see  no 
reason  and  have  no  scripture  to  debar  the  innocent 
partner  from  membership  in  the  church. 

New  Midway,  Md. 


MARR1A0E  AND  DIVORCE. 

BY   D,    E.    CKIPE. 



Marriage  is  an  institution  which  God,  in  his 
mercy  and  wisdom  has  given  to  man  for  the  bless- 
ing and  well-being  of  the  race.  However,  the  laws 
of  our  country  have  so  regulated,  guarded  '  aWa 
hedged  in  this  institution,  that,  in  reality,  marriage 
is  little  else  than  a  legal  contract,  although  it  is 
still  held  sacred  in  the  heart  of  God's  faithful  chil- 
dren. 

If  proof  is  needed  that  marriage  is  little  else  than 
a  legai  contract,  it  is  only  necessary  to  remember, 
that,  wfiile  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  in  common 
with  many  civil  officers,  have  the  privilege  of  le- 
galizing marriage,  yet  the  greatest  preacher  of  the 
land  has  no  right  or  power  to  marry  a  pair  contrary 
to  the  law,  or  in  defiance  of  it.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  lowest  civil  officer  who  is  authorized  to  do  so, 
even  if  he  be  a  skeptic  or  an  infidel,  can  legalize  a 
marriage  according  to  law,  in  spite  of  all  the  church 
can  do  to  prevent  it,  and  such  a  marriage  will  be 
just  as  legal  and  just  as  binding  as  if  a  bishop  had 
pronounced  the  bans. 

The  church  has  the  right  to  say  who  of  her  mem- 
bers may  marry,  and  who  naay  not.  If  she  says  it 
is  wrong  for  her  members  to  marry  such  as  have 
been  married  and  are  now  divorced,  the  members 
must  submit  to  it;  but  she  has  no  right  or  power  to, 
dictate  as  to  who  may  marry  outside  of  the  church, 
for  she  has  no  jurisdiction  whatever  over  people 
who  have  not  entered  her  fold.  If,  then,  the 
church  can  neither  marry  people,  nor  prevent  them 
from  marrying,  it  is  entirely  out  of  hsr  province  to 
question  the  validity  of  a  marriage  which  the  law 
pronounces  legal,  when  the  law  is  the  only  power 
in  the  land  that  can  legalize  marriage. 

Salvation  is  for  the  married,  as  well  as  for  the  un- 
married, and  all  who  are  legale  married  are  proper 
subjects  for  "Christian  baptism,  if  they  repent  and 
demand  it, — no  matter  what  their  former  condition 
may  have  been.  If  the  man  has  left  a  former  com- 
panion, obtained  a  divorce,  and  married  the  wom- 
an who  is  now  his  wife,  he  may  have  sinned  at  ev- 
ery step.  Perhaps  it  was  adultery  for  them  to 
marry,  for  whatever  sin  they  committed  was  in  the 
act  of  marrying,  because  now  they  are  legally  man 
and  wife.  But  there  is  pardon  eyen  for  the  adul- 
!  terer,     In  writing  to  the   Corinthian  church  Paul 


Feb.  19, 


THE    O-OSFZETL    jyCESSElSrO-EjS. 


123 


class.es  the  adulterers  with  other  sinners  who  shall 
not  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God,  and  says  some  of 
them  had  been  such,  but  now  are  washed,  are  sanc- 
tified.    1  Cor.  6:  11, 

There  is  but  one  sin  that  can  never  be  forgiven, 
and  that  is  the  sin  against  the  Holy  Ghost.  What- 
ever this  sin  may  be,  it  surely  is  not  for  a  divorced 
man  to  marry  a  woman.  Christ  himself  has  opened 
a  fountain  for  sin  and  for  uncleanness,  and  "  He 
openeth  and  no  man  shutteth."     Rev.  3:  7. 

It  is  a  terrible  responsibility  to  turn  away  from 
God  one  penitent  soul.  Some  are  ready  to  say  the 
church  cannot  take  in  a  divorced  man  and  his  sec- 
ond wife,  unless  they  undo  the  wrong  they  have 
done,  unless  they  separate;  for  while  together  they 
are  living  in  adultery,  If  salvation  must  be  pur- 
chased by  undoing  past  wrongs,  many  people  will 
be  debarred  from  heaven  forever,  for  there  are 
many  sins  that  cannot  be  undone.  Let  us  see  how 
this  undoing-  sins  will  work  in  other  casesl  A]  man 
has  been  enriched  by  many  a  sharp  bargain,  and 
amassed  wealth  in  an  honorable  way,  yet  at  the  ex- 
pense of  his  fellow  man.  He  now  applies  for  bap- 
tism. Under  similar  conditions  Zaccheus  said, 
"  Half  my  goods  I  give  to  feed  the  poor,  and  if  I 
have  taken  anything  from  any  man  by  false  accu- 
sation, I  restore  him  fourfold."  Luke  19,  In  spite 
of  this  plain  Scripture  the  church  does  not  ask  a 
rich  man  to  undo  his  wrongs,  but  permits  him  to 
enjoy  the  good  things  he  has  collected,  and  pleas- 
antly live  in  his  commodious  house, 

Again,  a  man  violates  God's  law  by  killing  his 
fellow  man.  The  law  of  the  country  acquits  him 
because  the  murder  was  committed  in  self-defense. 
If  he  comes  and  seeks  God's  pardon,  through  bap- 
tism, will  he  be  asked  to  undo  his  wrong,  to  bring 
the  murdered  man  back  to  life?  All  will  say, 
"  That  would  be  impossible."  It  is  just  as  impos- 
sible for  the  man  who  has  been  divorced  from 
one  wife,  married  another,  and  lived  with  her  until 
they  have  a  family  of  children,  to  undo  his  wrong, 
as  it  is  for  the  murderer  to  bring  his  victim  back  to 
life.  It  will  not  undo  the  wrong  for  man  and  wife 
x  to  separate.  Instead  of  making  the  matter  better, 
it  will  make  it  much  worse.  The  man  will  violate 
two  vows  instead  of  one.  It  will  wreck  their  lives, 
it  will  break  up  their  home,  exposing  each  to  the 
temptations  of  the  world.  If  they  have  loved  and 
cherished  one  another  as  they  ought,  separating 
will  not  change  their  affections.  It  will  take  away 
from  their  children  the  shelter  and  healthful  influ 
ence  of  home,  and  make  them  illegitimate  orphans 
and  outcasts  in  a  pitiless  world,  with  sin  and  degra- 
dation before  them.  Christ  never  asked  a  man  to 
leave  his  wife  when  she,  too,  wished  to  follow  him. 
The  church  has  no  authority,  either  through  precept 
or  example,  to  ask  any  penitent  man  and  wife  to 
separate.  The  command  is,  "What  therefore  God 
hath  joined  together,  let  not  man  put  asunder," 
Some  may  think  that  God  did  not  join  together  the 
divorced  man  and  his  second  wife.  So,  too,  we 
might  think  God  did  not  join  King  David  to  Uriah's 
wife,  yet  he  blessed  their  union  by  giving  them  a 
son  who  besame  the  wise  King  Solomon, 

Under  such  circumstances  God  may  not  bring 
together  a  man  and  woman,  yet  if  their  life  togeth- 
er is  one  of  unity  and  love,  if  they  labor  in  harmo- 
ny for  each  other's  good,  he  can  join  them  togeth- 
er and  bless  them.  Then,  too,  we  may  feel  sure  that 
God  has  not  joined  together  those  whose  wedded 
life  is  one  of  discord  and  hatred,  though  each  is 
bound  to  a  first  companion  by  the  legal. bonds  of 
wedlock. 

To  ask  a  man  and  wife  to  separate,  violates  not 
only  the  taws  of  the  land,  but  the  laws  of  God. 
When  a  man  and  woman  are  joined  in  matrimony 
it  becomes  their  duty,  according  to  the  law  of  the 
country,  to  live  together  and  rear  and  protect  their 
offspring.  If  we  ask  them  to  separate,  we  try  to 
tear  down  that  which  the  law  has  established,  thus 
laboring  contrary  to  the  law  instead  of  being  sub- 
ject to  it,  God's  command  is  that  we  be  subject 
to  the  powers  that  be.  Rom.  15:  1.  We  are 
also  commanded  to  submit  ourselves  to  every  or- 
dinance of  man,  1  Pet.  2:  13.  This  we  fail  to  do 
'I  wc  try  to  separate  that  which  the  law  and  ordi- 


nance of  man  has  joined.  If,  then,  it  has  been 
proved  that  a  man  and  woman  have  been  legally 
married,  according  to  the  law  of  the  land,  it  settles 
the  question  as  to  whether  they  are  living  in  adul- 
tery or  not.  It  cannot  be  adultery  for  those  to  live 
together  who  are  legally  married.  God's  dealings 
with  his  children,  under  similar  circumstances,  may 
throw  some  light  on  this  vexed  subject.  King  Da- 
vid took  Uriah's  wife,  in  violation  of  God's  plain 
commandments.  He  knew  that  the  law  said, 
"Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbor's  wife,"  "Thou 
shalt  not  commit  adultery,"  "Thou  shalt  not  kill." 
Yet  he  was  guilty  of  all  this.  2  Sam.  12:  9.  This 
was  a  very  grievous  sin.  Perhaps,  if  we  had  sat  in 
judgment,  we  would  have  said  that  King  David 
must  put  away  Bathsheba,  But  this  was  not  God's 
plan.  He  permitted  them  to  live  together.  After 
David  had  repented  of  his  sin,  and  God  had  se- 
verely punished  them,  he  blessed  their  union  by 
giving  them  a  son  who  became  king  in  his  father's 
stead. 

Some  say  if  we  admit  a  divorced  man  into  the 
church  his  divorced  wife  may  also  come  and  wish 
to  join;  that,  if  they  could  not  live  together  as  man 
and  wife,  they  could  not  commune  one  with  an- 
other. Why  not?  There  are  many  sisters  in  the 
church  whom  we  respect,  and  with  whom  we  feel 
free  to  commune,  yet  with  whom  we  certainly  could 
not  live  as  man  and  wife;  neither  is  it  necessary 
that  we  should. 

Burdick,  Ky. 

ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.— No.  12. 


From  Jerusalem  to  Jericho— Brook  Kedron— Bethany- 
Apostle's  Fountain— Qo^d  Samaritan's  Inn- 
Brook  Cherith-Jerlcho. 

We  drive  out  from  the  American  Colony,  past 
Herod's  Gate,  down  into  the  Kedron  Valley,  pass- 
ing clos^  by  the  place  where  it  is  said  that  Stephen 
was  stoned.  The  brook  Kedron  is  dry,  as  it  always 
is,  except  right  after  a  hard  rain.  As  we  cross  over 
the  valley,  we  know  that  we  are  crossing  the  same 
valley  over  which  David  went  when  he  fled  from 
Absalom.  We  know  that  we  are  crossing  the  same 
valley  over  which  our  Savior  went  with  his  disci- 
ples on  the  eve  of  his  betrayal,  the  same  valley 
across  which  he  was  led  as  a  prisoner. 

As  we  pass  the  garden  we  look  backward  and 
see,  at  the  hour  of  midnight,  a  band  of  Roman  sol- 
diers guarding  and  conducting  a  man  who  is  fol- 
lowed by  twelve  men  across  this  valley.  This  man 
is  Jesus,  He  is  crossing  the  valley  now  for  the 
last  time,  crossing  it  as  a  prisoner,  crossing  it  to  be 
bound,  scourged,  crowned  with  thorns  and  cruci- 
fied, all  for  sin,  sin  that  you  and  I  commit,  sin  that 
would  forever  condemn  but  for  his  willingness  to 
suffer  in  our  stead, 

We  leave  the  Mount  of  Olives  to  our  left,  cross- 
ing around  the  head  of  a  little  hollow  near  one  of 
the  reputed  sites  of  Bethphage,  whera  Jesus  was. 
when  he  sent  for  the  colt  upon  which  he  rode. 
Luke  19:  29,  30;  Matt.  21:  7. 

A  little  further  on  and  we  are  at  Bethany,  the 
home  of  Martha,  Mary  and  Lazarus.  We  visit  the 
the  traditional  site  of  Lazarus'  tomb,  and  of  his 
home.  As  we  go  down  into  the  dark  tomb  and 
then  walk  over  the  old  ruins  of  the  reputed  home, 
we  feel  that,  after  all,  these  exact  spots  are  only  tra- 
ditional sites,  and  may  or  may  not  be  the  true  ones, 
but  as  to  the  old  town  of  Bethany,  we  feel  sure  that 
we  are  not  on  traditional,  but  on  the  real  place 
where  Jesus  loved  to  be.  The  distance  from  Jeru- 
salem and  its  relation  to  the  Mount  of  Olives  lo- 
cate the  place  with  sufficient  accuracy.  John  11; 
IS;  Matt.  21:  17. 

We  know  that  we  are  now  in  the  town  where  Laz- 
arus -lived  and  died.  We  know  that  in  this  very 
place  Mary  and  Martha  were  mourning  their  broth- 
er's death  when  Jesus  came  to  them  and  restored 
him  to  them  alive  again,  We  know  that  this  is  the 
very  town  where  "they  made  him  a  supper,"  John 
12:  2,  and  where  Tilary  broke  the  box  of  pure  nard 
upon  Jesus,  thus  showing  her  great  love  to  him. 
Here  it  was  that  Jesus  manifested  his  humanity,  in 


allowing  himself  to  actually  weep  with  those  who 
were  mourning  over  Lazarus'  death.  John  11:  33. 
It  is  our  privilege  to  be  like  Mary,— always  to 
sit  at  Jesus'  feet  and  not  be  cumbered  about  much 
serving.  We  are  glad  for  the  home-life  that  Jesus 
loved  in  Bethany.  How  glad  we  would  be  to  have 
Jesus  come  into  our  homes,  to  be  our  guest  as  he 
used  to  (Jo,  and  be,  at  the  home  of  Martha  and 
Mary. 

Jesus  will  now  come  into  the  homes  of  all  who 
desire  him  to  do  so,— not  as  a  transient,  but  as  an 
abiding  guest,— yea,  more  than  a  guest,  a  compan- 
ion, a  brother. 

We  stop  at  the  so-called  apostle's  fountain,  a 
spring  of  pure,  fresh  water  that,  no  doubt,  was 
used  by  the  apostles  in  passing  up  to  Jerusalem 
from  Jericho.  We  see  a  very  large  heap  of  thorns, 
gathered  for  fuel,  to  be  used  at  a  lime-kiln.  We 
see  shepherds  leading  their  flocks;  we  also  see 
them  driving  their  flocks,  even  throwing  stones  to 
frighten  them.  We  are  thus  reminded  of  the 
good  and  the  bad  shepherd.  May  we,  as  minis- 
ters, be  good  shepherds,  ever  leading  the  flock  to 
green  pastures  and  living  fountains  of  water. 

Our  next  stopping-place  is  the  traditional  site  of 
the  good  Samaritan's  inn,  Luke  10:  30-35,  When 
we  drive  up  we  seem  to  be  approaching  a  very  large 
one-story  building,  but,  upon  entering,  it  is  lit- 
tle more  than  an  enclosure.  This  inn  is  enough  to 
at  least  remind  us  of  the  unfortunate  man  who  fell 
among  thieves  on  his  way  to  Jericho,  and  of  the 
three  men  who  found  him  in  his  sad  state.  May 
we  imitate  the  last  man  and  not  the  other  two,  in 
our  relation  to  the  suffering. 

We  take  time  to  walk  down  to  the  Brook  Cher- 
ith.  The  brook  flows  through  a  very  deep  and 
rocky  gorge.  There  is  a  convent  here,  and  there 
are  many  holes  in  the  almost  perpendicular  cliffs, 
in  which  hermits  drag  out  a  miserable  existence. 

It  is  sad  that  the  religion  of  our  Blessed  Savior 
should  be  so  perverted  as  to  cause  men  to  choose 
such  a  wretched  life  as  the  hermit  must  live. 
Here,  in  this  wild  and  picturesque  place,  Elijah,  by 
God's  command,  hid  himself  and  drank  of  the  wa- 
ters of  Cherith,  depending  upon  the  ravens  for 
bread  and  flesh  which  they  brought  to  him  morn- 
ing and  evening  until  the  waters  of  the  brook 
failed,     1  Kings  17;  3-7. 

We  feel,  as  we  look  up  and  down  this  great  gorge, 
that  Elijah  had  a  good  hiding-place,  but  the 
thought  comes  to  us  that  those,  who  have  God  for 
their  refuge,  are  always  safely  hid  from  the  enemy. 
It  is  our  privilege  to  see  two  ravens  while  stop- 
ping here,  thus  making  the  picture  of  God's  old 
prophet  and  his  servants  complete. 

We  are  soon  looking  out  upon  the  beautiful  plain 
of  Jericho  and  the  Jordan  as  they  spread  out  be- 
fore us  like  a  beautiful  picture,  and  soon  after  we 
are  in  modern  Jericho,  comfortably  located  in  the 
Jordan  Hotel. 

The  present  city  is  located  about  one-half  mile 
from  the  ruins  of  old  Jericho.  There  are  two  very 
good  hotels  here,  at  present.  The  road  down  here 
from  Jerusalem  is  a  splendid  carriage  road,  but 
badly  out  otf  repair  in  a  few  places. 

We  find  it  much  warmer  here  than  at  Jerusalem, 
but  still  colder  than  we  expected  to  find  it  at  this 
place. 

In  the  days  of  his  management  of  his  theater  in 
New  York,  Edwin  Booth  received  a  letter  from  a 
clergyman  saying  that  he  wished  to  see  Booth  in 
"  Hamlet,"  but  desired,*if  possible,  to  be  admitted 
into  the  theater  by  a  side-door,  as  he  did  not  care 
to  run  aojr  risk  of  being  seen  by  his  parishioners 
entering  from  the  front.  Edwin  Booth  made  an- 
swer in  these  words:  "  Sir — There  is  no_door  in  my 
theater  through  which  God  cannot' sec." 


The  love  of  Christ  is  like  the  blue  sky,  into 
which  you  may  see  clearly,  but  the  real  vastness 
of  which  you  cannot  measure.  It  is  like  the  sea, 
nto  whose  bosom  you  can  look  a  little  way,  but 
its  depths  are  unfathomable.  Like  his  greatness,  it 
is  unsearchable  and  past  finding  out. 


THE    GOSZFEIL'DynESSIriaSrGItTuR,. 


Feb.  19, 


(Concluded  from  page  117.) 

Now,  under  circumstances  over  which  they  have 
no  control,  and  with  no  special  merits,  one  is  re- 
ceived into  the  church  and  the  other  is  hopelessly 
turned  away  and  not  a  single  Scripture  precedent 
in  the  Gospel.  To  me  that  looks  like  a  narrow  and 
badly-warped  salvation.  The  Savior  came  to  save 
that  which  was  lost,  but  here  is  a  soul  whom  the 
church,  with  such  a  rule,  can  not  reach.  Such 
cases  are  met  with  quite  frequently,  in  some  parts 
of  the  country.  Let  us  not  apply  the  laws  of 
Christ's  kingdom  to  such  until  they  are  members 
of  his  kingdom,  for  what  have  we  to  do  to  judge 
them  that  are  without?  Then  all  our  controversy 
will  be  at  an  end,  and  salvation  will  be  accessible  to 
all. 

Elmwood,  Nebr. 

-^-THE  t  SUNDAY  +  SCHOOL-*- 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 
Warning  and  Invitation.    Matt.  11: 

Lesson  /or  February  .'/,  1S0S. 


The  first  thought  we  have  in  this  lesson  is  a 
warning  against  misusing  the  possibilities  afforded 
us  of  being  and  doing  good.  The  Lord's  hands 
are  always  open  for  us  in  our  starting  out  to  do 
good.  Because  our  Father  wants  us  to  be  good 
and  do  good,  he  supplies  us  with  the  very  things 
needed,  and  says  to  us:  "Go  now,  use  what  you 
have,  and  as  more  is  needed,  1  will  supply. 

So  he  did  to  the  people  who  lived  in  these  beau- 
tiful cities  surrounding  the  sweet-watered  Lake  of 
Galilee.  Chorazin  and  Bethsaida  were  both  cities 
of  considerable  importance  in  the  time  of  Christ, 
and  the  latter,  the  home  of  Philip,  Andrew  and  Pe- 
ter, were  greatly  blessed  and  prospered  of  the 
Lord,  so  that,  because  of  this,  the  people  ought  to 
have  been  very  good,  and  especially  so,  as  it  was 
in  these  places  and  their  surroundings,  that  Jesus, 
the  Son  of  God,  did  much  of  his  preaching  and 
performed  many  of  his  wonderful  works. 

The  more  the  Lord  blesses  us  financially  and 
teaches  us  spiritually,  the  better  we  should  be,  and 
so  with  these  cities.  They  had  wonderful  advan- 
tages, all  from  the  loving  hand  of  God,  but  the  more 
they  were  blessed  the  less  they  appreciated,  so 
that,  when  the  Son  of  God  came  to  them  with  open 
arms,  they  not  only  rejected  him  and  his  offers  of 
mercy,  but  heaped  indignity  and  insult  upon  him 
Not  until  he  had  done  anything,  and  more  than 
could  be  expected,  did  he  pronounce  the  warning 
against  them:  "  Woe  unto  thee,  Chorazin!  woe  unto 
thee,  Bethsaida!" 

Tyre  and  Sidon  were  cities  out  on  the  coast  of 
the  Mediterranean  Sea,  inhabited  largely  by  Gen- 
tiles and  heathen,  yet  he  declares  that  if  the  mighty 
works  had  been  done  among  them  that  were  done  in 
these  Galilean  cities,  long  ago  they  would  have 
repented  in  sackcloth  and  ashes,  and  because  of 
this,  in  the  day  of  judgment,  it  shall  be  more  tol- 
erable for  the  people  of  Tyre  and  Sidon,  than  for 
these  people  of  so  many  rejected  opportunities. 

The  same  in  substance  is  said  of  the  fair  city  of 
Capernaum,  exalted,  as  it  was,  to  heaven,  in  luxury 
and  pride.  Is  it  not  strange  that  the  tender  notice 
and  care  of  a  father  should  lead  his  children  away 
from  him?  It  does  seem  contrary  to  all  the  laws 
of  social  and  filial  relations,  and  yet,  here  we  have 
an  illustration  of  the  truth  of  it  clearly  set  forth. 
It  is  well  said,  "The  goodness  of  God  leadeth  to 
repentance."  It  should  do  so.  God  wants  it  so, 
but,  because  of  the  stubbornness  of  our  hearts,  we 
too  often  say,  "  Not  so,  Lord.  For  all  thy  good  we 
return  evil,  and  evil  only." 

But  will  the  Lord,  indeed,  turn  away  from  his 
people?  Yes,  he  will,  when  they  repeatedly  and 
continually  turn  away  from  him. 

One  bright  sunshiny  autumn  day,  as  we  walked 
around  on  the  shore  of  this  Galilean  Sea,  and 
viewed  the  heaps  that  marked  the  graves  of  the  ru- 


ins of  these  cities,  we  were  made  to  say:  "  Truly,  so 
t  has  come  to  pass."  They,  indeed,  have  been 
brought  down  to  hell  (grave),  as  the  last  remaining 
pillars  have  now  been  literally  buried  beneath  the 
ground,  so  that,  at  this  time,  there  is  scarcely  a  ves- 
tige left  of  these  once  proud  cities. 

Right  there  we  have  a  literal  fulfillment  of  the 
prophecy  uttered  by  the  Christ  on  that  eventful 
occasion.  While  there  we  retired  aside  for  a  few 
lents  and  thought.  Yes,  we  thought  of  our 
dear  land  and  of  the  wonderful  privileges  we 
enjoy,  and  then  we  began  to  think  of  some  of  our 
great  cities  and  what  they  would  do  with  Christ, 
were  he  to  go  there  and  walk  and  teach  in  their 
streets.  Well,  we  did  not  know.  Perhaps  he 
would  be  a  welcome  guest,  perhaps  not.  At  any 
rate,  the  lesson  comes  to  us  with  great  force,  and  it 
will  be  well  for  us  to  ask  what  he  would  say  of  us. 
e  do  not  repent  and  believe  at  the  preaching 
of  the  greater  Jonah,  how  will  we  fare  with  the  Sod- 
omites in  the  day  of  judgment? 
Then  follows  the  beautiful  and  encouraging  say- 
g  of  the  Master:  "I  thank  thee  O,  Father,  Lord 
of  heaven  and  earth,  because  thou  hast  hid  these 
things  from  the  wise  and  prudent  and  hast  revealed 
them  unto  babes." 

This  wonderful  saying  so  widens  out  the  promis- 
es and  blessings  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  that 
even  the  poorest,  the  humblest,  the  weakest  and 
most  needy  understand,  believe  and  enter  in.  And 
right  after  this  we  have  given  the  sweetest,  the 
most  blessed  and  the  broadest  invitation  in  the  Bi- 
e,  "  Come  unto  me!' 

Who  are  to  come?  The  Jews?  They  may  come. 
The  wise  and  prudent?  They  may  come.  The 
rich  and  noble?  They  may  come.  But  these  are 
not  the  especially  invited.  For  such  to  come  is  a 
very  great  privilege,  and  we  are  glad  for  the  twin 
nvitation,  "  Whosoever  will,"  because  this  opens 
the  door  for  the  privileged  classes  who  have  golden 
opportunities  for  helping  others  to  come.  But  we 
are  especially  glad  that  the  Master  has  opened  the 
gates  for  those  who  labor  and  are  heavy  laden, — 
the  world's  pushers  and  burden  bearers.  We  are 
glad  that  the  time  has  come,  equalizing  things  and 
giving  every  man,  woman  and  child  a  chance  to  get 
out  of  serfdom  and  become  children  of  a  king, — 
when  this  eternal  strife  shall  end,  when  the  iron 
heel  of  oppression  shall  be  lifted  from  off  the  neck 
of  the  laborer  and  the  heavy-laden,  and  when  all, 
in  the  joy  of  their  soul,  shall  gladly  listen  to  the 
kingly  proclamation:  "Peace  on  earth  and  good 
will  to  men." 

This  glorious   time   has    commenced,— is  going 

0n, — will  be  completed  when  the  last  burden-bearer 

will  lay  aside  his  load  and  say,  "  Here,  Lord,  I  give 

myself  to  Ihee.     Make  me  what  thou  wouldst  have 

be,— a  child  of  thine."  H.  B, 


A  life  of  pleasure!  What  does  it  look  like  when 
these  great  changes  beat  against  it, — when  the  re- 
alities of  eternity  stream  in?  It  looks  like  the 
fragments  of  a  feast,  when  the  sun  shines  upon  the 
withered  garlands,  and  the  tinsel,  and  the  over- 
turned tables,  and  dead  lees  of  wine. — Chapin, 


Notes  x  from  ^  out'  <  Correspondents. 

a  thirsty  soul, ! 


OUR-    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


BIBLE  TEACHINGS  ON  PRAYER.— Mark  n:  24-26 

For  Thursday  Evening,  Feb.  24,  jSgS. 

I,  Wrong  Ideas  on  Praver. 

1.  To  be  seen  of  men.    Matt.  23:  5;  Philpp.  2:  3. 

2.  To  use  \:\\n  repetitions.    1  Kings  18:  26;  Acts  19:  34. 

3.  Saying  and  not  doiDg.    John  o:  31;  Jai 


iaith.     Ps; 


4.  Not  praying 

II.  Essentials  of  True  1 

1.  Seclusion  and  filial 

5:16. 


.Pet.  5:7. 


Mi 


.  Trusting  God  as  a  Father,    tsa.  63:  16;  Philpp.  4: 

3.  Coming  reverently.    Psa.  1 1 1 :  o;  Heb.  12:  28. 

4.  Glorifying  God.    Acts  21:  14;  Rev.  22:  20. 

5.  Asking  for  daily  needs.    Prov.  30:  8;  Luke  11:  3. 

6.  Remembering  o.r  frailties.    Psa.  32:  r;  LDke  II: 

7.  Imploring  protection.    James  4:  7;  I  John  2:  14. 

8.  Realizing  God's  power.    Psa.  6;:  6;  03:  I. 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

Ourryville. — Bro.  Z,  Annon,  of  Thornton,  W.  Va., 
commenced  a  series  of  meetings  at  the  Cross  Road 
meetinghouse,  Jan.  13,  and  continued  until  the  30th. 
Five  precious  souls  united  with  the  church  by  bap- 
tisms^Simon  Snyder,  Fib.  4. 

Lancaster. — The  church  at  this  place  contem- 
plates holding  a  series  of  meetings  about  March  1. 
Bro.  L.  Frank  Haas,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  is  expected 
to  labor  with  us.  The  Sunday  school  is  growing, 
both  in  activity  and  number,  there  being  about  175 
present  last  Sunday. — T.  F.  Imlcr,  Feb.  7. 

Indian  Creek.— Jan.  27  Bro.  I.  B.  Ferguson,  of 
Bills,  Pa.,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  at  the 
new  churchhouse  at  the  County  Line.  By  the  re- 
quest of  an  aged  sister,  Bro.  Ferguson  preached  at 
the  Nedrow  schoolhouse  at  2  P.  M.,  on  the  second 
Saturday.  After  preaching  a  heartfelt  sermon  at 
the  log  schoolhouse,  where,  in  his  boyhood  days  he 
got  his  6rst  instruction,  two  dear  young  souls  felt 
their  need  of  a  Savior,  and  were  baptized  for  the 
remission  of  sins.  On  Saturday  evening  and  Sun- 
day morning  and  evening,  Bro.  Ferguson  preached 
to  a  large  audience  of  attentive  hearers.  Though 
we  had  no  accessions  at  the  church,  we  have  reason 
to  believe  that  many  are  counting  the  cost,  As 
our  church  feels  the  need  of  some  improvement  in 
singing,  we  meet  about  thirty  minutes  before  the 
hour  for  preaching,  and  improve  the  time  by  sing- 
ing the  beautiful  songs  of  Zion  out  of  the  Song 
Book.  Our  young  brother  in  the  ministry,  R.  A. 
Nedrow,  is  our  teacher  in  the  song  service.  Bro. 
Ferguson  preached  fourteen  sermons  in  all,  and 
closed  his  meetings  on  Sunday  evening,  with  a  full 
house  of  attentive  hearers.—; Jeremiah  Fcust,  Cham- 
pion, Pa.,  Feb.  7. 

OHIO. 

Dpper  Twin. — Our  meetings  at  Wheatville  began 
Jan.  22.  Bro.  SamueL,Horning,  of  New  Lebanon, 
Ohio,  did  the  preaching.  A  number  seemed  to  be 
near  the  kingdom.  The  meetings  continuct^ove*  *■ 
one  week,  with  increasing  interest,  but  the  sudden 
severe  change  in  the  weather  hindered  atttendance, 
and  so,  with  a  powerful  sermon  on  "  What  Shall  I 
Do  with  Jesus?"  Bro.  Horning  closed  his  meet- 
ings on  the  evening  of  Feb.  1. — B.  F.  Petry,  Gratis, 
Ohio,  Feb.  11. 

Ludlow. — Since  our  last  report  there  was  one  ad- 
dition by  Christian  baptism.  Last  Sunday  our 
Painter  Creek  Sunday  school  raised  817  72  for  the 
Cuban  sufferers,  as  their  special  collection  for  the 
first  quarter.  One  dollar  of  this  amount  was  sent 
by  a  young  sister  of  this  church,  who  is  working 
av/ay  from  home,  by  the  week.  Besides  the  above 
amount,  a  young  brother,  by  a  little  effort  in  his 
community,  raised  Sn.So  for  the  same  purpose. 
Eld.  A.  B.  Peters,  of  Cando,  N.  Dak.,  recently  spent 
a  few  days  in  our  community.  Our  three  young 
and  newly-elected  ministers  are  zealously  taking 
hold  of  the  important  work  placed  upon  them. — 
Levi  Minnich,  Painter  Creek,  Ohio,  Feb.  7. 

Salem  Church. — Area  of  congregation,  75  square 
miles;  population,  about  4,020;  number  of  members, 
330;  brethren,  no;  sisters,  220;  single  brethren.  10; 
single  sisters,  37;  widowers,  4;  widows,  24;  brethren 
whose  wives  are  not  in  our  church,  3;  sisters  whose 
husbands  are  not  in  our  church,  58;  183  families,  of 
which  86  take  the  Messenger,  furnishing  190  read- 
ing members  of  Messenger.  We  have  ten  villages, 
and  four  regular  preaching  places,  where  no  ser- 
mons are  regularly  delivered  yearly.  We  have  two 
Sunday  schools, — one  evergreen;  six  deacons,  four 
elders,  one  minister  in  second  degree,  one  in  first 
degree,  Average  age  of  ministers,  about  sixty 
years,  youngest,  4j{?).  Sunday  school  teachers' 
meeting  every  Wednesday  evening.  Bible  class 
every  Saturday  evening,  Most  densely-inhabited 
square  mile  of  members,  19.  We  had  twenty  ac- 
cessions in  1S97;  74  have  subscribed  for  the  Mes- 
senger by  me.  I  have  ordered  57  Premium  Bibles, 
and  about  65  came  into  the  congregation. — Esrtz 
Flory,  Canton,  Ohio,  Feb.  7, 


Feb.  19, 


THE   GOSPEL   3ytESSElTO-EE>. 


North  Star.— I  am  seeking  another  location,  and 
can  render  some  assistance  in  the  ministry  wherev- 
er I  may  decide  to  make  my  home,  but  I  would  not 
care  to  move  very  far.  Address  me  at  North  Star, 
Ohio.—//.  M.  Miller,  Feb.  5. 

Loraroie.  — Our  quarterly  council  was  held  Feb. 
5.  Our  elder  not  being  present,  Bro.  H.  C.  Long- 
aneckermet  with  us.  Bro  Jonathan  Hoover  presid- 
ed. All  business  was  disposed  of  in  a  spirit  of  love, 
and,  we  trust,  to  the  welfare  of  the  church.  We  ex- 
pect to  begin  our  series  of  meetings  Feb.  19.  Bro. 
David  Filbrun  is  to  do  the  preaching.— Clara  A. 
Souders,  Oran,  Ohio,  Feb.  7. 

INDIANA. 

Walnut  Level.— This  church  met  in  quarterly 
council  on  Saturday,  Feb.  5.  An  election  for  a 
minister  fell  on  Bro.  David  Neher.  He  and  his 
wife  were  duly  installed.  We  also  appointed  Bro. 
Neh;r  as  delegate  to  the  District  Meeting.— Malin- 
da  S.  Studebakir,  Feb.  5. 

Bear  Creek.— Bro.  Geo.  Mishler,  of  Kinzie,  Ind., 
came  to  us  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  29,  preaching 
eleven  sermons,  with  good  attendance  and  good  in- 
terest, at  a  mission  point  in  the  bounds  of  the  Bear 
Creek  church,  resulting  in  two  baptized.  Others 
expressed  a  desire  of  uniting  with  us  in  the  near 
future.— L.  C.  Oaks,  Portland,  Jay  Co.,  Inf.,  Fib.  7. 

Mississinewa.—  Bro.  Dorsey  Hodgden,  of  the 
Huntington  church,  this  State,  began  a  series  of 
meetings  at  our  Shideler  house,  Jan.  22,  and  con- 
tinued till  this  evening,  Feb.  6,  preaching  twenty- 
two  well  prepared  sermons.  As  the  meetings  pro- 
gressed, the  interest  increased,  until,  at  the  close  of 
the  meeting,  there  could  scarce  be  room  found  to 
accommodate  the  people,  the  house  being  rather 
small.  Though  there  were  no  additions,  yet  we 
feel  the  efforts  were  not  in  vain.—/.  W.  Miller, 
Sliekfoit.  Ind.,  Feb.  6. 

Bethel. — The  members  of  this  church  met  in 
quarterly  council  on  Saturday,  Feb.  5.  This  v/as 
the  meeting  at  which  the  annual  visit  was  reported. 
./The  fvisiting  brethren  reported  one  hundred  and 
sixty-five  members  in  this  congregation,  and  nearly 
all  are  trying  to  work  for  the  Master.  A  request 
came  in  to  have  preaching  on  Thanksgiving  Day  of 
each  year,  which  was  granted.  We  also  decided 
not  to  have  harvest  meetings  on  Sunday.  Two  let- 
ters were  granted,  and  one  received.  Last  Sunday 
a  collection  was  taken  in  two  of  the  churchhouses, 
for  the  Cuban  sufferers,  which  amounted  to  $10.50. 
—  Cheuncey  I.  Weybtight,  Milford,  Ind.,  Feb.  5. 
KANSAS. 

Oberlin.— Bro.  A.  C.  Snowberger  held  a  series  of 
meetings  for  us.  Four  united  with  the  church  by 
baptism,— two  young  ladies  and  two  men  of  middle 
age.  Many  more  felt  the  need  of  a  Savior, 
is  one  of  the  isolated  mission  points.— C.  C.  Davis- 
on, Decatur  County,  Feb.  5. 

Plum  Orove.— Bro.  Michael  Keller,  of  Galva 
Kans.,  filled  his  appointment  at  this  place  on  Sat 
urday  evening,  Jan.  29;  also  on  Sunday,  at  n  A.  M 
There  was  a  large  attendance.  Bro.  Keller  is  an 
able  speaker,  and  had  the  undivided  attention  of 
his  congregation.  After  services  on  Sunday,  Bro. 
James  Long  was  installed  into  the  office  of  deacon. 
■ — Laura  L.  Thomas,  Jan  jr. 

Belleville.— Our  series  of  meetings,  conducted 
by  Bro.  C.  B.  Smith,  is  now  in  progress.  Three 
came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  last  evening.  We  feel 
there  are  others  that  will  come  before  these  meet- 
ings close.  Our  aged  sister,  Barbara  Gish,  is  here, 
Enjoying  these  meetings.  Bro.  C.  Hope  stopped 
with  us  over  Sunday,  and  assisted  in  the  good 
Work. — Louisa  J.  Williams,  Feb.  7. 

Saint  Francis.— Bro.  Geo.  H.  Sharp,  of  Atwood, 
Rawlins  Co,,  Kans.,  has  been  seventeen  miles  north- 
cast  of  this  place,  holding  a  series  of  meetings, 
which  commenced  on  the  last  night  of  January, 
and  closed  the  evening  of  Feb.  7.  We  had  nine 
'alks.  Good  impressions  were  made.  All  said  he 
had  done  them  more  good  than  any  of  the  other 
Preachers  that  had  been  there  before.  They  said 
he  had  got  them  to  studying  the  Word  of  God  for 
themselves.— Dav id  S.  Harvey,  Feb.  8. 


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Meriden.— After  March  1  my  correspondents 
will  address  me  at  Oakland,  Kans.  This  change  is 
by  mutual  arrangement.—/.  5.  Mahler,  Feb.  8. 

Kansas  Center.— We  have  just  closed  our  series 
of  meetings,  conducted  by  Bro.  J.  J.  Yoder,  of  In- 
man,  Kans.  He  preached  twenty-eight  sermons, 
which  were  highly  appreciated.  We  felt  that  the 
Spirit  of  God  was  among  us.  Especially  do  we 
feel  that  the  Holy  Spirit  was  with  our  dear  brother, 
while  he  labored  among  us,  as  it  always  is  with 
those  who  wholly  lean  on  his  promises.  We,  as 
members,  have  been  built  up  and  strengthened. 
Three  were  baptized—  Sadie  Dresher,  Lynn,  Kans 
Feb.  0. 

IOWA. 

Deep  River.— We  are  having  an  evergreen  Sun- 
day school.  A  good  interest  is  manifested,  though 
the  attendance  is  not  so  large.  Bro.  Dennis  Spar- 
row is  our  Superintendent.— G.  W.  Hcpwood,  Feb.  7. 

Yale.— Bro.  R.  F.  McCune,  of  Dallas  Center, 
Iowa,  has  just  closed  a  three  weeks'  series  of  meet- 
ings at  this  place.  Twelve  came  out  and  confessed 
their  faith  in  Jesus.  We  feel  to  take  fresh  courage 
and  press  forward.  We  have  labored  at  this  point 
regularly  for  thirteen  years.  We  have  had  our 
strong  brethren  to  labor  for  us,  such  as  A.  Hutchi- 
son, J.  Witmore,  E.  Eby  and  D,  L,  Miller.  The 
seed  has  been  sown,  and  the  time  for  harvest  at 
last  came.— Moses  Deardorff,  Feb,  7. 

Dallas  Centre.— At  the  close  of  the  series  of 
meetings,  held  by  Bro.  Goughnour,  at  our  place,  it 
was  thought  best  to  continue  the  meetings  longer, 
and,  on  Jan.  23,  our  elder,  Bro.  Shamberger,  com- 
menced preaching,  and  continued  for  two  weeks, 
closing  last  night  with  a  crowded  house,  The  in- 
terest was  very  good,  from  start  to  the  close.  Four 
were  received  by  baptism,  One  requested  to  be  re- 
stored to  fellowship,  and  two  were  received  previ- 
ous to  this,  since  last  report,  making  twelve  in  all, 
during  the  month  of  January.  Several  were  near 
the  kingdom,  but  were  hindered.  The  work  of  the 
Master  here  seems  to  be  taking  on  new  life.— Geo. 
B.  Royer,  Feb.  7. 

MISSOURI. 
Rockingham.— We  held  our  quarterly  council 
Feb.  5.  All  business  was  disposed  of  in  a  kind, 
Christian  manner.  We  reorganized  our  Sunday 
school  for  the  ensuing  year  with  Bro.  Sydney 
Rhodes,  Superintendent.  This  is  the  second  winter 
we  have  kept  our  Sunday  school  going,  and  we  like 
the  plan  so  well  that  we  never  expect  to  let  it 
"freeze  out"  again.  We  use  the  prayer  meeting 
subjects  from  the  Messenger,  at  our  prayer  meet- 
ings, and  find  them  all  good.— Kit.ie  Keim,  Feb.  0. 

Nevada.— The  members  here  met  in  regular  coun- 
cil Feb.  5,  with  Bro.  Wm.  Harvey,  our  elder,  pres- 
ent, who  presided  over  the  meeting.  He  remained 
with  us  over  Sunday,  and  preached  for  us  on  Satur- 
day evening  and  Sunday  forenoon.  On  Sunday  we 
reorganized  our  Sunday  school,  by  electing  a  new 
corps  of  officers,  with  Bro.  Alonzo  Leslie  as  Super- 
intendent. Our  "  Young  People's  Meeting  "  is  still 
kept  up  every  Sunday  evening.  Bro.  C.  S.  Garber, 
of  Ft  Scott,  was  also  present  at  the  council,  and 
preached  for  us  on  Sunday  evening.  We  had  fair 
congregations.  One  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side, 
and  was  received  irfto  the  church  by  baptism. — D. 
D.  Wine,  Feb.  7. 

ILLINOIS. 
Lamotte. — Our  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by 
Bro.  Secrist,  of  Eugene,  Ind.,  closed  Jan.  30. 
Three  were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism,  and 
others,  we  believe,  were  near  the  kingdom. — Gertie 
Sloner,  Hutsonville,  III.,  Feb.  2, 

Macoupin  Creek. — Today  was  our  quarterly 
council.  Our  officials  were  all  present,  and  quite 
a  good  representation  of  the  membership.  The 
pirit  of  the  meeting  was  such  that  all  passed  off 
pleasantly,  and  in  a  Christian  spirit.  Five  were  re- 
ceived by  letter.  Sunday  school  officers  were  elect- 
ed. Contributions  to  Home  and  Foreign  Missions 
and  the  church  treasury  were  liberally  responded 
to.  We  have  five  additions  by  baptism  to  report 
since  our  last.— Michael  Flory,  Girard,  III.,  Feb,  5. 


VIRGINIA. 

Hickman.— Eld.  John  Wertz  and  wife,  of  Quin. 
ter,  Kans.,  have  been  visiting  friends  and  relatives 
in  Roanoke  and  Franklin  Counties,  their  old  home. 
They  have  been  in  Kansas  fifteen  years.  Bro. 
Wertz  has  also  been  preaching  considerably  while 
visiting  He  handles  the  Word  impressively. 
They  will  return  about  Feb.  20.—/,  H.  Flora,  Feb.  7. 

Barren  Ridge.— Feb.  5  this  church  met  in  regu- 
lar quarterly  council,  with  a  good  number  in  attend- 
ance. The  spirit  of  love  prevailed.  Delegates 
elected  for  District  Meeting  were:  Bro.  Jacob 
Gochenour  and  the  writer;  for  Annual  Meeting 
Bro.  G.  A.  Phillips.  Bro.  J.  C.  Garber  and  the 
writer  were  elected  to  superintend  the  Sunday 
school  the  coming  summer.  The  contract  for  a 
new  churchhouse  at  this  place  has  been  let,  and  the 
wcrk  on  excavation  of  the  foundation  has  begun  — 
N.  W.  Cofmcu,  Feb.  8. 

ALABAMA. 

Fruitdale.— Feb.  3  I  reached  home  from  a  three 
weeks'  trip  North,  where  I  had  the  pleasure  of 
meeting  with  the  Brethren  at  Covington,  Ohio, 
Beaver  Creek,  Ind.,  and  Mt.  Vernon,  111.  During 
this  time  two  were  added  to  the  church  at  Fruit- 
dale,  by  baptism.  The  churches,  both  here  and  at 
Citronelle,  seem  to  be  in  a  prosperous  condition, 
and  we  pray  for  and  expect  more  accessions  by 
confession  and  baptism  soon.— James  M.  Ntfi',  Feb.  8. 
LOUISIANA. 
Jennings.— Bro.  W.  L.  Bingaman,  of  LaPlace, 
111.,  began  his  lectures  on  the  Holy  Land  on  the 
night  of  Jan.  24,  at  our  church,  but,  finding  it  too 
small  to  contain  the  audience,  the  M,  E.  church 
suspended  their  services  for  the  entire  week,  and 
kindly  offered  their  church.  Nothing  of  the  kind 
had  ever  been  here  before,  and  the  services  were 
highly  appreciated  by  all.  The  crowd  grew  each 
night,  and  many  went  away  without  gaining  admit- 
tance.— Ilia  Abbott,  Feb.  4. 

TENNESSEE. 
Pleasant  Hill.— Bro.  Starke  Lidbetter,  of  Pleas- 
ant Mount,  Tenn.,  came  to  this  church  Dec.  18,  and 
preached  earnestly  for  one  week.  Then  he  went  to 
Piney  Flats,  for  a  week's  meetings,  at  which  time 
brethren  J.  C.  Bashor  and  Peter  Miller  began  meet- 
ings for  us,  and  labored  five  days  They  preached 
with  marked  ability,  to  very  attentive  congrega- 
tions. WWe  there  were  no  additions  to  the 
church,  we  believe  that  much  good  was  done  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord.— N.  N.  Garst,  Feb.  8. 
CALIFORNIA. 
Lordsbnrg.— Bro.  A.  Hutchison  has  just  closed 
an  interesting  series  of  meetings.  As  an  immedi- 
ate result,  seven  were  received  by  baptism.—/.  C, 
Whitmer,  Jan.  25. 

WISCONSIN. 
Forest. — Bro.  Jacob  Delp  came  to  us  Jan,  25,  and 
continued  meetings  until  Feb.  7.  We  had  good  in- 
terest. One  sister  was  received  by  baptism.  We 
expect  a  greater  ingathering  soon.— John  Shepherd, 
Ash  Ridge,  Wis.,  Feb.  p. 

Maple  Grove.— Bro.  C.  P.  Rowland  came  to  us 
Jan.  25.  and  continued  the  meetings  until  Feb.  7, 
preaching  sixteen  sermons  to  a  lull  house  of  atten- 
tive listeners.  Meetings  closed  with  many  regrets 
that  Bro.  Rowland  could  not  stay  longer.  Seven 
were  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism,  and  others  are 
seriously  counting  the  cost.— Mary  Veibeck,  Stanley, 
Wis.,  Feb.  8. 

OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 
Washita. — Dec.  27  about  fi'teen  members  met  at 
the  house  of  Bro.  Daniel  Brubaker,  for  the  purpose 
of  organizing  a  church.  Bro.  John  R.  Pitzer  was 
advanced  to  and  duly  installed  into  the  second  de- 
gree of  the  ministry.  Other  officers  elected  were, 
Bro.  Hiram  Willfaun,  as  treasurer,  Sister  Lizzie 
Brubaker  as  solicitor,  and  the  writer  as  correspond- 
ent. It  was  also  decided  to  hold  a  Communion 
Dec.  2S,  which  was  a  feast  to  our  souls.  This  was 
the  first  Communion  ever  held  in  Washita  County. 
Bro.  A.  W.  Austin  officiated.  He  was  also  chosen 
as  our  elder.  While  with  us  he  preached  several 
good  sermons,— Maggie  B.  Rogers,  Cordell,  Okla., 
F<b.  4, 


THE    O-OS^DEri    MESSENGER. 


F&.  ig,  18 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From  Washington,  D.  C 

1  have,  by  the  grace  of  God,  been  permit- 
led  to  work  some  in  Hie  mission  field  during 
last  month,  I  have  been  taking  advantage  of 
opportunities,  which,  in  all,  amounted  to  two 
weeks.  We  are  glad  to  say  thai  the  work  here 
is  not  growing  less  in  interest.  The  seed  sown 
surely  will  bring  forth  much  fruit  in_God'fi 
own  good  time. 

Many  are  still  inquiring  in  regard  to  our 
new  churchhouse.  Oh,  if  the  real  workers  for 
Christ  would  only  be  more  in  numbers!  If 
they  are  needed  anywhere,  they  surely  are 
needed  in  the  "cities."  City  work  docs  not 
only  mean  to  now  and  then  find  children  for 
Sunday  school,  and  to  look  after  their  needs, 
but  it  requires  going  from  door  to  door,  intro- 
ducing Christ  and  his  teachings.  We  should 
pray  with  them,  if  permitted,  invite  them  to 
meetings,  and,  though,  in  our  estimation,  the 
work  may  seem  to  be  a  failure,  I  do  not  be- 
lieve God  will  allow  it  to  fail,  if  we  arc  faith- 
ful  instruments.  This  kind  of  work  is  not 
very  popular;  in  fact,  it  is  very  humiliating  and 
trying.  But  Christ  says:  "  Fear  not!  Lo  I  am 
with  you  always."  Who,  then,  can  be  against 
us?  May  none  form  the  opinion  that  there  is 
not  much  work  to  be  done  in  a  city  like  this 
and  others.  Carrie  Westergren. 

Jan  31. 

From  Staunton,  Va. 

On  Sunday.  Jan.  23.  Bro.  P.  S.  Miller,  of 
Roanoke,  Va,,  preached  one  sermon  for  us. 
Brethren  Samuel  Driver  and  D.  C.  Flory  were 


,ith  l 


Bro.  McDonaugh  attends  oui 
he  happens  to  stop  at  Staunton.  It  does  me 
good  when  the  brethren  who  stop  here  hunt  us 
up,  We  are  only  a  little  band,  but,  by  God's 
help,  and  the  united  efforts  of  our  District,  we 
can  have  a  prosperous  congregation  in  Staun- 
ton some  day.  We  need  a  church,  in  order  to 
be  successful,  and  hope  our  solicitors  may  find 
the  brethren  and  sisters  of  our  District  with 
open  hearts  and  open  pocket-books. 

S  nee  we  believe  the  whole  Gospel,  let  us 
not  be  afraid  to  carry  it  into  cities  or  any- 
where. "  Lord,  increase  our  faith."  "  If  God 
be  for  us,  who  can  be  against  us?" 

1  was  putting  some  of  our  tracts  in  a  rack,  at 
the  depot,  to  be  read  by  travelers,  not  knowing 
that  the  rack  was  owned  by  the  Adventists. 
They  wrote  me  that  the  tracts  were  taken  out 
by  them,  and  they  had  quite  a  number  subject 
to  my  call.  When  1  went  for  them  they  had 
fallen  in  the  hands  of  a  grocer  (not  a  member), 
who  was  reading  them  and  wrapping  them 
around  small  articles  that  he  sold.  His  wife 
said:  "  They  are  being  circulated  far  and  near, 
and  many  are  the  questions  asked  concerning 
them,"  Let  us  not  be  discouraged  when  our 
plans  are  not  carried  out;  perhaps  God  has  a 
better  way.  Let  us  give  our  work  and  lives 
into  his  hands,  and  some  day  the  result  will 
come,  though  it  may  not  be  in  the  way  we  are 
looking  for  it.  Martha  Click. 

Jan.  31.  fi 

From  Arkansas. 

Most  of  the  work  has  been  confined  to  our 
little  village  and  surroundings  for  the  month. 
In  fact,  most  of  the  work  in  this  part  must  be 
in  the  towns  and  villages  in  winter,  until  the 
country  is  more  settled  up  and  better  roads 
made.  1  think  the  work  will  open  favorably 
this  spring,  and  I  expect  to  open  up  some  new 
places  for  preaching.  B.  E.  KESLER, 

Feb.  1. 


(Joed  News  from  Oermantown,  Pa. 

The  Lord  sometimes  still  leads  men  z 
women  toward  the  Truth  and  to  greater  light 
in  a  most  remarkable  way.  On  Sunday,  Dec, 
19,  last,  a  young  lady  called  at  our  place  to  in- 
quire  concerning  the  Brethren  church.  A; 
she  had  belonged  to  a  Brethren  church  in  Ire- 
land, she  hoped  we  might  be  the  same  peoph 
when  she  saw  our  advertisement.  She  sooi: 
found  a  good  deal  of  difference,  as  I  began  tc 
explain  to  her.  I  gave  her  tracts  to  take  home 
and  read.  Jan.  2  she  applied  for  membership, 
and  was  baptized  Jan.  16. 

According  to  arrangements,  our  special 
meetings  began  Jan.  10.  The  time  seemed  so 
favorable,  that,  seemingly,  the  Lord  was  sure- 
ly leading  the  way  for  a  good  work.    1  sent  at 


once  for  Bro.  Wm.  M.  Howe,  of  New  Jersey. 

He  came  Jan.  14,  and  remained  until  the  30th. 
Bro,  Howe  is  a  devoted  worker,  willing  to  be 
uiedofthi  Lord,  and  the  Lord  used  him.  Our 
prayers,  of  many  yeaTS,  have  been  answered. 
The  Lord  gave  us  more  souls  than  we  asked 
for.  In  the  most  marvelous  manner  he  led  to 
us  a  man  who  was  lormerly  a  Catholic.  He  is 
now  rejoicing  in  the  light  of  his  new  life,  and 
is  earnestly  praying  for  those  still  in  darkness. 
His  experience  is  a  wonderful  story  of  the 
Lord's  leading.  Wc  have  taken  fresh  cour- 
age in  the  Lord's  guiding  goodness.  Why  do 
wc  not  trust  him  more?  Our  meetings  closed 
on  Sunday  evening,  with  six  dear  souls  bap- 
tized. G.  N.  Falkenstein. 

ton  Gervtantaiun  Ave., 

Philadelphia,  Pa,%  Feb.  5, 

Financial  Report  of  Brooklyn  Mission,  for 
January,  1898. 


Mrs.  A-  M.  Green,  nee  Amanda  Mussel- 
nan,  N.  Y.  City, S      50 

ter,  River,  Ind 10 

Bible  class,  Lancaster,  Pa., 1  00 

iter,  Waynesboro,  Pa„ 2  00 

In  His  Name,  Waynesboro,  Pa., 3  00 

rs'    Missionary    Society,    Waynes- 

ioro,  Pa 5  °° 

r  Bella  Price,  Waynesboro,  Pa 1  00 

r  Kauiifman,  Waynesboro,  Pa 1  00 

r  Barbara  Shirk,  in  behalf  of   par- 

:nts  deceased,  Shannon,  111 4  00 

m  E.  Shirk,  Shannon,  111., 1  co 

Win.  J.  Tliake,  Brooklyn 60 

sisters,  Hagerstown,  Ind 1  00 

A  brother,  Green  Tree,  Pa 4  00 

iral  Mission  Board 25  00 

Rosic  S.  Myers,  New  Enterprise 1  00 

1  Millmontt  by  Maud  L.  Rudy jo 

Waynesboro    church,    by     May     Oiler, 

Waynesboro,  Pa 5  00 

ie  Myers,  Leacock,  Pa., 2  00 

Sarah  Myers,  Leacock,  Pa., 1  00 

A  sister,  Jones,  Cass  Co.,  Mich., 1  00 

Freeburg  church  and  Sunday  school,  by 

John  R.  Hoffman,  Frceburg,  Ohio,.-  25  61 

A  free-will  offering 15 

Sister  Rennecker,  Hartville,  Ohio 10 

S.  A.  Heckman,  New  York  City, 1  00 

Total S87  06 

Expenditures $67  00 

Balance  on  hand, $20  06 

Alice  J.  Boone. 
ijSi  Third  Ave,  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 


Citronelle  College  Notes. 

— We  had  a  season  of  rejoicing  recently.  It 
as  our  first  quarterly  council.  Nearly  all 
were  present,  and  much  good  work  was  inaug- 
urated. 

EUi.  M.  M.  Ennis,  of  Fruitdale,  Ala.,  and 
Bro.  P.  H.  Beery  were  with  us  at  council,  and 

;  much  good  advice. 

Bro.  Levi  M.  Neher,  Principal  of  our  Com- 

cial  Department,  formerly  of  North  Man- 
chester, Ind.,  was  elected  to  the  ministry. 
May  his  business  qualifications  serve  him  a 
good   purpose  as  he  conducts  "his  Father's 

—Bro.  T.  D.  Hillman,  an  earnest  worker  in 
the  vineyard  here,  was  elected  to  the  deacon's 
office. 

— A  number  of  students,  representing  Indi- 
ana, Illinois,  Kansas  and  our  own  State,  have 
enrolled  since  the  Holidays. 

— Weather  has  been   so    pleasant    here    of 
late,  that  there  was  no  fire  needed    in 
school  building  for  a  whole  week. 

N.  R.  Baki 

Citronelle,  Ala.,  Feb.5. 


Death  of  Bro.  Adam  Baker. 

Bro.  Adam  Baker,  of  the  Falling  Spring 
congregation,  Franklin  Co.,  Pa.,  died  Feb.  4, 
1898,  aged  70  years,  3  months  and  6  days, 
Feb.  8  his  remains  were  laid  peacefully  away 
beside  bis  wife  and  daughter,  in  the  cemetery 
at  Price's  church,  in  the  Antietam  congrega- 
tion. Funeral  services  by  the  writer,  assisted 
by  the  home  ministry,  from  1  Cor.  15:  51.  Bro 
Baker  was  elected  to  the  ministry  in  1S81.  A 
few  years  later  he  was  forwarded  to  the  secont 
degree.  In  this  office  he  served  up  to  the  tim< 
of  his  death, 


:   was   united    in    marriage    to    Elizabeth 

c,  to  whom  was  born  one  daughter,  who 
died  about  twenty-four  years  ago.  His  wife, 
Sister  Baker,  who  was  an  invalid  for  about  five 
years,  was  called  over  the  river  about  three 

s  ago.  While  our  brother  was  blessed 
with  a  good  portion  of  this  world's  goods,  he 
did  not  forget  the  church  of  his  choice.  He 
left  a  good  legacy  to  its  work,  and  also  to  the 

etam  congregation,  to  which  his  remains 
taken  for  burial.  Wm.  C.  Koontz. 


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FOLTZ— STOUFFER.— At  the  home  of  the 
bride's  mother,  in  Mt.  Morris,  111.,  Feb.  1,  1898, 
by   the   undersigned,   Mr.  Andrew  Foltz  and 

ster  Emma  Stouffer.       M,  S.  Newcomer. 

DIMM— SAUSMAN.— At  the  residence  of 
the  bride's  parents,  near  East  Salem,  Juniata 
Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  1,  1S9S,  by  the  undersigned,  Mr. 
John  S.  Dimm,  of  Dimmsville,  Pa.,  and  Sister 
Sarah  C,  Sausman,  of  East  Salem,  Pa. 

C.  G.  Winey. 

HIENTSTAND—  DRYDEN  —  At  the  home 
of  his  stepfather,  near  Farnbam,  Nebr.,  Jan. 
30,  1898,  Mr.  Jesse  Heintstand  and  Miss  Nan 
Dryden,  both  of  Farnham,  Nebr. 

H.  W.  Strickler. 

OAKS— HENRICKS.— At  the  bride's  par- 
ents', Feb.  I,  189S,  by  the  undersigned,  Bro. 
Edward  C.  Oaks,  of  DeKalb  County,  Mo.,  and 
Sister  Lizzie  Henricks,  of  Caldwell  County, 
same  State.  Henry  Etter. 


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CREWS.— At  Moscow,  Idaho,  Jan.  30, 
John  Crews,  son  of  George  and  Emily  Ci 
aged  5  months  and  19  days,     Services  by  the 
Brethren.  Jas.  WEIMI 

COE—  Near  Damascus,  Ore.,  Feb.  2, 
Mrs.  Pauline  Coe,  aged  31  years.     She  le 
a  husband  and  four  small  children.    Funeral 
the  writer,  Jacob  Bahr, 


FURREY.— In  the  Glendate  congregation, 

:iz„  Jan.  8, 1898,  Sister  Emma  G.  Furrey,  nee 

ilson,  aged  35  years,  9  months  and  8  days. 

ie  was  born  in  Livingston  County,  III.,  March 

,  1862;  was  married  to  S,  O.  Furrey,  March 

,  1880.     Sister  Furrey  united  with  the  Breth- 

n  church  in  1880.     She  leaves  eight  children. 

Services  by  Eld.   Peter  Forney,  assisted  by 

Eld.  Samuel  Zook  (River  Brethren),  and  H.  B. 

chman  (Progressive).      Sam.  Bollinger. 

THOMAS— In  the  Quemahoning  congrega- 

>n,  Somerset  Co.,  Pa.,  Jan.  26,  1898,  Sister 

Dvina  Mayetta,  wife  of  friend  Silas  Thomas, 

aged    31    years  and    6    months.     Services    by 

S.  P.   Zimmerman,    assisted    by    L.    A, 

Blough  (Mennonite),  from  2  Sam.  14:  14. 

C.  B.  Zimmerman. 
STAGE.— At  her  home,  in  Arcadia,  Ind., 
Jan.  31,  189S,  Mrs.  Dellie  Stage,  aged  26  years, 
Uhs  and  9  days.  She  leaves  a  husband 
wo  sons.  Funeral  by  James  H.  Hill,  in 
the  German  Baptist  church,  near  Arcadia, 
Ind.  The  remains  were  interred  in  the  ceme- 
tery at  the  same  place.      Elias  Smeltzer. 

WARNES— In  the  Walnut  church,  Mar- 
shall Co.,  Ind.,  Feb.  3,  189S,  Sister  Hannah 
■Varnes,  aged  Si  years,  7  months  and  I  day, 
>he  was  born  in  Wayne  County,  Ohio,  June  2, 
816,  and  was  married  to  Henry  Warnes, 
March  21,  1836.  They  had  three  sons  and  six 
daughters.  A  son  and  a  daughter  died  in  in- 
fancy. Her  husband  died  April  14,  1870. 
She  leaves  five  children.  In  1867  they  settled 
n  Marshall  County,  Ind.,  where  she  united 
.vith  the  German  Baptist  church.  Realizing 
that  the  end  must  be  near,  she  called  for  the 
5,  and,  last  Christmas  Day,  was  anointed. 
Funeral  by  the  Brethren,  from  Matt.  24:  44,  to 
large  audience.  A.  I,  Mow. 

EMMERT.— In    the    Fort    Scott    church, 

Kans.,  Jan.  8,  1898,  Sister  Louisa  M.  (Burkhart) 

ert.     She  was  born  in  Frederick  County, 

Md.,  where  she  was  married  to  John  H.  Em- 

ert.     In    1871    she   removed   to    Fort    Scott, 

ans.,  where  she  has  since  resided.     She  unit- 

1    with    the    Brethren    church    when     quite 

young.    She  was  anointed  shortly  before  her 

death.     The   departed   one   leaves  three  sons 

and  three  daughters.     Services  by  Eld.  J.   H. 

Neher.  Mary  E.  TiSD*fBi£      - 

WINCHESTER.— At  her  home,  in  Bridge- 
port, Kans.,  Jan.  27,  1898,  of  consumption,  Sis- 
ter Rosetta  A.  Winchester,  daughter  of  Bro. 
James  H.  and  Sister  Agnes   Comer,  aged  31 
fears,  4  months  and  2t   days.     She  was  born 
n  Fayette  County,  W.  Va.,  Sept.  r,  1866.     She 
vas  married    to    Isaac  Winchester,  Sept.    13, 
[883,  and  united  with  the  Brethren  church  at 
McPherson,   Kans.,   June    I,    1896.    She    was 
nted  by  elders  A.  M.  Dickey  and  Jacob 
more,    of    the     McPherson     church.     She 
es  a  husband  and  one  daughter.     Services 
by  Bro.  I.  C.  Snavely,  of  McPherson,   Kans., 
om  Rev.  14:  13.  Anna  Horning. 

WALLACE.— In  the  Yellow  Creek  church, 
Ind.,  Jan.  30,  1898,  Bro.  William  Wallace,  aged 
S3  years,  11  months  and  14  days.  He  was 
born  in  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  Feb.  16,  1814. 
March  15,  1835,  he  was  married  to  Anna  Kis- 
nger.  To  this  union  were  born  five  sons  and 
ne  daughter,  five  oE  whom  are  now  living. 
His  wife  preceded  him  over  nine  years,  They 
all  members  of  the  Brethren  church, 
ces  by  brethren  Daniel  Snell  and  John 
Nusbaum,  from  Num.  23:  10. 

Frank  Kreider. 
MAUGANS.— In  the  Pipe  Creek  church, 
Ind.,  Jan.  28,  1898,  Sister  Laura  Ellen,  wife  of 
Bro.  William  Maugans,  aged  24  years,  10 
months  and  4  days.  The  deceased  was  born 
Tuscarawas  County,  Ohio,  and  came  with 
her  parents  to  Miami  County,  Ind.,  in  1874. 
She  was  married  to  her  now  bereft  husband, 
Feb.  13,  1895.  Besides  her  husband  she  leaves 
an  infant  boy,  about  six  months  old.  Services 
at  Onward,  conducted  by  Bro.  W.  S.  Toney, 
assisted  by  the  home  brethren. 

W.  B.  DAILEY. 
MUSSER  —  At  the  home  of  her  daughter, 
in  the  Mountville  church,  Lancaster  Co., 
Pa„  Jan.  16,  1S9S,  Sister  Barbara  C.  Musser, 
wife  of  Bro.  Benjamin  G.  Musser,  aged  65 
years,  2  months  and  29  days.  She  leaves  a 
husband,  one  daughter  and  one  son.  Inter- 
ment in  the  Brethren's  cemetery,  at  Mount- 
ville. Services  by  Tobias  Herr,  Amos  Hot- 
tenstein,  and  Henry  Sonon,  assisted  by  Eld, 
Benj.  Eby,  of  Manheim,  Pa.,  from  Heb,  i3:  r4- 
Mvra  Frances  Bushong, 


Feb.  19, 


T-rilE   GOSPEL   ME3SEKGER. 


Washing! 
is.,  Jan.  26,  1S9S,  Sis- 

,  John  Barton,  and 
itena  Mets- 
day.    She 


BARTON.  — In    the 

church,  Douglas  Co.,  K 
tcr  Mary  Ann,  wife  of 
daughter  of  Bro.  John  C.  and  Ch; 
gar,  aged  44  years,  4  months  and 
leaves  a  husband  and  three  childr 
grown.  Sister  Barton  lived  a 
ber  of  the  church  for  about 
Shortly  before  she  died  she  called  for  the  eld- 
ers and  was  anointed.  Funeral  by  Bro.  James 
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MORGAN.— At  her  home,  six  miles  north- 
east of  Leon,  Decatur  Co.,  Iowa,  Feb.  3,  igoS, 
Rebecca  A.,  wife  of  Thomas  Morgan,  aged  60 
years,  9  months  and  26  days.  She  was  the 
mother  of  eleven  children,  six  of  whom  pre- 
ceded her  in  death.  She  united  with  the  Bap- 
tist church  in  1S54.  Services  at  tfcfc  Franklin 
church,  by  the  writer.  Texts,  I  Chron.  29:  15; 
Eccl.  8:  8.  L.  M.  Kob. 

LEMAN.— In  Darke  County,  Ohio,  Feb.  4, 
1898,  John  Lemaii,  aged  81  years,  1  month  and 
18  days.  He  was  born  in  Mifflin  County,  Pa., 
Dec.  16,  1816.  He  emigrated  with  his  family 
to  Darke  County,  Ohio,  in  1848,  where  he  re- 
mairieel  until  his  death.  Mis  wife  preceded 
^  liitu  to  the  other  world   Feb.   5,   JS07.     Funeral 

in  the  Union  chapel  at  the  Beech,  by  Eld.  To- 
bias Kreider,  of  the  Brethren  church,  and  S. 
Lambert,  of  the  Mennonite  church,  of  which 
the  deceased  was  a  consistent  member.  Inter- 
ment tn  the  cemetery  at  Gettysburg. 

E.  E.  Bech. 
HOFF.— At  Madisonburg,  Ohio,  Feb.  1, 
1898,  Susanna  Hoff,  aged  83  years,  9  months 
and  16  days.  Sister  Hoff  s  maiden  name  was 
Shaffer.  She  was  born  in  Somerset  County, 
Pa.,  April  15,  1S14,  and  came  to  Stark  County, 
Ohio,  in  1S36.  In  1S37  she  united  with  the 
Brethren  church,  of  which  she  was  a  faithful 
member  for  sixty-one  years.  She  was  married 
June  2,  1842,  to  David  B.  Hoff,  who  survi 
her.  To  this  union  was  born  one  daugr. 
who  preceded  her  to  the  spirit  world.  Fui 
al  from  Isa.  64:  6,  by  Bro.  Weimer,  assisted  by 
brethren  Murray  and  Wieand.  Burial  in 
Beech  Grove  cemetery.        Flora  I.  Hoff. 

SMITH.— In  the  South  Waterloo  church, 
Blackhawk  Co.,  Iowa,  Jan.  ir,  189S,  Bro.  Mali- 
Ion  H.  Smith,  aged  73  years,  6  months  and  2 
days.  He  was  born  in  Bedford  County,  Pa., 
July  9,  1824;  emigrated  to  Iowa,  in  1865. 
his  earlier  days  he  was  a  prominent  official  of 
the  German  Reformed  church,  but,  by  a  stud) 
of  the  Bible,  he  saw  that  the  creed  of  hi; 
church  did  not  harmonize  with  the  plain  teach. 
ings  of  the  Savior.  He  identified  himself  with 
the  German  Baptist  Brethren  church, 
and  was  elected  to  the  office  of  dea 
after,  in  which  capacity  he  served  faithfully 
until  he  was  summoned  home.  He  leave 
devoted  wife  and  seven  children.  Onedau 
ter  preceded  him.  Services  by  the  writer. 
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Items 129, 

Work  of  the  Missionary  Committee 

Immersion  in  Cold  Water 

A  Vindication 

Querists'  Department 

POETRY.— 

Poet  and  Preacher 

Beautiliil  Things,      

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Two  Tramps.    By  Nancy  D.  Und< 
A  Beautiful  Prayer.    Selected  by 


<*  EDITORIAL  t  MISCELLANY^ 

The  Sultan  of  Turkey  has  presented  to  the  Ger- 
man Emperor,  the  "Ccenaculum"  or  "Upper 
Room  of  the  Last  Supper,"  at  Jerusalem.  This 
building  is  of  interest  to  Christians  generally,  and 
various  governments  and  rulers  have  endeavored, 
in  times  past,  to  purchase  it  from  the  Sultan.  In 
1848  the  first  Czar  Nicholas  desired  to  obtain  pos- 
session of  the  building,  and  the  refusal  of  his  de- 
mand was  one  of  the  circumstances  that  led  to  the 
Crimean  war.  Afterwards  the  French  offered  the 
sum  of  iooco.ooo  francs,  but  met  with  a  refusal. 
Now,  since  the  German  Emperor  has  control  of 
the  building,  it  is  to  be  hoped  some  good  will  yet 
be  accomplished,  in  behalf  of  Christianity,  by 
means  of  a  strong  religious  influence  going  forth 
from  this  ancient  building. 


An  encouraging  sign  of  awakening  prosperity  in 
the  South  is  the  large  number  of  factories,  now  be- 
ing erected,  The  advantage  of  having  the  factories 
close  to  the  cotton-producing  section,  is  obvious, 
and  soon  the  New  England  States  will  find  a  for- 
midable competitor  in  the  New  South,  Then,  too, 
the  large  influx  of  Northern  people  has  been  of 
great  value.  They  have  shown,  by  their  energy 
and  push,  what  may  be  accomplished,  and  have  in- 
fused at  least  some  enterprise  into  the  Southern 
population.  A  few  days  ago,  at  Concord,  N.  C., 
ground  v/as  broken  for  a  cotton  mill,  to  be  owned 
and  operated  entirely  by  negroes,  supported  by 
ample  capital.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  colored 
people  of  the  South  will  gradually  emerge  from 
their  habits  of  shiftlessness  into  the  activity  of  an 
honest  and  enterprising  business  life,     Slavery  left 


the  negro  in  a  degraded  and  dependent  condition, 
and  it  will  take  years  yet  to  bring  him  up  to  the 
plane  of  true  manhood.  Education  and  commerce 
are  silently  doing  their  work,  however,  and  some 
day  the  Southern  States  will  be  in  no  way  inferior 
to  their  sister  States  of  the  North. 


The  explosion  on  the  U.  S.  battleihip  "  Maine," 
Feb.  15,  by  which  over  260  persons  lost  their  lives, 
is  without  a  parallel  in  American  naval  history.  In 
a  peaceful  sea,  a  few  yards  from  shore,  these  un- 
fortunate ones  were  ushered  into  eternity  when  no 
one  thought  of  danger.  While  the  exact  cause  of 
the  explosion  has  not  been  fully  ascertained,  it 
is  supposed  that  spontaneous  combustion  proba- 
bly took  place  in  the  coal  bunkers,  and  communi- 
cated itself  to  the  powder  magazine.  This  hidden 
danger  in  the  center  of  a  vessel,  will  probably  be 
the  subject  of  anxious  concern,  on  the  part  of 
shipbuilders  in  the  future.  They  will  endeavor,  by 
every  means  within  their  power,  to  avoid  this  dan- 
ger from  within.  It  were  well  if  humanity  in  gen- 
eral would  be  as  careful  to  watch  the  "hidden 
chambers  of  the  heart,"  lest  the  emanations  there- 
from prove  to  be  the  destruction  of  our  spiritual 
life.  In  this  respect  "eternal  vigilance"  is  the 
price  of  spiritual  prosperity. 

It  is  not  often  that  any  one  will  carry  his  pet 
theory  to  the  point  of  ending  his  life  by  an  adher- 
ence to  its  teachings.  The  death  of  Miss  Isabella 
Franklin  Jones,  one  of  the  leading  "Christian  Sci- 
>f  the  Un.rec  States,  again  shows  that' 
their  ideas,  however  well  meant,  can  be  carried  too 
far.  The  lady  in  question  arrived  in  Kansas  City 
about  two  months  ago,  from  Chicago.  Stricken 
with  pneumonia,  she  refused  to  employ  any  medi- 
cal aid,  relying  simply  on  the  means  usually  em 
ployed  by  the  "Christian  Scientists."  At  the  cor- 
oner's inquest  the  decision  was  rendered  that  her 
life  might,  undoubtedly,  have  been  saved,  if  the 
proper  medical  treatment  had  been  resorted  to, 
Another  case  is  reported  from  Batavia,  111.,  where 
a  child  was  permitted  to  die  in  convulsions,  with 
no  attendant  save  Miss  McCracken,  a  "Christian 
Science"  healer.  The  coroner's  jury  pronounced 
this  a  case  of  criminal  neglect,  and  placed  the  par- 
ents under  £500  bonds,  to  answer  to  the  charge  pre- 
ferred against  them  before  the  grand  jury. 


Those  who  have  serious  apprehensions  that  the 
public  domain  of  the  United  States  will  soon  no 
more  suffice  for  our  increasing  population,  will  feel 
somewhat  relieved  on  reading  the  report  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  Interior.  It  shows  that  only  a 
little  more  than  one-half  of  the  public  domain  of 
the  United  States  is  either  reserved  or  appropri- 
ated. The  area  still  remaining  vacant  amounts  to 
591,343,953  acres,  without  including  Alaska,  which 
is  supposed  to  embrace  nearly  400000,000  acres 
more.  The  entire  area  of  the  United  States  is 
placed  at  1,835,017,692.  Of  this  741,702,365  acres 
is  now  owned  by  individuals  or  by  corporations  or 
States,  or  has  passed  out  of  the  control  of  the 
general  government.  The  amount  reserved  for 
schools,  Indians,  military  and  naval  purposes,  rail- 
road grants,  parks,  forest  reservations,  etc.,  includ- 
ing all  territory  reserved  from  sale  for  any  pur- 
pose whatsoever,  amounts  to  132,441,744  acres,  so 
that,  taking  the  reserve  land  and  the  vacant  land 
together,  only  about  one-half  of  the  area  of  the 
United  States  has  actually  passed  out  of  con- 
trol of  the  Government,  and  if  Alaska  is  included, 
the  unoccupied  area  is  larger  by  300,000,000  acres 
than  that  which  is  occupied. 


In  Mexico  the  traveler  is  shown  the  lofty  altar 
of  stone,  where,  in  ancient  times  the  Aztec  priest, 
at  the  hour  of  worship,  cut  the  heart  from  some 
beautiful  maiden  who  had  been  selected  for  sacri- 
fice, and  laid  it,  all  throbbing,  on  the  altar,  as  an 
offering  to  the  Sun-god.  We  shudder  to  think  of 
the  barbarism  that  would  allow  such  a  sacrifice,  and 
yet  we,  as  a  nation,  permit  to  be  offered  each  year 
thousands  of  our  young  men,  as  a  sacrifice  to  King 
Alcohol,  and  all  this  in  the  last  days  of  this  en- 
lightened nineteenth  century  I 

Perhaps  no  one  has  taken  more  interest  in  the 
dissemination  of  temperance  principles,  and  practi- 
cal work  in  opposition  to  the  liquor  traffic,  than 
Miss  Frances  E.  Willard.  When  the  wires  flashed 
the  news  across  the  continent,  that  she  had  passed 
away,  early  in  the  morning  of  Feb.  18,  there  was 
sadness  in  many  homes,  not  only  in  this  country 
but  throughout  the  civilized  world.  In  her  chosen 
field  she  did  a  noble  work,  and  her  life  of  unselfish 
devotion,  to  improve  the  social  condition  of  man- 
kind, should  be  an  inspiration  to  others.  The  in- 
fluence of  her  life  has  been  felt  most  in  giving 
character  and  strength  to  the  weak,  in  conferring 
dignity  upon  woman  and  her  activities,  and  in  in- 
suring sanctity  and  stability  to  the  home. 

In  a  little  town  of  Canada  a  garden  is  still  point- 
ed out,  in  which  the  Canada  thistle  1 

till 


d  in  that  town,  who  longed  for  the  thistle/of 
his  native  land  and  had  a  few  seeds  sent  him  frbm 
Scotland  in  a  letter.  These  he  planted  and  nature 
did  the  rest.  He  meant  to  have  them  for  his  own 
use  only,  but  so  bountifully  was  the  yield  of  the 
thistle,  that,  in  the  course  of  years,  it  spread  over  the 
larger  part  of  the  United  States,  and  legislative 
power  had  to  be  invoked  to  keep  it  within  bounds. 
Much  like  the  seeds  of  the  thistle  is  the  influence 
of  bad  literature.  It  spreads  its  corrupting  influ- 
ence far  and  near,  and  much  as  we  may  desire,  we 
can  never  wholly  eradicate  the  impression  that  has 
been  made  upon  the  mind  by  an  impure  book  or 
obscene  paper.  Parents,  especially,  should  remem- 
ber that  the'  child-mind  is  plastic,  and  may  be  in- 
fluenced, either  for  good  or  evil,  by  the  literature 
given  to  it.     How  important  to  make  a  wise  choice! 

'  Those  of  our  readers,  who  have  contributed  to 
the  relief  of  the  starving  Cubans,  will  be  interested 
in  the  following,  by  a  lady  engaged  in  the  work  of 
relieving  the  needy:  "This  morning  I  went  to  help 
distribute  food  and  clothing  to  some  of  the  recon- 
centrados  in  an  old  warehouse,  where  a  lot  of  the 
sick  were  corralled.  It  was  the  worst  sight  I  ever 
saw  in  my  life,  and  quite  unnerved  me  for  the  day. 
In  the  woman's  quarters  three  had  died  that  morn- 
ing, and  their  faces  were  not  yet  covered.  Sever- 
al were  dying,  and  one  child  died  in  convulsions, 
clutching  my  hand  with  fingers  that  felt  like  birds' 
claws.  The  bones  of  all  seemed  nearly  pricking 
through,  the  children  were  covered  with  sores,  and 
many  of  them  had  their  feet  and  legs  terribly 
swollen, — scurvy  and  dropsy,  I  suppose, — from  fe- 
ver, starvation  and  poor  food,  when  they  have  any 
food  at  all.  Twenty-three  thousand  homeless  or- 
phans in  this  province  alone,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
rest  of  Cuba,  and  the  sick  and  helpless  adults.  It 
was  about  10:30  A.  M.,  at  the  lime  of  my  visit  to 
that  particular  corral,  and  none  of  them  had  had  a 
mouthful  to  eat  that  day  and  only  one  meal  the 
day  before,  of  soup  made  from  salted  pork  and 
rice,  which,  of  course,  the  sick  did  not  relish," 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSEISTGrER,. 


Feb.  26, 


•ESSAYS' 


POET  AND  PREACHER. 

Thh  Poet  scanned  with  mighty  awe 

The  mystery  of  man; 
He  spake  the  strange  things  that  lie  sa* 

And  thus  it  ran: 
"  The  silent  stars  are  overhead, 

The  silent  graves  below; 
A  dream  between— how  (juickly  lied — 

Is  all  we  know." 
He  pointed  up— he  pointed  down— 


The  Preacher  saw  the  hand  he  raise 

And  heard  the  word  he  spake; 
And  in  his  soul  with  grief  amazed 
A  fire  outbrake. 
"  Poet,"  he  said,  "  the  things  we  see, 
They  are  not  all  we  know, 
The  web  of  thy  philosophy 

He  pninted  with  his  eager  hand 
Behind  and  then  before — 
"And  there,  and  there,  forever  stand 
Two  wonders  more. 


•Thesile 


ring  out  wttf 
The  graves  with  grass  are 
-hrist  cometh  twice  upon  th 
We  live  between." 


rtb, 


-Tin-  Watchman. 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.— No.  13. 

BY  S.  N.  MoCAKN. 

From  Jericho  to  the  Mount  of  Temptation— Jericho— The 

Blind  Men— Zaccheus— Ellsha's  Fountain— 

Mount  of  Temptation. 

We  were  up  in  the  early  morning  and  made  this 
trip  and  returned  for  breakfast. 

Jericho  was  first  destroyed  by  Joshua  under  the 
'  express  direction  of  the  Lord,  a  curse  being. pro- 
nounced upon  the  man  who  should  rebuild  the  city. 
Josh.  6:  8-26. 

Divine  Power  threw  down  the  walls  of  this  old 
city,  but  that  Divine  Power  acted  in  conjunction 
with  human  obedience.  The  marching  around  those 
walls  thirteen  times  had  no  effect  upon  them,  nei- 
ther had  the  long  blast  upon  their  bugles,  and  the 
shout  that  followed,  yet  those  walls  would  not  have 
fallen  before  Joshua  and  the  host  of  Israel,  if  they 
had  failed  to  literally  obey  God.  "  By  faith  the 
walls  of  Jericho  fell  down,"  Heb.  11:30,  but  that 
faith  was  the  faith  that  was  willing  to  trust  and 
obey.  Such  a  faith  cannot  fail  to  move  the  hand  of 
God.  In  the  destruction  of  the  city,  God  remem- 
bered and  rewarded  Rahab  for  her  kindness  to  his 
servants,  and  he  will  always  reward  for  work  done 
to  the  least  of  his  servants,  even  to  the  giving  of  a 
cup  of  cold  water.    Matt.  10:  42. 

Hiel,  the  Bethelite,  rebuilt  Jericho  in  the  days  of 
Ahab,  but  the  rebuilding  cost  him  the  loss  of  his 
two  sons,  Abiram  and  Segub.  1  Kings  16:  33,  34. 
Thus  the  word  of  the  Lord  was  literally  fulfilled,  as 
spoken  by  Joshua. 

As  we  pass  out  of  the  present  village  of  Jericho, 
we  remember  that,  as  Jesus  went  out,  "  a  blind  beg- 
gar was  sitting  by  the  way  side"  and  Jesus  healed 
him.  Mark  10: 42-52.  Luke  says,  "  As  he  drew 
nigh  unto  Jericho,  a  certain  blind  man  sat  by  the 
way  side  begging,"  and  Jesus  healed  him.  Luke 
18:35-42.  Mark  says,  •■  As  Jesus  came  out  of  the 
city."  Luke  says,  "As  he  drew  nigh  to  the  city 
Jesus  met  and  healed  the  blind  man." 

Now,  as  we  come  upon  the  ruins  of  the  old  city, 
we  look  back  to  the  new  city  and  feel  that  Mark's 
record  could  be  literally  fulfilled,  while  Jesus  was 
leaving  this  village,  and  Luke's  record  would  be 
literally  fulfilled  in  the  healing  of  the  same  person 
as  he  drew  near  to  Jericho,  Luke  having  in  mind 
old  Jericho,  Mark  having  reference  to  another  Jeri- 
cho. The  probability  is  that  there  were  two  villages 
in  the  time  of  Christ.  This  discrepancy  may  also 
be  reconciled  by  taking  for  granted  that  there  was 
a  beggar  as  Christ  came  into  Jericho  and  also  one 


as  he  went  cut.  Matthew  mentions  two  instead  of 
one.  Matt.  20:  30.  Matthew  says,  "As  they  went 
out,"  hence  his  record  agrees  with  Mark,  as  to  time, 
This  only  shows  that  Matthew  noticed  more  than 
Mark  or  Lake,  in  this  particular  case  of  healing. 

While  at  Jericho  we  think  of  Zaccheus  and  his  de- 
sire to  see  Jesus,  which  led  to  his  conversion,  If 
men  begin  to  try  to  see  Jesus  even  out  of  curiosity, 
they  may,  as  Zaccheus,  find  him  precious  to  their 
souls, 

We  drink  from  Elisha's  fountain  and  can  testify 
that  the  water  is  pure  and  sweet  even  to  this  day, 
2  Kings  2:  19-22.  We  are  informed  that  other 
springs  about  here  are  brackish  and  unfit  to  drink. 

Elisha's  fountain  is  a  very  strong  spring  of  pure, 
clear  water,  It  reminds  us  of  the  springs  of  our 
native  land. 

One  of  the  mounds,  just  above  the  fountain,  has 
been  cut  through  in  two  places  by  the  Palestine  Ex- 
ploration Fund,  searching'  for  old  ruins.  Nothing, 
however,  was  found.  I  felt  that  they  should  have 
done  their  work  in  the  valley  just  above  the  mound 
It  seems  to  me  from  the  character  of  the  moun- 
tains around  that  we  might  expect  to  find  the  ruins 
of  ancient  Jericho  far  below  the  present  surface, 
rather  than  in  a  mound.  Just  beyond  this  valley 
the  traditional  mount  of  temptation  rises  almost 
perpendicularly,  high  up  above  the  surrounding 
valleys  and  hills.  About  half  way  up  there  is  a 
convent  and  on  either  side  of  this  convent,  in  the 
almost  perpendicular  cliffs,  there  are  hermits  living 
like  bats  or  wild  men, 

We  pass  through  the  convent  and  on  up  to  the 
top  of  the  mountain,  from  where  we  get  a  fine  view. 
Looking  far  to  the  Northeast  we  see  snow- 
capped Hermon,  with  all  the  intervening  hills. 
Looking  to  the  south  we  see  the  Dead  Sea,  East 
and  south  we  can  trace  the  course  of  the  Jordan 
down  the  valley,  with  its  fringe  of  timber. 

From  here  we  look  southeast  into  the  mountains 
of  Moab  where  we  can  see  Nebo,  and  to  the  east 
Jabesh-gilead,  which  reminds  us  of  Saul  and  his 
brave  act  in  rescuing  the  J  abesh-gileadites  from  the 
Ammonites, 

We  are  also  made  to  remember  the  sad  history  of 
the  Benjamites  and  how  the  four  hundred  got  their 
wives  from  this  place, 


They  want  several  thousand  plainly-dressed 
brethren  and  sisters,  to  hold  an  Annual  Meeting  in 
the  City  of  Los  Angeles,  Ca'.,  to  show  the  people, 
who  have  left  their  Eastern  homes,  from  year  to 
year,  for  the  last  fifty  years,  to  locate  in  the  Golden 
State,  that  there  is  yet,  in  this  land  of  Bibles,  a 
plainly-dressed  people,  who  try  to  follow  the  pre- 
cepts of  the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus  by  teaching  and 
preaching  that  the  Bible  means  just  what  it  says, 
and  that  it  is  their  church's  creed,  and  that  sinners 
need  no  other  to  be  saved. 

Many  of  the  present  settlers  of  the  Golden  State 
have  moved  from  religious  homes  in  the  Eastern 
States,  and  especially  do  those,  who  went  out  in  the 
early  fifties  and  sixties,  miss  the  plain  religious 
teaching  of  their  childhood,  when  they  see  the  pala- 
tial churches  of  the  Western  cities  and  note  the 
fashionable  dress  of  the  members  of  these  churches, 
The  missionaries  who  are  carrying  on  the  work  of 
the  Brethren  in  Southern  California,  and  those  of 
our  ministers  from  the  East  who,  within  the  last 
few  years,  have  visited  Southern  California  and 
preached  there,  will  testify  that  the  doctrine  of  the 
Brethren  church  has  been  well  received,  and  in  the 
report  of  one  of  the  missionaries,  who  is  doing  work 
there,  it  will  be  noticed  that  he  speaks  of  an  aged 
woman  who  came  forward  and  asked  to  be  baptized. 

Now  the  Brethren  of  Southern  California  have 
been  asking  the  General  Brotherhood  for  several 
years  for  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  every  year  that 
it  is  put  off  adds  some  of  these  unsaved  aged  ones 
to  the  number  who  have  passed  over  the  river  to 
that  home  from  which  no  traveler  ever  returns, 


It  is  hardly  possible  that  the  General  Brother- 
hood have  ever  heard  the  plans  of  the  Brethren  of 
Southern  California,  to  hold  the  Annual  Meeting, 
and  how  they  propose  to  reap  the  greatest  good 
from  that  meeting,  so  it  may  be  well  to  give  it  in 
brief: 

1.  Some  good  citizens  of  the  City  of  Los  Angeles 
offer  the  use  of  a  large  building,  lit  by  electricity, 
and  capable  of  seating  four  or  five  thousand  people, 
free.  This  building  is  on  the  edge  of  a  beautiful 
park,  nearly  in  the  center  of  the  city,  surrounded  by 
a  number  of  churches, 

2.  These  good  people  offer  to  co  operate  with  the 
Committee  of  Arrangements,  and  secure  special 
rates  at  the  restaurants  at  from  15  cents  to  25  cents 
a  meal,  with  a  percentage  on  each  meal  to  go 
towards  the  mission  cause,  and  to  also  arrange  with 
the  lodging-house  keepers  in  the  same  way,  This 
will  enable  the  Brethren  in  Southern  California  to 
hold  the  meeting  without  the  labor  that  usually 
falls  on  the  local  members,  and  give  them  a  chance 
to  enjoy  the  feast  of  good  things  for  the  soul,  and, 
at  the  same  time,  secure  a  nice  sum  for  the  mission 
cause. 

Now,  having  given  a  brief  outline  of  the  plans, 
from  a  temporal  standpoint,  let  us  next  look  at 
their  plans  from  a  spiritual  standpoint. 

The  City  of  Los  Angeles  has  a  population  of 
about  ico.ooo  people,  with  many  churches  of  all  de- 
nominations, and  is  connected  with  many  smaller 
cities,  towns  and  villages,  by  a  system  of  railroads, 
operated  by  two  large  corporations,  vis.,  the  Santa 
Fe  and  Southern  Pacific  Companies,  Both  Compa- 
nies operate  good  suburban  trains  a  distance  of  six- 
ty to  seventy  miles,  morning  and  evening,  reaching 
all  these  cities,  towns  and  villages  by  7  P.  M.,  and 
returning  to  Los  Angeles  by  ten  in  the  morning,  ev- 
ery day.  AH  denominations  have  good  church- 
houses  in  these  cities,  towns  and  villages,  and  the 
Southern  California  Mission  Board  proposes  to  ar- 
range to  get  the  use  of  these  churches  during  the 
session  of  the  Annual  Meeting,  not  only  in  Los  An- 
geles, but  in  the  cities,  towns  and  villages,  along  , 
these  various  railroads,  and  then  inform  the  Gener- 
al Mission  Board  how  many  ministers  they  will 
need  during  the  Annual  Meeting  to  fill  these  ap- 
pointments. This  will  be  done  before  the  meet- 
ing convenes,  so  that  the  General  Mission  Board 
can  inform  the  ministers  before  they  leave  home 
as  to  what  is  expected  of  them  during  the  Annual 
Meeting. 

These  ministers  will  be  requested  to  inform  the 
local  Mission  Board  of  Southern  California  as  to 
the  interest  shown  at  the  various  points,  so  that 
arrangements  can  be  made  to  keep  up  a  scries  of 
meetings  wherever  there  is  any  interest.  Arrange- 
ments will  be  made  so  that  these  ministers  can 
go  back  and  forth  every  day  and  miss  no  sessions 
of  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  the  local  committee 
will  also  arrange  for  extremely  low  rates  locally, 
so  ail  can  get  around  and  see  the  country  and  at- 
tend the  meetings,  at  various  points,  if  they  wish 
to  do  so. 

While  nothing  definite  has  as  yet  been  done  as 
to  the  rates  from  the  East,  there  have  been  rates 
offered  to  the  Brethren,  in  previous  years,  that  did 
not  exceed  those  paid  by  the  Christian  Endeavor 
Society  last  year. 

Now,  while  we  have  briefly  tried  to  give  an  out- 
line of  the  plans  for  holding  an  Annual  Meeting 
in  Southern  California,  will  not  many  of  the  read- 
ers concede  that  past  experience  shows  there  has 
always  been  a  great  upbuilding  of  the  work  of 
the  Master,  wherever  the  Annual  Meeting  has 
been  held,  especially  in  the  Western  States,  and  it 
is  the  thought  of  the  members  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia that  much  good  work  can  be  done  for  the 
Master,  by  the  holding  of  the  Annual  Meeting  in 
their  midst? 

These  old,  gray-headed  men  and  women,  who 
have,  for  years,  lived  in  the  far  West,  surrounded 
by  the  fashionable  churches  of  today,  are  looking 
back  to  the  home  of  their  childhood,  and  longing 
to  know  if  the  plain,  simple  religion,  of  their  old 
sainted  mother,  is  indeed  a  thing  of  the  past,  and 
if  there  is  not  a  people,  somewhere  in  this  land 


Feb.  26,  18 


THE   GOSPEL   MBSSENGBB. 


of  Bibles,  with  whom  they  can  unite,  and,  per- 
haps, renew  the  vov/s  of  their  childhood,  to  serve 
that  meek  and  lowly  Jesus,  of  whom  their  fathers 
and  mothers  told  them,  away  back  in  the  Eastern 
country  homes. 

Now,  what  can  more  thoroughly  call  their  atten- 
tion to  our  Brethren's  doctrine,  than  for  several 
thousand  plainly-dressed  brethren  and  sisters  to 
come  into  their  midst,  and  hold  a  grand,  religious 
Annual  Meeting,  and  a  series  of  meetings  in  the 
churchhouses,  at  their  own  homes  in  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia? It  may  result  as  a  brother  reported  a 
case  recently: 

A  man  well  advanced  in  years  said  to  him,  "  I 
was  passing  your  place  of  meeting,  and  heard  one 
of  the  good  old  hymns  that  I  heard  in  the  days  of 
my  childhood.  Then  I  had  to  come  in  and  hear 
the  services.  It  is  a  long  time  since  I  heard  those 
old  songs,  and  attended  a  plain  place  of  worship!  " 

I  hope  that  each  reader  will  think  of  this  want 
of  our  Brethren  in  the  Far  West,  and  do  what  is 
possible  to  further  this  good  workl 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 


BY   W.    R.   DEETER. 


Peter,  addressing  the  elders  of  Asia  Minor,  says: 
"  Feed  the  flock  of  God  which  is  among  you,  taking 
the  oversight  thereof,  not  by  constraint,"  etc,  1 
Pet.  5:2,  Paul,  addressing  the  elders  at  Ephesus, 
says,  "  Take  h»ed  therefore  unto  yourselves,  and  to 
all  the  flock,  over  the  which  the  Holy  Ghost  hath 
made  you  overseers,  to  feed  the  church  of  God, 
which  he  hath  purchased  with  his  jwn  blood."  Acts 
20:28. 

The  first  duty  enjoined  upon  the  elders  is  to  feed 
the  flock.  This  can  be  done,  in  part,  by  preaching 
to  them,  and  is  in  harmony  with  the  teaching  of  Je- 
sus, when  he  said,  "  Feed  my  lambs,"  "  Feed  my 
^  sheepi"  John  21: 16,  17.  Every  organization  must 
have  a  foreman  or  moderator  to  preside  over  its 
deliberations,  and  so  it  is  with  the  church  of  Christ. 
Every  local  congregation  must  have  a  presiding  of- 
ficer. In  the  above  citations  Peter  and  Paul  refer 
to  the  elders  as  taking  the  oversight,  and  as  over- 
seers. 

While  an  elder  has  a  general  relation  to  the 
church,  as  Titus  at  Crete,  Titus  3:  5,  and  the  eld- 
ers at  the  Jerusalem  conference,  Acts  15:6,  yet 
every  one,  having  a  charge,  has  a  special  work  that 
cannot  be  neglected,  or  the  church  will  suffer  more 
or  less. 

In  taking  the  oversight,  the  elder,  with  his  offi- 
cial board,  should  take  a  general  supervision  of  all 
her  business,  sending  out  special  and  annual  visits, 
and  presiding  at  all  her  councils.  He  should  be 
sufficiently  well  posted  in  the  Gospel  and  order  of 
the  church,  to  instruct  the  body  when  necessary. 

I  do  not  believe  an  elder  can  do  his  duty  toward 
his  charge  and  be  an  active  evangelist,  holding  pro- 
tracted meetings  for  three  or  four  weeks  at  a  time. 
His  flock  is  almost  sure  to  lose  somewhere.  Occa- 
sionally an  appointment  goes  by  default.  Some- 
body wants  to  be  anointed,  but  the  elder  is  gone, 
and  before  he  returns,  the  brother  dies.  Some 
brother  is  in  trouble  and  wants  counsel  on  some 
point  that  threatens  trouble,  but  cannot  get  it. 
Some  are  weak  and  need  help.  Funerals  are  to 
preach,  the  sick  are  to  be  visited,  so  there  are  many 
duties  neglected  if  the  elder  is  from  home. 

The  elder  who  leaves  his  charge  and  labors  in 
other  fields  is  much  like  the  farmer  who  leaves  his 
own  farm  and  helps  his  neighbor  cultivate  his 
crops,  while  the  weeds  grow  up  and  choke  out  the 
good  seed  in  his  own  fields.  A  good  preacher  is  a 
great  blessing  to  a  church,  a  good  elder  is  a  greater 
one,  but  a  good  preacher  and  elder  is  the  greatest 
of  all,  It  is  a  fact,  however,  that  these  two  gifts  are 
not  often  combined  in  the  same  individual. 

In  the  morning  of  eternity  there  will  be  almost 
unheard-of  elders  coming  to  the  Great  Judge,  bear- 
ing their  many  sheaves,  gathered  and  kept  in  an 
humble  way,  while  some  others,  whose  names  have 


been  lauded  to  the  skies  as  great  preachers,  will 
come  with  fewer  souls.  The  work  of  the  evangel- 
ist is  a  good  one  and  it  is  necessary,  but  the  labors 
of  the  elder  in  charge  are  equally  as  important,  if 
not  more  so.  I  do  not  want  to  discourage  our  con- 
secrated evangelists,  for  they  are  doing  a  noble 
work,  but  I  do  want  those  who  have  charges  to  be 
faithful  in  caring  for  the  souls  that  have  been  gath- 
ered into  the  fold  of  Jesus  Christ,  that  they  may  be 
led  to  a  higher  plane  of  life,  that,  in  the  great  day, 
they  will  rise  up  and  call  their  faithful  shepherd 
"  blessed." 
Milford,  Ind.  _ 

RESPONSIVE  HEARERS. 

BY  J.   S.   MOHLER. 

In  reading  the  Gospel  we  are  impressed  with  the 
idea  that  the  early  church  experienced  a  far  greater 
degree  of  spiritual  joy,  than  she  does  now.  Christ 
meant,  in  His  teaching,  that  his  disciples  should  be 
happy  now,  hence  He  says,  "  These  things  have  I 
spoken  unto  you,  that  my  joy  might  remain  in  you, 
and  that  your  joy  might  be  full."  John  15:11. 
When  anything  is  full,  it  begihs  to  run  over.  In 
Psalm  23  David  says,  "  My  cup  runneth  over." 
"Rejoice  in  the  Lord  alway:  and  again  I  say,  Re- 
joice." Philipp.  4:4.  "If  ye  know  these  things 
happy  are  ye  if  ye  do  them."    John  13: 17. 

Ojr  joys  may  be  increased,  as  we  allow  them  to 
flow  from  heart  to  heart  by  audible  expression,  or 
they  may  be  lessened  as  we  quench  the  Spirit. 

Is  it  not  a  fact  that  we  are  too  formal,  that  the 
ministry  and  the  laity  gauge  their  religion  by  the 
culture  of  society  around  them?  Instead  of  relig- 
ion gaugiog  society,  society  gauges  religion.  We 
have  a  kind  of  "  ascetic  religion,"  but  not  very  much 
"  Holy-Ghost-religion!'  Holy-Ghost-religion  ex- 
presses itself  accoiding  to  its  innate  power,  and  not 
according  to  the  tastes  of  society. 

In  the  assemblies  of  the  apostolic  church  there 
seems  to  have  been  an  overflow  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
resulting  from  the  fullness  of  the  joy  within,  and  it 
expresses  itself  in  audible  voice,  like  that  of  the  an- 
gels at  the  birth  of  Christ,  "  Glory  to  God  in  the 
highest,"  Luke  2:  14,  or  that  of  the  disciples  on 
Christ's  journey  to  Jerusalem,  who  "  began  to  re- 
joice and  praise  God  with  a  loud  voice,"  Luke  19:  37, 
The  ascetic  Pharisees  wanted  the  Master  to  rebuke 
this  overflow  of  praise,  but  he  approved  of  it. 

If,  under  the  powerful  preaching  of  the  Word, 
Bro.  A's  heart  would  fill  to  overflowing  with  a  di- 
vine impulse,  and  he  should  respond  audibly, 
"Praise  God"  would  we  not  turn  our  heads  in  the 
direction  of  Bro.  A,  to  see  what  was  the  matter, 
and,  by  our  attitude,  rebuke  him? 

If  Sister  B  should  respond  with  a  hearty  "  Amen" 
would  not  some  be  ready  to  say,  and  perhaps  ex- 
press it,  "  I  wonder  if  sister  B  is  getting  crazy?  " 

If  Bro.  C.  responded  to  the  minister's  zeal,  while 
preaching,  by  saying,  "  Glory  to  God,"  even  if  he 
did  not  speak  any  louder  than  the  angels  when  they 
used  the  same  words,  would  not  some  of  us  be  ready 
to  say  that  Bro.  C  is  "  getting  to  be  quite  a  Metho- 
dist? "  Thus  we  show  our  disapproval  of  such  re- 
sponses, and  virtually  rebuke  them.  We  should  re- 
member that  the  expressions  of  praise,  above  re- 
fered  to,  were  made  by  angels  and  the  disciples  of 
Christ,  and  were  regarded  as  the  legitimate  result 
of  hearts  filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit. 

We  believe  it  to  be  a  fact  that  many  a  noble  im- 
pulse of  the  heart,  prompted  by  the  Holy  Spirit, 
that  sought  audible  expression,  has  been  choked 
down,  until  finally  it  was  quenched,  for  fear  of  of- 
fending ears  polite,  or  of  being  considered  "  out  of 
order"  manward. 

It  is  a  fact  that,  when  a  congregation  is  respon- 
sive to  the  minister  while  preaching,  it  encourages 
him  very  much,  It  makes  the  preaching  easy  and 
powerful.  Every  response,  whether  by  expression, 
or  a  bow,  flashes  back  to  the  minister's  heart  and 
puts  his  whole  soul  on  fire,  which  goes  out  to  the 
hearers  again,  and  electrifies  the  whole  congrega- 
tion of  saints  with  the  warmth  and  power  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.    But  if  there  is  no  response  to  the 


minister,  while  preaching,  he  does  not  know  whether 
his  preaching  is  taking  effect,  or  whether  he  is  sim- 
ply beating  the  air.  Many  a  minister  has  become 
discouraged  by  a  non  responsive  congregation,  and, 
as  a  result,  preached  a  poor  discourse.  It  is  hard  to 
preach  to  a  cold,  irresponsive  congregation,  The 
laity  is  taught  to  esteem  the  ministry  highly.  2 
Thess.  5.  One  of  the  ways  to  esteem  them  is  to  aid 
them  in  every  way  possible,  to  make  their  ministry 
a  success. 
Meridtn,  Kans. 


APINQ  THE  HEATHEN. 


W.    B.    STOVER. 


Excuse  the  expression,  but  it  is  so  very  signifi- 
cant. The  apes  of  India  are  such  mimics,  and  are 
so  suggestive,— such  a  thoughtless,  senseless  set, 
hence,  the  word  "aping,"  I  suppose.  We  will  con- 
sider five  points  in  which  Christians  sometimes 
copy  after  the  heathen  in  the  things  they  do. 

1.  All  heathen  "say  their  prayers."  The  faster 
they  can  repeat  their  set  forms  of  prayer,  the  bet- 
ter, for  then  one  daily  duty,  that  seems  manifestly 
irksome  sometimes,  is  finished.  In  a  majority  of 
cases,  the  one  who  is  "  saying  prayers,"  does  not 
understand  any  of  them,  He  supposes  God  does, 
and  hastens  on.  The  prayer  is  written  in  the  sacred 
language  of  his  religion,  and  it  is  necessary  to  pre- 
serve the  sacredness  of  that  old  language.  Now,  I 
believe  some  Christians  only  "  say  prayers,"  and 
they  say  substantially  the  same  thing  every  time, 
If  they  open  or  close  a  meeting,  the  same  kind  of 
a  prayer  is  given.  If  in  morning  or  evening  wor- 
ship', the  same  expressions  are  used.  In  asking  the 
blessing  there  is  no  variation,  one  day  from  anoth- 
er. This  is  aping  heathenism.  The  sound  of 
prayer  is  there,  and  the  attitude  also,  but  the  words 
are  only  a  jumble,  and  the  heart  no  man  can  tell 
where.  It  does  not  pay  to  pray  that  way.  I  tell 
the  heathen  that  their  "doing  prayer"  is  only  so 
much  lost  time.  God  does  not  hear  such  prayers, 
and  much  less  answer  them.  No  answer  is  expect- 
ed. There  is  purpose,  point,  and  faith  lacking.  If 
you  pray  for  the  conversion  of  the  heathen,  how 
many  do  you  expect  to  come?  If  you  pray  for 
health,  do  you  not  expect  to  get  it?  There  is  a 
heathen  way  of  "  doing  prayer,"  and  a  Christian 
way  of  praying,— which  do  you  use  most  frequent- 
ly? 

2.  One  way  that  two  conflicting  heathen  religions 
can  get  along  peaceably  together,  is  expressed  by 
this  rule:  "  Let  every  man  follow  his  own  religion." 
It  is  a  heathen  remedy  for  a  heathen  trouble.  In 
other  words  it  means,  "  Let  every  man  go  to  the 
devil  if  he  wants  to."  Many  educated  heathen 
have  lost  all  faith  in  their  own  superstitions,  and 
they  jump  at  the  conclusion  that  all  religion  is  a ; 
worthless  as  theirs.  They  will  not  change,  even 
when  they  see  better,  for  then  the  honor  of  their 
fathers'  religion  would  be  lost,  and  another  religion 
would  gain  the  ascendency  to  that  extent.  There 
seems  to  be  a  religious  "  balance  of  power,"  and 
sometimes  persons  of  all  the  heathen  religions  will 
join  in  heaping  abuse  on  the  one  who  would  dare  to 
change. 

Now,  it  seems  to  me  that  the  common  saying,  "  It 
is  just  as  you  believe,"  is  quite  akin  to  the  above- 
mentioned  heathen  doctrine.  It  may  be  as  you  be- 
lieve; that  all  depends  on  how  you  believe  and  how 
it  is.  If  a  man  acts  according  to  his  belief,  that 
does  not  prove  him  to  be  right  in  that  thing.  Not 
at  all.  That  does  prove,  however,  that  he  is  an 
honest  man,  and  that  is  all  that  it  proves.  He  may 
be  right  or  wrong,  but  he  is  honest.  Honest  men 
can   be    mistaken.     Good  men  often   differ.    If  a 

an  does  not  act  according  to  his  belief,  then  he  is 
not  honest,  however  his  belief.     He  is  a  hypocrite, 

moral  coward,  a  real  heathen.  Are  there  no  hon- 
est heathen?  Are  there  no  mistaken  Christians? 
We  need  not  go  far  for  examples.  We  Christians 
Id  do  well  to  take  heed,  but  we  fall  into  the 
heathen  method  of  quieting  and  awakening  con- 
science with  a  mistaken  idea.  It  does  not  matter 
much  what  you  believe,  but  what  you  should  believe 
is  the  greater  question. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSErtsra-EiR,- 


Feb.  26,  18 


3.  Many  is  the  time  I  have  asked  the  people  why 
they  believe  an  apparently  unbelievable  thing, 
and  invariably  the  answer  comes,  "  Because  my  peo- 
ple do."  That  settles  the  matter  for  them,  and  they 
think  no  more  about  it.  I  am  inclined  to  the  opin- 
ion that  not  a  few  of  us,  who  rightly  spurn  the 
name  "heathen,"  are  showing  a  slight  tendency  to 
drift  along  with  the  heathen  tide  right  here.  Ask 
some  people  why  they  were  not  immersed  in  bap- 
tism, and  they  can  only  say,  "  Because  my  people  do 
not  do  that  way."  Ask  a  Catholic  why  he  refuses 
to  hear  Protestant  preaching,  and  you  will  learn 
that  the  priest  says  he  must  not.  Ask"  some  broth- 
er why  he  does  not  go  to  theaters  or  shows,  and  he 
may  express  his  fear  of  a  council-meeting.  Some 
sister  may  give  as  her  strongest  reason  for  wearing 
her  plain  clothing  that  it  is  the  rule  of  our  church. 
Another  may  say  that  the  reason  he  is  a  member  of 
some  particular  church  is  because  his  parents  were 
and  he  was  brought  up  in  it.  Brethren,  I  declare, 
faith  is  small  when  it  can  give  as  its  only  defense 
the  fact  that  there  are  others  of  the  same  persua- 
sion. 

4.  The  heathen  is  ever  given  to  adorning.  He 
■will  go  hungry  gladly,  if  thereby  he  can  add  to  his 
stock  of  jewelry.  In  the  ears,  nose  and  lips,  on  the 
fingers  and  toes,  on  the  arms  to  the  elbows,  and 
legs  to  the  knees,  around  the  neck  and  in  the  hair, 
are  suitable  places  to  fasten  their  ornaments,  and 
some  of  these  ornaments  are  nearly  as  cheap  as 
dirt!  You  can  buy  some  bracelets  a  half  dozen  for 
one  cent!  Yet  they  are  ornaments  and"  satisfy  the 
love  for  adorning.  On  the  other  hand  there  are 
costly  materials.  I  met  a  Parsce,  some  time  ago, 
with  a  $20  American  gold  coin  hung  to  a  eheap 
witch-chain.  I  have  seen  some  jackets  with  but- 
tons made  of  American  gold  dollars.  A  woman 
came  to  me,  some  time  since,  wearing  about  S25 
worth  of  jewelry,  and  tried  to  borrow  some  money 
to  buy  a  little  food-  The  jingle,  jingle  of  some  of 
the  women,  when  they  walk  with  all  their  trappings 
on,  falls  like  music  on  their  ears,  I  suppose. 

But  how  about  some  of  our  good  Christian  peo- 
ple, exemplary  followers  of  the  meek  and  lowly  Je- 
sus, who  show  a  weakness  in  this  direction?  To  my 
way  of  thinking  the  love  of  adorning  distinctively 
characterizes  the  heathen  mind.  Of  course  there 
are  shades  and  grades  in  heathenism.  Some 
are  louder  than  others.  It  is  pretty  much  the  same 
all  over  the  world.  There  is  the  engagement  ring, 
and  the  wedding  ring,  regarded  so  sacred  by  some 
good  people,  but  when  you  come  to  heart  talk,  they 
have  no  more  to  do  with  the  human  affections  than 
the  ring  around  the  moon,  yet  they  have  crept  into 
your  idea.  Where  did  they  creep  from?  I  cannot 
see  so  much  difference  between  the  Christian  who 
will  persist  in  wearing  one  S5  ring,  and  the  heathen 
who  will  not  give  up  wearing  a  score  of  ornaments, 
worth  altogether  only  the  same  amount.  The  de- 
sire is  the  same,  but  the  heathen  has  the  most  to 
show  for  the  money. 

Now,  to  any  one  reading  these  lines,  I  would  sug- 
gest that  if  you  are  a  Christian  on  the  inside,  you 
make  haste  and  remove  from  the  outside  the  last 
sure  signs  of  heathenism.  Do  not  let  the  pieces  lie 
around  for  a  temptation  to  you,  but  send  them  all 
to  some  place  where  they  may  be  melted  up  and 
sold,  and  the  money  used  to  induce  other  people  to 
get  heathenism  out  of  their  hearts,  and  its  signs 
removed  from  their  bodies. 

5.  The  non-Christian  races  have,  generally  speak- 
ing, some  plan  of  initiating  their  children  into  the 
religion  of  their  parents.  The  purpose  we  need 
not  discuss.  Mohammedan  boys  are  circumcised 
when  about  four  to  six  years  old.  Parsees  receive 
the  sacred  shirt  and  sacred  string  when  six  or  eight 
years  old.  Hindus,  too,  receive  the  sacred  thread 
at  about  the  age  of  nine  years.  Before  these  cere- 
monies, the  children  regard  no  caste  rules,  but  aft- 
erward it  is  a  fixed  thing  with  them.  A  Brahmin 
child  may  drink  water  I  give  him  or  even  eat  with 
me,  before  the  thread  ceremony,  but  not  afterwards. 
It  would  be  interesting  to  know  the  custom  of  the 
Chinese  in  this  matter. 

There  are  three  common  points  about  these  cere- 
monies to  which  we  would  call  attention. 


1.  The  child  has  no  voice  in  the  matter, 

2.  It  is  an  act  of  the  parents. 

3.  It  interferes  with  the  child's  free  conscience, 
more  or  less,  in  after-life. 

These  customs  bear  the  same  relation  to  the  child 
as  does  child-marriage.  The  person  that  is  affect- 
ed by  the  contract  is  the  only  one  that  is  not  con- 
sulted. 

It  strikes  me  that  infant  baptism  has  many  simi- 
larities to  these  heathen  ceremonies.  First  of  all 
the  infant  can  have  no  choice  in  the  matter.  One 
of  the  unanswerable  arguments  I  often  present  for 
my  Christianity  is  that  I  am  a  Christian  solely  by 
choice,  and  that  my  parents  held  no  ceremony  over 
me.  Baptism  of  infants  they  understand,  for  their 
own  ceremonies  are  quite  similar,  but  baptism  of 
believers'xs  unanswerable. 

The  parents  have  the  whole  matter  in  their  own 
hands,  and  although  they  mean  well,  I  think  it  is 
elear  that  even  good  people  may  be  mistaken  some- 

But  most  serious  of  all  is  that,  while  such  cere- 
mony can  do  no  spiritual  benefit  to  the  child,  its 
free  action  of  conscience  is  more  or  less  interfered 
with  in  after-life,  and  from  a  high,  spiritual  stand- 
point this  is  a  serious  matter.  History  records  the 
beginning  and  the  growth  of  the  baptism  of  infants, 
but  the  cause  remains  unwritten.  When  we  think 
of  the  infant  church,  beset  on  one  hand  by  heathen 
customs  and  on  the  other  by  those  of  the  Jews,  we 
feel  like  saying  that,  had  they  not  done  so  it  would 
have  been  the  most  natural  thing  in  the  world,  hu- 
manly speaking,  for  them  to  adopt  some  ceremony 
for  their  children,  in  the  practice  of  which  they 
could  feel,  like  the  heathen  and  the  Jew,  that  they 
were  doing  something  to  save  their  children  to  their 
own  religion.  Christianity,  like  heathenism,  be- 
comes the  religion  of  one's  parents,  and  not,  as  heav- 
en designed,  the  religion  of  one's  choice.  The  par- 
ent should  indeed  teach  the  child  how  to  choose  and 
what,  but  the  child  must  do  the  choosing.  Chris- 
tianity is  the  one  heart  religion,  the  religion  of 
choice,  but  if  any  one  among  us  desires  to  imitate 
the  heathen,  and,  by  means  of  any  set  ceremony,  in- 
duct his  child  into  his  religion,  let  him  know  that  by 
so  doing  among  the  heathen,  the  flower  of  our  Chris- 
tianity is  gone. 
Dec.  8, 1897.  ^ 

A  NEW  DEPARTURE. 

BY   HOWARD    MILLER. 

Ever  since  the  first  practical  operation  of  our  ed- 
ucational system  in  the  church,  there  has  been  an 
ncreased  and  ever-increasing  interest  in  our  intel- 
lectual development.  Many  a  boy  and  girl  have 
gone  forth  from  their  homes  to  one  of  our  several 
institutions  of  learning,  and  there,  by  contact  with 
men  and  books,  have  broadened  out  into  a  line  of 
thought  and  action,  that  they  would  have  otherwise 
utterly  missed.  And  there  are  thousands  who  have 
longed  for  the  advantages  of  an  education,  yet, 
bound  as  they  are,  by  the  iron  bands  of  circumstan- 
ces, it  is  a  forbidden  field  for  them.  They  are  com- 
pelled to  go  through  life  with  half  its  pictures 
turned  to  the  wall.  And  there  is  a  pathetic  side 
too,  as  well.  Here  and  there  are  young  persons, 
elevated  to  the  ministry,  and  who  are  compelled, 
by  reason  of  their  position,  to  cater  to  people  olten 
their  intellectual  superiors.  They  may  lament  their 
short-comings,  and,  while  what  they  say  is  not  de- 
pendent on  how  it  is  expressed,  grammatically,  as 
far  as  the  truth  of  what  they  say  is  concerned,  yet, 
badly-worded  thought  jars  on  the  ears  of  the  hear- 
ers as  an  ill  fitting  garment  would  pain  the  sensibil- 
ities of  one  who  saw  it  on  the  Apollo  Belvidere. 

Then  there  is  the  boy  or  girl  who  longs  to  fly, 
but  is  bound  to  earth  by  circumstances  neither  he 
nor  his  parents  can  control.  They  may  dream  of 
an  education,  but  it  is  as  remote  as  the  fleecy  clouds 
overhead.  It  is  out  of  reach,  and  that  is  the  end  of 
it.  Often  such  persons  attempt  a  system  of  seH-in- 
struction  that,  in  the  vast  majority  of  cases,  ends  in 
failure,    It    is    possible    to    attain    an    education 


through  unaided  personal  effort,  but  it  is  so  ex- 
ceptional as  to  be  phenomenal.  It  is  about  the 
same  as  taking  up  the  watchmaker's  trade  without 
a  day's  instruction.  It  can  be  done,  but  it  will  be 
quicker  and  better  done  through  an  apprenticeship 
to  a  practical  man  who  has  himself  learned  the 
trade.  There  is  no  question  whatever  but  that  one 
of  our  schools  is  the  place  for  the  seeker  after  an 
education.  There  he  will  get  a  broader  and  more 
comprehensive  grasp  on  things,  and,  by  the  mere 
attrition  of  minds,  better  his  mental  capacity.  Yet 
most  people  clearly  misunderstand  the  intent  of  a 
school.  They  believe  that  they  get  there  some 
mysterious  knowledge,  some  otherwise  unattainable 
receipt  for  the  requirements  of  life.  The  facts  are, 
that  not  one  in  fifty  of  the  rules  and  formulas 
learned  in  school  are  ever  of  any  real  and  immedi- 
ate use  in  life,  The  thing  is  to  get  mind  discipline, 
ability  to  buckle  down  to  a  thing  and  see  it  in  all  its 
phases.  No  one  studies  Latin  that  he  may  speak 
it.  It  is  the  drill,  the  disciplinary  results,  the  sharp- 
ening of  mind  that  is  sought,  and  he  is  the  best 
educated  who  has  the  quickest  and  keenest  mental 
edge.  A  man  without  this  is  like  a  trap,  the  spring 
of  which  has  lost  its  elasticity,  or  which  has  never 
been  tempered. 

Now,  if  going  to  school  is  out  of  the  question, 
and  if  self  instruction  is  well  nigh  impossible,  is 
there  no  other  way  whereby  the  desired  end  may  be 
attained?  There  is,  It  is  to  lay  it  before  the  read- 
ers that  this  article  is  written.  It  is  done  through 
the  agency  of  a  Correspondence  School. 

Always  interested  in  schools,  the  writer  has  made 
a  close  examination  of  one  of  the  several  Corres- 
pondence Schools,  and  he  has  been  astonished  at 
the  result,  There  is  not  a  University  in  the  land 
that  has  the  same  number  of  learners.  At  the  In- 
stitution, the  Correspondence  School  referred  to,  it 
was  discovered  the  four  hundred  people  were  em- 
ployed, not  as  learners,  but  as  instructors,  and  that 
over  thirty  thousand  persons,  all  over  the  world, 
were  receiving  instruction.  These  were  in  r^any 
lands,  on  board  of  U.  S.  war  vesssls,  in  m?w)gfii  \\ 
countries,  from  the  Guatamala  coffee  plantation  to 
the  mission  settlement  of  China.  The  remote  ha- 
cienda of  Mexico,  the  farm-boy  and  girl,  the  work- 
man in  the  steel  mills,  the  bank  clerk  in  the  city, 
the  farmer  and  his  help  were  all  represented.  A 
record  of  their  work  was  equally  marvelous.  The 
first  attempt  of  a  clogged  and  blinded  mind  was 
side  by  side  with  a  later  effort  that  would  have 
done  credit  to  any  graduate  of  a  European  universi- 
ty. Of  course,  there  were  failures, — those  who 
would  not  heed,  and  those  who  expected  a  shoit  " 
cut  to  learning,  something  that  never  did  and  never 
will  exist. 

It  was  found  that  the  boy  of  ten  and  the  man  of 
seventy  were  in  the  same  classes,  each  receiving  at- 
tention according  to  his  need  and  his  capacity. 
The  girl  on  the  farm  was  studying  while  her  sisters 
were  idling.  One  day  this  girl  will  be  teaching 
school  while  her  sisters  are  weeding  the  garden, 
for,  if  there  is  any  one  thing  settled  it  is  that  ability 
tells.  The  preacher  was  working  while  his  breth- 
ren were  chancing  it.  The  newly-made  widow  was 
working  nights  that  she  might  not  always  be  a 
drudge. 

The  School  referred  to  desired  that  the  writer 
bring  to  them  the  constituency  with  which  he  was 
in  touch  most.  But  it  was  found  that  the  Institu- 
tion had  no  knowledge  of  the  peculiar  class  and  the 
conditions  attendant  on  them.  It  was  therefore  de- 
cided to  bring  the  School  to  the  people,  and  to  that 
end  a  few  persons,  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
methods  and  the  church,  would  lay  the  matter  be- 
fore the  readers  with  a  view  to  ascertaining  about 
how  many  desire  to  take  advantage  of  the  opportu- 
nity of  bettering  their  mental  equipment,  and,  if 
there  should  be  a  number  sufficient  to  justify,  it  will 
be  immediately  entered  upon. 

What  is  the  course  of  procedure?  First,  write  to 
the  School  for  an  application  blank,  fill  it  out,  and 
return  it.  It  sets  forth  the  name,  age,  and  occupa- 
tion of  the  applicant,  Then  a  letter  is  required  by 
the  School,    If  it  appears  that  there  is  no  knowl- 


TIKE    GOSPEL    ^CESSEISTG-EE.. 


edge  of  how  a  letter  should  be  arranged  practically, 
referring  now  to  mechanical  details,  all  stops  there 
till  the  learner  is  able  to  do  it  according  to  instruc- 
tions. Once  done,  the  work  is  entered  upon.  The 
learner  buys  a  book  and  is  ready  to  go  to  work. 
He  receiyes  from  the  School  two  sets  of  instruction 
blanks,  Nos.  I  and  2,  also  two  corresponding  sets  of 
answer  blanks,  a  set  of  question  blanks,  and  a  lot  of 
addressed  unstamped  envelopes,  He  then  studies 
the  book  according  to  the  instructions,  and  when 
he  has  mastered  it,  he  fills  out  the  answer  blank, 
and  mails  it  to  the  School.  While  he,  is  waiting  on 
this  he  begins  on  instruction  paper  and  answer 
blank  number  two,  and  when  he  receives  number 
one,  either  for  correction,  or  it  is  filed  as  correct,  he 
gets  set  number  three,  and  thus  always  has  work  in 
hand.  He  can  go  as  fast  as  he  pleases,  and  is  en- 
couraged to  do  so.  Should  he  find  a  difficulty,  he 
uses  his  question  blanks  to  have  it  cleared  up.  At 
least  nine-tenths  of  his  answers  must  be  correct  to 
pass  his  papers.  He  can  write  every  day,  once  a 
week,  or  not  at  all,  as  he  sees  fit,  He  pays  his  own 
postage,  and  the  School  pays  its  own. 

Nobody  is  scolded  for  being  slow,  or  held  back 
as  too  fast.  All  receive  personal  attention,  and  it 
is,  in  a.  sense,  mere  personal  than  if  in  a  large  class 
at  some  day  school.  This  is  the  general  idea  of  it. 
The  only  drawback  is  the  listlessness  or  mental  shift- 
lessness  of  the  learner.  There  is  no  limit  to  the  ends 
that  may  be  attained.  A  college  education  is  possi- 
ble, but  if  it  is  at  all  feasible,  attendance  at  some 
school  is  recommended  as  preferable.  The  work  is 
for  those  who  cannot  go  to  school,  who  are  too  old, 
or  who  have  not  the  means  so  to  do,  To  such  the 
opportunity  is  a  godsend. 

Two  courses  are  decided  on.  One  elementary 
Eoglish,  about  from  the  public  school  through  an 
academy;  the  other  a  higher  English  course,  about 
to  the  Junior  year  in  college.  The  first  is  for  the 
general  learner,  the  next  for  the  more  advanced, 
None,  however,  will  be  allowed  to  pass  the  letter  at 
first,  or  bad  spelling  at  any  time.  When  the  course 
r^^ded,  the  student  gets  back  all  his  papers  if  he 
wam's  them.  The  course  is  specially  designed  to 
meet  the  requirements  of  the  Brethren  church. 
The  cost  and  terms  will  be  made  known  on  applica 
tion.  Write  us  for  further  information.  No  one, 
however  far  back  in  his  studies,  need  hold  off,  none 
are  too  advanced  for  the  work,  all  will  receive  pa- 
tient attention  None  need  be  afraid  of  showing 
ignorance.  But  unless  it  is  the  intention  of  the 
learner  to  give  it  that  attention,  so  that  he  may  be 
personally  profited,  and  be  a  credit  to  the  School, 
his  enrollment  is  not  desired,  In  addition  to  the 
elementary  and  higher  English  course,  a  supple- 
mentary one  has  been  determined  ore,  with  especial 
reference  to  Bible  study,  2nd  in  this  the  methods 
will  be  of  vast  benefit  to  everybody  who  has  any- 
thing to  do  with  systematic  Bible  work,  either  as  a 
minister  or  a  teacher,  car  even  one  interested  in  it 
as  a  laymaif.  The  course  would  be  of  vast  benefit 
to  all  who  could  take  it,  and  all  could,  as  it  would 
begin  at  the  very  foundation  of  things  and  work  up 
to  the  highest.  A  peculiarity  of  the  Correspond- 
ence School  is,  that  it  takes  nothing  for  granted. 
A  man  may  believe  and  insist  that  he  does  not 
want  the  elementary  course,  but  if  he  spells  Bible 
with  a  double  b,  or  writes  "  gurge,"  the  Schcsol 
knows  better  than  he  where  he  ought  to  begin 
The  simplicity  of  the  thing  sometimes  disheartens 
beginners,  but,  as  it  thickens  as  it  goes  along,  it 
takes  all  that  is  in  him  to  keep  up,  though  it  is  on- 
ly a  matter  of  personal  application,  and  he  sees 
that  it  was  well  that  he  was  properly  grounded. 

Finally,  no  antagonism  is  intended  in  any  way 
against  any  school  in  existence.  On  the  contrary,  it 
will  be  a  help  by  awakening  a  desire  for  higher  in- 
struction. It  is  intended  for  those  who  can  not 
now  go  to  school,  and  who  want  help  in  their  per- 
sonal effort,  and  a  mighty  help  it  ib. 

The  object  is,  in  the  main,  to  form  a  Brethren's 
class,  if  it  is  sufficiently  supported.  Knowing  the 
advantages  accruing,  hundreds  should  grasp  the 
chance.  An  hour  a  day,  honestly  spent,  will  make 
the  dullest  a  scholar  in  time.  Address,  The  Red- 
top  Correspondence  School,  Redtop,  Fa, 


TH3  PAST,  PRESENT,  AND  FUTURE. 


In  the  transfiguration  (Luke  9:  2S-36),  we  have 
the  Past  presented  to  us  in  the  person  of  Moses 
and  of  Elias;  the  Present,  in  the  person  of  Peter, 
of  James,  and  of  John;  while  the  brightness  and 
glory  of  the  Future  is  seen  in  the  person  of  the  Son 
of  God. 

The  Past  comes  down  the  centuries  in  the  person 
of  Moses  and  of  Elias,  and  in  the  presence  of  three 
men  in  the  flesh,  converses  with  the  Savior,  whose 
"  face  did  shine  as  the  sun,"  and  whose  "raiment 
was  white  as  the  light,"  representing  the  kingdom 
that  is  to  come.  But  the  condition  of  the  Past  is 
the  condition  of  the  Future.  Moses  and  Elias  ap- 
pear also  in  glory.  It  is  to  the  Present  that  the 
voice  from  the  cloud  speaks,  "  This  is  my  beloved 
Son:  hear  him."  When  the  voice  was  past,  and  the 
cloud  no  more,  Moses  and  Elias  had  taken  their  de- 
parture, the  Past  was  gone  forever.  The  Future, 
however,  remains:  "Jesus  was  found  alone."  He 
came  down  the  Mount  with  his  disciples. 

Er.'adway,  Va. 

Death  is  a  very  successful  teacher  of  that  faith 
we  all  long  to  possess — the  conviction  of  the  Un- 
seen. Let  one  of  our  flesh  and  blood  bid  us  good- 
bye, and  pass  within  the  veil,  and  reason  surrenders 
the  place  to  love.  A  young  child  with  Christ  does 
more  to  illuminate  the  other  world  than  all  the 
books  that  ever  have  been  written.  At  the  touch 
of  this  unseen  hand,  hard  and  skeptical  men  have 
arisen  and  set  their  faces  toward  God,  for  the  hope 
of  seeing  again  a  golden  head  on  which  the  sun 
was  ever  shining. — Ian  Maclatc*. 


^THE  t  SUNDAY  +  SCHOOL^ 


LESSON  L1QHT-FLASHES. 
Jesus  and  the  Sabbath.— Matt.  12:  1-13, 

Lesson  /or  March  6,  j8qS, 

In  looking  at  Christ  and  the  Sabbath,  we  must  a*! 
ways  keep  this  very  important  fact  in  mind, — that 
the  Sabbath  was  made  for  man,  and  not  man  for 
the  Sabbath.  When  we  take  this  view  of  it,  we  are 
wonderfully  interpreting  Christ's  relation  to  it 
God  has  brought  into  requisition  all  the  treasures 
of  the  world  for  the  good  and  well-being  of  his  chil- 
dren. So  he  has  given  us  the  seasons,  the  warm 
and  the  cold,  the  rain  and  the  sunshine, — a  time  to 
sow  and  a  time  to  reap,  and  with  all  these  things  we 
have  given  us  days  and  times  for  rest  and  worship, 
All,  and  everything  thus  given,  are  for  our  physi- 
cal, moral  and  spiritual  good. 

In  the  lesson  the  Jews  saw  only  the  letter,  while 
they  overlooked  the  spirit  and  purpose,  Hence, 
when  the  disciples,  on  the  Sabbath  Day,  passed 
through  the  cornfield,  and  commenced  plucking  the 
ears  of  corn,  to  satisfy  their  hunger,  the  Jews  saw  a 
violation  of  the  letter,  and  were  offended.  They, 
seemingly,  failed  to  see  the  difference  between  a 
lawful  emergency,  and  that  of  a  willful  violation. 

All  righteous  law  is  made  for  the  good  of  the 
people,  and  yet  there  may  be  exceptional  circum- 
stances, in  which  the  carrying  out  of  the  law  would 
defeat  the  purposes  intended,  and  so  it  would  have 
been  in  this  case.  As  applied  to  the  whole  people, 
the  law  given  by  Moses  was  adapted  to  their  high- 
est good,  but,  to  meet  the  personal  cases,  it  was 
necessary  to  deal  with  them,  as  such,  and  do  for 
them  that  which  the  present  need  demanded.  The 
disciples,  at  this  time,  were  physically  hungry,  and 
to  meet  this  want,  it  was  necessary  for  them  to 
gather  the  corn  and  eat.  To  do  this  did,  in  no 
way,  do  violence  to  the  Sabbath  Day,  nor  to  the 
purpose  fcr  v/hich  it  was  instituted,  because  it  was 
made  for  man  and  his  well  bein^.  But  to  not  have 
done  it,  would  have  done  violence  to  these  men 
who  needed  physical  food  and  strength,  that  they 
might  be  able  to  perform  the  spiritual  duties  en- 
joined upon  them. 

Another  thought  we  must  take  into  consideration, 
is,  that  the  one  who  instituted  the  Sabbath  is  great- 


than  the  thing  he  instituted,  therefore,  he  can 
use  it  so  as  to  best  subserve  his  purposes,  and  bring 
about  his  ends.  In  this  case,  his  purpose  was  to 
care  for  his  children,  and  so  he  allowed  them  to  use 
t. 

Right  here  we  have  a  very  pertinent  question,  as 
asked  on  another  occasion.  On  the  Sabbath  Day, 
which  is  it  best  to  do, — good  or  evil?  And  to  en- 
force the  thought,  he  says,  "  What  man  shall  there 
be  among  you,  that  shall  have  one  sheep,  and  if  it 
fall  into  a  pit  on  the  sabbath  day,  will  not  lay  hold 
on  it,  and  lift  it  out?" 

Of  course,  all  would  say,  "Lift  it  out,"  because 
that  would  be  a  merciful  act.  So  it  was  a  merciful 
act  for  these  disciples,  to  feed  themselves  on  the 
Sabbath,  and  here  is  this  man  with  the  withered 
hand.  He  had,  perhaps,  been  in  this  condition  for 
a  long  time,  and  is  daily  getting  worse.  What  shall 
be  done  for  him?  To  heal  him  would  be  doing  him 
good,  to  refuse,  would  be  to  prolong  his  suffering 
and  misery.  The  doctors  and  lawyers  say,  "No 
work  on  the  Sabbath."  This  is  law.  Christ  says, 
"  The  highest  law  is  to  do  good.  To  heal  this  poor 
man  would  be  good."  "  Stretch  forth  thine  hand." 
And  he  stretched  it  forth,  and  it  was  restored  whole 
like  as  the  other,  This  was  the  Christ  way  of  us- 
ing the  Sabbath,  and  we  cannot  do  better  than  to 
follow  the  blessed  example. 

The  great  lesson  we  all  want  to  learn  is,  that  to 
do  good  is  always  in  season,  and  that  evil  is  always 
out  of  season.  And  whatsoever  you  do,  and  when- 
soever, do  it  all  with  an  eye  single  to  the  glory  of 
God,  H,  D    B, 


SERMON    OUTLINE 
TRUE  OBEDIENCE. 

[The  following  is  an  outline  of  a  sermon,  delivered  by  Bro. 
D.  C.  Flory,  of  New  Hope,  Va,  at  Linville  Creek  church, 
Rockingham  County,  Va.—  IK  lfays>\ 

Text.— "We  ought  to  obey  God  ratber  than  men."— Acts 
5:  29. 

1.  Obedience  cuts  a  little  closer  than  any  other  word  In  the 
Bible.— Illustrate. 

2.  Methods  of  obedience: 
(r)  Through  fear. 

(2)  Through  love. 

Force  work  is  not  the  Bible  way, 

3.  Whom  to  obey,  God  or  man? 

(t)  Result  of  obeying  man.     Illustrated  in  the  case  of  Saul 

and  the  prophet  Samuel. 
(2)  Rewards  of  obeying  God.    Illustrated  in  the  case  of  the 

prophet  Daniel. 

4.  What  to  obey.    The  Gospel. 

(1)  People  want  something  deeper  than  church  creeds. 

(2)  The  principle  of  all  church  rules  must  be  based  upon 
the  Gospel  in  order  to  stand, 

(3)  How  to  obey  God. 

(a)  "  From  the  heart,"     Rom.  6: 17. 
{b)  Form  is  essential  to  order. 
{,-)  Plainness  cannot  be  mai 

(4)  When  to  obey  God. 

(a)  "  Now  is  the  accepted  time," 

(b)  The  day  of  grace  closed  with  the  eleventh  hour, 
(Matt.  20:  6), 

(c)  Samuel  heeded  the  call  at  an  early  hour. 


ntbout  a  specTic 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING 


THE  OOSPEL  A  LldHT  TO  MAN. 
For  Thursday  Evening,  March  3,  /SqS. 

past,  and  the  true  light  now  slilnetL,' 


I.  The  Dabknbss  of  Past  Agbs, 

1.  The  darkness  of  heathenism.    Eph.  4:  '7.  iS;  5: 
2    The  darkness  of  Judaism.     Rom.  3:  20. 

3.  The  darkness  of  corrupt  Christianity.     Re/. .:;  i. 
II.  The  Light  oj    the  I'ke:>hnt  Aub. 
L,  The  Bible.     Fs.  ny.  105. 

2.  The  public  meeting,     Heb.  10.  25,  Mai.  3;  16, 

3.  Instruction  at  Sunday  school,     John  5:  39, 

4.  Religious  literature.     1  Tim.  4;  13. 
III.  The  Glory  to  he  Revealed. 

j.  Progress  of  the  race.    Prov.  4:  18. 

2.  Extension  of  human  brotherhood.     I  John  2:  >o, 

3,  Universal  Prevalence  of  Christianity.    Heb.  8;  IJ 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER. 


Feb.  26,  18 


-»TME  »  YOUNG  <•  PEOPLE^ 

OUR  MISSIONARY  BEADING  OIROLF. 

Course   of   Reading. 

ei.lt ST   YEAR, 

i.  " Crlili  of  Mlnloni,"  cloth,  I 1.04:  paper,  .../....."..  .  M  centi. 
1.  "  LUs  ol  A.  Jndson,"  cloth,  %j  cents:  paper f,  centi. 

3.  "Oar  Country."  cloth.  5$  conts;  paper tg  ce-nti. 

4.  "Nonineh  Proienor,"  cloth >3  centi, 

8ECOXD    TEAS. 

5.  "  Mlraclei  ol  Missions,"  cloth,  84  cent*;  piper 34  centi, 

6.  "Memoir  ol  Robert  MoSat."  cloth,  tj  centi;  paper IS  centi. 

7.  "Cannibal?  ol  New  Guinea,"  cloth Jo  centi. 

8.  "The  SeTon  Laws  ol  Teaching,"  cloth 65  centi. 

THIRD    YEAR. 

0,  "Divine  Enterprise  ol  Missions,"  cloth ,  •  ■  • %\W 

10.  "Lileol   Ev  :.l   ■■!:■     1:,        :  ■'!  .  ?o  or,  Is. 

11.  "  Do  Not  Say,"  and  "  Acts  ol  the  Apostles."  ch,  Ij-w 10  centi, 

11.  "In  the  Volume  ol  the  Book,"  cloth,  68  centi;  paper 33  centi. 

■^TFrlcci,  ai  given  above,  are  lor  members  of  Reading  Circle  only. 
AH  otheri  pay  regular  retail  price. 

Executive  C0MMITT8B  of  Reading  Circle—  W.  B.  Stover,  Buliar 
Iidla;  H.  M.  B:uv.|.V.  WV-:  \ ''.  ^mrlHn.  OM.i;  Mis.  H.  M.  Slovor,  Waynei 
b,tO,  Fa.;  Edith  It.  Niwc..n-ci.  W-. yncr.boro,  Fit.;   |.  M.  Nell.  Frultdalo,  Ala 

Officers  of  Reading  Circle.— President,  W.  B.  Stover,  Bulsar,  Ind.s 

Treasurer.  Uhallce  W.  Buk^r,  \V.Tyr,rib,,ru,  i-'j. ;  Secretiiry.  Kdllh  K.  New- 
cjiuot.  Waynesboro.  Fa..-to  wh„m  r.ll  o.imminh <all.>o*  concerning  the 
Rsadins  Circle  should  b«  addressed,  but  nil  orders  lor  booki  ihould  be 
aldressed  to  Brethren  1' u L- 1 1 -■  J 1 1 1  ,K-  lluuse,  Mount  Morris,  111. 


BEAUTIFUL  THINGS. 

Beautiful  lips  arc  they  whose  words 
Leap  from  tbc  heart  like  songs  of  birds, 
Yet  whose  utterance  prudence  girds. 
Beautiful  hands  are  those  that  do 
Work  that  is  earnest  and  brave  and  true, 
Moment  by  moment  the  long  day  through. 
Beautiful  feet  are  those  that  go 
Oa  kindly  ministries  to  and  fro — 
Down  lowliest  ways  if  God  wills  il  so. 
Beautiful  shoulders  are  those  that  bear 
Ceaseless  burdens  of  homely  care 
With  patient  grace  and  daily  prayer. 
Beautiful  lives  are  those  that  bless, 
Silent  rivers  of  happiness, 
Whose  bidden  fountains  few  may  guess. 

—A'.  IV.  Christian  Advocate. 

CIRCLE  NOTES. 
BY   JAMES    M.   NEFF. 

Herewith  we  submit  a  list  of  the  names  of  all 
those  who  have  completed  the  "Course  of  Read- 
ing:" W.  B.  Stover,  Bulsar,  India;  James  M.  Neff, 
Fruitdale,  Ala.;  Mrs.  W.  B.  Stover,  Bulsar,  India; 
Edith  R.  Newcomer,  Waynesboro,  Pa.;  Bertha  E. 
Fahrney,  Waynesboro,  Pa,;  S.  B,  Fahnestock,  Mc- 
Pherson,  Kans.;  Mrs.  Amanda  Fahnestock,  McPher- 
son,  Kans  ;  John  R.  Snyder,  Bellefontaine,  Ohio; 
Anna  M.  Stump,  Dayton,  Ohio;  Mary  C.  Shellen- 
berger,  Covington,  Ohio;  Mrs.  Mattie  B.  Boggs, 
Covington,  Ohio;  Lizzie  Bussard,  Waynesboro,  Pa.; 
Ellen  McO  ioid,  McPherson,  Kans.;  M.Alice  Mum- 
ma,  Sharpsburg,  Md.;  Jacob  Stover,  Fruitdale,  Ala.; 
May  Stover,  Fruitdale,  Ala.;  Mrs.  M.  D.  Miller, 
Bridgewater,  Va.;  Lizzie  S.  Sajnger,  Bridgewater,  Va.; 
N.J.  Miller,  10  E  Jefferson  St.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.; 
Mary  F.  Zug,  138  Cumberland  St.,  Lebanon,  Pa.; 
Mrs.  Alfred  Englar,  New  Windsor,  Md.;  Iva  Mc- 
Kea,  Royersford,  Pa.;  John  E.  Otto,  Sharpsburg, 
Md.;  Caleb  Long,  Booosboro,  Md.;  F.  Ezra  George, 
Antioch,  W.  Va.;  Martha  Click,  Weyers  Cave,  Va.; 
S.  N.  McCann,  Bulsar,  India;  D.  L.  Forney,  Bulsar, 
India;  Annie  L.  Girber,  Sangerville,  Va  ;  Emma 
I.  Welty,  Lancaster,  Pa.;  J.  S.  Geiser,  1607  Edmon- 
son Ave.,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  Mrs.  Hattie  Gilbert, 
Lawrence,  Kans.;  Mrs.  J.  J.  Flickinger,  Morrill, 
Kans.;  Elsie  Lichty,  Calvin,  Iowa;  Ella  Sprankle, 
York,  Pa  ;  Louise  Sprankle,  York,  Pa.;  P.  F.  Eck- 
erle,  Lanark,  III.;  P.  B.  Fitzwater,  Primghar,  Iowa; 
Sudie  M.  Wingert,  Waynesboro,  Pa.;  George  M. 
Lauver,  Wade,  Kans. 

We  are  glad  that  so  many  have  completed  the 
Course  of  Reading,  and  hope  there  will  be  more 
soon  to  report  its  completion.  Let  us  be  liberal  in 
loaning  our  books  after  we  have  read  them.  Not 
only  let  them  out  when  they  are  asked  for,  but  let 
it  be  known  that  you  have  them  and  want  others  to 
read  them.  Better  have  it  so  announced  in  your 
public  services  two  or  three  times  a  year  than  to 
have  the  books  standing  on  your  shelves  for  months 
at  a  time,  inspiring  and  blessing  no  one, 

Our  readers  will  please  remember  that  March  is 


the  month  in  which  you  are  asked  to  report  your 
progress  in  the  work.  Let  every  reader  address  the 
Secretary,  Miss  Edith  R,  Newcomer,  Waynesboro, 
Pa,,  and  at  least  state  how  many  and  what  books 
you  have  read.  If  you  will  also  tell  her  how  much 
and  what  good  you  have  received,  which  books  you 
like  best,  and  why,  and  call  attention  to  such  of  the 
subjects  treated  in  the  course  as  should  especially 
commend  themselves  to  the  reading  public,  your 
words  may  be  a  help  to  others. 

Sister  Newcomer  still  has  on  hand  a  stock  of  the 
book,  "  Do  Not  Say."  If  you  have  not  read  it,  you 
may  have  a  copy  for  a  two-cent  stamp.  But  please 
do  not  send  these  orders  to  the  Brethren  Publishing 
House,  Mt,  Morris,  111,,  nor  to  me.  Order  direct 
from  Sister  Newcomer. 

Below  we  give  a  short  list  of 

NEW    MEMBERS. 

847,  Annie  Say  lor Meyersdale,  Pa 

848,  Eliza  Saylor, Meyersdale,  Pa 

849,  Emma  M.  Peck, Meyersdale,  Pa 

850,  A.  L,  Morgan Albia,  Iowa 

851,  Willis   Rodabaugh Fredric,  Iowa 

852,  Frank  Roberts,.... Fredric,  Iowa 

853,  Emma  Funk Fredric,  Iowa 

851,  Mrs.  S.  Z.  Sharp, Plattsburg,  Mo 

855,  Fred  Ulrich, Plattsburg,  Mo 

856,  S.  C.  Taylor, Whitesville,  Mo 

857,  Anna  H.Clark, Plattsburg,  Mo 


OLD  AUNT  AMY. 

BY    PBARLE    CREEL    BUTCHER. 

Away  back  in  slavery  times  Aunt  Amy  belonged 
to  a  Virginia  family,  and  the  best  part  of  her  life 
was  spent  in  servitude.  Her  memory  of  it  was  only 
along  pleasant  lines.  No  bitterness  of  oppression 
or  wrong  haunted  her.  Some  of  the  pleasantest 
recollections  of  her  life  were  associated  with  her 
early  history.  From  the  time  she  called  "Sence 
Peace"  she  had  been  a  worker  in  the  neighborhood 
families,  and  her  willingness,  her  love  of  children, 
and  her  faithfulness  to  all  with  whom  she  met,  won 
for  her,  by  common  consent,  the  title  of "  The  Black 
Angel." 

Aunt  Amy  had  all  the  imitativeness  of  the  negro, 
and  she  tried  her  best  to  do  as  white  people  did, 
and  it  was  her  unfailing  delight  to  have  the  chil- 
dren of  the  houses  where  she  worked  gather  about 
her  in  the  kitchen  and  listen  in  open-eyed  wonder 
to  the  marvelous  tales  that  she  told  of  slavery  days. 
His  true  that  a  good  many  of  these  stories  would 
not  bear  a  close  analysis  at  the  hands  of  older  peo- 
ple, but  they  were  always  unexceptional  morally, 
and  were  accepted  as  gospel  by  the  children.  In 
fact  Aunt  Amy  lived  in  the  past  more  than  the 
present,  and  any  shortcoming  of  cookery  or  forget- 
fulness  she  always  attributed  to  the  fact  that  she 
"  wuz  back  at  de  ol  place,"  meaning  thereby  that 
she  was  living  her  life  over  again  on  the  plantation, 

Aunt  Amy  lived  in  a  cottage  of  her  own.  It  had 
four  rooms,  but  what  with  the  roses  and  the  clam- 
bering vines  no  landscape  artist  could  have  pro- 
duced a  more  picturesque  effect.  When  she  went 
out  to  work  she  fed  her  brood  of  chickens,  locked 
the  door,  to  "  kep  dem  triflin'  no  'count  niggers 
outen  the  house,"  and  then  hung  the  key  where  any- 
body trying  to  get  in  would  be  sure  to  see  it. 

Inside  all  was  as  neat  and  clean  as  soap  and  water 
could  make  it.  On  the  wall  hung  a  crayon  picture 
of  a  lady,  rather  young  looking,  that  she  never 
tired  of  telling  all  who  came  within  her  abode  was 
"  her  ol  missus"  which,  in  reality  was  a  reproduc- 
tion of  a  favorite  daughter  of  her  old  owner.  Inno- 
cent of  wrong  herself  she  was  imposed  on  by  every 
worthless  colored  man  who  happened  along  with  a 
story  of  hunger  and  cold. 

Working  for  so  many  people  she  naturally  came 
into  possession  of  a  large  amount  of  clothing,  too 
good  to  throw  away,  and  not  good  enough  for  the 
donor's  wear,  Many  a  time  Aunt  Amy  would  sit 
up  nights  refitting  and  remodeling  these  old  clothes 
for  the  use  of  some  poorer  people,  oftener  children, 
her  especial  delight,  and  not  unfrequently  white 
folks  have  occasion  to  remember  the  "  Black  An- 
gel" for  needed  gifts  along  this  line,  None  of  these 
things  ever  make  her  think  that   she  is  charitable. 


In  fact  she  often  dresses  in  next  to  rags  herself,  "a 
savin'  ob  the  bestest,"  in  order  that  she  may  give 
to  the  poor  and  have  them  "'pear  'spectable  like," 
One  of  old  Aunt  Amy's  delights  is  to  insist  that  the 
animal  creation  have  voices,  and  that  it  is  given  to 
her  to  understand  what  they  say.  This  constitutes 
the  basis  of  many  a  story  that  golden  hair  and  blue 
eyes  listen  to  in  the  kitchen  while  she  is  washing 
up  the  dishes  after  an  evening  supper  her  employ- 
ers have  given  their  friends,  and  which  would  not 
be  at  all  complete  were  she  not  there  to  direct 
operations,  and  she  freely  expresses  her  opinion  of 
white  folks  who  undertake  anything  of  the  kind 
without  her  assistance. 

She  saves  her  money  that  she  may  help  the  poor 
and  deserving,  though  it  does  not  follow  that  each 
benefaction  is  of  the  wisest  order. 

One  of  Aunt  Amy's  delights  is  to  show  visitors 
or  friends  a  little  kodak  picture  of  herself  standing 
in  front  of  her  house.  A  strolling  photographer 
"  took  "  it  one  day,  and  sent  her  a  copy.  It  shows 
her,  arms  akimbo,  hands  on  her  hips,  and  her  bulky 
body  written  all  over  with  the  good  nature  of  the 
colored  Mammy  of  the  South.  It  is  with  face  aglow 
that  she  points  out  the  excellencies  of  the  picture, 
and  she  never  tires  of  telling  how  she  looked  "  in 
de  ol  days."  Asked  how  old  she  is  she  is  apt  to 
give  the  most  contradictory  answers,  not  from  any 
desire  to  deceive,  but  because  of  her  characteristic 
inability  to  understand  figures.  In  fact  she  is  near- 
ing,  if  not  past,  the  eighty  mark,  and  the  end  is  not 
far  off.  She  often  speaks  of  the  time  when  she  will 
get  to  what  she  calls  "  De  butiful  view,"  and  it  is 
always  associated  with  the  assertion  that  in  the  next 
world  she  will  be  with  all  the  old  folks  she  knew 
in  the  days  of  her  happy  childhood  on  the  planta- 
tion. 

So  many  of  our  young  readers  have  never  seen  a 
real  old  slave  woman  at  her  best,  that  this  imper- 
fect pen  drawing  is  given  that  they  may  know  some- 
thing of  a  worthy,  simple  life,  that,  when  it  goes 
out,  will,  if  all  signs  be  true,  put  her  where  there  is 
no  color  line  to  distract,  and  where  all  who  dev  *he 


will  of  the  Master  are  ' 
Rcdtep,  Pa. 


shed  white  as  snow, 


FROM  BRIDGEWATER  COLLEOE. 

BY  J.  W,  WAYLAND,  JR. 


Feb.  1  our  special  Bible  Term  of  four  weeks  was 
closed  with  many  expressed  regrets  upon  the  part 
of  both  students  and  teachers,  that  the  time  of 
parting  came  so  soon.  The  interest  manifested  dur- 
ing the  entire  period  was  most  commendable,  and 
in  a  great  measure  contributed  to  make  the  term, 
just  closed,  one  of  the  most  successful  in  the  history 
of  the  school,  It  is  very  gratifying  to  see  our  peo- 
ple so  eagerly  embracing  the  opportunities  afforded 
them  for  becoming  better  acquainted  with  the 
Book  of  books, — God's  own  great  masterpiece  of 
history,  biography,  law  and  literature,  and  thereby 
becoming  workmen  more  and  more  approved  unto 
Him  who  has  filled  the  world  "with  waiting  Macedo- 
nias,  as  well  as  with  wonders  and  riches  and  abun- 
dance of  means. 

Since  the  allotted  time  was  manifestly  too  brief 
for  extended  investigation  of  the  subjects  studied, 
the  suggestion  was  made  by  a  number  that  here- 
after a  longer  period  of  time  be  devoted  to  work  of 
this  kind.  This  expressed  desire,  on  the  pant  of  the 
students,  is  very  encouraging  to  the  teachers  of  the 
several  departments;  and  the  feasibility  of  the  plan 
will  be  carefully  considered.  We  take  this  oppor- 
tunity to  suggest  that  any  one  else  who  may  favor 
an  extension  of  this  work  write  to  our  college  prin- 
cipal concerning  it;  for  it  is  the  desire  of  the  insti- 
tution to  offer  the  best  possible  advantages  in  the 
study  of  God's  Word,  and  to  do  all  in  its  power  for 
the  advancement  of  his  kingdom  upon  the  earth. 

Our  regular  classes  in  school,  this  year,  are  doing 
excellent  work.  A  larger  proportion  than  usual  are 
devoted  to  both  modern  and  classical  language 
study.  Special  interest  is  being  developed  in  the 
study  of  New  Testament  Greek. 

Bridgewater,  Va.,  Feb.  10, 


Feb.  26,  18 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGEB. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 


COMMITTEE. 

Enoch  Eby,       -    Kansas   i   L.  W.  Teeter,     -    Indiana 

D.L.Miller,     -    -Illinois    |    S.  R.  Zirg,  -  Pennsylvania 

S.  F.  Sanger,   -    •    Virginia. 

KOTLAS  aSETIHD2  OF  THE  COMMITTflE:  -  The  Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  nt  Annual  Meet- 
ing; the  second  Monday  ol  October  and  of  February. 

BU3IHES3  FOB  AIT?  HEETI1T0  should  be  in  the  office  ol  the 


EACH  STATE  DISTEICT  HIS5I0H  BOAHD  is  entitled  PRBB  I 
35  six-months  subscriptions  to  the  Gospel  Mesbbi 
gee,  lor  missionary  purposes.  The  list  must  be  ei 
dorsed  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  before  the  pap< 


Smyrna;     Washington    Mee 

nghouso;    SuScre 

s    In 

India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds 

CO   HOT   ADDBESS   business  or  n 

oncy  Intended   fo 

tho 

Committee,  to  any  oi  its  me 

ibers.    All  such  c 

pondence  and  money  should 

be  sent  to 

GEN.  MISS 

&  TRACT  COM. 

Mount  Muiris, 

111. 

MOTTO  FOR  TE 

E  TEAR. 

Upon  tho  first  day  of  the  w 

oek  lot  every  on 

eof 

prospered  him.— 

Cor.  16:  2. 

Ought  Churches  to  go  in  debt  when  the  law 
of  the  Lord  says,  "Owe  no  man  anything?" 
What  do  you  think  about  it? 

The  minister  who  is  all  of  the  time  preach- 
ing the  "go  ye"  part  of  the  Gospel  ought  to 
do  at  least  a  little  of  the  going  himself. 

Make  arrangements  to  open  your  Sunday 
schools  in  good  time,  so  you  can  commence 
with  the  regular  lessons  on  the  first  Sunday  in 
April, 

MISSION  WORK.— No.  8. 

The  Church's  Duty  to  Pray  for  Laborers. 


harvest,  that  he  will  Bend  forth  laborers  into  his 
Harvest."— Matb.  C:  37,  88. 

It  is  very  evident  when  our  Lord  looked  out 
upon  the  harvest  of  souls,  which  the  church 
should  endeavor  to  gather  into  the  garners  of 
salvation,  that  He  looked  beyond  his  own 
neighborhood,  his  own  country,  and  stopped 
nof  until  His  great  heart  was  moved  with  com- 
passion upen  the  masses  in  the  nations  of  the 

How  He  longed  to  see  salvation  reach  every 
one!  A  world  of  souls  in  darkness,  whe 
Him  they  could  have  the  light;  in  des 
when  in  Him  they  could  have  hope;  in  sin 
death,  when  in  Him  they  could  find,  recom 
tion  and  eternal  life. 

So  intense  was  his  desire  in  this  diret 
that  now  and  then  He  reached  beyond  the 
borders  of  His  own  nation  and  tried  to  give 
the  ever-living  water  of  eternal  life  to  stran^ 
gers  outside  of  Israel. 

But  his  own  nation  received  Him  poorly 
His  time  was  short,  and  He  saw  He  could 
hope, to  see  His  great  desire  accomplished 
only  in  His  followers,  therefore  He  speaks  of 
a  great  and  plenteous  harvest,  but  with  a 
ness  adds  to  it,  "  But  the  laborers  are  few.' 

It  is  now  nearly  nineteen  hundred  > 
since  the  Lord  uttered  these  words,  but  how 
applicable  to-day!  Think  of  the  teeming 
lions  in  China,  India,  Africa,  Australia,  South 
America  and  the  islands  of  the  sea,  who  have 
not  had  so  much  as  an  opportunity  of  knowing 
there  is  a  Christ,  and  whose  life  and  worship 
are  filled  with  sin  of  deepest  dye  and  idolatry 
of  the  lowest  and  most  degrading  forms. 
Never  has  the  call  come  more  earnest  and  dis- 
tinct across  the  restless  seas  than  it  does  to- 
day, that  the  church  should  come  to  these 
great  harvest  fields. 

Here  is  a  command  of  the  Lord, — plain  and 
positive.  Is  the  church  heeding  it?  Some 
congregations  are,  for  they  are  the  birthplace 
of  missionary  consecration  in  the  lives  of 
many,  and  they  are  sending  forth  laborers  into 
the  harvest  fields,  but  by  far  too  many  are  not 
awake  to  this  important  command. 

Heeding  the  command  truly  is  ba'sed  upon  a 
seeing  of  the  world's  harvest,  and  here  is 
where  so  many  lack.  Did  each  member  take 
the  pains  to  inform  himself  as  to  the  condition 
of  the  world,  he  would  soon  be  on  his  knees, 
praying   the    Lord   to   send    more    harvesters. 


cannot  be  born  of  the-Spirit,  and  be  ac- 
quainted with  perishing  souls  without  longing 
to  see  their  salvation,  and  doing  all  possible, 
to  help  accomplish  that  end.  "Rescue  the 
perishing,"  is  the  watchword  of  every  live  and 
active  Christian.  The  Savior,  the  head  of  the 
church,  looked  out  and  saw  a  great  harvest 
field  and  few  workers  therein.  It  moved  Him 
to  request  a  united  prayer  on  the  part  of  His 
followers.  Shall  not  each  individual  member 
view  carefully  the  same  field  to-day,  until  he 
comprehends  in  some  degree  its  vastness  and 
how  few  the  workers  there  be?    iord,  help  us 


FROA1  ROANOKE,  LA. 

I  Am  glad  to  report  the  church  in  good  work- 
ing order.  Services  are  well  attended,  our 
young  members  are  growing  in  spirituality, 
but  the  work  in  conversions  moves  slow.  Bro. 
W.  L.  Bingaman,  of  Laplace,  is  in  our  terri- 
tory, delivering  Bible- Land  lectures  to  large 
and  interested  audiences,  which,  we  hope,  will 
increase  our  attendance  at  our  services  and 
otherwise  do  good.  The  little  church  at  Oak 
Grove,  Caldwell  Parish,  is  in  good  condition. 
I  expect  to  make  them  a  visit  the  latter  part  of 
the  month,  when  wc  hope  to  receive  some  into 
fellowship,  So  far  the  winter  has  been  very 
mild.  S.  A.  HONBERGER, 

Feb.  3. 

MISSION  RECEIPTS  FOR  JANUARY, 


WASHINGTON 

CITY  MEETINGHOUSE. 

(lirAthat,the°hu?clll 

lgton  is  greatly  needed  in  or- 

liere  may  do  more  eflVctun 

as  sufficient  fun<U  ar 

e  raised.] 

Pa,— Codorus  eh., 

iSI;  Lizzie  Myers'  S.  8. 

class,  Barevllle,$1.12 

Meyeradale  S.  S„  $17.18; 

May  Miller,  Soiners 

t,  52;  Lizzie  Myers  and 

S.  S.  class,  Loh.-c.-1;,  >  1 ;  .Sister  Oiler,  Waynes- 
boro, 51;  May  Oiler,  Waynesboro,  (I;  J.  R. 
Oiler,  Waynesboro,  SI;  8.  W.  Martin,  Weav- 
erland,  $1;  A.  J,  Kreps,  Baimervtile,  500; 
Mrs.  M.  Hooker,  Philadelphia,  Jl;  a  brother 
and  sister,  Waynesboro,  $10;  Miriam  M. 
Ulnar.  Queen,  55;  Frank  Borner,  Waynes- 
boro, SI;  Sarah  Saylor,  Waynesboro,  %\\ 
Mary  Flora,  Waynesboro,  $1;  Mary  Rohrur, 
Waynesboro,  SI;   Mary  Price,  Waynesboro, 


ch.,  $6;  D.  Moyer,  Prim- 
>od,  $1;  F.  M.  Bowert,  For- 


5l'</;  Mahlon  J 
Trotwo 

Philadelphia, 
ters'  Sewing  Circle,  Maple  Grove,  S5;  I,  l, 

Beeghly ,"  Ashland,' $1;  total,     

Ind.— North  Manchester  prayer  meeting, 
$2;  Wolfgand  WHfert,  Culver,  20ff;  Henry 
Tranter,  Shoals,  $1;  Mrs.  Lydla  Shewman, 
Bath,  S2;   Jacob   MUchel   and  wife,  Saline 

City,  S2;  total,      r  . 

IOWA.— Susie  Flory,  South  English,  $1;  E. 
C,  Whltmer,  Mallard,  75(*J  Cathurlno  Mark- 

Sk;  Susannah  Plnkerton,  Waterloo,  SB;  total, 
VA.— Martha   Click,    Staunton,    Jl;    Eliza 


.  Miller,  Moores  S 


.  J.  Brondwa- 


Total, ?'"5  S 

MESSENGER  POOR  FUND. 
Kans.— John  F.  Cllne,  Oak  vale,  55c;  Mary 
.  Strauser,  Lyons,  S5p;  Barbara  Gish,  £1.75; 


;  Mary  B. 


■r,  ?•■>: 


Lltli.  : 


;  Mei 

din  Sparc, 
76>;  Pearl 

'.•■;  Eh  nor 


,  L.  Strauebavjgb,  1 


>A.— Mary  M.  DeardoriT,  Gettysburg,  Jl; 
,  H.  Fry,  Scalp  Level,  SI;  J.  S.  llarley, 
at  Salem, $1,60;  total, 


iND.-IdftA 

Brulmkcr,  Ktdgewav 1 

Iowa.— Susan  D.  Barr,  Ltnevlllo 1 

CHINA'S  MILLIONS. 

Pa -Hani 

DurgS.S S» 

INDIA  ORPHANAGE. 

AldSaolei-y, 

-ol?nV\Vl!u,lri'oo''h'^l-'1'UMCU' 

B.   Spelolior 

Amanda  Spe 

PA.-0.UlQl 

rGepliart  Altooiia,  »*;  G.  W. 

oonn,   |2;  Lizzie   Myers1  S.  S. 

le,  Jl;   May  Miller,  Somersot, 

>ekch.,J'>;  BensliotT  Hill  S.  8,, 

urgs.  s.,i)5c;  Nellie  M.  MoVey, 

J2;  A.  Lizzie  Myer  and  S.  S. 

k,     $:.';     Bva     Martin,     Spring 

•other,  llarloysvlllo.r.'j;  Mont- 

gomory  oil,,  $ 

KANS.- A  0 

ins  of  little  girls,  Appanoose, 

19;  Garfield  S 

?1  76;  Esther 

Klntnor,   Rny,  2fc;  Jacob  and 

apolis, 


l-iliv 


;  Clara  Brandt,  Minneapolis, 

Va.  — Ida  A.  Garber,  New  Market,  6(V; 
stuelH.S.,  Maryland,  $1.06;  Botetourt  Mo- 
torlal  Missionary  Circle,  JiH;  Bothel  S.  B., 

oaio.-A  .Mister,  Now  Philadelphia,  IB;  Sla- 
vs' Missionary  Circle,  Canton,  110;  Woo- 
.er  oh.,  $2;  BlstoiB1  Hewing   Circle,   Maple 

Nkbii,-  Weeping  Water  oh  ,  $it.25;  Nortli 
Beatrice  oh,, $2.85;  Bethel  a.  s.,  jurO;  total,    . 

North  Liberty,  M.5U;  l'loviia  S.  8  ,  $1.50;  John 
and  Sarah  Richer,  $2;  Waiter  Tn vomer,  Elk- 
hart Valley  8.  B.,  12c;  Chas.  A.  Puterbaugh, 
Elkhart  Valley  S.  8.,  Mr ;  Mina  StaulTer,  Elk- 
hart Valley  S.  S.,  2.V;  Novena  Pnulus,  Elk- 
hart Valley  S.  8..  $1  j  Vllora  Maconiber,  Elk- 
hart  Valley  8. 8.,  sop;  Betty  Plank,  Elkhart 
Valleys.  B,,0Pf*;  Nora  Cook,  Elkhart  Valley 
S.S.,25c;Georglana  Hoke,  Elkhart  Valley 
B,  S.,13;  total 

Minn—  Winona  church  and  S.8.  clnss,  .  . 

Ill  —Steward  and  Jesse  Walter,  Astoria, 
$11.60;  Jesse  Llnd,  Astoria,  50c;  Gyrus  Buoher, 
Astoria,  $1.50;  a  brother,  Mb,  Morris,  60c; 
Lottie     Bwelgard,    Leeaehurg,    Hlo;    Fanny 

Sl.iij;  Ida  Whurloy,  Leeseburg,  2,y ;  total,   .  . 

Tbnn.— Bertha  Garrison,  Somerville,  .  .  . 

Mn.-Kosa  and  Glen  Bowers,  Lluganore, 
$2;  C.  II.  Roop,  New  Windsor,  Hty;  L.  W. 
Rinehart.  Medford,  $1.50;  total, 

Colo.— Mrs.  11.  .1.  Patterson.  Sterling,  .  .  . 

CAL.  —  Wm.  IT.  OverhoHzer   and    family, 

W.  Va,— John  C.  Franz  and  wife,  Laurel- 

8UFFERER8  IN  CUBA. 

Pa.— Sister  Oiler,  Waynesboro,  ?1;  May  Oi- 
ler, Waynesboro,  Jl ;  Huntcdale  ch.,  |1>.I0;  a 
brother,  Harleysvllle,  50c; .Hunt- 
ingdon, 6tv;  W,  S,  Long,  Tyrone,  $2.50; 
Amanda  R.  Cassel,  Harleysvllle,  $1;  David  D. 
and  Sarah  A.  Sell,  No  wry,  50c;  a  brother, 
Harleysvllle,  $5;  a  brother,  York,  Jl;  a  broth- 
er and  sister,  Elderton,  Jl;  White  Oak  ch., 
$42.40;  Sarah  J.  Puterbaugh,  Wayne,  $5; 
Phri'be  Zook,  Mattawana,  35  cents;  total,      . 

III.— Salem  s,  S„  $2111;  Lamotte  ch,,  $16; 

Pleasant  Hill  ch.,  SUMO;  Sliver  Creek  ch., 
$20.75;  Levi  Trostie,  Franklin  Grove,  $2;  to- 
tal,   

Ohio.— Logan  ch.,  $8;  E.  D.  M.,  Freeburg, 
25  cents;  Sisters'  Sewing  circle,  Maple  Grove, 
J5;  a  broker  and  sister,  Bradford,  $2;  Porl- 


.  Ku 


d,$l; 


n,$5; 


and  wife,  Morrill,  $2;  total, 21 

Iowa.— K.  Leonard,  Aurella,  $2;  Pleasnnt 

Njmjb.— Exeter  eh.,  $7;  Ootavla  S.  s.,  J5.01; 

Md.  —  Clinton    Mullendore,   Gapland,   $5; 

zel,  Gaplnnd, SI;  total,  12 

LA.— I.  S  Metzger,  Lake  Charter,  $5;  broth- 

eraml  sister  Esterly,  Jennings  (5;  total,  .  .     10 
N.  Dak.  — W.    T.    Hollenberg   and    wife. 

Grand  Harbor,       5 

Mo.— M.   E.  Church,   Ladue,  $1.50;    Lizzie 

Febnestock,  Montrose,  $1.60;  total,  .  .     -a 

Ala.— E.  J.  Neher  and  wife,  Hollywood, 

$3;  F.  J.O'Haver,  HolJywood.il:  total,  ...      3 
Va.— D.  C.  Cllne  and  wife,  New  Hope,  R50; 

Nancy  CHne,  Now  Hope,  $1;  total 2 

Te.nn.— Elizabeth  Wine,  Oak  Grove 2 

Tex.— Mrs,  K,  Smelker,  Kemp 1 

1  ml    1 1,  I- ,  Landis,  Carroll 1 

N.C.— Little  Helpers,  Pantego 1 

MiNN.-Loaisa  Heath,  Wabasha 

Total, ." $20? 

INDIA  MISSION. 
I  Used  only  for  the  mission  In  India.] 
Pa.— A  brother  and  slater,   Philadelphia, 

$1.50;  G.  W.  Gephart,  Altoona,  $2;  Lou  S.Am- 
1,  Khedive,  Jl-io;  brothor    and    sister 


Grove,  ,10    cents;    a    brother    and    sister, 

Waynesboro,  J'JO;  total 

A.-Iranklin  County  S.  8,,  J1.05;  Ella 
Royer,  Dallas  Cuter,  J1.J3;  Geo.  J.  Klelm, 
onrad. $11.20;  total 

Mn.  —  Arvesia     Kepler,     Hurketsvllle,    Jl; 

Manor  ch.,  Jn.GI;  total 

.—Roanoke  ell  ,  v.1;  SlitOIS'  sewing  So- 


,■111,  >.  ■ 


;  Barbara 


..-Covlnnou..  ii.TO;  Lottie  Neher,  In- 

glewood,2r.ccnts;  total 

Ark.- Knoxvlile  Oil 

\'a, -Ida  A.  tJarber,  New  iMaiket 

Mi.vn.-Loui.su  Soath,  Wabnsho 

NKiia.-Alva  MagU,  K. 'imii.y 

Loan.— Jacob  M.hinldt,  Strawberry  Point, 

STATK  UNKNOWN. -John  I-'.  U.OIlOfc    .    .    ! 


9  74 


Smyrna  Orphanage, 90381          198  83 

Book  and  Trnct  Fund iWW          688*80 

Washington  Meoblughouae,  .  .  ,  103  81       1,011  in 

mbbsbnqbh  Poor  Fund <\i  1:, 

India  Orphanage :iln  is 


■Jin  1 


I'JHKhUTlOis'. 


.    QlCN.  MIBH.   AND  TllAOT  00M 

REPORT  OF  CH1CAQO  MISSION. 


Balance  on  band, jl 

David  Kiusey,  Boyd,  Ohio 

Franklin  Itoyor,  Millhurn,  111.,  , 

Glondoraw.H.,  Caliper  8.  W.Kuuk 

Bid,  Thomas  D.  Lyons,  Fludsou,  111 

Elizabeth    Elle,   Pino  Greek    church,   Ply- 

l.ydia  Klnimei,  McLoittb,  Kans,,     

Hudson  ohuroh,  111.,  pnr  W.  ID.  Hnavoly, .  .  . 

Hudson  H.S.,  111,,  per  W.  K.  Suavely 

Mrs.Brogunfor.Rocltford.JII., 

Panther  Creeli  ohnroh,  Ad,d,  Iowa,  per  I), 
W.  Badger 

Express  refund  (l)oo.  2ltu>,      

Eddie  and  Edna  l-'ollls,  Kredrlc,  Iowa,  per 
Annn  V.  Follls, 

M.C.  l,lchtenwaller,Smlihvllle,Olilo,   .  .  . 

Plum   Run   8.  8.,    Loutlonvllle,   OI1I0,    per 


nlivh 


H. 


Whif 


Udell, 


Sisters'  Aid  Soidely,  r/nli^llia.  Kans.,  per 
Lizzie  B.  Martin 1 

Primary  class  of  S.  8.,  Elkhart,  Iowa,  per 
Sarah  Gouglinour, 

Fourprlmnry  S.  S.  Bcholtirs,  Peabody,  Knns., 

Sister  Frances  Boot,  Roselaod,  Ncbr., .... 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  1'.  T.  Grablll,    KoNidand,  Nobr„ 

Winona  churob,  Minn.,  per  Mary  J.  Mc 
Dougall 5 

Primary  8.  S.  of  On  kh'.v,  111.,  per  Wm.  Heck- 

Elva  Itowe,  per  Ella  Royer,  Dallas  Center, 
George  Rowe,  per  Ella  Hoycr,  Dallas  Center, 
Goldle  Rowe,  per  Ella  Royer,  Dallas  Conter, 
Joe  llowu,  per  Ella  Hoyer,  Dallas  Conter, 
S.  S    or  BlBttir  Louie  E.tbelman,   per   Ella 

Odavla,  Nebr.,  per  Ada  Kllhefnor, 7  1 

Ada  Klmmel,  Sheldon,  Iowa I 

Esther  Horner,  Crawfordsville,  Ind 1 

A  sister,      1 

A.  T.  Met/,  Trimble,  111., I 

Grablll  Koyer.MUlburn,  111 II 

H  S.  crass  of  Mary  Barnhizer,  Oregon,  III.,   .  \i : 

Mrs.  Bailie  Royer  Kulil,  Covington,  Ohio, .  .  B  1 

Arlle  Brown,  per  Mary    Won-k-rllcb,  Ollie, 

Iowa, -•-  .         I 

Maud  Gllfani,  per  Mary  Wonderlk-b,  Ollie, 
Iowa ' 

Bertha  Gillam,  per  Mary  Wonderlich,  Olllo, 

Wesley  Glllam,  per  Mary  Wonderlich,  Ollie, 

Jakle  Wonderilon,   per    Mary    Wondcrlicb, 

Ollie,  Iowa 1 

II,  per  Mary  Wonderlich,  Ollie, 

Friends  of  Ollie,   Iowa,  per  Mary   Wond-r- 

idustrlal  SjhooJ '  s 

xpendituros, $  Rt  fi 

Balance  ou  hand, *1TO  4 

fflLi  1  v  n-Tii  HoWE.Troas, 
■>bo  South  Ashland  Ave. 


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III.,  Feb.  36,  1898. 

Twenty-three  have  united  with  the  church  at 
North  Manchester,  Ind.,  since  the  beginning  of  the 
year. 

Some  interesting  correspondence  and  notes  are 
unavoidably  crowded  out,  but  will  appear  in  next 
issue. 

Five  accessions  are  reported  from  Walnut,  Ind., 
as  the  result  of  some  meetings  held  by  Bro.  ].  L. 


Six  are  reported  to  have  made  the  good  confes- 
sion during  a  recent  series  of  meetings  at  Lewis- 
town,  Pa. 

The  District  Meeting  of  the  first  District  of  Vir- 
ginia will  be  held  at  the  White  Rock  church,  April 
i5andiG. 

The  series  of  meetings  in  the  Eagle  Creek 
church,  Ohio,  resulted  in  six  accessions  by  confes- 
sion and  baptism. 


I.,  we  have  the  joy 
Bro.   Aaron    Moss 


From  the  Windfall  church,  Im 
ful  news   of  twelve   additions, 
held  the  meetings  at  that  place, 

Bro.  W.  A.  Gaunt  has  been  holding  some  inter- 
esting meetings  at  Sandy  Creek,  W.  Va.,  resulting 
in  seven  accessions  and  four  applicants. 


Bro  C.  G.  Lint,  of  Meyersdale,  Pa,,  who  has  been 
confined  to  his  home  by  sickness  for  some  time,  is 
now  able  to  be  about  his  ministerial  duties. 

Since  Christmas  twenty-two  have  been  added  to 
the  Big  Swatara  church,  Pa.  Twelve  of  them  are 
the  result  of  a  series  of  meetings  recently  held. 


During  the  series  of  meetings  at  Johnstown,  Pa., 
which  closed  Feb.  6,  five  were  baptized,  two 
are  to  be  reclaimed,  and  one  applicant  awaits  bap- 
tism.   

A  recent  series  of  meetings  in  the  Pleasant  Val- 
ley church,  Dirke  Co.,  Ohio,  resulted  in  eight  ac- 
cessions by  confession  and  baptism,  and  two  re- 
claimed. 

Time  after  time  we  have  been  told  that  it  takes 
a  preacher  "from  a  distance"  to  hold  the  most  suc- 
cessful meetings,  but  when  you  read  the  report 
from  Markleysburg,  Pa  ,  given  elsewhere  in  this  is- 
sue, you  will  conclude  that,  when  twenty  are 
added  to  the  church  through  the  efforts  of  home 
workers,  it  would  be  well  to  make  an  attempt  in 
that  line  more  frequently. 


Bro.  P.  Stuckman  has  been  laboring  at  the  Dick- 
ey meetinghouse  in  the  Ashland  congregation, 
Ohio.  Eighteen  were  added  to  the  fold  of  Christ 
by  confession  and  baptism. 


Another  blizzard  visited  this  section  Feb.  19  and 
20,  and,  in  consequence  huge  snow-drifts  cover  the 
country.  At  date  of  this  writing  (Feb.  22*at  10  A. 
M.)  we  are  cut  off  from  communication  with  the 
outside  world,  having  had  no  trains  since  Feb.  19, 


At  Frederick,  Md.,  Bro.  G.  S.  Arnold  has  r?een 
proclaiming  the  Word.  Twenty  have  been  en- 
rolled among  the  believers.  In  one  instance  a  Sun- 
day school  scholar  was  instrumental  in  bringing 
both  of  his  parents  and  his  brother  to  the  Truth, 
This  shows  what  an  earnest  worker  may  do,  to  help 
the  preacher, 

Bro,  McDonaugh's  letter  in  this  issue  of  the 
Messenger  recalls  a  recent  visit  we  made  together 
to  the  Brethren's  meetinghouse  and  cemetery  at 
Germantown,  Pa,  where  we  stood  by  the  side  of 
the  grave  of  Mr.  T.  Z.  Davis  and  wife.  Mr,  Davis' 
mother  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Alex.  Mack, 
In  his  boyhood  Mr,  Davis  went  to  California,  where 
he  accumulated  a  large  fortune.  A  few  years  ago 
he  revisited  the  scenes  of  his  childhood  and  heard 
Bro.  Falkenstein  preach  in  the  old  Germantown 
church.  The  result  is  well  known.  An  SS.000  con- 
tribution was  made,  and  now  an  addition  has  been 
made  to  the  old  churchhouse,  Mr.  Davis  and  his 
wife  died  soon  after,  and  lie  in  the  old  cemetery 
at  Germantown.  The  Brethren  of  Southern  Cali- 
fornia may  be  tight  in  their  desire  to  do  mission 
work  by  holding  an  Annual  Meeting  in  Los  Ange- 
les before  all  these  old,  gray  heads  are  at  rest  in 
the  grave.  


WORK  OF  THE  MISSIONARY  COMMITTEE. 

— We  closed  our  pages  too  soon,  last  week,  to  say 
more  concerning  the  business  transacted  by  the 
General  Missionary  Committee,  during  their  recent 
meeting.  They  commenced  work  Monday  morn- 
ing and  closed  late  on  Wednesday  evening. 

— Our  mission  work  is  growing  on  every  hand, 
and  the  amount  of  business  falling  to  the  Commit- 
tee is  constantly  increasing. 

— A  few  weeks  prior  to  each  meeting,  it  is  cus- 
tomary for  the  Secretary  to  send  to  each  member 
of  the  Board  a  list  of  the  business  that  is  to  come 
before  the  Board.  This  list  contains  the  calls  for 
funds,  as  well  as  the  amount  of  money  at  the  dis- 
posal of  the  Committee.  This  enables  each  mem- 
ber to  come  to  the  meeting,  knowing  just  what  is 
to  be  considered. 

■ — At  this  meeting  it  was  made  known  that  some 
one  has  started  the  report  that  it  takes  one-half  of 
all  the  money  received  to  get  the  other  half  to  its 
destination.  Steps  will  be  taken  to  correct  the  se- 
rious mistake.  In  fact,  it  costs  less  than  three  per 
cent  to  handle  the  money  received  and  get  it  to  the 
mission  points.  Or,  in  other  words,  out  of  every 
dollar  sent  to  the  Board,  over  ninety-eight  cents 
goes  direct  to  the  workers  in  the  field.  No  one, 
after  reading  this,  is  excusable  for  spreading  the 
false  report. 

— The  report  from  the  Asia  Minor  Mission  is  full 
of  hope.  Bro.  Fercken  is  doing  a  grand  v/ork  in 
that  part  of  the  Old  World,  and  is  laying  the  foun- 
dation of  a  still  greater  work.  His  reports  are 
made  out  with  great  precision,  and  show  just  what 
he  is  doing, 

—A  building  committee  for  the  Washington 
meetinghouse  was  appointed,  and  will  at  once  pro- 
ceed to  raise  the  rest  of  the  money  needed,  and,  as 
soon  as  this  is  secured,  the  building  will  be  com- 
menced, and  pushed  to  completion.  It  is  the  aim 
of  the  Board  to  have  all  the  money  raised  before 
the  house  is  commenced, 

— The  Committee  is  composed  of  S.  F.  Sanger, 
G.  M.  Brumbaugh,  Abram  Barnhart,  M.  C.  Flohr 
and  Ezra  M.  Bish.  We  feel  certain  that  the  Com- 
mittee  will  give  the  work  special  attention,  and  in 
due  time  our  people  will  have  a  house  of  worship 
in  the  Capitol  of  the  nation. 


— The  lot  on  which  the  house  is  to  be  erected,  is 
one  of  the  most  conveniently  located  in  Washington, 
and  is  easy  of  access  from  all  parts  of  the  city, 
being  only  a  few  minutes'  walk  from  the  Capitol 
itself. 

— A  liberal  response  to  the  demand  for  more 
help,  just  now,  will  enable  the  building  committee 
to  complete  the  work  the  sooner,  and  it  is  proper 
that  this  should  be,  so  that  attention  may  be  turned 
to  other  points. 

— The  Board  thought  that  the  collection  at  the 
coming  Annual  Meeting  for  the  World-wide  Mis- 
sion should  be  made  special,  and  given  special 
prominence.  Funds  collected  for  this  purpose  may 
be  used  by  the  Committee  for  any  of  its  missions, 
at  home  or  abroad. 

f — Hence  it  is  suggested  that  each  church  take  up 
'a  collection  and  send  the  amount  raised,  by  the 
hand  of  its  delegates,  or  some  other  person,  if  con- 
venient, to  the  Annual  Meeting,  to  be  delivered  to 
the  Secretary  of  the  Board,  and  that  party  to  re- 
ceive from  the  Secretary  a  receipt  for  the  amount 
delivered.  By  a  united  effort  upon  the  part  of  all 
churches  it  is  thought  that  at  the  approaching  Con- 
ference a  much  larger  amount  can  be  raised  than  at 
any  former  Annual  Meeting. 

— It  is  also  suggested  that  each  person  attending 
the  Annual  Meeting  come  prepared  to  give  at  least 
one  dollar  when  the  public  collection  is  taken  up  on 
Monday.  Most  of  those  present  can  give  that 
amount  and  many  can  give  much  more.  But  let 
everybody  come  prepared  to  give,  and  then  let  us 
see  what  a  grand  work  can  be  done  for  the  Lord. 

— The  Atlanta,  Ga ,  mission  made  its  first  report, 
showing  that  the  v/ork  is  not  only  well  started  in 
that  growing  city  of  the  South,  but  that  the  out- 
look is  promising.  There  arc  also  indications  of  a 
v/ork  being  opened  up  at  Rome.  A  few  more  ear- 
nest preachers  are  needed  in  these  parts,  and  surely 
there  are  openings  for  a  good  work.  We  hope  to 
hear  of  several  flourishing  churches  in  Georgia  in 
the  near  future. 

— Aggressive  steps  were  taken  to  secure  on  rjfrr  ' 
Sunday  school  literature  the  very  best  help  that 
can  be  procured  in  the  Brotherhood.  We  have 
helpers  in  view,  and  it  is  believed  that  their  assis- 
tance will  be  obtained  in  due  time.  In  fact  it  is 
our  aim  to  bring  all  of  our  Sunday  school  helps  up 
to  the  highest  possible  standard.  In  this  respect 
we  do  not  want  to  fall  behind  in  any  particular. 

— And  for  this  as  well  as  for  other  reasons,  it  is 
urged  that  all  of  our  Sunday  schools  use  these 
helps  in  preference  to  others.  We  should  bring 
our  literature  to  the  front  and  keep  it  there. 

— The  committee  finds  it  very  important  that 
certain  privileges  should  be  granted  in  the  ordina- 
tion of  elders  at  mission  points  wholly  under  its 
control.  As  much  as  possible  it  wants  to  keep  or- 
dained workers  in  the  field,  fully  authorized  to  do  all 
the  work  that  may  fall  to  the  lot  of  a  well-equipped 
evangelist.  This  is  of  far  more  importance  than 
most  of  our  readers  think. 

— It  was  also  brought  to  light  that  in  places  State 
Missionary  Boards  are  somewhat  hindered  in 
their  work  along  this  line,  for  the  reason  that  they 
cannot  always  secure  the  ordination  of  the  men  they 
would  like  to  put  in  isolated  fields,  where  the  work 
of  an  elder,  as  well  as  that  of  a  preacher,  is  very 
much  in  demand. 

— Local  workers  at  several  points,  not  only  at  this 
meeting,  but  even  at  other  times,  asked  permission 
to  report  through  the  paper  the  amounts  of  money 
received,  and  in  this  v/ay  work  up  greater  interest 
in  their  work. 

— Of  course  the  Board  could  not  grant  this  for 
the  reason  that  there  are  too  many  calls  of  this 
character,  and  then  these  calls  do  not  bring  the  re- 
sults the  interested  partics^naturaliy  expect.  Were 
we  to  publish  all  the  public  calls  of  this  kind  sent 
us,  there  would  be  an  astonishing  amount  of  them, 
and  some  of  them  would  not  be  responded  to  at  all, 
and  none  of  them  to  any  great  extent.  It  is  there- 
fore deemed  wise  to  limit  public  calls  to  the  few 
centers  directly  under  the  control  of  the  Board, 
and  permit  the  other  places,  desiring  help,  to  work 


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through  State  Boards,  and  then  let  them  call  on  the 
General  Missionary  Committee  when  any  further 
help  is  needed, 

— Not  a  few  offer  their  services  to  the  Board, 
desiring  work  in  certain  fields,  etc.  Some  of  these 
fields  are  within  the  bounds  of  State  Districts,  and 
therefore  the  General  Board  is  not  authorized  to  lo- 
cate a  minister  in  them.  Then,  on  the  other  hand, 
for  isolated  fields,  the  Board  must  look  for  active 
men,  whose  age  will  not  prevent  them  from  grow- 
ing into  still  greater  usefulness,  so  as  to  be  able  to 
serve  the  cause  for  years  to  come.  The  object  of 
the  Board  is  not  only  to  do  the  work  needed  at  iso- 
lated points,  but  to  train  the  men  while  the  work  is 
being  done.  It  is  important  to  have  a  number  of 
well-trained  workers. 

— While  the  report  from  Florida  was  not  as 
full  of  enthusiasm  as  those  received  from  some 
other  points,  still  it  was  deemed  proper  to  push 
the  work,  and  continue  to  increase  the  efforts. 
Steps  were  taken  to  have  a  new  congregation  or- 
ganized at  Woodley,  a  point  on  the  Indian  River, 
where  a  small  band  of  members  have  located.  It  is 
also  to  be  hoped  that  other  stations'  will  be  estab- 
lished, for  we  ought  to  have  a  number  of  congrega- 
tions in  that  State.  Bro.  C.  D.  Hylton  is  in  charge 
of  the  mission,  and  is  doing  a  very  satisfactory 
work,  though  he  meets  with  much  opposition, 

— The  Brethren  in  Denmark,  Sweden,  and  Asia 
Minor,  call  for  an  elder  to  visit  them  again*  and 
see  how  they  do,  and  encourage  them  in  their  la- 
bors. By  the  Annual  Conference  it  has  been  pro- 
vided that  the  churches  in  foreign  fields  should  be 
visited  by  an  elder  and  his  wife  from  America,  ev- 
ery three  years,  and  it  is  the  sense  of  the  Board 
that  one  should  be  sent  on  this  mission  soon.  A 
recommendation  to  this  effect  will  doubtless  be 
made  to  the  coming  Conference. 

— Arrangements  were  perfected  to  translate  some 
of  our  tracts  into  the  Armenian  language,  for  distri- 
bution among  the  Armenians  in  Turkey.  The 
translating  will  be  done  by  Bro.  Yeremian,  of  this 
k'-P,  place*  ind  the  printing  done  in  Smyrna,  under  the 
direction  of  Bro.  Fercken. 

— It  was  decided  to  encourage  a  Messenger  en- 
dowment fund,  on  the  twenty-five  dollar  plan. 
That  is,  any  one,  on  paying  S25,  will  receive  the 
Messenger  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  after  his 
death  the  paper  will  be  sent  free  to  some  other  per- 
son. On  receipt  of  that  money,  it  will  be  put  on  in- 
terest, and  kept  there  forever,  the  interest  only  be- 
ing used  to  pay  for  the  paper,  One  who  makes  an 
endowment  in  this  way,  will  not  only  receive  the 
paper  during  his  life,  but  after  his  death  the  money 
will  go  on  doing  good  by  paying  for  the  paper  to 
some  one  else,  long  after  the  donor  is  dead.  If  a 
thousand  persons  take  advantage  of  this  most  ex- 
cellent offer,  it  simply  means  the  sending  of  1,000 
copies  of  the  Messenger  free  to  that  many  per- 
sons, after  the  departure  of  the  donors. 

— Then,  if  any  one  should  feel  like  endowing  this 
fund  to  the  amount  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  or  even 
less, — or  more,  for  that  matter, — it  means  that  the 
full  amount  will  be  invested,  properly  secured  on 
good  real  estate,  and  so  kept  on  interest  forever, 
and  the  interest  used  in  sending  the  Messenger  free 
to  hundreds  seeking  more  light,  respecting  the  plan 
of  salvation,  Here  is  a  field  of  wonderful  possibili- 
ties, for  members  having  money  that  they  would 
like  to  have  going  on  doing  gocd  while  their  spirits 
are  among  the  redeemed, 

— Then  we  can  probably  expect  some  liberal  do- 
nations to  this  fund.  One  year  ago  it  was  not 
thought  that  we  would  soon  have  in  our  trust  £50,- 
ooo  to  be  invested  and  the  interest  used  in  supply- 
ing thousands  of  ministers  with  good  literature. 
Well,  it  has  materialized,  and  the  property  is  being 
rounded  up.  Then,  who  knows  but  that  larger 
sums  may  not  be  donated  to  the  Messenger  En- 
dowment Fundi  Should  this  fund,  by  liberal  do- 
nations, reach  $75,000,  the  income  from  the  amount 
would  enable  us  to  place  the  Messenger  into  two 
thousand  families  each  year,  and  be  the  means  of 
converting  hundreds  of  them.  What  a  grand  open- 
ing for  doing  missionary  work  I 


— Plans  have  already  been  perfected  for  placing 
the  Messenger  into  1,300  families  the  remainder 
of  the  year, — we  mean  families  where  there  are  no 
members.    We  hope  to  hear  of  encouraging  results. 

— Three  thousand  dollars  of  the  profits  from  the 
publishing  business  was  set  apart  for  missionary 
work.  This  makes  five  thousand  dollars  set  apart 
for  that  purpose  since  the  publishing  business 
came  into  the  possession  of  the  church.  This  mon- 
ey goes  to  preaching  the  Gospel,  both  at  home  and 
abroad,  and  also  to  assist  in  building  houses  of 
worship.  It  can  be  thus  seen  that  the  institution 
is  a  paying  investment. 

— Plans  were  adopted  for  doing  more  work  in 
the  rural  districts,  small  towns  and  in  suburban  lo- 
calities. While  the  Board  feels  the  importance  of 
keeping  up  the  work  already  begun  in  the  cities, 
she  also  feels  that  much  greater  efforts  must  be 
put  forth  in  the  country,  for  it  is  here  that  we  have 
our  strongest  hold  on  the  people.  To  constantly 
draw  on  the  country  churches  to  support  those  in 
the  city,  is  too  heavy  a  strain  to  be  borne  long 
with  any  degree  of  satisfaction,  hence  the  import- 
ance of  increasing  our  labors  in  the  rural  districts, 
where  the  work  will  cost  a  great  deal  less,  and 
where  proportionally  more  may  be  accomplished. 
Some  effectual  work  along  this  line  will  place  the 
Board  in  a  condition  to  render  still  more  assistance 
to  increased  city  efforts  in  the  near  future. 

— It  was  also  the  sense  of  the  Board  that  each 
District  Board  should  see  that  at  least  one  mem- 
ber of  its  Board  should  be  present  at  the  coming 
Annual  Meeting,  to  attend  a  meeting  to  be  com- 
posed of  members  of  the  District  Boards,  and  the 
General  Missionary  Committee,  In  that  meeting 
will  be  the  traveling  secretaries  of  the  General 
Board,  and  also  some  of  the  field  missionaries. 
Matters  pertaining  to  the  interest  and  work  of 
all  the  Boards  may  be  discussed,  information 
imparted,  and  inspiration  given  that  will  prove 
of  great  and  lasting  benefit  to  the  mission  cause  in 
the  Brotherhood.  The  time  of  this  meeting  will 
be  duly  announced,  and  all  the  District  Mission 
Boards  should  get  ready  for  it. 
•f*"^-It  was  also  decided  to  bring  out  a  word  edition 
of  the  Brethren's  Sunday  School  Song  Book,  that 
can  be  sold  very  cheaply  for  use  in  Sunday  schools. 
This  can  then  be  used  in  connection  with  No  2 
when  completed.  Our  printers  are  now  at  work  on 
the  book,  and  it  will  soon  be  ready  for  filling  or- 
ders. The  price  will  be  announced  later.  We  hope 
to  dispose  of  thousands  of  them,  for  use  in  our  Sun- 
day schools.  They  will  also  be  found  convenient 
for  use  in  a  series  of  meetings. 

— Reports  from  Arkansas  indicate  that  the  mis- 
sion work  in  that  State  is  receiving  due  attention, 
and  that  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  there  will 
be  Brethren  churches  in  a  number  of  the  Counties. 
The  outlook  there  is  real  encouraging. 

— Considerable  money  was  appropriated  for  car- 
rying on  the  mission  work  in  different  districts, 
We  mention  the  following:  Northwestern  Kansas, 
$200;  Northern  Illinois!  $200;  Southern  Indiana, 
$100;  Southwestern  Kansas,  Sioo;  Middle  Iowa, 
S20»t  Texas,  S[5o;  California,  $100. 

— There  were  many  calls  for  assistance  in  erect- 
ing meetinghouses.  Some  of  these  calls  were  in 
line,  and  others  were  not,  for  in  this  work  the 
Board  is  governed  by  carefully-prepared  rules. 
Then,  some  of  them  asked  for  more  money  than 
coqld  be  appropriated  at  this  time,  In  some  in- 
stances the  money  is  loaned,  and  in  others  donated. 
In  several  instances  one-half  is  loaned,  and  the 
other  half  donated,  We  mention  the  following  ap- 
propriations to  aid  in  erecting  houses  of  worship 
at  the  places  named:  Sampson  Hill,  Ind ,  Sioo; 
Windfall,  Ind.,  S200;  Fort  Scott,  Kans.,  S350;  Worth- 
ington,  Minn.,  Sioo;  Rogue  River,  Oregon,  S200; 
Parsons,  Kans,,  S400;  Red  Oak,  W.  Va.,  Sioo;  St, 
Francis,  Ark,,  S356;  Muncie,  Ind,,  S300;  Fort 
Wayne,  Ind,,  S600. 

— Some  appropriations  were  also  made  for  dis- 
tributing tracts  in  different  localities,  and  assistance 
in  spreading  the  Truth  rendered  in  other  ways, 


— It  was  a  meeting  full  of  business  and  energy, 
and  we  think  great  good  will  grow  out  of  the  vari- 
ous lines  of  work  considered.  The  work  is  steadily 
growing,  the  funds  constantly  increasing,  and,  in 
time,  will  become  a  department  of  great  and  far- 
reaching  possibilities. 

— It  was  a  pleasure  to  our  people  here  to  have 
the  brethren,  composing  the  Committee,  with  us,  for 
they  are  good  men,  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
their  presence  and  labors  are  calculated  to  encour- 
age us  in  the  common  duties  of  life,  as  well  as 
those  pertaining  to  the  Father's  business. 

______  J-    H.    M. 

IMMERSION  IN  COLD  WATER. 

'  Some  of  the  eastern  papers  have  a  good  deal  to 
say  regarding  the  death  of  a  woman,  which  is  sup- 
posed to  have  resulted  from  immersion  in  cold 
water.  We  give  the  following,  including  the  views 
of  some  Baptist  ministers,  concerning  the  circum- 
stance: 

Mrs.  Henry  Keck  died«t  Huntington,  W.  Va.,  while  being 
baptized  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Enoch,  o{  the  Baptist  church.     Baptist 
'iewed  in  Cincinnati  differed  in  their  expres- 

K  the  accident. 


Rev.  H.  W.  Jones,  uf  Onondaga,  N.  Y„  said:  "  I  have  bap- 
tised hundreds  of  people,  and  have  many  a  time  broken 
through  the  ice  in  weather  so  cold  th:it  my  own  clothes  froze 
to  me  before  I  reached  home.  Never  before  have  I  heard  of 
any  bad  result,  even  so  much  as  a  cold,  coming  upon  cither 
pastor  or  Hock." 

Rev.  Ernest  Graves,  of  Newtonville,  Ohio,  said:  "I  remem- 
ber one  instance  at  Salfronwalden,  Essex,  England,  where  a 
woman  who  was  sick  almost  unto  death,  was  baptized  in  mid- 
winter, the  ice  being  broken  through,  and  she  was  benefited 
and  recovered.  This  drowning  is  most  remarkable.  I  know 
of  another  instance  where  ten  people  at  my  own  church 
walked  a  mile  and  a  half  after  baptism  in  an  icy  creek,  yet 
not  one  of  them  even  took  a  cold." 

Rev.  W.  E.  Stephens,  of  Columbia,  said:  "It  is  very  strange 
that  such  an  accident  has  happened.  In  the  Arctic  countries, 
where  baptism  by  immersion  must  generally  be  in  icy  water, 
those  churches  which  require  this  ceremony  are  the  largest. 


t  of  the  year." 

.  E.  L.  Swift,  of  Norwood,  said:  "The  only  way  I  can 
11  the  woman's  death,  is  that  she  must  have  suffered 
leart  trouble.    Either  that  or  the  pastor  was  at  fault.     It 

ard  of  even  the  slightest  bad  re- 


The  minister  performing  the  rite  informs  the  pub- 
lic that  the  report  is  incorrect,  stating  that  the  lady 
did  not  die  in  the  manner  mentioned  by  the  press. 
All  of  these  reports,  about  serious  results  from  im- 
mersion, are  more  or  less  exaggerated.  And,  in- 
deed, it  is  remarkable,  as  stated  by  the  Baptist  min- 
isters, quoted  above,  how  few  accidents  really  result 
from  baptism  in  cold  water.  Each  year,  in  this 
country,  thousands  of  persons  are  immersed  in  ice- 
cold  water,  not  a  few  of  them  being  invalids,  and  yet 
hardly  one  case  can  be  named,  having  resulted 
seriously.  In  fact,  the  writer  of  this  never  knew  of 
a  case,  and  this  is  probably  true  of  nearly  all  of  our 
readers. 

And  then,  suppose  there  should  be  an  instance 
now  and  then  where  sickness,  or  even  death,  should 
result  from  administering  the  rite  under  unfavora- 
ble conditions?  Suppose  that  one  out  of  each  half- 
million  should  die  on  account  of  extreme  weakness, 
or  the  very  cold  water  or  weather;  or,  suppose  one 
out  of  each  ten  thousand  should  take  cold?  What 
of  it,  as  compared  with  other  duties  and  privileges 
belonging  to  life?  What  is  it  that  people  do  that 
is  wholly  exempt  from  accidents  or  serious  results? 
Not  long  since  it  was  reported  that  the  groom 
dropped  dead  during  the  marriage  ceremony. 
Ministers  have  died  in  their  pulpits,  and  hundreds 
of  people,  in  improperly-ventilated  rooms,  have 
fainted  and  had  to  be  carried  out.  How  many  peo- 
ple have  taken  cold  at  weddings,  at  meetings,  at 
lectures,  and  other  gatherings,  and  died  from  the 
effect!  We  6nd  accidents  everywhere,  and  if  one 
should  now  and  then  occur  in  connection  with  bap- 
tism, why  attempt  to  make  a  stir  about  it,  more 
than  about  anything  else,  and  thus  prejudice  the 
minds  of  the  people?  Seriously,  we  think  that  this 
thing  of  exaggerating  every  little,  accident,  growing 
out  of  baptism  performed  under  adverse  circum- 
stances, is  altogether  uncalled  for,  J.  H.  a, 


138 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSBNGBB. 


A  VINDICATION. 

During  our  stay,  of  nearly  two  months,  in  Jeru- 
salem, in  1S95,  we  became  very  well  acquainted 
with  Rev.  A.  Ben-Oliel,  who,  with  his  devoted  fam- 
ily, were,  and  are  still,  conducting  an  independent 
mission  among  the  Jews,  in  the  City  of  David.  Re- 
cently, Dj.  Barrows,  of  "The  Congress  of  Relig- 
ions "  fame,  visited  Jerusalem,  and,  upon  his  return 
to  this  country,  published  a  severe  criticism,  in  the 
Interior,  of  the  Ben-Oliel  mission,  saying  that  it  was 
a  fraud,  and  unworthy  of  confidence.  After  read 
ing  the  criticism,  the  following  letter  was  addressed 
to  Dr.  Gray,  editor  of  the  Interior: 

"  I  have  read,  with  much  regret,  Dr.  Barrows' 
criticism  of  the  Ben-Oliel  mission  in  Jerusalem. 

"  It  has  been  my  privilege  to  visit  the  Holy  City 
thrice,  the  last  time  in  1S95,  when  I  spent  nearly 
two  months  in  Jerusalem.  Soon  after  my  arrival  in 
the  city,  I  heard  rumors  concerning  the  mission  re- 
ferred to,  which,  if  I  had  not  investigated,  would 
have  led  me  to  the  same  conclusion  reached  by  Dr. 
Barrows.  I  was  told  that  no  work  was  being  done 
by  these  people,  and  that  the  money  received  by 
them  was  being  invested  for  their  private  use  and 
benefit.  I  concluded,  however,  that  it  was  my 
duty,  before  taking  up  a  reproach  against  a  broth- 
er, to  carefully  investigate  the  charges. 

I' I  visited  the  Ben-Oliel  mission  a  number  of 
times,  often  quite  unexpectedly  to  the  workers,  and 
I  always  found  them  busily  engaged  in  teaching, 
reading  the  Hebrew  Scriptures,  and  instructing 
Jewish  mothers  in  sewing  and  other  work.  Mrs. 
Ben-Oliel  had  a  large  class  of  women,  numbering 
as  high  as  thirty.  She  had,  on  hand,  material  for 
dresses,  and  under  her  personal  supervision  and  in 
struction,  these  women  learned  to  make  clothing 
for  themselves  and  their  children.  Her  daughters 
also  had  large  classes  of  Jewish  children  under 
their  care  and  instruction,  and  the  father  gave  fre- 
quent Scripture  readings  and  instruction  to  these 
various  classes.  1  often  found  him  interviewing 
Jews,  who  came  to  his  home  for  instruction.  One 
of  these  was  received  into  fellowship  by  Dr.  Long, 
a  minister  of  your  church,  who  traveled  with  us  in 
the  East.  Myself,  and  others  of  our  company, 
were  present  when  the  ceremony  was  performed, 

"I  met  Mr.  Alley,  the  author  of  the  charges 
against  the  Ben  Oliel  mission,  which  have  been  in- 
dustriously circulated  in  this  country  as  well  as  in 
Jerusalem,  and  insisted  upon  his  going  with  1.  :  and 
having  a  personal  interview  with  Rev.  BenO!iel, 
and  talking  the  matter  over  in  Christian  spirit. 
This  he  refused  to  do.  I  then  proposed  that  to- 
'  gether  we  would  go  into  a  careful  investigation  of 
the  case.  He  declined  this  proposition,  on  the 
ground  that  he  did  not  have  the  money  to  meet  the 
expense  that  such  an  investigation  would  incur.  I 
then  offered  to  give  Sioo  for  that  purpose,  a  sum 
large  enough  to  meet  all  expense,  whereupon  Mr, 
Alley  refused  to  enter  upon  an  investigation  upon 
any  terms.  I  was  forced  to  the  conclusion  that  he 
was  prepared  to  stand  by  his  charges,  true  or  false. 
Fearing  lest  my  memory  might  be  at  fault,  in  re- 
gard to  Mr  Alley's  attitude,  I  wrote  to  Bro.  T.  T. 
Myers,  of  Philadelphia,  who  was  present  at  the  in- 
terview with  Mr.  Alley.  I  quote  from  his  letter: 
'  I  recall  very  distinctly  the  conversation  with  Mr. 
Alley.  He  and  I  were  talking  about  the  Ben-Oliel 
mission  in  the  parlor  of  the  hotel;  when  hi 
talking  it  down,  I  called  you  in.  After  some  talk 
between  you,  you  urged  an  investigation.  He  said 
he  did  not  have  the  means.  You  then  offered  Sioo 
toward  a  fund  for  that  purpose.' 

"After  this  interview  I  carried  the  investigation 
farther  on  my  own  account  and  fully  satisfied  my- 
self and  others  who  were  with  me,  that  the  charges 
against  the  Ben-Oliel  mission  were  without  founda- 
tion in  fact  and  were  due,  in  some  part,  at  least,  to 
personal  jealousy. 

"  I  do  not  not  believe  that  Dr.  Barrows  would  in- 
tentionally injure  any  one.  I  regret  that  he  did  not 
get  both  sides  of  fhis  case  before  he  designated  ac- 
tive, earnest  Christian  workers,  whom  he  never  met, 


as  frauds.     He  has  been  misled  by  the  enemies  of 
the  Ben-Oliel  family  into  doing  them  a  most  griev- 


ous wrong  and  injury.  This  he  cannot  make  right 
by  saying  he  does  not  want  to  'enter  into  any  con- 
troversy over  the  matter.'  This  may  do  now,  but  in 
the  day  of  judgment  it  will  not  stand  the  test.  The 
only  interest  I  have  in  this  matter  is  that  right  may 
prevail  and  the  innocent  be  vindicated.  I  believe 
these  mission  workers  have  been,  and  are  being, 
cruelly  wronged,  and  I  feel  that  it  is  my  duty  to  do 
what  I  can  to  vindicate  them.  I  do  not  expect  you 
to  publish  what  I  have  wriiten  without  looking  in- 
to the  facts,  but  I  believe  it  is  your  duty  to  investi- 
gate the  case  that  justice  may  be  done  to  all." 

This  letter  elicited  the  following  words  from  Dr, 
Gray,  "Dr.  Barrows  has  got  me  into  a  row,"  but 
he  did  not  seem  disposed  to  look  into  the  matter. 

Wc  have  learned  that  Mr.  Scott  Moncrief,  of 
London,  England,  wrote  to  some  thirty  mission 
workers  at  Jerusalem,  none  of  whom  were  aware 
that  Dr.  Barrows  had  visited  Jerusalem.  A  letter 
from  Mrs.  Ben-Oliel  informs  us  that  he  did  not  vis- 
it the  mission,  and  the  first  knowledge  they  had  of 
his  being  at  Jerusalem  was  when  they  read  his  cruel 
charge  in  the  papers.  We  withhold  comment  for 
the  present,  hoping  that  Dr.  Barrows  and  the  Inte- 
rior will  investigate  this  matter  and  get  the  facts. 

D.  L    M. 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

Is  faith,  I  mean  saving  faith,  of  our  own  origin,  or  is  it  the 
gift  of  God?-Z.  A,  B, 

In  our  simple  way  of  speaking,  faith  is  the  belief 
of  testimony.  It  comes  by  hearing  the  Word  of 
God,  and  therefore  originates  in  the  heart,  where 
the  Word  of  the  Lord  is  deposited.  Living  faith  is 
from  God,  in  the  sense  that  it  is  produced  by  his 
Word,  but  it  is  not  called  a  gift.  It  is  "grace"  that 
is  the  gift,  and  not  faith.     See  Eph.  2:  S. 

Has  the  Cener.it  Mission  Board  appointed  a  brother  to  car- 
ry on  mission  work  among  the  colored  people,  and  authorized 
him  to  send  out  circulars  and  collect  money  for  that  purpose? 
— C.  P.  M. 

The  General  Mission  Board  believes  in  missions 
among  the  colored  people,  but  so  far  has  not  ap- 
pointed any  one  to  engage  in  the  work,  and  es- 
pecially has  she  not  authorized  any  one  to  send 
out  circulars  and  blanks  for  the  purpose  of  collect- 
ing money  for  a  work  of  that  character.  Those 
receiving  such  circulars  and  blanks,  will  act  wise- 
ly by  not  responding  to  them.  In  fact,  it  is  not 
safe  to  respond  to  any  of  these  circular  appeals 
unless  you  know  something  concerning  the  re- 
sponsibility of  the  party  or  parties  making  the  ap- 
peals. 

f  Should  the  Mormon  missior 
strangers  that  we  are  to  entertain?    Hcb 

The  Mormon  missionary,  when  he  is  known  to  be 
such,  is  no  stranger  at  all,  He  is  the  teacher  of 
false  doctrine,  the  teacher  of  another  gospel,  a  gos- 
pel that  Joe  Smith  claims  to  have  found  in  the  side 
of  a  hill  near  Palmyra,  N.  Y,,— a  gospel  that  is  not 
yet  seventy  years  old,  and  one  that  was  never  heard 
of  by  the  apostles.  So  he  is  no  stranger.  When 
we  entertain  him,  we  entertain  a  man  we  know  to 
be  a  teacher  of  false  doctrine.  If  we  find  him  hun- 
gry and  suffering  for  clothing,  or  in  need  of  a  place 
to  sleep,  provide  for  him  as  you  would  for  any  oth- 
er man  in  need,  but  give  him  to  understand  that 
your  house  is  not  at  his  disposal  in  which  to  teach 
his  false  doctrine  to  your  family.  Any  one  desiring 
to  see  Mormonism  completely  exposed,  by  a  man 
who  had  been  a  Mormon  preacher  for  many  years, 
should  send  to  this  office  for  "Bay's  Exposition  of 
Mormonism,"  price,  Si. 50. 

How  can  one  "be  angry  and  sin  not,"  as  mentioned  in  T>ph. 
4:  261—7.  C.  H. 

When  overtaken  with  anger  one  should  be  watch- 
ful and  "  let  not  anger  cause  you  to  sin."  Ps.  4:  4. 
The  mere  act  of  becoming  angry  is  probably  not 


included  in  the  list  o£ 


sin,  but  it  may  lead  to  sin  if  njt  gotten  rid  of,  and 
for  this  reason  the  remainder  of  the  verse  says, 
'Let  not  the  sun  go  down  upon  your  wrath." 

Please  explain  Gal.  1:8:"  But  though  we,  or  an  angel  from 
teaven,  preach  any  other  gospel  unto  you  than  that  which  we 
save  preached  unto  you,  let  him  be  accursed." — F.  M. 

By  "  another  gospel  "  is  meant  that  not  contained 
n  the  NewTestament.  "Accursed  "  means  to  hand 
over  to  the  judgment  of  God,  and,  in  our  Western 
way  of  speaking,  have  nothing  in  the  way  of  en- 
couragement to  do  with  the  man  or  his  false  teach- 

What  do  you  think  of  an  elder,  who,  in  cooncil-meeting,  is 
always  referring  to  the  Minutes,  but  never  to  the  Bible?— A'. 
T.B. 

We  think  that  elder  needs  to  be  taught  the  way 
of  the  Lord  more  perfectly.  In  his  way  of  using 
the  Minutes  he  abuses  them,  and  thereby  brings 
n  into  bad  repute.  The  Minutes  are  good  in 
their  place,  but  are  not  designed  to  be  used  in  that 
manner,  The  main  design  of  the  Minutes  is  to 
show  how  the  Brethren  understand  the  Gospel  on 
this,  that  and  the  other  question  before  the  Confer- 
ence, and  when  they  refer  to  the  Gospel  it  is  best 
for  us  to  go  direct  to  the  Gospel  in  order  to  impress 
the  thing  taught. 

When  a  congregation  employs  one  of  her  home  ministers  to 
hold  a  series  of  meetings,  is  it  not  just  as  important  to  pay  bim 
for  h«  service  as  to  pay  one  from  another  congregation? — M. 
CM. 

The  better  way  is  for  the  minister  to  preach  the 
Word,  not  expecting  any  pay.  Then  the  better  way 
for  the  church  is  to  show  her  appreciation  by  mak- 
ing up  a  good  present  for  the  preacher.  One  good 
turn  often  deserves  another.  Let  no  minister,  how- 
ever, become  so  faithless  that  he  cannot  preach  un- 
less he  is  paid  for  it.  Then,  on  the  other  hand,  let 
no  congregation  become  unmindful  of  the  needs  of 
her  earnest  and  hard  working  ministers.      J.  H.  M. 


HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY **^- 


TRUST. 

I  leave  my  burdens  and  my  cares 

In  God's  almighty  hand ; 
I  leave  the  answers  to  my  prayers 

To  wait  His  own  command. 
I  trust  Him  on  through  sun  and  shade, 
I  trust,  and  I  am  not  afraid, 
Though  oft  my  s 

And  far  from  I 
His  mercy  reach 


I  trust  and  I  : 


» the  skies,— 
through  sun  and  shade 


Though  clouds  obscure  my  path  beloiv, 

And  ev'ry  friend  be  gone, 
My  Savior's  constant  love  I  know; 

He  is  the  unchanging  One. 
I  trust  Him  on  through  sun  and  shade, 
I  trust,  and  I  am  not  afraid. 
When  Satan  flings  his  fiery  spear, 

Or  aims  the  subtle  dart, 
To  fill  my  soul  with  paltry  fear, 

Or  wound  my  wav'ring  heart, 
I  trust  Him  on  through  sun  and  shade, 


And  all  my 
Chen  come  th 


afraid. 


e,— His  comfort  blest,— 
:un  or  come  the  shade, 


-John  Wilfrid  McClurc 


TWO  TRAMPS. 

BS    NANCY   D.   UNDERHILL, 
[Sum  bar  One. 


Some  years  ago,  when  tramps  were  numerous 
in  Western  Kansas,  a  pedestrian  called  at  a  farm- 
house and  asked  for  food.  The  lady  of  the  house 
asked  him  in,  offered  a  seat,  then  went  away  to 
prepare  his  dinner.  Soon  she  returned,  bearing  a 
swill-pail,  half  full  of  pig- feed,  which   she  placed 


Feb.  26,  1 8 


TIKIS    O-OS^EH,    IMHESSEHSTQ-IEIR,. 


139 


before  her  guest,  saying,  ■■  Therel  Help  yourseUl " 
The  gentleman  (for  such  he  was)  at  once  under- 
stood the  situation,  explained  that  he  had  not 
meant  to  beg  food,  but  intended  to  pay  for  his  din- 
ner,— that,  although  he  was  traveling  on  foot,  he 
was  paying  his  way,  etc.  The  lady  then  explained 
how  she  had  mistaken  him  for  one  of  the  many 
tramps,  that  went  begging  their  way  through  the 
country,  eating  the  fruit  of  honest  men's  toil, — 
" like  hogs''  She  explained,  "  We  try  to  show  them 
how  we  regard  such  men,"  After  this  a  suitable 
meal  was  prepared,  eaten,  and,  we  presume,  paid 
for. 

The  gentleman,  who  is  a  near  and  highly- 
esteemed  neighbor  of  ours,  related  the  incident  to 
us,  as  a  joke  on  himself.  He  is  a  cultured,  refined, 
educated  gentleman,  and  has  a  very  nice  family. 
No  person  ever  goes  away  from  his  door,  slighted 
by  him,  or  hungry.  He  is  hospitable  and  benevo- 
lent toward  all. 

We  often  think  how  embarrassed  that  lady  must 
have  felt;  especially  had  she  known  whom  she  was 
entertaining. 

We  have  occasionally  met  people  who  would 
place  before  us  the  same  kind  of  food  when  we 
were  visiting  at  their  homes,  only  the  food  we  re- 
ceived was  spiritual  food,  and  not  literal  food  for 
the  body.  Being  tired,  soul-sick  and  hungry  after 
a  long  walk  in  the  dusty  way  of  this  world,  we 
finally  seek  a  quiet,  peaceful-looking  home  by  the 
wayside,  and  enter,  hoping  to  obtain  rest  and  food 
for  our  hungry  souls.  Our  spirit  cries  out  for 
Christian  society.  We  long  for  Christly  conversa- 
tion,— the  communion  of  saints,  which  shall  so  re- 
fresh and  nourish  our  hungry  souls  that  we  will  be 
able  to  go  on  our  way,  doing  our  humble  duty, 
plodding  along,  step  by  step,  through  this  weary 
world  as  our  humble  Master  did,  until  our  work  is 
finished,  our  journey  ended,  and  we  stand  safe  at 
the  portals  of  home,  blessed  home,  that  "  Father's 
house,"  whose  door  is  ever  open  to  his  weary  chil- 
dren, whose  table  is  laid  with  the  choicest  food,  and 
where  a  Prince  is  ready  to  lay  aside  his  royal  gar- 
ments for  those  of  an  humble  servant,  to  wait  upon 
us. 

We  are  willing  and  ready  to  pay  for  our  enter- 
tainment at  the  home  of  the  dear  neighbor  whom 
we  love  very  tenderly,  knowing  Jesus  died  for  him 
too,  We  have  some  good  things  with  us  that  we 
intend  to  give  in  exchange  for  the  food  we  hope  to 
receive.  We  do  not  mean  to  impose  upon  them  at 
all,  but  we  do  not  tell  them  so.  We  are  not  running 
an  advertising  establishment,  and  do  not  care  to  ad- 
vertise ourselves,  so,  I  guess,  they  must  sometimes 
mistake  us  for  some  member  of  the  swine  family, 
for  the  food  they  place  so  readily  before  our  hungry 
minds  is  a  very  sour,  nauseating  recital  of  other 
people's  faults. 

We  have  seen  plenty  of  that  sort  of  food,  and 
passed  by  without  partaking.  Why  should  it  be 
thrust  upon  us  when  we  seek  rest  and  nourishment? 
It  makes  our  head  ache,  our  heart  sore,  and  our  soul 
more  tired.  Why  cannot.  God's  children  place  be- 
fore their  guests  a  loaf  of  good,  wholesome  bread 
(the  Word  of  God),  instead  of  setting  before  them 
the  swill  of  sin  {other  people's  failings)?  Why  not 
place  before  them  a  cup  of  pure  wine  (the  blood  of 
Jesus),  a  clear  glass  of  sparkling  Water  of  Life,  a 
little  honey  (sweet,  kind  words  of  commendation), 
to  eat  with  their  bread;  a  little  cream  (mention  of 
the  Lord's  goodness, — or  his  children's  kindness) 
for  the  coffee  (the  warm  cup  of  welcome). 

Even  should  they  turn  out  to  be  poot  ignorant 
tramps,  we  would  never  regret  it.  But  suppose 
they  turn  put  to  be  true,  refined  children  of  our 
Heavenly  King?  What  will  they  think  of  us  if  we 
treat  them  as  pigs,  not  troubling  ourselves  to  give 
them  the  best  we  can  afford?  It  always  pays  to 
use  the  best.  Use  the  best  of  thought,  the  best  of 
conversation,  the  best  manners  we  have,  or  can  ob- 
tain every  day,  They  are  like  gold  and  silver  table 
ware  or  jewelry, — they  keep  bright  and  beautiful  by 
constant  use,  and  will  last  just  as  long  as  we  do,  but 
what  good  can  they  do,  shut  up  in  the  dark  closet 
of  selfishness,  growing  tarnished  and  useless,  while 
we  go  before  our  guests  (who  may  be  princes  or  an- 


gels in  disguise,  for  aught  we  know  ),  arrayed  in  the 
ugly  garments  of  stinginess,  and  set  before  them 
blackened  vessels  of  baser  metals,  filled  with  inferi- 
or food,— nauseating,  bitter  thoughts,  clothed  in 
words  of  condemnation,  fault-finding,  or  insinuating 
hatred. 

Jesus  is  your  guest  to-day.  How  are  you  treating 
him?  He  says,  "  Lo,  I  am  with  you  alway."  When 
he  appears  to  us  visibly  in  the  form  of  one  of  his 
disciples, — one  for  whom  he  suffered  and  died, — we 
have  a  glorious  opportunity  to  show  him  whether 
we  love  him  or  not. 

"As  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of 
these,     ,    ,     ,    ye  have  done  it  unto  me." 


A  BEAUTIFUL  PRAYER. 


SELECTED    BY 


J,    HOSSBRMAN, 


The  Duchess  of  Gordon  left  among  her  papers, 
found  after  her  death,  the  following  lovely  prayer: 
"O  Lord,  give  me  grace  to  feel  the  need  of  thy 
grace;  give  me  grace  to  ask  for  thy  grace;  and  when 
in  thy  grace  thou  hast  given  me  grace,  give  me 
grace  to  use  thy  grace." 

May  this  be  the  prayer  of  every  child  of  God! 


The  tempter  is  never  so  active  as  when  one  of  his 
subjects  comes  to  a  knowledge  of  the  Truth  and  ac- 
cepts Christ,  The  young  convert  must  be  on  his 
guard,  for  the  enemy  is  looking  after  him. 


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Death  of  Eld.  Henry  Carat. 

Eld.  Henry  Garst,  of  Pleasant  Hill,  Sullivan 
Co.,  T«nn.,  died  Dec.  27,  1897,  aged  77  years,  11 
months  and  13  days,  Dec,  2g  his  remains  were 
laid  away  in  the  Pleasant  Hill  cemetery.  His 
voted  wife  preceded  him  to  the  spirit  world  by 
more  than  seven  years,  He  leaves  four  childre: 
and  one  full  sister  (Aunt  Magdalene  Sherfy),  now 
more  than  83  years  old,  to  mourn  their  loss, 
Grandfather  Garst  was  born  near  Salem,  Va.,  and,  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  years,  moved  with  his  father  to 
Indiana.  Two  years  later  they  came  to  Tennessee, 
where  he  lived  until  the  time  of  his  death.  In  1842 
he  and  Mary  Bowman  were  united  in  marriage,  and 
lived  together  for  more  than  fifty  years.  Thay 
joined  the  church  in  their  younger  days,  and  lived 
consistent  members  for  life.  They  lived  and  la- 
bored for  Christ  and  the  upbuilding  of  the  church 
in  Tennessee,  and  other  adjoining  States,  for  there 
were  not  many  laborers  at  that  time.  Eld.  Henry 
Garst  served  in  the  deacon's  office  for  a  number  of 
years.  In  1859  he  was  called  to  the  ministry,  and 
about  three  years  later  he  was  ordained  elder.  He 
made  the  Bible  almost  his  exclusive  study,  and  de- 
fended it  at  every  opportunity.  He  made  a  great 
sacrifice  of  time  for  the  cause  of  Christ,  which 
seemed  to  be  his  greatest  pleasure. 

He  traveled  extensively  in  Western  North  Caro- 
lina, Virginia,  and  Upper  Eastern  Tennessee,  where 
he  did  much  preaching  and  other  church  business. 
He  served  two  or  three  times  on  Standing  Commit- 
tee. Some  very  appropriate  remarks  were  made  by 
Bro.  J.  C.  Bashor,  at  his  burial.  Thus  another  vali- 
ant soldier  for  Christ  has  passed  away! 

N.  N,  Garst, 

Thom,  Tenn,      _  

Death  of  Bro.  Joseph  Emmert  Rowland. 

Bro.  Joseph  Emmert  Rowland,  of  the  Manor 
congregation,  Washington  Co.,  Md.,  died  Jan.  25, 
189S,  aged  19  years,  8  months  and  19  days.  The 
funeral  took  place  Jan.  28.  Services  were  held  in 
the  Manor  meetinghouse,  conducted  by  the  writer, 
assisted  by  brethren  D.  Victor  Long,  D,  F,  Siouffer, 
and  W.  S,  Reichard,    Ten  ministers  were  present, 


After  services  his  remains  were  laid  peacefully 
away  in  the  cemetery  adjoining  the  house,  where 
services  were  held.  Funeral  text,  Eccl.  9:  5,  latter 
clause,  and  Amos  4:  12,  latter  clause.  It  was  said 
to  be  the  largest  congregation  of  people  ever  as- 
sembled on  a  funeral  occasion,  at  that  place,  which 
shows  the  high  esteem  in  which  our  brother  was 
held.  Bro.  Rowland  was  the  third  son  of  Bro,  Jo- 
seph M.  Rowland  and  Sister  Lizzie  Rowland.  He 
was  born  in  the  same  house  in  which  he  died,  He 
united  with  the  church  when  thirteen  years  old, 
and  lived  a  faithful  Christian  life  up  to  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  read  and  studied  the  Bible  carefully 
and  prayerfully,  thinking  that  to  be  his  best  compan- 
ion in  this  life.  His  seat  was  never  vacant  in  church, 
at  Bible  class,  or  Sunday  school,  when  he  was 
able  to  go.  During  the  last  summer  he  taught  the 
male  Bible  class  in  the  Brethren's  Sunday  school  at 
the  Downsville  meetinghouse,  and,  by  his  kind, 
loving,  and  sociable  disposition,  and  his  consecra- 
tion to  the  cause  of  Christ,  made  friends  wherever 
he  went. 

Being  much  devoted  to  the  cause  of  Christ,  he 
gained  the  confidence  of  the  church,  and,  on  last 
Thanksgiving  Day,  Nov.  25,  he  was  called  to  the 
ministry.  Though  young  in  years,  he  entered  into 
the  work  with  humble  boldness  and  that  child-like 
spirit  which  characterizes  every  true  follower  of 
Christ.  He  died  just  two  months  from  the  day  he 
was  elected.  His  life  in  the  ministry  being  so 
short,  he  only  preached  one  sermon,  but  opened 
and  closed  meetings,  and  often  gave  us  interesting 
talks  in  the  Bible  class.  He  had  arranged  to  ac- 
company the  writer  to  Union  Mills,  Carroll  County, 
Md,,  to  assist  in  a  series  of  meetings,  to  commence 
on  the  evening  of  Jan.  22.  He  being  sick  at  the 
time,  I  was  obliged  to  go  alone,  and,  instead  of  hav- 
ing him  with  me,  I  received  the  sad  intelligence 
Jan.  26,  to  come  home  to  preach  his  funeral,  He 
leaves,  besides  father  and  mother,  three  brothers 
and  four  sisters  (all  in  the  church  but  the  youngest 
sister).  J.  A.  Bricker, 


From  Belleville,  Kans. 


Our  series  of  meetings  closed  last  evening,  Feb. 
13,  with  a  full  house.  Bro,  Smith  labored  very 
faithfully  while  with  us.  He  preached  nineteen 
sermons  and  handled  his  various  subjects  with 
zeal  and  much  credit.  Three  were  received  by  bap- 
tism. The  members  in  general  seemed  to  be  ready 
for  these  meetings,  as  they  were  at  the  Painter 
Creek  church  (see  Gospbl  Messenger  No  7,  page 
100).  Sickness,  bad  weather  and  bad  roads  prevent- 
ed some.  There  were  fair  congregations,  though, 
at  each  meeting. 

Eld.  C,  S,  Holsinger  goes  to  the  White  Rock 
congregation  the  last  of  this  week,  to  conduct  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  in  their  new  meetinghouse. 

Bro.  A.  C.  Daggett  will  move  into  this  congrega- 
tion this  spring,  which  will  make  four  resident  min- 
isters. Louisa  J.  Williams. 

Feb.  14. 

From  Sterling,  III. 


The  cause  of  the  Master  is  moving  along  1 
agingly  in  this  city.  Our  congregations  are  show- 
ing a  steady  growth.  Our  Sunday  school,  too,  is  a 
growing  one.  Last  Sunday  we  reached  a  point 
above  high  water  mark,  having  a  larger  attendance 
than  any  Sunday  since  the  organization  of  our 
school.  We  have  recently  received  one  young  man 
by  baptism,  and  at  our  last  member's  meeting  one 
wanderer  was  reclaimed,  Within  the  last  few 
months  we  have  received  by  letter  seventeen  mem- 
bers, several  of  them  are  active  workers,  and  we  ex- 
pect them  to  do  us  good.  A  deeper  spiritual  feel- 
ing is  taking  hold  of  our  people,  and  we  are  look- 
ing forward  to  a  joyful  harvest  for  the  Sterling 
church  in  no  distant  future, 

We  have  appointed  our  love  feast  for  June  11  and 
12,  and  will  be  glad  to  have  brethren  and  sisters, 
visiting  Northern  Illinois  after  Annual  Meeting,  to 
arrange  to  be  with  us  at  this  time. 

fit.  it.  P,  R,  KHIVIHIR, 


0?33:E  gospel  messbngeb. 


Feb.  26,  i8gS, 


Notes  x  from  k  ou<  t  Correspondents. 

^■As  edd  wit^r  lo  a  thirsty  soul,  so  Is  good  news  from  a  far  country." 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

Clove?  Creek.— Bro.  David  Detwiler  began  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  in  the  Clover  Creek  meetinghouse 
Jan.  22,  and  continued  till  Feb,  6,  preaching  nine- 
teen sermons,  These  meetings  were  well  attended. 
One  dear  young  soul  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side 
and  was  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism.—/.  G.  Mock, 
Mattimburg,  Pa..  Feb.  14. 

Florin.— Bro.  Joseph  Long  commenced  meetings 
for  us  Jan.  31,  and  preached  ten  soul-cheering  ser- 
mons. Bro.  Long  made  quite  a  stir  among  the 
people  here,  as  he  did  not  shun  to  declare  the 
whole  Gospel.  Ten  have  come  out  on  the  Lord's 
side.  Others  are  much  impressed.  Our  communi- 
ty took  a  good  interest  in  the  meetings.— H.  W, 
Wolgemuth,  Feb.  12. 

Upper  Conewago.— Bro.  Orville  V.  Long,  one  of 
our  home  ministers,  commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings at  the  Mummert  house  near  East  Berlin,  on 
the  evening  of  Jan.  30,  and  continued  two  weeks, 
preaching  eighteen  sermons.  Bro,  Long  held  forth 
the  Word  of  God  in  his  usual  effective  and  logical 
manner.  Fifteen  were  received  by  baptism,  and 
one  reclaimed.— Chas.  L.  Baker,  East  Berlin,  Pa,, 
Feb.  14, 

Johnstown.— Bro.  G.  S.  Rairigh,  of  Denton,  Md„ 
began  a  series  of  meetings  for  us  at  Conemaugh  on 
the  evening  of  Jan.  24  and  closed  the  evening  of 
Feb.  6,  preaching  sixteen  sermons,  There  were 
about  1030  tracts  distributed.  Five  were  added  to 
the  church  by  baptism,  and  two  will  be  restored  in 
the  near  future,  One  applicant  awaits  baptism 
Good  interest  prevailed,  and  the  meetings  closed 
with  a  full  house.—/./.  Strayer,  Feb.  /,\ 

Big  Swatara. — Bro,  Joseph  Auker,  of  McAlister- 
ville,  Pa.,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  in  our 
Lower  Paxton  church  Jan.  22,  and  continued  until 
Feb.  1.  Then  Bro,  W.  M.  Howe,  of  New  Jersey, 
came  and  held  meetings  until  Feb.  11.  Through 
the  labors  of  these  brethren  twelve  made  applica- 
tion for  baptism.  All  applicants,  and  those  that 
were  baptized  since  last  Christmas  in  this  congre- 
gation are  twenty-two. — Dorothy  J.  Aungst,  Hoetn- 
erston,  Pa.,  Feb,  14, 

Bethel. — Bro.  Hostetler  began  meetings  at  this 
place  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  29,  and  continued  until 
Feb.  13.  He  preached,  in  all,  nineteen  sermons. 
His  labors  were  of  value  to  all.  On  the  evening  of 
Feb.  10  he  preached  an  excellent  sermon  on  "Re- 
pentance," and  the  two  evenings  following  he 
preached  on  "  Bsptism."  We  were  sorry  to  seethe 
meetings  close,  as  there  was  a  great  interest  taken 
in  the.  preaching  and  also  in  singing.— J.  H.  Morris, 
Cypher,  Pa„  Fib.  15. 

Markleysbnrg.— The  home  ministers  began  meet- 
ings at  the  Union  Chapel  Jan,  29,  and  continued  till 
Feb.  13.  The  people  gave  marked  attention  and 
the  interest  kept  increasing  till  the  close,  As  an 
immediate  result  twenty  dear  souls  were  added  to 
the  church,  seventeen  by  baptism  and  three  re- 
stored, with -others  near  the  kingdom.  Thirteen  of 
the  above  are  heads  of  families.  Surely  it  is  a  glo- 
rious thing  to  see  fathers  and  mothers  coming  to 
Christ,  thus  setting  an  example  for  their  children 
to  follow.— Jasptr  Barnthcitse,  Feb.  14, 

Lewistown. — Eld.  J.  M.  Mohler  commenced  a 
series  of  meetings  in  our  house  in  town  Jan.  14,  and 
closed' Feb.  11,  preaching  twenty-two  sermons.  He 
gave  us  good,  sound  Bibl«  doctrine.  Six  made  the 
good  confession.  Bro.  P.  S.  Miller,  of  Roanoke, 
Va.,  was  with  us  a  few  days  during  these  meetings 
and  preached  very  acceptably  for  us.  He  was  here 
in  the  interest  of  the  Washington,  D.  C,  mission 
work,  and  we  are  glad  to  note  that  he  received  sub- 
*  -^tantial  recognition  from  our  people,  If  all  would 
do  what  we  could  in  this  line,  a  mission  with  a 
good  house  of  worship  could  be  had  in  all  our  cit- 
ies. Eld.  Wm.  M.  Howe,  of  Sergeantsville,  N.  J., 
commenced  a  meeting  in  our  Dry  Valley  house  last 
evening,  which  will  continue  for  some  time. — 5,  /, 
Swigart,  Feb.  14. 


Oriental.— Jan,    29    \ 
meetings    by   the   horn 
Kauffman,  of  Oakli 
mons,  Bro.  Elias  L 


commenced   a    series  of 

brethren.     Bro.   Solomon 

d  Mills,  Pa.,  gave  us  nine  ser- 

of  Richfield,  Pa„  three,  and 


Bro.  C.  G.  Winey,  of  East  Salem,  Pa.,  one,  We 
had  good  order,  a  full  house,  and  the  people  gave 
marked  attention.  A  "  cold  wave"  during  the  meet- 
ing produced  no  decline  in  attendance.  Lasting 
impressions  were  made.  We  have  an  interesting 
Bible  class  since  Jan.  2.  The  meetings  closed  Feb. 
6,  with  a  full  house  of  attentive  listeners.— /<?£?/  S. 
Showers, 

Aughvack. — We  just  closed  a  very  interesting 
and  well-attended  meeting  in  the  Hill  Valley 
church,  in  the  above  congregation,  with  two  coming 
out  to  be  baptized  in  the  near  future.  Preaching 
was  done  by  Bro.  C,  Myers,  of  Mt.  Union,  one  of 
our  home  ministers,  who  also  held  a  week's  meet- 
ings, assisted  by  the  writer,  at  the  Oak  Grove 
schoolhouse, — a  point  near  Shade  Gap.  The  weath- 
er being  unfavorable,  the  meetings  were  not  so  well 
attended,  but  the  interest  was  good.  We  found  a 
man  seventy-five  years  of  age,  who  had  read  the 
Bible  and  Testament  through  twenty-one  times,  and 
yet  made  no  profession.— /<?/;«  E,  Gatvcr,  Cora,  Pa,, 
Feb.  q. 

Ten  Mile. — Elders  S,  F,  Sanger  and  Samuel 
Sprankle  came  to  this  church  Feb,  5.  The  breth- 
ren, while  with  us,  preached  three  sermons  at  the 
brick  house,  and  we  believe  lasting  impressions 
were  made.  We  held  a  council-meeting  Feb.  8, 
which  passed  off  very  pleasantly.  The  church  de- 
cided to  send  Bro.  Bottorff  as  delegate  to  District 
Meeting;  also  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  We 
further  decided  to  hold  Sunday  school  at  both 
churchhouses  this  coming  summer.  Bro.  Bottorff 
was  elected  Superintendent  for  the  school  at  the 
frame  house,  and  the  writer  Superintendent  for  the 
school  at  the  brick  house.  Bro.  Bottorff  is  con- 
ducting a  series  of  meetings  at  the  Pigeon  Creek 
house,  with  good  interest. — Rebecca  Grcb'e,  Bealls- 
villt,  Washington  Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  g. 

INDIANA. 

Elkhart  Valley. — Eld.  I.  L.  Berkey  came  among 
us  Jan.  21,  and  continued  meetings  until  Feb.  13, 
One  was  baptized  and  one  reclaimed. — Clara  B. 
Stavffer,  Dunleps,  Ind.,  Feb,  14. 

Goshen.— Since  making  our  former  report  for  the 
Goshen  mission,  one  more, — a  young  man  in  the 
prime  of  life, — has  been  added  to  our  number  by 
baptism.— D.  R,  Voder,  Feb,  so, 

English  Prairie. — Bro.  Aiex,  Miller  commenced 
a  series  of  meetings  Jan,  22,  and  continued  until 
Feb,  13,  He  labored  earnestly  during  these  meet- 
ings. —  John  Long,  Brighton,  La  Grange  Co.,  Ind., 
Feb,  15. 

Hillisbnrgh. — Bro.   James    Kennedy  commenced 

a  series  of  meetings  here  Jan,  30,  and  closed  Feb. 

He  preached  with  earnestness,  and  the  church 

was  greatly   built   up.  —  Nathaniel  Cfipe,  B^ylcston, 

Clinton  Co,,  Ind„  Feb,  is. 

Walnut.— Bro.  J.  L,  Thomas,  of  North  Dakota, 
commenced  a  series  of  meetings  Feb.  6,  and 
preached  fourteen  soul-cheering  sermons.  Five 
came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  were  baptized  to 
walk  in  newness  of  life. — Tobias  Helsel,  A*gjs,  Inf., 
Fib  17. 

Bethel, — Two  have  been  received  into  the  church 
since  our  last  report.  Bro.  J.  B  Neff  is  conducting 
an  interesting  singing  school  at  the  Salem  house. 
This  congregation  has  three  places  of  worship. 
The  Sunday  schools  at  all  three  places  are  moving 
along  nicely,  with  good  attendance. — Chzuncey  I. 
WevbtighU  Milford,  bid.,  Feb,  14, 

Willi amsport. — Our  meetings  closed  Feb.  i,  with 
three  applicants  and  one  reclaimed,  Bro.  Wm.  R, 
Harshbarger  preached  fourteen  sermons.  Jan.  26 
we  held  our  council.  Everything  passed  off  pleas- 
antly. Our  Sunday  school  is  in  a  prosperous  con- 
dition. Our  "Young  People's  Bible  Society" 
meets  on  Tuesday  evening  of  each  week,  with  an 
enrollment  of  115,  and  a  crowded  house  every  night, 
There  is  quite  an  interest  awakened  here.  Our 
meetings  are  well  attended. — D.  Brubaker,  Ftb, 


Walnut. — Jan.  29  this  church  commenced  a  series 
of  meetings.  Bro.  Thomas  did  the  preaching. 
Feb.  7  five  were  baptized.  Four  of  these  are  chil- 
dren. The  meetings  will  be  closed  the  nth.  We 
hope  for  still  others  to  come. — A.  I.  Mow,  Marshall 
Co.,  Fib.  8. 

North  Manchester. — The  good  work  of  the  Lord 
still  goes  on  in  this  church.  Sunday,  Feb.  6,  two 
precious  souls  came  cut  on  the  side  of  the  Lord  and 
were  gladly  received  into  fellowship  by  baptism. 
This  makes  twenty-three  since  Jan.  I,  1S9S, — D.  C. 
Cripe,  Feb.  is, 

Goshen. — Our  quarterly  council  of  Feb.  5  passed 
off  with  the  best  of  feelings,  Bro.  Lemuel  Millery 
gave  a  good  admonition,  Bro.  Geo.  Z oilers,  of 
South  Bend,  was  also  with  us.  Our  church  record 
shows  an  enrollment  of  322  members,  at  present, 
with  only  five  deaths  during  the  year  of  1S97. — R, 
W,  Davenpcr:,  Feb,  16, 

Cedar  Creek. — Our  series  of  meetings,  which  be- 
gan Jan.  29,  conducted  by  Eld.  J.  Stafford,  closed 
last  night,  Feb,  14,  with  much  interest.  The  in- 
clemency of  the  weather  and  muddy  roads  were 
evvhat  against  u=,  yet  the  congregations  were 
very  large,  considering  the  circumstances, — H, 
Sleekly,  Garrett,  Ind.,  Feb.  14.* 

Bethel.— This  church  met  in  council  Feb.  12.  All 
business  was  disposed  of  pleasantly.  Elders  Wm. 
R.  Harshbarger  and  H.  H.  Keim  were  chosen  dele- 
gates to  District  Meeting.  The  Mt,  Pleasant 
church,  in  this  congregation,  has  an  evergreen  Sun- 
day school  in  a  flourishing  condition, — Lula  Harsh- 
barger, Ladoga,  Ind,,  Fib.  IJ, 

Middletown. — Bro.  David  Replogle  came  to  our 
place  Jan.  29,  and  preached  eleven  sermons.  While 
there  were  no  accessions,  we  trust  good  impres- 
sions were  made.  We  met  on  Sunday  evening  and 
had  a  short  service  for  a  sister  who  is  partially  par- 
alyzed. She  seemed  to  enjoy  the  services  very 
■much, — Florida  J,  E.  Green,  Feb.  Ij, 

Montpelier. — We  have  just  closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  at  the  Big  Bow  schoolhous?,  three  triiJes 
southeast  of  Montpelier,  in  the  bounds  of  the  Cam- 
den church.  This  is  a  new  point  and  should  have 
immediate  attention  by  way  of  regular  appointments, 
Quite  an  interest  is  manifested,  We  had  an  unusual 
attendance  considering  the  rainy  weather  and  mud- 
dy roads.  One  was  baptized  and  others  are  count- 
ing the  cost. — Israel  Cripe,  Feb,  14, 

Turkey  Creek. — Bro.  L,  T.  Holsinger,  of  North 
Manchester,  Ind,,  came  to  us  Jan,  20,  and  com- 
menced a  series  of  meetings  in  the  Nappanee 
churchhouse,  closing  Feb.  9.  He  delivered  twenty- 
nine  interesting  sermons.  There  was  one  applicant 
for  baptism.  The  attendance  was  good,  and  the 
meeting  closed  with  a  good  interest.  On  the  even- 
ing of  Jan.  24,  after  preaching,  our  elder's  wife,  Sis- 
ter J.  C.  Murray,  was  anointed,  in  the  presence  of  a 
large  audience.  The  physicians  had  made  arrange- 
ments to  remove  a  serious  cancer  for  her,  the  next 
day.  She  stood  the  operation  well,  and  is  getting 
ig  nicely  up  to  this  time, — L.  D,  Uiery,  Nappa- 
nee,  Elkhart  Co,,  Ind.,  Fib.  lo, 

Somerset, — Bro  B,  F.  Honeyman,  of  Center, 
Ohio,  came  to  us  Jan.  I*,  and  began  preaching  in 
our  churchhouse  at  Mt.  Vernon,  and  continued  till 
Feb.  6,  preaching  twenty-six  sermons.  The  "  Pro- 
gressive Brethren  "  began  meeting  about  a  mile  east 
of  us,  the  week  after  we  began,  and  the  Methodists 
at  Somerset,  about  a  mile  west  of  us,  but  these 
meeting*  did  not  seem  to  affect  our  attendance,  as 
Bro.  Honeyman  closed  his  meetings  with  a  crowded 
house.  Three  were  baptized  and  many  others  had 
a  warm  feeling  for  the  church.  Bro.,  Honeyman 
preached  for  five  weeks.  Oar  song  service,  conduct- 
ed principally  by  the  young  people,  was  commend- 
able. We  have  an  interesting  Sunday  school,  su- 
perintended by  the  writer.— /.  D,  Rifi,  Converse,  Bid. 
Feb.  14. 

KANSAS. 

Menlo.— Bro.  A.  C.  Snowberger  and  wife  came 
here  Feb.  3,  and  he  commenced  preaching  the  same 
evening.     He    preached     eleven    sermons,    Three 

were  baptized, — Annie  Wine,  Feb.  is. 


Feb.  26, 


THE   GOSPEL   3VTESSE1TC3-ES,. 


1 1  r 


Maple  Giove.— Bro.  Geo.  Mishler,  of  Kinzie,  Ind„ 
began  meetings  here  Jan  14.  He  preached  six  ser- 
mons and  also  gave  us  a  very  interesting  children's 
meeting  on  Sunday.  While  there  were  no  acces- 
sions to  the  church,  there  were  lasting  impressions 
made.-— Andrew/.  WtrU nierger,  Norcatur,Kcm„  F.b. 
11. 

Dunlap.—  Feb.  5  the  Brethren  met  in  a  special 
council,  with  Eld.  J.  D.  Trostle  presiding.  The 
business  before  the  meeting  was  pleasantly  disposed 
of.  We  received  one  by  baptism.  We  granted  one 
certificate  of  membership.  Our  aged  elder  handed 
in  his  resignation,  which  we  accepted.— John  G.  Sar- 
gent, Ftb.  12. 

Slate  Creek.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  Feb. 
12.  We  decided  to  hold  a  love  feast  April  9.  We 
send,  as  our  delegates  to  District  Meeting,  brethren 
John  Wise  and  Jacob  Funk.  We  also  send  three 
papers  to  District  Meeting.  Bro.  J.  W.  Jarboe,  of 
Lovewell,  Nebraska,  was  with  us,  and  remained 
over  Sunday.  Feb.  13  he  gave  a  short  talk  to  the 
children  of  the  Sunday  school.  He  also  preached 
two  sermons. — H.  H.  Fasnscht,  Conway  Springs, 
/Cans.,  Fib  14, 

OHIO. 

Palestine. — Last  Sunday  evening  we  closed  a  very 
pleasant  and  interesting  series  of  meetings,  which 
continued  for  two  weeks,  conducted  by  Bro.  David 
Filbrun.  There  were  four  received  by  baptism, 
Bro  David  is  a  zealous  worker. — Dat.i'.l  Bauimtn, 
Baker,  Ohio,  Ftb.  15. 

Ashland. — The  meetings  in  the  Ashland  church, 
at  the  Dickey  meetinghouse,  conducted  by  Bro.  P. 
Stuck  man,  resulted  in  nineteen  confessions  for 
Christ,  three  of  whom  are  yet  to  be  baptized. 
Many  more  are  seriously  impressed.  Many  of  the 
above  are  heads  of  families.  The  church  is  breath- 
ing anew  the  Spirit  of  Christ.— T,  S.  Moherman, 
Fib  16. 

Shelby. — The  dedication  of  the  Rich  church,  six 
miles  north  of  Mansfield,  will  take  place  F"eb.  27. 
An  invitation  is  extended  to  all,  and  especially  to 
the  surrounding  churches.  Those  wishing  to  be 
present  from  the  North  and  West  should  come  to 
Shelby.  Those  from  the  South  and  East  should 
come  to  Mansfield.—  W.  A.  Kline,  Feb.  p. 

Pleasant  Valley.— Bro.  D,  M.  Garver,  of  Farm 
ersville,  Ohio,  began  a  series  of  meetings  at  the 
Jordan  house  on  the  evening  of  Jan,  8,  and  contin- 
ued until  the  evening  of  Jan.  21.  On  the  evening 
of  Jan.  27  Eld.  Joseph  Spitzer,  of  Indiana,  began  a 
series  of  meetings  at  the  Valley  house,  and  contin- 
ued until  Feb.  15,  preaching  thirty-one  sermons. 
Eight  were  received  by  baptism,  and  one  that  had 
wandered  away  was  reclaimed.  One  applicant  is 
to  be  reclaimed  in  the  near  future.— D.  E,  Clark, 
Cosmos,  Ohio,  Feb.  16. 

Eagle  Creek.— Bro.  Reuben  Shroyer  came  to  our 
church  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  24,  and  preached 
each  evening  until  Feb.  13, — in  all  twen'y-seven  ser- 
mons. The  meetings  were  well  attended  through- 
out, and  a  good  interest  was  shown.  Our  song 
service  was  held  one-half  hour  before  regular  serv- 
ice. This  was  enjoyed  by  all.  Bro.  Shroyer  surely 
did  the  work  of  an  evangelist,  presenting  the 
Word  with  power.  Six  souls  decided  to  v/alk  in 
newness  of  life,  and  the  church  was  much  revived 
— Chas.  A  Bame,  WiUiamstown,  Ohio,  F^b.  14. 

New  Carlisle. — The  series  of  meetings  closed  in 
New  Carlisle  on  the  evening  of  Jan.  30,  with  a  full 
house  and  very  good  interest.  Eld.  D.  P.  Shively 
presented  the  Gospel  in  a  plain  manner,  and  could 
be  understood  by  all  One  was  reclaimed,  and  one 
applicant  is  to  be  baptized  in  the  near  future.  He 
was  delayed  on  account  of  sickness.  We  are,  at 
present,  in  the  Price's  Creek  church,  Castine  house, 
preaching  the  Gospel.  Our  attendance  and  inter- 
est are  fair,  but  it  is  rather  strange  how  the  weath- 
er does  affect  the  attendance,  not  only  here,  but  at 
so  many  places.  As  soon  as  it  gets  too  cold,  or  too 
stormy,  the  attendance  drops  off.  It  seems  some- 
times as  if  we  could  stand  the  inclemency  of  the 
weather  better,  to  attend  to  the  things  that  belong 
to  this  life,  than  to  the  things  that  belong  to  life 
eternal. — Henry  Frantz,  Forgy,  Ohio,  Feb,  0. 


OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

Davenport.— Two  were  received  into  the  Oak 
Grove  church  by  baptism  Feb.  S,  as  a  result  of  a 
series  of  meetings,  conducted  by  the  home  minis- 
ters, assisted  by  Eld.  A,  W.  Austin.—/?*.  A.  Sund- 
er, Feb.  11. 

Concord.— We  have  had  a  pleasant  winter  so  far, 
with  plenty  of  rain.  Our  winter  wheat  looks  fine. 
I  consider  this  a  fine  climate  and  good  country. 
Our  meetings  at  the  Hoyle  church  are  well  attend- 
ed.— N  F.  Brubaker,  Feb.  14. 

Oak  Grove.— We  just  closed  an  interesting  series 
of  meetings,  conducted  by  our  elder,  A  W.  Austin 
and  the  home  ministers,  Two  were  baptized  and 
others  are  near  the  kingdom.  We  reorganized  our 
Sunday  school.— HanihRoae,  Davenpot1,Ok\a„  Feb. 
14, 

VIRGINIA. 

Nokesville.— The  church  met  in  council  to-day, 
Bro  Levi  Wenger  presiding.  Two  members  were 
received  by  letter.  The  following  delegates  were 
elected:  J.  S.  Flory  and  S.  S.  Lint  to  District 
Meeting,  and  I.  N.  H.  Beahm  to  Annual  Meeting  — 
67.  W.  Btahm,  BrtntsvilU,  Va.,  Feb.  is. 


Antioch.— This  church  me 
We  granted  seven  letters  of  rr 
ant  feature  of  the   meeting 

congregatii 


Peters,  D.  A.  Naff,  Geo.  Bowman,  Jacob  Hylton, 
and  other",  were  with  us.  Bro.  Daniel  Bowman  and 
wife,  of  Quinter,  Kans.,  are  visiting  relatives  at  this 
place, — their  former  home,—/.  //.  Flora,  Hickman, 
Va.,  Ftb.  7, 

ILLINOIS. 

Mulberry  Grove.— The  members  of  this  church 
met  in  quarterly  council  Feb.  12.  Our  Sunday 
school  was  reorganized.  It  was  decided  to  hold  a 
series  of  meetings  in  April.— A.  C.  Kessler,  Wobutn, 
III ,  Ftb.  14. 

Martin  Creek. — TKe  members  met  in  quarterly 
council  Feb.  9,  and  disposed  of  much  business  in  a 
very  pleasant  manner.  We  organized  a  Sunday 
school,  April  3,  with  Bro.  J.  W.  Harshbarger  as 
Superintendent.  Wc  also  decided  to  hold  a  Io 
feast  Oct.  1,  with  a  series  of  meetings  about  that 
time.— J.J.  Scrogum,  Fairfield,  Wayne  Co.,  Ill,  Feb.  12. 

Franklin  Grove.— A  short  series  of  meetings  has 
just  closed  in  this  congregation,  which  was  con- 
ducted by  two  of  our  elders,  brethren  Daniel  Dier- 
dorff  and  Levi  Trostle.  There  were  no  accessions, 
but  good  interest  was  manifested,  and  the  attend- 
ance was  good,  except  on  evenings  when  we  had 
inclement  weather.  The  meetings  demonstrated 
the  fact  that  it  is  not  always  necessary  to  have 
"strange"  preachers  to  draw  a  crowd  or  awaken 
an  interest.  We  believe  the  church  has  received 
much  spiritual  strength  by  these  meetings. — D.  B, 
Sittgtr,  Fib  11. 

Mt,  Carroll.— Our  series  of  meetings  closed  Sun- 
day evening,  Feb.  6.  Bro.  P.  R  Keltner  com- 
menced preaching  for  us  in  town  on  Thursday  ev- 
ening, Jan.  13,  and  continued  until  Feb.  I.  '  We 
were  sorry  he  could  not  stay  longer,  as  the  meet- 
ings were  well  attended,  and  good  interest  mani- 
fested. The  last  evening  he  was  with  us,  one 
young  sister  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  and  on 
Saturday  was  received  into  the  church  by  baptism. 
On  Sunday  evening,  Feb.  13,  we  expect,  the  Lord 
willing,  to  commence  meetings  at  the  Arnold's 
Grove  house  — W.  H.  Eisenbise,  Feb,  8. 

Pleasant  Hill.— This  church  met  in  regular  coun- 
cil Feb.  12.  We  received  a  number  of  members  by 
letter  and  several  certificates  of  membership.  Bro. 
J.  W,  Leer  was  appointed  as  tract  distributer.  Bro. 
D.  C.  Gibson  was  elected  Superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school  and  Bro.  G.  W.  Gibson  appointed  as 
delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  Our  love  feast 
curs  April  22,  at  4  P.  M.  This  church  now  extends' 
north  and  west  to  the  Illinois  River.  Bro.  M  J.  Mc- 
Clure,  previous  to  the  council,  began  a  course  of 
doctrinal  sermons.  Seven  sermons,  including  two 
introductory  ones,  completed  the  first  cardinal 
theme, — that  of  baptism,—; James  Wirt,  Virden,  III, 
Feb.  is. 


Hudson.— At  a  special  church  meeting  in  Hudson, 
the  Brethren  met  in  council,  brethren  M  J.  Mc- 
Clure  and  D.  B  Gibson  being  present,  to  elect  two 
deacons  and  one  minister.  Bro.  A.  J.  Ramey,  of 
Clarksville,  was  chosen  as  minister,  and  Bro.  Ira 
Michael,  of  Hudson,  and  Bro.  John  Gardner,  of 
Clarksville,  were  elected  deacons.  These  all  ac- 
cepted the  office  imposed  upon  them,  and  were  in- 
stalled into  their  respective  offices  accordingly.— 
T.  D.  Lyon,  Fib,  10. 

WASHINGTON. 

Oysterville.— Jan.  9th  I  commenced  meetings  at 
Grand  Mound,  about  one  hundred  miles  from  home, 
and  preached  twenty-one  sermons,  We  had  good 
attendance  and  good  interest,  and  closed  with  a 
crowded  house.  One  was  baptized.  Jan.  30  I  com- 
menced meetings  in  the  Second  Baptist  church  in 
Centralia  and  preached  eleven  sermons.  Feb.  3  we 
held  a  love  feast.  Twelve  members  surrounded 
the  Lord's  table.  Half  of  them  were  new  members 
and  had  never  attended  a  love  feast  before.  It  was 
the  first  feast  for  the  Centralia  church,  The  house 
was  crowded  but  we  had  good  attention.  Feb,  9  we 
arrived  home  after  three  months'  absence  in  the 
council  Feb.  6.  mission  field.—/.  U.  67.  Slivtrson,  Fib.  11, 
rship.  A  pleas-  Centralia.— Bro.  J.  U.  G.  Stiverson,  of  Oyster- 
the  presence  of  ville,  held  a  series  of  meetings  at  Grand  Mound, 
Eld.  Daniel  after  New  Year's,  which  continued  nearly  three 
weeks  with  good  attendance  and  very  good  inter- 
est. The  house  was  crowded  the  last  week,  One 
was  received  by  Christian  baptism,— a  mother  of  a 
family.  We  held  our  love  feast  Feb.  3,  in  Centra- 
lia. Twelve  members  were  present.  This  was  the 
first  love  feast  held  in  Western  Washington.  The 
house  was  so  full  that  not  all  could  be  seated.  We 
attended  a  number  of  feasts  in  the  East,  but  never 
in  our  life  did  we  see  people  so  anxious  to  witness 
the  exercises  of  a  feast,  that  they  would  stand  up 
and  sit  down  repeatedly.  Some  expressed  them- 
selves as  being  well  pleased  with  the  services.  We 
are  in  need  of  a  resident  minister.— Alice  S.  Christ- 
liib,  Feb.  S. 

NEBRASKA. 

North  Beatrice. —  At  our  council,  Feb,  5,  the 
church  decided  to  have  our  feast  May  14;  aiso  to 
have  a  series  of  meetings  early  in  the  fall,  and  to 
secure  some  one  to  conduct  a  singing-class  in  con- 
nection with  the  meetings.  One  has  united  with  the 
church  at  this  place  recently.  We  are  glad  to  say 
that  we  expect  another  minister  to  locate  with  us 
this  spring.  —  M.  L.  Solerberger,  Beatrice,  Nibr., 
Feb,  14. 

Upton.— Eld.  Snavely  held  a  week's  meetings  in 
the  "Church  of  God  "  house,  with  very  good  at- 
tendance and  wide-awake  listeners.  Quite  an  in- 
terest was  taken  in  the  plan  of  salvation,  as  he  pre- 
sented it.  We  believe  there  was  much  and  lasting 
good  done.  There  are  no  brethren  close  here. 
The  people  feel  very  grateful  to  Eld.  Snavely  for 
giving  the  good  instruction.  We  feel  the  need  of 
proper  teaching  in  this  community. — M.  E.  Peacock, 
Feb.  14. 

TENNESSEE. 

New  Hope. — We  commenced   a  series  of  meet- 
ings Jan.  30  and  continued  until  Feb.  13.    A  minis- 
terial   meeting    was  held   Feb.    11    and    12     The 
preaching  was  done  by  the  home  ministers  and  those 
ing  churches.     Brethren  John  Brubaker 
Correll  were  with  us  part  of  the  time. 
We  feel  that  we  have  been  greatly  strengthened  and 
encouraged.     Our  Ministerial  Meeting  was  one   of 
the  best  I  ever  attended.    There  is  a  great  need,  all 
the  South,  for  earnest  preaching, — -/.  W.  Love- 
grove,  Telford,  Tcnn.,  Feb.  14. 

WISCONSIN. 
Chippewa  Valley.— Bro.  C.  P.  Rowland  came  to  us 
Feb,  xi,  and  is  preaching  each  evening  in  his  usual 
earnest  manner.  He  is  greeted  by  full  houses  of 
attentive  listeners.  We  have  our  chur'hhouse  new- 
ly seated,  and  well  lighted,  and  I  be'ie*  e  all  ap- 
preciate it,  The  order  is  commendable  All  the 
members  seem  active  in  trying  to  make  this  series 
of  meetings  both  interesting  and  profitable. — Katie 
Joyce,  Red  Cedar,  Wis.,  Feb.  if, 


the  gosifieij  mzessjEistg-eir,. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


/[im 


Notice  to  the  Sunday  School  Superintend 

ents  In  the  Southern  District 

of  Illinois. 

The  committee  for  the  Sunday  school  meet 
ing,  to  be  held  in  the  Southern  District  of  Illi 
nois,  this  coming  fall,  solicits  the  co-operation^ 
of  each  Sunday  school  Superintendent,  who 
will  offer  such  topics  and  suggestions  as  will 
aid  in  making  a  live  program,  and  also  to  senc 
the  names  and  addresses  of  active  members  it 
his  school,  who  might  take  part  in  the  pro 
gram,  J.  Z.  Bechtold,  Sec. 

Girard,  Til.,  Feb.  12. 


-/at 


Smyrna  Notes. 

,  l8gy.     We  have  ushered  in  the 


day  of  this  new  year  with  such  good 
tions,  to  live  closer  to  Christ,  and  work  with 
greater  zeal  toward  the  saving  and  ingathering 
of  precious  souls.  The  Lord  help  us  to  abide 
faithful  to  our  promises! 

—Our  children,  too,  resolved,  at  morning 
prayer,  to  do  better  this  year,  both  in  their 
conduct  and  studies,  and  to  become  worthier 
children  of  their  dear  Heavenly  Father.  May 
they  also  be  true  to  their  promise,  and  grow 
and  wax  strong  in  spirit,  and  may  the  grace  of 
God  be  upon  them! 

—"Jesus,  keep  me  near  the  cross,"  is  the 
first  hymn  in  English  that  our  orphans  have 
learned  by  heart.  They  have  also  learned  the 
tune  of  it,  and  sing  it  very  sweetly.  Soon  we 
will  have  morning  and  evening  prayer  alto- 
gether in  English. 

—Yesterday,  Dec.  31,  we  gave  each  of  our 
children  a  certificate  for  scholarship,  conduct, 
and  punctuality,  during  the  past  trimester. 
Three  girls  and  nine  boys  had  the  highest 
mark,  "  excellent  "  for  all  these  things.     Many 


had 


■fan 


two    "  poor 


for 


scholarship.    The  conduct,  so  far,  has 


:of  c 


np]., 


ingly  rejoice  over  that. 

— Our  members  show  more  ze; 
in  those  things  which  pertain  ' 
calling  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus," 
months  advance.  We  can  set 
ence,  as  we  compare  the  prese 
of  our  meetings  with  that  of  s 
past.     More  punctuality,  more 


oeir  "high 

weeks  and 

;ee  great    differ- 

sent  atmosphere 

several  months 

are  the  charac- 
teristics of  our  services.  When  we  consider  the 
low  estate  of  those  people,  as  regards  their 
past  training  in  this  land  of  degradation  and 
sin,  little  could  have  been  expected  in  such  a 
short  lime.  But  God's  Word  preached,  will 
forever  transform,  change  and  regenerate  the 
human  heart.  Oh!  for  more  faith  in  that 
Word,  its  preaching,  and  the  Great  Commis- 

— To-day  comes  the  first  Messenger  of  this 
new  year,  bringing  the  sad  intelligence  of  the 
death  of  Eld.  S.  S.  Barklow,  of  Norway,  Ore- 
gon. He  was  the  first  person  of  our  Brother- 
hood with  whom  we  came  in  contact,  by  cor- 
respondence, before  we  joined  the  Brethren 
church.  We  never  saw  his  face,  nor  knew 
each  other  except  by  interchange  of  letters. 
We  were  then  living  in  the  State  of  Washing- 
ton. His  wise  counsels  were  always  very  help- 
ful to  us  then;  and,  while  blessing  his  memory, 
we  confess  that  we  are  greatly  indebted  to  him 
for  the  step  that  has  enabled  us  to  come 
among  the  Brethren  and  work  for  the  Master 
in  Asia  Minor.  We  trust  in  that  day,  when  we 
shall  all  see  each  other  face  to  face,  in  that 
pure  land  of  light  and  love,  we  may  recount  our 
struggles  and  victories  in  the  Master's  cause. 

—Two  of  our  orphans,  having  been  asked  to 
spend  Christmns  at  an  aunt's  house,  in  the 
suburbs  of  Smyrna,  took  their  New  Testa- 
ments with  them,  saying,  "We  must  not  for- 
get this  dear  book,  and  we  must  never  live 
apart  from  each  other!  "  Surely  it  is  not  the 
Armenian  church  that  has  made  them  love  the 
Word  of  God,  however  Christian  she  may  call 
herself!  G.  J.  Fercki 


Hudson  Happenings. 


In  the  thirty  years'  work  of  the  Hudson 
church,  there  never  has  been  such  an  awaken- 
ing, as  was  manifest,  from  first  to  last,  in  a 
series  of  doctrinal  sermons,  delivered  by  Eld. 
D.  B.  Gibson,  in  Clarksville.  The  meetings 
continued  for  twenty-four  days,  and  visiting 

was  done  from  house  to  house.    The  people . 

came  through  mud  and  storm,  the  house  being  '     Feb.  fj, 


nfortably   packed  with   eager 


,vlm   oil- 


ed    slo 


le; 
Bible 


■  I  I, 


nissed.  Many  brougli 
notations  were  made,  would  refer  t 
nd  verse,  and  read.  One  aged  mai 
been  a  church  member  for  cigh 


nd  I 


uch  '  Bi 


ble  '  preached  in  all  that  time  as  I  have  hea 
in  this  meeting." 

-  Clarksville  is  largely  made  up  of  Virginia! 
and  a  kinder  people  would  be  hard  to  fin 
We  also  acknowledge  the  courtesy  of  0 
"Christian  "  friends  in  Lexington,  who  grar. 
ed  us  the  use  of  their  commodious  house  ai 
"  baptistry,"  where  a  number  were  baptized, 
the  presence  of  a  large  congregation.  Seve 
applicants  were  the  result  of  the  meelin 


any 


-i.len 


the 


attei 


We  bespeak  a  large  ingathering  for  Clark 
ville,  in  the  near  future.  A  house  of  worship 
is  now  thetopic  there,  and  we  call  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Southern  District  of  Illinois  to  this 
matter.  There  must  be  a  house  of  worship 
erected  here.  Titos.  D.  Lyon. 

Hudson,  ///.,  Feb.  10. 

District  Meeting. 

The  District  Meeting  of  the  First  District 
of  Virginia  will  -be  held  at  the  White  Rock 
church,  Floyd  County,  April  15  and  16  (Friday 
and  Saturday  before  the  third  Sunday), 
Those  coming  by  rail  will  leave  the  train  at 
Cliristiansburg,  where  they  will  be  met  by  the 
by     addressing     Bro.     Washington 


Akers,  Carthage,  Va.,  not  la 


■  tha 


M. 


Treasurer's  Report. 

The  following  is  the  report  of  the  Helping 
Hand  Society  of  the  Brethren  church  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  for  December,  1897: 

RECEIPTS, 

To  balance  on  hand §40  41 

AddellaS.  Landis,  Manadahill,  Pa„  ....  5  08 

Annie  Blough,  Linglestown,  Pa 1  2c 

Mabel  Blough,  Linglestown,  Pa 12c 

Amos  Blough,  Linglestown,  Pa., 1  it 

Sarah  Balsbaugh,  Progress,  Pa., 1  5c 

:ie  Balsbaugh,  Progress,  Pa 3; 

rly  Cassel,  Progress,  Pa., 5c 

inie  Cassel,  Progress,  Pa., 1  00 

.istown  Brethren  Sunday  school,  per 

Flora  Spanogle,  Lewistown,  Pa 2  5c 


:ipts,. 


Total  expenditures, $22  16 

Balance  on  hand  Jan.  I,  1S0S, £32  75 

Notice.— The  person  or  Sunday  school  that 
nt  S3.50  td  Bro.  Hollinger,  in  the  form  of  a 
oney  order,  during  the  early  part  of  Decem- 
ber, and  did  not  get  credit  in  my  report  for 
December,  1897,  will  please  send  me  his  name 
and  address,  so  credit  can  be  given.    The  or- 
'as  received,  but  the  name  and  address  of 
the  donor  were  lost.  M.  C.  Flohr, 

317  Ninth  Street,  S.  E., 
Washington,  D.  C,  /an.  ij. 


From  Arkadelphla,  Ark. 

To-DAY  is  my    unoccupied  Sunday,  hence  I 

m  at  home,  reading  my  Bible  and  Messen- 

er.     I  am  always  glad  to  see  Friday  come, 

s  we  generally  get  the  Gospel  Messenger 

n  that  day.     It  surely  is  a  power  of  good.     If 

were  able  I  would  send  it  to  a  good  many 

people  that  are  not  taking  it. 

Our  little  band  of  members,  that  constitute 

e  members  of  the  Tummore  church,  at  Cur- 

i,  Ark.,  is  still  moving  along  slowly,  and  are 

;  peace  and  union.    I  was  down  there  last 

Sunday,  and  preached  for  them.    Since  they 

organized  into  a  church,  they  are  much 

better  satisfied. 

;ee,  by  reading  the  Messenger,  week  aft- 
eek,  that  the  Brethren  are  doing  a  great 
deal  of  good  by  holding  protracted  meetings. 
I  do  think  that  is  the  way  to  do  it,  Christ  says, 
"  Go,  preach  my  Gospel."  A  man  preaching 
at  one  place  every  four  weeks,  may  preach  the 
Gospel,  but  the  intervals  are  so  long  that  the 
people  forget  what  the  preacher  said,  from 
one  month  to  the  other.  On  the  other  band, 
when  we  go  and  preach  for  a  week,  or  ten 
days  in  succession,  we  awaken  an  interest,  and 
the  people  will  want  to  know  what  to  do.  We 
are  then  in  a  position  to  tell  them  just  what  to 
J.  W.  Gephart. 


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WIDDOWSON  — BRILL-HART.  — At  the 
residence  of  the  bride's  parents,  Feb.  10, 
by  the  writer,  Bro.  Joseph  A.  Widdowson,  of 
Dixonville,  Pa.,  and  Sister  Carrie  Brillhart,  of 
Ord,  Pa.  M.  H.  Speiche 


. . .  FALLEN  +  ASLEEP  •  -  - 

"Ulossud  ,in_-:l,L  .|..v..]  wlikh  dk  in  the  Lord." 


NEES-— At  her  home,  in  Milford,  Koscius- 
ko County,  Ind.,  Jan.  25,  1898,  Sister  Esther 
i,  aged  75  years,  9  months  and  13  days. 
£hew*s  born  April  12,  1822,  near  Barry  ville, 
Stark  Co.,  Ohio.  She  applied  for  Christian 
baptism  about  eight  months  before  she  died. 
Services  by  brethren  Hiram  Forney  and 
Chauncey  J.  Weybright,  Milford,  Ind. 

GREAVER.— In  Staunton,  Va.,  at  her  fa- 
ther's residence,  Bio.  Andrew  Gregory,  Aug. 
26,  1897,  of  consumption,  Sister  Margaret  E, 
ver,  aged  40  years,  5  months  and  8  days. 
Deceased  was  born  near  Staunton,  Augusta 
Va.,  March  18,  1857.  She  leaves  two 
daughters.  Her  husband,  Bro.  Richard  Greav- 
nd  two  daughters  preceded  her  to  the 
world,  Sister  Greaver  was  anointed 
er  Sunday,  April  18,  1897;  was  baptized 
March  28,  1 897.  Funeral  by  Bro.  Samuel 
river.  A.  J.  Gregory. 

TIGNER.— Five  miles  south  of  Knox,  N. 
Dak.,  Jan.  30,  1898,  of  brain  trouble,  Ralph 
Tigner,  aged  S  years  and  6  months.  Deceased 
the  oldest  son  of  Bro.  Oscar  and  Anna 
Tigner.  Services  by  Bro,  McLain,  from  John 
4: 1.  Della  Tigner. 

SHIDLER.— At  Pearl  City,  111.,  Dec.  22, 
897,  Raymond  Henry  Shidler,  son  of  Bro.  and 
iister  J-  Shidler,  aged  3  months  and  22  days. 
Funeral  services  by  Bro.  Jacob  Delp. 

D.  J.  Blocher. 
GINGRY,— In   the  bounds    of    the    Price's 
Creek  congregation,  near  Castine,  Ohio,  Feb. 
1898,  Mary  Jane   Gingry,  nee  Henderson, 
;ed  61  years,  S  months  and  S  days.     She  was 
irn   May  26,    1836,  and    united    in  marriage 
th  Christian  Gingry,  Aug.  17,  1855.     To  this 
ion  nine  children  were  born, — four  sons  and 
five  daughters.     Two  preceded  her  to  the  spir- 
it land.    She  united  with  the  Dunker  church, 
July  10,  1S97.     The  husband  and  children  have 
st  a   kind   wife   and  loving  mother.     Inter- 
en  t  at  the  Castine  cemetery.     Funeral  serv- 
c  conducted  by  Eld.  H.  Frantz, 

Jos.  Longanecker. 

GARVER.— In  the    Aughwick    church,   at 

:r  home,  near  Shirleysburg,  Pa.,  Jan.  27,  1898, 

sterEmmaF.  (Lutz)  Garver,  wife  of  B.  F. 

arver,  aged  38  years,  8  months  and  25  days. 

Deceased     was    afflicted    with     consumption. 

The  last  six  months   of  her  life  she  was  fully 

resigned  to  meet  death.     Services  by  Bro.  H.  J. 

Swigart,  assisted  by  James  R.  Lane,  from  Rev. 

GUMBERT.— In  the  Aughwick  church,  Pa., 
Jan.  28,  1898,  Bro.  Frederick  Gumbert,  aged 
t  75  years.  Deceased  was  of  German  de- 
.  He  came  to  this  country  early  in  life, 
ettled  near  Baltimore',  where  he  became 
acquainted  with  his  wife,  who  had  also  emi- 
grated from  Germany,  He  and  his  wife  unit- 
ith  the  Brethren  church,  and  lived  con- 


illn 


sulfero! 


uich,  having  a  violent  attack  of  pneumonia. 
[e  called  for  the  elders  and  was  anointed. 

J.  E.  Garver. 

WOGOMAN  —  In     the    Cherokee     church, 

Cherokee  Co,,  Kans.,  Feb.  3,  1898,  of  consump- 

Bro.    Ephraim    M.   Wogoman,    aged    39 

s,  7  months  and  10  days.    Three  children 

preceded  him.     He  leaves   a    wife    and    one 

child  to  mourn  their  loss,  which,  we  believe, 

is  bis  eternal  gain.     Funeral  services  by  the 

iter,  from  Job  14:  10-14. 

Andrew  Neher. 
PETRIE. — In  the  Cook's  Creek  congrega- 
m,  Va.,  Jan.  7,  1S98,  Bro.  Henry  Petrie,  aged 
93  years  and  8  days.  For  the  last  few  years  he 
was  deprived  of  his  hearing,  to  a  great  extent, 
yet  he  was  always  at  his  post,  whenever  possi- 
ble. For  the  last  eight  months  he  was  help- 
less, yet  bore  his  afflictions  patiently.  Funer- 
al by  brethren  J.  M.  Kagy  and  E.  Long,  assist- 
ed by  Simeon  and  Gabriel  Heatwole,  of  the 
Mennonite  church.  S.  I.  Bowman. 


SAMPSON.— At  Pleasant  Hill,  in  the  bounds 
of  the  Middle  River  congregation,  Va.,  Feb.  7, 
1898,  Jennetta  Sampson  (««.PeterfisIi),  aged 
83  years,  I  month  and  29  days.  Deceased  was 
married  to  Bluford  Sampson,  March  29,  1838. 
Their  union  was  blessed  with  three  sons  and 
three  daughters,  four  of  whom,  with  the  hus- 
band, preceded  her  to  the  spirit  land.  She 
was  a  consistent  member  of  the  German  Bap- 
tist church  for  about  forty  years.  The  day  be- 
fore she  died  she  called  for  the  elders  and  was 
anointed.  Funeral  by  elders  Joseph  Cline 
and  Levi  Garber,  from  2  Cor.  5:  I, 

Thos,  A.  Humphrey. 
COFFMAN.— In  the  English  River  church, 
Iowa,  Feb.  8,  1898,  of  membranous  croup, 
Lula,  youngest  child  of  Bro.  Dave  and  Sister 
Cora  Coffman,  aged  2  years,  1  month  and  19 
days.  Funeral  by  brethren  Peter  and  C.  M. 
3rower,  from  2  Kings  4:  26. 

S.  F.  Brower. 
BOMGARDNER.— In  the  Cando  church, 
ienson  Co.,  N.  Dak.,  Jan.  27,  1898,  Sister  Re- 
iecca  Bomgardner,  wife  of  S.  J.  Bomgardner, 
ged  54  years,  8  months  and  2  days.  Her 
naiden  name  was  Domer.  She  united  with 
he  Brethren  church  while  young,  and  lived  a 
insistent  life  until  God  called  her  away.  A 
few  days  before  her  death  she  called  for  the 
ders  and  was  anointed.  She  said  she  was 
ady  to  go.  When  her  loved  ones  wept,  she 
id  she  was  glad  to  go.  She  suffered  much 
om  ill  health  for  many  years.  She  leaves  a 
husband,  one  son,  and  one  daughter  to  mourn 
loss.  Funeral  occasion  improved  by 
John  McClane.  M.  McKeever. 

FULLER.— At  his  home,  in  Milford,  Kosci- 
usko Co.,  Ind.,  Feb.  3,  1898,  Bro.  Elias  Fuller, 
71    years,  11    months  and  11    days.     He 
:s  a  wife  and  four  children  to  mourn  their 
He  was  a  member  of  the  church  for  a 
number  of  years,     Funeral  services  by  W.  E. 
roves,  of  the  M.  E.  church,  assisted  by  Bro. 
iram  Forney.    Chauncey  I.  Weybright. 
SHANK.— In  the  Pipe  Creek  church,  Ind., 
Feb.  4,  1898,  Edgar  Estel,  son  of  Bro.  Jabez 
and  Sister  Jennie  Shank,  aged  I  year,  3  months 
and  20  days.    Funeral  services  by  Bro.  D.  H. 
Long,  assisted  by  Bro.  A.  Rinehait. 

W.  B.  Dail^v. 
HEASTAND— At  the  home  of  herson.Bro. 
imuel   Heastand,  Feb.  1,    1898,   Sister  Leah 
Heastand,  aged  80  years,  1  month  and  20  days, 
husband,  Bro.  Abraham    Heastand,  pre- 
ceded her  to  the  spirit  world  five  years,   five 
ths    and     seven     days.    They     faithfully 
ed  the  church  for  many  years,  in  the  dea- 
s  office.     She  was  the  mother  of  four  sons 
one  daughter.     Three  sons  are  still  living. 
She  retired  the  evening  beiore  her  death,  as 
..     Next  morning  she  arose  at  five  o'clock, 
and  had  almost  dressed  herself,  when  sudden- 
ly she  sank  over  on  the  bed.     A  granddaugh- 
occupying  the   same   room,  saw  it,    and 
:d  to  the   family.    All    ir 
tened  to  her  bedside,  only 
spirit  had    gone.    Services    i 
house,  Columbiana  County,  Ohio,  by  Bro.  Aar- 
1  Shively,  Eld.  Strotip,  and  the  writer. 

S.  B.  Stuckey. 
MANLIE.— In    the   bounds   of   the    Silver 
Creek  church,  Ohio,  Jan.  30,  1898,  Verga  Man- 
ged  i  month  and  16  days.     Services  con- 
ducted by  Bro.  George  Mohler. 

A.  A.  Throne. 

WEAVER— In  the  Warrensburg    church, 
Johnson  Co.,  Mo.,  Oct.  17,  1897,  of  heart  trou- 
Bro.  William  A.  Weaver,  aged  48  years,  8 
ths  and  iS  days.     He  leaves  a  wife  (a  sis- 
ter), and  five  children, 

FITSGERALD.— In  the  same  church,  and 
about  the  same  time,  Mildred,  daughter  of 
Eb.  and  Sister  Ella  Fitsgerald,  aged  9 
years  and  3  months.  Little  Mildred  lingered 
r  some  time,  and  taught  lessons  of  patience 
id  submission.  Both  the  above  occasions 
zie  improved  by  Bro.  Andrew  Hutchison. 
Mary  Mohler. 

ANTHONY.— In    the    Lower    Cumberland 
church,  Pa.,  in  Perry  County,  Bro.  Charles  An- 
thony, aged  84  years  and  6  months,     Bro.  An- 
thony was  a  member  of  the  church  for  thirty- 
ght  years.     He  was  confined  to  his  room  for 
:ven  years,  sorely  afflicted  with  dropsy.    A 
feeble  wife  and  three  sons  survive  him.     Ser- 
:s  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Mr.  B.  Duch- 
nan,  of  the  Bethel  church,  from  2  Tim.  4:  6, 
Services  and  interment  at   the   Lutheran, 
church,  Harry  Beelman, 


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FLORA.— Near  Hickman,  Va.,  Feb.  ;,  1898, 
liro.  William  Flora,  aged  47  years,  and  7 
months.  His  death  occurred  in  this  way: 
While  in  the  forest,  chopping  railroad  ties, 
and  while  felling  a  tree,  the  top  of  a  dry  sap- 
pling*  broke  off,  flew  back,  and  struck  Bro. 
Flora  on  the  head,  knocking  him  down.  His 
son,  Tommy,  and  a  hired  man  picked  him  up 
and  carried  him  about  one-half  mile  to  his 
dwelling.  This  happened  at  g  A.  M.  At  o  P. 
M.  he  passed  away,  Funeral  services  Feb.  7, 
at  his  residence,  conducted  by  Eld.  D.  A. 
Naff  and  Henry  Ikenberry,  from  2  Cor.  5:  10 
and  Amos  4:  12.  Interment  in  Mountain  "View 
cemetery.  I.  H.  Flora. 

OVERHOLTZER.— In  the  Covina  church, 
Cal.,  Feb.  7,  1898,  Sister  Maria  E.  Overholt/cr, 
aged  56  years,  9  months  and  19  days.  She 
was  the  wife  of  Bro.  S.  A,  Overholtzer.  She 
was  afflicted  for  several  years  with  a  complica- 
tion of  diseases,  in  which  all  the  means  em- 
ployed were  unavailing.  Many  who  have  vis- 
ir*d  this  country  will  remember,  with  pleasure, 
this  home  (for  it  was  common  to  all).  They 
will  also  remember  the  part  which  our  sister 
performed  in  making  the  home  pleasant.  Fu- 
neral services  conducted  by  the  brethren,  Feb. 
9.  Our  sister  passed  over  the  river  in  the  full 
triumph  of  a  living  faith.        A.  Hutchison. 

WARREN.— In  the  Beaver  Dam  church, 
Ind.,  at  the  home  of  her  parents,  near  Sevasto- 
pol, Jan.  20.  1858,  Oddy  Hope  Warren,  aged 
17  years,  6  months  and  15  days.  Deceased 
was  the  youngest  daughter  of  Bro.  Monroe  and 
Sister  Almedia  Warren.  She  leaves  a  broken- 
hearted mother  and  father,  two  brothers  and 
one  sister.  Her  sickness  was  a  complication 
of  diseases,  which  finally  resulted  in  typhoid 
fever,  and  brain  and  spinal  trouble,  which  end- 
ed her  life.  Funeral  by  Eld.  Joseph  Spitzer, 
from  John  11:28. 

WARREN.— Also,  in  the  same  church  and 
place,  at  his  home,  Feb.  3,  1S98,  of  typhoid 
fever,  Bro.  Charles  Wesley  Warren,  aged  25 
years  and  25  days.  Bro.  Charlie,  as  he  was 
called,  was  born  Jan.  9,  1873,  and  joined  the 
Brethren  church  when  he  was  about 
years  old.  Bro.  Charlie's  little  boy  had  been 
sick  for  a  long  time,  but  finally  recovered 
Jhcnboth  Bro.  Charlie  and  his  wife  became 
ill,  but,  V,y  good  courage,  kept  doing  the  daily 
needful  work.  They  were  permitted  to  attend 
the  funeral  of  his  sister,  Jan.  22,  though  by  no 
means  well,  but,  Jan.  25,  they  both  went  b 
bed.  Jan.  3  they  called  for  the  elders  o"f  th 
church,  and  were  both  anointed.  By  this  tim 
the  hand  of  affliction  was  laid  on  the  younges 
child,  and  here  laid  a  father,  mother  and  child 
stricken  down,  all  in  one  room.  The  fathe: 
leaves  a  sick  wife  and  child,  He  gently 
passed'away  at  11  P.  M.,  of  the  above  date, 
The  funeral  occurred  Feb,  5.  Occasion  im- 
proved by  Eld.  Samuel  Leckrone,  from  John 
13:  3<5. 

WEHRLEY.— Also,  In  the  same  congrega- 
tion, at  the  home  of  his  parents,  near  Claypoo! 
Ind.  Jan.28,  189S,  oflung  fever,  John  William 
youngest  son  of  Bro.  Adam  Wehrley,  aged  .it 
years,  5  months  and  10  days.  This  boy  was 
the  hope  of  his  father's  old  age,  but  the  Lord 
saw  fit  to  remove  him.  Funeral  services  by 
Eld.  Leckrone,  from  John  11:  28,  to  a  large 
congregation.  J.  L.  Kline. 

KINDIG.— At  Juniata,  Nebr.,  Feb.  9,  1898, 
Sister  Phebe  Kindig,  wife  of  Eld.  j:  J.  Kindig. 
Deceased  was  born  July  20,  1S3S,  in  Virginia. 
She  was  married  to  Bro.  Kindig  in  1857,  in  Il- 
linois. God  blessed  them  with  four  children, 
of  whom  he  took  one.  She  was  a  faithful  wife 
and  a  member  in  the  church.  She  assisted 
her  husband  as  deacon  for  two  years,  and  in 
the  ministry  nearly  thirty-live  years.  She  was 
in  delicate  health  for  years,  and  died  of  con- 
sumption. Services  were  conducted  by  the 
writer,  assisted  by  Bro.  N.  B.  Nielson,  from 
Rev.  22:  14;  14:  13.  Chr.  Hope. 

CLINE.— In  the  Manor  church,  Washington 
Co.,  Md.,  Jan.  29,  1898,  of  pneumonia,  Sister 
Hannah  Amanda  Cline,  nee  Kesselring,  wife  of 
'nend  Elias  Cline,  aged  58  years,  10  months 
and  21  days.  She  was  born  in  Middletown 
Valley,  Frederick  Co.,  Md.,  March  18,  1839; 
w'as  married  in  August,  1855,  united  with  the 
church  in  1S57,  being  a  member  about  forty 
years.  She  leaves  a  husband,  six  sons  and 
"'ree  daughters;  two  daughters  are  members 
°f  the  church.  Services  by  the  writer,  in  the 
Manor  meetinghouse.  Text,  Num.  23:  10.  In- 
terment in  the  cemetery  adjoining. 

J,  A.  Bricker, 


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^xaiiE  g-osipiex,  MEssEiisra-iErR,. 


...Fifth  Annual  Series  of... 

Homeseekers'  Excursions! 

Great  Northern  Railway 

To  the  Brethren  Settlements  in  the  Red  River  Valley, 
Devils  Lake  and  Turtle  Mountain  Sections  of 


$13.05 

From  Chicago. 

Tiie  undersigned  takes  p 
the  fifth  annual  series  of 

Turtle  Mountain  sections  U 
several  thousand  Brethren 
dlally  and  urgently  invite 


household  goods  were  moved  nt  one  time.  Til 
spring  throe  dates  have  been  arranged  to  accoi 
modate  those  who  wish  to  go,  leaving  St.  Paul  l 

March  23,  Karch  30  and' April  6, 

Lirand  Forks,  Mayvillo.  l>evlls  Lake,  (irand  Hn 
Rolla,  Langdou,  Hannah,  and  Intermediate  poln 


..NORTH  DAKOTA., 


$15.15 
From  Kansas  City 


$5.00. 


Brethren  from  the  Kflsl 
Dahuta  points;  also  thos 
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RENTING-    LAND 


FARMS  OF  THEIR  OWN 


Northern  Pacific  R.  R. 

Central  North  Dakota 


K  OOVKKNilKXT    LAND, 

UROP  PAYMENT  LAND 
ILKOAD'LAND  at  J3  to  J5  per  acre.  Terms 
tenth  Cash;    Balance,  In    ten   equal    annua) 


Pure  Water! 


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PARTICULARS  In 


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Yours  Iruly, 


Max  Bass, 


&  a  ANNOUNCEMENTS 


LOVE  FEASTS. 


May  ES,  Eiklk-k,  fa. 
Aprils',  Antletam.l' 


a. 
h.Ohlo. 


DISTRICT  MEETINQS. 


Kindly  publish  the  following,  which  I  write  In 
the  hope  that  it  may  bo  of  benefit  to  the  public. 
About  ten  years  ago,  while  in  the  German  army 
itracted  a  terrible  disease.  My  whole  body 
no  covered  with  eruptions. 
)  stafT  physician  examined  me  and  diagnosed 
psoriasis.     They   took  me  to  the  hospital, 

without  any  rt-sult-.     1  w».  il.ni,  spnt  to  .hi- 


ndered to  take  : 


25,000  S 


5  per  hundred,     Ful 
A.  B.  HOR.ST, 

Dalton.Ohlo. 


READS  LIKE  A  MIRACLE. 


Gonz 


i,  Tex 


t,  Nov. 


blood  came  through  Lhe  s 
gradually  disappeared.    I 


a  year  ago  I  felt  terribly  ml 
lid  not  know  what  ailed  m 
the  physicians.    My  wife  ii 

rzEK.    Although  I  bad  noconfidOQi 

■,  I  bought  a  bottle  and  comment 
id  taken  Jt  but  a  shorl    lim.-.  uh'e 


)  try 


Ight  i 


,  but 


terrible,  My  wife  urged  ^v  , 
still  keep  on  with  the  medicine.  I  got  smoLliei 
supply  and  continued  to  take  It  regularly.  Attei 
.islng  a  few  bottles  the  eruptions  were  gone.  ] 
soulQ  see  that  the  VlrAMZEB  was  driving  tl» 
Jlseaseout.  for  the  eruptions  fell  from  my  bod-\ 
scales,  they  were  so  thick.    The  treatment  o 


1  bad  i 


l  the 


BRETHREN'S 


Washington  and  Idaho, 

icoln  County,  Yakima  Valley,  "Western  Wash 
[ton,    Fruit,  alfalfa,  grain,  lumber,  fisheries, 
'or  maps  and  particulars,  write  to 

O.  W.    MOTT, 

General  Emigration  Agent,  N.  P.  R'y  Oo. 
ST,  PAUL,  MINN, 


Shoemaker's  New 
Poultry  Annual  and 
Almanac  for  189S 


printed  In  beautiful  colors.  It  is  the  most  com- 
plete and  comprehensive  work  in  its  elass  pub- 
lished. It  contains  a  first-class  family  Almanac 
for  189S,  and  gives  jnany  photographic  illustra- 
tions of  our  place  of  business  and  the  poultry- 
farm,  whioh  is  the  largest  and  best  equipped 
poultry  ranch  In  the  State  of  Illinois.  It  tells  all 
about  how   to  raise   chickens  successfully,    and 


rlnti 


leading  i 


Ii  ground  plans  and  de> 
ms  of  how  to  build  the  best  and  most  con- 
poultry  houses.  It  tells  ail  about  every- 
lat  is  generally  necessary  to  know  in  the 
poultry  line.  It  gives  Urn 
descriptions,  and  prices  o 
i-bred  fowls;  j 

i  of  pure-bred    fowls,  direct   from  England, 
"       lersonally.     We   are   the 
porters  in  America.    Re- 

pagesand  is  up  to 
be  mailed  to  any  address  for  only 

C.  C.  SHOEMAKER, 


it  is  peculiar  to  itself.    Not  to  be  found  .„ 
.-stores.    Sold  by  local  Vitalizek  agents  or 
the  proprietor  direct.     Addresi,  Dr.  Peter  Fahr- 
112-111  So.  Hoyne  Ave.,  Chicago,  III,  / 


The  Price  of  Farm  Lands 
in  Nebraska. 

The  value  of  lands  in  Nebraska  is  so  va- 
ried that  it  is  only  possible  to  give  here  a  very 
general  idea  ol  prices  in  different  parts  of  the 
State.  Cheap  lands  in  Nebraska  will  in  a  very 
few  years  be  a  thing  of  the  past,  as,  with  in- 
creased demand  comes  naturally  a  steady  rise 
ice.  Had  it  not  been  for  the  long  season 
of  depression  in  the  United  States,  which  has 
been  felt  by  no  one  one  more  severely  than  the 

nter  of  the  eastern  farm,  it  is  safe  to  say 

ere  would  be  comparatively  little  land  for 
sale  in  Nebraska  at  the  present  day. 

Along  the  Republican  Valley,  and  all 
through  the  central  part  of  the  State,  prices 
ange  from  $\  to  $12  for  unimproved  land,  and 
for  improved  lands  from  S12  to  S30  per  acre. 

In  the  eastern  portion  of  the  State  land  val- 

is  are  from  S20  to  S50  an  acre,  according  to 
location  and  extent  of  improvements  effected. 

The  best  plan  to  pursue  is  to  write  to  Mr 
A.  M.  T.  Miller,  of  Pickrell,  Nebr.  He  is  a 
well-known  Dunker  farmer,  and  has  lived  in 
Nebraska  for  many  years.  He  is  the  Immi- 
gration Agent  of  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  R.  R.,  and  can 
give  you  any  kind  of  information  you  want 
about  prices  in  the  different  localities. 


We  always 
guarantee  Satisfaction 

refer  to  our  many  patroi 

horn  will  he  found  in 

:arly  any  community  where  the 

Brethren  reside.  Samples  of  cloth 

from  which  we  make  our  clothing, 

measuring  blank,  tape  line  and 

ordering    will   be   sent   on   application. 

Our  rules  for  self-measurement  are  so  simple,  anj- 

can  understand  them. 

We  want  to  hear  from  you* 

PHILLIPSOH  CLOTHING  COMPANY 

WARSAW,  INDIANA. 


ZERO 


Special  inducements  that  will  be  of  benefit 
to  prospective  buyer  of  Creameries.  It  pays 
to  buy  the  best.  Write  us  at  once  for  circulars. 
Address, 

ZERO  CREAMERY  CO., 

Peru,  bad. 


— ~ — ' \ \      ' 

A  Famous  Old  Remedy,  in  Use 
for  over  100  Years.    ;s 


are  is  only  one  way  of  improving  the  con- 
dition of  tiie  blood;  first,  help  out  ofthe  system 
ure  and  worn-out  material.  Then  Improve 
stion  and  assimilation  so  that  better  blood 
be  made. 

Dr.  Oellig's  German  Vegetable 
Tonic  and  Blood  Purifier 

will  fulfill  the  above  indications.  They  are 
purely  vegetable,  the  prodact  of  the  hills  and 
valleys. 

Nature's  Own  Restorer 

Ment  post-paid  on  receipt  of  price,  75  cents.     Lib- 
nducements  to  traveling  agents. 

H.  W.  OBLLIG, 

Bole  Proprietor, 


J.   J.    ELLIS   <fc  CO., 

Seneral  Commission  Merchants 

Grain,  Hay  and  Straw,  Green  and  Dried  Fruits, 
Butter,  Eggs,  Pool  try,  Live  Stock,  Wool, 

Hides,  Fura,  Roots,  Btc. 
i.  Charles  St.  35yl  Baltimore,  Md. 


JUNIATA  BIBLE  LECTURES. 


On  the  Book  of  Ruth  and  the  first  Chapter 
of  John's  Gospel. 


These  lectures  were  given  in  the  College  Chapel 

urlng  the  Special  Bible  Term  for  18U7,  and  were 

largely  attended  by  both   the  Bible  and  College 

L     '  "aeir  practical 

thought  by  1 

ns  they  contain  may  bo  heli>- 


Speclal  Bible  Term  fo 
■"      Bll 

practical 
they  ought 

neatly 
given  to  agents.    Write  at  onoe  for  t 


The  Gospel  Messenger. 


•'SET  FOR  TUB  DEFEASE  OF  THE  GOSPEL."— PHI.  ,.-  n. 


Vol.  36. 


Mount  Mokhis,  III.,  March  5,  1898. 


No.  10. 


The  Gospel  Messenger, 

Published  Weekly,  at  ti.So  per  Annum,  by 

BRETHREN    PUBLISHING   HOUSE, 
Mount  Morris,  Illinois, 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.-  '  ' 

Items,    -      MS. 

A  Visit  to  North  Manchester 

Where  Does  the  Money  Gof 

What  Shall  We  Write? 

Querists'  Department 

POKTRY.- 

God's  Best 

Will  Power.    By  Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox 

Motherhood.    By  Isabel  Richy,  in  Nc-jj  Englmi  F.trmcr,  ...... 

ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,— 

"  Are  These  Free  Homes  Desirable?"    By  A.  Hutchison 

On  the  Way  to  India— No.  14.— By  S.  N.  McCann 

Mosea.    By  John  W.  Royer 

Unstable  Critics.    By  Mrs.  Flora  E.  Tcague 

Jesus,  the  True  Vine— John  is:  1-16.    By  L.  C.  Hosleldt 

Mistakes.    By  Enoch  Eby.      .  

A  Few  Reasons  Why  the  Rum  Traffic  Should  Not  Be  Licensed.    By 
D.  L.  Garver,      .  .  - 

Not  Wrong.    By  W.  R.  Deeter 

Missionary  Experience 

"  Forethought,  Pjrudence  and  Good  Jti  Igment," 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,- 

Lesson  Light-Flashes, ........  ^  ..  ^  .....  • 

SERMON  OUTLINE  — 

The  Law  ol  Fruit  Bearing.— John  12:  24.    By  0.  Perry  Hoover.   ... 
OUR  PRAYER  MEETING  — 

The  Duties  We  Owe 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

Circle  Notes.    By  James  M.  NeR,   . 
.  Notes Iroui  Juniata  College.    By  C, 

GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT,- 

Mission  Work.-No.  0 '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 

.  Bulsar  Notes,    By  S.  N.  McCann 

From  Glendale.  Arizona.    By  Luanda  Bollinger 

HOME  AND  FAMILY,— 

Plain  Talk  to  Girls 

Keep  It  Back 

A  Pagan  Custom 


-* EDITORIAL  i  MISCELLANY^ 


The  United  States  Consul  at  Hamburg,  Germany, 
believing  in  Sunday  observance,  has  refused  to 
grant  clearance  papers  to  the  steamers  of  the  Ger- 
man-American Packet  Company,  because,  as  they 
leave  port  on  Sunday,  they  would  compel  him  to  la- 
bor on  the  day  set  apart  for  rest.  The  Company 
offered  the  Consul  a  handsome  fee  if  he  would  only 
open  his  office  for  a  little  while  each  Snnday,  to 
make  out  the  needed  papers.  The  Consul  however, 
is  firm,  it  being  a  matter  of  principle  with  him.  An 
appeal  on  the  part  of  the  Company,  to  the  author- 
ities at  Washington,  brought  out  the  fact  that  the 
Department  will  not  compel  any  Consul  to  work  on 
Sunday.  This  will  oblige  the  Company  to  dispatch 
its  vessels  on  Saturday,  as  heretofore,  and,  incident- 
ally, they  will  learn  a  lesson  on  American  Sunday 
observance.  It  would  be  well  if  the  sacredness  of 
the  day  would  be  remembered  more  generally. 


We  had  space  last  week  for  only  a  brief  an- 
nouncement of  the  death  of  Miss  Frances  E.  Wil- 
lard.  When  we  were  in  Chicago,  a  few  days  ago. 
her  remains  lay  in  state  in  the  "  Woman's  Temple" 
building  from  g  A,  M.  until  4  P.  M.  During  this 
time  there  was  a  constant  line  of  people,  two  abreast, 
passing  through  the  Temple  to  take  a  look  at  all 
that  is  mortal  of  what  a  noted  writer  denominates 
"The  Uncrowned  Queen."  It  was  our  privilege  to 
be  among  the  number.  As  we  looked  for  the  first 
time  into  the  well-formed  face  of  this  remarkable 
woman,  we  were  deeply  impressed  by  the  line  of 


strength,  earnestness  and  purity,  so  characteristic  of 
her  life.  Here  lay  the  form  of  the  most  widely- 
known  woman  in  the  world,— aside  from  Queen 
Victoria, — coming  from  the  common  walks  ot  life, 
who,  by  her  persistent  efforts  and  unceasing  labor, 
in  the  interest  of  common  humanity,  arose  step  by 
step  until  now  the  whole  civilized  world  mourns 
her  departure.  It  is  not  our  purpose  to  endorse 
her  method  of  reform,  for  that  was  her  great  aim, 
but  we  can  not  help  recognizing  her  great  power  in 
the  world  for  good,  and  along  the  lines  of  her  labor 
she  left  the  world  a  great  deal  better  than  she  found 
it.  And  while  Frances  Willard  has  done  much  in 
the  way  of  making  the  world  better,  it  can  be  truth- 
fully said  that  it  was  the  mother  that  made  the 
Frances  Willard.  Back  of  this  great  throbbing  heart 
and  active  brain  which  the  world  can  ill  afford  to 
lose,  was  a  wise  mother  who  knew  how  to  instruct 
as  well  as  to  inspire  her  daughter,  and  prepare  her 
for  the  position  in  life  she  so  successfully  filled. 
Miss  Willard's  history  will  serve  as  an  everlasting 
rebuke  to  those  who  look  upon  woman  as  a  slave  or 
a  toy,  and  are  only  too  willing  to  keep  her  on  the 
background. 

Calmness  of  judgment  at  a  critical  time  like 
the  present,  cannot  be  too  highly  recommended. 
There  is  no  weakness  in  deliberation.  The  call  to 
immediate  action  by  the  irresponsible  agitators, 
can  but  hamper  and  interfere  with  intelligent  hand- 
ling of  the  difficulty.  Ex- President  Harrison  spoke 
words  of  wisdom  in  a  recent  address,  when  he 
card:  "  We  stand  now  in  the  awful  shadow  of  one 
of  the  most  tragic  events  that  has  ever  happened 
in  our  history,  and  yet  we  stand  with  the  poise, 
with  the  self-possession  of  a  people  who  under- 
stand their  might,  and  can  abide  the  developments 
of  time.  We  are  not  a  hysterical  people.  We  can 
wait,  and  we  will  know  our  duty  when  it  shall  be 
revealed.  We  can  understand  that  in  a  time  like 
this,  there  are  grave  responsibilities  devolving  upon 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  single  respon- 
sibilities that  he  may  not  divide  with  any  man, 
Let  us  stand  about  him,  strengthening  him  in  the 
calm  assurance  that  this  great  country  desires  only 
what  is  tight,  and  can  wait  until  the  facts  are 
known  before  it  issues  its  proclamation!"  Those 
who  have  resting  upon  them  the  responsibility  for 
action,  cannot  afford  to  be  precipitate  in  making 
radical  moves  of  far-reaching  consequence.  It  is 
their  duty  to  know  their  ground  before  going 
ahead.  Instead  of  the  American  people  pressing 
their  President  forward  to  hasty  action,  they  should 
encourage  him  in  everything  that  pertains  to  justice 
and  peace,  for  it  is  peace,  and  not  war,  that  the  bet- 
ter class  of  people  desire,  and  especially  should 
every  member  of  the  Brethren  church  talk  peace, 
and  throw  his  influence  wholly  on  the  side  of  peace 
principles.  

The  trial  of  Zola  in  France, — if  trial  it  should  be 
called, — is  ended,  and  the  man  has  been  sentenced 
to  a  year  in  prison  and  must  pay  a  fine  of  S6co. 
The  court  proceeding  was  a  farce  from  beginning  to 
end.  Zola  had  charged  French  officials  with  cor- 
ruption, and  held  himself  ready  to  sustain  his 
charges.  He  was  brought  be'ore  the  court,  and  the 
very  men  he  relied  upon  for  evidence  were  by  the 
court  denied  the  privilege  of  telling  what  they 
knew.  And  now  the  man  is  declared  worthy  of 
punishment  just  because  the  court  stood  in  the  way 
of  justice.  The  proceedings  have  startled  the 
whole  civilized  world.  France  will  yet  be  sorry 
for  her  course  in  this  instance.  She  has  given  the 
better  class  of  her  own  people  good  reasons  for  los- 


ing confidence  in  her  and  when  confidence  is  once 
gone,  the  foundation  of  the  government  is  endan- 
gered. Then,  to  make  a  bad  thing  worse,  the  press 
is  to  be  muzzled,  in  a  measure.  Some  of  the  lead- 
ing journals  have  been  notified  to  cease  campaign- 
ing the  cause  of  Dreyfus.  Even  the  reporters  of 
foreign  papers  must  modify  their  course,  or  leave 
the  country.  In  this  case  might  may  make  right, 
but  this  will  not  satisfy  the  public  sense  of  jus- 
tice, The  whole  spectacle,  all  the  way  through,  is 
certainly  no  credit  to  a  republic.  It  can  be  clearly 
seen  that  France  has  no  love  for  the  Jews,  and  little 
regard  for  justice  where  it  affects  her  own  officials. 

Probably  not  since  the  firing  on  Fort  Sumter,  at  ^ 
the  opening  of  the  late  war,  have  the  people  of  this 
country  been  so  stirred  as  during  the  last  ten  days,  £: 
on  account  of  the  blowing  up  of  the  warship  Maine^ 
in   the   harbor  at    Havanna,   Cuba,     It   is    openljg  — 
charged   that  the    disaster  was  the   premeditated:  1 
work  of  the  Spaniards  who  are  known  to  have  3  - 
particular  hatred  for  everything  in  any  way  relaf'JS 
ing  to  the   United  States.     It  is   further  thought  "" 
that  some  crank  may  have  pressed  the  secret  but- 
ton and  exploded  one  of  the  torpedoes  that  had 
been  placed  where  the  vessel  was  at  that  time  an- 
chored.   Others    urge   that  it  was    done    by    the 
Cubans.    A  thorough  investigation  has  been  made 
and  in  due  time  we  shall  know  the  facts  so  far  as 
they  can  be  ascertained.     It  is,  however,  very  un- 
fortunate that  the  nation  should  be  plunged  into 
such  a  state  of  excitement  by  the  sensational  news- 
papers.    Not  a  few  of  the  publishers  of  the  dailies 
seem  to  care  more  for  the  money  that  can  be  made 
out  of  the  excitement,  than  for  the  real  good  of  the 
country.    Far  too  many  writers  and  speakers  seem 
disposed  to  urge  war  at  all  hazards,  not  pausing  to 
'consider  the  terrible  loss  of  life  and  property  likely 
to   result  therefrom,   to    say  nothing    of  another 
great  war  debt  that  is  sure  to  follow.    It  seems  to 
us  that  there  are  no  just  grounds  for  a  resort  to 
arms.     Every  possible   effort  should   be   made   to 
settle  whatever  trouble  may  arise,  in  a  peaceable 
way,  and  it  seems  to  us  this   may  be   done.    As 
countries  advance  in    civilization,    they   certainly 
ought  to  improve  in  their  methods  of  settling  dis- 
putes,   War  is    barbarous,    it  is    unchristian,  and 
every   professor    of  Christianity  should    give    his 
voice  against  it.    

The  anniversary  of  Washington's  birthday,  a  few 
days  ago,  recalls  his  prophetic  words  in  the  farewell 
address  to  his  countrymen,  on  retiring  from  public 
life  to  Mt  Vernon.  No  better  command  or  exhor- 
tation to  Christian  citizenship  ever  was  uttered  than 
n  this  document,  in  which  he  looked  down  through 
the  vistas  of  time  and  saw  the  dangers  that  were  li- 
able to  beset  the  ship  of  state.  His  exhortation 
against  sectionalism,  had  it  been  heeded,  would  have 
avoided  the  awful  civil  war  and  the  waste  of  pre- 
cious lives  and  billions  of  dollars.  His  counsel  to 
avoid  entangling  alliances  with  foreign  governments 
was  among  the  wisest  words  he  ever  uttered,  but 
best  of  all  is  his  admonition  that  virtue,  education 
and  religion  are  the  only  enduring  foundations  of 
national  greatness  and  glory.  These  principles,  duly 
emphasized,  will  do  away  with  the  liquor  traffic,  the 
enemy  of  God  and  man.  These  principles,  properly 
applied,  will  lead  to  the  adjustment  of  international 
disputes  by  arbitration  instead  of  by  cruel  bloodshed 
and  war.  In  short,  such  qualities  in  the  citizens  are 
absolutely  necessary  to  maintain  the  foundations 
upon  which  alone  the  republic  can  survive,  and  pre- 
vent us  from  being  numbered  among  the  states  and 
nations  that  forget  God. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGER,. 


March  ;,  1S9S. 


•BSSAYS-<- 


QOD'S  BEST. 

God  has  His  best  things  for  the  few 

That  dare  I"  stand  the  test; 
God  has  his  second  choice  for  those 

Who  will  not  have  His  best. 
It  is  not  always  open  ill 

That  risks  the  Promised  Rest; 
The  better,  often,  is  the  foe 

That  keeps  us  from  the  best. 
There's  scarcely  one  but  vaguely  wants 

In  some  way  to  be  blest; 
'Tis  not  Thy  blessing,  Lord,  1  seek,— 

1  want  Thy  very  best. 
And  others  make  the  highest  choice, 

But  when  by  trials  pressed, 
They  shrink,  they  yield,  they  shun  the  cr 

And  so  they  lose  the  best. 
I  want,  in  this  shoit  life  of  mine, 

As  much  as  can  be  pressed 
Of  service  true  for  God  and  man; 

Help  me  to  be  my  bt  St. 
I  want  to  stand  when  Christ  appears 

In  spotless  raiment  dressed; 
Numbered  among  His  hidden  ones, 

His  holiest  and  best. 
I  want  among  the  victor  throng 

To  have  my  name  confessed; 
And  hear  my  Master  say  at  last, 

Well  done;  you  did  your  best! 
Give  me,  O  Lord,  Thy  highest  choice; 

Let  others  take  the  rest; 
Their  good  things  have  no  charm  for  me. 

For  1  have  got  Thy  best. 


"ARE  THESE  FREE  HOMES  DESIRABLE?" 

BY   A.    HUTCHISON. 

Bro.  G.  L.  McDonaugh  asks  the  above  question, 
and  then  subjoins  some  other  interesting  questions, 
to  which  I  now  call  attention, 

I.  Is  it  a  desirable  place  to  live?  Bro.  McDon- 
augh represents  a  fine  country  in  the  "  Great  North 
west,"  but  I  believe  he  wishes  to  direct  our  minds 
to  a  better  place  still,— to  a  heavenly  home. 

To  hie  first  question,  I  answer,  "Yes,  because 
that  would  place  us  in  a  home  where  our  Father  in 
heaven  is  the  head  of  the  family."  Ps.  16:  n  says, 
"In  thy  presence  is  fulness  of  joy;  at  thy  right 
hand  there  are  pleasures  forevermore."  This  would 
surely  be  a  pleasant  place  to  live. 

2  Are  the  neighbors  good?  The  angels  are  to 
be  our  neighbors,  because  Heb.  12:  22  says,  "  But 
ye  are  come  unto  mount  Sion,  and  unto  the  city  of 
the  living  God,  the  heavenly  Jerusalem,  and  to  an 
innumerable  company  of  angels."  Thus,  you  see, 
you  will  have  good  neighbors.  But  you  will  re- 
member that  you  cannot  expect  to  have  good 
neighbors,  unless  you  are  good  yourself. 

3.  Is  it  a  healthy  place?  Ps.  103:  3  says,  "Who 
forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities;  who  healeth  all  thy 
diseases."  Isa.  53:  5  says,  "  But  he  was  wounded 
for  our  transgressions,  he  was  bruised  for  our  iniq- 
uities: the  chastisement  of  our  peace  was  upon  him; 
and  with  his  stripes  we  are  healed."  Then  it  must 
be  a  very  healthy  place,  for  Rev.  21:4  says,  "And 
God  shall  wipe  away  alt  tears  from  their  eyes;  and 
there  shall  be  no  more  death,  neither  sorrow  no 
crying,  neither  shall  there  be  any  more  pain,  for 
the  former  things  are  passed  away."  Certainly  it 
is  a  healthy  place. 

4.  Is  the  water  good?  In  North  Dakota  there 
are  many  Artesian  wells,  but  Jesus  says,  "The  wa- 
ter that  I  shall  give  him  shall  be  in  him  a  well  of 
water  springing  up  into  everlasting  life."  John  4: 
14  This  he  said  to  the  woman  of  Samaria,  when 
he  was  teaching  her  of  the  new  and  living  way,  and 
of  that  better  country, 

5.  Is  it  hard  to  get?  It  requires  a  good  deal  of 
self-denial  on  our  part  to  get  down  low  enough  to 
get  the  pure  water,  Man  has  to  be  born  of  water 
and  of  the  Spirit,  in  order  to  come  to  the  fountain 
of  living  water, 


6.  Are  there  any  churches  there?  Heb.  12:  23. 
in  speaking  of  the  place  that  the  faithful  expect  to 
reach,  says,  "  To  the  general  assembly  and  church  of 
the  firstborn,  which  are  written  in  heaven."  Here 
will  the  whole  membership  meet,— the  largest  gath- 
ering, or  reunion  of  church  members  that  has  ever 
convened  at  one  place.  I  hope  to  be  one,  but  can 
only  hope  for,  or  expect,  so  much  upon  the  merit 
of  Christ  Jesus  my  Lord. 

7.  Is  there  any  fruit  there?  It  seems  from  what 
we  read  in  Rev.  2:  7  that  there  must  be  fruit  there, 
for  that  says,  "  To  him  that  overcometh  will  I  give 
to  eat  of  the  tree  of  life,  which  is  in  the  midst  of 
the  paradise  of  God." 

8  What  is  the  general  appearance  of  the  coun- 
try? I  can  only  say,  in  the  language  of  another, 
what  the  condition  of  things  will  be.  "Since  the 
beginning  of  the  world  men  have  not  heard,  nor 
perceived  by  the  ear,  neither  hath  the  eye  seen, 
O  God,  besides  thee,  what  he  hath  prepared  for 
him  that  waiteth  for  him."  Isa.  64;  4.  The  reve- 
lator  gives  us  a  description  of  some  of  the  things 
which  shall  be  seen.  He  says,  "  And  I  saw  a  new 
heaven  and  a  new  earth;  for  the  first  heaven  and 
the  first  earth  were  passed  away;  and  there  was  no 
more  sea.  And  I  John  saw  the  holy  city,  New  Je 
rusalem,  coming  down  from  God  out  of  heaven, 
prepared  as  a  bride  adorned  for  her  husband." 
Rev.  21:  1,  2.  This  will  give  us  something  of  an 
idea  of  the  city,  at  least,  if  not  the  general  land- 
scape outside  of  the  city. 

9  Are  the  buildings  nice?  Hear  the  revelator  in 
Rev.  21:  16—1 S,  "And  the  city  lieth  foursquare,  and 
the  length  is  as  large  as  the  breadth:  and  he  meas- 
ured the  city  with  the  reed,  twelve  thousand  fur- 
longs. The  length  and  the  breadth  and  the  height 
of  it  are  equal.  And  he  measured  the  wall  there- 
of, a  hundred  and  forty  and  four  cubits,  accord- 
to  the  measure  of  a  man,  that  is,  of  the  angel. 

And  the  building  of  the  wall  of  it  was  of  jasper: 
and  the  city  was  pure  gold,  like  unto  clear  glass." 
From  this  description  we  may  readily  infer  that 
the  buildings  are  nice. 

10  How  long  has  this  country  been  open  for 
settlers?  We  can  safely  say  that  it  has  been  ful- 
ly open  ever  since  Jesus  said,  "It  is  finished." 
John  19:  30. 

11.  Why  has  it  not  been  occupied  long  ago?  Je- 
sus says,  "O  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  thou  that  kill- 
est  the  prophets,  and  stonest  them  which  are  sent 
unto  thee,  how  often  would  I  have  gathered  thy 
children  together,  even  as  a  hen  gathereth  her 
chickens  under  her  wings,  and  ye  would  not!" 
Matt.  23:  37.  People  will  not  have  it  upon  God's 
terms,  and  there  is  no  other  way,  so  we  can  s,ee  why 
it  is  not  occupied, 

12.  Are  we  sure  that  parties  who  start  now  can 
secure  as  desirable  locations  as  those  who  went 
some  time  ago?  Gal.  3:  28  says,  "There  is  neither 
Jew  nor  Greek,  there  is  neither  bond  nor  free,  there 
is  neither  male  nor  female:  fur  ye  are  all  one  in 
Christ  Jesus."  All  are  heirs  according  to  the  prom- 
ise. 

McPherson,  Ko?it. 

ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.-No.  14. 

BY  3.  N.  MOCANN. 

From  Jericho  to  Dead  Sea— Jericho— Valley  of  Achor— 

blime  Pits— Dead  Sea— River  Jordan— Ollgal 

and  Jericho. 

We  pass  southeast  from  modern  Jericho  to  the 
Dead  Sea  and  the  Jordan.  Soon  after  leaving  the 
mud  houses  of  Jericho  and  a  number  of  Bedouin 
tents,  we  pass  through  the  Valley  of  Achor.  It 
was  here  that  the  whole  host  of  Israel,  armed  with 
stones,  rushed  upon  Achan,  his  family,  and  all  that 
he  had,  stoned  them  to  death,  and  then  burned 
them.  Covetousness  caused  Achan  to  disobey 
God,  taking  for  his  own  use  what  had  been  ded 
cated  to  God,  thus  bringing  failure  upon  the  whole 
host  of  God.  Though  the  Lord  gave  Joshua  a 
glorious  victory  at  Jericho,  he  caused  him  to  fail 
at  Ai. 

The  Lord  never  fails  unless  men  sin.    Sin  in  the 


individual  caused  failure  in  the  whole  camp.  Just 
so  sin  in  the  individual  church-member  may  cause 
failure  in  the  whole  church.  A  church  that  toler- 
ates uticleanness  in  her  members  cannot  have 
power  with  God.  The  Valley  of  Achor  should  be 
a  perpetual  reminder  to  us,  that  God  hates  covet- 
ousness, and  that  he  would  search  out  the  offend- 
er and  punish  him.  Let  us  ever  remember  that 
God  fails  us  in  the  conflict  with  our  enemies, 
whenever  we  sin.    Josh.  7:  1-26. 

The  Dead  Sea  seems  just  a  short  distance  before 
us,  but  after  wc  have  gone  about  five  miles,  it 
still  seems  as  far  away,  and  we  begin  to  realize  that 
the  eye  fails  to  measure  distance  even  when  we 
are  approaching  the  lowest  point  on  the  world. 

We  have  never  been  deceived  worse  in  meas- 
uring distance  than  here,  and  we  wonder  if  this  is 
not  as  true  morally.  The  lower  down  a  man  gets, 
the  harder  it  is  for  him  to  take  a  correct  measure 
of  things  around  him. 

A  few  miles  before  coming  to  the  Sea  we  come 
upon  the  Slime  Pits  of  the  Salt  Sea.  These  are 
likely  the  old  slime  pits  that  caused  the  fall  of  the 
kings  of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  as  they  fled  from 
their  enemies.  Gen  14:  9,  10.  These  pits  are  not 
as  I  once  thought,  great  holes  in  the  ground,  but 
they  are  more  in  the  shape  of  draws  or  gullies. 
We  are  told  that  when  it  rains  it  is  impossible  to 
stand  when  one  gets  on  this  sloping  ground.  An 
army  running  into  such  a  place  would  be  complete- 
ly demoralized.  There  is  no  sign  of  vegetatim 
,  in  the  region  of  the  slime  pits.  We  are  now 
standing  on  the  shore  of  the  sea  that  has  no  out- 
-tbe  sea  in  v/hich  nothing  lives.  We  find  two 
dead  fish  and  a  few  shells  upon  its  shores.  The 
fish  had  ventured  no  doubt  from  the  Jordan  into 
this  sea  where  nothing  can  live  and  were  unable  to 
et  back  ere  they  were  smothered  in  the  heavy  wa- 
:rs  of  this  deadly  sea. 
I  venture  to  take  a  bath  in  its  bitter  waters,  al- 
though it  is  cold  enough  to  make  it  uncomforta- 
ble both  in  and  out  of  the  water,  I  found  it  very 
hard  to  make  any  speed  in  swimming,  but  quite 
easy  to  float  upon   the  water.     I  swam   out  somet  , 

distance  and  then  lav  absolutely  motionless  upon 
the  water,  and  the  wind  and  waves  floated  me  to 
the  shore.  I  do  not  think  it  would  be  possible  for 
a  man  to  sink  in  this  water,  yet  it  would  be  very 
easy  for  him  to  be  drowned,  as  the  tendency  is 
for  the  head  to  go  lower  than  the  feet. 

A  large  number  of  cities  existed  somewhere  in 
this  region  in  the  time  of  Abraham.  Lot  was 
drawn  here  because  the  country  was  rich  and  well 
watered,  but  in  looking  only  on  the  selfish  side,  he 
lost  everything.  Selfishness  never  pays,  even  in 
this  world.  We  believe  that  Sodom  and  the  other 
cities  of  the  plain  stood  far  south  of  where  we  now 
stand,  because  Abraham,  in  coming  from  the  North, 
was  met  by  these  kings  in  the  vale  of  Jehoshaphat, 
Gen.  14:  17,  and  because  Abraham  could  see  the 
conflagration  from  near  the  plains  of  Mamre.  Gen, 
19:  27,  28. 

We  are  lost,  however,  when  we  try  to  locate  the 
place  of  these  wicked  cities.  It  is  enough  for  us 
to  remember  that  God  blotted  these  cities  from 
the  face  of  the  earth,  and  hid  their  location 
from  us.  We  next  drive  over  to  the  Jordan,  and 
then  up  to  the  reputed  place  of  Christ's  baptism. 

We  are  favored  with  the  rare  privilege  of  a 
boat-ride  on  the  Jordan.  We  row  out  into  the 
main  stream  through  a  little  inlet,  going  in  the  di- 
rection of  the  monastery  of  St  Ji.hn.  There  has 
been  some  ditching  done  here,  quite  recently,  and 
we  saw  the  remains  of  an  old  boat  dug  up  here. 

Rowing  across  and  up  the  Jordan  from  this  point, 
we  land  on  the  eastern  side,  the  Jordan  being 
about  sixty  feet  wide  here  at  this  time  (being  in 
its  low  stage),  and  walk  a  short  distance  to  the 
ruins  of  an  old  church  that  has  recently  been 
found  here.  We  walked  into  the  old  ruins  and 
picked  up  a  number  of  blocks, — pieces  of  the  old 
mosaic  floor.  These  old  ruins  date  back  at  least 
to  the  time  of  the  Crusaders,  and  thus  go  far  to 
confirm  this  as  the  site  of  Christ's  baptism. 

Our  stay  is  much  too  short  on  this  most  sacred 
stream,— the  stream  that  has  three  times  parted 


March  5,   [89S. 


THE   GOSPEL   IMIESSEjKra-EB,. 


'47 


its  waters  by  the  touch  of  God's  haod.  This 
stream  symbolizes  that  other  stream,  across  whose 
waters  every  saint  is  looking  and  longing  to  be. 
Anxiously  wait  and  watch,  for  you  will  soon  be 
called  to  the  Canaan  that  you  love,  called  to  meet 
the  loved  ones  gone  before,  called  to  meet  Jesus 
and  all  the  white- robed  band. 

Our  next  stop  is  at  the  reputed  spot  of  Gilgal, 
the  place  where  God's  host  first  camped  after 
crossing  the  Jordan,  the  place  where  manna  ceased 
to  fall,  the  place  where  the  rite  of  circumcision 
was  6rst  observed  after  the  wandering,  the  place 
where  Saul  made  some  of  his  sad  mistakes,  in  sac- 
rificing to  the  Lord,  instead  of  waiting  for  Samuel 
to  do  the  work.  It  is  night  when  we  get  back  to 
Jericho,  and  we  are  glad  for  the  privilege  of  rest 
again.  It  is  a  great  privilege  to  find  a  good  hotel 
when  one  is  tired,  especially  in  this  land  so  much 
neglected. 

MOSES. 

BY   JNO.   W.    ROYHR. 

Moses'  life  exemplifies  the  true  type  of  a  Chris- 
tian, It,  in  a  large  measure,  typifies  the  life  of 
Christ.  Moses,  in  his  infancy,  was  rescued  from 
the  jaws  of  death.  His  advent  into  the  world  was 
in  the  face  of  deadly  perils,  as  Pharaoh  had  issued 
a  decree  of  extermination  against  all  male  children 
of  the  Hebrew  race. 

Christ  was  the  type  of  Moses  in  many  particu- 
lars,. His  life  was  assiduously  sought  and  threat- 
ened in  his  infancy  by  King  Herod.  Through  mi- 
raculous interposition  his  safety  was  secured,  and 
his  refuge  was  in  Egypt. 

As  Moses'  work  was  mediatorial,  so  Christ  is  the 
Mediator  between  God  and  man;  he  stands  in  the 
breach,  shielding  the  unbelieving  world  from  im- 
pending judgment  until  his  elect  shall  be  gathered 
home;  even  as  Moses  stood  in  the  breach,  shielding 
the  Israelites  from  the  destroying  wrath  of  God. 
"  Therefore  he  said  he  would  destroy  them,  had  not 
I  Moses,  his  chosen,  stood  before  him  in  the  breach, 
R3  win  su/ay  his  wrath,  lest  he  should  destroy 
them."  Ps.  ic6:  23,  "  The  people  cried  unto  Mo- 
ses; and  when  Moses  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  the  fire 
was  quenched."     Num.  11:  2. 

Thus  we  see  Moses  continually  standing  as  an  in- 
tercessor between  God  and  Israel.  Where  are  the 
ministers  of  to-day  who  would  have  the  language  of 
Ex.  32:  10  addressed  to  them  and  would  not  have 
quickly  assented? 

Instead  of  carrying  the  striking  analogy  of  these 
two  great  leaders  farther,  I  shall  now  deduce  a  few 
practical  applications  from  the  life  of  Moses,  cor- 
relative with  our  Christian  deportment  at  the  pres- 
ent time.  The  fact  that  Moses  would  not  accede  to 
any  form  of  Egyptian  worship  that  would  conflict 
with  the  innate  reverence  he  had  for  the  one  God, 
the  Maker  of  heaven  and  earth,  was  a  safeguard  to 
him.  Indeed,  he  appears  to  have  had,  even  at  this 
time,  an  inward  impulse  that  he  should  be  the  de- 
liverer of  his  people,  as  one  day,  while  viewing  his 
brethren  in  their  servitude,  he  slew  an  Egyptian. 
Moses,  in  slaying  the  Egyptian,  had  fallen  into  an 
error  so  often  committed  by  God's -servants,  v'.z., 
taking  into  their  own  hands,  the  work  God  had  de- 
signed to  do  himself,  Moses  was  not  prepared  for 
his  great  work.  He  had  yet  to  learn  the  same  les- 
son of  faith  that  Abraham  and  Jacob  had  been 
taught, — not  to  rely  upon  human  strength  or  wis- 
dom, but  upon  the  power  of  God  for  the  fulfillment 
of  his  promises. 

There  were  other  lessons  that,  amid  the  solitude 
of  the  mountains,  Moses  was  to  receive.  In  the 
school  of  self-denial  and  hardship  he  was  to  learn 
patience,  to  temper  his  passions.  Before  he  could 
govern  wisely,  he  must  learn  humility.  His  own 
heart  must  be  fully  in  harmony  with  God,  before  he 
could  teach  the  knowledge  of  his  will  to  Israel. 
Man  would  have  deemed  this  unnecessary,  to  com- 
plete the  novitiate. 

Many  ministers  of  to-day  hurry  into  the  sacred  of- 
fice before  they  have  had  their  Midian  training.  If 
Infinite  Wisdom  saw  fit  to  have  Moses  leave  the  lux- 


urious court  of  Egypt,  and  spend  forty  years  in  the 
mountains  of  Midian,  preparatory  to  his  great  work, 
can  the  ministers  of  today  go  into  the  solemn,  sa- 
cred office,  and  do  effectual  work  for  God,  from 
luxurious  homes,  or  institutions  of  learning,  with- 
out having,  in  addition  to  this,  as  did  Moses,  an 
education  more  far  reaching  in  its  nature,  viz., 
learning  humility,  and  waiting  for  the  time  when 
the  Lord  says,  Go?  Without  this,  one  might  be 
full  of  zeal  but  not  according  to  knowledge.  He 
would  rush  out  into  the  world  to  save  sinners  in 
his  own  way,  losing  sight  of  the  will  of  God.  The 
Hebrew  children  had  to  serve  in  cruel  bondage, 
under  the  lash,  in  hardships  hardly  conceivable,  for 
forty  long  years,  while  Moses  sat  out  in  the  moun- 
tains, quietly  communing  with  God,  until  he  should 
be  fitted  for  his  important  mission. 

So,  how  can  he,  who  makes  premature  haste,  ex. 
ercise  the  fatherly  care  of  shepherd  to  the  flock 
without  first  completing  this  essential  prerequisite 
to  the  novitiatory  rite?  Moses  would  have  had 
abundant  reason  to  be  anxious  to  return  to  Egypt 
and  break  the  cruel  bondage  under  which  many  of 
his  brethren  fell;  but  God  had  not  yet  appeared  in 
his  full  strength  to  Moses,  Every  trace  of  human 
ambition  must  be  subdued.  In  the  solemn  grand- 
eur of  the  everlasting  hills,  he  beheld  the  majesty 
of  the  Most  High,  and  in  contrast  realized  how 
powerless  and  insignificant  were  the  gods  of  Egypt. 
Everywhere  the  Creator's  name  was  written.  Mo- 
ses seemed  to  stand  in  his  presence,  and  to  be 
overshadowed  by  his  power.  Here  his  pride  and 
self-sufficiency  were  swept  away.  In  the  stern 
simplicity  of  his  wilderness-life,  the  results  of  ease 
and  luxury  of  Egypt  disappeared.  Moses  became 
patient,  reverent  and  humble,  "  very  meek  above 
all  men  which  were  upon  the  face  of  the  earth," 
Num.  12:  3,  yet  strong  in  faith  in  the  mighty  God 
of  Jacob.  The  most  commendable  characteristic 
of  Moses  which  we,  as  Christians,  should  imitate, 
was,  whenever  trouble  arose,  he  turned  directly  to 
God. 

York,  Pa. 

UNSTABLE  CRITICS. 

BY   MRS.    FLORA   E.   TEAGUE. 

Were  it  not  such  a  sad  thing,  it  would  be  almost 
amusing  to  quietly  listen  a  few  moments  to  would- 
be  critics  of  others'  deeds  and  then,  by  a  few  judi- 
cious words,  spoken  in  favor  of  the  condemned, 
force,  almost  unconsciously,  the  critic  over  on  the 
other  side! 

There  are  just  such  people  around  us  who  are 
ever  ready  to  condemn  the  deeds  of  those  from 
whom  they  think  they  differ,  no  matter  whether 
the  deed  be  good  or  bad,  wise  or  otherwise,  acci- 
dental or  willful.  Neither  does  it  make  any  differ- 
ence to  them  whether  the  person  be  one  of  their 
equals,  lower  than  themselves  socially,  or  even  one 
who  has  been  set  over  them  to  watch  for  their 
souls.  It  might  be  a  good  thing  for  such  people  to 
frequently  read  Heb.  13:  17. 

It  is  also  good,  when  you  have  the  opportunity 
to  do  so,  to  take  up  the  other  side  of  the  question, 
show  up  the  good  points  of  the  condemned,  find 
excuses  for  what  might  be  an  error  or  blunder,  and 
see  how  quickly  they  will  veer  round  to  your  side, 
just  like  the  wind!  You  may  thus  be  able  to  show 
them  the  evil  they  are  guilty  of.  I  am  sure  this 
will  be  far  better  than  to  join  in  the  fault-finding. 
I  can  assure  you,  you  will  feel  happier  afterwards 
and  may  probably  be  able  to  put  the  fault-finder  to 
shame  for  his  lack  of  charity  and  judgment. 

Ml.  Morris,  III. 

JESUS,  THE  TRUE  VINE.-John  15:  1-16. 

BY   L.   C.   HOSFELDT. 

Jesus  used  this  simple  allegory  with  much  power 
to  teach  great  fundamental  truths.  Under  this 
common  garb  there  are  beautiful  truths. 

I.  The  Meaning  of  this  figure  of  speech, 

I.  Jesus  was  the  vine, 


(1)  He  was  the  source  of  life;  drew  his  lite  from 
the  Divine  Nature. 

(2)  He  imparted  it  to  man. 

(3)  He  is  to-day  and  forever  the  same  Christ. 
The  years  do  not  change  him. 

(4)  He  is  the  true  vine,  the  real  vine.  He  is 
truth  itself.    There  is  nothing  false  about  him. 

(5)  He  is  ever  living  and  life  giving.  There  is 
no  failure  in  him. 

2.  "  My  Father  is  the  husbandman,"  or  vine 
dresser. 

(1)  He  is  the  owner,  the  possessor, 

(2)  He  is  the  pruner,  cultivator, 

3.  The  branches. 

(1)  The  fruitless  branches  are  cut  off  and  cast 
away.  This  is  done  (a)  by  them  naturally  drifting 
away;  (A)  by  a  withdrawal  on  the  part  of  the 
churches;  (c)  by  a  complete  separation  at  death. 

(2)  He  chooses  the  branches  that  bear  fruit. 
This  is  done  (a)  by  observing  the  law  of  God  as 
laid  down  in  the  Bible.  (6)  By  the  Holy  Spirit 
within,     (c)  By  the  discipline  of  life. 

II.  Blessings  connected  with  this  union. 

1.  There  is  a  union  existing.  We  are  in  Christ. 
We  may  not  understand  the  union,  neither  do  we 
that  of  the  soul  and  body.  We  get  into  Christ 
through  the  terms  of  pardon,  as  laid  down  in  the 
Scriptures,— faith,  confession,  repentance  and  bap- 
tism. There  must  be  a  union.  It  is  an  absolute 
necessity.  In  Christ  we  are  new  creatures.  A 
grand  thought  that  we  are  vivified  by  God. 

2.  Fruit.  Verse  5.  If  we  abide  in  him  we  shall 
bear  fruit,— in  all  cases  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit. 
Gal.  5:  22.  This  is  the  effect  and  the  test  too.  If 
we  do  nothing,  then  it  is  prima  facie  evidence  we 
are  not  in  Christ, 

(1)  This  shall  be  done  without  any  effort. 

(2)  Like  produces  like.  The  fruit  shall  be  that 
of  Christ. 

(3)  It  is  much  fruit.     Little  fruit  is  not  enough. 

3.  Destruction  comes  if  we  neglect  to  abide  in 
Christ. 

(1)  There  are  only  two  places  for  the  branches, 
—in  the  vineyard,  in  the  fire.  (2)  This  is  a  tragic 
warning  of  fire.  (3)  The  Bible  is  full  of  it.  We 
neglect  too  much  to  preach  it. 

4.  Our  prayers  shall  be  answered.  Verse  7,  The 
branches  only  draw  life  from  the  vine.  Children 
draw  support  from  their  parents.  Many  prayers  are 
not  answered  because  we  do  not  abide  in  the  vine. 
We  have  a  right  to  make  such  petitions.  We  must 
ask  God  if  we  would  be  blessed. 

5.  The  Father  is  glorified.  Verse  8.  We  are  the 
disciples  of  Christ,  known  and  read  of  all  men. 
The  World  judges  of  our  religion  and  of  God  by  us. 
Are  we  bearing  fruit  and  thus  glorifying  God? 
Are  men  seeing  us  and  thus  having  God  honored 
in  their  sight? 

6.  We  continue  in  the  love  of  Christ.  Verse  10, 
This  is  the  great  desideratum.  We  must  continue 
in  his  love  as  a  son  abides  in  a  mother's  love.  It  is 
the  love  of  others  that  is  a  mighty  stay  in  many  of 
life's  temptations.  So  we  should  rest  in  the  as- 
surance of  Christ's  love  to  us,  a  love  that  never 
perishes;  is  never  forgotten. 

7.  Fullness  of  joy.  Verse  ir,  Christ's  joy  is  in 
us  and  we  are  full  of  joy  because  of  him  and  his  re- 
ligion. Who  should  be  more  joyful  than  Chris- 
tians? They  have  all  this  world.  They  have  free- 
dom from  sin.  They  have  a  claim  on  God.  They 
have  a  stay  in  sorrow  and  support  in  death, — yea, 
the  purity  of  Christian  living  and  Christian  loving. 
There  is  fullness  of  joy,  no  shortness  in  measure,  no 
liability  of  its  giving  out.  It  continues,  abides, 
overflows. 

Love  for  one  another,     Verse  12. 

(1)  We  are  branches  of  a  common  vine;  mem- 
bers of  a  common  family;  organs  of  a  common 
body.  Why,  then,  should  we  not  be  at  peace 
among  ourselves? 

(2)  Without  this  we  cannot  be  happy. 

(3)  Without  it  we  cannot  prosper.  We  cannot 
set  forth  the  kingdom  of  God  as  we  should. 

(4)  If  we  cannot  be  at  peace  here  what  may  wc 
expect  hereafter? 


BY   ENOCH    EBY. 

All  make  mistakes,  but  not  all  correct  them. 
Some  find  fault  with  the  Bible  because  it  points  out 
some  good  men's  mistakes,  and  how  they  corrected 
them.  That  is  one  reason  why  we  should  love  it. 
It  is  a  strong  proof  that  it  is  God's  Book.  Man 
tells  only  the  good  of  a  person's  life,  the  Lord  tells 
it  all,  thereby  teaching  us  that  he  will  not  reject  us 
because  we  make  mistakes,  if  we  try  to  correct  them. 

Paul  in  i  Cor.  10  refers  us  to  many  mistakes  of 
God's  ancient  people,  and  what  followed.  He  says 
they  are  written  for  our  learning  and  admonition. 
We  should  profit  by  the  mistakes  of  others  and 
avoid  them.  If  a  man  drives  through  a  mud-hole 
and  sticks  fast,  I  should  go  around  it. 

It  is  encouraging  to  know  that  great  men  of  God 
made  mistakes.  Strong  men  have  their  weak  points; 
but  Christianity  is  not  to  blame  for  it.  It  only 
shows  what  is  in  us,  and  how  to  correct  our  faults. 
The  time  is  coming,  however,  when  mistakes  can 
not  be  changed.  The  Savior  says  they  will  knock 
and  say,  "  Lord,  open  unto  us,"  but  he  will  say, 
"  Depart,  I  never  knew  you  "  This  would  be  a  sad 
mistake  indeed,  to  think  they  were  stepping  into 
bliss,  and,  behold,  there  was  only  weeping,  wailing 
and  gnashing  of  teeth.  Their  disappointment  was 
the  more  intensified  when  they  considered  what  they 
had  done,  cast  out  devils  and  done  many  wonderful 
works, 

Many  could  reasonably  add:  "I  read  my  Bible 
regularly  and  went  to  church  and  Sunday  school 
every  Sunday,  and  why  not  enter  in?  " 

The  mistake  was  this,  they  were  church  members 
but  not  Christians.  It  is  comparatively  easy  to  say, 
"  Lord,  Lord,"  and  claim  to  be  church  members, 
but  quite  a  different  thing  to  be  Christians, 

David's  mistakes  are  sometimes  referred  to  as  a 
challenge  to  Christianity,  but  David's  goodness  was 
in  his  confession,  and  correction  of  his  mistakes. 
Peter  was  tempted  to  deny  his  Savior,  but  he  cor- 
rected it  by  bitter  weeping,  Paul  made  an  honest 
mistake  by  cruelly  persecuting  the  Christians,  but 
as  soon  as  he  knew  it  he  corrected  it  by  following 
the  teaching  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  through  the  Gospel. 
Let  us  follow  his  example  and  be  saved! 

Booth,  Kans. 


BY   D.    L.    GARVER, 

1.  Because  we  thereby  become  a  voluntary  party 
to  the  wicked  business. 

2.  Because  the  saloon  is  a  standing  temptation  to 
our  children,  our  neighbors'  children  and  every- 
body else,  to  become  drunkards,  and  yet  wc  pray, 
"  Lead  us  not  into  temptation." 

3.  Because  about  two-thirds  of  the  criminals  and 
paupers  are  the  victims  of  the  legalized  saloon. 

4.  Because  about  ten  hundred  million  dollars,  an- 
nually, is  paid  over  the  saloon  counter,  that  ought 
to  go  to  purchase  the  necessaries  for  the  heart- 
broken wives  and  hungry  children  of  drunkards. 

5.  Because  the  public  treasuries  of  the  nation, 
the  States  and  municipalities  are  replenished  by  the 
license  money  which  largely  comes  from  the  poor, 
thus  making  the  poor  poorer  and  the  rich  richer, 
while  public  revenues  should  come  from  a  tax  on 
values  instead  of  licensing  vice. 

6.  Because  we  are  taught  in  the  Bible  that  it  is 
not  for  kings  to  drink  wine  nor  princes  strong  drink 
lest  they  drink  and  forget  the  law,  etc. 

7.  Because  the  Bible  says,  "  Woe  unto  them  who 
justify  the  wicked  for  reward."  License  money  is 
the  reward  of  wickedness. 

8.  Because  the  Bible  says,  "  Woe  unto  him  who 
giveth  his  neighbor  drink." 

9.  Because  the  wise  man  says,  ■•  Look  not  thou 
upon  the  wine  when  it  is  red,  when  it  giveth  its 
color  in  the  cup,  when  it  moveth  itself  aright.  At 
last  it  biteth  like  a  serpent  and  stingeth  like  an  ad- 
der." 

10.  Because  the  licensed  saloon  makes  drunkards 


THE   GOSPEL   MIESSIEIIsrGEIR,. 

and  Paul  says,  "  Drunkards  shall  not  inherit  the 
kingdom  of  heaven." 

1 1.  Because  the  rum  traffic  brings  poverty,  and  it 
was  the  same  in  the  days  of  Solomon,  for  he  says, 
"The  drunkard  shall  come  to  poverty." 

12.  Because,  if  we  license  the  traffic,  it  puts  us 
along  with  drunkards,  and  Paul  advises  not  to  keep 
company  with  drunkards. 

13.  Because  strong  drink  unfits  a  man  for  either 
secular  or  sacred  business.  Belshazzar,  instead  of  at- 
tending to  his  business,  was  drinking  with  a  thou- 
sand of  his  lords,  "and  that  night  was  Belshazzar, 
King  of  the  Chaldeans,  slain  " 

14.  Because  the  use  of  intoxicants  does  not  only 
precede  the  destruction  of  individuals,  but  of  nations 
also.  Nineveh  was  destroyed  and,  according  to 
history,  "  the  inhabitants  were  drunken  as  drunk- 
ards." 

f  15  If  the  United  States  is  not  a  nation  of  drunk- 
ards, she  is  a  nation  of  drunkard-makers,  for  we  sell 
the  right  to  make  drunkards  for  a  price. 

16  Because  we  learn  from  history  that  the  inhabi- 
tants of  ancient  Babylon  indulged  in  drunkenness 
and  fornication,  and  she  became  "the  habitation  of 
devils,  and  the  hole  of  every  foul  spirit,  and  a  cage 
of  every  unclean  and  hateful  bird."  Our  legalized 
saloons  are  the  habitation  of  devils,  the  hold  of 
every  foul  spirit  and  the  nesting  place  of  unclean 
and  hateful  birds,  and  our  license  money  is  the  price 
of  blood. 

17.  Because  under  the  license  system  the  con- 
sumption of  intoxicants  has  increased  more  than 
twice  as  fast  as  the  population,  and  the  criminality 
of  the  country  has  doubled  in  about  the  same 
ratio. 

The  following  paradoxical  condition  of  a  numer- 
ous class  shows  a  pitiful  side  of  humanity.  They 
are  very  much  opposed  to  the  rum  traffic  and  just 
as  much  opposed  to  prohibition,  and  still  others 
that  are  in  favor  of  prohibition  but  opposed  to  pro- 
hibitionists. This  is  about  as  consistent  as  building 
a  church  and  laboring  in  the  church  to  save  our 
souls,  and  licensing  the  rum  traffic  to  curse  the 
souls  of  thousands  of  our  fellows.  Build  churches 
to  serve  God  in,  and  license  the  saloon  to  serve  the 
devil  in. 

I  say  this  because  the  church  people  vote,  and  if 
they  would  stand  for  righteousness  and  in  favor  of 
outlawing  the  rum  traffic,  it  would  be  done  at  once. 
The  lawyers  and  office-seekers  say  the  prohibition- 
ists will  not  mind  their  own  business  and  let  other 
people  alone. 

"  Let  us  alone,"  said  the  devils,  when  cast  out, 
and  "  let  us  alone"  has  been  the  cry  of  all  the  bad 
people  since  the  days  of  Tubal  Cain.  Silence,  deep 
and  long,  is  the  watch-word  of  all  the  wicked  men 
of  the  world.  In  the  history  of  mankind  there  have 
always  been  a  few  who  had  the  courage  to  stand 
for  righteousness,  as  against  wickedness  in  high 
places, 

Hart,  Mich,      ^_^_____ 

NOT  WRONG. 


Recently  a  young  brother  "of  good  report," 
seemingly  sound  in  the  faith  and  who  is  in  the  la- 
ity, told  me  he  had  a  desire  to  devote  his  time  and 
talent  to  mission  work,  and  he  wanted  to  know 
whether  such  a  desire  was  wrong,  and  if  not  wrong, 
how  can  he  be  set  apart  to  this  important  work,  or 
how  can  he  be  chosen  to  the  ministry. 

1.  I  told  him  it  was  not  wrong  for  him  to  desire  to 
engage  in  this  high  calling  if  the  motive  in  desir- 
ing it  is  right.  If  personal  favor  or  personal  aggran- 
dizement is  the  motive,  then  it  would  be  wrong;  but 
if  the  glory  of  God  and  the  good  of  souls  were  the 
motives  that  prompted  him,  then  the  desire  was  a 
good  one.  Paul  says,  "  If  a  man  desireth  the  office 
of  a  bishop  he  desireth  a  good  work."  1  Tim.  3;  1. 
Paul  did  not  say  it  was  wrong  to  desire  this  impor- 
tant work. 

2.  How  can  I  reach  the  ministry? — was  his  second 
question.  If  he  had  not  been  a  faithful,  consecrat- 
ed brother,  I  would  have  told  him  to  establish  a 
good  character  and  in  time  the  Lord  would  open  up 


March  5,  189S, 

a  way,  but,  having  a  good  character  and  the  church 
in  which  he  lived  not  being  in  need  of  a  minister  at 
this  time,  I  told  him  to  refer  the  matter  to  the  Lord 
and  to  his  elder,  and  perhaps  a  way  would  be  open- 
ed for  him.  It  would  be  a  good  way  for  young 
persons,  who  have  a  burning  love  for  the  Truth  to 
study  God's  Word  with  a  view  of  doing  some  im- 
portant work  for  the  Lord,  in  some  way,  and  then, 
if  called  to  any  important  work  in  the  church,  they 
are  better  prepared  to  do  an  efficient  work  than  if 
no  early  preparation  had  been  made;  but  if  such 
persons  never  reach  official  position  in  the  church, 
a  good,  zealous,  intelligent  laity  is  worth  much  to  a 
church  and  in  the  end  nothing  is  lost  by  such 
preparation. 
Milford,  Ind.  ^ 

MISSIONARY  EXPERIENCE. 

Some  have  an  idea  that  it  is  a  very  nice  thing  to 
be  a  missionary  on  the  frontier,  and  devote  years  of 
earnest  labor  to  the  building  up  of  churches  in  new 
localities.  We  will  not  vouch  for  the  nice  part,  but 
one  thing  we  do  know,  and  that  is,  a  successful  mis- 
sionary must  be  a  brave  man  and  well  prepared  to 
endure  hardships  and  overcome  the  obstacles  per- 
taining to  frontier  life.  In  a  private  letter  to  this 
office,  one  of  our  missionaries  in  the  West  gives  a 
bit  of  his  recent  experience,     He  says: 

"Yesterday  afternoon,  in  company  with  other 
brethren,  we  walked  four  miles  to  fill  our  regular  ap- 
pointment. The  roads  had  become  very  bad  by  a 
heavy  ram,  a  few  days  before,  and  are  now  frozen, 
so  that  a  team  could  hardly  get  through.  The 
country    is  level   and  we  had   several   sloughs  to 

"Finally  we  reached  our  destination,     Bro, 

preached  an  excellent  sermon  to  a  very  hungry 
congregation.  After  meeting  we  decided  to  return 
with  the  brother  that  went  down  with  us,  as  we  had 
four  miles  to  walk  next  morning  from  his  home  to 
the  railroad. 

"  So  six  of  us, — three  preachers,  two  brethren  and 
a  friend,  with  lanterns, — started  out.  The  road  wis 
through  the  woods  for  over  two  miles.  We^vere 
directed  to  cut  across  a  strip  of  woods,  crossing  the  1 
slough  on  a  foot-log.  We  went  dodging  and  jump- 
ing from  tree  to  tree,  and  chunk  to  chunk,  until  we 
reached  the  slough,  but  could  not  find  the  log.  We 
went  up  and  down  until  we  didn't  know  which  was 
up  and  which  was  down.  Fortunately  I  had  my 
compass  with  me,  and  when  we  examined  it,  we 
found  v/e  were  turned  around.  So  we  concluded  to 
cross  anyway,  so  those  who  had  boots  waded  across 
and  took  off  their  boots  and  sent  them  back  to  the 
unfortunate  two  that  had  none.  I  was  one  of  the 
unlucky  ones. 

"  Well,  we  got  across,  but  hardly  knew  whether 
we  were  right  or  not.  We  had  about  decided  to 
strike  camp  when  an  object  appeared  that  con- 
firmed our  faith  in  the  course  we  were  taking.  We 
reached  our  brother's  house  at  12:15  A,  M.,  very 
thankful  it  was  no  worse  and  glad  to  take  the  rest 
so  much  needed.  This  is  quite  a  common  experi- 
ence in  our  mission  work.'' 


[The  following  is  copied  from  Autobiography  of  Bsnjarain 
Franklin,  by  Jesse  Y.  Heckler.] 

Those  embarrassments  that  the  Quakers  suffered 
from  having  established  and  published  it  as  one  of 
their  principles  that  no  kind  of  war  was  lawful  and 
which,  being  once  published  they  could  not  after- 
wards, however  they  might  change  their  minds, 
easily  get  rid  of,  reminds  me  of,  what  I  think,  a 
more  prudent  conduct  in  another  sect  among  us, 
that  of  the  Dunkers,  I  was  acquainted  with  one  of 
its  founders,  Michael  Weffare.  Soon  after  it  ap- 
peared he  complained  to  me  that  they  were  griev- 
ously calumniated  by  the  zealots  of  other  persua- 
sions, and  charged  with  abominable  principles  and 
practices,  to  which  they  were  utter  strangers.  I 
told  him  this  had  always  been  the  case  with  new 
sects,  and  that,  to  put  a  stop  to  such  abuse,  I  imag- 
ined it  might  be  well  to  publish  the  articles  of  their 


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THE   GOSPEL   IMIESSEHSTGIEIR,. 


149 


belief,  and  the  rules  of  their  discipline.  He  said  it 
had  been  proposed  among  them,  but  not  agreed  to, 
for  this  reason:  "When  we  were  first  drawn  to- 
gether as  a  society,"  said  he  "  it  had  pleased  Gjd  to 
enlighten  our  minds  so  far  as  to  see  that  some  doc- 
trines, which  v/ere  esteemed  truths,  were  errors,  and 
that  others  which  we  had  esteemed  errors,  were 
real  truths.  From  time  to  time  he  has  been  pleased 
to  afford  us  further  light,  and  our  principles  have 
been  improving  and  our  errors  diminishing.  Now 
we  are  not  sure,  that  we  have  arrived  at  the  end  of 
this  progression  and  at  the  perfection  of  spiritual  or 
theological  knowledge,  and  we  fear  that  if  we 
should  ence  point  our  confession  of  faith,  we  should 
feel  ourselves,  as  tf  bound  and  confined  by  it,  and 
perhaps  be  unwilling  to  receive  further  improve- 
ment, and  our  successors  still  more  so,  as  con- 
ceiving, what  their  elders  and  founders  had  done,  to 
be  something  sacred — never  to  be  departed  from." 

This  modesty  in  a  sect  is  perhaps  a  single  in- 
stance in  the  history  of  mankind.  Every  other  sect, 
supposing  itself  in  posession  of  all  truth  and  that 
those  who  differ  are  so  far  in  the  wrong,  like  a'man 
traveling  in  foggy  weather,  those  at  some  distance 
before  him  on  the  road  he  sees  wrapped  up  in  the 
fog,  as  well  as  those  behind  him,  and  also  the  peo- 
ple in  the  6elds  on  each  side,  but  near  him  all  ap- 
pears clear,  though  in  truth  he  is  as  much  in  the  fog 
as  any  of  them. 

To  avoid  this  kind  of  embarrassment  the  Quakers 
have  of  late  years  been  gradually  declining  the  pub- 
lic service  in  the  assemb'y  and  in  the  magistracy, 
choosing  rather  to  quit  their  power  than  their  prin- 
ciple. 


-*THE  i  SUNDAY  *  SCHOOL^ 


LESSON  LU3HT-FLASHES. 

The  Wheat  and  The  Tares.— Matt.  13:  24-30,  36-43- 

Lesson  for  March  13,  i8gS, 


One  of  the  things  noticea 
mand  our  admiration  is  the 
ing  used  by  Jesus.  It  imp] 
that  there  can  be  no  possib 


ile  and  that  should  com- 
varied  forms  of  teach- 
:sses  us  with  this  fact, 
:  excuse  made,  on  the 


part  of  any,  for  not  understanding  the  way  of  sal- 
vation. 

In  this  lesson  we  have  the  teaching  in  the  form  of 
a  parable,  The  object  is  to  teil  what  the  kingdom 
of  heaven  is,  or  what  it  is  like,  and  as  it  is  a  sub' 
ject  in  which  we  all  have  a  personal  interest,  it  v/ill 
be  well  for  us  not  only  to  study  carefuUy  this  one, 
but  all  that  have  reference  to  this  subject, 

We  want  to  know  all  about  the  kingdom  in  which 
we  live,  and  of  which  we  form  a  part,  and  it  is  be- 
cause Christ  wants  us  to  know,  he  has  given  us  so 
much  that  wc  may  know. 

The  first  thing  we  want  to  know  is,  what  the  king- 
dom of  heaven  is.  To  teli  this  in  as  few  words  as 
possible  we  define  it  this  way:  It  is  a  place  and 
has  a  location,  In  this  place  there  must  be  subjects 
to  be  governed,  and  a  King  to  do  the  ruling.  And 
as  this  kingdom  is  of  heaven  it  must  be,  in  some 
way,  related  thereto.  Either  the  subjects  must  be 
of  heavenly  character  or  the  King  must  hz  from 
heaven.  In  this  case  we  must  have  both.  The 
King  (Jesus)  is  from  haaven  and  as  the  subjects 
are  bam  into  it,  of  heavenly  parentage,  they  are 
also  expected  to  be  heavenly.  Now  to  see  how  this 
is  we  have  these  parables. 

The  Apostle  Paul  tells  us  about  being  translated 
out  of  the  kingdom  of  the  world  into  the  kingdom 
of  Jesus  Christ.  This  means,  dying  to  the  one  and 
to  the  other,  changing  from  one 
nother.  This  is  al. 
ence  when  the  change  is  from 
the  worse  to  the  better, 

Then  we  are  sometimes  told  about  the  duality  of 
this  kingdom,  the  preparatory  and  the  permanent, 
the  militant  and  the  triumphant,  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  among  men  and  the  kingdom  in  heaven 
with  the  prepared,  sanctified  and  glorified,  and  with 
the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost.  We  are  the  more 
directly  concerned  about  the  first,  because,  if  we  *  the  oth 


becoming 

form  of  government  to  that  of  t 

ways  a  happy  t 


arc  worthy  subjects  of  this  one,  we  get  a  sure  title 
to  the  other. 

Now,  let  us  look  at  this  kingdom,  as  we  have  it  in 
our  lesson:  "The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  likened 
unto  a  man  which  sowed  good  seed  in  his  field." 
But  what  is  meant  by  the  field?  Some  say  that  the 
world  is  God's  field,  and  we  shall  not  deny  this  ap- 
plication. But  will  it  not  be  better  to  say  that  the 
hurch  is  the  field  into  which  the  Lord  places  those 
who  become  his  subjects?  In  this  field  God's  peo- 
ple are.  It  is  God's  field.  In  this  field  the  good 
seed  is  sown,  and  if  everybody  would  remain  awake 
and  watchful,  no  other  seed  could  be  sown  in  this 
field. 

You  will  notice,  however,  that  the  sowing  of  good 
seed  is  followed  by  a  "  but."  "  But  while  me  a  slept 
his  enemy  came  and  sowed  tares  among  the  wheat." 
"  His"  here  refers  to  the  owner  of  the  field, — "  men," 
these  who  were  in  the  field.  "  Tares"  is  held  in  dis- 
pute. Some  say  it  was  the  chess  or  cheat  that  often 
grows  among  the  wheat,  and  so  nearly  resembles  it, 
while  in  blade  and  stalk,  that  it  cannot  be  known 
from  wheat  until  it  heads  out.  Taking  this  view  of 
it,  we  are  left  in  a  quandary  as  to  the  proper  interpre- 
tation, as  many  good  farmers  contend  strongly  that 
chess  is  only  an  abnormal  growth  of  wheat, — that, 
when  the  natural  growth  of  wheat  is  interfered  with, 
or  crippled  by  frosts  and  other  causes,  it  turns  into 
chess.  This  notion,  though  not  scientifically  ten 
able,  would  accord  with  the  seeming  intention  of 
the  parable,  because  it  is  supposable  that  only 
wheat,  or  those  representing  wheat,  would  be  al- 
lowed to  enter  the  field, — the  church  or  kingdom  of 
heaven.  If  this  is  so,  then,  to  have  chess  in  the 
field,  it  would  have  to  be  by  the  wheat  changing  in- 
to chess, — the  true  Christian  degenerating  into  the 
untrue  or  bastard,  This  could  happen  while  men 
sleep,  "and  some  have  fallen  asleep."  The  enemy 
is  always  on  the  alert  for  opportunities  to  sew  his 
seed,  and  sleepy  Christians  are  the  kind  he  v/ants 
for  his  sowing.  The  lesson  to  us  is:  K<:e£>  awake; 
be  up  and  a  doing,  and  the  enemy  will  find  no  place 
for  his  sowing. 

Giving  chess  a  seed  of  its  own,  as  it  certainly  has, 
would  necessitate  the  idea  of  sowing  into  the  field 
both  kinds  of  seed, — wheat  and  chess.  And  to 
catch  the  parabolic  thought  we  would  have  the 
owner  of  the  field, — the  church, — allowing  to  be 
sowed  into  it,  bo'h  the  good  and  the  bad,— to  be  de- 
tected at  the  fruitage  and  separated  at  the  harvest 
time.  To  carry  out  this  view  of  it,  and  it  may  be 
tenable, — would  require  more  space  than  we  have 
here  to  u?e,  and  is  not  essential  to  the  purpose  of 
our  lesson. 

But  to  avoid  both  of  these  d  ffi:ulties,  other  Bi- 
ble critics  say  that  "tares"  should  be  translated 
"bastard  wheat,"  and  for  this  version  of  it  there 
seems  to  be  sufficient  grounds.  By  bastard  wheat 
we  are  to  understand  wheat  of  an  inferior  grade, 
lacking  the  valuable  qualities  of  the  real  wheat, and 
therefore  of  no  use.  This  harmonizes  with  the 
idea  of  wheat  degenerating  into  chess,  and  would 
carry  out  the  same  les3on,  After  we  are  born  into 
the  kingdom  we  grow  on  what  we  feed.  Let  us  be 
awake  to  the  sowing  that  is  done  among  us,— no 
bastard  seed,— as  we  must  feed  from  the  sowing. 

But  what  shall  be  done  about  these  tares?  They 
are  in  the  field.  This  we  know  if  we  don't  under- 
stand just  how  they  got  there.  We  see  some  of  the 
fruit  cropping  out.  Shall  we  go  to  work  and  pull  it 
out?  Did  you  ever  examine  a  field  of  wheat  having 
among  it  chess?  See  how  closely  the  stalks  stand 
together,  and  the  roots  are  so  entwined  together 
that  it  would  be  impossible  to  pull  the  one  out  with- 
out pulling  or  injuring  the  other.  "  No,"  the  good 
man  says,  "  Let  them  grow  up  together  till  the  har- 
vest time."  Wheat  will  be  no  less  wheat  because  of 
the  chess,  and  at  the  gathering  the  separation  can  be 
made,  The  Master  will  take  care  of  this  part  of  the 
work, 

We  learned  this  lesson  while  on  the  farm,  Well 
do  we  remember  the  old  way  of  screening.  At  one 
place  came  out  the  bastard,  shriveled  wheat,  at  an- 
other the  cockle,  at  another  the  chess,  and  at  the  far 
end  the  pure  wheat.    This  father  used  for  sqwiog, 


all,  this  was  much  better  than  if  we  had  tried  to 
pull  out  all  this  stuff,  while  in  a  developing  stage, 
and  much  of  the  wheat  with  it. 

Don't  be  too  ready  to  pull  out  when  members  in 
the  church  do  not  promise  to  bear  the  good  wheat 
we  think  they  should.  We  may  be  mistaken, — yes, 
we  may  be  nearly  bastard  wheat  or  chess  ourselves. 
And  then,  too,  our  Heavenly  Father  may  have  some 
use  for  these  tares  that  we  do  not  understand.  The 
literal  burning  named  may  only  be  a  figure  of  puri- 
fying bastard  souls  for  the  Master's  use.  That 
which  they  build  shall  be  burned,  but  their  souls 
shall  be  raved,  yet  as  by  fire.  "Judge  not  that  ye 
be  not  judged."  h.  b.  b. 


SKRMON    OUTUNK 


THE  LAW  OF  FRUIT  BEARINQ.-Jahn  ia:  34. 


I'liSl  1  ION. 


1  of  wheat.    Bishop  Hall  says 


:  of  gr; 


for  chicken  and  ho'rie  te'eo\~so  that,  afte 


1.  "A  corn  of  wheat."  A  grai 
"  He  that  cannot  make  one  spit 
yet  be  framing  of  worlds." 

2.  "  Fall  into  the  earth  and  di 
compulsion,  but  a  voluntary  ; 
from  mc,"  etc.    God  invites  gro 

3.  "  It  abideth  by  itself  alone. 
ness— its  ideal,  and  it  characterizes  the  sinner.  The  more 
Chiist-like  we  become,  the  more  social  we  become,  To  be 
alone,— without  God;  alone  in  the  world  beyond!  Anything  is 
better  than  being  alone, 

4.  "Hit  die."    The  act  of  love  and  sacrifice 

5.  "  It  beareth  much  fruit"  This  it  deserves  for  its  sacrifice 
"  Be  thou  faithful  unto  death,  and  I  will  give  thee  a  crown  ol 
life." 


(  of  sind, 


\ml  falls!    Not 
takcth  my  lite 


;  l be  rcsull  uf  bfltish- 


I,  Caiaphas  was  the  only  one  that  seemed  to  grasp  the  mean- 
ing of  Christ's  life:  "  It  is  expedient  for  yon  that  one  man  di- 
eth."  Jesus  agreed,  but  not  in  his  spirit:  Caiaphas  says,  "  It 
is  expedient  for  you."  Jesus  says,  "If  I  be  lifted  up,"  etc. 
Caiaphas,  the  mind  of  the  world;  Jesus,  the  mind  of  Christianity. 

II.  Jesus'  words  arose  out  of  the  occasion,  a  few  Greeks 
came  to  see  him.  These  were  in  a  sense  the  first  fruits  from 
the  heathen,  they  pointed  to  a  greater  ingathering.-a  pents- 
cost,  the  Corinthians,  Romaus,  Gauls,  English,  etc.     But  how? 

The  devil  knew— by  turning  stones  into  bread. 

The  disciples  knew— by  a  great  triumphal  entry. 

fesus  knew—  by  giving  his  life  to  the  world. 

Herein  li;s  the  law   of  fruit-bearing.     It  is  valid  for  all. 

III,  Jesus  came  to  do  his  Father's  will,  but  first,  he  made 
that  will,  his  will.    This  is  the  secret  of  true  joy. 

It  is  hard  to  do.  Look  at  the  grain  before  and  after  dyinn. 
If  it  could  have  seen,  have  felt  the  difference,  in  short,  if  it  had 
been  you  or  me,  would  it  have  made  the  choice  to  die  thus? 
When  Jesus  looked  at  that  (ate,  He  said,  "Now  is  my  soul 
troubled."  What  caused  the  trouble?  The  fact  of  choice.  It 
is  the  choice  that  makes  the  sacrifice  great. 

If  any  moral  law  is  certain  this  is,  that  to  do  any  real  good  is 
painful  to  the  doer.  All  the  great  truths  that  illuminate 
thought,  were  born  in  throes  of  strife  and  sacrifice  of  life.  Illus- 
trateby  struggles  for  religious  liberty,  the  late  war,  etc. 

Thus  the  right  of  choice  is  given  to  us,  whether  to  live  alone 
or  to  die  and  thus  bear  much  fruit. 

IV.  There  are  two  points  of  view,  one  of  sacrifice,  the  other 
of  dying,  the  one  before  death,  which  causes  dread  and  trou- 
ble, the  other  after  death,  which  causes  joy.  "  Who  for  the  joy 
that  was  set  before  him  endured  the  cross." 

What  a  glorious  sight,— a  field  of  waving,  golden  grain! 
What  a  reward  for  a  few  dead  grains! 

Look  with  John  into  the  infinite  of  years.  What  a  harvest 
of  souls!  His  arithmetic  failed  to  ciunt,  and  when  the  Lamb 
heard  the  new  song  of  the  rede:m:d,  he  knew  it  was  worth 
the  cos 


Greet 


ithe 
astlc,  Ind, 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


THE    DUTIES  WE  OWE. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  March  10,  iSgS. 


I.  The  Duties  We  Owe  To  G"D. 

1,  AdoratioD.     Ps.  34: 1. 

2,  Love.     I  John  5:  3. 

3,  Trust.     I  John  3:  21. 

4,  Thankfulness.     1  Cor.  15:  57. 

5,  Obedience.    1  Fei.  1:13  rv 

II.  The  Duties  We  Owe  To  Man. 
r.  Good  will.    Rom.  12: 10, 

2.  Kind  words.     I  Cor.  13:4-7. 

3.  Loving  deeds.     Gal.  6: 10. 

III.  Why  Ttiese  Duties  Must  Be  Dohe. 

1,  Godhasajuitckrm.     Acis  17:34-31. 

2,  Nenlect  robs  our  neighbor  of  help  wc  migh 
Rom.  14;  13- 

3,  Nefcitfct  brings  lornto  to  us  in  tho  end.    H«b.  i 


THE   GOSPEL   3yEESSElTGE3a. 


March  5,  iS 


~>  I  Mb  *  YOUINQ  ♦  PEOPLE* 


OUB  MISSIONARY  BEADING  CIRCLE. 


Course   of    Reading. 


EIUUT    YEAH. 


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I  Kobeit  Mortal,"  cloth. 

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WILL  POWER. 

There  is  110  chance,  no  destiny,  no  fate 
Can  circumvent,  or  hinder,  or  control 
The  firm  resolve  of  a  determined  soul. 

Gifts  count  for  nothing:  will'alone  is  great; 

All  things  give  way  before  it  soon  or  late. 
What  obstacle  can  slay  the  mighty  force 
Of  the  sea-seeking  river  in  its  mighty  cour 

Or  cause  the  ascending  orb  of  day  to  wait  ? 
Each  well  born  soul  must  win  what  it  desc 
!  of  luck.    The  fortunate 
<t  purpose  never  swerves 

:  great  aim. 


Let  the  fool  pn 
Is  he  whose  earn. 
Whose  slightest  ; 


en  Death  s 


till, 


CIRCLE  NOTES. 


BY   JAMES    M.   NEPF. 


Sister  Hannah  Smith,  of  Loucile,  Pa  ,  writes:  "  I 
desire  to  thank  the  Missionary  Reading  Circle  for 
the  benefit  I  ha«e  received  from  the  reading  of  '  Do 
Not  Say,'  which  I  received  Nov.  6  and  finished  read- 
ing on  the  7th.  I  shall  give  the  little  book,  with 
its  earnest  pleadings,  to  others  to  read,  in  the  hope 
that  a  great  deal  of  good  may  be  done  throughout 
the  Brotherhood  by  the  reading  of  this  book.  My 
desire  to  become  more  useful  in  the  work  assigned 
to  thi  ones  to  whom  Jesus  says, '  Go,  teach  all  na- 
tions,' has  been  increased,  and  I  hope  more,  who 
profess  to  be  the  obedient  servants  of  the  Lord,  will 
ere  long  feel  that  the  Lord  wants  a  full  surrender  of 
ourselves  to  him,  without  any  reserve  for  self,  since 
we  are  bought  with  a  price,  and  we  are  not  our 

The  lesson  of  int'ri  surrndtr  is  the  lesson  we  so 
much  need  to  learn.  We  learn  by  precept  and  ex- 
ample,—the  example  of  Christ  and  his  followers. 
No  more  striking  examples  of  entire  surrender  to 
the  will  of  Christ  are  to  be  found  anywhere  in  mod- 
ern times  than  in  the  lives  of  missionaries,  But 
some  say  it  is  not  love  to  Christ  that  has  prompted 
the  self-sacrifices  of  missionary  endeavor,  I  dare 
say,  the  less  people  know  about  missionary  life  and 
labor,  the  more  they  are  prone  to  make  such  asser- 
tions; and  the  more  general  the  dissemination  of 
missionary  information,  the  fewer  of  such  state- 
ments will  be  heard.  Read,  and  you  will  be  aston 
ished  beyond  measure  at  what  men  and  women  are 
doing  and  suffering  for  the  cause  of  Jesus  Christ. 
The  more  you  read,  the  more  you  will  feel  like  cry- 
ing, "  Lord,  if  others  have  done  so  much  for  thee, 
why  should  I  do  so  little?     Help  me  to  do  more!" 

Bro.  P.  B.  Fitzwater  writes  from  Primghar,  Iowa, 
as  follows:  "I  have  just  finished  the  last  book  of 
the  Circle  Course,  and  wish  my  testimony  to  go  on 
record  as  one  who  has  been  richly  fed  with  the 
manna  of  heaven  from  each  one  of  the  twelve  books. 
I  have  been  more  especially  benefited  by  '  Life  of 
Judson.'  •  Memoir  of  Robt.  Moffat,'  '  Do  Not  Say,' 
and  '  Divine  Enterprise  of  Missions.'  I  am  very 
thankful  for  the  Course.  I  see  the  Master's  work 
ia  e  different  light  than  ever  before.    Surety,  II  uur 


people  knew  the  benefit  and  pleasure  in  these  books, 
our  numbers  would  soon  be  up  in  the  thousands 
Certainly  not  one  of  our  preachers,  who  is  at  all 
able,  can  afford  to  do  without  these  books.  Would 
to  God  that  our  people  would  go  to  work  in  earnest 
once!  We  have  been  living,  as  it  were,  on  the  husk 
of  Christianity.  We  have  not  been  living  even  in 
the  shadow  of  our  privileges, — not  mentioning  our 
sacred  ob'igaticm." 

The  work  of  our  Secretary  has  so  grown  that  it 
has  for  some  months  been  necessary  for  her  to  have 
assistance  in  taking  care  of  the  correspondence. 
This  assistance  has  been  regularly  and  cheerfully 
rendered  by  sister  Sudie  Wingert,  of  Waynesboro, 
and  in  appreciation  of  her  faithfulness  she  has  re- 
cently been  elected  to  the  office  of  Assistant  Secre- 
tary. 

Persons   frequently    write  our  Secretary,  asking 
how  to  become  a  member  of  the  Circle.     For  the  in- 
formation of  others  who  would  perhaps  like  to  know, 
we  reproduce  below  a  part  of  the  circular  which  is 
mailed  in  response  to  these  individual  inquiries. 
OUR  MISSIONARY  READING  CIRCLE. 
Jno.  .1:16. 
Very  many    of  our  dear  people,  both  young  and  old,  are 
quite  desirous  of  having  a  more  satisfactory  knowledge  con- 
cerning the  great  work  of  missions. 

The  people,  the  fields,  the  methods,  the  needs,  the  workers, 
the  opportunities,  the  costs,  the  results;  these,  and  many  more 
particulars  of  missions,  are  of  vast  interest  to  every  Christian, 
fn  all  the  churches  will  come  increased  liberality,  deeper  de- 
votion, greater  consecration,  and  a  more  burning  thirst  for 
souls,  as  soon  as  the  members  are  better  informed  on  mission- 
There  is  untold  pleasure  experienced  by  the  converted  soul 
in  reading  the  trulh  which  is  greater  than  fiction,  and  which 
shows  how  God  again  and  again  verifies  His  presence  in  the 
lives  of  His  most  humble  followers, 

Our  Missionary  Reading  Circle  aims  to  supply,  in  part  at 
least,  this  mnch-felt  want.  The  Circle  has  but  one  object,  and 
that  object  is  the  dissemination  of  missionary  information. 
The  purpose  is  that  as  many  as  possible  may  know  about  mis- 
sions. A  three  years'  course  of  reading  has  been  arranged, 
four  books  to  be  read  each  year.  The  first  three  .books  of 
each  year  will  be  purely  missionary,  while  the  other  will  be  "of 
rather  a  devotional  nature.  There  is  neither  thought  nor  de- 
sire that  all  who  take  up  this  work  should  become  missionaries, 
but  it  is  the  burden  of  prayer  that  not  one  such  may  fail  to  par- 
take of  the  missionary  spirit. 

The  Gospel  Messenger  is  the  organ  of  the  Circle,  in  which 
will  be  found,  from  time  to  time,  notes  relating  to  the  Circle 

The  Circle  has  arranged  with  the  Brethren  Publishing  House, 

Mt,  Morris,  III.,  to  furnish  the  Course  books  to  members  at 

pecial  low  rates,  although  they  may  be  purchased  elsewhere. 

The  books  may  be  read  faster  or  slower,  according  to  one's 


nplete  the 


A  certificate  will  be  issued  to  all  who  > 
upon  payment  of  fee  of  ten  cents. 

,erewill  be  no  examinations.    Members  are  required,  on 

ihe  first  of  March  of  each  year,  to  report  to  the  Secretary 

their  progress  in  reading. 

Youbecome  a  member  of  the  Circle  by  filling  out  the  Prom- 

:  Card  below,  cutting  it  out  and  forwarding  with  entrance  fee 

the  Secretary. 

You  become  an  honorary  member  by  changing  "  pursne"  to 
read  two  books  of";  also  "20  cts."  to  "  $1.00,"  and  filling  out 
indicated. 


1  help  pay  the  running 


Book  of  Job  and  Eld.  T.  T.  Myers  conducted  daily 
recitations  and  lectures  on  the  work  of  the  Sunday 
school,  for  nearly  two  weeks. 

— By  no  means  the  least  important  feature  of  the 
work  was  the  series  of  lectures  delivered  by  Bro.  M. 
G.  Brumbaugh  upon  the  origin  and  early  growth  of 
our  church.  These  lectures,  the  result  of  a  pains- 
taking and  thorough  investigation  of  original  docu- 
ments, and  of  many  hours'  study  in  the  achives  of 
historical  societies,  brought  to  light  and  to  the  at- 
tention of  those  whose  good  fortune  it  was  to  hear 
them,  many  facts  heretofore  overlooked  or  entirely 
unknown.  Historically  accurate,  yet  they  were  in- 
tensely interesting  and  fascinating,  not  alone  to  our 
own  people  but  to  our  friends  from  outside  who 
crowded  the  chapel  night  after  night.  To  each 
member  of  the  church  who  listened  there  came  the 
settled  conviction  that  one  needs  but  know  the  his- 
tory of  the  church  of  the  Brethren  to  learn  to  love 
most  dearly  not  only  the  church  but  the  doctrine 
for  which  she  has  always  stood. 

—Our  preaching  services  were  conducted  by  Bro. 
I.  D.  Parker,  of  Indiana.  His  doctrinal  discourses 
were  replete  with  convincing  logic  and  the  power  of 
the  Word.  His  appeals  to  the  unconverted  were  no 
less  powerful  and  were  blessed  of  the  Spirit  in  the 
coming  of  twenty-nine  precious  ones  into  the  fold. 
As  he  was  obliged  to  leave  us  on  Friday,  Bro.  Wal- 
ter Long,  of  Tyrone,  continued  the  meetings  with 
the  result  that  three  more  were  made  willing  to 
serve  the  Lord;  and  since  the  meetings  closed  others 
have  signified  their  wish  to  unite  with  the  people  of 
God  and  the  end  is  not  yet, — no,  nor  will  it  ever  be, 
while  one  of  these  saved  ones  shall  lift  a  note  of 
praise  round  the  great  white  throne. 

— The  plasterers  are  at  work  in  our  new  building 
and  we  hope  to  occupy  our  well-lighted  airy  dining 
hall  by  spring  term.  We  are  somewhat  cramped  in 
the  old  one, — rather  an  unusual  thing  for  winter 
term. 

— We  have  not  only  passed  the  middle  point  of 
the  school-year  but  have  more  than  completed  half 
of  the  winter  term,  and  already  calculatiope'and 
preparations  for  spring  term  are  in  the  air.  " 

—Our  monthly  church  meetings  are  a  feature  of 
our  religious  life  here,  and  we  are  glad  to  note  the 
fact  that  our  student  members  take  quite  an  inter- 
est in  them.  The  business  is  usually  disposed  of  in 
business-like  way  and  there  is  time  taken  at  the 
beginning  for  a  short  word  of  admonition  or  en- 
couragement by  one  of  our  elders.  The  result 
must  be  that  our  young  people  shall  go  out  better 
able  to  understand  the  workings  of  the  church,  and 
with  more  interest  in  her  deliberations,  be  they  local 
or  national, 
Huntingdon,  Pa.,  Feb.  16, 


R1D1NO  THE  HOBBY. 


NOTES  FROM  JUNIATA  COLLEO.E. 

BY   C.    C.    ELLIS. 

— Our  Bible  Term,  just  closed,  has  been  one  of  the 
most  inspiring,  ever  held  within  our  walls,  and  as  an 
immediate  result  not  only  has  the  army  of  the  Lord 
been  recruited  but  those  already  enlisted  have  re- 
ceived new  strength  for  the  conflict. 

—The  regular  day  sessions  were  in  charge  of  four 
competent  instructors,— Elders  H.  B.  Brumbaugh, 
W.  J.  Swigart,  J.  B.  Brumbaugh  and  Prof.  A.  H. 
Haines.  The  work  included  lectures  and  recitations 
on  such  subjects  as  Church  History,  Prophecy, 
HomileticB  and  Ljtegesis,  In  addition  to  this  work 
Bro,  M.  G.  Brvimbatrgh  deliVereU  six  lecture*  on  the 


He  has  ridden  his  hobby  to  death,"  said  a 
good-natured  man,  in  speaking  of  a  certain  minis- 
ter, who  Eiiall  be  nameless  here.  When  we  heard 
this  remark,  we  were  minded  to  reply:  "Whether 
he  has  killed  his  hobby  or  not,  he  has  at  least 
killed  himself."  Things  have  come  to  such  a  pass 
that  nobody  will  longer  listen  to  him.  The  public 
gards  him  as  a  bore,  and  almost  refuses  to  give 
him  credit  for  even  the  honesty  that  he  doubtless 
possesses.  It  is  the  current  belief  that  in  a  world 
where  there  are  so  many  interests  of  different  sorts, 
no  thoroughly  sane  man  can  bring  himself  to  sub- 
mit to  the  domination  of  one  idea. 


ALL  THE  SAME. 


Once  a  colporteur  visited  Prince  Bismark's  house 
at  evening  prayers.  The  great  man  entered,  and, 
seeing  the  stranger,  asked  who  he  was.  Being  told, 
he  said,  "  I  understand  we  have  a  Bible-man  with  us 
to-night,  I  want  him  to  come  here  and  conduct 
the  service."  The  stranger  protested  that  he  had 
come  to  listen,  and  could  not  think  of  displacing 
his  highness.  "  Highness— nonsense,"  said  the 
prince,  "  we  are  in  the  presence  of  God,  and  in  his 
sight,  what  difference  is  there?  We  are  all  sinners, 
and  he  regards  us  all  in  the  same  light,  Come  and 
lead  the  Knvx."~-CkriiliaH  fJtad'tr, 


March  5,  18 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSZElTSTG-IE^. 


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General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

COMMITTEE. 

Enoch  Eby,       -    Kansas   1   L.  \V.  Tester,     •    Indiana 

D.  L.  Miller,     •    -  Illinois    |   5.  R.  Zug,  -  Pennsylvania 

S.F.Sanger,   -    -    Virginia. 


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MOTTO  FOR  ' 


Many  of  those  who  profess  to  walk  with 
the  Lord  would  be  better  pleased  if  the  Lord 
could  be  induced  to  walk  a  little  closer  to  the 

The  Sunday  School  cause  for  the  spring  is 
beginning  to  look  up.  line  of  our  workers  has 
already  ordered  iooo  blue  tickets  for  his 
school. 


The  woman  who  will  closely  folio 
teachings  of  the  New  Testament,  will 
learn  that  feathers,  flounces  and  jewel: 
not  becoming  a  devout  saint. 


The  Bread  of  Life  by  our  pet 

carried  to  every  part  of  the  wi 
high  privilege  to  do  it,  and  let 
opportunity  go  by  unimproved. 


pie  ought 


ifter  they  have  been  forgo 


ter  preach  the  fu- 
jurse  the  church 

nd  do  good  long 


First  of  all  lei  us  have  ministers  who  live 
holy  and  consistent  lives.  Like  preachers, 
like  people  ihe  country  over.  It  is  useless  to 
try  to  build  up  prosperous  churches  with 
preachers  who  do  not  live  consistent  lives. 

A  farmer  near  MIlledgevMe,  HI.,  says  that 
when  he  hires  a  man  to  work  for  him  he  has 
it  in  the  bargain  that  there  is  to  be  no  swearing 
on  or  around  his  premises.  This  is  a  good 
erybody,  hiriDg  labor, 


sfor 


>ight 


The  Good  Samaritan,  who 
his  duty,  when  he  saw  the  wounded  man  by 
the  wayside,  on  the  road  to  Jericho,  doubtless 
retired  to  bed  that  evening  with  a  clear  con- 
science.  But  how  about  those  who  passed  by 
on  the  other  side?  Their  consciences  must 
have  lashed  them  terribly. 

In  1S07  Robert  Morrison  founded  Chinese 
missions.  From  that  year  until  1842  the  only 
cities  open  to  foreign  residence  were  Canton 
and  Macao.  From  1S42  to  1S60  there  were  on- 
ly five  places  where 'foreigners  could  reside. 
From  1S60  to  the  present  the  number  of  treaty 


ports  has  risen  to  twenty- 1' 
these  treaty  ports  the  rig] 
remainder  of  China's  eighti 
has  been  in  each  separate  < 
ued  battle  against  Chinese 


a,  and  outside  of 
to  reside  in  the 

se  a  long-contin- 
gotry  and  preju- 


Some  twelve  years  since,  Lough  Fook,  a 
Chinese  Christian,  moved  with  compassion  for 
the  coolies  in  the  South  American  mines,  sold 
himself  for  a  term  of  five  years  as  a  coolie 
slave,  and  was  transported  to  Demerara,  that 
he  might  carry  the  Gospel  to  his  countrymen 
working  there.  He  toiled  in  the  mines  with 
them  and  preached  Jesus  while  he  toiled,  until 
he  had  won  to  ihe  Savior  nearly  two  hundred 
disciples.  He  died  two  years  ago,  but  surely 
never  has  the  Master's  condescension  been  so 
literally  reproduced  as  here.— A.  J.  Gordon, 


C0MPA2ATI7E 


don,  and  the  figures  represent  the  condition  of 
the  world  of  1 , $00,000,000  souls  in  the  year 
iSgS-  The  diagram  represents  the  actual  and 
relative  numbers  of  mankind,  according  to 
their  religions.  Each  square  represents  i.oco,- 
000  souls.  The  two  white  squares  in  the  field 
of  heathenism  represent  the  estimated  number 
of  converts  to  Christianity  in  some  form. 

Now  look  again  at  that  field!  From  the 
Jews  down  there  is  no  Christ.  How  dark  and 
how  great  the  field  of  darkness  to  be  found 
among  the  heathen  even  today! 

In  heathendom  there  are  250,000.000  of  wom- 
en who  are  waiting  in  ignorance  for  the  glor- 
ious Gospel  of  fteedom  from  their  slavish, 
soulless  lives,  and  they  must  depend  upon  the 
women  of  the  church  to  go  to  them,  for  male 
missionaries  cannot  reach  them.  If  lined  up 
before  the  judgment  bar  of  God,  in  that  man- 
ner, each  Protestant  would  have  to  stand  op- 
posite to  five  heathen.  Think  you,  reader, 
that  the  Savior  of  the  world  will  not  inquire 
why  so  vast  an  army  for  whom  He  died,  to  whom 
He  commanded  His  disciples  to  carry  the 
good  news,— why  they  are  not  among  those 
who  believe?  And  when  the  five  cry  out, 
"  We  never  so  much  as  heard  of  you,  Oh 
Judge,"  if  perchance  He  should  turn  His  eyes 
to  you  with  inquiry,  what  will  be  your  excuse, 
if  you  have  not  done  all  that  you  could  to 
reach  this  multitude? 

We  dare  not  cast  aside  the  field  before  us; 
we  dare  not  present  any  excuse  for  not  doing 
our  part,  for  the  Master  has  said,  "Go,"  and 
loving  obedience  will  at  once  go  or  send. 
Let  this  awful  picture  follow  every  one,  and 
grant  that  the  love  of  Christ  may  be  begotten 
fully  in  the  heart  now,  so  that,  by  its  power, 
we  are  constrained  to  offer  and  be  offered  as 
a  sacrifice  unto  God  for  the  unsaved  in  the 
world.     Let  us  all  pray  for  more  laborers! 


Everywhere  the  human  heart  has  a  soil  to 
which  the  seed  of  the  kingdom  belongs.  De- 
lay not,  but  plant  the  seed  in  each  and  every 
heart.     It  may  produce  fruit  by  and  by. 

WhatI  Four  ministers,  and  preaching  only 
every  other  Lord's  Day!  What  do  these 
preachers  do  the  other  Sundays!  We  ought 
to  have  more  work  than  that  out  of  four  minis- 


We  hope  to  see  the  Brethren's  Sunday 
School  Quarterlies  and  papers  used  in  every 
Sunday  school  in  the  Brotherhood.  Send  for 
samples,  and  be  prepared  to  introduce  them 
everywhere. 

How  can  I  find  the  way  the  Holy  Ghost 
would  have  me  go?  some  one  asks.  Follow 
closely  the  teachings  of  the  New  Testament, 
and  you  will  find  the  Holy  Ghost  all  along  the 
line,  ready  and  willing  to  lead  you, 

An  infidel  one  time  said  that  his  reason  for 
not  letting  the  Bible  alone  was  that  it  would 
not  let  him  alone.  Keep  the  Bible  before  the 
infidels;  if  they  will  not.believe  it  in  this  world, 
they  will  have  to  believe  it  in  the  next. 

It  is  all  right  for  even  pious  people  to  pro- 
voke one  another  to  love  and  good  works.  If 
your  helping  one  poor  person  will  provoke  an- 
other to  render  like  assistance  to  tw»,  that  is 
all  right,  only  the  more  there  is  of  it,  tlie  better 
it  will  be  for  the  poor. 


,-'"  Wolves  in  sheep's  clothing  was  clearlj 
manifested  in  New  York,  not  long  since.  Rob 
hers,  robed  in  white  garments,  entered  a  Catb 
olic  church,  and,  in  full  view  of  the  people 
carried  away  what  they  pleased.  The  peoph 
supposed  them  to  be  priests,  engaged  in  som< 


BLLSAR  NOTES. 


Roads  —Weather—  Water— Food— Funerals 

—Weddings-Pests-Plague— Eclipse 

of  Sun— Missionaries. 

We  were  somewhat  surprised  t> 
-ISIQH,  find  such  excellent  roads,  and  s< 

well  cared  for,  as  we  find  arount 
Bulsar.  Our  pikes  are  no  bette 
than  the  roads  here.  We  neve 
expected  to  find  the  weather  a: 
pleasant  as  it  is  here,  of  morning: 
and  evenings,  but  this  is  wintc 
and  we  can  expect  it  cool  enough 
to  lie  pleasant  for  a  few  mc 
in  winter.  We  have  a  well  of 
very  gcod  water,— better  than  in 
many  localities  at  home.  Our 
food  is  much  the  same  as  at  home. 
We  can  get  beef,  mutton,  eggs, 
bananas,  rice,  cheese,  milk,  onions, 
radishes,  beans,  lentils,  butter, 
honey,  preserved  fruits,  such  as 
plums,  strawberries  and  the  like. 
Our  tables  need  not,  of  necessity, 
be    so    different    from    yours    at 

We  have  attended  two  funerals 
since  here,  one  of  our  little  orphan 
boys,  and  a  I'arsee  man's  funeral. 


The   Pa 


of  ] 


hence  there  was  a  large  proces- 
sion. The  procession  was  headed 
by  four  men  carrying  the  corpse 
on  an  iron  frame,  a  white  sheet 
biding  the  body  from  view.  Next 
followed  the  relatives,— men,  no 
women, — then  iheir  priests,  then 
the  Parsee  members,  all  dressed 
in  white  and  carrying  a  handker- 
chief between  each  couple.  In 
the  procession  there  is  a  dog  be- 
ing led  along  All  move  on  in 
perfect  silence.  The  vultures  be- 
gin to  fly  on  before,  ere  we  are 
within  a  mile  of  these  gloomy 


Water  from  a  clean  gourd'is  said  to  be  just 
is  good  as  that  from  a  silver  cup.  While  this 
nay  be  true,  it  should  serve  as  no  excuse  for 

i  minister  making  an  unsightly  gourd  of  him- 
;elf  when  the  Lord  prefers  him  to  be  a  silver 


polished  and  made  ready  for  the  Master's  ,Pose' 

Let   us  have  the  silver  i.ups  when 


1  >el  Lhtin, 


MISSION  WORK.- No.  Q. 

The  Church's  Duty  to  Pray'  for  Laborers. 

Let  each  reader  get  ready  to  pray  for  labor- 
ers in  the  great  harvest  field  by  looking  care- 
fully over  it.  To  aid  the  stupendous  task  a 
chart  has  been  made  expressly  for  this  pur- 


The  estimates,  as  given,  were,  recently  issued 
by  "The  Church  Missionary  5otiety'"  of  Lb'n- 


When  we  come  to  th 

first  enUostfre,  we  ate 

asked  to  go  no  further 

We  :it  down  in  the 

shade  of  a  small  tree  £ 

nd  see  the  procession 

hie  into  the  inclosure  c 

sntaining  the  tower  of 

silence. 

The  pall-bearers  and 

a  priest  bear  the  dead 

body   up   to  the  tower 

gate,  which  is  swung 

open  with  a  grating  noi 

e,  and  the  priest  alone 

enters  with  the  dead  body.    Before  the  priest 

reaches  the  door,  on  bis  return,  we  see  scracqf 
the  vuiturca1  flying1  dg\vn  iutu  thtloVe'r,    When 


he  closes  the  door,  there  seems  to  be  a  rush  of 
cultures  for  the  dead  body.  We  hear  chant- 
ng  for  a  few  moments,  and  the  funeral  pro- 
:ession  wends  its  way  homeward,  The  dog  is 
used  in  all  Parsee  funerals.  He,  by  some 
omcthing  of  the  future  state  of 
the  departed.  We  have  been  unable  to  learn 
much  about  their  belief  as  to  the  use  of  the 
dog. 

We  attended  part  of  the  ceremonies  of  a 
Hindoo  wedding.  They  had  music  and  danc- 
ing; also  plenty  of  dirty,  yellow  paint  and 
jewelry.    They  also  had  native  spirits  to  drink 

d  they  were  a  merry  set.  A  sight  of  their 
dancing,  paint,  jewelry  and  drink  makes  us  feci 
ashamed  that  such  things  arc  relished  by  our 
more  civilized  people  at  home. 

So  far  we  have  found  no  more  trouble  wilb 
pests  than  in  many  localities  in  the  homeland. 
Mosquitoes  are  easily  fenced  away  by  a  net, 
and  tleas  arc  only  said  lo  last  a  few  weeks, 
Bedbugs  arc  not  hard  to  manage,  and  as  to 
snakes  and  scorpions,  they  are  more  danger- 
ous when  you  hear  of  them,  than  when  you  are 
where  they  arc  said  to  be. 

The  plague  seems  to  be  on  the  increase. 
We  have  but  few  cases  here,  however,  and 
much  precaution  and  care  are  being  taken,  so 
there  is  not  likely  to  be  much  harm  done  here 
by  it. 

We  had  hoped  to  be  able  to  see  the  eclipse 
of  the  sun,  but  on  account  of  quarantine  regu- 
lations we  will  hardly  go. 

We  are  all  well.  Pro.  Forney,  sister  Gibbel 
and  sister  Forney  and  I  are  kept  quite  busy 
trying  to  learn  Gujerati.  Bro.  Stover  is  work- 
ing hard  to  instruct  the  people  on  the  coming 
eclipse  and  thus  get  an  entering  wedge  on 
their  idolatry.  Sister  Ryan  lias  gone  after  the 
rest  of  our  orphans,  and  sister  Stover  acts  as 
mother  of  our  little  family. 

There  seems  to  be  no  reason  why  we  should 
not  all  trust  ihe  Lord  and  be  happy.  The 
work  is  great  and  we  feel  lost  as  we  look  at  it, 
May  God  open  our  eyes  and  hearts  to  know 
and  do  all  for  the  best! 

Jan.  20. 

FROM  GLENDALE,  ARIZONA. 

BY  MICINDA   BOLLINGER. 

Nov.  28  a  company  of  four  of  us,  all  mem- 
bers, bade  farewell  to  the  members  and  friends 
of  the  Centreview,  Mo„  church,  where,  for 
some  time  past,  we  had  been  trying  to  labor 
for  the  cause  of  Christ  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  the  church.  After  traveling  thrse 
days  and  nights,  beholding  the  wonderful 
workings  of  our  Heavenly  Father  in  so  many 
and  various  ways,  in  the  beautiful  mountains, 
the  grand  ledges  of  rock,  and  the  vast  plains, 
we  arrived  with  the  Brethren  at  Glendale, 
where  we  were  heartily  welcomed. 

We  find  tly;  climate  much  milder  than  in  the 
F.astern  States  and  enjoy  it  very  much.  Near- 
ly all  kinds  of  fruit  arc  raised  here  in  great 
abundance.  Here  is  one  of  the  places  where 
the  fruits  mentioned  in  the  Bible  are  produced, 
such  as  figs,  pomegranates,  almonds,  and  so 
forth.  It  is  also  a  great  slock  country,  as  the 
cattle  can  graze  on  the  alfalfa  the  entire  year, 
and  even  now  great  herds  can  be  seen  grazing. 
This  has  been  called  the  poor  man's  country 
by  some,  for,  while  some  things  are  high,  yet 
wages  arc  also  high  and  clothing  is  no  higher 
than  in  Missouri,  and  fuel  can  be  had  fur  the 
hauling.  The  almond  trees  will  soon  be  in 
full  bloom  and  the  people-are  making  garden. 
I  feel  thankful  for  having  come  to  this  country, 
for  by  so  doing  I  have  gained  the  greatest    ■ 

health.  Others,  too,  have  gaine.1  their  health 
ig  here.  What  should  more  especially 
us,  wherever  we  go,  is  the  church  of 
Christ,  a»d  here  is  work  for  plenty  of  laborers 
the  seed,  so  that  we  may  reap  the 
harvest  in  the  future.  Our  membership  is 
small,  having  only  about  twenty  in  number 
but  all  are  working  in  union,  for  which  we 
thank  God. 

We  have  a  nice  little  Sunday  achool,  how- 
ever, with  Bro.  S.  Q.  Furtey  as  Superintend- 
ent. We  also  have  preaching  every  Sunday. 
What  we  need  here,  and  long  for,  is  a  minis- 
ter, as  our  elder,  Bro,  Peter  Forney,  is  advanc- 
ing in  years  and  feels  the  need  of  help. 
Those  who  are  seeking  a  milder  climate  and 


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ly  welcome  into  this  part  of  the 
/ineyard.  Brethren,  please  give  us  ; 
especially  ministering  brethren. 


Ma 


THE    GOSPEL    rMTESSEIHSra-EK,. 


March  5,  iSgS. 


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Bro.  D.  W.  Wagner,  of  Beecher  City,  111.,  should 
now  be  addressed  at  Virden,  this  State. 

Tins  week  Bro.  Chas.  M.  Yearout,  of  Cedar  Rap- 
ids, Iowa,  moves  to  Warrensburg,  Mo,,  where  he 
should  be  addressed, 


Bro.  L  D.  Bosserman,  of  Robins,  Iowa,  has 
moved  to  Prairie  City,  same  State,  where  he  should 
hereafter  be  addressed. 


Bro  I.  J  Rosbnberger  assisted  the  Brethren  in 
a  series  of  meetings  in  the  Union  City  church,  Ind,, 
which  resulted  in  eleven  accessions. 


Bro.  Jacob  Rarick,  of  Indiana,  recently  closed 
an  interesting  series  of  meetings  in  the  Wolf  Creek 
church,  Ohio,  with  eleven  additions. 


During  December  and  January  over  97,000  tracts 
were  sent  out  from  this  office,  They  certainly 
ought  to  be  the  means  of  doing  some  good, 


The  late  series  of  meetings  at  the  Mummert 
house,  near  East  Berlin,  Pa.,  was  the  means  of  fif- 
teen conversions.  Bro.  Orville  V.  Long  did  the 
preaching.  

Bro.  J.  G.  Rover  took  quite  sick  last  week  and 
has  been  confined  to  his  room  ever  since.  He  is 
now  improving,  and  hopes  to  be  ready  for  duty  in 
a  short  time. 

Bro  Jonas  Fike  reports  6ve  accessions  at  a  mis- 
sion point  near  Hendrickson,  Tucker  Co.,  W.  Va., 
where  he  recently  preached  three  sermons.  Oth- 
ers promise  to  come  soon,  he  writes. 


Writing  concerning  the  Asia  Minor  Mission, 
Bro.  Fercken  says  that  during  the  last  few  months 
the  Lord  has  greatly  blessed  the  cause  in  that  part 
of  the  world.  It  is  a  matter  of  encouragement  to 
the  Brotherhood  to  learn  that  success  is  attending 
the  efforts  put  forth  in  this  historic  land. 


One  of  our  ministers  writes  us  that  he  has  moved 
from  a  congregation  where  there  are  four  preach- 
ers, to  another  where  there  is  but  one.  That  is 
right.  Let  the  preachers  scatter  out!  Let  them 
go  everywhere  preaching  the  Gospell  Should  there 
not  be  enough  left  to  do  the  preaching  needed 
in  the  old  church,  then  elect  more.  We  now 
have  about  2,300  ministers.  Three-fourths  of  them 
ought  to  preach  every  Sunday,  and  the  rest  as  of- 
ten as  posiible, 


Bro.  Daniel  Yaniman  went  from  here  to  Chica- 
go, expecting  to  stop  over  last  Sunday  in  the  city. 
He  goes  from  there  to  Arkansas,  to  attend  im- 
portant business  entrusted  to  him  by  the  Board. 

A  few  days  ago  Bro.  D.  L.  Miller  was  in  the  of- 
fice for  the  first  time  since  he  took  sick,  He  is 
gaining  strength  as  rapidly  as  could  be  expected, 
and  in  due  time  will  again  be  ready  for  active 
duty.  

We  are  receiving  a  great  many  articles  on  the 
Divorce  question.  Of  course  they  will  not  appear 
in  the  Messenger.  This  was  clearly  stated  three 
weeks  ago,  on  page  120.  Nothing  more  is  to  be 
published  on  this  subject  until  it  is  discussed  in  the 
open  Conference  at  Naperville,  next  June, 

Some  very  exaggerated  reports  are  going  the 
rounds  concerning  proposed  colonies  of  Brethren. 
By  these  reports  the  stranger  must  be  impressed 
with  the  idea  that  the  "Dunkers"  are  continually 
on  the  move.  Such  news  must  be  taken  with  a 
great  deal  of  allowance,  and  some  of  it  cannot  be 
depended  upon  at  all. 


Bro.  Ybremian,  our  Armenian  brother,  who  has 
been  spending  some  months  here,  went  to  Chicago 
the  first  of  this  week,  to  enter  upon  a  regular  medi- 
cal course,  and  thus  prepare  himself  the  better  for 
mission  work  among  his  own  people  in  Asia  Minor. 
It  is  quite  an  advantage  to  any  foreign  missionary 
to  have  a  good  knowledge  of  medicine.  It  may 
require  three  years  for  him  to  complete  the  course, 

One  would  hardly  think,  in  this  enlightened  age, 
when  so  much  is  said  against  war,  and  in  the  inter- 
est of  universal  peace,  that  a  minister  of  the  Gospel 
could  so  far  forget  his  mission  as  to  preach  a  ser- 
mon full  of  the  war  spirit.  But  such  was  the  case 
last  Sunday,  in  St.  Louis,  where  a  minister  of  some 
distinction  entertained  his  congregation  on  that 
line  of  thought.  All  that  he  said  was  void  of  spir- 
itual nourishment,  and  in  his  discourse  there  was 
nothing  whatever  in  support  of  the  peace  prlnci 
pies  so  clearly  taught  by  Jesus  Christ. 


We  commend  what  the  Christian  Standard  says  in 
regard  to  placing  churches  under  the  care  of 
preachers  who  have  not  sufficient  experience  to  fit 
them  for  their  important  work.  It  says:  "Some 
one  wants  to  know  where,  in  the  New  Testament, 
we  get  authority  for  ordaining  inexperienced  boys 
to  preach  the  Gospel  or  take  charge  of  churches. 
Nowhere.  Paul  says,  '  Lay  hands  suddenly  on  no 
man.'  The  whole  Gospel  is  against  putting  in- 
experience in  positions  of  trust.  We  must  learn 
before  we  can  teach,  and  be  tried  before  established 
in  any  important  work.  The  apostle  gives  such  a 
catalogue  of  qualifications  for  a  pastor,  that  no 
young,  immature  man  should  think  of  filling  this 
position." 

A  brother  wishes  to  know  what  should  be  done 
with  an  elder  who  does  not  practice  just  what  he 
preaches,  and  who  does  a  good  deal  oi  jesting  even 
in  the  meetinghouse,  after  the  close  of  the  services 
he  has  been  conducting.  The  proper  thing  to  do, 
is  for  those,  who  have  a  knowledge  of  the  elder's 
improper  conduct,  to  have  a  talk  with  him  about  it. 
If  he  is  anything  like  the  man  he  ought  to  be  he 
will  receive  admonitions  from  his  brethren  with  be- 
coming grace.  While  we  do  not  wish  to  encourage 
fault-finding,  we  suggest  that  the  laity  could  greatly 
assist  their  ministers  by  judiciously  reminding  them 
of  any  conduct  unbecoming  a  devout  minister. 
And  we  further  add,  that  when  ministers  and  eld- 
ers have  their  attention  called  to  mistakes,  they 
should  not  be  too  free  about  rebuking  those  who 
come  to  them,  and  point  out  their  errors,  with  the 
best  of  motives,  There  are  good  members  who 
would  now  and  then  make  some  wise  suggestions  to 
their  elders  and  preachers,  were  it  not  for  the  sharp 
rebukes  that  they  are  almost  certain  to  receive. 
There  should,  however,  be  no  unbecoming  talk  be- 
hind the  cider's  back.  If  one  fears  to  face  an  elder, 
and  talk  to  him,  concerning  his  mistakes,  the  better 
iray'li  for  him  to  kee'p  silent 


It  is  reported  that  the  mission  in  Washington  is 
now  in  a  better  shape  than  it  has  been  any  time 
since  the  work  was  started,  The  cause  is  growing 
in  favor  among  the  people,  and  we  may  look  for 
good  results  in  the  near  future. 


The  Brethren  in  Southern  California  and  Arizo- 
na are  much  for  having  things  done  in  a  neat  man- 
ner. Their  program,  announcing  the  Ministerial 
Meeting,  to  be  held  at  Lordsburg,  Cal.,  March  23, 
is  a  credit  to  the  committee  entrusted  with  the 
work,  Bro.  D.  A  Norcross  is  foreman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Program. 


Elsewhere,  in  his  news  from  Florida,  Bro.  Hyl- 
ton  presents  the  right  method  of  meeting  the  Mor- 
mons. He  says,  '  Meet  them  with  the  Bible." 
And  by  the  way,  a  thorough  knowledge  of  that  Book 
prepares  one  to  meet  any  of  the  errors  of  the  day. 
Let  us  learn  to  trust  more  and  more  in  the  power 
of  the  Word,  which  is  the  Sword  of  the  Spirit, 

Not  long  since  we  mentioned  that  Bro.  Tobias  S. 
Fike,  of  Brookside,  W.  Va,,  was  thinking  of  chang- 
ing his  location.  He  has  been  urged  to  give  up 
farming  and  devote  his  whole  attention  to  the  min- 
istry. If  he  does  this  it  will  be  necessary  for  him 
to  locate  in  a  field  where  a  sufficient  support  can 
be  rendered  to  enable  him  to  give  his  time  to  the 
work.  Those  who  write  him  concerning  his  labors 
will  do  well  to  bear  this  in  mind. 


A  VJS1T  TO  NORTH  MANCHESTER. 

Saturday  evening,  Feb,  19,  found  us  at  North 
Manchester,  Ind.,  where  we  remained  until  the 
following  Tuesday.  During  the  stay  we  had  the 
pleasure  of  attending  two  services  in  the  College 
Chapel,  and  one  in  the  meetinghouse  in  the  city, 
Here  is  located  one  of  the  strongest  and  best- 
equipped  congregations  in  the  State.  It  numbers 
about  four  hundred  members,  and  is  favored  with 
a  strong,  active  ministerial  force,  Bro.  L.  T.  HoU 
singer  being  the  elder  in  charge.  Circumstances 
connected  with  the  history  of  the  Brotherhood, 
have  contributed  in  bringing  North  Manchester 
prominently  before  our  people. 

The  Annual  Meeting  was  twice  held  here.  It 
was  here  that  Eld.  James  Quinter's  spirit  passed 
from  the  labors  of  earth  to  the  glorious  beyond, 
while  engaged  in  prayer  on  the  Annual  Meeting 
platform.  It  was  also  in  this  congregation  that 
Bro.  R.  H.  Miller  made  his  home,  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  presided  over  the  affairs  of  the  church 
as  its  elder,  and  his  body  now  rests  in  the  Breth- 
ren's cemetery,  near  the  meetinghouse  in  the  coun- 
try. Here  is  also  located  the  Manchester  College 
and  Bible  School,  with  Bro.  E.  S,  Young  as  Presi- 
dent. The  school  is  favorably  located,  the  sur- 
roundings pleasant,  and,  from  what  we  could  learn 
and  see,  we  are  convinced  that  it  is  doing  a  good 
work.  Especially  is  this  true  of  the  Bible  Depart- 
ment. We  were  very  favorably  impressed  with  the 
earnestness  and  simplicity  of  the  members  we  met 
on  this  occasion. 

It  afforded  us  great  pleasure  to  meet  with  many 
of  the  workers,  both  in  the  church  and  the  school, 
and  we  only  regret  that  we  were  not  permitted  to 
see  more  of  them,  Several  were  from  home,  en- 
gaged in  meetings.  During  our  brief  stay  Bro.  S. 
F.  Sanger  was  with  us,  Bro.  I.  D.  Parker  was  also 
present  one  day.  It  occurs  to  us  that  the  North 
Manchester  church  has  an  encouraging  future  be- 
fore her,  and  that  it  is  in  her  power  to  do  a  great 
aud  good  v/ork  in  the  interest  of  Christianity. 

On  our  way  home  it  became  necessary  for  us  to 
spend  a  few  hours  at  Warsaw,  and  we  had  the 
privilege  for  the  first  time,  of  visiting  the  large 
wholesale  and  retail  establishment  of  the  Phillipson 
Clothing  Company,  where  many  of  the  Brethren 
purchase  their  plain  clothing.  It  is  needless  for 
us  to  say  that  the  house  is  doing  a  good  thing  for 
o'ttr  people  by  furnishing:  a  Un*  of  clothing  in  h*?c 


March  5,  1898. 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGEB. 


mony  with  that  recommended  by  the  Annual 
Conference.  Many  of  the  Mennonites  and  other 
plain  people  also  purchase  their  plain  clothing  at 
this  place. 

We  left  Chicago  on  Wednesday  evening,  hop- 
ing to  reach  home  that  night,  but  on  account  of 
the  great  snow-storm,  mentioned  last  week,  we  had 
to  stop  off  at  Oregon,  within  seven  miles  of  Mount 
Morris,  and  remain  until  noon,  the  next  day. 
In  places  the  railroad  track  was  covered  with  snow 
to  the  depth  of  twelve  feet,  and  it  required  time  to 
remove  it. 

"As  a  Christian  should  ever  be  prepared  to  give  a 
reason  for  the  hope  that  is  in  him,  so  an  editor  must, 
as  far  as  possible,  always  be  in  readiness  for  the 
line  of  work  entrusted  to  him.  Hence,  taking  our 
seat  in  a  large  chair  by  the  stove,  with  men  around 
us  smoking  and  talking,  we  sharpened  our  pencil, 
laid  a  writing  tablet  on  our  knee,  and  felt  that  the 
editorial  sanctum  was  open  and  ready  for  business. 
While  the  style  may  seem  a  little  primitive,  it  en- 
abled us  to  pursue  a  line  of  thought  that  would 
not  likely  have  come  our  way  in  the  quiet  room 
where  we  are  in  the  habit  of  writing. 

We  thought  of  the  smoke  of  "torment," —  for 
tobacco  smoke  is  a  torment  to  those  not  accus- 
tomed to  it, — continually  going  up  from  every  city, 
town,  hamlet  and  most  of  the  farm-houses  in  this 
land.  We  wondered  if  it  is  offensive  to  the  Lord! 
If  not,  then  we  must  confess  that  he  is  less  sensi- 
tive than  we  have  been  led  to  believe.  Then  we 
thought  of  the  thousands  upon  thousands  of  to- 
bacco-scented rooms  where  one  would  hardly 
think  to  invite  Jesus,  were  he  to  come  to  town. 
But  we  were  most  impressed  with  the  thought,  that 
if  a  few  hours  of  this  kind  of  experience  proves  so 
disagreeable,  what  must  be  the  experience  of  the 
sensitive  wives,  mothers  and  children  who  are  com- 
pelled to  endure  the  poisoned  and  offensive  atmos- 
phere ot  their  own  homes  for  years,  made  so  by  the 
husbands,  fathers  and  brothers  of  the  family.  We 
wonder  if  the  Messenger  goes  into  any  homes  of 
this  class?  If  it  does,  we  trust  it  will  be  the  means 
of  purifying  them. 

Well,  we  reached  our  desk  in  the  Mount  in  due 
time,  where  we  found  more  matter  from  our  cor- 
respondents, awaiting  our  attention,  than  it  is  pos- 
sible for  us  to  dispose  of  for  a  week  or  more,  hence 
we  must  ask  forbearance  upon  the  part  of  those 
who  have  favored  us  with  their  contributions. 

j.  H.  M, 

WHERE  DOES  THE  MONEY  QO? 

"  Half  the  money  we  give  for  mission  work  goes 
to  pay  salaries  and  railroad  fare  for  the  Commit- 
tee;" say  some  of  our  brethren,  giving  this  as  an 
excuse,  so  we  are  informed,  for  not  favoring  the 
missionary  cause  of  the  church.  No  brother,  in- 
formed as  to  the  facts  in  the  case,  would  make  a 
statement  so  at  variance  with  the  truth.  Any  one 
desirous  of  knowing  the  facts  may  easily  obtain 
them.  The  annual  report  of  receipts  and  expendi- 
tures appears  in  our  Annual  Meeting  Minutes,  and 
he  who  runs  may  read,  Active  ignorance  is  inex- 
cusable. 

Some  may  not  have  taken  the  time  and  trouble 
to  figure  out  the  amount  spent  by  the  Committee 
for  salaries  and  railway  fare.  That  no  one  may 
make  the  excuse  here  referred  to,  we  give  the  ex- 
penditures in  detail: 

Receipts  for  Mission  Work,       It.  R.  fare  and  Salaries, 
18S4-90 S  28,466.51 $   28033 

1891       7,628.09 17899 

1892   II,  513.14 226.49 

1893   9,939-17 20345 

1894       7-74962 428.80 

1895       7.434-SS t94-49 

13,660.82 265.60 

I9.U050 3»7-63 


1897 

"PoiaSa, tia'jia  '*<i 


.MS6J.pi 


We  have  the  total  receipts  and  also  the  expendi- 
tures for  railway  fares  and  salaries  since  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Committee,  covering  a  period  of 
thirteen  years.  The  total  receipts  are  8105,512. 43, 
and  the  total  expenditures  for  traveling  expenses 
and  salaries  for  the  thirteen  years,  82,205.78,  or  an 
average  of  S169.67  per  year,  Instead  of  spending 
half  the  money,  as  has  been  charged,  for  traveling 
and  salaries,  only  two  and  a  half  cents  of  each  dol- 
lar has  been  spent  in  this  way.  During  the  first 
six  years  of  the  Committee's  work,  less  than  one 
cent  on  the  dollar  was  used  for  expenses.  During 
these  years  the  Secretary  did  his  work  without  pay. 
In  1891,  owing  to  the  growth  of  the  business,  it 
became  necessary  to  secure  assistance,  and  a  sala- 
ry of  $150  was  thereafter  paid  annually  to  the  Sec- 
retary. 

When  first  organized  the  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee lived  near  each  other,  and  the  place  of 
meeting  and  the  expenses  were  not  so  great.  Up- 
on the  consolidation  of  the  Missionary  and  Tract 
Work,  the  members  appointed  on  the  Committee 
lived  far  apart,  Kansas,  Illinois,  Ohio,  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Virginia  being  represented,  and  this,  of 
course,  necessitated  a  greater  expense  in  attending 
the  meetings. 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  expenses  for  1894 
are  much  larger  than  for  other  years.  This  grew 
out  of  the  necessity  of  a  joint  meeting  of  the  old 
and  new  Committees  when  the  consolidation  was 
effected.  Of  course  as  the  volume  of  work  and 
business  increases,  the  expenses  must  also  increase. 
It  is,  however,  a  source  of  gratification  and  pleas- 
ure to  all  who  have  the  spreading  of  the  Gospel  at 
heart,  to  know  that  the  expenses  are  so  small.  Our 
dear,  lamented  brother  R,  H.  Miller  once  said  at 
Annual  Meeting  that  no  other  Missionary  Board  in 
the  world  could  make  such  a  showing. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  Committee  in  18S4, 
not  a  member  has  received  a  single  penny  for  time 
or  service.  This  has  been  given  free  to  the  cause. 
Some  of  them  have  even  paid  their  traveling  ex- 
penses to  attend  the  meetings. 

This  is  written  in  all  kindness,  with  the  hope 
that  those  who  have  used  words  of  censure  may 
know  the  wrong  they  are  doing,  and  to  give  them 
an  opportunity  to  correct  the  misstatements  they 
have  made,  for  they  must  be  corrected  either  now 
or  in  eternity,  d.  l.  m, 


WHAT  SHALL  WE  WRITE? 

Writing  with  pen  and  ink  is  one  of  the  old  arts, 
and  possibly  antedates  the  flood.  Though  not  so 
necessary  in  an  age  when  a  few  men  could  stride 
decades  of  centuries,  yet  there  was  no  time  or  age 
in  which  living  thoughts  were  not  said,  that  were 
worthy  of  preservation  in  a  way  that  v/ould  be  un- 
affected by  death.  God  always  had  messages  to 
deliver  to  his  people  that  were  related  to  the  fu- 
ture as  well  as  the  present,  and  because  of  this  he 
had  them  written  in  a  form  to  be  preserved. 

This  was  notably  so  in  the  prophetic  age.  Jere- 
miah had  his  amanuensis  who  wrote  down  the  mes- 
sages which  he  received  from  God,  and  it  is  said 
that  he  wrote  the  words  as  they  came  from  his 
mouth.  When  Baruch  was  asked  how  he  wrote 
them,  his  answer  was:  "He  pronounced  all  these 
words  unto  me  with  his  mouth,  and  I  wrote  them 
with  ink  in  the  book." 

These,  of  course,  were  words  from  the  Lord, 
given  to  Jeremiah  for  his  people,  but,  as  he  was 
then  in  prison,  it  was  necessary,  in  order  that  they 
might  be  delivered,  to  have  his  reporter  write  them 
down  in  a  book,  and  then  read  them  to  the  con- 
gregation. Since  then,  large  numbers  of  men, 
prophets  and  otherwise,  have  been  receiving  mss> 
sages  that  hays  been  written  with  ink,  and  printed 


with  ink  for  the  good  of  the  now  living  and  the 
yet  unborn. 

So  much  has  been,  and  is  being  written  that,  no 
doubt,  the  question  often  comes,  at  least,  to  the 
professional  writer:  What  shall  I  write?  Not  so 
much  because  of  the  exhaustion  of  subjects,  as  be- 
cause of  the  multiplicity  of  tastes  and  wants  of  the 
reading  world. 

Much  of  this  puzzle  depends  on  the  object  of  the* 
writer.  If  his  purpose  is  mercenary,  he  must  cre- 
ate a  demand  for  his  productions,  and  therefore 
he  must  study  and  write  to  this  end,  and  a  great 
study  it  is.  Some  have  been  immensely  success- 
ful, while  others  have  signally  failed.  To  be  able 
to  lightly  feel  the  public  pulse,  as  to  its  wants,  and 
then  have  the  brains  and  acuteness  to  create  or 
compile  the  thing  needed,  is  the  key  to  success. 

But  in  writing,  there  is  a  very  much  greater  con- 
sideration than  that  of  "Can  I  make  it  pay?"  or 
"How  can  I  meet  the  public  demand?"  Both  of 
these  ends  have  been  fully  reached  without  reach- 
ing the  great  purpose  of  writing,— that  of  making 
the  world  better.  The  object  of  the  Christian 
writer  should  be  to  uplift  men  into  a  higher  sphere 
of  thought  and  action  or  life.  Especially  should 
he  emphasize  the  development  of  the  spiritual  be- 
ing and  living.  This  may  be  done  by  penetrating 
into  the  soul  the  direct  flashes  of  truth  in  a  way  to 
burn  out  the  dross,  and  thus  give  power  for  the  de- 
velopment of  the  true  and  pure,  or  indirectly,  by 
throwing  around  the  soul  such  molding  environ- 
ments and  purifying  influences  as  will  cut  off  the 
supplies  of  evil  forces,  and  thus  starve  it  out. 

But  to  be  successful  in  either  of  these  ways, 
acuteness  and  skill  must  be  used  that  the  thing 
given  be  made  sufficiently  attractive  and  palatable 
to  make  it  desirable.  The  public  taste,  through 
the  force  of  sin,  has  become  so  abnormal  that  it 
requires  considerable  spicing  and  catering  to  get  it 
up  to  a  standard  that  wiil  make  healthful  food 
desirable,  and,  even  the  Christian  stomach,  through 
bad  feeding,  in  many  cases,  has  become  so  dys- 
peptic that  it  frequently  rebels  at  anything  and 
everything  outside  of  specialties.  Some  are  radi- 
cal hygienists;  others  are  Ralstronites,  and  still 
others  run  hobbies  on  sweet  specialties  of  their 
own  manufacturing.  For  any  one  to  say  anything 
that  touches,  or  in  any  way  discounts  their  creed,  is 
to  throw  a  fire-brand  into  a  keg  of  powder.  They 
are  horrified,  and  the  one  that  did  it  must  be 
doomed. 

Specialists  are  all  right  in  their  place,  if  they  are 
broad  enough  to  know  that  no  one  man  can  cov- 
er the  whole  v/orld  of  thought  and  truth,  and  that 
other  specialists,  in  other  fields,  are  just  as  good 
and  honest,  and  should  have  equal  rights  and  privi- 
leges. 

When  we  can  view  things  in  this  light,  we  can 
write  and  speak  with  freedom,  feeling  assured  that 
the  Christian  exchanging  of  views  will  broaden  our 
fields  of  investigation  and  give  us  greatly-enlarged 
resources,  from  which  to  draw  food  that  will  en- 
rich the  world  in  mental  growth  and  spiritual  de- 
velopment. In  the  Christian  economy  there  are 
questions  that  always  have  been,  and  always  wiil 
be  unsettled.  They  are  so  because  of  their  nature 
and  relation  to  time  and  its  changes,  Christ 
himself  did  not  give  rules  for  their  regulations,  but 
gave  principles  which  are  adjustable  to  all  times, 
places,  climates,  habits  and  customs. 

To  carry  out  these  principles  without  doing  vio- 
lence to  the  common-sense  moral  and  religious 
habits  and  customs  of  the  people  of  the  different 
nationalities  of  the  world,  should  be  a  subject  for 
open,  candid  and  honest  discussion,  and  if  we 
should  happen  to  differ  about  means  to  ends,  these 
difference*  should  not  be  accepted  as  cause-  for 
personal  conflist,  hut  id  love  »'  should  reason  ia* 

gtthSF,  Mi  ».  Hi 


THE    GOSPEL    nyEESSEHSTGER,. 


March  5,  iS 


QUERISTS*  DEPARTMENT. 

Would  it  be  right  to  send  tracts,  or  reading  matter,  concern- 
ing our  faith  and  practice,  to  a  person  who  has  been  brought 
under  conviction  by  the  preaching  of  another  persuasion? 
Would  it  be  entering  into  and  robbing  another  of  his  labors, 
should  the  penitent  be  convinced  thot  ours  is  the  right  way? 
—A  sister. 

It  is  both  safe  and  right  to  place  good  reading 
matter  in  the  hands  of  any  person  needing  more 
light,  respecting  the  teachings  of  the  New  Testa 
ment, 

Is  it  wrong  for  sisters  to  braid  or  plait  their  hair?—  A.  21. 

We  think  that  the  ordinary,  plain  plaiting  of  the 
hair,  common  for  little  girls,  and  sometimes  for 
young  women,  is  not  the  ornamental  kind,  prohibit- 
ed in  1  Pet,  3:  3,  It  is  not  that  which  is  'for  utility 
that  is  condemned,  but  that  which  is  for  mere  dis- 
p'ay  or  adorning. 

What  authority  do  the  Urethren  cite  for  the  use  of  an  organ 
in  their  Sund.iy  school  and  other  services? — L.  B,  F. 

Our  Brethren  are  not  permitted  to  use  the  organ 
in  their  Sunday  schools  and  other  services,  and,  for 
that  reason,  have  no  authority  to  cite.  It  has  al 
ways  been  maintained  among  us  that  the  New  Tes- 
tament does  not  authorize  the  use  of  instrumental 
music  in  our  public  worship. 

What  assurance  have  we  that  the  apostles  received  John's 
baptism?-./.  A*.  A. 

In  John  1:  35,  40,  we  learn  that  John  and  Andrew 
were  disciples  of  John  the  Baptist,  and,  of  course, 
had  been  baptized  by  him.  The  way  mention  is 
made  of  Peter  and  Philip,  in  verses  41  and  44,  the 
same  chapter,  leads  us  to  infer  that  they  were  also 
disciples  of  John,  and,  for  that  reason,  were  with 
him  at  the  Jordan.  A  comparison  of  Mark  1:  Sand 
Acts  1:  s;  2:  4,  prompts  us  to  suggest  that  John 
baptized  alt  the  apostles  with  water,  while  Jesus  bap- 
tized the  eleven  faithful  ones  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

What  is  meant  in  1  Cor.  11:  16,  by  "Wc  have  no  such  cus- 
hion "  ?— F.  M. 

No  such  custom  as  the  women  praying  and 
prophesying  with  their  heads  uncovered,  or  un- 
veiled, and  the  men  with  theirs  veiled. 

What  was  the  forbidden  fruit  of  which  Adam  and  Eve  par- 
took?-/. W.J. 

The  Bible  does  not  say,  and  therefore  we  have  no 
way  of  knowing. 

Not  long  since  I  went  to  a  cbnrch  where  the  organ  and  fid- 
dle were  used.  1  did  not  feel  just  right  in  a  place  of  that 
kind,  so  I  left,  and  went  hume.  Do  you  think  I  did  wrong  in 
leaving?— L.  L. 

Not  at  all.  We  are  commanded  to  sing  with  the 
spirit  and  the  understanding,  and  not  with  the  or- 
gan and  the  fiddle.  Now  and  then  we  may  happen 
in  places  of  worship  where  the  apostolic  injunction 
is  not  regarded,  and  we  must  either  endure  for  the 
time  what  cannot  be  cured,  or  quietly  retire.  And 
one  who  feels  to  retire,  certainly  does  no  wrong  in 
the  act. 

Please  explain  John  3:  (-7,  where  reference  is  made  to  be- 
ing bom  df  the  water  and  of  the  Spirit.  Does  "water"  here 
refer  to  the  natural  birth,  the  Word,  or  to  water  baptisi 

Reference  is  doubtless  had  to  water  baptism,  for 
haptism  is  the  only  thing  connected  with  the  Chris- 
tian system,  that  can  rightly  be  called  "  born  of  the 
water."  This  can  well  and  appropriately  be  said  of 
one  who  comes  from  the  baptismal  waters.  Behind 
this  is  the  begetting,  by  the  Word,  the  seed  of  the 
kingdom.  This  is  the  work  of  the  Spirit,  using  the 
Word  as  the  instrument,  and  leads  up  to  baptism, 
or  the  birth  of  the  water. 
Were  the  New  Testament  writers  fine  scholars?—  T,  S.  T. 
Paul  was  probably  the  only  one  who  enjoyed  a 
classical  course,  but  the  education  of  the  others  is 
not  to  be  despised.  All  of  them  were  good  writ- 
ers, and  doubtless  possessed  a  fair  education;  at 
lea?t,  they  had  a  better  command  of  the  Greek  lan- 
guage than  most  of  the  very  best  Greek  scholars  of 
this  age. 


Is  itihe  duty  of  the  h"me  ministers  to  get  the  perple  well 
indoctrinated  before  employing  an  evangelist  to  convert  them 
and  get  them  into  the  church?— C,  H. 

There  is  more  in  this  q  icstion  than  can  be 
brought  out  in  this  department.  However,  every 
evangelist  ought  to  give  enough  attention  to  doc- 
trine so  as  to  bs  able  to  preach  it  forcibly  and  un- 
derstandingly,  and  then,  when  he  holds  a  series  of 
meetings  where  the  people  need  indoctrinating,  he 
can  do  it  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  God.  Then  the 
home  ministers  ought  also  to  be  well  schooled  in 
the  doctrine,  and  sec  to  it  that  their  people  have 
been  properly  instructed  along  this  line,  so  that, 
when  the  evangelist  comes,  he  will  find  plenty  of 
good  seed  in  the  hearts  of  the  people,  ready  to  be 
warmed  up,  and  made  to  grow.  But  all  home  min- 
isters do  not  possess  special  qualifications  for  this 
department,  and  for  that  reason  the  evangelist 
may  be  invited  to  do  it  for  them.  And  he  ought 
to  be  able  to  do  it.  He  should  be  prepared  to  do 
the  "  work  of  an  evangelist,"  and  this  certainly  in- 
cludes the  doctrine. 

The  question  has  been  asked,  "  Did  Jesus  partake  of  the 
;ommunion?  "    1  think  he  did,  for  in  1  Cor.  11:  25,  we  rea^, 

After  the  same  manner  also  he  took  the  cup,  when  he  had 
upped,  saying,  This  cup  is  the  New  Testament  in  my  blood." 

When  he  had  supped,"  proves  that  he  partook  of  the  cup, 
loes  it  not  ?-//./. 

The  term,  "When  he  had  supped,"  refers  to  the 
Supper  he  had  eaten  with  his  disciples,  and  not  to 
the  cup  of  blessing  he  had  in  his  hand.  The  Re- 
vised Version  reads,  "After  supper."  "In  like 
manner  also  the  cup,  after  supper,  saying,  This  cup 
is  the  new  covenant  in  my  blood." 


)  understand  by  I  Cor. ; 


What  did  Paul* 
he  says,  "But  let  a  man  examine  himself,  and  so  let  him  eat 
of  that  bread  and  drink  of  that  cup  "  ?  Are  wc  to  understand 
that  we  shall  judge  ourselves  as  to  our  fitness  to  eat  and 
drink,  or  will  we  let  another  do  it?— Isaac  Holmes. 

Most  assuredly  is  each  one  to  examine  himself, 
as  to  his  fitness  to  sit  at  the  Lord's  table.  It  is  a 
work  that  no  one  can  do  for  him.  But  should  it  be- 
come evident  to  prudent  m  mbers  that  he  is  not  be 
ing  governed  by  Gospel  principles  in  this  self-ex- 
amination, it  may,  at  times,  become  their  duty  to 
remind  him  of  the  fact,  and,  if  necessary,  instruct 
him  more  perfectly  in  the  way  of  the  Lord. 

Is  it  right  for  the  church  to  grant  a  brother  permission  to 

run  for  County ,  and  then  for  brethren  to  vote  for 

him?— L,  S; 

The  better  way  is  for  the  church  to  assume  no  re- 
sponsibility in  the  matter.  She  can  tell  him  that  it 
is  not  deemed  proper  for  a  brother  to  electioneer 
for  any  office,  but,  in  case  the  office  is  forced  on 
him,  then  the  church  may  say  whether  she  will  ob- 
ject to  him  serving,  for  one  should  not  serve  in  an 
office  requiring  him  to  violate  well-understood 
Gospel  principles.  Our  people  will  also  End  it  to 
their  credit  to  keep  out  of  the  exciting  political 
arena,  j    h 


-«*  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY*— 


MOTHERHOOD. 

Good-bvb,  little  boy,  good-bye, 

I  never  had  thought  of  this, 
That  some  day  I'd  vainly  sigh 
For  the  baby  I  used  to  kiss. 
That  into  his  corner  a  man  would  grow, 
And  1  should  not  miss  him  nor  see  him  go, 
Till  all  of  a  sudden  the  scales  would  fall. 
And  one  be  revealed  to  me,  straight  and  tall,— 
Then  I  should  be  startled,  and  sadly  cry: 
"Good-bye,  little  boy,  good-bye!  " 
Good-bve.  little  boy,  good-bye,       m 

You  are  going  despite  my  tears. 
You  can  not,  and  neither  can  I, 

Successfully  cope  with  the  years. 
They  fit  for  the  burden  that  all  must  bear, 
And  then,  at  their  pleasure,  they  place  it  there. 
I  love  you,  too,  but  my  heart  is  sore 
For  the  child  who  has  gone  to  return  no  more, 
And  deep  in  my  bosom  I  sadly  cry: 
"  Good-bye,  little  boy,  good-bye!  " 

—Isabel liiirhy,  in  AVw  EngUnd Fur  Kir, 


LLAiN  TALK  TO  GIRLS. 

Wl£   clip  the   following   from   the  Indiana  State 
Journal: 

Until  a  year  ago,  President  Hall,  of  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  was  president  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  Brooklyn.  There  he  came  in 
contact  with  a  large  number  of  people,  and  was 
known  as  a  student  of  social  science,  as  well  as  a 
warm  friend  of  young  men  and  young  women  who 
pend  their  days  behind  counters  and  over  type- 
writers. Not  long  since  he  gave  the  annual  address 
before  one  of  the  largest  of  Young  Women's  Chris- 
tian Associations.  He  spoke  with  so  much  plain- 
ness, and  at  the  same  time  with  so  much  feeling  on 
the  subject  of  young  women  leaving  homes  in  the 
country,  and  going  to  the  large  cities  to  study  art 
and  almost  everything  else,  that  a  call  was  made 
up»n  him,  a£  his  hospitable  home,  adjoining  the  fa- 
mous seminary.  ''This  matter  of  bright  young 
women  of  Illinois,  of  Missouri,  of  Georgia — of  al- 
most every  other  State — coming  to  New  York  to 
study  art,"  he  said,  ■'  is  a  most  serious  one.  It  af- 
fects not  alone  the  young  women  themselves,  but 
society  in  general,  and,  as  a  friend  of  both,  I  feel 
strongly  upon  the  subject.  Art  is  an  iridescent 
dream  when  contemplated  from  the  standpoint 
taken  by  these  young  women.  There  is  a  bitter 
disappointment  in  store  for  these  young  women. 

There  are  serious  sides  to  this  question  of  the 
restlessness  of  these  young  women  who  think  their 
home  villages  slow,  and  that  they  must  leave  them 
to  come  to  the  glow  and  the  glamour  of  the  great 
city,  for  the  restlessness  is  growing.  The  study 
f  art  may  have  been  the  original  incentive,  but  it 
has,  in  thousands  of  instances  nowadays,  come  to 
be  only  the  excuse.  Thousands  of  even  honest  and 
scientious  girls  fail,  and  are  bound  to  fail, 
There  is  no  call  for  so  much  art,  and  it  is  by  no 
means  certain  that  they  could  respond  to  the  call, 
did  it  exist.  These  young  women  come  on  their 
own  responsibility.  They  have  passed  no  e^amina-  j 
tion  to  see  whether  they  are  qualified  to  study  art. 
Failure  is  certain  under  such  circums'ances,  How 
many  come  from  the  villages  of  the  Central  West 
to  New  York  every  year?  I  do  not  know  But 
their  number  must  run  imo  thousands.  In  single 
years  in  the  past,  hundreds  have  come  under  my 
notice,  and  yet  I  was  pastor  of  but  one  congrega- 
tion out  of  one  thousand  in  Greater  New  York. 
This  movement  not  only  brings  suffering,  often  in- 
tensest  agony  to  these  young  women,  but  the  move- 
ment, which  seems  to  me  to  be  growing,  threatens 
the  destruction  of  home  life,  which  is  the  salvation 
of  the  country,  What  a  pity  that  these  young 
women  are  infected  with  the  idea  that  to  be  mar- 
ried and  to  settle  down  to  a  home  life,  in  a  small 
village,  is  beneath  them!  As  a  pastor  of  many 
years,  acquainted  with  life  in  a  great  city,  with  its 
attractions  and  their  utter  hollowne=s,  with  art  de- 
mand and  art  necessity,  I  urge  young  women  every- 
where to  remain  in  the  village  where  God  has  cast 
their  lives,  and  to  give  many,  many  serious 
thoughts  to  a  matter  so  grave  as  coming  to  a  city." 


KEEP  IT  BACK. 


Husbands  and  wives  do  not  know  till  they  learn 
by  experience  (which  some  never  do)  how  much 
can  be  added  to  the  sum  of  their  happiness  by 
thinking  twice  and  indefinitely  postponing  when 
either  is  tempted  to  say  a  cutting  thing  to  the  othT. 
It  does  not  take  a  great  while  for  a  young  couple  to 
win  the  conBdence,  each  of  the  other,  that  nothing 
designed  to  wound  will  be  said.  When  this  confi- 
dence is  established,  words  which  otherwise  would, 
pain  become  harmless.  In  a  family  where  this 
confidence  is  secured,  by  uniform  respect  for  the 
feelings  of  each  other,  there  is  a  degree  of  freedom 
from  restraint,  and  of  general  happiness  which  is 
impossible  where  it  is  nut  Every  good  family  is  a 
training-school,  in  which  the  husband  and  wifffi 
from  the  nuptial  day,  are  pupils.  He  is  an  excep- 
tional and  rarely  fortunate  young  man  who  has  not 
some  habits  of  deportment  which  mar  his  character 


March  5,   IS 


THE    GOSPEL    IMTESSIEIISrGIE^. 


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and  influence,  It  is  expected  of  the  wife  that  she 
will  correct  and  eradicate  these.  Unless  the  hus- 
band has  an  incurable,  coarse  nature,  she  is  justly 
held  responsible  for  the  polish  and  neatness  of  his 
manners,  as  much  as  for  the  purity  of  his  linen, 
when  he  appears  in  church  or  society.  And  if  the 
wife  has  unpleasant  imperfections  of  manner  or 
conduct,  it  always  reflects  upon  the  husband,  This 
shows  that  by  common  consent  the  family  is  regard- 
ed as  a  training  school  in  which  the  husband  and 
wife,  as  well  as  the  children,  are  learners.  Such  be- 
ing the  case,  each  should  submit  to  the  necessary 
discipline  with  pleasure.  But  if  the  habit  of  cutting 
and  sarcastic  words  prevails,  it  will  break  up  that 
school,  and  neither  can  be  of  any  beneGt  to  the  oth- 
er. There  is  injury  as  well  as  unhappiness  of  very 
serious  character  resulting  from  a  sharp  tongue  in 
the  family.  And  the  sharp  tongue  may  not — usual- 
ly at  first  does  not — represent  the  real  sentiments  of 
the  heart,  but  the  bitterness  is  not  long  in  finding 
its  way  to  the  heart,  and  there  it  is  liable  to  remain 
not  always  active,  but  always  ready  and  always  sus- 
pected. Before  you  say  a  cutting  word  to  hus- 
band, wife,  or  child,  think  it  over  deliberately.- 
The  Interior. 

A  PAGAN  CUSTOM. 

There  lingers  in  my  memory  a  description  by  a 
missionary,  of  the  worship  of  the  evening  lamp, 
sacredly  observed  by  the  people  of  Madura, 
dusk  deepens,  the  house-mother  takes  the  brass 
lamp,  fills  it  with  cocoanut  oil,  wreathes  it  with  flow- 
ers, and  puts  it  in  its  accustomed  place.  As  the 
members  of  the  family  come  in,  each  makes  a  mo 
mentary  pause  before  it  for  adoration,  from  the 
youngest  child  to  the  aged  grandfather.  This  pa- 
gan superstition  holds  a  beautiful  suggestion  of  the 
devotion  to  home-life  for  which  we  plead.  From 
many  of  our  abodes  the  fireside  and  the  hearthstone 
have  disappeared.  There  is  naught  left  us  as  a 
visible  rallying-point  for  the  family  circle  but  the 
evening  lamp.  L?t  us  keep  it  burning  brightly, 
gather  around  it  all  together,  and,  as  its  soft,  quiet 
radiance  "  giveth  light  unto  all  within  the  house,"  so 
let  the  pure  influence  of  these  happy  evening  hours 
fill  the  home  with  light  and  fragrance  unfading! — 
Covgregationalist, 


Some  persons  ask  the  question,  "  Is  it  wise  to 
compel  my  children  to  go  with  me  to  church?" 
Certainly  it  is.  The  earlier  they  form  the  habit  of 
attendance  at  church,  the  easier  it  will  be  for  them 
to  go.  Perhaps  they  will  not  enjoy  the  service. 
The  little  heads  may  "  nid-nod  "  or  find  a  place  to 
rest  on  mother's  lap,  the  Sunday  school  book  or 
paper  be  read,  but  in  the  end  they  may  feel  the  im- 
portance of  being  in  the  house  of  God,  and  form 
habits  of  going  to  church  that  will  last  for  life.  It 
is  very  easy  for  children  in  Christian  homes  to  be 
in  their  places  at  church,  as  each  Sunday  returns, 
but  the  habit  must  be  formed  in  childhood,  so  that 
it  may  be  a  part  of  their  very  nature.  Christian 
parents  will  not  leave  the  forming  of  habits  in  other 
things,  to  the  choice  of  the  child;  then,  why  should 
they,  as  regards  the  habit  of  going  to  church? — The 
Commonwealth, 


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as  brief  as  possible.  Land  or  other  advertisements  are  not  solicited  lor  this 
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From  the  English  River  Church,  Iowa. 

This  church  was  organized  in  1855,  with  David 
Brower  (now  of  Oregon)  as  elder.  The  territory, 
at  one  time  embraced,  now  constitutes  six  different 
organizations.  The  original  organization  has  had 
50  additions  by  baptism  since  the  fall  of  1892,  and 
now  has  174  members,  70  male,  104  females,  7  wid- 
owers, 13  widows,  4  brethren  and  16  sisters  whose 
companions  are  not  members,  to  single  brethren, 
£}  single  .liter;,    There  arc  members  in  ninety 


three   families.     About    120  live  in   one   township 
and  IS  on  one  section. 

We  have  three  elders  and  three  ministers  in  the 
second  degree.  Their  ages,  respectively,  are  So, 
71,  53.  47,  40  and  35  years.  Their  time  in  the  min- 
istry is  51,  41,-25,  5,  3  and  9  years,  in  the  rota- 
tion in  which  their  ages  are  given.  There  are  eight 
deacons,  ranging  in  age  from  80  to  27  years.  Their 
time  of  office  ranges  from  41  to  2' J  years,  These 
officials  were  all  elected  by  this  church  but  three. 
Others  were  elected  and  moved  away.  No  official 
has  been  removed  by  death, 

We  have  three  regular  places  of  appointment,  two 
churchhouses  and  two  evergreen  Sunday  schools 
We  have  regular  quarterly  church  meetings,  We 
have  social  meeting  each  week.  We  have  duly  ap- 
pointed solicitors  for  different  mission  funds.  We 
represent  at  Annual  Meetings  and  District  Meet- 
ings by  delegate. 

We  are  in  sympathy  with  the  General  Brother- 
hood, and  are  under  the  care  of  Eld.  Samuel  Flory 
who  has  had  the  oversight  for  eighteen  years. 

S.  F.  Brower 

South  English,  Iowa,  Fd>.  11. 


From  the  Fairvlew  Church,  Iowa. 

Jan.  29  was  our  regular  time  for  council.    Oi 
elder  tendered  his  resignation,  giving  us  till  fall  to 
get  another  elder,     Any  elder,  wishing  to  change 
his  location,  is  requested  to  write  us. 

We  are  sorry  Bro.  H.  A.  Whisler  has  gone  to 
Longmont,  Colo.  While  we  would  have  been  glad 
to  retain  his  services,  we  trust  he  may  be  the 
means  of  spreading  the  true  light  in  the  Far  West, 
We  feel  that  our  loss  will  be  the  gain  of  the  St. 
Vrain  church. 

Brethren  G.  B.  Replogle,  P.  B.  Forney  and  O 
W,  Leavell  were  appointed  a  "Committee  on  Pro- 
gram" for  the  Ministerial  and  District  Meetings 
which  are  to  be  held  here  Oct,  27  and  28. 

Feb.  5  was  appointed  as  the  time  of  another 
council.  The  church  disposed  of  some  important 
business.  Our  Sunday  school  was  also  reorganized 
It  was  decided  tc  continue  this  school  as  an  ever- 
green Sunday  school.  Myrta  Leavell. 

Unicnville,  Iowa,  Fib.  iq. 


From  AlcPherson  College,  Kans. 

— We  have  been  enjoying  a  season  of  great  re- 
freshing at  this  place.  About  five  weeks  ago  Eld. 
I.  Bennett  Trout,  of  Lanark,  III.,  began  a  series  of 
meetings  in  the  College  Chapel.  For  three  weeks 
Bro.  Trout  expounded  the  Truth  with  power,  re- 
sulting in  five  accessions  by  baptism,  and  greatly 
strengthening  the  church.  Bro.  Trout  not  being 
able  to  remain  with  us  longer,  Bro.  J.  E,  Young,  of 
Beatrice,  Nebr.,  continued  the  meetings  one  wee 

— Our  Bible  Term,  which  was  unusual  in  interest 
and  attendance,  has  just  closed.  A  company  of 
seventeen  came  from  the  South  Beatrice  church, 
Nebr.  About  twenty  non-resident  ministers  were 
in  attendance.  An  important  and  interesting  fea- 
ture of  the  work,  was  an  outline  study  of  the 
church,  conducted  by  Bro.  Trout,  This  class  num- 
bered, at  times,  as  many  as  two  hundred  members. 
Bro.  Young  also  assisted  in  the  class-work  of  the 
Normal. 

During  the  last  three  evenings  of  the  Bible  Term, 
we  showed  some  views  on  Palestine,  Egypt,  and  In- 
dia. These  views  were  kindly  loaned  by  Eld.  D. 
L.  Miller,  he,  himself,  being  unable  to  be  with  us. 
Many  were  the  expressions  of  satisfaction  with  the 
work  of  the  Bible  Term. 

— Our  love  feast,  held  during  the  time  of  the  Bi- 
ble Term  and  series  of  meetings,  was  one  of  the 
most  impressive  we  ever  witnessed.  Bro.  Trout  of- 
ficiated. About  two  hundred  and  fifty  communi- 
cants surrounded  the  tables. 

— McPherson  College  has  recently  secured  a  new 
charter.  This  charter  abolishes  the  stockholder 
feature,  and  provides  that  the  college  property 
shall  be  held  in  trust  by  the  trustees  for  the  educa- 
tional work  of  our  church,  subject  to  the  regula- 
tions given  by  our  Annual  Conference.  It  also  pro- 
vides thatjie  further  encumbrance  shall  be  placet) 


upon  the  property  of  the  institution,— which  will 
make  it  forever  free  from  mortgage  indebtedness 
as  soon  as  the  present  indebtedness  shall  have  been 
fully  discharged. 

—Elders  Wm.  Johnson  and  Thomas  Winey  re- 
cently visited  our  school  in  the  capacity  of  Visiting 
Board.  This  was  their  first  visit  as  members  of  this 
Board,  and  we  anticipate  pleasant  associations  with 
them  in  working  together  for  the  interests  of  the 
school  as  a  power  for  the  church. 

C.  E,  Arnold. 

Ftb.  21. 

From  Wichita,  Kans. 

This  congregation  met  in  quarterly  council  Feb. 
12.  We  were  made  to  feel  that  the  Spirit  of  the 
Lord  was  with  us.  Our  principal  business  was  to 
make  arrangements  to  accommodate  our  District 
Meeting,  which  is  to  be  held  here  April  5  and  6. 
We  decided  to  hold  a  love  feast  April  4,  services  to 
begin  at  2  P.  M. 

Some  thought  it  might  be  beyond  our  ability  to 
care  for  the  many  who  will  likely  attend  these 
meetings,  but  we  decided  that  such  an  assembly  of 
the  church  at  this  place,  as  we  will  undoubtedly 
have,  will  repay  us  for  any  expense  that  we  will  in- 
cur. 

A  Committee  on  Lodging  (I,  D.  Long  and  David 
Bussard),  was  appointed.  A  card  from  each  one, 
proposing  to  attend  these  meetings,  will  help  us  to 
make  necessary  arrangements  to  entertain  all  who 
may  come. 

We  anticipate  a  glorious  meeting,  and  if  we  all 
lend  our  influence  in  that  direction,  our  efforts 
may  prove  to  be  like  leaven  hid  in  a  measure  of 

meal,  N.    HlGHBARGER. 

Fib.  21.  _ 

From  the  Salem  Church,  Ohio. 

Our  regular  quarterly  council  was  held  yester-  / 
day.  Considerable  business,  as  usual,  came  before 
the  council,  most  of  which  was  amicably  transacted. 
The  supplying  of  the  poor  members  with  the  Gos- 
pel Messengbr  was  favorably  considered,  and  we 
decided  to  furnish  those  that  were  too  poor  to  pay 
for  it,  free.  The  missionary  solicitors  made  their 
report,  and  the  amount  received  was  as  follows: 
Smyrna  Orphanage,  873.31;  Asia  Minor,  JJS.so; 
World-wide,  S20.26;  India,  $13.59.    Total,  $115.36. 

The  solicitors  for  tract  work  also  made  their  re- 
port. The  total  amount  received  was  S16.27.  We 
also,  recently,  held  a  collection  for  the  Cuba  suffer- 
ers, and  so  far,  have  collected  $39.10  in  money,  be- 
sides some  grain,  clothing,  etc.  The  full  amount 
has  not  yet  been  reported,  and  the  important  work 
is  still  going  on. 

The  church  decided  to  hold  a  joint  council  with 
the  Wolf  Creek  brethren  to  consider  the  propriety 
of  organizing  a  Sunday  school  at  the  joint  house  at 
Arlington. 

The  church  also  decided  to  secure  Bro.  Quinter 
Calvert  to  hold  two  series  of  meetings  for  us  next 
winter,  one  at  the  Arlington  house,  the  other  at  the 
Georgetown  house. 

The  Brethren  have  now  in  progress  a  series  of 
meetings  at  Union,  with  good  interest.  The  re- 
sult will  be  reported  later. 

Jesse  K.  Brumbaugh, 

Union,  Ohio,  Feb.  ry. 


To  the  Churches  of  the  Middle  District  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  last  District  Meeting  decided  that  the 
Wednesday  preceding  Easter  Sunday  shall  be  the 
date  for  holding  said  annual  meeting.  In  accordance 
with  this  the  meeting  this  year  will  be  held  in  the 
Spring  Run  church,  near  McVeytown,  Pa.,  on 
Wednesday,  April  6,  1893.  The  churches  will  also 
note  that  the  meeting  last  year  asked  the  delegates 
to  future  meetings  to  make  reports  stating  the  num- 
ber of  members  received  during  the  year  by  bap- 
tism and  letter,  and  also  the  number  of  removals 

d  dismissals.  The  delegates  elected  to  the  meet- 
ing should  come  prepared  with  these  data. 

W.  J.  SwikAHI',  Sec, 

IJuMingdon,  Pa,,  fob,  «tf, 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSZEHSTQ-EIR,. 


March  5.  1S98. 


Notes  from  Chicago. 

—Our  Sunday  school  yesterday  was  followed  by  a  sermon 
by  Bro.  YanDyke,  to  the  children.    His  text  was,  "  He  careth 

—  In  our  lesson  on  "The  Twelve  Sent  Forth,"  one  little  girl 
wanted  to  know  whether  the  preacher  of  to-day  can  do  what 
the  apostles  did—  heal  the  sick,  cleanse  the  leper,  raise  the 
dead.  etc.  We  tried  to  tell  the  children  why  the  apostles  were 
given  this  power  at  that  time  to  do  these  miracles.  Wc  alio 
told  them  how  the  apostles  of  to-day  may  do  ;i!l  these  things 
spiritually,  as  well  as  of  the  literal  application  of  James's:  14, 
15.  Has  not  the  church' of  to-day  a  mission  for  the  body,  as 
well  as  for  the  soul?  Do  we  not  spirituals:  too  much?  Are 
wc  not  living  short  of  our  privilege  as  God's  people?  There 
is,  however,  an  apparent  inconsistency  that  we  have  not  been 
able  to  reconcile.  We  hear  much  of  Divine  healing  in  this 
city.  We  observe,  too,  that  much  stress  is  laid  upon  this  one 
subject,  to  the  exclusion  of  the  "weightier  matter*."  Jesus 
says,  "  Seek  ye  first  the  kingdom  of  God  and  his  righteous- 
ness: and  all  these  things  shall  be  added  unto  you,"  In  his 
commission  to  the  Twelve,  Christ  told  them  to  preach  the  Gos- 
pel first.  The  teaching  of  James,  too,  is  for  bilievers.  While 
there  m=iy  be  those  wh",  through  their  klluence  or  work,  are 
able  to  heal  the  sick,  this  is  not  proof  that  they  are  God's  peo- 
ple, followers  of  Christ.  "  Many  will  say  to  me  in  that  day, 
Lord,  Lord,  have  wc  not  prophesied  in  thy  name?  and  in  thy 
name  have  cast  out  devils?  and  in  ihy  name  done  many  won- 
derful works?  "  Malt.  7:  2;.  Christ  said,  "  Freely  ye  have  re- 
ceived, freely  give."  The  "Divine  healers"  of  to-day  want 
to  be  paid  for  their  services,  and,  in  some  instances,  well  paid. 
If  the  "children  of  this  generation  "  may  get  favorable  results 
in  healing,  what  should  not  the  "children  of  light"  realize? 
Arelliey  not  -wiser  "  than  "  we?  "  Are  not  ignorance  and  un- 
belief the  monstrous  sins  in  the  way  of  God's  people  realizing 
great  privileges?  We  fail  to  inform  ourselves  through  his 
Word,  and  more,  we  lack  faith.  May  God's  name  be  more 
fully  glorified  through  his  childrenl 

— "  Worst  blizzard  in  many  years,"  says  the  morning  paper. 
As  we  look  out  through  the  clouded  atmosphere,  wc  arc  re- 
minded of  the  wandering,  homeless  ones  in  a  large  city  like 
Chicago.  Many,  too,  are  so  wrapped  up  in  sin  that,  only  by 
personal,  individual  effort,  they  may  be  rescued.  A  rescue 
worker  recently  remarked  to  us,  "  We  have  so  much  need  of 
helpers  in  our  work."  It  is  repulsive  to  many  missionaries, 
and  not  till  we  realize  that  Gcd  is  holy,  can  we  appreciate  his 
love  to  us.— to  me.  In  behalf  of  the  unfortunate,  as  well  as  of 
the  persistent  rescue  worker,  wc  copy  the  following: 

"  Out  in  the  darkness,  out  in  the  sleet, 
Outcast  and  homeless,  walking  the  street. 
Sinful  and  wretched,  friendless  and  poor. 
Somebody's  girl  we  find  close  to  our  door. 
Yet  they  are  sisters,  yes,  every  one, 
Keeping  in  sorrow  the  deeds  they  have  done, 
And  whilst  the  world  its  anathema  burls, 
We  mean  to  help  them— somebody's  girls. 


Mothers,  whf 

se  daughters  are  all  that  you  would, 

All  that  is  vi 

tuous,  noble  and  good, 

Whilst  at  ou 

efforts  so  many  lips  curl, 

Help  us  to  re 

scue  some  mother's  lost  girl." 

Lizzie  How 

Ashland  A  1 

We  want  more  people  who  will  read,  farm,  build  church 
and  schrolhouses,  and  thus  fulfill  life's  mission.  Send  them 
alone!  w-  A-  KlTE- 

Johnson  City,  Ttnn. 


Notes  x  from  1  our  \  Correspondents. 

"As  cold  water  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so  la  good  news  from  a  far  country." 


The  Brethren  In  Tennessee. 

We  have  often  wished  to  express  an  opinion  as  to  one  of 
our  most  desirable  class  of  citizens,  the  German  Baptist 
Brethren,  and  their  characteristics.  We  also  desire  to  refer  to 
the  many  advantages  and  prospects,  especially  as  we  find 
them  in  Eastern  Tennessee. 

We  find  the  Brethren,  a  few  here  and  there,  all  over  this 
part  of  oar  State.  Most  of  them  are  farmers,  the  very  best 
that  we  have,  and  no  people,  so  far  as  we  know,  come  as  near 
attending  to  their  own  business,  as  the  members  of  this  body. 
They  seem  to  live  up  to  the  "  Golden  Rule  "  in  all  things. 

It  is  a  rommon  saying  among  business  men,  when  a  ques- 
tion is  asked,  as  to  the  financial  ability  of  a  member  of  the 
Fraternity:  "  Yes,  he  is  all  right.     He  is  a  Ditnker." 

Now,  what  we  want  to  say  through  your  valuable  paper,  is 
this:  We  want  more  such  people  to  come  amone  us,  and  teach 
us  not  only  to  farm  as  we  should,  but  to  cultivate  our  moral 
and  spiritual  natures,  also. 

Our  beautiful  Eastern  Tennessee  Valley  ought  to  be,  to  a 
greater  extent,  in  the  bands  of  such  farmers  as  would  cause  it 
to  blossom  and  bloom  as  the  Creator  intended  it  should.  Too 
many  of  our  people  want  ti  live  without  work,  but  a  few  in- 
dustrious and  honest  Christian  farmers  in  each  neighborhood 
would  set  an  example  that  would  avail  mach  toward  making 
people  happy  and  prosperous  in  every  respect. 

There  may  be  found,  in  every  locality,  almost  throughout 
Eastern  Tennessee,  a  few  Brethren,  who  would  do  everything 
ID  their  power  to  induce  o»hers  to  locate  with  them,  so  that 
they  could  thereby  be  strong  enough  to  organize  congregations 
and  build  cburchhouses  in  their  own  vicinity.  They  want 
their  own  brethren  to  come  now  and  bay  up  the  lands,  before 
they  advance  in  price,  and  are  taken  up  by  others. 

It  does  seem  strange  that  more  of  your  people  do  not  take 
and  read  the  "Gosfbl  Mkssekger,"  but  times  have  been 
-  money  scarce,  with  many,  no  doubt. 


OHIO. 

Newton.— We  closed  our  series  of  meetings  Feb.  13,  with 
three  accessions  to  the  church.  Bro.  Calvert,  of  May  Hill, 
Ohio,  came  to  our  assistance  Jan.  27,  and  remained  until  he 
was  called  home,  on  account  of  sickness  in  his  family.  Our 
meetings  were  well  attended  throughout,  and  closed  with  a 
good  interest.— F.  D.  Wine,  Covington,  Ohio,  Feb  15. 

Mahoning.— Bio,  A.  I.  Heestand,  of  the  Wooster  church, 
commenced  a  series  of  meetings  at  Zion  Hill,  Jan.  17,  and 
closed  on  the  25th.  The  congregations  were  small  part  of  the 
time,  but  the  interest  was  very  good.  Two  were  added  to  the 
church  by  baptism.  Feb,  10  Bro.  Noah  Longanecker  came  to 
the  I  lahrl  house,  and  closed  a  short  series  of  meetings  Feb. 
13,  giving  five  discourses.-/.  //.  Kurtz,  Poland,  Ohio,  Feb.  23. 
Wolf  Creek.— Bro,  Jacob  Rarick,  of  Indiana,  began  a  scries 
of  meetings  at  the  Evenole  meetinghouse,  four  miles  south  of 
the  main  house,  near  Brookville,  on  the  evening  of  Feb.  3,  and 
closed  Feb.  20.  There  were  eleven  accessions,  ten  of  whom 
were  young  brethren,  all  in  their  teens  except  cue,  and  one 
young  sister.  The  meetings  were  well  attended,  though  the 
weather  was  inclement  most  cf  the  time.  Bro.  Rarick  gave 
us  twenty-live  sermons,  eight  of  which  were  given  in  day-time. 
—J.  Homer  Fright,  New  Lebanon,  Ohio,  Feb,  20. 

Canton.— Bro.  A,  I.  Heestand,  of  Smithville,  Ohio,  com- 
menced meetings  for  us  Jan  30.  He  preached  three  sermons 
at  the  Center  house,  ihen  continued  the  meetings  at  the  Mount 
Pleasant  house  up  to  the  evening  of  Feb.  13.  He  preached, 
in  all,  seventeen  sermons.  Bro.  Heestand  has  not  shunned  to 
declare  the  whole  Gospel,  both  to  saint  and  sinner,  hence  we 
,all  can  be  benefited  and  profiled  by  bim  being  with  us.  A 
collection  was  taken  on  the  evening  of  Feb.  q,  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Cuban  sufferers.— Geo,  S.  Grim,  Louisville,  Ohio. 

Lafayette. — The  members  of  the  Lafayette  church  met  in 
council  to-day,  Feb.  19.  Quite  an  amount  of  business  came 
before  the  meeting,  all  of  which  was  disposed  of  very  pleas- 
antly. The  spirit  manifested  is  to  be  commended.  Two 
queries  are  to  be  sent  to  District  Meeting,— one  asking  for 
Annual  Meeting  of  1899  or  igoo,  to  be  held  io  Northwestern 
Ohio.  The  writer  was  chosen  as  delegate  to  District  Meeting, 
and  Bro.  C  L.  Wilkins,  alternate.  A  donation  of  $15. 65  was 
received  for  home  mission  work. — G.  j*f,  Snyder,  I/arrod, 
Ohio,  Feb.  iq, 

Wooster Bro.  Quincy  Leckrone,  of  Glenford,  Ohio,  came 

to  the  above-named  church  Feb,  3,  and  preached  for  us  tili 
Feb  18,  preaching,  in  all,  twenty-four  sound  Gospel  sermons. 
One  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  and  others  were  almost  per- 
suaded. The  church  here  was  greatly  strengthened  by  our 
dear  brother,  who  earnestly  plead  with  saint  and  sinner.  The 
interest  was  good  all  through  the  meetings,  and  we  had  go^d 
attendance.  We  feel  that  the  meetings  closed  too  soon,  but 
other  labors  called  Bro.  Ouincy  away. — Maria  Runkie,  Wei- 
lersvilte,  Ohio,  Feb.  21. 

Oakland  Church.— Our  tegular  conncil  was  held  yesterday. 
Considerable  business  was  transacted,  including  the  election 
of  Sunday  school  superintendents  and  delegates  to  District 
and  Annual  Meeting.  Brethren  S.  S.  and  I.  B.  Miller  were 
elected  for  Sunday  school  Superintendents;  brethren  A.Brum- 
baugh and  I.  B.  Miller  as  delegates  to  District  Meeting,  and 
the  writer  for  Annual  Meeting.  It  was  decided  to  hold  our 
love  feast  June  4.  commencing  services  at  2  P.  M.  A  free- 
will offering  was  made  for  the  Cuban  sufferers.—: John  H. 
Christian,  Gettysburg,  Ohio,  Feb.  17. 

Lower  Stillwater.— Feb.  13  Bro.  D.  M.  Garver,  of  Farm- 
crsville,  Ohio,  closed  a  two  weeks'  meeting,  with  good  interest 
in  our  lower  house.  Three  were  baptized  and  others  brought 
very  near  the  kingdom.  Feb.  9  our  quarterly  council  was 
held  in  the  upper  house.  Much  business  came  before  the 
meeting,  but  was  pleasantly  disposed  of.  Two  lerters  were 
received  and  three  given.  Brethren  D.  B.  Miller  and  D,  J. 
Wampler  were  elected  Sunday  school  Superintendents  for  the 
coming  year,  beginning  with  the  second  quarter  of  1898.  One 
query  was  directed  to  Annual  Meeting,  through  District  Meet- 
ing, which  will  be  held  in  the  upper  house,  April  26,  1898. 
Bro.  Wm.  Kleptnger  and  the  writer  were  elected  delegates  to 
District  and  Annual  Meeting. — L,  A.  Bookwalter,  Trolwood, 
Ohio. 

Marl  City  Mission.— On  Saturday  evening,  Feb.  5,  Bro, 
Abednego  Miller,  one  of  our  home  ministers,  began  a  series  of 
meetings  at  Marl  City,  a  new  point  about  eight  miles  cast  of 
Bcllefontaine.  The  meetings  continued  until  the  evening  of 
the  l8lh.  Bro.  Miller  preached  fourteen  sermons  and  Bro.  B. 
F.  Snyder  preached  four.  The  meetings  were  held  in  the 
schoolhouse,  and  the  attendauce  was  excellent.  There  were 
not  seats  enough  for  all  who  came,  and  the  people  brought 
chairs  with  them.  There  were  three  accessions  by  baptism, 
and  prospects  are  good  for  a  number  more  in  the  near  future. 
The  doctrine  is  new  to  the  most  of  these  people,  and  many 
were  constrained  to  say,  "  We  have  never  heard  it  in  this  wise 
before."  We  are  more  thin  ever  convinced  that  there  is  a 
wonderful  work  for  us  in  the  outlying  fields  about  us. — fohn 
R,  Snyder,  Belief ontaine,  Ohio,  Feb.  23, 


New  Philadelphia.— Bro.  E.  Loomis  commenced  a  meet- 
ing at  Pleasant  Yalley,  Jan.  25,  and  preached  each  evening 
till  Feb.  4.  Then  Peter  Kollar  continued  the  meetings  till 
Feb.  6,  and  closed  with  a  full  house.  There  were  no  additions, 
but  some,  I  think,  were  counting  the  cost,— F.  Whitehair. 

Richland,— The 'members  of  this  church  met  in  quarterly 
council  Feb,  1^.  There  was  considerable  business  before  the 
meeting,  but  all  was  disposed  of  in  a  quiet  way,  and,  we  hope, 
to  the  honor  aud  glory  of  God.  Bro.  Levi  Feightner  was 
elected  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school.—  Clara  L.  Wolf, 
Mansfield,  Ohio,  Feo.so. 

INDIANA. 

River.— We  are  now  in  the  midst  of  a  series  of  meetings, 
with  good  attendance,  aud  Bro.  Wm.  Dessenberg,  of  Ashland, 
Ohio,  doing  the  preaching. —  O.  C.  Flit's,  Feb.  24, 

St.  Joe  Valley.— We  expect  Bro.  Geo.  Zollers  to  com- 
mence a  series  of  meetings  Feb.  27.  We  have  a  good  Sun- 
day school  at  the  church  this  winter.  We  have  two  Bible 
meetings  each  week,— one  on  Thursday  evening  and  one  on 
Sunday  evening.— /■  ran h  Bottorjf,  South  Fend,  Ind. 

Union  City.— On  Sunday,  Jan.  23,  Bro.  I.  I.  Roseuberger 
began  meetings  at  the  Hill  Grove  bouse,  continuing  till  Feb. 
13.  Good  interest  prevailed  throughout  the  meetings.  Elev- 
en were  received  by  baptism.  Six  were  heads  of  families. 
Others  seem  near  the  kingdom, — Esta  Simmons,  Feb.  16. 

Alooreland.—  The  Messenger  is  a  welcome  visitor  in  our 
family.  A  young  man  called  at  our  bouse  a  few  days  ago, 
who  expressed  himself  as  being  much  pleased  with  the  Mes- 
senger, because  it  explains  the  Scriptures  so  well.  We 
think  that  all  members  should  take  the  Mussengee  —  J.  /.'. 
Wike,  Feb.  20.  -^ 

North  Fork — We  recently  closed  a  series  of  meetings,  con- 
ducted by  Bro.  David  Dilling,  of  Monlicello.  The  meetings 
were  held  in  the  Brick  church,  near  Owasco,  and  while  the 
weather  was  very  unfavorable,  and  the  roads  almost  impassa- 
ble, yet  the  attendance  was  fair,  and  the  interest  good.  By  the 
strong  efforts  of  Bro.  Dilling  we  feel  that  much  good  has  been 
done. — John  Deal,  Pyrmont,  Ind.,  Feb.  23. 

Nettle  Creek.  -Bro.  J.  H.  Wright,  of  North  Manchester, 
Ind  ,  began  a  very  interesting  series  of  meetings  at  the  White 
Branch  meetiDghoase  Jan.  27,  and  closed  Feb.  13.  preaching 
twenty-seven  sermons.  Notwithstanding  the  very  cold  weath- 
er, for  a  few  days,  the  interest  manifested  throughout  the 
meeting  was  good,  and  we  closed  with  large  congregations 
and  good  interest.  Two  precious  souls  were  received  by  bap- 
tism and  one  reclaimed,  Others  were  deeply  -  impressed, 
while  the  members  were  much  built  up  and  encouraged. — 
Abraham  Bowman,  Feb.  17, 

Windfall.— Bro.  Aaron  Moss,  of  Landess,  Grant  Co.,Vu., 
came  to  us  Feb.  7.  We  held  services  every  evening  and  every 
day  for  a  little  over  one  week.  The  Word  was  preached  in 
its  purity,  with  power  and  a  wonderful  zeal,  Considering  the 
bad  roads,  the  interest  and  attendance  were  good.  We 
closed  with  a  crowded  house,  This  was  Bro.  Moss's  second 
visit  to  this  place.  Three  years  ago  this  winter  he  baptized 
fourteen  at  this  place.  We  had  twelve  additions.  Nine  were 
baptzed,  and  three  that  had  wandered  away,  returned  to  the 
fold.— Francis  M.  Bogue,  Feb.  17, 

Princeton.— We  have  moved  from  Fort  Scott,  Kans.,  and 
located  at  this  place.  Six  of  our  family  are  members  of  the 
church,  and  we  would  be  pleased  if  any  members,  passing 
through  here,  would  call  on  us.  Especially  would  we  urge 
ministering  brethren  to  stop  and  preach  for  us,  as  we  think 
this  will  make  a  good  mission  point.  We  would  also  like  to 
be  informed  if  there  are  any  members  in  this  County,  or  near 
here.  So  far  we  have  not  heard  of  any  members  living  near 
here.  We  should  also  like  to  know  what  church  has  charge 
of  this  territory,  if  any.  Any  one  that  can  give  this  informa- 
tion will  please  write  me.— A.  B.  Fisher,  625  Broadway  Street, 

Anderson. — Vv"e  were  favored  and  encouraged  by  a  visit 
from  Bro.  James  M.  Neff,  of  Fruitdale.  He  presented  the 
cause  of  our  Master  in  two  soul-cheering  discourses  that  were 
listened  to  with  rapt  attention.  Bro.  Daniel  Rothenberger,  of 
North  Webster,  Ind.,  was  with  us  and  held  services  last  Sat- 
urday night,  Sunday  at  10:  30,  and  Sunday  evening.  This 
was  the  first  visit  cf  Bro.  Rothenberger  in  our  midst.  He,  and 
all  other  church  workers,  are  warmly  welcomed  by  the  Ander- 
son congregation.  The  quarterly  council  will  convene  this  ev- 
ening at  7:  30.  There  is  one  applicant  for  baptism  to  marrow, 
and  one  to  be  reclaimed.—/.  S.  Alldredge,  214.  Cmcinnati 
Ave.,  Feb.  25. 

Solomon's  Creek. — Feb,  17  the  members  of  the  Solomon's  • 
Creek  congregation  were  called  together  in  the  large  house  in 
special  council.  All  matters  were  disposed  of  in  the  usual 
v/ay.  By  request,  Bro.  W.  R  Decter  presided  over  this  meet- 
ing. Bro.  Lemuel  Hillcry  came  to  this  congregation  and 
preached  one  week  in  his  plain  way,  Bro.  Hiram  Forney  has 
promised  to  hold  a  series  of  meetings  at  Syracuse,  in  late 
spring  or  early  summer.  The  Sunday  school  at  Syracuse  is 
moving  with  good  interest  in  the  lessons.  Your  correspond- 
ent was  down  through  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  and  Mississippi, 
aud  found  one  family  of  membsrs.  They  have  not  seen  any 
members  for  over  one  year.  They  are  anxious  that  some  one 
should  come  and  hold  meetings  in  their  vicinity.  Ministers 
passing  through  Jackson,  Miss.,  over  the  Illinois  Central  R. 
R.,  are  invited  to  stop  off  at  Terry.  Inquire  for  Bro.  Henry 
Wright.  Here  is  a  large  field  open  for  missionary  work. 
Who  will  go?  This  is  a  goodly  land,  and  homes  are  cheap.— 
I  Z.  A.  Neff,  Syracuse,  Ind.,  Feb.  23. 


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Yellow  Creek  —I  began  a  series  of  meetings  here  Jan.  2S, 
and  closed  last  night.  Though  the  weather  was  inclement, 
and  we  had  bid  roads,  yet  the  meetings  were  well  attended, 
and  closed  with  good  interest.  One  young  sister  came  for- 
ward and  was  received  by  baptism,  and  others  seemed  to  be 
near  the  kingdom.  I  fouxd  here  an  evergreen  Sunday  school, 
a  live  church  with  zealous  workers  who  have  the  welfare  of 
precious  souls  at  heart.— Daniel  Sncll,  Sidney,  hid ,  Feb,  17. 
KANSAS. 

Kansas  City.— I  am  just  beginning  a  series  of  meetings  at 
a  new  point  in  the  city,  with  gcod  interest  and  attendance. 
On  Thursday  evening  will  be  a  council  to  hear  the  report  of 
locating  committee.—/.  H.  Crist,  goo  Pacific  Street. 

Ottawa.— The  church  at  this  place  met  in  council  Feb.  1 1. 
The  business  before  the  meeting  was  pleasantly  disposed  of. 
Brethren  Jesse  Blickenstaff  and  Charles  Eshelman  were  chos- 
en to  represent  the  church  at  Distiict  Meeting,  Fourteen 
church  letters  were  granted. — May  Eshelman,  Feb.  ij. 

Maple  Grove.—  We  met  Feb.  19,  at  2  P,  M.,  in  quarterly 
council,  Eld,  Geo.  Wise  was  calLed  to  assist  in  some  church 
work.  Brethren  E.  D.  Root  and  J.  O.  Younce  were  chosen  as 
Sunday  school  Supeiiulendents.  We  held  an  election  for 
one  minister  and  two  deacons.  Bro.  E.  D.  Root  was  chosen 
to  the-ministry,  and  brethren  Geo.  Shores  and  J.  O.  Younce  to 
the  office  of  deacon.  They,  with  their  wives,  were  duly  in- 
stalled by  Eld.  Wise.  On  Sunday  following  the  council,  Bro. 
J.   W.*  Jarboe  preached  in  the  morning  and  evening.— Ida 

Ozawkie. — The  Ozawkie  church  convened  in  monthly 
council  Feb.  12.  Among  the  business  transacted  six  certifi- 
cates of  membership  were  granted.  On  Sunday,  Feb.  13,  we 
met  in  Sunday  school  meeting,  to  consider  the  best  method  of 
condecting  the  Sunday  school,  to  increase  the  interest  and  at- 
tendance. The  program  was  as  follows:  (t)  "What  Consti- 
tutes a  Model  Sunday  School?"  (2)  "What  Can  the  Home 
Do  for  the  Sunday  School?  "  (3)  "  What  Literature  Should  be 
Used  to  Keep  the  Working  of  the  Sunday  School  in  Harmony 
with  the  Teaching  of  the  Bible?"  (4)  "The  Qualifications  of 
Officers."  (s)  "  What  Benefit  may  be  Derived" from  the  San- 
day  school  Meeting,  and  how  to  Apply  It?"  These  topics 
were  ably  discussed,  and  we  believe  that  good  results  will 
follow  these  meetings. — H.  L.  Brammcll,  F</>,  iq, 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Gladerun,— One  more  precious  soul  was  added  by  baptism, 
Praise  the  Lord!— Z>.  A,  Hetrick,  Kellersburg,  Pa  ,  Fed.  jS, 

Hooversville.— Eld  James  A.  Sell  commenced  meetings 
Feb  6,  and  staid  until  the  evening  of  the  13th.    He  preached 

for  us  eight  doctrinal  sermons,  which  were  listened  to  with 
marked  attention  by  full  houses.— P.J.  Plough. 

/  (Antletam.— Bro.  Victor  Long,  of  Fairplay,  Md.,  conducted 

a'series  of  meetings  at  the  Welty  church,  from  Jan.  23  until 
the  evening  of  Feb.  13.  The  attendance  was  large,  and  great 
interest  was  manifested  during  the  entire  services.  As  a  re- 
sult of  his  labors,  three  were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism. 
Others,  also,  have  expresced  a  desire  to  follow  in  his  steps. 
We  believe  that  seed  has  bezn  sown  which  will  ere  long 
spring  forth  and  bear  more  fruit  for  Christ.— Sudie  M.  Wing- 
ert,  Waynesboro ,Pa„  Feb.  2j. 

Mechanic  Grove — Bro.  H.  E.  L'ght  opened  a  seiies  of 
meetings  {an.  23,  at  the  home  cf  Bro.  George  Bucher.  He 
stayed  with  us  till  Saturday  morning,  Jan.  29.  Our  home  min- 
ister, Bro.  Bucher,  then  conducted  the  meetings  till  Feb.  10. 
The  attendance,  attention  and  behavior  were  good.  One  be- 
came willing  to  walk  in  the  steps  of  the  Savior,  and  more  are 
counting  the  cost.  We  expect  to  have  another  series,  com- 
mencing Feb,  27,  near  Bellbank,  at  the  home  of  Bro.  Harrison 
Steely.— Mary  P.  Phillipy,  Little  Britain,  Pa. 

Hanover.  — Our  meetings,  since  Jan,  2,  have  been  very  en- 
couraging, We  have  in  attendance  from  seventy-five  to  one 
hundred  persons  at  each  meeting.  The  order  and  attention 
are  the  very  best.  Brethren  Joseph  Long  and  James  Lehman, 
of  York,  have  been  preaching  the  Word  with  such  .power  that 
sinners  are  becoming  alarmed  about  themselves,  and  making 
preparations  to  forsake  sin  and  accept  Christ.  The  little  band 
of  members  is  looking  forward  to  the  time  when  thev  may 
worship  under  their  own  vine  and  fig-tree. — Ella  Raffenspcr~ 
ger,  Feb.  ig. 

Notice.— According  to  a  previous  ruling,  the  District  Meet- 
ing of  Southern  Pennsylvania  will  be  held  April  20,  in  the  An- 
tietara  church,  near  Waynesboro,  Pa.  The  elders  of  the  Dis- 
trict will  meet  on  Tuesday,  April  19,  at  2:  30,  to  dispose  of  the 
business  that  may  be  presented,  that  properly  belongs  to 
them.  All  business  pertaining  to  the  elders,  if  not  presented 
in  person,  should  be  sent  to  Eld.  Jacob  Snider,  Waynestoro, 
Pa.,  prior  to  Aprl  19,  so  that  it  can  be  disposed  of  without  in- 
terfering with  the  work  of  the  District  Meeting. —  Wm.  A. 
Anthony,  Sec,  Clay  Hill,  Pa. 

Roaring  Spring.— Our  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by 
Bro.  Brice  Sell,  closed  on  the  evening  of  Feb.  15,  with  five  ad- 
ditions by  baptism.  Bro.  Sell  preached  almost  four  weeks, 
with  good  interest,  considering  the  inclemency  of  the  weather 
and  much  sickness  in  the  community.  The  Gospel  was  pro- 
claimed in  its  purity,  and  many  are  searching  to  see  whether 
these  things  are  so.  Ali  that  united  with  the  church  were 
Sunday  school  workers.  We  have  a  very  interesting  Bible 
and  prayer  meeting,  which  meets  every  Sunday  evening.  It 
fs  quite  an  encouragement  to  the  young  members  in  their 
Christian  work,— D,  S.  Replogle,  Feb.  20, 


Woodbury.— Our  regular  qnarterly  council  was  held  on 
Saturday,  Feb.  19.  All  the  business  before  the  meeting  was 
disposed  of,  we  think,  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  present,  and  wc 
trust  in  a  way  pleasing  to  God.  Etd.  John  L.  Holsinger  is  to 
represent  us  at  the  coming  Annnal  Meeting,  and  Eld.  J.  B. 
Miller  and  the  writer  at  District  Meeting.— /.  C.  Stayer, 
MISSOURI. 

St.  Joseph.— Lately  we  received  three  by  letter.  One  was 
J.  D.  Arthur,  our  blind  brother,  a  deacon.  We  crave  your 
prayers  in  behalf  of  Zion's  cause  here,—  G  II.  Lutz,  Feb.  iS. 

Wakenda.— The  church  at  this  place  met  in  quarterly  coun- 
cil Feb.  12.  Our  Sunday  school  was  organized  for  the  coming 
summer.  The  only  minister  of  this  congregation,  Bro.  Lewis 
Macy,  was  advanced  to  the  full  ministry.  The  ordination 
was  performed  by  elders  S.  B.  Shitkev  and  George  Clemens. 
— Emma  Van  Trump,  Hardin,  Mo.,  Feb.  ij. 

Sewal.— Bio.  A.  Wolfe  came  to  us  Ftb.  4,  and  commenced 
preaching  next  day.  He  continued  each  evening  till  the  i6lh, 
preaching,  in  all,  ten  well-prepared  sermons.  There  was  a 
good  interest  manifested.  Good  and  lasting  impressions  were 
made.  Any  minister,  passing  this  way  will  please  stop  off,  and 
preach  for  us.  We  would  appreciate  it  very  much. — Margar- 
et J.  Lint,  Feb,  22. 

NEBRASKA. 

Exeter — Eld.  H.  W,  Strickler  came  to  us  Feb.  to,  and  re- 
mained until  the  16th.  He  gave  us  six  well-directed  and  very 
instructive  sermons.  The  church  here  very  much  appreciat- 
ed them,  and  were  much  edified  and  encouraged.  Churches 
needing  help  are  safe  in  calling  on  him.  In  a  few  days  we 
wil!  be  without  a  minister,  and  ask  any  minister,  sound  in  the 
faith,  to  give  us  a  call  at  any  time  —  L.  C.  Klinzman,  McCool 
Junction.  Nebr.,  Feb.  17. 

Lutes — Bro.  S  M.  Forney  held  a  number  of  meetings  for 
us,  and  baptized  three.  May  24.     He  came  back  in  August  and 
held  a  series  of  meetings  and  baptised  eleven.    November, 
1897,  brethren  S.  M.  Forney  and  J.  L.  Snavely  came  to  us 
held  meetings,  with  one  baptism,  and  duly  organized  a  church 
with  a  membership  of  sixteen.     Bro.  N   A    Wells  was  chosen 
to  the  ministry.    Brethren  F.  D.  Keys  and  I,  M.  Drain  wt 
chosen  deacons,  and  Sister  A.  I.  Bills  was  chosen  as  Secreta 
Our  church  is  to  be  called  the  Lutes  Brethren  chinch.    Ft 
5  Bro.  Archy  VanDyke  held  a  series  of  meetings,  and  t 
united  with  the  church  by  baptism,     We  now  have  a  memb 
ship  of  eighteen,  and  feel  that  God  is  blessing  us.— Amelia 
Bills,  Lutes,  Keyapaha  Co.,  Feb.  24, 
BOW  A. 

Middle  Creek Bro,  Abram  Wolfe  came  to  us  Jan.  15,  am 

preacbed  two  missionary  sermons,  which  were  much  appreci 
ated.  A  collection  of  $8.11  was  taken  for  the  World-wid 
Mission  —Jennie  Alexander,  New  Sharon,  Iowa,  Feb  20. 

Dry  Creek.—  This  church  met  in  qnarterly  council  to-day, 
pro.  Chas.  M.  Yearout  presiding.  Considerable  business 
was  disposed  of  in  a  spirit  of  love.  Four  letters  of  mem- 
bership were  granted  and  one  received.  Bro.  L.  D.  Bosser- 
man  expects  to  move  to  Jasper  Countv,  this  State,  in  the 
bounds  of  the  Prairie  City  church,  and  Bro,  Yearout  to  War- 
rensburg,  Mo.  We  are  sorry  to  lose  those  ministering  breth- 
ren from  our  midst.  The  report  of  solicitors  for  home  mis- 
sion showed  twenty-one  dollars  raised,  which  was  forwarded 
to  the  Mission  Board.  We  decided  to  hold  a  love  feast  May 
21  and  22  —  D.  IV.  Miller,  Robins,  Iowa,  Feb.  22. 
LOUISIANA. 

Iowa.— This  is  a  mission  point  with  two  places  for  preach- 
ing, supplied  once  a  month  by  the  Brethren  from  Roanoke, 
La.  Wife  and  I  are  all  the  members  located  here.  Feb,  15 
Bro.  Wm.  Bingaman,  of  Laplace,  til,,  came,  accompanied  by 
Bro,  S.  A.  Honberger,  our  elder,  and  began  his  illustrated  lec- 
tures at  Smith's  schoolhouse,  on  his  travels  in  Europe,  Pales- 
tine and  Egypt.  He  described  the  dress,  modes  of  travel,  ami 
habits  of  these  people.  The  attendance  and  attentiun  were 
good.  The  truth  of  the  Bible  was  made  stronger  in  the  minds 
of  many. — Milo  Spalding,  Feb.  /S. 
OREGON. 

Powells  Valley.— We  met  Feb.  19  in  quarterly  council,  at 
the  residence  if  Bro,  J.  Bahr,  near  Damascus.  All  business 
was  disposed  of  agreeably.  It  was  decided  to  hold  our  next 
quarterly  council  May  21,  in  the  Union  church  at  Gresham, 
Multnomah  County.  We  make  this  announcement  that,  in 
case  membeis,  especially  ministers,  should  be  passing  through 
Portland,  it  would  make  it  convenient  for  them  to  meet  with 
us  at  that  point,  as  a  stage  runs  from  Portland  through  Gresh- 
am.— Nancy  Bahr,  Da?nascus,  Ore.,  Feb.  21. 
VIRGINIA. 

Hylton.— Feb.  12  the  members  met  at  Mountain  Normal 
Hall,  to  organize  a  church,  to  be  known  as  the  Hylton  con 
gregation,  it  being  a  part  of  the  Topeco  congregation, 
It  was  decided  to  build  a  church  32x50  feet,  one  mile 
west  ol  this  place.  There  are  about  eighty  members  in  the 
new  congregation.  Bro.  H.  P.  Hylton  is  our  elder.  He  is 
now  past  seventy-five  years  of  age,  We  only  have  one  other 
minister  and  one  deacon.—  S.  P.  Hylton,  Willis,  Va.,  Feb.  21. 

WISCONSIN. 
Chippewa  Valley.— Our  meetings  closed  Feb.  24  Bro.  C. 
P.  Rowland  delivered  in  all  fifteen  sermons.  Two  precious 
souls  were  made  to  forsake  sin  and  walk  with  the  people  of 
God,  while  the  church  in  general  is  wonderfully  built  up  in 
that  most  holy  faith. —  Carrie  M.  Baker,  East  Pepin,  Wis,, 
Feb.  25. 


OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

Acton. -This  church  has  assigned  the  fifth  Sunday  as  their 
day  for  a  missionary  meeting.     This  makes  a  good  time  to 
np  a  collection  for  the  missionary  cause.    Since  last  re- 
port one  more  has  come  out  and  been  baptized,  which  makes 
11  this  year.     May  the  Lord  bless  the  work  all  over  the 
land,  that  souls  may  be  saved,— A.  L.  Brubaker,  Feb,  ig. 

Big  Creek.— We  have  been  enjoying  a  very  interesting 
series  of  meetings  of  two  weeks' duration,  conducted  by  Bro. 
N.  S.  Gripe.  Wc  had  good  attendance  and  a  good  interest 
manifested  and  closed  with  a  full  house.  We  had  no  acces- 
sions, but  many  seem  almost  persuaded  to  become  Christians. 
We  have  had  a  good  Sunday  school  all  winter.— Maria  Edge- 
comb,  Plumb,  Ckla. 

Stroud.-Feb,  14  the  members  of  the  Oak  Grove  church, 
met  in  quarterly  council  in  the  east  end  of  said  church.  Ac- 
cording to  previous  arrangements,  the  work  of  organizing  the 
east  end  into  a  church  was  effected,  with  a  full  corps  of  offi- 
cers, one  minister  (the  writer),  two  deacons,  and  twenty-three 
members.  Said  church  is  to  be  known  as  the  Stroud  church. 
Other  members  are  expected  to  locate  here  soon.  Among 
them  are  one  minister  and  one  deacon,— brethren  A,  L.  Gor- 
ham  and  I.  H.  Metzler,  We  are  always  ready  to  answer  let- 
ters of  earnest  homeseekers  —  J.  C,  Neher,  Feb.  /j, 
CALIFORNIA. 

Glendora — Bro.  A.  Hutchison  commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings here  Jan.  30.  He  preached  fourteen  sermons.  The  large 
attendance  and  very  good  attention  plainly  showed  that  the 
discourses  were  much  appreciated.  One  who  had  wandered 
from  the  fold,  expressed  his  desire  for  fellowship  again  with 
the  people  of  God.  Bro.  Hutchison  is  now  in  Los  Angeles 
City,  holding  forth  the  Word  of  Truth,— />.  A,  Norcross,  Feb, 

Colton  Mission.— Messenger  of  Feb.  12  is  "brimful  of 
"living  coals.''  We  keep  Messengers  at  work  tut  here  all 
the  time.  Tracts  are  doing  a  good  work,  also.  Our  Sunday 
school  in  growing.  We  organized  young  people  into  "  Berean 
Band,"  and  tb'ey  meet  each  Sunday  evening  to  work  from  6  to 
6:30.  Next  45  minutes  all  persons  are  present  in  Bible  class 
on  "Life  of  Christ."  This  is  followed  by  a  twenty-minute  ser- 
mon. We  have  Sunday  school  at  10  A.  M.,  preaching,  11  A, 
M„  at  which  somebody  else,— not  the  preacher,— furnishes  the 
text.  March  6  to  20  we  have  a  scries  of  meetings,— the  sec- 
ond occasion  this  winter.  Bro.  Andrew  Hutchison  will  help 
from  March  13  to  20.— M.  M.  Fshebnan, 
COLORADO. 

Monte  Vista.— Bro.  G.E.Studebaker  came  to  us  Jan.  18, 
and  preached  one  week,  but,  owing  to  cold  weather  and  sick- 
ness, the  attendance  was  small,  One  sermon  was  preacbed  at 
the  home  of  the  writer,  who  could  not  go  to  the  church,  He 
also  held  some  meetings  at  the  Soldier^'  Home.  Two  sisters 
are  all  the  members  here.  We  much  enjoyed  the  Go.-pui 
meetings.—/'.  Ilcilman,  Feb.  2f. 

Mountain  View  Church.— Bro.  D.  B,  Eby,  of  Lena,  III., 
who  has  been  traveling  in  the  South  and  West,  spent  several 
days  with  the  members  of  this  place,  He  prt  ached  two  very 
interesting  discourses  for  us  Sunday,  Feb.  13,  which  were  evi- 
dently enjoyed  by  all.  We  bad  large  ccngregations  and 
splendid  interest.  Bro.  L.  E  Keltuer,  who  has  been  preach- 
ing for  us  for  the  past  two  nr-iubs,  and  who  has  worked  up  the 
good  ioterest  we  now  have,  will  begin  a  series  of  meetings 
Feb,  27,  and  all  who  can  attend  are  cordially  inviied  ti  be 
present,  All  are  welcome.— Bertha  E.  Buckivalter,  Villa 
Park,  Colo,,  Feb.  /y, 

FLORIDA. 

Hawthorn.— At  our  meeting,  last  Sunday,  at  Pine  Grove,  \ 
one  applied  for  membership.  She  was  a  native  of  Florida, 
and  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Primitive  Baptists.  She 
learned  of  our  doctrine  first  through  our  tracts,  and  the  Gos- 
pel Messenger.  Through  her  influence  we  hope  to  reach 
other  natives.  Our  country  is  now  being  canvassed  by  Mor- 
mon elders,  They  meet  much  opposition  in  the  way  of  hard 
wcrds  and  closed  doors,  but  none  can  so  successfully  meet  and 
put  them  to  flight  as  the  Brethren.  We  have  all  the  good 
doctrine  they  preach,  and  much  more,  They  have  expressed 
themselves  as  being  surprised  to  find  a  cburch  that  obeys  so 
much  cf  the  Bible  as  the  Brethren  do.  We  need  nothing 
more  than  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  Bible  to  put  the  Mor- 
mons to  flight.  It  is  needless  to  bring  a  "railirg  accusation  j 
against  them."— C.  D.  Hylton,  Feb,  22. 
TENNESSEE. 

Nashville. — I  have  just  retnrned  from  the  hill  country,  ; 
twelve  miles  north  of  the  city,  where  I  have  been  visiting 
re'atives,  and  preaching  in  the  Methodist  church  to  very  at- 
tentive hearers.  A  more  sociable  and  friendly  people  I  nevet 
met  anywhere  than  they  are.  They  know  but  little  about  the 
Brethren,  and  never  heard  the  Brethren  preach  before  1  gave 
some  tracts  and  personal  instruction.  Some  said  they  wished 
the  Brethren  had  a  church  here.  I  have  been  this  side  of  the 
Ohio  River  since  Feb.  7,  and  have  not  met  a  brother  yet.— 
Daniel  Rothenberger,  Feb.  /?. 

ARKANSAS. 

St.  Francis.— Bro.  J.  H  Neher  commenced  a  seiies  of 
meetings  Feb.  10,  and  closed  on  the  20th,  oreachi  g  thirteen 
ons.  It  was  one  of  the  best  meetings  I  ever  attended, 
was  baptized  and  we  had  t«o  appli :  nts.  The  meetings 
well  attended,  considering  the  bad  nads  and  daik 
nights.  Bro.  Neher's  sermons  were  very  instructive,— J.  C, 
Osbom,  Palestine,  Ark.,  Feb,  35, 


THE    GOSPEL    ME3SENGEB. 


1S9S. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From  Barstow,  Tex. 

It  has  been  tlie  pleasure  of  the  litlle  Hock, 
at  Barstow,  Tex.,  this  winter,  to  be  able  to 
share  fellowship  with  quite  a  number  of 
brelhren  and  sisters  from  the  North  and  Hast. 

The  cause  of  Christ  has  been  strengthened 
by  their  visits  to  us.  Eld.  Eli  Smelser  and 
wife,  of  Arcadia,  Ind.,  passing  this  way  borne 
from  California,  gave  us  a  spiritual  visit  and 
labored  for  us  Jan.  23,  at  1 1  A.  M.  Bro.  D.  B. 
Eby,  of  Lena,  111.,  who  arrived  Jan.  22,  labored 
at  8  P.  M.,  the  same  day. 

Up  to  that  date  we  had  held  no  series  of 
meetings,  but,  feeling  the  time  had  come  for 
us  lo  more  fully  lay  before  this  people  our 
understanding  of  the  Gospel  faith,  we  solicited 
the  labors  of  Bro.  Eby  along  that  line,  and 
opened  our  first  series  of  services  in  the  I'ccos 
Valley  of  Texas,  Jan.  30,  and  continued  daily 
until  Feb.  6,  at  9  P.  M.  The  attendance  and 
attention  were  excellent,  which  we  can  say  for 

tioned  the  Truth  spoken. 

Several  who  came  have  purchased  lands 
here,  and  we  arc  informed  that  several  are 
moving  in  from  Indiana  in  March,  and  some 
from  San  Angelo,  Tex.  A  sister  from  the  lat- 
ter place  says  she  has  not  had  the  privilege  of 
s  among  the  Brethren  for  three  years. 
L.  H.  EBY. 


/  <■/•. 


From  East  Tennessee. 


On    Friday  morning,  Jan.  .21,   in    company 
with  brethren  Joseph  Bowman  and  A.  J.  Vines, 


i  left  home  for  Kn 
do  some  evangelistic 
hundred  and  twenty 
Tipto 


nd  Blount  Counti 

vork.     After  about  0; 

les'  travel,  we  arnv 

the   Choto  church, 


Kna 


County.     We 


Choto  the  following  day.  We 
held  eighteen  meetings.  One  was  added  to 
the  fold  by  baptism,  and  others  expressed 
themselves  as  being  almost  ready.  The  mem- 
bers at  that  place  appeared  to  be  greatly  re- 
vived, as  they  had  no  preaching  there  by  the 
Brelhren  (or  over  eight  months.  They  have 
no  residing  minister. 

We  also  visited  the  members  al  (he  Oakland 
church.  Blount  County,  and  held  four  meetings 
with  them.  They,  also,  had  no  minister.  An 
election  for  minister  fell  on  Bro.  Alden  Fry. 
We  trust  the  Lord  will  bless  the  young  broth- 
er, and  make  him  proficient  in  his  calling. 
We  returned  home  Jan.  31,  and  found  the 
Brethren  engaged 


Leesturg,  Tetm.,  Feb.  14. 


S.  H.  Ga 


Our  Bible  School. 


According  to  previous  arrangements,  a  Bi- 
ble school  was  held  in  the  Okaw  church,  111., 
commencing  Feb.  4,  and  continuing  ten  days. 
Bro.  E.  S.  Voting,  of  North  Manchester,  lnd„ 
had  arranged  to  conduct  the  school,  but,  on  ac- 
count of  ill  health,  brethren  Edson  Ulery  and 
Charles  Gibson  were  our  instructors.  This 
was  one  of  the  most  successful  Bible  schools 
ever  held  by  the  Brethren  at  this  place.  On 
account  of  bad  roads  the  attendance  was  not  so 
large  as  might  bave  been,  but  the  interest 
manifested  was  excellent.  Bro.  Voung  arrived 
Feb.  12,  and  remained  over  Sunday.  He 
preached  several  good  sermons,  and  encour- 
aged the  class  very  much  while  with  us. 
The  brethren  labored  very  earnestly  while 
with  us,  and  their  efforts  will  not  soon  be  for- 
gotten. It  has  been  decided  to  continue  the 
work  by  selecting  a  teacher,  and  to  meet  once 
a  week  at  the  church  for  Bible  work. 

E.  F.  Wolfe. 


church.     An    evergreen    Sunday    school,    with 
■erage  attendance  of  125  or  more,  the  year 
roHntl,  is  principally  supported  by  the  untiring 
energy  and  zeal  of  Bro.  Ab<-  Ikenberry,  Supcr- 
ident  for  many  years,  and  the  corps  of  of- 
ficers and  teachers,  who  arc  always  present, 
with  well-prepared  lessons.    Our  musical  di- 
ctor,  Joseph  Studebakcr,  helps  to  keep  the 
e  aglow.    Eight  regular  appointments  per 
onth  are  kept   up  here.    A    weekly    social 
ecting  and  two  "Sisters'  Aid  Societies"  are 
ell  supported,  and  have  borne  much  fruit. 
Our  church  is,  at  present,  in  a  prosperous  con- 
i,  but  has  suffered  much  in  past  years  by 
emigration  and  disturbing  elements. 

Eld.    Solomon    Blickenstaff,     of     Rossville, 
Ind.,  ably  presides  over  this  congregation,  as- 
d  by  the  following  ministers:  Abram  and 
Riley  Flora,  Henry  Landcs,  Riley  Montgom- 
y,  Gilbert  Steinbaugh  and  the  writer.    Pro- 
ams  are  out  for  a  Bible  school  at   Flora,  he- 
lming March    10.     It  will  probably  be  con- 
iclcd  by  Eld.  Jacob  Rarick  and  Sister  Alice 
King,  of  North  Manchester.     All  are  invited! 
A.  G.  Crosswhiti:, 
Flora,  hut.,  Fsb'.jO. 

From  the  Sandy  Creek  Church,  W.  Va. 

Jan  29  Bro.  W.  A.  Gaunt,  of  Elk  Lick,  Pa., 
ame  into  our  midst,  to  hold  a  series  of  meet- 
tigs.  He  continued  preaching  each  evening, 
nd  on  Sunday  morning,  until  the  evening  of 
reb.  10,  preaching  fifteen  very  acceptable  ser- 
10ns.  Bro.  Gaunt  came  to  us  as  an  entire 
tranger,  but  did  not  leave  as  such.  We  ap- 
ireciated  Iris  visit  and  labors  among  us  very 
much,  and  were  sorry  he  could  not  stay  longer. 

We  continued  the  meetings  until  the  follow- 
ng  Sunday  evening.  As  an  immediate  re- 
iult,  we  baptized  seven,  and  have  four  more 
ipplicants,  which  we  expect  to  bapti/e  next 
iaturday.  We  think  much  good  has  been  ac- 
;omplished  through  our  meetings. 

Our  social  and  prayer  meeting  is  progress- 
ng  nicely.  It  is  gratifying  to  see  our  young 
nembers  taking  up  their  cross  in  these  meet- 
ngs,  each  one  taking  his  turn  in  leading.  I 
think  the  many  congregations,  throughout  the 
Brotherhood,  who  have  not  established  meet- 

,gs  of  Ibis  kind,  would  do  well  to  do  so  with- 
out delay,  and  sec  tbc  good  results. 

My  impression  is,  that  loo  many  of  our  mem- 
bers, especially  the  young,  fee!  that  they  have 
nothing  to  do  in  church  work,  excepting  to  be 
iers  in  the  preaching  service,  and,  proba- 
bly, scholars  in  the  Sunday  school,  there  being 
no  other  meetings  established  by  the  congre- 
n,  in  which  they  can  take  part.  Why  not 
have  a  social  and  prayer,  or  young  people's 
meeting  in  every  church,  established  and 
guarded  by  the  congregation,  so  that  all, 
young  and  old,  can  have  the  privilege  to  exer- 
n  public  prayer,  and  talk  upon  Scriptural 

It  is  surprising  to  see  what  improvement 
any  of  our  brethren  and  sisters  make,  when 

they  have  the  opportunities  to  do  so. 

My  observation  is,  that  many,  who,  at  first, 
:cause  of  inexperience,  can  scarcely  offer  a 

public  prayer,  or  stand  up  and  speak  a  single 
.te  on  a  subject  to  edification,  will,  through 

perseverance,  become  creditable  speakers, 
,d,  above  all,  more  fully  consecrated  to  God, 
d  more  fully  educated  in  the  Scriptures, 

Jeremiah  Thomas. 
Clifton  Mills,  W,  Va.,  Feb.  j.h 


;y  is  not  a  dream,  but  an  active,  busy,  free 
life,  full  of  radiance  and  glory. 

As  1'ro.  Arnold  goes  on 
0  others,  may  he  ever  enjoy  cl< 
nth  God,  the  only  pnwer  that  enables  one  to 
mi  souls  into  a  fellowship  with  Jesus. 

Bessie  T.  Fahrnev. 
Feb.  16. 

Notice  of  District  and  Ministerial  Meet- 
ings of  the  Middle  District 
of  Indiana. 

THE    District    Meeting   of  the  Middle  Dis- 
rict  of  Indiana  will  be  held  in  the  Pipe  Creek 
congregation,  Miami  County,  Ind.,  on  Wednes- 
day, April   6,  iScS.     The  Ministerial  Meeting 
II  be  held  in  the  same  congregation,  the  day 
previous,  April  5.     Those  intending  to  attend 
those  meetings,  and  coming  by  railway,  will 
be  met  at  Peru  and  Bunker  Hill  on  Monday 
id  Tuesday.    Trains  arrive  at  Peru  as  fol- 
ivs:  Wabash,  from  the  East,  at  9:  47  A.  M. 
d  2:  15  P.  M.;  from  the  West  at  10:  15  A.  M. 
d  4  P.  M.     Detroit  Division  at  9:  47  A    M. 
d  2:  15  P.  M.     Lake  Erie  and  Western  from 
the  North  at  11:  15  A.M.  and  3:  46  P.  M. 

nins  arrive  at  Bunker  Hill   as    follows: 

Pennsylvania  Line  from  the  East,  at  10  A,  M.; 

51  P.  M.;  and  2:  19  P.  M.;  from  the  West  at 

2;  13  P.  M-;  4:  59  P.  M.;  Lake  Erie  and  West- 

rom  the  South,  at  9:  58  A.  M.,  and  4:  10  P. 

For  any  further  information,  address  D. 

P.  Shively,  Nead,  Miami  Co.,  Ind. 

W.  S.  Toney,  Clerk. 
Walton,  Ind, 


We  have  now  been  pleasantly  associated 
with  this  church  for  more  than  five  months, 
and  offer,  for  the  first  time,  a  few  lines  from 
our  new  field  of  labor. 

Our  membership  is  about  300,  principally 
located  in  clusters  about  our  two  houses  of 
worship,  one  of  which  is  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  Flora,  the  other  five  and  one-half 
miles  southeast,  just  across  the  road  from  our 
residence. 

We  have  sixty  members  in  town,  and  as 
many  more  within  walking  distance  of    the 


From  Frederick,  Md. 


J.  8  Bro.  G.  S.  Arnold,  of  Burlington,  W 
came  to  this  city  "  about  his  Father'; 
business."  With  zeal  and  fervency  he  de 
clared  the  glad  tidings  of  salvation.  Will 
love  in  his  heart  he  visited  among  the  peoplt 
as  did  Christ,  going  about  to  do  them  good. 

During  his  stay  of  over  four  weeks,  we  wen 
blessed  with  such  a  glorious  outpouring  of  tin 
Holy  Spirit  as  our  church  here  never  befori 
knew.  Twenty  accepted  Christ,  varying  it 
age  from  ten  to  seventy-four  years.  Half  the 
number  were  pupils  of  our  Sunday  school. 

One  boy,  a  Sunday  school  scholar,  led  hi 
father  from  the  barren  mountains  to  tru 
warmth  of  his  Savior's  love.  Another  son,  al- 
so a  scholar,  heeded  the  Shepherd's  call,  and, 
on  the  night  of  Bro.  Arnold's  farewell  dis- 
course, the  mother  arose  to  join  her  loved  ones 
in  the  fold  of  Christ.  Oh!  the  blessedness  of  a 
Christian  home! 

Sunday  school  workers  and  workers  for  God. 
everywhere,  should  take  fresh  courage.    Chris- 


PKOGRAMMES. 


This  meeting  will  be  held  in  the  White 
church,  near  Colfax,  Montgomery  Co.,  Ind,, 
April  5,  189S. 

The  Courtesy  of  the  Minister,"  by  D.  H. 
Replogle;  followed  by  W.  R.  Harshberger. 
1  What  Should  be  the  Minister's  Preparation 
Preach?"  by  J.  W.  Rarick;  followed  by  H. 
H.  Keim. 

Minister's   Spiritual   Weaknesses,"  by    A. 

vman;  followed  by  Geo.  L.  Studebaker. 

The  Relation    Ministers  Sustain  to  Each 

ier  in  the  Congregation,"  by  D.  W.  Gustin; 
followed  by  R.  R.  Goshorn. 

The  Funeral  Services  from  Beginning  to 
Conclusion,"  by  Jacob  Rife;  followed  by  D.  C. 
Campbell. 

A  Ministers  Qualifications,"  by  L.  W. 
Teeter;  followed  by  S.  Blickenstaff. 

G.  L.  Studebaker,  Sec 


matrimonial- 

"What  therefor:  God  hath  joined togethei 


WALLACE— TAYLOR,— At  the  residence 
of  the  bride's  parents,  near  Whitesville,  Mo., 
Feb.  10,  1898,  by  the  undersigned,  Bro.  Eugene 
R.  Wallace  and  Miss  Norrie  C.  Taylor. 

J.  E.  Shamberger. 

RUTTER— BENTON.— At  Altoona,  Pa., 
Jan.  24,  189S,  by  the  undersigned,  at  his  resi- 
dence, Mr.  James  M,  Rutter  and  Sister  Eva 
Benton,  both  of  Altoona,  Pa. 

D.  S.  Brallier. 

KING— CORNELIUS— At  the  residence  of 
the  bride's  parents,  near  Hudson,  Iowa,  Feb. 
10,  1898,  by  the  undersigned,  Bro.  Alvin  A. 
King  and  Sister  Minnie  Cornelius,  both  of  Hud- 
son, Iowa.  W.  H,  Lichty. 

McCLEARY  —  RIDDLESBERGER.  —  At 
the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  near  Quincy, 
Franklin  Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  17,  1898,  by  the  under- 
signed, Mr.  John  D.  McCleary  and  Sister  An- 
nie Riddlesberger,  youngest  daughter  of  Eld. 
Isaac  Riddlesberger.  Wm,  C.  Koontz. 


FALLEN  *  ASLEEP  ••• 

lessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord." 


ULLERY.— In  the  Eight  Mile  church,  Cass 
Co.,  Mo.,  Jan.  14,  1898,  Lola  Geneva  Ullery, 
aged  20  years,  7  months  and  12  days.  Disease, 
blood  poison,  caused  by  the  dentist  putting  ar- 
senic in  a  hollow  tooth  to  kill  the  nerve.  Ser- 
vices by  the  Brethren,  from  John  1 1 :  25. 

G,  W.  Lentz, 


BOWMAN.— In 
congregatic 


Ge 


Settle 


W. 


Savilla  Bowman  {nee  Royer),  wife 

of  Bro.  Joshua  H.  Bowman,  aged  62  years,  2 

mnths  and  1  day.     The  cause  of  her  death 

as  heart  failure.     She  leaves  a  husband  and 

x  children.    Services  at  the  Maple  Spring 

church,  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Bro.  Jonas 

Fike.  Tobias  S.  Fike. 

DAILY.— In  the  West  Nimishillen  church, 

Ohio,  Jan.  31,  1808,  Bro.  Henry  D.  Daily,  aged 

78  years,  7  months  and  30  days.    Deceased 

born  in  Blair  County,  Pa.,  June  1,  1819. 

fas  married  to  Miss  Mary  Rhodes,   March 

44.    To  this  union  were  born  twelve  cbil- 

,— ten  sons  and  two  daughters.     He  leaves 

dow,  two  sons  and  two  daughters.     He 

united  with  the  Brethren  church  about  sixteen 

le  came  to  this  State,  and 

has  always  lived  on  the  farm  until  ten  years 

when  he  moved  to  Manchester,  Summit 

Co.,  Ohio,  where  he  died.    About  five  years 

ago  he  met  with  the  serious  accident  of  break- 

ng  his  limb  near  the  hip.    The  bone  never 

mited,  and  he  lost  the  entire  use  of  that  limb. 

About  two  months  ago  he  was  again  afflicted 

:th  gangrene,  of  which  he  suffered  as  no  hu- 

an  tongue  can  describe,  and  which  resulted 

his  death.     Funeral    services   by  brethren 

Noah   Longanecker,   Shaff,   and   others,  from 

ev.  2:  19.  H.  S.  Young. 

STAUFEER.— In   the    Fredonia    church, 

Wilson  Co,,  Kans.,  Feb.  6,  1898,  of  heart  trou- 

ro.  Henry  Alexander  Stauffer,  aged   55 

3  months  and  25  days.     He  leaves  a  de- 


tery,  four  miles 


wife  and  six   children, 
long  been  a   sufferer.     His 
id  to  rest  in  the  Rainbow  c 
th west  of  Fredonia, 

Flora  E.  Dar: 


Bro. 


COFFMAN.  —  In  the  Flillisburg  church, 
Clinton  Co.,  Ind,,  Feb.  12,  1898,  after  a  short 
;s,  Sister  Elizabeth  Coffman,  aged  62 
years,  3  months  and  4  days.  She  united  with 
the  Brethren  church  over  thirty  years  ago. 
,vas  married  to  Bro.  Michael  Coffman  in 
October,  1856,  and  to  them  were  born  twelve 
children,  of  whom  ten  are  living.     She  leaves 

husband  and  ten  children.  Funeral  by  the 
Brethren.    Text,  Rev.  14:  13- 

Nathaniel  Cripe.( 

FOUTS.— In  the  Okaw  church,  Fiatt  Coi, 
III.,  Feb.  16,  1898,  Sister  Elizabeth  Fouts,  aged 

years,  7  months  and  11  days.    She  was  a 

:mber  of  the  Brethren  church  about  60 
yeirs.  A  short  time  before  her  departure  she 
ailed  for  the  Brethren,  and  was  anointed, 
ihe  was  born  in  Montgomery  County,  Ohio, 
July  J,  1814.  In  1828,  she,  with  her  parents, 
Peter  and  Elizabeth  Replogle,  moved  to  Car- 
roll County,  Ind.  She  was  there  united  in 
iage,  Dec.  1,  1S44,  to  Leonard  Fouts,  who 
ves  her.  Five  children  were  born  to  this 
1,  all  of  whom  are  living.  Four  belong  to 
the    Brethren    church.     Funeral    services    by 

ro.  Isaac  Brubaker,  from  Rev.  22:  12. 

E.  F.  Wolfe. 

SLONE.— In  the  Mt.  Joy  church,  Botetourf 
Co.,  Va..  Feb.  6,  1898.  Bro.  Thomas  Slone,  aged 
70  years.  He  was  a  faithful  member  of  the 
Brethren  church  for  fourteen  years.  Bro. 
Slone  was  a  lover  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 

id   it  afforded   him  much   pleasure  to  'meet 

th  the  Brethren,  both  far  and  near,  to  engage 

the  worship  of  God,  and  to  aid  all  he  could 

forward  his  kingdom.  He  leaves  four  chil- 
dren and  a  wife,  who  are  devoted  members  of 
the  church.  The  funeral  will  be  held  in  the 
near  future.  A.  F.  Pursley. 

PRICE.— In  the  Springfield  congregation, 
Bucks  Co.,  Pa„  Jan.  22,  1898,  Bro.  Benjamin 
R.  Prure,  aged  62  years,  1 1  months  and  10  days. 
A  bereaved  widow  and  three  children,  all  mar- 
ried, survive.  The  funeral  occasion  was  im- 
proved by  the  Brethren, 

STAUFFER.— In  the  same  congregation, 
Jan.  31,  1898,  Bro.  Abraham  Stauffer,  aged  79 
years,  10  months  and  29  days.  A  widow  and 
six  children  survive.  The  funeral  occasion 
was  improved  by  the  Brethren. 

RHOADS—  In  the  Hatfield  congregation, 
Montgomery  Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  12,  1898,  Sister 
Priscilla  Rhoads,  aged  78  years,  10  months  and 
13  days.  The  funeral  occasion  was  improved 
by  brethren  Hillery  Crouthamel  and  Jonas  H, 
Price. 

MARTIN— In  the  New  Hope  church,  Cher- 
okee Co,,  Kans.,  Jan.  22,  1S98,  of  la  grippe,  Sis- 
ter Catharine  Martin,  aged  73  years, 

A,  B,  Lichtenwaltek, 


March  5.   [S98. 


THE    GOSPEL    MZESSIEILSTG-EIR,. 


FETTERS.— Iii  the  bounds  of  the  Hickory 
Grove  church,  Miami  Co.,  Ohio,  Feb.  7,  iSqS, 
Bro.  Isaac  Petters,  aged  50  years.  Brp.  Put- 
ters moved  here  last  spring,  from  Virginia 
He  held  the  office  of  deacon,  and  leaves  b 
wife  and  eight  children.  Funeral  by  Eld 
Henry  Gump,  from  the  words,  "For  me  tc 
live  is  Christ,  and  to  die  is  gain. 

Jacob  Coppock. 

KLINE.— At  Goshen,  lad..  Jan.  23,  1S9S 
Jacob  Kline,  aged  59  years  and  5  months.  His 
wife,  with  six  boys  and  three  girls,  survive; 
him.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Christiai 
church.     Services  by  Eld.  I.  L.  Berkey. 

R.  W.  Davenport. 

FLORA. — In  the  Germantown  congrega- 
tion, Franklin  Co.,  Va.t  Feb.  5,  1898,  Bro.  Wil- 
liam Flora,  aged  47  years  and  7  months.  A 
falling  tree  striking  him,  caused  his  death. 
He  lived  twelve  hours  after  the  fatal  stroke. 
He  leaves  a  devoted  wife  and  nine  children 
Funeral  services  by  elders  Daniel  Neff  and 
Henry  Ikenberry,  from  Amos  4:  12. 

John  W.  Barnhai 

STICKLEY.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Elk 
Run  congregation,  Va.,  Jan.  29,  1S98,  Sister 
Sallie  Stickley,  wife  of  Bro.  William  Stickley, 
aged  84  years,  1  month  and  20  days.  Bro. 
Stickley  preceded  his  wife  to  the  spirit  world 
several  years.  Services  by  Bro.  D.  C.  Flory, 
from  Amos  4:  12.  I.  A.  Miller. 

WILLIAMS.  —  In  the  North  Solomon 
church,  Kans.,  Feb.  3,  189s,  of  heart  failure, 
Bro.  Eli  Miller  Williams,  aged  70  years,  7 
months  and  22  days.  He  lived  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Brethren  church  thirty-two 
years.  He  leaves  a  sorrowing  wife  and  six 
sons.  On  the  night  of  his  death,  he  went  to 
bed  as  usual.  Hls  wife  heard  him  call  for  a 
light,  but  soon  after  he  passed  away  quietly. 
He  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Delhi  graveyard. 
Short  services  at  the  house  by  the  United 
Brethren  minister.  A  funeral  sermon  will  h 
preached  at  the  church,  by  our  home  ministei 
as  soon  as  possible.         Phebe  H.  Palmer. 

E  WING.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Topek; 
church,  Kans.,  Feb,  19,  1898,  Sister  Hannah 
Kwing,  aged  74  years,  10  months  and  15  days. 
She  was  born  in  Columbiana  County,  Ohio, 
.3  he  had.  been  a  member  of  the  Brethren 
I  Church  fpr  twenty-five  years,  and,  although 
I  living  in  a  somewhat  isolated  district,  re- 
mained faithful  to  her  profession  to  the  end. 
Her  husband  died  about  eighteen  months  ago. 
Sister  Ewing  leaves  two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters. Services  by  Bro.  James  Z.  Gilbert,  from 
Ps.7i:2o.  H.  C.  Taylor. 

STAYER.— At  Roaring  Spring,  Blair  Co., 
Pa,  Feb.  14,  1898,  of  a  complication  of  dise; 
es,   Sister    Elizabeth    Stayer,    nee    Snoberg 
aged  72  years,  9  months  and  23   days.    S 
called  for  the  elders,  and  was  anointed  a  few 
weeks  prior  to  her  death.     In  her  death   the 
church,  as  well  as  the  children,  lost  a  truly  de- 
voted mother  in  Israel.     She  leaves  two  son; 
and  two  daughters.     Funeral  services  at  New 
Enterprise,  by  Eld.  Brice  Sell  and  C.  L.  Buck 
from  I  Cor.   15.     Burial  in  the  cemetery  neai 
by,  beside  her  husband,  who  died  seventeer 
years  ago.  D.  S.  Replogle. 

SMITH.— In  the  Danville  church,  Knox 
Co.,  Ohio,  Feb.  13,  1898,  Sister  Mary  Smith, 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Nancy  Brewer, 
eased  was  born  in  Washington  County,  Md., 
March  2,  1821.  She  was  married  to  Joseph  B. 
Smith,  March  4,  1841.  They  came  to  Knox 
County,  Ohio,  in  1861,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in 
Pleasant  township,  which  was  their  home 
while  on  earth.  To  them  were  born  ten  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  and  the  husband  and  father 
Preceded  her  to  the  spirit  world.  She  united 
with  the  Brethren  church  in  1869,  and  lived  a 
devoted  Christian  woman  until  called  home. 
Funeral  services  by  the  writer,  assisted  by 
foe  Methodist  minister  of  Gambier,  Ohio,  at 
'he  Hopewell  church,  three  miles  south  of 
Ganibier.  C.  J.  Workman. 

I'REEMAN,— In  the  bounds  of  the  Winna- 
"lac  church,  Pulaski  Co.,  Ind.,  Feb.  12,  1898, 
Sister  Nancy  A.  Freeman,  wife  of  Eld.  Daniel 
*reeman,  aged  73  years,  10  months  and  16 
da>'s.  Bro.  Jerry  Halm  and  the  writer  anoint- 
ed  her,  after  which  she  went  to  sleep,  never  to 
W:,ke  in  this  world.  She  was  the  mother  of 
'Wo  daughters  and  six  sons -all  living.  Fu- 
neral preached  in  the  M.  E.  church,  in  Star 
Cil>'.  by  the  writer,  from  Rev.  14:  12,  13.  She 
Was  laid  away  to  rest  in  the  Star  City  ceme-j 
lery-  Daniel  Wysong, 


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Mission  Work.— No.  10 167 

Nickels  at  Work.    By  Lizzie  E.  Brubaker 167 

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McClure's  Magazine  for  March  contains  two  in- 
teresting articles  concerning  Andree's  balloon  ex- 
pedition to  the  North  Pole,  of  which  mention  was 
made  last  summer,  The  balloon  containing  An- 
dree  and  his  two  companions,  left  Danes  Island  Ju- 
ly II,  a  point  710  miles  from  the  Pole,  With  fa- 
vorable winds,  the  party  had  expected  to  pass  the 
Pole  inside  of  sixty  hours,  or  even  less,  Four  days 
after  this  a  pigeon  alighted  on  the  riggings  of  a  ship 
near  Spitzenbergen,  It  was  shot  by  one  of  the 
sailors,  and  proved  to  be  a  carrier  pigeon  from  An- 
dree's balloon.  Attached  to  the  pigeon  was  a  note 
dated  July  13,  12:30  P.  M„  stating  that  this  was 
the  third  pigeon  sent  out.  The  note  also  stated 
that  the  balloon  had  reached  a  point  about  145 
miles  from  where  the  start  was  made,  showing  that 
the  progress  was  much  slower  than  had  been 
counted  on,  That  is  the  last  reliable  information 
received  from  the  party.  It  now  becomes  a  serious 
question,  What  has  become  of  Andree  and  his  two 
companions?  They  had  provisions  enough  to  last 
them  four  months,  and  if  they  landed  on  the  land 
somewhere,  they  may  yet  be  alive,  for  they  could 
have  killed  animals  nough  to  supply  them  with 
plenty  of  meat.  B»t  the  chances  are  against 
them.  If  they  landed  in  the  sea,  they  were 
drowned,  and  that  rgay  be  the  last  we  shall  ever 
hear  of  them.  The*  they  may  have  alighted  on 
some  great  ice  field  and  then  perished,  But  if 
they  reached  land  in  good  condition,  they  may 
have  gone  into  winter  quarters,  and  will  sometime 
next  summer  return  to  civilization  again.  The 
Public  is  anxious  to  receive  news  from  the  party, 
and  every  clue  concerning  their  fate  will  be  studied 
with  the  greatest  interest, 


Before  her  war  with  Japan,  China  is  said  to  have 
been  practically  out  of  debt,  but  that  unfortunate 
struggle  placed  a  great  burden  upon  her,  which  was 
increased  gS:,ooo,coo  a  few  days  ago  by  a  loan 
from  the  banks  of  England  and  Germany.  It  is 
thought  that  this  loan  may  be  for  the  purpose  of 
paying  off  what  is  due  Japan;  if  so,  then  the  debt 
will  not  be  materially  increased.  But,  at  best,  the 
financial  burden  is  a  great  one  for  a  people,  when 
the  affairs  of  the  government  are  so  injudiciously 
managed,  as  they  are  in  China.  And,  then,  should 
the  empire  continue  in  her  present  course,  she,  too, 
like  most  other  nations,  will  soon  be  weighed 
down  with  enormous  debts,  which  will  prove  a  gall- 
ing yoke  to  her  easy-going  people,  Unfortunately, 
China  has  no  one  in  office  who  seems  to  be  able  to 
wisely  direct  the  affairs  of  state,  and  for  that  reason 
she  will  likely  be  led  into  things  that,  in  the  end, 
may  result  in  the  downfall  of  the  empire.  While 
such  a  result  might  be  for  the  better  in  the  end,  it 
simply  means  the  breaking  up  of  the  oldest  empire 
in  the  world,  and  the  destruction  of  all  that  has  so 
long  been  sacred  to  the  Chinese  as  a  race,  It  is  to 
be  greatly  regretted,  indeed,  that  China  did  not, 
years  ago,  open  her  doors  to  the  missionaries,  and 
permit  them  to  educate  and  Christianize  her  people. 
Had  this  been  done,  by  this  time  the  government 
might  have  been  wise  enough,  and  strong  enough  to 
cope  with  other  nations  in  her  business  relations. 
This  thing  of  neglecting  religion,  education  and 
development  sometimes  proves  fatal  to  nations  as 
well  as  to  individuals  and  churches.  It  has  proven 
China's  greatest  possible  misfortune,  and  it  is  to  be 
greatly  feared  that  she  has  so  long  neglected  her 
opportunity  to  place  herself  on  an  equal  footing 
with  other  nations,  that  the  day  of  grace  for  her 
may  be  forever  past. 

March  2,  Pope  Leo  XIII,  was  eighty-eight  years 
old,  being  the  oldest  of  all  the  famous  men  now  in 
public  life.  He  is  said  to  be  enjoying  fine  health, 
and  that  his  mind  is  yet  in  a  good  working  cond 
tion,  In  his  way  he  probably  rules  more  subjects 
than  any  other  sovereign  living,  for  to  him  the 
Catholic  world  yields  implicit  obedience.  He  is 
looked  upon  as  the  supreme  and  infallible  ruler  of 
earth,  and  that  what  he  demands  and  says  must  be 
accepted  by  every  member  of  the  holy  Roman 
Catholic  church.  But  all  things  do  not  go  pleasant- 
ly with  his  holiness.  He  is  deprived  of  temporal 
power,  and  this  is  something  hard  for  a  pope  to  en- 
dure. The  time  was  when  the  head  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church  could  dictate  the  laws  for  Italy  as 
well  as  elsewhere,  but  this  day  is  past,  and  that  is 
what  troubles  him.  He  wants  to  see  temporal  pow- 
er restored,  if  not  for  all  Italy,  for  the  city  of  Rome, 
at  least.  For  the  time  he  would  rest  easier  if  he 
could  reign,  not  only  as  the  head  of  the  whole 
Catholic  Church,  but  as  the  head  of  Rome  as  well, 
and  thus  unite  the  temporal  as  well  as  the  spiritual 
interests  under  one  divinely-appointed  head.  It 
has  been  suggested  that  the  King  of  Italy  might,  in 
some  way.  be  disposed  of,  and  that  the  country 
could  be  placed  under  a  republican  form  of  govern- 
ment, with  different  states,,  somewhat  like  the  Unit- 
ed States,  and  that  the  Pope  might  be  the  ruler  of 
one  of  the  states,  and  still  the  state  be  a  part  of  the 
republic.  That  would  work  just  about  as  harmon- 
iously as  to  have  the  head  of  the  Mormon  church 
serve  as  the  Governor  of  Utah,  so  long  as  he  lives, 
and  when  he  dies  let  the  next  man  serve,  and  so  on, 
to  the  end  of  the  arrangement.  There  seems  to  be 
no  hope  for  the  Pope  in  this  line,  and  he  will  prob- 
ably have  to  be  content  with  the  power  he  now  ex- 
ercises, 


Recent  explorations  at  Babylon  confirm  to  a 
remarkable  degree  the  historical  accuracy  of  the 
statements  of  Ezra  and  Nehemiah.  The  very1 
names  and  forms  of  the  names  used  in  the  tablets, 
are  those  mentioned  in  the  Bible  accounts.  For 
the  first  time  there  has  been  brought  to  light  a 
number  of  documents  contemporary  with  these  au- 
thors. "  The  River  Kebar  in  the  Land  of  the  Chal- 
deans," by  the  waters  of  which  Ezekiel,  while  a  cap- 
tive among  his  people  at  Tel-abib,  saw  the  vision 
of  the  Cherubim  (Ezek.  1:  1-353:15;  10:  15),  and 
which  has  heretofore  been  unidentified  in  cuneiform 
literature,  has  at  length  come  to  light  as  identical 
with  the  Kabari,  a  large  navigable  canal,  not  far 
from  Nippur,  and  not,  as  it  had  previously  been  sug- 
gested, a  river  many  miles  distant  from  it.  In  Gen, 
10:  10  the  reader  is  told  of  Nimrod,  "the  mighty 
hunter  before  the  Lord,  and  that  the  beginning  of 
his  kingdom  was  Babel  (Babylon)  and  Erech,  Ac- 
cad  and  Calneh,  in  the  land  of  Shinaar."  The  next 
verse  states,  "Out  of  that  land  went  forth  Asshur 
and  builded  Nineveh."  The  writer  of  Genesis  is 
thus  dealing  with  four  of  the  most  ancient  cities  of 
the  world.  The  recent  investigations  have  shown 
that,  beyond  question,  Calneh  is  the  place  now 
known  as  Nippur,  and  that  the  Bible  account  as  to 
time  and  origin,  coincides  with  the  early  historical 
records. 

Some  fifty  years  ago  the  American  Mission 
Board  began  work  in  the  City  of  Jerusalem,  at 
which  time  a  small  piece  of  grcuno  *Si'«eciirJi.v_. 
a  cemetery  where  they  might  lay  their  d«ad  away 
to  rest.  The  cemetery  plot  was  deeded  to  the 
Board  for  nominal  consideration;  only  a  few  dollars, 
it  is  said,  was  paid  for  it.  Later  a  conflict  arose  be- 
tween the  American  and  English  societies.  This 
was  settled  by  the  American  Board  withdrawing 
from  Jerusalem  and  occupying  Northern  Syria,  with 
headquarters  at  Beyrout,  while*the  English  Episco- 
pal society  held  possession  of  Jerusalem  and  Pales- 
tine proper.  After  the  withdrawal  of  the  Ameri- 
cans, the  little  cemetery  was  used  occasionally  for 
the  burial  of  the  dead.  For  some  years  the  Ameri- 
can colony  at  Jerusalem  has  used  it  as  a  burial 
ground.  The  land  about  the  Holy  City  has  in- 
creased in  value  within  the  last  ten  years,  and  when' 
a  large  offer  was  made  for  the  cemetery  plot,  the 
American  Board  accepted  it,  and  transferred  the 
property  to  new  owners.  Without  the  knowledge 
or  consent  of  those  who  had  friends  buried  there,, 
the  bodies  were  taken  up  and  transferred  to  the  Eng- 
lish cemetery.  It  is  alleged  that  the  Roman  Cath- 
olics claim  that  the  cemetery  was  the  site  of  the 
house  of  John  and  Mary,  where  the  Holy  Spirit  fell 
on  the  apostles,  and,  always  on  the  watch  for  so- 
called  holy  places,  they  offered  a  large  sum  for  the 
ground.  In  the  removal  of  the  bodies  it  was 
claimed  that  all  was  done  reverently.  A  London 
paper,  Ttutk,  has  this  to  say  about  the  affair:  It 
was  claimed  that  "the  American  Missionaries  and 
the  Consul  were  represented,  the  bodies  were  rev- 
erently exhumed  and  were  removed,  But  the  ac- 
tion of  Lord  Salisbury,  in  having  the  pit  in  the  Eng- 
lish cemetery,  in  which  they  were  reburied,  opened, 
in  order  to  remove  the  remains  of  an  English  offi- 
cer, led  to  the  ghastly  discovery  that  all  the  bodies 
had  been  broken  up  and  packed  in  small,  wooden 
boxes,  so  that  neither  the  body  of  the  cfTiccr  nor 
any  other  could  be  identified.  Both  the  sale 
of  the  cemetery  and  the  removal  of  the  corpses  ap- 
pear to  have  been  carried  out  in  an  extremely  dis- 
graceful manner."  The  American  colony  has  ap- 
pealed to  the  authorities  at  Washington,  with  what 
results  remains  to  be  seen, 


TJ^El  GOSFEL  MESSENGER,. 


March  12,  id 


•ESSAYS 


"Study  to  show  tiiy;e!I  approved  i 


■IT  SUFFICETH.' 


)  Master  r 


I  opt  have  lorged,  ( 
To  limn  by  faith  a  living  trace 
Of  thy  beloved  and  godlike  face, 

If  ait  could  ihus  become  divine. 

I've  prayed  that  dreams  might  biin 
Thy  tender  voice,  human  and  swe 
As  Mary  heard  it  at  tby  feet, 

Or  as  they  heard  in  Galilee. 

Forgive  mc,  dearest  Lord,  if  I, 


tine 


,0,  hav 


1  wouM  ! 


isedt 


s  did  they 
:  thee  passing  by. 


Who  prt 

Forgive  me,  if  I  seemed  alene 
And  longed  to  know  that  thou  wert  nt 
By  some  fresh  token,  sweet  and  dear, 

Some  reassurance  all  my  own. 


Ab! 


ui.le 


Thou  earnest  so  near  me  that  the  blue 
Of  violets  from  thy  footsteps  grew, 

And  1  have  pressed  them  in  my  hand. 

I  was  so  deaf  1  did  not  hear 
Thy  voice,  beloved,  steal  through  my  i 
Answering  my  prayer  in  singing  strear 

As  summer  ia  thyself  drew  near. 

I  was  so  blind  I  did  not  see 
Thy  face,  beloved,  till  violets  sweet 
Parted  the  moss  to  kiss  nay  feet, 

And  nlispered,  "  This  si nicelb  thee." 


CN  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.-No.  15. 

BY  S.  N.  MCCANN. 

From  Jerusalem  to   Hebron —Valley   of  Glhon —  Hill  of 

Evil   Counsel  —  Plain  of   Rephaim  —  Mar  tllaj— 

Kacrel'a   Tcnab  —  Beit-Jala  or   Zelzah  — 

Solomon's  Pools  —  Valley  of  Esh- 

col— Abram's  Oak— Hebron. 

Passing  around  on  the  west  side  of  Jerusalem,  we 
._"„.  .^.Toad  Tooth  across  the  Valley  of  Gih"n. 
leaving  the  lower  pool  of  Gibon  to  our  right.  We 
hear,  in  the  distant  past,  shouts  of  joy  ringing 
through  this  valley,  and  we  see  a  young  man, 
anointed  by  Zadok,  heading  a  noisy  procession,  as 
he  triumphantly  rides  King  Divid's  mule  up  into 
the  Holy  City.  This  young  man  is  Solomon,  and 
the  venerable  prophet  Nathan  is  by  his  side,  ac- 
companied by  David's  bOMy-guard,  and  followed  by 
a  great  throng  of  people,  piping  and  shouting  with 
joy  that  Solomon  is  King.     I  Kings  1:  32-40. 

Passing  on  we  leave  the  Hill  of  Evil  Counsel  to 
the  left.  This  hill  is  so  called  because  here  Caia- 
phas  is  said  to  have  consulted  with  the  Jews  how 
he  might  kill  Jesus.  To  our  right  we  notice  a  col- 
ony of  Germans.  We  are  soon  in  the  beautiful 
sloping  Plain  of  Rephaim.  2  Sam.  5:  17-25.  We 
see  the  Philistines  spreading  themselves  over  this 
plain  and  David  routing  them  by  help  of  the  Lord, 
and  they  rally  and  come  again.  This  time  the  Lord 
directed  David  not  to  go  up  against  them,  but  to  go 
around  behind  them,  and  wait  until  he  (the  Lord) 
would  go  before  to  smite  the  host. 

David  trusts  and  obeys  the  Lord  and  thus  com- 
pletely routs  his  enemies.  Will  the  Lord  ever  fail 
us  if  we  trust  and  obey  him? 

We  next  halt  at  the  Greek  Convent  of  Saint  Eli- 
jah. Here,  by  the  road-side,  is  a  large  smooth 
stone,  with  a  depression  about  as  large  as  a  man's 
body,  which  is  pointed  out  as  the  depression  that 
Elijah  made  by  sleeping  on  the  stone,  one  night,  as 
he  Bed  from  Jezebel.  This  is  only  one  of  the  many 
absurd  traditions  that  abounds  in  this  land,  so  full 
of  real  places  of  interest.  There  must  be  some 
chaff  where  there  is  so  much  wheat.  If  we  use 
wisdom,  we  can,  as  a  rule,  separate  the  wheat  from 
the  chaff,  even  in  matters  of  religion. 

Our  next  stop  is  at  Rachel's  tomb.  We  are  now 
about  five  miles  from  Jerusalem.  Here  Jacob  felt 
the  pangs  of  sorrow  that  only  those,  who  have  lost 
life's  choice  companion,  can  feel.  Here  little  Ben- 
jamin started  on  the  journey  of  life  without  a  moth- 
er to  soothe  bis  sorrows  and  mould  his  life,    We, 


who  have  had  kind  mothers  to  direct  and  help  us 
on  to  the  years  of  maturity,  can  only  parlialiy  real- 
ize the  loss  of  little  Benjamin.  We  can  but  faintly 
feci  the  deep  yearnings  of  Rachel's  heart  as  she  left 
her  little  boy  an  orphan  in  the  world.  Gen. 
35:  16-20. 

Nestling  in  the  hills,  just  west  of  here,  one  half 
mile,  is  the  village  Beit-Jala,  the  site  of  ancient 
Zelzah.  Here  Saul  spent  his  boyhood.  From  here 
he  went  out  in  search  of  his  father's  asses.  On  his 
n  he  stopped  here,  beside  Rachel's  tomb,  and 
received  the  news  that  the  asses  were  found  and  his 
father  was  in  search  of  him.  1  Sam.  9:  10  Here 
Saul's  bones  were  buried;  also  the  bones  of  Jona- 
than, his  son.  2  Sam.  24:  12-14.  Though  the  fa- 
ther and  son  differed  so  much  in  their  relation  to 
David,  though  the  one  was  his  greatest  foe,  and  the 
other  his  warmest  friend,  he  gives  them  both  a  re- 
spectful burial  in  their  old  family  buryingground. 
We  next  stop  and  see  the  workmen  repairing  and 
cleaning  the  upper  pool  of  Solomon.  These  three 
pools,  if  again  put  in  working  order,  will  mean  much 
for  Jerusalem's  prosperity, 

We  next  stop  at  the  oak  of  Abraham,  and  take 
our  lunch  here.  We  Ihink  of  the  meal  that  Abra- 
ham prepared  for  his  guests  at  an  oak  on  the 
plains  of  Mamre.  Perhaps  we  are  now  at  the  spot 
where  the  angels  met  him,  when  they  gave  him  the 
terrible  message  in  reference  to  Sodom.  Abraham's 
intercession,  in  behalf  of  these  cities,  only  helps  us 
to  understand  Gsd's  mercy  extended  to  even  the 
wicked,  for  the  sake  of  the  righteous.     Gen.  iS. 

About  two  miles  further  on  and  we  are  in  a  city 
of  refuge,  one  of  the  oldest  cities  in  the  world,  the 
city  that  contains  the  Cave  of  Machpelah,  and  hence 
the  grave  of  the  father  of  the  faithful  and  of  his  son 
and   grandson;  a'so  of  Sarah,  Rebekah  and  Leah. 

We  could  only  see  the  mosque  that  enclosed  the 
ashes  of  these  sacred  persons.  It  caus:s  a  strange 
feeling  to  pass  over  one,  when  he  walks  around  the 
grave  of  one  whose  life  has  touched  and  still  touch- 
es the  lives  of  men  and  women  for  good  and  for 
God,  as  the  life  of  Abraham  has  done,  and  still  is 
doing. 

We  realize,  as  we  walk  the  streets  of  this  old  city, 
that  here  David  reigned  for  over  seven  years,  that 
here,  by  the  side  of  a  large  pool,  perhaps  the  very 
one  by  which  we  now  stand,  David's  young  men 
bring  the  murderers  of  Ish  bosheth.    2  Sam.  4:  12. 

The  historical  associations  are  many,  in  connec- 
tion with  this  old  city,  and  the  rich  valley  in  which 
it  stands.  It  was  here  that  the  spies  found  the 
large  cluster  of  grapes  that  they  bore  off  between 
two  of  them.  Num.  13:23,24.  We  find  the  Mo- 
hammedan boys  here  are  frantic  and  seemingly  very 
impolite.  They  greeted  us  a  time  or  two  with 
a  shower  of  stones  and  the  title  "  Christian  dogs." 

LBARNINO  THE  TRUTH. 

BY    CHflS.    H.   BRUBAKER. 

f  any  man  will  do  his  will,  he  shall  know  of  the  doctrine, 
her  it  bs  of  God  or  whether  I  speak  of  myself." — John 


Truth  is  not  found  by  taking  what  we  conceive 
to  be  truth,  or  what  our  parents  believe,  and  con- 
forming it  with  the  Bible.  Truth  ia  not  what  one; 
believes,  else  the  Mormon,  the  Buddhist  or  the  Infi- 
del would  have  just  as  good  claims  to  the  truth  as 
any  one  else. 

As  an  astronomer,  looking  through  his  instrument 
at  the  terrestrial  bodies,  without  removing  the  cap, 
sees  nothing  but  the  cap;  so  every  one  looking 
through  his  intellect  at  the  Bible  doctrine,  without 
removing  his  pre-conceived  notions  about  it,  sees 
nothing  but  his  pre-conceived  notions.  A  man  who 
really  and  truly  wills  to  do  God's  will,  will  not  use 

e  "  spectacles  "  or  belief  of  any  one,  except  Christ, 

Another  thing  againstwhich  we  should  guard  is 
the  taking  of  "  part  truths,"  thinking  they  are  the 
whole  truth,  It  will  not  do  to  exaggerate  one 
truth  at  the  expense  of  the  others.  Falsehood  is 
not  only  the  absence  of  truth  but  the  over  or  under- 
coloring  of  truth.  So  truth  may  be  turned  into 
falsehood  by  exaggeration  or  by  diminishing,  and 
telling  or  practicing  it  for  the  entire  truth 

I  remember  reading  a  little  story  about  four  blind 
men  that  illustrates  my  thought  very  nicely. 

There  were  four  blind  men  who  thought  them- 
selves very  wise.  They  were  all  permitted  to  touch 
an  elephant.  Sometime  afterward  they  came  to- 
gether and  were  discussing  about  the  elephant. 
They  all  thought  they  knew  just  what  an  elephant 
was  like.  One  of  them  had  touched  its  tail  and  in 
describing  it  to  the  others  said,  "  The  elephant  is 
like  a  rope."  Another  of  the  blind  men,  who  had 
touched  its  hind  limb,  said,  "No  such  thing!  the 
elephant  is  like  the  trunk  of  a  tree."  Another  who 
had  felt  its  side,  said,  "  That  is  all  rubbish.  An  ele- 
phant is  like  a  wall."  The  fourth,  who  had  felt  its 
ear,  said,  "  You  are  all  wrong.  The  elephant  is 
like  a  leather  bag." 

Now,  that  is  just  about  the  way  men  look  at 
truth,  They  see  little  bits  of  it  and,  of  course,  see 
different  things.  They  see  individual  truths  and 
imagine  they  stand  for  the  whole  truth.  We  be- 
lieve, then,  that  we  should  not  search  till  we  find 
one  truth,  then  close  our  Bibles,  thinking  we  have  , 
all.  If  we  do,  we  are  blinder  than  the  four  blind 
men  in  the  illustration, 

We  should  not  forget  that  others  see  bits  of 
truth,  as  well  as  we,  and  the  truth  we  see  depends 
on  where  we  stand,  or  the  ground  we  survey.  -  Let 
us  remember,  then,  as  a  closing  thought,  if  we  are 
willing  to  do  His  will  we  will  confide  in  his  promises, 
take  Him  at  His  word,  and  do  His  bidding.  We 
shall  know  of  the  doctrine,  and  shall  eventually  be 
seated  with  Him  in  His  kingdom. 

Los  Angdtst  Cal. 


'MAY  THE  MASTER  COUNT  ON  YOU?' 


BY   R0SIE   S.   MYERS, 


7:17. 

The  text  docs  not  say  if  he  do  his  will,  but  if  he  is 
willing  or  has  a  will  to  do  his  will,  he  shall  know  of 
the  doctrine.  Only  those,  then,  who  are  willing  to 
learn,  only  those  who  are  seeking  after  the  Truth, 
shall  know  it. 

After  the  individual  has  gotten  his  mind  in  a 
state  of  willingness  to  obey,  he  is  on  the  true  road 
to  success.  While  he  may  not, — in  fact  can  not, — 
be  in  possession  of  all  the  truth  or  doctrine  at  once, 
he  has  started  on  a  plane  that  will  eventually  lead 
him  to  know  the  doctrine, 

No  sooner  has  he  entered  this  plane  until  he  com- 
mences to  search  the  Scriptures.  How  does  he  go 
about  this?  For  what  is  he  seeking?  Suppose  he 
was  naturally  inclined  toward  Methodism, 
probably,  would  look  through  the  Bible  to  see  if  it 
corresponds  with  the  Methodist  doctrine.  Perhaps 
his  father  and  mother  were  German  Baptists.  He 
looks  at  his  Bible  again  and  sees  if  it  conforms  with 
this  doctrine.  Is  he  searching  the  Scriptures  with 
the  right  motive  in  view?    We  think  not. 


neyard.' 


128. 


This  is  a  positive  command  to  every  one  of  us 
and  requires  present  obedience.  Why?  Because 
God  has  committed  a  great  and  important  work  in- 
to the  hands  of  his  people,  and  if  we  mean  to  do 
anything  for  our  souls,  and  those  of  others,  we 
ought  to  commence  at  once,  for  soon  "the  night 
cometh  when  no  man  can  work." 

All  around  are  souls  that  are  perishing  for  want 
of  the  "Bread  of  Life."  "Say  not  ye,  There  are 
yet  four  months,  and  then  cometh  harvest?  behold, 
I  say  unto  you,  Lift  up  your  eyes  and  look  on  the 
fields;  for  they  are  white  already  to  harvest,"  John 
4:  35- 

Who  is  ready  to  thrust  in  the  sickle  and  help  to 
gather  the  golden  grain?  O  that  all  who  may  chance 
to  read  these  lines  might  be  made  to  exclaim,  "  Lord, 
here  am  I;  use  me,"  "May  the  Master  count  on 
you"  for  faithful,  diligent  service  in  his  vineyard 
during  the  year  1S38? 

Will  we  all  more  fully  consecrate  ourselves  to 
labor  more  actively  and  earnestly  in  extending 
Christ's  kingdom?  Let  us  not  forget  the  solemn 
denunciation  that  is  pronounced  in  the  words, 
"  Woe  to  them  that  are  at  ease  in  Zion,"    Amos  6:1, 


THB  GOBPBL  MESSSITOER,. 


163 


Where,  ih;n,  would  you  have  the  Lord  to  enroll 
you?  With  those  who  are  only  chutc'j  members 
ia  name,  or  wilh  those  who  "  have  borne  the  burden 
and  heat  of  the  day? " 

Let  no  one  say  there  is  nothing  that  I  can  do, 
If  you  respond  to  this  Gospel  call,  the  Lord  will 
find  work  for  you  in  his  vineyard,  or  church,  to  suit 
the  ability  and  age  of  everyone.  He  demands  no 
impossibilities  of  us.  May  he,  then,  count  on  us  to 
do  what  we  can? 

"May  the  Mister  count  on  you,"  to  visit  the  sick, 
feed  the  hungry,  clothe  the  naked,  entertain  the 
stranger  and  go  to  those  that  are  in  prison?  He 
will  accept  it  as  a  personal  act.  "  Inasmuch  as  ye 
have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these,  my 
brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me."     Matt.  26: 40. 

From  across  the  "  deep  blue  sea"  comes  the  cry 
for  more  laborers  to  enlighten  those  who  sit  in 
heathen  darkness.  "  May  the  Master  count  on  you," 
my  brother,  you,  my  sister,  if  need  be,  to  sacrifice 
the  pleasure  of  your  horns  and  friends,  to  go  and 
teach  them  of  the  "  new  and  living  way  ?  "  Can 
those  of  us,  who  remain  at  home,  be  counted  upon 
to  furnish  the  means  to  those  who  go,  to  carry  for- 
ward this  noble  work? 

May  the  Master  count  on  all  of  us  to  be  more  ag- 
gressive in  every  phase  of  Christian  work,  in  the 
future?  What  may  he  expec'  of  you,  who  are  set 
apart  to  ''  labor  in  word  and  doctrine?"  Will  you 
study  more  to  become  workmen  approved  unto 
God,  that  need  not  to  be  ashamed?  Will  the  elders, 
who  are  to  be  "  examples  to  the  flack, "throw  their 
influence  on  the  right  side  of  every  good  cause? 
Will  they,  by  example,  encourage  their  members 
to  become  more  active  workers  in  the  Sunday 
school?  Will  they  witness  for  Christ  in  the  prayer 
and  young  people's  meetings,  and  every  place 
where  opportunity  presents  itself  ? 

What  a  grand  and  noble  work  might  be  accom 
plished  for  the  Lord,  during  the  closing  years  of  thi 
nineteenth  century,  if  all  would  put  their  shoulders 
to  the  wheel,  to  rescue  the  perishing! 

>  )     "  When  the  trumpet  sounds  to  battle 

,  With  the  strong  and  wily  foe, 

And  the  hosts  of  our  Immanuel 
To  the  earnest  conflict  go. 
"  Will  you  prove  that  you  are  loyal? 
Will  you  prove  that  you  are  true? 
For  devoted,  faithful  service, 
May  the  Master  count  on  you? 
"  May  he  connt  on  you,  my  brother? 
May  the  Master  count  en  jou, 
In  the  thickest  of  the  battle, 
To  be  faithful,  to  be  true?  " 
New  En'erpme,  Pa., 


WATER  BAPTISM. 


BY   NANCY   D.   UNDERHILL, 

Water  baptism  is  essential  to  salvation  from  sin. 
"  Except  a  man  be  born  of  water  and  of  the  Spirit, 
he  can  not  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God."  John 
3:  5.  "Jesus  Christ  the  same  yesterday,  today, 
and  forever."  He  never  changes.  The  Gospel  of 
eighteen  centuries  ago  is  the  Gospel  of  to-day. 
The  principles  he  established  then,  are  valid  now, 
and  will  be  as  long  as  the  world  stands.  He  says, 
''  Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away,  but  my  words 
shall  not  pass  away." 

Water  baptism  is  for  the  remission  of  sins. 
"  Then  Peter  said  unto  them,  Repent,  and  be  bap- 
tized, every  one  of  you,  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ, 
for  the  remission  of  sins,  and  ye  shall  receive  the 
gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost."     Acts  2:  38. 

Water  baptism  is  an  act  of  righteousness,  "And 
Jesus  answering  said  unto  him,  Suffer  it  to  be  so 
now,  for  thus  it  becometh  us  to  fulfil  all  righteous- 
ness." Matt.  3:  15.  Christ,  who  was  sinless,  set 
the  example  for  us,  by  being  baptized,  thus  show- 
ing obedience  in  all  things  to  be  becoming  to  the 
child  of  God.  Matt.  3:  13-15.  God  commended 
this  act  of  obedience  by  opening  the  heavens,  and 
sending  his  Spirit  in  visible  form,  like  a  dove,  upon 
Jesus,  and  by  audible  voice  acknowledging,  "This 
>s  my  beloved  Son,  in  whom  I  am  well  pleased," 
Matt.  3:  16,  17, 


Water  baptism  precedes  spiritual  baptism.  Matt, 
!:  16;  John  i:  5;  Acts  3:  38.  "When  the  apostles 
which  were  at  Jerusalem  heard  that  Samaria  had  re- 
ceived the  Word  of  God,  they  sent  unto  them  Peter 
and  John,  who,  when  they  were  come  down,  prayed 
for  them,  that  they  might  receive  the  Holy  Ghost, 
for  as  yet  he  was  fallen  upon  none  of  them:  only 
they  were  baptized  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 
Then  laid  they  their  hands  upon  them,  and  they  re- 
ceived the  Holy  Ghost."  Acts  8:  14-17;  also  Acts 
19:  5,  6.  There  was  one  exception  to  this  rule,— 
Acts  10:  44.  But  this  was  a  special  miracle,  per- 
formed to  convince  Peter,  and  the  other  Jewish 
Christians,  that  God  had  accepted  believing  Gen- 
tiles as  well  as  believing  Jews,  as  his  people,  and 
the  spiritual  baptism  was  in  this  case  immediately 
followed  by  obedience  in  water  baptism. 

Water  baptism  must  be  preceded  by  belief,  con- 
fession and  repentance.  ( It  is  the  acknowledgment 
of  faith  and  repentance.)  Matt.  3:  2,  5-S;  Mark 
16:  16;  Acts  2:  38  and  18:  37.  Those  who  can  not 
exercise  faith  and  repentance,  and  can  not  con- 
fess that  Christ  is  the  Son  of  God,  are  not  subjects 
for  baptism. 

Baptism  is  a  washing  by  which  we  are  cleansed 
from  our  sins.  "  Be  baptized  and  wash  away  thy 
sins,  calling  on  the  name  of  the  Lord."  Acts  '22: 
16.  We  can  not  wash  a  garment  by  sprinkling  a 
few  drops  of  water  upon  it.  But  to  make  it  pure 
and  white,  we  plunge  it  beneath  the  water  again 
and  again.  Baptism  in  the  water  is  typical  of  the 
cleaning  of  the  soul,— or  washing  away  of  our  sins 
in  the  blood  of  Christ. 

Water  baptism  is  a  symbol  of  death:  and  is  per- 
formed ■'  in  the  likeness  of  Christ's  death."  It  sig- 
nifies the  death  of  sin  or  carnality.  "Know  ye  not, 
that  so  rraay  of  us  as  were  baptized  into  Jesus 
Christ  were  baptized  into  his  death?  Therefore  we 
are  buried  with  him  by  baptism  into  death;  that 
like  as  Christ  was  raised  up  from  the  dead  by  the 
glory  of  the  Father,  even  so  we  also  should  walk  in 
newness  of  life.  For  if  we  have  been  planted  to- 
gether in  the  likeness  of  his  death,  we  shall  be  also 
in  the  likeness  of  his  resurrection,"  Rom.  6:  3-5. 
Jesus  "bowed  his  head  and  gave  up  the  ghost." 
John  19:  30.  So,  in  baptism  we  bow  the  head  and 
die  to  the  world.  The  head  can  not  be  bowed  back- 
ward, but  we  bow  forward,  hence  the  forward  ac- 
tion in  baptism.  But  some  say,  •'  Why  do  you 
kneel?"  Kneeling  is  an  act  of  humility,  and  we 
are  very  humble  in  repentance,  obedience,  and 
death.  Moreover,  Christ's  knees  were  bent  when 
he  hung  on  the  cross,  for  his  hands  and  his  feet 
were  pierced  with  the  nails.  To  place  the  soles  of 
the  feet  against  an  upright  cross,  would  require  the 
bending  of  the  knees. 

Water  baptism  is  a  burial.     Rom.  6:  4.     A  burial 
can  not  be  accomplished  by  sprinkling  a  few  drops 
of  water  or  a  few  grains  of  sand  upon  a  body.     To 
be  buried,  one  must  be  covered  up,  hidden  fro 
view,  immersed,  plunged  under. 

Water  baptism  is  a  planting.  Rom.  6:  5.  When 
we  plant  a  seed,  we  place  it  in  the  ground,  out  of 
sight,  and  cover  it  over,  and  it  dies,  and  a  new  life 
comes  forth.  Even  so  it  is  in  baptism.  The  old 
body  of  sin  is  buried  beneath  the  surface  of  the 
water,  and  dies,  so  to  speak,  and  we  come  forth 
new  creatures. 

Water  baptism  signifies  birth  and  resurrection. 
John  3:  5-7;  Rom.  4:  5.  In  birth  we  are  ushered  in- 
to this  life.  A  sprinkling  can  not  represent  a  birth. 
In  resurrection  we  come  forth  from  the  grave.  A 
sprinkling  or  pouring  can  not  represent  a  resurrec- 
tion. In  baptism  we  go  down  into  the  water,  and 
come  up  out  of  the  water.  Matt.  3:  16.  "And 
they  went  down  both  into  the  water,  both  Philip 
and  the  eunuch:  and  he  baptized  him.  And  when 
they  were  come  up  out  of  the  water."  Acts  S:  38- 
But  some  say,  "  They  might  have  stood  ankle 
deep  in  the  edge  of  the  water  and  then  received 
the  baptism  by  means  of  sprinkling  or  pouring." 
That  would  not  be  a  burial,  a  birth,  a  planting  or  a 
resurrection,  all  of  which  baptism  signifies. 

Water  baptism  is  a  triune  action.  The  word 
"  baptism,"  in  the  original,  signifies  repeated  action. 
Triune  immersion  is  the  only  baptism  of  the  primi- 


tive church,  It  is  commanded  in  the  commission 
which  stays,  "  Go  ye  therefore,  and  teach  all  nations, 
baptising  them  Into  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of 
the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost."  When  the  com- 
mission was  given,  God  was  in  heaven,  Christ  upon 
earth,  and  the  Holy  Spirit  had  not  yet  come.  The 
conjunction  "  and,"  which  means  "  also,"  is  repeat- 
ed. The  preposition  "of,"  which  connects  the 
word  "  name,"  with  each  separate  person  of  the 
Trinity,  is  also  repeated,  hence  the  antecedent 
"baptizing"  (which,  in  itself,  as  shown  in  the 
Greek,  signifies  repeated  action),  can  not  be  con- 
sidered in  any  other  sense  than  one  of  repetition. 
If  the  act  was  not  to  be  repeated,  then  the  con- 
junction "  and,"  and  the  preposition  "  of  "  would 
not  be  repeated,  but  if  repetition  is  not  intended, 
then  the  language  is  not  proper.  These  are 
Christ's  words,  and  his  words  are  truth;  they  are 
spirit,  and  they  are  life,  If  we  ask  a  child  to  bring 
water  into  the  bath-room,  and  into  the  dining  room, 
and  into  the  kitchen,  it  cannot  obey  without  enter- 
ing each  separate  room,  although  it  may  enter  the 
house  but  once.  Even  so.  in  baptism,  we  can  not 
obey  Christ  unless  we  once  enter  the  stream,  and 
there  are  baptized  into  the  name  of  the  Father,  and 
into  the  name  of  the  Son,  and  into  the  name  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.  This  constitutes  the  "  om  ia/t'sm  "  of 
the  Scripture  (Eph.  4:  5),  and  we  come  forth  from 
the  water  once,  signifying  one  resurrection,  which 
shall  be  unto  life  eternal.  "There  are  three  that 
bear  record  in  heaven;  ,  .  .  and  these  three  are 
one,"  I  John  5:  7.  So  the  triune  Godhead  is  ac- 
knowledged in  triune  immersion. — three  acts  in  one, 
— three  immersions — but  one  baptism. 

By  water  baptism  we  signify  our  allegiance  to 
God  the  Father,  as  children  to  their  parents,  and  to 
Christ  the  Son,  as  servants  to  our  Master,  and 
brethren  to  our  Elder  Brother  and  to  tke  Holy 
Ghost,  as  disciples,  followers,  pupils  and  friends  to 
our  Divine  Head,  Leader,  Helper,  Comforter  and 
Guide.  Thus,  in  baptism,  we  enter  the  family  of 
God  as  children  and  heirs,  the  kingdom  of  God  and 
of  Christ  as  subjects  and  citizens,  and  tbe-fr.'.iiBiiy 
of  the  saints  as  sisters  and  brethren,  Blessed  re- 
lation! "  Whosoever  shall  do  the  will  of  my  Fa- 
ther which  is  in  heaven,  the  same  is  my  brother, 
and  sister,  and  mother." 

Canon  City,  Colo, 


AN  EDUCATED  ELDERSHIP. 
BY    M.    H.   ESHELMAN. 

It  is  not  a  hard  matter  to  turn  about  and  look 
back  and  see  where  men  missed  the  Gospel  mark, 
to  point  out  where  this  one  limped  a  little,  and  that 
one  leaned  over  somewhat  in  the  wrong  direction, 
and  might  have  done  better.  It  is  one  thing  to 
scan  the  life  of  an  Eld.  Kline  or  Rittenhouse,  and 
observe  how  they  were  a  little  short  in  preciseness, 
and  quite  another  thing  to  go  over  their  lives  and 
learn  how  not  to  get  out  of  the  wise  way;  to  look 
forward  a  little  and  perceive  lo  do  and  direct  wise- 
ly. No  great  abilitirs  are  required  to  discover 
where  an  elder  slipped  a  little  or  erred  in  judgment, 
or  showed  slight  lameness;  but  to  show  a  better 
pattern  or  set  up  in  life  a  finer  example,  or  rulings 
without  a  trace  of  wrinkles,  is  quite  another  thing. 

The  army  of  destructive  critics  is  always  fully  re- 
cruited, while  the  ranks  of  constructive  stricturists 
stay  scant.  Surely  it  is  one  thing  to  follow  a  form 
of  government;  to  depend  upon  one's  own  judg- 
ment; to  tell  what  is  thought,  to  express  an  opin- 
ion, but  to  knonj  what  the  Lord  says  in  a  given 
matter,  what  Gospel  government  is,  what  God  has 
thought  and  put  in  sound  words,  is,  indeed,  another 
thing. 

As  a  people  who  believe  the  eternal  Truth,  which 
leads  to  eternal  salvation, — who  do  not  believe  and 
accept  a  theory  of  truth,  but  the  Truth  itself,  the 
whole  Truth  and  no  more  than  the  Truth, — we  do 
not  want  to  encourage  a  mere  form  of  Truth,  nor 
something  nearly  like  the  Truth,  but  the  "glorious 
Gospel,"  wholly  unreservedly. 

Like  our  fathers,  who  stood  at  the  head  of  the 
great  reformatory  movement  In  the  ushering  in  of 


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THE  GOSPEL  MESSENGER. 


March  12,  1 8 


the  first  Christian  century,  wo  want  to  abhor  opin- 
ions, speculative  philosophy  and  mere  theories 
about  the  new  way,  and  proclaim  the  Gcspel  "with 
the  Holy  Ghost  sent  down  from  heaven."  1  Pet. 
i:  i-J. 

This  indestructible  Gospel,  originated  in  heaven 
(John  6:  38;  17:  8)  must,  as  in  times  vanished,  be 
the  one,  clear,  precious  text-book  for  the  educating 
of  the  eldership.  In  directing  the  affairs  of  th< 
church,  the  orders  from  heaven  are  not  to  lean  on 
each  other's  opinions;  not  to  make  the  association 
and  fellowship  of  any  member  hinge  on  what  may 
be  supposed  to  be  in  the  Gospel,  but  to  direct  in- 
to the  principles  found  only  in  the  Gospel.  Nar  is 
it  needful  to  hunt  about  to  find  what  is  said  about 
the  new  institution,  and  stretch  those  sayings  to 
hide  departures  from  the  simplicity  of  Christ.  2 
Cor.  1:  12. 

Much  has  been  said  and  written  concerning  "an 
educated  ministry."  Let  us  turn  attention  to  an 
educated  eldership.  We  do  not  mean  a  backward 
education;  not  knowing  more  and  doing  less;  not  a 
higher  respect  for  earth  culture  and  a  lower  regard 
for  spiritual  purity;  but  a  retention  of  all  the  good 
which  characterized  the  past  eldership,  all  the 
graces  and  perfections  in  the  present  eldership,  not 
because  they  have  been  and  are,  but  because  they 
originated  in  heaven,  and  were  sent  to  earth  by 
Deity  himself.  But  the  coming  eldership  must  dig 
from  the  Gospel  the  undug  wisdom  to  meet  the 
new  conditions,  new  circumstances,  new  environ- 
ments. The  Mock  has  been  kept  together  remarka- 
bly well  by  the  past  and  present  eldership;  the  feed- 
ing has  been  done  in  a  commendable  manner,  con- 
sidering the  multiplicity  of  the  devil's  tricks  to 
scatter  the  (lock;  but  a  transition  into  new  condi- 
tions is  surely  taking  place,  hence  the  need  of  an 
educated  eldership,  to  meet  these  conditions,  just 
as  the  eldership  was  formerly  educated  to  meet  the 
conditions  of  their  day  and  time. 

The  multiplicity  of  schools,  and  the  unchecked 
and  uncheckable  thirst  for  knowledge  and  culture 
is  producing  a  very  different  class  of  mental  beings 
from  those  who  were  directed  by  the  past  eldership. 
The  acuted  minds  require  sagacious  directing.  In- 
tensified light  intensifies  Satan;  hence  the  dangers 
to  the  saints  are  increased,  and  the  coming  elder- 
ship must  recognize  this  truth  and  prepare  to  meet 
the  shrewdness  of  the  enemy.  Old  evils  under 
new  forms,  having  new  names,  hard  to  discern  from 
the  heavenly,  are  ever  appearing,  and  must  be  met. 

As  in  the  past,  so  must  the  coming  eldership 
"  take  heed  "  unto  itself  first.  This  will  give  ex- 
perience in  its  own  heart.  Next  the  elder  must 
take  heed  to  all  the  flock  over  which  the  Holy  Ghost 
has  made  him  an  overseer  "to  feed  the  church  of 
God."  Acts  20:  2S.  It  is  one  thing  to  feed  the 
church,  and  quite  another  thing  to  be  so  indifferent 
as  to  starve  the  flock.  The  injunction  is  not  to 
throw  the  feed  upon  the  table  and  then  run  out  and 
away,  not  knowing  whether  the  flock  eats  or  not, 
but  to  feed, — to  do  this  willingly,  not  for  base  gain, 
but  readily.  1  Pet.  5:  2.  They  are  to  do  it  not  as 
lords,  not  as  tyrants,  but  as  patterns  to  the  flock, 
feeding,  watching,  nourishing. 

The  coming  eldership  must  take  into  considera- 
tion the  basic  principle, — the  organization  of  the 
various  talents  in  the  church,  so  that  none  shall  be 
dwarfed  by  inaction.  Titus  3:  14.  This  is  the  ba- 
sis of  the  best  government  in  the  family,  in  the 
school,  in  the  church,  in  the  nation.  It  is  the  idler 
or  the  unemployed  in  "good  works,"  who  sets  in 
•motion  rigid  restraints;  and  from  these  many  who 
are  active  frequently  suffer. 

In  our  next  we  shall  endeavor  to  point  out  what 
the  approaching  eldership  will  recognize,  and  some 
methods  of  feeding  the  flock. 

Colton,  Cah 


BY  JOHN   W.   ROYER. 

Of  the  Old  Testament  characters,  whose  lives 
manifestly  pointed  to  Christ  in  their  typical  outline 
and  intent,  there  is  none  which  more  beautifully  ex- 
presses the  priceless  blessing  and  compensation  of 


affliction  than  that  of  Joseph.  It  is  impossible  to 
read  the  narrative  without  realizing  that  God  does 
permit  great  sufferings  and  wrong  for  his  ultimate 
purposes  of  mercy, — that,  insooth, 

"  There  19  some  EonI  of  goodness  in  things  evil, 
Would  men  observantly  distill  it  out." 

Nor  could  we  analyze  that  wonderful  career  with- 
out feeling  anew  the  sweet  uses  of  adversity.  The 
secret  of  Joseph's  success  lay  in  his  patient  dispo- 
sition. To  be  patient  in  tribulation,  to  bear  all 
things  without  murmuring,  is  a  Christ  like  attain- 
ment. It  is  the  very  flower  and  perfume  of  Chris- 
tian philosophy.  The  natural  man  can  not  compre- 
hend it,  and  comparatively  few,  professing  Godli 
ness,  ever  attain  unto  it,  yet  God  has  raised  up 
faithful  ones  in  every  age  to  exemplify  the  power 
of  this  divine  philosophy, — Abraham,  Isaac,  Jacob, 
Moses,  etc. 

The  history  of  Joseph,  as  of  every  man,  has  two 
sides, — its  outward  circumstances  and  its  inner  life. 
The  outward  circumstances  were  checkered  with 
misfortune.  Severed  from  home  in  very  early  life, 
sold  into  slavery,  cast  into  prison, — at  first  grief 
seemed  to  have  marked  him  for  her  own,  and  this 
is  human  life.  Part  of  its  lot  is  misery.  Yet  God 
was  with  Joseph,  Let  no  Christian  say,  when  trials 
and  calamities  befall  him,  that  God  has  withdrawn 
from  him.  This  may  only  be  His  method  of  quali- 
fying him  for  greater  usefulness,  as  in  Joseph's 
case. 

There  are  two  inadequate  ways  of  accounting  for 
this  mysterious  power  of  sorrow, — one,  originating 
in  a  zeal  for  God's  justice,  represents  it  as  invari- 
ably the  chastisement  of  sin,  or,  at  the  least,  as  cor- 
rection of  fault,  but  plainly  it  is  not  always  such. 
Joseph's  griefs  were  the  consequences,  not  of  fault, 
but  of  rectitude.  The  integrity  which,  on  some  un- 
known occasion,  made  it  his  duty  to  carry  his  breth- 
ren's "  evil  report  "  to  their  father  was  the  cause  of 
his  slavery.  The  putity  of  his  life  was  the  source 
of  his  imprisonment. 

Another  theory,  created  by  zeal  for  God's  love, 
represents  sorrow  as  the  exception,  and  happiness 
as  the  rule  of  life.  We  are  made  for  enjoyment,  it 
is  said,  and  on  the  whole  there  is  more  enjoyment 
than  wretchedness.  The  common  idea  of  love  be- 
ing that  which  identifies  it  with  a  simple  wish  to 
confer  happiness,  no  wonder  that  feeble  attempt  is 
made  to  vindicate  God  by  a  reduction  of  the  ap- 
parent amount  of  pain,  Eternal  love  gives  to  pain- 
lessness a  very  subordinate  place,  in  comparison 
with  excellence  of  character,  It  dees  not  hesitate 
to  secure  man's  spiritual  dignity  at  the  expense  of 
the  sacrifice  of  his  well-beiug.  The  truest  idea  of 
this  mysterious  power  seems  to  be,  that  it  is  intend- 
ed for  the  development  of  the  soul's  life,  for  which 
pain  and  sorrow  are  indispensable.  It  is  the  law  of 
of  our  humanity,  as  that  of  Christ,  that  we  must 
be  perfected  through  suffering. 

The  spirit  of  forgiveness  is  one  characteristic  of 
Joseph's  make-up,  that  places  him  pre-eminent  in 
the  scale  of  human  perfection,  for  it  had  in  it  that 
degree  of  true  nobility,  desiring  penitence  for  the 
wrong-doing  before  the  forgiveness  could  be  genu- 
ine. We  notice  the  error  in  the  petition  of  Joseph's 
brethren,  which  is  our  error  towards  God.  Like 
them,  we  impute  to  God  our  own  vindictive  feel- 
ings, and,  like  them,  we  pray  a  prayer  which  is,  in 
itself,  an  insult  or  absurd.  We  think  that  sin  an  in- 
jury, a  personal  affront,  instead  of  a  contradiction 
of  our  own  nature,  a  departure  from  the  Divine 
harmony,  consequently  we  expect  that  God  resents 
it.  Our  vindictive  feelings  we  impute  to  God,  We 
would  revenge,  therefore  we  think  he  would,  and 
then,  in  this  spirit,  "  Forgive  us,"  means  "  Forego 
thy  vengeancel  Do  not  retaliate!  I  have  injured 
Thee;  but  lo,  I  apologize,  I  lie  in  the  dust.  Bear  no 
malice,  indulge  no  rancor,  O  God!  " 

This  is  the  heathen's  prayer  which,  if  not  careful, 
we  may  offer  up  to  God.  And  just  as  unavailing  as 
their  abject  humiliation  was  before  Joseph,  will 
ours  be,  before  God.  Think  you  that  God,  if  re- 
vengeful, can  bs  bought  off,  by  rolling  in  the  dust, 
by  unmanly  cries,  by  coaxing  or  flattery?  God's 
forgiveness  is  the  regeneration  of  our  nature,  God 
cannot  avert  the  consequences  of  our  sin.    We  can 


only  redeem  the  past  by  alteration  of  the  present. 
Joseph's  forgiveness  was  shown  by  his  renunciation 
of  the  office  of  avenger,  "Am  I  in  the  place  of 
God?"  What  a  beautiful  example  we  have  in  Jo- 
seph's forgiveness!  This  may  be  made  to  convey  a 
Christian  or  a  heathen  sense, — just  as  we  read  it. 
It  might  read, "  I  will  not  avenge,  because  God  will. 
If  God  did  not,  I  would,  But,  certain,  God  will 
do  it.  I  can  wait;  I  will  watch  the  reverse  of  for- 
tune, the  progress  of  disease,  failing,  grief,  loss. 
Then  I  will  exult  and  say,  '  I  know  it;  but  my  hand 
was  not  on  him;  God  has  revenged  me  better  than 
I  could  myself,'  " 

Too  much  of  this  style  of  forgiveness  comes  un- 
der the  head  of  Christian  forgiveness.  Such  was 
not  Joseph's  forgiveness.  Through  suffering,  Jo- 
seph attained  this  high  type  of  Christian  life  and 
example,  Through  what  untold  agonies  have  not 
some  of  God's  faithful  ones  been  moulded  and  mel- 
lowed from  acrid  self-sufficiency  into  the  beaute- 
ous symmetry  of  Christian  loveliness!  So,  when 
the  rod  of  affliction  is  laid  upon  us,  let  us  not  mur- 
mur; it  may  be  the  Omnipotent  Hand  gently  apply- 
ing abrasion  to  develop  higher  Christian  excel- 
lence. 

York,  Pa,  _ 

ORAY  HAIRS. 

BY   D.    F,    LANDIS, 


11  Gray  hairs  are  here  and  there 
t."— Hosea8:g. 


ipon  him,  yet  he  kcoiveth 


Gray  hairs  are  a  sign  of  weakness  in  the  body. 
They  appear  when  the  person  arrives  at  old  age,  or 
when  the  individual  has  much  exerted  himself. 
The  cause,  in  this  particular  case,  was  that  Ephra- 
m's  goodness  had  been  as  a  morning  cloud,  or  as 
an  early  dew, — it  had  passed  away.  "  He  had  trans- 
gressed the  covenant."  Hosea  6:  7,  He  was  full 
of  iniquity  and  wickedness.  He  stretched  out  his 
hand  with  scorners. 

For  our  present  purpose  this  means  to  me  that 
we  may  have  gray  hairs  and  know  it  not.  It  rr»y 
mean  a  lack  of  virtue.  We  repent  of  our  sins  and  ( 
accept  Christ  and  are  baptized  into  his  church, 
We  have  begun  a  new  life  in  Christ  Jesus;  but,  after 
we  have  professed  to  be  meek  followers  of  the  Just 
for  a  series  of  year?,  we  have  not  grown  in  virtue. 
What  is  ailing?  Have  we  gray  hairs  and  know  it 
not? 

We  must  add  to  our  "  faith,  virtue,"  2  Pet,  1:  5,  if 
we  desire  that  our  good  be  not  as  a  morning  cloud. 
It  may  mean  alack  of  godliness.  Godliness  is  an 
attribute  of  God,  which  is  thought  apart  from  the 
object  in  which  it  originated  and  is  presented  to  us 
for  our  betterment.  We  may  attain  to  it  if  we  aim  at 
the  proper  ideal  and  strive  constantly  toward  it, 
"Seek  and  ye  shall  find,"  Matt.  7:  7.  Too  many 
people  are  putting  their  trust  in  the  godliness  of 
their  parents,  or  of  their  friends,  or  in  peace  of  con- 
science which  began  years  ago  in  some  place  far 
from  where  they  now  live,  but,  my  friend,  if  you 
have  not  been  making  a  growth  in  godliness,  you 
have  gray  hairs  and  know  it  not.  The  person  in 
whom  the  Father  can  look  and  see  the  Son,  has  not 
gray  hairs  in  the  sense  that  I  am  now  using  the 
phrase, 

We  may  have  gray  hairs  and  know  it  not  when 
our  *' brotherly  kindness  is  exposed  to  the  light  of 
the  sun."  There  are  many  opportunities  for  us  to 
show  our  "  brotherly  kindness."  Here  is  a  young 
person  who  has  just  entered  the  fold.  Do  we  treat 
him  as  it  becometh  a  child  of  God?  Are  we  care- 
ful of -our  actions  and  conversation?  I  feel  that 
one  of  the  great  needs  of  a  great  number  of  the 
sons  and  daughters  of  men  is  to  cultivate  a  large 
growth  of  brotherly  kindness,  and  by  so  doing  the 
signs  of  decay,  or  death,  may  be  transformed  into 
golden  locks  which  will  never  become  gray. 

It  seems  to  me  that  we  might  enlarge,  upon  this 
and  obtain  a  splendid  lesson  for  each  of  us.  We 
can  so  live  that  we  shall  not  have  gray  hairs,  as  did 
Ephraim  of  old,  but  that  our  bodies  may  be  cover- 
ed with  honor  and  glory, 
Carroll,  Ind, 


THIS   GOSPEL  MESSElsTGOEIR,. 


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->THE  t  SUNDAY  *  SCHOOLS 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 
John  the  Baptist  Beheaded— Matt   14:  1-12. 

Lesson  Jar  March  to,  iSgS. 

In  th's  lesson  we  are  taught  several  important 
truths  that  it  will  be  well  for  us  to  look  at  carefully, 
so  that  if  they  should  come  to  us,  we  may  not  be 
disappointed  as  if  some  strange  thing  had  hap- 
pened, The  first  one  is  that  our  being  good  does 
not  always  secure  us  from  the  evil  machinations  of 
the  wickec'. 

John  the  Baptist  was  chosen  of  God,  and  a  good 
man.  In  his  short  but  eventful  life  we  do  not  have 
a  single  charge  brought  against  him  He  did  his 
work  well  and  filled  his  mission  faithfully,  and  be- 
cause he  swerved  not  from  duly,  in  warning  the 
wicked  of  their  sins,  he  was  cast  into  prison,  and 
finally  beheaded, 

Connected  with  the  narrative  three  others  are 
named,  forming  a  trio  in  wickedness, — Herod,  his 
wife,  and  daughter.  How  the  Baptist  came  in  con- 
tact with  this  family,  we  are  not  told,  but  this  we 
know,  that  he  was  faithful  in  speaking  against  im- 
morality, wherever  he  saw  it,  independent  of  re- 
sults. 

This  was  sin  in  high,  places,  and  he  showed  his 
disapprobation  of  it  by  telling  Herod  that  it  was 
not  lawful  for  him  to  have  his  brother  Philip's  wife. 
This  was  an  offense  to  Herod,  as  it  geneia!ly  is  for 
men,  to  be  told  of  their  sins.  Bit  the  offense  was 
felt  more  deeply  by  the  wife,  as  she,  no  doubt,  was 
the  chief  actor  in  the  crime,  and,  because  of  this, 
felt  the  reproof  more  keenly.  This  shows  very 
plainly  the  downward  course  of  sin.  One  step  in 
the  wrong  direction  always  requires  several  more  to 
cover  it  up.  She  knew  that  she  was  leading  a  sin- 
ful lif?,  but  she  took  the  wrong  course  to  make  the 
wrong  right.  Instead  of  turning  away  from  hfr 
sins,  she  cried  to  hide  them  by  getting  her  accuser 
oup  of  the  way.  John  stood  well  in  the  eyes  of  the 
people,  ''because  they  counted  him  a  prophet." 
Therefore,  to  get  him  out  of  the  way,  it  was  neces- 
sary to  form  some  kind  of  plot,  and  this  she  suc- 
ceeded in  doing  by  having  her  daughter  dance  be- 
fore the  King.  She  knew  the  fickleness  and  vani- 
ty of  the  King,  and  surmised  the- proposition  that 
he  would  make,  providing  the  daughter  would 
please  him,  because  the  plot  was  laid  and  the  re- 
quest determined,  on  the  part  of  ths  mother,  before 
the  daughter  appeared  in  the  presence  of  the  King. 
She  being  before  instructed  of  the  mother,  said, 
"  Give  me  here  John  Baptist's  head  in  a  charger." 

It  was  a  terrible  request  to  be  made  by  a  young 
girl,  and  gives  an  insight  into  a  life  that  is  devel- 
oped by  such  surroundings  and  teachings.  The 
gaities  of  dancing  and  its  attending  influences  do 
not  give  tenderness  of  heart  that  can  be  touched  by 
human  suffering. 

This  biings  us  to  our  second  thought, — the  dan- 
gers of  wrong  teaching  on  the  part  of  mothers. 
Here  was  a  young  girl,  brought  up  in  the  height  of 
fashion  and  the  pleasures  of  sin.  Her  better  nature 
was  perhaps  never  touched.  D:ad  to  the  tender- 
ness and  sympathies  of  the  female  character,  she 
was  a  ready  and  effective  tool  fo  carry  out  the  sin- 
ful projects  of  her  mother,  Think  of  the  hardness 
of  the  heart  that  could  not  only  consent  to  the 
wicked  device  of  the  mother,  but,  with  bold  e  ffrdnt- 
ery,  make  the  request,  and,  after  the  wicked  plot 
was  consummated,  actually  carry  the  bleeding  head 
of  the  innocent  man  to  his  father!  This  shows  a 
developed  hardness  of  heart  on  the  part  of  the 
daughter,  and  that,  through  her  teaching,  she  was 
dead  to  the  finer  and  more  tender  feelings  that  be- 
long to  her  sex.  History  does  not  give  us  the  fu- 
ture of  this  young  girl,  but  sad,  sad  indeed  must 
her  life  have  been,  It  was  unwomanly  to  be  cruel, 
And  yet  the  world  has  been  cursed  with  too  many 
such  women  and  mothers.  Could  we  follow  their 
early  training,  we  would  find  it  to  be  after  the  kind 
given  by  Herod's  wife. 

There  are  many  ways  of  developing  the  cruel 
spirit  in  the  minds  and  hearts  of  children.    To  en- 


courage or  allow  cruelty  towards  dogs,  cats,  horses, 
or  dumb  animals  of  any  kind,  is  to  develop  th;"s 
spirit,  and  too  much  of  this  kind  of  abnormal  spoit 
is  allowed  and  suffered  by  mothers. 

We  have  seen  the  outgrowth  of  it  in  the  lives  of 
children.  Near  by  our  home  is  an  electric  street 
lamp.  During  the  summer  evenings  could  be  seen 
a  number  of  boys  watching  around  to  kill  the  toads 
that  were  attracted  there  by  the  light.  They  did 
this  for  sport,  and  seemed  to  enjoy  it,  They  got 
the  sport  and  enjoyment  by  causing  pain  and  death 
to  these  harmless  little  creatures  that  God  has 
made  for  a  wise  and  beneScent  purpose.  These 
same  boys  get  enjoyment  from  stoning  dogs  to 
hear  them  howl,  and  clubbing  horses  and  cows,  to 
see  them  run.  The  whole  thing  tends  to  cruelty  in 
the  hearts  and  lives  of  children,  and  also  leads  to 
wickedness  and  crimes  of  greater  degrees. 

It  is  all  so  different  from  the  loving  and  sympa- 
thetic spirit  of  Jesus,  that  our  teaching  along  this 
line  should  be  pointed  and  most  careful. 

As  we  read  this  sad  narrative,  our  sympathies 
naturally  go  out  towards  the  one  that  was  impris- 
oned and  beheaded.  But  the  three  guilty  parties 
who  were  accessory  to,  and  schemed  his  death,  are 
a  thousand  times  more  to  be  pitied  than  he.  What 
we  ought  to  do  is  to  teach  the  children  the  way 
that  leads  to  the  better  life,— the  life  that  is  loving, 
tender,  and  merciful.  "  Blessed  are  the  merciful, 
for  they  sha'l  obtain  mercy."  It  is  this  blessed 
spirit  of  the  Master  that  makes  the  world  happier 
and  better,  and  prepares  for  the  true  life  beyond 
"  Teach  these  things,"  h    b.  b. 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES, 


BV   JOSN   R.   SNYDER. 


No.  3.— The  Teacher. 

In  all  organizations  there  are  important  pla 
some  that  are  mite  important,  and  again  others 
that  are  most  important.  In  the  latter  class  we 
would  place  the  Sunday  school  teacher.  We  are 
pressed  with  the  thought  that  the  work  required  of 
a  Sunday  school  teacher  is  as  important  in  the 
church  as  that  of  the  ministry.  In  view  of  this 
consideration,  there  are  certain  qualifications,  neces- 
sary for  a  successful  teacher. 

First  of  all  he  must  be  a  Christian,  not  only  for 
an  hour  on  Sunday,  while  before  his  class,  but  sev 
en  days  of  the  w;ek.  He  should  be  a  Christian  in 
experience,  so  that  he  may  impart  to  those  under 
his  care  the  vi'al  truths  which  are  so  necessary  tc 
soul  growth,  and  which  can  come  oily  from  an  ex- 
perimental knowledge  of  God's  supreme  love. 

He  must  believe  what  he  teaches.  He  must  ex 
ercise  a  living  faith  in  the  truths  he  presents  to  his 
class.  He  must  believe  that  the  Gospel  he  teaches 
is  the  "  power  of  God  unto  salvation,"  and  that  it 
to  this  end  he  is  teaching.  To  present  these  facts 
to  a  class  he  must  believe  them  himself.  To  teach 
them  and  not  practice  them,  would  be  a  base  mock 
cry,  and  God  will  not  bless  such  unconsecrated 
work.  L't  our  Sunday  schools  once  be  supplied 
with  spirit  filled  teachers,  and  the  future  of  the 
church  is  safe. 

He  should  be  apt  to  teach-  There  are  many  con- 
secrated followers  of  the  Teacher  of  Nazareth  who 
are  not  fully  qualified  to  teach  a  Sunday  school 
class,  God  has  so  diversified  our  gifts  that  there 
are  those  who  hive  a  special  talent  suited  for  these 
requirements,  and  in  selecting  workers  for  your 
Sunday  school  you  should  see  that  those  are  put  to 
work  who  are  especially  adapted  for  that  work  and 
classify  them,  One  who  would  be  a  splendid  Bible 
class  teacher,  perhaps,  would  be  an  utter  failure  in 
the  primary  department  and  vice  vtrsa.  Special 
care,  indeed,  should  be  taken  in  selecting  teachers 
for  the  young  people's  class.  If  ever  a  concentra- 
tion is  needed  it  is  in  their  class. 

A  teacher  should  not  be  a  lecturer,  but  he  should 
bean  expert  q  testioner.  Questioning  is  an  art  and 
cin  be  found  only  in  those  who  have  developed  it 
by  careful  work.  Of  course,  any  one  can  ask  ques- 
tions, but  the  questions  a  teacher  should  ask  are 
thoae  which  will  "draw  out"  the  lesions  from  the 


pupil.  Do  not  ask  "  point  blank  "  questions  which 
can  be  answered  by  a  simple  "  yes  "  or  "  no."  Do 
not  lecture  unless  you  have  a  lesson  that  can  be 
e  forcibly  impressed  in  that  way,  and  such  les- 
sons are  rare. 

Above  all  a  teacher  should  "study  to  show" 
himself  "  approved  unto  God,  a  workman  that  need- 
eth  not  to  be  ashamed,  rightly  dividing  the  word  of 
truth."  2  Tim.  2:15.  He  should  avail  himself  of 
all  the  helps  possible,  and  in  t^is  day  of  cheap  liter- 
ature he  has  a  wonderful  opportunity  of  preparing 
himself  for  his  work,  unknown  to  our  fathers  before 
us.  But  do  not  forget  the  Bible.  It  is  the  text 
book.  Other  literature  is  a  mere  help  and  as  such 
should  be  used  and  never  taken  to  the  class,  to  be 
used  in  place  of  the  Bible. 

And  now,  in  conclusion,  keep  a  firm  hold  on  God, 
Djn't  let  the  holy  fire  go  out.  Some  may  say  wc 
have  placed  the  standard  high.  Brother,  it  is  a 
high  work.  There  is  nons  higher  than  that  of 
bringing  souls  to  Christ.  But,  again,  "  Who  is  suf- 
ficient for  these  things?"  Listenl  "  Without  meje 
can  do  nothing."  "  We  can  do  all  things  through 
Christ,"  and,  again,  "Whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  in 
my  name,  that  will  I  do.'' 
Belief  ntaine,  Ohio, 


SERMON    OUTLINE. 

KEBPINO  BACK  PART  OF  THE  PRICE. 

ItV    j.    F.    DIET?. 

"  Why  bath  Satan  filled  thine  heart  to  lie  to  the  Holy  Ghost, 
ni  to  keep  back  pirt  of  the  price  of  the  land?"— Acts  5:  3. 
I.  Notice  first  ih;  boldness  of  Peter  in  asking  this  <inestion. 
I.  Peter,  that  dashing  and  daring  disciple,    (a)  In  con- 


II.  Lesson  application  to  us. 

1.  We  must  show  our  boldness  for  Christ,  (a)  In  be- 
lieving in  bim.  {h)  In  confessing  him.  (c)  In  stand- 
ing up  for  him,  (</)  But  may  we  not  show  our  weak- 
ne-s  as  Peter  did  in  denying  Christ. 

III.  Peter  attributes  their  wickedness  to  the  fact  that  the  dev- 
il had  filled  their  hearts. 

I.  "Out  cf  the  abundance  of  the  heariVuu  orjom  apeait- 
elh." 


ved. 
IV.  A  beautiful  picture  of  the  early  church. 

1.  Day  of  Pentecost. 

2.  Additions  of  the  many  thousands. 

3.  Their  zeal  and  steadfastness. 

4.  Their  equality  and  charity. 

V.  Satin's  attempt  to  destroy  the  church. 

1.  Approaches  the  Master  himself, 

2.  Attempts  to  kill  Christ  in  infancy. 

3.  Enters  some  of  the  disciples,  (a)  Peter  while  Christ 
is  yet  alive.     (A)  Judas  while  Christ  is  yet  alive. 

4.  Now,  since  Christ  has  ascended,  the  devil  gets  right  in 
the  church  (a)  In  Ananias,  (b)  Sapphira.  (<r)  False 
brethren,     (d)  Christ's    worst    enemies   are    in    the 

VI.  Ananias  and  Sapphira  kept  back  part  of  the  price, 

I.  Guilty  of  these  awful    sins,     (a)  Lying  to  the    Holy 
Ghost,    (/j)    Deceit,     (c)    Hypocrisy,    (d)    Pride,     (e) 
Avarice,    if)  Distrust  of    God,     (g)  And  a  kind    of 
sacrilege. 
VII.  Application  of  Argument  VI. 

1.  Sinners  may  lie  to  thi  Holy  Ghost. 

2.  Sinners  may  keep  back  part  of  the  price  in  coming  In 
the  church,  (a)  May  not  confess  all  their  sins.  (/>) 
May  not  forgive  every  person. 

3.  Professors  may  be  guilty  of  the  same  sins  also. 
(a)  May  cheat  the  Lord  financially. 

(/>)  May  defraud  some  brother  or  sister. 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING. 


For  Thursday  Evening,  March  17,  1S08. 

I.  Earnest  Seeking, 

r.  By  prayer.     Dan.  q:  3;  Matt.  7:  7. 

2.  By  good  works.     Acts  10:  2:  Heb.  6:  10. 

3.  By  obedience.     1  Sam.  15:21;  Acts  5:29. 

4.  By  readinsss.    1  Sam.  3: 9;  Acts  22: 10, 
II.  Apostolic  Instruction. 

1.  God  no  respecter  of  pers?ir..     Dcut.  ro:  17;  1  Pe 

2.  God  accept  proper  character.     Ps.  103:13,  Rom. 

3.  God  sends  good  tidings.     Isa.  57;  19;  Luke  2:  10. 

4.  God  anointed  J;sus.     Luke  4:  18;  Acts  4:  27. 

5.  God  raised  up  Jesus.     Acts  2:  23;  1  Cor.  15:20. 

6.  God  appointed  witnesses.     Luke  24:4s;  Rev.  ig: 
III.  Diving  Bestowments. 

1,  The  gift.    Matt.  3:11;  Acts  2: 38. 

2.  The  recipients.    AcU  10:47;  Acts  11:15. 


TsarrE  gospel  mzesseingieir,. 


March  12,   iS 


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ONLY  TO-DAY. 

Yesterday  now  is  pari  of  forever, 

Bound  up  in  a  sheaf  which  God  holds  tighl, 

With  glad  days  and  sad  days  and  bad  dnys,  which  never 
Shall  visit  us  more  with  their  bloom  and  their  blight, 


Their  fullness  of  sunshine  or  sorro 

wful  night. 

Let  them  go,  since  wc  can  not  rellev 
Can  not  undo  and  can  not  atone; 

God  in  his  mercy  forgive,  receive  the 
Only  the  new  days  are  our  own 
To-day  is  ours,  and  to-day  alone. 

—Susan  Ccolitlg 

THE  WRONG  SIDE. 

During  our  late  ingathering  of  sonls  for  Christ  we 
were  made  to  do  some  thinking  as  to  what  it  means 
to  become  a  child  of  God.  Our  relation  to  the 
work  gave  us  opportunities  to  get  some  of  the  in- 
side life  of  those  who  made  the  change  for  the  bet- 
ter life,  and  an  interesting  experience  it  is,  though 
"varied  and  individual.  We  may  revert  to  our  own 
experiences,  and  from  them  try  to  generalize,  but 
it  will  not  work  out,  as  there  are,  perhaps,  no  two 
that  hsve  exactly  the  same. 

Of  the  battles  fought  in  the  world  between  states 
and  nations  we  have  histories  written,  but  of  the 
struggles  and  fightings  of  convicted  souls  we  have 
no  written  histories.  It  is  the  unwritten  book  of 
battles,  fought  in  desperation  and  anguish  of  soul, 
and  could  it  all  be  written,  a  more  interesting  book 
could  not  be  published.  It  is  true,  we  have  written- 
out  glimpses  of  some  of  these  experiences,  but  as 
they  have  been  written  for  the  public  gaze,  they 
form  only  that  part  which  we  care  to  have  known, 
while  much  of  the  real  contesting  is  withheld. 

But  why  all  this  struggling,  wrestling  and  fight- 
ing? It  is  because  we  look  on  the  wrong  side  when 
the  issue  comes. 

This  is  especially  true  of  the  young.  Full  of 
energy,  push  and  ambition,  their  first  look  is  world- 
ward,  because  it  is  on  this  side  that  they  see  success, 
position,  honor  and  worldly  emoluments  generally. 
These,  to  them,  are  the  needful  things,  forgetting 
that  the  Master,  who  is  the  dispenser  of  all  really 
good  gifts,  hath  said,  "Seek  first  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  .  .  .  aad  all  these  things  shall  be  add- 
ed." This  promise  has  reference  to  the  present,  so 
that  it  is  a  most  satisfactory  provision  for  this  life. 
It  meets  our  present  wants  and  gives  promise  for 
the  future  as  well,  while  that  which  we  so  earnestly 
seek  after  from  the  world,  is  disappointing  for  time, 
and  has  nothing  for  the  life  to  come. 

When  conviction  comes  to  the  soul,  the  first  con- 
sideration is  the  things  that  must  be  given  up.  And 
what  are  they ?  If  they  are  more  and  better  than 
that  which  we  get,  it  is  reasonable  and  right  that  we 
should  reject  the  ofiered  and  hold  to  that  which  we 
have.  If  we  were  to  barter  away  a  team  that  was 
worth  to  us  two  hundred  dollars,  for  a  yoke  of  oxen 
that  would  be  worth  only  one  hundred  dollars,  we 
would  feel  that  we  had  made  a  bad  bargain,  that 
the  exchange,  to  us,  was  loss  instead  of  gain,  but  if, 
in  the  exchange  we  g-t  mere  than  that  whi"&  we 


give,  we  would  say  that  we  made  a  good  bargain,  and 
would  be  satisfied. 

But  in  the  question  of  religion  we,  as  a  rule,  do 
not  take  this  reasonable  view  of  things,  and  only 
look  on  the  world  side,  by  considering  what  we  will 
have  to  give  up,  in  becoming  children  of  God.  In 
the  first  place  it  can  be  truly  said  that  you  do  not 
need  to  give  up  anything  that  is  worth  keeping, — 
only  that  which  it  would  be  a  loss  to  keep. 

On  the  other  side,  on  accepting  the  kingdom,  we 
have  the  promise,  in  this  time,  of  all  that  is  needful, 
— all  that  it  will  be  good  for  us  to  have, — and  eter- 
nal life  in  the  world  to  come. 

On  this  side  is  peace  of  soul, — a  good  conscience, 
a  sweet  and  blessed  life  and  church  fellowship,  It 
makes  us  heirs  of  God,  subjects  of  the  kingdom  of 
God  and  gives  us  a  clear  title  to  the  unsearchable 
riches  of  heaven, — the  very  things  that  the  soul  de- 
sires and  earnestly  longs  for.  All  this  is  on  the  re- 
ceiving side. 

Now,  what  is  to  be  given  up?  A  fear  and  uneasi- 
ness of  soul,  an  ever  condemning  conscience,  car- 
nal and  sinful  pleasures,  which  are  continually  Iead- 
ng  down  to  misery  and  death, — the  society  of  un- 
godly friends,  and  to  continue  to  live  in  the  world 
without  God  and  without  hope,  having  the  assur- 
ance that  God  is  angry  with  the  sinner  tvtry  day. 

Are  such  things  worth  keeping?  Surely  there 
should  be  no  faltering,  no  hesitating  in  giving  up 
and  forsaking  such  things  as  will,  in  the  end,  mean 
spiritual  death  and  the  loss  of  the  soul.  "  But," 
says  the  young  lady,  "if  I  give  up  these  things  and 
become  a  child  of  God,  I  will  be  thrown  out  of  so 
ciety,  and  endanger  my  prospects  of  getting  mar- 
"  The  young  man  comes  up  with  the  same  ex- 
cuse. This  seems  to  be  a  sad  case  indeed,  but  let 
us  look  at  it,  and  see  how  this  is.  What  kind  of  a 
husband  would  you  lose  by  being  a  child  of  God? 
What  kind  of  a  wife?    We  have  seen  some  experi- 

enting  along  this  line. 

We  think  now  of  a  family, — the  father  and  moth- 
er both  being  members  of  the  church, — who  stood 
outside  of  the  church  that  they  might  get  husbands 
and  wives.  Some  of  them  got  what  they  remained 
out  for, — but  what  has  been  the  result?  Divided 
families,  unsatisfactory  homes,  and, — may  we  say  it? 

daily  regrets  because  of  the  uncongeniality  of  the 
man  and  wife.  In  many  such  cases  sad  disappoint- 
ments have  followed,  so  that,  to  put  religion  and 
Jesus  Christ  out  of  marriage,  is  an  exceedingly  dan- 
gerous experiment  and  often  results  in  great  spirit- 
ual loss. 

No,  my  sister,  my  brother,  the  man  or  the  woman 
that  you  cannot  get  because  you  are  a  Christian, 
you  do  not  want,  you  do  not  need  and  he  can  only 
be  a  curse  to  you  if  you  should  be  so  unfortunate  as 
to  get  them. 

Besides  all  this,  there  are  a  thousand  times  better 
young  men  and  women  in  the  church,  for  husbands 
and  wives,  than  are  to  be  found  on  the  outside. 
The  men  and  women  that  steel  their  hearts  against 
the  love  of  God,  will,  in  time,  steel  their  hearts 
against  you, 

The  really  true,  pure  and  noble  will  not  and  can 
ilot  long  fight  against  the  loving  and  warning  spirit 
of  God.  No,  dear  young  friends,  when  the  sweet 
call  of  the  Spirit  comes  to  your  soul,  look  not  to  the 
things  that  you  will  lose  by  accepting  the  call,  be- 
cause the  world  and  sin  has  nothing  to  give  you, 
but  look  to  the  things  that  you  will  receive,— the 
promises  of  God, — the  other  side, — the  better.side. 

H.    B,    B. 
WHAT  AN  INDIAN  DID. 

BY   HOWARD   MILLER, 

A  year  or  two  ago  I  was  in  the  city  of  Guadala- 
jara in  Mexico,  and  you  want  to  pronounce  it  like 
Waddle-a-harra,  and  while  there  I  learned  that  it 
was  the  center  of  a  great  pottery  industry.  The 
Mexicans  are  great  pottery  people,  and  a  good  deal 
of  it  is  very  beautiful.  Some  of  the  natives  are 
very  expert  at  their  work,  and  a  few  of  them  can 
take  a  ball  of  black*mud  and  turn  out  a  perfect  bust 
of  a  living  psrsen.     And  it  is  not  a  rough  piece  of 


work,  but  as  finished  and  as  perfect  as  anything  that 
a  professional  sculptor  would  do. 

I  concluded  that  as  I  might  never  have  a  chance 
again  I  would  be  done  in  mud  by  one  of  the  most 
skillful  of  them.  So  an  arrangement  was  made  for 
a  sitting  the  next  day,  and  that  is  what  I  want  to 
tell  about.  At  the  appointed  time  the  native  turned 
up  at  my  room  at  the  hotel,  and  he  had  a  wood- 
en box  under  his  arm,  about  the  size  of  a  cigar  box. 
It  contained  a  lump  of  black  mud,  as  large  as  a  co- 
coanut,  a  dirty  rag,  a  knife  blade  and  a  few  pieces 
of  straw, — that  was  all  the  raw  material,  except  the 
abilty  of  the  man,  and  the  brains  part  was  the  most 
essential. 

I  sat  down  in  a  chair,  in  an  easy  position,  and  he 
looked  me  over.  It  was  not  necessary  to  remain  in 
one  position,  and  I  could  watch  him  at  bis  work. 
He  stood  up  in  front  of  me  and  began  by  rolling  up 
a  ball  about  the  size  of  a  walnut,  and,  pinching  off  a 
piece  of  mud,  he  stuck  it  on  the  ball  for  a  nose.  It 
looked  at  this  stage  something  like  the  people 
children  make  out  of  small  fruits.  Then  he  began 
adding  little  pieces  of  clay,  and  a  very  little  at  a 
time,  till  the  head  was  built  up  about  the  size  of  a 
large  egg.  Then  he  began  laying  on  the  clay  in 
pieces  no  larger  than  a  grain  of  wheat.  He  would 
take  a  look  at  me,  put  a  little  piece  of  clay  on  the 
cheek,  smooth  it  down  with  the  knife- blade,  and  put 
on  another,  take  a  good  look  and  scrape  oft  a  little, 
that,  as  far  as  I  was  able  to  see,  had  no  reference 
whatever  to  the  final  result.  All  this  time  he  said 
nothing,  but  after  a  rain  that  had  been  falling,  as  it 
only  falls  in  the  tropics,  he  remarked  in  Spanish 
that  it  was  wet,  I  assented  and  after  another  two 
hours  he  said  I  was  fat,  but  as  I  knew  that  I  made 
no  reply,  and  that  was  the  sum  of  the  conversation 
in  the  nine  hours  that  were  consumed  in  the  sitting. 
There  wasn't  much  talk  to  distract  one.  In  the  lat- 
ter stages  Tof  the  work  it  began  to  be  clear  that  the 
man  before  me  was  a  genius,  and  he  gave  an  imper- 
ceptible touch  here  and  there,  and  finally  making 
the  hair  with  a  straw  he  finished  a  perfect  likeness 
of  the  writer.  There  is  nothing  crude  about  it.  It 
is  simply  a  perfect  likeness  of  me  as  I  appeared 
that  day.  He  finished  the  next  day,  having  to 
take  it  home  and  burn  it,  from  which  fire-bath  it 
came  out  a  beautiful  seal  brown  in  color,  mounted 
on  a  pedestal,  with  a  square  base.  It  is  in  my  li- 
brary, and  is  about  eight  inches  high.  Everybody 
who  sees  it  at  once  recognizes  it,  and  as  a  finished 
piece  of  work  it  is  simply  perfect. 

He  charged  me  four  American  dollars  for  it,  and 
in  this  country  it  would  cost  about  fifty  dollars  to 
have  it  done  by  a  professional  sculptor.  It  is  prac- 
tically indestructible  and,  unless  destroyed  by  vio- 
lence, will  last  for  ages.  There  are  only  a  few  peo- 
ple who  can  do  this  work  well,  and  it  can  not  be 
had  out  of  Mexico.  The  natives  are  peculiar,  and 
do  not  like  to  go  away  from  home,  or  this  man, 
could  he  come  to  this  country,  would  soon  make  a 
fortune,  The  marvel  of  the  matter  is  that  the  art- 
ist never  had  any  lessons,  but  has  it  in  him  natural- 
ly. Looking  at  it  on  a'l  sides  the  product  ha 
turned  out  was  simply  wonderful, 

Lewisbxrgy  Union  Co.,  Pa, 


YOUR  PREACHER. 


If  your  minister  is  not  quite  up  to  the  mark,  the 
more  is  the  reason  why  you  should  stand  by  him. 
Were  he  a  great  scholar,  and  an  eloquent  pulpit  ora- 
tor, and  the  possessor  of  social  gifts  and  graces,  he 
would  get  along  without  your  support.  But  if  he  is 
simply  a  good,  plain  man,  not  capable  of  producing 
sensational  effects,  but  still  doing  his  duty  as  he 
sees  it,  to  the  best  of  his  ability,  he  needs  all  the 
help  that  you  can  give  him.  We  beg  you  not  to 
weaken  him  by  talking  in  such  a  way  as  to  bring 
him  into  contempt  and  reproach  before  the  com- 
munity. Your  thoughtless  words,  spoken  without 
the  definite  intent  to  do  harm,  may  be  productive 
of  very  damaging  consequences. — Chriitian  Advo- 
cate. ^ 

\v  wc  grow  stronger  with  the  years  we  wttl  grow 
happier  bearing  burdens. 


March    12,   1898. 


THE   GOSPEL    I^dHESSIEUSTG-EH,. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 


S.  F.  Sanger,   -    ■    Virginia. 

ZEGULA5  HEETIHOS  OF  TEE  COMMITTEE:  - 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  t 
log;  the  second  Monday  ol  October  an 

iUBIHEBS  FOB  ANY  HEETI1I3  should  be  in 


dorsed  by  ihe  District  Mission  Bonrd,  Latere  the 

will  be  sent. 
2E  COMMITTEE  BECEIVES  donations   for   the  following 

funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orplianag. 

Smyrna;     Washington    Meetinghouse;    Suflerers 

India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 
15  HOT  ADD2E2S  business  or  money  intended   for 

Committee,  to  any  of  its  members.    All  such  cor 

pondence  and  money  should  be  sent  to 

GEN.  MISS.  &  TRACT  COM., 


A  learned  philosophi 

ood  motto  for  the  pre; 
preaching  U 


ake 


Gospel. 


Mr.  D.  L.  Moody  is  engaged  in  a  < 

heard  him  at  Palatka,  that  State,  and  1 
that  we  never  heard  plainer  preaching 


The  light  is  reaching  China.     Recently 
thousand   packages  of  Christian  books  - 
distributed  among  a  number  of  Chinese 
dents  as  they  were  leaving  their  examination 
.  hall. 


Among  the  Quakers  a  rei 

tarkable  longev- 

ity  is  maintained.    A  recent 

ecord,  including 

children,  of  170  deaths,  shows 

an  average  age 

of  over  61  years.     This  is   the 

result  of  taking 

good  care  of  body,  mind  and 

oul. 

Deliver  us  from  the  man  0 

the  woman  who 

cannot   rest  without    telling 

all    the    church 

troubles  that  have  occurred 

n  the  congrega- 

tion   for    the  past  year  or  more. 
grow  strong  on  that  kind  of  religii 


idut. 


A  lady  in  the  East,  not  long  since,  gave  a 
college  five  thousand  dollars  for  a  scholarship 
in  memory  of  her  departed  mother.  This  is 
far  better  than  erecting  a  monument  of  gran  i  te 
or  marble.  Let  us  have  more  of  this  kind 
of  gifts. 

Too  many  people  are  looking  for  eloquent 


md  if  all   pro 
nverts  by  ihi 


Learning  in  the  pulpit  is  a  good  thing,  pro- 
vided it  is  well  seasoned  with  the  grace  of  God 
in  the  heart,  as  well  as  plenty  of  grace  in 
the  sermon.    Let  us  have  them  both  togeth- 


so  grand  as  a 

bla 

rlel 

fessors    possessed 

ths 

thousands     wc 

uld 

cor 

church: 

t  their 
the  grace  alone.  So  lo 
grace  in  the  pulpit  ther 
pie  in  the  pews. 


.  the 


let  1 


as  there  is  plenty  of 
'ill  be-plepty  of  peo- 


We  know  of  a  little  isolated  church  ths 
raises  more  money  per  capita  for  the"  mis 
sion  cause  than  any  other  church  in  the  Brotl 
erhood,  You  would  like  to  know  how  it  i 
done?  Well,  the  elder  in  charge  takes  u 
three  or  four  collections  each  year.  He  tell 
his  congregation  just  what  the  money  is  fo 
and  the  people  respond  liberally 


One  way  to  keep  this  country  well  civil 
would  be  to  establish  the  curfew  law  in  ei 
town  and  village,  and  at  the  ringing  of 
bell,  at  a  reasonable  hour  in  the  evening 
the  boys  and  gir!s  would  have  to  retire  f 
the  streets.  Such  a  law  has  been  in  opera 
in  the  town  of  Chettsey,  England,  for 
years.  This  thing  of  boys  and  girls  rum 
on  the  streets  of  nights  wi!l  prove  their  ru 

A  missionary  in  Guatemala.  Central  Amer- 
ica, knows  how  to  get  some  people  f>  read  tl 
Bible.     Finding  that  the  poorer  class  of  fami 
ies  were  afraid  to  have  a  Bible  in  their  posse: 
sion,  owing  to  the  warnings  of  the  priests  that 
it  was  a  book  which  the  unlearned  ought  not 
to  study,  he  placed  an  open  Bible  in  the  win- 
dow of  his  house.    Every  day  people  gather 
around  it  and  read  it.    At  regular  intervals  a 
leaf  is  turned.     In  this  way  the  Book  is  read 
by  people  who  cannot  or  dare  not  own  a  copy. 

Here  is  a  good  hint  for  some  of  our  Sunday 
school-teachers:  A  Sunday  school  teacher  de- 
siring to  awaken  an  interest  in  good  literature 
among  the  good  boys  of  his  class,  instead  of 
giving  each  boy  a  ioy  as  a  Christmas  present, 
as  had  been  his  custom,  gave  each  a  book  and 
arranged  with  them  to  exchange  the  books 
among  themselves  so  that  each  boy  should  have 
the  opportunity  of  reading  all  the  books.  Each 
is  to  keep  the  book  originally  given  to  hi 
it  has  gone  the  rounds.  A  book-club 
the  boys  has  developed  out  of  this  seed 


"What  must  1  do  with  my  money"  is  asked 
by  hundreds,  who  are  getting  ready  to  take 
their  departure  to  another  world.  What  bet- 
ter can  you  do  than  turn  it  over  to  the  church 
to  be  used  in  spreading  the  Gospel!  Ten 
thousand  dollars  given  for  the  Messenger 
endowment  fund,  and  the  interest  to  be  used 
for  the  purpose  of  sending  the  Messenger  tc 
those  not  members,  means  the  placing  of  this 
paper  in  six  hundred  families  every  week  for 
one  whole  year,  and  it  would  certainly  be  the 
means  of  converting  many  of  them.  Here  is 
a  chance  for  a  man  to  do  more  good  after  he 
is  dead  than  any  preacher  in  the  church  can 
do  while  living.  Who  has  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars or  even  less,  to  turn  over  to  this  fund? 


NORTHERN  INDIANA  STATE  HOME  FOR 
FEEBLE-MINDED  CHILDREN. 

It  was  the  pleasure  of  the  writer,  some  time 
since,  to  visit  the  State  Home  for  Feeble-mind- 
ed Children,  located  at  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.,  and  a 
few  words  concerning  the  institution  may  be 
of  interest  to  some  of  the  readers  of  the  Mes- 


uch 


The  State  of  Indiana  has 
tions,  which  she  has  built 
with  public  money,  and  the  good  that 


this 


.v-.y 


fin 


ated  in 


thing  to  do. 

In  the  Island  of  Madagascar, 
Africa,  there  is  a  bitter  feeling 
French  and  Prote; 
former  are  Calholics  and  want  to 
latter.  By  the  way,  the  Catholics 
out  all  the  other  missionaries  it 
could  they  only  do  so.  But  the 
have,  this  privilege  in  Ma'daga: 
present  at  least. 


this  life.  The  success  of  such  an  institution 
depends  for  the  most  p3rt  upon  the  manage- 
ment vested  in  its  superintendent,  and  this 
home  certainly  has  in  Mr.  Johnson,  who  is 
serving  his  second  term  as  superintendent,  the 
right  man  for  the  right  place.  He,  and  his 
estimable  wife,  are  thoroughly  interested  in 
their  work  and  the  fact  that,  in  going  through 
the  various  departments,  Mr.  Johnson  called 
many  by  name,  and  many  of  the  children 
shook  his  hand,  all  indicated  a  personal  in- 
:est  in  each  individual  under  his  care. 
Though  no  special  occasion  when  this 
.s  made,  the  sleeping  apartments,  the 
r-rooms,  and  every  part  was  filled 
wholesome  air  and  all  was  clean  and 
With  about  500  inmates  to  manage  and 
many  of  whom  are  not  able  to  cai 
selves,  this  becomes  no  small  task. 
Mr.  Johnson  is  wotking  on  the  plan  of  giving 
employment,  in  part,  to  every  one  able  to  work 
a  little,  and  thus  in  the  dining-room,  the  kitch- 
en, the  laundry,  the  sewing-room,  the  mending- 
room,  the  tailor-shop,  the  carpenter-shop,  are 
found  laborers  from  among  the  inmates  and 
under  the  care  of  some  one  competent  to  do 
the  work. 

And  what  is  the  blessing  of  such  an  institu- 
tion?    To  the  indii 
first  of  a  good  home 
sons,  if  left  to  the  ca: 


is  the  blessing 
provided  for  e 
telligence  wha 


ery  grade  that  show 


per  month.  The  kindergarten,  singing, 
marching,  working,  all  afford  occupation  as 
well  as  instruction  and  discipline  that  is  profit- 
able. 

In  Indiana,  as  well  as  other  States,  there  are 
many  homes  in  which  there  are  feeble  minded 
children,  who,  because  of  circumstances,  are 


r  the 


props 


and  i 


tion,  Could  the  parents  see  the  care  and  pains 
taken  with  such  "little  ones"  in  such  a  home, 
it  is  the  opinion  of  the  writer  that  few  would 
hesitate  to  place   them  under  its  beneficent 

Justly  may  the  State  point  with  pride  to  this 
institution  within  her  borders  as  well  as  to  him 
and  her,  upon  whom  so  much  of  its  success  de 

MISSION  WOSK.— No.  10. 


has  the  guida 
Scriptun 


twofold  in  her  naturc,-de- 
e.  While  in  Matt.  28:  10  she 
for  active  worship,  in  the 
ider  cons:deratiou  she  has 
rvice  largely  outlined,     The 


devotional 
real  follower  is 
ever  they  may  be,  and  as  his  eyes  fall  on  the 
multitudes,  here  and  there,  wherever  he  goes, 
or  of  whatsoever  place  he  reads,  his  soul  is 
filled  with  compassion  and  he  prays  that  more 
laborers  be  sent  into  the  harvest. 

How  truly  should  this  be  the  case  of  the 
ministry  of  the  church,  who,  through  their  pe- 
culiar position,  are  the  proclaimers  of  the  good 
news  for  her!  And  if  filled  with  compassion, 
how  little  room  there  would  be  for  the  jealousy 
that  sometimes  exists  when  a  fellow  worker  is 


blessed  with  i 


Then 


sion  for  jealousy  in  proclaii 
until  all  the  world  has 
preached  to  by  the  church. 

But,  what  will  praying  for  more  labot 
H  all  the  congregations  of  God's  childv 
enter  into  such  service  earnestly  and  c 
ously?  Just  those  things  will  happen 
world  that  Jesus  wants  to  have  occur. 


,  The 


any  1 


ng  the  good  news 
been     thoroughly 


the 


duals  it  is  the  blessing 
The  most  of  such  pcr- 
i  of  relatives  and  friends, 
are  neglected  and  finally  they  drift  into  the 
County-house  and  become  a  burden  there. 
Second  is  the  blessing  of  protection  from  un- 
scrupulous persons  who  would  take  advantage 
of  the  weak  mind  (especially  of  the  girls)  to 
plish  their  own  wicked  designs.    Third 


field.  P/aying  God  to  send  laborers  will  sim- 
ply help  the  church  to  see  the  many  unnoticed 
laborers  in  her  rank  and  file  now  not  in  active 
work.  A  congregation  sometimes  feels  she 
needs  more  laborers  for  the  harvest,  but,  to 
put  it  in  the  language  so  commonly  used,  "  We 
have  no  material."  There  may  be  exceptions, 
but  in  most  cases  like  this,  the  congregation, 
instead  of  praying  the  Lord,  have  been  scru- 
tinizing the  church  10  look  after  the  ideal 
worker,  and,  of  course,  he  cannot  be  found, 
Yes,  that  ideal  worker,— some  young  mernbet 
who  has  the  experience,  power,  and  piety  that 
has  accumulated  in  the  elder,  or  some  other 
one,— that  is  their  pattern,  such  they  are  seek- 
ing, and,  of  course,  they  cannot  find  the  "  ma- 
terial." But  pray  God  and  he  will  send  a 
David  from  the  (locks,  an  Elisha  from  the 
plow,  a  Peter  from  the  fisheries,  or  a  Paul 
from  the  lent-sbops,  and  when  God  sends,  de- 
pend upon  it,  a  great  message  of  truth  will  be 
delivered.  In  God's  hands  the  rawest  "mate- 
lial-  becomes  nicely  fitted  for  the  Master's  use. 
2.  This  praying  for  laborers  puts  the  church 
in  the  best  of  working  order  and  enables  her 
to  enjoy  her  devotional  services.  One  cannot 
very  well  pray  for  something,  especially  if  it  is 
prayer  and  not  words,  without  strongly  sup- 
porting it  also.  Heart  and  prayer  go  in  the 
same  direction,  and  talent  closely  follows.  No 
more  calling  for  mission  funds,  but  always 
plenty  to  prosecute  the  work  vigorously.  The 
sister  at  the  washtub,  the  brother  at  the  plow, 
would  have  their  labors  greatly  lightened,  be- 
cause they  saw  in  it  the  accomplishment  of 
the  great  mission  of  Christ,  and  from  those 
hard  earnings  would  come  easily  a  goodly  por- 
tion for  the  Lord. 

May  the  day  speedily  come  when  Iht 
in  fullness  of  compassion,  prays  God 
more  laborers  and  then  call  them  to  l! 


eight  children,  five  c 
whatever  way  they  s 
invested  in  eggs    to 
planted  castor-beans 

ents  apiece,  to  invest  in 

w  best  to  use  it.    Some 

raise    chickens;   others 

and  cotton.    While  some 

did    very  » 

el),  other 

did  not 

do  so  w 

ell.    It 

was  decide 
ferers  and 
gether,  S6. 

1  to  five  0 
the  Asia 
2.    The 

ie-ha]f  to  the  Ind 
Minor  Orphanag 
Jthcr  half  they  w 

a  suf- 
,  alto- 

keep,  bu 
for 


:  live 


s  of  i 


Sunday' 


Each 
children  in  the  mission  work  could  accomplish 
a  great  work.  The  older  ones  should  learn  a 
great  lesson  from  the  young,  when  they  think 
they  cannot  do  much  tor  the  Lord. 

Acton,  Okla. 

FROM  THE  BROOKLYN  MISSION. 


,  Feb. 


ALICE    I.   1100N1-: 


ill  1 


day  long  to  be  re- 
Mothers'  Meeting  has  closed. 
We  had  a  precious  wailing  before  the  Lord. 
The  Holy  Spirit  is  doing  a  glorious  work.  To- 
day a  mother,  who  had  been  a  Catholic,  in  the 
closing  prayer,  thanked  the  Lord  for  what  the 
mission  had  done  for  her  and  her  family. 

Feb. s.  To-day  a  large  bos  of  clothing  front 
the  mission  found  its  way  to  a  steamer  bound 
for  Cuba.  Dear  co-workers,  those  of  you  who 
contributed  to  boxes  of  clothing  and  dried 
fruit,  rejoice  that  the  Lord  has  used  you  to  re- 
lieve hunger  and  nakedness  among  the  suffer- 

Feb.  o-  This  afternoon,  the  mother  of  whom 
I  spoke  last  week,  came  and  asked  what  fur- 
ther steps  need  be  taken  to  enter  into  church 
fellowship.  I  turned  to  Matt.  2S:  19,  20;  Acts 
2:  38.  She  said,  "  My  husband  thinks  he 
should  take  such  steps."  "My  dear  sister, 
now  that  your  husband  has  turned  from  his 
evil  way"  (he  had  been  a  bar-tender  in  a  sa- 
loon on  Sundays  for  years,  going  there  Satur- 
day noon  and  not  returning  home  until  Mon- 
day and  often  Tuesday)  "don't  you  think  you 
should  go  with  him?"  Willi  tears  of  joy  and 
the  light  of  heaven  on  her  face,  she  exclaimed, 
'  No  trouble  about  that;  only  too  gladly.  Our 
borne  is  so  happy  now.    We  long  for  the  even. 

I  used  to  dread  the  evenings;  tn"ey~iverc  ad 
long  and  lonely." 

Feb.  13.  Father,  mother  and  oldest  son  did 
not  hesitate  to  rise  and  say,  "Where  he  leads, 
we  will  gladly  follow."  »      ' 

Fib.  ju.  To  day  we  had  another  reason  of 
refreshing  from  the  Lord.  Souls,  touched  by 
the  presence  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  heard  the  ten- 
der messages  that  came  from  the  loving  Lord, 
and  yielded  their  all  to  Him. 

Our  day  school  is  very  full;  we  cannot  ac- 
commodate all  the  applications  for  admittance. 
The  public  schools  of  South  Brooklyn  are  so 
overcrowded  that  many  cannot  gain  admit, 
tance,  so,  after  much  prayer  and  consultation 
with  those  interested  in  the  work,  the  mission- 
room  is  used  as  a  school-room  during  the  flay. 
Since  the  school  is  in  progress,  some  mothers 
have  thanked  us  very  heartily  for  the  interest 
taken  in  their  boys  and  say,  "  We  notice  great 
improvement  in  their  disposition." 

I  pray  a  special  blessing  to  rest  upon  all 
those  who  are  bearing  this  work  before  "the 

Lord  of  heaven  and  earth. rhe  Lord  bless 

thee  and  keep  tbee,  and  make  His  face   to 


up. 


1  in.  , 


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FROM  STAUNTON,  VA. 

BY  MARTHA  CLICK. 

Aftek  Feb.  24  I  will  give  up  the 

this  place  to  Sister  C.  Tempie  Sauble,  c 

■,  Md.    She  has  been  here  since 

We  feel  sad  to  leave  this  place,  after  I 

g  attachments  for  the  members,  w) 

very  kind,     f  will  remain  at  hom 

while.     I  shall  always  he  glad 

favorable  reports  from  the  Staunton  } 

hich  lies  near  my  heart. 


NICKELS  AT  WORK. 


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by  a  sister  who  told  me  10  use  it 
for  a  good  purpose.  One  little  boy  who  did 
not.  attend  Sunday  school  came  to  me  after 
church  and  gave  his  pennies  to  send  to  Bro. 
McCann.  Bro.  McCanii  labored  earnestly  for 
us,  while  here,  and  even  the  children  remem- 
ber him. 
Fei.  if. 


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:ription.     Ustinlly   I 


Southern  Indiana  will  hold  her  District  Meeting 
in  the  White  church,  Montgomery  Co,,  April  5. 

Bro.  C.  H.  Balsbacgh  writes:  "  My  heart  aches 
to  be  at  the  Annual  Conference,  but  the  door  is  not 
open  yet." 

Nine  confessions  are  reported  in  the  Jonathan 
Creek  church,  Ohio,  where  Bro,  Q  Leckrone  is  en- 
gaggAJn  a  series  of  meetings. 

Bro.  A.J.  Nickey,  of  Oakley,  III.,  has  changed 
his  location  to  Juniata,  Nebr,,  at  which  place  he 
should  hereafter  be  addressed. 


The  District  Meeting  of  the  Second  District  of 
Virginia  will  be  held  in  the  Woodstock  church,  at 
the  Valley  Pike  house,  April  21  and  22. 


The  District  Meeting  of  Northeastern  Kansas 
will  be  held  in  the  Washington  Creek  church  April 
6;  the  Ministerial  Meeting  the  day  before, 


Bro.  S.  G.  Lehmer,  of  California,  has  recently 
been  doing  some  preaching  at  Logan,  Ohio.  Five 
were  baptized  and  two  are  yet  to  receive  the  rite. 

Bro.  Isaac  Frantz  held  a  very  successful  series 
of  meetings  in  the  Lower  Deer  Creek  church,  Car- 
roll Co.,  Ind.,  which  resulted  in  seventeen  accessions, 


Bro,  A.  L.  Bingaman  writes  us  that  he  is  hav- 
ing some  most  excellent  meetings  in  the  Sunny 
South.  He  has  been  holding  meetings  in  Jennings, 
La.  

Bro.  David  Hollinger  and  wife,  of  North 
Manchester,  Ind.,  who  have  been  spending  the 
winter  in  Southern  California,  are  expected  home 
this  week. 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  Writing  Clerks  to  have  pub- 
lished announcements  of  time  and  place  of  District 
Meetings.  The  announcements  of  all  these  meet- 
ings should  appear  soon. 


In  our  issue  of  Feb.  19,  page  125,  the  first  item  on 
the  page,  from  North  Star,  Ohio,  should  be  signed 
H.  M.  Baker  instead  of  H.  M.  Miller.  The  mis- 
take is  ours,  and  we  hasten  to  make  this  correction. 


It  is  always  encouraging  to  hear  of  churches  car- 
rying on  their  work  pleasantly.  Much  of  that  kind 
of  news  is  received  at  this  office,  showing  that  we 
have  reasons  for  feeling  grateful  to  the  Lord, 


Bro.  Noah  Fisher,  of  the  Antioch  church,  Ind 
has  been  quite  low  with  the  typhoid  fever,  but  i 
now  slowly  improving,  though  he  may  not  be  able 
to  do  any  preaching  for  some  weeks, 

Bro  E.  S.  Young,  of  North  Manchester,  Ind ,  was 
with  us  over  last  Sunday,  and  preached  an  excel- 
lent sermon  in  the  chapel  in  the  evening,  to  a  very 
large  and  attentive  audience.  His  discourse  was 
very  much  appreciated, 

Since  the  Brethren  have  commenced  holding 
meetings  in  the  State  prison,  Atchison,  Kins.,  nine 
have  united  with  the  church.  The  work  the  Breth- 
ren are  doing  in  this  prison  is  a  gcod  one  and  they 
are  to  be  commended  for  it. 

This  year  the  District  Meeting  for  Northern  Illi- 
nois and  Wisconsin  will  be  held  in  the  Hickory 
Grove  church,  this  State,  Wednesday,  April  27,  five 
weeks  before  the  time  of  the  Annual  Meeting.  The 
elders  will  meet  the  day  before. 


Up  to  the  present  time  £1014.63  has  been  received 
at  this  office  for  the  Cuban  sufferers,  and  by  us  for- 
warded to  its  destination,  A  full  report  of  the  re- 
ceipts appears  on  the  missionary  page,  from  time  to 
time,  along  with  the  other  money  reported, 


Under  date  of  March  5,  Bro.  W,  R,  Miller,  of 
Chicago,  writes:  "  Monday  I  will  ship  a  ton  of  sup- 
plies for  the  Cuban  sufferers,  consisting  of  flour, 
meal,  beans,  clothing,  etc,  We  ship  from  our  mis- 
sion ijS  new  dresses,  and  125  second-hand  ones." 


Writing  from  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Sister  Alice  J. 
Boone  says,  "Will  the  Brethren  and  friends  please 
not  send  any  more  papers  until  duly  notified  through 
the  Messenger?  Do  not  send  them  by  freight  or 
express  unless  prepaid.  We  have  an  abundant  sup- 
ply on  hand."       __^ 

Spring,  with  all  of  its  charms,  will  soon  be  here, 
and  active  preparation  will  be  made  to  open  hun- 
dreds of  Sunday  schools.  We  hope  to  see  our  Sun- 
day school  literature  in  all  the  schools  under  the 
control  of  the  Brethren,  Send  for  samples  of  our 
helps,  get  our  terms,  and  introduce  these  supplies 
in  all  the  schools  possible. 


Bro.  P.  B.  Fitzwater,  of  Clarence,  Iowa,  called 
on  us  this  week.  He  is  arranging  to  give  more  at- 
tention to  a  careful  preparation  for  the  ministry, 
trusting  thereby  to  fit  himself  for  greater  useful- 
ness. It  affords  us  pleasure  to  see  our  young 
brethren  getting  ready  for  the  great  work  that 
must  shortly  fall  to  their  lot. 


Bro.  Jesse  Stutsman,  who  moved  to  Bells, 
Tenn.,  last  fall,  hoping  that  the  southern  climate 
would  prove  helpful  to  his  wife's  health,  writes  us 
that  the  sister  is  growing  weaker,  and  that  he  may 
return  with  her  to  Ohio  as  soon  as  the  weather  and 
her  condition  permits,  as  she  desires  to  spend  her 
last  days  among  her  own  people.  This  news  of  Sis- 
ter Stutsman's  continued  failing  health  will  be  re- 
ceived with  many  regrets. 


Just  as  we  were  closing  these  pages  came  the 
sad  announcement  of  the  death,  of  Eld.  D,  F. 
Stouffer,  of  Benevola,  Md.,  who  passed  away  last 
Monday,  at  4  P,  M.  He  was  taken  sick  while  away 
from  home,  some  weeks  ago,  and  was  brought  to  the 
home  of  his  daughter  in  Hagerstown,  Md.,  where 
he  died.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  two  daughters  to 
mourn  his  departure.  Bro.  Stouffer  was  widely- 
known  among  our  people,  and  this  announcement 
will  be  received  with  many  regrets,  wherever  the 
Messenger  is  read.  He  not  only  served  the 
church  well  as  a  minister,  but  he  took  no  small 
part  in  helping  to  arrange  and  bring  out  our  pres- 
ent Sunday  School  Song  Book.  For  years  he  has 
led  the  song  services  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  and 
thousands  were  expecting  him  to  be  present  at  the 
next  Conference  and  assist  in  making  melody  in 
the  heart.  He  will  loog  be  remembered  as  one  of 
the  sweet  singers  in  Israel. 


District  Meetings  should  be  announced  early,  so 
that  all  the  churches  may  have  ample  time  to  get 
their  business  in  shape,  and  also  prepare  to  be  rep- 
resented by  delegates. 


It  will  doubtless  be  of  special  interest  to  all  of 
our  Sunday  school  workers,  to  learn  that  the  full 
proceedings  of  the  Sunday  school  meeting,  to  be 
held  on  the  Annual  Meeting  grounds  next  May,  are 
to  be  published  in  the  Report.  This  will  give  the 
whole  Brotherhood  the  benefit  of  what  may  be  said 
and  done  at  that  meeting. 


Some  one  wants  to  know  what  should  be  done 
with  a  member  who  votes  for  license  to  sell  liquor. 
Give  him  a  chance  to  repent  of  his  wrong,  and  con- 
fess his  mistake  before  the  church.  If  he  will  not 
do  these  things,  then  he  may  be  classed  as  a  dis- 
orderly member,  and  the  Scriptures  say  what  should 
be  done  with  those  who  walk  disorderly. 


Some  time  ago  it  was  asked,  in  the  Oaerists'  De- 
partment, "What  person  is  referred  to  in  the  Old 
and  New  Testaments,  whose  name  is  never  men- 
tioned, whose  death  was  unlike  that  of  any  other 
created  being,  and  whose  body  never  saw  corrup- 
tion? "  Bertie  Weaver,  Lima,  Ohio,  sends  this  an- 
swer, "  Lot's  wife."    The  answer  is  correct, 


Bro.  B.  E.  Kesler  has  just  closed  his  first  year's 
work  in  Arkansas,  and  while  he  has  preached  112 
sermons,  made  62  pastoral  visits,  traveled  nearly 
120D  miles,  and  distributed  500  tracts,  devoting  120 
days  to  the  special  work  of  the  mission,  he  feels 
that  much  more  should  be  done  during  the  next 
twelve  months.  We  certainly  wish  him  success  in 
the  important  mission  entrusted  to  his  care. 


We  think  all  departments  of  the  paper  will  be 
found  unusually  interesting  this  week.  We  call 
special  attention  to  the  Young  People's  page.  Let 
the  young  people  read  that  department;  then  they 

11  be  certain  to  want  to  read  it  next  week.  There 
is  also  something  on  the  missionary  page  for 
everybody.  "Our  Saturday  Night  "  will  be  founu 
u  the  Home  and  Family  department. 


Bro,  John  Heckman,  of  Polo,  111.,  is  visiting  all 
the  congregations  in  Northern  Illinois,  in  the  inter- 
est of  the  work  assigned  him  by  the  District  Meet- 
ing, one  year  ago.  He  is  treasurer  of  the  General 
Missionary  and  Tract  Fund  for  this  State  District, 
and  is  anxious,  as  he  should  be,  that  all  of  our 
churches  do  their  full  part  in  this  important  work. 
He  was  with  us  last  Sunday,  and  preached  at  Silver 
Creek  in  the  morning, 


Bro.  Geo.  W.  Studebakbr,  of  Fredonia,  Kans., 
writes  us  that  he  is  now  four  score  years  old,  and 
still  feels  like  preaching  the  Gospel.  He  was 
placed  in  the  ministry  when  in  the   prime  of  life, 

d  gave  the  very  best  years  of  his  long  life  to  the 
church,  traveling  thousands  of  miles,  mostly  on 
horseback,  and  preaching  the  Word  at  his  own  ex- 
pense. We  are  always  pleased  to  hear  from  our 
aged  elders,  who  have  long  borne  the  heat  and  the 
burden  of  the  day. 


Each  year  we  are  urged  to  correct  a  number  of 
foolish  reports,  going  the  rounds  of  the  papers,  in  re- 
gard to  the  Brethren  emigrating  in  strong  colonies 
to  this,  that  and  the  other  country.  Our  attention 
is  called  to  one  of  these  reports,  published  in  the  To- 
ledo Blade,  wherein  it  is  stated  that  the  Brethren 
are  endeavoring  to  get  a  sufficient  influence  in  one 
of  the  new  States,  to  entitle  them  to  a  representative 
in  Congress.  It  is  useless  to  try  to  correct  these 
errors  through  the  Messenger,  and,  in  fact,  very  few 
people  will  believe  the  reports  that  arc  being  pub- 
lished, and  especially  is  it  best  for  our  people  not 
to  feel  annoyed  by  them,  However,  it  might  not 
be  amiss  for  those  seeing  such  reports  to  write  the 
editors,  stating  wherein  the  news  given  in  their 
paper,  as  it  relates  to  the  Brethren,  is  false.  Most 
papers  will  publish  a  carefully- prepared  correction, 
and  in   this  way    a  little  good  might  possibly   be 


March  12,  1 8 


THE   GOSPEL   3VtESSElsrc3-BE,. 


169 


Bro.  J.  S.  Mohler's  article,  entitled,  "  Responsive 
Hearers,"  which  appeared  on  page  131,  seems  to 
have  met  with  a  hearty  approval  upon  the  fan  of 
our  readers.  We  have  received  a  number  of  let- 
ters commending  it,  showing  that  our  people  ap- 
preciate a  little  encouragement  along  the  responsive 
line.  It  is  altogether  probable  that  we  are  becom- 
ing quite  a  little  too  formal,  and  can  barely  endure 
an  earnest  and  well-meant  "  amen"  by  one  who 
hears  something  that  impresses  him. 


Last  Sunday  was  children's  day  in  the  chapel. 
The  attendance  was  large,  and  the  sermon  fully 
within  the  comprehension  of  the  little  people.  The 
morning  service,  for  the  first  Sunday  in  each  month, 
is  set  apart  for  the  children.  On  these  occasions 
they  occupy  front  seats,  and  listen  to  a  sermon  pre- 
pared especially  for  them  by  a  minister  selected 
by  the  S-indiy  school  superintendents.  The  ser- 
vices are  opened  and  closed  in  the  usual  way,  by 
singing  and  prayer,  and,  as  a  rule,  the  discourse, 
while  especially  adapted  to  the  comprehension  of 
the  children,  is  listened  to  with  interest  by  the  old 
as  well  as  by  the  young,  and  probably  does  one 
class  as  much  good  as  the  other. 


WHAT  SONQ  BOOKS  TO  USE. 

Whereas  Annual  Meeting  bas  decided  in  favor  of,  and 
compiled,  a  Sunday  School  Song  Book,  has  an  elder  a  right 
to  allow  his  arm  of  church  the  privilege  to  vote  on  another 
song  book,  and  vote  it  in,  thereby  discarding  the  Song  Book 
recommended  by  the  Annual  Meeting?— S.  B, 

When  a  matter  of  this  kind  comes  before  his 
church,  the  proper  thing  for  the  elder  to  do  is,  to 
throw  his  influence  on  the  side  of  the  book,  recom- 
mended by  the  Conference.  He  should  do  so  for 
these  reasons: 

1.  As  much  as  possible  all  the  congregations 
should  use  the  same  book.     This  will  harmonize  us 

I  in  our  songs,  and  it  is  important  that  a  body  of  peo- 

ple should  keep  well  in  touch  with  each  other  by 
using  the  same  books,  the  same  songs  and  the  same 
music. 

2.  There  is  a  profit  coming  from  the  sale  of  the 
book,  endorsed  by  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  all  of 
it  goes  toward  preaching  the  Gospel.  It  goes  into 
the  hands  of  the  General  Missionary  Board,  and  by 
them  is  used  in  helping  to  build  meetinghouses 
and  also  in  preaching  the  Gospel  both  at  home  and 
abroad,  All  the  profits  resulting  from  the  sales  of 
other  books  go  to  individuals,  and  not  to  the 
church.  It  is  certainly  not  wise  for  our  churches 
to  work  against  their  own  interests  by  supporting 
other  institutions  instead  of  our  own. 

3.  Using  our  own  Sunday  School  Song  Book,  and 
thus  increasing  the  patronage,  will  enable  your 
publishers  to  constantly  improve  our  Song  Books, 
and,  in  course  of  time,  we  will  have  as  good  music  as 
it  is  possible  to  be  produced.  Then  the  more  of 
these  books  we  can  sell,  the  cheaper  they  can  be 
handled. 

4.  And  last,  but  not  least,  it  does  seem  (o  us, 
that  all  of  our  congregations  ought  to  show  some 
respect  for  the  wishes  of  the  Conference  by  using 
the  book  she  has  recommended  and  had  published 
for  the  special  use  of  our  churches  and  Sunday 
schools.  To  us  this  phase  of  the  subject  is  a  matter 
of  no  small  consideration. 

By  way  of  illustration,  we  call  attention  to  this: 
A  small  congregation  wishes  to  build  a  meeting- 
house, but  cannot  raise  money  enough,  so  she  calls 
on  the  General  Mission  Board  for  assistance,  and  re- 
ceives a  few  hundred  dollars,  The  house  is  com- 
pleted, and  a  Sunday  school  is  organized.  The 
school,  however,  decides  to  send  elsewhere  than  to 
the  General  Mission  Board  for  her  Sunday  school 
literature  and  song  books.  Is  this  consistent? 
Probably  the  greater  portion  of  the  money  received 
from  the  Board  for  completing  the  meetinghouse, 
is  of  the  profits  coming  from  the  sale  of  the  publica- 
tions put  out  by  the  Board  through  her  publishing 


house.  And  now,  does  it  not  seem  very  inconsistent 
of  this  school  to  put  all  her  money  somewhere  else, 
and  help  to  build  up  other  institutions  besides  the 
one  from  which  she  is  receiving  her  assistance? 
Take  a  good  look  at  this  subject;  then  decide 
whether  it  is  not  the  proper  thing  for  all  of  our 
churches  and  Sunday  schools  to  use  the  books  and 
literature  recommended  by  the  Annual  Conference. 

______  J.    H.    M. 

OUR  PEACE  PRINCIPLES. 

Just  now  there  are  no  great  wars,  but  there  are  a 
few  small  conflicts,  and  many  rumors  of  wars.  In 
fact  these  rumors  are  beyond  all  reason,  there  being 
no  occasion  for  the  amount  of  excitement  that  the 
daily  papers  are  stirring  up.  True,  the  relations  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  Spain  are  greatly 
strained  on  account  of  the  Cuban  war  and  the  re- 
cent blowing  up  of  the  warship  Maine,  in  the  har- 
bor at  Havanna.  The  country  has  been  worked  up 
to  a  wonderful  state  of  excitement,  and  the  war  cry 
is  heard  on  nearly  every  hand.  We  believe  that  the 
sensational  papers  are  miinly  responsible  for  this 
feeling,  a  feeling  that  ought  not  to  exist  just  at  this 
time.  We  are  glad  to  note  that  the  President  is 
calm,  and  is  seriously  studying  the  situation.  It  is 
said  that  he  is  opposed  to  war,  and  will  do  every- 
thing in  his  power  to  avoid  a  conflict  between  this 
country  and  Spain. 

But  the  point  to  which  we  wish  to  invite  special 
attention  is  the  attitude  of  our  Brethren  in  times 
like  this.  Non-resistance  is  one  of  the  cardinal 
principles  of  the  doctrine  held  by  the  Brotherhood. 
We  have  long  held  that  war  is  not  compatible  with 
Christianity,  and  that  our  people  can  take  no  part 
in  it.  Of  course  our  sympathies  are  all  on  the  side 
of  our  own  country,  and  on  the  side  of  Cuba  as  well. 
We  could  hardly  expect  it  otherwise.  But  this  does 
not  mean  that  we  may  favor  war,  nor  that  we  should 
talk  in  favor  of  a  resort  to  arms.  Our  principles 
are  for  peace,  and  whatever  we  have  to  say  on  the 
subject,  let  it  be  on  that  side  of  the  question. 

One  of  the  most  inconsistent  things  of  which  we 
can  conceive  just  now.  is  for  a  member  of  the  Breth 
ren  church  to  be  engaged  in  entertaining  a  group  of 
hearers  while  he  talks  in  the  interest  of  war.  Any 
one  can  advocate  peace  principles  in  time  of  peace, 
but  it  takes  a  man,  well  grounded  in  these  princ 
pies,  to  advocate  them  when  war  clouds  are  hanging 
over  the  nation.  And  while  all  of  our  influence 
should  be  on  the  side  of  peace,  and  in  opposition  to 
Christians  taking  part  in  military  operations,  still 
we  should  advocate  our  principles  with  becoming 
prudence,  and  not  create  against  us  an  unnecessary 
sentiment  of  antagonism  that  will  prove  a  real,  and 
an  uncalled  for  hindrance  to  the  work  entrusted  to 
us  as  a  Christian  people,  While  we  should  be  as 
true  as  steel  to  our  Gospel  peace  principles,  let  us 
also  learn  to  be  wise  as  serpents  in  advocating  and 
maintaining  them. 


THE  BEST  IN  THE  WORLD. 

'  The  western  part  of  the  Brotherhood  has  proba- 
bly never  been  blessed  with  an  abler  preacher  than 
was  Eld,  George  Wolfe,  in  his  day.  He  was  finely 
built,  and  in  bodily  proportion,  almost  a  giant.  He 
had  the  most  commanding  appearance  of  any  man 
we  ever  met,  and  no  one,  on  seeing  him  for  the  first 
time,  would  ever  take  him  for  anything  else  but  a 
minister  of  rare  ability.  A  minister  of  wide  experi- 
ence said  Eld.  Wolfe  was  the  most  highly  revered 
man  he  ever  saw,  and  that  no  man  ever  swore  in  his 
presence.  He  settled  in  Illinois  when  it  was  yet  a 
wilderness,  and  did  an  immense  amount  of  traveling 
and  preaching,  and  was  known  far  and  wide.  Vast 
audiences  would  assemble  to  hear  him,  and  often 
sat  spell-bound  for  two  hours,  listening  to  his  artless 
eloquence. 


Of  him  it  is  related  that  word  was  one  time 
brought  to  him,  that  a  mass-meeting  was  to  be  held 
in  the  western  part  of  Indiana,  at  which  the  ablest 
ministers,  to  be  found  in  the  wilds  of  the  West,  were 
to  deliver  addresses,  setting  forth  what  they  consid- 
ered to  be  the  best  religion  for  a  pioneer  life.  Eld. 
Wolfe  resolved  to  attend  that  meeting,  and  address 
the  assembly  in  behalf  of  the  Brethren,  He  start- 
ed on  horseback,  his  usual  way  of  traveling,  and,  aft- 
er a  long  journey,  reached  the  immense,  rudely-con- 
structed house  in  the  woods,  where  the  meeting  was 
to  be  held.  A  vast  concourse  of  people  had  al- 
ready assembled,  and  the  house  was  then  well  filled. 
Wolfe's  fine  appearance  and  venerable  looks  at- 
tracted attention  at  once.  He  was  a  stranger,  of 
course,  but  everybody  seemed  to  know  that  he  was 
a  preacher. 

To  satisfy  the  curiosity  of  the  people,  he  was  in- 
vited to  deliver  the  first  address.  His  mind  was 
well  prepared  for  the  task.  It  is  said  that  for  hours 
he  held  that  vast  assembly  of  hardy  pioneers,  who 
listened  intently  and  drank  in  eagerly  everything 
he  presented  in  behalf  of  the  religion  which  his  peo- 
ple had  accepted,  and  which  he  considered  so  emi- 
nently adapted  to  the  wants  of  a  frontier  life.  It  is 
further  related  that,  after  he  had  finished  his  dis- 
course, not  another  preacher  ventured,  in  his  pres- 
ence, to  present  a  contrary  view.  He  had  made  it 
clear  that  the  simple  form  of  religion,  as  set  forth 
in  the  New  Testament,  if  taken  in  all  its  parts,  was 
perfectly  adapted  to  all  the  necessary  conditions  of 
mankind,  in  every  age  and  in  every  clime,  and,  of 
course,  to  the  man  and  his  family  on  the  frontier,  as 
well. 

By  this  we  are  reminded  of  what  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin one  time  said  concerning  the  Brethren.  One  of 
our  ministers  explained  our  plea  to  him  quite  ful- 
ly, setting  forth  all  the  principles  and  doctrine 
which  we  hold.  He  not  only  listened  patiently, 
but  became  greatly  interested  in  our  claims,  and  de- 
clared that  it  was  the  finest  system  of  theology  in 
the  world,  and  he  wondered  that  our  people  did  not 
write  out  their  religious  system  and  have  it  spread 
all  over  the  world.  He  thought  it  just  the  doctiirte 
needed,  and  urged  that  it  be  given  a  wider  circula- 
tion. 

These  two  incidents  lead  up  to  the  line  of  thought 
that  we  wish  to  emphasize.  We  now  refer  lo  Ihe 
plea  made  by  Bro.  Wolfe,  in  regard  to  the  Breth- 
ren's doctrine  being  admirably  adapted  to  the  needs 
of  all  nations,  in  every  age  and  clime,  and  to  the 
suggestion  of  Dr.  Franklin,  respecting  the  propriety 
of  us  making  greater  efforts  to  spread  cur  system  of 
faith  and  practice.  We  do  not  hesitate  to  say  that, 
in  our  opinion,  the  Brethren  have  the  best  doctrine 
in  the  world,  and  that,  as  a  people,  we  ought  not  to 
be  content  with  anything  less  than  carrying  it  to 
the  ends  of  the  earth. 

The  founders  of  the  Brethren's  reformatory  move- 
ment buiided  better  than  they,  at  the  time,  knew, 
and  have  handed  down  to  us  an  order  of  failh  and 
practice  that  we  can,  in  all  good  conscience,  carry 
into  every  quarter  of  the  globe.  And  we  believe 
that  the  time  has  come  when  all  personal  considera- 
tions should  be  set  aside,  and  our  whole  strength 
be  given  to  propagating  this  doctrine,  and  establish- 
ing churches  everywhere.  We  have  too  long  per- 
mitted this  grand  system  of  religion  to  be  kept  on 
the  background.  We  have  too  long  been  content  to 
have  it  preached  only  to  our  kindred  and  neighbors. 
This  is  most  assuredly  not  pleasing  to  the  Lord, 
nor  can  he  long  excuse  us  while  we  continue  in  this 
course.  Will  we,  or  will  we  not,  carry  this  Gospel 
into  all  the  world?  That  is  the  question  for  us  to 
decide,  and  we  must  decide  "it  in  rht  affirmative. 
God  being  our  helper,  let  us  commence  spreading 
this  truth  in  our  own  land,  and  not  cease  our  efforts 
until  every  region  on  the  globe  is  reached, 

J,  H.  M, 


T:E3lE3    OOSIFIEIL    MESSENGER, 


March  12,   iSgS. 


s  aic  there  lo  be  observ 
I  what  arc  Wxtyl-l.J.L. 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

When  a  member  is  taken  into  the  church,  who  has  been  dis- 
owned, should  the  ceremony  be  performed  before  the  whole 
congregation,  —  members  and  outsiders,  — or  in  presence  of 
the  members  alone?—!'  Q% 

It  is  usually  done  in  the  presence  of  the  mem- 
bers only,  and  (or  good  reasons  it  is  desirable  that 
the  ceremony  should  take  place  in  this  manner. 
And  yet  there  may  be  instances  where  an  excep- 
tion to  the  rule  would  be  justifiable,  or,  at  least,  ad- 
missible. 

How  nnny  church  ordina 
the  church,  or  God's  house, 

By  "  ahurch"  we  presume  is  meant  the  assembly 
of  the  saints  in  worship.  The  church  ordinances, 
to  be  observed  on  this  occasion,  are  feet  washing, 
the  Lord's  Supper  and  the  Communion,  three  in 
all,  The  holy  kiss  is  also  an  ordinance,  but,  strict- 
ly speaking,  not  a  church  ordinance  in  the  sense  of 
the  three  names,  though  we  associate  it  with  them 
on  love  feast  occasions.  Anointing  may  be  classed 
as  an  ordinance,  but  not  a  church  ordinance.  Bap- 
tism is  the  first  ordinance  connected  with  the 
church,  and  yet  not  stric'ly  a  church  ordinance, 
that  is  an  ordinance  to  be  observed  by  the  church 
in  a  church  capacity.  It  is  the  door  into  the 
church,  or  rather  the  initiatory  ordinance,  at  the 
entrance,  designed  solely  for  those  who  wish  to 
pass  from  the  world  into  the  church, 

Luke  3:  5  says,  "Every  valley  shall  be  filled,  and  every 
mountain  and  hill  shall  be  brought  low;  and  the  crcoked  shall 
be  made  straight,  and  the  rough  ways  shall  be  made  smooth." 
Please  explain  —A.  Ha ws, 

This,  of  course,  is  figurative  language,  and  re- 
fers to  the  work  of  John  the  Baptist  in  preparing 
the  hearts  of  the  people  for  the  ministry  of  Christ, 
As  in  ancient  times  the  highway  was  well  prepared 
for  the  king  as  he  traveled,  so,  spiritually  speaking, 
John  removed  every  possible  obstacle  from  the 
minds  of  the  people,  that  Christ  might  have  the 
easier  access  to  their  hearts. 

Was  it  necessary  that  the  Jewish  passover  should  be  ob- 
served after  the  ministry  of  Christ  began?—  A.  Haws. 

It  seems  to  have  been  the  mind  of  Christ  that  it 
should,  for  he  attended  the  feast  during  his  minis- 
try. This  feast  was  done  away  with  in  his  death, 
when  he  became  our  passover,  the  antitype.  At 
his  death  the  old  law,  with  rites  and  ceremonies, 
including  the  passover,  was  nailed  to  the  cross, 
abolished,  and  taken  out  of  the  way,  and  from  that 
time  on  the  passover  ceased  to  be  in  force. 

What  kind  of  a  chain  did  the  angel  have  in  his  hand  with 
which  he  bound  Satan,  as  mentioned  in  Rev.  20:  I,  zl—M, 
E.  C. 

The  Bible  does  not  say,  and  for  that  reason  we 
do  not  know. 

Is  it  a  sin  to  think  evil?-/  //.  Morris. 

While  it  may  be  no  sin  to  have  evil  thoughts  oc- 
cjr  to  the  mind,  it  is  a  sin  to  encourage  and  har- 
bor them.  The  lesson  taught  in  Matt.  5:  28  would 
seem  to  imply  this.  Of  charity  it  is  said  that  it 
"thinketh  no  evil."     1  Cor,  13:  5. 

When  the  membors  of  a  church  are  a'most  unanimously  in 
favor  of,  and  demand,  an  election  for  a  minister,  have  the  of- 
ficials the  authority  to  prevent  it  by  ruling  it  out  in  the  official 
council?—/?/!  Official. 

Generally  speaking,  they  have  not,  and  yet  there 
might  be  instances  where  electioneering,  or  othe; 
irregularities  would  justify  the  postponing  of  the 
election  at  least.  As  a  rule,  it  is  never  safe  for  th 
officials  to  antagonize  the  laity,  for  the  power  i 
with  the  laity,  other  things  being  right,  and  not 
wholly  with  the  officials.  Neither  is  it  wise  for  the 
laity  to  embarrass  the  officials  by  urging  on 
them  a  work  that  should  properly  originate  with 
that  body,  and  by  them  be  brought  before  the 
church.  Then,  on  the  other  hand,  the  officials 
should  not  be  so  slow  about  working  into  office  the 
well-qualified  workers  in  the  church,  such  as  may 


be  used  to  good  advantage,  as  to  make  it  neces 
sary  for  the  laity  to  urge  the  matter  for  the  good 
of  the  cause.  Along  this  line  prudent  officials  will 
not  fail  to  study  the  needs,  as  well  as  the  wishes  of 
the  church,  and  then  act  accordingly.  But,  really, 
this  query,  so  far  as  it  relates  to  a  caSe,  belongs  to 
the  adjoining  elders,  and  for  adjustment,  if  needs 
be,  should  bG  referred  to  some  of  them, 

In  2  Per,  1 :  IQ,  it  is  said,  "  We  have  also  a  more  sure  word  of 
prophecy."  What  are  we  to  understand  by  the  \xxmMmore 
sun-.'"— A,  Haws, 

That  which  is  more  certain,  or  the  stronger  evi- 
dence. Peter  felt  that  all  the  prophecies  relating 
to  Christ  were  a  more  certain  proof  in  support  of 
his  Messiahship,  than  the  very  voice  they  had 
heard  while  on  the  Mount  of  Transfiguration 

In  Rom.  20:  10  we  read:  "And  the  devil  that  deceived  them 
was  cast  into  the  lake  of  fire  and  brimstone,  where  the  beast 
and  the  false  prophet  are."  When  did  the  beast  and  the  false 
prophet  gel  into  the  lake  of  fire?—/.  V.  H. 

Satan  was  cast  into  the  lake  of  fire  at  the  close 
of  the  millennium,  and  the  beast  and  false  proph- 
ts  before.  Rev.  19:  20.  That  is,  the  beast  and 
false  prophets  must  remain  in  the  lake  of  fire  1  coo 
years  longer  than  Satan.  During  that  time  Satan 
will  be  in  the  bottomless  pit.     Rev,.  20:  2,  3 

Will  you  please  state  how  the  day  was  divided  at  the  time 
of  Christ's  death?  Was  it  divided  then,  as  our  days  are 
now,— from  12  o'clock  at  night,  to  12  o'clock  at  noon?— L,  H. 

The  days  commenced  and  ended  with  sundown. 
Hence  the  third  hour  came  at  9  A  M.,  tbe  sixth 
hour  at  12,  and  the  ninth  hour  at  3  P.  M. 

,t  customary  or  allowable,  among  the  Brethren,  for  a  few 
members  in  a  congregation  lo  separate  themselves  and  begin 

as  a  separate  and  distinct  b?dy,  in  that  they  will  not  al- 
low any  other  members  in  the  congregation  a  vole  or  voice  in 
the  management  of  business,  and  yet  claim  full  membership 
and  bene lil  of  the  church?-/..  S  O. 

A  body  of  members,  whether  large  or  smal', 
should  first  be  organized  before  undertaking  to  do 
work  separate  and  apart  from  the  congregation  in 
which  they  hold  their  membership,  or,  at  leas',  they 
must  have  an  understanding  to  that  effect  with  the 
congregation.  This  question  rightly  belongs  to 
the  congregation  and  elder  where  the  members  re- 
ferred to  hold  their  membership.  If  any  further 
assistance  is  needed,  the  adjoining  elders  are  at 
their  service. j  h.  m, 

WILL  PREACH  WITHOUT  PAY. 

If  a  score  or  more  of  the  great  and  well-paid 
city  preachers  would  move  into  the  count'y,  and 
preach  a  free  Gospel  to  the  people  residing  in  the 
rural  districts,  as  Dr.  James  R.  Farrar,  of  Brook- 
lyn, proposes  to  do,  we  might  begin  to  think  that 
the  louder  calls  meant  more  than  money.  We  are 
indebted  to  the  Path-Finde*,  Washington,  for  this 
very  unexpected  piece  of  information.  We  be- 
lieve, as  much  as  any  one,  in  supporting  ministers 
who  must  give  their  time  and  energies  to  the 
preaching  of  the  Word,  but  there  are  many  who 
need  no  support  whatever,  and  it  seems  to  us  that 
trrese  are  the  ones  who  might  preach  a  free  Gospel 
to  those  who  are  not  able  to  render  the  assistance 
that  a  minister  in  limited  circumstances  would 
need.  We  certainly  commend  the  doctor's  exam- 
pie: 

"The  Rev.  James  R.  Farrar,  of  the  First  Re- 
formed Church  of  Brooklyn,  announced  to  his  con- 
gregation last  week,  that  he  intended,  as  soon  as 
possible,  to  give  up  the  pastorate  of  the  church 
and  devote  the  remainder  of  his  life  to  the  preach- 
ing of  the  Gospel  without  pay.  In  order  to  do 
this,  he  will  leave  Brooklyn  and  go  to  the  country, 
where  living  is  cheap  and  there  is  much  need  of 
ministers.  Dr.  Farrar  was  much  surprised  over 
the  stir  his  announcement  caused.  He  said  that 
for  a  long  time  past  he  had  believed  it  his  duty  to 
preach  without  pay,  but  it  was  only  now  that  he  be- 
gan to  see  his  way  clear  to  the  attainment  of  his 
wish.    He  further  explained: 


"  '  The  whole  matter  is  this:  Since  I  entered  the 
ministry  I  have  constantly  been  called  to  larger, 
richer  and  more  influential  churches.  I  began  in  a 
little  country  church  at  a  very  small  salary.  Then 
I  was  called  to  the  city,  and  since  I  have  been  in 
the  city  I  have  gone  from  one  church  to  another, 
always  bettering  myself  in  a  worldly  way,  The 
thought  has  struck  me  that  we  ministers  count  too 
much  on  the  money  we  recceive.  It  has  struck  me 
that,  in  spite  of  our  calling,  we  give  very  little  to 
the  Lord.  We  preach,  and  instruct  and  advise,  tell 
these  persons  to  do  this,  and  those  persons  to  do 
that,  but  we  are  paid  for  all  that  we  do,  The  Sun- 
day  school  teachers  and  the  other  workers  in  the 
church  give  their  time  and  money  to  the  service 
of  the  Lord  and  get  nothing,  in  the  worldly  way  at 
least,  in  return.  We  ministers  give  time  and  effort 
to  our  work,  but  we  are  paid  for  all  that  we  give. 

"  '  I  believe  that  it  is  the  duty  of  a  man  to  devote 
at  least  a  part  of  his  life  to  the  service  of  others 
without  pay.  This  is  what  I  want  to  do,  and  this 
is  the  way  I  want  to  spend  the  rest  of  my  life. 
How  soon  I  can  do  it  I  do  not  know.  That  will  de- 
pend upon  the  amount  of  money  I  can  save  for  the 
support  of  my  family  and  myself.  By  the  practice 
of  rigid  economies  I  think  I  can  do  this  compara- 
tively s^on.     That  is  all  that  delays  me. 

"'This  is  not  a  quixotic  move,  or  one  prompted 
by  undue  enthusiasm.  Nor  do  I  wish  people  to 
think  that  I  am  making  a  sacrifice.  I  am  country 
born  and  bred,  and  I  prefer  the  country  to  the  city. 
While  I  shall  have  to  live  on  less  than  Sr.coo  a 
year,  yet,  in  the  little  country  town,  where  my  home 
i?,  I  can  live  in  comparatively  as  great  comfort  as  I 
can  on  six  times  that  amount  in  a  city.'" 


-  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY  **-— 


1  is  a  legend  he  that  1 
t  when  a  little  child  w 


nay  1 


;alled  away 
To  make  heaven  brighter,  sore  dirijuieted, 

The  mother's  tears  kept  falling  day  by  day. 
In  vain  for  her  that  the  soft  touch  of  spring 

Changed  the  chill  white  world  to  a  living  gree 
The  robins  sang  and  skies  were  we'e^ming, 

And  on  the  hills  ten  thousand  tl  jwers  were  see 


Godt 
He 


Hes 


ed  to  help  her,  but  she  listeued  n 
niched  her  gently,  but  she  drew  ; 
ing  a  ceoser  of  forget-me-not 
een  her  and  her  helpless  agony. 


'Twas  all  in  vain,  for  still  the  mother  wept, 

Until  at  length  in  dreams  through  ihe  dark  hours 
She  wandered  far  where  the  lost  gems  are  kept 

WiUYn  the  country  of  the  fadeless  flowers, 
And,  as  she  journeyed  Lo  her  side  there  came 
.    The  same  lost  darling  that  she  thought  was  dead, 
Bearing  a  heavy  pitcher  full  of  tears; 

They  carry  every  tear  that  mothers  shed. 

'Twas  such  a  heavy  burden,  and  the  child 

Chided  the  mother  for  its  weary  weight, 

And  begged  her  for  her  sake  be  reconciled; 

O'erburdened,  heaven  itself  was  desolate. 

She  caught  the  precious  duling  to  her  he-art, 

An<J  threw  the  heavy  burden  far  away; 
Wandered  together jn  green  fields  apart, 

And  heard  tbe  songs  of  wondrous  nulody. 
And  when  sh;  waked  she  dried  her  weeping  eyes, 

Bathed  her  hot  cheeks;  no  tear  drop  lingered  there, 
Lest  it  might  grieve  the  ch-ld  in  Paradise 

And  add  a  weight  she  was  ton  small  to  bear. 
Perhaps  some  heart  bereaved  may  read  these  lines. 

God  help  thee,  dear,  lo  Him  be  reconciled; 
The  little  one  is  sife  with  Hira  betimes, 
O  lift  tbe  burden  from  t'«e  heavenly  child! 

—Nellie  Hart  Woodworth  in  Boston  Journal. 


OUR  SATURDAY  NIQHT. 


Our  first  experience  in  the  ministry  was  in  a  new 
field,  where  the  places  of  meetings  wetfe  far  apait 
and  required  many  long  rides,  mostly  on  horse- 
back. During  these  years  it  was  our  privilege  to 
visit  the  home  of  a  well-to  do  member  in  another 
section  of  the  country.  He  was  a  man  of  more 
than  ordinary  intelligence,  a  good  talker,  and  also 
a  very  prosperous  farmer.  He  lived  in  a  wide*  I 
awake  community,  aii3  was  not  behind  any  of  h:s 


March  12,   IS 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGER. 


neighbors  in  the  conveniences  pertaining  to  a  well- 
improved  farm. 

He  possessed  a  large  farm.  The  buildings  were 
of  the  best,  and  to  us,  in  our  way  of  thinking  at 
that  time,  it  seemed  that  he  had  everything  earthly 
that  a  man  needed  in  order  to  render  life  pleasant, 
and  feel  sure  of  never  coming  to  want.  We  always 
thought  of  him  as  a  well  to-do,  happy  and  prosper- 
ous Christian,  with  nothing  but  bright  prospects 
before  him. 

The  years  came  and  went;  we  drifted  to  North- 
ern Illinois,  and  then  to  the  Sunny  South.  He  dis- 
posed of  his  property  and  settled  in  another  State. 
In  a  measure  we  had  lost  track  of  him,  hearing  of 
him  only  now  and  then.  Not  long  since  we  re- 
ceived a  letter  from  him.  It  was  the  saddest  let- 
ter we  had  read  in  a  long  while. 

Reverses  had  come  to  him.  He  had  buried 
the  mother  of  his  children.  Most  of  his  valua- 
ble property  in  some  manner  had  slipped  away 
from  him,  and  he  had  but  little  left.  On  this 
little  he  managed  to  live,  Another  companion  be- 
came his  partner  in  life,  and  presided  over  his 
home.  It  was  a  pleasant  little  abode,  but  the  days 
of  plenty  were  gone.  The  grey  hairs  multiplied, 
and  the  aged  forms  of  the  two  grew  weaker.  It 
became  evident  that  they  could  not  care  for  them- 
selves much  longer.  What  little  property  they 
possessed  was  turned  into  a  little  money,  and  they 
sought  another  roof.  But  now  comes  the  saddest 
story  of  all,  a  door  is  opened  to  the  wife,  but 
closed  against  the  aged  husband.  He  passes  out 
into  a  cold  world,  not  knowing  what  the  end  shall 
be. 

He  now  ponders  over  the  past,  recalling  the 
years  of  prosperity,  when  he  had  plenty  and  to 
spare,  and  when  his  home  was  among  the  best  in 
the  community,  and  filled  with  sunshine  and  bright 
prospects.  But  the  night  of  sadness  has  settled 
down  over  him.  Without  friends,  without  money, 
and  without  health  he  must  spend  the  few  remain- 
ing years  of  his  life  in  sorrow.  Probably  he  made 
some  mistakes,  but  it  is  now  too  late  to  amend 
Shea. 

As  we  think  of  his  condition  we  are  reminded  of 
the  history  of  others  who  once  er joyed  all  the  nec- 
essary comforts  of  life,  but  now,  in  their  old  day?, 
they  are  brought  face  to  face  with  poverty.  Then 
we  think  further  and  ask,  Who  knows  what  awaits 
others?  To-day  they  abound  in  wealth,  but  inside 
of  a  few  years  their  riches  may  take  wings  and  fly 
away.  And,  after  all,  these  earthly  possessions  are 
but  as  the  dew  of  the  morning,  or  the  flower  of 
the  grass.  They  endure  for  the  time,  when  all 
goes  well,  but  later  in  the  day  we  see  them  no  more. 
How  vain  to  trust  in  uncertain  riches!  And  how 
unsafe  it  is  to  depend  upon  fine  farms,  commodi- 
ous homes  and  large  bank  accounts  for  the  real 
comforts  of  old  age!  In  Jesus  alone  we  can  trust. 
Though  all  the  doors  of  earth  are  closed  upon  us 
.and  we  are  left  to  wander  on  the  streets,  with  "  our 
title  clear  to  mansions  in  the  skies,"  we  can  rest  as- 
sured of  a  final'home,  where  want  and  sorrow  nev- 
er come,  in  the  land  beyond  the  clouds. — J.  n.  m 


FEED  MY  LAftlBS.  ■  John  21:  15. 
BY    RACHEL   A,    PFOUIZ. 

This  command  was  given  to  one  of  Christ's  apos- 
tles, and  has  been  handed  down  to  us,  as  a  church. 

If  it  was  necessary  for  Christ  to  charge  Peter, 
in  the  early  part  of  church  work,  to  care  for  the 
lambs  of  the  flock,  surely  we  should  not  neglect 
them  now. 

Dear  reader,  have  you  ever  thought  how  Christ 
first  thought  of  the  lambs  of  the  flock  and  then 
commanded  the  care  of  the  sheep?  I  fear  that  we, 
too  often,  forget  the  lambs  and  expect  them  to 
know  even  more  than  we,  who  have  been  in  the 
fold  a  long  time,  How  careful  the  shepherd  is  of 
his  flock  of  sheep,  and  how  eagerly  he  will  watch 
that,  all  are  properly  fed,  so  that  sickness  docs  not 
enter,  and  take  away  one  lamb. 


Can  we  not  learn  a  spi'itual  lessen  from  this? 
How  are  we  feeding  the  lambs  of  G-.d's  flock?  D 
wo  give  them  encouragement  in  Christian  work? 
Do  we  lend  them  a  helping  hand  when  we  see  they 
are  weak  spiritually? 

Do  we  try  to  encourage  them  to  attend  church, 
Sunday  school,  and  social  meeting,  to  search  the 
Scriptures?  Do  we  say  there  is  no  use  in  going 
to  church  so  often?  Let  us  ever  remember  that 
our  influence  will  be  felt  either  for  good  or  bad. 
May  we  never  be  the  means  of  causing  one  soul  to 
grow  weak  and  sickly,  by  our  influence  against 
church  workl 

Christ  was  ever  ready  to  help  some  soul  to  a 
higher  life  while  on  earth,  and  when  he  was  about 
to  leave  this  world,  he  commanded  Peter  to  first 
feed  the  lambs,  then  the  sheep.  There  is  work  for 
every  child  of  God.  We  cannot  be  Christians  ur. 
less  we  are  Christ-like,  and  to  be  Christ-like,  we 
must  work  for  the  upbuilding  of  Christ's  kingdom, 

Liiwood,  Md. 


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"Under  the  Juniper  Tree." 

To  a  D-shrar.'cted  Sunday  School  Svpirn'cndent:  — 

Elijah,  the  Tishbite,  on  Carmel  has  few  represent- 
atives, Elijah  under  toe  juniper  tree  has  a  large 
following,  To-day  we  may  be  in  the  triumph  of 
faith;  to-morrow  we  may  slink  into  the  gloom  of 
pessimism. 

In  the  depth  of  my  heart  I  pity  you;  not  only  be- 
cause you  have  been  defeated  in  your  enterprise, 
but  that  you  suffered  yourself  to  be  defeated.  You 
must  not  lay  all  the  blame  on  your  opponents. 
You  lay  maoy  grave  charges  against  your  officials, 
and  the  majority  of  your  members,  and  yet  there 
has  bsen  no  positive  prohibition,  only  indifference 
and  unfriendly  criticism.  Are  you  wholly  free  from 
blame  in  allowing  your  Sunday  school  and  Bible 
class  to  go  down,  simply  because  so  few  attended 
and  the  church  manifested  so  little  interest?  It  is 
the  glory  of  Christianity  that  it  is  founded  on  the 
Rock  of  Ages,  and  "  the  Gates  of  Hell  cannot  pre- 
vail against  it."  Persistence  under  all  forms  and 
degrees  of  opposition  is  the  transcendent  lesson  of 
the  Cross. 

There  are  two  inspired  utterances  that  should 
startle  you  and  many  others,  into  renewed  efforts 
to  work  in  the  Sunday  school,  Bible  class  and  oth- 
er modes  of  Christian  Endeavor.  See  Rom.  S:g 
and  Philpp.  2:5.  Had  Christ  been  as  timid  and 
fluctuating  as  you,  and  others  whose  conduct  illus- 
trates Matt.  13:  21,  what  would  be  our  hope  for 
Eternity  to-day? 

To  stop  Bible  class  because  only  a  dozen  attend, 
while  others  are  denouncing  it  as  an  innovation  and 
a  nuisance,  and  the  sanctuary  is  surrounded  by 
"lewd  fellows  of  the  baser  sort,"  whose  delight  it 
is  to  annoy  you  with  their  yelling  and  battering, 
does  not  reveal  the  Spirit  that  brought  us  salvation 
at  the  cost  of  blood  and  life.  John  15:  13;  Rom. 
5:  8;  Htb.  12:2,  3,  4 

The  Sunday  school  is  of  God.  Historically  it  is 
the  foundation  of  the  church.  The  Genesis  of  the 
new  dispensation  was  evolved  out  of  the  synagogue. 
It  is  as  sacred  to-day  as  when  it  was  Christ's  custom 
to  be  there.  Luke  4:  i5.  Opposition  to  it  must  be 
gently  dealt  with,  not  as  a  matter  of  malice,  but  of 
ignorance  and  prejudice.  It  is  love  and  forbear- 
ance that  wins.  You  earnestly  long  to  start  again, 
but  you  are  ashamed  of  the  past  and  afraid  of  the 
future.  No  doubt  you  will  find  it  more  difficult 
than  in  your  first  effort.  But  a  long-suffering,  sweet- 
tempered,  Christ- clinging  perseverance  will  lead  to 
a  blessed  victory.  Prejudice  is  not  abated,  while 
some  of  your  co-workers  are  so  discouraged  that 
you  cannot  persuade  them  to  renew  the  good  work. 
But  if  you  accept  the  Cress  si  Christ  as  did  Paul, 


and  as  every  Christian  ought,  you  will  re  open  your 
Sunday  s;hool  and  Bible  class  with  the  holy,  God- 
sustained  determination  that  they  shall  never  close 
again  through  any  unbelief  and  timidity  of  yours. 

1  Thtrss.  2:  2,  4. 

This  is  the  Spirit  that  leads  to  conquest,  despite 
the  threats  and  persecution  of  earth  and  hell.  "  Be 
filled  with  all  the  fullness  of  God,"  so  that  your 
whole  being  throbs  and  radiates  the  "  love  that  bear- 
eth  all  things,"  and  "hopeih  against  hope,"  Eph 
3' 19;  1  Cor.  13:7;  Rom.  4:18.  Let  "  Christ  in  yo»" 
be  not  only  "  your  hope  of  glory,"  but  your  inspira- 
tion to  all  sacrifice  and  ever  widening  service.  Col. 
1:  27;  Philpp.  3;  8  and  4:  13.  Do  not  lie  under  the 
juniper  tree,  wishing  yourself  dead;  but  rise  from 
your  stone-pelting  as  did  Paul,  and  go  on  with  your 
work  for  Jesus  as  cheerfully  and  boldly  and  meekly 
as  if  you  had  received  only  caresses  and  kisses.  1 
Kings  19:  4,  5;  Acts  14:  19,  22;  Gal.  4:  13,  14.  "  Eti- 
a'urj  hardness   as  a  good   soldier    of  Jesus    Christ." 

2  Tim.  2:3.  Be  not  "an  hireling  that  fleeth  when 
he  seeth  the  wolf  coming,"  but  "be  steadfast,  im- 
movable, always  abounding  in  the  work  tf  the  I  old,  ' 
John  10:12;  1  Cor.  15:58.  "Purge  yourself  from 
these  that  you  may  be  a  vessel  unto  honor,  sanctified, 
and  meet  for  the  Master's  use,  prepared  unto  eviry  gcod 
work,"     2  Tim.  2:  21. 

If  you  work  for  Jesus,  then  rest  assured  that  His 
wisdom  and  love  and  strength  and  peace  will  be 
given  you.  Christ  and  the  Christian  have  one  life, 
one  aim,  one  joy,  one  issue,— the  saving  of  souls  by 
the  Cross,  leading  them  from  the  bondage  and  de- 
filement of  sin  into  "  a  far  more  exceeding  and  eter- 
nal weight  of  glory."  What  sustained  Jesus  in  all 
His  labors  and  trials  in  Gethsemane  and  the  Cross? 
Compare  Heb.  12:2  and  Rev.  7:9,  10.  Will  not 
this  sustain  you  in  the  Sunday  school  and  Bible 
class,  and  in  all  other  circumstances?  Why  should 
misapprehension  and  vivisection  and  misrepresents^ 
tion  chill  and  paralyze  you  when  you  have  the  great, 
omnipotent  Captain  of  salvation  not  only  as  > our 
example,  but  as  your  immanent  Helper?  Heb. 
13:6;  I  Pet,  3:  13.  Lit  the  love  of  Christ  constrain 
you  so  absolutely  that  you  instinctively  give  both 
cheeks  to  thesmiter,  and  return  good  for  evil  as  the 
first  and  strongest  prompting  of  your  soul.  Take 
Luke  10: 19  and  Rom.  8:35.  39  and  Acts  20:  24  as 
your  charter;  and  John  11:40  as  your  reproof;  and 
1  Cor.  15: 10  and  Gal.  6: 14  as  your  boast. 

There  is  a  large  host  of  discouraged  workers  in 
the  world. — in  the  ministry,  in  the  Sunday  school, 
in  the  Bible  class,  in  the  mission  fields,  in  the  fam- 
ily. What  they  need  is  Col.  2:9,  10  and  Philpp. 
4:  13  and  Rom.  S:  18.  Such  an  intercessor,  such 
completeness  in  Him,  such  assurance  of  Divine 
Help,  such  a  glorious  consummation! — is  not  this 
enough  to  elicit  the  shout  of  faith  even  before  the 
victory  is  won?  Josh.  6:  16,  20,  If  Christ  needed 
the  Father  to  enable  Him  to  do  His  mighty  works, 
surely  we  need  Christ  every  moment  in  the  mission 
he  has  assigned  us.  John  14:10  and  15:5.  The 
great  lesson  for  us  to  learn,  and  which  we  are  so 
slow  in  mastering,  is  the  "  nrt  I,  but  Christ  livtth  in 
me."     Gt,\.2-.20. 

Did  Jesus  ever  doubt  His  divinity,  or  the  success 
of  His  mission?  Were  there  ever  such  barriers  to 
hinder  and  baffle  and  defeat  a  noble  enterprise  as 
in  His  case?  And  yet  He  was  only  "  made  perfect 
through  suffering."  Heb.  2: 10.  At  the  beginning 
of  His  career  He  said,  "  I  mint  be  about  my  Father's 
business."  At  the  close  He  triumphantly  exclaimed, 
"  I have  glorified  Thee  onthe  earth.  J  have  fin'shtd  .  . 
which  1  hou  gcvut  me  to  do."  Luke  2: 49  and  John 
17:4.  What  is  the  key  to  this  blessed  life?  For 
Jesus  it  is  John  10:  30.  For  us  it  is  John  14:  19.  20. 
It  is  because  we  so  feebly  realiz:  2  Cor.  5:  15, 
that  we  know  so  little  of  .'  Cor.  9:  8.  We  deal 
too  exclusively  with  an  objective  model,  and 
know  not  the  reality  and.'power  and  blessedness  of 
the  bidwe'Mng  Christ.  A  Christ  on  the  Mediatorial 
Throne  we  [must  jhave.^  Butjthat  is  [not  [salvation 
till  we  know  Christ  enthroned  in  the  heart.  I  John 
2:1  and  Eph.  3:17.  Salvation^meansjlnothing  less 
than  "God  [manifest  inithe|flcsh,"GGhrist  claims 
lufmuiity,  and  not  only  the  higher  elements, 


the  oosiprEX-.  iivriEssiEirsra-EiR,, 


March  12,  189S. 


My  dear  brother,  start  afresh,  and  start  only  in 
Acts  2:  25  and  1  Thess.  5:23.  Open  your  Sunday 
school  with  gladness  and  hope,  committing  yourself 
and  your  work  entirely  to  Jesus.  Have^nothing 
apart  from  Him.  And  if  you  ever  get  to  the  ex- 
tremity of  Matt.  26:  56  and  2  Tim.  4:  16,  then  take 
refuge  in  John  16:  32  and  2  Tim.  1:  12.  Never  He 
under  the  juniper  tree  again,  as  though  there  was 
nothing  more  for  you  to  do  for  Jesus;  but  keep  re- 
peating 1  Cor.  15:  57  over  and  over,  and  over  to  the 
close  of  life.    Then— Rev.  3:21, 

C.  H.  Balsbaugh. 

Union  Deposit,  Pa. 


From  Smyrna,  Asia  Minor. 


I  went  to  Aidin,  last  Tuesday,  Feb.  1.  I  found 
our  four  brethren  in  good  health,  and  continuing 
faithful  in  the  faith  which  they  have  embraced. 
Having  met  that  same  evening  in  the  pzrlor  of  the 
"Hamidieh  Hotel,"  of  which  the  proprietor  is  our 
good  brother  Heraclion  Kritikakis,  we  held  a  serv- 
ice at  which  two  strangers  (native  Protestants)  as- 
sisted, thus  preaching  the  Word  ot  God  to  six  pre- 
cious souls,  who,  we  trust,  in  the  corrupt  and  be- 
nighted city  of  Aidin,  will  be  "light"  and  "salt," 
and  faithful  witnesses  of  Jesus  Christ. 

After  the  service,  we  held  a  meeting,  at  which 
brother  Heraclion,  with  the  approval  of  the  breth- 
ren present  and  prayer,  was  appointed  resident 
evangelist,  and  the  few  faithful,  whom  we  have  in 
that  city,  organized  into  a  church,  with  the  under- 
signed as  temporary  pastor,  until  Bro.  Heraclion 
proves  himself  a  faithful  worker  and  "  purchases  to 
himself  a  good  degree."  Bro.  Heraclion  is  a  young 
man  about  thirty-eight  years  old,  who  became  a 
Protestant  several  years  ago,  and  is  well  versed  in 
Holy  Scriptures.  We  were  very  glad  that  the  oth- 
er three  members,  who  have  stepped  directly  from 
the  Greek  church  into  ours,  should,  without  any 
jealous  feeling,  strongly  recommend  to  us,  for  the 
work  of  an  evangelist,  a  man  who  came  straight  to 
them  from  the  ranks  of  Protestantism.  They  said 
to  us,  "Wc  can  not  heip  contersing  it,  he  is  the 
most  pious  and  competent  of  us  all  /or  this  work." 

Having  no  building  of  their  own,  the  services 
will  be  held  at  the  hotel  (a  little  inn)  where  Bro. 
Heraclion  has  kindly  offered  a  room  for  the  wor- 
shipers, and  this,  of  course,  we  appreciate  vciy 
much.  We  trust  the  little  infant  church  will  be  a 
leaven  in  that  great  city  that  will  raise  the  whole 
lump,  the  little  mustard  seed  that  will  grow  into 
one  of  the  hugest  trees,  so  that  the  birds  of  the 
air  may  come  and  lodge  in  the  branches  thereof. 
And  so  we  have  now  two  churches  organized  in 
Asia  Minor,  with  hopes  that  the  next  one  will  be  in 
old  Philadelphia!  G.J.  Fercken. 

Feb.  8. 


Bulsar  Notes. 


—The  eclipse  of  Jan.  22  is  past.  Sister  Ryan 
saw  it  total  from  Basin  Berar,  and  brethren  Mc- 
Cann  and  Forney  from  Jeur,  south  of  Bombay. 
We  saw  it  from  Bulsar  like  a  bright  new  moon. 

— Before  the  eclipse  we  made  special  effort  to 
secure  a  Gujerati  tract  to  suit  the  occasion.  None 
being  obtainable,  I  wrote  one  on  eclipses  and  hat* 
2,000  copies  printed.  At  Brst  we  gave  a  copy  free 
to  every  one  who  would  buy  a  tract  on  astrology 
from  us,  for  a  half  cent.  In  this  way  we  sold  over 
230  books  on  astrology,  a  large  number  of  Gospel?, 
and  some  other  books.  On  eclipse  day  we  gave 
the  hand-bill  free.  We  tried  faithfully  to  get  the 
tract  circulated  all  over  the  country.  We  sent 
packages  by  mail  where  we  had  not  time  to  go. 

— The  people  believed  all  kinds  of  things  about 
the  eclipse,  and  it  was  an  opportunity  for  advocates 
of  eternal  Truth.  Some  thought  that  the  eclipse 
would  be  followed  by  an  earthquake.  So^c  thought 
that  the  sea  would  roll  in  over  the  land.  Some 
thought  that  the  present  habitation  would  sink  into 
the  earth,  and  new  people  would  grow  instead. 
Ochers,  still,  wondered  how  many  days  the  eclipse 
would  last. 

—Now  it  might  be  thought  that  a  tract  on  so  evi- 
dent a  truth  would  be  welcomed  by  everybody.     But 


it  was  not.  Some  said,  "  How  doyou  know?  Have 
you  been  to  the  sun  or  moon?"  Others  said.  "Is 
this  aU'written  out  so  in  your  Bible?"  Others, 
"  Our  gurns  told  us  of  this  eclipse,  so  our  shastras 
must  be  true."  And  there  are  no  greater  frauds 
anywhere  than  the  promoters  of  the  Hindoo  reli- 
gion. 

—  Very  many  of  the  people  have  learned  of  eclipses 
and  astronomy  as  much  as  wc  have,  and  looked  for- 
ward to  its  coming  with  keen  interest.  The  most 
ignorant  arc  the  most  superstitious,  and  I  think  this 
generally  holds  true  at  home. 

—Out  preaching,  last  week,  I  came  to  a  wed- 
ding. At  first  the  people  apologized,  and  said  they 
were  not  drinking  at  all,  only  a  little  bit.  I  told 
them  I  came  to  preach  of  Jesus  and  tell  them  about 
the  eclipse.  So  the  whole  procedure  stopped  and 
listened  while  I  talked  to  them.  After  a  while  they 
asked  me  if  I  wished  to  see  the  bride  and  bride- 
groom. Of  course  I  did,  and  they  were  seated  be- 
fore mc  on  the  ground.  After  a  little  I  gave  them 
each  a  cent  for  a  wedding  present.  One  man  sug- 
gested I  might  give  more.  I  told  them  they  should 
consider  the  spirit  in  which  I  gave  it,  and  not  the 
amount.  They  were  pleased.  When  we  went  away 
their  young  men  went  in  front  of  us,  beating  drums, 
and  their  young  women  came  behind  singing  songs, 
and  so  wc  marched  solemnly  up  Main  Street  (the 
only  street  of  the  village).  They  meant  to  honor  us, 
and  we  considered  the  spirit  that  prompted  the  ac- 
tion, rather  than  the  thing  itself,  as  we  had  suggest- 
ed to  them  to  do. 

Pusar,  India,  Jan.  28,  i8q8. 


Western  District  of  Pennsylvania. 

71?  t\e  C hutches  of  the  Western  District  cf  Pennsylva- 
nia, Greeting: — 

We,  your  committee,  for  the  preparation  of  a 
program  for  the  Ministerial  Meeting  of  the  Wes- 
tern District  of  Pennsylvania,  wish  to  notify  the 
elders  and  ministers  that  we  have  no  call  yet  for 
the  Ministerial  Meeting  for  1898. 

Brethren,  as  the  time  is  swiftly  passing  by,  we 
ask  those  of  you  who  wish  to  2pply  for  the  meet- 
ng  to  take  this  matter  up  at  your  next  counc  1, 
md  give  it  due  attention,  especially  do  we  urge 
;uch  congregations  to  2pply  as  have  not  yet  had 
the  meeting.  PJease  advise  the  committee  at  the 
earliest  possible  date. 

J.  F.  Dieiz. 

E    K.  HOSTETLER. 

R.  F.  Pollard. 
Johnstown,  Pa.,  /•'./>  28. 


Notes  x  from  v  out  *  Correspondents- 

"As  cold  water  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so  is  good  news  from  a  far  country." 


OHIO. 

Jonathan  Creek.— Yesterday,  Bro.  O.  Leckrone  baptized 
>e  more  in  ths  stream  near  the  home  of  Bro.  Samuel  Orr. 
The  ceremony  was  witnesstd  by  the  largest  concourse  of 
people  ever  assembled  in  this  community  on  a  baptismal  oc- 
casion. There  are  yet  four  more  applicants.— Samuel  Orr, 
March  1. 

Wooster.  —  We  met  in  quarteily  council  Feb.  26.  One 
brother  was  restored  to  full  membership  We  alio  decided 
rebuild  our  churebbouse  for  Communion  services.  We 
re  in  need  of  a  larger  house  for  years.  Our  Sunday  school 
quite  well  attended.  Bro.  W.  H.  Gerber  is  our  Superin- 
tendent— Maria  KunkU,  Weihrsville,  Ohio,  Feb.  27. 

Price's  Creek — Bro.  Henry  Frantz  came  to  us  Feb.  I,  and 
commenced  preaching  at  Casiine,  the  same  evening.  He  con- 
tinued until  Feb.  16,  preaching  twenty-two  sermons  besides 
one  funeral.  One  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  was  bap- 
tized, and  others  are  almost  persuaded.  The  meetings  closed 
with  a  good  interest.— Jos.  Longanecker,  March  /. 

Salem.— On  Sunday  evening,  Feb.  13,  Bro.  John  H.  Brum- 
baugh, one  of  cur  borne  ministers,  began  a  series  of  meetings 
in  the  hall  at  Union,  four  miles  east  of  our  central  house, 
where  preaching  services  began  each  evening  at  7  o'clock. 
The  congregation  met  twenty  minutes  earlier  for  song  service. 
The  meetings  continued  until  Sunday  evening,  Feb.  27,  when 
they  closed  with  a  large  crowd,  insomuch  that  standing  room 
was  tn  detnaud.  The  weather,  was,  part  of  the  time,  very  in- 
clement, and  the  nights  very  dark,  yet  the  people  came  oat, 
and  were  attentive  listeners.  While  there  were  no  accessions, 
we  are  sure  that  the  members  that  attended  the  meeting  were 
eucouraged,  and  sinners  made  to  realize  their  unsaved  condi- 
tion.— C.  iV,  Buntain,  Union,  Ohio,  March  .?. 


Sugar  Creek— Bro.  S.  F.Sanger  was  wi.h  us  over  Sunday, 
Feb.  27,  and  preached  once  at  each  church  and  once  in  Lima, 
—David  L'yerty,  Lima,  Ohio,  March  1. 

The  Mission  Board  of  Northeastern  Ohio  will  meet,  the 
Lord  willing,  April  7,  1898,  and  all  business  should  be  in  the 
hands  of  the  Secretary  before  that  date.— A.  I.  Heestand, 
Sec,  Smithviile,  Ohio,  March  4. 

Tuscarawas.— Feb.  26  we  met  tn  quarterly  CDuncil.  Quite 
an  amount  of  business  was  transacted  in  a  Christian-like  man- 
ner. It  was  decided  to  hold  a  Communion  meeting  June 
11.  I  am  on  my  way  to  the  Rome  Church,  Hancock  Co., 
Ohio,  to  assist  them  in  a  series  of  meetings.  Eld.  L.  H. 
Dickey  resides  in  said  church. — Reubm  Shroycr,  Oiterbcin, 
Ohio,  Feb.  z8. 

Painter  Creek.— Recently  a  missionaiy  rolicitor,  claiming 
to  belong  to  the  "  Fiiends'  "  churcb,  and  claiming  to  come  from 
Marion,  Ind.,  s'.opped  at  our  house,  soliciting,  as  she  claimed, 
money  for  missionary  work  in  the  Holy  Land  and  other 
places.  She  made  a  very  earnest  appeal  for  money,  butter, 
eggs,  poultry,  etc.  My  wife  explained  that  we  had  an  adopt- 
ed system  of  giving  for  such  purposes  in  our  own  church,  but 
finally  gave  her  five  cents,  The  supposed  missionary  then 
went  to  the  neighbors,  saying  that  we  had1  given  fifty  cents  — 
Levi  Mitinieh,  Feb.  23. 

Bear  Creek.—  The  members  of  tbis  church  held  their  regu- 
lar quarterly  council  March  2.  Considerable  business  was 
transacted.  The  adjoining  elders  were  present;  also  Eld.  I. 
J.  Rosenberger.  Two  were  received  by  letter  and  four  letters 
were  granted.  Bro.  David  Oliver  was  ordained  elder.  The 
church  decided  to  hold  an  election  for  a  minister  and  two 
deacons.  Fro.  William  Swinger  was  elected  minister,  and 
brethren  Peter  Neff  and  Samuel  Vaniman,  deacons.  All  three 
are  worthy  young  brethren.  The  ordination  and  installation 
services  were  performed  at  the  close  of  council.  Two  dele- 
gates for  District  Meeting  and  one  for  Annual  Mealing  were 
elected;  also  two  superintendents  for  Sunday  school.  The 
church  appointed  a  brother  to  fill  the  office  of  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  of  Poor  Fund.— Josiah  Eby,  Dayton,  Ohio,  Marc/13. 
Logan.— Bro.  S.  G.  Lehmer,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  came  to 
our  church  Feb.  12,  and  continued  meetings  until  March  2, 
preaching  twenty-two  sermons  and  deliveiing  three  lectures. 
Five  were  added  by  confession  and  baptism,  and  two  ap- 
plicants are  to  be  baptized  later,  Bro,  Lehmer  is  a  ready 
speaker  and  should  be  kept  in  the  field  all  the  time. 
His  lecture  on  the  "Oiigias  of  Baptisms"  and  "Apostolic 
Practices  of  the  Primitive  Church  "  were  grand  and  did  much 
good  in  our  community.  The  members  were  much  built  up 
and  many  were  "almost  persuided,"  but  lacked  the  courage 
to  cross  the  line.  Oar  quarterly  council  convened  Feb.  26. 
Visiting  ministeis  present  were  Eld.  L.  H  Dickey,  Eli  Zol- 
linger ar.d  S.  G.  Lehmer.  Eld.  L  H.  Dickey,  who  has  teen 
our  assistant  elder  for  some  years,  ssked  to  be  relieved 
and  his  request  was  granted.  We  were  loath  to  part  with  him. 
Eld.  Abednego  Miller  was  chessn  delegate  to  Annual  Confer- 
ence, and  Bro.  B.  F.  Snyder  to  District  Meeting.  One  paper 
was  sent  to  District  Meeting.  We  decided  to  hold  our  spring 
love  feast  May  6,  at  4  P.  M.—/ohn  R.  Snyder,  Bcllefontaine, 
Ohio,  March  3. 

Ludlow.  —  Our  quarterly  council  was  held  Feb.  19,  at 
Georgetown,  the  joint  house  batween  this  and  the  Salem  con- 
gregation. Bro.  Granv.lle  Minnich,  o:e  of  our  newly-elected 
ministerF,  was  ele:ted  Sunday  school  Superintendent,  with 
Joseph  Ruble,  assistant.  Two  brethren,  one  from  each 
church,  and  both  heads  of  families,  united  with  the  church 
by  baptism.  Seventeen  letters  of  membership  were  given, 
and  many  more  will  be  given  soon.  Many  of  these  members 
have  been  very  active  in  church  work.  Some  have  beea  active 
Sunday  school  teachers  and  many  times  were  their  familiar 
voices  heard  at  our  teachers'  meeting,  at  our  song  serv- 
ices and  at  our  preaching  services,  While  we  thus  have  be- 
come endeared  to  one  anctber,  we  are  soiry  to  see  these 
members  leave  us.  We  are  glad  to  k 
nilies  to  labor  for  the  Masler  are  not  < 
ing  to  churches  wilh  a  small  membership  will  probably  have 
increased  oppDrtunities.  On  Tuesday  evening,  Feb.  22,  we 
began  a  series  of  meetings  at  the  Pittsburg  house,  with  Bro, 
D.  D.  Wine,  of  Pleasant  Hill,  Ohio,  assisting.  One  has  be;n 
reclaimed.-  Levi  Minnich,  Painter  Creek,  Ohio,  Feb.  33. 
INDIANA. 
Antloch  —Eld.  Noah  Fisher,  of  this  place,  who  is  down 
wilh  typhoid  fever,  has  not  been  able  to  preach  for  a  month, 
though  at  this  writing  the  indications  are  that  he  is  slowly 
improving.  We  hope  he  will  soon  recover,  as  we  need  his 
labors  very  much.  We  desire  the  united  prayers  of  the 
Brotherhood  in  our  behalf.  —  ^.  B.  Milter,  Andrews,  Ind., 
Mare/13. 

Wabash.— The  quarterly  meeting  of  this  church  was  held 
yesterday,  March  3.  Two  were  received  by  letter  and  one 
was  restored.  Recently  two  were  added  by  baptism.  The 
church  sends  one  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting  and  two  to  Dis- 
trict Meeting.  Eld.  N,  W.  Crumrine  will  represent  the  church 
at  Annual  Meeting,  and  E.  S.  Brubaker  and  Samuel  Frantz 
at  District  Meeting.  The  Commanion  meeting  here  will  not 
be  till  fall.  Brethren  William  Livengooi  and  Alonzo  Crum- 
rine,  who  were  elected  at  a  previous  council,  were,  with  their 
companions,  duly  installed,  the  former  as  minister,  the  latter 
as  deacon.  Bro.  Will  Livengood  was  re-elected  as  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday  school,  and  Bro,  John  Frantz,  Assistant 
The  Brethren  here  were  assisted  by  elders  Moss,  Ullery  and 
Wolf.— Kiltie  I/ursh,  March  4, 


their  opportu- 


Match  12.  i8g8. 


THE  GOSPEL   3VCESSE3STQEE,. 


m 


Summit, -A  short  rciisa  of  meetings  h.13  juat  closed  at 
this  place,  which  waa  conducted  by  Dio.  Israel  Cfipe,  who 
preached  the  Word  with  poser  to  those  present,  On  account 
of  bad  roads  the  attendance  was  generally  small,  and  wc 
were  sorry  to  close  so  s^on.— Lissie  Mollis,  Matt/tews,  Ind,, 
Feb.  2S. 

Lower  Deer  Creek —Bro.  Isaac  Frantz,  of  Pleasant  Hill, 
Ohio,  came  to  this  church  Feb.  12,  and  labored  faithfully  till 
the  night  of  the  27th.  He  delivered  twenty-seven  sermons. 
Notwithstanding  the  dark  nights  and  rough  roads  most  of  the 
time,  the  interest  and  congregatiens  increased  all  the  time. 
The  last  two  meetings  the  church  was  filled  with  attentive 
listeners.  Seventeen  dear  souls  were  added  to  the  church, 
sixteen  by  baptism  and  one  dear  sister  restored,  who  had  been 
identified  with  the  Old  Order  Brethren.  Twelve  out  of  that 
number  were  fathers  and  mothers.  Last  Thursday  night  Bro. 
Frantz  held  a  children's  meeting.  The  church  is  much  edi- 
fied, and  we  trust  many  more  are  near  the  kingdom.— Benja- 
min Wray,  Camden,  hid.,  Feb.  28. 

Pine  Creek — Saturday,  Feb.  2%  Eld.  Daniel  Whitmer  and 
the  writer  met  with  the  dear  members  of  the  above  church,  to 
assist  them  in  an  election  and  aa  ordination.  Bro.  Andrew 
Ruple  was  rrdained  to  the  eldership,  Bro.  Frank  C.  Ruple 
was  elected  to  the  ministry,  and  brethren  Solomon  Bu:khold- 
er  and  David  ReiS  were  elected  deacons.  All  were  installed 
with  the  usuil  solemnity.  I  am  glad  that  this  church  is  work- 
ing harmoniously  again.  Much  love  was  manifested  among 
them,  and  the  star  cf  hope  is  risiug  higher  and  higher  above 
their  horizon.  The  outlcoi  for  a  rich  harvest  of  souls  is 
promising.  Comparing  the  present  of  this  church  with  the 
past  few  years,  shows  what  faithfulness  with  steadfastness 
will  do  when  dark  clouds  hover  over.—  W.  R  Deeter,  Mi'ford, 
Ind.,  March  1. 

Elkhart.— Bro.  J.  S.  Flory,  of  California,  delivered  some  in- 
teresting talks  on  Bible  "  faith-healing  "  and  "  mn  d  phenome- 
na." Bro.  FJory  has  made  the  subject  a  life-long  study,  and 
is  well  calculated  to  expoie  the  evils  of  the  day.  "Spiritua'- 
ism"  and  "  Christian  Science  '  is  well  lifted  by  h's  close  ctiti- 
cism  of  the  many  "isms"  of  the  day.  Bro.  Jasper  Cross,  of 
Sidney,  Ind  ,  a  mute  minister,  was  hers  a  few  days.  Bro. 
Cross  has  a  monthly  appointment  in  Benton  Harbor,  Mich., 
to  which  point  he  was  sent  by  the  Mission  Board.  There  are 
about  fifty  mute  members  in  Northern  Indiana  State  District. 
Bro.  Cress  ras  a  corgregalion  of  eleven  mutes  to  preach  to 
at  Benton  Harbor.  'He  thinks  some  of  them  are  near  the 
kingdom.  We  have  four  mute  members  iu  Elkhart.  Bro.  J. 
Cross  is  well  calculated  to  preach  to  them,  being  well  edu- 
cated in  the  sijn  laogu?g;.  We  should  have  a  number  of 
such  ministers.  Indianapolis  has  a  mute  asylum,  and  has 
many  hundreds  of  mutes  in  attendance.     This  is  a  gcod  place 

introduce  mission  work  by  sending  tracts.—  J.  II,  Miller, 


AhiriA  . 


LOUISIANA. 


Oak  Grove.  — Recently  we  met  in  quarlerly  council.  Breth- 
ren S.  A.  He  nberger  and  S.  E.  Lewis,  of  Roanoke,  La.,  came 
to  our  assistance  and  held  a  series  of  meetings  for  one  week, 
One  came  out  on  the  Lord's  s'de  and  united  with  the  church 
by  confession  and  baptism.  We  considered  it  expedient  to 
hold  a  love  feast  Feb.  iri,  and  a  very  enjoyable  love  feast  was 
held,  to  the  joy  and  comfort  of  all,  and  to  the  glery  and  honor 
of  God.  Bro.  S.  A.  Hcnberger  cffi;iated.— Abel  M.  Wimer, 
Grayson,  La,,  Feb  26. 

Roanoke.— The  visit  to  the  Oak  Grove  church  was  very  en- 
joyable. One  young  sister  was  received  into  fel  owship.  We 
had  a  very  harmonious  council,  and  found  the  members  very 
faithful.  Feb.  26  we  held  a  most  spiritual  Communion  with 
them.  The  sister  who  had  been  sick  over  two  years,  con- 
fined to  her  bed  much  of  that  time,  and  was  brought  to  the 
Lord's  table  last  August,  and  anointed,  while  on  an  invalid's 
chair,  has  so  far  regained  her  health  that  she  ce.ii  now  attend 
to  her  daily  duties.  Matt  q:  ;2.  I  zm  in  receipt  of  a  let- 
ter from  a  town  near  by,  from  a  little  msid  of  twelve  years, 
saying  that  she  wants  to  unite  with  the  church.  Bro.  Binga- 
man  is  still  in  the  field,  delivering  his  Bible  Land  lectures. 
Fruit  trees  are^looming,  and  everything  indicates  that  spring 
is  here. — S.  A,  Honb-:rgcr,  March  1, 
IOWA. 

Pleasant  Hill.— We  met  in  regular  council  Feb.  \%.  All 
business  was  disposed  of  pleasantly.  We  will  hold  a  love 
feast  July  4.  We  extend  the  usual  invitation.— Harley  B. 
Johnston,  Birmingham,  Iowa,  March  1. 

South  English.— To-day  was  our  quarterly  council.  We  de- 
cided to  have  a  love  feast  June  n,  at  4  P.  M.  We  also  elected 
our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  The  ballot  method  was 
adopted.  The  result  was  that  Bro.  Peter  Brower  was  chosen 
delegate,  with  Bro.  J.  D.  Coffman  as  alternate.  We  also  de- 
cided to  have  regular  solicitors,  to  gather  funds  to  defray  ex- 
penses of  ministers,  etc.,  that  we  send  for,  to  hold  series  of 
meetings,  that  there  need  be  "  no  gatherings  when  they  come." 
The  various  mission  funds  were  remembered.— S.  F.  Brower, 
Feb.  26. 

ALABAMA. 

Fruitdale.—  Feb.  16  I  arrived  again  from  the  North.  The 
Sunday  previous  I  spent  pleasantly  with  the  Brethren  at  Ander- 
son, Ind.,  where  the  cause  is  prospering  under  the  efficient 
eldership  of  Bro.  J  R.  Wellingion  and  the  ministry  of  breth- 
ren J.  S.  Alldredge  and  Frark  Hay.  The  work  at  Anderson  is 
another  proof  of  the  fact  that  the  Brethren  can  succeed  in 
cities.  One  more,— a  young  lady,  who  is  attending  our  school 
here  from  Thomasville,  Ga.,— was  baptized  since  my  last  re- 
port,—James  M,  Neffx  March  2, 


MISSOURI. 

Warrenaburg  — The  Warrensburg  church  met  In  council 
March  3,  The  letters  of  membership  of  Cbas.  M.  Yearout 
and  wife,  and  four  others,  were  received.  A  number  of  letters 
were  granted.  The  local  mission  board  of  this  congregation 
made  a  report  which  was  accepted,  Bro.  Yearout  is  mak- 
ing gcod  use  of  his  time,  as  he  arrrived  in  Warrensburg  one 
day,  was  received  into  this  congregation  the  next,  and 
the  same  evening  be»an  a  series  of  meetings  at  a  point  twelve 
miles  southeast  of  Warrensburg— John  E.  Mahler,  Match  4. 

Carthage.— Our  council  of  Feb  17  passed  off  pleasantly. 
All  seemed  in  peace,  and  what  business  came  before  the  church 
passed  <ff  p'ea*amly.  Sir.ce  my  last  report  five  letters  of 
membership  have  been  granted.  Foit  members  moved  in 
since  my  last  report.  Our  cbnrch  at  this  lima  numbers  about 
fifty.  We  have  two  deacons  and  two*  rtinislers.  We  wculd 
be  glad  to  see  more  members  move  in  and  help  with  the  good 
woik,  Shculdany  feel  to  locate  here,  they  will  find  a  wel- 
ccme.  Our  Sunday  school  is  progressing  cicely,  with  Bro. 
Betebenner  as  Superintendent,  and  Bro.  Shaffer  as  Assistant. 
We  are  sorrv  that  Bro.  Shaffer  intends  to  leave  us.  We  are 
using  the  Brethren's  literature  and  consider  it  a  great  he'p— 
Noah  Oren. 

Dry  Fork.— The  members  of  this  church  met  in  quarterly 
council  Feb.  12.  Letters  were  granted  to  several  members 
who  have  moved  away.  The  writer  was  elected  corespond- 
ent, Bro,  Robinson  preached  his  farewell  sermon  Feb*  11, 
and  has  gone  to  other  fidds  of  labor.— Annie  Wampler,  Feb. 

23. 

St,  Joseph.— Oar  council  was  held  Feb.  26.  Eld.  W.  C. 
Hipes  presided  and  Eld.  S.  B.  Shiikey  assisted.  One  was 
received  by  letter.  The  church  decided  to  ask  help  from 
Mission  Board  to  procure  a  much  needed  house  of  worship, 
Bro.  0.  H.  Lutz  and  the  wrier  were  advanced  to  the  second 
degree  of  the  ministry  aad  were  duly  installed,  The  writer 
was  chosen  as  delegate  to  Annual  Menlng,  with  Bro.  O.  H, 
Lutz  as  alternate,  While  here,  the  Brethren  preached  some 
soul-cheering  sermons,  and  their  wise  counsel  was  appreci- 
ated.— G.  II.  Lutz,  Feb.  2;. 

KANSAS. 

Notice— The  District  Meeting  of  Northeastern  Kansas  will 
be  held  in  the  Washington  Creek  church  April  6,  at  8  A.  M. 
Ministeiial  Meeting,  April  5,  at  0  A.  M.  Passengers  will  be 
met  on  Monday  at  Lawrence,  not  later  than  3  P.  M.,  and  at 
Overbrook  at  4:  20  P.  M.—I.  II.  Crist,  See. 

North  Morrill.  —  This  church  held  its  quarterly  council 
March  2,  Much  business  cam;  before  the  church.  Bro.  T. 
A.  Eisenbise  was  chosen  to  represent  this  church  at  District 
Meeting.  The  church  called  Bro.  Martin  Myers  and  D.  M. 
Eisenbise  to  the  office  of  deacon.—  Geo.  Oak/nan,  Marc/13. 

Sabetfia. — I  just  returned  from  another  trip  to  the  State 
Prison  and  Atchison  mission  points.  I  am  glad  to  report  an- 
other convict  baptized  at  the  prisoD,  with  a  growing  interest. 
There  are  nine  Brethren  in  the  prison  now  who  have  been  re- 
ceived into  the  church  since  they  are  there.  The  interest  and 
attendance  at  Atchison  are  good,  but  we  have  had  no  acces- 
sions.— C.  J,  Hooper,  March  1. 

Silver  Creek. —This  congregation,  situated  in  Cowley  Coun- 
ty, met  in  regular  council  Feb.  26,  at  the  South  Bend  school- 
house.  Considerable  business  came  before  the  meeting  and 
was  very  earnestly  investigated.  All  seemed  much  interested 
and  concerned  for  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  church. 
All  unanimously  agreed  to  forgive  past  grievances,  and  labor 
together  in  love  and  harnrony  for  the  restoration  of  peace  and 
confidence  in  each  other.  —  W.  B.  Sell,  Frcdonia,  Kans , 
March  2. 

WEST  V1R01NIA. 

Broad  Lane.  — By  request  of  the  Mission  Board  of  the 
Western  District  of  Maryland,  Bro.  S.  M.  Foltz  commenced 
a  meeting  at  Bioad  Lane,  Berkeley  Co,  W.  Ya.,  on  the 
evening  of  Feb.  it,  and  preached  four  sermons,  after 
which  the  writer  took  up  the  work  and  preached  eight 
sermons,  which  resulted  in  four  additions  by  baptism.— J.  A. 
A.  Bricker,  Downsville,  Md„  March  4. 

Ooshen.— Having  been  invited  to  visit  the  Brethren  at  the 
Goshen  church,  W.  Va ,  I  preached  fifteen  sermons  to  very 
attentive  listeners  and  good  congregations.  Three  were  add- 
ed to  the  church  by  confession  and  baptism,  and  one  was  re- 
claimed. These  brethren  have  been  sadly  neglected  in  the 
way  of  ministerial  help.  They  will  soon  have  their  house 
completed,  which  will  add  much  to  their  convenience,  and, 
we  hepe,  to  their  zeal.  We  found  zealous  brethren  and 
sisters  there.  May  the  Lord  bless  the  cause!—  Z.  Annott, 
Thornton,  IV.  Va„  March  2. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Tulpehockeu.— Bro.  Jacob  Pfoutz,  of  Farmersville,  Pa., 
came  to  us  Jan.  29,  and  remained  until  Feb.  ro,  preaching  fif- 
teen interesting  sermons.  Our  meetings  were  well  attended, 
Three  were  made  willing  to  be  buried  with  Christ  in  baptism, 
and  others  are  counting  the  cost.— Ella  V.  Layser,  Richland, 
Lebanon  Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  17. 

Meyersdale.— At  our  regular  meeting,  last  Sunday,  a  wid- 
ow and  her  nephew  made  application  for  membership  and 
were  baptized.  The  woman  had  heart  trouble  and  was  quite 
weak.  After  the  first  trial  she  thought  she  would  have  to 
give  it  up.  Then  I  baptized  the  youDg  man,  after  which  she 
thought  she  would  try  it  again.  We  succeeded  all  right,  It 
did  not  hurt  her  at  all.  I  never  felt  the  water  colder,  although 
there  was  no  ice.—/,  C  Johnson, 


Shippanauurff.  —  Bro.  John  Miller  commenced  a  Berici 
of  racclirigo  in  our  church  in  this  town  Jan.  iq,  preaching 
three  aermors,  when  Bro.  Albert  Hollinger,  of  Washington, 
loincd  in  the  good  work  and  continued  the  meetings  until 
Feb.  17,  preaching  seventeen  sermons.  Our  brother  was 
greeted  nearly  every  night  with  a  full  house.  Some  nights 
all  could  not  well  get  in,  One  dear  ;oul  was  added  to  the 
church— A".  L.  Fogelsonger,  Feb.  2$, 

Spring  Grove.— Feb.  12  Bro.  Geo.  S.  Rairigh,  of  Denton, 
Md.,  came  to  this  church  (Lancaster  County),  and  on  the  same 
evening  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  at  the  Spring  Grove 
house,  and  continued  till  the  evening  of  Feb,  27,  preaching 
nineteen  sermen;.  The  meetings  were  well  attended  and 
gcod  attention  and  order  prevailed  throughout.  Bro.  Rair- 
igh is  surely  an  earnest  and  able  defender  of  the  Truth,  a 
workman  that  needeth  not  to  be  ashamed,  rightly  dividing 
the  Word  of  Truth.  He  is  one  of  those  men  that  should 
be  kept  in  the  field  as  much  as  possible,  One  dear  young 
sister  chose  that  good  part  which  shall  not  be  taken  from 
her.—  Samuel  W.  Taylor,  Spring  Grove,  Pa. 
FLORIDA. 

Hawthorn—The  Mormons  are  canvassing  this  country?^ 
I  met  two  of  their  elders  yesterday,  and  tried  to  show  them 
the  error  of  their  way.  I  laid  our  faith  and  practice  before 
them,  and  they  listened  very  attentively.  When  I  got  through 
they  said  they  were  surprised  to  hear  that  there  was  a 
people  that  practices  the  laying  on  of  hands.  As  historical 
prcot  for  the  laying  on  of  hands,  they  cfler  Tertullian  and  St. 
Augustine.  I  asked  them  if  they  thought  the  above  historians 
reliable.  They  said  ttey  did.  I  then  gave  them  a  quotation 
from  Tertullian  on  baptism,  and  also  one  from  St.  Augustine 
upon  learning  which  they  were  still  mere  surprised.  I  told' 
them  that  if  they  wanted  to  hear  the  straight  Truth  preached, 
to  come  to  our  church  next  Sunday,  and  I  would  give  it 
to  them  without  any  adulteration  of  Mormonism.  As  yet, 
ttey  have  made  no  converts  here,  and  are  meeting  with  rath- 
er a  cool  reception.— A  E.  Stover,  Feb.  rS, 
VIRGINIA. 

Sangervlile.— The  missionary  solicitors  of  Second  District 
of  Virginia  will  please  remember  that  tie  year  ends  with 
Mar-h  31.  All  contributions  that  are  not  in  the  hands  of  the 
Secretary  by  that  time,  stand  a  chance  of  being  reported  a 
year  late.— A.  A.  Miller,  Corresponding  Secretary  rf  Mission 
Hoard,  March  I. 

Middle  River.— This  church  met  in  quarterly  council  with 
a  good  attendance.  The  spirit  of  love  stemed  to  prevail,  and 
all  business  passed  eff  pleasantly,  Delegates  were  elected 
as  follows:  For  Annual  Meeting,  Bro.  A.  B.  Eatley;  for  Dis- 
trict Meeting,  brethren  D.  S.  Garber  and  John  Wright,  For 
Sunday  school  Superintendent  wc  elected  Bro.  B.  B.  Garber, 
and  for  Assistant,  Bro.  B.  J.  Garber.  Wc  also  decided  to  hold 
a  series  of  meetings  in  October.—  /,  F.  Miller,  Feb.  26. 
MARYLAND. 

Northwest  Baltimore.  —  During  February  we  received 
£1567  in  our  Home  Mission  Fur.d  for  the  "Baltimore  City 
church-lot  and  house."  All  departments  of  the  work  here  con- 
tinue with  increasing  encouragement,  We  are  arranging  for 
more  advanced  work  in  the  near  future,  Our  Sunday  school 
has  outgrown  our  hall.  We  are  compelled  to  look  for  a  more 
commodious  place  of  wcrship.  Will  those,  who  have  sub- 
scribed,  please  remit  at  their  earliest  convenience,  as  we 
want  to  buy  a  lot  as  soon  as  we  have  sufficient  means?  Once 
we  get  a  lot,  it  wilt  not  take  so  long  to  get  the  churcb.  Send 
donations  to  the  writer.—/,  .V  Gciser,  Chairman  of  Home  Mis- 
sion Fund,  1607  Edmonson  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md.,  March  2. 
ARKANSAS. 

Round  Mountain.— We  are  still  dcing  what  we  can  for  the 
Lord.  We  have  regular  preaching  twice  on  the  first  and 
third  Sunday  of  each  month,  and  social  meetirgs  on  each 
Thursday  night.  Ou  the  second  and  fourth  Sundays  I  am 
away,  holding  meetings  somewhere  else.  We  notice  in  the 
Messenger  that  there  has  been  a  great  deal  of  cold  and 
snowy  weather  North,  but  here  we  have  had  the  finest  winter 
we  ever  experienced.  Sixteen  degrees  above  zero  was  the 
coldest  weather  we  have  bad.  Only  once  was  there  snow 
enough  to  make  the  ground  a  little  gray.  About  all  the  co'd 
weather  we  have  had  was  in  December.— Samuel  Weimer, 
Wyman,  Ark.,  Feb.  28. 

MICHIGAN. 

Gait.— We  met  in  council  on  Saturday,  Feb.  26.  We  were 
made  to  rejoice  at  the  close  of  the  meeting  by  one  precious 
soul  coming  out  on  the  Lord's  side  and  asking  admittance  in- 
to the  fold,  Our  preaching  services  and  prayer  meetings  are 
well  attended,  with  the  very  best  of  interest.  We  believe 
that  others  are  near  the  kingdom.  We  intend  to  hold  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  soon. — Moses  Burket,  March  4, 

ILLINOIS. 

Batavla. — The  members  of  this  church  met  in  council  Feb. 
26.  All  business  was  disposed  of  in  a  pleasant  manner.  We 
decided  to  hold  our  love  feast  June  n.  Our  elder,  Bro.  S.  E, 
Yundt,  gave  a  very  interesting  talk  to  the  children  on  Sun- 
day, Feb.  27.—  Carrie  M.  Barkdoll,  March  /. 

NEBRASKA. 

Sappy  Creek.  —  Bro.  Geo.  H.  Sharp,  of  Atwood,  Kans., 
commenced  meetings  here,  Feb.  13  and  preached  fourteen 
soul-cheering  sermons.  He  made  quite  an  impression  on  the 
minds  of  the  people.  Eld.  J.  P.  Nofziger  assisted  in  the  meet* 
ings,— /,  M.  OiOorn,  Edison,  Furnas  Co.,  Nebr,,  March  I, 


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correspondence  Wanted. 

HAVlNB  prepared  the  copy  for  a  small  work 
for  use  in  Bible  schools  and  weekly  Bible 
meetings  in  local  churches,  it  is  desired  to 
publish  it;  and  I  shall  be  pleased  to  have  cor- 
respondence, with  the  view  of  some  one  taking 
it  and  having  it  published.  It  relates  to  the 
"  Life  of  Christ,"  as  found  in  the  four  Gospels, 
The  aim  has  been  to  develop  principles,  and 
present  every  teaching  of  our  Lord  in  a  man- 
ner that  "  ihe  common  people"  may  easily 
understand.  It  is  the  result  of  much  study 
and  teaching,  and  I  trust  it  may  find  ils  way 
out  into  the  joyous  gatherings  of  the  saints,  to 
be  helpful  to  thtm.  M,  M,  Esiiei.man. 

i'olloti,  Cal. 

From  the  Grand  Valley  Church,  Colorado 

Oi'R  District  evangelist,  A.  C.  Snowberger, 
is  to  be  with  us  in  two  weeks,  to  hold  some 
special  meetings.  Bro.  D.  M.  Click  preaches 
every  Lord's  Day,  but  there  are  many  call 
that  can  not  be  answered.  Who  will  com 
and  help? 

A  sadness,  seldom  so  apparent,  was  mani 
fested  at  the  funeral  of  our  dear  aged  brothei 
George  Kenncr.  Bro.  Renner  was  born  ii 
Frederick  County,  Md„  and  united  with  tin 
church  at  the  Welty  meetinghouse  in  Mary- 
land. He  started  west  in  1852,  and  has  lived 
in  Indiana,  Iowa,  Colorado,  Montana,  Oregon 
and  Washington.  From  the  latter  Stale  he 
came  here  last  November,  and  the  large  audi- 
ence at  the  Mt.  Garfield  schoolhouse  yester- 
day, and  the  kindly  and  useful  assistance  by 
many  duiing  his  brief  illness  and  death,  is 
an  evidence  that  he  made  many  friends  by  his 
strictly  Christian  courtesy.  He  bought  fortv 
acres  of  land,  three  and  one-half  miles  west  of 
Palisade.  He  wished  to  improve  this  land 
and  prepare  it  for  a  world-wide  mission  home 
for  old  people,  but  death  has  claimed  him  and 
the  grand  and  noble  work  is  left  for  other 
hands  to  finish.  He  desired  to  be  the  first  oc- 
cupant, but  the  kitchen  and  dining-room  (as 
the  brother  termed  it),  only  are  ready  for  the 
roof,  and  he  is  gone.  During  his  illness  he  ex- 
■fttessed  again  his  great  desire  in  the  interest  of 
the  Home,  and  gave  his  plans  to  the  writer, 
and  then  made  a  will  to  the  effect  that  the 
Brethren  church  shall  establish  and  maintain 
a  home,  as  above  stated,  appointing  the  Gen- 
eral Mission  Board  as  his  executors, 

H,  H.  VVISGER. 
Palisade,  Colo.,  Feb.  24. 


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Notice  of  District  Meeting. 

The  Ministerial  Meeting,  in  connection  with 
the  District  Meeting  if  the  Southern  District 
of  Indiana,  will  beheld  in  the  White  church, 
Montgomery  Co.,  Ind.,  four  and  one-half  miles 
wc=tof  Colfax,  commencing  at  9  A.  M„  Apiil 


5.  189S.     We  e 


end  ; 


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Those  coming  by  rail 

(unless  special    notio 

":  arrangements  with  the  Big  Four  R.  R. 


April  4  only 


10  stop  the  fast  t 
Divisionf.Ai.nl  4.  1 
Indianapolis  will  pl< 
Other  trains  will  be 
Four  at  8:  50  A.M.,  1 
Four  from  West,  at  4 


3  P-  M 
se  coming  by  way  of 
e  take  notice  of  this, 
et  as  follows:  On  Big 
it  and  West;  also  Big 
P.  M,,  Vandalia,  from 


the  North,  at  8:  50  A.  M.,  and  at  4:  8  P,  M. 
The  above  trains  will  be  met  at  Colfax.  The 
Vandalia  trains  from  the  South  will  be  met  at 
Bowers  Station,  at  8:  40  A.  M.  and  6:  40  P.  M., 
by  notifying  L.  P.  Dunbar  or  Silas  Dunbar,  Jr. 
Those  coming  via  Clover  Leaf  R.  R.,  from  the 
West,  will  be  met  at  Kirkpalrick,  at  3:  18  P. 
M.(  by  notifying  Franklin  Johnson.  Those 
coming  from  the  East  will  be  met  at  Clark's 
Hill,  at  9:  10  A.  M.,  by  notifying  W.  B.  Young 
or  Thomas  Harmeson.  No  other  trains  will 
be  met  without  special  notice.  Any  further 
information  may  be  obtained  by  addressing 
the  undersigned.  We  would  be  pleased  to  see 
all  the  churches  in  the  District  represented, 
especially  the  brethren  that  are  on  the  pro- 
gram. D.  C.  Campbell. 


PROGRAMMES. 


The  following  is  the  program  of  the  Minis* 
terial  Meeting,  to  be  held  in  the  above  church, 
on  Tuesday,  April  5,  1898; 


1.    "  HOfV    ''     ;     ' 

a!  |g  V.  irB  Up   l  GfCBU  r  i'e^rce  of  Inter- 

1     '.mold,  J.  1.  Voder, 
3,  "  To  what  Estent  Shell  wc  Recognize  the 
Popular    Religious    Movements   In   -Securing 
Means  for  Church  and  Missionary  Work?" — J, 
P.  Harshbarger,  W.  A.  Rose. 

3.  "How  Shall  wc  best  Nurture  and  Devel- 
op our  Young  Members  in  the  Spiritual  Life 
and  Church  Work? "-J.G.  Calvert,  J,  P.  Pu- 
tcrbaugh. 

4.  "How  can  the  Church  Continue  to  Pro- 
gress, Hold  her  Distinctive  Features,  and  not 
Drift  with  the  World?  "—Enoch  Eby,  Henry 
Shambergcr. 

Sisters'  Mission  in  the  Church."  — Sisfei 
J.  G.  Calvert,  Laura  Delter. 

Right  for  a  Minister  of  the  Gospel 

to  Mike  his  Ministerial    Labors  a  Secondary 

iter;  if  not,  what  shall  be  Done  to  Remov 

Hindering  Cause?  " — Isaac  Brubakcr,  Job 

Wise. 

"Elders'  Duty  to  the  Fold."— A.  M.  Dick 
ey,  Edward  F rants, 

all  we  Proceed  to  F'ncourage  ou 
Common  Ministry,  since  there  is  a  Pressing 
Demand  for  an  Educated  Ministry  (so  much 
so  as  to  discourage  the  above)?  "— Williai 
Jacob  Bowser. 

W.  A.  Rose,  ) 

A.  F.  Miller,  -Com 

J.  P.  Harshbarger,  ) 


)■'.!■  I  X\  i  -imiKDl  I  .-  InShndyOrov*, 
Pa,,  Feb.  34,  1898,  by  the  undersigned,  tit  Etta 
residence,  Mr.  James  C.  Hcerner  and  Sister 
I  1      Hi     llcj  all  of  Franklin  County,  Pa, 

Wat.  C.  Koont/.. 


FALLEN  t  ASLEEP  •  • . 

:s,cd  are  :hc  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord." 


Join 


Ministerial  Meeting  ,n  the  Greenwood 

Church,  Texas  Co.,  Mo.,  May  4, 

1898,  at  10  A.  M. 

1.  "  Home  Mission  Work— how  best  Carried 
111?  "— C.  Holdeman,  I.  G.  Harris. 

2,  "  How  should  Scries  <  f  Meetings  be  Con- 
ducted  to    Win    Souls   to    Christ?  "—Samuel 

er,  F.  W.  Dove. 

How  can  the  Laity  be  Aroused  to  a 
of  their  Duty  in  the  Song  Services  in  the 
Congregation?  " — George  Barnhart,  J.  J.  Trox- 
:1. 

4.  "  Who  is  Responsible  for  the  many  Calls 
for  Preaching  that  go  Unheeded,—  the  Minis- 
Church?  "— Win.  Harvey,  Ira  P. 
Eby. 

"  How  can  Members  be  Impressed  with 
Sacred    Obligation     of     their     Baptismal 
Vows?"— Henry  Brubnker,  J.  E.  Crist. 

6.  "How  can  Ministers  best  Maintain  Inter- 
till Church  Services  and  Work  at  Home?" 
J.  H.  Nehcr,  Abel  Killingsvvorth. 

7.  "What  is  the  Sisters'  Mission  in  the 
Church?"  — Sisters  Nannie  Harmon,  Li/ena 
Hylton. 

8.  "  What  is  Meant  by  Rightly  Dividing  the 
Word  of  Truth?'— Solomon  Stump,  S.  M. 
Stevens. 

,  "  How  can  Ministers  Avoid  Becoming  En- 
tangled in  the  Affairs  of  this  World?"— Sam- 
uel Wine,  J.  P.  Harris. 

How  can  Church  Members  be  Inspired 

ch  Fervent  Love  that  they  will  become 

Cheerful  Givers?  "—Samuel  Click,  J.  T.  Mason. 


'  Wha 


Can  the  Eld 

do  than  they  have  been  Doing 

id  Qualify  the  Younger  Miuistl 

lOnsible  Position  they  must  soo 

S.  Jordan,  Joseph  Hylton. 

Any  brethren  and  sisters,  not  named  i 

above,  are  invited  to  join  in  the  discussi 

above  subjects.  S.  M.  Stevens, 

Sec.  of  C 


l  li.urh 


MATRIMONIAL- 

joined  together,  let  ■- 


MILLER  -  ROCKLEY.  —  At  Madison, 
Kans.,  Feb.  3,  1898,  by  the  undersigned,  at  his 
residence,  Bro.  Wm.  E.  Miller  and  Sister  Sue 
Ella  Rockley,  both  of  the  Verdigris  church, 
Kans.  W.  H.  Leaman. 

EISENRISE-MILLER.— At  the  home  of 
the  bride's  parents,  in  Lincoln,  Nobr.,  Feb.  23, 
1808,  by  the  undersigned,  Bro.  David  M.  Ei- 
senbise,  o(  Morrill,  Kans.,  and  Sister  Lizzie 
Miller,  of  Lincoln,  N'ebr. 

A.  D.  S01.LENBERGER. 

BRUNK— WEAVER.-NearOttawa.Kans., 
Feb.  ii,  189S,  Bro.  John  A.  Itrunk  and  Sister 
Ida  Weaver,  both  of  Franklin  County. 

BLICKENSTAFF— REED.— At   the    resi- 
dence of  the  bride,  near  Ottawa,  Kans.,  Feb. 
24,  1808,  Mr.  Orlando  S.  BlickenstaS  and  Sis- 
Martha  Reed,  both  of  Franklin  County. 
I.  H.  Crist, 


c,  Des 

:r  D.  E.  Weigle, 
days.  She  (eaves 
About  two  week 
convinced  of  tin 
irself  at  the  feet 


SHAW. 
Moines,  Iowa,  Feb.  18,  180! 
daughter  of  Brother  and  Sist 
aged  2(5  years,  I  month  and  18 
a  husband  and  two  children, 
before  her  death  she  was 
need  of  a  Savior,  and  cast  hi 
of  Jesus.  Services  by  Dr.  E; 
M.  E.  church,  assisted  by  the 

STAYLEY.— At  i7lh  Street  and  Capitol 
Avenue,  East  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  Feb.  24,  1898 
Ethel,  daughter  of  Christian  and  Lucy  Stay, 
ley,  aged  6  months  and  I  day.  Services  by  the 
writer.  H.  R.  Tav 

WOLF— At  Anderson,  Ind.,  Feb.  11 
Sister  Catharine  Wolf,  aged  70  years,  I  month 
and  14  days.  Sbe  united  with  the  Brethren 
church  many  years  ago.  She  leaves  many 
mourning  relatives.  Services  by  Eld.  John  R. 
Wellington.  Interment  in  the  Anderson  ceme- 
tery. J.  S.  Alldredge. 

RENNER.— At  the  home  of  friend  E.  N. 
Spencer's,  in  the  bounds  of  the  Grand  Valley 
church,  near  Palisade,  Colo.,  Feb.  21,  1898, 
Bro.  George  Renner,  aged  71  years,  6  months 
and  4  days.  Funeral  by  the  Brethren,  in  the 
Mount  Garfield  schoolhouse. 

H.  II.  Winger. 

POISTER.— In  the  North  Morrill  church, 
Brown  Co.,  Kans.,  Feb.  11,  1898,  Oren  M.,  son 
of  Bro.  Charley  and  Sister  Annie  Poister,  aged 
5  months  and  29  days.  Funeral  by  Bro.  John 
Eisenbise,  from  2  Sam.  12:  23,  assisted  by  Eld. 
William  Davis.  T.  A.  Eisenuise. 

MURREY.— In    the  Grenola  congregation, 
Elk  Co.,  Kans.,  Feb.  21,  1898,  of  pneumonia 
and  heart  trouble.  Bio.  Ezra  Murrey,  aged  44 
;.  9  months  and  12  days.    He  was  united 
larriage  March   13,  1877,  to  Sister  Sarah 
in.     To   them  were  born  eight  children, 


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PRICE— In 

the  Springfield 

congregation, 

Bucks  County,  Pa.,  Jan.  22,   1898, 

n  R.  Price,  aged  62  years,  1 1  moi 

days.    A   widow   and   four    childn 

The  funeral   occasion    was   irapro' 

irethren. 

STAUFFER.— In   the   same    cc 


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ongregation, 
Abraham  Stauffer,  aged  79 
nd  29  days.  A  widow  and 
e,  all  in  the  church  but  one. 

sion    was   improved   by    the 


riOADS.—  In  the    Hatfield    church,  Pa., 

12,  1898,  Sister  Priscilla  Rhoads,  aged  78 

s.  10  months  and  13  days.    A  sister,  two 

dchildren  and  a  daughter- in-law  are  the 

ivors  of  the  family.     Her  husband,   Bro. 

Samuel  Rhoads,   died   about   four  years  ago. 

The  funeral  occasion  was  improved  by  breth- 

11  Hillery  Croutbamel  and  Jonas  Piice. 

Jas.  Y.  Heckler. 
FAHNESTOCK.-In  the  Deepwater  church, 
Henry  Co,  Mo.,  Feb.  9,  1S98,  Sister  Barbara 
Ann  Fahnestock,  aged  87  years  and  6  months, 
maiden  name  was  Hollopeter.  She  was 
bom  in  Pennsylvania.  Aug.  10,  iSio.  She  was 
ied  to  William  Fahnestock  Nov.  30,  1830. 
e  years  later  they  moved  near  Covington, 
,  where  they  united  with  the  Brethren 
church  about  1835,  living  faithful  until  death. 
ler  husband  preceded  her  to  the  eternal 
orld  about  twenty  years.  All  her  children, 
ve  sons  and  one  daughter,  arc  still  living,  all 
being  members  of  the  Brethren  church.  Fu- 
neral services  by  the  Brethren. 

G.  W.  Lentz. 
EBY.— At  Trotwood,  Ohio,  Dec.  27,  1897, 
Walter  Scott  Eby,  son  of  friend  Daniel  E.  and 
Hattie  E.  Eby,  aged  2  years,  2  months  and  I 
day.  Little  Walter  leaves  four  sisters  and  two 
brothers.  Interment  at  Bear  Creek  cemetery. 
Services  by  brethren  Wm.  Shoup  and  John 
Beachley,  John  Smith. 


8HlVKLY,-in  (he  Buffalo  Valley  dmrcli, 

Union  Cm,,  Pn,  Feb;  20,  ih$,  .'■ 
Mhively,  aged  6?  yehrfl,  1 1  months  and  57  days, 
Her  maiden  name  was  Hoop,  She  wafl  twice 
married,  Dec.  30,  1847,  to  William  Kinard.and 
on  Feb.  10,  1862,  to  Jacob  3.  Shively.  To  this 
union  were  born  two  daughters  and  three  sons, 
one  ol  whom  preceded  her  to  the  spirit  land  in 
infancy.  From  her  youth  she  was  a  consistent 
member  nf  the  Brethren  church,  and  for  thirty 
years  served  as  a  deaconess.  Her  aged  hus- 
band Is  cjuite  ill  at  this  writing.  Services  con- 
ducted by  Bro.  Spencer  Beaver,  of  McAlis- 
terville.     Text,  Amos  4:  12. 

Adda  M.  Shively. 
BARE.— In  the  Pipe  Creek  church,  Md., 
Jan.  6,  1898,  Maggie,  youngest  daughter  of  Sis- 
ter Margaret  Bare,  aged  12  )  ears,  g  months 
and  13  days.  She  died  of  scarlet  fever.  Servi- 
ces conducted  by  brethren  S.  Stoner  and  G. 
Ecker. 

JORDAN.— Near  Linwood,  Carroll  Co.,  Md., 
Jan.  18,  1898,  friend  John  H.  Jordan,  aged  69 
years,  2  months  and  16  days,  He  was  in  ill 
health  for  several  years,  and  was  confined  to 
his  bed  for  eight  months.  Services  in  the  Pipe 
Creek  church,  by  brethren  S.  Stoner  and  G. 
Ecker.  R.  A.  Pfoutz. 

SMITH.-At  bis  grandfather's,  in  Indiana 
County,  Pa.,  Feb.  7,  189S,  Jesse,  son  of  Harry 
and  Blanche  Smith,  aged  3  years,  4  months 
and  10  days.  Tbc  home  of  deceased  was  at 
Everett,  Bedford  Co.,  Pa.  His  parents  had 
been  visiting  at  the  place  mentioned  above. 
When  they  were  ready  to  return  home,  Jesse 
suddenly  took  sick  of  pneumonia  and  brain 
fever,  which  ended  his  life.  Services  from  2 
Sam.  1 1 :  23,  by  Joseph  Holsopple. 

KECKLER.— In  the  Milledgeville  church, 
Carroll  Co.,  111.,  Feb.  23,  1S98,  Bro.  Peter 
Keckler,  aged  82  years,  5  months  and  21  days. 
In  1S76  he  united  with  the  Brethren  church. 
In  1S40  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Brenner. 
Their  union  was  blessed  with  seven  children, 
three  of  whom  are  still  living,  two  residing  in 
Ohio  and  one  in  Pennsylvania.  His  wife  pre- 
ceded him  to  the  spirit  land  in  1851.  He  was 
ied  to  Elizabeth  Witherspoon  Jan.  5, 
To  them  were  born  five  children,  two 
and  three  daughters,  all  living  in  this  vi- 
r.  lie  leaves  a  sorrowing  wife  and  eiglrt 
children.  Funeral  services  by  Bro.  I.  Bennett 
Trout.  John  W.  Dierdorff. 

KRABILL.— In  the  Little  St.  "Joe  congrega- 
>n,  Ind.,  Feb.  25.  189S,  Sister  Mary  Krabiil, 
■e  Saylor,  aged  70  years  and  5  days.  She 
is  born  in  Little  York,  Pa.,  Feb.  18,  1S28. 
le  was  married  to  Abraham  Krabiil,  in  Sep- 
mber,  1S53.  To  this  union  were  born  seven 
ildren,  six  of  whom  are  still  living.  In  1863. 
ey  settled  in  DeKalb  County,  Ind.,  where 
she  united  with  the  German  Baptist  church, 
eaves  a  husband  and  six  children.  Fu- 
neral by  the  writer.  John  Stafford. 

HOOVER.-In  the  Dry  Fork  church,  Jasper 

Co.,  Mo„  Feb.  13,  1898,  of  pneumonia  and  in- 

nalion  of  the  bowels,  Glenn  W.   Hoover, 

youngeet  child   of  friend   Henry    and    Sister 

Sarah  Hoover,  aged  1   year,  10  months  and  I    . 

day.     He  leaves  a  sorrowing  father  and  moth- 

,  one  brother  and  two  sisters.     Services  by 

:o.  Harvey,  assisted  by  Bro.  Robinson. 

HESTON.— At  Jasper,  Mo.,  Feb.^,  1898,  Jes- 

Heston,   aged  69  years,  6  months  and  24 

days.     After  a  lingering  illness  of  twenty-one 

days,  he  passed  peacefully  away,  at  the  home 

of  bis  daughter,  Mrs.  Luticia  Rice.    The  cause 

of  his  death  was  prostitus.     He  was  born  in 

Bucks  County,  Pa.,  Aug.  16,   1828,  and,  in  his 

boyhood    days    moved    to    Auglaize     County, 

Ohio,  where  he  lived  the  greater  part  of  bis 

life  till  1871,   when  he  moved  to  his  present 

me  in  Jasper  County,  Mo.     He  was  married 

Mary  E.  Clarke  in  F'ebruary,   1850,  in  Au- 

tize,  Ohio.    His  wife  died  Sept.   19,    1864. 

r.  Heston  was  married  Sept.  27,  1865,  to  Mrs. 

Lydia   Ward.     He  leaves  a  wife  and  several 

children.     Services  by  Bro.  Harvey,  from  Isa. 

40:  6,  S.  Annie  Wamflek. 


WHITMER- 
gregation,  eight 
Bend  City,  Jan.  ! 


BRICKER.-Ne 
898,  of  consumptic 


the  Portage  Prairie  ccn- 
iles  northwest  of  South 
898,  of  lung  fever,  Flor- 
er,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 


r  Isabel,  Oregon,  Feb.  ii 
.,  Allen  J.  Bricker. 

J.  A.  Rover, 


March  12,   1898, 


TI^E   GOSEE3L  MESSEOSTG-rrJi:^. 


CRL'MPACKER,  —  In  the  Pipe  Creek 
church,  Ind,,  Feb.  13,  1898,  of  hear',  failure, 
Rachel  CrumpaCkcr,  nee  Mejiger,  r.gcd  35 
years,  3  months  and  22  days.  Sister  Rachel 
was  born  Oct.  21,  1862-  She  was  married  to 
|ames  P.  Crumpacker  Oct.  S,  1888.  To  this 
union  were  horn  two  sons  and  one  daughter, 
Funeral  services  improved  by  the  Brethren, 
from  Rev.  14:  12,  13,  to  a  large  crowd  of  sym- 
pathizing friends  and  relatives. 

J.  C.  Crumpackek. 

COMBES.— At  her  horrfe,  in  Cass  County, 
111.,  Feb-  «i  i8q8.  Sister  Rachel  Combes, 
aged  85  years,  9  months  and  12  days.  While 
young  she  confessed  Christ,  and  was  baptized 
into  the  Primitive  Baptist  church.  After  hear- 
ing Bso.  Jas.  R.  Gish  preach  on  trine  immer- 
sion about  thirty  years  ago,  she  found  that  she 
was  in  the  wrong  church,  and  was  baptized  in- 
to the  Brethren  church  at  Sugar  Creek,  111. 
She  leaves  five  daughters.  Services  by  Bro. 
J.  H.  Brubaker,  of  Virden,  111.,  in  the  Baptist 
church  at  Ashland.    Text,  Rev.  14:  12,  13. 

R.  C.  Wright. 

FREEMAN.— Near  Star  City,  Ind.,  in  the 
Vinnamac  congregation,  Feb.  12,  1898,  Nancy 
v.  Freeman,  wife  of  Eld.  D.  R.  Freeman,  aged 
73  years,  10  months  and  16  days.  To  them 
2  born  six  sons  and  two  daughters.  The 
children,  including  one  they  took  to  raise,  are 
living,  and  have  families.  Funeral  occa- 
improved  from  Rev.  14:  12,  13,  by  Kid. 
Daniel  Wysong,  of  Nappanee,  Ind.  Her  sick- 
ness was  of  short  duration.  She-took  sick  on 
Monday,  and  died  on  Saturday  following,  of  a 
complication  of  diseases.  After  she  had  been 
anointed  for  about  three  hours,  she  fell  asleep 
in  Jesus.  D.  L.  Freeman. 

FLEMING.~In  the  east  arm  of  the  Belle- 
ville church,  Kans.,  Feb.  22,  1898,  Glydos,  in- 
fant daughter  of  friend  Thomas  and  Ida 
Fleming,  aged  13  months  and  14  days.  Servi- 
ces at  the  house,  by  the  writer,  from  Luke  18: 
,5-17.  Daniel  Smith. 


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.■  ..'ii  1,'inontH. 


>  wisli  10  go,  loavlng  HI.  Paul  t 


March  23,  March  30  and  April  6, 


$5.00. 


>  ratos,  dittos,  etc.  as  won 
■  sired  by  Intending  Hottle 
ir  trip  through  to  North  t 


Max  Bass, 


A!NM»liNchmi;~(^ 


DISTRICT  MEET1NQS. 


LOVE  FEASTS. 


HOMES  FOR  All 


Shoemaker's  New 
Poultry  Annual  and 
Almanac  fir  189S 


Carrying  the  News. 


The  many  fortunate  ones,  who  hiive 
found  health  and  happiness  through  the 
use  of  Dr.  PEter's  Blood  Vizalizbk, 
are  not  slow  in  lettingothers  know  about 
the  merits  of  the  remedy.  Another  let- 
ter: 

Anderson,  Ind.,  Sept.  27. 
Dr.  Peter  Fahrhby, 
Chicago,  111. 

Dear  Sir.-— Mr.  Pfaff,  in  Shadeland, 
was  taken  sick  last  March.  Four  doc- 
tors attended  him,  but  failed  to  cure  him. 
A  Mr.  Lieber,  a  neighbor,  paid  him  a 
visit  and  told  him  what  great  benefit  he 
had  derived  from  the  use  of  the  Blood 
Vitalizek.  Mrs.  Pfaff  sent  for  a  bottle 
at  once,  although  she  doubted  that  it 
would  do  her  husband  any  good,  as  he 
had  been  laid  up  for  a  long  time  and  the 
doctors  had  failed  to  help  him.  One  of 
the  doctors  said  it  would  be  six  months 
anyway  before  he  would  be  out  of  bed. 
The  Vitalizek  brought  Mr.  Pfaff  much 
relief.  He  commenced  feeling  easier  at 
once,  and  it  took  only  a  short  time  to  get 
him  on  his  feet  again.  Now  he  is  entire- 
ly well.  His  friends  are  surprised  how 
quickly  he  recovered.  Mr.  Pfaff  is  so 
grateful  over  his  recovery  that  he  will  be 
glad  to  answer  any  inquiries.  His  ad- 
dress is  St.  Louis  Street,  Shadeland,  Ind. 
Yours  very  truly, 


An  almost  unbroken  lineof  cures  is  the 
record  of  Dr.  Peter's  Blood  Vital- 
i/.er,  since  its  discovery,  11S  years  ago. 
Unlike  other  ready-prepared  medicines, 
it  cannot  be  obtained  in  drug-stores.  It 
is  sold  only  by  local  agents  or  the  pro- 
prietor direct.  For  the  protection  of  the 
public,  every  bottle  has  a  registered 
number  on  top  of  carton— look  for  it. 

Address: 

Dr.  PETER  FAHRNEY, 

112 -Hi  S,  Hoyne  Avenue, 
...CHICAGO.,, 


All  Aboard  for  Central  North  Dakota! 

This  Beautiful  Country  is  Rapidly  Pilling  Up,  but  ther© 
Is  Still  Room  for  YOU ! 


The  Northern  Pacific  Annual  Spring  Excursion  will  start  from  the 
Grand  Central  Depot,  Chicago  (Cor.  Harrison 
(Street  and  Fifth  Avenue)  on 


Tuesday,  March  22, 1898,  and  from  St.  Paul  on  Wednes- 
day, March  23,  1898,  via  the  Chicago  and  Great 
Western  and  Northern  Pacific  Railways. 


NOTE  THE  FARE :     St.  Paul  to  Carrington,    f  5.     Kansas  City 
to  Carrington,  $15.16.    Chicago  to  Camngton,  §>13.0£>. 


The  same  rates  will  be  in  effect  from    Chicago  on   March   29   and   April    5, 
and  from  St.  Paul  on  March  30  and  April  6. 


13,  whloh  will  Jeavo  points  In  Virginia, 
ilnla  and  Pennsylvania  on  MONDAY, 
t;    Kansas  City  on  TUESDAY,  March 

living  In  Olilo,  Indiana,  Michigan  and 
liould  take  the  first  train  Tuesday, 
id,  for  Chicago. 

from  Nebraska,  Missouri  and  Kansas 
vt  for  St.  Paul  on  Tuesday,  Maivu  22nd. 
living  In  Wisconsin,  Iowa  and  Southern 
1  should  bo  In  wt,  Paul  on  Wednesday, 


.  party  rate  of  TWO  CENTS  per  mile  can  be 
ured  from  points  enit  of  Chicago  to  Chicago, 
ere  TEN  or  more  persons  purchase  their  tick- 
together. 


A  party 
Nebraska 


of  TWO  CENTS  l 


,•  further  information  j 


aul  where  TWENTY  or  moie 
purchase  their  tickets  together. 

THE  SAME  ACCOMMODATIONS  will  he  furn- 
Ibhed  tills  year,  as  have  won  us  so  many  friends 

ay  desire,  and  for  space  In  our  FREE  COLONIST  SLEEP- 
arrlngton  and  other  points,  until  our  settlers  can  provide 
t  iiuarters,  write  lo 

C.  W.  MOTT, 
Gen.  Emigration  Agt.  N.  P.  R'y, 
St,  Paul,  Minn. 


BR„  WORST'S 

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jij(4^^/K.id8iey,  Lives',  Stomach  Trouble 
and  (Rheumatism* 


THIS  VALUABLE  DISCOVERY 


SK  NO  MONEY. 


IF  YOU  HAVE  TRIED  ALl  THE  DC 


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Agents  Wanted  B 


ihe  <lelghtfult> 
!  of  SALVIA  or- 


i* 1 1 1 p i •■  s  mid  Ulruulurs,  showing  testimonials,* 
Address: 

COLORADO  SALVIA  CO,,  UOl'KFORD,  ILL. 


CUBAN  INDEPENDENCE 


TheChalD-BtsyiJursliiSfcl.,  THAT  LINK? 

Chain-Stay  Fence  Co., 

io  Miller  St.,  sterling,  III. 


J.   J.    ELLIS   &,  CO., 

COMMISSION  MERCHANTS, 

305  South  Charles  Street, 
BALTIMORE,  MD. 


BRETHREN'S 


Brethren  reside.  Samples  of  cloth 
from  which  we  make  ourclothing, 
measuring  blank,  tape  line  and 
rules  for  ordering  will  be  sent  on  application- 
Our  rules  "for  self- measurement  are  so  simple,  any- 
one can  understand  them. 

We  want  to  bear  from  you. 

PHILLIPSON  CLOTHING  COMPANY 

WARSAW,  INDIANA. 


The  Gospel  Messenger. 


"SET  FOE  THE  DEFENSE  OF  THE  GOSPEL."— Phil.  /:  17. 


Vol.  36. 


Mottst  Morhis,  III.,  March  10,  1898. 


No.  12. 


The  Gospel  Messenger, 

Published  Weekly,  at  Ji.So  per  Annum,  by 

BRETHREN    PUBLISHING   HOUSE, 
Mount  Morris,  Illinois. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.—  ' 

Items 177. 184 

Word  Edition 184 

Sunday  School  Supplies,  . i^5 

The  Lambs  of  the  Flock, 18S 

Preparatory  Thoughts '. i«S 

Querists'  Department 186 

POKTRY.- 

lt  All  Will  Come  Out  Right.    By  Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox '.  .  178 

At  the  Door.    By  Eugene  Field 182 

The  Good  Old  Way.    By  Florence].  Long 186 

ESSAY  DEPARTMENT.- 

On  the  Way  to  India.— No.  iG  — By  S.  N.  McCann, ;  ...  178 

The  Coming  Eldership.    By  M.  M.  Eshclnian 78 

Fasting.    By  Samuel  Murray '79 

Ministerial  Accomplishments.    Byjas.  A.  Sell 179 

Shall  We  Have  a  Crisis?    By  John  G  Schmidt 179 

■'  The  Feast  in  that  Upper  Room."    By  Jesse  V.  Heckler, 18c 

The  Power oljesus.    ByW.R.  Deeter iSc 

Dr.  Temple  on  Expository  Preaching.    By  P.  B.  Fitzwater, iKc 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,— 

Lesson  Light-Flashes •  -  ■  ■  ■  ■ 181 

Sunday  School  Notes.    By  John  R.  Suyder 181 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,— 

Overcoming  Sell,— 1  Cor.  9:  19-27 I 181 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

Have  a  Cup  ol  Coffee?    By  Howard  Miller,    ......; 18; 

Notes  from  Chicago  Mission      by  M1-.i1:  Forney iSj 

A  Mind  of  Her  Own 181 

The  Resolute  Woman 18; 

GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DSPARTMENT,- 

¥™ >* 

Mission  Work.-No.  11, 18; 

An  Eye  Opener.    By  A.  M.  T.  Miller 18: 

Responsive  He.ircrs.    By  Hannah  Smith iH; 

Our  Offering  at  Annual  Meeting.    By  Jacob  Hollinger 18: 

Missionaries'  Wives 18; 

Why  Not  Sooner? 18; 

Report  of  Chicago  Mission 18; 

Report  oi  Brooklyn  Mission 18; 

HOME  AND  FAMILY,- 

What  Love  Will  and  Will  Not  Do.    By  Mrs.  Flora  E.  Teague.    .  .  .  iH< 

Northwest  Baltimore  Mission.    By  Dove  L.  Sauble .  .  .  i8( 

The  Value  of  the  Child.    Selected  by  LaviniaStoner 18; 

Family  of  Four  on  S200  per  Year 18; 

A  Noted  Authoress'  Workshop 18; 

Be  Content, iN; 

God's  Sympathy 18; 


<*  EDITORIAL  +  MISCELLANYS 


The  adaptation  of  means  to  ends  is  remarkable 
in  nature,  This  is  made  very  prominent,  just  now, 
regarding  the  use  of  the  reindeer.  His  home  is  in 
Lapland,  the  land  of  the  midnight  sun,  where  the 
summers  are  short,  the  winters  long  and  cold,  and 
the  snows  deep.  He  is  the  horse  and  camel  of  the 
north,  all  combined  in  one.  He  is  adapted  to  the 
extreme  cold  weather,  and  can  live  the  year  round 
on  the  moss  that  grows  in  great  abundance  in  the 
far  northern  regions,  like  Lapland  and  Alaska. 
The  animal  is  strong,  and  when  hitched  to  a  sled 
can  draw  from  three  to  four  hundred  pounds  over 
the  snow  at  a  rapid  rate.  His  foot  is  so  broad 
that  he  does  not  sink  into  the  snow,  and  this  en- 
ables him  to  traverse  the  great  snow-beds  with 
ease.  Last  fail  it  was  thought  wise  by  the  govern- 
ment to  import  from  Lapland,  for  use  in  Alaska, 
a  number  of  these  hardy  animals.  The  work  was 
entrusted  to  Dr.  Sheldon  Jackson,  who  recently 
returned  from  Lapland  with  537  reindeer,  41S  rein- 
deer sleds,  411  sets  of  harness  and  113  emigrants, 
whose  duty  it  will  be  to  take  charge  of  and  use  the 
reindeer.  Among  the  emigrants  are  men,  women 
and  children,  all  a  hardy-looking  set,  capable  of 
standing  as  much  cold  and  as  many  hardships  as 
the  animals  themselves.  The  entire  party  was  sent 
to  the  Pacific  Coast  on  two  special  trains,  and  from 


/  The  situation  between  the  United  States  and 
Spain  at  this  writing  is  practically  unchanged,  so 
far  as  it  has  been  made  public,  and  will  probably 
so  remain  until  the  commission  makes  its  official 
report  regarding  the  Maine  disaster.  Much  seems 
to  hinge  on  this  report,  which  may  be  given  to  the 
public  any  day.  In  the  meantime,  both  nations  are 
making  rapid  preparations  for  war.  Spain  is  get- 
ting her  navy  in  condition  for  active  service,  while 
the  United  States  is  not  only  doing  the  same,  but  is 
purchasing  other  war  vessels,  and  strengthening 
her  fortifications  on  the  Atlantic  Coast,  Congress, 
without  a  dissenting  voice,  voted  an  appropriation 
of  fifty  million  dollars,  to  be  employed  in  placing 
the  country  on  a  better  war  footing.  Taking  the 
situation  as  a  whole,  it  looks  very  much  like  war, 
and  yet  one  cannot  but  think  that  there  is  more  or 
less  bluster  on  both  sides.  One  thing  certain,  the 
President  is  decidedly  opposed  to  war,  and  will 
likely  do  all  that  is  in  his  power  to  avoid  a  resort 
to  arms.  We  can  hardly  believe  that  war  is  prob- 
able, and  yet  both  countries  are  in  a  state  of  intense 
excitement,  and  everything  possible  is  being  done 
by  certain  dailies  to  add  fuel  to  the  fire.  It  is  to 
be  hoped  that  our  Government  will  do  nothing 
rashly,  but  will  throw  her  influence  on  the  side  of 
peace,  and  thus  not  only  avoid  war,  but  set  a  good 
example  for  other  nations. 


there  to  Dyea,  Alaska.  It  is  thought  that  the  ani- 
mals may  be  sold  to  good  advantage,  and  the  driv- 
ers obtain  remunerative  wages  for  handling  them. 
Much  of  the  country,  especially  in  the  Klondike 
region,  is  covered  with  moss  from  one  to  two  feet 
deep,  and  on  this  the  reindeer  will  probably  thrive 
as  well  as  in  their  native  land.  With  proper  pro- 
tection by  law  against  hunters,  the  reindeer  in 
time  may  multiply  and  become  as  plentiful  in  Alas- 
ka as  were  the  buffalo  in  the  West,  a  few  years  ago. 


A  few  miles  from  New  Philadelphia,  Ohio,  is  the 
little  town  of  Zoar,  around  and  in  which  is  lo- 
cated a  communistic  settlement,  known  as  the 
Zoarites.  The  original  colony  came  from  Germany 
near  the  beginning  of  this  century,  purchased  a 
large  body  of  land,  and  lived  happily  for  years, 
having  everything  in  common.  At  one  time  the 
community  numbered  5C0,  but  now  it  is  reduced  to 
92  persons.  For  some  years,  under  wise  regula- 
tions, the  Zoarites  prospered  greatly,  until  they 
owned  S.ooo  acres  of  land  and  considerable  person- 
al property  besides.  They  operated  mills,  facto- 
ries, dairy  farms,  dressed  plainly,  lived  economic- 
ally, and  stood  entirely  aloof  from  the  world.  But 
all  did  not  go  well  with  them.  Their  regulations 
concerning  marriage  were  too  strict  to  suit  the 
young  people,  and  the  young  men  did  not  feel  like 
working  hard  and  laying  up  property  for  somebody 
else  to  use,  From  time  to  time  the  ranks  have 
been  thinned  by  those  who  did  not  care  to  live 
longer  under  such  restrictions,  and  the  dissatisfac- 
tions have  become  so  great,  that  it  has  been 
deemed  best  to  disband  the  society  and  divide  up 
the  property.  It  is  said  that  there  is  enough  prop- 
erty on  hand  to  place  each  member  in  very  com- 
fortable circumstances.  One  by  one  these  com- 
munistic societies  are  going  out  of  existence,  it  be- 
ing learned  by  sad  experience,  that  it  is  not  possi- 
ble for  imperfect  humanity  to  live  in  peace  and  yet 
have  all  things  in  common. 

Russia  is  not  any  too  free  about  telling  her  busi- 
ness to  the  rest  of  the  world,  hence  it  is  very  diffi- 
cult to  gain  any  accurate  information  concerning 
the  great  railroad  she  is  building  through  Siberia, 


with  a  view  of  reaching  the  Pacific  Coast.  This 
much,  however,  we  know:  Work  on  the  line  is  be- 
ing pushed  with  the  purpose  of  completing  it  just 
as  soon  as  possible.  It  is  announced  that  the  en- 
tire system  will  be  in  operation  next  summer.  It  is 
also  known  that  American  rolling  stock  and  Loco- 
motives will  be  largely  used.  When  this  road  is 
completed,  and  everything  is  got  in  good  running 
order,  it  will  require  about  twelve  days  to  pass 
from  Bremen,  Germany,  across  the  continent,  to  the 
Pacific.  From  there  ten  days  will  be  required  to 
reach  San  Francisco,  and  four  days  more  to  reach 
New  York.  The  time  from  New  York  to  Bremen 
is  seven  days,  or  thirty-three  days  to  pass  around 
the  globe.  In  course  of  years  this  time  will  be 
considerably  reduced,  probably  to  thirty  days,  and 
one  writer  suggests  that  inside  of  ten  years  we 
shall  be  able  to  make  the  circuit  of  the  earth  in 
twenty-eight  days. 

If  wars  do  not  too  greatly  interfere,  we  may, 
before  the  close  of  another  generation,  look  for 
roads  to  extend  southward,  from  the  great  Eu- 
ropean and  Asiatic  systems,  into  the  Bible  lands, 
India  and  China.  There  is  no  reason  why  we 
should  not  be  able,  by  and  by,  to  purchase  a  ticket 
at  Bremen  or  Paris,  for  Italy,  Greece,  Asia  Minor, 
Palestine  or  even  the  Euphrates  Valley,  as  well  as 
for  Egypt  and  the  whole  of  Africa.  In  time  we 
ought  to  be  able  to  enjoy  a  ride  on  a  Pullman  from 
Petersburg,  Russia,  to  Bombay  or  Calcutta,  India. 
All  parts  of  China  may  be  penetrated  by  a  pond 
railway  system.    Why  not  all  of  this  and  even  more?  ' 

Civilization  and  Christianity  should,  and  doubtless 
will,  remove  every  obstacle,  so  that  every  section  of 
the  earth  may  be  visited  with  ease  and  safety,  and 
may  also  be  enjoyed  by  those  who  desire  to  reside, 
or  do  business,  in  different  climes.  And  by  the 
way,  some  of  the  countries  not  yet  penetrated  by 
railroads,  contain  the  most  delightful  sections  of 
earth,  and  ought  to  be  under  the  control  of  a  peo- 
ple having  proper  regard  for  God  and  the  Bible. 

In  the  sky  there  always  will  be  signs  and  won-  j 
ders,  and  in  times  of  excitement  like  this,  such  dis- 
plays are  noticed  more  than  at  other  times,  and 
certain  meanings  will  be  attributed  to  them,  One 
night  last  week,  it  is  said,  that  thousands  of  people 
in  New  York  gazed,  for  quite  a  while,  on  a  remark- 
able appearance  in  the  northern  sky.  It  resembled 
a  gigantic  sword  of  fire.  It  appeared  shortly  after 
eight  o'clock,  and  hung  suspended  in  the  heavens 
for  nearly  two  hours.  It  arose  from  near  the  hori- 
zon, half  way  to  the  zenith,  and  was  the  hue  of  liv- 
ing flame.  There  was  a  white  cross  of  peace  upon 
the  rising  moon.  This  was  before  the  fiery  sword 
appeared  in  the  north  and  vanished  when  the  signal 
of  war  flashed  out.  The  two  celestial  phenomena 
were  the  talk  of  the  whole  city  out  of  doors.  All 
spoke  of  the  war  with  Spain  drawing  near,  and 
asked  if  this  was  a  warning  to  New  York.  The 
flaming  sword  broke  into  three  pieces  shortly  be- 
fore ten  o'clock,  and  by  that  hour  had  disappeared 
entirely.  The  weather  man  said  the  cross  on  the 
moon  was  a  lunar  halo,  caused  by  ice-crystals  in  the 
air,  and  that  the  flaming  sword  was  the  reflection  of 
a  fire  reported  from  Fort  Lee.  But  those  who  love 
signs  and  wonders  said  it  foretold  war  with  Spain 
and  victory  for  the  United  States,  the  power  of  the 
north.  They  said  the  cross  on  the  moon  meant 
that  peace  would  rise  from  the  sea  upon  distracted 
Cuba,  when  the  American  naval  sword  had  chased 
away  Spain  and  her  warships.  We  give  this,  not 
for  any  signification  connected  with  the  display, 
but  for  the  curious  news  it  contains, 


*Sif3  GOSPEL  MESSEIsTGiiK,. 


March 


19,  lb 


■ESSAYS 


IT  ALL  WILL  COME  OUT  RIQHT. 


BLECTBD  »Y  K.  BAHB, 


s  a  crnel  wrong, 

Whatever  is  unjust. 
The  honest  years  that  speed  along 

Will  trample  in  the  dust.  * 
In  restless  youth  I  railed  at  fate 

With  all  my  puny  might, 
But  now  I  know  it  I  but  wait, 

It  all  will  come  out  right 
Though  vice  may  don  the  Judge's  gown 

And  play  the  censor's  part. 
Id  fact  be  cowed  by  falsehood's  frown, 

And  nature  ruled  by  art; 
Though  labor  toils  through  b'inding  teats, 

And  idle  wealth  is  might, 
I  know  the  honest,  earnest  years 

Will  bring  it  all  out  light. 
Though  poor  and  loveless  creeds  may  pass 

For  pure  religion's  gold; 
Though  igrorance  may  rule  the  mass 

While  truth  meets  glances  cold, — 
I  know  a  law  complete,  stiblimr. 

Controls  us  with  its  might, 
And  in  God's  own  appointed  time 

II  all  will  come  out  right, 

— Ella  Whaler  Wilrox. 


ON  THB  WAY  TO  INDIA.-No.  16. 


Bethlehem  by  Moonlight. 
Wk  visit  Bethlehem  on  a  bright  moonlight  even- 
ing, and  thus  get  to  see  the  stars  shining  over  the 
shepherds'  field  where  the  angels  sang  out  the  hap- 
py refrain  of  "  Peace  on  earth  and  good  will  to 
men." 

The  town  presented  a  beautiful  appearance  by 
moonlight.  It  impressed  us  as  being  cleaner  and 
he»ta»  i-ilt  than  gjgjj  pl;C;;  jo  Paljstise,  !t  IS; 
however,  the  association  of  the  place,  with  the  his- 
torical characters  and  incidents  that  makes  it  worth 
most  to  us  as  Bible  students.  We  first  know  the 
place  by  the  name  of  Ephralh.  It  was  afterwards 
called  Bethlehem,  or  "House  of  Bread."  Gen.  48: 
7;  1  Sam.  17:  12  Rehoboam  built  and  fortified 
the  place  about  975  B.  C  ,  but  we  have  it  mentioned 
by  the  name  of  Ephrath  1729  B.  C,  2  Chron.  II: 
5,  6,  and  by  the  name  of  Bethlehem-Judah  in  about 
1185  B.  C.     Ruth  1:  1. 

It  was  in  the  beginning  of  barley  harvest  that 
Naomi  returned  to  Bethlehem  a  childless  widow, 
though  ten  years  before  she  went  out  a  happy 
wife  and  a  proud  mother.  All  her  anxiety  now 
centers  in  her  widowed  daughter-in-law  Ruth,  and 
she  succeeds  in  marrying  her  to  her  deceased  hus- 
band's near  and  wealthy  kinsman,  Boaz,  who  is 
David's  greatgrandfather,  Namoi  thus  becomes 
a  mother-in-law  to  David's  great  grandmother, 
Ruth,  and  his  great-grandfather  Boaz,  though  no 
blood  kin. 

Bethlehem  was  David's  home  and  the  home  of 
his  ancestors  for  generations.  Upon  these  hills  and 
*  in  these  valleys  David  spent  his  boyhood.  Out  of 
the  old  well  here  he  often  drank,  and  we  cannot 
blame  him  for  longing  for  a  drink  from  the  well  of 
his  childhood,  though  within  the  garrison  of  his 
deadly  enemy.     2  Sam.  23:  14-17. 

When  Samuel  feared  to  go  to  the  home  of  Jesse 
and  anoint  a  king,  the  Lord  told  him  to  proclaim 
a  sacrifice  and  go  and  he  said,  "I  wil  show  thee 
what  thou  shalt  do."  Contrary  to  Samuel's  judg- 
ment the  Lord  showed  him  David,  the  shepherd 
boy,  fresh  from  the  field,  and  said,  "Arise,  anoint 
him,"     1  Sam.  16. 

If  Bethlehem's  shepherd  boy  could  have  fully 
comprehended  the  meaning  of  this  day's  work  to 
him,  if  he  could  have  seen  the  exile,  the  anxiety, 
and  the  awful  responsibility  that  was  summed  up 
in  this  horn  of  oil,  would  he  not  have  despaired, 
would  he  not  have  ceased  to  battle  with  life's  diffi- 
culties? 


May  it  not  be  well  for  us  that  the  Lord  has  wise- 
ly veiled  our  future,  and  may  we  not  realize  that 
when  he  calls,  he  will  lead,   even    though  it  be 
through  exile,   through    royal   courts,   or  through 
sovereign  rule  and  responsibility. 
"  O  for  a  heart  to  love  my  God  I 
A  heart  from  sin  set  set  free; 
A  heart  that  always  feels  the  blood, 

So  freely  shed  for  me. 
"A  heart  resign'd,  submissive,  meek, 
My  dear  Redeemer's  throne, 
Where  only  Christ  is  heard  to  speak, 
Where  Jesus  reigns  alone." 

Bethlehem  is  not  only  the  birthplace  of  David 
but  of  our  elder  brother,  Jesus  Christ,  the  Lord.  At 
the  command  of  Caesar  Augustus,  Joseph  and  Mary 
came  to  Bethlehem,  and  while  here  Jesus  was  born. 
That  night  an  angel  carried  the  news  to  the  shep- 
herds, and  a  star  appeared  in  the  heavens,  point- 
ing the  wise  men  of  the  East  to  this  new-born  babe, 
the  light  of  the  world.  While  this  old  city  of 
Bethlehem  is  a  dear  spot  to  every  child  of  God,  be- 
cause it  is  the  birth-place  of  Jesus,  there  is  a  place 
that  is  dearer,  and  more  full  of  sweet  memories 
than  this  old  Judean  city.  It  is  the  place  where 
Christ  first  became  a  personal  Savior,  where  first 
we  were  born  of  God,  or  where  first  we  had  Christ 
born  in  our  lives, 

"  They  who  seek  the  throne  of  grace 

Find  that  throne  in  every  place; 

If  we  live  a  life  of  prayer, 

God  is  present  everywhere." 

It  was  here,  at  Bethlehem,  that  mothers  had  to 
give  up  their  little  boys  to  the  cruel  jealousy  of 
Herod.  Matt.  2;  16  What  a  sad  hour  when  these 
little  ones  were  murdered  in  their  mothers'  armsl 
If  these  Judean  hills  could  speak,  what  a  tale  of 
sorrow  they  could  tell,  how  they  would  echo  the 
sad  wail  of  those  weeping  mothers,  and  the  sadder 
wail  of  bloodshed  and  strife,  still  carried  on  by 
those  who  are  bowing  and  kissing  the  spots  made 
sacred  by  the  touch  of  Jesusl 

We  go  into  the  church  of  the  nativity,  and  it  is 
needless  to  say  that  the  exact  spot  where  Jesus 
was  born,  where  he  was  laid,  and  many  other  sa- 
cred spots,  are  shown.  It  is  sad  to  see  men  and 
women  by  the  scores,  kneeling  and  kissing  these 
so  called  sacred  places,  showing  such  great  devo- 
tion and  consecration  with  so  little  of  the  real  spir- 
it of  Christ.  A  guard  of  Turkish  soldiers  must  be 
kept  here  all  the  time  to  keep  these  devoted  Chris- 
tians from  killing  each  other.  Indeed,  they  have 
actually  shot  each  other  down  right  here,  where 
the  Prince  of  Peace  was  born.  The  same  scenes 
are  enacted  at  the  church  of  the  Holy  Sepulcher, 
in  Jerusalem.  We  pity  these  people  because  of 
their  blind  idolatry,  and  feel  that  the  Lord  has 
wisely  left  the  location  of  all  these  so-called  sa- 
cred spots  wrapped  in  doubt,  The  reason  for  this 
quarreling  and  bloodshed  is  found  in  the  enmity 
that  exists  between  the  Latin,  Greek  and  Armenian 
Christians.  A  sad  comment  upon  the  spirit  of  their 
Christianity  I 

We  visit  in  this  old  cave  the  place  where  Jerome 
labored  and  wrought  so  faithfully  in  bringing  out 
the  "  Latin  Vulgate  "  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 

We  bid  adieu  to  Bethlehem  as  the  moon  looks 
down  upon  the  city,  wrapped  in  silence. 


THE  COMINQ  ELDERSHIP. 


M.   M.    ESHELHAN. 


The  man  who  cannot  see  the  difference  between 
turning  the  soil  over  with  a  shovel  or  a  plow,  save 
in  quantity  and  a  given  time,  and  the  principle 
which  underlies  the  turning,  may  fail  to  see  the  dif- 
ference between  principle  and  its  method  of  appli- 
cation. Not  seeing  the  principle,  he  mistakes 
method  for  principle,  so  that,  when  his  cherished 
method  is  changed,  his  heart  is  sorely  torn.  The 
method  or  observing  Luke  2 2:  17  is  one  thing,  and 
the  principle  beyond  the  cup  is  another. 

The  eldership  which  11  to  be,  like  that  of  the  past 
and  present,  must  be  irreproachable,  unruffled,  or- 
derly, patient,  hospitable,  presiding  with  dignity 


over  their  own  households,  as  well  as  over  the 
churches,  Elders  must  be  apt  in  teaching  (I  Tim, 
3:  2),  serious,  prudent,  sound  In  faith,  in  love  (Ti- 
tus 2:  2),  maintaining  the  true  word  in  their  teach- 
ings (Titus  I:  9).  The  elders  cannot  shut  their 
eyes  to  the  changed  condition,  produced  by  the  press 
and  the  pedagogue, — not  that  old  and  fixed  Gcs'el 
prin:iples  have  been  set  aside;  not  that  the  new  con- 
ditions have  been  made  by  other  than  Divine  ele- 
ments, but  as  changed  locomotive  conditions  have 
wonderfully  beset  us  all,  from  the  ox-cart,  horse- 
back and  donkey  of  fifty  years  ago,  without  the 
violation  of  a  single  providential  principle,  so  have 
new  conditions  confronted  the  eldership  in  the 
church. 

The  helps,  object  lessons,  improved  methods  in 
our  schools,  enable  our  children  to  develop  much 
more  rapidly  and  to  a  greater  extent  than  we  or 
our  fathers  did;  and  these  quickened  and  acuted 
mental  faculties  will  come  up  to  the  coming  elder- 
ship, to  be  dealt  with,  He  who  refuses  to  recog- 
nize this  truth  "will  purchase  to  himself  a  de- 
gree," but  not  likely  a  very  good  degree. 

It  is  one  thing  to  meet  those  who  have  the  power 
of  perception,  so  as  to  distinguish  form,  such  as 
outline  and  individuality,  and  be  able  to  turn  this 
talent  into  "good  works  for  these  pressing  occa- 
sions" (Titus  3:  14);  and  quite  another  thing  to 
push  it  aside  with  a  wave  of  the  hand,  and  remarks 
which  are  famous  only  for  their  exceeding  bitter- 
ness. It  is  one  thing  to  be  able  to  utilize,  in  the 
church  and  for  the  edification  of  the  body,  those 
who  are  gifted  in  spiritual  unity,  plurality  and  trini- 
ty, and  altogether  another  thing  to  b;  ind'ffirent  and 
lose  the  lifting  power  of  both  the  member  and  his 
talent.  We  have  not  space  to  amplify  the  useful- 
ness of  this  talent  in  building  up  the  church. 

There  will  be  those  who  come  to  Jesus,  bringing 
great  powers  of  memory,  attention,  language, — 
whose  training  in  the  mastery  of  words,  sounds, 
music,  etc.,  will  be  marvelous.  These  will  need 
channels  of  spiritual  toil,  avenues  of  great  useful-  A 

ness.  ™ 

Then  there  is  the  nfl-ctive  class, — those  who  are 
expert  in  analysis,  synthesis,  judgment,  skill  and 
foresight.  Are  they  to  be  neglected  by  the  coming 
eldership  when  they  are  so  useful  in  separating 
truths  into  their  divinely-arranged  parts,  so  that 
"babes  in  Christ"  can  understand  them,  learn  what 
principles  underlie  all  of  God's  conations  in  lifting 
up  mankind?  Will  such  useful  material  be  recog- 
nized and  set  in  motion?     Certainlyl 

Nor  can  those,  whose  predominant  recipliv:  quali- 
ties fit  them  for  instructors  in  friendship,  hospitali- 
ty, progress  and  imitation,  be  permitted  to  languish 
for  want  of  doing. 

Lastly,  those  who  have  principles  of  philan- 
thropy, of  trustfulness,  of  aspiration  to  win  others 
to  Jesus,  of  spiritual  worship  deeply-seated  in  their 
being,  will  need  the  diligent  direction  of  the  elder- 
ship. 

Knowing  and  recognizing  these  and  other  true 
principles  in  the  rising  membership,  what  will  be 
the  duty  and  course  of  the  coming  eldership?  To 
ignore  the  awakened  and  intensified  qualities  of  the 
members  will  neither  edify  nor  save.  To  stuiy 
how  to  keep  these  implanted  principles  and  talents 
down,  will  be  a  hard  lesson  to  recite.  It  is  not  a 
question  how  to  dwarf,  how  to  crush  or  restrain 
them  to  the  loss  of  souls,  but  how  to  guile  them, 
how  ti  develop  them,  use  them  and  cherish  them  to 
the  glory  of  God  and  the  saving  of  souls.  It  is 
easy  to  sitiffsX  them,  easy  to  belittle  them  in  speech 
and  in  look,  easy  to  underestimate  their  value  and  to 
try  to  brush  them  aside;  that  is  one  thing,  but  to  fos- 
ter them,  to  utilize  them  for  the  edification  of  the 
body,  to  organize  them  for  the  promotion  of  love, 
grace,  and  high  spiritual  development,  will  require 
great  purpose,  great  patience,  great  prudence. 

The  elder  must  study  the  best,  uppermost  quali- 
ties of  each  member,  and  place  him  in  the  working 
group  which  will  enable  him  to  develop  his  Chris- 
tian graces  most  rapidly.  Every  member  may  pos- 
sess all  the  good  qualities  here  enumerated,  but 
each  will  have  some  qualities  pre-eminent  over  oth- 
er qualities  in  his  being,    He  is  thus  made,  and  we 


March  19,  IS 


THE   GOSPEL   IMTESSEUSTQ-rES,. 


must  have  no  quarrel  with  his  Maker  over  this. 
Our  business  is  to  know  it,  admit  it,  and  work 
with  it, 

For  the  purpose  of  helping  in  this,  the  concern 
of  every  sincere  and  Christian  overseer,  we  suggest 
the  following  for  study  and  reflection: 

Group  One. — Into  this  place  every  member  for 
the  systematic  study  of  the  Bible, — first  learning 
the  names  of  the  various  books,  their  authors,  chro- 
nology, place  of  writing,  etc.  Then  go  on  into 
greater  depths,  on  such  lines  as  may  be  best  adapt- 
ed to  your  flock. 

Group  Two. — This  may  be  made  up  of  prayer, 
song  service  and  exhortation. 

Group  Three. — This  may  embrace  those  who 
are  gifted  in  analysis,  synthesis,  spirituality,  and 
readily  learn  the  minutest  parts  of  truth,  and  can 
put  together  said  parts  so  as  to  make,  indeed,  a 
lovely  structure  for  others. 

Group  Four. — To  this  may  belong  those  who 
have  talent  in  outlining,  in  drawing,  in  form,  so  as 
to  illustrate  truth, 

Group  Five. — Here  place  the  musical  talents,  the 
poetical  elements,  statistical  learnings,  etc. 

Group  Sjx.— The  gifts  of  visiting,  fraternalism, 
interchanges  and  relief  flourish  here. 

Group  Seven.  —  House-keeping,  nursing,  obedi- 
ence, providence,  giving,  —  these  need  constant 
care  as  basic  elements  in  harmony  and  sound  doc- 
trine, 

Other  groups  will  suggest  themselves  to  the  Bi- 
ble Elder,  He  may  wisely  oversee  every  group  of 
workers,  selecting  instructors  for  each  section, 
thus  keeping  every  one  active  in  some  "good 
work,"  building  up,  developing,  enlarging,  winning, 
strengthening,  perfecting.  Along  such  lines  the 
new  mind  and  new  heart  may  be  constantly  giving 
and  receiving, — ever  teaching  and  being  taught 
God's  things,  thus  making  government  by  love,  in- 
stead of  by  fear,  not  becoming  exceedingly  burden- 
some to  himself  and  his  congregation. 

The  time  of  turning  members  loose  to  browse  on 
the  b  isiness  brush  of  a  corrupt  age,  instead  of  di- 
recting ihern  into  channels  of  work  for  which  Deity 
created  them,  is  past,  unless  the»purpose  is  to  se- 
cure them  simply  to  see  how  easy  it  is  to  set  them 
adrift  again.  An  eldership  educated  up  to  the  re- 
quired standard,  will  deal  wisely  with  these  new 
conditions  which  are  now  being  ushered  in.  Deal- 
ing prudently  and  firmly  with  the  changed  condi- 
tions, the  simplicity  of  the  Gospel  will  be  main- 
tained, the  principles  of  the  Gospel  will  be  urged 
and  advocated  as  of  old,  the  expressions  of  those 
principles  in  every  member  will  be  fostered  and 
the  church  held  up  as  the  home  of  the  oppressed, 
fleeing  from  human  tyranny  and  human  bondage. 

Let  there  be  less  unconcern  for  the  members' 
welfare,  and  there  will  be  more  concern  for  each 
other's  activity  in  Christ. 

Cotton,  Cat, 

PASTING. 

BY   SAMUEL    MURRAY. 

I  noticed  in  the  Querists'  Department  that  a 
brother  says  he  finds  in  the  Gospel  that  fasting  was 
a  command,  and  he  now  asks  why  the  Brethren  do 
not  practice  it, 

The  editor  says,  our  brother  is  right  in  saying  we 
feast  too  much  and  fast  too  little.  The  editor 
makes  some  excellent  remarks  on  the  subject  of 
fasting,  and  concerning  it  says,  "  Neither  Christ  nor 
the  apostles  gave  it  as  a  command,  and  for  that 
reason  the  Brethren  do  not  see  proper  to  enjoin  it 
on  the  members,"  The  editor  rather  recommends  it 
as  a  private  duty  on  those  who  think  to  be  benefit- 
ed thereby,     I  think  the  advice  or  answer  is  good. 

Now  I  want  to  say  a  little  on  the  subject  before 
us.  I  will  not  say  that  fasting  is  a  direct  or  special 
command.  I  do  claim  that  it  is  an  injunction  about 
as  the  anointing  in  James  is,  which  is  too  much  neg- 
lected, and  I  presume  that  one,  and  perhaps  the 
only  reason,  for  neglect  is,  because  the  Brethren 
never  make  it  a  subject  on  which  to  preach, 

I  remember  of  but  one  sermon  on  the  subject.  I 
announced  it  publicly  that  at  my  next  appointment 


my  subject  would  be,  the  anointing  of  the  sick.  It 
brought  out  many  hearers.  I  never  yet  heard  a 
brother  make  it  a  subject  in  preaching.  I  believe 
the  Brethren  ought  to  preach  on  it  occasionally,  I 
also  believe  that  fasting  should  be  associated  with 
the  anointing.  I  think  both  are  important  injunc- 
tions on  the  followers  of  Christ. 

Now  I  will  tell  some  facts  that  I  well  remember 
about  fasting  and  prayers. 

In  Ohio,  about  eighty-three  years  ago  the  Breth- 
ren had  special  fast- days  for  members.  I  now  re- 
member this  as  well  as  if  it  had  been  yesterday. 
Mother  would  get  early  breakfast.  Then  father  and 
mother  would  eat  no  more  till  late  in  the  evening. 
When  we  children  wanted  anything,  she  would  give 
us  a  piece  and  tell  us  to  "keep  quiet;  this  is  fast- 
day."  They  read  their  Bibles  and  their  hymns  and 
occasionally  had  prayer.  We  that  were  old  enough 
would  kneel  with  them  in  prayer. 

I  also  remember  quite  well  how  the  Brethren  did 
when  they  went  on  horseback  to  Pennsylvania  and 
Virginia  to  the  Annual  Meetings.  They  would  ap- 
point a  meeting  especially  for  the  officials.  Other 
members  had  the  privilege  to  attend  if  they  wished. 
They  made  this  meeting  as  central  as  they  could. 
Then  some  of  the  elders  would  have  to  travel  over 
fifty  miles  back  home.  Those  meetings  were  spe- 
cial days  of  fasting  and  prayer.  O  how  those  aged 
elders  would  exhort  and  charge  the  members  to  be 
engaged  in  prayer  for  those  two  Brethren  that 
were  chosen  to  go  to  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  for 
the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  to  lead  the  Brethren  while  in 
council! 

I  remember,  at  one  of  those  meetings,  brethren 
John  Hart  and  Joseph  Garber  were  chosen  to  go  to 
the  Annual  Meeting.  After  an  evening  meal  their 
horses  were  brought  out,  their  overcoats  were 
packed  and  strapped  to  the  hinder  part  of  the  sad- 
dle, and  their  leggings  put  on.  After  a  farewell 
hand-shake  and  salutations,  they  mounted  their 
horses  and  slowly  moved  off.  Many  brethren  and 
sisters  were  looking  after  them,  with  tears  Sowing 
from  their  eyes  and  God's  blessings  pronounced  on 
them. 

I  am  glad  that  I  could  have  an  humble  part  in  that 
assembly.  I  think  I  would  enjoy  such  a  meeting  in 
my  old  days. 

So  it  was  then.    We  know  how  it  is  now. 

Hunliigttn,  Ind, 

MINISTERIAL  ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 

BY  JAS.   A.   SELL, 

To  carry  on  his  work  in  the  world,  our  Savior 
called  men  to  the  ministry.  The  work  of  the 
church  is,  in  a  great  measure,  committed  to  their 
care.  The  world  is  made  better  or  worse  by  what 
they  are  and  do.  They  have  a  system  of  doctrine, 
to  explain  and  urge  upon  people,  upon  which  hang 
momentous  issues  for  time  and  eternity.  As  the 
soul,  or  spirit,  is  the  part  of  man  which  is  most  af- 
fected by  the  preaching,  to  be  spiritually  minded  is 
is  the  main  qualification  for  the  work.  To  this 
should  be  added  all  the  genius  and  learning  of 
which  man  is  capable.  The  best-cultured  intellect 
is  not  too  good.  As  the  world  of  mankind  becomes 
enlightened  and  improves  in  methods  of  inquiry  in- 
to arts  and  sciences  before  unknown,  it  requires 
men  as  ministers  who  "study  to  show  themselves 
approved  unto  God,"  workmen  that  need  not  be 
ashamed.  The  truth  is  not  only  to  be  proclaimed, 
but  the  objections  that  a  skeptical  age  may  sug- 
gest must  be  refuted  in  a  way  that  is  satisfactory  to 
an  enlightened  understanding. 

There  is  much  preaching  that  is  prosaic  and  com- 
monplace and  not  satisfying  to  advanced  thinkers. 
The  fault  is  not  with  the  truth, — it  is  in  the  manner 
of  presenting  it.  Christianity  has  much  native 
beauty  and  power,  yet  all  know  that  its  beauty  is 
greatly  enhanced,  and  its  power  wonderfully  in- 
creased, as  it  comes  out  of  the  living  experience  of 
a  pure  and  devout  minister,  who  has  given  himself 
up  to  the  work. 

Preaching  is  not  a  work  of  the  intellect  alone.  It 
must  also  come  out  of  a  warm  heart,  A  consecrat- 
ed ministry  technically,  may  mean,  "give  up  all 


other  occupations  and  do  nothing  but  atudy  and 
preach,"  but  practically  it  means,  "  Come  in  touch 
with  the  people."  Not  only  should  we  visit  them, 
but  learn  some  of  life's  lessons  that  can  alone  be 
learned  in  the  thorny  road  of  experience.  Then, 
and  not  till  then,  tan  the  minister  know  the  power 
of  some  of  the  strong  temptations,  the  virtue  of  the 
Gospel  of  Christ,  and  the  bliss  of  triumph,  so  that 
"  suffering  being  tempted  he  will  be  able  to  succor 
those  who  are  tempted."  So  did  our  Savior,  and  so 
did  his  early  ministers.  It  is  not  miracles  and  evi- 
dences of  Christianity  that  people  want,  so  much  as 
the  truth  coming  out  of  the  warm  feelings  of  a  liv- 
ing experience.  All  other  talents  and  genius  get 
their  life  here.  At  this  altar  their  torches  must  be 
lit.  This  gives  birth  to  the  "  thoughts  that  breathe 
and  words  that  burn." 

The  sermon  should  have  truth  for  its  matter,  then 
let  it  be  presented  with  sound  reasoning,  good  logic 
and  fine  imagery,  but  in  order  to  burn  its  way  into 
the  soul,  it  must  come  from  a  heart  that  has  drank 
freely  at  the  fount  of  a  living  experience.  This  is 
what  sinks  deep  conviction  into  the  soul  of  the 
hearer,  and  characterizes  the  preaching  as  that  of 
Him  whose  "  words  were  with  power." 

McKce's  Gap,  Pa, 

SHALL  WE  HAVE  A  CRISIS? 

BY   JOHN   S.   SCHMIDT. 

This  is  the  heading  of  an  article  on  page  41,  No, 
3,  of  the  current  volume  of  the  Messenger,  It 
means  a  crisis  in  the  ministry  of  our  church. 

Crises  are  not  always  for  the  better,  hence  our 
desire  to  avoid  them.  Let  us  notice  our  ministry 
in  some  of  its  most  important  bearings,  and  see 
what  might  be  done  towards  avoiding  a  crisis, 
should  we  be  carried  in  that  direction. 

In  accordance  with  our  present  church  system, 
the  ministry  is  directly  subject  to  the  church  in  all 
the  privileges  and  authority  with  which  it  is  vested, 
and  should  the  ministry  become  more  independent 
of  the  church  in  any  of  its  functions,  the  welfare  of 
the  church  will  certainly  become  endangered. 

When  men  go  out  to  preach  because  they  have 
received  the  so-called  "  direct  call  from  God,"  and 
are  not  held  strictly  amenable  to  the  church,  as  ob- 
servation teaches,  many  strange  doctrines  are 
taught,  and  the  people  are  really  injured  instead  of 
being  benefited. 

According  to  our  present  method  of  calling  our 
brethren  to  the  ministry,  education  is  not  a  test, 
and  it  should  not  be.  Were  it  made  a  test,  many 
brethren  who  might  do  much  good  in  the  ministry, 
would  be  excluded.  As  it  is,  those  of  our  brethren 
who  have  acquired  more  than  an  ordinary  educa- 
tion, if  they  are  spiritually  qualified,  will,  in  due 
time,  be  called  where  they  can  be  powerful  instru- 
ments in  the  Lord's  hands,  and  their  usefulness  is 
in  no  wise  curtailed  by  not  making  education  a  test 
as  one's  fitness  for  the  ministry. 

That  we  might  have  better  preaching  done  in 
many  parts  of  the  Brotherhood  need  not  be  denied; 
but  an  educational  test  will  not  prove  to  be  the 
best  remedy.  The  plea  that,  as  people  become 
more  enlightened  and  educated,  better  prepared 
sermons  are  needed,  cannot  be  disputed;  but  our 
brethren  are  certainly  not  behind  the  age  in  intelli- 
gence, and  have  the  same  advantages;  why,  then, 
should  not  our  brethren  in  the  ministry,  if  they 
were  aided  by  their  respective  congregations,  wher- 
ever it  is  plainly  necessary,  in  a  way  that  they  could 
devote  more  of  their  time  to  studying,  be  able  to 
preach  well-prepared  and  edifying  sermons?  While 
it  is  well  understood  that  it  adds  to  the  minister's 
influence  to  use  correct  pronunciation  and  good  ex- 
pression in  reading  and  speaking,  besides  being 
able  to  state  historical  and  geographical  facts  cor- 
rectly, these  can  all  be  secured  by  any  one  who  has 
more  even  than  a  very  ordinary  education;  of 
these  can  only  be  attained  to  by  a  true  devo- 
tion to  the  work  and  a  wise  application  of  one's  time 
and  talent.  Let  the  churches  everywhere  relieve 
their  ministers  of  some  of  their  necessary  cares,  and 
we  will  have  better  preaching  wherever  this  is  done, 
Slratoitrry  Point,  Iowa, 


THE   GOSPEL   nVTESSEZsTGEIt- 


March  19,  iS 


-THE  FEAST  IN  THAT  UPPER  ROOM." 

BY  JESSE   Y.   HECKLER. 

There  is,  perhaps,  not  another  institution  given 
in  Scripture  that  bears  as  many  different  names  at 
this  time  as  does  that  last  meal,  partaken  of  by 
Christ  and  the  apostles  the  night  in  which  he  was 
betrayed.  I  have  heard  it  called  "the  passover," 
by  some  it  is  known  as  "  a  passover  "and  I  have 
also  heard  it  called  "the  Christian  passover,"  It  al- 
so bears  the  name  "  the  Lord's  Supper." 

It  seems  to  me  the  time  has  come  when  we  ought 
to  settle  on  a  Scriptural  name  for  it. 

By  reading  the  account,  as  given  by  Matthew  and 
Mark,  it  appears  as  the  "  passover,"  but  when  we 
compare  time  we  discover  that  it  can  not  have  been 
the  Jews'  passover. 

Neither  of  these  two  evangelists  goes  into  any  par- 
ticulars regarding  the  meal,  although  they  were  evi- 
dently both  present,  John  who  had  assisted  that 
same  evening  in  the  making  ready  the  passover, 
was  also  present,  and  later,  in  writing  his  Gospel, 
in  chapter  13,  verse  2,  he  calls  it  a  supper  and  says 
it  was  before  the  feast  of  the  passover.  John  does 
not  give  it  any  other  name.  Luke  was  not  present, 
but  says,  "  Having  had  perfect  understanding  of  all 
things  from  the  very  first,"  he,  in  writing  out  the 
history  of  that  event,  in  chapter  22,  verse  20,  says, 
"  Likewise  the  cup  after  supper."  Here  he  also 
calls  it  a  supper,  and  he  does  not  give  it  any  other 
name. 

Paul,  in  1  Cor.  11:23,  gives  good  authority  for  what 
he  is  writing,  when  he  says,  "  For  I  have  received  of 
the  Lord  that  which  also  I  deliver  unto  you,"  In 
verse  25  he  says, "  And  in  like  manner,  also  the  cup 
after  supper"  (New  Version).  Here  we  have  the 
united  testimony  of  three  inspired  men  who  were 
familiar  with  the  circumstance.  They  all  call  it 
supper.  This,  we  think,  ought  to  be  sufficient  to 
fully  establish  the  name  "  Supper  "  for  that  meal. 

God's  law  is  "  that  by  the  mouth  of  two  or  three 
witnesses  every  word  shall  be  established."  By  that 
law  it  is  established  that  it  was  a  supper,  and  we 
dare  not  set  that  aside,  In  reading  Luke  22:  15,  16 
many  Bible  readers  get  tangled,  and  get  the  word 
"passover"  connected  with  that  supper. 

Luke,  we  have  said,  was  not  present  at  that  sup- 
per but  had  perfect  understanding  of  it.  In  chap- 
ter 22:  15,  16  he  quotes  the  language  of  the  Sav- 
ior, as  spoken  at  that  supper:  "With  desire  I  have 
desired  to  eat  this  passover  with  you  before  I  suffer, 
for  I  say  unto  you  I  will  not  anymore  eat  thereof 
until  it  be  fulfilled  in  the  kingdom  of  God." 

Here  the  mind  of  the  reader  naturally  reverts  to 
the  meal  that  was  being  eaten  in  the  upper  room, 
but  we  think  he  did  not  mean  that  meal,  for  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  sentence  he  says,  "  I  will  not  any 
more  eat  thereof,  until  it  be  fulfilled  in  the  king- 
dom of  God."  These  words  give  us  reason  to 
doubt,  and  to  enter  into  an  investigation.  We  bear 
in  mind  that  among  the  numerous  feasts  of  the  Jews 
the  passover  was  the  greatest, — the  one  great  event 
of  the  year.  So,  after  the  things  had  been  gotten 
ready,  prepared  for  the  feast,  now  just  at  hand, — 
perhaps  about  twenty  hours  yet  intervening,  but  all 
looking  forward  towards  it,  expecting  to  participate 
in  it, — under  these  conditions  his  expression,  "With 
desire  have  I  desired  to  eat  this  passover  with  you 
before  I  suffer,"  would  at  once  be  understood  as 
the  passover  now  just  at  hand. 

If  they  had  understood  him  to  call  the  meal  they 
were  eating  "a  passover,"  then  it  would  have  been 
known  by  that  name.  Then  John,  Luke  and  Paul, 
in  referring  to  it  later,  would,  in  justice  to  their 
Master,  also  call  it  by  the  name  "passover,"  which 
they  never  did,  but  they  do  call  it  a  supper. 

The  language  used  by  the  Savior,  "  With  desire  I 
have  desired  to  eat  this  passover  with  you  before  I 
suffer,"  does  not  tell  us  whether  he  did  eat  it  with 
them  or  not,  but  when  he  adds,  "  For  I  say  unto 
you,  I  will  not  anymore  eat  thereof,  until  it  be  ful- 
filled in  the  kingdom  of  God,"  then  it  becomes  evi- 
dent that  he  did  not,  for  the  law,  governing  the  pass- 
over  was  rigid,  and  before  the  legal  time  arrived 
for  eating  the  passover,  he,  "the  Lamb  of  God  that 


taketh  away  the  sin  of  the  world,"  "  without  spot  or 
blemish,"  fulfilled  the  passover  by  suffering  and 
dying  on  the  very  day  and  hour  when  the  passover 
must  be  killed.  The  desire  to  eat  that  passover  with 
his  disciples  was  not  realized,  of  which  he  was 
aware  when  he  made  the  expression, 

The  Supper  in  that  upper  room  was  no  more  the 
"  passing  over"  from  one  dispensation  to  another 
than  was  Christ's  walking  on  the  Sea  of  Galilee,  or 
his  riding  into  Jerusalem.  The  transfer  from  one 
dispensation  to  the  other  commenced  with  John's 
preaching  in  the  wilderness,  and  was  consummated 
when  Christ  died  on  the  cross  and  exclaimed,  "It  is 
finished,"  and  bowed  his  head  and  gave  up  the 
ghost. 

In  conclusion  we  refer  to  the  language  of  Paul 
to  the  Corinthians:  "  I  have  received  of  the  Lord 
that  which  I  also  delivered  unto  you."  He  deliver- 
ed it  to  them  as  a  supper  and  calls  it  "  the  Lord's 
Supper." 

We  think  we  can  do  no  better  than  to  also  re- 
ceive it  as  a  supper,  "the  Lord's  Supper." 

Elmwood%  Nebr. 

THE  POWER  OP  JESUS. 
BY  W.  R.  DBETER, 

"  What  have  we  to  do  with  thee,  Jesas,  thou  Son  of  God?" 

Matt.  8:  29. 

The  above  is  the  language  of  a  man  possessed 
with  the  spirit  of  the  evil  one.  The  case  seems  to 
be  an  extreme  one,  and  Jesus  left  the  multitude  on 
the  other  side  of  the  sea  and  came  into  the  land  of 
the  Gergesenes  that  he  might  meet  these  persons 
and  manifest  his  power  over  devils.  One  thing  the 
devil  did  that  was  commendable,  He  acknowl- 
edged Jesus  to  be  the  Son  of  God.  It  also  teaches 
the  sad  condition  of  persons  under  his  influence. 

1.  They  chose  the  most  uninviting  place  for 
their  abode, — among  the  tombs, — as  if  to  say,  "See 

y  trophies." 

2.  "They  were  fierce,  so  that  no  man  might  pass 
that  way."  The  devil  never  taught  men  to  love, 
but  to  hate  one  another.  What  was  true  of  the 
evil  one  then  is  still  true,  but  Jesus  teaches  us  to 
love  one  another  even  as  he  loved  us  and  gave  him- 
self for  us.  How  different!  A  man  possessed  of 
an  evil  spirit  is  anything  else  than  companionable, 
but  the  man  possessed  of  the  Spirit  of  Christ  is 
every  way  companionable, 

3.  These  men  could  not  be  bound.  Mark  5:  3,  4. 
So  it  is  with  the  person  under  the  influence  of  the 
evil  spirit  to-day.  Parental  affection,  the  tender 
love  of  a  devoted  sister  or  companion,  or  even  the 
great  love  of  Jesus  will  not  keep  him  from  his  evil 
ways, 

4  These  persons  could  not  be  tamed.  Mark  5: 
4.  How  different  from  the  spirit  of  the  Christian 
and  the  fruit  of  the  spirit  of  Christ, — "Love,  joy, 
peace,  longsuffering,    gentleness,  goodness,    faith, 

eekness,  and  temperance,"     Gal.  5:  22,  23. 

These  spirits   said,  "What  have  we  to  do  with 

thee? Art  thou  come  to  torment  us  before 

the  time?"  Here  is  a  virtual  acknowledgment 
that  they  will  have  something  to  do  with  Jesus, 
and  they  surely  will  have;  he  will  destroy  them. 
See  Heb.  2:  14;  Rev.  20:  io-.  So  it  is  with  men, — 
they  must  have  something  to  do  with  Jesus.  When 
the  people  said,  "Release  unto  us  Barabbas,"  Pi- 
late said,  "What  shall  I  do,  then,  with  Jesus  which 
is  called  Christ?  "  He  had  to  do  something  with 
Jesus.  So  it  is  now.  Jesus  says,  "Come  unto 
me,"  He  pleads  tenderly  and  promises  mercy  and 
pardon,  but  if  they  will  not  come  now  and  accept 
of  his  proffered  mercy,  he  will  call  them  to  judg- 
ment, and  then  they  must  come  whether  they 
would  or  not.  Jesus  is  knocking  now,  but  the 
tables  will  be  turned,  and  others  will  knock  then. 

These  evil  spirits  asked  the  privilege  of  going  in- 
to a  herd  of  swine,  near  at  hand.  Jesus  said,  "  Go," 
They  went  and  the  swine  "  stampeded,"  and  ran  in- 
to the  sea  and  were  drowned,  and  the  keepers  fled. 

No  wonder!  Oh,  that  all  men  would  flee  from 
the  destructive  work  of  the  devill  The  people 
came  out  and  besought  Jesus  that  he  would  depart 
out  of  their  coasts,    He  will  not  remain  where  he 


is  not  wanted,  and  so  he  departed,  and  this  left  the 
people  without  their  swine  and  without  Jesus.  So 
it  is  with  men  who  follow  an  unholy  business, — 
they  will,  at  sometime,  have  to  leave  their  business, 
and  will  have  no  Christ  in  that  sad  hour.  "Seek 
ye  the  Lord  while  he  may  be  found,  call  ye 
upon  him  while  he  is  near." 
Mi/ford,  Ind. 


DR.  TEMPLE  ON  EXPOSITORY  PREACHING.. 

BY   P.   B.    FITZWATER. 

The  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  recently  empha- 
sized the  importance  of  the  clergymen  of  the 
"  Church  of  England  "  actually  preaching  the  Bible 
and  not  relying  on  their  own  intellect  for  feeding 
their  congregations. 

"  There  is  only  one  thing,"  says  the  Archbishop, 
"  which  realty  keeps  teaching  and  preaching  alive, 
and  that  is  perpetual  studying  what  one  has  to 
preach  from  the  Word  of  God.  Never  think  it 
possible  to  preach  from  any  part  of  it  without  pre- 
vious study  and  thought. 

"I  do  not  know  anything  more  distasteful  to 
listen  to,  than  an  extempore  sermon  by  a  man  who 
has  acquired  the  fatal  gift  of  a  great  many  words 
without  thinking  at  all.  What  people  most  desire 
now  is,  an  explanation  of  the  Bible;  they  want  the 
clergy  to  make  them  see  what  the  Bible  really 
means.  There  is  a  strong  desire,  on  the  part  of 
many  Christians,  to  know  the  Bible  well;  they  wish, 
as  it  were,  to  be  introduced  into  its  secrets;  they 
wish  to  be  able  readily  and  freely  to  use  it.  The 
clergy  cannot  do  a  greater  service  than  to  make  a 
large  part  of  their  teaching  and  preaching  consist 
of  exposition  of  the  Holy  Scriptures;  and  if  they 
do  not  make  study  a  large  part  of  their  prepara- 
tion on  each  occasion,  their  failure  will  be  complete 
ndeed,  because  otherwise  they  will  give  bad  and 
sometimes  silly  explanations.  When  a  man  finds 
he  cannot  go  on  studying  the  Bible,  it  is  better  that 
the  man  should  not  go  on  preaching  the  Gospel. 
The  two  are  so  bound  together,  that  if  a  man  gives 
up  the  one,  he  should  give  up  the  other,  Whit  is 
wanted,  is,  first,  fullness  of  knowledge;  secondly, 
lucidity  in  arranging  and  expressing  that  knowl- 
edge; thirdly,  the  freshness  which  is  born  of  fresh 
study." 

This  contains  much  food  for  thought  for  our 
preachers.  Many  preachers  select  short  texts  out 
of  their  connections  in  order  to  fit  some  fanciful 
theory  of  theirs,  or  to  make  a  "hit"  by  showing 
their  skill  and  ingenuity,  instead  of  the  wisdom  of 
God,  We  should  be  original,  but  should  not  origi- 
nate any  of  the  fundamental  materials  of  our 
preaching.  Preachers  have  been  feeding  the  peo- 
ple upon  their  imaginations  for  years,  and  to-day, 
if  you  preach  plain  Bible,  many  will  get  offended. 
Oftentimes  we  are  shocked  to  hear  some  one  take 
a  text  from  the  sayings  of  uninspired  men,  without 
stopping  to  think  whether  it  is  true  or  not. 

To  show  the  absurdity  and  injudiciousness  of  se- 
lecting ludicrous  texts  in  order  to  make  a  "hit,"  I 
quote  a  few  sentences  from  Broadus  on  "  Prepa- 
ration and  Delivery  of  Sermons."  It  is  told  in  Vir- 
ginia that  a  preacher  of  a  belligerent  and  unpopu- 
lar denomination  went  to  a  village  where  there 
were  but  two  churches.  The  Presbyterian  minis- 
ter, Mr.  Sparrow,  and  the  Baptist,  Mr.  Fox,  both 
refused  him  the  use  of  their  house  of  worship,  so 
he  preached  in  a  school  room,  and  took  as  his  text, 
"The  foxes  have  holes,  and  the  birds  of  the  air 
have  nests,  but  the  Son  of  Man  hath  not  where  to 
lay  his  head," — a  good  hit,  no  doubt,  but  rendering 
it  nearly  impossible  that  the  sermon  should  make 
any  true  religious  impression.  An  ignorant  Meth- 
odist preacher  in  the  same  State  chose  as  his 
text,  "  Enoch  walked  with  God,  and  he  was  not," 
and  occupied  the  time  with  various  things  that 
Enoch  was  not, — he  was  not  a  drunkard,  he  was  not 
a  liar,  he  was  not  a  profane  swearer,  etc.  The 
words,  "Let  him  that  is  on  the  housetop  not  come 
down,"  quoted  in  the  form,  "Top-not  come  down," 
and  used  for  a  sermon  against  a  certain  style  of 
head-dress,  called  a  "top-knot,"  would  seem  to  be 


March  19,  vSoS. 


THE   GOSPEL   JVEZESSEJNTQ-Eli. 


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the  very  climax  of  absurdity;  and  yet  many  a  pas- 
sage has  been  mutilated  and  applied  in  a  way  fully 
as  unwarrantable,  though  less  ridiculous. 

Let  our  preachers  study,  labor  and  pray,  so  they 
may  never  be  guilty  of  such  blunders  as  mentioned 

Sheldon,  Iowa. 


-s-THE  t  SUNDAY  +  SCHOOLS 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 

The  Woman  of  Canaan — Matt.  15:  21-31, 

Lesson /or  April  j,  1898. 
We  have  no  more  interesting  narration  in  Bible 
story  than  this  one  of  the  poor  Gentile  woman.     In 
it  we  have  three  leading  thoughts: 

1,  That  of  a  mother's  love.  She,  though  poor, 
widowed  and  perhaps  almost  forsaken,  had  a  daugh- 
ter who  was  the  light  of  her  soul  and  burden  of 
her  life,  because  she  was  a  great  charge, — "griev- 
ously vexed  with  a  devil."  Just  what  this  meant 
we  can  only  learn  from  other*  that  were  pos- 
sessed,— a  most  unfortunate  condition  for  a  child 
to  be  in,  and  there  was  no  hope  of  a  cure  outside 
of  the  miraculous.  This  we  can  partly  learn  from 
the  manner  in  which  she  approached  the  Master. 
Her  case  was  a  desperate  one,  made  so  by  the 
character  of  the  disease  and  the  love  and  solici- 
tude she  bore  towards  the  child.  "Have  mercy  on 
me,  O  Lord,  thou  Son  of  Divid," 

Her  condition  was  one  that  felt  the  need  of  mer- 
cy, and  she  plead  for  it  as  though  life  and  death 
depended  on  the  issue.  It  will  be  noticed  that  the 
burden  was  on  her  heart, — perhaps  quite  as  much, 
if  not  more,  than  on  the  daughter.  "  Have  mercy 
on  me  "  was  the  pathetic  cry.  And  how  often  do 
we  see  it  in  case  of  disease  or  sickness  of  the  child, 
that  the  mother  is  the  greater  sufferer!  How 
blessed  would  it  be  if  these  mother  hearts  could  be 
as  sensitive  to  the  spiritual  sickness  of  their  chil- 
dren, as  they  are  about  the  physical,  and  if  they 
cou-'d  be  as  solicitous  as  to  their  being  healed! 

2.  Human  nature,  as  we  see  it  acted  and  ex- 
pressed through  the  human  kind.  These  were  dis- 
ciples of  the  blessed  Christ,  They  had  sojourned 
with  him  day  by  day,  heard  the  precious  truths, 
as  they  fell  from  his  lips,  and  they  had  seen  the 
acts  of  kindness  everywhere  exercised  towards  the 
poor,  the  sick  and  the  fallen.  And  yet,  here  is  a 
case  that  has  not  even  touched  their  sympathies. 
They  have  not  only  not  been  drawn  towards  her  by 
her  cries  of  mercy,  but  they  are  anxious  to  get  rid 
of  her,  as  the  traveler  tries  to  get  rid  of  the  per- 
sistent beggar  that  follows  on  his  heels  everywhere 
in  this  now  God-forsaken  country.  They  seem  to 
be  very  solicitous  that  she  be  got  away  from 
them.  "  And  his  disciples  came  and  besought  him, 
saying,  Send  her  away;  for  she  crieth  after  us." 
How  human  like  this  is!  The  tenderness  of  the 
soul  says:  "Have  pity,  have  mercy,"  but  our  self 
ishness  says,  '•  Get  away;  do  not  bother  me." 

How  different,  how  very  different  the  man-self 
spirit  from  the  Christ-divine  spirit!  Will  we  not 
stop  and  study  this  difference  for  awhile?  Here 
we  have  them  almost  in  the  one  and  the  same  set- 
ting. The  one  says,  "  Get  away,"  the  other,  "  Stop 
and  see." 

"  But  he  answered  and  said,  I  am  not  sent  but 
unto  the  lost  sheep  of  the  house  of  Israel,"  It  was 
not  the  answer  that  they  expected,  because  they 
were  yet  full  of  the  Jewish  idea,  that  no  Gentile 
was  worthy  of  thought,  mercy  or  consideration,  yet 
it  was  as  a  message  from  heaven  to  this  poor  wom- 
an and  mother. 

The  other  thought  is  the  one  blending  out  of 
this  last  one,  or  rather  the  opposite  of  the  last 
one, — Christ,  the  representative  of  Divine  compas- 
sion. It  is  the  best  one,  and  the  burden  of  the 
lesson. 

Let  us  now  look  at  the  characters  of  the  lesson 
and  the  interview  held:  Jesus,  the  disciples,  the  worn-  j 
an  of  Canaan,  and  the  possessed  daughter.  The 
Master  and  his  disciples  had  been  about  the  Sea  of 
Galilee,  and  they  now  leave  for  the  port  towns  of 


Tyre  and  Sidon.  On  their  way  they  are  met  by  this 
woman  of  Canaan.  She  doubtless  had  heard  of  the 
fame  of  Jesus  as  the  one  that  loved  sinners  and 
healed  the  people  of  their  diseases.  To  meet  this 
man,  perhaps,  was  the  burning  desire  of  her  heart, 
and  hundreds  of  times  the  thought  came  to  her, 
"Will  he  hear  my  cry,— will  he  heal  my  daugh- 
ter?" Dozens  of  times  she  had  framed  the  words 
of  her  petition,  and  how  she  would  meet  the  ob- 
jection that  would  be  brought  against  her  as  an 
outsider.  How  would  she  say  the  words?  She 
knew  not,  but  she  did  it  bravely  when  the  test 
came, 

Did  you  ever  wonder  whether  she  overheard  the 
reqiest  of  the  disciples?  If  so,  how  her  heart  must 
have  bled  at  the  cold  and  unsympathetic  words  as 
they  came  to  her  ears,  "Send  her  away."  O,  how 
terribly  deadening  they  fell  on  her  heart  just  now, 
when  the  auspicious  moment  had  come! 

But  wait!  O  how  different  the  words  of  the 
Masted  Tlun  she  came  and  worshiped  him,  say- 
ing, "  Lord,  help  me."  Her  joy  is  full,  her  faith  is 
strong,  but  it  must  be  tested.  He  says,  "It  is  not 
meet  to  take  the  children's  bread  and  cast  it  to 
dogs."  That  is  all  right,  dear  Jesus.  I  know  I  am 
but  as  a  dog,  compared  to  thine  own  people. 
"Truth,  Lord,  yet  the  dogs  eat  of  the  crumbs 
which  fall  from  the  Master's  table."  Let  me  be  a 
dog,  and  give  me  only  the  crumbs  that  fall  from 
my  Master's  table  and  I  shall  be  satisfied. 

No  wonder  the  Christ  was  moved  to  say:  "O, 
woman,  great  is  thy  faith;  be  it  unto  theef  even  as 
thou  wilt."  These  were  the  most  gracious  words 
that  ever  fell  on  the  ears  of  this  poor,  distressed 
mother,  And  we  all  know  what  her  will  was,  b 
cause  it  is  said:  "And  her  daughter  was  made 
whole  from  that  very  hour."  Though  she  asked 
for  only  the  crumbs,  the  loving  Christ  gave  her  the 
full  loaf, — the  desire  and  burden  of  her  heart. 

The  lesson  we  learn  from  this  is,  that  beggars 
should  not  be  choosers,  but  ask  humbly,  believingly 
and  hopefully.  We  are  not  worthy  of  much,— not 
of  any.  It  is  how  we  do  the  asking  that  makes  us 
wbrthy,  and  upon  it  depends  the  answer.  "Ask, 
and  ye  shall  receive."  h.  b. 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES, 
BY  JOHN   R.   SNYDER. 

No.  4.— The  Pupil. 

In  previous  articles  we  have  endeavored  to  out- 
line the  duties  of  the  superintendent  and  teacher  as 
regards  their  fitness  for  the  position  they  occupy, 
but  there  is  another  consideration  to  be  looked  at 
in  the  Sunday  school  organization.  We  refer  to 
the  pupil.  Not  that  we  can  put  down  a  set  of  rules 
governing  the  qualifications  of  the  pupil,  or  what 
he  nvisi  do  or  must  not  do  to  be  a  successful  pupil 
but  rather  try  to  present  a  few  thoughts  that  may 
clear  up  some  points,  as  to  the  need  and  the  nature 
of  the  pupil. 

In  almost  every  State,  at  the  examination  for 
teachers  for  our  public  schools,  they  are  required 
to  possess  an  adequate  knowledge  of  psychology, 
which  means  the  "  science  of  the  soul."  It  has  be- 
come necessary  that  the  teacher  know  something 
of  the  "man  within  him,"  that  he  may  deal  suc- 
cessfully with  the  man  that  is  within  the  body 
of  these  placed  under  his  care.  While  this  is  neces- 
sary to  the  public  school  teacher,  it  is  also  true  of 
the  Sunday  school  teacher.  The  pupil's  nature 
must,  to  a  certain  degree,  be  understood,  before  he 
will  be  able  to  take  his  equitable  part  in  the  school. 

In  the  nature  of  man  we  must  consider  him  as  a 
triple  being,  made  up  of  three  composite  parts- 
body,  mind  and  soul.  A  deficiency  in  either  of 
them  will  cause  him  to  be  an  incomplete  personage. 
Therefore,  in  studying  the  nature  of  a  pupil,  these 
three  in  one  should  never  be  lost  sight  of.  No  ed- 
ucation is  complete  without  a  blending  of  all  togeth- 
er, with  equal  care.  A  fully-developed  body  is  nec- 
essary to  a  strong  mind  and  a  good  soul.  One  of 
these  natures  may  be  abnormally  developed,  but  it 
will  always  be  at  the  expense  of  the  other  two. 
Hence,  in  the  development  of  a  full  man,  we  should 


never  neglect  the  spiritual  for  the  intellectual  or 
physical  part  of  our  nature.  One  feature  of  the 
Sunday  school,  then,  is  to  bring  up  that  part  of  our 
"  inner  "  self,  that  has  most  likely  been  neglected  in 
our  other  work, — the  spiritual  or  soul  power. 

But  there  are  many  things  in  the  Sunday  school 
to  help  build  up  or  tear  down  the  physical  nature 
of  the  pupil,  and  if  we  were  to  display  more  care  in 
the  seating,  furnishing  and  ventilation  of  our 
churchhouses,  the  good  results  that  would  come 
from  it  would  be  surprising.  If  God  intends  that 
we  should  make  our  homes  cheerful,  happy,  con- 
venient and  tasteful,  as,  no  doubt,  he  does,  how 
much  more  so  does  he  expect  his  earthly  temples 
here  to  be  so!  The  very  best  we  have  is  none  too 
good  for  God.  But  he  docs  not  intend  that  we  shall 
go  to  extremes  and  make  his  temples  rivals  of  the 
temples  of  ihe  world.  By  thus  looking  after  the 
physical  part  of  our  nature,  we  enlarge  the  sphere 
for  further  development  of  the  mind  and  soul. 

The  Sunday  school  is  made  up  of  pupils  of  all 
ajes  and  classes.  The  youngest  to  Ihe  oldest  are 
found  there.  In  one  respect  they  are  all  alike. 
They  have  body,  mind  and  soul,  but  there  the  simi- 
larity ceases.  Especially  do  we  find  a  wide  differ- 
ence in  their  mental  powers.  Some  are  quick  to 
grasp  the  Truth,  while  others  are  slow,  or  fail  to 
see  it  altogether.  Some  are  young  and  unable  to 
comprehend  the  "philosophy"  of  the  lesson,  and 
again  there  are  those  who  are  able  to  make  a  good 
exegesis  of  each  lesson.  A  minister  may  prepare 
a  sermon  suitable  for  an  entire  congregation,  but 
no  teacher  can  prepare  a  lesson  that  will  be  profit- 
able to  an  entire  school.  What,  then,  are  we  to 
do?  We  cannot  overcome  this  disparagement  en- 
tirely, but,  in  a  great  measure,  it  may  be  obtained 
by  proper  classification.  Pupils  should  be  so  ar- 
ranged in  classes  that  the  best  results  may  be  se- 
cured without  dwarfing  some  and  pushing  others. 
There  is  a  wonderful  field  for  the  development  of 
the  mental  powers  in  Sunday  school  lessons. 

But  the  noblest  part  of  man  is  his  soul.  His 
body  will  crumble  back  to  dust.  The  mind  will 
pass  away  as  the  zephyrs  of  summer,  but  the  soul 
lives  on  through  the  endless  rrjns  of  time.  We 
neglect  nothing  so  much  as  soul  culture.  We  are 
careful  that  the  body  is  well  supplied  with  its  com- 
forts. We  see  to  it  that  the  mind  is  fed  and  stored 
with  the  boundless  feasts  that  are  spread  for  it. 
But  the  soul,  or  "living"  part  of  man  is  left  to 
gather  what  it  can  pick  up  from  under  the  table  of 
the  other  two.  For  this  reason  the  developing  of 
the  soul-power  of  the  pupils  is  the  great  mission  of 
the  Sunday  school.  The  home  can  develop  the 
body,  the  public  school,  the  mind,  but  there  must 
be  a  means  somewhere  to  bring  forth  the  powers  of 
the  soul,  and  we  know  of  nothing  better  than  that 
afforded  by  the  Sunday  school. 

And  now,  dear  pupils,  when  you  enter  the  Sun- 
day school  class,  do  you  realize  the  spiritual  pos- 
sibilities that  are  thrown  around  you?  Do  you  re- 
alize that  ihere,  through  an  "  eye  of  faith,"  you 
may  see  God?  Do  you  know  that  by  a  conse- 
crated storing  of  his  grace,  thus  supplied,  you  may 
"be  like  him?"  Last  of  all,  if  you  live  as  he  has 
told  you  in  the  Sicred  Word,  you  shall  "dwell 
with  him  forever."  Give  us  loyal  superintendents, 
give  us  consecrated  teachers,  but,  above  all,  give  us 
pupils  who  want  to  be  "  full  men  "  in  Christ  Jesusl 

Bellefontaine.  Ohio. 


OTJR    PRAYER    MEETING. 


OVERCOMING  SELF.-i  Cor.  9:  19-27- 

For  Thursday  Evening,  March  34,  1808. 


I.  Seu- -Surrender. 

I.  Tbe  Christian's  liberty. 
1.  The  Christian's  obligatic 

3.  The  Christian's  allegia 

4.  The  Christian's  motivi 
II.  Self-Mastbrv. 


Cor,  2:  15;  Gal.  5:  I. 
Rom.  ij:  1;  Gal.  s:  13, 

John  14:  is;  Gal.  6:2. 
Mark  8:  35;  Mark  to:  29. 


Tim.  6:  12;  Heb.  12.  1. 

2.  The  preparation.    2  Tim.  2:  3;  1  Cor.  0: 

3.  Tbe  great  effort.    Philpp.  3< '4;  2  Tim.  4 

4.  The  great  care.    2  Cor.  13:  5;  Gal.  2:  2. 

5.  The  great  reward.    2  Tim.  4:  8;  Rev.  3: 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGER. 


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AT  THE  DOOR. 

I  thought  myself  indeed  secure. 

So  fast  the  door,  so  firm  the  lock; 
But,  lo!  he,  toddling,  comes  to  lure 

My  parent  ear  with  timorous  Unoclc, 
My  heart  were  stone  could  It  withstand 

The  sweetness  of  my  baby's  plea— 
That  timorous,  baby  knocking  aDd 

"  Please  let  me  in-it's  only  me." 
I  threw  aside  the  unfinished  book, 

Regardless  of  its  templing  charms, 
And  op'ning  wide  the  door,  1  took 

My  laughing  darling  in  my  arms. 
Who  knows  but  in  eternity, 

I,  like  a  truant  child,  shall  wait 
The  glories  of  a  life  to  be 

Beyond  the  Heavenly  Father's  gate? 
And  will  that  Heavenly  Father  heed 

The  truant's  supplicating  cry, 
As  to  the  outer  door  1  plead, 

"*Tisl,oh,  Father,  only  I?" 

—Eugene  Field, 

HAVE  A  CUP  UP  COFFEE? 

BY   HOWARD   MILLER. 

Not  a  reader  but  that  knows  what  coffee  is,  but 
very  few  who  know  how  it  is  grown  and  how  it  is 
handled  in  getting  the  crop.  Now  not  very  long 
ago  I  was  on  a  large  coffee  plantation  down  in 
Guatamala,  and  I  will  tell  you  something  as  to  how 
it  is  managed.  First,  then,  coffee  is  a  very  fastidi- 
ous plant,  and  will  only  grow  to  amount  to  any- 
thing in  certain  soils,  and  at  certain  altitudes.  It 
will  grow  anywhere  in  the  tropics  where  it  is  warm 
enough,  but  it  will  not  produce  good  berries  unless 
at  the  right  altitude  above  the  sea  level,  and  in  the 
right  kind  of  soil.  If  you  wanted  to  you  could  buy 
a  coffee  plant  from  one  of  the  plant  dealers,  but  it 
would  not  fruit  for  you.  Nor  can  you  take  a  grain 
of  green  coffee  and  start  a  plant  for  yourself.  The 
process  it  goes  through  with  kills  it,  and  then  it  is 
a  seed  that  loses  its  vitality  in  a  year,  and  it  is  not 
likely  that  you  would  have  any  luck  in  an  effort  of 
your  own  to  start  a  plant. 

Down  where  it  is  grown  for  commercial  purposes, 
after  they  have  f  ouud  a  suitable  soil  the  first  thing  is 
the  clearing  of  the  land,  and  all  coffee  land  is  al- 
ways densely  grown  over.  It  is  a  pretty  difficult 
and  costly  matter  to  start  a  coffee  plantation.  Then 
the  seed  is  sown,  very  much  as  peas  are  planted, 
and  it  takes  from  forty  to  ninety  days  for  it  to  ger- 
minate. Then  it  is  set  out  in  rows,  rather  closer 
than  you  would  put  out  dwarf  pears,  say  about  four 
or  five  feet  apart.  Then  it  must  have  three  things, 
heat,  shade,  and  moisture.  The  shade  is  generally 
made  by  setting  banana  plants  through  the  rows  of 
the  coffee-trees,  Now  the  coffee-tree,  if  put  out  in 
the  open,  and  allowed  to  grow  as  it  pleased,  would 
make  a  tree  almost  as  large  as  an  apple-tree,  and 
would  produce  a  considerable  amount  of  berries,  but 
in  practice  it  is  kept  dwarfed  by  pinching  back  the 
limbs,  and  so  managed  that  the  crop  can  be  gather- 
ed frcm  the  ground. 


I  know  of  no  plant  that  has  more  enemies,  and 
which  is  more  particular  as  to  its  habits  of  growth. 
It  is  easily  set  back,  and  has  no  end  of  enemies  to 
meet  and  overcome,  It  takes  a  plantation  about 
four  years  to  come  into  bearing,  and  the  trees  then 
resemble  a  rough-barked,  willowy-looking  shrub 
with  glossy  green  leaves.  It  has  a  small  white  flow- 
er in  the  axils  of  the  leaves,  that  is  where  the  leaf 
joins  the  stem,  and  it  is  followed  by  a  berry  that 
looks  very  much  like  a  red  cranberry  when  it  is  ripe. 
There  are  two  berries  of  the  coffee,  face  to  face,  in 
the  red  hu«k,  and  they  are  strung  out  along  the 
twigs  rather  thickly.  They  do  not  ripen  up  all  at 
the  same  time,  and  the  berries  are  gathered  by  hand, 
usually  by  Indian  labor,  and  one  of  the  problems 
of  the  growing  of  coffee  is  the  matter  of  help. 
The  native  will  not  work  exept  when  he  wants  to, 
and  he  isn't  very  anxious  at  any  time,  About  three 
quarters  of  a  pound  will  be  had  from  each  tree  at 
the  first  gathering. 

When  the  berries  are  gathered  they  are  washed 
out  of  the  husk  or  hull,  sometimes  by  hand  and 
sometimes,  but  not  very  often,  by  machinery  adapt- 
ed to  the  purpose,  and  they  are  frequently  sorted 
over  into  different  grades  and  varieties.  Not  a  few 
different  kinds  of  coffees  all  grow  on  the  same  trees, 
or  the  same  kinds  of  trees. 

Men  go  out  and  buy  the  coffee  and  resell  it  to 
wholesalers.  There  are  many  different  grades  of 
coffees,  and  the  prices  cover  a  wide  range.  The 
cheap  kinds,  put  up  in  pound  packages,  are  never 
the  best.  *The  coffee  made  down  where  it  is  grown 
is  hardly  ever  relished  by  strangers.  It  is  too 
strong  for  the  average  taste. 

Let  me  close  with  a  recipe  for  a  cup  of  good  cof- 
fee. Take  one  heaping  cup  of  freshly-ground  cof- 
fee, put  it  in  a  clean  pot,  pour  over  it  eight  cups  of 
boiling  water,  and  set  the  pot  where  it  will  be  al- 
most to  the  boiling  point,  even  to  simmering,  and 
leave  it  there  for  half  an  hour.  It  should  stay  on 
the  stove  long  enough  to  get  rid  of  the  rank  berry 
taste, 

Leuisburg,  Pa, 


NOTES  FROM  CHICAGO  MISSION. 

BY   SUSIE    FORNEY, 

— Sunday  morning,  March  5,  dawned  on  our  city 
bright  and  clear.  As  the  hour  approached  for  ser- 
vices, we  went  over  the  familiar  walk  to  the  little 
church.  Some  were  already  there  to  greet  us  and 
others  came,  till  one  hundred  and  nine  bright  faces 
were  before  us,  enough,  at  least,  to  inspire  any  Sun- 
day school  worker  on  the  Lord's  Day  morning. 
While  only  a  few  rays  of  the  beautiful  sunshine 
could  find  their  way  into  the  room,  yet  the  "  Sun  of 
Righteousness"  seemed  to  be  in  every  heart,  and 
found  expression  in  the  song,  "There's  sunshine 
n  my  soul  to-day." 

—  Our  school  continues  to  grow  in  number  and 
interest  and  we  trust  it  may  grow  until  the  "little 
church  "  will  not  be  able  to  hold  it. 

— In  the  afternoon  we  went  with  a  company  of  the 
children  to  the  hospital.  They  carried  papers  and 
cards  to  give  to  the  sick,  and  sang  a  number  of  cheer- 
ing hymns.  They,  perhaps,  saw  nothing  beyond  the 
passing  pleasure  of  the  occasion ;  but  as  they  handed 
out  their  gifts,  and  sent  their  voices  forth  in  song, 
were  they  not  learning  the  great  lesson  of  giving, — 
giving  of  effort,  of  themselves,  of  pleasure  to  others  ? 
Isaiah  $S:  13,  14  is  a  good  text  to  think  upon  when 
we  are  considering  how  to  keep  the  "  Lord's  Day." 

— A  case  of  destitution,  bordering  on  starvation, 
came  under  our  notice  a  few  days  ago.  A  mother 
and  three  children,  deserted  by  husband  and  father, 
were  found  by  neighbors  in  cold,  bare  rooms.  The 
news  spread,  hearts  were  touched  and  relief  soon 
came.  Most  gladly  did  we  carry  bedding,  clothing 
and  other  necessities  at  that  late  evening  hour,  that 
they  might  have  a  comfortable  night, 

— Whatever  the  circumstances  that  bring  such  a 
state  of  suffering,  our  hearts  go  out  to  them  and  es- 
pecially to  the  children,—  helpless,  pure-hearted  and 
innocent.  As  we  looked  at  the  sweet-faced  bluc- 
cyed  baby  (with  just  a  shadow  of  suffering  in  its 


expression)  we  thought  that  face  would  grace  any 
palace  home.    Yes,  we  often  think  what  a  change 
there  might  be,  if  these  buds  of  promise  had  good, 
pure  atmosphere  in  which  to  develop. 
6*0  Scuth  Ashland  Avcnut. 


A  MIND  OF  HER  OWN. 


The  young  queen  of  Holland,  who  is  to  ba  crown- 
ed next  September,  has  shown  to  the  world  that 
she  not  only  has  a  mind  of  her  own,  but  that  she 
knows  how  to  manage  a  young  Emperor  who  is 
continually  meddling  in  somebody  else's  business. 
Arrangements  were  made  to  provide  her  with  a 
husband  without  consulting  her  preference.  She 
vetoed  the  arrangement,  and  gave  the  state  officials 
to  understand  that  she  had  something  to  say  about 
a  matter  of  that  kind. 

But  the  most  interesting  feature  is  the  way  she 
adroitly  and  yet  politely  rebuked  the  German  Czsr 
who  has  a  habit  of  patronizing  the  smaller  nations 
which  are  contiguous  to  his  own  territory.  The 
Dutch  have  always  been  exceedingly  apprehensive 
of  German  desigfPupon  their  country,  and  it  is  an 
open  secret  that  the  Emperor  William  covets  the 
possession  of  the  unrivaled  harbors,  the  ports,  the 
colonies,  and  the  trade  of  the  little  kingdom  of 
Netherlands.  When,  therefore,  he  announced  his 
intention  of  being  at  the  ceremony,  and  went  so 
far  as  to  hire  one  of  the  great  palaces  at  the  Hague 
for  the  occasion,  the  Dutch,  knowing  his  disposi- 
tion, realized  that  he  would  overshadow  everybody 
at  the  ceremony  and  assume  a  paternal  role  toward 
the  young  queen,  presenting  himself  to  the  gaze  of 
the  world  as  her  protector  if  not  her  suzerain. 

So  Queen  Wilhelmina  has  addressed  letters  to 
Emperor  William,  Queen  Victoria,  and  other  rulers, 
requesting  them  neither  to  go  to  the  trouble  of 
coming  themselves  nor  of  sending  special  repre- 
sentatives, inasmuch  as,  in  accordance  with  the 
wishes  of  her  subjects,  she  decided  that  the  ceremo- 
ny is  to  be  conducted  on  the  most  simple  scale,  just 
like  the  coronation  of  her  father,  and  is  to  be  pure- 
ly and  exclusively  a  national  affair,  While  the 'er- 
ratic Emperor  can  not  complain,  because  the  re- 
quest to  remain  away  was  made  impartially  to  all 
the  powers,  yet  everybody  knows  that  the  arrange- 
ment was  for  his  special  discomfiture, 


THE  RESOLUTE  WOMAN. 

Pluck  in  women  as  well  as  in  men  is  always  to  be 
admired  and  encouraged,  Miss  Emma  Stoddard, 
United  States  mail- carrier,  has  proved  herself  a 
plucky  young  woman  and  one  of  the  most  faithful 
servants  of  the  government.  Regardless  of  the  rig- 
ors of  winter,  she  has  made  her  eighteen-mile  jour- 
ney between  Canton,  Mass.,  and  Ponkapoag  postof- 
fice  every  twenty-four  hours  since  she  was  awarded 
the  contract  last  fall.  She  is  required  to  make  two 
trips  each  way  daily.  In  carrying  the  evening  mail 
it  is  necessary,  in  these  short  days,  to  make  the  trip 
after  dark,  and  it  was  predicted  that  when  she 
struck  this  part  of  her  work  she  would  weaken  and 
and  throw  up  the  job.  This  was  especially  the* 
opinion  of  John  Abbott,  the  veteran  mail  carrier, 
who  had  held  the  contract  for  sixteen  years,  but 
was  underbid  this  time  by  Miss  Stoddard.  Miss 
Stoddard  is  23  years  old.  Her  contract  expires  in 
1901,  As  a  rule  the  woman  who  has  a  chance  will 
develop  as  much  courage  as  the  man,  and  when 
she  undertakes  anything  she  has  the  pluck  to  go 
through  with  it. 

POLITENESS. 

The  southern  men  boast  of  being  at  least  polite 
to  ladies,  whether  they  be  strangers  to  them  or  not, 
They  would  never  think  of  occupying  a  seat  in  a 
street-car,  or  anywhere  else,  while  a  lady  has  to 
stand.  Whether  she  be  old  or  young,  rich  or  poor, 
he  will  see  that  she  is  seated,  and,  if  necessary,  he 
will  stand.  From  boyhood  he  is  taught  to  show 
this  marked  respect  to  the  mothers,  wives  and 
daughters  of  the  country,  and  it  is  a  feeling  that 
never  leaves  him. 


March   19,  18 


THE   GOSPEL   2s£ESSE^TCSE3e.- 


183 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 


Enoch  Eby.        -    Kansas    i    L.  W.  Teeter,     -    Indtanr 

D.  L.  Miller,     •    -  Illinois    I   S.  R.  Zii£,  -  Pennsylvania 

S.F.Sanger,  -    •    Virginia. 

-The   Monday 
t  Annual  Meet- 
ing; the  second  Monday  ol  October  and  ol  February. 

BUSINESS  FOB  ANY  KEETIH3  should  be  in  the  office  ol  the 


iorsed  by  the  District 


THE  CD1IHITTEE  EECE1VES  donations  for  the  following 
funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orphanage  at 
Smyrna:  Washington  Meetinghouse;  Sufferers  In 
India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 
DO  HOT  ADDflESS  business  or  money  Intended  lor  the 
Committee,  to  any  of  Its  members.  All  such  corres- 
pondence and  money  should  be  sent  to 

GEN.  MISS.  &  TRACT  COM., 

Mount  Morris,  III. 


MOTTO  J 


1  YEAR. 


In  the  school  of  Christ  the 
Its  program  is,  "  Work  till  Jei 


The  London  Times  says  that  there  is  every 
prospect  for  one  of  the  best  harvests  ever  gath- 
er! in  India.    This  is  encouraging. 


The  latest  census  shows  that  Japa 
population  of  nearly  43,000,000— more  tl 
as  large  as  that  ot  the  United  States. 


In  one  city  in  Cuba  there  are  said  to  be  14, 
000  persons  absolutely  without  food  and  cloth- 
ing.    This  shows  a  desperate  condition. 

Hundreds  of  members  may  be  growing  cold 
and  indifferent  just  because  they  do  not  re- 
ceive from  the  ministers  and  elders  the  spirit- 
ual ^mention  they  so  much  need. 

Last  July  Andree  and  two  companions  start- 
ed in \  balloon  for  the  North  Pole.  Now  a  par- 
ty is  arranging  to  start  in  searchof  Andree  and 
his  party.     Probably  they  are  lost. 


Don  t  fret  so  much  about  what  is  going  to 
become  of  the  church.  It  belongs  to  the  Lord 
and  he  will  take  care  of  it.  Do  your  part,  but 
don't  fret,  and  the  Lord  will  do  the  rest,  and  do 
it  well. 


Were  an  angel  from  on  high  to  come  to  a 
neeting,  some  Sunday  morning,  searching  -for 
.  wide-awake  man  for  special  use,  he  would 
lever  think  about  selecting  the  ones  he  finds 


The  Countess  of  Wlsberg,  wife  of  Prince 
Oscar  of  Sweden,  is  at  present  in  London,  going 
thro.ugh  a  course  of  training  as  a  nurse,  in  or- 
der that  she  may  help  her  husband  in  the  mis- 
sionary work  he  has  undertaken  in  West  Africa. 


help  . 


It  sometimes  takes  one  thief 
other  to  tell  the  truth.  Here  is  an 
A  certain  government  servant,  by  defraud 
his  government  and  the  widow  and  orpl: 
managed  to  amass  12,000  rupees.  This 
packed  in  two  boxes  and  consigned  by  railway 
to  his  home,  marked  as  nails.  The  railway 
babu  got  wind  of  the  affair,  opened  the  be 
and  took  out  the  rupees,  putting  in  nails 
cording  to  the  label.  The  packages  duly 
rived  at  their  destination. 


In  Indianapolis  is  a  boy  who  may  be  heard 
from  later  on.  He  is  seven  years  old.  When 
he  heard  about  the  destruction  of  the  sh: 
Maine,  in  Cuba,  he  took  from  his  savings  bank 
48  cents— all  there  was  in  it— purchased  stamp; 
and  sent  them  to  Mr,  Long,  Secretary  of  the 
Navy,  with  the  request  that  the  money  be  used 
in  building  a  new  battle-ship  to  take  the  plao 
of  the  Maine.  Should  a  missionary  fall  on  ih 
field  we  wonder  how  many  would  be  willing  t 
give  their  last  cent  to  send  another. 


In  i8;s  the  first  missionaries  landed  on  th( 
Duke  of  York  Island  in  the  southern  seas.  No 
a  white  man  then  lived  on  the  island.  The  peo 
pie  were  wild  and  naked  savages,  and  not  1 
word  of  their  own  had  ever  been  written  down 
They  had  no  money,  and  carried  on  almos;  m 
trade.  Now,  as  a  small  part  of  the  result  of 
missionary  effort,  the  island  has  become 
portant  commercially,  there  are  schools,  there 
is  a  literature,  and  many  of  the  people  attend 
regularly  upon  services  of  the  church. 


The  Christian  mission  must  not  stop  w 
the  conversion  of  the  heathen.    It  must  se 
their  edification  and  sanctification.    It  m 
not  stop  with  individuals.     It  must  build  th 
up  into  a  Christian  society.     The  primary  a 
of  missions  is  to  preach  the  Gospel  in  all  lands, 
the  ultimate  aim  is  to  plant  the  church  in  al 
lands.    Then   the  church  of  each  land,  thu 
planted,  must  win    its  own   people  to  Cbrisl 
The  converts  must  convert.    The  new  church 
must  evangelize  and  Christianize.     India,  J; 
pan,  China,  are  each  to  be  turned  to  Christ,  not 
by  missions,  but  by  Indian,  Japanese,  Ch 
churches,  wheffnhese  churches  shall  have  been 
securely  planted  by  missions. 


At  Soledad,  Cal.,  the  Salvation  Army  peo- 
ple have  begun  a  settlement  for  the  purpose  of 
locating  some  of  their  converts  from  the  cietes, 
who  are  out  of  employment,  and  prefer  to  live 
in  the  country.  The  tract  of  land  they  propose 
to  settle  consists  of  500  acres,  and  is  to  be  han- 
dled on  the  co-operative  plan. 


Miss  Lewis  of  Chungking,  West  China, 
wlrle  on  one  of  her  country  trips,  heard  a  story 
which  illustrates  to  what  length  the  opium  hab- 
it may  lead  one.  To  satisfy  the  awful  craving 
a  woman  sold  her  only  little  daughter  forS2.7s. 
Fathers  do  this,  but  never  before  had  she  heard 
of  a  mother  who  could  be  guilty  of  such  unnat- 
ural wickedness. 


In  Madagascar  the  Protestant  missionaries 
have  made  it  clear  to  the  Governor  of  the  is- 
lands that  their  work  had  nothing  to  do  with 
politics,  and  that  their  converts  could  and 
would  obey  the  laws  as  well  as  others.  He 
now  promises  to  give  them  an  equal  chance 
with  the  Catholics,  and  already  it  is  reported 
that  thousands  have  accepted  the  Protestant 
claim,  and  will  fall  in  line  with  their  missionary 
effort. 


MISSION  WORK.— No.    n. 
The  Divine  Order Jerusalem  First. 


"Ye  shall  bo  in 
id  in  all  Judcan 


.  both  tn  Jerusalem, 


The  Master  left  no  needful  part  of  his  work 
undone  nor  did  he  neglect  to  give  his  childi 
full  instructions.  Practica'ly  he  says  to  every 
one,  'Come,"  "Go."  Come,  be  my  discipl 
go,  be  my  apostle.  In  being  a  disciple  or 
must  be  an  apostle,  and  the  apostleship  cann< 
be  assumed  without  the  discipleship  being  first 
accepted. 

Many  who  profess  Christianity  have  tried 
separate  these  two,  thinking  that  discipleship 
is  all  that  is  needed  for  their  salvation,  but  it 
4S  only  necessary  to  say  on  that  point  that  such 
an  effort  is  entirely  too  selfish  to  be  a  saving 
Christianity.,  Apostleship  must  be  embraced 
as  much  to-day  by  the  followers  of  Christ  as  it 
was  in  the  days  of  Paul,  and  the  Apostolic 

To  avoid  having  any  part  of  the  territory 
missed  in  the  evangelization  of  the  world,  or 
have  some  part  preached  to,  to  the  neglect  of 
another,  Christ  declared  an  order  in  which  the 
missionary  work  should  be  carried  on.  To  the 
Apostles  the  first  place  to  witness  and  work  was 
Jerusalem.  This  was  at  home,  in  their  own 
neighborhood  and  congregation,  and  the  Ap- 
ostolic church  was  greatly  blessed  in  their  ef- 
forts in  this  field.  Thousands  were  baptized, 
and  the  church  grew  rapidly  until  fiery  perse- 
cution came  upon  them. 

To-day,  every  follower  of  Christ  has  a  Jeru- 
salem which  fills  the  measure  of  this  part  of 

st's  order  for  witnessing.  It  may  be  a  fa- 
ther or  mother  that  has  children  not  in  the  fold 
of  Christ,  or -it  may  be  a  son  or  daughter  that 

a  father  or  mother,  a  brother  or  sister  out 
of  Christ,  who  is  now  reading  these  lines.  Your 
Jerusalem  is  partly  and  first  and  foremost  in 
home.  The  importance  of  a  godly,  daily 
walk  is  greater  than  you  may  suppose,  and 
,vith  the  godly  walk  there  are  occasions  when 
t  is  your  opportunity  to  speak  a  word  for 
Christ.  But  you  say  you  cannot.  Well,  then, 
f  you  cannot  speak  of  Christ  to  those  who  are 


dearest  to  you  by  the  ties  of  nature,  how  shall 
you  be  able  to  speak  to  those  for  whom  you 
have  formed  no  attachment?  A  person  who 
has  no  Christianity  for  those  of  his  own  home 
and  kindred  is  not  fitted  to  carry  the  news  to 
others. 

But  go  beyond  the  home  into  the  neighbor- 
hood and  this  is  still  your  Jerusalem.  You  may 
be  living  in  some  well-dressed  city  that  lias  a 
ragged  fringe  of  sin  and  woe  and  wickedness 
about  it;  or  in  the  country  where  there  are  fam- 
ilies who  are  uncultured  and  have  not  received 
the  refining  influences  of  God's  Word.  Here 
is  your  Jerusalem.  Such  a  field  is  ever  open  to 
him  who  is  in  earnest  in  his  Christian  life,  and 
there  are  many  souls  at  home  that  would  be 
won  to  Christ,  did  each  member  have  the  zeal 
of  a  Peter,  the  patience  of  a  Paul  and  the  love 
of  a  John. 

Reader,  do  you  sometimes  dream  of  the  u 
termost  parts  of  the  earth?  It  is  not  forbidde 
fruit,  but  unless  you  let  your  Jerusalem  fei 
the  glow  of  your  love  and  zeal,  you  are  not  1 
to  be  sent  to  the  uttermost  parts,  neither  will 
you  be  called  there.  Only  he  that  is  faithful 
over  a  few  things  is  given  a  larger  and  mon 
portant  field  of  labor.  g.  a. 


AN  EYE  OPENER. 


A  certain  church  I  know,  of  about  onehun- 
dred  members  has  two  evergreen  Sunday 
schools  and  two  prayer  meetings  each  week  the 
year  around,  in  harvest  time  as  well  as  dui 
the  winter.  This  church  has  regular  quarterly 
council-meetings  with  a  good,  full  attendant 
They  usually  meet  at  2  P.  M,  and  dismiss  ; 
four  o'clock.     They  are  able  to  dispose  of  the 


busi 


l  hour: 


Contrast  with  this  another  church  that  has 
come  under  my  observation,  that  has  no  prayer 
meetings,  no  Sunday  schools  in  the  winter,  but 
has  long  sessions' of  council-meetings  us 
from  10  A.  M.  to  4  P.  M.,  with  deferred  busi 

The  above  seems  to  be  the  outcome  of  s 
mingling  together.  There  seems  to  be  a  real 
meaning  of  "neglect  not  the  assembling  of 
yourselves  together. " 


RESPONSIVE   HEARERS. 


I  have  read  Bro.  Mohler's  article  on  ' 
sponsive  Hearers,"  page  131,  and  must  say  that 
he  expresses  my  sentiments  better  than  I  could 
have  presented  them  myself.  The  query  pre- 
sented itself,  as  it  often  had  before,  in  my  sol- 
emn meditations  on  the  same  subject,  How 
often  when  alone,  in  communion  with  God 
where  no  others  beside  God  and  the  heavenly 
messengers  can  hear  us,  do  we  audibly  say, 
"Glory  to  God!"  or  "  Praise  the  Lord  I  "  Who 
would  say  this  is  wrong?  No  one.  Then,  if 
this  is  not  wrong,  why  would  it  be  wron 
praise  the  Lord  audibly  in  the  public  assembly 
of  the  saints  ?  Especially  woultl  it  not  be  right, 
if  every  saint  in  the  public  assembly  would  re- 
spond a  sincere  "Amen,"  to  the  devout  pray- 
ers that  are  audibly  spoken  there? 

Loitcile,  Pa. 

OUR  OFFERING  AT  ANNUAL  MEETINQ. 

BY  JACOB  HOLLINGER. 


We  are  glad  that  the  < 
ngs,  and  that  tho 


Annual  Meet- 
who  attend  the  meetings 
show  their  willingness  to 
help  carry  out  the  great  commission  that  Christ 
gave  to  his  church,  when  he  commissioned 
them  to  go  and  carry  the  glad  tidings  of  salva- 
all  the  world,  but  we  feel  that  those  who 
t  permitted  to  attend  the  meetings  are 
deprived  of  taking  part  in  this  good  work  of 
offering  at  the  meeting  with  those 
who  do  attend.  We  believe  they  should  have 
1  opportunity  of  taking  part. 
We  believe  that  every  elder,  who  has  chargi 
of  a  church,  could  do  no  better  thing  than  to 
give  his  members  an  opportunity  to  cast  in 
their  free-will  offering,  and  send  it,  with  their 
delegate,  to  the  meeting,  for  the  special  offer- 
ng  that  is  taken  up  at  the  meeting  for  the 
spread  of  the  Gospel.  We  are  sure  that  if 
those  who  remain  at  home  would  give  in  pro- 
portion to  those  who  attend  the  meeting,  the 
collection  would  show  thousands  instead  of 
hundreds,  and  we  would  all  feel  to  thank  God 
and  take  courage.    We  would  all  receive  a 


essing  by  thus  working  together  and  taking 
irt  in  the  good  work. 

The  missionary  board  could  do  the  work  giv- 
t  to  them  with  better  results  and  many  souls 
ight  be  saved.    The  borders  of  Zion  might  be 

greatly  enlarged  and  God's  name  glorified.    I 
that  each  elder  will  give  this  subject  a 

prayerful  thought  and  then  act  as  the  Spirit 

may  direct. 
North  Manchester,  Ind. 


MISSIONARIES'  WIVES. 


I  never  yet  saw  a  missionary's  wife  whose 
companionship  did  not  double  her  husband's 
usefulness.  I  have  known  more  than  one  whose 
face,  as  the  years  of  life  increased,  took  on  that 
charm,  that  wondrous  beauty,  that  youthful  fea- 
tures never  wear— the  beauty  of  character,  dis- 
ciplined by  suffering,  of  a  life  unselfishly  de- 
voted to  the  highest  ends.  One  of  the  choicest 
things  of  missionary  work  is  the  unwritten 
heroism  of  missionary  homes.  It  is  the  mts- 
siona*y's  wife  who,  by  years  of  endurance  and 
acquired  experience  in  the  foreign  field,  has 
made  it  possible,  in  these  lateryears,  for  unmar- 
ried women  to  go  abroad  and  live  and  work 
among  people  of  the  eastern  lands. 

WHY  NOT  SOONER? 

A  missionary  in  China  writes,  "In  a  house 
where  there  were  four  believers  we  held  two 
meetings  and  stayed  overnight.  There  lives 
here  a  widow  of  one  of  the  sons  of  the  family. 
My  companion  asked  her  if  she  believed  the 
glad  tidings.  'Yes,'  she  said  in  a  plaintive 
voice,  '  I  believe,  and  my  brothers  believe;  but 
oh  t  why  did  you  not  come  a  few  years  sootier? 
for  then  my  husband  might  have  believed;  but 
now  it  is  too  late  for  him.'  That  cry  has  been 
ringing  in  my  ears  ever  since,  'Why  did  you 
not  come  sooner.'"— Sp irit  of  Missions. 

REPORT  OF  CHICAdO  MISSION. 


Balance  on  band, 1170  40 

Ella  Itoyer,  Dallas  Center,  Iowa, 1  00 

Lottie  Noher,  Inglewond, California 26 

A  brother  anil  stater,  Wiiynushom,  Pa. ...  10  GO 

Mexico  church,  Ind.,           4  07 

W.  I.  Miller,  .Mexico,  Intl., 3  Co 

Luella  Jane  Gibson,  Norili  Maricln'uhir.  in.i„,  1  00 
Children's  Mission,  North  Manchester,  lad  , 

Govina  S.  8.,  Cal,,  per  P.  L,  Hepner ill 

D.  H,  Miller,  Oakvifle,  Pa., 60 

Leah  T.  C.  Milter,  OnkvlIIe,  Pa., 60 

Mary  Bowers,  Oukvllle,  Pa DO 

Little  Rhoda  Miller,  Oakvllle,   Pa 03 

Loan  of  Jan.  17 7  00 

8. 8.  of  Llhertyvllle  church,  Iown,  per  W.  N. 

Glotfelty     . 1  27 

"Oar  dear  little  Delia,"  per  J.  H. Htt-ayeranri 

wife,  Roaring  Spring,  Pa 60 

Sadie  NofTslnger,  Johnstown,   Pa., 12 

Barbara  Shirk,  in  behalf  oi  imnmtH  deceased, 

Nelson  Shirk,  Shannon,  II)., 1  00 

Grandpa  Badger,  Adel,  Iowa, l  tli 

Laura  Badger,  Adel,  Iowa 25 

W.  H,  Wolgerauth  and  wife,  Florin,  Po., .  .  60 

S.8.  atDunlap,  Kans.,p9rCiara  D.EIdredgp,  3  i:i 

Daniel  Eby,  Baiumorfleld,  Kans w 

CliBi  lOH  Ml.y.  Sllllimerfh  Id,   KftQB 8& 

Martha  Eby,  Bummorfleld,  Kans., 05 

EvaEby.Buminerfleld,  Kans SO 

Enoch  H.  Eby,  Snninicrileld,  Kuns 3  00 

Industrial  School 8  60 

Total, *m  07 

Expenditures, .  .  .  f  83  04 

Balance  on  hand 1188  ea 

Elizabeth  Hows,  Treas. 
66o  Smlh  Aihtana  Ave, 


REPORT  OF  BROOKLYN  MISSION. 


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The  Gospel  Messenger, 

Published  Weekly,  il  »I.»  per  Annum,  by 

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THE    GOSPEL    MIESSEIISrGIEIR. 

Bro.  Joel  Shively,  one  of  the  active  elders  in 
Indiana,  residing  at  South  Bend,  passed  away 
March  6,  having  been  ailing  since  last  fall.  A  suit- 
able notice  of  his  death  will  appear  next  week. 


.  Editors, 


O.  L.  Miller,  Mount  Morris,  111.,      ) 
H.  E.  Brumbaugh,  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  J"' 

T.  H.  Moore, Office  Editor, 

Joseph  Asiick, Business  Man2ger; 


Edoco  Eby,  Daniel  Hays,  W.  R.  Dcster. 


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subscription.  Usually  two  weeks  is  long 
subscription  ordered,  until  change  is  made, 
1)S  AT  ONCK,  stating  WHEN  and  HOW 
t  neglect  this. 

We  have  one  report  of  church  news  this  week, 
from  West  Virginia,  to  which  the  writer  failed  to 
6ign  his  name. 

A  protracted  meeting,  held  in  the  Dry  Valley 
church,  Pa.,  by  Bro.  W.  M.  Howe,  closed  with  four- 
teen accessions. 

Some  one  has  suggested  that  "Dunkerism" 
means  "Taking  God  at  his  word."  This  is  certain- 
ly commendable. 

Bro,  ].  M.  Mom  er  has  just  closed  a  protracted 
meeting  at  Smithfield,  Pa.  There  were  seven  ad- 
ditions to  the  church. 


The  District  Meeting  for  Southwestern  Kansas  is 
to  be  held  in  Wichita,  April  0.  The  Ministerial 
Meeting  the  day  before. 


When  last  heard  from,  Bro.  H.  W.  Strickler  was 
preaching  in  Iowa.  He  has  just  closed  a  meeting 
at  Mallard,  with  seven  accessions. 


The  poem  in  the  Messenger,  some  time  ago, 
entitled,  "Sunset  with  Clouds,"  by  Florence  Ennis, 
should  have  appeared  as  "  selected  "  by  her, 

April  19  is  the  time  appointed  for  the  District 
Meeting  of  Eastern  Maryland,  which  is  to  be  held 
in  the  Beaver  Dam  church,  near  Union  Bridge. 

Bro.  Thomas  Keiser  and  wife,  who  have  been 
spending  the  winter  in  Southern  California,  have 
returned  to  their  home  at  Roanoke,  Woodford  Co  , 
111. 

The  District  Meeting  of  Northwestern  Ohio  will 
be  held  in  the  Silver  Creek  church,  Williams  Coun- 
ty, April  15,  and  the  missionary  meeting  the  day 
before. 

The  District  Meeting  of  Southern  Pennsylvania 
will  be  held  in  the  Antietam  congregation  (Price's 
church ),  April  20.  The  elders  will  meet  at  Waynes- 
boro the  day  before.  _ 

By  mistake  one  of  the  queries  for  the  Annual 
Meeting,  from  Northern  Indiana,  failed  to  appear 
in  the  list  published  a  few  weeks  ago.  It  will  ap- 
pear with  a  list  that  is  to  be  published  later, 

Sickness  at  home  called  Bro.  I.  J.  Rosenbergcr 
away  from  his  interesting  series  of  meetings  in  East 
Dayton,  Ohio,  There  were  six  accessions,  and 
there  might  have  been  more  could  the  meetings 
have  continued  longer. 


The  Brethren  at  Brownsville,  Md.,  have  just 
closed  a  very  interesting  series  of  meetings,  Bro. 
Geo.  S.  Arnold  doing  the  preaching.  Fourteen 
were  added  to  the  church  by  confession  and  bap- 
tism.   

In  making  up  our  files  of  the  Messenger,  we  find 
that  we  are  short  of  No.  50,  for  1897.  "  w'"  be 
quite  an  accommodation  to  us  if  some  of  our  read- 
ers, who  do  not  care  to  preserve  the  paper,  will 
send  us  copies  of  that  number. 


Hardly  a  day  passes  that  we  do  not  receive  com- 
munications about  pleasant  council-meetings.  This 
is  the  kind  of  council-meetings  to  have,  and  when 
all  of  our  council-meetings  can  be  made  pleasant, 
we  may  look  for  a  better  attendance, 

The  series  of  meetings  at  Mexico,  Ind,,  closed 
with  twenty-three  additions,  This  was  followed  by 
a  s  adincident.  Bro.  Joseph  Brower,  the  elder  of  the 
church,  last  Friday  morning  closed  his  earthly  ex- 
istence, and  is  no  more  numbered  among  the  living. 


In  the  article,  entitled,  "  Northern  Indiana  State 
Home  for  Feeble-minded  Children,"  which  ap- 
peared on  the  missionary  page  last  week,  it  was 
stated  that  the  institution  at  Fort  Wayne  was  one 
of  three  in  the  State.  We  have  since  been  in- 
formed that  this  one  is  the  only  Home  of  the  kind 
in  Indiana,  and  make  this  correction  by  the  request 
of  the  writer  of  the  article. 


There  is  one  thing  for  which  we  are  profoundly 
thankful,  and  that  is,  the  Brethren  church  has  never 
been  a  persecuting  church.  Religious  liberty  has 
been  our  plea  along  the  past,  and  it  is  yet  our  plea. 
While  we  may  not  be  able  to  see  things  as  others 
see  them,  still  we  are  not  disposed  to  persecute 
them  on  this  account.  Certainly  no  persecuting 
church  can  be  the  true  church  of  Christ. 


One  of  our  intelligent  young  sisters,  who  is 
spending  some  weeks  at  a  large,  fashionable  institu- 
tion in  the  West,  writes  that  she  is  becoming  more 
and  more  disgusted  with  the  awful  sin  of  pride,  as  it 
relates  to  popular  Christianity,  and  that  she  is  hap- 
py to  belong  to  a  church  having  due  regard  to  the 
principles  of  plainness,  as  set  forth  in  the  New  Tes- 
tament. She  further  hopes  that  these  principles 
will  ever  be  maintained  by  the  Brethren,  and  prop- 
erly exemplified  in  the  appearance  of  all  her  mem- 
bers.   

The  people  in  Persia,  who  arc  not  more  than 
about  half  civilized,  have  some  very  curious  no- 
tions about  culture  and  development.  The  Shah  is 
thinking  of  introducing  some  of  the  reforms  from 
the  more  advanced  countries,  and  his  subjects  fear 
that  the  time-honored  morals  of  the  country  will 
greatly  suffer  if  this  is  attempted.  This  is  about  on  a 
par  with  the  ideas  of  some  people  who  think  that  the 
tendency  of  education  is  to  degrade  the  race.  Sure- 
ly, these  Persians  are  badly  in  need  of  a  good  deal 
more  light  than  they  will  ever  get  in  this  world. 


On  another  page  will  be  found  a  special  notice 
from  Washington  City,  in  regard  to  the  contem- 
plated meetinghouse  in  that  city.  The  committee 
wisely  proposes  to  raise  the  money  before  the 
house  is  commenced,  and  will  appreciate  all  the  as- 
sistance that  can  be  rendered.  By  all  means 
should  we  have  a  house  of  worship  in  the  Capital 
of  our  great  nation,  and  we  will  have  it  if  the 
money  is  forthcoming.  Let  everybody  who  can, 
lend  a  helping  hand,  and,  before  the  close  of  the 
summer,  we  can  go  to  Washington  and  worship  in 
a  house  of  our  own.  We  think  we  can  then  safely 
expect  a  large  increase  in  the  membership,  for  a 
number  of  people  there  are  in  sympathy  with  the 
Brethren,  and  doubtless  there  arc  not  a  few  in  the 
East  who  will  locate  in  the  city  and  make  it  their 
home.  We  hope  to  hear  of  a  liberal  response  to 
the  call  for  funds. 


March   19,   1898. 

From  time  to  time  money  has  been  donated  to 
this  office,  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  sending  the 
Messenger  to  members  who  are  too  poor  to  pay 
for  it.  Of  this  fund  we  now  have  a  surplus,  and  if 
our  agents  will  send  us  the  names  of  a  few  of  the 
Lord's  poor,  we  shall  take  pleasure  in  sending  them 
the  paper  so  long  as  this  surplus  holds  out.  It  is 
our  desire  to  use  this  money  in  the  way  intended 
by  the  donors. 

Hardly  a  day  passes  when  we  do  not  receive  an 
obituary  notice,  accompanied  by  a  request  to  send 
a  copy  of  the  Messenger,  containing  the  notice,  to 
several  persons.  It  is  simply  impossible  to  keep  a 
run  of  all  these  requests,  so  we  make  it  a  rule  to 
comply  with  none  of  them.  Those  wishing  extra 
copies  of  the  paper,  containing  obituaries,  sent  to 
certain  friends,  should  wait  until  they  see  the  no- 
tices in  print,  then  write  us,  naming  the  issue  they 
wish  sent,  remitting  three  cents  per  copy. 


We  are  now  filling  orders  for  the  Sunday  school 
Quarterlies  for  April,  May  and  June,  The  value  of 
these  helps  is  well  known  to  the  Brotherhood,  and 
it  affords  us  pleasure  to  see  them  finding  their  way 
into  so  many  schools.  An  effort  should  be  made 
this  spring  to  have  our  Sunday  school  supplies  in- 
troduced into  all  of  the  Brethren  schools  where 
helps  are  needed.  We  think  our  Quarterlies,  and 
other  helps,  will  be  found  among  the  best,  and  cer- 
tainly our  own  schools  should  use  them,  in  prefer- 
ence to  any  others.  We  shall  be  pleased  to  send 
samples  to  any  school  for  examination,  with  a  view 
of  introducing  them. 


One  of  our  elders  says  he  is  puzzled,  and  does 
not  know  just  how  to  proceed,  In  his  congrega- 
tion, the  Brethren's  Sunday  school  literature  is  be- 
ing crowded  to  the  background  by  other  publica- 
tions that  are  introduced  and  encouraged.  One 
teacher  will  not  use  the  Brethren's  literature  at  all, 
but  stands  before  his  class  with  other  helps,  and  en- 
courages their  use  by  his  pupils,  because  they  do 
not  contain  any  doctrine,  and  he  himself  will  nei- 
ther teach  the  doctrine  of  the  church,  nor  permit  it 
to  be  taught  in  his  class.  This  teacher  needs  to  be 
taught  the  way  of  the  Lord  more  perfectly,  and  the 
elder  is  the  person  to  do  it.  The  teacher  ought  to 
understand  that  he  who  is  not  for  the  whole  truth, 
as  set  forth  in  the  New  Testament,  is  against  it,  and 
that  no  member  of  the  Brethren  church  should,  in 
this  manaer,  permit  himself  to  become  arrayed 
against  the  doctrinal  part  of  the  Truth.  Let  the 
teacher  be  instructed  to  go  before  his  class  with  the 
open  Bible,  and  teach  the  whole  Truth,  as  loyalty 
and  wisdom  may  dictate.  If  he  must  appear  in  the 
presence  of  his  class,  advertising  Sunday  school 
helps,  let  him  have  prudence  enough  to  advertise 
those  duly  authorized  by  the  church.  We  need 
Sunday  school  teachers,  and  we  need  them  badly, 
but  we  must  have  those  who  are  not  afraid  to  teach 
the  Truth  and  encourage  it.  A  wise  elder  will 
know  how  to  place  himself  on  the  right  side  of  this 
question,  and  work  in  the  interest  of  the  Sunday 
school,  the  church  and  her  doctrine,  as  prudence 
may  direct.  

WORD  EDITION. 

By  the  time  this  reaches  our  readers  we  shall  be 
ready  to  fill  orders  for  the  Word  Edition  of  the 
Brethren's  Sunday  School  Song  Book.  This  little 
work  contains  all  the  hymns  found  in  the  Song 
Book,  is  neatly  printed,  bound  in  limp  cloth,  and 
will  be  sold  so  cheap  that  Sunday  schools  can  af- 
ford to  purchase  it  in  large  quantities.  The 
book  will  be  sent  prepaid  for  six  cents  per  copy, 
and  at  this  rate  may  be  ordered  by  the  single 
copy,  dozen,  or  hundred.  This  gives  the  small 
school  as  good  a  chance  to  purchase  a  cheap  song 
book  as  the  larger  schools. 

We  call  special  attention  to  the  cheapness  of  the 
book,  which  certainly  places  it  within  the  reach  of 
all,  By  ordering  in  large  quantities,  a  copy  may 
be  placed  in  the  hands  of  all  present  in  the  service, 
and  thus   better  singing   will  be    insured,     Many 


March  19,  18 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER. 


churches  will  also  want  them,  and  they  will  be 
found  just  the  thing  for  a  missionary  to  carry  with 
him  into  new  fields  where  there  is  a  scarcity  of 
song  books.  We  hope  to  hear  from  hundreds  of 
the  Sunday  schools  inside  of  the  next  few  weeks. 
All  orders  will  be  filled  promptly,  and  remember 
that  the  price  is  only  six  cents  per  copy,  whether 
ordered  by  the  dozen  or  hundred. 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  SUPPLIES. 

To  all  of  our  Sunday  school  officers,  whose  ad- 
dresses we  have  on  our  list,  we  are  sending  a  circu- 
lar letter,  calling  attention  to  our  excellent  assort- 
ment of  Sunday  school  supplies,  and  urging  that 
they  take  steps  to  introduce  them  into  all  the  schools 
under  the  control  of  the  Brethren.  These  supplies, 
which  include  our  Quwteriici,  Sunday  school  pa- 
pers, song  books,  cards,  etc.,  etc.,  will  be  found 
well  adapted  to  the  wants  of  all  our  schools,  and 
should  receive  the  preference  over  all  others,  for 
the  reason  that  they  are  published  by  the  Brethren 
and  for  the  Brethren,  and,  furthermore,  because 
they  compare  favorably  with  the  best.  Then  spe- 
cial attention  is  given  to  the  doctrine  they  set  forth, 
as  well  as  the  other  matter  they  contain, 

We  hope  to  hear  of  these  supplies  and  helps  be- 
ing introduced  in  every  school  among  our  own  peo- 
ple, and  we  believe  that  it  will  be  wise  for  our  eld- 
ers, as  well  as  for  our  Sunday  school  workers,  to 
use  their  influence  in  behalf  of  the  literature  duly 
authorized  by  the  Conference.  The  Publishing 
House,  and  everything  pertaining  thereto,  belongs 
to  the  Brotherhood,  and  there  is  no  good  reason 
why  all  of  our  churches  should  not  patronize  this 
house,  when  ordering  their  Sunday  school  and  oth- 
er church  supplies,  in  preference  to  all  others. 

We  shall  be  pleased  to  send  sample  copies  to  any 
minister  or  Sunday  school  officer  who  wishes  to  ex- 
amine them,  with  a  view  of  having  them  introduced 
and  used  jn  the  school  or  schools  with  which  they 
are  connected,  Should  any  of  our  Sunday  school 
officers  fail  to  receive  a  copy  of  our  letter  to  Sun- 
day school  workers,  accompanied  by  a  price-list  of 
our  supplies,  they  will  confer  a  favor  by  notifying 
us  at  once. 


THE  LAMBS  OF  THE  FLOCK. 

In  the  Scriptures  the  church  is  compared  to  a 
flock,  the  members  to  sheep  and  lambs,  and  the 
bishops  or  elders  to  shepherds.  The  elders  of  the 
church  at  Ephesus  were  told  to  take  heed  to  the 
flock  over  which  the  Holy  Ghost  had  made  them 
overseers,  and  to  feed  the  church  of  God.  Among 
the  last  things  told  Peter,  by  Jesus,  was  that  he 
should  feed  both  the  sheep  and  the  lambs. 

Every  shepherd  knows  that  the  success,  pertain- 
ing to  a  flock  of  sheep,  depends  largely  upon  the  at- 
tention that  is  given  the  lambs,  along  with  the  care 
needed  by  the  flock  in  general.  To  neglect  the 
lambs  means  failure  in  every  department  of  the 
shepherd's  business.  A  few  years  of  carelessness 
in  this  essential  feature  means  not  only  a  depletion 
of  the  flock,  but  its  final  extinction. 

And  what  is  true  of  the  natural  Sock,  in  this  re- 
spect, is  equally  true  of  the  spiritual  flock.  In  this 
Hock,  called  also  the  church  of  God,  are  both  lambs 
and  sheep.  With  the  latter  are  classed  those  of 
mature  years,  strength  and  Christian  experience. 
The  younger  and  inexperienced  members  are  the 
lambs,  and  with  these  rests  the  success  and  the 
hope  of  the  church  for  all  time  to  come.  To  neg- 
lect, in  any  manner,  these  young  members,  means 
failure  in  the  end.  No  amount  of  attention,  given 
to  the  older  members,  can,  in  any  way,  atone  for  a 
neglect  of  this  character,  We  need  not  wonder, 
then,  that  Jesus  told  Peter  to  feed  his  lambs.  This 
was  one  of  the  most  important  charges  ever  deliv- 
ered to  an  apostle,  and  it  is  a  charge  that  should 


come  to  every  elder  and  minister  with  more  than 
usual  force. 

During  the  winter  that  is  just  now  drawing  to  a 
close,  thousands  of  converts  have  been  received  in- 
to the  church.  The  most  of  these  are  young  peo- 
ple, and  not  a  few  of  them  are  children,  who  have 
just  reached  the  years  of  accountability.  With 
these  young  people,  along  with  the  thousands  of 
others  that  have  come  into  the  church,  as  well  as 
those  to  be  gathered  in  next  year,  and  the  years 
following,  rests  the  hope  of  the  Brethren  church. 
They  are  now  the  lambs  of  the  flock,  and  they  are 
the  ones  that  demand  the  special  attention  of  those 
whose  business  it  is  to  both  feed  and  care  for  the 
flock,  not  only  for  their  good,  but  for  the  future 
good  of  the  church.  To  neglect  these  lambs  means 
ultimate  failure.  As  the  natural  flock  can  not  be 
kept  up  and  made  a  permanent  success,  without 
giving  special  attention  to  the  lambs,  neither  can 
the  spiritual  flock  expect  to  succeed  in  the  absence 
of  the  most  skillful  training  of  the  young  people. 

To  us  it  occurs  that  the  Brethren  are  falling  far 
behind  the  demands  of  the  Scriptures  along  this 
line.  Too  little  attention  is  given  to  the  feeding 
and  the  care  of  our  young  members.  They  are  not 
developed  as  they  should  be,  nor  are  we  taking  in 
them  the  interest  that  should  be  given  to  those  who 
are  to  be  trained  and  prepared  for  the  Master's 
special  use,  Many  of  the  sermons  are  not  adapted 
to  their  needs,  while,  in  not  a  few  places,  there  is 
nothing  in  the  church  music  to  specially  interest 
them.  They  are  often  left  with  little  or  nothing  to 
do  that  will,  in  any  way,  occupy  their  time  or  tal- 
ents. It  does  seem  to  us  that  this  is  a  question  that 
should  greatly  concern  all  of  our  people  of  mature 
years,  who  are  in  any  way  interested  in  the  future 
success  of  the  church.  j,  h.  m. 


PREPARATORY  THOUOHTS. 

At  our  last  prayer  meeting  was  read  a  part  of  the 
fifteenth  chapter  of  Acts,  as  a  subject  for  thought 
and  discussion.  And  as  this  is  the  chapter  that  is 
always  read  at  the  opening  of  the  business  sessions 
of  our  Annual  Meeting,  it  was  referred  to  by  some 
of  the  speakers.  Since  then  we  have  been  thinking 
some  in  reference  to  the  meeting,  and  the  work  that 
will  probably  be  done,  and  the  effects  it  will  have 
on  the  General  Brotherhood. 

As  the  well-being  and  future  prosperity  depends 
largely  on  the  decisions  there  made,  it  becomes  a 
subject  of  grave  interest  to  us  all,  and  none  of  us 
can  afford  to  be  indifferent  as  to  the  decisions  that 
shall  be  made,  and  no  one  should  prepare  to  go 
there  to  carry  out  selfish  purposes,  or  to  have  his 
own  opinions  sanctioned,  simply  because  it  happens 
that  he  holds  such  views.  To  have  our  own  views 
sanctioned  is  a  very  small  thing  indeed,  and  small 
in  the  sight  of  God  is  the  soul  that  does  not  see  be- 
yond self. 

There  are  questions  of  vital  importance  that  will 
come  up  before  our  coming  meeting, — we  do  not 
mean  that  the  questions  of  themselves  are  vital,  but 
that  the  bearing  of  the  decisions  made  may  have 
vital  tendencies  on  the  general  workings  of  the 
church.  One  of  these  subjects  has  been  pretty 
thoroughly  discussed  in  a  late  number  of  the  Gos- 
pel Messenger,  and  on  another  a  concensus  of 
the  opinions  of  a  number  of  brethren  has  been  ob- 
tained. This  has  been  done  in  the  one  case  to 
bring  the  matter  fairly  before  the  Brotherhood,  that 
all  may  calmly  and  prayerfully  look  at  the  subject 
and  thus  be  enabled  to  help  in  Annual  Meeting  to 
obtain  a  wise  decision  that  can  be  made  practical  in 
all  the  churches;  in  the  other  case,  that  the  Com- 
mittee appointed  to  formulate  an  answer,  may  be 
also  helped. 

One  thing  in  all  these  cases  should  be  remem- 
bered. Decisions  arc  easily  made.  It  is  the  sum- 
mation of  yeas  and  nays,  the  one  taken  from  the 


other  and  the  difference  representing  the  decisions. 
It  is  the  individual  decision  of  delegates  present, 
often  made  on  the  spur  of  the  moment,  after  a  heat- 
ed discussion,  and  too  often  governed  by  the  feel- 
ing of  the  speakers,  rather  than  the  practical  judg- 
ment  of  the  voter.  What  the  church  needs  on 
these  questions  is  a  decision  that  will  meet  her 
needs  and  that  can  be  made  practical  throughout 
the  Brotherhood. 

To  make  such  decisions  we  need  men  of  honest, 
individual  convictions,  and  minds  broad  enough  to 
get  outside  of  local  circumstances  and  surround- 
ings,—unselfish,  and  as  open  and  forgiving  as  the 
Christ,  our  Divine  Pattern. 

On  all  these  questions  which  come  before  our 
Annual  Meeting,  there  is  a  division  of  opinion,  and* 
they  may  be  divided  into  two  classes:  (1)  Those 
for  which  we  claim  to  have  Scriptural  teaching,  but 
differ  asto  the  interpretation,  such  as  the  divorce 
question,  how  the  bread  and  wine,  at  our  Commun- 
ions', shall  be  distributed,  etc.  (3)  Those  for  which 
we  claim  no  direct  Scripture,  but  which  are  iHopt- 
ed  as  a  means  to  an  end,  such  as  forms  in  apparel, 
building  churchhouses,  methods  of  missionary  work, 
etc.  On  these  the  difference  obtains  as  to  the  wis- 
dom of  the  means  used  in  reaching  the  ends,- 

As  we  said,  on  all  these  questions  there  are  two 
sides,  and  these  sides  are  represented  by  brethren 
who  seem  to  feel  that  it  is  their  duty  to  champion 
their  respective  sides.  They  make  themselves 
known  as  such.  They  become  contestants,  and,  of 
course,  desire  the  glory  of  victory  or  fear  the  odiunr 
of  defeat.  For  brethren  to  entertain  a  feeling  of 
this  kind  is  unfortunate,  to  say  the  least,  because  it 
closes  their  minds  to  change  and  conviction  as  to 
the  real  merits  of  the  subject,  and  brings  the  decis- 
ion down  to  a  mere  political  issue.  The  danger  of 
championing  a  side  of  a  question  is,  that  we  do  not 
look  at  the  arguments  on  the  other  side  for  the  pur- 
pose of  seeing  the  truth  of  it  or  being  convinced, 
but,  rather,  to  see  how  we  can  refute  it  and  strength- 
en our  own  side.  When  questions  of  church  polity 
get  into  this  condition,  the  decision  of  them  depends 
more  on  the  shrewdness  and  oratorical  power  of 
the  advocates  than  on  the  merits  of  the  questions. 

This  is  the  danger  that  attends  all  heated  discus- 
sions in  public  assemblies,  and,  as  far  as  possible, 
such  tendencies  should  be  kept  away  from  our  An- 
nual Meeting,  We  are  brethren,  and  we  should  de- 
sire to  do  only  that  which  will  be  best  for  the 
church,  and  redound  most  to  the  glory  of  God  and 
the  salvation  of  souls.  We  cannot  afford  to  cham- 
pion sides  of  any  question  on  which  depends  the 
prosperity  of  the  church  and  the  salvation  of  souls, 
merely  to  show  our  shrewdness,  make  an  oratorical 
display,  or  to  gain  a  victory  in  our  own  favor. 

When  equally  good  brethren  stand  on  both  sides 
of  a  question,  it  goes  to  show  that  good  people 
may  honestly  differ,  and  that  we  cannot  be  positive- 
ly sure  that  we  are  right,  and  the  other  side  wrong. 

If  this  is  so,  we  should,  at  all  times,  keep  our 
minds  open  to  reason  and  conviction.  When  we 
hear  brethren  say,  "  I  am  sure  that  I  am  right  and 
will  never  change  my  mind,"  we  put  them  down  as 
being  self-willed,  and  that  they  have  wrapped  them- 
selves up  and  fortified  themselves  against  reason, 
argument,  or  change. 

We  admire  the  Berean  spirit  that  is  willing  to  sit 
down  and  search  daily  to  see  whether  things  are  so 
or  not.  If  we  could  all  go  up  to  Annual  Meeting 
with  this  spirit,  decisions  would  be  easily  reached, 
but  if  we  spend  the  intervening  time  in  trying  to 
prop  up  our  own  sides,  and  determine  to  have  our 
way,  we  may  expect  long  speeches,  heated  discus- 
sions and  unsatisfactory  decisions.  Which  will  wc 
do, — labor  to  carry  out  our  own  selfish  ends,  or 
to  promote  the  cause  of  the  church  and  the  glory 
of  God?  Which ?J,Before  God  give  the  answer. 
H,  B.  B. 


iS6 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSBNGBB. 


March  19,  18 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

:iple  preacher  if  feet-washing  ' 
preach  Ihe  Gospel 


I  asked  a  Disciple  preacher  if  feet-washing  was  essential  la 
salvation.    He  said,  "  No,  Christ  told  his  disciples  to  go  and 
all   nations,  and   whatever  the  Spirit 
would  bring  to  their  minds,  that  they  were  to,  and  did,  teach, 
and  as  the  disciples  never  mention  feet- 


;  there- 


fore r 


tialt 


llo 


j  this?-/..  //. 


When  Jesus  sent  his  apostles  out  to  teach,  or 
make  disciples  of  all  nations,  he  also  told  them  to 
teach  the  baptized  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever 
he  hid  commanded  them.  Matt,  28:  20.  Among 
the  things  he  commanded  them  was  feet-washing. 
S:eJohni3.  When  giving  his  disciples  the  prom- 
ise of  the  Holy  Ghost,  Jesus  said:  "  Put  the  Com 
forter,  which  is  the  Holy  Ghost,  whom  the  Fa- 
ther will  send  in  my  name,  he  shall  teach  you  all 
tjiings,  and  bring  all  things  to  your  remembrance, 
whatsoever  I  have  said  unto  you."  John  14:  26. 
This  Spirit  did  bring  feet-washing  to  the  mind 
of  the  apostles,  else  John  would  not  have  written 
about  the  occurrence  in  the  manner  he  did,  many 
years  after  the  scene  io  the  upper  room.  The  Spir- 
it also  .brought  feet-washing  to  the  mind  of  Paul, 
for  in  1  Tim.  5:  10  special  mention  is  made  of  the 
rite.  The  Spirit  brought  John  13  to  the  attention 
of  the  apostles,  as  well  as  he  did  the  baptismal 
formula,  recorded  in  Matt  2S:  19.  To  reject  the 
former  for  the  reason  that  it  is  not  specifically 
mentioned  by  any  others  of  the  twelve,  would  pave 
the  way  for  rejecting  the  latter  for  the  same  reason. 

It  is  reported  that  when  mioisters,  holding  half-fare  permits, 
hive  theirfare  paid  by  the  churches  they  visit,  the  r.vlroad 
companies  wish  them  to  collect  full  fare,— that  the  design  of 
the  permits  is  to  help  the  ministers  and  not  the  churches. 
How  is  this?— A  Minister. 

It  is  not  a  matter  of  any  concern  to  the  railroad 
companies  whether  the  ministers  collect  full  fare  or 
half  fare.  Upon  the  part  of  the  ministers  we  be- 
lieve it  is  customary  to  collect  only  half  fare  as 
traveling  expenses.  However,  that  is  a  matter  that 
can  be  arranged  between  the  ministers  and  the 
churches  that  pay  their  expenses. 

Is  Matthias,  who  was  chosen  by  lot,  the  same  as  the  writer  of 
the  first  Gospel,  or  Matthew?  II  not,  have  we  any  account  of 
him  after  be  was  chosen?— E.  I..  B. 

The  first  narrative  was  not  written  by  Matthias, 
but  by  Matthew.  The  names  are  too  distinct  to  be 
taken  the  one  for  the  other.  Nothing  more  is  heard 
of  Matthias  after  his  appointment  to  the  apostle- 
ship.  Tradition  says  that  after  remaining  in  the  vi- 
cinity of  Jerusalem  for  a  year  or  more,  he  traveled 
in  foreign  lands  and  preached  the  Gospel,  and  final- 
ly suffered  martyrdom  in  Ethiopia, 

In  a  conversation  between  a  young  Baptist  minister  and  a 
member  of  the  Christian  denomination,  the  young 
made  the  remark  that  "  he  was  informed  that  the  381 
of  the  second  chapter  of  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles  war 
the  Greek."  I  thought  he  would  like  to  have  that  ve 
because  he  says  oar  sins  are  remitted*  before  bapi 
thought  of  anotherverse  that  wonld  conoborate  that  verse,  viz, 
Acts  16: 22.  Probably  he  might  sly  that  this  verse  is  not  in 
the  Greek.  Now  1  would  like  to  know  whether  the  verse  he 
referred  to  is  io  the  Greek. — 5.  i*.  Carman. 

The  verse  referred  to  is  in  the  Greek,  and  is  thus 
rendered  in  the  Revised  Version:  "  And  Peter  said 
unto  them,  Repent  ye,  and  be  baptized  every  one  of 
you  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  unto  the  remission 
of  your  sins,  and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the 
Holy  Ghost."  The  verse  is  also  in  the  Syriac,  which, 
by  the  way,  is  older  than  any  of  the  Greek  manu- 
scripts from  which  the  Authorized  Version  was 
translated.  The  genuineness  of  Acts  2:  38  is  beyond 
the  realm  of  controversy.  The  "  American  Com- 
mentary," the  best  Baptist  commentary  in  the 
world,  gives  due  credit  to  the  verse,  and  favors  this 
significant  rendering,  "  In  order  to  the  forgiveness 
of  sins,"  £s  much  as  to  say,  that  those  who  be- 
lieve are  to  repent  and  be  baptized,  in  the  name  of 
Jesus  Christ,  in  crJer  io  the  forgncr,cii  r/sins. 

Is  it  necessary  tlfrt  the  visit  be  made  before  each  love  feast? 
—K.  O.  T 

Each  church  is  permitted  to  exercise  its  own 
jjdgment  in  matters  of  this  kind.    WItli  us  there  is 


one  visit  each  spring,  and  the  two  feasts,  one  in  the 
spring  and  the  other  in  the  fall.  The  visit  is  made 
regardless  of  the  time  of  the  feast,  J.  H.  m. 


~~*  HOME  ♦  AND  *  FAMILY  *~~ 


THE  OOOD  OLD  WAY. 

BY  FLORENCE  J,  LONG. 

Mv  lifeis  a  wearisome  purney, 

I'm  sick  with  the  dust  and  the  heat; 
The  rays  of  the  sun  beat  upon  me 

The  briers  are  wounding  my  feet; 
But  the  city  to  which  I  am  going 

Will  more  than  my  trals  repay; 
All  the  toUs  of  the  road  will  seem  nothing 

When  I  get  to  the  end  of  the  way. 
There  are  so  many  hills  to  climb  upward 

I  often  am  longing  for  rest, 
But  be  who  appoints  me  my  pathway 

Knows  what  is  just  and  the  best; 
I  know  in  his  word  be  has  promised 

That  my  strength  shall  be  as  my  day, 
And  the  toils  of  the  road  will  seem  nothing 

When  I  get  to  the  end  of  the  way. 
He  loves  mc  too  much  to  forsake  me, 


Or 


11  his  people  hav 

!  been  dearly  purchased 

And  Satan  can  n 

ever  claim  such; 

y  and  by  I  shall 

ee  him  and  praise  him 

In  the  city  of  un 

uding  day, 

And  the  toils  of  the  road  will  seem  nothing 

When  I  get  to  the  end  of  ihs  way. 
When  the  last  feeble  step  has  been  taken 

And  the  ga'es  of  the  cityappear, 
And  the  beautiful  songs  of  the  aDgels 

Float  out  on  my  listening  ear, 
When  all  that  seems  so  mysterious 

Will  be  p'ain  and  clear  as  the  day, 
Yes,  the  toils  of  the  road  will  seem  nothing 

When  I  get  to  the  end  of  the  way. 
Though  now  I  am  foot-sore  and  weary,    ■ 

1  shall  rest  when  I'm  safely  at  home; 
I  know  1*11  receive  a  glad  welcome. 

For  the  Savior  himself  his  said,  "  Come," 
So  when  I  am  weary  in  body 

And  sinking  in  spirit,  1  say, 
A'l  the  toils  of  the  road  will  ssem  nolhing 

When  I  get  to  the  end  of  the  way. 
Cooling  fountains  are  there  for  the  thirsty, 

There  are  cordials  for  those  who  are  faint; 
There  are  r"obes  that  are  whiter  and  purer 

Than  any  that  fancy  can  paint; 
Then  I'll  try  to  press  hopefully  onward 

Thinking  often  through  each  weary  day; 
The  toils  of  the  road  will  seem  nothing 

When  I  get  to  the  end  of  the  way. 


:r  specie,  so  that  the  minister  may  purchase 
that  which  he  knows  and  feels  he  needs  the  most. 

Love  will  not  simply  stare  at  a  stranger  when  he 
enters  the  house  of  God,  but  it  will  hasten  to  find 
him  a  comfortable  and  pleasant  seat,  and,  at  the 
close  of  the  service,  will  greet  him  kindly  and  in- 
vite him  to  return. 

Love  would  not  slip  around  the  back-way,  in 
order  to  avoid  greeting  a  poor  or  lowly  member, 
but  love  will  go  out  of  its  way  in  order  to  have  an 
pportunity  of  greeting  such  a  one. 

Love  will  not  use  particular  pains  to  find  a  scat 
for  a  man  simply  because  he  wears  a  gold  ring  on 
his  finger  or  connects  his  name  with  a  title,  but  love 

11  take  particular  pleasure  in  finding  a  comfort- 
able place  for  the  poor,  the  lowly,  the  feeble,  the 

;ed. 

Love  will  not  cause  a  minister  to  scold  a  handful 
of  earnest  and  zealous  Christians,  who  have  braved 
the  winter's  storm  or  summer's  shower  to  have  him 
feed  their  hungry  and  thirsty  souls  on  the  manna 
from  heaven,  but  love  will  cause  him  to  encourage 
and  tenderly  pray  for  these, — his  true  and  earnest 
dherents.  Love  will  not  keep  the  laity  from  at- 
tending church  services  by  frivolous  excuses  fjr 
staying  away,  but  will  lead  every  member  to  be 
present  regularly. 

Love  will  not  speak  disrespectfully  of  either  the 
officials  or  laity,  in  their  absence  or  presence,  but 
love  will  prayerfully  seek  to  tell  them  their  faults 
"  between  thee  and  him  alone  " 

Love  will  not  sqek  after  foolish  entertainment?, 
parties  cr  vain  amusements  of  the  day,  but  love  will 
absent  itself  entirely  from  such  and  will  rather  de- 
light in  the  services  of  Gsd's  house. 

Love  will  not  attempt  to  see  how  many  of  tfce 
foolish  fashions  of  the  day  it  can  use  to  decorate  a 
dying  body  with,  but  it  will  seek  after  the  orna- 
ments of  a  meek  and  quiet  spirit,  which  completely 
discards  Satan's  trappings. 

Love  will  not  sit  quietly  in  the  prayer  meeting, 
for  fear  it  may  not  be  able  to  tell  J;sus"  love  so  flu- 
eutly  as  some  one  else,  but  love  will  stir  the  deptfcs 
of  the  soul  so  strongly,  that,  with  Peter  of  ohi,  it 
"can  not  but  speak  the  things  "  which  it  has  seen 
and  heard, 

Reader,  are  you  abundantly  filled  with  the  true 
love  that  cometh  from  above? 

Mt,  Morris,  III. 


WHAT  LOVB  WILL  A1SD  WILL  NOT  DO. 

BY    MKS.    FLORA   E.   TEAGUK, 

Since  God  11  love  and  love  is  of  God  and  we  are 
commanded  to  love  one  another,  it  may  be  well  for 
us  to  frequently  examine  ourselves  and  see  if  love 
does  truly  dwell  within  us.  "  Acticns  speak  loude: 
than  words,"  we  are  often  told,  so  let  us  note  on 
which  side  we  stand  in  the  following  list  of  actions 
Love  wilt  not  take  the  end  of  a  pew  and  make  all 
others  who  wish  to  sit  therein,  crowd  around  us, 
both  to  their  and  our  annoyance.  Love  will  go  in- 
to the  lower  end  of  the  pew,  when  first  entering,  and 
fill  it  up  in  regular  order.  Then  everybody  will  be 
happy,  and  no  one  disturbed  in  his  meditations. 

Love  will  not  make  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  fre- 
quently harangue  his  flock  on  his  hardships  in  life, 
owing  to  the  lack  of  a  "supported  ministry,"  but 
love  will  make  that  minister  work  as  hard  as  he  can 
for  the  winning  and  building  up  of  souls,  and  trust 
tn  God  for  the  reward.  It  may  be  that  he  may 
never  receive  it  in  this  life,  but  he  is  assured  that  he 
will  "  over  there." 

Again,  love  will  not  let  the  laity  negleat  the  one 
who  ministers  to  their  souls,  but  love  will  find  many 
different  ways  of  expressing  itself  in  the  minister's 
behalf.  It  may  be  only  expressions  of  enjoyment 
of  his  sermons;  no  matter,  that  is  often  a  great  in- 
centive to  make  a  pastor  labor  more  earnestly  and 
zealously.  It  may  be  remembrances  in  little,  nec- 
essary gifts,  clothing,  books,  etc.,  and  it  may  be 
what  is  better  still— a  liberal  donation  in  gold  or 


NORTHWEST  BALTIMORE  MISSION. 

BY    DDVE   L,    SAUBLE. 

The  Lord's  work  in  this  city  U  moving  along  en- 
couragingly. Ojr  Sunday  school  and  sewing  circle 
(for  the  children)  is  especially  interesting  End  en- 
couraging. Our  Sunday  school  is  too  large  for  tfce 
hal1.  We  hardly  know  what  we  will  do  if  we  do 
not  soon  secure  a  larger  place. 

We  opened  the  sewing  circle  the  first  Friday  in 
the  year.  We  meet  for  an  hour  and  a  quarter  eveiy 
week.  We  open  with  reading,  prayer  and  singing. 
Then,  after  we  have  given  each  child  something  to 
sew,  we  try  to  teach  them  hiw  to  sew.  We  start 
them  on  quilt-pieces,  till  they  learn  how,  then  we 
give  them  clothing  to  make  up  for  themselves  or 
some  one  else.  It  was  through  the  kindness  of  the 
dear  sisters  in  Virginia  that  we  were  permitted  to 
open  our  sewing  circle.  They  sent  us  a  lot  of  new 
goods,  and  a  lot  of  clothing  already  made;  also 
shoes.  By  this  means  some  of  our  Sunday  school 
scholars  were  permitted  to  attend  Sunday  school. 

"  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the 
least  of  these  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto 
me."  The  donors  will  receive  a  blessing.  It  takes 
money  to  carry  on  this  work  successfully.  If  the 
dear  brethren  and  sisters  could  be  made  to  realize 
our  needs  in  city  missions,  the  v/ork  would  not  have 
to  want  for  means  to  carry  it  on. 

Our  sister,  C.  Tempie  Sauble,  has  been  called  from 
this  field  of  labor  to  Staunton,  Va.     We  feel  that 
we  needed  her  here,  but  when  Jesus  calls,  we  must 
obey,  so  we  submit  to  his  will. 
I     lto-]  Edmcniscn  Avs ,  Baltimore,  Md>,  March  4, 


March   19,   18 


THE   GOSPEL   3VEESSE3STGEE/. 


'"7 


THE  VALUE  OF  THE  CHILD. 

SELECTED   BY   LAVINIA  STONER. 

The  helplessness  of  the  new-born  infant,  its  rose- 
leaf  beauty,  its  charming  ways  and  bright  speeches 
when  older,  have  all  conspired  to  blind  the  eyes  of 
the  world  to  the  importance  of  the  child.  The 
world  has  been  so  charmed  by  the  little  one  that  it 
has  come  to  look  upon  the  children  as  animated 
toys  which  the  thoughtful  Creator  has  sent  to  com- 
pensite  the  grown-up  world  for  its  outgrown  play- 
things. "  The  child,"  says  the  parent,  "  was  sent 
for  my  pleasure  and  amusement — when  it's  good. 
When  it  bothers  me,  I  must  punish  it  so  it  will 
Ieirn  to  do  only  those  things  that  please  me."  In 
other  words,  the  parent's  standard  of  the  child's 
conduct  is  his  own  pleasure  or  discomfort.  He 
considers  the  child  as  his  own  property,  to  be  used 
as  he  pleases,  regardless  of  all  other  considerations. 
Within  late  years  it  has  begun  to  dawn  upon  the 
world  that  the  child  has  a  soul— an  immortal  soul, 
Is  it  likely  that  the  All-father  would  send  one  im- 
mortal soul  into  the  world  for  the  mere  purpose  of 
amusing  another  immortal  soul?  Hardly,  we  say, 
and  so  we  begin  to  consider  what  may  have  been 
the  Divine  purpose. 

As  we  begin  to  think  about  it,  we  see  the  child  is 
sent  into  the  world  in  this  helpless  condition  that 
the  parent  may  learn  to  love  it  and  care  for  it.  In 
other  words,  the  parent  is  created  for  the  child,  not 
the  child  for  the  parent. 

But  you  cry,  in  a  tremor  of  excitement,  that  is 
just  what  is  the  matter  with  the  American  child  of 
today.  He  thinks  his  parents  are  for  his  amuse- 
ment and  his  control.  And  I  reply  that  is  one  of 
the  results  of  the  false  ideas,  so  long  held  by  the 
parent.  The  parent  would  do  whatever  the  child 
wanted  him  to  do,  regardless  of  its  effects  upon  the 
child's  welfare  (moral,  of  course),  as  long  as  the 
child  would  continue  to  amuse  him.  The  child 
soon  learned  his  power,  and  very  naturally  used  it. 
The  parent  must  appreciate  the  value  of  the  child, 
and'  have  this  conception  as  an  ever-present  factor 
in  all  decisions  and  actions,  if  he  would  guard 
against  this  unfortunate  result. 

What  is  the  value  of  the  child?  The  value  of  the 
child  is  the  value  of  an  immortal  soul.  Who  will 
venture  to  assess  that  value?  In  the  little  pink 
baby,  whose  helplessness  stirs  your  deepest  pity, 
lie  enfolded  all  the  possibilities  of  any  great  char- 
acter that  has  ever  lived. 

In  considering  the  value  of  a  child,  as  compared 
to  that  of  a  grown  person,  we  are  trying  to  weigh 
the  ideal  with  the  real.  The  man  is  formed;  his 
habits,  bad  and  good,  his  mental  ability,  his  good 
and  bad  qualities,  are  fixed,  in  all  probability,  for 
his  lifetime,  But  the  babe  is  yet  unformed,  plastic, 
ready  for  the  master  hand  that  shall  make  or  mar, 
Because  of  this,  I  say  the  child  is  of  greater  value 
to  the  nation  than  is  the  man. 

If  there  is  any  improvement  resulting  from  ex- 
perience, if  there  is  any  advance  in  knowledge  and 
in  methods,  then  is  the  child  of  to-day  of  greater 
value  than  the  man  of  to-day;  for  the  child  may 
benefit  by  the  advance  and  improvement,  and  so  be 
led  out  into  broader,  truer,  stronger  manhood  than 
that  already  existing.  More  than  that,  the  destiny 
of  future  generations  will  be  decided  by  the  charac- 
teristics and  the  characters  of  these  children.  Is 
not  their  training,  then,  a  question  of  social  impor- 
tance? 

If  such  be  the  value  of  the  child,  surely  child- 
training  is  a  subject  worthy  the  attention  of  all 
thinking  people.  But  before  entering  upon  the 
study  of  these  principles,  it  is  necessary  to  have  a 
knowledge  of  the  material  with  which  we  are  to 
work.  There  is  too  much  vagueness  in  the  ideas 
held  by  the  majority  of  adults  concerning  children. 
They  are  here.  It  has  always  been  customary  to 
treat  them  thus  and  so;  but  the  effect  of  such  treat- 
ment, the  material  which  that  treatment  was  to  in- 
fluence, has  not  been  considered. 

Figures  of  speech  are  often  embellishments  to 
literature,  but  they  also  often  serve  as  screens  be- 


hind which  the  truth  is  hidden.  The  child  has  been 
spoken  of  as  a  blank  tablet,  upon  which  any  one 
may  write;  or,  as  a  tablet  already  scribbled  over  by 
the  child's  ancestors;  as  a  palimsest,  and  as  various 
other  interesting  things.  Let  us  lay  aside  all  such 
embellishments  and  start  out  with  the  statement 
that  the  child  is  a  soul;  made  in  the  image  of  the 
Creator,  possessing  tendencies,  both  racial  and  indi- 
vidual. Everything  that  is  desirable  for  a  perfect 
character  is  within  the  child,  and  all  those  around 
the  little  one  have  to  do  is  to  see  that  those  desir- 
able qualities  are  led  out  and  developed. 

The  child  is  sent  into  this  world  for  the  purpose 
of  having  its  character  developed,  of  being  led  out 
into  self-consciousness.  That  is  the  parent's  duty, 
and  it  is  because  of  the  importance  of  this  duty  that 
we  say  the  parent  is  created  for  the  child.  A  par- 
ent who  appreciates  the  child's  value,  who  under- 
stands its  possibilities  and  his  duties,  will  never  be 
guided  by  personal  desires  for  ease  or  pleasure. 
One  grand  idea  of  character  will  be  continually  be- 
fore his  eyes,  and  he  will  act  only  with  reference  to 
that;  and  under  such  a  method,  well- directed,  there 
would  be  no  spoiled  American  children. 

But  it  is  not  enough  for  the  parent  to  have  a  high 
ideal.  He  must  understand  his  business  in  every 
detail,  in  child-training  as  everything  else.  He 
should  know  with  what  faculties  a  human  being  is1 
endowed,  and  how  these  are  best  developed.  The 
first  we  will  call  the  science  of  child-nature;  the 
second,  the  art  or  philosophy  of  child-training. — 
Rose  M,  Wood-Allen,  in  New  Crusade, 


FAMILY  OF  FOUR  ON  $200  PER  YEAR. 

A  Wisconsin  Teacher  Maintains  His  Family  Well 
and  Saves  Half  His  $405  Salary. 

A.  H.  Zander  contributes  an  article  to  the  March 
Ladies'  Home  Journal  in  which  he  tells  how  he  main- 
tains a  family  of  four  persons — his  wife,  two  chil- 
dren and  himself — on  $200  per  year.  He  is  a 
school-teacher  and  is  paid  a  salary  of  £40;,  out  of 
which  he  saves  and  puts  out  at  interest  £300  yearly. 
Living  in  a  small  Wisconsin  town  he  has  the  advan- 
tage of  cheap  rents,  his  house  costing  him  S36  per 
year.  His  other  expenses  are:  Provisions,  $94.82; 
clothing  and  foot-wear,  S 3  5 ;  magazines  and  news- 
papers, $y,  incidentals,  S40, 

"Our  meals,"  Mr.  Zander  writes,  "we  find  abun- 
dant in  quantity  and  variety.  For  breakfsst  we 
have  coffee,  coffee-cake,  bread  and  butter,  with 
eggs  or  fried  ham  occasionally,  For  dinner  we 
have  boiled  potatoes  with  butter  gravy,  boiled  cab- 
bage or  other  vegetables,  and  pudding  or  pie,  and 
coffee.  Sometimes  we  have  pork  and  beans,  and 
sometimes  some  egg  preparation,  as  potato  pan- 
cakes, dumplings,  etc ,  while  with  one  meal  in  the 
week  we  have  meat.  For  supper  we  have  the  re- 
mains of  our  dinner,  with  fried  or  baked  potatoes, 
and  eggs.  We  have  coffee  with  every  meal,  On 
this  fare  we  thrive  well." 

While  making  money,  and  laying  some  of  it  up 
for  a  rainy  day,  should  not  be  the  chief  concern  in 
this  life,  still  it  will  be  wise  for  many  other  families 
to  take  a  lesson  from  this  teacher,  Most  people 
make  enough  so  that  they  can  live  well  and  lay  up 
some  if  they  will,  and  this  laying  up  a  little,  so  as 
to  secure  a  comfortable  home,  and  some  of  the 
comforts  of  life  in  old  age,  is  not  to  be  despised. 
But  to  do  so  one  must  make  that  part  of  his  labor  a 
study.  He  must  put  thought  into  his  expenditures, 
and  make  the  best  possible  use  of  the  means  at 
command.  This  will  be  found  good  and  it  is  to  be 
commended  upon  the  part  of  all. 


A  NOTED  AUTHORESS'  WORKSHOP. 

Mrs.  Florence  Morse  Kingslev's  study  is  at  the 
top  of  her  Staten  Island  home.  It  is  here  that 
she  wrote  her  wonderful  story  of  Christ,  entitled 
"  Titus."  Under  the  eaves  and  from  the  windows 
she  can  look  out  far  over  into  another  State  and  see 
the  great  ocean.  About  her  are  the  pictures  paint- 
ed by  herself,  as  well  as  by  her  artist  parents. 
Books    of  reference— those   in  Greek    and    Latin, 


as  well  as  in  English— books  that  are  simply  a  de- 
light, not  merely  tools,  and  pretty  bits  of  bric-a- 
brac  that  collect  themselves  in  the  room  of  a  re- 
fined woman,  surround  her  everywhere.  But  the 
door  of  this  room  is  never  closed  against  any  mem- 
ber of  the  family,  and  the  busy  worker  is  never 
too  busy  nor  too  tired  to  listen  to  some  childish 
story  of  woe  or  happiness  from  any  one  of  her  five 
children, 

With  her,  while  her  work  with  her  pen  means 
much,  still  her  duty  as  a  wife  and  mother,  and  a 
clergyman's  wife,  comes  first.  Two  afternoons  in 
the  week  are  devoted  to  teaching  poor  girls  how  to 
sew.  Much  time  must  necessarily  be  given  to  her 
home  and  the  little  people  in  it,  and  yet  die  6nds 
time  for  social  duties,  and  is  always  a  charming,  in- 
telligent companion  to  her  husband.  With  a  smile 
she  tells  how,  when  in  doubt,  as  to  Greek  and  Latin, 
she  goes  to  him  for  help.  —  Gleaned  frcm  the 
Ladies'  Home  Journal, 


BE  CONTENT. 


It  Is  said  that  John  Jacob  Astor  once  replied  to 
an  inquisitive  man  who  asked  him  how  much  money 
he  had:  "  Just  enough,  sir,  so  that  I  can  eat  one  din- 
ner a  day!"  How  much  wealth  would  a  man  need 
to  enable  him  to  eat  two?  If  we  are  sometimes 
tempted  to  envy  the  very  wealthy,  let  us  reflect 
that  in  all  essential  particulars  we  are  quite  as  well 
off  as  they.  The  colors  that  dye  the  sky  at  sunset 
or  paint  the  leaves  of  the  forest  in  autumn,  are  no 
lovelier  to  them  than  to  us;  sleep  is  as  sweet  and 
restful,  and  activity  as  joyous  to  us  as  to  them;  if 
we  miss  certain  advantages,  so  also  we  escape  the 
cares  and  satiety  of  wealth:  "  A  man's  life  consist- 
eth  not  in  the  abundance  of  the  things  which  he 
possesseth," — Ex. 


GOD'S  SYMPATHY. 


God  has  a  sympathy  with  anybody  that  is  in  any 
kind  of  toil.  He  knows  how  heavy  is  the  load  of 
bricks  that  the  workman  carries  up  the  ladder.  He 
hears  the  pickax  of  the  miner  down  in  the  coal 
shaft.  He  knows  how  strong  the  tempest  strikes 
the  sailor  at  the  masthead.  He  sees  the  factory 
girl  among  the  spindles,  and  knows  how  her  arms 
ache.  He  sees  the  sewing-woman  in  the  fourth 
story,  and  knows  how  few  pence  she  gets  for  mak- 
ing a  garment;  and  louder  than  all  the  din  and  roar 
of  the  city  comes  the  voice  of  a  sympathetic  God: 
"  Cast  thy  burden  upon  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  sus- 
tain thee." — D/,  Talmage. 


■*  CORRESPONDENCE  *-*•• 

rite  wli.it  thou 


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meeting,  send  a  report  «Jft,  so  that  other;  may  r..j<ike  with  you.  In  writing 
give  name  of  church,  county  ami  state.  Be  br'.l.  Note,  ol  Travel  should  bo 
as  brief  as  possible.  Land  or  other  advertisc.nents  are  not  solicited  for  thla 
department.    Our  advertising  columns  afford  ample  room  for  that  purpose. 

From  South  Dakota. 

By  request  I  met  with  the  few  members  of  the 
Alpena  church,  S.  Dak.,  Monday  evening,  February 
2r,  A  fair  audience  greeted  us.  We  continued  our 
meetings  each  evening  and  occasionally  in  day-time, 
until  the  evening  of  March  6,  when  we  closed  with 
the  house  standing  room  occupied,  and  a  desirable 
interest  being  manifested. 

For  several  years  this  point  has  been  neglected. 
Six  years  ago,  while  holding  meetings  here,  I  be- 
came quite  sick,  abandoned  the  meeting,  and  at- 
tempted to  reach  my  home,  but  was  detained,  for 
some  time,  by  sickness  at  Chamberlain,  S.  Dak. 
Here  reside  a  few  firm  and  devoted  members  of  the 
church,— a  nucleus  around  which  to  revive  the  work. 

More  eager,  anxious  people  to  know  the  Word  it 
was  seldom  my  privilege  to  meet.  Many  were  al- 
most persuaded  to  accept  Christ,  and  I  am  confi- 
dent, could  they  have  regular  preaching  and  a  shep- 
herd, many  would  unite  with  the  people  of  God  at 
Alpena.  One  brother  and  sister,  living  sixteen 
miles  away,  attended  nearly  all  of  the  meetings^ 


THE   GOSPEL   DVCESSE3STC3-EI?/. 


They  are  true  and  faithful  to  the  church,  though 
they  have  not  listened  to  a  sermon  by  the  Breth- 
ren for  thirteen  years. 

Here  would  be  a  good  field  for  a  faithful  minister 
of  Christ.  There  are  many  young  people  who 
ought  to  be  taught  their  duty  and  gathered  into  the 
church.  W.  G.  Cook. 

Bijou  Hills,  S.  Dak,  March  7. 


Notice  of  District  Meeting. 


As  previously  announced,  the  District  Meeting 
of  Southern  Pennsylvania  will  be  held  April  20,  in 
the  Antietam  (Price's)  church,  near  Waynesboro, 
Pa.  The  Elders'  Meeting  will  be  held  in  Waynes- 
boro on  the  day  previous,  at  2:  30. 

All  elders,  wishing  to  attend  the  Elders'  Meeting, 
can  do  so  by  leaving  home  in  the  morning,  and 
coming  over  the  C.  V.  R.  R  ,  when  they  will  arrive 
at  2:  10.  Those  coming  over  the  W.  M.  R.  R„  will 
arrive  at  12:  0'. 

Arrangements  have  been  made  with  the  C.  V.  R. 
R.,  for  trains  to  stop  at  Price's  church,  April  20  and 
21  (the  day  of  the  love  feast).  All  elders  and  del- 
egates, however,  are  requested  to  come  to  Waynes- 
boro, where  they  will  be  met  by  a  reception  com- 
mittee. 

Reduced  rates  have  been  secured  from  the  rail- 
road companies,  and  orders  will  be  given  to  the  dif- 
ferent elders  for  distribution,  or  may  be  secured  by 
addressing  Bro.  Joseph  Rohrer,  of  this  place. 

SUDIE    M.   WlNGERT. 

Wcynnboto,  Pa.,  March  S. 


Notes  x  from  ■<  our  .<  Correspondents. 


"Ascoldwatc 

INDIANA. 

Mexico.— We  are  in  the  midst  ol  an  interesting  series  oi 
meetings.  Bro.  P.  W.  Stuckman  is  doing  the  preaching. 
There  have  been  thirteen  baptized.  Our  brother  has  large 
congregations  and  good  attention— .A  .1/.  Ileplogle,  March  7. 

Mississlnewa.— We  held  our  quarterly  council  last  Satur- 
day, March  5.  Much  business  came  belore  the  council,  all  of 
'  which  was  disposed  of  pleasantly.  We  elected,  as  our  dele- 
gates to  District  Meeting,  brethren  Jacob  and  John  G.  Ra- 
rick.  Our  love  feast  will  be  June  10.— 7.  W.  Miller,  Stock- 
fori,  Ind.,  Mace!:  11. 

Beaver  Creek.-This  part  of  the  Winimac  congregation 
had  a  visit  from  Bro.  Wysong,  of  Nappance,  Ind.,  who  was 
sent  here  by  the  Mission  Board.  He  gave  us  a  three-weeks' 
series  of  meetings,  baptizing  three  and  thoroughly  awakening 
the  entire  neighborhood.  Truly  we  have  causi 
thanks—  Wm.  E.  While,  Lakeside,  hid.,  March  S. 

Yellow    River This    chnrch    met    in   quarte 

March  5.  We  decided  10  hold  our  love  feast  June  to.  Bro. 
Myers  was  .lected  as  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  The  Sis- 
ters'Aid  Society,  of  Ibis  place,  seems  to  be  growing  in  inter- 
est. About  two  hundred  garments  have  been  made  up  during 
the  last  year—  Alii  e  Voder,  Bourlon,  Ind.,  March  5. 

Arcadia Our  regular  council  was  held  yesterday.    Eld.  G. 

W.  Bowser  was  chosen  as  delegate  to  District  Meeting.  We 
decided  to  have  a  Sunday  school,  to  be  organized  the  first 
Sunday  of  April.  We  also  decided  10  use  ^Brethren's  litefa- 
ture  in  our  Sunday  school.  The  writer  was  chosen  as  Corre- 
sponding Secretary  for  the  ensuing  year.— Sarah  Kinder, 
March  0, 

White.— This  church  met  in  council  March  2.  As  the  Dis- 
trict and  Ministerial  Meetings  will  be  held  at  this  church 
April  s  and  6.  arrangements  were  also  made  for  that.  Elders 
A.  J.  Bowers  and  L.  M.  Dunbar  were  chosen  delegates  to  Dis- 
trict Meeting.  Bro.  Eli  Wolfe,  of  Kansas,  delivered  several 
sermons  for  us  the  past  winter.  His  labors  were  of  value  to 
all.  We  reorganized  our  Sunday  scbool,  with1  Bro.  Ira  Fisher 
as  Superintendent.— Edith  Hettinger,  Darlington,  Ind.,  March 

Anderson I    visited   the   members  in  Middletown,  Ind., 

and  had  three  meetings  with  them.  They  are  still  working  for 
the  Master.  On  Sunday  evening  I  bade  them  farewell,  and 
March  20,  if  the  Lord  will,  we  shall  bid  farewell  to  Indiana 
and  all  our  dear  members  and  friends,  with  whom  we  have 
lived  and  worshiped  for  so  many  years,  for  our  new  home  and 
field  of  labor,  in  the  Master's  caose,  in  North  Dakota.  We 
will  leave  Anderson  on  the  noon  train  of  March  29.— Joseph 
Uoldir,  March  S. 


Monticello.— Bro.  John  Wright,  of  North  Manchester,  can 
to  us  (according  to  former  arrangements!  Feb.  19,  to  con 
mence  a  series  of  meetings,  but,  on  accouol  of  bad  weathi 
and  a  funeral,  he  did  not  commence  till  on  Sunday  night,  and 
continued  the  services  till  March  6.    Although  the  roads  and 
weather  were  not  favorable,  yet  the  house  was  well  filled  with 
attentive  listeners.    None  united  with  the  church,  but  we  feel  I  cr 
there  has  been  good  seed  sown  and  the  church  tfuilt  up. — A.  I  of 
It.  Bridge,  March  10. 


Bear  Creek.-We  held  our  council  March  s.  with  Eld.  Wil- 

im  Simmons  presiding,  assisted  by  Bro.  David  Hummer.  The 
church  decided  to  hold  an  election  for  a  deacon.    The  lot  fell 

Bro.  Peter  Brignor.    One  letter  was  read  and  three  granted. 

>.  Lewis  Oaks  and  bis  family  start  soon  to  North  Dakota. 
The  church  decided  to  hold  our  Communion  June  17,  at  ten 
o'clock.  The  Orphans'  Home  was  remembered—  Elizabeth 
Graf  miller,  Portland,  Jay  Co.,  Ind.,  Marcli  7. 

Elkhart.— Bro.  Edson  Ulery  and  wife,  of  North  Manchester, 
visited  friends  in  Elkhart,  Ind.,  and,  while  here,  Bro,  Ulery 
delivered  two  acceptable  sermons.  We  are  always  happy 
when  Brethren,  who  pass  through  Elkhart,  stop,  and  help 
us  in  the  good  work.  Bro.  Ulery  gave  our  Sunday  school 
scholars  a  good  talk.  Little  folks  love  to  see  and  hear  an  il- 
lustrative talk.  That  is  the  best  way  to  entertain  little  people. 
Our  Sunday  school  is  moving  along  fairly  well,  with  Sister  Ida 
Koose  as  Superintendent— J.  //.  Miller,  March  11. 

Pipe  Creek  —Our  regular  quarterly  council  was  held  to  day. 
The  church  was  fairly  well  represented.  Owing  to  the  Dis- 
trict Meeting  to  be  held  at  this  place,  a  large  amount  of  bus- 
iness had  to  be  attended  to.  Bro,  Daniel  P.  Nead  was  elected 
as  our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting  and  brethren  Daniel  P. 
Nead  and  D.  H.  Long  were  chosen  as  delegates  to  District 
Meeting.  Bro.  Geo.  W.  Simmons  was  chosen  Sunday  school 
Superintendent.  He  will  be  assisted  by  Bro.  W.  A.  Dickey. 
Our  Sunday"school  will  re-open  April  3.—  W.  /,'.  Dailey,  Peru, 
Ind,  March  10. 

Middletown We  were  made  to  rejoice,  last  Saturday  even- 
ing, when  Bro.  Jtseph  Holder,  from  North  Dakota,  came  to 
this  place  and  "preached  three  sonl-cbeeiiiig  sermons  for  us. 
We  bad  quite  a  good  attendance  and  attentive  listeners.  We 
feel  much  encouraged,  and  il  we  only  bad  a  local  minister 
here,  we  could  have  service  and  Sunday  school  each  Sunday, 
and  prayer  meeting  and  Bible  reading  through  the  week.  It 
would  be  a  great  benefit  to  the  church.  Our  council-meeting 
at  the  old  church,  occurs  on  Saturday,  before  the  fourth  Sun- 
day. —Elorida  J.  E.  Green,  March  7. 

Roann This  church  is  in  the  midst  of  a  glorious  series  of 

meetings,  conducted  by  Eld.  Joseph  Spitzer  at  our  West 
Branch  churchhouse.  Our  quarterly  council  occurred  March 
5,  in  which  Eld.  Spitzer  aided  us  in  the  work  very  acceptably. 
We  were  made  to  feel  that  the  good  Spirit  of  the  Lord  was  in 
our  midst.  Two  letters  were  received  and  six  given.  Two 
queries  were  sent  to  Annual  Meeting  through  District  Meet- 
ing. Brethren  George  Swihart  and  Robert  Miller  were  elect- 
ed as  delegates  to  District  Meeting.  Bro.  David  Swihart  is 
our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.— Joseph  John,  March  7. 

Shipshewana.— We  held  our  quarterly  council  March  5. 
There  was  very  little  business.  We  discussed  several  ques 
tions  of  general  interest  to  the  church:  ft)  What  special  ef- 
fort should  we  make  to  reclaim  those  that  have  left  the 
church.  (2)  How  to  awaken  a  better  interest  among  mem- 
bers and  others  in  attending  services.  It  was  discussed  whether 
the  old,  time  honored  custom  of  missionary  work  from  one 
church  to  another  could  not  be  revived  by  exchanging  places 
in  preaching  more  often?  What  can  be  done  to  strengthen 
and  spread  the  influence  of  the  church?— B.  B.  Bollinger, 
March  7. 

OHIO. 

North  Star. — We  met  in  quarterly  council  Saturday,  March 
5.  We  send  as  delegates  to  District  Meeting  brethren  J.  F. 
Martin  and  J.  R.  Halladay.  Delegate  to  Annual  Meeting,  Bro. 
N.  D.  Grofi.  We  organized  our  Sunday  school,  to  begin  the 
first  Sunday  in  April—  Emma  Gro/J,  March  p. 

County  Line We  met  in  regular  council   March  5.    All 

business  passed  off  pleasantly.  Our  elder,  Samuel  Driver,  had 
charge  of  the  meeting.  Bro.  Jacob  Huber  was  chosen  Sunday 
school  Superintendent,  Bro.  Eli  Miller  was  elected  as  delegate 
to  District  Meeting.  Our  Communion  will  be  held  Oct.  22. — 
J.  E.  Guthrie,  Herring,  Ohio,  March  q. 

Mansfield.— Our  new  church  was  dedicated  Feb.  27.  Eld.  S. 
M.  Loose  preached  the  dedicatory  sermon.  We  called  a  coun- 
cil-meeting for  Feb.  28,  to  settle  up  for  the  church.  We  had  a 
very  pleasant  meeting  and  also  decided  to  hold  a  series  of 
meetings,  to  commence  May  7  and  continue  two  weeks.  Bro. 
S.  M.  Loose  is  to  preach  for  us.— Clara  L.  Wolf,  March  7. 

Donnel's  Creek Eld.  L.  W.  Teeter  came  to  us  Feb.  rg, 

and  commenced  preaching  in  the  large  house  oE  the  Donnel's 
Creek  church  the  same  evening.  He  continued  his  labers  till 
the  evening  of  March  8.  He  preached  thirty  sermons,  and 
held  one  children's  meeting.  The  preaching  and  interest 
were  very  good.  The  attendance  was  not  so  large  at  times  as 
it  should  have  been.  Four  precious  souls  were  baptized  and 
le  reclaimed.  May  God  bless  them,  and  all  of  us,  to  live  to 
the  honor  and  glory  of  Godl  Our  daughter,  who  has  been 
quite  sick  for  three  weeks,  was  anointed  last  Tuesday,— 
Henry  Fronts,  Eorgy,  Ohio,  March  13. 

Notice The  churches    of  Northwestern  Ohio  will  please 

note  that  at  our  last  District  Meeting  it  was  decided  to  ap- 
point a  committee  to  take  under  advisement  the  apportioning 
of  the  sum  appropriated  for  mission  purposes.  It  was  also 
made  the  duty  of  the  elder  or  housekeeper  of  each  church  to 
assist  the  committee  in  getting  the  necessary  information. 
The  committee  requests  the  different  housekeepers  to  attend 
to  this  without  delay,  cither  to  do  so  themselves,  or  appoint  a 
brother  or  brethren  to  ascertain  the  present  financial  standing 


Dayton.— On  Thursday,  Feb.  t7,  Bro.  I.  J.  Rosenberger  be- 

in  meetings  at  East  Dayton  and  continued  until  March  8, 
when  he  was  called  home  on  account  of  sickness  of  his  wife, 
baptized  and  others  brought  very  near  the  kingdom. 
Our  meetings,  like  many  others,  closed  too  soon.  Saturday 
evening,  March  5,  we  held  our  love  feast.  The  attendance 
and  attention  were  good.  Bro.  Rosenberger  officiated,— Belli 
Staufjer,  s-tqj  East  Third  St.,  March  rt. 

Sidney Our  quarterly  council  convened  March  5,   with 

;lders  J.  Katherman,  J.  Horning  and  J.  Hoover  to  assist  in  the 
work.  Four  letters  of  membership  were  received.  David 
King  was  elected  deacon.  This  mission  is  prospering.  The 
writer  will  remain  in  charge  here  one  year  longer  from  March 
1.  Eld.  J.  Horning  remained  with  us  over  Lord's  Day  and 
preached  for  us  morning  and  evening.  His  labors  were  much 
appreciated.  Brethren  passing  through  this  city  are  invited 
to  stop  and  preach  for  us.  We  have  meetings  each  Lord's 
Day,  morning  and  evening.—//.  C,  Longancckcr,  March  7. 

Delta.— We  are  in  the  midst  of  an  interesting  series  of 
meetings  in  the  outskirts  of  the  Swan  Creek  church,  in  a 
union  house.  Eld.  Perry  McKimmcy,  of  the  Fairview  church, 
Mich.,  is  doing  the  preaching  with  power.  On  Saturday, 
March  5,  we  had  a  very  pleasant  and  profitable  council. 
Brethren  Stephen  Luthy,  Eugene  Dunbar  and  S.  P.  Berkey- 
bilc  were  elected  to  the  office  of  deacon,  Eld.  McKimmcy  of- 
ficiating. The  chnrch  also  elected  Bro.  S.  P.  Berkeybile  as 
Sunday  school  Superintendent.  We  decided  to  hold  our  love 
feast  on  the  second  Saturday  of  June,  commencing  at  ten 
o'clock  A.  M.— David  Berkcylnle,  March  7. 
KANSAS. 

Eden  Valley.— We  met  in  quarterly  c 
Frjfogle  presiding.  We  decided  to  ha 
Brethren  Addison  Fryfogle  and  D.  S.  Bowman  are  our  dele- 
gates to  District  Meeting.  J.  William  Miller  will  conduct 
singing  this  summer  in  the  church. —  Tins.  J.  Miller,  Seward, 


,  Addison 
st  May  7. 


March 


Notice.— The  Brethren  of  Kansas,  Nebraska  and  Missouri 
are  hereby  notified  that  the  "  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Mutual 
Aid  Association  of  the  Nortbeastean  District  of  Kansas  "  will 
be  held  in  the  Washington  Creek  church,  Douglas  County, 
Kans.,  on  the  day  following  the  District  Meeting,  April  7,  begin- 
ning at  8  A.  M.— 77.  S  Kather/nan,  Sec,  March  Jo. 

Appanoose.— This  church  met  in  quarterly  council  March  5. 
There  were  a  number  of  letters  granted.  Nearly  all  are  going 
to  North  Dakota.  The  missionary  cause  received  a  liberal 
donation  at  our  council.  Brethren  John  Sherfey  and  C.  W. 
Shoemaker  will  represent  our  church  at  District  Meeting. 
We    send  one  query.— James  T.  Kinzie,  Centropolis,    Kans., 

Fredonla.— The  church  at  this  place  met  in  council  March 
5.  The  District  and  Ministerial  Meetings  will  be  held  at  this 
place  May  3  and  4.  We  chose  as  our  delegates  brethren 
Stephen  Thompson  and  Albert  Stauffer.  We  also  decided  to 
hold  our  love  feast  Oct.  1.  Bro.  Wm.  B.  Sell  will  hold  about  a 
two  weeks'  series  of  meetings,  the  Lord  willing,— Flora  E. 
Darst,  March  6. 

Abilene.— This  church  met  in  quarterly  council  at  the  Na- 
varre church.  Eld.  J.  D.  Trostle  presided.  Our  church  ap- 
pears to  be  in  a  prosperous  condition.  Our  District  mission- 
ary has  just.closed  two  series  of  meetings  in  our  congregation, 
and  was  with  us  in  council.  Bro.  C.  H.  Brown  was  elected 
delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  The  writer  was  chosen  dele- 
gate to  the  District  Meeting. — C,  A,  Shank,  Donegal,  Kans., 
March  7. 

Spring  Creek.— Bro.  N.  B.  Waggoner,  wife  and  little  son, 
from  Red  Cloud,  Nebr.,  while  visiting  here  with  relatives,  held 
;  meetings  for  us.  He  began  on  the  evening  of  Feb.  15. 
Eleven  sermons  were  delivered  in  the  Sachel  Creek  school- 
house,  two  in  the  Rosalia  scboolhouse,  and  two  in  the  Spring 
Creek    schoolnouse.    All  were  well  attended.    While    there 


the  church, 


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the  kingdom. — Susie  A'elson,  Rcec 

Dorrance.— The  mem 
5.  All  were  found  in  peace  and  union.  Not  mucb,bui 
came  before  the  meeting,  Among  the  business  transacted  we 
decided  to  organize  our  Sunday  school  on  the  fourth  Sunday 
of  March.  Bro.  Wm.  Himes  and  the  writer  were  chosen  to 
represent  this  church  at  District  Meeting,  to  be  held  at  Quin- 
ter,  Kans.  Eld.  Jacob  Harnish  could  not  be  at  the  council  on 
account  of  illness.  He  has  been  a  sufferer  for  several  years 
and  has  taken  treatment  with  different  home  doctors,  but 
could  obtain  no  relief.  He  is  now  in  Kansas  City,  Mo„  and  is 
reported  to  be  improving  s'owly,  His  address  is  Jacob  Harn- 
ish, Thornton  and  Minor,  No.  ,00  Ninth  St.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
We  have  had  beautiful  winter  weather,  so  far,  this  winter. 
Our  wheat-fields  are  getting  very  green. — "},  S,  Slrole,  Box 
126,  March  7. 

NORTH  DAKOTA. 

Des  Lacs  Valley.—  The  Brethren  of  this  congregation  will 
begin  a  series  of  meetings  March  13.  We  wil!  organize  Sun- 
day school  the  first  Sunday  in  April.  Emigrants  are  moving 
in  and  a  number  of  Brethren  will  locate  here  this  spring.— Ida 
A,  Beagle,  Kenmare,  N.  Dak.,  March  11. 

OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

Paradise  Prairie.— We  met  in  council  Feb.  26,  and  all  busi- 
ness was  disposed  of  pleasantly.  Seven  letters  were  granted. 
One  elder,  Jacob  Appleman,  who  bad  charge  of  Ibis  church 
since  its  organization,  desired  to  be  relieved.  Eld.  N.S.  Gripe 
was  chosen  in  his  stead.— Kate  Metzler,  Clarkson,  Okla., 
March  1, 


March  19,  iS 


THE   GOSPEL  MESSENGER. 


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ILLINOIS. 

Woodland-— The  members  of  this  church  me!  in  quarterly 
council  March  2.  Several  letters  of  membership  were  grant- 
ed and  one  received.  Tivo  made  application  for  baptism,  and 
were  to  be  baptized  the  next  day  aftercouncil  — Lydia  Walter, 
Summitm,  ill ,  March  10, 

Malvern.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  to-day.  Officers 
were  elected  for  the  Sunday  school  for  another  year.  Dele- 
gates elected  for  District  Meeting  were  brethren  Joseph  Long- 
anecker  and  David  Gerdes;  to  Annual  Meeting,  Bro.  William 
Grater—  John  W.  Miller,  March  j. 

Laplace.  — The  Okaw  church  met  in  council  March  3. 
Three  letters  of  membership  were  granted.  Bro.  Jesse  Rob- 
erts was  chosen  Sunday  school  Superintendent  and  Emma 
Peterson,  Assistant.  A  love  feast  was  appointed  for  May  25, 
at  four  P.  M .— E.  F.  Wolfe,  March  10. 

Astoria. — The  members  of  this  church  met  in  regular  c 
cil  March  1,  at  the  Walnut  house.  Letters  of  membership 
were  given;  several  were  also  received.  Eld.  J.  H.  Barke: 
was  chosen  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting,  with  Bro.  A.  H.  Lind 
alternate.  New-nflicers  were  elected  for  both  Sunday  schools. 
Our  Communion  will  be  held  the  first  Saturday  following  An 
nuil  Meeting.  Elder  M.  J,  McClure  will  preach  a  series  ol 
doctrinal  sermons  for  us  in  the  near  future,  in  reply  to  a  ser- 
moa  preached  by  the  minister  of  the  Disciple  church  in  As- 
toria. Meetings  will  be  be'.d  in  the  Disciple  church.— Mattie 
Davis,  March  5. 

Allison. — I  have  just  closed  a  twelve-days'  series  of  meet 
ings  at  the  Berlin  Chapel,  Crawford  Co.,  a  point  within  th< 
limits  of  the  Lamotte  Prairie  congregation.  The  last  meeting 
was  held  by  request  at  the  United  Brethren  church,  in  thi 
town  of  Oblong.  The  meetings  were  held  -under  direction  of 
the  Mission  Board  of  Southern  Illinois.  We  had  good  cong: 
gations  at  each  meeting.  The  doctrinal  sermons  were  well 
received  and  the  moral  roan  "  lost  his  grip."  We  answered 
number  of  inquiries  with  reference  to  the  Truth.  Instead  of 
song  service  each  evening  before  preaching,  we  alternated 
with  a  Bible-ieading  service,  usirg  "  The  Word  for  the  Work 
er,"  published  by  Eld.  J.  G.  Royer,  as  a  help  in  these  services 
These  Bi^le-readings  increased  the  interest.  Young  and  old 
were  eager  to  participate.  I  shall  be  glad  to  exchange  v 
with  others,  with  reference  to  the  most  satisfactory  methods  of 
conducting  such  exercises.  I  preached  fifteen  sermons;  also 
visited  seventeen  families,  including  the  afflicted.  The  n 
bers  are  much  encouraged.  Several,  yet  outside,  are  nea 
kingdom.— S.  W.  Garbcr,  March  11. 

NEBRASKA. 

Silver  Lake.— This  church  met  in  quarterly  council  March 
5.  All  business  was  disposed  of  pleasantly.  One  letter  ol 
membership  was  granted,  and  one  dear  soul  was  restored 
Eld.  J.  J,  Kindig  moved  from  Juniata  to  the  country,  to  make 
his  home  with  his  children.  He  is  now  living  with  his  son-in- 
law,  Bra.  B.  McCue.— Mary  Ann  Grabill,  Roseland,  Adams 
Co,,  Nebr.,  March  8. 

Alvo.— Feb.  25  Bro.  J.  G.  Kilhefner,  of  Octavia,  Nebr., 
closed  a  very  interesting  and  beneficial  singing-school  at  the 
Weeping  Water  church.  We  have  long  felt  the  need  of  better 
singing  in  our  meetings,  and  we  adopted  this  plan  for  improve- 
ment, and  found  it  to  be  a  success.  The  class  now  meets  each 
week,  to  practice  singing.  We  hope,  before  long,  to  s 
great  change  in  our  singing  here.— Ella  Keefcr,  March  4. 

Dubois.— It  has  been  a  long  time  since  there  has  been 
testimony  in  your  columns  from  this  congregation.  Har 
time  will  com;  if  we  continue  to  sow  God's  seed  and  to  v 
it  with  prayers  and  tears.  Perhaps  "watering"  is  needed 
more  to-day  than  sowiog.  We  see  but  few  prayers,  accompa- 
nied with  tears,  in  this  age.  Formal,  dry,  stereotyped  prayers 
are  numerous,  but  hearts  remain  unmoved.  We  began 
preaching  here  Feb.  25.  We  had  good,  solemn  interest  from 
the  beginning.  I  count  more  than  25  Brethren's  childrer 
of  Christ,  and  a  host  of  others.  Last  night  the  first  confessed, 
publicly,  Rom.  10: 10  as  their  Savior.  The  way  Icoks  very  en- 
couraging.—/. E.  Young,  March  10. 

Juniata  — A  very  interesting  meeting  was  held  in  the  Jun- 
iata church,  Juniata,  Nebr.,  by  our  beloved  brother,  Christian 
Hope.  We  began  our  meetings  Feb.  7  and  continued  until 
March  6.  He  pieached  thirty-three  sermons,  including  three 
funeral  sermons.  Two  were  baptized  and  one  reclaimed,  and 
the  church  much  built  up.  Our  brother  did  not  fail  to  urge 
the  members  to  a  higher  standing,  and  warned  sinners  to  flee 
the  wrath  to  come.  The  attendance  and  attention  shown 
through  the  meetings  was  all  that  could  be  desired.  Bro.  Hope 
goes  from  here  to  some  mission  point  west.  Feb.  3  was  our 
regu'ar  quarterly  council.  We  decided  to  elect  an  elder  to 
preside  over  our  little  church  here,  as  we  have  been  without 
an  elder  for  some  time.  The  result  was  that  Bro.  J.  J.  Kindig 
was  chosen  as  housekeeper.  Bro,  Nickey  and  family  moved 
among  us  this  spring,  which  is  very  encouraging  and  which 
adds  four  more  to  our  little  band  here.  He  being  a  minister 
in  the  second  degree,  is  a  great  help  to  us  here. — Sarah  B. 
Lemon,  March  8. 

MARYLAND. 

Pipe  Creek. — The  members  of  this  congregation  met  in 
quarterly  council  March  5.  Three  letters  of  membership 
were  granted.  Brethren  David  Young  and  Alfred  Englar 
were  chosen  delegates  to  the  District  Meeting,  which  will  be 
held  in  the  Beaver  Dam  church  April  19.  It  was  decided  to 
hold  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  Pipe  Creek  churchNov,  12, 
Our  love  feast  will  be  April  $0— Rachel  A,  Pf&uts,  March  7, 


MISSOURI. 

Warrens  burg.— A  very  promising  young  man  was  baptized 
here  last  Sunday,  March  6,—/ohn  E,  Mohler,  March  10. 

Pierce  City  .-We  left  Pine  Grove,  Fla.,  Feb.  16,  and  ar- 
rived here  Feb.  18.  I  have  located  one  mile  from  Pierce  City, 
Mo.  I  have  not  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  with  any  of  our 
precious  faith.  We  hope  to  see  some  ministering  brother 
with  us  ere  loDg. — D,  E.  Bowman,  March  0. 

Shoal  Creek — Our  quarterly  council  was  held  March  5. 
The  business  of  the  metting  passed  off  very  pleasantly.  Bro. 
I,  G.  Harris  was  chosen  to  represent  us  at  District  Meeting. 
Feb.  24  Bro.  C.  Holdeman  closed  a  series  of  meetings  at  the 
Black  schoolhouse,  preaching  eight  sermons.— Enoi  J.  Recce, 
March  7. 

Warrensburg.— I  closed  my  labors  at  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa, 
the  last  of  February,  and  left  with  my  family,  March  1,  for 
Warrensburg,  Mo.,  where  we  arrived  next  day  about  noon. 
We  attended  the  quarterly  church  meeting  of  the  Warrens- 
burg congregation  March  3.  and  were  taken  about  ten  miles 
sDutheast  in  the  evening,  where  we  began  a  series  of  meetings 
at  night.  The  interest  and  attendance  are  good.  Some  may 
wonder  why  I  located  at  Warrensburg,  where  the  ministerial 
force  is  ample.  I  did  so  in  order  to  be  free  from  the  care  and 
oversight  of  the  home  congregation,  and  give  myself  entirely 
to  evangelistic  work,  either  in  the  State  District  or  ether  Dis- 
tricts and  States,  I  spent  a  good  part  of  the  last  ten  years 
(except  the  last  year)  in  evangelistic  work,  and  the  Lord 
abundantly  blessed  ray  weak  efforts.  I  eDjoy  evangelistic 
work  and  especially  the  delivering  of  series  of  doctrinal  ser- 
mons. Those  desiring  my  assistance  in  holding  series  of 
meetings  or  a  course  of  doctrinal  sermons,  will  please  corre- 
spond with  me  at  Warrensburg,  Mo.  God  bless  the  Brother- 
hood, and  her  faithful,  loyal  workers  everywhere!—  Ctias.  M. 
Yearout,  March  8. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Philadelphia Brethren  L.  Frank  Haas  and  F.  F.  Holsop- 

ple  assisted  us  in  a  recent  series  of  meetings.  Four  were  bap- 
trzed  last  Sunday.  More  are  to  be  baptized  soon.  We  have 
special  services  at  our  mission  next  week.  The  Lord  is  bless- 
ing us.-^T.  T.  Myers,  March  0, 

Mffttland.— Bro.  W.  M,  Howe,  of  Sergeantsville,  N.  J  ,  be- 
gan a  series  of  meetings  in  the  Dry  Valley  house  Feb.  13,  and 
continued  till  March  2.  Fourteen  were  baptized  on'Sunday, 
Feb,  27.  Among  the  number  were  six  boys  from  ten  to  fourteen 
years  of  age. — Minnie  E,  Howe,  March  8. 

Germantown. — We  have  good  attendance  upon  all  services, 
and  good  interest.  We  had  one  very  rainy  Sunday  in  the 
month.  There  is  one  applicant  awaiting  baptism.  This 
makes  nine  applicants  since  last  May-  There  has  been  con- 
siderable sickness. — G.  N.  Falkenstein,  65n  Germantown 
Ave.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  March  j. 

Rockton.— In  Gospel  Messenger  of  Feb.  5, 1808,  in  church 
news,  under  head  of  "  Glen  Hope,"  the  statement  is  made  that 
they  are  without  ministers  or  deacons.  I  would  say  that  there 
is  one  minister  living  at  Rosebud,  at  the  place  where  the  above 
meeting  was  held,  and  in  the  congregation  there  are  two  resi- 
dent ministers  and  three  deacons.—/.  //,  Beer,  (the  elder  in 
charge),  March  8. 

Smithfleld.— Feb.  12  Bro.  J.  M.  Mohler,  of  Lewistown, 
cime  into  our  midst  and  commenced  a  series  of  meetings 
which  continued  until  March  6,  making,  in  all,  twenty-six  ser- 
mons. Seven  united  with  the  church  by  baptism.  Others 
seem  to  remain  undecided,  and  while  our  membership  here  is 
small,  our  prayers  are  for  many  more  to  join  in  yet,  and  help 
labor  for  our  Master.  The  attendance  was  good,  considering 
the  bad  roads. — C.  E.  Bashore,  March  7. 
COLORADO. 

Palisade.— Bro.  A.  C.  Snowberger  began  preaching  at  the 
Mt.  Garfield  schoolhoase  last  Saturday  night  and  will  continue 
each  evening  until  next  Sunday  night,  or  longer.  Sister  Snow- 
berger is  also  here  and  very  materially  assisting  in  the  work. 
Already  there  are  very  good  indications  that  there  will  be  re- 
joicing in  heaven  and  among  this  people  before  the  meetings 
close.  From  here  Bro.  Snowberger  goes  to  Grand  Junction,  to 
hold  meetings  for  the  members  of  the  Grand  Valley  church.— 
H.  ff.  Winger,  March  8. 

Hotchkiss. — Bro.  John  J.  Hoover,  of  Macon,  Colo.,  came  to 
visit  the  isolated  members  at  this  place  and  to  hold  a  few  meet- 
ings for  us.  If  some  of  the  Brethren  in  the  thickly-settled  con- 
gregations could  just  feel  our  longing  desires  to  hear  the  Word 
of  God  preached,  as  of  old,  and  could  realize  our  hardships  in 
our  isolated  condition,  some  of  them  would  come  to  where  the 
harvests  are  ripe,  and  ready  to  be  gathered  in.  Brethren  and 
Sisters,  pray  for  ns  in  our  bereavement,  that  our  hearts  may 
find  comfort  in  him  who  doeth  all  things  well.  There  is  com- 
fort in  knowing  that  death  is  the  gateway  to  eternal  life  and 
bliss.— Geo.  A,  and  Ida  A.  Dove,  March  6. 
OREGON. 

Powells  Valley  Church.— Eld.  Allen  Ives,  of  Centralia, 
Wash.,  who  is  on  his  way  to  California,  spent  a  few  days  with 
the  members  of  this  place,  visiting  each  family  of  members  in 
this  church-  We  appreciate  the  good  counsel  and  encourage- 
ment he  gave  us  and  hope  he  will  come  again  and  make  a 
longer  visit  among  us.  We  wish  to  correct  a  mistake  in  the 
date  of  the  announcement  of  our  next  quarterly  council.  The 
date  should  be  May  14,  at  eleven  A.  M.,  instead  of  May  21. 
The  third  Sunday  of  each  month  is  oar  regular  day  for  preach- 
ing in  the  Union  chnrch  atGresham,— Nancy  Bahr,  Damascus, 
Ore,,  March  p,  J 


IOWA. 

Cedar  Rapids.— One  quite  recently  expressed  a  desire  to 
unite  with  the  Brethren  church  here,  and,  I  think,  will  be  bap- 
tized before  long.  I  leave  h-re  March  1,  for  Warrensburg, 
Mo.,  at  which  place  I  should  be  addressed,— Ctias.  M.  1  carotit, 
Feb.  26, 

Harlan.— I  held  a  week's  meetings  at  the  Liberty  school- 
house  in  the  western  part  of  Audubon  County,  a  new  field. 
An  intense  interest  is  being  manifested.  The  doctrine  is  new, 
but  is  well  received.  We  hope  soon  to  report  an  ingather- 
ing.-Jos.  L.  Myers,  March  //. 

Panora.— I  visited  the  Harlan  church  in  Shelby  County, 
Iowa,  Feb.  25.  Brethren  J.  J.  and  R.  A.  Yoder,  of  Kansas,  re- 
cently held  a  scries  of  meetings  here,  which  built  up  and 
strengthened  the  church,  though  there  were  no  additions.  We 
held  a  few  meetings  here,  with  a  growing  interest,  and  then 
went  with  Bro.  J.  L.  Myers,  the  home  minister,  to  a  new  point, 
in  Audubon  County,  where  the  Brethren  had  never  preached 
till  he  recently  introduced  the  work  there.  March  7  I  left 
him  to  continue  the  meetings,  with  a  full  attendance  and  grow- 
ing interest.  He  has  opened  at  other  new  points.  Long  ago 
he  started  the  work  in  Sterling,  HI,,  and  is  still  working  for 
the  enlargement  of  the  borders  of  Zion.— J.  IK  HavghUtitt, 
March  8. 

TENNESSEE. 

French  Broad.-Our  quarterly  council  convened  March  8, 
at  which  an  election  was  held  for  a  minister,  wli'ch  resulted 
in  the  selection  of  Bro.  W.  W.  Williford.  He  is  young  and 
promising.  We  will  organize  our  Sunday  school  at  this  place 
next  Sunday—  Mrs.  J.  A'.  McCrary,  Nina,  Tenn  ,  March  8. 

Big  Sandy  .—Our  regular  appointments  on  the  first  Satur- 
day and  Sunday  of  the  month  were  filled  by  brethren  J,  Harp 
and  C.  M  .Bantz.  Wc  had  meeting  on  Satnrday  night  and  Sun- 
day morning,  and  ashort  service  for  our  feeble,  aged  brother 
Journey.  We  also  had  preaching  in  the  evening.  Our  at- 
tendance was  good  and  the  interesting  meetings  were  enjoyed 
very  much.  There  is  an  organized  church  cf  the  Brethren  in 
Crockett  Ccunty,  one  in  Carroll  County  and  very  good  pros- 
pects of  one  in  Benton  County,  soon.  There  are  nine  members 
here  now,  and  prospects  of  more  coming.  There  is.no  min- 
istering brother  here  now.  The  appointments  are  filled  by  the 
Brethren  of  New  Hope.  The  first  week  in  April  Bro.  Geo  C. 
Bowman  expects  to  be  with  us,  and  begin  a  seiies  of  meet- 
ings, and,  perhaps,  have  a  love  feast,  A  love  feast  of  the 
Brethren  has  never  been  held  in  Benton  County,  as  far  as  we 
can  learn,  nor  has  the  Brethren  church  been  known  here  for 
more  than  two  years.  The  climate  is  mild  and  land  very 
cheap. — Esther  Schultz,  Big  Sandy,  Tenn  ,  March  7. 
WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Pine  Church.— The  members  of  this  church  met  in  quarter- 
ly council  March  5,  One  dear  one  was  reclaimed.  One  letter 
of  membership  was  granted.  Bro.  D.  W.  Arnold  and  the 
writer  were  forwarded  to  the  -second  degree  of  the  ministiy 
and  were  duly  installed  by  Bro.  D.  B.  Arnold,  of  Burlington, 
W.  Va.— A.  W.  Arnold,  Purgitsville,  W.  Va„  March  j. 

Eglon.— The  church  at  this  place  convened  in  quarterly 
council  March  5.  Three  certificates  of  membership  were 
granted.  Two  were  received  by  letter  and  one  reclaimed. 
At  night  Bro.  E.  T.  Fike  preached  for  us.  On  Sunday,  March 
6,  we  met  for  Sunday  school  at  9  A.  M.  At  10:30  Bro.  Jonas 
Fike  preached  from  Rom,  8:9.  The  date  of  our  Ministerial 
Meeting  has  been  changed  from  June  10  and  1 1  to  May  20  and 
21.— D.  G.Judy,  March  8. 

Bluefleld.— Our  meetinghouse  in  Mercer  county,  near  New 
Hope,  to  the  erection  of  which  our  Brethren  genera  ly,  and 
especially  our  eastern  Brethren,  contributed  so  liberally, 
will  be  dedicated  the  fourth  Sunday  in  May.  Any  or  all, 
who  desire  to  be  with  us  at  that  time,  should  come  a  few  days 
before.  They  will  be  met  by  giving  notice  to  the  writer  or 
W.J.  Kahle  at  Littlesburg.  Stop  off  at  Ada,  These  wanting 
to  stop  at  Bluefield  should  address  the  writer,  Box  232.  This 
is  given  because  we  are  isolated,  and  those  going  to  Annual 
Meeting  might  arrange  to  preach  some  for  us  with  but  little 
additional  expense.—^.  /.  Hutchison,  March  //. 
VIRGINIA. 

Midland.— This  church  met  in  quarterly  council.  Consider- 
able business  came  before  the  meeting,  but  all  was  disposed  of 
pleasantly.  Eight  letters  were  granted.  Brethren  D.  Wei- 
mer  and  J.  W,  Good  are  our  delegates  to  District  Meeting, 
Bro.  J.  W.  Good  is  our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  Brethren 
B.  B.  Switzer  and  J.  M.  Kline  are  our  Sunday  school  Superin- 
tendents for  this  season.—./7.  N.  Weimer,  March  9, 

Greenmount.  — Our  new  churchhouse  is  now  completed 
and  was  dedicated  yesterday.  The  building  is  frame,  50x70 
feet,  and  at  the  dedicatory  service  was  packed  to  its  utmost, 
and  several  hundred  persons  were  outside,  who  could  not  be 
accommodated.  Bro.  H.  C.  Early  preached  the  dedicatory 
sermon  from  Mark  11:17,  using  only  the  words,  "Is  it  not 
written,  My  house  shall  be  called  of  all  nations  the  house  of 
prayer?"— Jacob  A.  Garber,  March  7. 

DISTRICT  OP  COLUMBIA. 

Washington.— The  Building  Committee,  appointed  by  the 
General  Missionary  and  Tract  Committee,  to  take  charge  of 
the  work,  and  also  to  raise  the  money,  yet  needed  to  build  a 
church  on  the  lot  purchased  some  lime  ago,  in  this  city,  met 

Monday  evening,  March  7,  and  decided  to  put  solicitors  in- 

the  field  to  raise  the  money  as  soon  as  possible,  in  order  to 
be  able  to  begin  building  at  an  early  date.  The  committee 
bas  no  power  to  build  until  the  money  is  raised.—^/,  C,  Flohr, 
397  Ninth  St.,  S.  E. 


THB  OOSIFIEilj   ^T^SSElSTGESIt. 


March  19,  1898. 


OOIiRESFONDENCE. 
From  Arkansas. 

This  report  ends  one  year's  work,  Looking 
over  the  summary  for  the  year,  I  feci  that  tin 
little  has  been  done,  and  that  greater  efforts 
should  be  put  forth  the  coming  year,  Present 
prospects  indicate  that  a  wider  field  will  be 
opened  up,  which,  if  all  present  preaching 
points  are  kept  up,  will  require  more  time  ant? 
extended  efforts.  If  our  members  coming  Soutl 
would  settle  close  together  or  locate  with  tht 
members  already  here,  it  would  lessen  the  work 
somewhat,  and  it  would  certainly  be  better  for 
the  cause  bere  at  present. 

While  we  feel  the  importance  of  putting  forll 

an  e t,  wherever  there  is  an  opening,  yet  il 

is  absolutely  necessary  that  wc  look  after  those 
points  where  members  are  located. 

B.  E.  Kesler. 

Drydm,  Ark.,  March  1. 

From  Washington. 

The  Gospel  Messenger  is  bringing  light 
into  many  homes  which  we  could  not  reach  in 
any  other  way,  In  our  prayer  meeting,  Sunday 
evening,  before  preaching,  an  aged  man  who 
was  with  us  for  the  first  lime,  arose  and  said  he 
never  knew  of  the  Brethren  church  until  recent- 
ly when  a  GOSPEL  Messenger  was  given  him 
by  a  friend.  Some  time  ago  I  entered  a  home 
and  found  the  lady  reading  the  Messenger. 
I  said,  "  Do  you  like  the  Messenger  ? "  "  Like 
it?  "  she  said,  "why  I  love  it."  There  are 
many  of  our  brethren  and  sisters  who  cannot 
locate  in  the  cities  to  work  for  the  Master,  who 
could  often  send  a  message  of  peace  and  love 
through  the  Messenger.  "The  Gospel  Mes- 
senger,"— O  bow  significant  the  name  and 
how  gre.it  the  responsibility  upon  the  contribu- 
tors and  especially  the  editor,  that  the  messages 
sent  by  the  Messenger  always  be  expressive 
of  theglorious  Gospel!  If  it  be  necessary  to 
take  time  for  supplica'.ftn  and  prayer  before 
delivering  a  sermon,  should  we  not  devote  even 
more  time  to  dedication  and  prayer,  and  imbibe 
more  Freely  from  the  Sourceand  Foundation  of 
life  before  sending  the  message  that  reaches 
multiplied  thousands  on  their  way  to  eternity? 
There  are  many  bruised  hearts  to  heal,  many 
who  have  been  wronged  that  need  help  to  bear 
up  under  the  trial,  many  who  know  not  the 
righteousness  of  God  and  their  obligation  to 
him,  who  should  be  taught  the  ways  of  God 
more  perfectly.  Many  who  are  deep  down  in 
sin  should  be  taken  out  of  the  horrible  pit, 
Send  on  the  MESSENGER,  filled  with  messages 
that  will  raise  the  fallen,  open  the  understand- 
ing, heal  the  broken-hearted,  strengthen  the 
weak  and  bring  peace  and  joy  to  many  homes 
and  hearts  that  have  it  not. 

I  am  often  asked  what  I  do  during  the  week. 
Perhaps  many  wonder  that  have  not  asked. 
To  you  I  will  say,  Come  and  see,  and  if  you  are 
troubled  with  lukewarmness,  go  with  me  and  I 
assure  you,  you  will  be  relieved  in  a  few  days 
of  your  dangerous  malady. 

Many  thanks  to  the  brethren  and  sisters  who 
remembered  the  Washington  Mission  financial- 
ly. Have  patience,  dearly  beloved,  your  sym- 
pathies and  prayers  for  the  cause  in  Washing- 
ton are  not  lost,  A  foundation  is  being  laid 
which,  to  us,  is  encouraging.  There  will  he  a 
reaping  at  no  far  dist.int  day. 


j/9  11  St.,  S.  /..,  Washington,  1). 


,  Mar. 


PROGRAMMES. 


FORENOON  SERVICES. 

1.  "The  Use  and  Abuse  of  Lesson  Helps." — 
A.  W.  Austin,  W.  P.  Brouse. 

2.  "  How  to  Make  the  Sunday  School  Work- 
ers More  Numerous  and  More  Efficient." — 
Samuel  Edgecomb,  J.  C.  Neher. 

afternoon  session. 

1.  «  How  Best  to  Promote  the  Social  Feeling 
in  the  Sunday  School."— J.  Appleman,  J.  H 
Brubaker. 

2.  "What  Constitutes  a  Model  Sunday 
School."— Jas.  A.  Stouder,  F.  B.  Landis. 

3.  "The  Relation  Between  the  Church  and 
Her  Sunday  School  Work."— A.  L.  Goram,  G, 
Fillmore. 

Business.— Election  of  officers;  time  and 
place  of  next  meeting;  methods  of  conducting 
these  meetings,  etc. 


After  the  opening  of  cadi  subject  by  ihost 
to  whom  assigned,  a  short  period  will  be  givei 
for  general  discussion. 

It  is  hoped  that  those  whose  names  do  no 
appear  upon  the  Program,  will  be  free  to  giv< 
expression  to  helpful  thoughts  on  the  variou: 

Let  all  who  have  copies  of  the  Brethren': 
Sunday  School  Song  Book,  bring  them  to  tht 
meeting.  By  order  of  the  Committee. 

B.  S.  Burnett. 

Cushing,  Ok/a.  T.,  Feb.  27. 


-^OUR  x  BOOK  x  TABLED 

"Poems  of  Adelphia,"  by  Daniel  Driver 
Thomas,  has  found  its  way  to  our  desk,  and 
appeals  to  us  for  a  kindly  bearing.  This  col- 
lection of  original  poems  embodies  scenes  in 
the  home,  in  nature,  and  other  topics  of  inter- 
st.  The  author  is  to  be  commended  for  his 
ttempt  to  be  clear  in  his  meaning,  and  make 
himself  understood  by  that  large  class  of  read- 
ers who  care  more  for  a  work  that  can  be 
readily  grasped  and  fully  understood,  than  for 
rhetorical  flourish  and  polished  poetical  finish. 
The  work  is  bound  in  fine  cloth,  well  printed, 
and  published  by  the  auihor,  at  Williamstown, 
Ohio.    Price,  75  cents,  post-paid. 

"What  is  a  Bank?"  is  the  title  of  a  real  in- 
structive pamphlet,  sent  out  by  the  American 
Bankers'  Association,  20  Broad  Street,  New 
York.  It  may  be  had  for  the  asking,  and  is  full 
of  information  regarding  the  purpose  and  use 
if  banks. 


MATRIMONIAL - 


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ANGELO-SMITIL  — At  th< 
the  bride's  parents,  near. Kokeby,  Nebr.,  Feb. 
3,  iSqS,  by  the  writer,  Mr.  H.  Wallace  Angelo, 
of  Lincoln,  Nebr.,  and  Sister  Marion  C.  Smith, 
of  Rokeby,  Nebr.  David  G.  Couser. 

WEST— HAYS.  — Near  Colchester,  111.,  by 
the  undersigned,  at  his  residence,  Bro.  George 
West  and  Sister  Etta  Hays,  both  of  Fandon, 
S.  S.  Hummer. 


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LEREW.-In  the  Belleville  congregation, 
Republic  County,  Kans.,  Feb.  22,  1S0S,  George 
Harry,  infant  son  of  Jacob  and  Lucy  Lerew, 
aged  6  months  and  3  days.     Funeral  by  Bro. 

Llbion  C.  Daggett,  assisted  by  D.  R.  Holsing- 

r,  from  2  Kings  4:  26,  latter  clause. 

Louisa  J.  Williams. 
SLIGER.— At  his  home,  six  miles  southwest 

f  Chandler,  Okla.,  of  la  grippe  and  pneumo- 

ia,  James  C.  Sligcr,  aged  16  years  and  26 
days.  Deceased  was  not  a  member  of  the 
church,  but  was  loved  and   respected  by  all 

aat  knew  him.     Funeral  by  the  writer,  from 

Tliess.  4: 14-  Jas.  A.  Stouder. 

SHRIDER.— Feb.    23,    1898.    Joel    Shrider, 

ldest  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Shrider,  aged 
70  years,  3  months  and  17  days.  Deceased 
ted  with  the  Brethren  church  in  his  youth, 
leaves  three  brothers  and  two  sisters. 
Two  brothers  and  three  sisters  preceded  him 
in  death.  Services  at  Mt.  Sterling,  Musking- 
um County,  Ohio,  by  the  writer,  from  Jer.  12: 
5.  Q_UINCY  Leckrone. 

MACOMBER.— In  the  bounds  of  the  O/.aw- 
kie  congregation,  near  Oskaloosa,  Kans.,  Sis- 
ter Barbara  A.  Macomber,  wife  of  Mr.  H.  D. 
Macomber,  aged  51  years,  5  months  and  12 
days.  Deceased  was  born  near  Muncie,  Ind., 
where  her  childhood  days  were  spent.  When 
sixteen  years  of  age,  she,  with  her  parents, 
came  to  Kansas.  Dec.  26,  1S69,  she  unite 
marriage  with  H.  D.  Macomber,  at  her  home, 
one  mile  west  of  Ozawkie.  To  their  uni 
were  born  twelve  children,  nine  of  whom  pi 
ceded  her  to  the  other  shore.  In  the  spring  of 
1875  she  removed  with  her  husband  to  Nevada, 
after  which  they  came  back  to  Kansas,  and 
settled  near  Oskaloosa,  where  they  lived  unti 
death  separated  them,  March  3,  1808.  For  tht 
last  two  years  she  was  a  great  sufferer  witl 
cancer,  and  since  July,  1897,  was  almost  help 
less.  She  leaves  a  husband  and  three  daugh 
ters.    Services  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  J.  A. 

Root,  from  Heb.  4:  9.  Interment  in  the  Oska> 
loosa  cemetery.  H,  L,  Brammell, 


SNYDER.  — In  the  Snake  Spring  church, 
Pa.,  Feb.  24,  189S,  Sister  Phcbc  Snyder,  aged 
74  years,    2  months  and   28    days.     The   dc 
ceased  fell  and  fractured  her  limb  above  th 
knee.    Her  suffering  was  intense,    She  livct 
one  week.    She  leaves  three    sons    and  two 
daughters,  all  members  of  the  church.     Sei 
•s   by  elders  Wm.    S.    Ritchey    and  Jacob 
oontz,  from  Rev.  14:  13. 
SNYDER. —  At  the  same  place,  Feb,  27, 
98,  Ira  Glen,  infant  son  of  Bro.  Ada     and 
ster  Cassie   Snyder,  aged  4  months  and  18 
days.    Services  by  Eld.  Wm.  S.  Ritchey  and 
c  writer.  Solomon  Hershherger. 

DETWILER.— In  the  New  Enterprise  con- 
gregation, Bedford  Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  8,  1898,  Sister 
nda  Jane  Detwiler,  wife  of  Bro.  Isaac  Det- 
,  aged  4?  years,  4  months  and  5  days. 
Sister  Detwiler  was  afflicted  with  consumption 
for  quite  a  while.  She  was  much  concerned 
t  her  children,  and  was  very  diligent  in 
teaching  them  the  ways  of  the  Lord.  She  had 
the  consolation  of  seeing  six  of  them  in  the 
church;  the  other  two  being  too  young.  Servi- 
by  Eld.  C.  L.  Buck,  assisted  by  Eld.  L.  F. 
Holsingcr,  from  Jer.  5:  12.  H.  A.  Buck. 

FOX.— On    COrbett's  addition,  Hagerstown, 

Md.,  Feb.  21,   1898,  after  a  brief  illness,  of 

diphtheria,  Arminta  Grace,  daughter  of  Bro, 

and  Sister  Arminta  K.  Fox,  aged  4  years, 

nths  and  25  days.     Services  at  the  house 

the  following  day  at  3  P.  M.,  by  Eld.  A.  B. 

Barnhart.    Interment  at  Rose  Hill  cemetery. 

Ezra  Fox. 

WIDDER.  —  At  her  home  in   the  Lower 

Cumberland  congregation,  Pa.,  Feb,   13,  1898, 

of  pneumonia,  Sister  Sarah  A.  Widder,  aged 

ars,  2  months  and  10  days.    Sister  Wid- 

•as  sick  but  a  short  time.     She  called  for 

the  elders  and  was  anointed.     She  leaves  a 

kind  husband,  (a  brbther),  two  sons  and  two 

daughters.     Services    and    interment    at    the 

Mohler  meetinghouse,  Lower  Cumberland,  Pa., 

by  the  writer,   assisted   by  Eld,    Henry  Beel- 

an,  from  Matt.  7:  24,  25. 

David  Landis, 

LAHMAN.  —  In  St.  Anthony's  Hospital, 
enver,  Colo.,  Feb.  17,  1898,  from  the  effects  of 
a  surgical  operation,  Grace  A.  Lahman,  young- 
st  daughter  of  our  late  Bro.  Joseph  C.  Lah- 
nan,  aged  23  years,  8  months  and  17  days, 
fer  body  was  brought  to  Franklin  Grove,  111., 
nd  interred  in  the  family  lot.  The  funeral 
ervices  were  held  in  the  Presbyterian  church, 
nd  conducted  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Anthony  of  that 
enomination,  assisted  by  Bro.  Levi  Trostle. 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Progressive  Breth- 
en  church.  D.  B.  Senger. 

WRAY  —  In   the  Roann  church,  Ind.,  Feb. 
7,    1898,   Bro.  John   Wray,   aged  69  years,  4 
nonths  and  29  days,     Deceased  was  born  in 
Franklin  County,  Va.     He  came  to  Indiana  in 
856.     He  was  married  to  Mary  Brower,  March 
6,  1S57,  who  preceded  him  ten  years.    There 
vere  born  to   them    five  daughters,   three  of 
whom  are  still  living.     Services  by  Bro.  David 
Swihart.     Interment  in  the  Reed  cemetery. 
Joseph  John. 
SWOVELAND.  —  In  the  Buck  Creek  con- 
gregation, Henry  Co.,  Ind.,  Feb.  23,  1898,  in- 
fant son  of  Bro.  Levi  and  Sister  Swoveland, 
;ed  3  days.     Funeril  services  at  the  house  by 
e  writer.  I.  B.  Wire. 

SNOWBERGER.— Tn   the   Monticello   con- 
gregation, Ind.,   Dec.  27,   1898,  Charles  Clar- 
,  only  child  of  Simon  and  Delia  Snow- 
bcrger,  aged   2  years,  9  months  and  16  days. 
;rvices  by  the  writer.  David  Dilling. 

HENRY.  — In  the  Aughwick  church,  Pa, 
Feb.  23,  1898,  Sister  Susan  L.  Henry,  aged  51 
years,  9  months  and  1 2  days,  Deceased 
an  earnest  member  of  the  Brethren 
church  for  many  years.  She  was  buried 
the  Hill  Valley  church.  Her  husband,  Wa- 
rn Henry,  and  a  family  of  children  survive 
her.  Services  by  the  writer,  from  Hosea  13: 
14.  W.  S.  Long. 

TROWBRIDGE.— At  Hastings,  Nebraska, 
March  2,  189S,  of  bronchitis,  Dura  Saline 
Trowbridge,  daughter  of  D.  Leroy  Trow- 
bridge and  Anna  B.  Trowbridge  (nee  Gribe) 
aged  3  months.  She  was  born  Dec.  3,  1897. 
Funeral  services  from  Mark  10:  13,16,  by  C. 
Hope. 

BROADWATER.— In  the  Maple  Grove 
congregation,  Garrett  County,  Md.,  March  3, 
1898,  Bro.  Henry  Broadwater,  aged  8i  years,  1 
month  and  17  days,  Services  by  the  writer, 
from  Ps.  73:  27.  S.  A,  Miller, 


YOUNG.— Near  the  Locus:  Grove  church, 
Md.,  Feb.  21,  1893,  of  Bright's  disease,  Bro.  ja- 
cob  Young,  nged  52  years  and  8  months,  He 
rly  from  Stevens,  Lancaster  Co., 
Pa.,  but  moved  to  Maryland  two  years  ago. 
cmains  were  interred  in  the  Locust  Grove 
:tery.  Services  by  elders  S.  H.  Utz  and 
W.  L.  Miller.  Maggie  E.  Ecker. 

MILLER.  —  In  the  bounds  of  the   Sugar 
Creek  church,  Allen   Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  6,  1898, 
Jacob  B.  Miller,  aged  50  years,  9  months  and 
days.     He   was  enjoying   good    health,   la- 
bored the  previous  day,  ate  a  hearty  supper  in 
,  and   seemed  unusually  cheerful 
when  retiring,  but  in  the  morning  it  was  as- 
certained that  his  spirit  had  fled,  apparently 
thout  a  struggle.    He  leaves  five  children 
(all   grown)  and  a  companion  who    has,    for 
many  years,  been  afflicted  in  mind.     Services 
the  Sugar  Creek  church,  by  Eld.  Samuel 
river,  assisted  by  Bro-  Jacob  Driver. 

Qavid  Byeri-V, 

ESHELMAN— At   Mt.    Joy,    Pa.,    Feb.    8, 

98,  of  typhoid  fever,  Sister  Eshelman,  wife 

of  Samuel  Eshelman,  aged  19  years,  6  months 

and  7  days.     Her  funeral   was  held    at    the 

Tree  church   Feb.    11.    She    was   the 

mother  of  two  little  children,  both  sons,  and 

the  only  child  of  loving  parents.     She  was 

married  about    three  years,  and,  during  that 

ne  she  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  and  gave 

:r  heart  to  Jesus.      Mrs.  W.  M.  Hoover. 

H"YLTON.  —  At  Hylton,   Floyd    Co.,  Va., 

Feb.  15,  1898,  Frances  Hylton,  wife  of  Eld,  H. 

P.  Hylton,  aged  74  years   and    12  days.     She 

the   daughter  of  Eld.  Chrisley  Bowman, 

was  born  in  Roanoke  County,  Va,     Nov, 

27,  1844,  she  was  married   to    H.    P.    Hylton, 

th  whom  she  lived  and  labored  until  death. 

leir  union  was  blessed  with  nine  children, 

oof  whom  preceded  her  to  the  spirit  land. 

Two  of  her  children    are    ministers    in    the 

Brethren   church,  and    one    a    deacon.    Two 

years  after  her  marriage    her    husband    was 

elected  to  the  ministry,  and  became  one  of  the 

pioneer  preachers   of   Southwestern  Virginia. 

While  he  was  out,  traveling  through  the  moun- 

nding     to    the    Master's    business, 

mother  remained  at  home  with  the  little  cbil- 

en,  attending  quietly  to  her  domestic  affairs. 

er  sickness   was  of  a  short  duration.     She 

is  anointed   a  few  hours  before  her  death. 

meral  services  by  the  Brethren. 

C.  D.  Hylton. 
MARTIN— In  the  Palestine  church,  Ohio, 
Feb.  23,  1898,  Sister  Susanna  Martin,  aged 
about  66  years.  Deceased  was  born  near  Ger- 
ntown,  Ohio.  She  was  married  to  William 
H,  Martin,  Dec.  26,  1886.  Three  children 
:  born  to  her  by  a  former  husband,  one 
of  whom  still  lives.  She  was  almost  a 
iufferer  for  about  one  year.  Services 
by  Eld.  Tobias  Kreider. 

Daniel  Bausman. 
SHIVELY.— In  the  Pipe  Creek  church,  Ind., 
Feb.  22,  1898,  after  a  short  illness,  Sadie,  wife 
of  Perry  Shively,  and  daughter  of  Bro.  John 
and   Sister  Mollie    Rohrer,  aged  21    years,    I 
month  and  23  days.    The  deceased  was  born 
Miami  County,  Ind.,  Dec.  30,  1876,  and  was 
ted  in  matrimony  to  her  now  bereaved  hus- 
band March  13,   1897.     The  husband  survives 
her.    Services  were  held  by  Bro.  Daniel  P. 
Shively,  assisted  by  other  home  brethren,  from 
Mark  14:  8.  W.  B.  Dailey. 

RADER.— Near  Troutville,  Botetourt  Co., 
Va.,  March  5,  1S98,  Bro.  Simon  T.  Rader,  aged 
nearly  54  years.  Bro.  Rader  has  been  failing 
n  body  and  mind  for  some  lime,  but  was  par- 
alyzed a  short  time  before  his  death,  Funeral 
by  Eld.  Jonas  Graybill,  from  the  words,  "  The 
last  enemy  that  shall  be  destroyed  is  death." 
S..  L.  Shaver. 

HALTERMAN.— At  her  home,  near  Lost 
City,  W.  Va-,  Feb.  21,  1898,  Sister  Amy  Halter- 

Basore,  wife  of  George  Halterman. 

1  consistent  member  of  the  church 
for  many  years.  She  was  the  mother  of  one 
child.  Services  by  L.  D.  Colwell,  from  I 
Thess.  4:  13,  14.  Daniel  Kohne. 

SNYDER.— In  the  Sugar  Creek  church,  Al- 
len Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  30,  189S,  Sister  Barbara  A. 
Snyder,  aged  38  years,  6  months  and  15  days. 
Sister  Snyder  united  with  the  church  Feb.  2, 
1888,  She  was  a  great  sufferer  for  several 
years.  She  leaves  a  kind  husband  and  seven 
children.  Services  by  Eld,  Samuel  Driver,  as- 
sisted by  Bro.  Jacob  Driver. 

Pavid  Byerly, 


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The  Price  of  Farm  Lands 
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ried that  it  is  only  possible  to  give  here  a  very 
general  idea  of  prices  in  different  parts  of  the 
State.    Cheap  lands  in  Nebraska  will  in  a  very 
few  years  be  a  thing  of  the  past,  as,  with 
creased  demand  comes  naturally  a  steady 
in  price.    Had  it  not  been  for  the  long  se; 
of  depression  in  the  United  States,  which  has 
been  felt  by  no  one  one  more  severely  than  the 
renter  of  the  eastern  farm,  it  is   safe  to  say 
there  would  be  comparatively  little  land  for 
sale  in  Nebraska  at  the  present  day. 

Along  the  Republican  Valley,  and  all 
through  the  central  part  of  the  State,  prices 
range  from  $4  to  $12  for  unimproved  land,  and 
for  improved  lands  from  $12  to  $30  per  acre, 

In  the  eastern  portion  of  the  State  land  val- 
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location  and  extent  of  improvements  effected. 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.— 

Items •  •  • *93.  aco- 

The  Doctrine  Defended 

Querists'  Department 

What  the  Jews  Say  About  It, 

POETRY.— 

The  Lord's  Appointment,  .',....'. 

Faith  and  Love.    By  Edward  Craerolt  Lelroy 

Why  Do  We  Wait?    Selected  by  Nancy  Bahr 

ESSAY  DEPARTMENT.— 

On  the  Way  to  India— No.  17.— By  S.  N.  McCann, .......... 

Our  God  Is  in  the  Heavens.     By  Daniel  Havs 

A  Word  to  Young  Ministers.     By  S.  /,.  Sharp 

The  Prayer-covering.    By  P.  R.  Keltner 

Faith,  Living  or  Dead.    By  W.  B.  Stover,     

A  Tribute  to  Eld.  D.  F.  Stauffer.    By  D.  Emmert 

Providences.    By  Jas.  A.  Sell, ■ 

The  Wheat  and  the  Tares-Matt.  13:  24-33.  36-43.    By  John  E.  Mol: 

The  Water  Not  Cold.    By  Thomas  Lewis 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,- 

Lcsson  Light-Flashes, i 

Sunday  School  Notes.    By  John  R.  Snyder 

SERMON  OUTLINE.— 

•■  The  Christian's  Model."    By  J.  S.Mohler 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,— 

Prscepts  for  Christian  Livinj— Rom.  11T 0-21, .  ." 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

The  Point  ol  Separation 

A  Sunday  School  Essay.    By  C.  A.  WiUiama 

LclrninK.as.We  Go 

GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT,— 

Mission  Work.-No.  12 

Orphanage  Notes.    By  G.  J.  Fercken, 

Responsibility  0!  Delay  in  Missions.     By  S.  S.  Blough 

Bulaar  Notes.    By  D.  L.  Forney 

How  Others  Do.    By  A.  M.  T.  Miller 

The  Cedar  Rapids  Mission.    ByM.W.  Emmert 

Report  of  Washington  Mission 

HOME  AND  FAMILY,— 

To  An  Invalid  Sister.    By  Maggie  M.  Good 

The  Right  Thing 

Face  Your  Trouble 

The  Home 


^EDITORIAL  *  MISCELLANY^ 

The  man  who  maintains  that  the  Garden  of  Eden 
was  located  at  the  North  Pole  is  of  course  mistaken, 
but  it  has  been  proven  that  there  was  a  period  in 
the  world's  history  when  the  climate  in  Greenland 
was  as  mild  as  that  now  found  in  the  southern  part 
of  Florida,  This  was  thousands  of  years  before  the 
diseoveiy  of  the  Western  Continent,  and  if  there 
were  people  in  this  portion  of  Ihe  world  at  that  time, 
they  may  have  visited  all  parts  of  North  America, 
clad  in  summer  garments.  It  is  not  too  much  to 
suggest  that  large  numbars  of  them  may  have  lived 
in  Alaska,  and  even  built  cities  where  the  great 
gold-fields  are  now  found.  But  the  cold  weather 
drove  them  to  the  South,  leaving  the  riches  of 
Klondike  to  be  discovered  later  on.  And  now, 
since  the  long-forsaken  region  has  been  found  to 
contain  vast  gold-fields,  the  people  are  returning  to 
it  by  the  thousands,  and  by  the  first  of  July  the  popu- 
lation of  Alaska  will  be  large  enough  to  entitle  it 
to  Statehood.  The  Yukon  river  will  be  lined  with 
steamers,  while  the  overland  route  will  contain  al- 
most an  unbroken  line  of  men  and  animals,  making 
their  way  over  the  mountains,  across  valleys  and 
through  great  beds  of  snow,  to  the  Eldorado  of  the 
North.  What  will  be  the  result  we  cannot  tell. 
There  is  plenty  of  gold  there,  and  the  people  seem 
determined  to  have  it.  The  getting  of  the  gold  is 
au  right,  so  long  as  it  is  done  in  an  honorable  man- 


ner, and  there  is  nothing  out  of  the  way  in  owning 
even  a  good  deal  of  the  metal,  provided  a  proper 
use  is  made  of  it,  but  it  is  to  be  feared  that  more 
real  harm  than  good  will  grow  out  of  the  mad  rush 
for  wealth.  

Senator  Proctor  recently  returned  from  Cuba, 
where  he  spent  some  weeks  looking  into  the  situ- 
ation on  the  Island.  This  he  did  for  his  own  sat- 
isfaction. A  few  days  ago  he  made  a  speech  in 
the  Senate,  setting  forth  the  state  of  affairs  as  he 
found  them.  His  address  was  delivered  with  the 
utmost  care,  and  has  probably  given  more  light  on 
the  Cuban  situation  than  anything  yet  published. 
He  describes  the  condition,  outside  of  Havana,  as 
desolation  and  distress,  misery  and  starvation. 
The  east  half  of  the  island,  with  the  exception  of  a 
few  fortified  towns,  is  practically  in  the  hands  of 
the  Cubans.  Here  the  people  are  getting  along 
fairly  well,  they  make  a  good  living,  and  none  of 
them  are  starving,  The  west  half  is,  in  most  parts, 
ruled  by  the  Spaniards,  and  soldiers  are  stationed 
at  various  well-fortified  places  in  this  section  of  the 
island.  It  is  here  that  the  terrible  suffering  is 
found.  The  Spaniards  have  compelled  all  the  peo- 
ple to  forsake  their  farms  and  homes  in  the  coun- 
try, and  come  inside  of  a  barb-wire  fence,  built 
around  the  towns  where  the  soldiers  are  stationed. 
Not  one  of  them  is  permitted  to  leave  this  enclos- 
ure. All  the  buildings  in  the  country  have  been 
burned,  and  everywhere  naught  but  desolation  is 
seen  on  every  hand.  One  may  travel  for  miles 
through  the  richest  parts  of  Cuba,  where  everything 
seemed  prosperous  a  few  years  ago,  and  see  not  a 
building  or  a  human  being. 


Thus  pent  up  in  bhe  town,  with  nothing  to  do, 
and,  in  many  instances,  with  nothing  to  eat,  the 
people  are  literally  starving  by  th«  thousands. 
People,  who  could  live  well,  and  enjoy  life,  were 
they  permitted  to  live  in  the  country,  are  suffering 
for  the  want  of  food  and  clothing.  They  were  al- 
lowed, says  the  Senator,  to  build  huts  of  palm 
leaves  in  the  suburbs  and  vacant  places  within  the 
trocas,  and  left  to  live  if  they  could.  Their  huts 
are  about  10x15  *eet  m  s'ze>  anc'<  *or  want  of  space, 
are  usually  crowded  together  very  closely.  They 
have  no  floor, but  the  ground,  no  furniture,  and,  aft 
er  a  year's  wear,  but  little  clothing  except  such 
stray  substitutes  as  they  can  extemporize.  With 
large  families,  or  with  more  than  one,  in  this  little 
space,  the  commonest  sanitary  provisions  are  im- 
possible. Conditions  are  unmentionable  in  this  re 
spect.  Torn  from  their  homes,  with  foul  earth,  air, 
water,  and  foul  food,  or  none,  what  wonder  that 
one-half  have  died,  and  that  one-quarter  of  the  liv- 
ing are  so  diseased  that  they  cannot  be  saved,  A 
form  of  dropsy  is  a  common  disorder  resulting 
from  these  conditions.  Little  children  are  still 
walking  about  with  arms  and  chests  terribly  emaci- 
ated, eyes  swollen,  and  abdomen  bloated  to  three 
times  the  natural  size.  The  physicians  say  these 
cases  are  hopeless. 

Mr.  Proctor  thinks  that  fully  2oo,oco  persons 
have  already  died,  and  to-day  people  are  dying 
right  in  the  streets.  The  contributions  sent  by  the 
American  people  are  keeping  thousands  of  them 
alive,  but  the  suffering  is  so  great,  and  the  needy  so 
numerous,  that  it  will  require  a  great  deal  to  any 
thing  like  relieve  the  suffering.  He  says  that  all  the 
help  sent  from  this  country  is  being  wisely  used  for 
the  relief  of  the  starving,  and  that  it  must  be  kept 
up  until  the  war  closes,  and  the  people  be  permitted 
to  return  to  the  country,  and  reclaim  their  lands, 


He  praises  Miss  Clara  Barton  and  her  band  of  faith- 
ful workers,  who  are  doing  so  much  for  the  comfort 
of  the  sick  and  starving,  Let  the  Christian  world 
pray  that  these  days  of  horror  and  desolation  for  the 
fair  island  Cuba,  may  be  shortened,  otherwise  deso- 
lation must  soon  reign  supreme  over  one  of  the 
most  delightful  regions  on  earth. 


At  no  other  time,  for  a  generation  or  more,  has 
the  peace  of  the  world  been  so  threatened  from  so 
many  standpoints  as  at  the  present.  It  would 
seem  that  nearly  all  the  leading  nations  of  earth 
are  preparing  for  strife.  It  has  been  suggested 
that  the  war  spirit  rises  and  falls  like  the  tides.  If 
that  be  true,  it  certainly  must  be  at  its  height  just 
now.  England  still  has  trouble  with  the  Afghan- 
istan north  of  India.  She  is  preparing  to  push 
her  claims  on  the  upper  Nile,  and  this  brings  her 
face  to  face  with  France.  She  has  other  troubles 
in  Africa,  while  her  relations  with  Russia  and  Ger- 
many are  becoming  greatly  strained  over  the  Chi- 
nese affair.  Japan  and  Russia  have  some  serious 
misunderstandings  that  they  have  not  yet  been 
able  to  settle.  Turkey  and  Bulgaria  are  having 
trouble  that  looks  rather  serious.  Should  a  war 
break  out  between  England  and  Russia,  Germany 
France,  Italy  and  Japan  may  take  part  in  it.  Then 
both  the  United  States  and  Spain  are  making  rap- 
id preparations  for  war.  It  looks  very  much  as 
though  all  Europe  and  America  are  to  become  in- 
volved in  a  terrible  clash  of  arms.  Should  it  come 
tc  this,  RiGSt  of  the  fighting"  will  be  done  on  the 
water,  but  the  results  to  follow  are  terrible  to  con- 
template. Matters  look  more  serious  than  they 
seemed  one  week  ago,  If  there  ever  was  a  time 
when  Christians  should  pray  for  peace  on  earth  and 
good  will  to  men,  it  is  now. 


At  the  outbreak  of  the  late  war,  the  M.  E, 
church  South,  had,  at  Nashville,  Term.,  one  of  the 
largest  publishing  houses  in  the  country.  When 
the  Union  forces  took  possession  of  Nashville,  this 
splendid  establishment  was  confiscated  and  used 
by  the  Federal  Government.  After  the  close  of 
the  war  the  M.  E,  people  in  the  South  made  re- 
peated efforts  to  secure  indemnity  for  their  losses. 
The  matter  has  been  before  Congress  time  and 
again,  and  a  short  time  ago  a  bill  was  passed  to 
make  good  the  losses.  The  bill  has  been  signed  by 
the  President,  and  the  Southern  Methodists  will 
soon  get  their  money.  The  Northwestern  Christian 
Advocate,  published  in  Chicago,  is  out  with  long 
editorials,  showing  that  the  statement  for  dama- 
ges, submitted  to  Congress,  is  greatly  overdrawn, 
and  that  the  publishing  concern  was  not  worth 
anything  like  the  amount  allowed  by  Congress.  If 
the  figures  given  by  the  Advocate  are  correct, 
somebody  has  greatly  exaggerated,  We  refer  to 
this  to  show  that  the  trouble  pertaining  to  the  war 
is  not  yet  wholly  settled,  and  it  is  a  little  remark- 
able that  the  latest  installment  should,  in  a  meas- 
ure, relate  to  the  M.  E.  people,  who  were  sepa- 
rated before  the  war,  were  arrayed  against  each 
other  during  the  war,  and  are  still  apart. 


The  death  of  Sir  Henry  Bessemer  takes  away 
from  the  scientific  and  industrial  world  a  man  of 
genius.  An  immense  percentage  of  the  steel,  now 
used  in  the  railways  and  for  other  purposes,  is 
made  by  the  process,  invented  by  the  ingenuity  of 
this  famous  Englishman.  Civilization  undoubtedly 
has  progressed,  in  material  things,  fifty  years  be- 
yond the  situation  it  would  have  occupied,  had  he 
not  given  to  the  world  his  great  invention, 


THE   GOSPEL   3yCESSE3STGBie<. 


March  26,  1898. 


•ESSAYS<- 


THE  LORD'S  APPOINTMENT. 

"I  SAV  it  over  and  over,  and  yet  again  today; 
II  rests  my  heart  as  surely  as  it  did  yesterday; 
'  It  is  the  Lord's  appointment! ' 
Whatever  my  work  may  be, 
I  am  sure,  in  my  heait  of  hearts, 
He  has  offered  it  for  me. 
"  I  must  say  it  over  and  over,  and  again  to-day, 
For  my  work  is  somewhat  different  from  yesterday: 
•It  is  the  Lord's  appointmenll ' 

It  quiets  my  restless  will 

Like  voice  of  a  tender  mother, 

And  my  heart  and  will  are  still. 

"  I  will  say  it  over  and  over,  this  and  every  day, 

Whatsoever  the  Master  orders,  come  what  may: 

'  It  is  the  Lord's  appointment ! ' 

For  only  his  love  can  see 

What  is  wisest,  best,  and  right, 

What  is  truiy  good  for  me." 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.-No.  17. 


BY  S.  N.  Mct'ANN. 


Riding  across  the  valley  of  dead  bodies  we  go 
northwest  across  rocky  hills  and  valleys,  passing 
over  some  of  the  old  Roman  road  on  our  way. 
After  a  rough  ride  of  about  one  hour  we  stop  at 
Mizpeh,  which  means  watch  tower,  or  high  point. 
This  point,  however,  is  marked  by  a  mosque  and 
old  ruins,  and  is  called  Neby  Samwil  and  is  likely 
the  Mizpeh  of  Samuel.  Mizpeh,  Ramah,  and  Gilgal 
formed  Samuel's  circuit  as  judge  for  forty  years. 
1  Sam.  7: 17. 

It  was  from  here  that  the  men  of  Israel  went  out 
when  the  Lord  gave  them  their  great  victory  over 
the  Philistines,  marked  by  the  stone  Ebenezer.  It 
was  here  that  the  men  of  Israel  took  an  oath  not  to 
give  their  daughters  to  Benjamin  in  marriage. 
Here  the  army  assembled  as  one  man  against  Ben- 
jamin.   Judges  20  and  21. 

Gedaliah,  the  governor  of  Israel  under  Nebuchad- 
nezzar, a  number  of  Jews,  and  others  were  slain 
here,  and  thrown  into  a  pit  by  Ishoiael,  who  pre- 
tended to  be  their  friend.  Johanan  warned  Geda- 
liah, but  he  refused  to  listen  and  thus  lost  his  life 
and  the  lives  of  many  others.     Jer.  40  and  41. 

Just  a  few  days  before  we  came  here,  one  of  the 
natives,  while  working  in  the  ground,  discovered  a 
large  pit  or  cistern,  just  southeast  of  the  mosque. 
He  found  some  old  relics  in  it,  but  I  failed  to  learn 
what,  as  he  had  taken  them  to  Jerusalem,  Perhaps 
the  pit  into  which  Ishmael  threw  Gedaliah  and  the 
men  that  he  murdered,  will  yet  be  found.  There 
are  some  very  old-looking  cisterns  here,  and  one 
feels  that  this  is  Mizpeh  of  Samuel.  Samuel's  tomb 
is  pointed  out  in  this  old  mosque.  We  go  to  the 
top  of  the  minaret,  from  where  we  have  an  excel- 
lent view  of  the  surrounding  country.  Looking 
east  we  see  Nob  and  Gibeah  of  Saul.  Just  a  little 
north  of  Gibeah  we  see  Ramah.  Jerusalem  and 
Bethlehem  are  clearly  seen  to  the  southeast.  It 
was  from  this  point  that  Titus  first  looked  upon  Je- 
rusalem, in  A.  D.  70.  It  was  here  that  Israel's  first 
king  was  chosen.     1  Sam.  10. 

We  bid  farewell  to  this  historic  spot  and,  after 
about  one  hour's  hard  riding,  through  the  rain, 
stop  at  El  Kubebeh  [EmmausJ.  We  are  received 
with  a  welcome  by  the  Franciscan  Monks  here,  and 
given  a  good  dinner,  after  which  we  are  shown 
around  and  then  invited  to  stay  all  night  with  them. 
The  remains  of  an  old  Crusader's  church,  some  old 
pavement,  an  old  sarcophagus  and  some  old  oil 
presses  are  shown  here.  This  place  is,  however, 
interesting  to  us,  because  Jesus  went  up  to  Emmaus 
and  was  known  in  the  breaking  of  bread  to  the  dis- 
ciples. Luke  24: 13-33.  An  hour  and  a  half  more, 
across  the  rocky  hills  and  we  are  at  Abu- Gosh,  the 
traditional  site  of  Kirjath-jearim.  This  place  has 
nothing  in  itself  that  is  interesting  except  a  very 
fine  spring  and  one  old  church  near  the  spring,  used 


as  a  stable.  The  interest  of  the  place  to  us,  is 
summed  up  in  the  twenty  years  that  the  ark  was  in 
the  house  of  Abinadab  (1  Sam.  7:2);  and  because  it 
was  the  birth-place  of  the  prophet  Urijah.  Jer. 
26:20.  This  is  interesting  to  us  because  of  the  his- 
torical interest  that  clings  to  it.  Here  the  ark  re- 
mained for  some  time,  and  from  here,  also,  it  was 
removed.  This  brings  up  Eli  and  his  wicked  sons, 
with  their  loss  of  the  ark  and  their  own  lives.  We 
think  of  the  ark  in  the  land  of  Philistia,  and  its  mi- 
raculous return  to  Beth-shemesh. 

David  comes  here  and  starts  to  remove  the  ark, 
but  is  discouraged  by  the  death  of  Uzza  and  he 
leaves  it  at  the  house  of  Obededom  for  three 
months.     1  Chron.  13:  5-14. 

After  we  leave  Kirjath-jearim  we  pass  close  to 
the  reputed  birthplace  of  John  the  Baptist,  Ain 
Karim.  This  is  a  beautiful  village,  standing  on  the 
hill-slope,  surrounded  by  a  fertile  district.  If  this 
is  Elizabeth's  home,  we  could  have  met  Mary  there 
had  we  come  to  Palestine  in  the  time  of  Herod, 
Luke  1:  39-41. 

We  have  a  splendid  road  from  here  to  Jerusalem, 
along  which  we  pass  an  occasional  watch-tower, 
that  is  no  longer  used.  These  watch  towers  were 
once  occupied  by  watchmen  who  were  necessary  for 
the  safety  of  the  traveler.  We  see  another  kind  of 
watch-tower  still  in  use,  wherever  the  land  is  culti- 
vated. This  is  the  watch-tower  of  the  vineyard,  of 
the  orchard  or  of  any  maturing  crop.  These  watch- 
towers  are  built  on  some  elevated  spot  in  the  field, 
usually  of  stone  and  here  some  member  of  the 
family,  often  the  entire  family,  stay  night  and  day. 
We  felt  that  this  would  be  a  hard  lot,  especially  for 
one  of  our  restless  boys  of  the  home  land.  I  am 
glad  that  we  can  trust  our  crops  to  the  watch-care 
of  the  All-seeing  Eye,  without  any  material  loss 
from  those  around. 


OUR  QOD  IS  IN  THE  HEAVENS. 


The  grandest  argument  ever  written  on  the  exis- 
tence and  glory  of  God,  and  the  vanity  of  idols,  is 
n  Ps.  115:  "Wherefore  should  the  heathen  say, 
Where  is  now  their  God?  But  our  God  is  in  the 
heavens'.  He  hath  done  whatsoever  He  hath 
pleased.  Their  idols  are  silver  and  gold,  the  work 
of  men's  hands.  They  have  mouths,  but  they  speak 
not:  eyes  have  they,  but  they  see  not.  They  have 
ears,  but  they  hear  not:  noses  have  they,  but  they 
smell  not.  They  have  hands,  but  they  handle  not: 
feet  have  they,  but  they  walk  not:  neither  speak 
they  through  their  throat.  They  that  make  them 
are  like  unto  them;  so  is  every  one  that  trusteth  in 
them." 

"All  live  unto  him."  The  profoundest  and  most 
convincing  statement  on  the  relation  of  man  to  the 
living  God  is  that  of  the  Savior  in  refutation  of  the 
Sadducees  in  Luke  20:  36,  3S.  It  is  an  overwhelm- 
ing argument  in  favor  of  the  resurrection  and  the 
continued  existence  of  man:  "  Neither  can  they 
die  any  more:  for  they  are  equal  unto  the  angels; 
and  are  the  children  of  God,  being  the  children  of 
the  resurrection.  Now  that  the  dead  arc  raised, 
even  Moses  showed  at  the  bush,  when  he  calleth 
the  Lord  the  God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of 
Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Jacob.  For  he  is  not  a  God 
of  the  dead,  but  of  the  living:  for  all  live  unto  him." 
The  patriarchs  had  been  dead  many  years  when  God 
appeared  unto  Moses  in  the  burning  bush;  but  the 
Lord  declares  himself  to  be  the  God  of  Abraham, 
of  Isaac,  and  of  Jacob,  the  God  of  the  living,  not  of 
the  dead.  Then  they  were  living,  and  still  live 
"for  all  live  unto  him."  They  that  serve  the  liv 
ing  God,  become  like  unto  him.  "  Because  I  live, 
ye  shall  live  also." 

"  Ask  no  more  than  you  give."  This  great  God 
is  "  our  Father."  He  who  goes  to  God  in  prayer 
must  ask  no  more  than  he  grants  to  others.  "  For. 
give  us  our  debts  as  we  forgive  our  debtors."  If  we 
fail  to  do  what  God  requires,  if  we  do  what  he  for- 
bids us  to  do,  we  are  guilty,  and  need  pardon.  But 
the  blessing  of  forgiveness  is  conditioned  upon 
ceasing  to  do  evil,  and  learning  to  do  well.    We  can 


never  cease  to  do  evil,  so  long  as  we  disobey  God's 
holy  will.  Then  we  must  be  entirely  submissive  to 
his  will,  and  exercise  forgiveness  toward  those  who 
have  wronged  us,  if  we  hope  to  be  forgiven.  In 
this  matchless  prayer  of  the  Son  of  God  is  a  line  of 
teaching,  a  sublimer  truth  than  is  seen  in  all  the 
philosophy  of  men,— a  teaching  which,  if  followed 
out  faithfully  in  life,  leads  the  soul  up,  and  the 
kingdom  of  God  on.  In  this  prayer  we  see  the 
spirit  and  attitude  of  a  child,  the  fatherhood  of  God 
and  the  brotherhood  of  man.  We  must  not  come 
alone;  we  must  approach  God  in  the  name  of  Jesus, 
and  we  must  include  all  others  in  our  requests.  It 
is  a  daily  prayer;  it  is  a  continuous  prayer,  that 
God's  kingdom  may  come  and  that  his  will  may  be 
done  in  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven.  Who  does  not  see 
in  this  prayer  the  very  essence  of  entire  obedience, 
and  of  entire  consecration?  Who  does  not  see  in  it 
the  efficacy  of  prayer? 

"  O  where  are  kings  and  empires  now, 

Of  old  that  went  and  came? 
But  holy  church  is  praying  yet, 

A  thousand  years  the  same," 

"And  be  ye  thankful,"  We  are  to  "continue  in 
prayer  with  thanksgiving."  It  is  not  in  harmony 
with  the  spirit  of  prayer  to  ask  God  for  His  gifts, 
and  not  to  thank  Him  when  His  blessings  are  re- 
ceived. To  ask  for  a  gift  is  prayer;  to  return  thanks 
for  a  gift  is  thanksgiving.  Some  think  that  we  can 
not  return  thanks,  whereas  it  is  all  we  can  do  unto 
God.  He  gives  us  the  blessings  we  ask  for,  and 
since  we  cannot  return  the  blessing,  all  we  can  do  is, 
to  return  thanks  for  the  blessing. 

When  our  friends  bestow  a  favor,  we  may  be  able 
to  return  the  favor.  The  following,  from  the  Sunday 
School  Timet,  is  to  the  point:  "  It  ought  to  be  as 
easy  and  natural  to  return  thanks  for  a  gift  as  to  ask 
for  a  gift.  Indeed,  it  would  be,  with  a  truly  loving 
heart.  But  we  are  by  no  means  as  ready  to  thank 
God  for  what  he  gives  us,  as  to  ask  in  our  need  for 
new  gifts  at  his  hand.  Whenever  we  feel  a  special 
need,  we  are  prompt  to  cry  out  for  God  to  supply  it. 
But,  if  God  gives  what  we  ask,  we  are  more  likely 
to  be  thinking  of  some  new  want  that  is  picasii'.g  vn 
our  mind,  than  to  be  expressing  our  gratitude  for 
his  answer  to  our  last  request.  We  make  ten  re- 
quests for  special  helps  from  God,  where  once  we 
give  him  thanks  for  his  answer  to  a  special  prayer 
of  ours.  Yet  we  keep  on  praying  in  our  needs,  out 
of  our  thankless,  or  out  of  our  thoughtless  hearts, 
and  God  keeps  on  answering  our  prayers  while  we 
are  thus  thankless  in  our  thoughts.  How  loving 
God  is,  and  how  unloving  toward  God  we  arel  " 

Broadway,  Va. 


A  WORD  TO  YOUNO  MINISTERS. 

BY   S.    Z.    SHARP. 

Our  church  has  grown  rapidly  during  the  last 
twenty  years  and  it  is  important  that  all  its  parts 
grow  uniformly,  and  that  the  ministry  develop  as 
rapidly  as  the  rest  of  the  body,  to  keep  up  its  pro- 
portion and  symmetry. 

Since  certain  elements  of  obstruction  and  of 
friction  have  been  eliminated  from  the  church,  its 
progress  has  been  rapid  and  to-day  it  is  much 
stronger  and  more  compact  than  formerly.  New 
factors  of  growth  or  of  strength  have  been  intro- 
duced or  developed,  which  add  very  materially  to 
its  present  standing.  The  church  literature  has  in- 
creased wonderfully.  The  Sunday  school  has  been 
greatly  improved.  Education  has  been  fostered 
and  many  brethren  and  sisters  are  qualified  for  mis- 
sionary and  other  church  work.  The  missionary 
system  has  been  developed  and  its  power  has  be- 
come one  of  the  chief  levers  in  the  church  ma- 
chinery. 

On  the  whole,  the  church  has  taken  a  higher 
standard  of  perfection,  and  requires  that  each  part 
of  the  church  shall  stand  on  the  same  plane.  On 
this  account  there  is  more  demanded  of  our  minis- 
ters than  formerly. 

Some  have  attended  the  schools,  conducted  by 
our  Brethren,  and  have  acquired  strength  and  greater 
efficiency,  but  there  is  a  large  number  who  have  not 


March  26,  1893. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSBNGEB. 


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had  the  same  literary  training  as  other;,  yet  as 
much  is  demanded  of  them,  and  these  we  wish  es- 
pecially to  address.  If  you  have  notthetime  orthe 
means  to  attend  school,  you  can  greatly  improve 
your  ability  by  a  systematic  course  of  home-study. 
This  may  be  divided  among  the  several  branches 
bearing  on  the  minister's  work.  Of  these  branches 
we  would  first  name 

READING. 

Every  minister  can  learn  to  read  a  hymn  or  a 
chapter  in  the  Bible  respectably,  before  the  congre- 
gation, by  observing  certain  principles  or  rules. 

1.  Gtt  the  sense  of  the  author  before  you  read 
aloud.  You  can  not  give  to  others  what  you  do  not 
have  yourself.  Besides,  the  sense  of  the  piece  is 
the  key  to  all  good  reading.  Incorrect  reading  by 
the  minister  will  militate  against  him  in  the  out- 
start  and  lessen  his  influence  with  an  intelligent 
congregation. 

2.  Pronounce  all  the  words  correctly.  Few  per- 
sons have  any  idea  how  many  words  they  mispro- 
nounce. To  test  yourself,  take  an  ordinary  book 
and  read  aloud  to  a  good  reader  and  let  him  mark 
the  words  you  mispronounce,  and  you  will  soon  be 
convinced  that  you  are  lacking  in  this  particular. 

To  improve  yourself  get  a  good  pronouncing 
dictionary  and  a  pronouncing  Bible  (Holman's  is 
good). 

Always  read  to  yourself  first,  the  chapter  or  the 
hymn  you  wish  to  read  to  the  congregation.  Never 
pass  by  any  word  of  whose  pronunciation  you  are 
not  certain,  without  consulting  the  dictionary. 

3.  Read  slowly.  Give  yourself  time  to  get  a  good 
grip  on  the  word  before  you  "  hand  it  out."  Many 
of  the  mistakes  in  reading  are  the  result  of  rapidity. 
Many  listeners  object  to  your  tumbling  the  words 
out  faster  than  they  can  grasp  them. 

There  is  an  intimate  relation  between  the  sense  of 
a  piece  and  the  proper  movement  in  reading.  Hi- 
larity or  frivolity  is  expressed  by  rapid  movement 
while  solemnity  requires  the  movement  to  be  slow. 
The  fiddle  and  the  dance  require  rapid  movement 
an<*  express  a  certain  feeling,  while  the  funeral  pro- 
ceslsiolfitiancs  slowly  to  express  solemnity.  The 
Scriptures  are  nearly  all  solemn,  and  should  be  read 
with  slow  movement,    ■ 

4.  Emphasize  the  proper  words.  As  much  de- 
pends on  the  proper  emphasis  as  on  any  other  ele- 
ment in  reading.  For  illustration  take  the  follow- 
ing extract  from  the  twenty-third  Psalm: 

"  The  Lord  is  my  shepherd ;  I  shall  not  want. 
He  maketh  me  to  lie  down  in  green  pastures :  he  leadeth  me 
beside  the  still  waters. 
He  restoreth  my  soul. 

First  read  this  extract  without  giving  one  word 
more  prominence  than  another,  then  emphasize  the 
words  in  italic  by  speaking  them  a  little  slower  and 
giving  them  more  force. 

Now  examine  this  extract  again  and  you  will  no- 
tice that  the  words  emphasized  are  the  verbs  and 
the  nouns  with  their  modifying  adjectives.  All  oth- 
er things  being  equal,  the  emphasis  is  usually  re- 
quired on  the  verbs  and  nouns.  This  principle  will 
be  of  great  help  to  you  if  you  watch  the  verbs  and 
nouns  as  you  proceed,  and  you  may  read  a  selection 
reasonably  well  without  previous  preparation. 

Remember  that  words  denoting  comparison  or 
contrast  are  always  emphatic,  and  articles,  preposi- 
tions and  conjunctions  should  not  be  made  promi- 
nent. 

5.  Observe  the  right  pitch.  The  voice  in  read- 
ing, as  well  as  in  singing,  must  have  the  right  pitch 
to  be  musical.  Anger  is  expressed  by  the  high 
pitch,  hence  we  frequently  hear  people  say  of  a 
man  who  became  angry  that  "  he  got  high," 

Solemnity  requires  the  low  pitch  which  must 
not,  however,  interfere  with  loudness.  Some  peo- 
ple mistake  soft  force  for  low  pitch,  and  say,  "  He 
spoke  so  low,  I  could  not  understand  him,"  when, 
in  reality,  they  meant  he  spoke  so  softly. 

6.  Articulate  distinctly.  Articulation  in  reading 
is  pronouncing  the  elementary  sounds  distinctly. 
Open  your  mouth  wide,  whenever  necessary,  and  do 
not  strike  the  lips  and  teeth  with  the  sound.  Ar- 
ticulation also  means  a  bringing  together,  as  we  I 
s»y,  in  anatomical  language.    "The  bones  articulate  I 


at  the  joints,"  so  the  lips,  teeth,  tongue,  and  palate 
are  used  to  articulate  properly. 

The  sounds  of  the  vowels,  a,  e,  i,  0,  u,  are  made 
by  the  external  vocal  organs  being  kept  apart. 
The  consonant  sounds  all  require  articulation  by 
some  of  the  vocal  organs,  hence  articulation  is  con- 
fined to  the  consonant  sounds  only,  and  by  giving 
these  special  care,  the  vowel  sounds  will  also  be- 
come clear  and  distinct. 

Read  aloud  frequently,  and  whenever  you  can, 
read  to  some  one  able  to  judge,  and  profit  by  his 
criticism. 

Plaltsburg,  Mo. 


THE  PRAYER-COVERING. 


BY   P.   R.    KELTNE 


In  my  article  in  the  Gosphl  Messenger  of  Dec. 
25,  1897,  page  S20,  under  the  heading,  "  Preach  the 
Word,"  I  say  Paul,  in  1  Cor.  11,  instructs  that  men 
should  have  their  heads  uncovered,  and  that  women 
should  have  their  heads  covered.  A  brother  in 
Pennsylvania,  after  reading  it,  writes  me  to  give  my 
views  more  fully  upon  two  points  that  he  desig- 
nates, and  requests  this  reply  through  the  columns 
of  the  Messenger,  if  I  choose  to  do  so,  and  our  ed- 
itors feel  to  admit  it, 

I  am  first  asked  where  I  get  the  "Word"  for  the 
phrase,  "In  time  of  religious  exercises."  The 
brother  further  states,  if  he  reads  aright,  the  Word 
says:  "  A  man  praying  and  prophesying,  having 
his  head  covered,"  etc.  He  further  says,  "  This 
need  not,  necessarily  be  a  religious  service;  a  man 
may  pray  when  alone." 

Webster  says,  "  Religion  is  the  outward  act  or 
form  by  which  men  indicate  their  recognition  of  a 
God  or  gods  having  power  over  their  destiny,"  etc. 
The  word  "  religious"  means  pertaining  to  religion. 
Religious  exercises  need  not  be  in  the  public  assem- 
bly. All  worship  is  religion,  whether  public  or  pri- 
vate, whether  Christian,  Jewish,  Pagan,  Mormon, 
heathen,  or  whatsoever.  The  prayer  in  the  closet 
is  as  much  a  religious  exercise,  as  the  devotions  in 
the  assembly  of  the  multitude.  Our  private  prayers 
are  an  indication  of  our  recognition  of  a  Divine  Be- 
ing, hence  we  maintain  that  praying  and  prophesy- 
ing are  religious  exercises,  and  our  language  is  in 
keeping  with  1  Cor.  11. 

My  brother's  second  question  is,  whether  I  con- 
sider man's  "weather-covering"  the  one  to  be  re- 
moved, To  this  I  answer,  "  Yes,"  but  only  in  a 
qualified  sense.  This  is  not  the  subject  that  Paul  is 
discussing,  primarily.  This  I  hope  to  make  clear. 
It  is  evident  that  Paul,  in  1  Cor.  11:4,  speaks  of  man 
covering  his  head  in  an  unqualified  way,  and  not  as 
he  does  in  verse  seven. 

In  verse  four  he  maintains  that  man  shall  have 
nothing  upon  his  head.  He  does  not  restrict  him 
to  any  special  covering  or  garment,  but  says  if  he 
prays  or  prophesies,  having  his  head  covered  (with 
anything)  he  dishonoreth  his  head.  In  verse 
it  is  clear  that  he  speaks  of  a  special  covering,  and 
now  says  he  ought  not  to  cover  (veil)  his  head 
He  gives  as  a  reason,  that  he  is  the  image  and  glory 
of  God,  The  recent  revision  of  the  New  Testament 
clearly  recognizes  this  distinction, 

In  verse  four  the  new  version  still  retains  the 
word  "  covering,"  as  in  King  James'  translation,  but 
in  verse  seven,  after  Paul  has  been  reasoning  of  the 
necessity  of  woman's  special  covering,  it  is  called 
veil.  "  A  man  indeed  ought  not  to  veil  his  head." 
They  thus  recognize,  as  scholars,  that  the  original 
Greek,  in  verse  seven,  is  "veil,"  while  in  verse  four 
it  is  "  covering."  It  is  also  significant  that  nowhere, 
in  the  Revised  Version,  is  it  called  anything  else  but 
"  veil,"  when  relating  to  woman.  This  proves,  be- 
yond doubt,  that  Paul  is  not  discussing  the  weather- 
covering,  It  is  not  the  subject  under  consideration. 
The  veiling  that  the  woman  is  to  have  on  is  a 
special  covering  for  a  special  purpose.  This  is  his 
subject,  and  it  is  his  purpose  to  show  the  divine  re- 
lationship of  woman.  "  She  is  the  glory  of  the 
man."  Paul  says,  she  ought  to  have  power  on  her 
head.  Verse  ten. 
Do  you  ask  if  Paul  would  forbid  man  having  his 


weather  covering  on  in  time  of  religious  exercises? 
To  this  1  answer,  "Yes."  Common  consent,  com- 
mon courtesy,  good  manners,  and  natural  instinct 
would  teach  us,  when  we  come  before  God,  to  do 
him  service,  we  should  remove  the  weather-cover- 
ing from  our  heads.  Paul  reasons  along  this  line, 
and  then  commands  woman  to  have  on  a  veiling. 

To  get  Paul's  teaching  clearly  before  the  mind, 
and  to  appreciate  the  force  of  his  reasoning,  we 
need  only  to  bear  well  in  mind  that  the  weather-cov- 
ering is  not  the  thing  under  discussion.  He  is 
teaching  our  divine  relationship,  and  the  necessity 
of  women  being  veiled  in  time  of  prayer  and  proph- 
esying. This  makes  clear  another  point  in  our 
mind  upon  this  subject.  Since  Paul  is  not  discuss- 
ing a  weather-covering,  but  a  veiling  for  Christian 
women,  our  brethren  and  sisters  should  not  regard 
the  wearing  of  the  weather-covering  as  meeting 
Paul's  demand  in  the  least. 

It  is  this  special  covering  (a  veiling)  that  he  has 
under  consideration,  and  it  alone  should  be  regard- 
ed as  meeting  the  Gospel's  demand,  Again;  as  it  is 
clear,  as  above  stated,  that  man  should  remove  his 
weather-covering  when  coming  before  God  in  wor- 
ship, so  ought  the  woman  remove  her  weather-cov- 
ering. Both  man  and  woman  should  be  so  uncov- 
ered, but  woman  veiled, 

Sterling,  III.  _ 

FAITH,  L1VINO  OR  DEAD. 

BY   W.    B.   STOVER. 

In  the  course  of  my  preaching  round  about 
among  the  natives,  a  simple  and  clear  comparison 
between  a  living  religion  and  a  worthless  religion, 
between  a  living  faith  and  a  dead  one,  developed 
itself  for  me.  I  press  the  claims  of  the  compari- 
son, and  let  every  man  judge  for  himself.  I  con- 
demn no  man,  but  in  the  light  of  Truth  I  endeavor 
to  lead  every  man,  who  walks  in  darkness,  to  con- 
demn himself. 

1.  A  man  of  a  living  faith  can  not  bow  down  be- 
fore lifeless  things.  If  he  does  so,  his  faith  will  be- 
come dead.  "  Like  priest,  like  people."  If  his  ob- 
ject of  worship  is  lifeless,  either  his  worship  is  life- 
less, so  that  he  can  not  assimilate,  or,  if  it  is  from 
the  heart,  then  it  will  surely  become  lifeless  like 
the  object  of  its  veneration.  There  is  no  alterna- 
tive. The  sun,  new  moon,  and  sea,  are  alike  life- 
less. The  images  of  God,  or  of  Jesus,  or  of  Krish- 
ua,  or  Kali,  or  Gunputti,  are  alike  lifeless.  Let  the 
thing  worship  the  living  being,  if  it  will,  let  inani- 
mate bow  to  animate,  but  how  can  a  living  man,  of 
a  living  faith,  bow  to  a  lifeless  thing  and  worship? 
They  of  the  living  faith  can  worship  the  great  and 
holy,  the  living  God,  and  him  only. 

2.  A  living  faith  will  always  seek  to  adorn  the  im- 
mortal, while  a  lifeless  faith  seeks  to  adorn  the 
mortal.  Our  spirits  are  immortal.  Everybody 
knows  that.  Our  bodies  are  dust.  Who  will  deny 
it?  You  can't  adorn  your  spirit  with  gold  or  silver 
or  brass.  Its  ornaments  are  faith,  love,  meekness, 
long-suffering,  gentleness,  humility.  But  I  look 
around  me.  Here  is  a  man  with  a  sacred  shirt  and 
a  sacred  string.  There  is  one  with  rings  In  his  ears 
and  beads  about  his  neck.  Look  at  that  woman — 
ornaments  on  arms,  legs,  ears,  nose,  neck,  and 
wherever  there  is  a  place  she  has  ornaments.  Are 
these  living  or  lifeless  signs?  Are  they  signs  of  a 
living  or  dead  faith?  Do  they  indicate  concern  for 
body  or  spirit?  Are  they  assurances  for  this  world 
or  the  next?  Believe  me,  no  man  can  serve  two  mas- 
ten. 

3.  A  living  faith  is  of  God,  and  its  adherents  will 
use  every  lawful  means  to  propagate  it.  A  dead 
faith  will  not  seek  to  win  others  into  its  fold.  If 
any  drop  in,  they  may  question  the  reason  for  it, 
for  they  put  forth  no  hearty  effort  to  win  others. 
Some  even  have  rules  prohibiting  others  accepting 
their  faith  Is  any  such  worthy  the  name  of  living 
religion?  I  say,  No.  Who  has  such  a  faith  has  a 
dead  faith.  What  good  is  a  dead  cow?  Is  a  dead 
faith  anything  better?  Is  your  faith  alive  or  dead? 
As  there  are  differences  in  men,  so  in  religion.  If 
your  religion  is  dead,  burn  it,    All  are  not  dead. 


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THE   GOSPEL   ^VCESSEnSTC^E^/. 


March  26,  1898. 


Accept  a  living  one.     There  is  a  living  faith.     Put 
the  tests  and  see  which  it  is. 

4.  Another  point,  It  is  nearly  like  the  former. 
God's  things  which  he  has  made  are  for  all.  Air  is 
for  everybody.  Likewise  water,  rain,  land,  sun- 
shine, shade,  the  sea.  God  is  no  respecter  of  per- 
sons. If  God  has  made  a  religion,  it  must  be  for 
everybody. 

Can  you  and  I  become  Parsees,  or  Brahmins,  or 
Hindoos?  No!  Then?  Brahmin  religion  for 
them  and  their  children.  Why  is  he  a  Brahmin? 
His  father  and  mother  were  Brahmins.  There  is 
no  other  answer.  Why  am  I  a  Christian?  Because 
my  parents  are?  Ah,  no.  When  I  was  eighteen 
years  old  I  became  a  Christian.  Why?  /  chose  to 
do  so.  Did  my  parents  do  any  childish  performan- 
ces over  me?  Did  thy  make  mc  a  Christian?  No. 
Christianity  is  a  living  faith.  Its  adherents  are  so 
by  their  own  choice,— because  they  believe.  Any- 
body can  become  a  Christian. 

5.  The  end  of  a  lifeless  faith  is  rash  destruction. 
No  lifeless  thing  can  long  remain.  Its  end  is  sure. 
In  it  there  is  no  joy,  no  hope,  Its  brightest  hopes 
are  mists.  By  a  living  faith  we  are  laying  hold  on 
eternal  life,— all  that  now  is  and  all  that  is  to  ccme. 
No  destruction!  Joy!  Hope!  No  endl  Shall  we 
cling  to  the  living  or  to  the  dead?  Shall  we  be 
numbered  with  the  living  or  the  dead? 

Vagresa,  India,  fib.  4. 


A  TRIBUTE  TO  ELD.  D.  F.  STOUFFER. 

BY    D,    EMMERT. 

The  announcement  of  the  death  of  Bro.  D,  F. 
Stouffer  has  fallen  with  saddeniog  weight  upon  the 
hearts  of  thousands  of  Messenger  readers,  to  whom 
his  name  will  be  a  blessed  memory.  The  circum- 
stances of  his  death  emphasize  a  life  that  offers 
both  inspiration  and  instruction. 

Reared  within  a  half-mile  of  the  spot  where  he 
now  sleeps,  spending  nearly  a  half-century  in  active 
intercourse  with  the  people  as  a  man  of  affairs  and 
a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  and  followed  at  last  to  the 
grave  by  the  largest  and  most  varied  assemblage  of 
people,  ever  known  to  gather  on  such  an  occasion 
in  the  County,  the  question  might  well  be  asked, 
"  What  manner  of  man  was  he?  "  As  the  hundreds 
bent  low  over  his  bier  and  looked  down  into  his 
calm,  sweet  face,  it  would  have  been  interesting  to 
know  what  phase  of  his  life  had  touched  each  indi- 
vidual soul. 

As  a  man  of  business  he  had  probably  dealt  with 
more  persons  than  any  man  in  Western  Maryland. 
He  early  attained  a  reputation  for  strict  integrity 
and  maintained  it  to  the  end.  Whether  on  the  auc- 
tioneer's block  or  in  the  pulpit  he  always  command- 
ed the  attention  and  respect  of  his  hearers.  For 
over  thirty  years  he  served  the  church, — minister- 
ing to  the  sorrowing  and  comforting  the  broken- 
hearted with  the  bright  pictures,  which  he  could  so 
vividly  paint,  of  the  better  life  beyond.  Perchance 
he,  more  than  anything  else,  sang  himself  into  the 
hearts  of  the  people.  When  all  other  tongues  were 
dumb,  his  sweet,  tremulous  voice  would  swell  like 
angel  music  over  the  sad  scene  of  departing  spirits. 

His  heart  was  full  of  love,  and  the  vast  concourse 
of  people  who  gathered  to  pay  to  him  their  last  re- 
spects, only  bore  back  the  love  he  had  given  them. 

A  short  time  before  his  death,  moved  with  pity 
for  the  suffering  poor,  along  the  mountain,  he  col- 
lected great  quantities  of  provisions  and  aided  in 
their  distribution,  or  arranged  for  the  dole  from  the 
abundant  store. 

Any  cause  to  which  he  lent  a  hand  seemed  fore- 
ordained to  success.  Some  one  aptly  remarked 
that  he  was  always  "  a  winner."  In  the  end  he  won 
and  ended  a  career  of  triumph.     Peace  to  his  spirit! 

The  funeral  discourse  by  Bro.  Swigart,  from  the 
words  of  Paul,  "I  have  fought  a  good  fight,"  was 
very  appropriate  to  the  occasion. 

The  age  of  Bro.  Stouffer  was  fifty-nine  years,— 
too  young,  we  think,  to  be  lost  to  the  church.  In 
the  death  of  brethren  Oiler  and  Long  in  adjoining 
congregations,  his  services  seem  to  be  the  more 


needful,  but  who  shall  question  the  order  of  Provi- 
dence? 

For  several  weeks  his  sufferings  gave  him  the 
premonitions  of  death,  but  when  it  came  it  was  with 
awful  suddenness.  He  fell  at  the  feet  of  those  who 
ministered  to  his  needs  and  died  without  a  struggle. 

The  friend  and  guide  of  my  childhood,  I  read  with 
a  new  meaning  Hawthorne's  story  "  The  Great 
Stone  Face,"  and  saw  in  him  "the  man  of  proph- 
ecy,"— the  man  who,  living  in  the  presence  of  a 
high  ideal,  grew  unconsciously  into  its  likeness,  and 
by  good  deeds  won  the  heart  of  his  neighbors  and 
countrymen. 

Huntingdon,  Fa. 


PROVIDENCES. 

BY   JAMES   A.    SELL, 

"Tbe  lot  is  cast  into  the  lap  but  the  whole  disposing  is  of 
the  Lord."— Prov.  16:  33. 

That  there  is  a  just  and  good  Being,  without 
whose  notice  not  even  a  sparrow  falls,  who  presides 
over  us,  directing  our  affairs,  no  Christian  will  doubt. 
Yet  many  things  occur  in  human  experience  that 
are  shrouded  in  clouds  of  mystery  too  dark  and 
deep  for  our  limited  sight.  To  attribute  to  the 
Lord  all  the  things  that  come  to  us,  seems  so  con- 
trary to  his  represented  character  of  love  and  mercy 
that  we  are  made  to  wonder,  and  almost  conclude 
that  he  has  a  strange  way  of  showing  his  kindness. 

That  there  are  some  things  that  happen  to  us,  that 
are  hard  to  explain  or  reconcile  with  the  attributes 
and  nature  of  the  deity,  everybody  knows.  Close 
attention  to  the  outcome  of  some  of  the  dark  provi- 
dences reveals  to  us  the  wisdom  of  the  one  who 
holds  the  destiny  of  all  people  and  events  in  his 
hands.  "  The  lot  is  cast  into  the  lap  but  the  whole 
disposing  is  of  the  Lord." 

This  text  does  not  say  who  cast  the  lot,  but  tells 
who  disposes  of  it.  It  has  often  been  thus.  When 
Joseph  was  hated  by  his  brothers  and  sold  as  a 
slave,  and  when  by  a  plausible  falsehood  they  de- 
ceived their  father  and  then  hypocritically  tried  to 
comfort  him,  Joseph  afterward  told  them  to  "be 
not  grieved  or  angry  with  yourselves  that  you  sold 
me  hither,  for  God  did  send  me  before  you  to  pre- 
serve life," 

When  Jacob,  bowed  with  years  and  multiplied 
sorrows,  was  asked  to  send  his  beloved  Benjamin 
away,  under  circumstances  that  looked  doubtful 
about  his  return,  he  consented,  but  added,  "All 
these  things  are  against  me."  The  reverse  proved 
to  be  true.  Benjamin  was  not  only  returned  to 
him,  but  his  long-lost  Joseph,  son  of  his  well-be- 
loved Rachel,  was  found  with  rich  stores  of  food, 
and  a  kind  heart  and  a  willing  hand,  to  distribute 
to  his  unworthy  brothers.  Jacob,  with  his  numer- 
ous posterity,  was  not  only  saved  from  the  tortures 
of  starvation,  but  was  wonderfully  prospered.  We 
will  not  here  discuss  who  cast  the  lot,  but  we  hesi- 
tate not  to  say  that  "the  whole  disposing  is  of  the 
Lord." 

Many  things  are  called  a  "dispensation  of  Provi- 
dence," when  the  facts  justify  the  conclusion  that 
they  are  a  dispensation  of  the  devil,  and  yet  un- 
doubted good  results.  Pharaoh  could  oppress  the 
Israelites,  Judas  could  betray  the  Savior,  Paul  could 
persecute  the  church,  a  wicked  ruler  could  banish 
the  "  disciple  whom  Jesus  loved,"  to  the  Isle  of 
Patmos,  but  the  Lord  could  and  did  dispose  of  all 
to  the  interests  of  his  kingdom,  the  joy  of  the  soul, 
and  the  glory  of  his  name. 

It  is  difficult  for  us  to  know  at  all  times  which 
are  our  greatest  blessings, — those  which  are  given 
or  those  which  are  withheld.  We  speak  of  health 
and  prosperity  as  a  great  blessing,  which  they  are, 
yet  the  taking  of  them  from  us  is  sometimes  the 
greater  blessing.  The  possession  of  them  makes  us 
proud  and  forgetful  of  God,  and  the  loss  of  them 
causes  us  to  feel  our  dependence  upon  him. 

An  experience  of  this  kind  caused  the  patient 
patriarch  to  say:  "Though  he  slay  me  yet  will  I 
trust  in  him."  When  the  Psalmist  said  of  the  Lord 
that  "  his  tender  mercies  are  over  all  his  works,"  he 
spoke  words  of  great  comfort  to  us.    If  his  provi- 


dences are  sometimes  frowning  or  seemingly  cruel, 
or  shrouded  in  impenetrable  mystery,  or  if  his 
plans  are  interfered  with  and  suffering  or  loss  are 
brought  to  his  people,  he  will  dispose  of  all,  for  his 
"  tender  mercies  are  over  all  his  works." 

"I  know  not  where  his  islands  lift 
Their  fronded  palms  in  air, 
I  only  know  we  can  not  drift 
Beyond  his  love  and  care." 
McKee's  Gap,  Pa, 

THE  WHEAT  AND  THE  TARES.— Matt,  13: 
34-30,36-43. 

BY  JOHN    E.   MOHLER. 

In  a  recent  article  under  the  above  heading  a 
writer  discusses  what  is  meant  by  the  "  field  "  in 
the  Savior's  parable,  saying,  "  Some  say  the  world 
is  God's  field,  and  we  shall  not  deny  this  applica- 
tion. But  will  it  not  be  better  to  say  that  the 
church  is  the  field  ....?" 

One  cannot  fail  to  notice  some  good  lessons  the 
writer  draws  in  his  application  of  the  parable,  and 
yet  it  seems  to  me  the  article  merits  a  severe  criti- 
cism as  an  exposition  of  Scripture,  It  is  the  Savior 
who  says,  "  The  field  is  the  world."  Matt.  13:38. 
Now,  when  the  Savior  says  that,  shall  any  man  say 
it  will  "  be  better  to  say  the  church  is  the  field?"  In 
all  holy  submission  and  Gospel  simplicity  we  should 
say,  "  Let  God  be  true  but  every  man  a  liar."  Rom. 
3:4. 

While  beautiful  lessons  may  be  drawn  from  the 
careful,  superficial  application  of  the  parable  to  the 
church  as  the  "field,"  its  close  application  would 

tirely  change  the  divine  principles  of  church  gov- 
ernment, and  would  corrupt  the  church  until  it 
would  partake  more  of  the  ungodliness  of  the  world 
than  any  professed  Christian  denomination  of  to- 
day, "  Know  ye  not  that  a  little  leaven  leaveneth 
the  whole  lump?"  I  Cor.  5:6.  We  may  safely  re- 
ceive the  Savior's  application  of  the  parable. 

Warrensburg,  Mo. 


THE  WATER  NOT  COLD. 


BY   THOMAS   LEWIS 


I  notice,  in  the  Gospel  Messenger  of  Feb.  26,. 
that  some  people  think  immersion  is  a  very  cruel 
rite,  to  be  performed  in  the  winter  season.  I  do  not 
deem  it  more  cruel  than  many  other  things  that 
people  do.  I  remember  on  one  occasion  when  I 
was  quite  young, — probably  fifty  years  ago,— seeing,. 
I  thtDk,  fifteen  baptized  in  a  hole  cut  through  the 
ice,  That  was  in  Canada,  and  the  candidates  said 
the  water  was  warmer  than  the  air.  I  remember  it 
was  zero  weather  and  the  ice  was  probably  ten  inch- 
es thick.  Now  I  never  heard  that  any  of  the  candi- 
dates caught  cold  or  were  any  the  worse  for  it. 

Clarence  Cadre,  N.  Y, 


■»THE  i  SUNDAY  *  SCHOOL^ 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 

Sufferings  of  Jesus  Foretold.— Matt.  16:  21-28. 

Lesson  /or  April  10,  z8gS. 

For  considerable  time  Jesus  had  been  with  his' 
disciples,  teaching  them,  by  precept  and  example,, 
the  great  doctrines  of  salvation,  but  as  yet  they  un- 
derstood not  the  ending  of  a  life  that  to  them  was 
so  lovely,  so  pure  and  good.  We  do  not  need  to 
wonder  that  they  looked  forward  with  so  much  hope 
to  the  time  when  he  should  take  the  position  of 
Prince  and  King,  for  which  he  was  so  well  fitted, 

Though,  at  different  times,  they  were  taught  oth- 
erwise, yet  they  could  not  see  nor  understand  how 
one  so  good,  so  great  and  so  powerful  could  become 
subjected  to  the  evil  purposes  and  passions  of  men, 
and  we  do  not  need  to  wonder  at  this,  seeing  as  they 
did,  the  many  wonderful  works  which  he  did. 
There  was  no  reasonable  way  of  escaping  from  the 
conclusions  which  they  came  to.  They  naturally 
would  say,  "  No  such  thing  can  come  to  the  Son  of 


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God, — a  man  possessed  of  divine  power.  They 
could  not  see  how  such  things  could  be,  and  they 
were  right  in  this,  because  this  never  could  have 
happened,  had  he  not  laid  aside  his  divinity  and  be- 
come fully  human.  He  suffered  and  died  in  his 
humanity.  As  a  man  he  became  "one  of  us''  that 
he  might  save  us. 

But  the  time  had  now  come  when  he  must  more 
fully  reveal  this  great  truth  to  his  disciples.  This 
we  have  in  our  lesson.  In  the  twenty-first  verse  we 
have  the  wonderful  story  of  suffering.  It  is  tersely 
told,  and  yet  how  full,  how  complete  I  It  is  a  siege 
of  suffering  to  be  endured,  looked  forward  to.  He 
knew  what  it  meant  and  how  painful  it  would  be. 
He  was  a  man  of  sorrows  and  acquainted  with  grief, 
and  we  all  know  that  suffering  anticipated  is  suffer- 
ing begun.  We  also  know  that  the  expectancy  of  it 
is  almost  as  severe  as  the  actual  experience. 

It  was  the  beginning  of  a  week  of  passing  the  sad- 
dest of  all  his  experience.  The  storm  was  already 
brewing, — the  clouds  were  gathering  and  thickening. 
The  fury  of  sinful  men  was  heating  and  burning, 
only  wailing  for  the  opportunity,  so  that  the  great 
and  decisive  battle  was  near  at  hand.  The  world 
was  to  be  redeemed  or  lost. — which  shall  it  be? 
Our  eternal  destiny  with  that  of  a  sinful  world  was 
on  the  balances.  It  is  now  past  and  the  victory  has 
been  won  for  us.  But  could  we  then  have  lived  and 
understood  what  it  all  meant,  would  we  have  been 
concerned?  We  would,  because  on  the  victory 
would  have  depended  more  than  we  can  now  realize. 
The  loss  of  the  soul  is  a  loss  beyond  our  computa- 
tion. This  suffering  and  dying  meant  more  to  us 
than  we  can,  even  in  this  life,  be  able  to  compre- 
hend. Only  when  we  get  to  be  among  the  re- 
deemed, will  we  fully  understand  what  it  would  have 
b:en  to  have  been  lost. 

But  let  us  look  at  this  suffering.  There  are  two 
kinds  of  suffering,  physical  and  mental,  but  the 
question  in  this  case  was  the  mental,  and  every- 
thing seemed  to  combine  to  intensify  it, 

The  place  was  Jerusalem,  the  Holy  City,  the  place 
whe'/e,  above  all  others,  he  should  have  received 
consideration,  freedom  and  honor.  This  fact  alone 
must  have  given  keen  anguish  to  his  soul.  "  O,  Je- 
rusalem, Jerusalem,  how  often  would  I  have  gath- 
ered thy  children  together,  even  as  a  hen  gathers 
her  chickens  under  her  wings,  and  ye  would  not!  " 

To  suffer  ignominy  among  his  own  people  and  in 
the  Father's  city  greatly  added  to  his  sufferings. 
Following  this  comes  the  betrayal  by  one  ol  his  own 
disciples, — one  who  understood  the  purity  of  his 
life,  the  goodness  of  his  heart,  and  one  in  whom  he 
had  confidence  as  a  friend.  To  be  betrayed  bysuch 
a  man  was  surely  an  additional  grief  to  his  heart. 
Then,  to  be  bound  as  a  criminal,  by  the  instigation 
of  his  own  people,  and  dragged  from  court  to 
court,  falsely  accused,  mocked,  smitten  on  the  face, 
an  indignity  shown  to  the  very  lowest  of  criminals, 
and  still  worse,  to  be  forsaken  by  his  disdples  in 
his  hour  of  human  need  and  sympathy,  more  still 
denied  by  the  one  who,  only  shortly  before,  declared 
that  he  would  be  willing  to  die  with  him,— all  this 
must  have  been  great  mental  suffering,  especially 
when  taking  into  account  the  purpose  he  had  in 
view  and  the  great  sacrifice  he  was  willing  to  make, 
thut  his  purpose  might  be  gained. 

We  endure  no  g'eater  suffering  than  to  be  mis- 
understood and  persecuted  by  those  who  should  be 
our  friends,  and  so  it  was  with  our  Savior.  Then 
add  to  all  this  mental  suffering,  the  ordeal  of  phy- 
sical suffering,  through  whirh  he  passed,  and  we 
have  the  summation  of  human  suffering. 

The  death  of  the  cross  means  the  most  excruciat- 
ing suffering  that  it  is  possible  to  endure, — the 
worst  that  sin  and  human  ingenuity,  under  the  sem- 
blance of  law,  could  invent.  All  this  because  he 
loved  man  and  was  willing  to  suffer  and  die  to  save 
him. 

Can  we  appreciate  such  love?  Do  we?  And  are 
wc  willing  to  love  and  serve  the  one  who  sacrificed 
so  much  to  save  us?  All  this  he  suffered  that  sin- 
ners might  be  brought  to  repentance.  Should  it  not 
touch  and  melt  the  hardest  heart  in  looking  at  the 
one  that  did  so  much  for  us? 


To  be  a  follower  of  his,  then,  means  to  deny  self, 
take  up  the  cross  and  follow,  and  to  follow  means, 
in  the  end,  heaven  and  eternal  life.  Will  we  not 
have  this  life?  It  means  more  to  us  than  the  whole 
woild,  if  we  could  have  it.  Because  this,  if  it  could 
satisfy,  would  last  only  a  short  time,  but  the  life 
that  Jesus  gives  is  everlasting,  and  full  of  joy  and 
peace.  For  what  is  a  man  profited,  if  he  shall  gain 
the  whole  world  and  lose  his  own  soul?  The  salva- 
tion of  our  soul  should  be  precious  to  us  above  ev- 
erything else.  And  this  is  promised  to  us,  by  and 
through  a  penitent  heait  and  loving  spirit  looking 
to  this  suffering  Savior,  forsaking  all  sin  and  follow- 
ing him  in  the  way.  "  Hecommendeth  his  love  to 
us  in  that  while  we  were  yet  sinners,  he  died  for  us.' 
He  died  for  us, — what  are  we  willing  to  do  for  him? 
H,  b.  n. 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES, 

BY   J03N   R.   SKYDER, 

No.  5 — The  Sunday  School  and  the  Church. 

If  there  ever  was  a  time  when  the  Sunday  scbool 
was  considered  a  distinct  organization  from  the 
church,  that  time  has  long  ago  bem  relegated  to 
the  past.  Tc-day  the  Sunday  school  stands  as  one 
of  the  integral  parts  of  the  church.  We  dare  not 
separate  it  from  the  church  and  call  it  an  independ- 
ent institution.  The  germ  of  the  Sunday  school  is 
coincident  with  the  founding  of  the  visible  body  of 
God's  church  here  on  earth.  When  God  called 
Abraham  to  found  his  people,  and  establish  his  wor- 
ship, he  said  of  him,  "  For  I  know  him  that  he  will 
command  his  children  and  his  household  after  him, 
and  they  shall  keep  the  way  of  the  Lord,  to  do  jus 
tice  and  judgmeat. "  Gen.  IS:  19  From  this  it  is 
evident  that  children  shall  be  taught  his  ways. 

Again  the  Sunday  school  has  been  called  the 
11  nursery  of  the  church,"  which,  perhaps,  mote 
clearly  shows  the  relationship.  The  training  of  the 
young  mind  into  the  path  which  has  been  laid  since 
the  foundation  of  the  world,  is  a  work  too  responsi- 
ble to  be  entrusted  to  an  institution  independent  of 
the  church  of  Christ.  The  fact,  then,  that  the  Sun- 
day school  is  a  part  of  the  church,  brings  with  it 
the  fact,  also,  that  it  is  nbordintti  to  the  church, 
The  church  controls  the  organization,  and  the 
school  is  to  work  in  conformity  to  the  rules  which 
the  church  has  laid  down  for  it. 

The  Sunday  school  must  teach  in  agreement  with 
the  principles  of  the  church.  For  a  Sunday  fchool 
to  teach  principles,  contrary  to  those  taught  from 
the  pulpit,  is  to  deny  its  foundation,  and  set  itself 
up  as  an  independent  organization.  Whenever  a 
Sunday  school  does  this,  it  loses  power  and  will 
soon  cease  to  be  of  any  use  to  the  church  and  will 
itself  finally  come  to  naught.  For  this  reason,  if 
for  no  other,  the  church  should  control  the  organi- 
zation and  see  that  none  but  those  who  are  known 
to  be  thoroughly  En  sympathy  with  its  doctrine  are 
selected  to  direct  its  work. 

Again;  the  Sunday  school  must  have  those  who 
are  Christians  for  its  support,  and  these  cannot  be 
found  outside  the  church.  Its  workers  must  all 
come  from  the  church.  It  needs  the  church  to  give 
stability  to  its  teaching.  Its  dependence  for  sup- 
port is  all  in  the  church,  There  may  be  those  in 
the  church  who  will  oppose  the  Sunday  school  and 
its  work,  but  they  are  individuals  and  not  the 
church.  The  church  has  put  her  seal  upon  the 
Sunday  school,  and  so  it  must  stand  as  a  part  of 
her  great  mission  upon  earth, — the  saving  of  souls. 

Bishop  Vincent  has  given  as  a  definition  for  the 
Sunday  school,  "  A  department  of  the  church  of 
Christ,  in  which  the  Word  of  Christ  is  taught,  for 
the  purpose  of  bringing  souls  to  Christ,  and  build- 
ing up  souls  in  Christ."  This  definition  is  very  log- 
ical and  can  be  accepted  literally.  Its  purposes  are 
clear  and  again  shows  its  dependence  upon  the 
church.  "  Bringing  souls  to  Christ"  implies  a  vis- 
ible body  here,  to  which  they  may  be  brought.  It 
cannot  bring  them  to  itself,  for  it  has  no  authority 
for  such  work.  After  the  Sunday  school  has  done 
its  work  there  still  remains  work  to  be  done  entirely 
ut  of  its  line  of  action. 


After  the  school  has  brought  souls  to  the  Savior, 
there  remains  the  work  uf  "  building  up  souls." 
The  Word  has  been  taught  them,  they  have  believed 
and  accepted  and  they  must  not  be  left  to  starve. 
"  Building  up"  implies  that  food  is  needed  and  for 
this  task  the  Sunday  school,  of  itself,  is  not  able.  It 
needs  the  church's  fostering  care  and  a  home  for 
those  who  are  to  be  built  up.  It  would  be  very  dif- 
ficult, indeed,  to  decide  which  is  the  most  import- 
ant, "  bringing  "or  "building,"  but  surely  the  latter 
is  the  most  responsible. 

If  cur  idea  of  the  relation  of  Sunday  school  to 
the  church  is  correct,  it  will  be  seen  that  there  is  not 
much  room  for  the  so  called  "  union"  or  "  independ- 
ent" Sunday  schools.  There  maybe  isolated  places 
where  such  a  school  is  possible,  but  it  cannot  re- 
main as  such  very  long  and  be  a  success,  for  soon 
there  will  be  need  for  a  church,  and  the  schools  will 
pass  under  its  authority.  Keep  our  Sunday  schools 
loyal  to  the  church  and  they  will  prove  a  mighty 
power  in  the  conversion  of  the  world. 

relit fotttaine,  Ohio. 


There  is  sanctity  in  suffering  when  meekly  borne. 
Our  duty,  though  set  about  by  thorns,  may  still  be 
made  a  staff,  supporting  while  it  tortures.  Cast  it 
away,  and,  like  the  prophet's  wand,  it  changes  to  a 
snake. 


SERMON    OUTLINE. 
"THE  CHRISTIAN'S  MODEL." 

11Y  J.  S. 


Text. — "  Follow  thou  me." — John  21 :  22. 

I.  Man  is  an  imitative  being,  following  someone. 

1.  The  principle  of  imitation  is  manifested  in  childhood, 
keeps  growing. 

2.  It  is  a  noble  principle,  c'herwise  we  could  not  follow 
Christ. 

3.  It  may  be  abused,  especially  if  the  mocW  is  poor. 

4.  To  imitate  a  drunkard  would  be  unprofitable  because 
of  the  model. 

5.  So  of  the  goddess  of  fashion. 

II.  Christ  is  tbe  best  model  Tor  imitation  in  all  the  world, 
t.  Imitaiing  Christ  one  becomes  like  him. 
2.  "Ever  looking  unto  Jesus." 

III.  Christ  becomes  a  model  in  obedience.    We  must  obey. 
•  I.  In  humility.    We  must  be  humble.    , 

2.  In  patience.    We  must  be  patient. 

3.  In  love.    We  must  love. 

4.  In  forgiveness.    We  must  forgive. 
;.  In  prayer.    We  are  taught  to  pray. 

IV,  We  come  up  to  the  model  gradually,  constantly. 

1.  Learning    to    write,  we  imitate    the  fine  copy-model 
above. 

2.  "By  patient  continuance  in  welldoing  we  seek   for 
glory,"  etc. 

3.  We  shall  be  like  our  model  in  the  resurrection— forever. 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING. 


PRECEPTS  FOR  CHRISTIAN  LIVINa.-Rom.  12:9-31. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  March  J/,  iSqS. 

I.  Christian  Lovu. 

1.  Diives  out  hypocrisy.     Rom.  12:0;  I  Pet.  1:22. 

2.  Induces  tenderness.     Rom.  12:  10;  I   Pet.  3:8. 
3   Creates  hdptulnrss.    Heb.  13: 1;  Philpp.  2:3. 

4.  Produces  liberality.     Rom,  12: 13;  2  Cor.  9:7. 

5.  Imparts  blessings.    I  Pet.  2:  21-23;  1  Cor.  4: 12. 

6.  Cultiva'es  sympathy.    Rom.  12: 15;  r  Cor.  12:  26. 

7.  Inculcate;  humility.    Philipp.  2:  3;  Jer.  4S:  5- 

8.  Brings  about  harmony.    Rom.  12:18;  Heb.  12: 14. 
g.  Returns  good  for  evil.    Prov.  25:21,  22;  Matt.  5:44. 

II.  Christian  Purity. 

1.  Shunning  evil.    Rom. 12:9;  Ps.  97:  10;  Maik  14:38. 

2.  Clinging  to  the  good.    Ps.  34: 14;  Jer.  6: 16. 

3    Striving  for  honesty.     Rom,  12:  17;  2  Cor.  8:  21. 
4.  Overcoming  evil.    Matt.  5:44;  Rev,  12:  n. 

III.  Christian  Ziai. 

1.  Active.    Rom.l2:n;l  Cor.  15:58. 

2.  Fervent.    I  Pet.  1:22; Acts  18:25. 

3.  Reverent.    Heb  2: 1-3;  Acts  27:23. 

4.  Hopeful.    Rom.  12:12;  Rom.  S: 2. 

5.  Patient.    Heb.  10: 36;  Luke  21: 19. 

6.  Prayerful.     Philpp.  4:  6;  I  Thess.  5:  17. 

IV.  Christian  Trust. 

1.  Not  avenging  ourselves.    Rom.  12: 19;  1  Pet.  4: 19. 

2.  Leaving  vindication  in  the  hands  of  the  Lord.    Luke 


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FAITH  AND  LOVE. 

The  darkened  chamber  held  the  maiden  dead. 

Her  name  was  Faith.     « >l  long  neglect  she  died. 

And  now  men  rose  and  shook  themselves  and  cried. 
"O  Failh,  come  back,— come  back  ere  hope  be  fled!" 
But  she  lay  silent  on  her  solemn  bed. 

And  men  grew  piteous  at  their  prayer  denied; 

They  said:  "  No  more  is  man  to  man  allied; 
We  fall  asunder —and  the  world,"  they  said. 

And  while  they  talked,  behold  a  gracious  form, 
"  We  live  and  die  together,  she  and  I." 
So  then  he  kisihd  her,  aftd  her  flesh  prew  warm; 

She  woke  and  faced  them  with  a  ruddy  glow, 
If  Love  be  living,  Faith  can  never  die. 

—Edward  Cracroft  UJroy. 


THE  POINT  OP  SEPARATION. 

This  always  has  bsen  an  interesting  point  from 
the  fact  that  reparation,  as  a  rule,  is  not  a  pleasant 
subject  tor  contemplation,  We  talk  much  about 
getting  to  places  where  parting  will  not  be  neces- 
sary. 

Sadness  and  tears  are  represented  as  the  attend- 
ants of  parting  hands  and  parting  words,  yet  in 
this  life  separations  often  seem  necessary  that  our 
best  purposes  may  be  accomplished. 

To  some  of  the  partings  we  look  with  consider- 
able interest,  because  they  mean  much, — and  we 
wonder  why  these  events  come. 

This  is  especially  true  in  regard  to  the  ways  of 
the  young.  We  see  two  boys  of  nearly  the  same 
age,  and  seemingly,  very  similar  in  dispositions  and 
purposes.  They  play  together,  go  to  the  same 
school,  sit  on  the  same  seat  and  study  the  same 
books,  and  the  two  lives,  by  constant  associations 
are  blended  into  one.  Thus  they  live  and  grow  to- 
gether from  week  to  week  and  year  to  year.  So 
alike  they  seem  that  their  friends,  and  even  parents 
come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  future,  as  to  work 
and  success  in  life,  will  be  much  the  same.  And 
why  not?  Is  there  something  in  the  lives  that  is 
verging  to  a  point  of  separation,— an  inward  indis- 
cernible force  at  work  that  is  tending  to  diver- 
gent ends?  Or  is  the  force  outside  a  force  that  is 
gradually  and  silently  developing  towards  the  un- 
like? 

That  there  is  such  a  force  somewhere  is  most 
evident  as  results  show,  because  the  time  comes 
when  these  boys,  of  similar  life  association  and 
training,  come  to  this  point  of  separation.  And 
hereafter,  instead  of  walking  the  same  way,  arm  in 
arm,  they  become  oppositcs. 

It  often  happens  that  while  the  one  goes  forward 
and  upward,  the  other  sets  his  feet  in  the  downward 
road,  and  those,  who  have  noticed  their  early-life 
and  associations,  are  made  to  remark,  •'  How 
straoge!"  Who  would  ever  have  thought  of  so 
marked  a  change  in  the  course  of  the  lives  of  these 
two  boys? 

It  is  strange  that  these  things  should  be  so,  and, 
because  of  the  strangeness  of  it,  it  becomes  a  very 
important  subject  for  the  consideration  of  our 
young  people. 


But  let  us  look  a  little  farther.  It  may  be  that 
there  were  forces  at  work  on  these  two  lives  that 
we  have  not  seen  or  even  thought  of.  There  are 
what  are  called  the  pivotal-moments  or  points  in 
the  lives  of  the  young.  Year  by  year,  in  the  bal- 
ances of  these  lives,  there  have  been  placed  peculiar 
influences,  perhaps  unnoticed  and  unseen,  that  have 
been  keeping  the  forces  so  nearly  alike  that  a  very 
little,  for  good  or  bad,  at  the  deciding  moment, 
would  determine  for  weal  or  woe.  At  the  oppor- 
tune moment  a  force  for  good  was  placed  on  the 
balance  of  the  one  boy,  and  on  the  other,  a  force 
for  bad.    The  one  went  up,  the  other  down. 

There  are  scores,  yea,  hundreds  of  these  things, 
laid  on  the  scales  of  the  young.  And  what  they 
are,  determines  their  destinies. 

You  may  ask,  Where  do  these  forces  come  from? 
From  early  associates,  from  homes  and  from  teach- 
ers, 

Boys,  be  careful,  as  many  of  you  determine  your 
own  destinies,  You  choose,  but  do  it  wrongly. 
Your  motives,  your  purposes  are  wrong.  You  have 
developed  wrong  notions  of  life,  and  in  choosing  to 
carry  them  out  you  sow  thistles  for  your  hand,  and 
briars  for  your  feet. 

Your  wishes  have  much  to  do  in  determining  the 
privileges  given  by  parents,  so  the  turning  point, 
when  it  shall  be,  and  which  way  it  shall  lead,  is 
largely  in  your  own  hands.  See  to  it  well,  that,  in 
lookiog  out  into  life,  you  decide  wisely.  Who  your 
associates  shall  be,  when  you  go  to  school,  what 
kind  of  books  you  read,  and  the  calling  into  which 
you  decide  to  enter,  are  all  forces  of  your  own 
choosing,  that  greatly  determine  what  your  future 
shall  be,  as  well  as  locate  the  point  of  separation, 

One  of  the  most  important  points  for  considera- 
tion on  the  part  of  the  young,  is  the  environments 
or  surrounding  influences.  You,  as  a  rule,  become 
a  part  of  the  influences  by  which  you  are  surround- 
ed. This  is  true  because  of  the  very  nature  of 
things.  You  either  succeed  by  the  absorption  of 
your  surroundings, — the  things  next  to  you, — or 
you  fail  by  living  out  of  harmony  with  the  forces 
that  are  necessary  to  touch  your  life  to  make  it  a 
success,  and  therefore  have  mistaken  your  field. 

There  are  those  with  whom  you  cannot  afford  to 
associate.  There  are  positions  that  you  cannot  af- 
ford to  accept  and  fill,  There  are  places  where  you 
cannot  afford  to  go.  There  are  alliances  which  you 
cannot  afford  to  make,  and  habits  which  you  cannot 
afford  to  form. 

The  greatest  trouble  with  you,  as  young  people, 
is,  you  do  not  think  enough.  You  act  too  much  on 
the  spur  of  the  moment,  without  considering  the 
consequences  which  follow,  Think  well,  be  sure 
you  are  right,  and  then  go  ahead.  h,  b,  b. 


A  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  ESSAY. 
BY   C     A.   WILLIAMS, 

The  Peter's  Creek  Sunday  school  was  organized 
at  the  beginning  of  the  fourth  quarter  of  1897.  It 
has  been  continued  all  winter.  The  first  week  in 
January,  1S9S,  the  officers  and  teachers  met  to  dis- 
cuss on  the  best  way  and  means  to  promote  the  in- 
terest in  the  Sunday  school.  It  was  decided  at 
that  meeting  that  another  meeting,  including  all 
the  "Sunday  school  workers,"  should  be  held  one 
month  from  that  time.  A  program  was  arranged 
for  that  meeting. 

The  result  was  very  favorable,  so  another  similar 
meeting  was  decided  upon  to  convene  March  3,  at 
which  the  following  essay  was  read  by  Sister  Mil- 
dred Naff,  teacher  of  the  "infant"  class: 

"Duty  of  the  Members  Toward  the  Superintendent''' 

The  subject  implies  that  the  members  owe  some 
special  duty  to  the  superintendent.  Realizing  the 
fact,  that  the  position  of  the  superintendent  is  a 
very  responsible  one,  it  is  necessary  that  he  re- 
ceive the  needed  aid  from  the  members  and  all 
those  whom  he  may  superintend.  The  duty  of  the 
members  is  to  attend  the  sessions  of  the  school 
regularly  and  punctually.  No  one  knows  the  en- 
ccuragement  that  the  members  may  render  to  the 


minister  or  the  superintendent  by  their  presence. 
It  proves  very  conclusively  that  we  are  interested 
in  the  work  we  are  engaged  in.  Contrast  the  fol- 
lowing two  methods: 

1,  Do  hardly  ever  go.  If  you  do  go,  try  to 
get  there  when  the  school  is  half  out.  Look  very 
solemn  and  dry.  Do  not  sing  or  pray  when  you 
are  called  oa,  and  try  to  do  nothing  to  make  the 
school  a  success,  or  show  that  you  are  in  any  way 
interested  in  the  salvation  of  mankind, 

2,  Go  every  time  you  possibly  can.  Always  be 
there  in  time  for  opening,  so  you  may  assist  if 
needed.  Put  on  a  cheerful  countenance  and  mani- 
fest a  high  interest  in  the  work.  Help  in  the  sing- 
ing; help  to  pray  and  help  to  teach. 

I  ask  of  you,  brethren  and  sisters,  which  is  our 
duty  to  the  superintendent  and  to  our  God?  It 
is  natural  that  humanity  ofttimes  becomes  dis- 
couraged and  our  superintendent  may  have  some 
gloomy  days  to  pass  through.  We,  therefore 
should  not  give  up  and  try  to  make  things  appear 
more  gloomy  and  dismal,  but  should  ever  be  ready 
to  overcome  the  difficulties,  until  we  get  the  bright 
side  of  success  before  him, 

Go  with  me,  in  your  imaginations,  back  to  the 
time  of  Moses,  when  he  told  Joshua  to  choose  him 
men  to  go  out  and  fight  against  the  Amalekites. 
He  told  him,  "To-morrow  I  will  stand  on  the  top 
of  the  hill  with  the  rod  of  God  in  my  hand.  As 
long  as  Moses  held  up  the  rod,  the  children  of  Is- 
rael prevailed,  but  whenever  he  let  it  drop,  the 
Amalekites  overcame  them.  After  awhile  Moses* 
hands  were  tired,  holding  up  the  rod  so  long, 
therefore  Aaron  and  Hur  held  up  his  hands,  one  on 
the  one  side,  and  the  other  on  the  other  side,  un- 
til the  going  down  of  the  sun.  Then  God  gave  the 
children  of  Israel  the  victory, 

Can  we  not  all  be  Aarons,  holding  up  the  arms 
of  the  Superintendent,  that  the  church  of  God  may 
prevail?  It  is  certainly  our  duty  to  do  so.  There 
is  not  one  of  us  that  can  plead  inability  to  do  cer- 
tain things,  for  we  all  have  our  talents.  Some  may 
have  ten  talents,  others  may  have  five,  and  others 
only  one,  but  the  command  is,  "Occupy  <H!1  I 
come."     And  if  we  fail  to  do  our  duty  to  occupy 

th  the  talents  that  have  been  given  us,  the  Lord 
hath  said,  "Out  of  thine  own  mouth  will  I  judge 
thee." 

It  is  our  duty  to  unite  our  efforts  with  those  of 
the  superintendent,  that  we  all  work  with  the 
one  great  object  in  view,  namely:  "The  salvation  of 
souls." 

Salon,  Va, 

LEARNING  AS  WE  QO. 

The  man  who  has  not  learned  something  from 
his  own  mistakes  and  blunders,  must  be  dull  indeed. 
Experience  is,  after  all,  the  great  school  in  which 
we  are  to  grow  wise.  In  this  school  there  are  no 
short  cuts  and  no  "six  weeks'  courses."  Time  is  a 
necessary  element.  We  speak  it  reverently  when 
wc  say  that  not  even  God  himself  can  dispense 
with  time  in  the  training  of  a  sou';  for  moral  excel- 
lencies are  the  products  of  conscious  moral  activi- 
ties. These  activities,  though  they  may  be  the 
fruits  of  Divine  grace,  are  yet  also  voluntarily  put 
forth.  Men  can  grow  in  religion  no  faster  than 
they  deliberately  adopt  and  appropriate  God's 
plans  as  their  own, — Christian  Advocate. 


THE  BORROWED  AX. 


On  one  occasion  Father's  Taylor's  pulpit  was  sup- 
plied by  an  ambitious  young  minister  who  had  con- 
siderable reputation  as  a  pulpit  orator,  but  whose 
sermons  were  not  always  the  result  of  his  own  hon- 
est labors.  This  sermon  was  the  production  of  a 
distinguished  divine,  and  was  recognized  by  the  old 
man  eloquent,  who,  offering  the  dosing  prayer,  al- 
luded to  the  sermon  in  terms  of  extravagant  praise, 
and  then  amazed  the  audience  and  the  mortified 
thief,  as  he  closed  with  the  exclamation:  "  But  alas, 
Master!  for  it  was  borrowed."  The  minister  never 
heard  the  last  of  the  "  borrowed  ax,"  and  soon  aft- 
erward removed  to  a  distant  part  of  the  country. 


OmiE   GOSPEL   MESSE^GEB. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

COMMITTEE. 

Enoch  Bby,        -    Kansas   .   L.  W.  Teeter,     -    Indiana 

D.L.Miller,     •    -Illinois   |   S.  R.  Zug,  -  Pennsylvania 

S.  P.  Sanger,   -    -   Virginia. 

1E3DLAB  MEETIHQS  OP  THE  COUUITTEE:  -  The  Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annual  Meet- 
ing; the  second  Monday  of  October  and  of  February. 

BUSINESS  FOB  ANY  SJEETIlia  should  be  in  the  office  of  the 


doraed  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  before  the  paper 
will  bo  sent. 
TEE  OOHHITTEH  SECEI7ES  donations  for  the  following 
funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orphanage  at 
Smyrna;  Washington  Meetinghouse;  SuSerers  in 
India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 


DO   HOT   ADDEESS   I 


i  intended   for 


MOTTO  FOB  THE  TEAR. 


Let  those  who  do  not  believe  in  foreign  mis- 
sionary work  do  their  utmost  to  spread  the 
Gospel  at  home,  and  thus  show  their  faith  by 


Some  one  has  suggested  that  a  paper  is 
nade  good  not  so  much  by  what  the  editor  puts 
n  his  paper,  as  what  he  leaves  out.  For  proof, 
,ee  the  waste-basket, 


The  papulation  of  France  is  over  38,000,000, 
with  1,300,000  belonging  to  Protestant  churches. 
The  Catholic  population  is  strong,  but  a  large 
majority  of  the  people  are  skeptical. 


of  this  great  nation.     It  would  enable  each  one 
to  appreciate  what  the  Judea  of  the  church  is 

But  hurriedly  glance  over  the  territory.  Only 
about  one-half  the  States  and  Territories  have 
any  congregation  of  the  Brethren  in  them.  The 
South,  as  it  is  commonly  called,  is  practically 
unoccupied,  though  in  several  of  the  States 
there  has  recently  been  an  organization  effect- 
ed. The  New  England  States  probably  have 
not  so  much  as  a  member  of  the  church  there, 
though  that  part  is  one  of  the  most  densely- 
populated  portions  of  the  United  States. 

But  strike  closer  home  to  the  congregations. 
Illinois  is  divided  into  two  State  Districts,  yet 
not  one-half  of  the  Counties  in  eitf 
tory  have  Brethren  in  them.  Indiana 
ed  into  North,  Middle  and  Southern] 
The  Southern  District  includes  the  South  half 
of  the  State  and  the  greater  portion  is 
pied.  Even  with  the  Northern  half  divided  into 
two  Districts  and  the  State  standing  s 
membership,  there  are  whole  Counties  in  which 
there  are  no  Brethren.  Ohio,  Pennsylvai 
Maryland  and  the  Virginias,— all  older  Sta 
than  Indiana  and  Illinois,  as  relates  both  to 
settlement  and  having  the  Brethren's  faith 
within  their  borders,— if  similarly  analyzed 
would  show  as  great  a  need  of  preaching  the 
Word.  There  are  plenty  of  Counties  in  these 
old  States,  where  the  people  never  so  much  as 
heard  of  the  Brethren. 

These  facts  are  only  pointed  out  to  awaken 
us  to  a  greater  interest  in  the  Judea  of  to-day. 
When  it  is  remembered  that  the  great  West  is 
being  rapidly  settled  up,  and  that  a  large  por- 
tion of  such  emigrants  do  not  take  Christ  with 
them,  when  it  is  observed  to  be  a  fact  that  in 
nearly  every  new  town  that  is  laid  out,  saloons 
are  built  long  before  there  is  a  church  spire 
pointing  heavenward,  what,  oh,  what,  will  be- 
come of  this  highly-favored  nation  if  the  Chris- 
tian people  of  the  land  do  not  go  forth  to  oc- 
cupy and  save  for  Christ?  "  Ye  are  the  salt  of 
the  earth."  Oh  church!  Awake,  awake,  O 
Zion!  Judea  needs  your  light  and  help. 


have  completed  the  "  First  Kingdom."  Much 
dit  must  be  given  to  our  teacher,  who  not 
only  is  the  directress  of  the  Armenian  Girls' 
school  of  our  city  (a  national  institution),  but 
also  a  born  teacher  who  has  won  her  laurels  at 
the  American  High  School  of  our  city,  where 
she  graduated  with  honors,  especially  in  langu- 
ages and  mathematics. 

—We  notice  a  great  change  in  the  conduct 
and  scholarship  of  our  orphans  since  we  began 
to  present  them  with  quarterly  certificates.  It 
seems  as  if  they  were  aiming  higher  in  those 
things  that  are  to  build  them  up  into  perfect 
manhood  and  womanhood. 

— We  have  received  the  little  pamphlet 
"The  Word  for  the  Worker."  Many  thanks 
to  the  author  for  remembering  us!  Surely  he 
could  not  have  given  the  church  such  a  dt 
tion  of  the  human  heart  were  he  not  thoroughly 
cognizant  of  its  deeeitfulncss  and  desperately 
wicked  condition.  We  pray  that  the  little  book 
may  help  the  reader  to  use  it  to  the  bringi 
many  souls  into  Ihe  Kingdom. 
Smyrna,  Asia  Minor. 


In  Canada  there  are  ten  Methodist  ministers 
who  receive  salaries  to  the  amount  of  §2,000  a 
year.  Others  receive  $500  and  even  less,  but 
the  a.verage  salaries  are  between  S500  and  §1,000 
a  yjear.  They  certiinly  have  no  reasoDS  for 
complaining.     

The  time  was,  centuries  ago,  when  all  of 
our  ancestors  were  heathen.  Earnest  mission- 
aries carried  the  Gospel  to  them,  and  the  light 
and  saving  grace  we  now  enjoy,  has  been  the 
result.  We  will  never  pay  this  debt  until  we 
help  to  carry  the  same  Gospel  to  those  who 
are  yet  in  heathen  darkness. 


The  Mormons  at  this  time  show  more  mis 
sionary  activity  than  any  other  body  of  peoph 
in  America.  If  this  means  anything  at  all,  and 
it  does,  it  should  prompt  other  churches  to  in- 
crease their  efforts  in  order  to  counteract  the 
evil.  Why  cannot  the  Brethren  put  forth  great 
er  efforts  in  spreading  the  true  gospel?  We 
have  the  Gospel  in  our  faith  and  practice,  and 
we  certainly  ought  to  see  that  others  an 
vored  with  it  too. 


MISSION  WORK.— No.    12. 


While  Jerusalem  has  a  very  personal  appl: 
cation  to  each  member  of  the  church,  Judea  and 
Samaria,  and  the  uttermost  parts,  is  directed  ti 
the  church  more  particularly,  for  these  field 
*an  only  be  reached  by  some  one  being  sen 
and  it  is  the  duty  of  the  church  to  send  and  of 
the  individual  member  logo  when  sent, 

Judea  to  the  early  church  was  a  portion  of 
Palestine,  in  which  Jerusalem  was  situated, 
the    apostles  readily  saw  that  from  their  < 
home  they  were  to  preach  the  Gospel  to 
cities  and  towns    of  their  own  country.    The 
Acts  of  the  Apostles  recount  how  earnestly  and 
successfully  they  did  this  work  after  they  be 
gan  it. 

The  Judea  of  the  Brethren  church  to-day  i: 
the  highly-favored  nation  among  nations,— the 
United  States.  And  the  writer  wishes  at 
point  that  every  reader  of  the  Messengeh 
read  Dr.  Strong's  book  "  Our  Country,"  which 
shows  in  such  a  clear  and  forcible  way,  the 
possibilities,  the  probabilities,  and  the  dangei 


ORPHANAGE  NOTES. 


— One  of  our  youngest  orphans  just  now  cam' 
to  us  and  asked,  "What  must  I  do  to  become; 
good  Christian  ?  "  We  helped  him  the  best  w< 
knew  along  that  line,  and  prayed  with  him 
The  Lord  only  knows  the  joy  that  fills  ou; 
hearts  when  we  see  "babes  and  sucklings' 
shouting  glorious  "hosannas"  to  his  wondrou: 


F.ML'llih 


ntly  begun 

-rectly  speak   that 
]  become  tin 


—Alt  our  orphans  art 
They  have  been  organu 
highest  one  having  01 
Second  Reader.  They 
to  well  understand  an 
tongue  which  is  gradually  going 
universal  language  of  the  world. 

—We  are  expecting  great  things  from 
orphans,   especially   from   those  who  havi 
short  time  ago,  joined  in  with  us.     We  strongly 
believe  that,  in  them,  our  church  will  find  tbn 
real  men  that  will  diffuse  Primitive  Christian 
ity  in  this  great  territory  of  Asia  Minor!     Others 
will  join  them  yet,  but  we  let  the  Holy  Spi 
draw  them  and  not  man's  influence,  though  ■ 
know  that,  through  man,  the  Word  must  first 
preached,  but,  how  often,  alas,  does  he  make 
his  word  the  Word 

—We  have  noticed,  to  our  great  satisfaction, 
that  only  three  orphans  make  the  s;gn  of  the 
cross  when  "grace"  is  said  at  table.    We  have 
never  interfered  with  the  religious 
of  our  children,  believing  ourselves  that  the 
Gospel  alone  can  act  more  effectively  when  it 
faithfully  preached  than  in  our  exhibition  of 
spirit  of  intolerance.     We  get  more  satisfa 
tion  at  seeing  our  orphans,  spontaneously  and 
uninfluenced,  quit  the  superstitions  in  which  they 
were  reared  and  come  to  Christ,  than  if  they 
were  to  do  so  by  our  coaxing  and  harassing 
them  with  certain  means  that  many  Protestants 
adopt,  or  by    bluntly  attacking  their    creed. 
There  is  a  great  deal  in  preaching  Christ  only, 
and  Him  crucified: 

—If  our  orphans  are  making  progress  in  Eng- 
lish, they  are  advancing  still  more  in  their  Ar- 
menian studies,  They  have  almost  completed 
the  life  of  Christ,  which  they 
In  Geography  they  have  studied  and  finished 
Asia  on  the  beautiful  wall  map  we  have  pur- 
chased for  them.  In  Arithmetic  they  have 
come  to  the  end  of  division.  They  also  study 
ArmenianHistory,  and  we  understand  that  they 


.  S,    BLOUCII. 


''earful  will  bo  tl: 

lion,  whore delay  may  imply  disawtor  which  evt 

nlurioB  cannot  rcpnlr.— Crhis  of  Missions. 

Delay  steals  time.  Stolen  time  means  lo 
opportunity.  Lost  opportunities  may  nev 
again  present  themselves.  Experience  and  hi 
tory  furnish  examples,  where  delay  not  only  it 
plied,  but  actually  involved  disaster.  Becau 
of  delay  in  looking  after  a  horseshoe  nail,  hor 
and  rider  were  lost.  The  failure  to  deliver  1 
important  message  brought  d> 
entire  army.  If  oftei 
ing  follow  delay  in  c 
suits  may  not  grow  c 
things? 


would  have  added  to  our  comfort  but  houses 
are  not  built  with  that  in  view. 
)n  account  of  the  rain   the  segregation 

camp  at  this  place  was  broken  up,  as  the  ma- 
1  used  in  building  is  not  intended  to  turn 


—The  plague  at  Bombay  i 
id  assuming  greater  proportions  than  last 
;ar.  Yesterday  350  deaths  were  reported  and 
much  hope  for  better  conditions  cannot  be 
looked  for  til!  warmer  weather  comes.  Bulsar 
has  no  cases  to  report  as  yet. 

The  orphanage  at  this  place  received  thir- 
.  ncwrecruitsrecently.-allgirls.  Weneed 
fifteen  more  to  reach  fifty,— the  number  that  can 
ared  for  at  present.     Much   good  will  no 


:  famine-stricken  little  < 
for  this  work  may  realiz 
ing  to  these  as  well  as  t 


from  caring  for 
lies.  Those  who 
:  that  it  will  be  a 


-Th< 


.rpba 


in  school 


daily  ar 

ledge,  as  their  answers  to  Bible  questic 

cate.    They  sing  also  1 

-Our  little  band  of  missionaries  here  are  all 
well  at  present  and  all  busy,  Wc  who  have 
recently  come,  are  just  beginning  the  second 
book  in  Gujerati.  So  far  we  have  enjoyed  the 
study  of  the  language  very  much,  but  consider- 


readily. 
Buhat\  Intii, 


elapse  befori 


ppalling  loss  and  suffer- 
ial  things,  what  dire  re- 
of  hesitancy  in  spiritual 


Mis 

produce  good  res 
ed,  because  it  is 
sending  of  mis 
now,  many  land 
ter  light,  would 


good,  for  they 
ills.  They  should  hesupport- 
ommanded  of  God.  Had  the 
ionaries  been  delayed  until 
,  that  now  live  under  the  bet 
not  yet  enjoy  its  gracious  in- 
fluence. Sending  this  Gospel  light  brought  joy 
and  peace  to  the  heart  of  the  giver  and  recipi- 

The  home  and  foreign  mission  work,  then, 
being  a  righteous  cause,  and  the  results  com- 
mendable and  gratifying,  all  energies  should 
be  exerted  toward  the  advancement  of  this 
work.  That  the  Brotherhood  is  doing  a  noble 
work  and  making  marked  progress  is  true,  but 
that  she  is  not  doing  what  she  might,  isequally 
true.    Who  is  to  blame  for  thi 


•Wh. 


might  I  do?" 
Fraternity,  which  i 
y,  according  to  th 
:  foreign  mi: 
d  greatly  ir 
This  woul 


What  am  1  doing?  " 

With  the  wealth  of 
said  to  be  as  great  as  any,  ac 
membership,  we  could  support  t 
sionary  for  each  State  District 
crease  our  home  mission  force 
give  us  probably  forty  foreign  n 
What  a  po\ft;r  they  would  be  for  Godl 

The  amount  of  home  mission  work, 
done,  is  alarming,  and,  in  looking  beyond  the 
seas,  let  us  not  forget  the  home  work.  A  fear- 
ful responsibility  lies  somewhere  in  this  hesi- 
tancy and  delay.  Who  can  say,  I  am  free  of 
blame? 

As  in  the  days  of  Nehemiab,  so  now,  the  peo- 
ple must  have  a  mind  to  work.  A  fuller  reali- 
zation of  what  Christ  wants  done,  together  with 
a  more  perfect  consecration  of  life  and  purpose, 
will  open  up  the  treasure  chests  of  some,  and 
bring  willing  minds  and  hearts  for  the  work  to 
others.  Then  this  delay  will  not  any  more  be 
so  apparent.  The  responsiblity  of  hesitancy 
will  become  lighter.  The  cause  will  floi 
more  rapidly,  and  God  will  be  worshiped  : 
supremely. 

Johnstown,  Pa. 


BULSAR  NOTES. 


—Since  our  arrival  in  India  the  last  of  No- 
vember there  has  been  little  variation  in  the 
weather.  Mornings  are  cool,  noon  time  warm, 
evenings  pleasant.  In  the  morning  the  ther- 
mometer ranges  from  50  to  60,  noon  75  to  S5 
and  evenings  60  to  75. 

— A  very  unusual  occurrence  here  is  rain  in 
the  winter  season,  but  two  days  of  this  week  we 
had  heavy  rain.    It  was  cool  enough  that  fire 


HOW  OTHERS   DO 


A  Sunday  school  with  a  bank  a 
of  the  novelties  of  the  day,  yet  there  is  one  that 
I  know  of,  and,  that  too,  composed  of  poor  ne- 
groes, The  school,  in  1897,  had  an  average  at- 
tendance of  ninety-eight.  Their  collections 
amounted  to  $121,  It  cost  £73  lo  run  the  school, 
leaving  $19  balance  in  their  bank  account. 
This  is  used  for  emergencies,  to  clothe  the  very 
poor  and  lo  supply  medical  aid  for  poor  Sun- 
day school  scholars. 

These  people  pay  their  pastor  $10  each  Sun- 
day, and  raise  the  money  by  voluntary  contri- 
bution, each  one  giving  what  he  can.  Without 
a  doubt  they  "  lay  by  "  beforehand,  as  the  Lord 
prospers  them,     "  Where  there  is  a  will  there  is 

What  is  needed  more  than  any  one  thing  is 
"a  willing  mind  and  industrious  hands." 
"  Work  while  it  is  day,  for  the  night  comcth 
when  no  man  can  work." 

THE  CEDAR  RAPIDS  MISSION. 


Yesterday,  March  13, 
earnest  brethren  and  sisters 
monbyBro.  D.  W.  Miller, 

the  prayers  ant 


iur  liltle  band  of 
listened  to  a  ser- 
n  baptism.  After 
,vas  administered  to  a  young 
any  years,  had  disregarded 
ntreaties  of  a  sainted  moth- 
mission  in  this  city,  called 
"The  Sunshine  Mission."  Among  the  many 
maxims  written  upon  the  walls  of  this  mis- 
sion is  this  one:  "Can  a  boy  forget  his  moth- 
er's prayers?  "  and  beneath  the  legend  is  the 
signature  erf  a  young  man  who  was  rescued  at 
the  mission  from  a  life  of  deepest  sin. 

Mothers,  keep  on  praying  for  your  boys! 
Your  prayers  may  be  answered  years  after 
you  have  fallen  asleep. 

Two  brethren  and  one  sister  have  come  to 
live  in  our  city  since  Feb.  24.     We  now  num- 


r  twenty-t 


817  Division  Street,  March  /J. 


REPORT  OF  WASHINGTON  MISSION. 

The  followlog  is  the  treasurer's  report  of  the 
lelplDg  Hand  Society  of  fbe  Germim  Baptist 
trethrca  church  of    Washington,  1)..  C,  for  Jauu- 


Slster  Ledaur,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Class  or  «  little  girls,  Cannon  Branch  s.  8., 

Sister  S«ope.  Washington,  B.C. • 

Mary  E.  Barthoiow.  Llugurstuivn,  &ld.,  ....     I 

L.  WeDger,  Mount  Sidney,  Va,,  

Lick  Creek  S.  S.,  Bryan,  Ohio,  per  Caroline 

Brown 8 

Total, 5" 

Kxpundlturen *£ 

M.C.  FLOHR.Trens, 
317  Ninth  St.,  S.  B.,  Wttskingi<m%  D.  C,  Mar.  g, 


THUS   GOSPEL    tMTIESSIEIN-a-IEie,. 


March  26, 


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Good  habits  are  better  than  bad,  but  a  habit  of 
doing  one's  very  best,  is  the  sort  of  habit  to  tie  to. 


Bro.  I.  Bennett  Trout,  of  Lanark,  has  arranged 
to  spend  two  weeks  in  Ohio.  He  leaves  home 
about  March  29, 

The  District  Meeting  for  Southwestern  Missouri 
and  Arkansas,  will  be  held  in  the  Greenwood 
church,  Mo,,  May  5  and  6. 


The  meetings,  held  by  Bro,  C.  S.  Holsinger,  in 
the  White  Rock  church,  Jewell  Co  ,  Kins.,  resulted 
in  four  additions  to  the  church, 


"  Procrastination  is  the  thief  of  time," — the  old 
saying  goes, — but  remember  that  industry  comes  out 

ahead,  and  captures  the  old  offender. 


Six  accessions  by  confession  and  baptism  are  re- 
ported in  the  Grand  Valley  church,  Colo,  There 
are  other  applicants  awaiting  baptism. 


There  are  plenty  of  men  who,  in  any  great 
emergency,  know  just  what  ought  to  be  done,  but  it 
is  the  exceptional  man  who  really  does  it. 

Bro.  J.  G,  Royer  was  called  to  Hudson,  111.,  last 
Saturday,  to  preach  a  funeral.  The  Saturday  be- 
fore he  was  called  to  Franklin  Grove  for  a  like  pur- 
pose.   

There  is  a  sister, — Pollie  Miller, — living  near  Sa- 
lem, VanBuren  Co.,  Iowa,  who  is  101  years  old, 
and,  up  to  a  short  time  ago,  not  only  did  her  own 
work,  but  took  care  of  her  invalid  daughter. 

Bro,  C.  P,  Rowland,  of  Lanark,  111.,  after  an  ab- 
sence of  eleven  weeks,  preaching  in  Wisconsin,  has 
returned  home.  He  reports  interesting  meetings 
and  some  delightful  weather. 


Bro.  L.  T.  Holsinger  closed  an  interesting  meet- 
ing at  Burnettsville,  Ind.,  with  five  accessions  by 
confession  and  baptism.  Two  of  them, — husband 
and  wife, — were  baptized  at  the  same  time. 

A  man  finds  that  he  can  frequently  learn  a  great 
deal  if  he  "  does  not  know  too  much,"  We  can  learn 
something  from  the  people  and  things  around  us, — 
lessons,  too,  that  we  can  never  learn  from  books, 


Next  week  we  will  publish  the  report  of  the 
missionary  receipts  for  February.  It  will  make  a 
good  showing,  and  fills  eighteen  pages  of  legal 
cap,  It  is  no  small  task  to  get  this  report  ready 
for  the  press, 


It  is  said  that  Queen  Victoria  has  determined 
that  there  shall  be  no  war  during  the  remainder  of 
her  reign  if  it  can  possibly  be  avoided,  It  is  en- 
couraging to  know  that  she  is  wholly  on  the  side  of 
peace.  

Would  you  have  a  correct  measure  of  your  ev- 
eryday Christianity?  Apply  the  "Golden  Rule" 
and  see  how  it  holds  out,  and  remember  that  on  the 
day  of  judgment  the  same  system  of  measurement 
will  prevail. 

Recently  five  were  added  to  the  little  band  of 
believers  at  Hanover,  Pa.  The  mission  at  that 
place  is  in  charge  of  Bro.  O-  V.  Long,  and  we 
pleased  to  learn  that  his  well-directed  labors  are 
resulting  in  much  good. 


It  may  be  impossible  to  see  ourselves  as  others 
see  us,  but  let  us  remember  that  it  is  possible  and 
quite  as  profitable  to  see  ourselves  in  others, — that 
their  failings  should  teach  us  to  avoid  them  in  our- 
selves,—that  their  virtues  should  be  an  incentive  to 
us,  to  reach  a  higher  plane. 


One  of  our  workers  in  a  city  mission  is  in  the 
habit  of  going  from  house  to  house  with  a  bunch  of 
Messengers,  fresh  from  the  press,  and  selling  them. 
To  some  families,  not  able  to  pay  for  the  paper,  she 
now  and  then  gives  a  copy,  and  they  read  it  with 
delight.  Some  of  the  women  greatly  prize  the  pa- 
per because  their  husbands  love  to  read  it  so  well, 


The  home  ministers  in  the  Mount  Zion  church, 
Page  Co,,  Va.(  recently  closed  a  series  of  meesings 
with  ten  additions,  It  is  encouraging  to  hear  of 
this  kind  of  work  upon  the  part  of  the  home  min- 
isters, It  shows  that  they  have  a  good  influence 
where  they  are  known,  and  that  it  is  in  their  power 
to  accomplish  much  if  they  will  only  undertake  it. 


Bro.  Wm.  C.  Hipes,  of  Kidder,  Mo.,  left  home 
last  November  and  has  been  constantly  in  the  field 
since,  preaching  much,  and  doing  a  great  deal  of 
good.  He  has  been  the  means  of  leading  not  a 
few  from  the  world  into  the  kingdom  of  grace. 
He  returned  to  his  home  Feb.  28,  to  enjoy  some 
well-earned  rest.  To  such  laborers  home  must  be 
enjoyable  indeedl 


Just  as  soon  as  a  minister  proves  himself  an  effi- 
cient preacher  and  loyal  to  the  best  interests  of  the 
church,  he  should  be  advanced  to  the  second  de- 
gree of  the  ministry.  It  is  neither  wise  nor  just  to 
hold  a  faithful  and  proficient  minister  in  the  first 
degree  for  years.  It  is  to  be  feared  that  in  some 
localities  this  very  important  matter  is  overlooked, 
and  this  spring  is  a  good  time  to  give  the  subject 
due  consideration. 


In  regard  to  granting  certificates  of  membership 
to  members  wht>  move  away,  Bro.  Hylton,  on  an- 
other page,  has  something  to  say  that  is  to  the 
point.  There  is  entirely  too  much  negligence 
along  this  line.  Nor  is  it  necessary  to  wait  until  a 
council-meeting  to  grant  a  letter.  It  may  be  an- 
nounced at  any  public  meeting  that  a  letter  is  de- 
red  by  so  and  so,  and  if  no  objections  are  filed, 
the  certificate  can  be  duly  signed  by  the  officials 
d  handed  over. 


A  brother  writes  us  concerning  the  attendance 
of  members  at  the  several  religious  services:  "Dur- 

ng  seven  months  a  brother,  upwards  of  sixty  years 
of  age,  who  works  hard  for  a  living,  attended  every 
Sunday  school,  prayer  meeting  and  preaching  serv- 
"ce,  142  altogether,  and  drove  three  miles  to  place 
of  meeting,     Another  brother  attended  all  the  serv- 

ces  except  two.  If  you  want  to  know  the  eSect 
of  such  zeal,  listen  to  their  prayers,  give  ear  to 
their  teaching  and  note  their  knowledge  of  the  Bi- 
ble. In  the  same  congregation  17  per  cent  of  the 
members  were  at  no  service,  9  per  cent  were  pres- 
ent a  few  times,  22  per  cent  were  present  at  half 
the  meetings,  and  52  per  cent  were  at  95  per  cent  of 
the  services.  The  zeal,  the  unworldliness,  the 
love  of  the  Brotherhood  seems  to  be  in  ratio  with 
the  non-attendance;  70  per  cent  of  the  attendance 
was  from  outsiders." 


Truth,  simplicity,  and  innocence  are  three  jew- 
els, which  are  too  often  bartered  away  for  worldly 
success  and  honor.     It  is  folly  worse  than  Esau's, 
and  yet  we  see  it  done  by  the  many  who  look  to    9 
the  present,  rather  than  the  future. 


There  has  been  some  misunderstanding  between 
Canada  and  the  United  States,  regarding  the  boun- 
dary line  between  Alaska  and  Canada,  but  it  is  now 
reported  settled,  It  would  be  a  great  satisfaction 
to  many  devout  people,  if  the  boundary  line  be- 
tween the  church  and  the  world  could  also  be  set- 
tled. It  probably  would  be  settled  if  professing 
Christians  could  be  induced  to  stay  on  their  side, 
and  thus  let  the  world  understand  that  they  are 
willing  to  practice  what  they  profess. 

For  the  first  time  since  January  we  have  been 
able  to  catch  up  in  orders  for  the  Premium  Bibles, 
We  have  now  sent  out  all  the  orders  on  hand,  and 
every  one,  who  has  ordered  a  Bible,  should  have  it 
ere  this  reaches  him.  We  have  in  every  case 
shipped  the  Bibles  by  express,  and,  before  writing, 
careful  inquiry  should  be  made  at  the  express  office. 
If,  however,  there  should  be  any  books  -which  have 
not  reached  their  destination,  please  write  at  once, 
giving  number  on  receipt  and  date,  so  that  we  may 
trace  the  package. 


It  is  well  known  that  both  Spain  and  Cuba  are 
Roman  Catholic  countries,  and  many  have  been 
wondering  what  is  the  attitude  of  the  Pope,  regard- 
ing the  conflict  now  waging  between  brethren  of 
the  same  faith,  It  is  now  reported  that  he  has  in- 
formed the  Queen  of  Spain  that  the  present  govern- 
ment of  Cuba  is  incompatible  with  the  needs  of  the 
Cuban  people,  and  that  no  nation  could  object  to 
the  United  States  interfering  in  order  to  put  an  end 
to  the  desperate  state  of  affairs.  It  is  gratifying  to 
learn  that  the  Pope  is  on  the  side  of  justice  and 
common  humanity. 


It  is  said  that  from  one  bushel  of  corn  the  distil- 
ler gets  four  gallons  of  whiskey,  which,  when  thinned 
with  water,  retails  for  nearly  $17,  The  U.  S.  govern- 
ment gets  $4  40  in  the  shape  of  revenue,  the  farmer 
about  twenty  cents,  the  railroad  company,  for 
freight  on  the  corn  and  whiskey,  Si  00,  the  manu- 
facturer $4.00,  the  retailer, — saloon  keeper— S7.00. 
The  consumer  gets  drunk,  the  wife  gets  sorrow  and 
hunger,  the  children  get  beaten  and  the  man  who 
votes  for  license,  to  carry  on  this  kind  of  business, 
is  likely  to  get  his  part  in  the  lake  of  fire,  where  the 
false  prophets  will  be  found, 


The  Committee  of  Arrangements  will  meet  at 
Naperville  next  Tuesday,  to  perfect  further  plans 
regarding  the  arrangements  for  the  coming  Annual 
Meeting.  The  C.  B.  &  Q.  R,  R,  has  already 
agreed  to  grant  half-fare  over  all  of  its  lines,  and 
it  is  believed  that  greatly-reduced  rates  will  be  se- 
cured over  other  lines,  both  east  and  west  of  Chi- 
cago. Everything  pertaining  to  the  arrangements  is 
moving  along  pleasantly,  and  all  that  is  possible,  will 
be  done  to  make  the  meeting  a  success.  Thou- 
sands are  planning  to  attend  the  Conference,  and 
we  hope  to  see  one  of  the  largest  gatherings  yet 
known  among  our  people  in  the  West,  Let  every- 
body come  with  a  view  of  not  only  helping  the 
meeting  along,  but  of  getting  some  good  out  of  it. 


What  the  Ohio  Farmer  says  concerning  war,  and 
the  evils  resulting  therefrom,  is  in  striking  contrast 
with  the  unwise  utterances  of  a  few  injudicious 
preachers,  who  are  preaching  sermons  full  of  the 
war  sentiment.  We  commend  the  editor  of  the 
Farmer  for  his  loyalty  to  peace  principles.  We 
quote  as  follows: 

We  do  not  want  war  with  Spain  or  any  other  country  with- 
out good  cause.  War  is  always  a  calamity,  always  disastrous 
to  the  moral  and  material  interests  of  any  country,  always  to  be 
deplored,  and  always  to  be  avoided,  if  possible,  without  sur- 
rendering national  honor  or  abandoning  the  cause  of  humani- 
ty. The  time  has  come  when  nations  should  "learn  war  no 
more,"  and  the  United  States,  the  most  enlightened  nation  on 
earth,  the  most  advanced  in  civilization,  should  try  to  teach 
all  other  natione  that  this  is  possible,  that  all  disputes  can  be 
settled  by  arbitration. 


March  26,  18 


THE    GOSPEL    3VLESSE1TC3-E!E,. 


One  of  our  new  subscribers  in  Virginia  is  so 
well  pleased  with  the  Messenger,  that  he  has 
stopped  two  other  papers  in  order  to  enjoy  it 
That  is  the  kind  of  people  we  like  to  find,  and 
doubtless  there  are  hundreds  of  them.  We  hope  a 
copy  of  the  paper  will  find  its  way  into  the  hands 
of  all  of  them,       

The  New  York  Independent  for  March  3  contains 
a  fine  symposium  on  the  Mormon  question.  The 
different  writers  give  a  vast  amount  of  valuable  in- 
formation concerning  the  condition  and  the  attitude 
of  the  Mormon  church.  It  is  shown  that  polygamy 
is  not  altogether  a  thiDg  of  the  past  in  Utah,  and 
that  the  church  is  but  a  little,  if  any,  more  loyal  to 
the  Government  than  in  former  years.  From  a  mis- 
sionary standpoint,  the  Mormons  are  becoming  the 
most  active  and  aggressive  body  in  America,  and 
are  fully  determined  to  enlarge  their  borders  and  in- 
crease their  power  in  the  United  States.  The  church 
is  putting  money,  men,  and  tracts  to  work  wherever 
an  opening  can  be  found,  and,  in  sections  where  but 
feeble  opposition  is  met,  a  number  of  converts  are 
being  made.  

Some  of  the  churches,  when  they  have  no  papers 
or  special  business  for  District  Meeting,  do  not 
send  delegates  to  represent  them.  This  is  a  mis- 
take. Let  every  church  be  represented,  and  help 
in  directing  the  business  of  the  meeting,  that  much 
may  be  accomplished  in  the  Lord's  work.  We 
think  of  a  District,  just  now,  of  which  the  northern 
portion  has  not  been  represented  by  delegates  for 
about  seven  years,  and  as  a  result  there  has  not 
been  that  spirit  of  co-operation  and  mutual  interest 
in  the  affairs  of  the  District  that  would  have  other- 
wise prevailed,  It  is  true,  a  church  that  is  not  rep- 
resented by  delegates,  may  read  the  Minutes  and 
learn  something  about  the  work  that  was  done  at 
District  Meeting,  but  this  will  not  take  the  place  of 
the  personal  contact  with  the  meeting,  to  be  had  on- 
ly by  delegates  acting  in  behalf  of  and  for  the 
churches  that  send  them. 


In  jsome  of  the  towns  in  the  West  there  is  what 
is  known  as  the  "  kerosene  war,"  some  of  the  mer- 
chants selling  the  oil  as  low  as  five  cents  per  gal- 
lon. This  is  all  the  better  for  the  consumers,  so 
long  as  the  article  is  genuine.  It  makes  light 
cheap,  and  it  is  plenty  of  light  that  the  people 
need  after  night.  By  this  we  are  reminded  of  the 
easy  terms  on  which  salvation  is  offered  the  peo- 
ple by  some  ministers.  They  make  the  question 
of  church  membership  just  as  easy  as  possible,  so 
easy  in  some  instances  that  the  convert  is  required 
to  do  the  next  thing  to  nothing  to  remain  in  good 
standing,  This  salvation  on  easy  terms  would  be 
all  right,  and  just  the  thing  that  ought  to  be  en- 
couraged, could  it  only  be  depended  upon.  We 
fear  it  is  not  genuine.  One  thing  we  know,  the 
conditions  on  which  it  is  offered  are  not  those 
set  forth  in  the  New  Testament,  and  we  have  our 
grave  doubts  about  them  standing  the  test  of  the 
judgment.  

In  these  days  of  war  excitement,  the  word  "  pa- 
triotism "  is  used  so  frequently  in  connection  with 
scenes  of  carnage,  and  the  willingness  to  give  one's 
life  for  his  country,  that  it  would  be  well  to  stop 
just  a  moment,  to  reflect  what  patriotism  really  is. 
"Patriotism"  means  "love  of  country,"  and  it 
is  somewhat  remarkable  that  usually  it  is  thought 
that  this  love  can  be  shown  by  warriors  alone.  It 
is  a  fact,  however,  that  it  is  easier  to  die  for  one's 
country  than  to  live  for  it  in  the  highest  sense  of 
the  term.  All  our  best  statesmen  admit  that  the 
greatest  foe  of  this  nation  is  not  the  one  from  with- 
out, but  the  hidden  elements  that  threaten  the 
downfall  of  the  republic.  It  is  this  warfare  against 
ignorance,  intemperance  and  vice  of  every  kind  that 
should  enlist  the  service  of  every  Christian,  and  the 
more  faithful  he  is  in  this,  the  better  a  citizen  he 
will  be, — a  true  patriot.  Let  us  redefine  "  patriotism." 
It  has  been  a  willingness  to  go  out  with  a  brass 
band  and  kill  somebody  for  our  country's  sake. 
Let  it  be  rather  a  willingness  to  stay  at  home  and 
save  somebody  for  cur  country's  sake, 


A  few  weeks  ago  twenty-two  were  received  into 
the  Chiques  church  by  confession  and  baptism, 
and  nineteen  others  were  to  be  baptized  last  Si 
day  after  services,  at  the  Chiques  Hill  house,  making 
forty-one.  This  is  quite  an  ingathering  for  a  quiet 
way  of  working,  and  will  add  strength  and  work- 
ing material  to  the  church  in  that  part  of  Lancas- 
ter County. 

Bro.  H.  W,  Strickler,  who  has  spent  the  entire 
winter  traveling  and  preaching  in  the  West,  princi- 
pally in  Nebraska,  has  returned  to  his  home  at  Lo- 
raine,  III.,  from  which  he  writes  us  under  date  of 
March  18.  He  seems  to  have  enjoyed  his  work 
among  the  churches,  and  thinks  that  our  ministers 
could  accomplish  great  good,  could  they  only  man 
age  to  spend  more  time  in  the  field,  especially  ir 
localities  where  the  ministerial  force  is  limited,  01 
where  there  is  no  preaching  at  all,  Bro.  Strickler 
is  very  much  opposed  to  ministers  devoting  th 
time  and  energies  to  other  business  so  closely  as  to 
render  their  preaching  a  secondary  consideration. 
While  traveling,  our  brother  not  only  preached  the 
Word,  but  he  also  distributed  a  great  many  tracts. 
He  has  wonderful  faith  in  good  tracts,  and  by  their 
judicious  use  has  scattered  a  great  deal  of  seed  that 
may  be  heard  from  later  on. 


The  sect  of  the  Nazarenes  in  Hungary  is  in- 
creasing so  rapidly  that  its  growth  threatens  the 
Austro-Hungarian  government  with  an  additional 
burning  question,  says  one  of  our  exchanges. 
These  people,  whose  tenets,  with  regard  to  military 
service  and  swearing  allegiance,  closely  resemble 
those  of  the  English  Friends  and  the  Russian  Men- 
nonites,  refuse  to  perform  the  military  duties  im- 
posed on  them,  and,  in  consequence,  have  been 
subjected  to  the  harshest  possible  treatment,  One 
of  their  number  was  recently  sentenced  to  five 
years'  imprisonment  for  refusing  to  bear  arms, 
The  elders  have  sent  a  petition  to  the  Emperor, 
begging  to  be  freed  from  the  conscription  on  the 
strength  of  Matthew  5:  43-45,  and  from  taking  an 
oath,  on  the  strength  of  verses  33-37  of  the  s 
chapter.  In  the  Austrian  army  it  is  obligatory  on 
soldiers  to  attend  field  church  services,  where  the 
commands,  "Kneel  for  prayer"  and  "To  prayer" 
are  given.  The  Hungarian  Nazarenes  will  have 
none  of  this,  and  in  their  petition  they  cite  John  4: 
24  as  their  authority  to  be  relieved  of  these  orders. 


One  of  our  correspondents  writes  us  concerning 
certain  traveling  salesmen,  who  are  traveling  in 
Virginia,  selling  goods,  and  are  deceiving  many  of 
the  people,  and  especially  our  Brethren.  He 
thinks  they  ought  to  be  exposed.  Newspapers 
have  to  be  a  little  careful  about  exposing  what  peo- 
ple report  to  them  as  swindlers,  for  such  men 
have  recourse  to  the  courts,  and  may  draw  pub- 
lishers into  a  big  and  expensive  lawsuit.  For  this 
reason  we  do  not  name  the  many  frauds  report- 
ed to  us,  But  this  much  we  say,  our  readers  must 
not  permit  themselves  to  be  swindled,  They  must 
keep  their  eyes  and  ears  open,  and  do  their  own 
thinking.  If  they  want  to  purchase  goods,  let  them 
patronize  their  home  merchants,  who  are  known  to 
them  and  can  be  depended  upon.  It  is  never  safe 
to  purchase  goods  from  a  party  that  you  do  not 
know,  unless  you  have  judgment  enough  to  know 
just  what  you  are  buying,  Then  do  not  expect  to 
get  a  great  deal  for  nothing,  or  far  below  its  real 
value.  Whenever  a  traveling  man  proposes  to 
sell  you  something  cheaper  than  it  can  be  made, 
it  will  pay  to  watch  that  man,  Consult  your  home 
merchants  more,  and  strangers  less,  and  there  will 
be  less  complaint  about  swindling. 


INVITATIONS. 


We  are  asked  to  say  what  we  think  about  the 
propriety  of  extending  an  invitation  at  our  meet- 
ings, for  those  who  may  wish  to  unite  with  the 
church.  To  say  the  least  of  it,  we  think  a  good 
deal  of  the  practice,  provided  it  is  not  carried  be- 
yond all  reason.  Especially  do  we  favor  the  idea 
of  extending  an  invitation  at  the  close  of  each  serv- 


ice during  a  series  of  meetings.  We  believe  in 
preaching  the  Gospel,  and  then  inviting  the  people 
to  accept  it,  and  one  of  the  best  ways  we  know  of 
doing  this  is  to  point  out  to  the  sinner  the  results 
that  must  follow  unbelief  and  willful  disobedience, 
and  then  lay  before  him  the  terms  of  salvation,  as 
clearly  set  forth  in  the  New  Testament,  and  ask 
him  to  come  forward  and  accept  Jesus  along  with 
the  conditions  of  pardon. 

It  seems  to  us  that  the  Bible  is  full  of  these  in- 
vitations, and  that  the  leading  purpose  of  the 
church,  along  with  all  of  her  ministers  and  mis- 
sionaries, is  to  preach  the  Gospel  and  ask  the  peo- 
ple on  every  hand  to  come  and  accept  the  terms 
of  pardon.  Not  only  does  the  Sacred  Record 
abound  in  earnest  appeals  to  depart  from  the  evil 
and  accept  the  good,  but  the  custom  of  giving  pub- 
lic invitations  during  protracted  meetings,  is  be- 
coming quite  common  in  nearly  all  parts  of  the 
Brotherhood,  and,  where  rightly  managed,  in  con- 
nection with  correct  teaching,  is  doing  an  amazing 
amount  of  good.  This  method  of  rescuing  the  lost 
has  been  the  means  of  thousands  accepting  Christ 
and  being  saved,  who  might  otherwise  never  have 
enjoyed  the  blessing  of  a  saving  faith,         j.  h,  m. 


THE  DOCTRINE  DEPENDED. 

The  following,  clipped  from  one  of  the  papers  at 
Astoria,  Fulton  Co,,  III.,  explains  the  situation  ful- 
ly. The  sermons  referred  to  were  delivered  in  As- 
toria: 

"  A  week  ago  last  Sunday,  Rev.  Littleton,  of  the 
Christian  church,  during  his  sermon,  made  some  as- 
sertions as  to  the  belief  and  practices  of  the  Dunk- 
ers.  The  Dunkers  who  were  present  interpreted 
them  as  reflecting  on  them  as  a  religious  people,  so 
they  proposed  that  if  they  could  secure  a  room 
they  would  have  one  of  their  ministers  come  and  ex- 
plain their  belief  as  to  baptism  and  feet-washing. 
The  trustees  of  the  Christian  church  proposed  to  let 
them  use  their  church,  which  was  done,  Rev.  Mc- 
Clure,  of  Cerro  Gordo,  occupied  the  pulpit  twice 
and  explained  their  belief  and  their  church  prac- 
tices. At  the  conclusion  of  these  meetings  Eld, 
Littleton  announced  that  he  would  reply  to  Rev. 
McClure,  which  he  did  last  Friday  evening.  He  ap- 
peared to  be  nervous  and  somewhat  hot  under  the 
collar,  but  he  took  pains  to  inform  his  audience 
that  he  was  not  mad,  which  was  unnecessary,  as  the 
audience  could  have  decided  the  matter  for  them- 
selves. One  thing  he  said,  which  would  have  been 
better  left  unsaid,  was,  that,  as  the  Dunkers  were 
plain  and  their  ministers  were  plain,  the  people  could 
not  expect  to  hear  anything  but  a  plain  sermon.  It 
struck  many  of  the  hearers  that,  as  far  as  that  part 
of  the  matter  was  concerned,  Christ,  while  on  earth, 
was  not  clothed  in  purple  and  fine  linen,  and  yet  he 
preached  a  few  sermons — one  of  which,  the  Sermon 
on  the  Mount,  has  never  been  excelled.  Rev,  Mc- 
Clure preached  Saturday  evening,  the  Dunkers 
having  secured  Carter's  hall.  He  also  preached 
Sunday  afternoon.  His  sermons,  while  plain,  from 
Bro,  Littleton's  standpoint,  were  logical,  convincing 
and  delivered  in  a  spirit  that  needed  no  assertion 
on  his  part  to  show  that  he  was  not  mad.  The 
Dunkers,  as  a  people,  are  not  aggressive,  and  not 
given  to  stirring  up  strife  or  dissensions.  Their 
every-day  life  proves  them  to  be  true  followers  of 
Christ.  They  have  no  broils,  family  rows,  divorce 
suits,  amours  or  intrigues,  pay  their  debts,  assist 
one  another  financially  and  morally  and  settle  their 
differences,  if  they  have  any,  among  themselves, 
outside  of  the  courts.  They  are  practical  and  every- 
day Christians  and  attend  strictly  to  their  own  busi- 
ness. This  affair  is  to  be  regretted  by  all  good  citi- 
zens, as  it  will  not  help  the  churches  or  the  cause  of 
religion.  The  Dunkers  wear  their  religion  as  they 
do  their  clothes,  for  constant  every-day  use,  and  not 
to  be  put  on  on  the  Sabbath  to  wear  to  church  and 
then  to  be  hung  up  in  the  closet  as  soon  as  they  get 
home,  and  not  taken  down  until  the  next  Sabbath; 
day  comes." 


THE    GOSPEL    ZMrrESSZEZSTO-IEIR,. 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

Is  it  profitable  or  expedient  for  any  of  our  members  to  use 
in  the  Sunday  school  any  other  quarterlies  or  helps  save  those 
published  by  the  Brethren?— M.J.  II. 

We  would  not  think  of  limiting  a  teacher,  or  ev- 
en a  pupil,  in  his  search  for  information  when  pre- 
paring his  Sunday  school  lesson,  but  if  he  must  ap- 
pear before  his  class  with  any  other  book  or  help, 
aside  from  the  Bible,  let  that  help  be  one  of  out 
own  publications.  It  is  certainly  not  wise  for  our 
members  to  be  constantly  advertising  the  literature 
of  other  churches,  while  standing  before  their  class- 
es, and  thus  keep  ours  in  the  background.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  zealous  members  will  take  enough  in- 
terest in  the  church  and  her  work,  to  keep  every- 
thing pertaining  to  her  faith,  practice  and  develop- 
ment, to  the  front.  There  is  no  occasion  for  put- 
ting any  of  our  duly-authorized  literature  under  a 
bushel. 

Explain  the  meaning  of  the  word  "controversy,"  as  used  in 
i  Tim.  3:  16.  Does  the  word  appear  in  the  original?—.!/,/. 
B, 

The  term  is  in  the  original,  but  is  rendered  con- 
fessedly by  a  number  of  translators.  Campbell, 
Macknight  and  Doddridge  render  the  passage  thus: 
"Confessedly  great  is  the  mystery  of  godliness." 
The  American  Commentary  favors  this  rendering, 
and  it  is  thus  given  by  Wilson,  in  his  Emphatic 
Diaglott. 

Please  explain  Luke  7:  28,  "Fori  say  unto  you.  Among 
those  that  are  born  of  women,  there  is  not  a  greater  prophet 
than  John  the  Baptist:  bnt  he  that  is  least  in  the  kingdom  of 
God  is  greater  than  he."  Who  is  the  least  and  greater?— .S'.  C. 
R. 

In  one  sense  John  may  not  have  been  considered 
in  the  kingdom.  He  was  regarded  as  the  forerun- 
ner of  Christ,  with  whom  the  actual  setting  up  of 
the  kingdom  commenced.  So  to  speak,  John  stood 
between  the  Old  Covenant  and  the  New,  between 
Moses  and  Christ,  and  was  not  numbered  with  the 
subjects  of  the  new  kingdom;  held  no  office  under 
Christ,  and  was  not  directed  by  him.  And  in  this 
sense  the  comparison  between  him  and  any  subject 
in  the  kingdom  can  be  very  appropriately  made. 

Have  the  members  of  a  special  council  power  to  change  the 
place  of  the  regular  council,  or  must  such  change  be  made  at 
a  regular  council?  When  the  place  of  holding  council-meet- 
ing has  been  changed  by  the  above  plan  (by  special  council), 
'  place  of 

Probably  some  of  the  adjoining  elders  can  answer 
these  questions  more  satisfactorily  than  we  can. 
Much  depends  upon  the  custom  and  records  of  the 
congregation.  But,  as  a  general  thing,  any  duly- 
called,  and  properly-announced  council  has  a  legal 
right  to  transact  any  business  that  the  council 
deems  proper  for  it  to  consider,  though  it  may  not 
always  be  wise  to  do  much  general  business  at  a 
special  or  called  council. 

In  Acts  1:  15  we  read  that  120  disciples  were  together  when 
Matthias  was  chosen.  Did  all  of  them  receive  the  Holy 
Ghost,  as  mentioned  in  Acts  2:  4,  or  just  the  eleven  original 
apostles?  Then,  who  spoke  in  the  different  tongues?— A  .1/. 
Ross. 

It  seems  that  all  of  these  disciples— 120,— were 
together,  when  the  Day  of  Pentecost  came,  and  it  is 
said  that  "they  were  all  611ed  with  the  Holy 
Ghost,"  Acts  2:  4,  and  then  it  is  added  that  they 
began  to  speak  with  other  tongues.  This  all  of 
them  could  probably  do,  but  the  apostles  especial- 
ly, who  led  off  in  the  preaching.  j,  h,  m. 


WHAT  THE  JEWS  SAY  ABOUT  IT. 

The  move  to  make  a  Jewish  Republic  of  Pales 
tine  does  not  seem  to  meet  the  views  of  the  Jews 
residing  in  the  City  of  Jerusalem.  The  subject  is 
forcibly  discussed  by  a  German  mission  paper,  pub- 
lished in  Jerusalem,  and  we  give  the  following,  as 
translated  for  the  Literary  Digest.  It  is  full  of  in- 
terest: 


"However  much  the  Jews  of  Jerusalem,  both 
from  a  religious  and  a  natural  point  of  view,  put 
forth  effort  to  make  their  individuality  in  the  com- 
munity felt,  and  however  much  their  rapidly-in- 
creasing numbers  and  their  activity  in  commercial 
and  business  life  have  been  making  them  a  notice- 
able factor  in  the  city  of  their  ancestors,  they  nev- 
ertheless will  have  nothing  to  do  with  the  national 
movement  of  the  Zionists,  as  this  found  its  ex- 
pression in  the  convention  at  Basel.  The  writer 
recently  asked  an  old  influential  Jew  of  Jerusalem 
in  regard  to  this  matter.  He  stated  that  the  who'e 
agitation  was  a  swindle,  the  real  purpose  of  the 
leaders  being  to  make  money;  and  that  this  was 
the  reason  why  the  great  majority  of  the  rabbis 
would  have  nothing  to  do  with  the  project.  He 
declared  that  the  Jews  had  never  sold  Palestine, 
and  that  accordingly  it  was  not  necessary  to  buy 
that  country  back;  the  only  way  to  reacquire  it  is 
by  conquest,  and  this  would  be  hard,  if  not  impos- 
sible. 

"  Every  intelligent  observer  who  is  in  a  condition 
to  judge,  will  acknowledge  that  the  effort  to  es- 
tablish a  Jewish  state  in  Palestine,  in  view  of  the 
surrounding  difficulties,  not  all  of  which  would  be 
caused  by  the  Turkish  Government,  would  be  a 
matter  of  extraordinary  difficulty.  It  really  seems 
phenomenal  that  the  Zionist  Society  has  seriously 
thought  of  carrying  out  such  a  plan,  and  to  do  so 
with  the  aid  of  money.  Even  the  Jews  in  the  sa- 
cred city  are  so  surprised  at  the  method  proposed, 
that  they  almost  spontaneously  have  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  a  financial  speculation  is  at  the 
bottom  of  the  whole  enterprise. 

"The  object  sought  by  the  Zionists  is  something 
entirely  different  from  the  way  by  which  they  are 
trying  to  attain  it.  The  old  orthodox  Jew,  while 
in  full  agreement  with  the  former,  on  account  of 
his  interpretation  of  prophetic  prediction,  protests 
most  decidedly  against  the  latter.  That  Palestine 
is  actually  the  property  of  the  Jews  is,  on  the  ba- 
sis of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  acknowledged  not  only 
by  the  Jews  and  the  Christians,  but  even  by  the 
Mohammedans.  The  latter  have  it  as  an  article 
of  their  faith,  which  they  too,  are  perfectly  will- 
ing to  acknowledge,  that  the  time  will  come 
when  they  themselves  will  again  return  to  their 
southern  homes,  and  the  Jews  will  lake  their  place 

the  Promised  Land.  It  is  quite  natural  that  the 
Jew  is  not  allowed  openly  to  speak  of  his  hopes  of 
realizing  this  idea,  and  it  has  occurred  more  than 
once  that  a  public  reference  to  the  uprising  of  the 
Israelites  under  the  Maccabees,  as  an  example  of 
what  should  take  place  again,  has  been  punished 
by  the  authorities.  But  the  vast  immigration  of 
Jews  into  the  land  of  their  ancestors,  in  recent  de- 
cades, is  founded  oa  this  hope,  as  also  the  estab- 
lishment of  Jewish  agricultural  colonies  throughout 
the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land,  upon  which 
much  money  and  enthusiasm  have  been  spent,  and 
some  of  which  are  in  a  flourishing  condition.  The 
fact  that  in  a  comparatively  short  time  the  great- 
er portion  of  the  trade  of  the  country  has  fallen  in- 
to the  hands  of  Jews  who  have  permanently 
settled  in  Palestine,  was  something  to  be  expected. 
Then,  too,  that  all  branches  of  artisan  work,  such 
as  masonry  and  stone-cutting,  are  now  being  prac- 
ticed by  the  Jews  of  Palestine,  can  probably  be  ex- 
plained on  the  ground  that  the  Jewish  immigrants 
from  Southern  Russia  and  southeastern  Europe  in 
general,  were  accustomed  to  such  work.  But  that 
the  Jews  have  founded  agricultural  colonies  and  are 
zealously  working  them,  is  remarkable;  yet  there 
are  more  than  twenty  of  these  now  in  Palestine,  es- 
pecially along  the  coast  districts  and  in  the  upper 
Jordan  Valley,  all  controlled  and  worked  by  Jews. 
They  have  been  thriving  to  a  notable  degree,  hav- 
ing learned  what  crops  can  be  successfully  raised, 
An  important  factor  in  the  prosperity  of  these 
colonies  is  the  fact  that  they  are  liberally  support- 
ed by  wealthy  Jews  in  Europe,  especially  the 
Rothschilds. 

"  It  must  be  confessed  that  the  success  of  these 
enterprises  is  a  credit  to  Jewish  perseverance  and 
intelligence.  They  have  demonstrated  the  fact 
practically,  that  national   farming,    especially   on 


the  sea-coast  districts,  can  satisfy  even  the  de- 
mands of  Enropean  agriculturists,  and  more  than 
this  would  not  be  asked  in  case  a  Jewish  state  were 
re-established  in  Palestine.  These  colonies  show» 
that  the  Jews  can  live  and  thrive  in  their  an- 
cestral patrimony,  even  if  the  Zionist  methods  do 
not  find  their  approval." 


HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY*- 


WHY  DO  WE  WAIT? 


Why  do  w 

And  only  u 
When  no 

wait  till  ears  are  deaf 
;  speak  onr  kindly  word, 
tter  loving  praise 
t  a  whisper  can  be  heard? 

Why  do  we  wait  till  hands  are  laid 
Close-folded,  pulseless,  ere  we  plac 

Within  them  roses  sweet  and  rare, 
And  lilies  in  their  niwless  grace? 

Why  do  we  wait  till  eyes  are  sealed 

To  light  and  love  in  death's  deep  trance- 
Dear  wistful  eyes— before  we  bend 

Above  them  with  impassioned  glance? 
Why  do  we  wait  till  hearts  are  still 

To  tell  them  all  the  love  in  ours, 
And  give  them  such  late  meed  of  praise. 

And  lay  above  them  (ragrant  il  jwers? 
How  oft  we,  careless,  wait  till  life's 

Sweet  opportunities  are  past, 
And  break  our  "  alabaster  box 

Of  ointment  "  at  the  very  last! 
Oh,  let  us  heed  the  living  friend 

Who  walks  with  us  life's  common  ways. 
Watching  our  eyes  for  look  of  love, 

And  hungering  for  a  word  of  praise! 


TO  AN  INVALID  SISTER. 


BY   MAGGIE    M,    GOOD. 


When  the  prophet  was  instructed  to  promise  the 
greatest  possible  blessing  to  those  that  wait  on  the 
Lord,  he  said,  "  They  shall  mount  up  01:  wings  as 
eagles." 

The  life  of  the  birds  is  well  chosen  in  the  Scrip- 
tures as  a  symbol  of  exemption  from  earthly  care 
and  affliction^ 

They  come  and  go  with  the  summer  and  the 
flowers.  They  return  in  the  spring  with  songs  of 
gladness  and  they  depart  in  autumn  with  the  happy 
voices  of  pilgrims,  starting  on  a  pleasant  journey. 

When  the  winds  grow  sharp  and  the  frosts  change 
the  garments  of  the  forests  and  fields  to  mourning, 
the  light-hearted  birds  have  nothing  to  do  but 
spread  their  joyous  wings  and  seek  a  more  congen- 
ial clime. 

So  lives  the  cheerful,  trusting  child  of  G)d  who 
has  learned  to  lay  all  his  care  upon  an  Infinite 
Helper  and  to  be  at  peace.  He  has  two  homes,— 
one  here  and  one  far  away. 

While  the  season  of  work  and  duty  lasts,  he  is 
happy  to  stay  in  this,  and  when  God's  good  time 
comes,  he  is  still  happy  to  go. 

Even  to-day  we  may  stand  on  the  shores  of  the 
Sea  of  Galilee,  where  our  Lord  went  forth  to  teach 
the  multitude  in  the  light  of  the  early  morning,  and 
we  can  hear  the  note  of  the  lark  rising  silvery  and 
joyous,  higher  and  higher,  as  if  the  tireless  singer 
were  ambitious  to  carry  the  song  of  praise  to  the 
very  gates  of  heaven. 

Birds  sing  in  the  morning  to  remind  us  of  our 
duty  and  our  privilege  to  present  a  grateful  and 
holy  offering  to  Him  who  has  kept  us  in  the  night 
and  who  alone  can  guard  us  in  the  day. 

Birds  sing  when  the  sun  goes  down  to  turn  our 
thoughts  to  him,  whose  mercies  are  new  every 
morning  and  fresh  every  night, 

Birds  sing  in  the  close  prison  of  the  cage,  as  well 
as  in  the  wild  freedom  of  the  forest,  to  teach  us 
that  in  the  lowliest  home  and  in  the  most  distressed 
condition  we  may  yet  pour  out  our  hearts  in  praise, 
we  may  find  abundant  reasons  for  gratitude  to  God, 

Birds  sing  when  suffering  pain  and  when  pining 
with  homesickness  and  solitude,  to  teach  us  with 
the  martyr's  faith  and  the  victor's  joy  to  lift  up  our 


March  26, 


THIS    GOSPEL    MBSSBNGEB. 


hymn  of  triumph  from  the  unsounded  depths  of 
human  woe.  These  things,  which  birds  have  in 
common  with  man,  make  them  peculiarly  fit  to 
teach  us  the  great  lesson  of  freedom  from  worldly 
care,  and  faith  in  our  common  Father  in  heaven. 
They  begin  and  close  the  day  with  song  and  spend 
their  life  in  music  and  gladness,  to  teach  us  that  we 
can  always  find  something  to  make  us  sing  and  re- 
joice, if  only  we  trust  our  Father's  Word  and  keep 
a  grateful  heart, 

The  birds,  with  all  their  quick,  passionate  and 
tender  sensibilities,  with  all  their  exposure  to  want 
and  pain,  and  wrong,  are  set  before  us  by  the  Di- 
vine Master,  to  teach  us  the  great  lesson  of  con- 
tentment with  the  day,  and  trust  for  the  morrow. 

North  Liberty,  lnd. 


THE  RIQHT  THING. 


Captain  Sigsbee,  who  had  charge  of  the  ship 
Maine,  recently  blown  up  at  Havana,  is  probably 
one  of  the  coolest-headed  men  in  the  employ  of 
the  government.  He  has  met  with  repeated  mis- 
haps, but  has  never  been  known  to  shirk  duty,  and 
somehow  thinks  of  just  the  right  thing  to  do  in  an 
emergency.  Of  him  it  is  related,  says  the  Christian 
Advocate,  that  last  summer  he  was  going  down  the 
East  river,  past  New  York  City,  on  his  way  from 
the  navy-yard  to  sea,  when  an  excursion  steamer, 
loaded  to  the  guards  with  1,000  people,  suddenly 
appeared  around  a  bend  of  the  fair-way,  right  in  his 
track.  The  momentum  of  the  mass  of  the  vast  ship 
made  stoppage  impossible.  One  alternative  was  to 
run  the  steamer  down,  and  cause  the  drowning,  per- 
haps, of  hundreds  of  people.  Captain  Sigsbee 
chose  the  sole  and  only  alternative — he  rang  his 
bells  to  stop  the  Maine's  powerful  engines,  put  his 
wheel  over  sharply,  and  deliberately  ran  his  ship 
into  a  pier  on  which  were  trains  of  railway  freight- 
cars,  and  workmen  far  less  in  number  than  the 
steamer  that  crowded  him  off  his  course.  The 
blow  delivered  against  the  pier  made  it  and  its 
buildings  quake  to  their  foundations.  About  twen- 
ty cjars  were  hurled  overboard,  thousands  of  dollars 
damage  was  done  to  the  structures,  but  not  one  life 
was  lost,  though  many  people  thought  that  the 
planet  Jupiter  had  reached  the  earth  with  some- 
what excessive  earnestness  and  uninvited  zeal. 
Men  in  the  navy  department,  constructed  like  the 
prompt-minded  commander  himself,  did  not  even 
take  the  trouble  to  order  an  investigation,  but 
promptly  sent  him  a  letter  of  praise  and  thanks. 
Some  men  would  have  tried  to  get  the  benefits  of 
both  the  alternatives,  and  thereby  would  have 
smashed  the  imperiled  steamer,  wrecked  the  pier, 
and  sunk  his  own  warship.  A  single  second  some- 
times sways  great  events.  Some  men  can  do  the 
right  thing  if  they  have  time  enough  in  which  to 
identify  it,  but  the  right  man  does  the  right  thing 
at  the  right  time  and  in  the  right  way.  It  is  easy 
to  be  wise  after  an  accident  has  arrived.  Half  of 
that  which  is  called  "  accident,"  may  be  prevented 
by  a  habit  of  trained,  swift,  right  thinking.  Nag- 
ging after  an  accident  harms,  demoralizes,  confuses 
and  exasperates.  That  office  is  well  performed  by 
fussy  people  whose  scolding  apparatus  always  is  in 
good  order.  A  little  quiet  suggestion  to  a  careless 
child,  and  a  little  careful  pointing  out  of  a  danger- 
ous habit,  soothes,  instructs  and  stimulates  a  heed- 
less little  fellow.  Some  mothers  are  worth  their 
weight  in  gold  because  of  such  wise  and  kindly 
services.  It  is  easy  to  see  what  home  and  other 
training  that  captain  must  have  had.  Considera- 
tion for  other  people  is  at  the  base  of  such  men's 
success,  as  it  also  is  at  the  foundations  of  genuine 
human  courtesy. 

FACE  YOUR  TROUBLE. 

"  I  had  plowed  around  a  rock  in  one  of  my  fields 
for  five  years,"  said  the  farmer,  "  and  I  had  broken 
a  mowing-machine  knife  against  it,  besides  losing 
the  use  of  the  ground  in  which  it  lay,  all  because  I 
supposed  it  was  such  a  large  rock  that  it  would  take 
too  much  time  and  labor  to  remove  it.  But  to-day, 
when  I  began  to  plow  for  corn,  I  thought  that  by- 


and-by  I  might  break  my  cultivator  against  that 
rock;  so  I  took  a  crowbar,  intending  to  poke  around 
it  and  find  out  its  size  once  for  all.  And  it  was  one 
of  the  surprises  of  my  life  to  find  that  it  was  little 
more  than  two  feet  long.  It  was  standing  on  its 
edge,  and  so  light  that  I  could  lift  it  into  the  wag- 
on without  help." 

"The  first  time  you  really  faced  your  trouble  you 
conquered  it,"  I  replied  aloud,  but  continued  to  en- 
large upon  the  subject  all  to  myself,  for  I  do  be- 
lieve that  before  we  pray — or  better,  while  we  pray 
— we  should  look  our  troubles  square  in  the  face. 

Imagine  the  farmer  plowing  around  that  rock  for 
five  years,  praying  all  the  while,  "  O  Lord,  remove 
that  rock,"  when  he  didn't  know  whether  it  was  a 
big  rock  or  a  little  flat  stonel 

We  shiver,  and  shake,  and  shrink,  and  sometimes 
do  not  dare  to  pray  about  a  trouble,  because  it 
makes  it  seem  so  real,  not  even  knowing  what  we 
wish  the  Lord  to  do  about  it,  when,  if  we  would 
face  the  trouble  and  call  it  by  its  name,  one-half  its 
terror  would  be  gone.  The  trouble  which  lies 
down  with  us  at  night,  and  confronts  us  on  first 
waking  in  the  morning,  is  not  the  trouble  we  have 
faced,  but  the  trouble  whose  proportions  we  do  not 
know. — The  Advance, 


THE  HOME. 


Home  is  one  of  the  sweetest  of  words.  A  man's 
life  is  made  or  marred  by  his  home.  If  his  home 
be  one  in  which  discontent,  turmoil,  strife,  bitter- 
ness and  gloom  are  found,  he  is  handicapped  in  the 
work  of  life.  But,  if  on  the  other  hand,  he  goes 
every  morning  out  in  life's  battlefield  from  a  sweet, 
quiet,  peaceful  home,  in  which  Christ  lives  and 
reigns  in  the  hearts  of  the  inmates,  he  can  do  val- 
iant service  for  God  and  for  men.  I  thank  God 
every  hour  for  the  strength  in  hope  and  cheer  I  re- 
ceive in  the  bright,  sweet,  loving  home  he  has 
given  me. 


CORRESPONDENCE 


what 


Eff-Church  Nl-us  :=olkilc,l  lar  (hia  neparluient.  If  you  have  had  a  goad 
meeting,  send  a  report  ol  it,  so  that  others  may  rejoice  with  you.  In  writing, 
give  name  of  church,  county  and  state.  Be  brl-jf.  Notes  of  Travel  should  bo 
as  brief  as  possible.  Land  or  other  advcrtisr.nents  are  not  solicited  for  tills 
department.    Our  advertising  coluj-ns  afford  ample  room  lor  that  purpose. 


Echoes  from  the  Highway. 

For  some  weeks  I  have  been  traveling  among  the 
churches  of  Northern  Indiana,  preaching  and  giv- 
ing some  talks  on  mind  phenomena.  All  the  meet- 
ings are  opened  and  closed  in  the  usual  order  of  di- 
vine service  and  the  subjects  discussed  are  of  a  re- 
ligious nature.  The  object  of  those  special  talks  is 
to  get  people  to  do  more  thinking  for  them- 
selves, and  be  prepared  to  meet,  logically,  the  many 
phases  of  religious  fallacies  that  are  extant  in  the 
world  to-day.  The  attendance  and  interest  have 
been  very  encouraging.  At  Syracuse  we  met  with  a 
people  who  had  been  treated  liberally  upon  several 
occasions  with  the  machinations  of  a  certain  trance 
preacher,  who,  in  her  mesmeric  proceedings,  had 
stirred  up  quite  a  breeze,  and  drawn  in  quite  a  num- 
ber of  "  converts."  My  exposition  of  the  fallacy  of 
connecting  animal  magnetism  with  religion,  we  are 
inclined  to  believe,  will  be  proof  sufficient  to  fortify 
any  rational  mind  who  heard  us,  against  such  de- 
ceptive practices, 

Our  Fraternity  have  large  and  growing  congrega- 
tions in  Northern  Indiana,  The  zeal  and  spirit 
manifested  is  commendable  indeed.  In  Sunday 
school  work  they  are  in  the  front  ranks,  and  push- 
ing ahead  on  Gospel  lines  that  doubtless  will  cul- 
minate in  a  great  power  for  good  in  the  church,  A 
thorough  and  proper  education  of  our  young  peo- 
ple is  the  one  great  work  that  will  entail  prosperity 
and  loyalty  to  the  church  in  the  future  years  to 
come.  May  every  loyal  Christian  brother  and  sis- 
ter work  now,  while  it  is  "  day  "  with  them,  to  leave 
a  good  impress  on  young  minds  that  must  follow 
in  their  footsteps.  We  see  much  to  cause  us  to 
thank  God  and  take  courage.  ].  S.  Flory. 

March  14. 


Visit  to  Delta  County,  Colo. 

Feb.  18  I  left  my  home  and  family  on  a  trip  to 
Delta  County,  this  State,  to  visit  Bro.  Adam  Snide- 
man  and  family,  Feb.  19  I  held  a  number  of  meet- 
ings in  Delta,  in  the  Advent  church,  of  which  Bro. 
Snideman  has  given  an  account,  perhaps,  ere  this. 
I  was  favorably  impressed  with  the  country  around 
Delta,  and  got  acquainted  with  a  number  of  the 
people.  Many  acres  are  planted  in  fruit-trees  of 
various  kinds  and  there  are  many  bearing  orchards. 
There  are  four  members  living  in  and  around 
Delta. 

We  next  went  to  North  Fork,  as  far  up  as  Hotch- 
kiss.  From  here  we  went  southeast,  about  six 
miles,  to  Bro.  Geo.  Dove's.  We  visited  in  this 
neighborhood  some  five  days,  but  held  only  one 
meeting  on  account  of  sickness  among  the  Breth- 
ren. Bro.  Geo.  Dove's  little  daughter,  Hattie,  died 
while  we  were  there.  There  are  nine  members  liv- 
ing here,  and  they  are  anxious  for  the  Brethren  to 
settle  among  them,  so  there  can  be  an  organization 
effected.  I  have  rented  a  place  near  Delta,  and 
will  move  there  as  soon  as  possible,  The  Brethren 
on  Smith  Fork  are  twenty-five  or  thirty  miles  from 
Delta,  but  if  we  are  so  fortunate  as  to  get  to  Delta, 
we  will  go  up  to  Smith  Fork  occasionally  and  try 
to  administer  to  their  needs. 

I  have  just  been  reading  "Under  the  Juniper 
Tree,"  on  page  171,  current  volume  of  the  Gospel 
Messenger.  I  took  my  Bible  and  read  the  refer- 
ences as  I  came  to  them,  and  it  is  a  grand  lesson. 
If  each  brother  and  sister  will  read  it  with  Bible  in 
hand,  and  apply  it  to  self,  as  I  have  done,  and  then 
carry  it  into  effect,  there  will  be  a  wonderful  work 
done  all  along  the  line.     Read  it,  Brethren! 

John  J.  Hoover, 

Macon,  Colo.,  March  13. 


Death  ol  Eld.  Christian  Schrock. 

Christian  Schrock  was  born  in  Wayne  County, 
Ohio,  Oct.  10,  1849,  and  died  at  his  home  near  Mid- 
dlebury,  lnd.,  March  2,  1898,  aged  48  years,  4 
months  and  twenty-two  days. 

Feb.  27,  1S73,  he  was  joined  in  marriage  to  Susan 
Hostetler,  daughter  of  David  Hostetler.  To  this 
union  was  given  a  son  and  a  daughter,  the  daughter, 
Elva,  having  preceded  him  to  the  spirit  world, 
Aug.  8,  1895, 

He  joined  the  Brethren  church  when  twenty- five 
years  old,  and  has  lived  a  consistent  member  the 
remaining  years  of  his  life.  Three  years  later  he 
was  elected  as  deacon,  and  served  the  church  in  this 
capacity  for  about  five  years.  April  9,  1887,  he  was 
elected  to  the  ministry  and  three  years  later,  Feb. 
22,  1890,  was  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of  the 
ministry,  in  which  he  faithfully  served  until  in  De- 
cember, i?95,  he  was  ordained  elder,  serving  as  as- 
sistant elder  until  the  death  of  Eld.  Hoover.  Later 
on,  by  a  unanimous  voice  of  the  church,  he  was  given 
charge  of  the  Pleasant  Valley  church,  and  faithfully 
performed  his  duty  as  an  elder  to  the  best  of  his 
ability. 

Bro.  Schrock  was  one  among  our  best  men;  his 
congregation  was  among  the  most  loyal  to  our 
Brotherhood,  and,  under  his  faithful  life,  reached 
a  point  in  which  she  did  not  fall  "behind  in  any 
good  work."  It  could  be  said  of  Bro.  Schrock  that 
he  would  not  compromise  Gospel  truth  with  error. 
He  was  very  much  grieved  at  brethren  whose  senti- 
ment had  a  tendency  to  lead  the  church  away  from 
her  true  simplicity,  and,  during  his  last  illness,  he 
spoke,  with  a  considerable  degree  of  sadness,  as  re- 
gards departures  from  Christian  integrity.  He  was 
among  the  most  just  men  with  whom  it  was  my 
pleasure  to  become  acquainted, 

Bro.  Berkey's  remarks  were  highly  in  order  when 
he  stated,  in  the  funeral  services,  that  he  "  liked  to 
speak  of  a  man  that  would  be  missed  every  place, 
as  Bro.  Schrock  will  be." 

The  nobility  of  his  life  suggested  these  words  for 
the  funeral  occasion;  "We  have  come  to  the  spirits 
of  just  men  made  perfect,"  Heb.  12:  23,  latter 
clause.  Services  by  Bro.  Geo.  Swihart  at  the  fam- 
ily residence,  and  at  the  churchhouse  by  Bro.  I.  L, 
Berky  and  the  writer.  Lemuel  Hillkrv, 


THE    GOSPEL'  jVLZESSZEHSTGEIR,. 


From  PJattsburg,  Mo. 

The  Northern  Missouri  District  Mission  Board 
met  at  the  College  at  this  place  March  5,  to  transact 
their  regular  business.  This  District  needs  a  num- 
ber of  aggressive  missionaries,  Several  congrega- 
tions are  alive  and  active,  and,  where  proper  efforts 
have  been  made  by  the  churches,  a  large  ingather- 
ing has  been  the  result.  This  territory  is  certainly 
ripe  for  the  harvest.  A  finer  country  would  be 
hard  to  find.  Many  of  the  members  in  the  District 
are  quite  able  to  help  along  with  the  work  financial- 
ly, and  a  good  round  sum  of  missionary  money  is 
now  lying  in  bank  for  lack  of  such  missionaries  as 
the  Board  wants, 

March  7  we  had  our  council.  A  large  amount  of 
business  was  transacted  in  the  spirit  of  love  and 
union.  It  was  decided  to  hold  our  love  feast  on 
May  2 1  and  22,  in  the  hope  of  having  ministers  stop 
over  with  us  on  their  way  to  Annual  Meeting. 

Bro.  S.  Z.  Sharp  was  chosen  to  represent  the 
church  at  Annual  Meeting,  with  Bro.  Geo,  Ellen- 
berger,  alternate.  Brethren  S.  B.  Shirkey  and  J.  D. 
Hildebrand  were  with  us  at  the  meeting,  and  gave 
us  encouraging  words.  S.  Z    Shakp, 

March  14, 

Friendly  Criticisms. 

It  seems  to  be  the  custom  of  some  churches  in 
our  Brotherhood,  to  issue  certificates  of  member- 
ship to  members  moving  away,  at  their  quarterly 
councils  only. 

Worthy  members  may  move  among  strangers, 
and  be  suspected  as  impostors,  because  they  can 
not  produce  a  certificate.  Of  course  it  must  be  em- 
barrassing to  a  brother  or  sister  to  say,  "  I  am  a  mem- 
ber, but  could  not  get  a  certificate  till  next  council." 
This  custom  is  uncalled  for.  An  elder  can  call  the 
church  together  and  receive  applicants  for  baptism 
at  any  time,  baptize  them,  and  receive  them  into 
the  church.  Then,  why  should  he  have  to  wait 
three  months,  until  a  council,  to  give  one  a  certifi- 
cate of  membership? 

A  young  lady  came  among  us.  Her  appearance 
and  deportment  was  that  of  a  sister,  She  said  she 
was  a  sister,  and  none  of  us  doubted  her  statement. 
After  about  two  months  had  passed,  I  spoke  to  her 
about  her  letter  of  membership,  and  learned  that 
she  had  none,  but  had  applied  for  it.  Our  love 
feast  was  in  a  short  time,  and  she  said  she  wanted 
her  letter  in  time  to  enjoy  the  love  feast,  and  she 
made  the  second  application  with  the  same  result, 
— no  reply.  Then  she  requested  me  to  apply  for  it, 
I  did  so  more  than  two  months  ago,  and  as  yet 
have  had  no  reply.  We  are  convinced  that  it  is  on- 
ly a  neglect  of  the  church,  and  ought  not  to  be. 

Visiting  ministers  and  evangelists  can  do  much 
good  among  small,  isolated  churches,  as  well  as 
larger  ones,  but  some  of  our  evangelists,  as  soon  as 
they  get  on  the  frontier,  get  on  the  "  war  path." 
They  stir  up  the  people  to  resistance,  and  then 
leave,  perhaps  never  to  return  again.  Then  the 
home  ministry  must  meet  and  overcome  the  oppo- 
sition, or  the  church  must  suffer  for  it.  One  of  our 
ministers  once  said,  while  preaching  in  a  Methodist 
church,  to  Methodists  and  Baptists,  that  the  Meth- 
odists had  never  made  a  step  towards  baptism,  and 
the  Baptists  had  made  one  step,  but  it  was  back- 
wards. Years  have  passed,  and  that  brother  has 
done  much  good  at  other  places,  but  many  of  the 
people  who  heard  the  above  expression,  will  not 
listen  to  any  Dunker  preacher  now.  I  very  serious- 
ly question  the  propriety  of  such  remarks  from  our 
ministers.     Let  us  preach  the  Word, 

C.  D,  Hylton. 

Hawthorn,  Fla. 

From  the  Boon  River  Church,  Iowa. 

Our  first  quarterly  council  convened  March  12. 
Our  elder  not  being  present,  the  meeting  was  in 
charge  of  Bro.  John  G.  Schmidt.  We  appointed 
our  love  feast  for  June  25  and  26,  at  10  A.  M. 

Since  our  last  writing,  two  young  brethren  have 
come  to  us.  One  of  them  is  Bro.  John  G.  Schmidt, 
a  minister  in  the  first  degree  at  the  time  he  came, 


After  laboring  here  for  some  time,  the  church  for- 
warded him  to  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry, 
by  a  unanimous  vote.  As  there  is  some  probabili- 
ty of  Bro,  Schmidt  leaving  us  again,  we  hereby  re- 
quest some  one  of  our  ministering  brethren  to  come 
and  locate  with  us,  and  help  to  build  up  the  cause. 
The  church  here  is  in  a  good  working  condition  at 
the  present  time,  but  is  in  need  of  more  workers  to 
assume  the  work  Daniel  Aschencrenner. 

Stilson,  Hancock  Co.,  Ioiva,  Match  12, 


Notes  x  from  k  our  »  Correspondents* 

"As  cold  water  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so  is  good  news  [rom  a  far  country." 

KANSAS. 

Maple  Grove.— One  more  soul,— a  young  man,— was  re- 
ceived into  the  church  by  confession  and  baptism,  a  few  Sun- 
days ago.— Laura  M.  Shuey,  Rockwell  City,  /Cans,,  March  16. 

Belleville.— We  met  in  quarterly  conncil  March  5.  Bro. 
Chester  F.  Daggett  was  elected  delegate  to  District  Meeting. 
Our  spring  love  feast  will  be  held  May  25.  at  4  P.  M.— Louisa 
J.  Williams,  March  14- 

White  Rock On  the  evening  of  Feb.  10  Bro.  C.  S.  Hol- 

singer  commenced  meetings  in  our  new  meetinghouse  in  this 
church,  preaching,  in  all,  twenty-four  sermons  to  attentive 
congregations.  Four  were  baptized,  and  much  good  seed 
sown.— Myrtie  Myers,  Webber,  Kans.,  March  iS, 

Osborne  County. — March  5  Bro.  Lewis  Lerew,  of  the 
North  Solomon  church,  came  to  us.  He  preached  two  ser- 
mons, one  on  Saturday  evening  and  one  on  Sunday  morning. 
He  preached  the  funeral  sermon  of  Bro.  Eli  Miller  Williams, 
who  died  suddenly  of  heart  failure. — Phcbe  II.  Palmer,  March 

Railroad  Notice.— We  wish  to  state,  for  the  benefit  of  all, 
coming  by  rail  over  the  different  roads  to  District  Meeting  at 
Wichita,  to  take  the  Fairmount  street-car  for  Fairmount,  and 
it  will  take  them  to  the  door  of  the  meetinghouse.  Cars  run 
from  corner  of  Main  Street  and  Douglas  Avenue,  from  7  A. 
M.  to  10  P.  M.  Those  arriving  later,  by  informing  as,  will  be 
met  at  the  train. — X.  Highbarger,  Wichita,  Kans.,  March  15. 

Osage  Church.— Our  council-meeting  was  held  to-day. 
Six  were  received  by  letter,  among  them  Bro,  T.  A.  Robison. 
from  Missouri,  a  minister  in  the  second  degree.  Four  letters 
were  granted.  The  church  sent  two  delegates  to  District 
Meeting,— Bro.  A,  L.  Boyd  and  the  writer.  The  church  ap- 
pointed Bro.  D.  P.  Neher  as  correspondent  for  the  Osage 
churcb,  and  Bro.  A.  E.  Stronp,  agent  for  the  Messenger. — 
Salem  Beery,  McCunc,  Kans.,  March  14. 

Newton.— This  church  met  in  council  March  5,  with  Eld.  A. 
M.  Dickey,  of  McPherson,  presiding.  He  preached  for  us  at 
the  church  on  Sunday  morning  and  evening.  Bro.  A.  W. 
Vaniman  is  expected  to  hold  a  series  of  meetings  at  Hesston, 
beginning  April  1.  Bro.  W.  A.  Rose  held  a  two  weeks'  series 
of  meetings  at  the  church,  some  time  ago.  Oa  account  of  bad 
weather  the  attendance  was  not  so  large.  We  were,  however, 
very  much  encouraged. —  U.  S.  Roycr,  March  14. 

Walnut  Valley.— Our  council  was  held  March  12,  Eld.  A. 
M.  Dickey  presided.  The  writer  was  elected  as  church  cor- 
respondent.  We  decided  to  hold  our  love  feast  April  16,  be- 
ginning at  2  P.  M.  Bro.  J.  J.  Filbrum  will  represent  this 
church  at  Distiict  Meeting.  We  have  an  evergreen  Sunday 
school.  It  was  decided  to  give  the  collection,  taken  the  first 
Sunday  of  each  month,  to  the  India  sufferers,  Eld.  A.  M. 
Dickey  preached  to  us  after  Sunday  school,  March  13,  from 
Matt.  19:  29. — F.  E.  Wcitnert,  Heizcr,  Kans.,  March  14. 

Belleville.— Some  lectures  were  delivered  in  the  east  arm 
of  this  church,  by  Bro.  Lugenbeel,  against  the  evils  of  intem- 
perance. March  5  and  6  he  spoke  at  the  Happy  Hollow 
schoolhouse,  and  March  7  he  gave  a  talk  to  the  children. 
Brethren  Lugenbeel  and  Smith  commenced  a  series  of  meet- 
ings at  the  same  place,  which  closed  March  13,— in  all  seven 
sermons.  The  attendance  and  interest  were  good.  We  have 
a  Brethren  Sunday  school,  of  which  the  wiiter  is  Superin- 
tendent. Bro.  Smith  preaches  for  us  every  two  weeks  after 
Sunday  school. — y.  A,  Reed,  March  20. 

Washington  Creek.— This  church  met  in  council  March 
12.  The  writer  was  chosen  moderator.  Arrangements  were 
made  for  District  Meeting,  to  be  hsld  April  6.  Six  members 
were  received  by  letter.  Among  the  number  is  Bro.  Geo.  El- 
ler,  a  minister  in  the  second  degree,  and  Joseph  Kinzy,  a  dea- 
con. We  organized  our  Sunday  school.  Weba  Postma  was 
chosen  Superintendent,  We  will  use  the  Brethren's  liter- 
ature. Two  papers  were  passed  to  District  Meeting.  Breth- 
ren Wm.  Weybrigbt  and  Geo.  Eller  were  chosen  as  delegates 
to  District  Meeting,  and  the  writer  as  delegate  to  Annual 
Meeting.  The  best  of  Christian  spirit  pervaded  the  meetings, 
— /,  L.  Hoover,  Alfred,  Kans.,  March  18. 
INDIANA. 

Blackford  County.— Eld.  Howard,  of  Hartford,  Ind.,  held 
a  series  of  meetings  for  us,  beginning  on  the  night  of  Feb.  28. 
We  held  our  council  March  8.  Oar  Communion  will  be  June 
3.— Jane  Cook,  March  12. 

St.  Joseph  Valley.— A  two  weeks' meeting  closed  last  ev- 
ening at  this  place,  conducted  by  Bro.  Geo.  D.  Zolleis,  who 
gave  two  evening  lectures  on  his  life  on  the  sea,  which  were  of 
much  interest.  His  stay  with  us  was  too  short. —  Cannon 
Smith,  South  Bend,  hid,,  March  14. 


Solomon's  Creek.— On  Saturday,  March  5,  we  met  in 
council.  Bro.  Henry  WarUler  presided.  But  little  business 
came  before  the  meeting.  We  appointed  a  Communion  meet- 
ing for  Saturday,  May  7.  Bro.  J.  S.  Flory  lectured  on  "  Mind 
Mysteries"  at  Syracuse,  March  8,  g  and  10.— L.   A.   Neff, 

Camp  Church. — Bro.  Daniel  Wysong,  of  Nappanee,  Ind,, 
came  to  us  on  Feb.  20,  and  continued  meetings  until  March  6. 
He  preached,  in  all,  nineteen  soul-cheering  sermons,  and 
closed  with  an  increasing  interest.  Two  were  reclaimed. 
During  these  meetings  we  held  our  quarterly  council,  March 
2.  Bro.  J.  C.  Marry,  of  Nappanee,  presided  at  this  meeting.— 
—J,  W.  Shively,  March  10. 

Pleasant  Dale — We  met  in  quarterly  council  Feb.  26. 
Bro.  D.  M.  Byerly  presided.  During  the  past  year  there  was 
$152.73  raised  for  church  work.  When  we  divide  the  above 
sum  by  30,  the  number  of  our  members,  we  are  made  to  think 
how  little  we  do  for  the  Lord,  as  it  is  only  about  S5.09  to  each 
member,  yet,  when  we  consider  what  a  vast  amount  might  be 
raised  if  our  beloved  Brotherhood  would  average  that  amount 
per  member,  there  would  be  $500,000  raised  each  year.—  Hen- 
ryj.  Billing,  March  12. 

Salem.— We  held  our  quarterly  council  March  5.  This  is 
the  first  winter  we  kept  our  Sunday  school  going,  and  we  like 
the  plan  so  well  that  we  hope  never  to  let  it  "freeze  out" 
again,  Our  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by  Bro.  John  Y. 
Haitsough,  of  North  Dakota,  closed  March  16,  with  good  suc- 
cess, He  gave  us  twelve  soul-cheering  jermons.  Bro,  A.  B. 
Peters,  of  North  Dakola,  was  with  us  two  evenings.  Nine 
were  added  to  the  church  by  baptism. — Lovina  Zumbaugh, 
Burr  Oak,  Ind.,  March  17, 

Antioch.— Eld,  Noah  Fisher  has  had  q'lite  a  long  and  se- 
vere attack  of  typhoid  fever,  but  we  are  thankful  that  he  is, 
at  this  writing,  able  to  again  be  up  and  about  the  bouse,  and 
we  hope  be  will  be  able  to  assume  bis  labors  for  us  again,  ere 
long.  Eld.  Joseph  Leedy  is  in  his  eighty  fourth  year,  and 
quite  feeble,  and  seldom  able  to  get  to  church.  Bro.  Abraham 
Leedy  cauuot  walk,  nor  can  he  talk  to  be  understood.  We 
trust  these  brethren  will  be  remembered  in  the  prayers  of  the 
faithful.— A.  B.  Miller,  Andrews,  Ind.! March  ij. 

Beaver  Dam.— This  church  met  in  quarterly  council  March 
12.  As  delegates  for  District  Meeting  we  elected  Adam  Tul- 
ly  and  Adam  Whertey.  Delegate  for  Annual  Meeting,  I,  E. 
Warren.  The  writer  was  chosen  as  Sunday  school  Superin- 
tendent,  and  I.  E.  Warren  as  Assistant.  Bro.  I.  E.  Warren 
was  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry.  The 
church  also  decided  to  engage  Eld.  Joseph  Spitzer  to  hold 
a  meeting  for  us  through  the  month  of  September.  Eld. 
Samuel  Leckrone  preached  a  very  instructive  sermon  to  us 
this  Lord's  Day  morning,  from  1  Tim.  4:  13, — John  L.  Kline, 
Sevastopol,  Ind.,  March  /j. 

NEBRASKA. 

Sappy  Creek.— We  recently  met  in  council,  Eld.  Ncfiziger 
presiding.  Our  brother  gave  us  an  earnest  admonition.— J, 
M.  Osborne,  Edison,  Ncbr.,  March  /.?. 

Sappy  Creek.— Bro.  G.  H,  Sharp  (the  blind  brother  from 
Atwood,  Kans),  commenced  meetings  here  Feb.  13,  He 
preached  fifteen  sermons.  There  was  good  interest  and  at- 
tendance.— Samantha  Chapman,  March  14. 

Olenrock. — We  met  March  12  in  quarterly  council.  Bro. 
H.  H.  Ross,  of  Holmesville,  gave  us  an  encouraging  talk.  He 
also  preached  for  us  on  Saturday  evening,  and  on  Sunday 
forenoon  and  evening. — Miriam  A,  Maxy,  March  16. 

Weeping  Water  Church.— We  met  in  council  March  12. 
All  business  was  disposed  of  peaceably.  Two  letters  were 
granted.  We  decided  to  hold  our  love  feast  May  21,  We  al- 
so reorganized  our  Sunday  school.— F.  A.  Keefer,  Greenwood, 
Nebr.,  March  /?, 

Dubois.— As  Paul  was  relreshed  by  the  coming  of  Timothy 
and  others  to  the  help  of  the  Lord,  so  we  were  refreshed  by 
Eld.  Unas  Shick  coming  to  us  on  last  Thursday.  Four  were 
received  by  baptism  yesterday.  A  deep  interest  prevails 
among  the  people. — J.  E.  Young,  March  14. 

Exeter — We  held  our  council  March  12.  Bro.  D.  B.  Heiny, 
of  the  Bethel  church,  was  with  ns.  Our  elder,  G.  W.  Stam- 
baugh,  intending  to  go  to  North  Dakota,  we  chose  Eld,  D,  B, 
Heiny  as  our  elder.  We  are  now  without  a  resident  minister, 
and  would  be  pleased  to  have  any  minister,  passing  through, 
to  stop  and  preach  for  us, — L,  C.  Klinzman,  Mc Cool  Junction, 
Ncbr.,  March  17. 

Red  Cloud.— Our  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by  Eld.  C. 
B.  Smith,  closed  March  13.  Three  souls  came  out  on  the 
Lord's  side,— one  quite  young.  Others  are  almost  persuaded, 
and  all  are  greatly  encouraged.  The  meetings  were  well  at- 
tended, and  the  weather  was  very  favorable.  Our  hearts 
were  made  glad  by  several  families  moving  into  our  midst, 
some  of  whom  are  members.  We  also  have  an  evergreen 
Sunday  school,  and  prayer-meeting  each  Sunday  evening. — 
Amanda  Barndt,  March  16. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Hanover.— Since  Nov.  1,  of  last  year,  five  have  been  re- 
ceived into  the  fold  of  Christ,  at  this  place.  They  were  bap- 
tized on  Saturday,  March  12,  by  Bro,  Orvillc  V.  Long.  He  al- 
so preached  two  excellent  sermons  for  us  the  following  Sun- 
day. Bro,  Joseph  Long  has  charge  of  our  mission,  but  not  be- 
ing able  to  fill  the  last  appointment,  Bro,  Orville  Long  kindly 
favored  us.  His  discourses  were  very  much  appreciated. 
There  are  still  others  who  are  thinking  upon  their  way.  I  in- 
tend to  close  ray  work  in  a  few  weeks.— Ella  Rajfensperger, 


March  26,  1S9S. 


THE   GOSPEL. MlESSEOSra-EIR,. 


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Lancaster.— The  meetings  here  are  progressing  nicely. 
We  had  sever.il  applicants  for  baptism,  and  last  Sunday  even- 
ing we  were  not  able  to  provide  room  for  all  the  people  that 
attended  the  services.—  T.  F.  Imler,  March  is. 

Clay  Hill— Our  council  passed  off  pleasantly  on  Saturday. 
Eld,  W.  C.  Koonl  z  is  our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  W.  C. 
Koontz  and  the  writer  are  delegates  to  District  Meeting,  at 
Waynesboro,  Pa.—  W.  A.  Anthony,  March  14. 

Clarion. -Eld.  J.  H.  Beer,  of  Rockton,  Pa,  came  to  oar 
church  Mircb  5,  and  continued  meetings  until  March  15, 
preaching  twelve  sermons.  Bro.  Beer  has  been  appointed  to 
take  charge  of  this  congregation  by  the  Mission  Board. 
There  was  a  good  interest  manifested  in  the  meetings.— C.  A, 
Wood,  Haynie,  Pa ,  March  tj. 

Chiques  Church  —On  Sunday,  March  6,  after  services  at 
Green  Tree,  twenty-two  souls  were  received  into  the  church 
by  baptism.  Nineteen  more  applicants  will  be  baptized  on 
Sunday,  March  20,  after  services  at  Chiques  Hill.  This  is  the 
result  of  the  several  series  of  meetings  held  during  the  winter 
at  our  different  places  of  worship.  Our  council  was  held  on 
Monday,  March  14.  Two  sisters  were  restored.  Two  love 
feasts  were  appointed;  at  Chiques  Hill,  May  2  and  3,  and  at 
Elizibelhtown,  at  a  time  to  be  decided  later  on.  A  full  corps 
of  Sun  day  school  officers  was  appointed  for  the  following  year, 
at  the  Chi]  les  Hill  and  Fairview  houses—  John  C,  Zug,  Mas- 
tcrsonvillc,  Pa.,  March  ij, 

OHIO. 

Sidney.— Yesterday,  March  13,  three  more  were  baptized, 
and  we  have  one  applicant  for  baptism  for  next  Lord's  Day. 
— H.  C.  Longanecker,  J2Q  South  Street,  March  14. 

Correction.— In  Gospel  Mksshnger  No.  11,  in  giving 
date  of  our  love  feast,  at  the  Logan  church,  it  should  be  May 
7,  at  4  P.  M.,  instead  of  May  6.  Those  interested  will  please 
make  a  note  of  this.— John  R.  Snyder,  Bellefontaine,  Ohio, 
March  17. 

Oak  Grove —We  met  in  council  March  12.  Bro.  Joseph 
Robison  will  represent  this  church  at  Annual  Meeting,  and 
bre'hren  L.  H.Dickey  and  JameiE.  Deary  at  District  Meet- 
ing, The  Communion  meeting  wiil  be  held  June  11.  Our 
series  of  meetings,  conducted  by  Bro.  Reuben  Shroyer,  com- 
menced Feb.  28,  and  closed  March  13.— Bertha  Schubert, 
March  14- 

Hickory  Grove.— Our  annual  visit  and  council  passed  off 
pleasantly.  We  send  no  queries  for  Distiict  Meeting  or  An- 
nual Meeting.  Bro.  D.  S.  Filbrun  was  elected  delegate  to 
Annual  Meeting.  Bro.  S.  F.  Studebaker  and  the  writer  were 
chosen  delegates  to  District  Meeting.  The  church  decided  to 
hold  a  love  feast  May  21,  at  2  P.  M.  Bro.  D.  S,  Filbrun  is  to 
hold  a  series  of  meetings  for  us  next  winter.  We  expect  to 
op  eh  our  Sunday  school  with  the  beginning  of  next  quarter.— 
./<»**  Cop/ock,  Tippecanoe  City,  Ohio,  March  12. 

Sugar  Creek.— March  12  we  met  in  council-  Eld.  C.  L. 
Wilkins  and  Bro.  D.  D.  Thomas  were  with  ns.  Bro.  Thomas 
presided  over  the  meeting.  We  organized  our  Sunday  school 
for  the  summer.  Eld.  Samuel  Driver  was  elected  delegate  to 
Annual  Meeting;  Bro.  Jacob  Driver  and  the  writer,  delegates 
to  Distiict  Meeting.  Our  love  feast  was  appointed  for  June 
11,  beginning  at  2  P.  M.  The  meeting  decided  to  have  Bro. 
B.  F.  Honeyman  conduct  a  series  of  meetings  at  the  Pleasant 
View  church  the  comtng  fall.  We  send  three  papers  to  Dis- 
trict Meeting.  We  elected  Bro.  Solomon  Driver  to  the  minis- 
try —David  Bye rly,  Lima,  Ohio,  March  12. 

IOWA. 

Sheldon.— One  was  baptized  March  3—7.  E.  Rolston, 
March  S. 

Mallard.— Bro.  W.  H.  Lichty  came  to  us  Feb.  26,  and  gave 
as  eleven  very  interesting  sermons,  ky  which  seven  souls  were 
added  to  the  church  and  two  reclaimed,  The  interest  shown 
was  excellent,  and  more  seem  to  be  counting  the  cost.  We 
believe  the  day  is  not  far  distant,  when  we  will  have  an  or- 
ganized church  here. — E.  C.  Whitmcr,  March  S. 

Indian  Creek.— Our  quarterly  council  was  held  March  5. 
Bro.  Geo.  Goughnour  was  elected  Sunday  school  Superintend- 
-ent,  and  Bro.  L,  D.  Minear,  Assistant.  We  have  an  evergreen 
Sunday  school,  The  officers  and  teachers  take  a  great  inter- 
est in  the  scholars,  which  makes  it  interesting  for  all.  Our 
love  feast  will  be  held  June  4  and  5,  commencing  at  10  A.  M. 
— A,  E.  Pike,  Maxwell,  Iowa,  March  7. 

Liberty  vllle. -On  Sunday,  Feb.  27,  Eld.  A,  Wolf  preached 
for  us  a  missionary  sermon,  to  a  well-filled  house,  after  which 
a  collection  of  $6.87  was  taken.  March  9  Eld,  A.  Wolf  was 
sent  for,  to  go  to  Orlanda,  Van  Buren  County,  to  anoint  Bro. 
West  Horn.  Eld.  Wolf  and  Bro.  Sam  Burger  started  that 
night  for  Bro,  Horn's  home,  and  finding  him  very  low,  pro- 
ceeded to  anoint  him  at  once.  When  they  left  for  home  next 
day,  Bro.  Horn  was  somewhat  better.  Sister  Pollie  Miller,  of 
this  church,  living  south  of  Selma,  Van  Buren  County,  though 
past  101  years  old,  has  been  doing  her  own  house-work,  and 
taking  care  cf  her  invalid  daughter.  Recently  she  fell  and 
broke  her  right  limb,  which  makes  her  quite  helpless.  Eld, 
Wolf  has  an  appointment  at  the  Pleasant  Ridge  schoolhonse, 
two  miles  southwest  of  County  Line,  in  Wapello  County.  We 
have  had  an  evergreen  Sunday  school,  with  good  attendance. 
—C,  E,  Wolf,  Batavia,  Iowa,  March  iS. 

NORTH  DAKOTA. 
Grand  Karbor.— A'ter  spending  tbn 
ren  and  friends  of  Northern  Indiana,  ! 
Grand  Harbor,  N.  Dak  ,  which 
29,  until  further  notice  is  given 


inter  with  the  Breth- 
n  now  back  again  to 
II  be  my  address  after  May 
M,  A.  Eisenhour,  March  17, 


VIRGINIA. 

Hylton.—  This  church  met  in  council.  Bro.  A,  N,  Hylton 
was  advanced  to  the  second  degree  in  the  ministry.  Eld.  H. 
P.  Hylton  was  anointed.  His  wife  crossed  over  the  liver  only 
about  four  weeks  ago.—  S.  P.  Hylton,  Willis,  l'a„  March  f. 

Antloch.— The  members  of  this  church  met  in  council 
March  12.  Our  delegates  to  District  Meeting  are  S,  P, 
Beahm  and  J.  P.  Leftwich.  On  the  evening  of  the  same  date, 
our  social  meeting  convened.  Much  interest  was  manifested. 
—Rosa  J.  Beahm,  CillasPie,  Va.,  March  ig. 

Mount  Zion.— Last  night  we  closed  an  interesting  two 
weeks'  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by  our  home  ministers. 
Eight  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side,  and  received  Christian 
baptism,  and  two  were  reclaimed.  There  were  nineteen  ser- 
mons preached  in  all,  with  increased  interest.  The  congrega- 
tions were  large,  the  order  excellent,  and  we  hope  more  good 
will  result  from  this  meeting.— D,  IV.  Spitltr,  Long,  Page  Co., 
Va.,  March  14, 

Brock's  Gap.— On  Saturday,  March  12,  we  nut  in  council 
Eld.  J.  P.  Zigler  was  with  us.  Bro.  Daniel  Turner  was  elect- 
ed delegate  to  District  Meeting,  with  Bro.  Geo,  H.  Fulk  as 
alternate.  We  organized  our  Sunday  school  for  the  summer, 
by  electing  brethren  Nathan  W.  and  Leonard  F.  Turner  as 
Superintendents.  We  will  open  April  3.  We  will  use  the 
Brethren's  literature  again  this  year.  Bro.  Zigler  remained 
with  us  and  delivered  an  excellent  sermon  Sunday,  at  11  A, 
M,  Bro.  J.  M.  Kagey,  of  Dayton,  Va„  is  to  hold  a  series  of 
meetings  at  the  above-named  church,  in  the  near^fulure.— Sal- 
lie  R.  Turner,  Hoover,  Va.,  March  14. 

ILLINOIS. 

Yellow  Creek.  —  Our  chnrch  met  in  quarterly  council 
March  5.  Bro.  Chas,  E.  Delp  represents  our  church  at  the 
coming  Annual  Meeting.— I).  J.  Blocher,  Pearl  City,  III., 
March  14. 

Pierceburg.— A  twelve  days' series  of  meetings,  conducted 
by  Bro,  S.  W.  Garber,  of  AllisoD,  111.,  has  jist  closed.    There 
were  no  accessions,  but  good  interest  was  manifested,  and  the 
attendance  was  also  good.     There  are  only  two  member 
this  point.    Our  nearest  church  is  Lamolte,  Ul.-Mrs.  A 
Clark. 

Pine  Creek.-The  Pine  Creek  church  held  its  qiarlerly 
council  to-day.    An  excellent  spirit  prevailed  in  the  meeting, 
and  much  zeal  for  the  cause  was  manifested.     Bro.  Wm. ' 
tie  was  chosen  delegate  to  Annual  MeetiDg.    Brethren  John 
and  William  Lampin  are  our  delegates  to  District  Meeting 
John  Heckman,  Polo,  III.,  March  17. 

Noperville.— We  met  in  council  March  ig.  We  decided 
represent  at  District  Meeting  by  letter.  The  church  elected 
the  wiiter  as  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  We  also  decided 
to  organize  our  Sunday  school  March  27,  and  use  the  Breth- 
ren's Sunday  school  supplies.  We  hope  to  have  a  week's 
meetings  before  our  love  feast,  here  in  our  church,  or  at  the 
Park.  The  feast  is  May  7  and  8.— Harvey  J/.  Barkdoli, 
Warrenville,  III,,  March  ig. 

Railroad  Arrangements.— A  rate  of  one  ;nd  one-third 
fare,  for  the  lound  trip,  his  been  secured  on  the  Burlington 
road,  for  the  District  Meeting  of  Northern  Illinois,  at  Hickory 
Grove  church,  April  27.  Trains  will  stop  at  "  Big  Cut"  Hag 
station,  close  to  the  church,  at  6:05  P.  M.,  April  25  and  26. 
Tickets  will  be  on  sale  at  Franklin  Grove,  Oregon,  Mt.  Morris, 
Polo,  and  Milledgeville,  good  going  April  25,  26  and  27,  and 
returning  April  28.  This  will  give  ample  opportunity  to  all 
desiring  to  attend  the  love  fea3t  on  the  evening  previous  to 
District  Meeting.— L.  A.  Plate,  Mt.  Morris,  III. 

COLORADO. 

Mountain  View.— March  5  the  members  met  in  council. 
Bro.  G.  W.  Long  was  re-elected  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school,  which  has  so  increased,  until  our  house  is  too  small, 
Last  night  closed  a  very  interesting  series  of  meetings,  con- 
ducted by  Bro.  L.  C.  Keltner.  He  preached  fifteen  soul-cheer- 
ing sermons.  Our  e!der.  Bro.  Love,  of  Castle  Rock,  and  Bro. 
Snowberger,  of  Longmont,  each  preached  an  interesting  ser- 
mon. The  church  has  been  encouraged.  Four  precious  souls 
came  out  on  the  Lord's  side.— B,  F.  Miller,  Villa  Park,  Colo., 
March  14. 

Grand  Valley.— Six  precious  souls,  ranging  from  fourteen 
to  sixty  years  in  age,  were  yesterday  added  to  the  church  by 
baptism.  One  dear  brother  was  restored.  We  have  two  more 
applicants  for  baptism,  and  a  number  are  very  near  the  king- 
dom. An  unusual  interest  is  being  manifested,  and  the  meet- 
ings are  to  continue.  We  expect  to  close  with  a  love  feast. 
This  being  in  the  bounds  of  the  Grand  Valley  church.  Bro, 
Click  (the  minister),  and  a  number  of  the  members  were  here 
from  Grand  Junction,  to  rejoice  with  and  assist  us  in  the  work 
yesterday.  From  here  Bro.  Snowberger  goes  to  the  immedi- 
ate  vicinity  of  the  principal  membership  of  said  church,  lo- 
cated about  five  miles  northwest  of  Grand  Junction.—//,  //. 
Winger,  Palisade,  Colo.,  March  14. 

ARKANSAS. 

Chismvllle.— The  members  met  at  the  residence  of  Bro.  J. 

E,  Crist,  Feb.  26,  to  organize  a  church.     Bro.  Henry  Brubak- 

of  Knoxville,  met  with  us.  We  organized  with  forty  mem- 
bers. The  name  of  our  church  is  "  Canie  Creek."  Bro.  F.  H. 
Bradley  was  chosen  as  our  elder,  Bro.  Alfred  Keiser  as  treas-( 
urer,  Sister  Adra  Bradley  as  clerk,  and  the  writer  as  corre- 
sponding secretary.  We  have  three  ministers  and  three  dea- 
cons. We  will  meet  on  Saturday,  April  2,  for  our  first  quarter, 
ly  council.— Mattie  Crist,  March  to. 


MINNESOTA. 

Worthlngton.— March  5  was  our  council.  Our  Sunday 
school  was  organized  for  the  summer  with  Bro.  Oscar  Moore 
as  our  Superintendent,  We  will  hold  our  love  feast  June  4 
and  5.  at  3  P.  M.  We  expect  to  have  a  series  of  meetings  in 
connection  with  the  feast,  either  before  or  after.  We  are  now 
in  the  midst  of  a  series  of  meetings,  conducted  by  the  heme 
ministers.  We  have  had  gocd  attendance  and  attention,  so 
far.— Lissic  Hilary. 

Morrill.— Bro.  O.  J.  Beaver,  of  Iowa,  commenced  a  series 
of  meetings  Feb.  19,  and  preached  two  weeks  to  a  full  house 
of  attentive  listeners,  Some  of  our  neighbors  said  they  were 
the  best  sermons  they  ever  heard  preached  in  Minnesota. 
March  4  Eld.  S.  H.  Miller,  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  came,  and 
March  5  we  met  at  the  writer's  house  for  church  organization. 
An  election  for  two  deacons  resulted  in  the  choice  of  brethren 
John  Mowan  and  Wm.  March.  Our  meetings  closed  March 
6.  Much  interest  had  been  taken  in  them  by  the  people. 
This  colony  is  located  abaut  one  hundred  miles  north  of  Min- 
neapolis, Minn.,  on  the  Northern  Pacific  R.  R.  Our  railroad 
station  is  Royalton.  We  give  a  hearty  invitation  to  all  min- 
isters, traveling  over  the  Northern  Pacific  R.  R.,  to  stop  off  at 
Royalton,  and  preach  for  us,  as  we  are  without  a  shepherd. 
All  that  contemplate  stopping  with  uf,  will  address  the  un- 
dersigned, at  Morrill,  a  few  days  previous,  so  that  we  may 
meet  them  at  the  station  with  conveyance.—/.  /.  Troyer, 
Man  h  13. 

CALIFORNIA. 

Los  Angeles.— March  12  we  held  our  regular  quarterly 
council  at  the  Tropico  meetinghouse.  The  spirit  manifested 
was  encouraging  for  the  cause  of  the  Master.  Eld.  P.  S.  My- 
ers presided.  Three  new  teachers  were  chosen  for  the  mission 
school  ni  the  west  side.  There  are  now  seven  teachers  at 
this  mission.  Recently  Bro.  A.  Hutchison  conducted  a  short 
but  interesting  series  of  meetings  at  this  place.— C.  W.  Guth- 
rie, March  iS. 

An  Inquiry — Do  you  know  of  any  "Dunker"  minister  we 
could  get  to  come  here  and  preach  for  us?  We  need  help 
here,  I  think  a  minister  might  do  a  good  work  at  this  place. 
We  have  Methodist,  United  Brethren,  and  Christian  members 
here.  The  Dunkers  are  doing  so  much  good  everywhere  else, 
that  I  am  certain  they  can  do  some  gcod  here.  Any  who 
would  be  willing  to  come,  will  please  write  me.—  Bent.vt  My- 
ers, Bangor,  Butte  Co  ,  Cat.,  March  11, 

[Who  can  respond  to  this  call?  This  is  a  call  that  should 
receive  attention.— Ed.] 

OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

Pleasant  Plains.— The  members  of  our  congregation  met 
in  regular  council  March  5.  We  decided  to  hold  our  spring 
love  feast  May  14.  Bro.  Daniel  Gordon  was  chosen  delegate 
to  District  Meeting. — Mamie  Slookey,  Carwt'le,   Okla.,  March 

Fay.— Bro.  Smith,  of  Hoyle,  Okla.,  came  to  us  Feb.  22,  and 
preached  eight  sermons.  Some  seemed  to  be  much  im- 
pressed. While  we  have  no  organized  church  here,  we  would 
be  pleased  to  have  any  of  the  ministering  brethren  preach  for 
uj,  as  they  are  passing  by.  Better  still,  we  should  like  to  have 
some  good  minister  locate  among  us.  We  live  ten  miles  west, 
and  four  miles  south  of  Watouga,  County-seat  of  Blaine 
County,  and  one  mile  south  and  three-quarters  of  a  mile  east 
of  Fay,  our  post-cfli:e.— A.  Comer,  March  S. 
MARYLAND. 

Brownsville.— Sunday  night,  March  6,  closed  a  three 
weeks'  series  of  meetings,  held  by  Bro.  Geo.  S.  Arnold,  of  Bur- 
lington, W.  Va.,  in  the  Brownsville  church.  During  the  first 
two  weeks  it  rained  every  few  days,  the  nights  were  dark,  and 
the  roads  very  muddy,  yet  we  bad  good  congregations.  As 
the  meetings  progressed,  and  the  weather  became  better,  the 
attendance  and  interest  increased,  and  many  hearts  were 
made  to  rejoice,  by  seeing  their  children  and  fr'ends  coming 
into  the  church.  Fourteen  precious  souls  came  out  on  the 
Lord's  side.  Nearly  all  are  members  of  our  Sunday  school. 
The  sudden  and  sad  death  of  Eld.  D.  F.  Stouffer  has  cast  a 
gloom  over  the  entire  County.  Our  departed  brother  will  be 
sadly  missed  in  the  Western  District  of  Maryland,  not  only  in 
the  church,  but  outside  as  well.  This  congregation  especially, 
feels  deeply  our  loss.  His  visits  to  this  church  always  filled 
us  with  pleasure.— Geo.  W.  A'aetsel,  Gapland,  Aid.,  March  S. 

ARIZONA. 

Verde  Valley.— Bro.  Gillett  has  been  preaching  once  .a 
month  in  the  Verde  Valley,  and  has  been  kindly  received  by 
the  people.  Last  Sunday  a  brother  was  baptized  by  him  in 
the  beautiful  Verde  River.  This  was,  so  far  as  we  know,  the 
first  baptism  performed  in  the  Territory.  We  moved  here 
I,  1898,  and  there  are  now  seven  members  in  this  Valley, 
ire  much  in  need  of  a  resident  minister,  as  Bro.  Gillett 
does  not  expect  to  remain  permanently.  This  seems  to  be  a 
good  farming  country,  and  one  of  the  most  pleasant  and 
healthful  climates  in  the  world.— Nettie  Wattingford,  Camp 
Verde,  Ariz,,  March  7. 

WISCONSIN. 

Chippewa  Valley.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  March  12. 
A  great  deal  of  business  came  before  the  meeting,  which  was 
agreeably  disposed  of.  We  re-organized  our  Sunday  school, 
which  is  to  begin  the  first  Sunday  in  April,  with  Bro.  J.  A. 
Baker  as  Superintendent,  and  Bro.  Warren  Ayres,  Assistant. 
We  chose  Bro.  E.  E.  Joyce  as  delegate  to  District  Meeting.— 
Carrie  M,  Baker,  East  Pepin,  Wis,,  March  14. 


THE  OOS&TiiTi  MESSENGER-. 


CORBESFONDENOE, 

Death  o!  Eld.  Joel  Shively. 

El.D.  Joel  Snively  has  gone  to  his  reward. 
He  was  born  in  Stark  County,  Ohio,  Oct.  8, 
lS;6,  and  died  at  his  residence.  No.  1071  Vistu- 
la Avenue,  South  ISciid,  Ind.,  March  6,  1808. 
He  was  the  son  of  liro.  George  and  Elizabeth 
Shively.  The  former  is  a  native  o(  Washing 
ton  County,  Pa.,  and  the  latter,  of  Bedford 
County.  He  was  united  in  marriage  at  Gold. 
Corners,  Wayne  County,  Ohio,  June  5,  1851, 
Elizabeth  I'enrod,  who,  together  with  five  chil- 


MATRIMONIAL- 


hi 


1854, 


Uro.  Joel  Shively 
and  settled  in   the  eastern  part  of  St.  J 
County,  near  Osceola,  where  he  resided 
two  years  ago  last  October,  when  he  ren 
lo  South  Bend. 

He  learned  the  carpenter  trade  when  s 
teen  years  of  age,  and  followed  it  for  twenty 
years,  when  he  engaged  in  farming,  in  which 
pursuit  he  continued  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  united  with  the  German  Baptist  or 
Brethren  church  in  1854.  He  was  elected  to 
the  ministry  in  1857,  and  continued  in  the  sa- 
cred calling  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was 
an  elder  for  the  last  eighteen  years.  Among 
his  last  services  wns  the  officiating  at  the  fu- 
neral of  his  old  neighbor  and  friend,  Jacob 
Linderman,  Nov.  27,  of  last  year. 

Excepting  an  attack  of  scarlet  fever,  at  the 
age  of  fourteen,  he  was  never  seriously  ill  in 
his  life,  until  seized  with  his  last  sickness  last 
September.  He  was  seized  with  gastritis,  or 
catarrh  of  the  stomach,  and  though  suffering 
no  pain  from  the  disease,  he  constantly  grew 
weaker,  until  Feb.  21,  when  he  took  his  bed. 
hi  spite  of  all  efforts  to  arrest  the  progress  of 
the  disease,  he  continued  failing  in  strength, 
and  passed  away  without  a  struggle  or  symp- 
tom of  pain.  His  life  had  been  one  of  inces- 
sant activity  and  hard  work.  When  he  be- 
came conscious  ol  his  growing  weakness,  and 
the  character  of  his  disease,  he  expressed 
grave  doubts  of  his  recovery,  and  calmly  and 
resignedly  awaited  the  end.  Bro.  Shively's 
widow  has  been  a  great  sufferer  for  many 
years,  with  rheumatism,  and  is  so  helpless  that 
she  can  not  feed  herself,  nor  can  she  move  un- 
less she  is  helped.  She  loves  to  speak  of  the 
good  things  for  the  soul.  Bro.  Shively's  age 
was  71  years,  4  months  and  28  days,  at  the  time 
when  he  passed  "  over  the  river." 

J.  H.  Miller, 
Eikhart,  Ind, 


Notice. 

The  District  Meeting  of  the  Northwestern 
District  of  Ohio  will  be  held  in  the  Silver 
Creek  church,  Williams  County,  Ohio,  April 
15,  1S9S.  Missionary  meeting  will  be  held  the 
day  before,  at  I  P.  M. 

Those  coming  on  the  Cincinnati  Northern 
R.  R.,  from  the  South,  will  be  met  at  Alvord- 
lon,  on  Thursday,  at  q:  31  A.  M.,  and  3:  44  P. 
M.  On  the  Wabash  K.  R„  from  the  East,  at 
Alvordton,  at  10:  4S  A.  M.  and  6:  15  P.  M. 
Any  one  coming  at  any  oiher  time,  will  be  met 
at  Alvordton,  by  notifying  Mahlon  Moyer, 
Primrose,  Ohio.  Noah  Long,  Clerk, 

March  12. 


From  Yellow  Creek.  111. 

According  to  the  decision  of  the  Mission 
Board  of  the  Northern  District  of  Illinois,  Bro. 
John  Heckman  came  to  us  March  12,  and 
preached  us  a  good  missionary  sermon.  As  all 
could  not  go  directly  into  the  mission  field,  as 
preachers,  a  collection  was  taken  for  the  use  of 
our  District  Board,  in  her  mission  work. 
What  a  grand  privilege  to  be  in  the  mission 
field  with  our  prayers  and  money!  There  is  no 
reason  why,  at  our  coming  Annual  Meeting, 
the  General  Mission  Board  should  not  receive 
a  hearty  response,  and  several  thousand  dol- 
lars be  raised  there.  1  would  suggest  that  all 
who  can  not  go  to  Annual  Meeting,  and  yet 
can  give,  send  their  dollar  with  some  one. 
The  harder  we  push,  faithfully  and  earnestly, 
the  sooner  will  "thy  kingdom  come,"  in  its 
fullness,  to  the  completing  of  his  will  on  earth. 
D.  J.  Blocher. 

Pearl  City,  III. 


It  would  probably  surprise  those  who  are 
always  wondering  what  people  think  of  them, 
to  learn  that,  in  the  majority  of  cases,  they  are 
not  being  thought  of  at  all. 


I'WIut  tbeielore  ( 


KILLEN— RUSTLER— At  the  residence  of 
the  bride's  mother,  in  Delta,  Delta  Co.,  Colo., 
Feb.  23,  1808,  by  the  undersigned,  Mr.  Willianr 
H.  Killen  and  Miss  Minnie  Rustler,  all  of  Del 
ta  County,  Colo. 

KILLEN-SNIDEMAN.— At  the  residence 
of  Bro.  Adam  Snideman,  two  miles  south  of 
Delta,  in  Delia  Co.,  Colo.,  on  the  same  day,  by 
the  undersigned,  Mr.  James  W.  Killen  and 
Miss  Emma  L.  Snideman,  of  Delta  County, 
Colo.  John  J.  Hoover. 

WAMPLER— CLINE.— At  the  residence  of 
the  bride,  near  Grccnmount,  Va,,  March  6, 
1S9S,  by  Bro.  Isaac  C.  Myers,  Bro.  Joseph  W. 
Wamplcr,  of  Edom,  Va.,  and  Sister  Martha 
Cline,  of  Greenmount,  Va. 

John  W.  Myei 

FISHBACK-PECK.-At  the  residence  of 
the  bride's  parents,  at  Manvel,  Tex.,  March 
j8,  by  the  undersigned,  Mr.  Henry  Fish- 
back,  of  Beatrice,  Nebr.,  and  Sister  Laura 
Stella  Peck.  J.  A.  Miller, 


- . .  FALLEN  *  ASLEEP 


LEHMAN.— Four  miles  eist  of  Pontiac, 
Livingston  Co.,  111.,  Carl  August  Lehman,  son 
of  Bro.  William  and  Sister  Lehman,  aged  2 
months  and  17  days.  Services  by  the  writer 
from  Mark  10:  13,  14. 

REITZ.— Also  in  the  same  neighborhood, 
five  miles  east  of  Pontiac,  111.,  March  7,  1898, 
Charles  A.  Reitz,  only  son  of  friend  George 
Lena  Reitz,  and  only  grandchild  of  Bro. 
William  and  Sister  Augusta  Lehman,  aged  5 

onths  and  q  days.     Services  at  the  house,  by 

e  writer,  from  2  Sam.  12:  23. 

Henry  J.  Forney. 

EISENBISE— In  the  Laforge  church,  Mo., 
March   io,   1898,  Sister  Josephine   Eisenbise, 

fc  of  Bro.  N.  W.  Eisenbise,  aged  53  years,  1 

onth   and    10  days.     She  was  afflicted  with 

morous  growths  in  face  and  mouth,  also  ca- 

rrh  of  head  and  stomach.  She  was  born  in 
Franklin  County,  Pa.,  Jan.  28,  1845;  married  to 
N.  W.  Eisenbise  Feb.  3,  1866.  She  was  the 
mother  of  seven  children,  two  of  whom  pre- 
ceded her.  She  was  a  devoted  member  of  the 
Brethren  church.  Funeral  service  conducted 
by  Bro.  Moses  Cruea,  from  Luke  10:  42. 

Husband. 

STUDEBAKER.— In  the  bounds  of  the 
Hickory  Grove  church,  Ohio,  March  7,  1898, 
Delilah  (Switzer)  Studcbaker,  aged  65  years,  3 
nths  and  io  days.  Sister  Studebaker  leaves 
afflicted  husband,  whose  care  for  thirty-two 
long  years  caused  her  much  anxiety.  She 
leaves  three  daughters.  Funeral  by  Bro.  D.  S. 
Filbrun,  from  Rev.  7:  14.     Jacob  Coppock. 

PRISER.— In  the  Eel  River  church,  Ind., 
Feb.  12,  189S,  of  dropsy,  Sister  Elizabeth  Pris- 
aged  64  years,  1 1  months  and  2  days.  De- 
ceased was  married  to  Jacob  B.  Priser  Sept.  17, 
854.  To  them  were  born  ten  children,  of 
whom  seven  are  still  living.  She  joined  the 
Brethren  church  in  1861.  She  was  a  great  suf- 
ferer for  almost  one  year.  Services  by  Eld, 
Jacob  Snell,  from  John  9:  4. 

C.  C.  Arnold. 

MAURER.— In   the  Oakland   congregation, 
Darke  Co.,  Ohio,  March  8,  1898,  Sister  Julia 
Ann,  daughter  of   Bro.   Joseph  B.  and  Sister 
Leah  Maurer,  aged  19  years,  4  months  and  6 
days.    Services  by  brethren  A.  Brumbaugh,  J. 
Katherman  and  the  writer,  from  Luke  S:  52. 
John  H.  Christian. 
DETWILER— At  Midland,  Va.,  March  10, 
98,  Jacob  Henry,  infant  son  of  Bro.  Rudolph 
id   Sister   Maggie   Detwiler,  aged  I  year,  7 
onths  and  3  days.  F.  N.  Weimer. 

BROWN.-Near  Austin,  Scott  Co.,  Ind., 
March  9,  1898,  Sister  Delia  Elma  Berry,  daugh- 
of  Bro.  Harrison  and  Sister  Hanna  B.  Ber- 
ry, aged  20  years,  2  months  and  2  days.  She 
united  in  marriage  to  Bro.  Jesse  Brown 
April  20,  1897.  Feb.  12  she  was  baptized. 
While  she  was  quite  weak  bodily,  yet  she  bore 
the  administration  of  the  ordinance  with  great 
fortitude.  Funeral  services  were  conducted 
by  Bro.  H.  L. .Fadely,  at  the  Bethany  church, 
four  miles  south  of  Crothersville,  Jackson  Co. 
Ind.    Text,  Mark  14:8.  W.  L.  Ross, 


NEFF.~In  the  Nettle  Creek  cliunh,  Ha- 
gerstown,  Ind.,  March  10,  1898,  Sister  i 
Neff,  aged  72  years,  1  month  and  18  days.  She 
was  born  Jan.  20,  1826,  in  Preble  County,  Ohio, 
With  her  parents  she  came  to  Indiana,  Feb, 
20,  1841.  She  was  baptized  Oct.  3,  1897,  and 
lived  a  consistent  member  until  death.  She 
leaves  one  brother  and  one  sister.  Services 
were  conducted  by  elders  Jacob  Rife  and  L. 
W.  Teeter,  from  John  II :  24-26. 

DEARDORFF.  —  In  the  Nettle  Creek 
church,  Hagerstown,  Ind,,  Oct.  5,  1897,  Israel 
Elmer  Deardorff,  aged  27  years  and  27  days. 
He  was  born  Sept.  9,  1870.  He  was  the  young- 
est of  eight  children  of  Bro.  John  and  Matilda 
Deardorff.  Three  brothers  and  four  sisters 
survive  him.  Funeral  services  were  conduct- 
ed at  the  Brick  church,  by  Eld.  L.  W.  Teeter, 
from  1  Cor.  15:  22.  Ida  E.  Teeter. 

SHIELDS.— In  the  Woodland  church,  Ful- 
n  Co.,  III.,  March  7,  1898,  Sister  Pollie 
Shields,  aged  62  years,  4  months  and  19  days. 
Aunt  Pollie,  as  she  was  generally  called,  has 
lived  a  devoted  Christian  life,  and  won  the  love 
of  all  who  knew  her.  Funeral  conducted  by 
Bro.  J.  H.  Baker.  Lydia  Walter. 

FREDRICK.— In  the  Flat  Rock  congrega- 
>n,Va.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  of  consumption,  Sister 
Margaret   Fredrick,  aged   52  years,  1   month 
id  4  days.     She  was  a  consistent  member  of 
the  Brethren  church  for  a  number  of  years. 

ZIGLER— In  the  bounds  of  the  Flat  Rock 
church,  at  Timberville,  Va.,  March  9, 1898,  Sis- 
Hannah  R.  Zigler,  wife  of  Daniel  Zigler, 
aged  6i  years,  2  months  and  20  days.    She  was 

devoted  member  for  over  thirty-nine  years, 
She  leaves  a  sorrowing  husband  and  two  sons. 
Funeral  services  by  the  writer. 

B.  W.  Neff. 

LAFARA.— At  the  home  of  her  son,  Fran- 

s  Lafara,  five  miles  northwest  of  Arcadia, 
Ind.,  March  1,  1898,  Mrs.  Martha  Lafara,  aged 

y^ars-and  I  day.  Grandmother  Lafara  was 
born  in  Brown  County,  Ohio,  Feb.  28,  1S00. 
She  was  married  to  John  Lafara  in  1818.  To 
inion  were  born  ten  children.  Her  hus- 
band and  five  children  preceded  her  in  death. 
Services  in  the  Arcadia  church,  by  Eld.  Elias 
Smelizer,  from  Ex.  20:  12.    Sarah  Kinder, 

WERNER. — In  the  Cook's  Creek  congrega- 
m,  near  Harrisonburg,  Va.,  Bro.  Adam  Wer- 
ner, aged  71  years,  3  months  and  16  days. 
Deceased  was  born  at  Fetsberg,  Hessen-Cas- 
sel,  Germany,  Nov.  8,  1826.  He  came  to  this 
ntryjan.  15,  i860.  Later  he  lived  in  the 
bounds  of  the  Mill  Creek  church,  Rockingham 
Co.,  Va.,  where  he  attended  services  of  the 
Brethren.  In  May,  1863,  he  was  received  into 
the  Brethren  church.  In  June,  1863,  he  was 
married  to  Sister  Pauline  Nichter,  who  came 
from  Germany  in  1852.  He  leaves  a  devoted 
fe  and  six  children.  He  was  sick  only  two 
days.  Funeral  at  the  house,  by  brethren  J.  M, 
Kagy  and  J.  A.  Miller.  Interment  in  the  Har- 
isonburg  cemetery.  S.  I.  Bowman. 

STUDEBAKER.— In  the  Fredonia  congre- 
gation, Wilson  County,  Kans.,  March  9,  1898, 
Sister  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Eld.  G.  W.  Studebak- 
;ed  76  years,  3  months  and  10  days.  De- 
ceased was  born  in  Rockingham  County,  Va., 
Nov,  22,  1821.  She  emigrated  with  her  par- 
:o  Montgomery  County,  Ohio,  in  Septem- 
830.  She  joined  the  Brethren  church  in 
and  in  July,  1840,  was  married  to  Daniel 
Funderburgh,  who  died  in  i860.  She  was  a 
idow  for  three  years,  then  united  in  marriage 
to  Eld.  G.  W.  Studebaker.  In  1865  they  emi- 
grated to  Delaware  County,  Ind.  In  1882  they 
migrated  to  Wilson  County,  Kans.,  where  she 
ved  at  the  time  of  her  death.  She  was  a  con- 
sistent member  of  the  Brethren  church  for  six- 
ars.  At  the  time  of  her  death,  her  hus- 
band, Eld.  G.  W.  Studebaker,  was  eighty' 
years  old.  The  funeral  services  were  conduct- 
ed by  the  writer,  from  Rev.  14:  13, 

W.  B.  Sell. 

LEFFEL.— In  the  Sugar  Creek  church,  at 
West  Cairo,  Ohio,  Feb.  1,  1898,  Bro.  Martin 
Leffel,  aged  74  years,  5  months  and  20  days. 
Bro.  Leffel  was  born  in  Baden,  Germany,  and 

married  to  Gertrude  Deitrich  in  1855.    To 

1  were  born  five  children,  three  of  whom, 
with  their  mother,  preceded  him  to  the  other 

:.     In  1891  he  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Sister  Mary  Graig,    who  survives  him.     Sev- 

at  the  M.  E.  church  in  West  Cairo,  by 
Eld.  Samuel  Driver,  after  which  his  body  was 
laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  at  Bluffton,  Ohio. 
David  Byerly, 


MICHAEL.— In  the  Middle  Fork  church, 
Clinton  Co.,  Ind.,  March  4.  189S,  Estella  Leone, 
daughter  of  Bro.  G.  W.  and  Sister  Eliza  Mich- 
ael, aged  10  years,  6  months  and  1  day.  Serv- 
ices by  Eld.  Isaac  Billheimer,  from  Phil.  3:  20. 
John  E.  Metzger. 

BURT.— In  the  Salem  congregation,  Warren 
Co.,  Va,  March  5,  1898,  Bro.  Lewis  M.  Burt, 
aged  75  years,  10  months  and  1  day.  Bro. 
liurt  served  the  church  as  deacon  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  Services  by  Samuel  Cline  and 
the  writer.  Daniel  Baker. 

HOOVER.— At  her  home,  near  Milford, 
Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind.,  March  1,  1898,  Sister  Le- 
yah  Hoover,  aged  72  years,  4  months  and  I  day. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  church  for  many 
years.  She  leaves  a  husband  and  five  chil- 
dren. Services  by  W.  R.  Deeter,  at  the  Chap- 
el, from  1  Cor.  3:  3. 

Chauncey  I.  Weybright. 
VARNER.— In  the  Wabash  church,  Ind., 
March  3,  1898,  of  bronchitis,  Daniel  Grant 
Varner,  son  of  Bro.  Lushen  and  Sister  Sarah 
Varner,  aged  8  months.  Services  by  the 
Brethren.     Interment  at  Mt.  Vernon. 

Kittie  Hursh. 
WILKINS.— In  the  bounds  of  the  New  Dale 
church,  W.  Va.,  Feb.  24,  1898,  Bro.  Lionel 
Wilkins,  aged  43  years,  10  mouths  and  23  days. 
He  leaves  a  wife  and  five  children.  Funeral 
ces  by  L.  D.  Caldwell  and  L.  W.  Teats. 
Deceased  was  a  member  of  the  Brethren 
church,  Ankis  Cook. 

SHAVER.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Linville 
Creek  church,  at  the  home  of  her  mother,  of 
heart  trouble,  Sister   Martha  Ann    Elizabeth 
er,  daughter  of  Bro.  John  and  Sister  So- 
phia Shaver,  nee  Fulk,  aged  22  years,  5  months 
d  17  days.    She  leaves  a  mother  and  sever- 
brothers  and  sisters.     Her  father  preceded 
her  to  the  spirit  world  several  years  ago.     Fu- 
:ral  at  Greenmount  church,  Feb.  25.     Serv- 
es by  the  Brethren. 

LAMB.— Near  Cherry  Grove,  Va.,  Jan.  28, 

198,  of  brain  fever,  Virginia  Fannie,  daughter 

of  Bro.   Washington  and   Sister  —    Lamb, 

aged  n  years,  8  months  and  n  days.    Servic- 

at  the  Cherry  Grove  U.  B.  church,  by  the 

Brethren. 

SMITH.— Near  Chrisman,  Va.,  Feb.  8,  1898, 

of  chronic  pneumonia,  James  Warren,  infant 

of  Bro.  Benjamin  and  Sister  Sarah  Francis 

Smith,  aged  7  months  and  1  day.    Services  at 

lirview;  interment  at  Greenmount. 

PITTING.— In  the  bounds  of   the    Green- 

ount  church,   Feb.  2,   1898,  of  consumption, 

ro.  J.   C.   Calvin    Piling,  aged  71    years,  7 

onths   and    3    days.     Services    at    Melrose 

church,  by  the  Brethren. 

ELYARD—  In  the  bounds  of  the  Green- 
ount  church,  Va.,  at  her  home,  near  Cherry 
rove,  March  5,  1898,  Sister  Mahala  J.  Elyard, 
aged  45  years,  1  month  and  23  days.  She 
aves  a  husband  and  five  children.  Services 
Cherry  Grove  U.  B.  church,  by  the  Breth- 
n,  from  Heb.  9:  27.  J.  A.  Garber. 

BOWMAN.— In  the  Elk  Lick  congregation, 
Somerset  Co.,   Pa.,   Jacob  A.   Bowman,  aged 
ly  70  years.     Bro.  Bowman  had  been  con- 
fined to  his  bed  for  nearly  two   years.     His 
fe  preceded  him  about  one  year.    Services 
by  the  writer,  from  Eccl.  8:  8. 
LIVINGOOD.-In  the  Elk  Lick  congrega- 
in,  Pa.,  March  5,  1898,  Samuel  C.  Livingood, 
;ed  92  years,  2  months  and    12  days.     Bro. 
Livingood  was  the  oldest  citizen  in  this  com- 
iity,  and  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  first 
settlers  in  Elk  Lick  township,     His  grandfa- 
ther, Peter  Livingood,  settled  here  in  1760,  and 
as  an  elder  in  the  Brethren  church.     Servic- 
by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Bro.  S.  P,  Maust. 
BROWN— At  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital, 
Baltimore,  Md.,  March  3, 1898,  Jacob  H.  Brown, 
aged  37  years,  10  months  and   17  days.    Mr. 
n  was  accidentally  shot  by  an  unknown 
party,  as  he  was  passing  along  the  street  in  a 
in  West  Virginia,  Dec.  24,  1897,  and  suf- 
fered greatly  from  the  wound,  which  finally 
caused  his  death.     His  remains  were  brought 
his  old  home  in  Garrett  County,  Md.,  and 
laid  to  rest  in  the  old  family  graveyard.    Ser- 
ces  by  the  writer,  from  1  ,Sam.  20:  3. 

W.  A.  Gaunt. 
RIDENOUR.— At  Atlanta,  Ga„  Feb. 6,  1898, 
Judson  B.  Ridenour,  aged  26  years,  10  months 
id  1  day.    Early  in  life  he  showed  a  decided 
tendency  to  intellectual  development.    Funer- 
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The  Gospel  Messenger, 

Published  Weekly,  at  Si. So  per  Annum,  by 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.— 

Items r.~.' .  .  '. 

Something  to  Think  About,  . 

Too  Much  of  the  Letter  for  the  Editor 

The  Home  Altar 

Querists'  Department 

Among  the  Negroes 

POETRY.— 

"Nearer  to  Thee."    By  Frank  L.  Stanton 

Achievement.    By  Charles  Hanson  Tovme 

The  Wonderlul  Craft.    By  George  W.  Cable 

ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,- 

00  the  Way  to  India—  No.  18.— By  S.  N.  McCann . 

"Come  and  See."— John  i:  3Q-4&.    By  Mattic  A.  Lear 

Word,  Way,  Truth,  Life.     By  C.  H.  Balsbaugii 

A  Word  to  Young  Ministers.    By  S,  Z.  Sharp 

Some  Thoughts  on  Church  Government,    By  M.  T.  Baer 

1  he  Church  in  the  Temple.    By  J.  S.  Mohler 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,- 

LessoL  Light-Flashes .'.... 

SERMON  OUTLINE  — 

"  Be  of  Good  Cheer;  It  is  I;  Be  Not  Afraid. "-Matt,  14:  27 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,— 

Those  Words  olOurs.-Jas.  3:1-13 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,- 

Sunday  School  Notes.     By  John  R.  Snyder 

Notes  from  the  Chicago  Mission.    By  Cora  Cripc, 

Shortcomings 

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ead  Upon  (he  Waters', ,\ 

h.u  Uniform  Do  You  Wear?   .... 


->EDITORIAL  *  MISCELLANYS 


We  wonder  if  the  time  wil!  ever  come  when  peo- 
ple will  go  to  the  animal  show  to  see  the  horse  as 
they  now  go  to  see  the  elephant  or  the  camel! 
Well,  it  looks  as  though  the  horse  has  seen  his  best 
days,  for^nachinery  of  various  kinds  is  rapidly  tak- 
ing his  place.  In  Germany  the  trusty  animal  is  be- 
ing rapidly  pushed  to  the  background  by  the 
horseless  carriage,  The  Berlin  Omnibus  Company 
has  now  electric  motors  on  nearly  all  of  its  vehicles, 
and  the  number  of  electric  cabs  is  daily  increasing. 
Even  in  the  rural  districts,  where  the  roads  are 
good,  the  farmers  have  commenced  using  vehicles 
run  in  the  same  manner.  Probably  it  will  not  be 
many  years  before  these  carriages  in  this  country 
will  be  as  common  as  bicycles.  Many  people,  who 
are  afraid  to  drive  a  horse,  are  waiting  for  the 
horseless  carriage,  and  it  seems  likely  that  they  will 
not  have  to  wait  much  longer. 


The  American  Relief  Commission  is  pushing  its 
work  of  relief  in  behalf  of  the  starving  Cubans. 
The  committee  wants  from  the  West  300  tons  of 
corn  meal,  and  50  tons  of  bacon  a  week  to  feed 
205000  helpless  and  destitute  people,  penned  up  in 
400  towns.  The  interest  the  American  people  are 
taking  in  the  Cubans  shows  that  they  have  a  much 
greater  regard  for  them  than  what  has  yet  been 
manifested  by  the  Spaniards,  Spain  drives  the 
people  from  their  pleasant  homes  in.  the  rural  dis- 
tricts, pens  them  up  in  the  towns  and  leaves  them 
to  live  or  starve  as  it  may  happen  with  them.  The 
treatment  is  the  most  cruel  of  modern  times,  and 
may  well  be  classed  with  that  experienced  by  the 
Armenians  at  the  hands  of  the  Turks,    When  the 


history  of  this  affair  is  written  up,  it  will  be  regard- 
ed as  the  most  disgraceful  occurrence  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  New  World,  These  are  the  people  we 
are  endeavoring  to  reach  and  assist  with  the  money 
raised  for  the  Cuban  sufferers.  Considerable  mon- 
ey has  been  raised  at  this  office  for  this  fund.  It 
has  been  promptly  forwarded  to  its  destination,  and 
we  shall  be  pleased  to  forward  any  additional 
amounts  that  may  be  sent  us. 


Outside  of  the  United  States,  Canada  and  Eng- 
land, the  Jews  have  failed  to  secure  the  protection 
that  they  so  earnestly  crave,  They  long  for  a  land 
where  they  can  live,  thrive  and  enjoy  the  fruits  of 
their  labor,  unharmed  and  unmolested.  Not  a  few 
of  them  would  like  to  repossess  the  Promised  Land, 
but  the  flaming  sword  of  their  enemies  turns  every 
way  and  keeps  them  not  only  out  of  Palestine,  but 
for  1S00  years  has  followed  them  into  other  lands. 
It  now  seems  hardly  possible  for  many  more  to  find 
suitable  homes  in  ihe  land  of  their  fathers.  It  is, 
however,  suggested  that  much  more  reasonable  is 
the  proposition  made  by  the  distinguished  traveler 
in  Arabia,  and  student  of  Sabean  inscriptions,  Dr. 
Edward  Glaser,  who  proposes  that  the  Jews  should 
settle  in  Yemen,  the  ancient  Arabia  Felix,  a  coun- 
try where  they  could  live  in  safety  and  work  a  rich 
soil  in  a  genial  climate,  and  where  there  would  be 
no  interference  from  political  or  religious  elements. 
He  regards  it  as  the  most  available  place  in  the 
world  for  them  to  settle;  a  place  where  they  can 
build  up  their  own  institutions.  It  is  well  worth 
considering,  but  if  it  is  such  a  magnificent  place 
we  would  like  to  see  ten  thousand  English-speaking 
Americans,  Jews  and  Christians,  try  the  experi- 
ment.   

The  Chinese  minister  Wu,  at  Washington,  has 
been  discussing  American  customs,  as  compared 
with  those  of  his  own  country,  and  he  now  gives  the 
people  an  opportunity  to  "  see  themselves  as  others 
see  them."  When  his  attention  was  called  to  the 
barbarous  Chinese  custom  of  binding  the  feet  of 
the  women,  he  admitted  the  folly  of  the  practice, 
but  remarked  that  the  women  of  China  do  not  in- 
jure their  constitutions  by  compressing  themselves 
into  "  sheathings  of  steel  and  whalebone."  Then, 
too,  he  expresses  his  surprise  that  the  American 
woman's  hat  is  often  not  only  "  tricked  out  elaborate- 
ly with  feathers,  but  bears  the  stuffed  corpses  of 
birds."  This  custom  among  a  civilized  and  humane 
people  he  cannot  understand,  and  he  modestly  sug- 
gests that  the  women  of  his  own  country  would  re- 
gard with  exceeding  sorrow  any  practice  which 
brings  about  the  destruction  of  the  "  songsters  and 
the  loveliest  birds,"  simply  to  cater  to  the  desires 
of  human  vanity.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  Minister 
Wu's  kindly  criticism  will  cause  at  least  some  of  the 
ladies  to  reflect  before  they  continue  a  practice  so 
manifestly  incongruous  with  modern  civilization,  as 
well  as  Holy  Writ. 

The  war  preparations  in  the  world  are  wonderful, 
even  in  time  of  peace.  In  Europe  there  are  said  to 
be  3,500,000  men  under  arms,  ready  for  the  battle- 
field. The  following  are  given  as  the  figures  of  the 
different  armies:  Denmark,  10,000;  Servia,  20,000; 
Holland,  22,000;  Greece,  25,000;  Portugal,  36,000; 
Roumania,  47,000;  Belgium,  52,000;  Sweden  and 
Norway,  57,000;  Spain,  80,000;  Switzerland,  125,000; 
Turkey,  180000;  Great  Britain,  2O0,oco;  Italy,  240,- 
000;  Austria,  360,000;  France,  570,000;  Germany, 
580,000;  Russia,  896,000.  The  above  armies  employ 
550,000  horses  in  time  of  peace.  In  Asia  there  are 
about  800,000  men  under  arms,  divided  as  follows; 


Persia,  25,000;  Japan,  100,000;  India,  200,003;  China, 
270,000;  and  the  remainder  in  other  Asiatic  coun- 
tries. North  and  South  America  are  set  down  as 
the  least  protected,  considering  the  extent  of  terri- 
tory. They  foot  up,  on  a  peace  footing,  of  course, 
only  160,000  regular  soldiers,  scattered  as  follows: 
Mexico,  40,000;  the  United  States,  30,000;  and  go,- 
000  in  Brazil,  the  Argentine  Republic,  Chili,  Para- 
guay, Peru,  Venezuela,  and  Columbia.  In  Africa 
and  the  Archipelagoes  of  Oceanica  there  are  about 
150,000  regulars,  The  standing  armies  of  all  civil- 
ized nations  amount  to  4,610,000  soldiers,  with  ;oo,- 
000  horses.  The  cost  of  keeping  this  military  pop- 
ulation amounts  to  about  five  billion  dollars  a  year 
or  over  four  dollars  a  year  to  every  m; 
and  child  on  the  globe. 


A  writer  tells  about  a  remarkable  lake,  four 
miles  north  of  Atchison,  Kansas.  It  is  known  as  a 
river  lake  and  was  formed  from  a  bend  of  the  Mis- 
souri River  by  the  water  taking  a  short  cut  across 
the  narrow  neck  of  the  bend,  thus  leaving  the  ol$k 
bed  of  the  stream  to  be  occupied  by  a  beautiful 
horseshoe  lake  about  five  miles  in  length.  Oftej~ 
portions  of  this  lake  ice  sometimes  forms,  and  ho|e% 
are  cut  through  here  and  there.  On  apptyingka^- 
lighted  match  to  these  openings  a  blaze  will  shofftJB" 
up  as  high  as  a  man  and  will  burn  brightly  lor'Ia'' 
few  minutes.  The  fuel  for  these  fires  is  natural 
gas,  which  bubbles  up  through  the  water^f  v-ir 
round,  but  it  is  only  during  tfa.' veiy'coKr'  winter 
nights  that  it  is  thus  temporarily  stored  under  the 
ice  in  immense  bubbles  or  pockets,  sometimes  ten 
to  twenty  square  yards  in  extent.  Puncture  thtse 
bubbles  with  a  chisel,  apply  a  lighted  match,  and 
one  has  a  roaring  flame  before  which  the  skater 
may  warm  his  benumbed  fingers.  The  experiment- 
er must  be  careful  to  stand  between  the  wind  and 
the  jet  of  gas  as  he  lights  it,  or  he  will  have  his 
clothing  singed  before  he  can  get  out  of  the  way  of 
his  impromptu  torch.  There  are  places  where  the 
gas  supply  is  so  abundant  as  to  prevent  the  ice 
from  forming,  except  on  the  very  coldest  nights. 
When  such  places  are  frozen  over  they  remain  cov- 
ered only  a  few  days,  for  the  gas,  coming  from  a 
considerable  depth  in  the  earth,  is  so  warm  that  it 
soon  melts  a  passageway  through  the  ice  and  es- 
capes.   

On  a  friendly  visit,  in  the  Cuban  waters,  the 
United  States  warship  Maine,  entered  the  harbor 
at  Havanna,  Jan.  25,  and  was  anchored  at  the  place 
designated  by  a  pilot,  employed  by  the  Spanish 
Government.  At  forty  minutes  past  nine  in  the 
evening  of  Feb.  15,  the  Maine  was  destroyed  by  an 
explosion,  In  this  catastrophe  two  officers  and 
two  hundred  and  sixty  of  her  crew  perished,  A 
naval  court  of  inquiry  was  appointed,  with  au- 
thority, and  all  necessary  facilities,  to  thoroughly 
examine  the  ill-fated  vessel,  and  ascertain  the 
cause  of  the  disaster.  After  working  twenty-three 
days,  the  court,  on  March  21,  finished  its  investiga- 
tion, and  reached  the  conclusion  that  the  ship  was 
destroyed  by  the  explosion  of  a  submarine  mine, 
which  caused  the  partial  explosion  of  two  or  more 
of  her  forward  magazines.  The  report  of  the  court, 
along  with  a  large  volume  of  testimony,  was  placed 
in  the  hands  of  the  President,  and  by  him  submitted 
to  Congress.  The  finding  of  the  court  of  inquiry 
was  also  cabled  to  Spain,  and  the  President  now 
awaits  an  answer  from  that  government.  In  the 
meantime,  the  whole  country  is  being  worked  up 
to  a  state  of  war  excitement  that  is  hardly  to  our 
credit. 


THE   GOSHE3L'  IMESSEOSraSER. 


April 


■ESSAYS' 


"Study  to  show  thyself  n 


•'NEARER  TO  THEE." 

Thby  were  singing,  sweetly  singing, 

And  the  song  melodiously 
On  the  evening  air  was  ringing, 
"Nearer,  O  my  God,  to  thee?  " 
In  my  eyes  the  teardrops  glistened 

As  it  stirred  the  twilight  dim. 
And  I  wondered  as  I  listened 

If  it  brought  them  nearer  him. 
Were  they  like  the  wanderer  weary, 

Song  and  life  in  sweet  accord, 
Resting  in  the  darkness  dreary 

In  that  nearness  to  the  Lord? 
Had  his  Spirit  ever  sought  them, 

To  be  slighted  or  denied? 
Had  that  dear  £ong  ever  brought  them 

Closer  to  the  Savior's  side? 
I  have  heard  its  music  often, 

Felt  its  meaning  deep  and  sweet, 
And  my  we.iry  heart  would  soften, 

Singing  at  my  Master's  feet, 
"  Nearer  thee  "—0  precious  feeling!— 


Nc; 


rthc 


H.I    I 


Nearer  thee  when  I  am  kneeling 

In  the  shadow  of  thy  crossl 
Nearer  thee  when  love  descending 

Falls  in  blessing  on  my  head; 
Nearer  thee  when  I  am  bending 

O'er  the  graves  that  hide  my  dead! 
Nearer  thee  in  joy,  in  sorrow, 

Nearer  thee  to-day,  to-morrow, 
O  my  king,  my  Christ,  my  home! 

—Frank  L.  Stanton, 


ON  THE  WAV  TO  INDIA.— No.  18. 


From  Jerusalem  to  Beroth  via  Nob,  Oibeah 
of  Saul  and  Ramati. 

Crossing  over  the  upper  end  of  the  Kedron 
Vane?  auu  «*X.  Scopus,  and  going  north,  we>  reach 
Nob  in  one  hour,  or,  rather,  the  hill  on  which  an- 
cient Nob  stood.  There  is  nothing  to  be  seen 
here  save  a  small  rock-cut  reservoir  and  the  re- 
mains of  an  old  church,  This  is  the  place  where 
David  got  the  shewbread  and  Goliath's  sword 
from  Ahimelech,  as  he  fled  from  Saul.  Through 
the  cupidity  of  Doeg,  Saul  heard  of  this  and  mur- 
dered eighty-five  priests  from  Nob,  and  complete- 
ly exterminated  the  city,  i  Sam,  21:  i-io;  22: 
9-19. 

It  is  hard  for  us  to  understand  the  cruel  ven- 
geance that  was  common  in  these  early  days.  We 
shudder  at  the  cruelty  of  Israel's  kings,  but  their 
cruelty  was  of  a  much  milder  type  than  the  cru- 
elty of  their  neighbors.  Men  can  be  brought  above 
their  surroundings,  but  the  growth  is  a  gradual 
one,  and  we  need  to  always  study  a  man  or  a 
people,  in  the  light  of  their  surroundings,  and  not 
in  the  light  of  our  environments.  Christ  refers  to 
David's  eating  the  shewbread  at  Nob,  to  confute 
the  Pharisees  in  respect  to  their  peculiar  position 
regarding  the  Sabbath.     Mark  2:  23-25. 

About  one  mile  further  north  and  we  arc  at 
Gtbeah.  There  is  nothing  here  save  a  few  old 
ruins,  but  the  hill  is  full  of  interest  to  the  Bible 
student,  because  of  its  relation  to  Benjamin  and 
her  king.  This  hill  was  once  the  home  of  an 
Ephraimite  who,  for  kindly  lodging  a  Levite  with 
his  concubine  and  servant,  was  made  to  pass 
through  about  the  same  experience  that  Lot  had 
to  pass  through  the  night  he  entertained  the  an- 
gels. The  high  regard  that  the  man  had  for  his 
guest  is  shown  in  the  offer  of  his  daughter,  for  the 
night,  to  these  wicked  men.  We  cannot  under- 
stand the  degradation  of  heathen  darkness  and 
the  mighty  power  required  to  keep  the  light  shin- 
ing so  as  to  dispel  that  darkness. 

The  sin  of  these  wicked  men  on  that  night,  and 
the  refusal  of  Benjamin  to  correct  the  wrong,  led 
to  the  cruel  war  that  came  near  exterminating 
Benjamin.  The  Levite  took  his  murdered  con- 
cubine and  cut  her  in  pieces,  and  summoned   all 


Israel  to  Mizpeh  by  sending  the  pieces  over  the 
land. 

The  old  city  is  burned  to  the  ground,  the  hill- 
slope  and  valleys  are  covered  with  the  dead  bodies 
of  over  forty  thousand  men,  the  three  days'  battle 
is  over,  and  the  sin  against  virtue  has  been  avenged. 
Judges  19:  12-30;  20:  4-43. 

The  town  is  rebuilt  and  becomes  the  residence 
of  Saul,  who  summons  all  Israel  together  by  cut- 
ting his  oxen  in  pieces  and  sending  them  through 
the  borders  of  the  land,  and  then  leading  the  peo- 
ple on  to  a  glorious  victory  over  the  Ammonites, 
Saul  showed  himself  to  be  a  brave  and  noble  man 
in  this  affair,  and  the  people  renewed  the  kingdom 
upon  him.     1  Sam.  10:  26;  11:  $-I5' 

It  was  here  that  Doeg,  by  the  command  of  Saul, 
slew  the  eighty-five  priests  of  Nob,  and  years 
afterward  seven  of  Saul's  sons  were  hanged  here 
by  the  Gibeonites.  It  was  there  that  Rizpah,  the 
concubine  of  Saul,  watched  day  and  night  over 
these  dead  bodies  from  barley  harvest  until  the 
latter  rains.  This  shows  the  courage  and  devotion 
of  a  woman  even  in  those  degenerate  days.  2  Sam. 
21:  1— ii, 

A  little  west  of  here  we  see  Mizpeh,  and  just 
north  of  Mizpeh,  Gibeon,  the  place  where  Solomon 
offered  a  thousand  burnt  offerings,  and  dreamed 
that  he  requested  of  the  Lord  wisdom  to  rightly 
judge  the  people,  and  that  the  Lord  granted  his 
request.     1  Kings  3:  4-15. 

One  hour  more  and  we  are  at  Ramah,  the  birth- 
place, home  and  true  burial-place  of  Samuel.  1 
Sam.  1:  19,  20;  25:  1. 

Here  Samuel  lived  during  the  forty  years  that 
he  judged  Israel. 

One  hour  more  and  we  stop  at  the  beautiful 
spring  of  El-Bireh,  supposed  to  be  the  ancient 
Beroth,  where  Joseph  and  Mary  first  missed  their 
little  boy,  Jesus.  Luke  2:  44,  There  is  a  village 
here  of  about  9C0  inhabitants  and  we  were  inter- 
ested in  seeing  the  village  women  come  down  to 
the  spring  with  their  earthen  jars,  and  to  fill  them 
with  water  and  carry  them  up  the  hill  on  their 
heads.  The  jars  would  hold  from  five  to  eight 
gallons  and  I  can  testify  that  they  are  heavy,  for 
I  lifted  one  of  them.  The  women  laughed  at  me, 
and  tried  to  get  me  to  put  it  on  my  head,  but  I  did 
not  try  such  an  experiment,  A  number  of  women 
:  at  the  spring  washing.  They  would  dip  their 
clothes  in  the  spring  and  then  place  them  on  a 
stone  and  pound  them  vigorously  with  a  club.  We 
saw  other  women  near  by,  removing  vermin  from 
their  children's  heads. 


"COME  AND  SEE/'-Jonn  1:  39-46. 

BY   MATTIE   A.    LEAR. 

The  first  of  the  above  texts  are  the  words  of  Je- 
sus to  the  two  disciples  of  John  the  Baptist.  As 
they  were  standing  with  their  Master  on  the  banks 
of  the  Jordan,  John  seeing  Jesus  as  he  walked, 
pointed  to  him,  saying,  "Behold  the  Lamb  of 
God."  This  was  after  the  return  of  our  Lord  from 
the  scene  of  his  temptation.  When  the  two  dis- 
ciples of  John  had  the  Messiah  thus  pointed  out  to 
them,  they  immediately  left  their  former  master 
and  followed  Jesus,  who,  turning  and  seeing  them 
following  him,  said  unto  them,  "What  seek  ye?" 
They  answered  with  another  question,  "  Where 
dwellest  thou?" 

This  was  an  important  question.  It  would  be 
well  for  us,  and  especially  for  the  young,  before 
choosing  associates,  to  inquire,  "Where  dwellest 
thou?  "  and  it  would  be  well  for  us,  when  choosing 
intimate  associates,  to  choose  only  those  who  dwell 
in  the  truth,  2  John  2,  and  that  dwell  in  love,  1 
John  4:  16,  and  it  is  well  if  we  ask  ourselves  the 
question,  " Where  dwellest  thou?"  Ah  where  do 
we  have  our  dwelling,  our  abiding  place, — in  Christ 
or  in  the  world?  We  know  what  the  precious  prom- 
ise is  if  we  abide  in  Christ,  and  his  words  abide  in 
us.  John  15;  7.  Oh,  my  soul,  where  is  thy  abiding 
place,  where  is  thy  home? 

When  this  question  was  put  to  the  Master,  his 
simple  answer  was,  "  Come  and  see,"  come  and  get 


acquainted  with  me.  His  life  challenges  investiga- 
tion, and  the  more  we  know  him,  the  more  we  love 
him,  and  the  more  we  confide  in  him,  To  the  un- 
initiated our  blessed  Master  is  as  a  root  out  of  a 
dry  ground,  without  form  or  comeliness,  having  no 
beauty  that  they  should  desire  him,  But  those  who 
are  the  best  acquainted  with  him,  realize  that  he  is 
"the  chiefest  among  ten  thousand,  yea  he  is  alto- 
gether lovely." 

There  are  a  few  of  our  fellow  beings  whom  to 
know  is  to  love,  and  the  better  we  know  them,  the 
more  we  love  them,  and  can  trust  them,  and  we  are 
often  astonished  as  we  discover  in  them  the  con- 
stant unfoldings  of  the  noblest  Christian  graces. 
We  marvel  as  we  behold  in  them  the  sweetest  hu- 
mility and  mark  the  purity  of  life  which  we  see 
manifest  in  them,  and,  oh,  how  our  hearts  are  more 
and  more  drawn  out  to  them! 

Others,  again,  appear  to  best  advantage  on  slight 
acquaintance.  We  are  oftened  pained  at  the  glar- 
ing inconsistencies  which  manifest  themselves,  the 
selfishness  and  other  traits  that  are  out  of  harmo- 
ny with  God's  revealed  will,  so  that  a  closer  ac- 
quaintance rather  repels  than  attracts. 

But  Jesus  will  never  disappoint  us;  he  will  al- 
ways exceed  our  highest  expectations.  In  him  all 
excellence  dwells.  To  know  him  must  ever  be  to 
revere  him,  to  love  him,  to  confide  in  him. 

The  mission  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  through  the 
church,  is  to  unfold  his  loveliness  to  the  world. 
"The  spirit  and  the  bride  say,  Come,"  yea,  come 
and  see. 

It  is  ignorance  of  Christ,  of  his  transcendent 
goodness  that  keeps  sinners  away  from  him.  The 
great  question,  then,  is,  how  can  the  church  so 
present  him  to  the  world,  that  mankind  will  be 
drawn  to  him  and  accept  him?  The  sinner's  eyes 
are  holden  that  they  can  not  see  his  marvelous 
loveliness.  The  scales  of  sin  are  over  their  eyes. 
To  the  church,  to  those  who  have  been  enlight- 
d,  and  have  tasted  of  the  heavenly  gift,  and 
have  been  made  partakers  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  is 
committed  the  great  trust  of  teaching  others  Mso. 
The  Blessed  Master  says,  "  Freely  ye  havi  re- 
ceived; freely  give." 

As  soon  as  Andrew  had  made  the  acquaintance 
of  Jesus,  he  sought  out  his  brother  Simon,  saying, 
We  have  found  the  "  Messiah,"  and  he  brought  him 
to  this  new-found  friend.  Philip  sought  out  his 
friend  Nathanael,  saying,  "We  have  found  him  of 
whom  Moses  in  the  law  and  the  prophets  did 
write,  Jesus  of  Nazareth,"  and  when  Nathanael 
asked,  "Can  there  any  good  thing  come  out  of 
Nazareth?"  Philip  simply  said,  "Come  and  see." 
Philip  entered  into  no  lengthy  argument  to  prove 
that  Jesus  was  the  promised  and  long  expected 
Messiah,  but  said,  "  Come  and  see,"  come  and  in- 
vestigate for  yourself. 

Oh  that  every  one,  to  whom  Christ  has  revealed 
himself,  would  do  as  those  first  disciples  did, — im- 
mediately seek  out  some  relative  or  friend  and  in- 
vite him  to  come  and  make  the  acquaintance  of 
this  wondrous  Being,  and  if,  like  Nathanael,  they 
raise  objections,  which  we  cannot  answer,  we  can 
at  least  say,  "Come  and  see!  Oh  come  and  ex- 
amine for  yourselvesl  Come  and  sit  at  his  feet 
and  listen  to  his  gracious  words!  Come  and  open 
your  hearts  to  the  reception  of  his  holy  truths!  Oh 
come  and  place  yourselves  in  touch  with  him  that 
he  may  unfold  himself  to  you!" 

Would  every  one,  as  soon  as  he  is  born  into  the 
kingdom,  thus  become  an  evangelist,  who  can  say 
what  the  result  would  be?  Try  it,  my  dear  young 
Christians!  Remember  the  Master  bids,  as  soon 
as  you  have  become  his  followers,  "  Go,  work  in  my 
vineyard." 

But  that  we  may  be  efficient  workers  for  the 
Master,  our  own  hearts  must  respond  to  the  all- 
sufficiency  of  his  grace.  We  must  be  able  to  tell 
others  what  we  know  of  Jesus  from  an  experi- 
mental knowledge  of  him.  We  should  go  to  the 
burdened,  the  sorrowing,  the  cast  down  and  say, 
from  the  fullness  of  our  own  experience,  "I  know 
in  whom  I  have  believed,  and  am  persuaded  that 
he  is  able  to  keep  that  which  I  have  committed  to 
him  against  that  day."    Such  language  welling  up 


April 


THE   GOSPEL   MBSSEHGEE;. 


from  the  depths  cf  a  Christed  soul  will  outweigh 
all  mere  theoretical  knowledge,  however  eloquent- 
ly it  may  be  expressed. 

To  try  to  soothe  the  sorrowing  in  aoy  other  way, 
thin  to  simply  draw  them  to  Christ,  is  often  to  add 
to  their  grief,  Christ  is  the  only  true  burden- 
bearer. 

Every  heart  knoweth  his  own  bitterness.  It  is 
b?st  when  we  go  to  the  stricken  one,  not  to  pry 
too  closely  into  his  sorrow,  for  the  most  bitter  in- 
gredient may  be  that  which  cannot  be  revealed  to 
mortal  ear,  and  too  much  prying  will  only  make 
the  grief  more  poignant.  And  then  we  should  nev- 
er make  light  of  another's  sorrow.  Though  it  may 
not  appear  so  great  to  us,  viewing  it  from  our 
standpoint,  yet  to  the  one  who  feels  its  bitterness, 
it  may  be  crushing  indeed.  It  is  always  cruel  to 
laugh  at  another's  grief;  rather  let  us  take  the  bur- 
dened one  gently  by  the  hand  and  lead  him  to 
Christ,  saying  to  him,  "Come  and  see"  the  only 
one  that  can  understand  you.  I  would  gladly  com- 
fort you,  but  I  cannot,  yet  I  know  who  can,  He 
has  been  to  me  a  very  present  help  in  every  time 
of  trouble,  and  he  understands  all  about  you. 
Come  to  him  in  faith  and  he  will  give  you  "beauty 
for  ashes,  the  oil  of  joy  for  mourning,  the  garment 
of  praise  for  the  spirit  of  heaviness." 

The  little  Jewish  maiden  could  not  cure  a  Naa- 
man  of  his  leprosy,  but  she  could  direct  him  to 
one  who  could,  and  so  if  we  can  only  be  sign- 
posts to  point  the  wanderer  and  the  burdened  to 
Christ,  we  will  have  accomplished  our  mission. 

Then  we  must  not  be  discouraged  if  those,  for 
whose  salvation  we  so  yearn,  seem  unwilling  to  be 
led  to  the  dear  Jesus.  There  yet  remains  some 
thing  that  we  can  do.  We  can  be  living  exponents 
of  the  religion  which  we  profess.  We  can  show  by 
our  calmness  in  trouble,  our  patience  in  trial, 
deep  humility,  our  constancy  and  cheerfulness 
amid  all  the  varied  changes  of  life,  that  we  have 
something  to  support  us  which  they  know  noth 
ing  of. 

<\  J?a&;A  said,  "  I  bear  in  my  body  the  marks  of  the 
Lore/ jesus."  Whatever  he  may  allude  to,  it  was 
something  that  pointed  him  out  as  a  servant  of 
Christ. 

Peter  speaks  of  the  husband  being  won  to  the 
truth  even  when  he  does  not  obey  the  Word, 
when  he  beholds  the  chaste  conversation  of  the 
wife,  coupled  with  fear.  This  will  apply  to  any 
family  connection,  and  shows  what  a  power  fo 
good  a  pure  and  holy  life  is.  The  influence  for 
good  that  we  may  exert  over  those  with  whom  wi 
are  closely  associated,  eternity  alone  will  reveal 
How  careful,  then,  should  we  be  of  our  deport 
ment,  that  others  may  take  knowledge  of  us  that 
we  have  been  with  Jesus. 

The  silent  preaching  of  a  holy  life  is,  after  all, 
the  most  effective.  It  can  not  be  gainsaid.  It  is 
the  putting  of  our  own  teaching  into  practice,  and 
living  it  out  before  the  world,  that  will  tell  for 
Christ.  This  is  an  object  lesson  that  all  can  com 
prehend. 

If  we  abide  in  Christ,  and  his  words  abide  in  us, 
we  may  ask  what  we  will  with  the  blessed  assur- 
ance that  it  will  be  done  unto  us.  A  holy  life  will 
give  efficacy  and  power  to  our  prayers,  for  it  is 
written,  "The  effectual  fervent  prayer  of  a  right- 
eous man  availeth  much." 

We  need  not,  then,  despair,  God's  promises  are 
in  Christ  yea,  and  in  him  amen,  unto  the  glory  of 
God.  We  have  much  encouragement  to  persevere 
in  our  efforts  to  induce  loved  ones  to  accept  of 
Christ,  and  as  to  ourselves,  what  constant  beauties 
are  unfolded  to  us,  the  more  we  study  this  holy 
Being!  Oh  what  enrapturing  views  we  get  of  hi 
as  we  get  deeper  into  the  spirit  of  this  Wordl  We 
are  often  lost  in  rapturous  thought,  as  we  get  ever 
new  manifestations  of  his  love,  his  wondrous  love 
to  us,  and  we  love  him  more  and  more  as  we  com- 
prehend more  and  more  his  love  to  us. 

And  here,  though  we  have  such  ravishing  views 
of  this  Wondrous  Being,  as  much  as  these  earthen 
vessels  can  contain,  yet  it  is  but  a  taste  of  the  glo- 
ries that  will  burst  upon  our  enraptured  vision, 
when  we  enter  the  portals  of  heaven,  when  we  see 


the  King  in  his  beauty.  Then  we  will  know  as  we 
know,  not  now,  how  we  were  kept,  how  we  were 
shielded  and  protected!  We  will  then  know  that 
there  was  a  "needs  be"  in  every  trial.  We  can 
then  see  that  all  things  worked  together  for  our 
good,  and  that  every  providential  dispensation  was 
ordered  for  our  good,  and  that  without  them  we 
could  not  have  been  perfected. 

In  conclusion,  then,  we  would  say  to  all,  "  Come 
and  see  this  matchless  One.  Oh  come  and  com- 
mence the  study  of  a  character,  so  lofty,  so  pure, 
so  lovely,  that  eternity  will  ever  give  us  new  un- 
foldings  of  him! " 


WORD,  WAY,  TRUTH,  LIFE. 

BY    C,    H.    BAL9BAUGH, 

To  a  Sister  and  her  Family  in  Missouri: — 

Christ  had  his  John,  and  John  had  his  "  well  be- 
loved Gaius,"  Peter  had  his  Mark,  Luke  his  Theo- 
philus,  Paul  his  Timothy;  and  I  have  mine.  What 
large-hearted,  discriminating  Christian  worker  has 
not?     Love  embraces  all,  but  it  has  its  distinctions, 

I  have  received  thousands  of  letters  such  as  yours, 
which  stir  my  innermost  being  with  gratitude  to 
God  for  putting  me  into  my  humble  pen-ministry. 
From  children,  from  servants,  from  washer-women, 
from  poor  day-laborers,  from  millionaires,  from  the 
illiterate,  from  students,  from  professors  and  presi 
dents  of  colleges,  from  editors  and  authors,  from  the 
paralyzed,  bed-ridden,  obscure  invalid,  from  the 
world-renowned  Doctor  of  Divinity, — from  all  di- 
rections and  from  all  classes  I  am  receiving  tokens 
that  God  is  blessing  my  humble  efforts  to  serve  the 
interests  of  His  kingdom  in  my  isolation.  But  the 
letters  that  gladden  me  most  are  those  that  confess 
that  my  multiplied  Bible  references  are  more  profit 
able  and  delightful  than  all  else  in  my  articles  and 
private  letters.  Very  sure  I  am  that  I  am  much 
more  concerned  to  drive  my  readers  to  the  Bible 
and  the  Mercy-seat,  than  to  entertain  them  with 
glittering  intellectual  soap-bubbles. 

While  I  believe  in  mental  culture,  I  believe  much 
more  in  the  education  of  the  heart  under  the  tui 
tion  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Infinitely  preferable  is  Ps. 
1:2,  and  119:  103,  and  2  Tim.  3:15  to  2  Tim.  3:  7, 
Of  the  latter  the  world  is  full,  and  Christendom  has 
them  by  tens  of  thousands. 

When  you  say  that  one  of  the  rarest  joys  of  your 
family  is  to  read  my  letters  while  the  children  sit 
around  you,  Bibles  in  hand,  searching  out  the  cita- 
tions, you  thrill  me  with  deeper  satisfaction  than  if 
you  had  announced  your  heirship  to  all  Missouri, 
With  all  the  energy  and  rapture  of  my  soul  I  be- 
lieve in  Ps.  138:  2.  Those  wonderful  words  in  John 
5:39  are  not  half  prized  as  they  should  be, 
"  Search."  That  is  a  very  profound  and  thorough 
word  in  the  original.  It  means  dig,  delve,  go  dt ,  />, 
do  not  linger  on  the  surface.  "Search  the  scrip- 
tures.'* Why?  "They  testify  of  me."  Who  can 
be  a  Christian  and  not  endorse  Job  23:  12;  Ps.  119:- 
127;  Ps.  12:6;  Heb.  4: 12,  and  Ps.  119: 105?  Much 
Bible,  much  prayer,  much  Holy  Ghost,  much  Christ 
— this  is  the  substance  and  sum  of  the  Christian 
life. 

The  Bible,  as  a  literal  document  of  the  Divine 
Nature  and  Manifestation,  will  not  save  us,  eve 
we  commit  every  syllable  to  memory,  and  shape  our 
moral  character  and  course  wholly  by  its  precepts 
We  may  wear  ourselves  out  in  prayer,  and  not  be 
nearer  to  salvation,  The  Holy  Ghost  must  be  here 
to  reveal  a  living,  present,  omnipotent  Christ.  The 
Eternal  Word  is  that  in  John  1:1.  The  new  and 
living  way,  the  only  way  and  only  life,  is  "  God 
manifest  in  the  flesh."  John  1:14;  1  Tim.  3:16. 
This  Christ  must  precede,  sustain  and  perfect  all 
evangelical  obedience.  He  is  both  Alpha  and 
Omega.  The  first  beam  of  light  that  awakens  the 
sinner  is  from  Him.  John  1:9.  The  first  throb  of 
life  that  communicates  power  or  disposition  for 
service  is  from  the  Godman.  John  14: 19.  '"  To  me 
to  live  is  Christ,"  is  the  testimony  of  every  saved 
soul.     Philpp.  1:21. 

There  are   many,  many  souls  in  the  professing 

Christian  church,  when  asked  if  they  have  the  wit- 

1  ness  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  have  no  more  response  than 


a  corpse.  Christ  was  always  ready  to  assert  His 
Divinity,  So  ready  the  Christian  should  be  to  tes- 
tify to  the  inbeing  of  Christ.  Without  Divine  in- 
carnation there  can  be  neither  provisional  redemp- 
tion nor  personal  salvation,  John  14:20,  23  and  17: 
23;  1  John  4:  13,  16;  1  Cor,  6:  19,  20,  We  must  not 
attempt  to  turn  Eph.  3:  17  into  a  metaphor,  while 
we  insist  on  the  literal  interpretation  of  the  Divine 
immanence  in  2  Cor,  5: 19.  Where  this  blessed  mys- 
tery is  realized,  our  lineage  can  no  more  be  hid 
than  a  city  on  a  hill,  or  the  sun  in  mid-heaven. 
The  Christian  is  a  luminous  photograph  of  Em- 
manuel, We  are  advertisements  of  the  love  and 
holiness  of  God,  If  not,  where  is  the  evidence  of 
our  regeneration? 

This  is  the  Christ  of  God,  and  his  righteousness,  se- 
cured by  His  immaculate  life  and  atoning  death 
and  triumphant  resurrection,  is  our  gospel.  This 
glorious  truth  keeps  me  busy  every  day,  all  the 
year  round,  sending  out  messages  of  love,  and  com- 
fort, and  illumination,  and  warning,  to  thousands  of 
souls.  It  is  my  joy  to  fulfill  2  Cor,  1:  4  and  1  John 
1 :  3,  It  is  the  very  cream  and  essence  of  my  silent 
ministry,  to  proclaim  the  reality  and  fullness  of  the 
glory  in  Eph.  3:8-11. 

There  is  no  eod  to  the  good  things  God  hath  re- 
vealed and  hidden  in  Eph.  3:  16-19.  '  havc  now 
been  using  my  pen  thirty-seven  years  for  Jesus,  and 
the  ocean  of  His  blessed  mysteries  is  tiding  higher 
and  higher,  and  my  love  is  growing  deeper  and 
stronger,  and  my  enthusiasm  is  flaming  higher  and 
wider.  More  and  more  my  soul  is  reveling  in  Rom. 
II!  33-36,  and  Matt,  6:  10,  "That  I  may  know 
Him"  should  be  the  one  aspiration  of  our  life. 
And  this  involves  "  the  fellowship  of  His  sufferings 
and  the  power  of  Ills  resurrection."  Philpp.  3:  10; 
Acts  4:  33  and  5:  41.  Our  joy  is  nothing  else  than 
the  very  joy  of  Jehovah- Jesus.  John  15:  11; 
Philpp.  4:4;  1  Thess.  5:  16  and  1  Pet.  1:  8.  The 
wisdom  of  God,  the  power  of  God,  the  righteous- 
ness of  God,  the  peace  of  God,  the  love  of  God, 
the  fullness  of  God, — "all  are  ours."  1  Cor,  1:  24; 
2  Cor,  y.  21;  Philpp.  4:  7;  Rom.  5:  5;  ="-±  •:  19;  : 
Cor.  3;  2i,  22,  23.  >JlJi" 

Is  not  2  Cor,  4:  8  to  11,  the  most  natural  utter- 
ance conceivable?  There  is  no  nobler  criterion 
of  sainthood  than  1  Cor.  13:  4-7,  Behold  God  in 
the  manger,  in  the  carpenter  shop,  in  Gethsantne,  in 
\ht  judgment  hall,  on  the  cross,  and  then  conclude 
what  love  can  bear.  If  we  are  indeed  His  chil- 
dren, we  possess  His  life  and  exhibit  H's  charac- 
teristics. Short  of  this  we  lack  all  reliable  evi- 
dence of  being  members  in  the  family  of  God, 
John  3:  6,  ;;  Rom.  8:  16,  17. 

To  you,  dear  Christian  mother,  I  would  say,  Let 
nothing  distract  you.  If  the  world  scorns  and  hell 
howls,  and  circumstances  and  environments  seem 
to  put  an  emphatic  negative  on  the  promises  of 
God,  do  not  forget  Paul's  three  triumphant  tenses  in 
2  Cor.  1:  9,  10, — He  did,  He  does,  He  wil',  2  Cor. 
1:  20. 

And  you,  dear  children  of  the  covenant,  be  brave, 
be  humbly,  beautifully  brave,  "good  soldiers  of  Jesus 
Chist"  You  are  only  children,  but  "out  of  the 
mouth  of  babes  and  sucklings  God  has  perfected 
praise."  Matt.  21:  16.  If  your  schoolmates  sneer 
and  denounce,  let  it  be  your  joy  and  glory  to  realize 
and  manifest  Gal.  6:  14;  1  Cor.  4:  12,  13;  Rom.  8: 
35-39,  Gird  yourselves  with  "  the  whole  armor  of 
God,"  and  "  the  gates  of  hell  cannot  prevail  against 
you."  Eph.  6:  10  to  17.  Your  Captain  is  Almighty. 
It  pays  to  be  loyal  to  Jesus,  both  in  this  world  and  in 
the  world  to  come.  Matt.  19:  29  and  1  Tim.  4:  8. 
Be  ever  busy  in  Col.  3:  16;  Psa.  119:  9,  18,  27;  2 
Tim.  1:  14;  Luke  18:  1  and  21:  36;    1  Cor.  15:  58. 

Let  us  live  only  for  Jesus,  and  heaven  will  repay 
us  a  thousandfold  forever  and  ever.  Rom.  8: 
18,  2  Cor.  4:  17  and  Rev.  21:  7. 

My  closing  testimony  is  this:  "Unto  me,  who  am 
less  than  the  least  of  all  saints,  is  this  grace  given." 
Eph.  3:  8, 

By  the  grace  of  God  I  am  whzt  I  am."     1  Cor. 
15:10,     "Where  is  boasting  then?     It  is   excluded. 
By  what  law?    Of  works?    Nay;  but  by  the  law 
of  faith."    Rom.  3:  27.    Alleluia!    Amenl 
Union  Deposit,  Dauphin  Co,,  Pa. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSEHSTQ-E^. 


April  2, 


A  WORD  TO  Y0UNO.  MINISTERS.-No. 


"  Let  all  things  be  done  unto  edifying." 
Much  of  the  young  minister's  success  depends 
upon  the  language  he  uses.  We  use  dishes  to  set 
food  before  our  friends,  and  to  set  ideas  before 
them  we  use  words.  Some  persons  are  more  par- 
ticular about  the  manner  in  which  food  is  served 
than  others.  We  are  credibly  informed  that  in 
some  parts  of  Russia,  the  entire  family  uses  a  sin- 
gle spoon  in  eating  their  porridge  from  a  single  pot. 
This  would  not  suit  some  people.  Others  are  so 
fastidious  in  regard  to  their  food  being  served 
properly,  that  they  insist  on  having  all  the  plates 
washed  each  time  after  they  are  used. 

This  is  a  matter  of  education.  Some  people  think 
they  should  have  the  language  of  a  sermon  neat 
and  clean,  as  well  as  the  dishes  on  which  fcod  is 
served,  and  they  claim  that  food  for  the  soul  should 
be  clean  and  well  prepared,  as  well  as  food  for  the 
body, 

There  is  really  no  good  excuse  for  using  bad  Eng- 
lish. Be  careful  to  avoid  "slang."  It  is  just  as 
objectionable  to  some  people  as  a  bug  in  butter  is 
to  you.  Everybody  can  learn  to  use  good  English 
by  observing  a  few  simple  rules  which  we  here  of- 
fer. 

1.  Use  only  grammatical  language.  This  can  be 
done  without  even  the  study  of  grammar,  Take 
the  Bible  for  your  standard  of  language  as  well  as 
of  religion.  Use  no  language  which  would  be  out 
of  place  in  the  Bible,  and  can  not  be  found  in  that 
book.  If  you  have  formed  any  bad  habits,  get 
some  friend  to  write  down  all  the  incorrect  expres- 
sions you  make  while  preaching,  and  study  to  avoid 
them  in  the  future,  and,  in  due  time,  your  language 
will  be  clean. 

2,  Let  your  language  be  correct.  When  you 
quote  Scripture,  give  it  correctly,  It  will  lower  you 
in  the  estimation  of  those  whose  good  opinion  is 
write  aQ...-bM'  ^i-bkhider  in  your  quotations. 
Uie  correct  sentences,  by  placing  the  words  in 
their  proper  order.  No  one  likes  to  have  the  words 
of  a  sentence  all  tangled  any  more  than  he  would 
like  a  tangled  bunch  of  thread. 

5.  Use  clearness  in  expression.  Nothing  will  en- 
list the  attention  of  the  hearer  so  readily  as  a  clear 
presentation  of  the  Truth.  See  that  you  under- 
stand clearly  yourself  what  you  want  to  say.  As 
soon  as  your  ideas  become  murky,  and  you  begin  to 
flounder  among  words  like  a  fish  in  a  mud-puddle, 
the  hearers  will  soon  turn  their  minds  to  something 
beside  your  sermon,  In  trying  to  illustrate  your 
ideas,  select  your  illustrations  from  the  Bible,  as 
much  as  possible.  A  well-selected  Bible  illustra- 
tion is  always  appropriate  in  a  sermon.  Avoid  tell- 
ing stories, — "  preach  the  Word." 

4  Use  forcible  language.  Avoid  all  unnecessary 
words.  Use  terse  and  compact  sentences.  You 
can  do  more  execution  by  shooting  at  an  object  five 
hundred  yards  off  by  using  minnie  balls,  than  by 
shooting  loose  cotton  bales,  Do  not  get  the  idea 
that  the  more  words  you  use  the  more  sense  you 
express.  Generally  the  opposite  is  true.  "Who  is 
this  that  darkeneth  counsel  by  words  without 
knowledge?  "  It  is  a  good  plan  to  reserve  some  of 
your  best  ideas  and  thoughts  for  the  close  of  your 
sentences  and  paragraphs. 

5.  Study  ease  of  expression.  Some  speakers 
have  such  a  labored  style  of  expression  that  they 
tire  the  hearers  by  the  manner  in  which  they  try  to 
pull  up  ideas  by  means  of  words.  One  of  the  most 
fruitful  sources  of  a  labored  style  is  trying  to  say 
something  when  you  have  nothing  to  say.  It  is 
hard  to  pump  water  out  of  an  empty  well  or  a  good 
sermon  from  an  empty  brain, 

Avoid  repeating  words.  Vain  repetitions  are  un- 
scriptural,  and  are  bad  in  a  sermon  as  well  as  in  a 
prayer.  It  is  unfortunate  for  a  preacher  to  repeat 
words  or  sentences  while  he  is  waiting  for  a  new 
thought  to  come.  It  is  equally  bad  for  the  hearers 
who  do  not  like  their  spiritual  food  chewed  the  sec- 
ond time, 


The  best  way  to  acquire  an  easy  flow  of  language 
is  to  study  your  subject  well,  and  fill  your  mind  so 
full  of  it  that  you  need  not  hesitate  or  wait  for  the 
nerft  thought  to  come,  but  feel  as  if  your  mind  were 
a  fountain,  with  an  abundance  of  pure  water  gush- 
ing forth  that  can  not  be  held  back. 

C\  Observe  the  law  of  unity.  All  the  parts  of  a 
sermon  should  be  related  to  each  other, — should 
hang  together  like  fish  on  a  string  or  grapes  on  a 
stem.  It  requires  too  much  work  for  the  hearers 
to  arrange  the  parts  of  the  sermon  in  the  right  or- 
der, No  one  will  take  time  to  do  it.  That  is  the 
preacher's  business,  and  he  should  see  that  it  is  well 
done  (o  make  his  efforts  acceptable  and  profitable. 

It  is  all  right  to  have  a  number  of  different  topics 
in  the  same  sermon,  but  all  these  topics  should  be 
connected  with  the  same  subject,  as  grapes  are  con- 
nected with  the  same  stem. 

As  an  example  of  a  good  discourse,  read  the 
sixth  chapter  of  Matthew.  The  subject  is  "  Chris- 
tian Duties,"  as  given  in  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount, 
Notice  how  easily  the  mind  glides  from  one  topic 
to  the  other,  and  the  whole  makes  a  model  sermon. 

Plattsburg,  Mo. 


SOME  THOUGHTS  ON  CHURCH  GOVERNMENT. 

BY  M.  T.  BABR. 

Church  government,  what  is  it?  It  may  proper- 
ly be  divided  into  three  heads:  the  legislative,  the 
judiciary,  and  the  executive. 

The  legislative  is  in  the  past.  Christ  and  his 
apostles  constituted  the  legislative  body,  and  the 
law,  constitution,  and  by-laws,  with  all  the  neces- 
sary details  of  instruction  for  the  perfection  and 
government  of  the  church,  were  written  by  them, 
guided  by  the  Holy  Ghost.  This  is  contained  in 
the  New  Testament,  beginning  with  Matthew,  and 
ending  with  Revelation.  All  the  power  and  au- 
thority to  execute  and  carry  out  the  whole  will  of 
God,  in  the  converting  of  sinners,  and  to  carry  out 
the  entire  plan  of  redemption  to  the  end,  is  vested 
in  the  church,  with  the  authority  to  choose  her 
servants  (officials),  and  set  them  apart  for  the  work 
of  the  church,  with  the  authority  to  preach,  baptize, 
and  do  all  the  official  work  of  the  church. 

This  authority  must  come  through  the  church,  in 
order  to  make  it  valid,  for  the  church  is  the  body  of 
Christ,  Col.  I:  18,  24,  and  members  in  particular,  1 
Cor.  12:  27.  Therefore,  when  I  meet  with  persons 
who  claim  they  have  received  special  gifts,  such,  as 
the  gilt  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  the  pardon  of  their 
stns,  without  complying  with  the  conditions  con- 
tained in  the  written  law,  upon  which  such  gifts 
are  promised,  and  when  I  find  those  who  claim  that 
God  has  called  them,  by  some  invisible  power  or 
spirit,  to  preach,  all  unbeknown  to  the  church, 
which  is  the  body  of  Christ,  I  marvel,  and  I  can  but 
conclude  that  H  is  all  a  mistake, 

Now  what  and  where  is  the  judiciary?  I  answer, 
In  the  councils  of  the  church.  In  the  arrangement 
of  our  councils  we  have  a  system,  very  similar  to 
the  system  of  our  political  government.  We  have 
our  local  church  council,  from  which  appeals  may 
be  taken  to  a  higher  council,  i  e.,  District,  and  from 
that  to  the  Annual  Meeting,  the  highest  court,  or 
tribunal  of  the  church,  In  those  councils  the  law 
(Gospel)  is  consulted  and  defined,  hence  judiciary. 
This  brings  me  to  the  third  division, — the  execu- 
tive, In  my  early  teaching  along  this  line  I  was 
taught  that  the  power  of  church  government  lay  in 
the  hands  of  the  laity,  and  that  is  still  my  position, 
and  I  purpose  to  hold  to  that  position.  It  is  to  be 
feared  that  the  power  of  government  may  gradually 
pass  out  of  the  hands  of  the  laity  into  the  hands  of 
the  official  body,  as  that  is  quite  natural.  Howev- 
er, I  shall  always  feel  it  my  duty  to  oppose  any  ten- 
dency in  that  direction,  hence  the  necessity  of  a 
well-educated  laity. 

For  instance,  here  comes  up  a  difficulty  to  be  set- 
tled in  the  church.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  presiding 
elder,  with  tha  help  of  the  official  board,  first  to  see 
that  the  case  is  proper  to  come  before  the  church, 
and  then  to  see  that  the  church  ia  in  possession  of 


all  the  facts  in  the  case,  in  order  to  render  an  intel- 
ligent decision  in  the  case.  Then  he  should  submit 
the  case  to  the  members  of  the  church  for  their  de- 
cision. Here  I  often  find  a  fault.  There  are  so 
many  members  that  do  not  want  to  decide,  and  say, 
"I  will  leave  it  to  the  rest,  just  as  the  rest  will 
make  it." 

Let  me  here  suppose  a  case,  by  way  of  illustra- 
tion. Suppose  the  father  of  a  family  would  give  a 
certain  piece  of  work  to  his  children  to  do,  and  all 
could  help  in  performing  that  piece  of  work,  both 
sons  and  daughters,  and  suppose  he  would  promise 
each  one  a  reward  for  the  work  done.  Now  John 
concludes  that  the  rest  could  do  it  just  as  well  with- 
out him,  and  that  Susie  would  rather  not  heip  for 
fear  she  might  not  do  it  just  right,  or,  perhaps,  both 
might  feel  that  they  would  prefer  to  shift  the  re- 
sponsibility on  the  rest  of  the  family.  Right  there 
is  the  trouble  in  our  councils.  What  would  the  fa- 
ther say  to  John  and  Susie,  when  he  comes  to  re- 
ward them?  Do  you  think  he  would  say,  "Well 
done,  good  and  faithful  servant"?  Make  the  ap- 
plication, please. 

Again.  Are  there  not  too  many  members  who 
find  some  cause  for  an  excuse  not  to  attend  church 
council,  especially,  if  they  think  that  there  will  be 
some  unpleasant  work  to  do?  How  can  we  expect 
to  meet  the  Master  in  the  day  of  rewards,  if  we  are 
so  remiss  in  duty?  If  all  the  members  and  officials 
would  absent  themselves  from  the  council-meetings, 
when  it  is  expected  that  there  is  some  unpleasant 
work  to  be  done,  what  would  become  of  the  Mas- 
ter's cause?  Is  it  not  presumable  that,  if  we  neglect 
or  refuse  to  do  the  unpleasant  work  that  must  be 
done  in  this  life,  he  will  also  reject  us  from  the  en- 
joyments of  heaven. 

Again;  I  find  another  line  upon  which  I  think  our 
laity  need  education.  It  is  in  the  matter  of  select- 
ing delegates  to  our  District  and  Annual  Meeting. 
As  all  the  members  cannot  participate  in  those 
Meetings,  therefore  I  think  they  should  be  well  in- 
formed in  regard  to  the  character  of  the  work  done 
at  those  Meetings,  and  select  with  care  thew  Rele- 
gates to  those  Meetings.  I  remember,  just  now,  an 
instance  that  occurred  at  a  District  Meeting  in  the 
East,  where  we  worked  hard  for  one-half  a  day  to 
get  a  paper  to  pass  to  Annual  Meeting.  Then  we 
elected  a  brother  to  represent  us  on  Standing  Com- 
mittee, who  opposed  the  paper,  and  when  he  pre- 
sented the  paper  at  Annual  Meeting,  he  said  he 
had  opposed  it  at  home,  and  he  would  oppose  it 
here.  Of  course,  that  settled  the  matter.  I  do 
think  that  when  we  know  of  very  important  matter 
that  will  come  before  District  or  Annual  Meeting, 
the  laity  should  be  posted,  and  they  should  send 
such  men  that  would  vote  their  sentiments. 

Fristoe,  Mo,       _  

THE  CHURCH  IN  THE  TEMPLE. 


INTRODUCTION. 

It  seemed  necessary,  on  the  part  of  an  All-wise 
Creator,  in  order  to  induct  the  hum'an  race  into  the 
higher  spiritual  realm,  to  begin  with  material  things, 
— object  lessons,  such  as  would  strike  the  senses 
more  forcibly  and  clearly  than  mere  abstract  teach- 
ing. All  the  material  types  of  the  law  and  the 
services  of  the  temple  rested  on  a  deep,  spiritual 
basis,  and  only  became  fully  manifest  when  the 
material  structure  of  the  law  was  swept  away  by 
the  death  of  Christ,  who  was  the  end  of  the  law  to 
every  one  that  believeth,  The  temple  and  its  serv- 
ices have  a  beautiful  signification  in  the  church,  to 
which  we  would  call  the  attention  of  the  reader, 
for  the  purpose  of  awakening  a  greater  interest  in 
Bible  study,  as  well  as  to  impress  the  minds  of  us 
all  more  vividly  with  the  supreme  wisdom  of  our 
Heavenly  Father,  in  procuring  for  us  a  plan  of  sal- 
vation, so  simple  that  all  persons  may  understand 
it,  and  successfully  apply  it,— a  plan  that  so  nobly 
develops  all  the  better  faculties  of  the  soul,  and  fits 
us  for  a  higher  life  in  the  world  to  come, 


April  2,  189S. 


THE   GOSPEL   IMIESSIE^Q-IE^. 


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The  Plan  eftks  Temple. 

CHAPTER    I, 

The  plan  was  God's.  David  said  to  his  son  Solo- 
mon, "  And  the  pattern  of  all  that  he  had  by  the 
spirit,  of  the  courts  of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  of 
all  the  chambers  round  about."     I  Chron.  28'  12. 

From  this  passage  we  learn  that  the  Spirit  of  God 
imparted  to  Divid  the  "pattern"  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  and  that  D.ivid  imparted  the  same  to 
Solomon. 

Ths  plan  being  God's,  no  deviation  from  it  could 
be  allowed,  but  a  strict  observance  of  all  its  details 
must  be  adhered  to.  A  willful  deviation  in  the 
smallest  matter  would  have  impeached  the  v  isdom 
of  its  Author. 

Equally  so  it  is  with  the  church.  The  plan  on 
which  the  church  rests,  by  which  it  is  built,  and  by 
which  we  arc  saved,  is  also  of  Gad,  Christ,  in  his 
last  prayer,  said,  "  I  have  finished  the  work  which 
thou  gavest  ma  to  do."  John  17:  14.  Here  it  is 
evident  that  the  Father  had  given  the  plan  of  sal- 
vation to  the  Son,  who  faithfully  transmitted  the 
same  to  his  followers.  The  plan  stands  intact  in 
ths  G3ip:l  todiy,  bit,  notwithstanding  the  high 
on"gin  of  the  plan,  and  the  perfection  of  the  plan, 
there  are  pe-sans  professing  to  be  followers  of  this 
plan,  who  will  not  scruple  to  set  aside  such  parts  of 
the  plan  as  do  not  suit  their  inclination,  hence 
Christ  gave  the  following  notice,  "  Not  every  one 
that  saith  unto  me,  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter  the 
kingdom  of  heaven,  but  he  that  doeth  the  will  of 
my  Father  which  is  in  heaven."     Matt.  7:  21. 

The  apostle  Piter  once  attempted  to  deviate  from 
this  plan,  but  the  Lord  plainly  informed  him  that 
such  a  deviation  would  sever  his  connection  with 
Christ,  See  J  jhn  13:  8  Jesus  also  taught,  "  Heav- 
en and  earth  shall  pa<s  away,  but  my  words  shall 
not  pass  a  vay."  Matt.  21:  35.  Here  the  fact  is 
forcibly  stated  that  the  immutability  of  the  plan  of 
salvation,  with  all  its  parts,  is  firmer  than  the  uni- 
verse. This  should  inspire  every  lover  of  the  Truth 
to  hpid  tenaciously  to  every  part  of  the  plan,  as 
faajght  us  by  the  Savior.  Again,  says  Jesu?, 
"Reaching  them  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever  I 
have  commanded  you"  Matt  28;  20.  Here,  also, 
by  the  list  words  of  the  Savior,  we  are  taught  to 
observe  the  plan  entire.  Paul  says,  "We  ought  to 
give  the  more  earnest  heed  to  the  things  which  we 
have  heard,  lrst  at  any  time  we  should  let  them 
slip."  Heb.  2:  1.  Giving  earnest  hee  i  h  necessary 
to  retain  the  plan  complete.  Christ  also  teaches 
the  following,  "  Man  shall  not  live  by  bread  alone, 
but  by  every  word  that  proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth 
of  Gad."     Matt.  4-  4. 

Every  word  of  Gad  is  needed  to  perfect  the  di- 
vine life  within  us.  Would  it  not  seem  like  a  re- 
proach on  the  Divine  Being,  for  any  one  to  enter- 
tain the  idea  that  he  would  send  his  Son  down 
from  heaven  to  us,  with  a  message  whereby  we 
might  bs  saved,  and  man  be  allowed  to  mutilate 
that  message  to  suit  his  own  taste,  or  pleasure?  To 
mutilate  any  part  of  the  plan  of  salvation,  to  ac- 
commodate our  preferences,  would  be  trifling  with 
God.  ''B2  not  deceived.  God  is  not  mocked." 
Gal  6:  7.  The  plan  of  salvation  is  not  given  us  for 
our  criticism, — whether  it  suits  us  or  not, — in  a  com- 
promising way;  but  it  comes  to  us  as  the  last  will 
and  Testament  of  our  Heavenly  Father,  for  our 
conversion,  correction,  guidince,  sanctification,  sal- 
vation, and  final  judgment.  Ifwerecsivc  the  plan 
\vt  its  entirety,  it  shall  be  well  with  us,  here  and 
hereafter.  If  we  refuse  the  plan,  or  mutilate  it  to 
suit  our  fancy,  we  will  have  cause  to  fear  the  Mas- 
ter's voice:  "  I  know  you  not'' 


*5-THE  +  SUNDAY  t  SCHOOL* 


A  story  is  told  of  a  ship  which  was  wrecked  off 
one  of  the  islands  of  Fiji.  A  boat's  crew  that  had 
got  ashore  from  the  wreck,  were  in  the  greatest  pos- 
sible terror  lffst  they  should  be  devoured  by  the 
Fijians.  On  reaching  land  they  dispersed  in  differ- 
ent directions.  Two  o£  them  found  a  cottage,  and 
crept  into  it,  and,  as  they  lay  wondering  what  would 
become  of  them,  one  suddenly  called  out  to  his 
companion,  "  AH  right,  Jick;  there  is  a  Bible  on 
this  chair;  no  fear  now!  " 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 
The  Transfiguration Mntt    17:  1-0. 

Ltsson  Jor  April  ij,  iSqS. 

The  transfiguration  always  has  been  an  interest- 
ing subject  to  those  who  accept  Christ  as  the  Sav 
ior  of  the  world  and  the  friend  of  sinners.  Just 
why  it  so  happened  is  not  certainly  kaown,  — proba- 
bly to  more  fully  seal,  in  the  eyes  of  the  disciples, 
and  through  them,  all  who  accept  him,  his  divinity 
and  mission.  It  was  a  very  peculiar  blending  to 
gether  of  the  Law,  the  Prophets,  and  the  Kingdom 
of  Grace. 

This  meeting,  we  are  told,  took  place  on  "  a  high 
mountain."  The  exact  mountain  is  not  known. 
Some  say  Mt.  Hermon.  Others  say,  Little  Her- 
mon,  farther  south;  others,  Mt.  Tabor,  and  still 
others,  a  high  mountain  northwest  of  Jericho.  Per- 
haps it  is  well  that  the  place  is  not  certainly  known, 
as  there  is  a  disposition  to  idolize  all  known  places, 
made  sacred  by  some  notable  event  in  the  life  of 
Christ. 

The  fact  of  resortirg  to  hill  and  mountain  tops 
for  worship,  and  the  reception  of  messages  L'om 
heaven,  is  symbolical  of  the  character  of  the  lilt 
that  the  religion  of  Christ  gives.  To  be  transfig 
ured  means  to  be  changed  from  one  figure,  in  ap- 
pearance, to  that  of  another.  In  the  transfigura- 
tion of  Christ  we  have  him  changed  from  the  hu- 
man appearance  to  that  of  the  divine,  in  the  glori- 
fied. Having  with  him,  in  a  glorified  form,  Moses 
and  Elias,  was  satisfying  proof  that  he  was,  indeed, 
the  Christ,  the  Son  of  God. 

The  description  of  him,  in  his  glorified  condition, 
is  interesting  and  instructive.  His  face  did  out- 
shine the  sun  and  his  raiment  was  white  as  the 
light."  It  gives  a  glimpse  of  primal  purity,  as  seen 
through  human  eyes.  O',  perhaps,  it  would  be  bet- 
ter said  by  saying,  "  The  human  ideal  of  Christian 
purity. ' 

Did  you  ever  Ihink  why  it  is  that  we  have  such  a 
beautiful  ideal  of  the  pure  as  redeemed  from  sin? 
Is  it  not  because  we  are  so  taught  from  the  Scrip- 
tures? Every  look  given  to  us,  of  purity  and  di- 
vinity, is  light,  clean,  white  and  beautiful.  What 
wou'd  we  think  of  Christ,  had  he  been  described,  in 
his  transfiguration,  like  this:  His  face  was  uninvit- 
ing and  dirty;  his  hair  uncombed,  his  hands  black 
and  unwashed,  and  his  garments  soiled,  slouchy, 
and  unattraciive?  And  yet  we  have  those  who  fol- 
low this  course  to  symbolize  true  Christianity, 

If  we  can  learn  anything  from  this  description  of 
Christ,  as  there  seen,  it  is  directly  the  opposite  of 
this.  The  Christian  life  is  the  "  life  beautiful,"  and 
if  we  represent  this  life,  it  must  be  dor.e  by  being 
beautiful  in  everything  we  do. 

"Moses  and  Elias  talking  with  them.''  Of 
course  you  would  all  like  to  know  what  they  talked 
about.  If  we  knew,  we  would  gladly  tell,  and  to 
guess  at  it  would  not  be  doing  more  than  you  can 
do  yourselves,  and  none  of  us  would  be  the  wiser  in 
doing  it.  To  say,  "  We  do  not  know,"  is  safe  and 
the  truth.  Perhaps  Peter  heard  just  enough  of  the 
conversation  to  make  it  interesting,  because  he  said 
to  Jesus:  "  Lord,  it  is  good  for  us  to  be  here."  And, 
surely,  it  would  be  a  glorious  privilege  to  be  in  the 
presence  of  such  men,  and  hear  them  talk  together 
of  matters  that  pertained  to  the  ages  past  as  well  as 
of  those  to  come. 

But  the  great  teaching  of  the  occasion  was  that 
this  Christ,  whom  they  had  learned  to  love,  was 
truly  the  Son  of  God.  "  Behold,  a  bright  cloud  ov- 
ershadowed them:  and  behold,  a  voice  out  of  the 
cloud,  which  said:  This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in  whom 
I  am  well  pleased."  This  is  a  beautiful  message. 
It  came  from  1  bright  cloud,  and  the  voice  was 
from  God.  Everything  about  the  whole  circum- 
stance was  beautiful,— so  much  so  that  Peter  was 
willing  to  live  right  there.  And  yet,  what  more  did 
these  disciples  see  and  hear  than  is  our  privilege  to 
see  and  hear?  It  is  true,  we  cannot,  with  our  natur- 
al vision,  sse  these  men  as  did  these  dissiples,  tut 


we  can  hear  Moses  and  the  prophets,  and  come 
almost  within  speaking  distance  of  the  Christ. 

e  we  impressed  with  the  divine  guests  as  were 
these  disciples?  It  is  our  privilege  to  come  within 
very  close  touch  with  the  Savior  of  the  world  and 
the  Fj iend  of  sinners,  "  Lo,  I  am  with  you  always, 
even  to  the  end  of  the  world."  How  consoling 
must  have  been  his  gracious  Words:  '  Be  not 
afraid."  They  were  sore  afraid,  because  of  the 
strangeness  of  the  things  which  they  saw  and 
heard,  because  it  was  an  unusual  revealing  of  him- 
self to  them, — beautiful,  glorious,  wonderful! 

There  are  times  when  the  Lord  comes  so  near  to 
us,  and  speaks  so  loudly,  that  we  arc  made  to  fear 
and  tremble,  In  the  storm  we  have  the  rain,  hail, 
thunderings  and  lightnings,  but  after  this  follows 
the  calm,  because  we  believe,  and  the  Master  says'. 
"Peace  be  still,"  and  we  have  peace.  "Thou 
anointest  my  head  with  oil:  my  cup  runneth  over." 
But  these  things  cannot  happen  down  in  the  val- 
leys of  fog  and  doubt, — in  the  fightings  and  the  tur- 
moils of  life.  On  wings  of  love  and  faith  we  must 
soar  aloft  to  the  mount  of  transfiguration.  There 
it  is  we  can  find  and  hold  sweet  converse  with  Mo- 
ses, Elias,  and  the  Christ. 

We  can  get  there  by  reading,  more  and  more, 
our  Biblis,  attending  religious  services, — the  Sun- 
day school,  prayer  meetings,  and  public  preaching. 
All  these  are  steps  upward,  if  taken  in  faith.  Then, 
too,  the  home  altar  and  the  private  closet  must  not 
be  forgotten,  because,  in  these  places,  the  Master's 
stately  steppings  are  heard.  H.  B.  B. 


SERMON    OUT  Til  N  E. 


•Hi;  or  (IOOI)   CHEEK;   IT   IS  I;   BE  not   AFRAID.' 
-Matt.  14:  27. 


I,  CIRCUMSTANCES. 

(.  Time. 

2  Places. 

3  Distances. 

II,  Jesus'  Preceding  Pkayeu. 
r.  Why  did  Jesus  pray? 

2.  Why  should  we  pray? 

3.  Greater  necessity  for  our  praying. 

III.  The  Storm. 

r.  Peculiar  origin  of  storms  of  that  climate. 

2.  Why  were  they  sent  into  a^joscrj    ^^ 

3.  Description  of  storm. 

IV.  The  Woxds. 

1.  Be  of  good  cheer.    Let  individuals,  institutions,  states 
and  the  church  be  cf  "  good  cheer."    Why? 

2.  It  is  I. 

{a)  Those  three  words  should  be  heard  throughout  the 
whole  world.    They  shake  the  strongholds  of  sin. 


U>)  No  one  e 

se  could  have  us 

ed  tho 

se  words  wi 

hout 

lie  made  the  rr 

ounta 

ns  and  sunk 

the 

lake,  be  c 

aused  the  wood  t 

jgrow 

from  which 

the 

boat  was 

made,  and  started  the 

natural  laws 

that 

raised  tfa 

great  storm. 

3,  Benotafraii 

(a)  Consider 

as  an  entreaty. 

(//)  Consider 

1;  a  command. 

ic)  Consider 

as  an  assurance  0 

little 

real  danger. 

V.  Results. 

r.  The  raging  s 

orm  ceased. 

2.  When  Christ 

speaks  to  the  soul,  rage 

and  hatred  c 

5.  Disciples'  faith  strengthened. 

Peter 

s  "Thou  ar 

the 

Son  of  God.' 

4.  Every  storm 

of  life  should  ell 

it  fro 

n  a  believer 

tbe 

same  statement, 

CUronelU,  Ala. 

OUR    PRAYER    MEETING-. 
THOSE  WORDS  OF  OURS.— James  3:  I-IJ. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  April  7,  rSqS, 

I.  The  PowK.a  op  our  Words. 

r.  They  give  increased  responsibility.    Matt.  3:  lo;  a  John 

2.  They  perfect  our  character.    Prov.  10:  19:  I  Pet.  3:  10. 

3.  They  iospire  to  action.     Isa.  50:  4;  Mi't.  8:  9 

4.  They  may  be  productive  of  evil.    Psa.  52:  2;  Prov.  26: 2r. 

5.  They  may  destroy  us.     Prov.  II:  9;  2  Tim.  2:  17. 
II.  The  Control  of  our  Words. 

1.  A  great  problem.    Psa.  141:  3:  EP°-  6:  2°- 

2.  It  must  be  accomplished.    Psa.  34:  13!  Matt  12:  37. 

3.  It  is  possible  to  all,    Matt.  12:  3S,  Psa-  301  '• 

4.  1(  u  of  greatest  value.    Col.  4;  6;  P»a.  331  s6, 


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ACHIEVEMENT. 

Impassioned  verse  from  gifted  poet's  pen 
Was  not  produced  in  haste;  the  many  men 
Whom  God  hath  rich  endowed  with  gifts  divine- 
Men  who  have  wrought  great  things  in  their  own  line- 
Conceived  their  thoughts  and  executed  them 
By  slow  degrees.     The  miner  finds  the  gem, 
When,  after  weary  years  of  work  and  toil, 
He  turns  at  last  the  longed-for,  happy  soil, 
By  perseverance  slow,  laborious, 
The  artist  makes  the  canvas  glorious, 
Beneath  the  sculptor's  band,  dead  marble  lives, 
WheD,  oftlimes,  afler  many  years,  he  gives 
His  time  and  patience  to  that  end  alone 
And  strives  to  make  to  live  the  hard,  cold  stone. 
Just  so  tn  gain  the  humblest  things  in  life, 
Our  souls  must  toil  through  endless  pain  and  strife, 
Until,  achieving  all  we  sought  to  gain, 
We  mount  the  heights,  the  better  for  our  pain. 

— Charles  Hanson  Townc. 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES. 
BY  JOHN   R.   SNVDER, 


No.  (1.  -  The  Church  and  the  Sunday  School. 

The  very  fact  that  the  Sunday  school  is  a  depart- 
ment of  the  church,  brings  upon  the  church  its  care 
and  responsibility.  The  church  is  the  parent;  the 
school,  the  child,  hence  the  church  must  exercise 
the  duties  of  a  parent.  Upon  the  church  is  placed 
the  responsibilities,  government,  and  attendant 
blessings,  and  sorry,  indeed,  is  the  case  where  the 
church  shirks  the  duties,  thus  placed  upon  her,  To 
neglect  to  feed  this  "  child  "  with  proper  food,  is  to 
bring  up  a  weak,  debilitated  progeny,  wholly  inca- 
pable for  the  work  intended  for  it  to  perform. 

There  can  be  no  question  of  the  church's  need  of 
the  Sunday  school.  Fully  ninety  per  cent  of  the 
Bible  instruction  of  our  young  people  is  gathered 
in  the  Sunday  school.  Sad,  indeed,  would  be  the 
condition  of  the  church,  were  it  not  for  this  means 
of  culture.  The  church  needs  this  department  of 
instruction  to  further  its  work  and  enlighten  its 
members.  The  church  of  Rome  has  for  centuries 
held  her  members  in  spiritual  and  intellectual  dark- 
ness, because  she  forbids  the  study  of  the  Bible, 
and  discourages  open  discussion  on  Bible  subjects. 
Put  the  Protestant  Sunday  school  system  into  the 
Roman  Catholic  church,  with  the  free  research  for 
the  divine  truths  of  the  Bible,  unhampered  by  "  pa- 
pal bulls,"  and  in  ten  years  her  power  is  gone. 
Such  is  the  marvelous  power  exerted  by  the  Word, 
when  consistently  studied. 

The  church  owes  her  sympathy  to  the  work  of 
the  Sunday  school.  The  church  must  feel  with  and 
for  the  Sunday  school.  She  must  recognize  its 
needs  and  supply  its  wants.  We  are  afraid  that,  in 
many  cases,  the  church  fails  to  appreciate  the  ef- 
forts and  enter  into  the  work  of  the  Sunday  school 
with  the  proper  spirit.  It  often  fails  to  give  it  the 
practical  sympathy  \{  is  so  much  in  need  of,     Minis- 


ters and  elders  should  not  be  afraid  to  enlist  in  its 
cause,  They  should  not  absent  themselves  from 
its  sessions,  because  their  mode  of  working  is  dif- 
ferent. 

The  church  owes  its  support  to  the  school,  both 
moral  and  spiritual,  and  we  may  say,  with  all  frank- 
ness, financial  support  as  well.  We  know  there  are 
those  who  hold  to  the  idea  that  the  school  should 
support  itself,  but,  as  the  church  derives  all  the 
benefits  from  the  work  of  the  Sunday  school,  it  is 
no  more  than  right  that  it  should,  in  part  at  least, 
bear  the  financial  burdens.  There  is  no  question 
but  that  the  school  needs  the  church's  moral  and 
spiritual  support,  to  enable  it  to  perform  the  im 
portant  work  entrusted  to  it, 

The  church  should  superintend  the  workings  of 
the  school  in  all  cases,  but  it  necessitates  a  large 
amount  of  grace  to  submit  to  the  supervision  of  the 
church  when  the  church  has  furnished  no  support 
in  any  way,  nor  entered  into  the  sympathy  of  its 
work.  There  is  not  much  trouble  to  get  the  church 
to  assume  control  of  the  school,  but  it  should,  at 
the  same  time,  remember  that  the  school  expects, 
and  is  entitled  to  its  highest  respect,  and  it  must 
not  waver  in  proper  encouragement  and  assistance, 
whenever  needed. 

The  Sunday  school  is  a  good  place  to  develop 
the  activity  of  its  members.  Many  of  our  best 
workers  in  the  church  would,  perhaps,  have  never 
been  known,  had  it  not  been  for  the  Sunday  school. 
Many  of  our  mission  workers  caught  their  first  in- 
spirations from  the  Sunday  school  class.  The 
church  owes  much  to  this  factor  for  the  progress 
she  has  made  in  the  cause  of  missions.  Through 
the  Sunday  school,  largely,  has  been  developed  the 
spirit  of  giving,  which  has  grown  so  much  among 
us  in  the  past  few  years.  Take  away  from  the 
church  the  Sunday  school,  and  you  take  away  the 
major  part  of  the  missionary  spirit  of  the  church. 
Let  the  church  everywhere  encourage  and  support 
the  Sunday  school  and  its  attendant  elements,  and 
you  will  see  the  church  prosper,  and  the  different 
causes,  represented  by  the  church,  grow  stronger. 
God  bless  the  church  and  the  Sunday  school,  and 
help  us  all  to  work  in  the  one  common  cause, — the 
salvation  of  immortal  souls! 
Belle fontaine,  Ohio. 


NOTES  FROM  THE  CHICAOO  MISSION. 

BY    CORA   CRIPE. 

Mr.  David,  the  great  India  evangelist,  who  is,  at 
present,  preaching  in  our  city,  surely  has  caught 
the  spirit  of  I  Thess.  5:  16,  18,  "  In  everything,  give 
thanks.  Rejoice  evermore."  He  says,  "No  matter 
whether  sunshine,  or  shadow,  or  pain,  or  sorrow 
comes,  praise  the  Lord!  "  Surely  this  is  exempli- 
fied in  his  own  life.  One  of  the  needs  of  the  Chris- 
tian churches  to-day  is  more  boldness  in  speaking 
out  the  truth,  condemning  sin;  especially  is  this 
true  in  the  pulpit.  It  takes  very  little  effort  to 
generalize  "  sin,"  but  it  does  take  courage  to  speci- 
fy sins,  We  have  recently  noticed  how  a  great  Bi- 
ble student,  who  speaks  to  nearly  all  classes  of  peo- 
ple, comes  down  and  speaks  very  plain  about  cer- 
tain sins,  among  them,  the  evils  of  the  secret  soci- 
eties, the  deadening  influences  of  church  fairs,  ba- 
zaars, the  ball-room,  and  life  insurance.  Especially 
were  we  impressed  with  this  fact  the  other  evening, 
as  he  spoke  so  boldly  and  fearlessly  against  life  in- 
surance. 

We  were  made  sad  to  think  that  some  of  our 
members  have  become  quite  entangled  with  this 
worldly  evil,  and  are  so  sensitive  upon  it.  Surely 
God  is  not  pleased  with  any  one,  who  professes  to 
be  following  so  closely  in  the  footsteps  of  his  Son, 
and  yet,  in  some  such  point  as  this,  shows  to  the 
world  that  his  light  has  become  darkness. 

An  interesting  feature  of  our  work  is  the  Indus- 
trial School.  It  has  grown  until  over  one  hundred 
and  fifty  boys  and  girls  are  now  interested  in  knit- 
ting, piecing  quilts,  making  dresses,  aprons,  towels, 
handkerchiefs,  etc.  A  different  class  of  these 
meets  every  day  in  the  week,  except  Friday,    This, 


to  some,  might  seem  too  material,  but,  after  all, 
they  need  the  material  as  well  as  the  spiritual. 

As  spring  opens  up,  the  season  for  hard  work  be- 
gins, for  it  is  then  the  attractions  of  the  parks  are 
many,  and  the  children  would  far  rather  go  there, 
or  even  play  on  the  street,  than  enter  a  Sunday 
school  room,  unless  the  attractions  in  that  room 
are  greater  for  them  than  the  others,  and  they  are 
made  to  feel  that  those  in  that  room  need  them 
very  much. 

It  is  just  at  this  time  that  Satan's  agents  are  so 
wide-awake,  and  shall  the  church  then  fold  her  arms 
and  plan  for  a  "  summer  vacation?  "  How  long  will 
the  Children  of  Light  allow  the  children  of  this 
generation  to  be  the  wiser? 

Some  say,  "  I  cannot  work  here."  But  our 
speaker  said  yesterday,  that  we  are  each  just  where 
God  intends  us  to  be,  and  if  that  bs  true,  let  us  ask 
God  to  fire  us  up  anew  with  his  Holy  Spirit,  and  go 
to  work,  and  then  marvelous  things  will  be  accom- 
plished for  himl 

660  South  Ashland  Ave. 


LITTLE  THINGS  COUNT. 


Bookkeeping  has  been  reduced  to  such  an  ex- 
act science  in  the  big  metropolitan  banks,  that  the 
clerks  are  expected  to  strike  a  correct  balance  at 
the  close  of  each  day's  work,  no  matter  if  the  trans- 
actions run  into  the  millions  of  dollars.  When  the 
books  fail  to  balance,  the  whole  force  of  the  bank 
is  put  to  work  to  discover  the  error;  and  no  clerk 
starts  for  home  until  it  is  discovered,  whether  it 
amounts  to  two  cents  or  £2,000.  Generally,  a  quar- 
ter of  an  hour  will  bring  the  mistake  to  light;  but 
sometimes  the  hunt  is  kept  up  until  late  in  the 
night. 

Such  a  search  was  being  conducted  in  a  New 
York  bank,  located  in  the  vicinity  of  Wall  Street. 
Forty-five  cents  was  missing.  At  6  o'clock  not  a 
trace  of  the  errant  sum  had  been  discovered.  Din- 
was  sent  in  for  the  whole  force  from  an  ad- 
joining restaurant,  and  after  half  an  hour's  rest,  the 
search  was  again  taken  up.  Midnight  cacnJ^.but 
still  no  clew.  So  sandwiches  and  coffee  were 
served. 

"Hello!"  said  a  clerk.  "The  National  Bank 
people  are  working  to-night,  too.  Guess  they're  in 
the  same  box." 

Sure  enough,  the  windows  of  the  bank  across  the 
street  were  brilliantly  lighted.  The  incident  was 
1  forgotten  when  the  wearying  hunt  after  the 
elusive  forty-five  cents  was  resumed.  Shortly  after 
1  o'clock  in  the  morning,  as  they  v/ere  about  to 
give  up  for  the  night,  a  loud  rapping  was  heard  at 
the  front  door  of  the  bank. 

"Hello!  Hello!  What's  the  matter?"  called  the 
cashier  through  the  keyhole. 

"  Matter,  you  chumpsl  Why,  we've  got  your  old 
forty-five  centsl    Come  along  home  to  bed!  " 

Outside  stood  the  crowd  of  clerks  from  the 
neighboring  bank.  It  appeared  that,  in  making  a 
cash  transaction,  one  of  the  banks  had  paid  the 
other  forty-five  cents  too  much.  As  a  result, .half 
a  hundred  men  had  worked  for  nine  hours;  and  the 
search  was  only  ended  then  because  a  bright  clerk, 
noticing  the  light  in  the  bank  opposite,  shrewdly 
guessed  the  cause,  hunted  up  the  cash  slip,  and  dis- 
covered the  error. — Harper's  Rcv.nd  Tad'e.  - 


SHORTCOMINGS. 


It  is  one  thing  to  be  a  hypocrite,  and  quite  an- 
other thing  to  be  an  imperfect  Christian.  We  have 
known  many  men  who  were  consistent  and  straight- 
forward in  all  the  main  issues  of  conduct,  but  who 
were,  nevertheless,  lacking  this,  or  that,  or  the  oth- 
er virtue.  In  fact,  we  have  never  been  acquainted 
with  any  man  who  did  not  seem  to  us  to  have  short- 
comings of  some  kind.  Christians  should,  there- 
fore, pray,  first  for  the  illumination  of  the  Spirit, 
enabling  them  to  see  their  defects,  andj  secondly, 
for  the  overcoming  grace  that  is  necessary  in  order 
to  the  attainment  of  a  perfect  character. — Christian 
Advecaii, 


April  2,  18 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSZEItTa-IEIR/. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

COMMITTEE. 

Eooch  Eby,        •    Kansas   i   L.W.  Teeter,     -    Indiana 

D.  L.  Miller,     -    -  Illinois    |    S.  K.  Zug,  ■  Pennsylvania 
S.  F.  Sanger,   •    -    Virginia. 


once.  She  has  the  means.  She  can  find  the 
workers  in  her  rank  and  file  to-day,  to  go, 
if  called.  The  responsibility  rests  with  the 
church.     May  she  speedily  do  her  duty  in  this 


BSQOLAE  HEETIW05  07  THE   COMMITTEE: 


-The   Monday 
1  of  February. 


dorsed  by  Die  District  Mission  Board,  beloro  tl 


THE  00HUITTEE  BECEIVES 
funds:  World-Wide,  As 
Smyrna;  Washington 
India;  Book  and  Tract  I 

DO  HOT  ADDEE"  business 
pondenco  and  money  b 


the  following 
Orphanage  at 
SuHerers    In 


MOTTO  FOR  '. 


MISSION  WORK.— No.  13. 


MISSION  RECEIPTS  FOR  FEBRUARY, 


h.  If  nuv,  will  Hjipi'nr  in  i-ninii'ct  Inn  Willi  nt'M 
li's   report.      Usually,    union nt s   rniill.d   11ft .-r 
28th   of   a   month   appear   la    tbe   (Allowing 
month's  report. 

WORLD-WIDE  MISSIONS. 

I'M1,\!    II- ■■■-■-,11  V    (l.-IUfMHl!-    M.        Till-    1'U ■■    .HI 

■UK  llflslH,    -ti.  Ill'   USm, I   where   II  Ceded,—  HIUl   it  Is 

;1  that  it  will  in'  well  supported,    lntort 

wments,  not  otherwise  dos 

rl  edged  under  this  (uud.| 

..—Mis.  Emma  Strlckfaden 


designated,  will  be  11 


.  ?ifi; 


11.  1.1.' 


'im- Creek  church,  J11.HJ;  Wad- 
kurcb,  |18.fl5;  Mary  C.  Lnhninn, 
ve,$16;  Menno  StaufTer,  Mons- 
mma  Potter,  Leaf  River,  $126; 
Bornlco  Aehmoro,  Mansfield.  51.25;  O.  H. 
Ashniore,  Mansllcld,  11-35;  James  Wirt,  Vlr- 
den,  $5;  Hnnaeh  M.  Wirt,  Vlrden,  $5;  G.  Mn- 
han,  Mt.  Morris,  $5;  Mra.  SuBan  lkenborry, 
Mt.  Morris,  $2;  E.  W.  Price,  Franklin  Grove, 
»2.50;  Preston  Clair,  Lena,  $5;  Lizzie  Clair, 
Lena,  $5;  total, $1 

Va.  —  Botetourt  church.  tiOJjO;  Gorman- 
town  congregation,  $18.55;  Florence  Q,uarles, 
Grottoes,  $2;  Koantke  S.  S.,$1.47;  Missionary 
Box,  Roanoke  cli-jreli,  $1.43;  total,      .      ... 

Ohio.— Mrs.  Mary  A.  Copeland,  Amoy,  $2; 
Middle  District,  Wist  Milton,  80  cents;  Peter 
NefT,  Sugar  Creek,  II;  Lexington  Missionary 
Class,  8111.85;  Chippjwn  church,  ?rt.:S2;  Salem 
church,  (18.86;  Mohican  church,  $3x7;  Sugar 


ILL,— Yellow  Creek  ohurch it  80 

Cal  —  Lordsburg  church,  50  cents;  C.  J. 

Va.— Lizzie  Sbownlter,  Rocklughnm,     .  .      1  SO 

PA.-John  B.  Schrook.  Garrett,     1  00 

Loan.-a.  \V.  Flnfrocb,  Booth,  Kans 40  00 

Total, JU8~67 

ASIA  MINOR  MISSION. 
[To  ho  used  laths  mission  In  Asia  Minor.] 

Ohio.— Salem  churoh 1637 

KAN8.— J.  D.  Yoder  and  wife,  Ionian,  ....     6  00 
PA.-Frederle  Gumliort,  Orblsonia,  60  conts; 
iBter  Gumbert,   Orblsonia,   25  cents;  F.  O. 
Cloyd  and  family,  Orblsonia,  25  cents;  total,  .     1  00 

low  A.— Grundy  Ceuter  ohnrob 60 

Nbbr.- North  Beatrice  church, 60 

Total, $12  02 

AT  SMYRNA, 


G.'O.  K.  Wl- 


of  God,  Myorsto 


le,  |1;  Mcl'hciMon  ch'.iri'h, 

urch,fi.66;totiit $1 

ir,  Aunvlllo,  $2,60;  Coven- 
jp,  Philadelphia,  $1;  a  child 
1,  tl;  Frederick  Quuibert, 
;  total, 1 


LA.-Mr.  mid  Mrs.  Wayu 
OKLA.-LlzzieK.  Biubnh; 
Iowa.— G  rundy  Center  cl 
Mo— Sprlog  Branch  chu 


Iowa'.— Grundy  Center  church,  . l  50 

Md.-J,  and  K,  B.,  Rldgley 1  00 

Fla.— Elite  C.  Woodard,  25p;  Lynn  Wood- 
ard Sfjt*;  total 60 

Mo.-Nannle  Hannan,  Denlow CO 

TKNN.-J.S.  Good,  Bristol 50 

Va.— Mollle  E.  /.elgler,  Mayland,  25c ;  Anna 

C.  Zolgler,  May Inud,  Sic;  total, 4a 

SUFFERERS  IN  CUBA. 

Ill,  — Cherry  Grove  oltnroh,  110.82;  Isnao 
Butterbaugh,  Mt.  Morris,  $1;  Fine  Greek 
church,  $126;  Rock  Creek  church,  $3;  a  slater, 
Lanark,  tl;  Cyrus  Huoher,  Astoria,  |5;  — 

,  Astoria,  |l;  Shannon   church,  $10  35; 

total $157  17 

Ohio.— Logan  ohuroh,  $12.16;  Sarah  Reegli- 
ly,  Solplo  siding,  (1;  Lower  Miami  church, 
$10;  Jonas  Horning,  .lohnsvllle,  $11.32;  Pnlnt- 

(l;J.M.Mohler,  Red  Riser,  ri'.-';    Kml    Wat- 


Horn,  Rid  R.vor,  25f,  J.  G.  Boachler,  Red, 
River,  2oc;  Mary  Mann,  Red  River,  Sty  ;  Wil- 
lis West,  Red  River,  HV ;  D,  -M.  Uik yors, 

Boyd,  iiV;  K,  Williamson,  Boyd,  S6?\  J.K. 
Mocker,  pleasant  Hill,  ->.V ;  W.  II.  Thomas, 


To  ignore  the  Di\ 


,  work 


ne  order  of  God' 
;  beyond  the  special  fa- 
vor of  the  Master  Workman,  and  the  church 
cannot  afford  to  be  other  than  workers  to- 
gether with  God.  Did  she  not  have  the  nu- 
merical strength,  did  she  not  have  the  means, 
if  consecrated  property,  to  carry  on  the  work 
in  her  Judea  and  the  uttermost  parts,  it  would 
be"  her  imperative  duty  to  withdraw  from  the 
uttermost  parts,  and  push  out  more  fully  in 
the  United  States.  But  the  great  question  is 
not,  Which  field  should  be  occupied? — as  it 
is,  Row  shall  the  church  be  properly  awak- 
cpe^'to  her  duty  and  opportunity  in  this  mat- 

f  Here,  within  our  own  borders  is  the  colored 
race,  to  whom  the  Gospel  should  be  preached. 
A  more  promising  field  cannot  be  found,  if 
approached  in  the  proper  way,  True,  with 
too  many  Christians  there  is  a  prejudice 
against  the  colored  people,  almost  akin  to 
the  enmity  the  Jews  had  for  the  Samaritans, 
but  real  Christianity  must  and  will  overcome 
that  prejudice,  and  will  take  the  Gospel  to 
this  neglected  race. 

And  there  is  the  Indian,  within  the  church's 
Judean  field,  but  possibly  because  of  another 
race,  better  called  a  Samaritan  territory.  A 
more  abused  and  maltreated  nation  does  not 
exist  anywhere.  How  little  is  being  done  for 
them!  There  is  joy  that  one  representative 
of  the  Brethren  at  least,  has  been  and  still  is 
giving  his  efforts  to  this  nation  of  unchristian 
souls. 

But  interpret  Samaria  to  mean  the  nations 
or  countries  lying  next  to  the  home  field,  and 
to  the  north  lies  great  British  America,  witt 
its  great  population  practically  untouched 
To  the  south,  Mexico,  open  to  great  possi- 
bilities  for  Christ.  These  are  great  fields,  ol 
which  the  church  has  thought  little.  They 
are  convenient  to  reach,  inexpensi 
in,  and  show  a  ripening  for  harvest  as  much 

Where  is  the  congregation  in   the  Broth, 
hood  that  will  make  one  of  these  Samarit 
fields  the  subject  of  earnest  prayer  until  she 
can  offer  both  worker  and  means  to  open  up 
mission  within    its    borders?     Shall    not    tt 
year  1898  set  something  more  definite  on  foot 
for  the  colored    people,   for  the   Indians,   foi 
the  Canadians,  for  the  Mexicans?     Brethren 
how  dare  we  neglect  these  fields  and  be  guilt 

Personal  prejudice    against  some  of    thest 
nations  is  the  greatest  barrier,  and,  be  assured 
it  is  great.     But  should  not  and  does  not  the 
love  of  Christ  break  down  the  wall   of  parti 
tion,  until  there  is  neither  Greek  nor  Jew,  bond 
or  free,   to  him  who  would  serve  his  Ma< 
best?    Let  the  church  lay  aside  her  prejud 
and  hastily   devise  means  to   reach    the  n 
lected   and    unoccupied    Samaritan    fields 


PA. 

-A.  8.  Krelder,Annvillo,?2 

50;  al> 

oth- 

d    sister,   Philadelphia,   $ 

ger,  East  Salem,  25  cents; 

110.50 

James    Powell,    Stanton 

Mills 

g    Run    congregation,  Str 

1,  G.  Casael,  Manhelm,  20 

3,  K. 

9,  York,  75  cents;  D.  T.  Lepl 

ntry 

cluin. 

hurch 

$i0; 

—Cart  Creek  Prayer  Meet 

ng,  S 

$1.25; 

ten,), 

r,  Plttsboro,  $15;  Eli  Schro 

51.25;  a  sister,  E  khart,  $2;  total,. 

Ion 

a.— Isaac  Harbrouch,  $4; 

K.co- 

1. him  1 


26p; 


!  Iiy  lie 


nli.ll 


B;  D.  W.  Miller  and  wife,  Rol 
1  Miller,  Fredericksburg,  $2  fi 
,  Keota,  $2.25;  Grundy   Cents 


and  B.  A.  Kurtz.  Greenfi 
Walker,  Panther,  $3;  total 
KANS.-J.  S.  Flory,  Gard 


tvood,  $1;  Rusk 


Mo.— Nannie  Ha 
brother,  Northwe 
family,  Sprlngtleli 


-No. 


¥l;  Kate  Robinson,  Kol- 


W.  VA.— Beaver  Run  congregation,   .  .  . 

Cal.— Lordsburg  church, 

Fla.— C.  D.  Hylton  and  W.  B.  Woodard, 
Md.— Cbas.  H.  Roop,  New  Windsor,  15  Oti 

.friend,  25 cents;  total. 

Okla.- Lizzie  E.  Brubaker,  Acton,   .  .  . 
State   Us 


K.  B.,  Rldgely,  $1;  total, 15 

Fla.  — John    Woodard,  25  cents;    Bornlco 

Woodard, 25 conts;  total, 15 

Cal,— Hutchison  Miller, i 

Total *»8  1 

WASHINGTON  CITY  MEETINGHOUSE. 
[A  house  in  Washington  Is  greatly  noeded  la  01 
dur  Dint  the  church  iheie  may  do  more  otTeotui 
work   ami    have    tin1    ml  nun  «!:■* 
housr.     'I  he  iiuiMiili  h'f  propin  ■■* 
as  BUffloIent  lumlH  aro  rnisea.J 

PA.  — A  sister,  Esrliuglun,  $1;  Woodbur 
church,  *l.2.i;  Ll/zlo  Paxtou,  HhlppOnsbun 
fl;  Conrad  Earl  Fogelsanger,  Shlppousliurt 
$1;  E.  L.  Fogelaaueei,1  Sblppensburg,  li;  Sar- 
Shlppensburg,  St;  sister  Mia- 
{or,  sblppensburg,  ?l;  Rebecca 
Martin,   ShlpponBburg,  $1;   Low  Br   Uumbor- 

irch.  $li.7»;  total $57  (6 

-Cloverdale  Bible  class: ,  $1.25;  Mldillo 
$1.60;  Rebaoaa  DeardorfT,  Inyton,$5; 
Slltoly,  Dayton,  $1;  total,   ......   11  75 

—Botetourt  church,  $885;  B.  R.  Kline, 
Broadway.  $1;  1)    Hays,  Broadway,  $1;  J.  R. 

Jones,  Fairfax  church,  $1;  total, 0  85 

Md.  —  Job.  Eminert  Rowland  (deceased  J, 
Hagorstown,$;l.lii;  J.  H.  Wolf,  Calllngton,  $1; 
BrookBlde  family, $1;  J.  and  K.  11 ,  Rldgely, $1; 

total T  M 

W,  VA.— Homer  Hanger,  Fayctteville,  $1; 
Ira  Sanger,  Fayeltevllle,  fl;  Minnie  Sanger, 
Fayettoville,  $1;  J.  W.  MoAvoy,  Fayettevllle, 
$:;  Anna  Duncan,  Fayctteville,  $1;  C.  F.  Mc- 
Avoy  and  wife,  Fayetcevllle, Si;  total,  ....  11  00 
ISD.-SprlngBeld  District, $4;  Floilda  J.  E. 

Green,  60 cents;  total,     l  50 

CoLo.-MfB.  R.J.  Patterson,  Sterling,    ...     100 

Kans.— A  sister,  Ramona 1  00 

Mich.— Levi  Harley,  Gllead 1  CO 

Bio.— Nannie  Harraan,  Denlow 60 

IOWA.-Grundy  Center  church, 50 

Total IWI  »l 

MESSENGER  POOR  FUND. 

ILL.-Fearl  City  S.  S  , fl2  10 

Kans— D.  A.OrlBt,Quinter, 8  00 

Pa.  — A  brother  and  Bister,  Philadelphia, 

$2  10;   Henry    Bollinger,   Lincoln,   60  conls; 

total r     2  DO 

Ihd.-J.  H.  Hoover,  Nettle  Creek  church,  60 

cents;  Floilda  .1.  K.  Green,  50  cents;  total,  .  .     ICO 
Mo.— Greenwood  church,     1  00 


,  $10,26; 

.  .  .  .    1 
,  $11.61; 


Rlslnn   Hun,  $i:i.l5;  Oakland   cli 

total, .  .  , 

Pa. —  Lower  Cumberland    cli 
Oakville  church,  $11.10;  Yellow  t:reek church, 

$2.60;   Hatlleld  ohurch  and  friends,  $11; 

,   Huntingdon,   50c;   Jos.    F.    Hmmnrt, 

Waynesboro,  $1,60;  Good  Will  M.  H„  $10.18; 
Freesprlng  meetinghouse,  $7,07;  two  slstem, 
Halfordsvllle,  $1.50;  a  brother  and  ulstor, 
Klelnfolternvllle,  f[ ;  New  KnterprlBO  church, 


d,  II; 


Tldd, 


Interest  kaom  Loans.— Grand 
church,  Nebr.,  $12;  Nels  Olson,  Mel 
Kans, $70;  D.  M.  Kegley,  188.60;  total,  ....   12060 

Marriage  Notices.  —  M.  S.  Newcomer, 
Mt.  Morris,  111.,  60  cents;  Henry  Etter,  Mo., 
50  cents;  C.  G.  Wlney,  East  Salem,  Pa.,  £0 
cents;  Eld.  H.  W.  Strlckler,  Farnham,  Nebr., 
50 cents;  M,  H.  Sprlcher,  Ord,  Pa.,  60  cents; 
J,  E.  Shnmborger,  Sheridan,  Mo.,  50  cents; 
W.  H.  Llcbty,  Calvin,  Iowa,  50  cents;  D,  H. 
Bralller,  Altoonn,  50  cents;  Wm.  P.  Koont/, 
Pa.,50 cents;  W.  H.  Leamnn,  50  cents;  Wm. 
C.  Koontz,  Fa.,  69  cents;  I.  H.  Crist,  Kana., 
|1;  A.  D.  Sollenbergor,    Plcbrell,   Nebr.,  50 


Total 1755  6 

BOOK  AND  TRACT  FDND. 
[Used  only  for  publication  and  distribution  of 

Ohio.— G.  W.  Bnntaln,  Union,  $1.20;  Ell/.a- 
both  Souder,  Lattasburg,  $8;  I.  H.  Rosen- 
berger,  Townwood,  $0;  Elizabeth  Ebersole, 
Townwood,$3;  Balem  charoh,?H!  27;  total,   .$204 

Mn.— Goo.  A.  Lenlugor,  Oakland,  $8;  A.  J. 
Gelman,  Westminster,  $0;  total, 12  0 

Ind.— W.  H.  Kenslnger,  Nappanee,  $380: 
H.  L.  Miller,  Donver,  $1.50;  J.  B.  Haines, 
Huntington,  $3;  total, 


0111. 


villi-, 


Ore,— A  sister,  Mabel ' 

Total, $21  1 

CHINA'S  MILLIONS. 
KANS.— Byron  Tnlhelm   and  wife,   McPber- 


AFRICAN  M1S3ION. 
-Byron  Talhelm  and  wife,  McPhe; 


INDIA  ORPHANAGE. 

Kans— I.  D.  Yodcr  and  wife,  lnman 
H.  Strohm  and  wife,  Brooks,  *5;  It.  A 
and  wife,Sibetho,$5;  J.  F.  Correll  ar 
S»betha,  $5;  Geo.  E.  Wise,  Olathe.  $1 ; 
Valley  8 


II  1 


,  Gilbert  and  w 
J,  Lawr 


1  14; 


Manchester,  $1: 
Chester,  $1;  Is> 
Manchester,  $1 


.  Morris, 

t,|l;  total 2 

ngor,  Roll,  50t<;  Lizzie 
lester,  ¥1;  Stella  Gilbert, 
I;  Wm,  Gilbert,  North 
ir  Gilbert,  North  Man- 
llbcrt  and  wlfo,  North 
0  Andrew,  Clay  City,  $5; 

iiy  offering.  Dryden,  .  . 


Moaer,  Broad  Run,  50r ;  Karali  B.  Howlus, 
Broad  Run, $1;  Mary  C.  Flook,  Broad  Run, 
frtip;  Laura  K.  Howaor,  Broad  Ran,  BOtlj  Min- 
nie G.  Flook,  Broad  Run,  2,tJ;  Molne  Anuic, 
Broad  Run,  60c;  Ann  It.  Bcaobley,  Unnul 
RUD',  |l;  Jonas   K,   Flook,  1 1  road   Run,  61  c; 

EttleBlifer,  Hroad  Hun,  50r;  total 

IND.-Bethel  D.Htrlct,  Milford,  $1.60;  White 
church,  $1.2.,;    Bothel  ohurch,   $H70;   M.  M. 


Wm.  &>«:> 


j  and  wife,  Harper,  $2;  Maple 
,  15.16;  Liwer  Cumbtrlaud  con- 
gregation, $7 Hi;  Olathe  charch,  18  81;  Salem 
S.  S.,  Sterling,  55.25;  Byron  Talhelm,  Mc- 
pherson, 11;  Rnmona  S.  ».,  1814;  J.  W. 
Wampler.  Ilni/lltou   $1;M.  E.  Michael,  Bull- 


Liskey,  MaBeanetta  Springs, 

bough,  Warrencburg,  |1;  tota 

Rock,  $5;  B.  D.  Hlnegarden, 

dren,  Lost  City,  $6;  total,    .  . 

Minn.  —  Collected  at  Won 

Geo.  Klrkpaugber,  Granger,  i 


,'n;  total, 


INDIA  MISSION. 


-Yollow  Criek  8.  S  , 

-Nannie  Fry  and  S. 

60;  Frederick  Gam! 

{Concluded  0 


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Mount  Morris,  III.,  April   2,  1898. 


Bro  Lemuel  Hillerv  is  engaged  in  a  series  of 
doctrinal  sermons  in  the  hall  at  Goshen,  Ind. 


The  Western  District  of  Maryland  will  convene 
in  District  Meeting  at  Accident,  Md.,  April  21. 


We  have  all  of  No,  50  we  now  need.  Many 
thanks  to  our  patrons  for  sending  us  copies  of  that 

issue.  

Bro,  G.  W.  Stambaugh,  of  McCool  Junction, 
N^hr  -1  <.hc*j]d  hereafter  be  addressed  at  Carrington, 
N.  Dak. 

The  District  Meeting  for  Eastern  Maryland  will 
be  held  in  the  Beaver  Dam  church,  Md.,  April  19, 
at  9  A.  M.  

The  District  Meeting  for  Northwestern  Kansas 
and  Northern  Colorado  will  be  held  in  the  Quinter 
church,  Kans.,  April  29 


We  suggest  that  our  sisters  tell  us  more  about 
the  work  of  their  sewing  societies.  For  that  pur- 
pose they  will  find  plenty  of  room  in  the  Home 
and  Family  Department. 


One  of  our  readers,  writing  this  office,  says,  he 
thinks  the  Lord  leaves  us  no  room  whatever  for  dis- 
couragements. This  is  certainly  encouraging,  com- 
ing, as  it  does,  from  an  isolated  point, 


Eight  were  added  by  confession  and  baptism 
during  Bro.  J.  E.  Young's  meetings  at  Dubois, 
Nebr.  A  Bible  Normal  will  commence  at  the  same 
place  April  1 1,  and  continue  for  one  week. 


The  District  Meeting  for  Southeastern  Kansas 
and  the  eastern  part  of  the  "  Strip"  and  Indian  Ter- 
ritory, will  be  held  in  the  Fredonia  church,  Kans., 
May  4,     Ministerial  Meeting  the  day  before. 


Bro.  Jacob  Harnish,  of  Dorrance,  Kans.,  is  still 
in  Kansas  City,  where  he  is  likely  to  remain  a  while 
longer,  receiving  treatment.  He  writes  us  that  his 
health  is  improving.  He  may  be  addressed  in 
care  of  Drs.  Thornton  and  Minor,  ioo  West  Ninth 
S't.,  Kmsas  City,  Mo. 


Does  your  congregation,  in  the  aggregate,  come 
up  to  the  "  one-cent'  a- week  plan,"  as  advised  by  An 
nual  Meeting?  If  not,  there  is  a  lack  somewhere. 
Then,  too,  let  it  be  remembered  that  only  systematic 
work,  in  giving  as  well  as  in  soliciting,  will  ever 
uiaki  cur  misBien  work  a  success. 


Twelve  confessions  are  reported  at  Long  Branch, 
Washington,  where  Bro.  J.  U.  G,  Stiverson  recently 
held  a  series  of  meetings.  There  seems  to  be  a 
good  opening  for  our  work  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  had 
we  only  enough  ministers  to  fill  all  the  calls, 


In  one  of  the  western  outposts  there  are  four 
members  who  have  not  heard  a  sermon  for  over 
three  years.  God  only  knows  the  many  others  who 
are  similarly  situated,  and  who  are  longing  for  the 
day,  when  the  church  will  have  the  men  as  well  as 
the  means  to  look  after  the  scattered  members  and 
use  them  as  a  nucleus  to  establish  new  and  flourish- 
ing congregations. 


A  little  girl  in  Indiana  has  a  good  deal  of  con- 
fidence in  the  guessing  ability  of  postmasters. 
Wishing  her  little  letter  to  appear  in  the  Young  Dis- 
ciple, she  addressed  it  thus:  "  Mount  Morris,  111," 
This  was  all  (here  was  on  the  envelope.  The  letter 
reached  our  desk  all  right.  The  little  girl,  however, 
did  not  fail  to  affix  her  name  and  post-office  to  her 
letter,  like  many  of  the  older  people  do,  when  writ- 
ing us.  

We  should  keep  a  careful  watch  over  those  who 
have  become  separated  from  the  church,  and  do 
what  we  can  to  induce  them  to  return  to  the  fold. 
After  reading  her  Messenger,  one  of  our  earnest 
sisters  is  in  the  habit  of  sending  it  to  a  lady  who 
had  permitted  herself  to  be  expelled,  and  now  has 
reason  for  rejoicing,  for  the  lady  has  returned  to 
the  church,  and  gives  the  Messenger  credit  for 
the  renewed  work  of  grace  in  her  heart. 

It  was  the  rare  ability  and  iron  will  of  Bismarck 
that  made  the  German  Empire  the  tower  of  strength 
that  it  is  to-day.  Sad  to  relate,  however,  it  is 
eported  that  he,  the  greatest  living  statesman  of 
the  age,  must  spend  the  remainder  of  his  days  in  a 
helpless  condition,  and  his  only  diversion  will  con- 
sist of  being  rolled  around  the  garden  in  an  invalid's 
chair.  Thus  it  may  happen  with  the  strongest  and 
most  brilliant  of  men  and  women.  For  a  time  they 
may  seem  to  move  both  the  world  and  the  church, 
but  by  and  by  they  become  as  helpless  as  babes,  and 
we  watch  them  pass  over  into  a  new  and  better 
world,  where  the  eye  is  never  dimmed  and  where 
the  natural  strength  does  not  become  abated. 


When  writing  this  House  on  business,  a  number  of 
our  patrons  are  in  the  habit  of  addressing  their  com- 
munications to  some  of  those  connected  with  the 
management  of  the  office.  We  suggest  that  they  do 
not  do  this,  for  the  reason,  that  some  of  us  are  of- 
ten called  away  for  a  few  days,  and,  should  letters 
thus  addressed  come  during  our  absence,  they  must 
remain  unopened  until  our  return.  This  often  caus- 
es considerable  delay  in  business,  and  sometimes  no 
small  amount  of  inconvenience.  Our  desire  is  that 
all  communications,  having  any  connection  what- 
ever with  the  office,  be  addressed  to  the  Brethren 
Publishing  House,  and  they  will  then  be  opened 
within  a  few  minutes  after  reaching  the  office,  and 
the  business  to  which  they  relate  attended  to 
promptly.  

The  Epworth  League,  by  some  papers,  is  charged 
with  being  responsible  for  diminishing  the  attend- 
ance at  some  of  the  regular  church- services.  This 
is  the  result  of  encouraging  the  young  to  carry  on 
their  work  separate  and  apart  from  that  entrusted 
to  the  church  as  a  body.  It  occurs  to  us  that  it 
will  be  found  much  wiser  to  so  adjust  these  ser- 
vices as  to  make  the  exercises  interesting  for  both 
the  old  and  young,  and  thus  secure  the  wisdom  and 
experience  of  the  aged  along  with  the  strength, 
zeal  and  activity  of  the  young.  The  society  that  is 
encouraging  the  young  in  a  line  of  work,  entirely 
separate  and  apart  from  that  belonging  to  the 
church  is  doubtless  laying  the  foundation  for  the  real 
downfall  of  the  church  itself.  No  people  can  long 
prosper  without  the  aid  of  the  young,  and  for  that 
reason  the  Brethren  need  to  give  more  attention  to 
properly  developing  and  utilising  their  young  mem- 
bers, that  the  whole  body  may  grow  up  in  strength 
together, 


A  brother  living  in  Nebraska,  who  is  a  very 
poor  man,  writes  us  that  on  Easter  morning  there 
will  be  a  collection  taken  up  in  his  family  for  the 
Washington  meetinghouse,  and  that  we  can  depend 
upon  at  least  five  cents  from  each  member  of  the 
family.  He  suggests  that  if  each  family,  Sunday 
school  and  meeting  would  do  as  much,  proportion- 
ally, on  that  day,  the  house  might  soon  be 
under  headway.  The  brother  may  be  poor,  he  can- 
not write  well,  but  his  heart  and  ideas  about 
the  Lord's  work  are  all  right,  and  the  Lord  will 
bless  him  and  his  family  in  their  efforts  at  doing 
good.     Let  50,000  fol'ow  his  example! 


The  hiUt  Ocean  for  March  23,  contained  two  col- 
umns of  interesting  reading  concerning  several  hun- 
dred emigrants,  many  of  them  being  members  and 
their  children,  who,  the  evening  before,  passed 
through  Chicago  on  their  way  to  North  Dakota, 
where  they  go  to  secure  homes  in  the  great  North- 
west. The  article  is  a  creditable  one,  and  deals 
with  the  Brethren  and  their  principles  in  a  manner 
that  is  fair.  While  we  regret  to  see  so  many  of  our 
members  leaving  the  well-established  churches  in 
the  East  and  emigrating  to  other  localities,  still  we 
trust  that  they  will  find  pleasant  homes  and  be  the 
means  of  building  up  strong  and  prosperous  com- 
munities in  the  States  where  they  settle.  During 
the  last  few  years  thousands  of  the  Brethren  have 
located  in  different  parts  of  the  West,  and  are  so 
rapidly  adding  congregations  to  the  growing  list  of 
churches,  that  already  the  center  of  the  Brother- 
hood, so  far  as  the  number  of  churches  is  concerned, 
is  now  not  far  from  the  east  line  of  Illinois. 


SOMETHING  TO  THINK  ABOUT. 

A  correspondent,  who  devotes  a  good  deal  of 
attention  to  local  church  work,  sends  us  a  few  items 
that  deserve  attention,  and  may  apply  at  more  than 
one  point.    We  quote  asfollows: 

Recently  we  heard  of  a  waiting  congregation  be- 
ing disappointed,  because  the  minister  did  not  feel 
inclined  to  "  ride  through  the  cold ; "  yet  on  aft^iuch  i 
colder  day,  of  the  following  week,  while  the  wind 
was  blowing  a  gale,  he  found  his  way  the  same  dis- 
tance "  to  town,  on  business." 

Another  instance  is  on  record  of  a  sister,  whose 
health  would  not  permit  her  to  get  out  to  Sunday 
services,  yet  on  Monday  morning,  by  7:  30  o'clock 
she  had  walked  down  town  (five  times  the  distance 
to  church)  to  be  present  at  a  dry  goods  sale. 

Again,  a  poor  sister,  who  works  by  the  day  for 
her  living,  when  solicited  for  church  funds,  sub- 
scribed $200,  while  another  sister,  living  on  the  in- 
terest of  her  money,  had  "nothing to  give."  "O 
consistency,  thou  art  a  jewel!  " 


TOO  MUCH  OF  THE  LETTER  FOR  THE  EDITOR. 

Not  long  since,  it  was  the  privilege  of  the  editor 
of  the  Zioris  Htrzld  to  attend  the  Brethren's  love 
feast  at  Germantown,  Pa.,  and  in  his  paper  a  very 
minute  description  of  the  services  is  given,  In 
these  gatherings  he  seems  to  see  too  much  of  the 
letter,  to  satisfy  his  idea  of  Christianity,  It  prob- 
ably never  occurred  to  him  that  equal  parts  of  the 
letter  and  the  spirit  constitute  normal  Christianity, 
as  set  forth  in  the  New  Testament.  Below  are  a 
few  of  his  closing  paragraphs.  The  pastor  referred 
to  is  Bro.  G,  N.  Falkenstein,  who  is  well  known 
to  many  of  our  readers: 

"This  entire  service  was  a  very  emphatic  and 
permanent  object-lesson.  It  shows  that  marked 
devotion  and  even  singular  goodness  of  life  can 
exist  with  most  erroneous  interpretations  of  Bible 
truth.  It  was  a  tremendous  protest  against  literal- 
ism in  the  study  of  the  Scriptures.  So  impressed 
were  we  with  the  devoutness  of  the  pastor  of  this 
church  that  we  visited  him  later  in  his  parsonage- 
home,  next  to  the  church,  to  make  some  further  in- 
quiries of  him.    Wc  asksd  him  if  it  never  occurred 


April 


I'iiE    GOSPEL    MESSENGER. 


to  him  that  he  was  obeying  the  letter  of  Christ's 
command  rather  than  the  spirit,  and  if  he  did  not 
sometimes  have  seasons  of  questioning  this  peculiar 
observance  of  feet-washing;  but,  though  so  intelli- 
gent and  charmingly  sincere  and  frank,  he  im- 
pressed us  with  the  fact  that  he  was  fully  confirmed 
in  his  faith. 

"  We  intended  to  ask  him,  if  he  took  Jesus'  ex- 
ample and  commands  so  literally  in  the  matter  of 
feet-washing,  why  he  did  not  follow  Him  with  as 
loyal  exactitude  in  everything.  What  would  he  do 
with  these  commandments  in  the  Sermon  on  the 
Mount:  '  Whosoever  will  smite  thee  on  thy  right 
cheek,  turn  to  him  the  other  also?  And  if  any  man 
will  sue  thee  at  law,  and  take  away  thy  coat,  let 
him  have  thy  cloke  also.  And  whosoever  shall 
compel  thee  to  go  a  mile,  go  with  him  twain.  Give 
to  him  that  asketh  of  thee,  and  from  him  that 
would  borrow  of  thee  turn  not  away?  '  But  so  tol- 
erant and  lovable  and  non-resisting  was  he  in  spirit 
an<3  speech,  that  we  had  not  the  heart  to  question 
him  any  further. 

"  Falling  into  an  introspective  mood,  we  were  led 
to  consider  how  much  like  these  good  people  we 
ourselves  often  are  in  our  views  of  other  parts  of 
the  Scriptures,  and  how  literal  and  conventional  we 
may  be  in  our  interpretation  of  truth  and  duty.  So 
true  is  this  of  many  disciples  of  Jesus  that  we  make 
the  practical  suggestion,  if  any  of  our  readers  have 
been  moved  to  hurl  stones  of  censure  upon  these 
feet-washing  disciples— scrupulously  faithful  up  to 
the  measure  of  light  received— that  it  would  be 
well  before  they  let  ths  missiles  fly,  to  recall  the 
command  of  Jesus:  'Let  him  that  is  without  sin,' 
in  the  same  category,  'cast  the  first  stone.'  For 
few,  very  few  indeed,  are  the  disciples  of  the  Master 
who  discern  clearly  His  mind  and  spirit." 


THE  HOME  ALTAR. 


Though  our  stay  in  this  world,  at  longest,  is 
short,  yet,  short  as  it  is,  in  it  are  crowded  events, 
that  to  us,  are  of  the  greatest  importance.  Every- 
thing that  we  touch  and  that  touches  us  has  its 
belong  on  what  we  shall  be  in  that  never-ending 
world  to  come,  so  we  cannot  be  indifferent  to  our 
surroundings,  as  they  all  wonderfully  tell  on  the 
things  which  we  are  hoping  for,  as  well  as  the  things 
that  now  measure  our  lives, 

There  are  some  things  that  especially  affect  and 
influence  the  life  we  now  live  and  tend  favorably  to- 
wards that  to  which  we  are  looking.  These  things 
we  ought  to  treasure  as  they  open,  and  brighten  our 
way  to  the  life  beyond.  The  home  and  home-life 
that  Christianity  gives,  is  a  something  that  we  can- 
not estimate  too  highly,  because  they  make  so  many 
other  good  things  possible. 

Take  away  our  homes  and  we  lose  the  foundation 
of  all  our  social  relations,  which  make  possible  the 
Christian  relation,  yea,  more  than  this,  it  would  de- 
stroy the  reserve  force  of  society  and  the  church, 
by  destroying  the  purity  of  the  nursery,  from  which 
the  State,  society  and  the  church  recruits  its  losses 
from  age  and  death. 

But  what  is  home?  Not  the  house  in  which  peo- 
ple live, — the  surrounding  yards  and  acres,  These 
may  be  made  desirable  adjuncts  to  it.  It  does  not, 
necessarily,  mean  a  man,  his  wife  and  children.  We 
have  seen  houses  of  wood  and  brick,  nicely  sur- 
rounded, and  well  filled  with  the  living  kind,  and 
yet  but  little  of  the  real  home  element  was  there. 

What  is  it,  then,  that  contributes  most  towards 
making  home  what  it  should  be?  Do  we  put  it  too 
strong  when  we  say  that  no  place  can  be  really 
homelike  without  the  home  altar?  There  may  be 
those  who  say  so,— and  perhaps  feel  so, — but  if  so  it 
is  because  they  have  never  had  the  experience  of  the 
true  home  feeling,  and  therefore  have  not  felt  the  di- 
vine influence  and  power  that  emanates  from  the  al- 
tar established  in  the  Christian  home,— the  place 
where  the  daily  sacrifice  Is  made  and  from  which  the 
twtct  lascass  rises  to  the  Threat  at  Grate,    Te  be 


without  the  altar  is  to  be  without  a  place  of  supply. 
As  we  go  to  our  daily  meals  to  recuperate  our  physi- 
cal strength,  so  we  need  a  place  to  go  daily  for  our 
spiritual  meals,  that  we  may  receive  needed  strength 
to  perform  our  Christian  duties,  day  by  day. 

Our  experience  in  this  respect  has  been  a  very 
happy  one  indeed,  and  more  than  this, — it  has  been, 
also,  a  very  profitable  one  both  to  the  home  here, — 
and  we  hope  for  the  home  hereafter,  When  we 
commenced  home-keeping,  thirty-seven  years  ago, 
we  tried  to  make  Jesus  a  partner  with  us, — that  is, 
we  invited  him  into  our  home  as  our  guest  and 
helper.  And  while  we  have  not  been  able  to  enter- 
tain him  in  the  royal  manner  of  which  he  was  wor- 
thy, yet  there  was  no  time,  in  all  our  experience 
when  we  willingly  allowed  him  to  leave  our  home. 
No  thought  comes  to  us  with  such  unbounded  satis- 
faction as  this  one, — that  all  these  years  we  have 
tried  to  walk  with  him,— to  take  all  our  cares  to 
him,  and  to  him  unburden  all  our  griefs,  and  to  re- 
joice in  ail  our  blessings.  It  is  a  sweet,  a  blessed 
thought,  that  our  home  is  a  home  for  Jesus. 

As  we  walked  over  and  around  the  Mount  of  Ol- 
ives, and  down  to  Bethany  to  the  house  of  Lazarus, 
Mary  and  Martha,  and  the  home-place  of  the  Mas- 
ter; the  thought  came  to  us,  "  What  a  blessed  home 
that  must  have  been!  "  Then  our  mind  wandered 
away  back  over  the  Mediterranean  Sea,  the  Atlantic 
Ocean,  to  our  own  dear  home,  and  the  thought  came 
to  us,  "  Has  not  our  home,  too,  been  a  stopping- 
place  for  the  Master,  and  has  not  it,  too,  been  a 
blessed  home  because  of  the  divine  guest?  " 

Surely  the  ark  must  have  been  in  our  home,  be- 
cause nothing  but  blessings  have  come  to  us.  Dur- 
ing all  these  years  we  cannot  remember  anything 
but  blessings.  True,  we  have  had  our  disappoint- 
ments,— the  ups  and  downs  that  are  common  to 
mortals, — but  the  blessings  so  exceed  these  that 
they  are  lost  sight  of  and  we  call  it  blessing  all  the 
way, — not  because  we  have  been  worthy  of  all  this, 
— but  because  we  tried  to  make  Jesus  a  member  of 
our  family,  and  kept  in  our  home  an  altar  to  his 
name. 

The  home  altar  is  made  up  of  parts,  and  the  ma- 
jor part  is  the  Bible  because  it  is  Jesus  Christ  bound 
in  book  form.  This  is  the  first  thing  we  did, — we 
purchased  a  neat,  family  hand  Bible,  and  during  all 
these  years  we  have  been  taking  our  daily  meals 
from  its  sacred  pages.  It  is  a  part  of  our  home 
altar,  and  we  expect  it  to  be  during  our  remaining 
days,  There  have  many  changes  come  to  our  home 
since  we  started  to  work  together,  but  in  the  book 
none.  Though  homely  in  appearance  it  is  pre- 
cious,— always  in  sight  and  ready  to  be  consulted. 

If  we  were  to  give  an  advice  right  here,  it  would 
be  this,  "  Preserve  your  family  Bible  in  tact.  If,  by 
constant  use,  the  leaves  loosen  and  the  cover 
breaks,  have  it  bound  up  again  and  rebound,  but,  by 
all  means,  preserve  '  the  book.'  "  Make  it  the  gem 
of  your  home,  and  as  your  years  go  by  and  all 
around  you  changes  come,  sacred  and  holy  assoc 
tions  will  cluster  around  this  one  thing  that  has  not 
changed. 

But  there  is  something  else  about  this  home  altar 
that  brings  to  us  wonderful  satisfaction, — we  mean 
the  large  number  of  our  brethren  and  sisters  in 
Christ  Jesus  who,  during  all  these  years,  have 
stopped  in  our  home  and  with  us  have  ministered 
at  our  altar.  Scores  of  them  have  now  passed  over, 
while  a  large  number,  of  course,  have  not  as  yet. 
The  solid  satisfaction  that  comes  to  us  in  the  retro- 
spect of  these  ministrations  cannot  be  expressed. 
We  are  sure  of  this  one  thing,— by  them  our  life 
has  been  made  better,  because  the  Father  has  been 
so  often,  on  these  occasions,  been  asked  to  make 
them  better. 

Dear  reader,  if  you  do  not  have  a  home  altar,  es 
tablish  one  a!  encs.  You  can't  aSord  to  be  without 
it,  a.  a.  a. 


QUERISTS"  DEPARTMENT. 

What  do  you  think  of  young  brethren  going  forward  to  the 
mourners'  bench  and  taking  Communion  with  members  of  oth- 
er denominations? 

Such  members  should,  without  delay,  be  reported 
to  the  elder  of  the  church,  who  will  see  that  they  are 
properly  instructed  regarding  matters  of  that  kind, 
Possibly  these  members  did  not  think,  or  under- 
stand just  what  they  were  doing.  They  certainly 
stand  in  need  of  instruction.  And  while  such  cases 
should  be  reported  to  the  elder,  still  it  is  the  privi- 
lege of  any  member  to  instruct  them  in  the  way  of 
the  Lord  more  perfectly. 

Is  it  right  for  a  lay-member  to  withdraw  a  regular  appoint- 
ment for  preaching,  when  there  are  deacons  to  attend  to  it,  at 
such  times  when  the  minister  could  not  be  here?—.!/.  E. 

This  is  a  local  question,  and  properly  belongs  to 
the  elder  who  has  charge  of  the  congregation,  and 
not  to  us. 


The  term  "  sprinkle,"  in  this  instance,  probably 
means  astonish  or  startle.  It  is  rendered  startle  in 
the  margin  of  the  Revised  Version.  If  the  mean- 
ing is  sprinkle,  reference  is  doubtless  had  to  the 
"sprinkling  of  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,"  I  Pet. 
1:2;  Heb.  12:24,  and  not  to  any  part  or  form  of 
baptism,  for  that  is  to  be  done  by  having  "  our  boc'- 
ies  washed  with  pure  water."  Heb.  10: 22,  The 
sprinkling  relates  to  the  heart,  but  the  washing  to 
the  body. 

What  is  the  custom  in  conducting  a  funeral  service  at  the 
grave?  Do  the  Brethren  use  a  ceremony,  as  the  popular 
churches  do,  by  saying,  "  Earth  to  earth,  ashes  to  ashes,"  etc, 
and  at  the  same  time  have  a  man  standing  by  with  earth  and 
throw  it  in  the  grave,  as  the  words  are  repeated  by  the  minis- 
ter?—?. H.  M. 

The  Brethren  have  no  established  custom  or  form 
of  conducting  services  at  the  grave,  save  that  they 
observe  as  much  simplicity  as  possible.  Iror  01  r 
part,  we  prefer,  if  there  arc  those  present  who  can 
sing  well,  to  sing  a  few  appropriate  verses,  after  the 
coffin  has  been  lowered  and  covered,  then  offer  a 
short  prayer  while  standing  by  the  open  grave,  dis- 
miss the  people,  and  leave  those  who  have  charge 
of  the  task,  to  fill  the  grave.  But  to  fall  into  the 
practice  of  employing  unscriptural  symbols,  such  as 
casting  earth  from  the  hand  into  the  grave,  etc.,  etc., 
it  seems  to  us  is  not  in  keeping  with  the  Brethren':, 
reputation  for  simplicity. 

Why  is  God  not  named  in  the  book  of  Esther?— 7.  5,  O. 

The  book  of  Esther  relates  to  scenes  in  Persia, 
about  500  years  before  Christ,  and  describes,  with 
consummate  skill,  the  elevation  of  Esther,  the  beau- 
tiful Jewess,  to  the  throne,  and  the  honoring  of 
Mordccai,  her  uncle,  as  Prime  Minister  of  the  king- 
dom. A  more  interesting  story,  unless  it  be  that  of 
Ruth,  was  never  written,  and  just  why  the  name  of 
God  should  be  left  out  of  the  story,  when  he  fig- 
ured so  largely  in  bringing  about  certain  events,  is 
difficult  to  understand,  unless  we  conclude  that  it 
just  happened  to  be  so.  This  is  the  conclusion  we 
have  reached.  In  our  opinion  this,  however,  has  no 
bearing  on  the  authenticity  of  the  book. 

Is  it  in  accordance  with  the  usages  of  the  church  for  an 
elder  or  elders  to  assume  the  oversight  of  a  congregation  with- 
out a  voice  from  the  church?—  C.  M. 

The  church  should,  in  all  cases,  be  consulted  in 
regard  to  who  shall  preside  over  her  as  elder.  It  is 
the  privilege  of  any  church  in  order,  to  select  her 
own  housekeeper. 

Can  a  brother  be  tried  for  a  wrong  after  moving  away  from 
the  church,  in  whicb-he  lived  at  the  time  the  wrong  act  was 
committed?— A. B.  S, 

He  can  be  called  back  and  tried,  or  the  charge 
against  him,  accompanied  by  the  evidence  of  his 
guilt,  can  be  sent  to  the  church,  where  he  holds  hi] 
membirjhip,  and  be  be  trisd.thcrc,  ;.  11.  u, 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSEUGSB. 


April  2,  18 


AMONG.  THE  NEOROES. 

The  most  encouraging  and  entertaining  thing  we 
have  read  in  a  long  while  is  the  report  of  the  Negro 
Conference,  recently  held  at  Tuskegee,  Ala.,  and 
presided  over  by  Booker  T.  Washington.  This  con- 
ference is  held  annually,  its  object  being  to  inspire, 
develop,  elevate  and  encourage  the  colored  people. 
Mr.  Washington,  probably  the  most  gifted  negro  of 
the  century,  is  the  originator  as  well  as  the  central 
figure.  Years  ago  he  established  an  industrial 
school  at  Tuskegee,  Ala.,  in  which  the  negroes  are 
not  only  educated,  but  they  are  taught  how  to  work 
and  make  a  living.  He  urges  them  to  keep  out  of 
politics  and  give  all  possible  attention  to  procuring 
homes,  gather  property  around  them,  cultivate  tem- 
perate and  industrious  habits,  make  their  homes 
pleasant  and  inviting,  educate  their  children,  quit 
moving  from  one  place  to  another,  read  and  keep 
themselves  informed,  get  out  of  debt  and  stay  out, 
and  thus  be  of  some  value  to  the  country  and  their 
own  race  as  well. 


In  order  to  give  breadth  and  force  to  his  scheme 
of  helping  the  colored  people  he  conceived  the  idea 
of  an  annual  convention,  in  connection  with  his 
school,  and  then  urged  his  people  to  hold  similar 
conventions  all  over  the  South.  This  the  negroes 
are  now  doing.  They  arc  inspiring  each  other,  and 
on  every  hand  they  arc  urged  to  buy  land  and  make 
homes  for  themselves.  At  this  convention  there 
were  two  thousand  negroes  present,  men  and  wom- 
en, old  and  young.  They  look  upon  Booker  T. 
Washington  as  a  God-sent  Moses,  and  eagerly  drink 
in  everything  he  says,  and,  so  far  as  we  have  been 
able  to  understand,  he  gives  them  nothing  but  good, 
sensible  advice,  well  suited  to  their  present  con- 
dition. There  were  delegates  present  from  nearly 
ail  the  Southern  States,  and  for  the  one  day  they 
were  entertained  at  the  expense  of  the  school.  A 
number  of  the  negro  students  slept  on  the  benches, 
or  on  chairs,  and  gave  their  rooms  and  beds  to  the 
visiting  negroes.  To  these  visitors  it  was  a  season 
of  profound  delight,  and  they  appreciated  it  amaz- 
ingly.   

In  his  address  Mr.  Washington  said:  *' I  want 
every  one  to  come  with  the  idea  of  getting  some- 
thing to  make  him  better  off  than  when  he  came 
here.  Only  a  few  of  those  we  want  to  help  are  here, 
but  if  each  one  comes  to  make  himself  stronger  and 
goes  home  to  help  others,  he  will  do  great  good. 
If  he  comes  simply  to  have  a  good  time,  we  shall 
fail.  We  shall  not  have  time  for  a  large  number  to 
speak.  We  want  you  to  get  the  spirit  of  these 
meetings.  Don't  feel  that  you  have  accomplished 
nothing,  if  you  do  not  speak.  Get  hold  of  two  or 
three  central  ideas. 

"  We  want  a  general  movement  among  our  people 
to  get  land.  Last  year  a  man  said  that  he  had  only 
six  feet  of  land,  and  he  had  to  die  to  get  that.  I 
wonder  if  he  has  got  that  land  yet?  (  A  voice,  '  No, 
he  ain't  got  it  yet;  he  is  here  all  right.' )  Some  of  us 
are  too  ambitious  and  try  to  get  too  much  land.  If 
we  can't  get  several  hundreds  of  acres,  we  won't 
get  any.  Get  a  little  and  pay  for  it.  Get  a  home 
and  stop  this  moving  from  place  to  place.  You  do 
not  live  anywhere,  but  simply  stay,  The  women 
are  getting  tired  of  being  dragged  about.  (A  voice, 
'Yes,  we  is.')  Land  is  cheap  in  Alabama.  There 
is  government  land,  of  which  we  will  tell  you,  that 
you  can  get  for  nothing. 

"  Get  the  idea  that  you  can  have  a  decent  home. 
Don't  marry  simply  to  get  another  plow  hand. 
Stop  living  in  cabins  with  no  doors  or  windows  and 
the  chimney  tumbled  down.  Don't  eat,  sleep,  live, 
and  die  all  in  one  room.  Many  of  you  go  to  town 
on  Saturday  and  do  a  lot  of  talk  and  then  go  home 
and  blame  your  wives  because  things  are  not  as  they 
ought  to  be.    You  are  not  doing  your  duty  by  your 


families.  Your  sons  and  your  daughters  go  away 
from  home  because  you  have  no  decent  place  for 
them  to  live  in.  Make  home  attractive  and  they 
will  not  leave  you." 


Mr.  Washington's  address  was  full  of  such  sensi- 
ble advice.  Then  followed  short  speeches  by  a 
score  or  more  in  attendance.  One  man  said: 
"We  have  a  conference  in  our  community  that 
meets  every  week.  About  2  ooo  acres  of  land  are 
owned.  The  people  are  quiet  and  peaceable. 
They  try  to  save  everything  possible.  They  arc  in 
good  condition  morally.  They  have  built  a  good 
schoolhouse  and  extended  the  term."  Another 
said:  "I  live  at  Society  Hill,  Ala.  We  have  a 
monthly  conference.  Debts  are  being  reduced  and 
gardens  made,  Eighteen  families  own  i.Sco  acres 
of  land,  thirty-nine  mules,  a  steam  gin,  and  four 
one-half  cane  mills,  the  other  half  being  owned  by 
a  white  man.  Our  churches  are  good  and  improv- 
ing." 

By  raising  of  hands  it  was  shown  that  a  great  many 
cotton-gins  and  grist  and  saw-mills  are  passing  into 
the  hands  of  the  colored  man. 

"  Yes,"  an  Alabama  woman  said,  "  We  are  so  poor 
we  can't  give  a  stranger  a  decent  meal  in  our  com- 
munity. De  mortgage  system  done  et  us  up.  I 
formed  a  resolution  not  to  mortgage.  I  has  got 
one  hog  this  year.  Dey  has  got  one  mortgage  on 
me,  but  dey  will  never  get  anoder." 

An  earnest  discussion  was  started  as  to  the  use  of 
tobacco,  snuff  and  whisky.  One  woman  said  she 
had  used  them  for  twenty-three  years  and  then 
stopped.  She  said  that  she  never  considered  her 
husband  had  a  woman  he  could  call  his  wife  until 
she  had  stopped  the  use  of  these  things.  "  Now," 
she  said,  "  he  can  call  me  wife." 


J.  C.  Leftwich,  receiver  of  public  moneys  at 
Montgomery,  Ala.,  greatly  stirred  the  people  by  his 
appeal  to  them  to  buy  land.  He  said,  "  Now  is  the 
time  for  you  to  buy  land.  There  are  in  the  State  of 
Alabama  500. oco  acres  of  government  land,  24,000 
within  a  radius  of  sixty  miles  of  Montgomery,  10,- 
000  within  twenty-five  miles  of  Tuskegee,  and  50,- 

000  acres  bordering  on  the  black  belt.  Our  only 
remedy  is  in  buying  land.  When  we  own  land,  we 
are  identified  with  the  State,  and  may  have  some 
hope  of  a  share  in  controlling  it.  I  came  to  the 
first  Tuskegee  conference,  and  I  heard  of  this  ad- 
vice to  buy  land.  I  had  a  little  mustache  on  my 
lip  that  day.  I  went  home  and  shaved  it  off,  and 
made  a  vow  that  not  another  should  grow  on  it  till 

1  owned  some  land.  Now  I  have  240  acres,  and 
will  get  more.  I  have  been  over  these  grounds  to- 
day, and  you  have  told  me  of  this  and  that  building 
placed  here  by  some  white  man.  I  looked  in  vain 
for  something  placed  here  by  a  black  man,  and  at 
last  I  saw  on  the  sand  some  great  big  tracks,  and 
these  are  all  the  negro  has  put  down.  But  I  want 
to  say  that  the  farmers  of  Montgomery  County 
have  organized,  and  they  will  pledge  S200  toward  a 
building  here,  if  the  other  counties  represented  will 
pledge  $50  each,  and  we  will  have  a  great  building 
at  Tuskegee,  paid  for  by  colored  people." 


Bishop  Grant  of  the  A.  M.  E.  church  was  called 
upon  for  the  closing  words  and  benediction.  With 
rare  eloquence  and  power  he  told  of  his  presence 
here  as  a  slave  thirty-three  years  ago,  of  his  visit  at 
the  dedication  of  Phelps  Hall,  and  of  his  visit  to-day. 
He  said:  "  It  took  time  to  make  a  decent  white 
man,  and  not  all  are  perfect  yet.  We  need  that 
same' time  to  make  a  good  colored  man."  He  led 
the  people  in  singing  "  The  Sweet  By  and  By,"  and 
closed  with  a  touching  benediction. 

These  people  are  pursuing  the  right  course  to  de- 
velop the  race  and  better  their  condition  temporal- 
ly.    Mr,  Washington  understands  the  negroes  of  the 


South,  and  if  they  will  adopt  his  policy,  they  will, 
in  course  of  a  generation  or  two,  be  a  power  for 
good  in  this  nation.  But  the  negro  needs  some- 
thing more  than  mental  and  physical  development. 
He  needs  a  religion  that  is  full  of  Christ  and  good 
common  sense.  The  New  Testament,  properly  in- 
terpreted, contains  this  system  of  religion,  and  the 
Brethren  are  the  ones  to  carry  it  to  them.  We 
ought  to  have  several  workers  among  the  negroes 
in  the  South,  who  will  go  among  them,  teach  them 
the  Gospel,  saying  absolutely  nothing  about  poli- 
tics or  race  equality.  We  want  to  teach  them  the 
divine  order  of  Christianity,  and  instruct  them  to 
carry  it  out  among  their  own  people,  and  thereby 
develop  their  own  race  spiritually.  In  this  way  we 
can  work  among  them,  and  it  is  probably  the  only 
way  we  are  ever  going  to  reach  them  successfully, 
J.  H.  M. 


HOME  *  AND  4  FAMILY  v. 


A  WONDERFUL  CRAFT. 

There  came  to  port  last  Sunday  night, 

The  queerest  little  craft, 
Without  an  inch  of  rigging  on! 

I  looked  and  looked  and  laughed. 
It  seemed  so  curious  that  she 

Sbould  cross  lite  unknown  water, 
And  moor  herself  right  in  my  room. 

My  daughter,  O,  my  daughter. 
She  bas  no  manifest  but  this, 

No  llag  tljatso'er  the  water, 
She's  too  new  for  the  British  Lloyds— 

My  daughter,  O,  my  daughter! 
Ring  out,  wild  bells,  and  tamed  ones  toot 

Ring  out  the  lover's  mocn! 
Ring  in  the  little  worsted  socks! 

Ring  in  the  bib  and  spoon! 
Ring  out  the  muse!  ring  in  the  nurse! 

Ring  in  the  milk  and  water! 
Away  with  paper,  pen  and  ink — 

My  daughter,  O,  my  daughter! 

—George  IV,  Cable. 

— iy- 

ENCOURACJE  THE  CHILDREN.  ' 

BY   MARY   HOOVER, 

January  1897,  there  were  given  eleven  dimes  to 
the  writer's  Sunday  school  class  to  invest  for  the 
benefit  of  mission  work.  Three  of  that  number 
brought  five  dollars  and  sixty  cents.  They  invest- 
ed their  dimes  in  eggs,  and  raised  poultry.  Of 
course  some  failed  in  their  investments  and  others 
brought  smaller  amounts,  but  we  send  this  year 
seven  dollars  and  forty  cents  to  the  "India  Orphan- 
age." Last  year  we  sent  frcm  the  same  class  $y  to 
the  "  Smyrna  Orphanage."  One  little  boy  brought 
last  year,  two  dollars  and  this  year  two  dollars  and 
ten  cents.  This  shows  what  children  can  do  if  they 
try,  and  if  their  parents  use  their  influence  to  stimu- 
late their  endeavors.  But,  dear  brethren  and  sis- 
ters, our  children  need  encouragement  in  good 
works,  and,  unless  we  give  them  this,  the  Sunday 
school  teacher  can  do  but  little.  We  must  co-op- 
erate in  her  plans.  The  secret  of  little  Harvey's 
success  is,  his  mother  is  anxious  for  him  to  succeed 
and  encourages  him.  If  one  little  boy  can  invest 
ten  cents  and  bring  in  $2.10,  in  one  year,  how  many 
more  orphans  might  Sister  Ryan  and  Bro,  Fercken 
have  under  their  care,  if  we  had  an  army  of  such 
workers?  Eternity  alone  will  reveal  the  final  re- 
sult of  neglect, 

Chathim,  Ohio,  March  ij. 


"  A  CHILD  WAS  SORRY  FOR  ME." 

A  gentleman  was  standing,  one  morning,  on  the 
platform  of  a  railroad  station  in  New  York,  holding 
the  hand  of  a  little  girl  seven  years  old,  named 
Alice.  There  was  some  slight  detention  about  op- 
ening the  car  in  which  they  wished  to  sit,  and  the 
child  stood  quietly  looking  around  her,  interested 
in  all  she  saw,  when  the  sound  of  the  measured 
tramp  of  a  dozen  heavy  feet  made  her  turn  and 


April  2,  1898. 


riEilE    GOSPEL    MESSZEJSTG-IEIR,-. 


2:9 


look  behind  her.  There  she  saw  a  sight  such  as 
her  young  eyes  had  never  looked  on  before — a  short 
procession  of  six  policemen,  two  of  whom  marched 
first,  followed  by  two  others,  between  whom,  chained 
to  the  wrist  of  each,  walked  a  cruel,  fierce-looking 
man,  and  these  were  followed  by  two  more,  who 
came  close  behind  the  dangerous  prisoner.  The 
man  was  one  of  the  worst  ruffians  in  the  city.  He 
had  committed  a  terrible  crime,  and  was  on  his  way 
to  the  state  prison,  to  be  locked  up  there  for  the 
rest  of  his  life.  Alice  had  heard  of  him,  and  she 
knew  who  it  must  be,  for  only  that  morning  her 
father  had  said  that  he  would  have  to  be  sent  up 
strongly  guarded,  for  it  had  been  suspected  that 
some  of  his  comrades  would  try  to  rescue  him  from 
the  officers. 

The  little  company  halted  quite  near  her.  Her 
father,  who  was  busily  talking  with  a  friend,  did  not 
notice  them,  or  probably  he  would  have  led  his 
child  away.  Alice  stood  and  watched  the  man, 
with  a  strange,  choking  feeling  in  her  throat  and  a 
pitiful  look  in  her  eyes.  It  seemed  so  very,  very 
sad  to  think  that,  after  this  one  ride  in  the  sunshine 
by  the  banks  of  the  river,  the  poor  man  all  bis  life 
would  be  shut  up  in  a  gloomy  prison,  No  matter 
how  long  he  might  live,  even  if  he  should  become 
an  old,  old  man,  he  could  never  walk  in  the  bright 
sunlight  a  free  man  again. 

All  at  once  the  prisoner  looked  at  her  and  then 
turned  suddenly  away.  But  in  another  moment  he 
glanced  back,  as  if  he  could  not  resist  the  sweet 
pity  of  that  childish  face.  He  watched  it  for 
instant,  his  own  features  working  curiously  the 
while,  and  then  turned  his  head  with  an  impatient 
motion  that  told  Alice  that  she  had  annoyed  him. 
Her  tender  little  heart  was  sorry  in  a  moment,  and, 
starting  forward,  she  went  almost  close  to  the  dan- 
gerous man  and  said,  earnestly: 

"  I  didn't  mean  to  plague  you,  poor  man;  only  I'm 
sorry  for  you.    And  Jesus  is  sorry  for  you,  too." 

One  of  the  policemen  caught  her  up  quickly  and 
gave  her  to  her  father,  who  had  already  sprung  for- 
ward to  stop  her.  No  one  had  heard  those  whis- 
pered words  save  the  man  to  whom  they  were 
spott  v'ii.  But,  thank  God,  he  heard  them,  and  their 
echo,  with  the  picture  of  that  tender,  grieved  child's 
faith,  went  with  him  through  all  that  long  ride  and 
passed  in  beside  him  into  his  dreary  cell.  The 
keeper  wondered  greatly  when  he  found  that  his 
dreaded  prisoner  made  no  trouble  and  that,  as  time 
passed  on  he  grew  gentler  and  more  kindly  every 
day.  But  the  wonder  was  explained  when,  long 
months  after,  the  chaplain  asked  him  how  it  was 
that  he  had  turned  out  such  a  different  man  from 
what  they  had  expected. 

"  It  is  a  simple  story,"  said  the  man,  "A  child 
was  sorry  for  me,  and  she  told  me  that  Jesus  was 
sorry  for  me,  too,  and  her  pity  and  his  broke  my 
heart." — Watchword. 


CHRISTIANITY  AND  ATTIRE. 

Barbaric  people  are  specially  fond  of  gewgaws 
and  ornaments.  When  they  have  hardly  clothes 
enough  to  cover  their  nakedness,  they  will  have 
bracelets,  earrings,  nose-jewels,  anklets,  feathers 
and  beads  in  profusion.  Savages  will  tattoo  them- 
selves in  hideous  style;  but  when  they  cease  to  be 
barbarians,  more  cultivated  tastes  prevail,  and  they 
learn  to  despise  trinkets,  gewgaws  and  ornaments. 

While  quietness  and  sobriety  of  apparel  is  the 
prevailing  taste  among  educated  and  cultivated 
men,  about  the  dress  of  women  there  still  remains 
much  of  the  gaudiness  of  other  days.  They  still 
pierce  their  ears,  bead  their  necks,  ad-trn  their  fingers 
with  rings,  and  deck  themselves  in  all  the  colors  of 
the  rainbow,  everywhere  seeking  new  modes  of 
making  their  garments  uncomfortable,  inconvenient 
and  needlessly  expensive.  In  this  undertaking  Par- 
isian harlots  usually  lead  the  way,  and  fashionable 
church-members  follow.  Christians  however,  more 
and  more  cultivate  quiet  tastes,  and  endeavor  to 
"  adorn  themselves  in  modest  apparel,"  not  with 
gold,  or  pearls,  or  costly  array,  but  which  becometh 
women  professing  godliness, — "with  good  works/ 


hich  they  have  so  long  followed,  and  live  simply 
and  healthfully,  they  would  soon  have  little  need  of 
ornaments.  Their  eyes  would  flash  brighter  than 
diamonds,  and  their  rosy  cheeks,  clear  complexions, 
and  beaming  countenances  would  need  neither  cos- 
metics nor  jewels,  and  they  could  well  dispense 
with  the  feathers  of  dead  birds,  and  all  the  rest  of 
those  gaudy  and  barbaric  trinkets  which  are  so 
fashionable  among  many  of  the  uncultured  people 
of  to-day. — Selected. 


BREAD  UPON  THE  WATERS. 

A  lady  in  Scotland,  whose  husband  had  left  her 
a  competence,  had  two  profligate  sons  who  wasted 
her  substance  with  riotous  living.  When  she  saw 
that  her  property  was  being  squandered  she  deter 
mined  to  make  an  offering  to  the  Lord.  She  took 
twenty  pounds  and  gave  it  to  the  London  Mission- 
ary Society.  Her  sons  were  very  angry  at  this,  and 
told  her  she  might  just  as  well  cast  her  money  in- 
to the  sea.  "  I  will  cast  it  into  the  sea,"  she  replied 
11  and  it  shall  be  my  bread  upon  the  waters." 

The  sons,  having  spent  all  they  could  get,  enlist- 
ed in  a  regiment  and  were  sent  to  India.  Their  po 
sitions  were  far  apart,  but  God  so  ordered  in  his 
providence  that  both  were  stationed  near  good  mis- 
sionaries. The  elder  one  was  led  to  repent  of  sin 
and  embrace  Christ.     He  shortly  afterward  died. 

Meanwhile  the  widowed  mother  was  praying  for 
her  boys.  One  evening,  as  she  was  taking  down  her 
family  Bible  to  read,  the  door  softly  opened  and 
the  younger  son  appeared  to  greet  the  aged  mother. 
He  told  her  he  had  turned  to  God,  and  Christ  had 
blotted  out  all  his  sins. 

Then  he  narrated  his  past  history  in  connection 
with  the  influence  the  missionaries  of  the  cross  had 
on  his  own  mind,  while  his  mother,  with  tears  of 
overflowing  gratitude,  exclaimed:  "  O,  my  twenty 
pounds!  my  twenty  poundsl  I  have  cast  my  bread 
upon  the  waters,  and  now  I  have  found  it  after 
many  days." — Gospel  in  All  Lands. 


-rs- 


think  we  are  almost  in  speaking  distance,  and  wc 
would  love  to  meet,  but  we  were  not  aware  we  were 
so  near  each  other,  until  after  we  were  hundreds  of 
miles  apart,  but  I  trust  our  brother  and  sister  will 
be  instrumental  in  bringing  many  souls  to  Christ, 
while  they  are  laboring  in  that  part  of  the  vineyard. 
The  writer  expects  to  move  to  Delta  in  a  few 
weeks,  and  will  try  to  get  the  isolated  ones  of  that 
part  of  our  District  together,  and  get  them  to  work 
for  the  Master  more  effectually,  if  possible,  by  a 
more  concentrated  effort.  Prospects  seem  favora- 
ble in  that  part,  and  we  need  the  help  of  the  entire 
Brotherhood  in  the  way  of  sympathy  and  prayers, 
and  an  occasional  visit  from  some  of  the  faithful. 
I  will  say  more  of  this  in  the  future. 

I  notice,  in  an  editorial,  that  the  District  Meeting 
of  Southwestern  Kansas  is  to  be  held  in  Wichita, 
April  6,  185S,  This,  I  presume,  includes  Southern 
Colorado.  I  ask  the  brethren  and  sisters  of  this 
part  of  the  District  if  they  expect  to  be  represent- 
ed at  this  District  Meeting  by  delegate.  I  do  not 
know  that  we  ever  have  been,  and  I  do  not  know 
of  any  practicable  way,  at  this  late  date,  but  for 
each  community  of  Brethren  to  write  to  our  Dis- 
trict evangelist  and  have  him  represent  us  at  Dis- 
trict Meeting.  Bro.  G.  E.  Studebaker  has  been 
among  us  and  knows  our  needs,  and  will  make  a 
good  representative.  I  hope  the  brethren  and  sis- 
ters of  this  part  of  the  District  will  do  some  live 
work,  that  we  may  gain  in  numbers  and  strength, 
that  we  can  form  a  District  of  our  own  here  in  Col- 
orado, and  will  not  have  to  travel  from  400  to  ;oo 
miles  to  attend  District  Meeting. 

John  J,  Hoover. 
Macon,  Colo,,  March  ij. 


WHAT  UNIFORM  DO  YOU  WEAR? 

Some  time  ago  a  young  lady  of  the  so-called 
Dunker  (Brethren)  church  started  from  Beatrice  to 
go  to  Kansas,  On  the  way  the  conductor  of  the 
train  sat  down  opposite  her  and  politely  asked, 
"  Why  do  you  dress  so  plain?"  She  enquired  what 
his  motive  was  in  asking  this  question,  so  that  she 
might  answer  him  accordingly.  He  replied  that  his 
wife  always  talked  about  the  necessity  of  women 
dressing  plainly,  whilst  he  did  not  see  any  reason 
for  doing  so.  The  young  lady  looked  at  him  and 
said:  "  Why  do  you  wear  this  special  uniform?" 
He  replied,  "  Because  I  serve  the  Rock  Island  com- 
pany and  comply  with  its  orders  in  wearing  it." 
"  So  do  I,"  was  her  quick  reply,  "  I  have  joined  the 
church  of  Christ,  and  am  in  the  service  of  my 
Master,  whose  orders  I  must  obey  also  in  my  dress, 
according  to  1  Tim.  2:9,  where  he  says  verbally 
that  women  shall  adorn  themselves  in  modest  ap- 
parel."— Selected, 


CORRESPONDENCE  *-■< 


'  W,i 


ito  the  churches. 


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toiinf,',  send  a  report  ol  it.  so  that  others  ma  v  rejoice  with  you.  In  wrilim 
vc  name  ol  clitncli,  cuunly  ami  stair-.  He  l,il  .1.  Nutes  ol  Travel  shoe hi  1. 
briel  as  passible.     Lam!  or  olhcr  advertba  avails  are  not  solicited  for  lb 


From  Colorado. 


In  Gospel  Messenger  of  March  19,  in  "  Notes 
from  Colorado,"  page  189,  I  notice  that  Bro.  A.  C. 
and  Sister  R.  A.  Snowberger  were  at  Palisade,  deal- 
ing out  the  Bread  of  Life  to  the  hungry  ones  of 
that  part  of  the  District  of  Northwestern  Kansas 
and  Northern  Colorado,  while  I  was  at  Delta,  about 
fifty  miles  southeast  of  Palisade,  holding  forth  the 
Gospel  truth  to  a  few  isolated  ones  and  their  neigh- 
bors. When  ministering  brethren  get  so  close  to 
If  women  would  put  away  the  huntfu!  fashions,  e«h  other  west  of  ths  "Rockies,"  in  this  State,  w« 


'More  Sure.' 


In  the  "  Querists'  Department"  of  Gospel  Mes- 
senger No.  11,  we  notice  the  following:  "In  2  Pet, 
1:  19  it  is  said,  'We  have  also  a  more  sure  word 
of  prophecy.'  What  are  we  to  understand  by  the 
term,  '  mote  sure?  '  That  which  is  more  certain,  or 
the  stronger  evidence.  Peter  felt  that  all  the 
prophecies  relating  to  Christ  were  a  more  certain 
proof  in  support  of  his  Messiahship,  than  the  very 
voice  they  had  heard  while  on  the  '  Mount  of  Trans- 
figuration.' " 

Were  the  rendering  in  King  James'  Version  a 
correct  rendering,  the  above  explanation  would  be 
correct.  Even  then  it  would  not  appear  reasonable 
that  the  prophecies,  relating  to  Christ,  were  a  more 
certain  proof  in  support  of  his  Messiahship  than 
the  audible  voice  from  heaven.  The  German  text 
says,  "  Wir  haben  cin  festts  propheljschei  Wort."  The 
words  "alio"  and  "more*'  are  omitted.  Thii, 
then,  does  not  convey  the  idea,  as  above  explained, 
but  directly  the  opposite,  namely,  that  this  voice 
from  heaven,  "  This  is  my  beloved  Son,"  is  such  it 
forcible  argument  in  confirmation  of  the  prophecies, 
that  it  makes  the  word  of  prophecy  more  lure,  No- 
tice the  text  in  the  Revised  Version,  "  And  we 
have  the  word  of  prophecy  made  more  sure." 

B.  F.  Masterson, 


From  BurnettsvHIe,  Ind. 


Bro.  L.  T.  Holsinger,  of  North  Manchester, 
came  to  this  church  Feb.  17.  His  meetings  closerl 
on  Sunday  evening,  March  7,  with  a  full  house  ct 
attentive  listeners.  Five  dear  souls  identified  them- 
selves with  the  church. 

On  Monday  morning  the  rite  of  Christian  baptist  1 
was  administered  by  Bro.  Holsinger.  Two  couplt , 
recently  married,  went  down  into  the  water,  arms 
linked,  and  both  were  immersed  at  the  same  time,— 
a  very  impressive  sight.  Previous  arrangemenls 
called  Bro.  Holsinger  to  another  field,  or  we  should 
have  continued  the  meetings,  as  quite  an  interett 
was  being  worked  up, 

On  Saturday  previous  to  closing  our  meetings,  w« 
held  our  regular  church  council. 

Bro.  M.  M.  Shcrrick  was  elected  delegate  to  Dis- 
trict and  Annual  Meeting.  D.  A.  Mertj, 

March  11,  i 


i-'lHTIE    O-OSIFIEXj    MESSEHSTG-ER,. 


April  2, 


Notes  x  from  «  our  ,  correspondents, 

a  a  thirsty  soul,  so  is  good  news  from  a  fat  country." 


OHIO. 

Sidney  Mission.— At  our  social  meeting,  last  Thursday 
evening,  one  was  restored.  Yesterday  two  confessed  Christ 
and  were  baptized.— //.  C.  Longanecker,  ??q  South  Street, 
Sidney,  Ohio,  March  -"/. 

Silver  Creek.  —  March  19  we  met  tn  quarterly  council. 
Bro.  J.  Keiser  acted  as  moderator  of  the  meeting.  Bro.  Kciser 
goes  as  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting  and  David  Fackler  and 
A.  A.  Throne  to  Distri:t  Meeting.— A.  A.  Throne,  Pioneer, 
Ohio,  March  23. 

Wllliamstown.  —  Our  church  met  in  quarterly  council 
March  19.  Bro.  John  Rodabaugh  was  elected  Superintend- 
ent of  our  Sunday  school  for  the  coming  year.  Bro.  D.  D, 
Thomas  was  elected  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting,  and  the 
writer  as  alternate.  Bro.  Solomon  Rodabaugh  is  our  dele- 
gale  to  District  Meeting.—  Chas,  A.  Bame,  March  si, 

Wyandot— We  met  in  council  March  S-  The  meeting 
was  in  charge  of  our  elder,  S,  M,  Loose.  Brethren  Albert 
Meyers  and  A.  H,  Newman  were  chosen  Sunday  school  Su- 
perintendents. Bro.  Sylvester  Heistand  was  elected  as  dele- 
gate to  Distncl  Meeting.  Our  Communion  meeting  will  be 
held  June  n  at  10  A.  M.  —A  tverty  Button,  Stat,  Ohio,  March 

New  Philadelphia.— The  home  ministers  bogan  meetings 
in  the  City  of  New  Philadelphia  on  Feb.  26,  and  continued  till 
March  12.  They  preached,  in  all,  nineteen  sermons  to  good 
congregations  of  attentive  hearers,  Our  council,  Feb.  24, 
passed  off  in  love  and  union.  We  appointed  our  love,  feast 
for  June  4,  at  the  Mt.  Zion  church.— /■'.  Whitehair,  Box  329, 
Mar,/!  jo. 

Portage — We  held  our  council  March  19,  The  attendance 
was  not  so  large,  owing  to  bad  roads.  Our  delegates  to  Dis- 
trict Meeting  are  breihren  J.  P.  Krabill  and  A.  B.  Whitmore. 
Eld.  J.  C.  Whitmore  is  our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  Su- 
perintendents were  elected  for  two  Sunday  schools.  Our  love 
feast  will  be  Sept.  l?,  at  10  A.  M.-./.  B.  Key  ser,  Clover  dale, 
Ohio,  March  34. 

Pleasant  Valley.— Our  regular  quarterly  council  occurred 
Feb.  12.  The  business  presented  was  very  pleasantly  dis- 
posed of.  One  dear  soul  was  reclaimed.  Bro.  Harvey  Mote 
was  chosen  to  represent  ns  at  Annual  Meeting.  Brethren 
Mo'.c  aud  /.umbrun  are  our  delegates  to  District  Meeting. 
Brethren  Joel  Zumbrun  and  David  Minnich  are  our  Sunday 
school  Superintendents.— C.  E.  Mikcsell,  Cosmos,  Ohio,  Feb.  3/, 

Woll  Creek  Church.  —  Our  quarterly  council,  Feb.  24, 
passed  off  pleasantly.  Delegates  were  elected  to  Annual 
Meeting  Rfld  District  Meeiing.  Our  love  feast  was  appointed 
for  June  7,  at  10  A.  M,    The  most  impressive  and  important 

Jacob  Garver,  from  the  oversight  of  the  church,  and  placing 
the  church  in  the  care  of  the  junior  elder.  This  was  the  first 
record  of  this  kind  in  the  history  of  the  Wolf  Creek  church. 
It  was  done,  however,  by  tl>2  earnest  request  oF  Bro.  Garver, — 
John  Calvin  Bright,  New  Lebanon,  Ohio,  March  21. 

Fostoria.— The  mission  at  this  place  is  still  moving  along 
slowly,  and  the  interest  is  good.  Yesterday  evening,  March 
20,  after  our  regular  appointment,  brethren  D.  Lyt'e,  L. 
Dickey  and  S.  M.  Loose,  with  a  few  others,  met  at  the  home 
of  an  aged  German  brother,  who  is  afflicted,  and  anointed 
him.  The  attendance  at  Sunday  school  is  very  irregular. 
We  have  prayer  meeting  and  Bible  meeting  every  week;  also 
a  little  girls"  sewing  society,  that  meets  every  Saturday  after- 
noon. We  first  have  singing,  Scripture  reading  and  prayer; 
then  spend  some  time  sewing,  either  making  garments  for  the 
poor,  or  make  garments,  quilts,  comforters,  etc.,  to  sell,  the 
proceeds  of  which  is  used  to  clothe  the  poor  children  in  this 
city.— Annie  Pa(fensperger,334  Elm  Street,  March  21. 

IOWA. 

South  English — We  met  in  special  council  to-day.  Be- 
sides looking  after  the  work  on  hand,  three  were  received  by 
letter.— S.  F.  Brower,  March  23. 

South  Keokuk. -We  met  in  quarterly  council  March  19. 
Bro.  Gable  was  chosen  as  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  We 
decided  to  hold  our  love  feait  June  17.— Grace  Brown,  Ollie, 
Iowa,  March  22. 

Franklin.— At  our  council,  March  ig,  officers  were  elected 
for  the  Sunday  school  for  the  summer.  Two  (husband  and 
wife)  were  restored  after  services  next  fay— Jemima  Kob, 
Garden  Grove,  Iowa,  March  24. 

Mt.  Etna.— We  held  oor  church  council  March  i.  Bro. 
John  P.  Bailey  presided.  We  chose  Bro.  David  F.  Sink  as 
delegate  for  Annual  Meeting.  We  decided  to  have  our  love 
feast  June  11— Emma  A.  Sink,  March  .-.;. 

Grundy  Center — The  Brethren,  here,  at  Grundy  Center, 
Iowa,  received  two  by  baptism,  one  on  the  16th  and  one  on 
the  irjth.  This  makes  four  new  members  in  all  since  last 
June.  We  have  the  promise  of  another  one  who  will  soon  fob 
1  >w,—  C.  M.  Garner,  March  sz. 

Cedar  Church.— We  met  in  council  March  19.  Oar  love 
feast  will  be  May  28,  at  2  P.  M.  We  invite  brethren  and  sis- 
ters, traveling  over  the  C.  &  N.  W.  R.  R.,  to  Annual  Meeting, 
to  stop  with  us  at  that  time.  Br;).  John  Knopp,  of  Clarence, 
Iowa,  wilt  meet  trains  by  giving  him  due  notice.  This  church 
:  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.— /o/m  Zuck,  Clarence, 


Iowa,  March  . 


Garrison.— Our  regular  council  was  held  yesterday.  Oui 
home  ministers  presided  over  the  meeting.  We  decided  tc 
hold  a  love  feast  this  spring.  Bro.  D,  Miller  was  chosen  Sun. 
day  school  Superintendent,  to  be  assisted  by  Ero,  J.  B,  Barn- 
hart.  The  Ministerial  Meeting  will  be  held  at  this  place  in 
September.  The  young  people's  meeting  meets  each  Thurs- 
day evening.  We  decided  not  to  send  a  delegate  to  Annual 
Meeting  this  spring.— Lizzie  A'.  Pugh,  March  20. 

Waterloo.— We  are  still  busy  with  the  many  and  v 
duties  which  come  to  us,  doing  the  best  we  can,  and  trusting 
the  Lord  Jor  results.  The  interest  and  attendance  are 
increasing,  —  nothing  spontaneous,  but  a  gradual,  healthy 
growth.  Last  Sunday  our  attendance  at  Sunday  school 
reached  eighty-four.  New  faces  are  constantly  coming  be- 
fore u9.  Next  Sunday  we  expect  an  interesting  children's 
meeting.— I.ydia  E.  Taylor,  nos  South  St.,  March  23. 
''""Des  Moines — Mr.  Talmage  lectured  in  onr  city  last  even- 
ing. I  was  to  hear  him.  His  lecture  consisted  of  his  trip 
around  the  world,  but  one  of  Bro.  D.  L.  Miller's  lectures  is 
worth  three  such  as  his  was.  My  basket  was  too  large.  I  did 
not  get  it  near  filled,  and  on  the  whole,  1  do  not  think  his 
lecture  very  satisfactory,  for  a  good  many  left  the  building 
before  be  was  near  through,  and  I  am  folly  decided  in  my 
mind  this  morning  that  Mr.  Talraage  is  only  a  man.—//.  P. 
Taylor,  March  iq. 

Plea5ant  Prairie.  —  We  met  in  council  March  5.  The 
church  decided  to  elect  a  deacon  at  the  time  of  our  Commun- 
ion, June  11  and  13.  The  church  also  decided  to  commence 
a  series  of  meetings  at  once,  to  be  conducted  by  home  talent, 
Sixteen  sermons  were  preached.  As  a  result,  we  had  two  ap- 
plicants for  baptism.  Saints  were  built  np  and  sinners 
warned  to  flee  the  wrath  to  come.  The  church  also  decided 
to  enlarge  our  churchhouse,— a  much-needed  improvement. 
A  reading  circle  was  established,  which  will  prove  of  great 
value  to  our  young  members.  It  was  alsD  decided  to  pur- 
chase a  Sunday  school  library  for  the  benefit  of  our  evergreen 
Sunday  school.— A  Buck,  Ireton,  Iowa,  March  2j. 

INDIANA. 

Windfall— To-day  was  our  regular  council.  Our  elder, 
Bro.  Daniel  Bock,  was  with  us;  also  elders  Gecrge  Cline 
and  A.  Caylor.  The  election  of  a  brother  to  the  ministry  re 
suited  in  the  choice  of  Bro.  F.  M.  Bogue  —  Samuel  McFall, 

Columbia  City.— We  met  in  church  council  March  19.  We' 
were  fairly  well  represented,  Bro.  D.  A.  Workman  was  with 
us  for  the  first  time  since  his  late  illness.  We  decided  to  hold  a 
Communion  June  4.  The  meeting  is  to  commence  at  10  A. 
M.    Our  church  is  one  mile  west  of  the  city.— David  Miller. 

Markle — The  item  that  appeared  in  a  recent  issue  of  the 
Messenger,  concerning  Bro.  John  Felthouse  moving  to  Jack- 
son,  Micb.,  should  have  said  John  Felthouse,  Jun.,  instead  of 
John  V.  Felthouse.  The  address  of  the  latter  is  Markle,  Ind., 
Box  31,  same  as  before.— Hannah  M,  Felthouse,  March  23. 

Bethel  Church  —This  congregation  is  now  in  the  midst  of 
a  series  of  meetings,  which  are  being  held  in  the  hall  in  Mil- 
ford.  Bro.  Joseph  Spitzer  is  doing  the  preaching.  Sister 
Anna  Bussard  just  closed  a  singing  school  at  the  same  place 
with  good  success.— Chauncey  I.  Weybright,  Milford,  Ind., 
March  21. 

Adamaboro.— Bro.  W.  L.  Hatcher  and  family  of  the  How- 
ard church,  Ind ,  have  moved  into  the  Adamsboro  congrega- 
tion, where  he  expects  to  labor  for  the  Brethren  in  the  cause  of 
the  Master.  He  is  a  good,  live  worker,  and  we  think  he  will 
do  good  work  by  the  help  of  God  and  the  prayers  of  all.— E, 
C.  Kelly. 

Union.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  March  12,  with  Bro. 
J.  F,  Appelman  as  moderator.  Two  were  received  by  letter, 
even  letters  were  granted.  We  decided  to  have  our  love 
feast  in  the  fall.  Bro.  Appelman  was  elected  delegate  to  the 
Annual  Meeting.  The  writer  was  chosen  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary, We  have  an  evergreen  Sunday  school,  We  elect  new 
ollicers  twice  a  year.  Our  winter  session  closes  next  Sunday 
with  Sister  Dora  Hendricks  as  Superintendent.— Ida  B.  Meil- 
cr,  Plymouth,  Ind.,  March  13. 

Somerset.— This  church  met  at  our  eastern  house  at  Cart 

Creek,  in  quarterly  council,  March  19,  with  Eld.  S.  S.  Ulery 

presiding.     Eld.  Aaron  Moss  was  also  present.     A  delegate 

was  elected  to  Annual  Meeting.     Brethren  Geo.  Frank  and 

Jos,  Winger  were  elected  delegates  to  District  Meeting,    We 

ided  not  to  have  our  love  feast  until  fall.     Bro.  Ulery  re- 

ned  until  Sunday,  when  be  gave  us  a  very  instructive  ser- 

1,  which  was  much  appreciated  by   all.  —  Otho    Winger, 

March  24, 

Roann — A  very  interesting  series  of  meetings  was  held  in 
the  Roann  church,  Ind.,  by  Bro.  Joseph  Spitzer.  He  began  his 
meetings  Feb.  23,  and  continued  the  same  until  March  15. 
Besides  twenty-five  sermons,  he  aided  in  two  funeral  dis- 
courses and  the  anointing  of  a  dear  sister.  The  attendance 
was  large  and  the  attention  and  order  the  very  best.  One 
dear  soul  was  baptised.  The  influence  of  the  meeiing  is  far- 
reaching  to  the  cause  in  this  community,  giving  courage  for 
future  work,  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  God.— Joseph  John, 

ILLINOIS. 

West  Branch.— Oar  quarterly  council  was  held  March  17. 
Two  were  received  by  letter.  Delegates  were  elected  for 
District  and  Annual  Meeting.  We  have  an  evergreen  Sun- 
day school,  and  arrangements  were  made  to  start  another 
school  in  April.  A  love  feast  was  appointed  for  May  21  and 
23,  at  iq  A.  M..—D.  A,  Rowland,  Polo,  III,,  Match  SO, 


Hickory  Grove — The  members  here  will  hold  their  love 
feast  April  26,  commencing  at  4  P.  M.,  the  evening  before  the 
District  Meeting  —Joseph  Doty,  Wacker,  III.,  March  21. 

Sugar  Creek.— This  church  met  in  council  March  19.  New 
officers  were  elected  for  the  Sunday  school  at  this  place.  Bto. 
B.  F.  Filbrun  was  elected  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.—/ 
M.  Miller,  March  21. 

Liberty.— March  1 1,  we  met  in  council.  Eld.  G.  W,  Cripe 
was  present.  We  were  glad  to  meet  our  brother  once  more 
as  he  was  prevented  from  meeting  with  us  the  last  time  on 
account  of  sickness  in  bis  family.— Lewis  Phillips,  March  20. 

Mt.  Vernon.— This  church  met  in  council  March  19,  Eld. 
Henry  Lilligh  presiding.  Though  the  weather  was  inclem- 
ent, a  large  representation  was  present,  The  meeting  was 
held  at  the  house  of  Bro.  Gergens,  in  Mt.  Vernon.  The  com- 
mittee, appointed  at  last  meeting  to  secure  the  old  church, 
reported  that  the  building  had  been  donated  by  the  railroad 
company  to  the  Methodist  church.  A  committee  of  two  was 
appointed  to  inquire  further  towards  securing  a  site  for  a 
church.  Bro.  Lilligh  preached  in  the  United  Brethren  church 
at  Camp  Ground  on  Sunday—  D.  Z.  Angle,  March  20, 

Franklin  Grove.  —  Our  last  quarterly  council  was  held 
March  10.  One  of  the  most  important  acts  of  the  meeting, 
and  of  interest  to  a  number  of  readers  of  the  Mkssengkk 
who  are  acquainted  with  the  Rock  River  church,  was  the  se- 
lection of  a  presiding  elder  or  oveisser  of  the  church.  About 
a  year  ago  Bro.  Daniel  Dierdorff,  on  account  of  age,  handed 
in  his  resignation  as  overseer.  It  was  accepted,  with  the 
promise  that  be  continue  to  act  until  his  successor  could  be 
duly  selected.  This  wis  attended  to  at  this  meeting,  the  lot 
falling  on  our  dear  brother,  Cyrus  Suter,  who  feels  his  addi- 
tional responsibilities  very  keenly. — D.  B.  Senger,  J/arch  2/. 

Macoupin  Creek.— Yesterday  we  comp'.etfd  our  Sunday 
school  organization.  At  both  places  we  use  the  Brethren's 
Sunday  school  supplies.  March  19  the  writer  and  Bro.  G.  W. 
Gibson  went  to  Litchfield  to  anoint  an  aged  sister,  who  had 
been  baptized  two  weeks  before.  We  expect  to  start  a  mis- 
sion Sunday  school  at  Litchfield  on  the  first  Sunday  in  April, 
and  hope  to  be  able  to  start  a  children's  mission  there  if 
suitable  arrangements  can  be  made,  and  the  proper  one  pro- 
cured to  take  care  of  the  mission.  Suggestions  are  desired  by 
those  having  experience  in  that  line  of  work.— Michael  Flory, 
Girard,  III.,  March  21. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Notice.  —  The  District  Meeting  of  Middle  Pennsylvania 
will  be  held  in  the  Spring  Run  church,  Mifflin  Co,,  Pa.,  April 
6     There  will  be  preaching  the  evening  before.     Bro.  Brice 
Sell  is  expected  to  conduct  the  services.    There  will  be  con- 
veyances at  station,  10  accommodate  all  delegates  and  oth- 
who  may  come. — P.  T.  Myers,  McVeytown,  Mjri.h,-j. 
lotice.— Whereas  the  quota  each  church  has  to  'pay  into 
the  treasury  in  the  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania    is  ac- 
cording to  the  number  of  members  they  have,  therefore  let. 
ch  elder,  overseer,  or  those  having  authority  of  the  church, 
nd  to  me  the  number  of  members  they  have  in  their  re- 
active churches,  before  the  District  Meeting.     My  address  is 
changed  from  White  Oak,  to  Manheim,  same  State.— Hiram 
Gibbte,  District  Treasurer,  March  2j. 

Rockton— Our  council  was  held  March  12.  Bro.  Warren 
Charles  acted  as  Moderator.  Our  delegates  to  District  Meet- 
ing are  brethren  Finley  Clark  and  V.  V.  Clouser.  The  Dis- 
trict Meeting  will  be  held  in  this  congregation  this  year  May 
3.  We  are  expecting  some  good  meetings  before  and  after 
District  Meeting.  Bro.  Jasper  Barnthouse  expects  to  be  with 
us  in  May.  To-day,  after  prayer  meeting,  one  dear  sister  re- 
turned to  the  fold.— Libbie  HolloPetcr,  March  20. 

Back  Creek.-Our  spring  council  was  held  March  19.  Our 
love  feast  will  be  May  5,  at  the  Shank  churchhouse,  com- 
mencing at  10  A.  M.,  and  closing  the  same  day.  Delegates 
elected  for  District  Meeting  were:  Eld.  John  Lehner  and  the 
writer.  The  Lord  willing,  Bro.  Wm.  Anthony  and  myself  pur- 
pose holding  a  series  of  meetings  in  a  few  weeks  at  our  mis- 
sion point  in  Fulton  County,  near  McConnellsburg,  Pa.  Bro. 
John  Foust,  one  of  our  earnest  and  wide-awake  deacons,  was 
re-elected  Superintendent  of  the  Brandt  Snnday  school. 
April  10  we  contemplate  electing  a  minister  at  the  Upton 
house.  Bro.  Wm.  Harchelrode  was  appointed  solicitor  for 
mission  funds.— Kurtz  Miller,  Kauffmans,  Pa.,  March  21. 

Belibank — Feb.  27  Bro.  Geo.  Bucher  opened  a  series  of. 
meetiDgs  at  the  home  of  Bro.  Harrison  Steely,  near  Belibank, 
and  closed  March  6.  The  attendance  was  very  good.  A 
number  of  tracts  were  distributed.  The  Brethren  had  been 
preaching  there  for  nearly  two  years,  but  as  Bro.  Steely's  are 
moviog  away  now,  we  will  have  no  more  services  there  at 
present,  but  we  hope  and  trust  the  Lord  will  open  the  way  that 
the  Brethren,  some  time  again,  will  have  the  privilege  to  meet 
the  dear  people  at  Belibank,  who  came  to  church  so  regularly, 
and  gave  tbeir  attention  to  the  sermons  so  earnestly.  Some 
said  they  learned  much  duriDg  our  meetings.— Mary  P.  Phil- 
lippy,  Little  Britain,  Lancaster  Co.,  March  24. 

ARKANSAS. 

Knoxvllle.— Wife  and  I  are  again  at  our  home  at  Lanark, 
III.  I  have  not  been  well  for  some  time,  but  as  soon  as  I  get 
able  to  travel,  I  will  return  to  Arkansas.  My  wife  will  re- 
main here  for  the  present.  We  left  Knoxville,  Ark.,  March  4. 
Our  elder,  Henry  Brubaker,  bad  been  to  Chismville,  Ark,,  to 
organize  a  church.  We  intend  to  build  a  meetinghouse  at 
Kaosville  duriDg  this  year.— /«,  H,  Larkins,  March  45. 


April  2,  iS 


TH$3   GOSPEL   IMIIESSEIISra-IEIR,. 


VIRGINIA. 

Barren  Ridge.—  This  church  met  in  special  council  Match 
21.  It  was  decided  to  ho'd  a  series  of  meetings  about  Sept. 
l0'—JV.  Waiter  Coffman,  March  22. 

German  town.— We  met  in  regular  council  Saturday.  Bro. 
JVI.  A.  Flora  and  companion  were  advanced  to  the  second 
degree  of  the  ministry.  Brethren  R.  L.  Peters  and  J.  W. 
Earnhardt  were  elected  delegates  for  District  Meeting.— Cora 
Barnhardt,  Wiris,  Va.,  March  22. 

Cooks  Creek.— 9ne  was  baptiz:d  and  one  reclaimed  since 
our  last  report.  Superintendents  have  been  elected  (or  three 
Sunday  schools.  At  Bridgewater,  brethren  John  S.  Garber 
and  S.  J.  Miller;  at  Pleasant  Run,  brethren  A.  B.  Miller  and 
Daniel  Earley;  at  Gaiber's,  brethren  S.  I.  Bowman  and  B.  S. 
Landes.  All  ichools  will  use  the  Brethren's  literature.  The 
Bridgewater  school  runs  the  entire  year.  Our  love  feast  will 
be  at  the  Garber  church.  May  7,  at  2  P.  M.—S.  I.  Bowman, 
Harrisonburg,  Va.,  March  24. 

Timbervllle.-Eld.  Daniel  Hays  presided  at  our  council 
March  12,  Eld.  Hays,  though,  from  the  adjoining  district,  was 
unanimously  chosen  to  represent  our  needs  at  the  District 
Meeting  at  Woodstock,  As  delegates,  brethren  Michael 
Good  and  ifaac  Neff  were  elected.  Last  fall  we  decided  to 
keep  up  our  Sunday  school  through  the  winter,  superintend- 
ed by  brethren  D.  S.  Wampler  and  John  Myers.  The  inter- 
est has  been  good  and  is  increasing  as  spring  comes.  Br0. 
Myers  has  moved,  but  Bro.  Wampler  is  still  in  charge.—  Cora 
A.  Driver,  March  iq. 

Notice.— The  Brethren  of  the  Second  District  of  Virginia 
are  hereby  notified  that,  as  previously  announced,  the  Dis- 
trict Meeting  of  the  Second  District  of  Virginia  will  be  held 
at  the  Valley  Pike  house,  Woodstock  church,  near  Maurer- 
town,  Apiil  21  and  22.  The  committee  of  organization  will 
meet  April  20,  at  2  P.  M.  Arrangements  have  been  made 
with  the  Southern  Railway  Company  for  reduced  rates  for 
this  occasion,  on  bisis  of  four  cents  per  mile,  one  way,  for 
the  round  trip.  Tickets  are  to  be  sold  from  Harrisburg, 
to  Manassas,  Va.,  and  intermediate  stations,  to  Maurertown, 
April  20,  2t,  22,  good  returning  to  April  26  inclusive.  It-was 
also  arranged  to  stop  train  No.  14,  April  21,  at  crossing,  one 
mile  west  of  Maurertown,  opposite  church.  Will  have  train 
No.  9  stop  on  April  22.  We  would  advise  all  those  coming  to 
ibis  meeting,  to  get  the  round  trip  ticket,  so  that  you  have 
no  trouble  in  returning,  as  the  station  is  one  mile  from  the 
church.  All  those  comiag  from  the  North  and  East  should 
stop  at  Maurertown. — S,  A.  Shaver,  Maurertown  Va,,  March 
34, 

KANSAS. 

Plum  Grove.— We  met  in  council  March  19.    Eld.  Michael 

KellerAjs  with  us  and  preached  three  very  interesting  ser- 

mons>   \*/e   decided  to  hold  our  love  feast  June  2. — Laura 

Thomas,  March  21. 

Burr  Oak.— The  church  at  this  place  has  just  closed  a  se- 
ries of  meetings,  conducted  by  the  home  ministers.  The 
blackboard  illustration  made  the  sermons  very  plain  and 
were  very  interesting  to  both  old  and  young.  We  were  made 
glad  to  see  the  young  taking  an  active  part  in  the  work. — Em- 
ma J.  Modlin,  March  iS. 

Notice.— The  District  Meeting  for  Southeastern  Kansas  and 
the  eastern  part  of  the  Strip  and  Indian  Territory  will  be  held 
in  the  Fredonia.  congregation,  Fredonia,  May  4,  Ministerial 
Meeting,  the  day  before.  The  meetinghouse  is  about  three- 
fourths  of  a  mile  northeast  of  the  depot.  There  will  be 
Brethren  at  depots  on  Monday,  May  2. —  W.  B.  Sett,  March  20. 
Verdigris.  —  Oar  home  ministers  commenced  meetings 
March  8  and  continued  until  the  12th,  One  was  baptized  and 
we  have  one  applicant.  Bro.  W.  B.  Sell  was  with  us 
March  12  at  our  council.  One  sister  was  restored.  Bro.  J.  S. 
Leaman  having  beeen  previously  chosen  deacon,  he  and  wife 
were  duly  installed  in  effice.  Brethren  W.  H.  Leaman  and 
S.  E.  Lantz  were  chosen  delegates  to  District  Meeting.  Bro. 
Sell  preached  two  sermons  for  us,  which  were  greatly  en- 
joyed by  all.— J.  M.  Quakenbush,  Otye,  /Cans.,  March  so. 

Brazllton.— We  have  twenty  members  at  this  place,— two 
ministers  and  two  deacons.  We  are  eleven  miles  north  of  the 
main  body  of  the  Osage  church.  We  have  preaching  every 
second  and  fourth  Sunday;  also  Bible  meeting  on  Thursday 
night,  which  is  interesting  to  both  old  and  young.  We  have 
a  union  Sunday  school  in  town.  Bro.  A.  L.  Boyd  is  our  dele- 
gate to  District  Meeting.  Bro.  T,  A,  Robinson  is  our  alter- 
nate. We  would  like  to  have  some  good,  energetic  members 
move  in  and  help  us  to  build  up  a  church  at  this  point, — IiU' 
fits  Robinson,  March  17. 

Cottonwood. — We  met  in  quarterly  council  March  19.  We 
changed  our  weekly  prayer  meeting  from  Wednesday  even- 
ing to  Sunday  evening  just  before  preaching  services.  By 
the  request  of  the  Hernngtcn  congregation,  we  annexed  to 
our  congregation  on  the  west  one  township,  which  embraces 
Council  Grove  and  vicinity.  We  decided  to  represent  at 
District  Meeting  by  delegate.  Brethren  G.  W.  Weddle  and 
A.  L.  Pearsoll  are  our  delegates.  The  writer  was  chosen  as 
Messenger  correspondent  for  another  year.—; John  C.  Sar- 
gent, Dunlap,  Kans.,  March  22, 

CALIFORNIA. 

Covina.— Last  Saturday  we  assembled  in  quarterly  council. 
Bro.  Andrew  Hutchison  was  with  us,  and  will  remain  in  this 
vicinity  until  after  Disttict  Meeting,  He  held  one  week's 
meetings  at  this  place,  with  good  interest.— Clarence  Over- 
hqitser,  March  14. 


South  Beatrice.— We  n 
Oar  elder,  Owen  Peters,  1 
church  letters  were  recer 
elected  as  delegate  to  Ann 
is  nourishing.  Bro.  John  V 
Bro.  Walter  Graham,  Assis 

Dubois.— We  closed  our 
for  the  present.     The  interest  s< 
the  meeting  than  at  any  other 
the  little  congregation  by  faith,  < 


NEBRASKA. 

:  in  regular  council  March  19. 
d  charge  of  the  meeting.  Six 
1  and  read.  Bro.  Peters  was 
I  Meeting.  Our  Sunday  school 
Dyke  is  our  Superintendent,  and 
at— Lydia  Dell,  March  », 
leetings  at  this  place  last  night, 
t  seemed  better  at  the  close  of 

Eight  were  added  to 

>n  and  bapr 


ated 


The  prcs 
at  this  place  at  the  pre; 
We  have  arranged  to  gi' 
aching,  beginning  April 


:  hopeful  fc 

nt  than  they  have  bee 

;  them  one  week's  Bible 

The  young  people 


for  these  lessons.     Systematic  Bible  study  is  much 
needed  in  most  communities.—?.  E.  Young,  March  21. 

Upper  Wood  River.— I  was  called  by  the  Mission  Board 
of  Nebraska,  to  meet  with  their  State  missionary,  Eli.  j.  L. 
Snavely,  for  church  work  at  this  place.  We  met  the  church 
in  council  to-day,  and  had  an  agreeable  council  with  the 
members,  nineteen  in  number.  They  have,  for  years,  been 
without  ministers  and  deacons,  still  growing  in  number  by 
what  little  work  their  elder  and  missionaries  could  bestow 
upon  them  from  time  to  time.  The  church  elected  Bro.  Niles 
Johnson  as  minister,  and  brethren  Christian  Overgard  and 
Peter  Petersen  as  deacons  (all  Danes),  who  were  duly  in- 
stalled into  offi:e  by  Eld.  Snavely.  We  also  have  two  candi- 
dates for  baptism  to-morrow.  We  fondly  hope  this  church 
may  now  grow  into  a  strong  body,  spreading  their  light  and 
savor  of  life  far  acd  near  for  the  glory  of  God  and  an  honor 
and  joy  to  our  beloved  Brotherhood.—  C,  Hope,  Oconto,  Cus- 
ter Co.,  Nebr.,  March  iq, 

NEW  JERSEY. 

Eergeantsville.— Eld.  Tobias  Myers,  of  Sheldon,  Iowa,  re- 
cently visited  the  churches  of  New  Jersey,  and  did  some 
preaching.  He  expressed  himself  as  being  much  encouraged 
with  the  prospects  here.  He  is  to  begin  a  series  of  meetings 
at  the  Bethel  church  March  26.  The  Lo*d  has  graciously 
blessed  and  hitherto  helped  us.—/.  C.  ReiJT,  March  2/. 

Sand  Brook  Church.— This  church  met  in  council  March 
19  at  2  P.  M.  Eld.  C.  W,  Moore  was  chosen  as  delegate  to 
attend  District  Meeting.  We  expect  to  hold  our  love  feast 
later  on.  On  Sunday,  March  20,  we  met  to  reorganize  oui 
Sunday  school.  Eld.  C.  W.  Moore  was  chosen  as  Superin 
tendent,  and  Bro.  W.  O.  Merrell,  Assistant.  A  few  week1 
ago  we  had  a  pleasant  visit  from  Eld.  Tobias  Myers,  father 
of  Bro.  T.  T.  Myers,  of  the  Philadelphia  church.  Bro, 
Myers  encouraged  us  very  much  in  the  work  here  in  New 
Jersey.  He  intends  to  bold  some  meeting?  in  the  Bethel 
church  soon.  Bro  Howe  has  been  away  for  several  weeks, 
visiting  his  mother  in  Maitland,  Pa.,  and  preaching  at  differ- 
ent places.  During  his  absence  Bro.  J.  C.  Reiff  has  been 
assisting  in  the  Sunday  evening  services,  which  have  been 
well  attended.  His  labors  were  very  much  appreciated, 
There  is  one  applicant  for  baptism.— Jennie  /■',  Green,  Ser- 
geanUville,  N.J.,  March  23, 


OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

Paradise  Prairie.— I  wish  to  correct  a  wrong  impression 
that  was  given  by  an  article  in  the  Messenger  oE  March  19. 
It  stated  that  our  elder,  Jacob  Appelman,  asked  to  be  re- 
lieved of  the  charge  of  the  church,  in  favor  of  Bro.  N.  S.  Gripe. 
I  would  here  state  that  the  church  has  not  yet  chosen  au  eld- 
er.— Lou  E.  Vomer,  darkson,  Okla.  T.,  March  sr. 

Big  Creek.-This  church  met  in  council  March  19.  The 
attendance  was  good,  considering  the  inclemency  of  the 
weather.  We  reorganized  our  Sunday  schcol,  electing  breth- 
ren Geo.  Edgecomb  and  J.  Austin,  Superintendents.  The 
Brethren  in  the  east  part  of  our  congregation  organized  a 
Sunday  school  in  Cushing.  They  elected  brethren  F.  Sargent 
and  Ben  Burnett  as  Superintendents.  We  decided  to  hold  our 
feast  May  14,  at  2  P.  M. — Maria  Edgecomb,  Ptitmb.'Payne  Co , 
March  25. 

COLORADO. 
Grand  Junction,— The  Ministerial  and  District  Meetings  of 
Northwestern  Kansas  and  Northern  Colorado  will  be  held  in 
the  Cm  inter  church  at  Quinter,  Kans.,  April  28  and  29.  Each 
meeting  is  to  begin  promptly  at  8:30  A.  M.  The  Quinter 
church  will  have  a  love  feast  on  Saturday  evening  following, 
— A,  C,  Snowbergcr,  March  21, 

Delta.— Bro.  John  J.  Hoover,  of  Macon,  Colo.,  held  a  se- 
ries  of  meetings  at  Delta,  Colo,  with  much  interest  to  all  who 
heard  him.  This  was  the  first  preaching  by  the  Brethren  in 
this  County.  Their  doctrine  is  new  to  a  great  many,  but 
seems  to  impress  many  quite  favorably.  Bro.  Hoover  will 
in  the  near  future.— //.  Snidcman. 


probably  1 


MISSOURI. 


Pleasant  Hill.— This  church  met  Sunday,  March  20,  to  or- 
ganue  a  Sunday  school  for  the  following  year.  Our  Super- 
intendent is  Sister  Maggie  Moyer;  Assistant,  Bro.  Harvey 
Haltermau.  We  use  the  Brethren's  literature  in  our  Sunday 
school.— S.  A'.  Spttzer,  Millville,  Ray  Co.,  Mo  ,  March  26. 

Notice.— The  District  Meetirg  for  Southern  Missouri  and 
Arkansas  will  be  held  in  the  Greenwood  cburch,  Texas  Co., 
Mo.,  Thursday,  May  5.  Ministerial  Meeting  will  be  held  the 
day  before,  Those  coming  by  rail  from  the  West,  will  be  met 
at  Mountain  Grove  on  Tuesday  morning.  These  coming 
from  the  East  will  be  met  at  Cabool  on  Tuesday  morning.— J, 
J.  Troxel,  Cabool,  Mo  ,  March  2d, 

DISTRICT  OP  COLUMBIA. 

Washington.— After  spending  several  weeks  very  pleas- 
antly at  home,  we  must  say  good  by  to  loved  ones  and  go 
among  strangers  again.  We  came  to  Washington  March  19. 
It  only  takes  a  short  while  to  convince  us  that  there  is  much 
to  do  in  this  large  city.  Bro.  John  DeardwfL^wite  and  son, 
of  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  were  here  over  Sunday,  visiting  at  Bro. 
Hollinger's.  He  gave  us  a  good  sermon  on  Sunday  mcrntng, 
We  think  they  learned  something  about  city  life,  and  also  will 
take  more  interest  in  city  mission  work  tban  before.  The 
work  here  depends  largely  upon  a  cburch- 
iot  have  a  church  before  anoiher  year  rolls 
\\\nt\\>? -Martha  Click,  203  B.  St.,  N.  E„ 


■our  subscription.    Usually  t 
jsoriptlon 


long  enough  afte 


WASHINGTON. 

Marshall  Junction.— There  are  four  memb- 
of  Spokane  and  four  othe 


rr] 


southwest 
h  of  Spokane  who  have  not 


by  the  Brethren  in  three  years.  Will  not 
some  brother  come  and  preach  for  us  soon?— Mrs.  S.  D. 
Bueghiy,  March  14. 

Oysterville.— Feb.  21  wife  and  I  went  to  Long  Beach,  six- 
teen miles  south  of  here,  commenced  a  series  of  meetings 
that  night,  and  continued  till  March  18.  I  preached  every 
night  during  the  week,  but  as  we  were  using  the  Union  Coa- 
gregational  church,  we  could  not  hold  services  on  Sundays. 
This  is  a  point  where  we  have  been  holding  meetings  once  a 
month  for  the  past  year.  We  bad  good  interest  all  through 
and  closed  with  nine  baptized  and  three  applicants  for  bap- 
tism. All  are  beads  of  families  but  one,— a  young  man,  a 
mute.  March  12  we  held  our  council  at  Oysterville.  One 
that  had  wandered  away  was  restored.—/.  U.  G.  Siiverson, 
March  31. 

MARYLAND. 

Pine  Grove.  —  Our  quarterly  council  convened  to-day. 
Brethren  Henry  Sines,  I.  O.  Thompson  and  our  elder  have 
been  delivering  some  good  discourses,  which,  we  think,  it 
would  be  well  for  all  to  takeheed  to.  The  District  Meeting  for 
the  Western  District  of  Maryland  will  be  held  at  Accident  Md., 
on  Thursday,  April  21.— Samuel  M.  Wilhelm,  Pleasant  Hill, 
Preston  Co.,  W,  Va.,  March  20. 

Notice.— The  District  Meeting  of  Western  Maryland  will 
be  held  April  2r,  commencing  at  9:30  A.  M.,  in  the  Bear 
Creek  congregation,  near  Accident,  Md.  Delegates  cnmiDg 
by  rail  will  come  on  the  B.  &  O.  R.  R.,  to  Friendsville  by 
way  of  Confluence,  leave  Confluence  at  11:55  A.  M.,  ar- 
rive at  Friendsville,  1:25  P.  M.,  April  20.  Delegates  will  be 
met  at  depot  by  notifying  Bro,  J.  E,  Gnagey,  Accident, 
Md,(  six  miles  distant  from  Friendsville,— Jeremiah  Beeghly. 


progress  of  the 
home.  Can  we 
around?  Who 
March  23, 


FLORIDA. 


1  beca' 


j  about  the 


2x.s  leel 


the  prospect 
;eek  in  April, 


nporal  r 


Wabasao  —We  feel  enco 
of  having  Bro.  Hylton  with  I 
to  preach  for  us  and  to  organi 
teen  members.  We  have  other  t 
encourage  us.  A  new  schoolhou 
pot  building  have  just  been  completed.  A  new  post-office 
has  just  been  established  here,  which  will  relieve  us  of  the 
burden  of  going  to  Woodley  for  our  mail.  Bro.  George  Hep- 
ner  and  wife,  who  moved  here  from  Longmont,  Colo.,  last  No- 
vember, are  now  enjoying  living  in  their  own  new  cottage, 
with  health  much  improved.—/.  A'.  Leallitrman,  ilanii  21. 

TENNESSEE. 

ast  Sunday.    It  was  conduct- 

The  preacher  suggested  that 

up  to  the  a?e  of  thirteen  to  fifteen  would  be 

;o  to  meeting  without  giving  so  much  atten- 

lothing,  we  would  have  better  meetings  and 

Sunday  schools,    Another  good  por 


Lankford.- 

ed  by  the  Sot 
if  the  childrei 


1  Methodis 


tbe 


This 


church.    We  should  make 
the  organ.     I  was  surprised  at  his  setmo: 
what  we  need.    We  commence  a  serie 
iq.    Bro.  Geo,  C.  Bowman  will  be  wit 
March  15. 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 
ganized 


d,  should  be  silent  in  the 
hearts  and  not  on 
He  preached  just 
if  meetings  March 
us—  C.   M,  Bants, 


a  Sunday  school  ; 
The  school  will  b 
to  use  the  Brethren 


Brookside March  20  we  organ 

the  Brookside  church,  for  the  sumr 
gin  the  first  Sunday  in  April.  We  dei 
literature  in  the  school.  With  the  exception  of  the  Superin- 
tendent, all  the  officers  of  the  school,  including  Assistant 
Superintendent,  are  young  sisters,  —  all  single  save  one. 
While  our  school  is  small,  it  has  been  <|Ulte  interesting,  and 
we  hope  to  make  it  still  more  so,  A  large  per  cent  of  the 
pupils  are  from  other  denominations.— Tobias  S.  Fik<\ 

NORTH  DAKOTA. 

Haven Bro.    0.  J.  Beaver  came  to  us    March    17,  and 

preached  for  ut  on  Saturday  and  Sunday  evening.    All  were 
much  encouraged- W.  L.  Boyd,  March  11. 


"TI-SIBI    GORFEL    MIESSEIISrajIJIR,. 


April  2, 


CO  K  UESPONDENCE. 


[Concluded  fnm  /■age  us  ) 
coals;  Sister  Uumhort,  Orblsoiila.'i".  cents; 
F.  O.  Uloyd  and  fnmlly,  orbisonia,  26  cents; 
Ooveutry  oUuroh,  $5;  0.  E.  Myers,  Indiana, 

GOoenta;  totiil Bl 

Ohio.— Salem  church «■ 

Kahs.— J.  1>.  Ycder  and  wile,  Inman,  ...      CI 
Wash.— Arthur  Bi.  Hunt,  Pomeroy, .  ...     5< 

Va.— Staunton  S.  8, 2  1 

NKiui.-N«-nh  Beatrloo  clinroli 3  1 

Iowa.— Grundy  CenU-Mlitinli, t 

CAi.—  Kalh'  Ives, 

Total «50  ! 

SUMMARY, 

/StjS.  f&)7. 

World-wide  Missions J  7;fi  M       *  IU1  t1 

Asia  Minor  Mission, 12  u:  08  1 

India  Mission 60  08  08  8 

OUt oa's  Minions i  io 

Afrli-an  Mission 1  00 

Negro  Mis. Ion,  United  Minton,  .  .         II  00 

India  Orphanage, si  n 

DoOk  and  Trncl  Fund ijn  67  Hi  » 

Waaiungton  Meetinghouse,  .  .  .      nam        805-6: 

MKssBMHKit  Poor  Fund, ?1  70 

Sufferera  in  Cuba T15  w 

Total,  . 91,017  71     19.805  8 

Number  or  tracts  seut  out, .  .      01,008  00,051 

COIIUKOTION. 

DxOBUBHB,— In   the  Washington  MoeMngliou.se 

Fund  the  11.00  oredited  to  Mrs.  Daniel  i>.  Miller, 

Kochwood,  Pa.,  should  liavo  been  credited  to  t'y- 

rua  Miller,  Lanark,  Hi. 

Gkn.  Miaa.  and  Tract  Com. 


From  the  Cheat  River  Congregation,  Pres- 
ton Co.,  W.  Va. 

MARCH  )2  the  writer  left  home,  to  fill  an  ap- 
pointment at  the  Salt  Lick  schoolhouse;  also 
one  at  the  Freeland  church.  The  formi 
pla:eisin  the  bounds  of  the  German  Settli 
ment  congregation,  but,  on  account  of  greater 
convenience,  the  members  hold  their  member- 
ship in  the  Cheat  River  congregation.  One  at 
this  place,  who  is  a  new  subscriber  to  the  Gos- 
pel Messenger,  said,  that  already  he  has  re- 
ceived the  worth  of  his  money. 

We  have  one  meeting  a  month  at  this  place. 

1  : i  ,  "  I  ■'  Vl    "     two  meetings  a  month." 

Others  say,  "  We  should  have  more  meetings." 
Who  will  feed  the  sheep?  Who  will  be  re- 
sponsible for  the  many  calls  that  go  unfilled? 

This  morning  we  addressed  a  congregation 
of  attentive  hearers  at  the  Freeland  church. 
Their  semi-annual  council  will  be  on  Saturday 
before  the  second  Sunday  in  April.  Their 
love  feast  will  occur  May  28,  at  2  P.  M.  The 
call  at  this  place,  also,  is  for  more  frequent 
services,  but  at  the  present  time  the  writer 
has  five  appointments  each  month,  anil  prom- 
ised another.  Emra  T.  FlKE. 

Eglon,  W.  iff.,  March  Ij. 

Notice  to  Elders  of  Middle  District  of 
Pennsylvania 


[ing  remained  over  Sunday,  March  2 
nductcd  a  children's  meeting  at  61 
1  town.  J.  G.  Stinebaugh. 

,  Ind,  March  ai. 


-MATRIMONIAL 

VWhat  therefore  Gcd  hath  joined  together,  lata 


BAKER— BAKER.— At    the    residence 
John  Fittro,  Decatur  County,  Iowa,  March 
)8,  by  the  undersigned,  Mr.  Thomas  R.  B; 
and  Mrs.  Julia  A.  Baker. 

Lewis  M.  Koit 


FALLEN  t  ASLEEP  . . 


'Ble: 


The  elders  will  meet  in  accordance  wilt 
the  decision  of  last  year,  at  the  Spring  Rur 
church,  on  Tuesday  evening,  April  5,  at  t 
o'clock.  Mail  train  east  on  Pennsylvania  Rail 
road.will  be  met  at  McYeylown  station,  at  4:  oS 
and  elders  and  delegates  conveyed  directly  tc 
the  church  far  this  meeting.  Preaching  serv 
ices  will  be  held  in  the  church  at  7:  30  in  tht 
evening.  W.  J.  S\\  1GART, 

Sec.  of  Elders'  Meeting, 

Huntingdon,  J'a.,  March .'/. 

Fro  a  the  Bachelor's  Run  £hurch,  Ind. 


;>INCE  our  last  report 
to  this  congregation, — 01 
stored.  Our  quarterly  c 
r  spring  Cc 


wo  have  been  added 
eby  letter  and  one  re- 
uncil  occurred  March 
;  appointed  for 


Tuesday,  May  24.  Bro.  A.  G. 
Riley  Flora  were*  selected  to  represent  this 
church  at  District  Meeting,  and  brethren  A. 
G.  Crosswhite  and  Gilbert  Stinebaugh  were  se- 
lected as  delegates  to  Annual  Meeting. 

March  10  Brp.  J.  W.  Rarick,  of  Royerton, 
Ind.,  and  Sister  Alice  King,  of  North  Manches- 
ter, began  a  Bible  school  here,  and  continued 
until  March  t<).  Four  lessons  and  one  sermon 
were  given  each  day,  and,  although  the  weath- 
er was  bad  part  of  the  lime,  the  attendance 
was  good  and  the  interest  excellent.  We  feel 
much  built  up,  and  realize  more  than  ever  the 
great  need  of  studying  the  Scriptures,  for  it  is 
in  them  that  Christ  has  revealed  himself  to  us, 


KENEPP.— In  the   Spring   Run   congrega 
on,  Mifflin  County,  Pa.,  March  13,  1898,  Bro 
John  M.  Kcnepp,  aged  25  years,  11  months  and 
days.     Bro.  Kenepp  was  Vnarried  Feb.  22,  tc 
iter  Alice  Nearhoof,  of  Warriorsmark,  Pa, 
hile  making  a  visit  among  friends,  he  con- 
ictcd  measles,  and,  although  nothing  serious 
s  apprehended  at  first,  he  suddenly  grew 
rse,  and  died  as  above  stated,     Bro.  Kenepp 
s  a  staunch   defender  of  the  principles  of 
the  church,  and   an    earnest  worker,  and  his 
irly  death  is  lamented  by  all.     At  his  funeral, 
just  three  weeks  to  the  hour  from  his  wedding, 
universal   sympathy  was   manifested    for    his 
ife,  who  was  thus  bereft  at  so  early  a  day. 
uneral  services  conducted  by  Bro.  Walter  S. 
ong,  of  Tyrone,  assisted  by  the  home  minis- 
y.  J.  C.  Swigart. 

ROHNAN.— In  Centre  Square,  Pa.,  March 
[3,  1898,  Hannah,  beloved  wife  of  Bro.  Rich- 
ard Rohnan,  aged  about  31  years.  Deceased 
leaves  a  sorrowing  husband  and  three  interesi 
ing  boys*  Services  from  Ps.  23:  4,  by  M: 
Snyder,  assisted  by  the  writer. 

B.  F.  Kittinger. 
SHUEY.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Mapl 
Grove  church,  Norton  Co.,  Kans.,  March  it 
189S,  Bro.  Silas  Shuey,  aged  76  years,  1  month 
and  21  days.  Deceased  was  born  in  Preble 
County,  Ohio,  Jan.  23,  1822.  '  March  7,  1847,  he 
was  married  to  Hannah  M.  Reed,  who,  with 
six  children,  survives  him.  At  request  of  de- 
ceased, the  funeral  discourse  was  preached  by 
Bro.  J.  R.  Garber,  assisted  by  Bro.  G.  M. 
Throne,  from  Job  14:  1.  Interment  in  the 
Maple  Grove  cemetery.    Laura  M.  Shuey. 

SHENK.  —  In  the  Upper  Cumberland 
church,  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa.,  Feb.  25,  1898, 
lartin  Shenk,  aged  78  years,  5  months 
>  days.  Deceased,  with  his  companion, 
I  with  the  Brethren  church  many  years 
nd  served  the  church  in  the  capacity  of 
deacon  for  about  forty  years.  He  suffered  for 
wo  years  from  the  effects  of  a  paralytic 
stroke.  His  companion  preceded  him  to  the 
t  world  about  eighteen  months.  Four 
children  survive,— all  members  of  the  church. 
Funeral  services  conducted  by  the  home  min- 
ry.  Text,  2  Cor.  5:  1.  J.  E.  Hollinger. 
DOVE. —  At  her  home,  near  Hotchkiss, 
Colo.,  March  3,  1898,  Hattie  D.  Dove,  aged  6 
10  months  and  13  days.  Deceased  was 
the  daughter  of  Bro.  George  and  Sister  Ida  A. 
Dove.  Funeral  services  by  Bro.  John  J.  Hoov- 
:r,  from  Job  3:  17.  Wm.  R.  Dove. 

HARLEY.— In  the  Lost  Creek  congregation, 
icar  East  Salem,  Juniata  Co.,  Pa.,  March  6, 
898,  Blaine,  oldest  son  of  Bro.  John  and  Sister 
Tiara  Harley,  aged  15  years,  8  months  and  6 
days.  He  was  sick  less  than  a  week  with 
bowel  trouble.  He  was  a  very  dutiful  boy. 
leaves  father,  mother,  and  one  brother. 
Funeral  by  Bro.  S.S.Beaver,  from  1  Sam.  14: 
43,  assisted  by  the  writer.  C.  G.  Winey. 

BRINDLE.— At  Oakland,  Kans.,  March  10, 

ioS,  Franklin  Brindle,  son  of  Bro.  George  and 

ster  Lizzie  Brindle,  aged  21  years,  9  months 

id  10  days.    Services  by  the  writer,  from  John 

:  21-  J.  S.  Mohler. 

RIFFEY.— In  the  Olathe  church,  Johnson 

Co.,  Kans.,  March  12,  1898,  Bro.  Noah  W.  Rif- 

fey,  aged  55  years,  1  month  and   13  days.     In 

[S73  he  was  married  to    Mary    A.    Beckner. 

)ne  son  preceded  him  to  the  spirit  world  less 

han  one  year  ago.     He  united  with  the  Ereth- 

en  church  when  about  twenty  years  of  age, 

uid  lived  a  consistent    member  until  death. 

He  leaves  a  sorrowing  wife  and  many  friends 

mm   his    departure,    Services   by    Bro. 

Enoch  Eby.  Geo.  E,  Wise, 


EVANS.— In  the  Silver  Lake  church,  Ad- 
ams Co.,  Nebr.,  March  14,  1898,  of  measles, 
Berthia  Evans,  daughter  of  Bro.  Peter  and  Sis- 
ter Clara  Evans,  aged  7  months  and  12  days. 
Interment  in  the  Brethren  graveyard  at  the 
Silver  Lake  church.  Services  at  the  home,  by 
Eld.  J.  J.  Kindig.         Mary  Ann  Grabill. 

MILLER.— In  the  Middle  Creek  congrega- 
tion, Somerset  Co.,  Pa.,  March  8,  1898,  Sister 
Mary  Miller,  aged  78  years,  1  month  and  7 
days.  She  was  married  to  Jacob  L.  Miller,  in 
1836.  He  preceded  her  to  the  spirit  world. 
To  this  union  were  born  seven  sons  and  eight 
daughters.  Three  sons  and  one  daughter  pre- 
ceded her.  She  united  with  the  Brethren 
church  in  her  youth,  and  remained  a  consistent 
member  until  death.  Funeral  services  by  tin 
writer  and  Eld.  Silas  Hoover. 

Valentine  Blough. 

GISH.— At  Juniata,  Nebr.,  Feb.  16,  1898,  Sis 

ter  Ida  Ncsma  Gish,  daughter  of  Bro.  W.  A 

and   Sarah   E.    Gish,  aged  28    years    and    1 

months.     She  joined  the  church  when  thirteen 


■euonia  congrega- 
,  Bro.  Henry  A.  Stauf- 
nths  and  25  days.    De- 


li fe.     Fi 


of  age,  and 

ling  her  professic 
al  occasioi 


a  faithful  member, 
by  a  chaste  and  godly 
mproved  by  the  writ- 

Christian  Hope. 


',  from  John  11: 

PUTERBAUGH.  — At    the    home    of    her 

daughter,  Mrs.  I.  W.  Kurtz,  Peru,  Ind.,  Feb. 

',  1898,  of  paralysis,  Sister  Mary  Puterbaugh, 

fc  of  the  late  Bro.  David  Puterbaugh,  aged 

75  years.    The  deceased  was  born  in  Green 

County,    Pa.,    Feb.    27,     1823.     Her    maiden 

as  McCullough.    With  her   husband 

Le  to  Cass  County,  Ind.,  and  in  the 

:ar    both    united    with    the    Brethren 

church.     Her  husband  preceded  her  about  five 

To  this  union  nine  children  were  born, 

all  of  whom  are  living.    Services  at  the  Pip' 

Creek  church,  by  Bro.  Frank  Fisher,  assiste. 

by  Bro.  Joseph  Shepler.  W.  B.  Dailey. 

HOOVER.— In  the  Dry  Fork  church,  Jas 
per,  Mo.,  Feb.  13,  1S98,  of  inflammation  of  the 
bowels,  Glen  U.  Hoover,  son  of  Henry  and 
Sarah  Hoover,  aged  1  year, 
day.  Funeral  services  by  Bro.  Wm,  Harvey 
and  the  writer, 

TICKERHOOF.-At  her  residence,  in  Glen 
Hope,  Pa.,  Jan.  2,  1S9S,  of  heart  trouble,  Mrs. 
Susan  Tickerhoof,  aged  66  years  and  29  days. 
She  united  with  the  Brethren  church  in  1880. 
Interment  in  Cross  Roads  cemetery.  Pa. 
Services  conducted  by  J.  W.  Wilt,  of  Altoona, 
Pa.  Her  husband  and  six  children  survive 
her.  Alex.  Tickerhoof,  Jr. 

BROWER.— In  the  Lower  Twin  church, 
Ohio,  March  13,  1898,  Zelpha  Catharine  Brow- 
er,  daughter  of  Ora  and  Sister  Ola  Brower, 
aged  2  years,  8  months  and  5  days.  Little 
Zelpha  was  loved  by  all.  Funeral  services  by 
the  Brethren,  in  the  Sugar  Hill  church,  near 
exandria,  Ohio.  Texts,  Matt.  19:  14 
and  Psa.  30:  5.  D.  M.  Garver. 

WEHRLY.— In  the   Pigeon   River  church, 
Ind.,  March  14,  1898,  of  lung  fever,  Sister  Su- 
Wehrly,  nee  McFaddin,  aged  71   years,  7 
ithsand25  days.    She  was  born  in  West 
Virginia,  July  29,    1826.     In    1834  she  moved 
th  her  parents,  to    Preble     County,    Ohio, 
lere,  Dec.  27,  1849,  sne  was  married  to  Jona- 
than P.  Wehrly.     In  1864  they  moved  to  Steu- 
County,  Ind.     To  this  union   were  born 
sons  and   four  daughters,  of  whom   two 
and  three  daughters  are  left  to  mourn  the 
loss  of  a  loving  mother.     She  has  been  a  faith- 
ul   member    of    the    Brethren    church    since 
854.    A  few  days  before  her  death  she  called 
for   the    elders    and    was    anointed.     Funeral 
by  brethren   Peter  Long  and  Noah 
Shutt,  from  Rev.  14:  13.  Artie  Fast. 


STAUFFER.-In  the 
tion,  Kans.,  Feb.  6,  1898, 
fer,  aged  55  ye 
ceased  was  boi 
emigrated  to  America  in  1871,  and  in  1889 
united  with  the  Brethren  church.  In  1891  he 
was  chosen  to  the  office  of  deacon,  which  he 
filled  acceptably.  Services  by  the  writer, 
from  Isa.  3:  10.  W.  B.  Sell. 

MfLLER.-Near  Lattasburg,  Wayne  Co., 
Ohio,  March  8,  1898,  Sarah  Stiller,  nee  Garver,' 
about  63  years.  She  died  very  suddenly 
of  heart  disease.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Progressive  Brethren.  Funeral  by  Mr.  Kiefer. 
She  was  a  kind  and  loving  mother,  and  will  be 
missed  by  all  who  knew  her. 

Clara  Woods. 
YARIAN.— In  the  Roann  congregation, 
Ind.,  Feb.  23,  1898,  Little  Russel  Leo,  son  of 
Wilson  and  Ella  Yarian,  aged  9  months  and  22 
days.  Funeral  discourse  by  Bro.  David  Swi- 
hart,  assisted  by  Eld.  Joseph  Spitzer.  Inter- 
ment in  New  Enterprise  cemetery. 

IMHOOF.— Near  Chili,  Miami  Co.,  Ind., 
Feb.  27,  1898,  friend  Theodore  Imhoof,  aged 
63  years,  I  month  and  22  days.  His  compan- 
ion preceded  him  five  years.  Funeral  services 
by  the  Brethren.     Interment  near  by. 

Joseph  John. 
BOMGARDNER.—  In    the    Shipshewana 
church,   Lagrange  Co.,  Ind.,  March   16,  1898, 
Abner  Bomgardner,  aged  53  years,  11   months 
and  27  days.     He  was  born  March   19,  1844. 
stent  member  of  the  church  for 
J  conducted  by 
.min  Leer. 
Kauffman. 


ELLIS.— At  Norristown,  Pa.,  March  16, 
898,  Mary  Ann,  wife  of  Reuben  Ellis,  aged  74 
'ears.  Sister  Ellis  was  enjoying  her  usual 
health  until  apoplexy  ended  her  life.  Upon 
ng  (perhaps  kneeling  for  her  evening 
prayer),  she  suddenly  expired.  She  is  sur- 
vived by  an  infirm  husband  and  six  children, 
II  members  of  the  Brethren  church  except 
ne.  Sister  Ellis  was  truly  a  "mother  in  Isra- 
1."  Funeral  services  by  brethren  J.  T.  Myers, 
esse  C.  Zigler,  and  W.  M,  Howe,  assisted  by 
ie  pastor  of  the  Upper  Dublin  church,  where 


:  laid  t 


B.  F, 


Kittinger. 
North     Morri 


SUMPSTINE.  —  In     the 
church,  Kans.,  March    16,  1898,   Bro.   Charles 
Sumpstine,  aged    65    years,   3   months   and   2 
days.    Services  by  the  writer.    Text,  Ps.  116: 
J.  S.  Mohler, 


DIERDORFF,— In  Franklin  Grove,  111., 
March  9,  189S,  of  paralysis  of  the  heart,  Bro. 
Solomon  Dierdorff,  aged  63  years,  5  months 
and  16  days,  Bro.  Dierdorff  was  born  in 
Adams  County,  Pa.,  and  came  to  Lee  County, 
111,  in  1855.  He  was  married  in  1857  to  Susan 
Fisher,  who  died  in  1869,  leaving  him  with 
three  children.  In  1872  he  was  married  to 
Mary  Yorty,  who,  with  his  three  children  by 
his  first  wife,  and  two  adopted  children,  sur- 
vives him.  Bro.  Dierdorff's  death  was  very 
sudden.  He  being  a  merchant,  had  just  wait- 
ed upon  a  customer,  sat  down  in  a  chair,  and 
immediately  expired,  without  a  lament's 
warning.  He  became  a  member  of  the  Breth- 
ren church  in  1859,  was  elected  to  the  office  of 
deacon  in  1870,  and  was  an  earnest  worker  in 
the  church  up  to  the  day  of  his  death.  The 
funeral  was  very  largely  attended.  The  serv- 
ices were  conducted  by  Bro.  J.  G.  Royer,  of 
Mt.  Morris,  111.  D.  B.  Senger. 

METZLER.— In  Farmersville,  111.,  March 
18,  189S,  Bro.  J.  H.  Metzler,  aged  40  years,  5 
months  and  17  days.  He  leaves  five  small 
children,  an  aged  mother,  two  sisters  and  four 
brothers.  He  was  born  in  Lancaster  County, 
Pa.,  united  with  the  Brethren  church  in  early 
manhood,  and  lived  a  consistent  life.  His 
wife  preceded  him  about  five  years.  Funeral 
services  conducted  by  the  writer,  from  Heb. 
13:  14,  assisted  by  James  Masterson  and  Eld. 
J.  H.  Brubaker.  Michael  Flouy. 

MILLER.— In  the  Coquille  Valley  church, 
re.,  March  7,  1898,  Bro.  Wirt  Frank  Miller, 
aged  25    years,  6  months  and  21    days.     De- 
i  was  born  near  Williamsburg,  Josephine 
ire.,  and  was  brought  by  his  parents,  Bro. 
and  Sister  W.  T.  Miller,  to  Coos  County,  Ore., 
which  place  he  resided  until  he  was  called 
home.     He  united  with  the  Brethren  church  in 
lis  sixteenth  year,    and    proved    a   devoted, 
teadfast  member,  always  contending  for  the 
faith    once    delivered    to    the    saints.    About 
three  months  before  his  death  he  was  anointed, 
fter  which  he  expressed  himself  as  being  very 
much    refreshed  spiritually.     He  leaves  a  fa- 
ther, mother,   two  brothers  and    two    sisters. 
Funeral   sermon   by   Bro.  Geo.  C.  Carl,  from 
ev.  21:4.  Sarah  A.  VanDyke. 

HUEY.— At  Rockton,  Pa.,  March  15,  1898, 
Rhoda  Belle,  daughter  of  Bro.  Brison  and  Sis- 
r  Eliza   Huey.     Funeral   discourse  by  Bro. 
'alter  Brubaker.        Liiibie  Hollopeter. 
MORELOCK.  —  In    the    Kansas     Center 
church.  Rice  Co.,  Kans.,  March  18,  1898,  Sister 
Cornelia   M.   More|ock,  nee  Jeffries,  aged  4S 
years,  2  months  and  12  days.     Deceased  was 
n  Rockingham  County,  Va.,  united  with 
the  Brethren  church  in  1864.     She  was  married 
n  1875,  and  leaves  a  husband,  one  son  and  one 
daughter.     Services  by  H.  T.  Brubaker,  in  the 
Brethren  church.    Text,  Rev.  14:  13,  and  John 
11:25,26,  Sadie  Dresher. 


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Homeseekers'  Excursions! 

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To  the  Brethren  Settlements  in  the  Red  River  Valley, 
Devils  Lake  and  Turtle  Mountain  Sections  of 


...NORTH  DAKOTA. 


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inls;   L'0,(MPippou!ida   alio 


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WHITE  ME  FOR  FULL  PARTICULARS  In  re- 
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tion desired  by  intending  settleis,  I  will  arrange 
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Plain  Clothing 


many  patrons, 
nil  be  found  in 
nity  where  the 
Brethren  reside.  Samples  of  cloth 
from  which  we  make  ourclothing, 
ring  blank,  tape  line  and 
rules  for  ordering  will  be  sent  on  application. 
Our  rules  for  self-measurement  are  so  simple,  any- 
one can  understand  them. 

We  want  to  bear  from  you* 

PH1LLIPSQN  CLOTHING  COMPANY 

WARSAW.  INDIANA. 


His  Friends  Were 
Surprised  at 
His  Appearance... 

Mr.  A.  B.  Hill,  of  Memphis, 
Term,  writes:  "I  am  very  much 
gratified  with  my  experience  in 
the  use  of  Dr.  Peter's  Blood 
Vitalizes*.  I  had  been  afflicted 
for  a  number  of  years  with  indi- 
gestion and  the  evils  incident 
thereto,  such  as  constipation,  vio- 
lent headaches  and  general  debil- 
ity, but  thanks  to  this  remedy  I 
have  not  had  a  headache,  neither 
have  I  been  troubled  with  consti- 
pation or  indigestion  since  I  used 
the  Vitalizes  last  spring,  in 
March,  I  believe.  My  friends 
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"  How  well  you  are  looking!" 
Every  person  who  has  used  it,  as 
far  as  my  knowledge  extends,  has 
been  benefited.  I  will  mention  a 
few  cases:  My  wife,  who  had  suf- 
fered for  years  with  backache  and 
general  bad  feeling,  has  been  en- 
tirely cured.  My  sor,  aged  six- 
teen, who  had  a  severe  attack  of 
inHammatory  rheumatism  in  his 
right  foot  and  ankle,  wa6  cured  in 
about  one  week.  An  old  man,  T. 
F.  Callahan,  who  was  run  down 
and  dreadfully  debilitated,  has  by 
the  use  of  two  bottles  been  built 
up  and  is  like  a  new  man.  I  could 
mention  others,  but  will  not  now. 
For  particulars,  address: 

Dr.  PETER  FAHRNEY, 

112-114  S.  Hoyne  Avenue, 

...CHICAGO... 


All  Aboard  for  Central  North  Dakota ! 

This  Beautiful  Country  is  Rapidly  Filling  Up,  but  there 
Is  Still  Room  for  YOU ! 


The  Northern  Pacific  Annual  Spring  Excursion  ■will  start  from  the 
Grand  Central  Depot,  Chicago  (Cor.  Harrison 
Street  and  Fifth  Avenue)  on 


Tuesday,  March  29, 1898,  and  from  St.  Paul  on  Wednes- 
day, March  30,  1898,  via  the  Chicago  and  Great 
Western  and  Northern  Pacific  Railways. 


NOTE  THE  FARE :     St.  Paul  to  Carrington,    $5.     Kansas  City 
to  Carrington,  #15.15.    Chicago  to  Carrington,   $13.05. 


The  same  rates  will  be  in  effect  from    Chicago  on   March   29   and  April   5, 
and  from  St.  Paul  on  March  30  and  April  6. 


This  train  will  consist  of  FREE  COLONIST 
SLEEPERS,  whioh  will  leave  points  in  Virginia, 
West  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania  on  MONDAY, 
March  21st;   Kansas  City  on  TUESDAY,  March 


s  from  Nebraska,  Missouri  and  Kansas 
;art  for  St.  Paul  on  Tuesday,  March  22nd. 
a  living  in  Wisconsin,  Iowa  and  Southern 
ta  should  be  in  -St.  Paul  on  Wednesday, 


where  TEN 
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Mis- 


WM.  H.  PHIPPS, 


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Leir  tickets  together. 

JE  ACCOMMODATIONS  will  bo  itim- 


C.  W.  MOTT, 
Gen.  Emigration  Agt,  N.  P.  R'y, 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 


FREE !       FREE !       FREE ! 

Australian  Electro  Pills 

Sidney,  Liver,  Stomach  Trouble,  Sick  Headache  and  fanalieni, 

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The  Gospel  Messenger 


'SET  FOH  THE  DEFEXSE  OF  THE  GOSPEL!'— Mil  , 


Vol.  36. 


Mount  Morris,  III.,  April  0,  1898. 


No.  If 


The  Gospel  Messenger, 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.- 

ltems S25,  232 

1  lie  Chicago  Church 23* 

A  Cluster  of  Easier  Thoughts 233 

Querists'  Department a34 

POETRY,—    • 

The  Stone  Rolled  Away.    By  John  Keble, . 22IJ 

The  Easter  Lily.    Selected  by  Henry  Balsbaugh 230 

Lot  A  Cry  From  O'er  the  Waters.    By  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Wingate, .  .  .231 
The  Easter  Birth.    By  Cinton  Scollatd 234 

ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,- 

On  the  Way  to  India—  No.  19.    ByS.N.  McCann .  .  .  2:6 

Sowing  the  Gospel  Seed.    By  John  E.  Mohler, 226 

Those  Filthy  Feet.    By  B.  E.  Kesler,        226 

I  Have  Found  a  Ransom.    By  A.  Hutchison 227 

Communion  Meetings.    By  I.  Bennett  Trout 227 

The  Return  of  the  Jews.    By  D.  E.  Price,     22S 

The  Church  in  the  Temple.    By  J.  S.  Mohler 22S 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,- 

I.esson  Light-Flashes !20 

Sunday  School  Notes.  No.  7,    By  John  R.  Snyder 229 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,— 

What  Do  We  Owe  to  Others.'— Rom.  14:  10-20, 
THE  YOUNG  PEOFLB,- 

Circle  Notes.    By  James  M.  Neff ; 230 

An  Advantage,    By 

.     In  five  parts, 

Kept  Back  Part.    By  A,  Haws, 

The  Little  Chinese  Woman,- 

Would  Not  Dishonor  the  Will 

Colton  Mission,  Cal 

What  Fifty  Cents  Did 

HOME  AND  FAMILY.— 

Se' (-Government.    By  Lula  Harshharger,  . 
The  Sisters'  Mission  at  Goshen.    By  Flora 
How  to  Become  a  Better  Christian.  .  .  . 
The  Fowls  of  the  Air.    By  Maggie  M.  Good 


-^EDITORIAL  *  MISCELLANY^ 


A  new  industry  is  springing  up  at  North  Lubec, 
Maine.  It  is  simply  mining  the  ocean.  A  plant  has 
been  established,  it  is  said,  at  a  good  profit,  in  ex- 
tracting gold  and  silver  from  sea  water.  It  is  esti- 
mated that  every  cubic  mile  of  sea  water  contains 
S65  000,000  worth  of  gold,  and  as  there  are  300,000,- 
coo  cubic  miles  of  sea  on  the  globe,  it  follows  that 
there  is  yet  plenty  of  gold,  and  we  do  not  have  to 
go  to  Klondike  for  it  According  to  this  estimate 
there  is  in  the  sea  $19  500  oco.coo.coo.coo  worth  of 
Sold,  enough  to  pave  many  of  the  streets  in  the 
New  Jerusalem.  As  there  is  to  be  no  sea  in  the 
new  world,  Rev.  21:  1,  who  knows  but  that  the  gold 
of  the  sea  may  be  used  for  the  purpose  here  sug- 
gested? 

Three  thousand  years  ago  the  Kings  of  Egypt, 
Syria  and  Babylon  lived  in  royal  splendor,  They 
not  only  reigned  over  rich  kingdoms,  but  they  were 
noted  for  their  own  large  private  estates,  and  prince- 
ly incomes,  They  ruled  over  millions  of  subjects 
and  exerted  in  the  world  an  influence  that  has 
made  the  names  of  some  of  them  famous.  When 
they  died,  they  were  buried  with  all  the  honors  pos- 
sible, and  over  the  tombs  of  some,  costly  monu- 
ments were  erected.  Their  bodies  were  carefully 
embalmed,  so  they  would  be  proof  against  time  and 
decay.  It  never  occurred  to  their  admirers  that  the 
time  would  come  when  the  mummies  of  their  dis- 
tinguished rulers  would  be  put  up  at  auction,  and 


sold  under  the  hammer  for  less  than  half  the  value 
of  an  ordinary  slave,  But  that  is  what  happen- 
ed recently  in  London,  where  the  authentic  re- 
mains of  Ptolemy  II.,  King  of  Egypt,  Antiochus 
Soter,  Kingof  Syria,  and  A'pina,  Queen  of  Babylon, 
went  under  the  hammer.  The  royal  party  were  en- 
closed in  a  three-partitioned,  glass-fronted  case. 
They  looked  somewhat  battered  after  3,000  years  of 
retirement,  but  Ptolemy,  whose  physique  was  the 
finest,  was  complete.  The  auctioneer  presented  the 
distinguished  trio  with  letters  of  introduction  from 
antiquarians  and  a  recommendation,  but  refused  to 
be  personally  responsible.  He  encouraged  possible 
purchasers  by  pointing  out  the  notoriety  which 
must  ensue  from  having  their  names  sent  all  over 
the  world,  and  dwelt  upon  the  handsome  living 
made  possible  by  traveling  with  the  mummies,  giv- 
ing exhibitions  to  countless  spectators.  Despite 
such  allurements,  bids  were  not  forthcoming  until 
the  auctioneer  himself  started  the  bidding  at  850. 
Finally  the  lot  fell  for  S375  to  a  dealer  of  the  name 
of  Cross,  of  Liverpool. 


Russia  is  coming  to  the  front  in  a  manner  that  is 
significant.  Her  dominion  extends  across  Northern 
Europe  and  Northern  Asia  from  the  waters  of  the 
Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  thus  giving  her  more 
territory,  in  one  body,  than  any  other  nation  on  the 
globe.  Her  wonderful  Siberian  railroad,  when  com- 
pleted, will  afford  her  a  fine  outlet  to  the  Pacific, 
and  for  the  terminus  of  the  line  she  has  just  secured 
ia  Talicuwan,  an  ice  free  part.  \ot  only 
:,  but  she  has  leased  Port  Arthur,  an  Asiatic 
Gibraltar,  for  a  term  of  twenty- five  years,  and  will 
strongly  fortify  the  place.  She  has  also  been 
granted  other  privileges  in  China,  which  will  greatly 
increase  her  trade  in  the  East.  The  Siberian  road 
will  open  up  an  immense  country  in  northern  Asia, 
rich  in  minerals  and  timber.  The  land  is  very 
productive,  and  will  likely  develop  into  a  great  ag- 
ricultural region.  The  forests  of  Siberia  are  said  to 
contain  timber  enough  to  supply  the  world  with 
lumber  after  the  forests  of  America  cease  to  supply 
the  demand,  It  looks  as  though  Russia  may  yet 
excel  England  in  wealth,  strength  and  resources. 
It  is  evident  that  England  is  very  jealous  of  her  en- 
terprising neighbor,  and  will  maneuver  every  way 
possible  to  keep  her  from  enlarging  her  Empire 
and  extending  her  influence.  This  she  is  not  likely 
to  be  able  to  do  much  longer. 


Not  since  the  discovery  of  the  "  Logia"  has  there 
been  a  find,  relating  to  Bible  times,  that  has  at- 
tracted so  much  attention  as  the  rude  picture  re- 
cently found  in  Rome,  in  the  palace  of  Tiberius,  on 
the  Palatine  Hill.  The  picture,  made  by  scratch- 
ing on  a  very  ancient  wall,  is  presumed  to  represent 
the  crucifixion,  and  it  has  been  suggested  that  the 
drawing  may  have  been  executed  by  one  of  the 
soldiers  that  took  part  in  the  crucifixion  on  Mount 
Calvary.  Two  crosses  are  plainly  visible,  and  there 
seems  to  have  been  a  third  one  in  the  center,  but 
time  has  caused  it  to  disappear.  A  ladder  stands 
against  each  of  the  two  crosses,  and  where  the  third 
cross  is  supposed  to  have  been  is  also  a  part  of  a 
ladder  that  can  be  seen  quite  clearly.  Eight  men 
figure  in  the  drawing.  Four  of  them  seem  to  be 
soldiers,  two  servants,  one  the  leader,  or  superin- 
tendent and  the  other  the  prisoner.  Each  soldier 
has  his  name  inscribed  near  him,  and  above  the 
leader  is  "  Piletus,"  which  is  believed  to  stand  for 
Pilate.  This  much  of  the  inscription  has  been 
deciphered:  "Christ  after  having  been  beaten 
with    rods,  having  been   condemned  to    die,  has 


been  attached  living,  to  the  cross."  The  four 
soldiers,  who  seem  to  be  taking  an  active  part  in  the 
tragedy,  remind  one  of  what  is  said  in  John  19:  23, 
from  which  we  may  infer  that  four  soldiers  were  in 
charge  of  the  crucifixion.  The  drawing  is  full  of 
interest,  and  will  continue  to  be  studied  by  those 
skilled  in  that  kind  of  business. 


On  the  northern  bank  of  the  Ohio  River,  in  the 
southeastern  part  of  Illinois,  is  Shawneetown,  sur- 
rounded on  the  east,  south  and  west,  by  strong  em- 
bankments that  run  north  to  the  bluff,  to  keep  out 
the  water  in  times  of  floods,  Last  Sunday  evening, 
about  five  o'clock,  the  embankment  gave  way  at 
one  point  on  the  north,  and  let  in,  onto  the  town,  a 
wall  of  water  said  to  be  twenty  feet  high.  It  came 
into  the  city  with  a  terrific  force,  and,  inside  of  a 
few  minutes,  the  place  was  covered  with  water 
which  reached  to  the  roofs  of  most  of  the  two-story 
buildings,  and  hundreds  of  people  are  reported  to 
have  been  drowned. 


Regarding  the  United  States  and  Spain,  the  situ- 
ation during  the  last  week  has  been  very  grave  in- 
deed, and,  for  a  time,  it  seemed  that  a  conflict  was 
almost  an  assured  fact.  The  finding  of  the  Naval 
Court  of  Inquiry,  stating  that  the  warship  Maine 
was  destroyed  by  a  submarine  mine,  stirred  the  na- 
tion from  one  end  to  the  other.  The  decision  of 
the  court  was  sent  to  Spain,  along  with  the  demand 
that  armistice  to  Cuba  should  be  granted,  with  a 
view  of  reaching  a  peaceable  settlement  vn  the  is- 
land. Spain  positively  refused  to  accept  the  de- 
mands, and,  at  the  time  of  going  to  press,  it  is  said 
that  the  President  is  preparing  a  vigorous  message 
to  Congress,  and  that,  inside  of  a  day  or  two,  we 
may  look  for  a  united  and  decisive  action  upon  the 
part  of  that  body.  It  is  the  privilege  of  Congress 
to  declare  war  after  the  President  has  done  all  in 
his  power  to  reach  an  understanding  with  Spain. 
Both  nations  are  doing  their  utmost  to  prepare  for 
the  conflict;  their  warships  are  being  called  in  and 
put  in  trim.  Spain  is  sending  a  number  of  her  best 
torpedo  boats  to  the  West  Indies,  while  the  United 
States  is  rounding  up  her  fleet  south  of  Florida, 


And  yet,  during  the  last  day  or  two,  it  is  being 
rumored  that  there  is  a  bare  possibility  of  war  be- 
ing averted,  for  the  reason  that  the  Pope  is  urging 
Spain  to  agree  to  the  proposed  armistice.  On  ac- 
count of  the  large  Catholic  membership,  both  in 
Spain  and  Cuba,  the  Pope  has  a  great  influence 
with  the  Spanish  government,  and  by  some  it  is 
thought  that  he  may  induce  Spain  to  accept  terms 
that  will  enable  her  to  put  an  end  to  hostilities  in 
Cuba  in  a  manner  that  will  be  at  least  honorable  to 
her.  Then  the  Pope  is  reminding  her  of  the  great 
suffering  that  prevails  among  the  people  who  have 
been  driven  from  their  homes,  and  are  now  perish- 
ing by  the  thousands,  for  the  want  of  food.  He 
pleads  with  Spain  for  the  sake  of  humanity,  to  ac- 
cept terms  that  will  put  an  end  to  all  this  suffering, 
and,  at  the  same  time,  avert  a  cruel  and  an  expen- 
sive war.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  his  wise  council 
may  prevail,  and  that  our  government  may  also  feel 
disposed  to  accept  that  which  will  lead  to  a  peace- 
able adjustment  of  all  the  existing  difficulties.  It 
is  altogether  possible  that,  before  this  reaches 
our  readers,  most  of  them  will  know  more  about 
the  real  situation  than  it  is  possible  for  us  to  tell 
them  just  at  this  hour.  The  next  few  days  will  cer- 
tainly determine  the  course  of  events,  In  the 
meantime,  let  us  ever  pray  and  labor  for  peace  on 
earth,  and  good  will  towards  men. 


THE   GOSPEL   nVTZESSErtTQ-EIR,. 


April  g,  18 


•ESSAYS 


I  needeth  not  be 


THE  STONE  ROLLED  AWAY. 


»s  early  as  we  may, 
:  an  angel,  goes  before, 
roll'd  away, 


O  wondrous  chain!  where  aye  entwine 

Our  human  wills,  a  tender  thread, 
With  the  strong  will  divine:— 

We  run  as  we  are  led. 
We,  did  I  say?  'tis  all  thine  own; 

Thou  in  the  dark  dost  Mary  guide: 
Thine  angel  moves  the  stone: 

Love  feels  thee  at  her  side. 

ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA No.  19. 

BY  8.  N.  MCOANN. 

From  Bethel  to  Shlloh. 

Bethel,  or  house  of  God,  was  formerly  called 
Luz,  Gen  23:  19.  The  town  is  called  Betin,  at  pres- 
ent, and  it  is  a  dirty,  smoky  group  of  mud-houses. 
We  went  into  one  of  the  houses,  which  containec 
bit  one  room,  circular  in  form,  wilh  a  column  ii 
the  center,  to  support  the  mud  roof,  which  was  on 
ly  a  few  feet  higher  than  our  heads,  and  dome-like 
in  form.  The  house  was  lighted  by  the  small  door, 
at  which  we  entered.  The  room  was  only  about 
eight  feet  square,  and  contained  all  the  possessions 
of  the  occupants. 

The  first  article  of  furniture  was  a  small  donkey, 
standing  to  our  right,  just  inside  the  room;  the 
next  was  a  place  to  sleep,  to  our  left.  This  was  a 
little  pen  wilh  a  few  dirty  rags  thrown  on  the 
ground  floor.  All  the  rest  of  the  furniture  was  a 
kind  of  shelf,  upon  which,  I  suppose,  they  would 
lay  their  bread,  if  they  would  get  more  baked  than 
they  needed, 

This  is  the  home  of  a  man,  wife  and  child,  miser- 
able and  dirty,  but  how  could  they  be  otherwise, 
living  in  such  a  hovel?  Jacob  had  no  trouble  in 
finding  a  stone  for  a  pillow,  the  night  he  stayed 
here.  Indeed,  it  would  be  difficult  to  sleep  out 
here,  and  not  have  a  stone  for  a  pillow.  It  was 
here  that  Jacob  saw,  in  his  dream,  a  ladder  reach- 
ing into.heaven,  and  the  angels  of  God  passing  and 
repassing  upon  it,  from  earth  to  heaven,  and  the 
Lord  standing  above  it,  promising  to  make  a 
mighty  nation  out  of  him,  and  through  him  to  bless 
all  the  families  of  the  earth.  Jacob  called  the 
place  the  gate  of  heaven,  and  he  took  his  pillow 
and  made  of  it  an  altar,  and  promised  God  to  be  his 
upon  conditions.  Gen.  28:  13-22.  Jacob's  prayer 
was  a  very  poor  one,  yet  God  heard  and  answered 
it,  and  Jacob  afterward  did  as  he  promised  the  Lord 
to  do. 

How  often  do  we  6nd  men,  when  in  sickness  or 
distress,  praying  just  as  Jacob  prayed,  that,  if  the 
Lord  will  raise  them  up  or  remove  their  trouble, 
then  they  will  serve  him.  This  is  a  very  poor 
prayer,  yet  the  Lord  often  answers  it,  though  often 
the  promise  is  broken  or  neglected, 

It  was  here,  when  Jacob  erected  the  second  altar, 
that  God  changed  his  name  to  Israel,  which  has 
since  been  applied  not  only  to  the  Jew,  but  to  all 
God's  sons  and  daughters.  Rom.  9:  8.  It  was  near 
this  place  that  Abraham  built  an  altar  and  pitched 
his  tent,  when  he  first  came  into  the  land.  Gen. 
12:8. 

When  the  kingdom  was  divided,  Bethel  became 
a  seat  of  government,  and  Jeroboam  set  up  a  golden 
calf  here,  and  thus  brought  the  curse  of  God  upon 
Israel.  God  sent  his  prophet  from  Judah  to  testify 
against  the  place  and  its  worshipers,  causing  his 
testimony  to  be  fulfilled  many  years  afterward  by 
the  hand  of  Joash.  The  old  prophet  at  Bethel  lied 
to  the  prophet  of  Judah,  and  caused  him  to  lose  his 
life.  Nevertheless,  about  two  hundred  and  fifty 
years  afterward,  his  word  was  literally  fulfilled,  ev- 
en to  the  burning  of  the  bones  from  the  graves.    1 


Kings  13:  2;  2  Kings  23:  16.     Amos  also  prophesied 
against  Bethel's  altar.     Amos  3:  14. 

As  we  turn  away  from  this  old  city,  may  we  nev- 
er forget  that  God  will  surely  visit  idolatry,  sin  and 
disobedience  with  judgment,  though  sometimes 
long  deferred. 

After  about  three  hours'  ride,  passing  several  na- 
tive villages,  and  some  fine  olive  and  fig  groves,  we 
come  to  the  old  site  of  Shiloh.  There  is  an  old 
church  here,  and  a  number  of  rock-cut  tombs. 

This  place,  like  so  many  others,  is  interesting  for 
what  it  has  been,  and  not  for  what  it  is.  It  lies 
about  one  mile  east  of  the  main  road  to  Shechem. 
Judges  21:  19.  It  was  here  in  Shiloh  that  Joshua 
divided  the  land  by  lot  to  the  seven  tribes  that  did 
not  have  their  inheritance.  Josh.  18:  9.  Here  the 
tabernacle  was  set  up,  and  the  ark  was  kept  until 
Hophin  and  Phinehas  lost  it,  and  Eli  lost  his  life. 
1  Sam  4:  16-18.  The  army  of  Israel  came  here  for 
direction  in  the  war  with  Benjamin.  It  was  here 
that  the  people  kept  a  yearly  feast,  and  the  young 
women  danced  in  the  dances.  The  remnant  of 
Benjamin  got  their  wives  here,  four  hundred  of 
them  being  brought  from  Jabesh-gilead,  and  the 
rest  captured  and  forcibly  carried  away  from  the 
dance.    Judges  21:  12,  13,  21. 

God  caused  the  city  to  be  destroyed  because  of 
its  unfaithfulness,  thus  using  it  as  a  sign  for  others, 
Psa.  78:  60;  Jer.  7:  12.  This  was  the  city  in  which 
Hannah,  Samuel's  mother,  worshiped  yearly, 
Here  she  vowed  to  dedicate  her  future  child  to  the 
Lord,  thus  shaping  Samuel's  noble  life  before  he 
was  born.  Perhaps  it  was  Hannah's  consecration 
and  vow  that  did  more  to  make  her  son  the  noble 
man  he  was  than  any  after-training  that  he  received. 
We  can  see  this  good  old  mother  coming  up  to 
Shiloh,  year  after  year,  with  a  little  robe  for  her  boy 
whom  she  had  given  to  God.  How  glad  Samuel 
must  have  been  to  see  his  mother  come,  once  a 
year,  to  see  him!  Eternity  alone  can  tell  what  our 
mothers  have  done  to  shape  our  lives  for  good  or 
evil! 

SOWING  THE  OOSPEL  SEED. 


.  BY   JOHN   E.    MOI1LER. 

Christ,  in  speaking  of  the  conditions  of  spiritual 
life,  calls  the  Word  of  God  the  seed  of  that  life, 
Mark  4;  14,  15.  This  seed  is  sown  in  the  human 
heart,  and  its  development  depends  much  upon 
the  condition  of  the  heart  in  which  it  finds  a  lodg- 
ing-place. Each  human  heart  is  a  little  garden- 
spot  in  itself,  as  it  were,  and  fortunate  it  is  if  the 
garden  is  ready  to  nourish  the  precious  seed  that  it 
receives. 

As  we  know  the  preparation  of  our  gardens  is 
very  important,  in  order  to  secure  plant  growth,  we 
may  learn  something  as  to  the  method  necessary 
to  prepare  the  human  heart  for  the  good  seed,  from 
the  way  we  prepare  our  garden  soil  to  receive  the 
seeds  of  the  vegetable  kingdom.  The  earth  in  its 
natural  state  is  not  fitted  to  receive  the  grains  we 
sow.  Its  surface  is  hard  and  unyielding,  If  we 
were  to  break  this  hard  surface  with  a  sharp  point- 
ed instrument  and  insert  a  grain  of  corn,  then  push 
the  broken  crust  back  upon  it,  what  could  we  ex- 
pect? The  grain  would  have  to  battle  for  growth 
against  the  hard,  crusty  ground,  and  if  it  grew  at  all 
would  become  but  a  weak,  spindling  plant. 

Then,  again,  the  surface  of  the  earth  may  be  sod- 
den with  water,  so  that  it  is  a  yielding  mass.  We 
probe  it  again,  insert  the  grain,  and  await  results. 
From  much  moisture  the  plant  may  spring  up 
quickly;  but  when  the  soil  becomes  dry,  and  the 
sun  beats  upon  its  surface,  a  hard  crust  forms,  and 
the  plant,  bound  in  the  mass  of  baked  earth,  is  crip- 
pled for  life. 

Again  we  try,  and  this  time  we  dig  deep  into  the 
solid  earth;  we  break  and  fine  it,  we  turn  it  and 
loosen  it,  and  expose  it  to  the  elements.  When  we 
sow  the  seed  we  remove  all  obstructions  that  might 
prevent  the  rays  of  the  sun  from  penetrating  and 
warming  the  soil.  As  a  result  the  soil  fairly  drinks 
in  the  sun's  warmth,  and  is  enlivened  and  electrified 
until  the  seed  bursts  forth  in  vigorous  life,   and 


yields  an  abundance  of  good  fruit.  The  seed  was 
well  sown,  the  yield  satisfactory,  and  the  work  done 
is  a  model  of  successful  gardening. 

Now,  how  do  we  sow  the  seed  of  the  kingdom  of 
heaven,  the  Word?  The  human  heart,  in  its  natural, 
sinful  state,  like  the  earth,  is  covered  over  with  a 
hard  crust.  It  is  steeled  against  the  power  of  God. 
The  minister,  or  soul-winner,  in  his  work,  can  probe 
this  crust  with  a  sharp-pointed  instrument,  called 
the  tongue,  and  the  Gospel  seed  may  be  inserted. 
The  heart  is  still  hard,  but  the  minister  has  stricken 
it  with  a  sense  of  fear  of  the  judgement,  and  the 
seed  inserted  leads  to  a  profession  of  Christ,  but 
what  a  weakly  Christian  plant  grows  from  the  Gos- 
pel seed!  What  a  poor  service  is  a  service  of  fear, 
that  roots  in  a  cold  heart!  How  weak  grows  the 
plant  that  is  not  warmed  and  invigorated  by  God's 
love!  So,  then,  let  us  be  careful  how  we  break  the 
crust  of  the  heart  and  implant  the  Gospel  seed. 

Again,  the  heart  may  be  softened  by  the  minis- 
ter's appeal  to  the  emotions  or  the  appeals  of 
friends.  Like  the  earth,  sodden  with  water,  the 
heart,  through  the  emotions  aroused,  is  so  tender 
that  the  Gospel  seed  is  easily  inserted,  and  the 
strong  emotions  produce  quick  fruit  in  the  spiritual 
life.  But  where  the  light  of  God's  Word  shines  up- 
on the  soul,  and  the  emotional  nature  is  confronted 
with  the  sacrifices  of  the  Christian  life  and  the  fact 
that  God  requires  perfect  obedience  to  Christ,  and 
entire  submission  to  his  will,  as  revealed  in  his 
Word,  how  often  a  crust  forms  around  the  heart,  fo 
shut  out  the  light  of  God's  Wordl  How  many  pro- 
fessed Christians  close  their  understanding  to  the 
testimony  of  God's  Word  when  this  testimony 
would  teach  them  they  are  not  true  servants  of  God  I 
But  what  a  dwarfed  plant  is  the  result,  because  the 
heart  shuts  out  streams  of  divine  light  and  joy  that 
otherwise  would  enter,  and  manifest  themselves  in 
complete  obedience  to  God's  Word!  Then  we  must 
be  careful  to  reach  deeper  than  the  mere  emotions 
of  the  heart,  in  preparing  a  seed-bed  for  the  Word 
of  God. 

Now  we  dig  deep  in  the  human  heart.  Wjr  work 
on  a  level  with  human  experience  ana  e7^..p. ---.-.*. 
We  lay  open  the  selfish  works  of  man  to  the  light 
of  God's  Word,  and  we  penetrate  the  hard  lumps,  or 
selfish  tendencies  of  the  heart,  and  expose  them  to 
the  beams  of  God's  unselfish  love.  We  break  the 
hard  crust  about  the  heart  by  exposing  it  to  the 
softening  dews  of  heaven's  mercies,  We  present 
God's  power  and  love,  his  justice  and  mercy,  his 
commands  and  entreaties,  in  order  that  the  heart 
may  be  thoroughly  softened,  and  considerate,  and 
prepared  for  the  seed  sown  upon  its  surface  open- 
ing to  receive  it.  Then  the  warm  rays  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  will  penetrate  the  depths  of  the  seed  bed, 
that  the  soul,  "  being  rooted  and  grounded  in  love, 
may  be  able  to  comprehend  with  all  saints,  what  is 
the  breadth,  and  length,  and  depth,  and  height,  and 
to  know  the  love  of  Christ,  which  passeth  knowl- 
edge, that  ye  might  be  filled  with  all  the  fullness  of 
God."     Eph.  3;  17,  18,  19. 


THOSE  FILTHY  FEET. 


BY   B.    E,    KESLER. 


'  "The  disciples'  feet  are  filthy  from  the  walk  on  the  loDg 
way,  and  are  not  fit  to  be  put  upon  the  sofas  on  which  they  are 
to  recline  at  the  meal,  and  so  Jesus  washes  their  feet  and  gath- 
ers them  up  in  the  towel  to  dry  them."— Dr.  Talmage, 

Pbter. — "  Lord,  dost  thou  wash  my  feetf  " 

Jesus. — "What  I  do  thou  knowest  not  now,  but 
thou  shalt  know  hereafter." 

Peter. — "Thou  shalt  never  wash  my  feet." 

Jesus  — "  If  I  wash  thee  not,  thou  hast  no  part 
with  me." 

Peter. — "  Lord,  not  my  feet  only,  but  also  my 
hands  and  my  head." 

Jesus. — "  He  that  is  washed  needeth  not  save  to 
wash  his  feet,  but  is  clean  every  whit:  and  ye  are 
clean,  but  not  all."    (Silence). 

Jbsus. — "  Know  ye  what  I  have  done  to  you?  Ye 
call  me  Master  and, Lord:  and  ye  say  well;  for  so  I 
am.  If  I  then,  your  Lord  and  Master,  have  washed 
your  feet;  ye  also  ought  to  wash  one  another's  feet, 


April  9,  IS 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSElTa-IEiR,. 


For  I  have  given  you  an  example,  that  ye  should 
do  as  I  have  done  to  you.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  un- 
to you,  The  servant  is  not  greater  than  his  Lord: 
neither  he  that  is  sent  greater  than  he  that  sent  him. 
If  ye  know  these  things,  happy  are  ye  if  ye  do 
them." 

Now,  dear  readers,  you  have  two  very^striking 
pictures  before  you.  Aside  from  your  knowledge 
of  the  Bible,  would  you  suspect  they  were  drawn 
from  the  same  incident? 

The  author  of  the  first  sees  a  great  amount  of 
filth  on  the  disciples'  feet  from  their  long  walk, — 
Bethany  to  Jerusalem. 

The  author  of  the  second  account  walked  the 
same  way  and  at  the  same  time.  Why,  do  you 
suspect  he  would  wash  the  filth  from  the  disciples' 
feet,  and  leave  his  own  unwashed,  especially  since 
he  was  giving  an  example?  Really,  do  you  think 
there  were  any  sofas  in  that  upper  room?  And  if 
so,  would  the  disciples  have  been  so  untidy  as  to 
soil  them  with  their  filthy  feet?  If  they  would  not, 
Jes,us  knew  it.  Then,  why  wash  to  keep  them  from 
soiling  the  sofas?  Besides,  if  he  washed  them,  to 
cleanse  from  filth,  why  was  not  Judas  clean  after 
washing?  And,  further,  if  they  wore  any  kind  of 
protection  to  their  feet, — even  sandals,— when  these 
were  removed,  how  much  filth  do  you  really  imagine 
was  left  clinging  to  their  feet?  And  would  they 
really  begin  wearing  sandals  at  that  season  of  the 
year,  April  6  or  7,  when  it  was  so  cold  as  to  render 
a  fire  necessary  when  Jesus  was  on  trial  ? 

Peter,  you  know,  denied  Christ,  when  he  and  oth- 
ers were  standing  around  a  fire  to  warm- themselves. 
Lastly,  do  you  really  believe  the  facts  are  repre- 
sented in  the  first  picture,  or  must  we  "look  to 
Jesus,  the  author  and  finisher  of  our  faith?  "  Then, 
"  if  ye  know  these  things,  happy  are  ye  if  ye  do 
them."  "  For  I  have  given  you  an  example  that  ye 
should  do  as  I  have  done  to  you." 
D'yicn,  Atk.  _ 

I  HAVE  FOUND  A  RANSOM. 
BY  A,    HUTCHISON. 


■  the  pit:  I  have  found 

The  question  often  occurs  to  me,  Do  we  properly 
understand,  and  fully  comprehend  what  is  meant  by 
the  word  "ransom?"  To  pay  a  debt  which 
could  not  pay  for  ourselves,  to  free,  and  release 
from  a  prison,  etc.  Paul  says,  'Ye  are  not  your 
own,  for  ye  are  bought  with  a  price."  1  Cor.  6:  19, 
20.  We  might  here  ask,  Who  became  the  "ran- 
som? "  Who  paid  the  debt?  Matt.  20:  28  says, 
"  Even  as  the  Son  of  man  came  not  to  be  ministered 
unto,  but  to  minister,  and  to  give  his  life  a  ransom 
for  many." 

Then  we  might  here  ask,  Were  we  included  in 
this  many?  Let  us  ask  Paul.  He  says,  in  speak- 
ing of  Jesus,  "  Who  gave  himself  a  ransom  for  all." 
1  Tim.  2:  6.  Then,  when  we  found  Christ,  we  could 
say, "I  have  found  a  ransom."  Yes,  he  became  our 
ransom,  for  "  he  tasted  death  for  every  man."  Heb. 
2:9.  Therefore  the  Lord  could  well  say,  "Look 
unto  me,  and  be  ye  saved,  all  the  ends  of  the  earth: 
for  I  am  God,  and  there  is  none  else."  Isa.  45:  22, 
But  the  great  mistake  that  is  so  commonly  made, 
is,  that  the  Lord  is  looked  to  through  the  medium 
of  some  man,  who  will  answer  the  anxious  inquirer 
in  a  way  which  will  ignore  some  parts  of  God's 
Word.  Then  that  one  is  liable  to  be  misled,  and 
fails  to  find  the  ransom.  Hence  Isa.  9:  16  says, 
"  The  leaders  of  this  people  cause  them  to  err;  and 
they  that  are  led  of  them  are  destroyed." 

But  every  one  ought  to  be  taught  to  realize  that 
the  Sacred  Record  says,  in  speaking  of  Jesus, 
"  Neither  is  there  salvation  in  any  other:  for  there 
is  none  other  name  under  heaven  given  among  men, 
whereby  we  must  be  saved,"  Acts  4:  12.  Then 
there  is  no  other  to  whom  we  can  go,  to  find  a  ran- 
som for  our  sins,  and  when  we  but  take  a  glance 
over  the  territory  which  was  reached  before  a  ran- 
som was  found,  we  will  be  able  to  form  a  more  cor- 
rect conclusion  as  to  the  magnitude  of  the  case, 
Rev.  5: 1-5  says,  "  And  I  saw  in  the  right  hand  of 


him  that  sat  on  the  throne  a  book  written  within 
and  on  the  back  side  sealed  with  seven  seals.  And 
I  saw  a  strong  angel  proclaiming  with  a  loud  voice, 
Who  is  worthy  to  open  the  book,  and  to  loose  the 
seals  thereof?  And  no  man  in  heaven,  nor  in  earth, 
neither  under  the  earth,  was  able  to  open  the  book, 
neither  to  look  thereon.  And  I  wept  much,  be- 
cause no  man  was  fo-nd  worthy  to  open  and  to 
read  the  book,  neither  to  look  thereon.  And  one 
of  the  elders  saith  unto  me,  Weep  not:  behold,  the 
Lion  of  the  tribe  of  Juda,  the  Root  of  David,  hath 
prevailed  to  open  the  book,  and  to  loose  the  seven 
seals  thereof." 

Now  it  would  be  well  for  us  to  learn  how  the  effi- 
cacy of  this  great  ransom  came  to  us.  2  Cor.  5:18 
19  explains  by  saying,  "  And  all  things  are  of  God, 
who  hath  reconciled  us  to  himself  by  Jesus  Christ, 
and  hath  given  to  us  the  ministry  of  reconciliation; 
to  wit,  that  God  was  in  Christ,  reconciling  the  world 
unto  himself,  not  imputing  their  trespasses  unto 
them;  and  hath  committed  unto  us  the  world  of  rec- 
onciliation." 

Since  the  ransom  price  has  been  paid,  and  divine 
justice  has  been  satisfied,  and  we  have  the  word  of 
reconciliation  placed  within  our  reach,  there  can  be 
no  excuse,  if  we  do  not  obtain  the  great  inheritance 
which  is  offered  to  us  through  the  word  of  recon- 
ciliation. We  should  notice  what  is  said  by  Job 
36: 18,  "  Because  there  is  wrath,  beware  lest  he  take 
thee  away  with  his  stroke:  then  a  great  ransom  can- 
not deliver  thee."  We  should  also  remember  that 
money  will  never  pay  the  debt.  Ps.  49: 6-8  says, 
"  They  that  trust  in  their  wealth,  and  boast  them- 
selves in  the  multitude  of  their  riches;  none  of 
them  can  by  any  means  redeem  his  brother,  nor 
give  to  God  a  ransom  for  him.  For  the  redemption 
of  their  soul  is  precious,  and  it  ceaseth  for  ever." 
This  can  only  come  to  those  who  fail  to  accept  Je- 
sus as  their  ransom,  upon  his  own  terms. 


communion  meetings. 


BY   I.   BENNETT   TROUT. 


The  season  is  fast  approaching  when  many  of  our 
churches  will  hold  Communion  services.  The  wel- 
fare of  the  individual  and  church,  alike,  depends 
largely  upon  the  spiritual  tone  of  these  meetings. 
The  administering  of  any  ordinance  should  be  ac- 
companied with  deep  feeling  of  reverence  and  so- 
lemnity. Especially  is  this  true  of  the  Communion, 
which  is  the  highest  visible  emblem  of  our  fellow- 
ship with  Christ  and  each  other.  How  to  bring 
these  meetings  up  to  the  highest  possible  spiritual 
plane,  is  what  I  want  to  notice  now. 

I  have  felt  for  several  years  that  we,  as  a  people, 
do  not  rise  as  high  spiritually,  as  we  ought  in  our 
Communion  services.  When  it  is  taken  into  ac- 
count that  our  form  of  the  service  is  strikingly  iden- 
tical with  the  service  as  established  by  Christ,  it  is 
but  reasonable  to  expect  the  very  best  spiritual  re- 
sults. Anything  that  tends  to  prevent  this  should 
be  studiously  avoided,  while,  on  the  other  hand, 
anything  that  will  aid  in  this,  and,  at  the  same  time, 
correspond  to  the  sacredncss  of  the  service,  should 
be  utilized. 

In  the  first  place  each  communicant  should  spend 
some  time  in  meditation  and  in  secret  prayer  before 
going  to  the  place  where  the  Communion  is  to  be 
held,  I  name  this  as,  by  far,  more  important  than 
the  public  examination  service.  Then  let  the  phy- 
sical labor,  which  necessarily  attends  a  meeting  of 
this  kind,  be  so  wisely  managed,  that  all  the  mem- 
bers, deacons  and  all  others,  may  be  at  their  places 
in  the  congregation  during  the  examination  services. 
This  can  easily  be  so  done  if  a  little  tact  and  skill 
are  brought  into  use.  The  examination  service 
should  be  to  the  point  and  not  too  lengthy.  One 
hour  is  sufficient  but  less  time  is  better.  Several 
short  prayers,  proceeding  from  hearts  full  of  the  Ho- 
ly Spirit,  constitute  the  very  best  part  of  the  exami- 
nation service,  and  is  the  most  appropriate  way  of 
closing  this  service. 

The  supper  and  the  bread  and  cup  having  been 
quietly  and  neatly  placed  on  the  table,  and  a  clean 
white  cloth  spread  over  all,  and  all  basins  and  tow- 


els for  both  hands  and  feet  arranged  at  their  proper 
places,  the  service  continues  by  some  one  reading 
the  thirteenth  chapter  of  John.  And  allow  me  to' 
say  at  this  place,  that  all  Scriptures  read  during  a 
Communion  meeting  should  be  read  in  the  most 
spiritual  manner  possible.  Much  depends  upon  the 
manner  in  which  the  Sacred  Word  is  read.  After 
the  Scripture  is  read,  let  the  elder,  and  all  others 
that  have  been  previously  instructed,  quietly,  and 
with  reverence,  rise  and  proceed  to  the  setvice  of 
washing  the  saints'  feet.  This  should  be  done  with- 
out any  show  of  mimicking  Christ,  by  weaving  in 
quotations  while  beginning.  To  the  intelligent 
lookers  on  and  to  the  spiritually-minded  communi- 
cant, this  is  belittling  to  the  sacredness  of  the  scene. 
I  am  fully  convinced,  that  at  no  time  during  the 
Communion  service,  should  the  ministry  indulge  in 
argumentative  preaching,  as  is  only  too  common  in 
many  localities.  At  this  time,  when  love  should 
glow  in  every  heart  (and  as  the  real  medium  of 
Communion)  inspired  and  filled  with  the  Ho'.y 
Spirit  flowing  from  heart  to  heart  throughout 
the  entire  assembly,  that  style  of  preaching  chills 
rather  than  warms  the  life-giving  current.  The 
preaching  should  be  entirely  clear  of  all  antago- 
nism. I  would  recommend  less  preaching,  and 
more  singing  of  well-selected  spiritual  hymns,  with 
a  good  share  of  the  time  spent  in  prayerful  silence. 
I  believe  I  may  safely  say  that  the  most  spiritual 
feast  that  I  ever  enjoyed  was  one  at  which  no 
preaching  was  done  after  the  brief  talk  on  self-ex- 
amination. I  say  this  because  never  before  did  I 
hear  so  many  brethren  and  sisters  express  the  Jame 
feeling  about  a  Communion,  and  never  did  I  feel  so 
strengthened  spiritually.  I  do  not  object  to  some 
preaching,  if  circumstances  so  suggest,  but  let  it  be 
directed  to  the  communicants,  so  as  to  lead  them 
into  a  high  spiritual  feeling,  and  cause  the  fire  of 
love,  kindled  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  to  burn  its  way  in- 
to the  life-spring  of  every  heart.  This  will  go  a 
long  way  further  to  convince  the  looker-on  than  all 
the  preacher  may  say  to  prove  the  validity  of  these 
ordinances,  or  the  canonicity  of  the  thirteenth  chap- 
ter of  St.  John.  Be  it  ever  borne  in  mind  that  the 
Communion  service  of  the  New  Testament  is  for 
the  disciples  of  Christ,  and  not  for  the  unconverted. 
This  fact  alone  is  sufficient  to  define  the  bounds  of 
appropriate  preaching.  If  some  communicant, 
Peter-like,  should  spring  an  issue,  then  some  argu- 
ment might  be  in  place,  otherwise  the  next  day,  or 
on  some  other  occasion,  the  unbeliever  can  be  met. 
The  supper  should  be  eaten  in  a  very  reverent  and 
spiritual  manner  and  every  heart  filled  with 
thoughts  divine.  Care  should  be  used  throughout 
the  entire  evening  to  avoid  noise  and  confusion. 
God's  house  is  a  house  of  order  and  he  is  not  the 
author  of  confusion. 

Then  comes  the  administering  of  the  emblems, 
prefaced  by  reading  the  Scriptures  on  the  suffering 
and  death  of  the  Lamb  of  God.  The  bread  and 
cup  should  be  partaken  of  in  such  an  awe-inspiring 
way  of  silence,  as  to  make  even  the  room  seem  to 
be  filled  with  the  Spirit.  At  the  close  the  entire 
audience  should  rise  and  thanks  be  returned  to  the 
Heavenly  Father,  a  hymn  sung,  and  all  repair  to 
their  homes  for  prayer  and  meditation.  These  are 
a  few  of  the  elements  that  enter  into  the  makeup  of 
a  spiritual  Communion  meeting.  I  name  last  the 
importance  of  doing  everything  in  an  easy,  natural 
way,  without  any  show  of  the  mechanical. 

One  of  the  most  striking  and  forcible  features  of 
all  New  Testament  services  is  their  remarkable  sim- 
plicity. 
Lanark,  III.  _ 

The  habit  of  jesting  about  sacred  matters  is  so 
parnicious  in  its  consequences  that  it  cannot  be  too 
strongly  condemned.  The  man  who  does  so,  must 
be  lacking  in  a  due  perception  of  the  moral  propri- 
eties, and  a  vein  of  essential  coarseness  runs 
through  his  character.  What  judgment  shall  we 
pass  upon  him  who  thus  makes  merry  even  over 
the  high  things  of  religion?  To  charge  him  with 
insensiate  stupidity,  is  to  deal  gently  with  his  folly 
and  his  sin.  There  must  be  some  alloy  of  intrinsic 
wickedness  in  his  heart,— Christian  Advocatt. 


THE   GOSPEL"  MESSENGER.' 


April  g,  18 


THE  RETURN  OF  THE  JEWS. 


"  Behold  the  days  come,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will  make  a 
new  covenant  with  the  house  of  Israel,  and  with  the  house  of 
Judah:  Not  according  to  the  covenant  that  1  made  with 
their  fathers,  in  the  day  that  I  took  them  by  the  hand  to  bring 
them  out  of  the  land  of  Egyp!;  which  my  covenant  they 
brake,  although  I  was  an  husband  unto  them,  saith  the  Lord: 
But  this  shall  be  the  covenant  that  I  will  make  with  the  house 
of  Israel;  after  those  days,  saith  tbc  Lord,  I  will  put  my  law 
in  their  inward  parts,  and  write  it  in  their  hearts;  and  will  be 
their  God,  and  they  shall  be  my  people.  And  tbey  shall 
teach  no  more  every  man  his  neighbor,  and  every  man  his 
brother,  saying,  Know  the  Lord;  for  they  shall  all  know  me, 
from  the  least  of  tbem  unto  the  greatest  of  them,  saith  the 
Lord:  for  1  will  forgive  their  iniquity,  and  I  will  remember 
their  sin  no  more."-Jer.  31;  31-34, 

It  has  been  conceded  by  commentators  that  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  and  especially  the  prophecies, 
should  be  accepted  and  interpreted  in  their  most 
literal  sense,  unless  they  produce  an  absurdity  by 
so  doing.  All  the  prophecies  that  have  been  ful 
filled,  both  in  relation  to  the  first  advent  of  our 
Blessed  Savior  into  the  world,  and  of  the  disper- 
sion of  the  Jews,  have  been  thus  accomplished 
His  humble  birth,  life,  ministry,  rejection  by  God's 
people  (the  Jews)  his  apprehension,  suffering, 
death  and  resurrection,  had  all  been  the  burden  of 
the  prophets  under  the  former  dispensation,  and 
when  the  Jews  ignorantly  fulfilled  them,  in  reject- 
ing Christ  as  their  Savior,  and  had  him  condemned 
to  be  crucified,  they  again  fell  under  the  condem- 
nation of  prophecy;  because  of  their  rebellion,  and 
rejection  of  his  humble  teaching,  and  their  great 
metropolis,  Jerusalem,  was  trodden  under  foot  by 
the  Gentiles,  and  the  very  foundation  of  their'  tem- 
ple was  dug  up,  and  "not  one  stone  left  upon  an- 
other," as  had  been  foretold  by  our  Blessed  Savior, 
Matt.  24:  2. 

Again  we  read,  Luke  19;  41-44,  "And  when  he 
was  come  near,  he  beheld  the  city,  and  wept  over  it, 
saying,  If  thou  hadst  known,  even  thou,  at  least  in 
this  thy  day,  the  things  which  belong  unto  thy 
pcace-lbut-flQW-tiiey  are  hid  from  thine  eyes.  For 
the  days  shall  come  upon  thee,  that  thine  enemies 
shall  cast  a  trench  about  thee,  and  compass  thee 
around,  and  keep  thee  in  on  every  side,  and  shall  lay 
thee  even  with  the  ground,  and  thy  children  within 
thee,  and  they  shall  not  leave  one  stone  upon  an- 
other; because  thou  knewest  not  the  time  of  thy 
visitation." 

Josephus,  the  Jewish  historian,  tells  us  that,  in 
the  siege  and  destruction  of  Jerusalem,  by  Titus, 
the  Roman  general,  the  very  foundation  of  the 
temple  was  dug  up.  Hence  the  prophecy  of 
Christ  was  literally  fulfilled  in  every  particular. 

Therefore,  if  all  the  prophecies  in  relation  to 
Christ's  first  advent  into  the  world,  and  of  his  re- 
jection by  the  Jews,  and  their  destruction  as  a  na- 
tion, and  dispersion  among  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth,  were  literally  fulfilled,  shall  we  not  expect 
that  which  relates  to  their  return  from  the  nations 
into  which  they  are  scattered,  and  brought  back 
to  their  own  land;  be  in  like  manner  fulfilled? 
Surely,  "  the  Lord  is  not  slack  concerning  his 
promise."  2  Pet.  3;  9.  Hence  what  God  has  de- 
clared by  the  mouth  of  his  prophets,  in  relation  to 
the  return  of  his  chosen  to  their  former  inheritance, 
and  their  reconciliation,  through  their  sincere  re- 
pentance, to  Christ  as  their  Savior,  when  he  makes 
his  second  advent  into  the  world,  will  just  as 
surely  be  fulfilled. 

We  therefore  expect  to  see  the  literal  fulfillment 
of  the  prophecy  at  the  head  of  this  article,  as  well 
as  all  others  in  relation  to  the  subject. 

Some  may  say,  "This  prophecy  was  fulfilled  in 
their  return  from  Babylon;  but  only  the  two  tribes, 
Judah  and  Levi,  returned  from  Babylon,  while  the 
ten  tribes  were  carried  captive  many  years  previ- 
ous, in  the  reign  of  Hoshea,  king  of  Israel,  and  have 
been,  ever  since,  lost  among  the  nations  of  the 
world." 

The  text  says,  "  The  Lord  will  make  a  new  cove- 
nant with  the  house  of  Judah."  Generally,  when 
the  term  "  Israel "  is  used  separately,  it  means  all 
Israel,  but  when  Judah  is  mentioned  separately,  it 


only  means  the  two  tribes,  hence  Paul  says,  "All 
Israel  shall  be  saved."  "  For  I  would  not,  breth- 
ren, that  ye  should  be  ignorant  of  this  mystery, 
lest  ye  should  be  wise  in  your  own  conceits,  that 
blindness  in  part  is  happened  to  Israel,  until  the  full- 
ness of  the  Gentiles  be  come  in.  And  so  all  Israel 
shall  be  saved;  as  it  is  written,  There  shall  come 
out  of  Zion  the  Deliverer,  and  shall  turn  away  un- 
godliness from  Jacob:  for  this  is  my  covenant  un- 
to them,  when  I  shall  take  away  their  sins."  Rom. 
II i  25-27. 

This  language  was  used  long  after  their  return 
from  Babylonish  captivity,  and  was  still  in  the  fu- 
ture when  Paul  wrote,  hence  he  must  have  reference 
to  their  return  from  their  dispersion  among  the  na- 
tions. 

Christ  has  never  promised  to  save  any  one,  ei- 
ther Jew  or  Gentile,  without  a  thorough  repent- 
ance, and  entire  submission  to  his  divine  will, 
hence  the  prophecy  of  Zechariah,  in  regard  to  the 
conversion  of  this  distressed,  but  yet  highly- 
favored  people,  "And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  I  will  seek  to  destroy  all  the  nations  that 
come  against  Jerusalem.  And  I  will  pour  upon 
the  house  of  David,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem,  the  spirit  of  grace  and  supplication: 
and  they  shall  look  upon  me  whom  they  have 
pierced,  and  they  shall  mourn  for  him,  as  one 
mourneth  for  his  only  son  and  shall  be  in  bitter- 
ness for  him,  as  one  that  is  in  bitterness  for  his 
firstborn.  In  that  day  shall  there  be  a  great 
mourning  in  Jerusalem,  ....  every  family  apart, 
and  their  wives  apart."     Zech    12:  9-14. 

But  this  great  mourning  in  Jerusalem  shall  not 
be,  as  many  have  expressed  it,  a  fruitless  lamenta- 
tion, and  the  beginning  of  black  despair  and  eter- 
nal sorrow.  No,  their  sorrow  will  be  a  "godly  sor- 
row, that  shall  work  repentance  unto  salvation, 
that  needeth  not  to  be  repented  of,"  accompanied 
with  a  true  faith  in  the  crucified  and  glorified  Mes- 
siah, who  shall  comfort  them  as  Joseph  comforted 
his  weeping  brethren,  saying,  "  Now  therefore  be 
not  grieved,  nor  angry  with  yourselves,  that  ye 
sold  me  hither:  for  God  did  send  me  before  you  to 
preserve  life.  .  .  .  And  God  sent  me  before  you  to 
preserve  you  a  posterity  in  the  earth,  and  to  save 
your  lives  by  a  great  deliverance.  So  now  it  was 
not  you  that  sent  me  hither,  but  God."  Gen.  45: 
5-8.  "  But  as  for  you,  ye  thought  evil  against  me; 
but  God  meant  it  unto  good,  to  bring  to  pass,  as  it 
is  this  day,  to  save  much  people  alive."  Gen.  50: 
20.  These  kind  words  of  Joseph  could  not  fail  be- 
ing very  affecting  to  his  brethren,  and  made  them 
hate  themselves  the  more,  and  though  he  forgave 
them,  they  could  not  forgive  themselves. 

Thus  Christ  will  do  to  the  Jews  at  his  coming. 
He  will  bring  them  to  repent,  lament  and  mourn, 
in  the  manner  already  described,  and  will  then 
open  the  cleansing  fountain  and  wash  them  from 
all  their  sins  and  iniquities. 

Our  Savior  lamented  over  the  Jews  at  Jerusalem, 
saying,  "  Behold,  your  house  is  left  unto  you  deso- 
late, and  verily  I  say  unto  you,  Ye  shall  not  see 
me  henceforth,  until  the  time  come  when  ye  shall 
say,  Blessed  is  he  that  cometh  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord."  This  time  must  come;  for  he  shall  appear 
in  the  clouds  of  heaven,  and  they  cannot  fail  of 
seeing.  Though  at  first  they  shall  be  filled  with 
terror  and  dismay,  they  shall  own  him  for  their 
Lord,  as  Thomas  did,  when  he  beheld  the  print  of 
the  nails  in  his  hands  and  feet,  and  saw  that 
blessed  side  which  was  opened  with  a  spear;  and  as 
Saul  did,  when  Jesus  appeared  to  him  in  the  way, 
surrounded  with  the  brightness  above  the  light  of 
the  meridian  sun. 

The  conversion  of  the  Jewish  nation  shall  be 
brought  about  by  those  very  means  which  made  un- 
believing Thomas  cry  out,  "  My  Lord  and  my  God." 
The  persecuting  Pharisee,  Saul,  said,  "  Lord,  what 
wilt  thou  have  me  to  do?"  Put  both  of  these 
together,  and  they  form  a  most  beautiful  pattern 
and  representation  of  the  conversion  of  the  nation 
of  the  Jews,  As  Christ  showed  his  wounded  body 
to  Thomas,  and  his  glorified  body  to  Saul,  so  will 
he  be  as  certainly  known  to  the  Jews  to  be  the 
crucified  Jesus.    In  that   glorious  day  they  shall 


believe  in  him,  own  him  as  their  Lord  and  submit 
to  him.  He  shall  save  them  in  that  day,  and  they 
shall  rejoice  in  his  name.  "And  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  two  parts  thereof  shall  be  cut  off  and  die;  but 
the  third  part  shall  be  left  therein.  And  I  will 
bring  the  third  part  through  the  fire,  and  will  re- 
fine them  as  silver  is  refined,  and  will  try  them  as 
gold  is  tried:  they  shall  call  on  me  and  I  will  hear 
them:  I  will  say,  It  is  my  people:  and  they  shall 
say,  The  Lord  is  my  God  "    Zech.  13:  8,  9. 

We  do  not  understand  that  the  Jews,  when  they 
are  converted  at  the  coming  of  Christ,  will  be 
changed  to  immortality  as  the  saints,  but  will 
dwell  on  the  earth  in  their  natural  state,  inherit 
their  land,  and  be  subject  to  the  government  of 
Christ  and  the  saints. 

When  Peter  said,  "Behold,  we  have  forsaken  all, 
and  followed  thee;  what  shall  we  have  therefor?" 
Jesus  said  unto  them,  "Verily  I  say  unto  you, 
That  ye  which  have  followed  me,  in  the  regenera- 
tion, when  the  Son  of  man  shall  sit  on  the  throne  of 
his  glory,  ye  shall  sit  on  twelve  thrones,  judging 
the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel."  Matt.  19:  27,  28. 
Hence  we  conclude  that  the  Jews,  as  a  nation,  shall 
be  governed  or  judged  by  the  apostles  and  Jewish 
saints,  and  the  Gentile  nations  shall  be  under  the 
government  of  the  Gentile  saints.  "The  one  that 
had  gained  ten  pounds,  was  made  ruler  over  ten 
cities;  and  the  one  that  gained  five  pounds  was 
made  ruler  over  five  cities."  This  will  constitute 
the  government  of  Christ  and  his  saints  during  the 
glorious  millennial  dispensation. 
Ml.  Morns,  III, 


THE  CHURCH  IN  THE  TEMPLE. 

BY  J.   S.   MOHLER, 

The  Material  for  the  Temple. 

CHAPTER  II, 

By  divine  arrangement  all  the  material  that  en- 
tered into  the  construction  of  the  temple  must  be 
prepared  for  its  specified  place,  before  it  '  «"s 
brought  to  the  temple-site.  There  was  to  be  ho 
chipping,  nor  scoring,  nor  planing,  nor  hammering. 
Quietly,  day  by  day,  the  mighty  structure  rose 
htavenward  until  the  magnificent  building  was 
completed. 

This  feature  of  the  temple  finds  its  place  in  the 
church,  in  the  raw  material  of  the  heart,  as  it  comes 
from  the  world.  At  conversion  the  heart  has  only 
felt  a  few  blows  of  God's  hammer.  The  keen  edge 
of  his  axe  may  have  penetrated  the  vitals  of  the 
penitent's  heart,  and  the  corruption  is  beginning 
to  ooze  out.  The  tree  may  have  been  felled,  or 
the  storfe  lifted  out  of  its  bed,  and  broken  loose 
from  its  fellows,  but  the  process  of  dressing  has 
scarcely  begun.  The  line  of  God's  truth,  stretched 
across  the  heart,  shows  its  superfluity,  and  the 
amount  that  must  be  hewn  off.  The  process  of 
dressing  may  be  a  painful  one,  but  it  is  a  tucissaty 
cm.  The  plummet  of  God's  righteousness,  held  to 
the  heart,  shows  whether  its  angle  is  straight  or 
crooked,  whether  its  leaning  is  worldward,  or 
pointing  straight  heavenward.  The  heart  is  sus- 
ceptible of  a  high  polish.  God  is  an  expert  work- 
man and  has  all  the  necessary  tools  in  his  hands. 
He  knows  how  to  use  them,  so  that,  when  the 
work  of  the  heart  is  completed,  it  will  fit  in  the 
great  temple  above. 

Our  passions  must  be  restrained,  our  tongues 
bridled,  our  lusts  subdued,  our  pride  humbled,  our 
appetites  controlled,  our  affections  purified,  until 
the  divine  life  shines  out  from  us  like  the  brilliant 
light  from  the  gold  of  the  temple.  The  gold  in  a 
lump,  needs  hammering  out,  until  it  fits  its  de- 
signed place.  So  of  our  hearts.  God's  hammer 
needs  to  strike  it  often  until  it  becomes,  instead  of 
1  great  lump  of  self,  exceedingly  broad  and  pliable 
n  the  hands  of  the  builder,  for  charities  and  good 
works.  We.  do  not  willingly  yield  to  the  ordeal  of 
dressing.  The  hammer  falls  too  hard,  the  scoring 
is  too  deep,  the  broad  ax  cuts  too  near  the  line, 
and  we  resist  and  complain,  and  groan  and  wonder 
why  we  need  such  severe  dressing,  and  are  ready, 


April  9,  IS 


THE   O-OSIPEXj   MESSENGEB. 


Job-like,  to  curse  our  day.     Job  3:   1.     Afterwards, 

however,  it   worketh  out  the  "peaceable  fruits   of 

righteousness  to  those  who  are  exercised  thereby." 

The  R-j>cltd  Stone. 

CHAPTER    III, 

It  seems  that,  while  the  temple  walls  were  con- 
structed, and  each  stone  fitted  in  its  assigned  place, 
a  stone  was  brought  that  would  not  fit  anywhere. 
Christ  refers  to  this  when  he  says,  "What  is  this 
then  that  is  written,  The  stone  which  the  builders 
rejected  the  same  is  become  the  head  of  the  cor- 
ner." Luke  20:  17;  P;a.  118:  22;  Acts  4:  14;  1  Pet,  2: 
7,  Its  application  in  the  church  is  to  Christ,  who 
js  the  head  of  the  church,     Eph,  2:  20,  21, 

When  the  temple  walls  were  all  completed,  they 
still  lacked  the  principal  corner-stone.  That  stone 
was  lacking  until  the  rejected  stone  was  brought 
back  again,  and  it  fit  precisely,  binding  all  the  walls 
together. 

How  true  this  is  in  every  one's  experience  in  the 
divine  life!  When  Christ,  our  sure  Foundation 
Stone,  was  first  offered  us,  wc  rejected  him,  and 
cast  him  among  the  rubbish  of  the  world.  We  had 
no  room  for  him,  He  would  not  fit  it  in  our  hearts 
at  all;  other  things  fit  us  much  better.  We  imag- 
ined we  could  get  along  without  him,  but  before 
our  race  was  run,  we  learned  that  our  hearts  lacked 
something  that  the  world  could  not  give.  Neither 
pleasure,  nor  riches,  nor  fashion,  nor  the  world's 
honor  could  satisfy  the  longing  of  an  immortal 
soul.  The  heart  became  sick,  the  burden  of  sin 
became  intolerable,  untiLJhe  heart  accepted  the 
invitation,  "  Come  unto  me  all  ye  that  labor  and 
are  heavy  laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest."  Matt. 
11:28,  Never  did  words  seem  more  sweet  to  me 
than  at  the  time  when  Christ  filled  the  vacuum  of 
the  heart  to  our  great  joy.  We  had  room  for  him 
now.  The  lack  of  the  heart  was  fully  supplied. 
Christ  not  only  finds  a  pla«ie  in  the  inner  chamber 
of  the  heart,  but  he  becomes  its  head,  directing 
every  faculty  of  the  soul  in  its  onward,  upward 
course  in  the  divine  life,  and  embellishes  the  char- 
acter with  all  the  graces  and  virtues  of  Christianity, 
As  Christ  becomes  ths  head  in  each  heart,  so  he 
becomes  the  head  of  the  church,  directing  and  con- 
trolling it  in  its  glorious  mission  of  saving,  disci 
plining  and  sanctifying  souls  for  the  Master's  use. 


^THE  *  SUNDAY  *  SCHOOLS 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 

A  Lesson  in  Forgiveness.— Matt.  t3:  21-35. 

Lesson  for  April  24,  1898. 

This  lesson  on  forgiveness  is  an  important  one 
because  it  is  one  of  the  hard  ones  to  learn.  It 
does  not  run  in  accord  with  human  nature.  Sin 
has  placed  us  out  of  harmony  with  the  spirit  of  for- 
giveness, and  to  get  into  this  spirit,  we  must  learn 
it  through  practical  experience.  The  selfish  and 
unforgiving  spirit  is  a  creature  of  growth,  and,  if 
not  checked  and  subdued,  it  will  grow  into  a  habit 
that  will  be  exceedingly  hard  to  overcome. 

This  spirit  begins  early  in  the  child  life,  hence 
the  best  time  to  curb  it  and  bring  it  under  subjec- 
tion, so  that  the  lesson  is  especially  applicable  to 
the  young,  as  this  is  the  best  time  to  train  the 
minds  in  the  way  they  should  go. 

The  question  is  not  whether  we  shall  forgive,  but 
how  often  we  should  forgive  those  who  sin  against 
us.  Then  Peter  came  to  him  and  said,  "  Lord,  how 
oft  shall  my  brother  sin  against  me  and  I  forgive 
him?  till  seven  times  seven?"  Peter  had  already 
learned  much  about  the  forgiving  spirit  of  the 
Lord,  and  therefore  made  the  number  of  times  to 
be  sinned  against  and  forgiven,  quite  large  enough, 
and  we  suppose  that  most  of  us  would  agree  with 
Peter,  that  to  forgive  seven  times  would  surely  be 
often  enough.  Perhaps  as  often  as  that  most  of  us, 
from  the  heart,  would  hardly  feel  willing  to  do.  To 
forgive  once  is  quite  a  trial  for  many  of  us,  and  if  we 
do  this,  and  the  otfer.se,  or  a  similar  one,  is  re- 
peated, we  generally  feel  as  if  we  did  not  care  to 


have  anything  more  to  do  with  such  persons.  But 
to  have  a  man  sin  against  us  seven  times,  making 
seven  confessions,  we  would  natu'ally  conclude, 
was  the  limit  to  which  forgiveness  should  go. 

We  are  accustomed  to  the  use  of  an  old  adage 
which  says,  "There  is  a  time  beyond  which  pa- 
tience ceases  to  be  a  virtue."  Our  general  decis- 
ion is  that  our  limit  should  not  go  beyond  seven 
times.  This  is  according  to  our  way  of  thinking 
and  acting,  because  we  have  not  yet  reached  the 
Christ  like  standard  as  he  taught  and  lived,  and  as 
we  have  hare  given,  in  answer  to  the  question  here 
asked  by  Peter.     Let  us  look  at  itl 

Jesus  saith  unto  him,  "  I  say  not  unto  thee,  Until 
seven  times  seven,  but  until  seventy  times  sev 
This  answer  is  supplemented  by  the  parable  that 
follows.  There  is  one  thing  that  we  always  forget 
in  connection  with  the  sutjict  of  forgiveness,  and 
that  is,  that  we  daily  and  hourly  commit  sins 
against  our  Heavenly  Father,  and  ware  he  to  cease 
forgiving  us  after  the  seventh  time,  none  of  us 
could  ever  stand  acquitted  before  God,  ''Seventy 
times  seven  "  is  about  equivalent  to  saying  that,  In 
as  much  as  I  put  no  limit  to  the  times,  I  am  willing 
to  forgive  you,  so  you  should  not  limit  the  times 
that  you  will  forgive  your  brother  in  case  he  asks 
you. 

In  the  parable  the  one  that  owed  the  king  ten 
thousand  talents,  represents  us.  We,  in  our  weak- 
ness and  willfulness,  roll  up  a  wonderfully  large  in- 
debtedness, so  large  that  it  is  utterly  impossible 
ever  to  pay  it.  We  go  to  him,  in  our  emptiness 
and  nothingness,  to  pay  and  ask  for  mercy  and 
patience  and  time,  saying  that  we  will  pay  it 
all,  but  we  cannot  do  it.  He  has  compassion 
on  us  and  forgivfs  all,— demands  no  pay  at  all,- 
cancels  the  whole  debt,  Plow  kind,  how  gracious, 
we  say!  This  is  the  way  that  our  Heavenly  Fa- 
ther deals  with  us,  and  it  ought  to  teach  us  how  to 
deal  with  each  other.  But  do  we  receive  the 
teaching?  Are  we  as  compassionate  with  each 
other  as  God  is  with  us? 

Let  us  see  what  this  servant  did,  who  had  been 
so  wonderfully  forgiven,  — and  here  we^'liave  it 
"  But  the  same  servant  went  out  and  found  one  of 
his  fellow  servants  which  owed  him  an  hundred 
pence,  and  he  laid  hands  upon  him  and  took  him 
by  the  throat,  saying,  Pay  me  that  thou  owest, 
And  his  fellow  servant  fell  down  at  his  feet,  and 
bessught  him,  saying,  Have  patience  with  me  and 
I  will  pay  thee  all.  And  he  would  not;  but  went 
and  cast  him  into  prison,  till  he  should  pay  the 
debt."  This  was  too  bad,  and  we  would  all  say 
that  he  was  a  mean  and  hard-hearted  man,  espe- 
cially after  being  treated  so  kindly  by  his  lord  just 
before,  and  yet,  if  we  should  refuse  to  forgive  the 
trespasses  committed  against  us  by  our  brother, 
our  associates  or  playmates,  would  we  be  any  bet- 
ter than  this  man  was? 

We  have  all  trespassed  against  our  Heavenly  Fa- 
ther thousands  of  times,  but  have  nothing  to  give. 
We  go  to  him,  pleading  our  poverty,  and  he  foi 
gives  all,  and  says,  "  Go,  sin  no  more."  We  go  out 
from  his  presence  with  light  hearts,  because  ou 
debts  are  canceled.  On  the  way  we  meet  our 
brother  who  has  lightly  trespassed  against  us.  We 
take  him  by  the  collar  and  say:  "Here,  you  have 
wronged  me,  pay  up,  acknowledge!  I  must  have 
satisfaction."  The  brother  says:  "  Forgive  me, 
have  patience,"  etc,  Do  we?  Or  do  we  as  this 
man,  who  was  forgiven  of  the  thousands  of  debt, 
turn  around  and  refuse  to  forgive  the  one  that 
owed  him  the  few  pence?  The  lesson  that 
Christ  wished  to  teach  Peter  and  his  brother  was, 
that  as  he  had  forgiven  Ihem,  so  they  were  to  for- 
give those  who  trespassed  against  them,— not  only 
seven  times,  but  seventy  times  seven, — or,  in  other 
words,  as  often  as  we  would  have  God  forgive  us, 
so  often  should  we  forgive  those  who  trespass 
against  us.  Because  this  servant  refused  to  do 
this  his  lord  was  wroth  at  him  and  punished  him. 

The  lesson  closes  with  these  very  full  and  ex- 
pressive words:  "So  likewise  shall  my  Heavenly 
Father  also  do  unto  you,  if  ye,  from  your  hearts 
forgive  not  every  one  his  brother  their  trespasses." 
Let  those  words  burn  into  your  fouls  1         u,  a.  a, 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES. 


BY   JOHN   R.   SNYDER, 


No.  7.— The  Teachers'  Meeting. 

Every  Sunday  school  in  the  Brotherhood  should 
have  a  teacher's  meeting,  yea,  we  will  go  farther 
and  say  that  your  Sunday  school  lacks  an  essential 
clement  of  success  if  you  do  not  have  such  a  meet- 
ing of  your  workers. 

We  are  aware  that  the  great  objection  is,  that  the 
teachers  can  not  be  brought  together,  especially  in 
the  country.  This  is  a  mistake.  If  the  teacher  is 
alive  to  his  work,  as  he  should  be,  he  will  endeavor 
to  use  every  means  of  grace  to  promote  his  wotk, 
even  to  a  little  self-sacrifice  of  time  and  feeling. 
The  greatest  trouble  lies  in  not  making  an  effort, 
and  taking  failure  for  granted, 

But  it  may  not  be  possible,  in  all  communities,  to 
have  these  meetings,  so  that  they  will  bring  about 
all  the  results  that  may  be  had  in  more  favored  lo- 
calities, but  we  believe  that  a  half-hour's  conference 
of  superintendent  and  teachers  is  possible  in  any 
school,  and  it  is  to  this  class  of  meetings  that  we 
especially  direct  this  article. 

The  Sunday  school  work,  to  be  fully  up  to  its 
great  mission,  must  be  conducted  under  a  definite 
plan,  or  system,  and  not  in  a  mixed-up,  independ- 
ent sort  of  chaos.  Not  that  it  should  be  run,  as  a 
machine,  to  set  rules,  from  which  there  can  be  no 
deviation  without  friction,  but  a  unification  of  pur- 
pose and  means,  and  it  is  for  this  reason  that  we 
plead  for  the  teachers'  meeting. 

When  and  where  shall  the  meetings  be  held?  If 
our  surroundings  were  all  alike,  we  might  venture 
a  reply,  but  with  the  diversity  of  environment  and 
disposition  of  those  concerned,  we  can  only  offer 
suggestions  which  may  aid  in  deciding  time  and 
place.  In  small  cities  and  towns,  and  even  in  rural 
districts,  where  the  workers  are  not  too  far  distant 
from  each  other,  the  meetings  are  often  held  same 
evening  during  the  week,  at  the  church,  or  at  the 
home  of  some  one  interested.  Perhaps  more  time 
can  be  spent  upon  the  lesson  when  the  meetings 
are  held  in  'he  evening,  but  it  is  not  always  possi- 
ble to  get  the  teachers  together  during  an  evening. 
We  believe  that  the  time  suited  for  the  best  results 
and  the  majjrity  of  the  workers,  is  just  before  the 
Sunday  school  session.  A  half  hour  spent  in  this 
work,  just  preceding  the  opening  of  the  school,  has 
the  effect  of  enthusing  the  teacher  and  superinten- 
dent alike.  The  teachers  are  all  more  liable  to  be 
present,  and  they  are  better  prepared  to  go  befoic 
their  class  by  having  the  spirit  of  a  good  meeting 
with  their  co-workers  to  encourage  them.  Most  of 
the  schools  which  convene  in  the  forenoon,  meet  at 
half  past  nine  o'clock,  and,  by  arranging  to  have 
them  to  come  together  at  nine  o'clock,  a  half  hour 
can  be  very  profitably  spent  to  the  edification  of 
superintendent,  teacher,  and  pupil  alike. 

The  meeting  should  be  presided  over  by  the  su- 
perintendent, or  some  one  selected  by  him,  and 
opened  with  prayer  and  song.  Next,  have  a  short 
time  spent  in  the  study  of  the  lesson,  paying  espe- 
cial attention  to  clearing  up  disputed  points  and 
points  which  are  not  clear  to  some.  But  do  not 
spend  a  minute  of  time  over  questions  which  you 
have  no  means  of  deciding,  and  which  Bible  schol- 
ars can  not  explain.  This  should  be  done  very 
carefully,  but  with  promptness. 

is  not  necessary  to  go  over  the  lesson  as  it 
would  be  done  before  the  class,  but  all  these  doubt- 
ful points  should  be  settled,  so  that  the  teachers 
are  prepared,  when  they  go  before  their  classes,  to 
teach  the  same  thing,  and  not  a  confusion  of  per- 
sonal opinions. 

After  the  lesson  has  been  discussed,  the  next  in 
order  will  be  the  stating  of  any  business  connected 
with  the  welfare  of  the  school,  such  as  the  arrang- 
ing of  pupils  to  suitable  classes,  promotions,  looti- 
ng after  new  or  absent  pupils,  and  any  other 
things  pertaining  to  the  best  efforts  of  the  school. 
All  this  is  of  interest  to  every  teacher,  and  the 
teachers'  meeting  "  tends  to  develop,  more  and, 
{Oncludei  on  page  </0.) 


OTIIE    GOSPEL    MZESSZETJSTG^IR,. 


April  9    1898. 


-  int  *  YUUINU*  HtOHLb-^ 


OUR  MISSIONARY  READING  CIRCLE. 


Course   of   Reading. 


tritCHT    YEAH. 

"  CfliliolMliiloni,"  cloth,  S1.04:  paper,  .  .  . 
"LKe  ol  A.  Jodion,"  cloth,  a?  cenli;  paper, .  . 
"Out  Coanlry,"  cloth,  5}  cent  1;  papei 


"Llleof  A,  Jadu 
"Onr  Country," 
"Nonsuch  Proleiaoi 

SECOND    VEAIt. 

"  Mlracloi  ol  MImIooi,"  cloth,  84  touts;  paper, 
"  Memoir  ol  Robert  Moffat,"  cloth,  17  centi;  pi 

"  Cannibals  jf  Now  Guluen,"  cloth, 

"  1'ho  Seven  Lawioi  Teaching,"  cloth 

THIHD    TEAM. 

e  Enterprise  ol  Mtaiiona,"  cloth 


Ltlool   Ktiheit  Mi.irlsun,"  cli.tli, 

D<<  N.-'  Say,"  "'"I  "  AttH  ...f  Ui'  ApudHes,"  ch.  Mil, 

In  the  Volumoul  the  Buolt/'dutli,  6*conU;   paper,   . 


r  retail  prlct 


lemben  ol  Reading  Circle  only. 


Iidfo;H, 


1  Ra, 


t  Alexnndrla,  Ohio; 


'.  B.  Stoi 

VEdilh  Kl'NcwVumcr',  W'ayrici' 

ClRCLH.— President,  W.  B,  Sto- 
■   W.    Bilker.    Waynesboro,  J'-.,  Secretin 

KsadlnR  Circle  should   be   adrlruBsc-d,   Liu!    nil    mders   fur    hooks  should    ! 


aynoaboro, 

circle  shoul< 
ddrciied  to  Bit-Mum  lJijl.,HM.ir.c  II 1. 


Horrid,  III. 


THE  EASTeR  LILY. 


UV   HENRY   BALSBAUtiH. 

Within  the  rich  man's  garde; 

Full  many  a  (lower  was  seer 
With  crowns  of  gold  and  crim 

On  cups  of  emerald  green. 
Thsy  brought  the  dead  king  li 

And  every  llower  in  bloom, 

Bowed  down  its  head  in  sorrov 

About  the  Savior's  tomb. 


Bu 


!  the 


/inged  angels 
i  only 


Have  rolled  the 
And  'mid  the  I!  >ws 

The  white  grave  cerements  lay. 
Next  day  they  sought  to  find  them 

Lo,  rising  where  they  fell, 
Like  the  white  band  of  an  angel 

Waved  there  a  lily's  bell. 
So  poor,  so  white  and  spotless 

n  p15Triie~d  in'tbe  afr7 
As  if  to  tell 

That  He  had  r 
And  so,  amid  the  blossoms 

Of  the  lich  man's  fragrant  bower: 
Was  bome  the  Easter  lily 

The  angel  ol  the  flowers. 
-  Park,  Harraburg,  Pa. 


the 


CIRCLE  NOTES. 


JAMBS    M.    NEFF. 


Bro  A.  Kline  Gkaybill  writes  from  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  stating  that  he  has  read  the  entire  course 
and  received  much  benefit  therefrom.  He  has 
found  that  several  of  the  books  will  bear  a  reread- 
ing, and  even  study;  and  though  he  has  finished  the 
course,  so  far  as  the  requirements  of  the  Circle  are 
concerned,  he  feels  that  his  work  is  not  yet  done. 
He  thinks  much  wisdom  was  exercised  in  the  se- 
lection of  the  books  of  the  course. 

Bro.  Royal  E.  Eiscnbise  writes  from  McPherson, 
Kans.,  where  he  is  attending  school,  that,  on  account 
of  his  school  work,  he  has  not  been  doing  much  Cir- 
cle reading  lately,  but  purposes  finishing  the  course 
as  soon  as  he  can.  He  says  they  have  a  Mission 
Band  at  McIJherson  and  arc  reading  the  books  is- 
sued by  the  "Students'  Volunteer  Movement  for 
Foreign  Missions."  He  expresses  the  hope  that 
the  Circle  may  be  instrumental  in  sending  many  la 
borers  into  the  field.     Below  we  give  a  list  of 

NEW   MEMBERS. 

858,  Bertie  Swilzer Holmesville,  Nebr 

8sg,  Jesse  A.  Switier Holmesville,  Nebr 

860,  Eliza  Shieks Walton,  Kans 

861,  Minnie  Layman Daleville,  Va 

862,  Mrs,  Annie  Huff Amsterdam,  Va 

863,  D.J.  Blickcnstaff Oakley,  III 

854,  Hairy  Baker Delhi,  S.  Dak 

86s,  John  J.  Statier Holmesville,  Nebr 

866,  Hannah  Zeigler Roycrsford,  Pa 

867,  Ellen  Fiupatfick,  Boyer  Sl.,Go»eu  Ave  ,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

863,  Anno  Hudock Ml.  Airy,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

M»,  Suit.Zuf,.,. ,..,., ...LeidibiHi,  Ul 


870,  Mrs.  E.  Roseborougb Perrysville,  Ohio 

871,  GeorgeS,  Reiman, Berlin,  Pa 

872,  C.  A.  Workman Buckeye  City,  Ohio 

Since  our  last  report  the  following  have  completed 
the  course: 

A.J.  Brubaker, Girard,  111 

JennieS.  Brower South  English,  Iowa 

Sarah  A.  Burger Keota,  Iowa 

Charles  Beagle Somerset,  Pa 

A.  Kline  Graybill, Broughs  Mill,  Va 

Kate  Graybill, Broughs  Mill,  Va 

It  has  been  thought  best  to  publish  again  the 
names  and  addresses  of  all  our  local  secretaries. 
Perhaps  some  of  them  have  forgotten  that  they 
have  been  appointed  as  helpers  in  the  Circle  work, 
and  this  will  serve  as  a  reminder  to  them.  It  must 
be  said  for  some  of  our  local  secretaries  that  they 
have  worked  faithfully  and  succeeded  well  in  Ihis 
cause.  Of  others  it  must  he  said  that  they  have 
fallen  below  our  expectations.  Every  member  of 
the  Circle  is  expected  to  try  to  secure  at  least  one 
new  member.  I  wonder  if  we  have  any  local  secre- 
taries that  have  done  no  more?  If  any  are  situated 
so  they  cannot  possibly  attend  to  this  work,  let  them 
write  sister  Newcomer,  ask  to  be  excused  and  offer 
the  name  of  some  one  else  who  could  and  would 
work  up  an  interest  in  the  Circle  in  his  own  locality. 
But  remember  you  are  not  to  be  excused  unless  you 
have  the  very  best  kind  of  an  excuse.  See  whether 
or  not  your  name  is  to  be  found  in  the  list  below: 

LOCAL    SECRETARIES. 

Mary  Oiler,  Waynesboro,  Pa,;  Emma  L.  Keeny, 
Huntingdon,  Pa  ;  Ella  Sprankle,  114  South  Beaver 
St.,  York,  Pa.;  Minnie  Howe,  Maitland,  Pa.;  Mrs. 
W.  W.  Culp,  Pottstown,  Pa  ;  Mrs.  S.  B.  Croft,  2448 
N.  8:h.  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Emma  Welty,  418  N. 
Queen  St.,  Lancaster,  Pa.;  Mrs.  Sadie  B.  Noffsinger, 
Johnstown,  Pa.;  Mrs.  Linda  Griffith,  Meyersdale,' 
Pa.;  Emma  Geib,  Mastersonville,  Pa.;  Mrs.  Ida 
Smith,  Swales,  Pa.;  Mrs.  Wealthy  Burkholder,  New- 
burg,  Pa,;  Mrs.  Iva  McKee,  Royersford,  Pa.;  D.  D. 
Shaffer,  Scalp  Level,  Pa.;  Elmira  Price,  Royersford, 
Pa  ;  Fltowttce  Schwinger,  Hagerstown,  Md.;  W.  K. 
Franklin,  Sams  Creek,  Md.;  Lou  Royer,  Westmin- 
ster. Md.;  Annie  R.  Roop,  Linwood,  Md.;  Mrs.  K. 
E.  Fahrney,  Frederick,  Md.;  Cora  A,  Utz,  New 
Market,  Md.;  Dr.  J.  S.  Geiser,  1031  W.  Baltimore 
St.,  Baltimore,  Md.;  Mrs.  G  B.  Holsinger,  Bridge- 
water,  Va.;  E.  R.  Miller,  Spring  Creek,  Va.;  Martha 
Click,  Weyer's  Cave,  Va. ;  Lecta  Montgomery, 
Helms,  Va.;  J.  W.  Eikenberry,  Wertz,  Va.;Ida  Flora, 
Helms,  Va.;  J.  W.  Naff,  Naffs,  Va  ;  Etta  Houchins, 
Woolwine,  Va  ;  Dr.  R.  T.  Akers,  Alum  Ridge,  Va.; 
W.  B.  Dulaney,  Carthage,  Va;  Andrew  J.  Akers, 
Sydney,  Va.;  J,  W.  Poff,  Christiansburg,  Va.;  M, 
Betty  Bowman,  Broadway,  Va. ;  M.  G.  Sanger, 
Sangersville,  Va.;  Mrs.  S.  Kauffman,  De  Graff, 
Ohio;  C.  O.  Beery,  Pleasant  Hill,  Ohio;  Mrs.  Mary 
C.  Wenger,  Dayton,  Ohio;  Mary  Shellenberger, 
Covington,  Ohio;  G.  A.  Snyder,  Harrod,  Ohio;  Mag- 
gie Bixler,  North  Manchester,  Ind.;  S.  A.  Blessing, 
Kewanna,  Ind  ;  Sarah  A.  Brumbaugh,  Huntingdon, 
Ind.;  Mrs.  I.  D.  Parker,  Elkhart,  Ind  ;  Lucy  Brum- 
baugh, Mt.  Morris,  111,;  Mrs.  E.  Gibson,  Cerro  Gordo, 
111;  N,  J.  Miller,  Waterloo,  Iowa;  H.  B  Johnston, 
Birmingham,  Iowa;  Mary  Stoner,  South  English, 
Iowa;  Elsie  Lichty,  Calvin,  Iowa;  Mamie  Follis, 
Frederic,  Iowa;  Melborne  Mabee,  Frederick,  S. 
Dak.;  Mary  E.  Frantz,  Holmesville,  Nebr.;  Emma 
Horner,  Carlisle,  Nebr.;  C.  K.  Burkholder,  Octavia, 
Nebr.;  J.  M.  Blocher,  Warrensburg,  Mo;  AUie 
Mohler,  Lecton,  Mo.;  Dora  Sherfy,  Pomona,  Kans.; 
Mrs.  S.  B.  Fahnestock,  McPherson,  Kans  ;  E,  H. 
Eby,  Summerfield,  Kins;  Noah  B.  Sherfy,  Belant- 
ville,  Tenn.;  Austin  Diehl,  Jonesboro,  Tenn.;  J.  P, 
Bowman,  Vineland,  Tenn.;  H.  M.  Sherfy,  Bowman- 
town,  Tenn.;  Frank  G.  Wine,  Oak  Grove,  Tenn.; 
Julia  A.  Derrick,  Snowflake,  Tenn.;  I.E.  Simmons, 
Vogel,  Tenn,;  May  Stover,  Fruitdale,  Ala.;  Nora 
Robinson,  Keuka,  Fla. ;  Mary  Flora,  Lordsburg, 
Cal. 

I  am  informed  by  our  Secretary  that  she  is  get- 
ting a  large  number  of  orders  for  "  Do  Not  Say." 
Some  delay  has  been  occasioned  in  filling  a  number 
el  tttm  oid«ri  uu  account  of  pvtbliahcri  n»t  feting 


able  to  supply  these  books  as  fast  as  called  for. 
But  all  orders  will  be  filled  as  soon  as  the  new  stock 
is  received.  The  offer  is  still  open.  You  can  get  a 
copy  for  a  two  cent  stamp. 


AN  ADVANTAGE. 


BY    HOWARD    MILLER. 


A  good  many  readers  can  use  two  languages, 
and  the  very  familiarity  with  them  makes  the  pos- 
sessor hold  his  gift  lightly.  Take  the  Bible  for  in- 
stance. The  New  Testament  was  written  originally 
in  Greek.  He  who  understands  the  English  well, 
and  the  original  equally  well,  has  a  tremendous  ad- 
vantage over  him  who  does  not  know  Greek.  Now 
it  so  happens  that  when  a  translation  is  made  from 
one  language  into  another,  and  then  a  translation 
of  the  translation  is  made,  the  meaning  is  brought 
out  clearer.  Take,  for  illustration,  Paul's  ringing 
eulogy  of  the  three  Christian  virtues,  Faith,  Hope 
and  Charity,  etc.,  and  the  English  reader,  for  gen- 
erations, has  had  wrong  ideas  of  what  Paul  really 
meant.  Now  if  you  happen  to  have  a  German  Bible 
about  the  house,  and  if  you  will  turn  to  the  same 
chapter,  you  will  find  that  where  the  word  charity 
occurs,  the  correct  word, — love, — is  found,  and  in 
the  Revised  Version  love  is  used,  and  properly  too. 
This  is  only  one  instance  in  the  German  Version. 
What  is  said  here  about  the  German  is  true  of  near- 
ly all  languages  into  which  the  Bible  has  been 
translated.  It  is  especially  true  of  the  Syriac  Ver- 
sion. The  reason  is  that  Jjje  person  who  rendered 
the  Greek  into  their  moraer  tongues  followed  the 
idea  of  the  original  meaning,  and  sometimes  ex- 
pressed it  clearer  than  is  done  in  other  languages. 
Then,  when  that  meaning  is  turned  into  English,  the 
thought  is  more  forcibly  expressed.  It  is  about  the 
same  as  hearing  two  persons  tell  the  same  story, 
each  in  his  own  way,  and  the  listener  gets  a  bet- 
ter idea  by  reason  of  hearing  in  two  forms. 

Therefore  I  think  the  man  with  the  German  Bi- 
ble would  do  well  to  read  it  in  connection  with  t'ls 
English  version.     It  will  often  be  a  great  help. 

Lewisburg,  Unicn  Co  ,  Pa. 


SAY  "YES"  AND  PROVE  IT. 


Henry  Ward  Beecher  used  to  tell  this  story  of 
the  way  in  which  his  teacher  of  mathematics  taught 
him  to  depend  on  himself,  runs  an  anecdote  in 
"  Good  Stories." 

"  I  was  sent  to  the  blackboard,  and  went  uncertain, 
full  of  whimpering. 

"  'That  lesson  must  be  learned,'  said  my  teacher, 
in  a  very  quiet  tone,  but  with  a  terrible  intensity. 
All  explanations  and  excuses  he  trod  under  foot 
with  utter  scornfulness.  ■  I  want  that  problem,  I 
don't  want  any  reasons  why  you  haven't  it,'  he 
would  say. 

"  '  I  did  study  two  hours.' 

"  '  That's  nothing  to  me;  I  want  the  lesson.  You 
need  not  study  it  at  all,  or  you  may  study  it  ten 
hours,  just  to  suit  yourself,     I  want  the  lesson,' 

"It  was  tough  for  a  green  boy;  but  it  seasoned 
me.  In  less  than  a  month  I  had  the  most  intense 
sense  of  intellectual  independence  and  courage  to 
defend  my  recitations. 

"  One  day  his  cold,  calm  voice  fell  upon  me  in 
the  midst  of  a  demonstration,  '  No.' 

"  I  hesitated,  and  then  went  back  to  the  begin- 
ning, and,  on  reaching  the  same  point,  again  '  NoP 
uttered  in  a  tone  of  conviction,  barred  my  progress. 

"  '  The  next!  '  and  I  sat  down  in  red  confusion. 

"  He  too,  was  stopped  with  '  No,1  but  went  right 
on,  finished,  and,  as  he  sit  down,  was  rewarded  with 
1  Very  well.' 

"  '  Why,'  whimpered  I,  '  I  recited  it  just  as  he  didj 
and  you  said  '  No! ' 

"  '  Why  didn't  you  say  "  yes,"  and  stick  to  it?  It 
is  not  enough  to  know  your  lesson;  you  must  know 
that  you  know  it.  You  have  learned  nothing  till 
you  are  sure.  If  all  the!  world  saya,  "  No,"  yoHf 
butitiaii  it  ta  say  "  yts,"  and  prove  it.' " 


April  9,  iS 


TKIE    GOSPEL    MIESSEHSTGEIR,. 


231 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

Cum  .mitt  1  ■:;.■:. 

Enoch  Bby,        -    Kansas   1   L.  W.  Teetor,     •    Indiana 

D.  L.  Miller,     •    -  Illinois    |    S.  K.  Zug,  -  Pennsylvania 

S.F.Sanger,   -    -    Virginia. 

ZZ0ULL2  UEETIH03  OF  TEE  COIIHITTIE:  -  The  Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annual  Meet- 
ing; the  second  Monday  ol  October  and  ol  February. 

BUSINESS  F05  AN"  MEETIN3  should  be  In  the  office  of  the 
committee  at  least  two  weeks  before  time  of  meeting, 


dorsed  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  before  the  paper 
will  be  sent. 
THE  COMMITTEE-  RECEIVES  donations  lor  the  following 
lunds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orphanage  at 
Smyrna;  Washington  Meetinghouse;  Sufferers  in 
India;  Boole  and  Tract  Funds. 

DO  HOT  ADDEE3S  business  or  money  intended   tor    the 


GEN.  MISS.  &  TRACT  COM., 


MOTTO  FOB  '. 


If  once  every  three  months  each  congrega- 
tion would  take  up  a  public  collection  for  mis- 
sionary work,  that  would  solve  the  money- 
raising  problem  with  the  Brethren  church. 

The  Salvation  Army  people  have  already 
started  a  number  of  missionaries  to  Klondike 
to  work  among  the  miners.  Another  detach- 
ment of  fifty  will  leave  soon.    Dawson  will  be 

their  headquarters. 

Dr.  Buck,  who  has  spent  twenty-seven  years 
in  India,  as  a  missionary,  says  that  more  than 
100,000,000  people  in  that  country  live  on  $4.00 
each  a  year,  and  that  if  the  people  are  ever 
saved,  it  will  be  by  the  native  converts  to 
Christianity. 

In  Ceylon  there  are  1,032  devil  dancers,  36 
monkey-rjl'ncers,  121  snake-charmers,  240  as- 
trologers. 640  tom-tom-beaters,  160  nautch- 
danceVs,  5,000  fakirs  and  devotee  beggars  and 
9,598  Buddhist  priests.  There  is  certainly 
need  of  missionaries  in  Ceylon. 

We  arc  pleased  to  note  that  the  River 
Brethren  are  also  taking  bold  of  missionary 
work  with  some  energy.  They  now  have  a 
mission  in  Chicago,  and  also  over  in  Buffalo, 
N,  Y.  No  body  of  people,  neglecting  mission- 
ary work,  should  think  of  prospering. 


Timothy  Richard,  the  eminent  Baptist  mis 
nnary  to  China,  was  greatly  cheered  on  th> 
ve  of  his  return  thither,  by  the  promise  o 
25,000  from  a  Mr.  Hanbury,  for  the  purposi 
f  establishing  an  institution  in  Peking,  ti 
onsist  of  a  library  and  lecture  hall.  Thu 
ue  after  another  are  Christian  institutions  be 
.tablished  in  heathen  lands. 


lug 


Sometime  ago  a  servant  girl  sent  to  the 
treasury  of  a  missionary  society  eleven  dollars, 
and  said,  "I  earned  it  by  sewing  nights,  after 
niy  day's  work  was  done,  and  I  do  not  want 
you  to  tell  any  one  who  gave  it."  How  does 
this  compare  with  the  conduct  of  rich,  well-to- 
do,  and  even  people  of  moderate  means,  who 
manage  to  give  about  one  dollar  a  year? 


It  is  said  that  there  are  few  places  where 
more  advancements  have  been  made  during 
the  last  few  years  than  in  Hawaii.  Missionary 
work  was  commenced  on  the  island  in  1S20, 
and  the  present  condition  of  the  little  Repub- 
lic may  be  attributed  lo  the  efforts  of  earnest 
,  who  nol  only  carried  the  Gospel 
■es,  but  are  still  laboring   among 


It  seems  that  no  one  ought  to  starve  in  New 
York  City.  At  one  place  meals  can  be  had 
for  one  cent  each.  Not  much  variety,  of 
course,  but  enough  food  to  keep  soul  and  body 
together  in  fair  condition.  This  is  good  for 
the  poor  from  a  temporal  standpoint.  Now 
why  can  not  arrangements  be  made  to  ha"ve 
'he  Gospel  preached  to  the  poor  on  the  cheap 
Man?  When  Jesus  was  here  he  saw  that  the 
;■■■■..■;  bad  luc  Ggspel  prta«hcd  to  ikttn* 


The  elder  who  takes  no  interest  whatever, 
in  the  Sunday  school,  whose  manners  repel  the 
little  ones;  who  has  nothing  in  his  services  to 
attract  and  interest  them,  and  who  can  not 
preach  to  their  edification,  may  be  a  very  pi- 
ous and  able  man,  but  he  is  plainly  not  a  suit- 
able successor  of  Peter,  who  was  specially  en- 
joined by  the  Good  Shepherd  to  "  feed  the 


J.  W.  Foster,  Ex-Secretary  of  the  United 
States  Treasury,  gives  important  testimony 
regarding  the  value  of  medical  skill  in  mission- 
ary work  in  foreign  fields.  He  says:  "A  spe- 
cial feature  in  the  mission  work  of  the  world, 
and  to  which  great  enlargement  has  been  giv- 
en in  late  years,  is  the  medical  missionary. 
We  found  that  in  China,  where  the  science  of 
surgery  is  almost  unknown,  they  were  proving 
a  most  helpful  adjunct  of  the  work,  a  door  of 
access  to  the  people,  not  otherwise  reached,  a 
ready  means  of  overcoming  prejudice  and  op- 


LOI   A  CRY  FROM  O'ER  THE  WATERS. 

Lo!  a  cry  from  o'er  the  waters 

Borne  on  every  gale, 
Fathers,  mothers,  sons,  and  daughters 

Send  a  bitter  wail. 
"Give  us  bread  or  we  must  perish! 

Give  us  bread  to-dayl" 
Do  we  hear  them  ?    Are  we  Christians  ? 

Can  we  still  delay? 
If  the  wolf  of  famine  hovered 

O'er  the  dear  home-fold; 
If  our  loved  ones  sadly  wandered 

Hungry,  sick,  and  cold; 
Would  we  listen  to  the  story 

Of  a  Christ  who  died; 
Ii  when  his  children— those  who  told  us 

Of  the  Crucified— 
Still  refused  to  share  our  sorrows 

And  their  faith  denied? 

2  dying! 


:  Chris' 


•     They  are  starving!  they  i 
Hear  that  far-off  cry. 

Shall  we  heed  it?    Are  w> 
Can  we  let  them  die? 

He  who  gave  us  all  our 
Asks  that  we,  to-day, 

Feed  the  hungry,  clothe  the  needy- 
Dare  we  answer,  Nay? 

"Inasmuch,"  we  hear  him  saying; 
Shall  we  linger  still? 

Or  responding  nobly,  grandly, 
Do  his  blessed  will? 

—Mrs.  Mary  B.  Wingaie. 

INDIA. 
In  Five  PartB.-Part  1. 

In  entering  upon  the  world-field,  represented 
by  the  "  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth,"  it  is  dif- 
ficult to  settle  upon  any  logical  order  either 
in  location  or  importance;  for  in  these  days  of 
fast-flying  passenger  trains  and  steamships  the 
barbarian  in  the  most  remote  island  is  nearer 
in  time  and  effort  than  were  our  fellows  in  an 
adjoining  country  one  hundred  years  ago.  In- 
dia, then,  is  selected  because  of  its  general  in- 
terest to  the  Brotherhood,  as  the  first  country 
to  be  considered  in  this  great  world-field.  And 
let  it  be  understood  from  the  start  that  this  re- 
view of  the  world-field  must,  of  necessity,  be 
brief  and  imperfect;  yet  it  is  hoped  that 
enough  may  be  said  to  give  some  idea  of  the 
land  in  which  the  church  has  opened,  within 
recent  years,  a  mission,  and  where  have  been 
placed  seven  of  her  most  consecrated  mem- 
bers. 

India  lies  at  the  southern  part  of  the. great 
Asiatic  grand-division  of  the  eastern  hemis- 
phere. Triangular  in  shape,  the  distance  from 
the  northern  boundary  to  the  southern  point  is 
about  1,000  miles,  and  from  the  extreme  east- 
ern to  the  western  point,  about  the  same  dis- 
tance. In  latitude  it  lies  between  the  thirty- 
fifth  and  eighth  degrees  of  north  latitude,  or 
parallel  with  the  southern  boundary  of  Ten- 
nessee in  the  United  States  and  the  northern 
limit  of  South  America.  Within  this  area  are 
some  of  the  highest  peaks  and  largest  moun- 
tain ranges  of  the  world.  Part  of  the  country; 
tdo,  is  in  table-lands,  and  these,  with  the  val- 
leys ai  the  mure  important  rivers,  give  to  India 
at  once  a  complete  variety  of  climate,  from  the 
snowbound  regions  of  the  mountainous  coun- 
try to  the  tropical  low-lands  of  the   southern 

India;  for  the  mast  part,  is  ruled,  either  di- 
rectly or  luduv.'.l /,  by  to*  crewn  «f  EngUnd. 


Nevertheless,  in  some  portions,  native  rule 
under  a  general  supervision  of  English  author- 
ity, is  extant.  A  small  portion,  on  the  west 
coast,  is  held  by  the  Portuguese,  who,  at  one 
time,  had  control  of  a  large  part  of  the  coun- 
try. On  the  east  coast  France  still  holds  sway 
a  small  tract,  the  only  remains  of  the 
struggle  with  England  about  a  century  ago, 
for  the  sovereignty  of  the  empire.  The  fol- 
lowing table  may  be  of  interest  to  some,  for  it 
shows  the  division  and  population  of  the  coun- 
try. 


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srltlsh  India      .  .   . 
Nuilv*  states     .  .  . 

.'0l-lll'.MUlStl    <l't  t  leili'lLlH 

Kronch    si'ttlomotita  .   . 

808,(06 

M,0M  (71 

8S! 

Total  for  all  India 

II'NIWO 

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_!V«_ 

The  population  of  India  is  divided  by  lan- 
guage, by  race,  by  caste,  and  by  religion,  into 
iy  different  classes.  On  a  religious  basis, 
which  is  the  broadest,  about  145,000,000  are 
Hindu?,  45.ooo.ooo  are  Mohammedans,  and 
about  4,700.000  belong  to  aboriginal  tribes  — 
;ach  tribe  practicing  sonic  form  of  religion  of 
Is  own.  Besides  these,  there  are  about  3,500,- 
100  Buddhists,  more  than  r, 100,000  professing 
Christianity,  and  1,750,000  Sikhs  and  Jains. 
The  fire-worshipers  number  about  75,000,  and 
the  Jews  10,000^.  (;.  n,  it, 


KEPT  BACK  PART. 


I  AM  truly  glad  that  many  of  our  dear  breth- 
ren and  sisters  are  willing  lo  give  liberally  of 
their  means  to  help  the  work  of  the  Master 
along,  and  that  there  are  some,  too,  that  arc 
ready  to  lay  their  lives  upon  the  altar  and  say, 
"Send  me."  Then,  too,  there  are  numbers  of 
dear  young  brethren,  whom  the  church  ought 
to  call  to  the  work,  such  as  would  not 
with  flesh  and  blood,  but  would  feel  the  work  a 
necessity,  laid  upon  them,  realizing  that  the 
harvest  truly  is  plenteous  but  that  the  la- 
borers arc  few. 

It  does  seem  to  me  we  are  too  slow  in  regard 
to  this  part  of  the  work.  We  should 
wait  until  the  older  ones  become  inactive, 
put  the  young  brethren  to  work  so  that  they 
will  become  well  educated  along  the  line  of 
duty.  Let  the  whole  church  pray  the  Lord  of 
the  harvest  lo  send  more  laborers  into  the  har- 
vest, and  when  we  pray  with  all  the  earnest- 
ness of  our  soul,  with  a  "thus  saith  the  Lord' 
for  it,  we  know  the  Master  will  answer  oui 
prayers  and  there  will  be  a  wonderful  move  ir 
that  direction. 

We  are  still  trusting  and  praying  that  som< 
dear,  consecrated  brother  will  come  here,  tt 
help  save  the  lost  ones,  but,  oh,  so  many  of  u; 
have  kept  back  a  part,  and  that,  too,  a  large 
part.  How  glad  we  are  to  hear  of  the  breth 
ren,  so  willing  to  go  out  into  new  places  ant 
into  the  heathen  lands  to  tell  the  good  news  t< 
the  people!  I  know  that  many  ot  us  arc  noi 
so  glad  when  we  are  solicited  to  help.  We  do 
not  feel  that  it  is  a  duty  we  owe  to  God, 
When  we  confessed  Christ  before  witnesses 
and   went  down   into   the    water  and   put  on 


Chri 


ade 


life 


over  into  the  hands  of  the  Master  and  to  con 
secrate  our  all  to  him.  We  all  want  to  bi 
loved  of  the  Lord.  He  loves  a  cheerful  giver 
so  it  will  not  do  to  keep  back  the  Lord's  por- 
tion of  that  wherewith  he  has  blessed  us 
"When  thou  shalt  vow  a  vow  unto  the  Lord 
thy  God  thou  shall  not  be  slack  to  pay  it 
the  Lord  thy  God  will  surely  require  it  of  thee, 
id  it  would  be  sin  in  thee." 
Charleston,  I!'.  Va. 

THE  LITTLE  CHINESE  WOMAN. 

Bv  a  singular  combination  of  circumstances, 
says  the  (Baptist)  Standard,  a  modest  little 
Chinese  woman  has  been  placed  in  a  position 
which  gives  opportunity  for  almost  unbounded 
usefulness  to  the  cause  of  Christianity  in 
China.  Her  name  is  Hu  King  Eng,  and  shi 
was  born  and  reared  in  Foo  Chow.  There  shi 
became  a  Christian  under  the  teaching  of  the 
late  Dr.  Sites  of  the  Methodist  mission;  and 
eing  of  high  birth  and  quick  mind,  she  was 
selected  for  higher  education.  She  studied 
medicine,  and  practiced  for  some  lime  In  Foo 
Chow.  In  iSqs  she  came  to  this  country  with 
h«r  U.'.iui  *nd  iwair  tfli--bcr,  Mi»  Ruth 


Sites.  These  two  young  women  returned  to 
a  on  the  snme  steamer  with  the  viceroy 
Li  Hung  Chang.  Hearing  that  there  was  an 
educated  Chinese  woman  on  hoard — a  new 
species  of  the  race  to  this  inquisitive  states- 
— he  caused  her  to  be  presented  to  him. 
vas  much  interested  by  her  conversation, 
and  especially  pleased  by  her  intelligent  views 
of  the  needs  of  China  and  acquaintance  with 
Chinese  literature  and  history.  As  for  her 
Christianity,  that  did  not  seem  to  worry  him. 
The  upshot  of  it  all  is  that  Li  Hung  Chang  has 
appointed  this  Christian  woman  his  family 
physician— according  to  press  reports;  and  has 
also  selected  her  as  the  delegate  from  China  lo 

n  international  medical  congress,  to  be  held 

1  London  next  year. 

WOULD  NOT  DISHONOR  THE  WILL. 

HERE  is  something,  clipped  from  the  hide- 
Pendent,  relating  to  the  noble  conduct  of  Dr. 
Chandra's  Hindu  relatives,  that  should  put  lo 
open  shame  the   persons   in  this  enlightened 

try,  who  are  trying  lo  break  the  wills  of 
iheir  patents,  and  thus  prevent  charitable  or 

ionary  causes  from  getting  the  money  that 
Ihe  good  old  people  had  intended  to  go  on  do- 
ing good  for  humanity  long  after  their  death; 

re  is  a  case  of  high  honor  which  it  would 
be  hard  to  match  among  the  Christians  of  this 
country.  A  Bengali  Christian  gentleman,  Dr. 
R.C.Chandra,  who  had1  been  professor  in  a 
missionary  college  of  the  Free  Church  of  Scot- 
land, died,  leaving  S2,5co  to  the  Free  Church 
Mission  and  $700  to  the  church  in  Calcutta,  of 
which  he  had  been  a  member.  The  will  had 
nol  been  signed  and  properly  attested  and  was 
contested  in  the  courls,  and  the  whole  estate 
passed  to  his  Hindu  relatives.  The  Free 
Church  Mission  had  no  expectation  of  receiv- 
ing a  rupee  from  the  estate  and  did  not  even 
make  any  application  to  the  htirs.  But  Dr. 
Chandra's  Hindu  relatives  have  decided  that 
his  wishes  should  be  respected  and  have  paid 
over  Ihe  money  to  the  church  and  to  the  soci- 
ety. In  these  days  of  squabbling  over  estates 
this  lesson  from  the  Hindus  may  be  read  with 
serious  thought," 

COLTON  MISSION,  CAL. 

VlARi  n  6  to  12  lhe  writer  tried  to  make 
known  the  "riches  of  the  wisdom  of  Coil;  "and 
from  the  13th  to  the  20th  Bm.  Andrew  Hutch- 
ison,—"whose  praise  is  in  the  Gospel  through- 
out all  the  churches,"— 2  Cor.  8;  iS— pro- 
claimed Jesus,  so  that  all  who  heard  the  Truth 
and  repented  not  are  without  excuse. 

From  August  I,  180,7,  to  March  20,  1898,  a 
period  of  thirty-three  weeks,  185  services  were 
held,  consisting  of  preaching,  prayer-meetings 
and  Bible  classes;  800  tracts  and  15a  GOSPEL 

Messengers  were  distributed.  For  Sunday 
school  supplies,  missions,  hall  expenses,  and' 
lo  feed  the  hungry  in  India  $44.63  were  con- 
tributed, The  average  attendance  at  preach- 
ing services  was  27;  at  Sunday  school,  20;  at 
prayer-meeting,  18.  Pastoral  visits,  60;  per- 
sons visited,  210;  sermons  preached,  06;  re- 
ceived into  the  church,  three.  One  love  feast 
was  held,  and  two  councils.  The  members 
here  have  asked  that  an  organization  be  effect- 
ed immediately  after  District  Meeting.  There 
arc  nineteen  members.  The  general  feeling 
and  interest  arc  favorable,  and  the  teachings  of 
Jesus  have  been  made  clearly  manifest,  both 
by  word  and  practice.         M.  M.  ESHELUAN. 


WHAT  FIFTY  CENTS  DID. 

A  small  boy  in  the  West  brought  to  the 
women  lifly  cents  (or  a  Christmas  box  they 
were  sending  to  China  with  this  letter:  'Little 
B  ys  in  1  Vtina .— I  sold  my  dog  and  am  going 
io  semi  you  all  ihe  money."  Both  were  for- 
warded to  a  mission  in  Foo  Chow,  and  the  re- 
ply is  alike  interesting;  "The  money  you  sent 
gladdened  the  heaft  of  a  poor  little  boy  whose 
father  is  dead  and  whose  mother  is  loo  poor  to 
support  bim,  A  lady  missionary  has  put  him 
in  the  boys'  school  and  pays  his  board,  but  the 
dear  little  fellow  did  not  have  comfortable 
clothes.  With  this  fifty  cents  we  bought  cloth 
and  had  two  warm  coats  made  for  him.  Five 
cents  were  left,  which  we  gave  the  little  boy. 
I  wish  you  could  have  seen  the  way  his  eyes 
said,  'Thank  you'  when  on  Christmas  morning 
we  had  come  over  and  gave  him  the  things." 
Since  then  the  mother  has  made  a  pair  of  em- 
broidered, cilken  shoes,  two  inches  in  length, 
the  ejiau  eUc  of  bcr  own,  which  have  team 
lUgjj  the  IM.— CnVfttfiM  rf-itfVumV, 


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Publtsliod  Weekly,  at  li.So  per  Annum,  by 

BRETHREN   PUBLISHING  HOUSE, 

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iscriptioQ  ordered,  until  change  is  made, 
AT  ONCK,  stating  WHEN  and  HOW 


The  series  of  meetings,  in  the  Upper  Yoder 
Township,  near  Johnstown,  Pa.t  closed  with  sixteen 
confessions.  __^__^^_ 

■  Bro.  E.  B  Lefever,  of  Ephrata,  Pa.,  has  changed 
his  location  to  Elwood,  Clinton  Co.,  Iowa,  at  which 
place  he  should  hereafter  be  addressed, 


We  sent  ten  thousand  tracts  to  Klondike  last 
week.  In  the  course  of  a  few  months,  we  shall 
ha yc  a  few  members  in  that  far-away  gold  field. 


The  Brethren  seem  to  be  laying  the  foundation 
for  a  good  work  at  Long  Branch,  Washington.  A 
recent  series  of  meetings  there  resulted  in  twelve  ac- 
cessions. 

The  Mission  Board  for  Northern  Illinois  met 
here  in  the  Mount  last  Monday,  and  transacted 
business  pertaining  to  the  missionary  work  of  the 
District,  

A  church  is  to  be  organized  at  Colton,  Cal.,  and 
the  work  placed  in  the  hands  of  Bro.  Amos  Neher. 
Bro.  Eshelman  goes  to  the  Channing  Street  Mis- 
sion, Los  Angeles. 

One  of  the  churches  in  the  West  decided  to  start 
another  Sunday  school,  at  an  isolated  point,  in  or- 
der to  give  some  of  her  jroung  people  more  to  do. 
There  is  wisdom  about  this. 


The  Brethren  at  Huntingdon,  Pa  ,  will  hold  their 
love  feast  Saturday,  April  23.  The  church  is  mov- 
ing along  pleasantly,  and  the  school  is  reported  to 
be  in  an  excellent  condition. 


The  District  Meeting  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania, 
New  Jersey  and  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland,  will  be 
held  in  the  White  Oak  church,  Pa.,  April  2S.  Elders' 
meeting  at  2  P.  M.,  the  day  before. 

Bro.  D.  S.  Clalter  has  just  closed  a  series  of 
meetings  in  the  town  of  Everett,  Pa.,  on  the  south 
side  of  the  river,  with  twenty-two  additions,  nearly 
all  of  them  being  heads  of  families. 


Let  us  have  a  good  report  from  each  of  the  Dis- 
trict Meetings  to  be  held  this  spring.  These  re- 
ports should  be  sent  us  at  the  earliest  date  possible. 
Our  people  will  read  such  news  with  profit. 


Sister  Ella  Raffensferger,  of  Hanover,  Pa, 
wishes  us  to  say  that  the  mission  at  that  place  is 
not  in  charge  of  Bro.  O.  V.  Long,  as  stated  on  page 
W»,  but  is  in  charge  of  Bro,  Joseph  A,  Long. 


Bro.  Levi  Trostle  remained  with  us  over  last 
Sunday,  and  preached  at  Silver  Creek  in  the  morn- 
ing and  in  the  College  Chapel  in  the  evening.  His 
discourse  in  the  Chapel  was  especially  interesting. 


The  Brethren  have  purchased  a  lot  in  Sharps- 
burg,  Md.,  on  which  to  erect  a  meetinghouse,  and 
as  soon  as  the  money  is  raised  for  the  purpose,  will 
commence  work  on  the  building.  They  expect  to 
have  a  house  of  worship  before  many  months. 


We  suggest  that  the  State  Mission  Boards  say 
in  the  Messenger  more  about  their  work.  All  the 
members,  in  their  respective  districts,  are  more  or 
less  interested  in  what  they  are  doing,and  it  is  impor- 
tant that  they  should,  from  time  to  time,  publish 
that  which  will  be  of  interest  to  the  churches.  Let 
us  hear  from  all  the  Boards. 


Bro.  T.  T.  Mvers,  of  Philadelphia,  is  entertaining 
his  Sunday  evening  congregations,  with  a  series  of 
sermons  on  interesting  subjects.  The  following  is 
the  list  of  subjects:  The  Creation  of  the  World;  The 
First  Man;  The  First  Sabbath;  The  First  Garden; 
The  First  Marriage;  The  First  Sin;  The  First  Judg- 
ment, and  The  First  Death.  These  subjects  might 
be  treated  with  profit  in  any  congregation. 


I  Last  week  another  large  body  of  emigrants  left 
Chicago  for  the  Northwest.  The  papers  say  there 
were  1S00  in  the  company,  and  call  them  all  Dun- 
kers.  Eighteen  hundred  members,  leaving  any 
part  of  the  Brotherhood,  would  be  quite  noticeable 
indeed.  There  were  probably  three  or  four  hun- 
dred members  in  the  whole  company,  not  more 
than  that.  Our  readers  must  learn  to  accept  such 
reports  with  a  great  deal  of  allowance. 


When  we  decided,  over  one  year  ago,  to  charge 
fifty  cents  for  publishing  a  marriage  notice,  it  was 
predicted  that  that  simply  meant  the  end  of  mar- 
riage notices  in  the  Messenger.  A  glance  at  that 
department  this  week  will  show  how  little  depend- 
ence can  be  placed  in  predictions  of  this  character. 
Fifty  cents  is  not  much  for  a  notice,  and  yet  it 
yields  quite  a  little  revenue  for  the  preaching  of 
the  Gospel,  for  the  money  thus  obtained  is  used 
for  that  purpose. 

Our  readers  are  becoming  particularly  interested 
in  the  amount  of  news  reported  from  their  respec- 
tive States.  Some  States  are  not  as  well  represent- 
ed as  they  should  be,  and  we  suggest  that  the  eld 
ers  in  these  States  see  to  it  that  some  one  in  each 
congregation  reports  the  news.  Let  these  reports 
be  short  and  to  the  point,  and  the  more  we  have  of 
them,  the  better.  In  last  issue  there  were  seventy- 
two,  and  with  a  little  more  condensing,  we  can  get 
one  hundred  in  the  same  space. 


Eld.  H.  C.  Littleton,  the  Disciple  minister  in 
Astoria,  III.,  calls  our  attention  to  the  newspaper 
clipping  which  appeared  on  page  201.  He  says 
nothing  of  the  kind  appeared  in  either  of  the  pa- 
pers in  that  city.  We  saw  what  did  appear,  howev- 
er, and  it  is  more  severe  than  what  we  gave.  The 
clipping  was  sent  us  by  a  correspondent,  and  was 
taken  from  one  of  the  County  papers,  if  we  are  cor- 
rectly informed,  and  is  credited  to  Astoria,  because 
it  seems  to  have  come  from  that  place. 


The  quarterly  council-meeting  for  the  Silver 
Creek  church  was  held  in  the  Mount  last  Saturday, 
at  which  an  unusual  amount  of  business  was  trans- 
acted. Brethren  Levi  Trostle,  of  Franklin  Grove, 
and  M.  S.  Newcomer,  of  West  Branch,  were  with 
us.  An  election  for  a  minister  resulted  in  the 
choice  of  Bro.  Calvin  McNelly.  Brethren  Grant 
Mahan  and  Wm.  Price  were  chosen  deacons,  and 
Bro.  D.  D.  Culler  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of 
the  ministry.  Brethren  D.  E.  Price  and  E.  P,  Tros- 
tle are  to  represent  the  church  at  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing, and  brethren  L.  A.  Plate  and  Wm.  Felker  at 
the  District  Meeting.  Two  papers  go  to  the  District 
Meeting.  Our  spring  love  feast  will  be  held  at  the 
Silver  Creek  house,  June  11  and  12,  commencing  at 
8  P.  M. 


We  learn  that  the  District  Meeting  of  California 
and  Arizona  passed  off  very  pleasantly.  Bro.  An- 
drew Hutchison  is  to  represent  the  District  on  the 
Standing  Committee.  California  calls  for  the  An- 
nual Meeting  in  1899 


Five  years  ago  the  Old  People's  Home  for  the 
Northern  District  of  Illinois  was  established  at  Mt, 
Morris.  With  only  a  few  inmates  at  the  start, 
there  are  now  nineteen  aged  members  enjoying  the 
bounty  of  the  District.  From  the  very  beginning, 
Bro.  D.  B.  Puterbaugh  and  wife  have  been  in  charge 
of  the  institution,  and  the  duties, — arduous  and  un- 
ceasing,—have  been  discharged  by  them  faithfully. 
A  season  of  rest  seems  to  be  necessary  for  them, 
however,  and  reluctantly  the  trustees  have  consent- 
ed to  relieve  them  from  the  work.  The  church  at 
Mt,  Morris  regrets  to  part  with  our  dear  brother 
and  sister,  for  they  have  endeared  themselves  to  all. 
We  trust  that  the  new  incumbents, — Bro.  Levi 
Kerns  and  wife, — will,  under  the  blessing  of  God, 
succeed  in  the  important  work  placed  upon  them. 


Bro.  Geo.  L.  McDonaugh,  who  sometime  ago 
gave  our  readers  a  few  good  articles  on  the  subject 
of  emigrating  from  this  to  the  better  world  beyond, 
called  on  us  last  week.  Bro.  George  is  not  exactly 
trying  to  serve  two  masters,  for  he  regards  Jesus  as 
his  Matter,  but  he  is  interested  in  both  the  spiritual 
and  temporal  emigration  business,  and  wants  every- 
body to  get  ready  for  the  former,  and  then  talk  to 
him  about  the  latter.  In  a  very  quiet  way,  he  gave 
us  to  understand  that  there  are  yet  thousands  of 
acres  of  unoccupied  land  in  Idaho  and  Washington, 
where  hundreds  of  poor  people  might  procure  good 
homes,  in  a  genial  clime,  live  above  want,  and  do  a 
great  deal  of  good.  Like  ourselves,  he  thinks  that 
those  who  have  plenty,  would  better  stay  where 
they  are,  and  give  the  poor  people  a  chance. 


THE  CHICAGO  CHURCH. 


On  the  evening  of  March  27  it  was  our  privilege 
to  attend  a  very  enjoyable  love  feast  vriiti'  o«r 
brethren  and  sisters  in  Chicago.  About  fifty  were 
seated  at  the  Lord's  table,  and  all  present  enjoyed 
a  rich  spiritual  feast.  Bro.  David  Eby  preached 
the  examination  sermon,  and  had  charge  of  the  ev- 
ening meeting.  Bro.  Simon  Yundt,  the  presiding 
elder,  was  also  present.  In  the  morning  we  attend- 
ed the  Sunday  school  and  preaching  service,  and 
were  made  to  rejoice  at  the  very  large  increase  in 
attendance  at  both  these  services.  The  Sunday 
school  report  shows  an  average  attendance  of  109 
for  the  month  of  March.  If  the  increase  continues, 
a  larger  house  will  have  to  be  provided.  There  is 
active,  earnest  work  being  done,  as  is  shown  by  the 
ncreased  interest  taken  in  all  the  services  of  the 
church. 

Bro.  W.  R,  Miller,  who  has  served  the  church 
well  and  faithfully  for  a  number  of  years,  through 
many  discouragements,  expects  to  leave  for  Alaska 

June.  He  will  spend  some  time  in  distributing 
tracts,  and,  as  opportunity  offers,  preaching  the 
Word  of  Truth.  He  will  also  have  charge  of  some 
business  interests  intrusted  to  his  care.  Our  hope 
and  prayer  is,  that  his  stay  in  the  Northwest  may 
profit  him  both  temporally  and  spiritually,  and  that 
God's  blessing  may  attend  him.  Bro.  VanDyke, 
who  has  had  charge  of  the  dispensary,  and  has  as- 
sisted in  the  work,  will  look  after  the  preaching 
service. 

Our  brother,  Dr.  Peter  Fahrney,  of  Chicago,  shows 

his  interest  in  the  church  in  the  city,  by  furnishing 

all  the  means  necessary  to  make  much  ueeded  im- 

vements  in  the  churchhousc.    And,  by  the  way, 

>  is,  by  no  means,  the  first  time  our  brother  has 
shown  his  liberality  in  this  direction.  He  has  been 
quite  ill  for  some  time,  but  we  were  glad  to  find 
him  much  improved  in  health, 

Our  sisters  are  also  doing  a  good  work  in  the 
city.  The  Sunday  school,  the  industrial  school, 
house-to-house  visits,  and  <he  Hic^.-tion  of  cloth- 


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ing  and  food  receive  their  earnest  attention.  Those 
who  send  help  to  Chicago  may  rest  assured  that  it 
will  be  judiciously  used.  All  together  we  felt  that 
there  is  much  occasion  for  encouragement  over  the 
success  of  the  work  in  Chicago.  Under  God's 
blessing  something  has  been  accomplished,  and 
under  his  blessing  more  will  be  done.  A  young 
student  in  Moody's  Bible  School,  attended  the 
feast.  Bro.  Fitzwater  had  given  him  some  tracts, 
and  had  invited  him  to  the  feast.  He  had  been 
searching  for  the  Truth,  and  when  he  saw  the  prac- 
tice of  primitive  Christianity,  he  said,  "  This  is  what 
I  am  seeking."  He  is  now  an  applicant  for  bap- 
tism.    D.  L.   M. 

A  CLUSTER  OP  EASTER  THOUGHTS. 

In  the  observance  of  Easter  we  are  each  year  re- 
minded of  the  resurrection  of  Jesus,  who  came 
from  the  grave  on  the  Sunday  morning  after  his 
lifeless  body  had  been  laid  to  rest  in  Joseph's  new 
tomb.  The  event  marks  a  day  in  the  world's  his- 
tory, that  will  ever  be  remembered,  not  alone  on 
account  of  the  resurrection  of  the  Founder  of  the 
Christian  religion,  but  because  of  the  world-wide 
results.  And,  in  fact,  it  is  the  results  following  the 
introduction  of  Christianity,  that  have  made  Easter 
what  it  is  in  the  minds  of  all  Christian  people.  It 
is  the  Christian's  Fourth  of  July,  the  day  when  our 
Leader  threw  off  the  fetters  of  the  grave,  and  came 
victorious  from  the  conflict  with  death.  It  is  well 
to  now  and  then  pause  and  contemplate  some  of 
the  circumstances  that  led  up  to  the  resurrection 
morning.  

Jesus  had  remained  over  one  week  in  the  vicinity 
of  Jerusalem,  no  inconsiderable  part  of  that  time 
being  spent  in  the  home  of  Mary  and  Martha,  in 
the  little  village  of  Bethany,  on  the  eastern  slope 
of  the  Mount  of  Olives.  Here  he  seems  to  have 
passed  iSis  evenings  in  the  happy  family  circle,  con- 
versing, iio  doubt,  concerning  the  things  pertaining 
to  his  mission.  All  the  Christian  world  would  like 
to  know  what  he  said  while  talking  with  the  two 
sisters  and  their  brother,  but  this  we  shall  never 
ascertain  in  this  life.  His  triumphal  entrv  into 
the  city,  on  Sunday  morning,  followed  by  thou- 
sands who  did  their  utmost  to  honor  him  as  the 
king,  was  an  event  that  made  no  small  stir  among 
the  rulers  of  the  Jews,  as  well  as  the  Roman  au- 
thorities. When  the  latter  saw  the  peaceable  char- 
acter of  the  demonstration,  they  had  no  cause  to 
suspect  any  revolutionary  movement,  and  so  per- 
mitted the  procession  to  take  care  of  itself.  It 
was,  however,  be6tting  the  Prince  of  Peace,  that  he 
should  be  thus  ushered  into  the  city  of  the  great 
king  with  demonstrations  solely  of  a  peaceable  na- 
ture. 

His  teachings  in  the  temple,  day  after  day,  as 
well  as  his  weeping  over  the  city  of  the  fathers, 
while  standing  on  the  western  slope  of  Olivet,  show 
not  only  his  wide  range  of  knowledge,  but  has 
demonstrated  to  the  world  that  he  was  the  chief  of 
prophets,  and  full  of  tender  sympathy  for  his  peo- 
ple. Vast  multitudes  listened  to  his  discourses, 
and  thousands  followed  him  from  one  point  to  an- 
other. Jerusalem  was  filled  with  strangers.  It  was 
Passover  week,  in  the  early  part  of  April;  and  the 
Jews  from  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world  had  gath- 
ered to  take  part  in  the  feast.  They  heard  of  the 
mysterious  prophet,  who  not  only  taught  as  no  oth- 
er man  had  ever  taught  before,  but  who  was  daily 
performing  miracles  that  astonished  the  people  on 
every  hand.  In  him  the  strangers  found  a  man  who 
seemed  to  have  all  knowledge  at  his  command,  and 
could,  with  a  few  brief  sentences,  silence  his  most 
gifted  opposers.  The  like  had  never  before  been 
witnessed  or  heard  of.  To  listen  to  him,  with 
them,  was  the  opportunity  of  a  life-time,  and  they 
sought  his  .presence  the  oftcner, 


Thursday,  the  thirteenth  of  the  month  Nisan, 
drew  to  a  close.  The  sun  was  sinking  to  rest  be- 
hind the  western  hills  of  Judea.  The  fourteenth 
day  of  the  month,  the  day  on  which  the  paschal 
lamb  must  be  killed,  was  at  hand.  It  was  then  that 
Jesus  sent  two  of  his  disciples  into  the  city  to  pre- 
pare the  Passover.  It  was  needful  that  they  secure 
a  room  where  Jesus  with  his  twelve  might  keep 
the  feast,  and  then  go  to  the  temple  and  purchase  a 
lamb,  for  there  lambs  were  kept  for  that  purpose. 
Jesus  told  them  where  a  room  could  be  had.  They 
then  contracted  for  the  lamb,  and  probably  made 
arrangements  to  have  it  delivered  at  the  upper 
room,  late  in  the  afternoon  of  the  next  day,  which 
would  still  be  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  month, 
for  among  the  Jews  the  days  ended  with  the  setting 
of  the  sun. 

A  little  later  in  the  evening  we  find  these  two 
disciples  with  Jesus  and  the  other  ten.  They  all 
went  together  into  the  upper  room,  where  a  supper 
had  been  arranged  for  them.  Of  what  this  supper 
was  composed,  we  are  not  so  fully  informed,  LilTe- 
ly  it  was  made  up  mainly  of  bread  and  vegetable 
soup.  There  may  have  been  some  other  articles 
of  food  on  the  table,  such  as  vegetables  and  fruits, 
etc.,  but  no  mention  is  made  of  them  by  the  sacred 
writers.  There  was  also  on  the  table  some  fruit  of 
the  vine,  or  the  juice  of  the  grape.  It  is  not  called 
wine  in  any  part  of  the  New  Testament.  Here 
were  thirteen  men,  in  a  room  to  themselves,"  with 
the  world  shut  out,  preparing  to  eat  the  last  meal 
they  would  ever  be  permitted  to  enjoy  together  in 
this  world,  As  a  company,  the  twelve  had  spent 
three  years  of  almost  constant  traveling  and  laboring 
under  the  personal  direction  of  their  Master.  They 
had  heard  and  seen  enough  to  satisfy  them  that  he 
was  a  divine  personage,  and  that  he  was  in  the 
world  on  a  mission  of  wonderful  importance. 
Though  they  had  been  with  their  Inspired  Teacher 
almost  daily,  had  heard  hundreds  of  his  discourses, 
and  had  conversed  much  with  him,  yet  they  were 
not  certain  that  they  yet  fully  understood  the  pur- 
pose of  his  mission,  for  they  were  being  constantly 
surprised  by  the  unexpected. 


On  this  occasion  they  saw  him  rise  from  the  sup- 
per, on  the  table  before  them,  lay  aside  his  outer 
garments,  gird  himself  with  a  towel,  pour  water  in- 
to a  basin,  and  begin  to  wash  the  feet  of  his  disci- 
ples. This  so  astonished  Peter,  that  he  fully  re- 
solved to  object  to  the  Master  stooping  down  and 
washing  his  feet.  But  when  Jesus  informed  him 
that  his  future  destiny  hinged  on  this  very  act,  he 
was  then  only  too  willing  to  submit  to  the  rite. 
Having  washed  and  wiped  the  feet  of  each  one,  he 
explained  to  them  the  nature  and  purpose  of  the  rite, 
and  gave  them  to  understand  that  it  was  their  duty 
to  continue  the  ordinance,  as  he,  in  his  example, 
had  given  it  to  them. 


Resuming  his  seat  at  the  table,  together  they  ate 
their  last  family  meal  in  this  world,  a  meal  that  has 
ever  since  been  known  as  the  Lord's  Supper.  It 
was,  indeed,  a  solemn,  sacred  meal, — one  that 
pointed  to  the  great  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb, 
in  the  evening  of  the  world,  when  Jesus  shall  meet 
with  the  faithful  of  all  generations,  in  the  upper 
room,  in  the  paradise  of  God.  At  this  stage  of  the 
proceedings  was  a  sad  occurence.  Judas  had  per- 
mitted Satan  to  enter  his  heart,  and  all  through  this 
service  his  conscience  lashed  him.  And  to  make 
the  state  of  his  mind  still  more  distressing,  he  prob- 
ably knew  that  Jesus  was  able  to  read  his  very 
thought,  So,  when  Jesus  said  that  one  of  them 
should  betray  him,  the  traitor  felt  that  the  sin  of  his 
heart  was  known.  He  left  the  room  while  Jesus 
proceeded  to  institute  the  Communion,  an  institu- 
tion, which,  along  with  feet-washing  and  the  Lord's 
Supper,  he  intended  to  be  perpetuated  until  the 
close  of  the  dispensation  of  Christianity. 


Sometime  toward  midnight  the  little  band  left 
the  room,  not  as  it  went  in,  for  the  ranks  had  been 
broken,  one  had  deserted,  or  gone  back  to  the 
world,  and  their  hearts  were  filled  with  sadness,  not 
alone  on  account  of  their  fallen  brother,  but  some 
sad  words  had  escaped  the  lips  of  their  trusted 
Teacher  and  Leader.  They  stepped  out  into  the 
streets.  It  was  not  dark,  for  the  moon  was  full, 
and  a  mellow  light  rested  upon  the  city.  Jesus 
turned  his  face  in  the  direction  of  the  Mount  of  Ol- 
ives, and  the  eleven  followed.  They  passed  through 
the  great  gate  in  the  eastern  wall  of  the  city,  walked 
down  into  the  valley,  and  were  soon  at  the  beauti- 
ful Garden  of  Gethsemane,  at  the  foot  of  the 
Mount.  They  entered,  and  found  a  private  retreat 
in  the  shadows  of  the  great  olive  trees.  The  eyes 
of  the  disciples  were  heavy,  but  there  was  no  sleep 
for  Jesus.  He  sought  a  retired  spot,  and  here  his 
agonies  reached  the  climax.  The  pent-up  grief 
found  vent  in  his  earnest  prayer.  The  bitter  cup 
could  not  pass.  He  drank  it,  then  all  was  tranquil 
in  his  soul.  He  was  ready  to  be  led  as  a  lamb  to 
the  slaughter. 

Headed  by  Judas,  and  a  few  torches,  a  mob  en- 
tered the  garden.  Without  a  murmur  upon  his 
part,  the  Prince  of  Peace  was  led  away.  The  re- 
mainder of  the  night  was  spent  in  leading  him  from 
one  place  to  another,  and  insulting  him.  The  next 
morning  he  stood  in  the  presence  of  Pilate,  the 
Roman  governor.  Pilate  endeavored  to  release 
him,  but  the  demands  of  the  excited  mob  were 
more  than  he  could  withstand.  He  yielded;  pro- 
nounced the  sentence  of  death.  Jesus  was  led  to 
the  cross,  and  has  since  become  the  admiration  of 
the  world,  while  Pilate,  in  course  of  time,  was  sent 
into  banishment, — hated  and  despised  by  the  great 
and  good  of  every  century  and  clime.  As  Jesus 
passed  through  one  street  after  another  of  the  city, 
bearing  his  cross  most  of  the  way,  followed  by 
thousands  oi  infuriated  people,  the  angels  in  heaven 
must  have  wept. 

Near  nine  o'clock  in  the  morning,  he  was  nailed 
to  the  cross.  His  death  warrant  was  placed  above 
him.  Thousands  upon  thousands  gazed  upon  the 
sad  spectacle.  The  wall  of  the  city  and  hundreds 
of  house-tops  were  doubtless  covered  with  people 
who  watched  cveiy  movement.  It,  of  course,  never 
occurred  to  them  that  the  scene  they  were  witness- 
ing, would  be  the  theme  for  the  most  brilliant  poets 
and  historians  for  millenniums  to  come.  At  twelve 
the  curtains  of  heaven  were  dropped,  and  the  light 
of  the  sun  shut  out  from  Palestine.  The  orb  of 
day  refused  to  smile  while  the  Son  of  God  was  dy- 
ing. A  few  hours  later  finds  him  at  rest  in  Joseph's 
new  tomb,  and  the  sun  hides  behind  the  western 
hills,  and  thus  closes  one  of  the  saddest  of  days. 


Saturday  morning  comes,  and  finds  a  hundred  or 
more  disheartened  disciples.  The  Roman  seal  was 
set  upon  the  tomb,  and  a  strong  guard  placed 
around  the  sepulchre.  The  day  goes  by,  the  night 
comes  on,  followed  by  Sunday  morning.  It  is  Eas- 
ter morning.  The  Roman  seal  was  broken,  the  sol- 
diers were  frightened,  and  fell  prostrated  to  the 
ground.  Jesus  came  from  the  tomb,  He  had  brok- 
en the  bars  of  death;  the  sting  of  death  had  no  ter- 
ror for  him,  the  grave  had  lost  its  victim,  and,  from 
that  day  to  this,  the  Christians  of  every  land  have 
celebrated  the  wonderful  event.  It  was  the  turning- 
point  in  the  world's  history,  the  emancipation  day  of 
the  human  race.  As  Jesus  broke  the  bands  of 
death,  and  entered  upon  a  life  that  shall  never  cease, 
it  follows  that  every  descendant  of  Adam's  race  may 
accept  him  as  their  Savior,  and  come  victoriously 
from  the  grave,  to  receive  and  enjoy  the  crown  of 
everlasting  life.  Well  may  we  rejoice  on  Easier 
morningl      _  j,.a.a. 


rSTEI.JS   GOSPEL    MESSEN©EB. 


April  g,  IS 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

Was  the  latter  part  of  the  seventh  chapter  of  Romans 
Paul's  experience  before  or  after  his  conversion?  Some  claim 
it  was  before,  and  some  after. — M.  P.  S. 

It  seems  to  relate  to  his  experience  before  his 
conversion  to  Christianity.  His  experience  after 
conversion  is  given  in  the  next  chapter,  for  in  that 
he  says:  "  The  law  of  the  spirit  of  life  in  Christ  Je- 
sus hath  made  me  free  from  the  law  of  sin  and 
death."     Rom.  8:  2. 

In  case  of  trouble,  when  members  explain  why  they  do  not 
vote,  is  it  proper  to  count  the  neutrals  with  the  yeas?— />'. 
S.  A. 

When  a  yea  and  nay  vote  is  taken,  no  account 
should  be  kept  of  the  neutrals,  especially  should 
they  not  be  counted  with  the  yeas.  You  would 
better  consult  some  of  the  adjoining  elders  regard- 
ing this  particular  case. 

Hasan  elder  the  right  to  say  a  brother  can  serve  as  dele- 
gate and  use  tobacco  for  medicinal  purpnscs?— /I.  B.  S. 

He  can,  and  if  there  are  those  in  the  congrega- 
tion, who  are  not  satisfied  with  the  elder's  ruling, 
they  can,  at  the  same  meeting,  appeal  from  his  rul- 
ing to  the  church,  and  the  church  will  then  be  at 
liberty  to  say  whether  she  wants  to  be  represented 
by  a  delegate  using  tobacco  even  for  medicinal 
purposes. 

In  Acts  2:  41  we  read,  "They  that  gladly  received  his 
word  were  baptized:  and  the  same  day  there  were  added  unto 
them  about  three  thousand  souls."  Were  all  Ihese  three  thou- 
sand bapti/ed?  If  so,  in  what  stream,  and  at  what  place? — //. 
3,  OvcrhoUier. 

The  three  thousand  were  baptized,  probably  in 
one  or  more  of  the  artificial  pools  in  Jerusalem, 
There  are  no  living  streams  near  the  city,  and  for 
that  reason  all  the  baptizing,  in  or  near  Jerusalem, 
had  to  be  done  in  pools,  supplied  with  water  in  va- 
rious ways.  Some  of  the  pools  were  supplied  with 
water  from  Solomon's  pools  near  Bethlehem.  In 
the  time  of  the  apostles  Palestine  abounded  in 
pools,  hence  it  was  not  difficult  to  find  plenty  of 
places  to  baptiz;,  even  in  the  middle  of  the  summer 
when  there  is  usually  a  scarcity  of  water  in  most 
of  the  streams.  There  was  always  an  abundance 
of  water  in  the  River  Jordan  and  the  Sea  of  Gali- 
lee, where  thousands  were  baptized,  but  when  away 
from  these  places,  in  Palestine,  it  is  probable  that 
the  disciples  made  a  very  free  use  of  some  of  the 
pools,  for  there  were  plenty  of  them,  and  they  were 
always  kept  in  a  good  condition, 

How  did  the  Brethren  manage  to  maintain  the  doctrine  of 
non-resistance  during  the  Revolutionary  War?—/.  A.  J. 

They  maintained  the  doctrine  by  refusing  to 
take  up  arms,  the  same  as  did  the  Quakers.  They 
had  to  suffer  much  on  account  of  their  principles, 
some  of  them  were  persecuted,  and  not  a  few  lost 
all  their  property,  Christopher  Sower,  the  elder 
of  the  church  at  Germantown,  Pa.,  was  a  man  of 
great  wealth  at  the  opening  of  the  war,  but  all  of 
his  property  was  confiscated,  and  he  died  a  poor 
man. 

Is  it  considered  right  for  young  members  to  engage  in 
evening  gatherings,  late  suppers,  with  all  kinds  of  plays,  till  a 
late  hour  of  the  night?— A  Sisttr, 

Young  people  feel  the  need  of  social  gatherings, 
but  as  Christians  they  should  be  instructed  to  ab- 
sent themselves  from  all  places  unbecoming  the 
true  and  humble  followers  of  Christ,  especially 
those  gatherings  that  hold  late  hours,  and  encour- 
age plays  not  suitable  for  Christians  to  engage  in. 
A  little  intelligent  and  judicious  teaching  along 
this  line  will  probably  do  the  young  people  more 
good  than  cutting  rebukes. 

When  disorder  gets  into  the  congregation,  and  the  elder 
fails  to  recognize  it  and  raise  his  voice  against  it,  what  is  to 
be  done?— C.  M. 

Visit  the  elder,  and  have  a  talk  with  him  con- 
cerning the  things  that  are  out  of  order,  and  urge 
him  to  do  his  whole  duty.  A  little  encouragement 
may  do  him  good.  Elders,  like  other  people,  often 
need  encouragement,  1,  a,  u, 


THE  WALDENSES. 

Concerning  the  Waldenses  from  Italy,  who  are 
now  settling  in  North  Carolina  and  East  Tennessee, 
the  Outlook  says: 

"  Many  of  our  readers  may  not  be  aware  that  the 
sect  of  the  Waldenses  is  making  for  itsself  a 
home  in  this  country.  We  glean  a  few  facts  con- 
cerning the  people  from  the  Independent  of  Feb. 
17.  For  eight  hundred  years  they  have  lived 
in  the  three  narrow  valleys  of  Luserna,  San  Mar 
tino  and  Perosa.  When  the  small  tract  of  land  be- 
came too  crowded,  their  leaders,  because  of  the 
high  price  of  land  in  Italy  and  the  ever-increasing 
taxation,  induced  some  of  them  to  seek  homes  in 
America, 

"In  1892  Dr.  Teofllp  Gai,  an  eminent  Walden3i- 
an  pastor,  visited  the  Piedmont  section  of  the  Ten 
nessee  mountains,  and  on  his  return  urged  the 
launching  of  a  colony  in  America.  As  a  result,  in 
the  summer  of  1 S93 ,  the  Rev.  C.  A.  Tron  brought 
two  hundred  and  fifty  families  to  this  section.  At 
the  same  time  about  three  hundred  families  set- 
tlefH  in  South  America,  but  these  have  since  joined 
the  northern  colony.  No  religious  settlement  in 
the  United  States  has  prospered  more,  Several 
hundred  families  have  recently  come  from  Italy  to 
join  them.  The  Waldenses  are  an  agricultural 
people.  They  now  own  ten  thousand  acres  of  for- 
est and  cleared  land,  for  the  complete  payment  of 
which  they  were  given  twenty  years. 

"Each  family  owns  from  forty  to  one  hundred 
acres,  and  each  free-holder  has  assumed  his  pro- 
portionate part  of  the  debt  contracted  by  the  com- 
munity. In  their  town,  Valdese,  they  have  a 
hosiery  mill,  woolen,  suspender  and  jeans  clothing 
factories,  besides  other  manufacturing  enterprises. 
By  reason  of  poverty,  their  lot  is  one  of  self-denial 
and  incessant  toil,  but  they  are  frugal,  and  no  peo- 
ple are  more  contented.  They  appreciate  the  value 
of  education,  and  their  children  are  early  taught 
French,  Italian  and  English.  They  are  essentially 
a  religious  people,  and  much  time  is  given  to  the 
study  of  the  Bible,  Though  they  observe  Christ- 
mas, Good  Friday  and  Easter,  their  most  sacred 
day  is  Feb.  17,  called  Emancipation  Day.  This 
ommemorates  the  emancipation  so  ardently  de- 
ired  for  centuries  and  so  long  withheld,  but  finally 
accorded  to  them  in  1848  by  Charles  Albert,  of 
Savoy.  At  that  time  they  were  granted  equality 
of  civil  rights  and  free  tolerance  in  religious  mat- 
ters. 

The  colonists  have  a  handsome  church  at  Val- 
dese, of  which  the  Rev.  Barth,  Soulier  is  pastor. 
The  following  principles  were  insisted  upon  by  the 
early  teachers  of  the  Waldenses:  '  The  Bible  is  the 
only  rule  of  faith;'  'God  is  the  only  object  of  wor- 
ship;' 'Christ  is  the  only  foundation  of  salvation.' 
Among  the  characteristics  of  the  Waldenses  are 
courtesy,  hospitality,  a  high  sense  of  honor,  an  ab- 
horrence of  debt,  a  love  of  morality  and  respect 
for  law.  It  is  a  cause  of  gratification  that  so 
many  of  these  much-persecuted  people  have  found 
a  refuge  and  a  safe  home  on  our  shores.' " 


— *  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY*— 


THE  EAST£R  BIRTH. 

Again  the  ilower-shoot  cleaves  the  clod; 
Again  the  grass-spear  greens  the  sod; 
Again  buds  dot  the  willow-rod. 

The  sap  released  within  the  tree 
Is  like  a  prisoned  bird  set  free, 
And  mouuteth  upward  buoyantly. 

Once  more  at  purple  evening- dream 
The  tender-voiced,  enamored  stream 
Unto  the  rush  renews  its  theme. 

How  packed  with  meaning  this  new  birth 
Of  all  the  growing  things  of  earth,— 
Life  springing  after  death  and  dearth! 

Thou,  soul,  that  still  dost  darkly  grope, 
Hath  not  this,  in  its  vernal  scope, 
Some  radiant  resurrection  hope? 
-Clinton  bollard,  in  April  Lartiti  /feme  Journal, 


SELF-QOVERNMcNT. 


BY   LULA   HARSHBARGER. 


"He  that  ru'eth  his  own  spirit  is  greater  than  he  that  tak- 
eth  a  city." 

We  hear  persons  complain,  occasionally,  about 
the  doings  of  their  neighbors,  criticise  their  friends 
and  find  fault  with  everything  and  everybody. 
What  is  the  cause  and  remedy  for  this  evil?  In 
some  neighborhoods  it  is  more  noticeable  than  in 
others,  The  reason  is  simply  this:  we  do  not  look 
to  our  own  shortcomings,  but  are  constantly  on  the 
look-out  for  our  brother's  failings.  If  we  would 
examine  ourselves  and  set  our  own  lives  right,  we 
would  find  neither  time  nor  inclination  to  pick 
flaws  in  our  neighbors'  character.  When  you  are  in 
doubt  about  the  justice  or  righteousness  of  an  ac- 
tion, hold  close  communion  with  your  innermost 
being.  Close  all  outer  doors,  draw  your  mind  to 
the  one  subject  under  consideration,  and  carefully 
and  prayerfully  weigh  all  evidence  from  an  impar- 
tial view.  Then,  if  your  sub-conscious  life  ap- 
proves of  the  measure,  if  your  inner  snul  and  deep 
true  intuitional  nature  says,  "All's  well,"  if  you 
truly  feel  the  justice  and  wisdom  of  the  action, 
then  and  then  only,  are  you  safe  in  following  your 
plans.  In  this  way  God  comes  veiy  near  to  us,  and 
this  is  the  way  to  conquer  our  evil  thoughts,  de- 
sires and  actions  also,  The  greatest  battles  we 
have  to  fight,  are  those  we  fight  with  ourselves. 

After  the  conflict,  there,  by  the  dead  embers  of 
our  past  life  and  mistakes,  and  in  the  rising  glow 
of  the  new  fire  of  strength  and  power,  we  are  ready 
to  face  the  world  again  with  a  firmer  hand  to  gov- 
ern our  evil  propensities,  a  clearer,  broader  view 
of  life  with  its  struggling  millions,  and  a  surer  foot- 
hold on  a  higher  round  in  the  ladder  of  victory 
over  difficulties  which  lead  to  the  highest  pinnacle 
of  success,  and  make  heroes  of  us  all.  Only  rule 
your  own  spirit  and  you  have  conquered  worlds. 

Ladoga,  Ind. 

THE  SISTERS'  MISSION  AT  GOSHEN*. 

BY   FLORA   E.    GRIPE. 

The  brethren  and  sisters  met  at  the  home  of  Sis- 
ter I.  P.  Wyland,  in  Goshen,  some  time  ago,  for  the 
purpose  of  perfecting  an  organization  to  look  after 
the  wants  of  the  poor  and  needy,  and  those  who 
are  not  attending  Sunday  school.  The  work  was 
given  the  name  of  "The  Sisters'  Benevolent  Socie- 
ty of  the  German  Baptist  Brethren  Church."  The 
society  met  from  house  to  house  for  three  months, 
then  moved  to  the  hall  for  a  more  permanent  loca- 
tion, 

uring  the  one  year's  work  we  have  established 
a  home  and  foreign  mission.  In  the  home  mission 
it  is  the  duty  of  the  committee  elected,  to  visit 
families,  distribute  tracts,  and  report  the  same  to 
the  society.  By  effort  and  sacrifice  the  Society  has 
been  kept  busy  in  the  making  of  clothing,  and  al- 
so in  doing  sewing  in  such  homes  where  sickness 
or  other  hindrances  cause  the  family  to  be  behind 
with  their  work. 

During  the  winter  we  were  abundantly  blessed 
both  with  old  clothing  and  the  calls  for  it.  So  ur- 
gent was  the  demand  for  sewing,  that  we  met  one 
whole  day  out  of  each  week  for  two  weeks.  Old 
sisters  that  could  not  do  much  other  sewing  would 
sew  carpet  rags,  that  had  been  donated  to  the 
mission  work.  Besides  all  of  our  other  sewing,  we 
made  and  sold  a  roll  of  carpet  for  five  dollars.  A 
sister  did  the  weaving  at  missionary  price.  We  al- 
so made  two  comforters.  Besides  this,  shoes, 
stockings,  clothing  and  some  household  goods  were 
purchased  by  the  home  treasurer,  and  we  still  have 
funds  on  hand.  In  the  foreign  work  we  made 
aprons,  bonnets,  etc.,  from  bolts  of  gingham,  ei- 
ther donated  to  the  mission  or  bought  from  the 
funds  on  hand.  We  also  made  prayer-coverings. 
In  this  manner  we  raised,  during  the  first  six 
months,  §31.00,  which  was  sent  to  the  General  Mis- 
sionary Committee,  During  the  last  six  months 
we  have  not  been  quite  so  successful,  as  our  atUo- 


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THE    GOSPEL    DytESSE3STGEio. 


235 


a  was  more  particularly  directed  to  home  work. 

en  too,  we  did  not  receive  quite  as  many  do- 
ions,  but  we  have  in  the  treasury  now,  S11.03, 
making  a  total  of  S41.03.  Besides  that  one  box  of 
ooods  was  sent  to  the  Chicago  mission,  which  was 
valued  at  S1500, 

We  feel  like  saying  a  few  words  about  the  sac- 
rifice and  the  pleasure  of  mothers  and  friends,  in 
sending  what   they   could.     Frequently  we  heard 

:  remark,  "  Who  will  be  happiest, — the  giver  or 
the  receiver?" 

More  particularly  were  we  impressed  when  a  Sis- 
ter brought  in  clothing,  saying,  "Here  is  my  neigh- 
bor's offering  of  dresses,  formerly  worn  by  her  two 
dear  children,  whom  the  Lord  has  called  to  dwell 
with  him,  She  thought,  If  some  one  could 
wear  them,  it  would  be  better  than  to  have  them 
laid  away."  Not  without  notice  did  a  sigh  escape 
from  our  own  lip?,  for  just  then  we  thought  of  the 
cherished  garments  we  have  laid  away,  and  of  the 
frequent  visits  to  the  same,  and  how  often  we 
would  hold  the  little  garments  up  and  look  at  them 
and  then  press  them  to  our  bosom,  and  weep  over 
them,  as  if  they  were  the  very  form  itselfl  We 
could  not  help  but  think   of  the  sacrifice  of  the 

other  and  of  our  own  cherished  emblems, — if  we 
really  held  them  too  sacred, — also  of  the  many  sac- 
rifices others  might  make,  if  not  in  the  way  this 
mother  did,  perhaps  in  some  other  way. 

We  are  truly  grateful  for  the  many  words  of  en- 
couragement that  some  of  our  elders  have  shown 

,  both  by  words  and  donations.  We  feel  espe- 
cially to  commend  our  much-esteemed  elder,  Geo. 
W.  Gripe,  for  his  untiring  efforts  in  helping  us  to 
organize.  May  the  work  prosper  as  God  desires  it 
shouldl 

Goshen,  2nd. 

HOW  TO  BECOME  A  BETTER  CHRISTIAN. 

A  voung  friend  of  the  editor  is  ambitious  to  be 
a  literary  man.  What  is  he  doing  now?  He  is 
reading  the*  best  literature  in  the  language,  It  is 
lot  necess^r^  to  say:  "The  best  literature  he  can 
jet/'  for  the  best  is  accessible  to  all  in  these  days. 
ie  is  studying  the  writings  of  the  masters  in  Eng- 
lish composition.  He  is  at  work  earning  his  liv- 
ing, but  he  keeps  up  his  study  of  literature,  He 
also  uses  his  pen  considerably  and  spoils  a  good 
deal  of  white  paper.  But  it  is  possible  for  him  to 
succeed  and  be  in  the  right  course. 

Do  you  desire  to  be  a  better  Christian?  You 
must  adopt  a  course  similar  to  that  pursued  by  the 
literary  aspirant.  Cultivate  the  acquaintance  of 
God.  Read  the  literature  about  him.  Not  only 
read,  but  study  the  Bible.  Hold  frequent  conver- 
sations with  God  and  with  good  men.  Put  in 
practice  what  you  learn.  You  can  pursue  your  le- 
gitimate callings,  and  at  the  same  time  learn  more 
and  more  about  God  and  his  ways.  You  will  be 
come  a  better  Christian  by  knowing  God  and  by 
1  doing  his  will. — The  Watchword. 


THE  FOWLS  OF  THE  AIR. 
BY    MAGGIE    M.    GOOD. 

Wbile  traveling  from  North  Liberty,  Ind.,  to 
Bowbells,  N.  D.,  I  was  made  to  think  how  the 
birds  live  in  all  sorts  of  ways  and  become  attached 
to  all  sorts  of  homes,  It  is  easy  to  learn  fr 
them  how  little  di0erence  it  makes  where  we  are 
or  what  homes  we  live  in,  provided  we  depend  on 
°ur  Father's  care  and  our  souls  are  ready,  at  any 
time,  to  wing  their  flight  to  our  Father's  house. 

Birds  build  their  nests  in  the  trunks  of  decayed 
t'ees  and  on  the  green  branches  that  swing  in  the 
storm.  They  sleep  in  the  clefts  of  the  rocks  and 
"Oder  the  coping  of  the  ivy-mantled  tower.  They 
make  a  home  for  their  brood  in  the  waving  grass 
of  the  meadow  and  on  the  bare  cliffs  of  the  moun- 
la'n,  in  the  tangled  thicket  of  the  forest  and  on  the 
"aked  sand  of  the  desert.  And  God  keeps  the 
house  of  the  secure  and  trustful  builders  with  equal 
care,-— whether  it  be  the  eagle's  on  the  cold  crag, 
'mid  i.!em!s  and  t«mp«sti,  at  '.ho  humming-bird's 


hanging  on  the  end  of  a  twig  in  some  sheltered 
grove  of  the  green  valley. 

The  home  is  safe  when  God  keeps  it.  He  who 
guards  the  nest  of  the  unfledged  bird,  will  not  for- 
get the  cradle  of  the  little  ones,  whose  angsjs  do 
always  behold  his  face  in  heaven.  The  lowliest 
cottage  and  the  meanest  apartment,  with  God's 
blessing,  are  better  than  thrones  and  palaces  with- 
out it.  Our  Heavenly  Father  feedeth  them  and 
they  are  contented  to  live  and  fly  and  sing  for  glad- 
ness just  as  he  had  appointed.  They  ascend  the 
heavens  without  pride,  and  they  walk  in  the  dust 
without  shame.  They  trim  their  plumes  with  the 
greatest  care,  where  there  are  none  to  praise  their 
beauty,  and  they  sing  their  sweetest  note  with 
equal  joy  in  the  mansion  of  the  rich,  or  at  the  cot- 
tage door. 

Let  the  immortal  spirit  of  man  hold  sweet  con- 
verse with  God  and  keep  his  wings  plumed  for 
flight  to  his  heavenly  home  and  he  will  not  suffer 
much  anxiety  about  the  mode  in  which  the  jour- 
ney of  this  earthly  life  must  be  pursued.  If  we 
can  see  Jesus  and  the  hosts  of  the  blessed,  waiting 
to  receive  us  at  the  end  of  our  journey,  it  will  not 
trouble  us  much  if  we  have  to  pursue  a  very  hum- 
ble path  and  live  upon  very  simple  fare  on  the  way. 
If  God  clothes  the  birds  of  the  air  with  robes  of 
such  brilliant  hues,  and  such  elaborate  workman- 
ship, will  he  not  provide  garments  of  immortal 
splendor  for  the  soul,  that  longs  for  purity  and 
dreads  nothing  so  much  as  the  dishonor  and  defile- 
ment of  sin? 

If  God  makes  the  birds  so  beautiful  that  we  may 
behold  them  with  delight,  may  we  not  trust,  with- 
out an  anxious  thought,  that  the  bounties  of 
his  providence  will  answer  all  our  wants?  It  is 
not  alone  the  rare  and  resplendent  inhabitants  of 
tropical  groves  and  distant  lands  that  are  worthy  to 
receive  our  most  devout  and  admiring  attention. 

The  plain  and  common  birds  that  may  bs  seen 
oh  any  summer's  day  in  the  open  country  or  in  the 
city  parks,  the  multitudes  that  the  traveler  still 
finds  among  the  hills  of  Galilee  and  on  the  waters 
of  the  lake  where  our  Savior  taught,  may  str'il  teach 
us  the  lessons  of  Divine  wisdom.  They  rise  on  the 
wing,  they  wake  the  morning  with  their  song,  they 
burnish  their  plumes  in  the  sun,  they  build  their 
nests  among  the  branches,  they  dart  in  waving 
lines,  and  they  float  in  graceful  circles  in  the  air. 
They  gather  their  food  by  the  wayside,  they  come 
and  go  with  the  season,  they  make  their  life  a  holi- 
day of  joy  and  song,  just  as  they  did  when  our 
Lord  pointed  to  the  singing  and  soaring  flocks 
around  him,  as  he  spoke  in  the  open  fields  to  the 
multitude,  and  said,  "  Behold  the  fowls  of  the  air." 
God  has  made  them  all  subjects  to  man.  Their  va- 
ried plumes,  their  peculiar  notes,  their  habits  and 
instincts  and  modes  of  living  have  all  been  given 
them  by  our  Heavenly  Father  to  make  them 
structive  and  profitable  to  us,  and  we  can  easily 
group  together  some  of  the  sacred  lessons  which 
they  are  appointed  to  teach,  if  we  observe  the 
fowls  of  the  air  which  are  most  frequently  named 
in  the  Scriptures. 

Of  all  the  birds  of  the  Bible  the  dove  is  the  most 
sacred.  It  is  everywhere  the  symbol  of  meekness, 
of  innocence  and  love.  Its  gentle  voice,  its  grace- 
ful motions,  its  fidelity  to  its  mate,  its  spotless  pur- 
ity, its  fondness  for  home  and  the  dwellings  of  man 
its  artless  simplicity  and  its  love  of  peace  make  it  : 
fit  representative  of  holy  dispositions  and  heavenly 
rest.  So,  when  our  souls  have  been  beaten  and 
tossed  like  Noah's  ark,  for  many  days,  by  the  te 
pests  of  affliction  and  sorrow,  when  the  heavens  of 
our  hopes  have  been  darkened  by  thick  clouds  and 
all  our  beautiful  things  of  earth  have  been  swept 
from  us  by  the  billows  of  disaster,  then  the  spirit  of 
divine  consolation  comes  in  resemblance  like  Noah's 
dove  with  the  message  of  peace  and  reconciliation, 
We  have  only  to  trust  and  wait  in  the  time  of  our 
greatest  trial,  and  God  will  set  his  bow  of  promise 
in  the  cloud,  and  when  the  tempest  is  passed,  renew 
with  us,  as  he  did  with  Noah,  the  covenant  of  ever 
lasting  peace.  When  our  Lord  went  up  from  the 
baptism  of  Jordan,  and  the  heavens  were  opened 
ants  him,  to  deslart  hie  divine  sommiitien  far  the 


conquest  of  the  world,  the  Spirit  of  divine  wisdom 
and  power,  of  meekness  and  love,  descended  upon 
him  in  the  likeness  of  a  dove.  The  inheritance  of 
the  earth  is  promised  to  the  meek. 

The  sparrow  named  in  the  Scriptures  is  a  busy, 
noisy,  little  bird,  that  flutters  and  twitters  around 
dilapidated  walls  in  the  city  and  beside  all  the  high- 
ways and  foot-paths  in  the  Holy  Land,  yet,  to  all 
readers  of  the  words  of  Jesus,  every  motion  and 
twitter  of  these  busy  little  birds  preaches  a  sermon 
upon  God's  providential  care. 

There  is  a  striking  passage  in  the  prophet  Jere- 
miah to  this  effect:  "The  stork  in  the  heaven 
knoweth  her  appointed  times,  and  tt)e  turtle  and 
the  crane  and  the  swallow  observe  the  time  of  their 
coming." 

A  bird  would  sooner  die  than  shorten  the  journey 
or  fail  to  start  at  the  appointed  time,  and  the  in- 
spired prophet  tells  us  that  the  punctuality  of  the 
migratory  bird  may  well  teach  us  to  regard  the 
times  of  God's  gracious  visitation, 


CORRESPONDENCE  *™ 


H^Chiirch  News  mull  iliM  l,n  tlih  I  hjMitmtut  II  you  have  had  a  good 
rice  ting,  Html  n  report  ul  It,  so  tint  others  m;iy  n  jnii  t  willi  you.  In  writing, 
give  name  of  church,  comity  ami  state.  UebrU.  Notes  ol  Travel  should  ho 
as  brief  as  possible.  Land  <u  oilier  iidveitlstMunitu  ait  not  solicited  for  Ihla 
d»partment.     Our  advert isi in;  columns  .ilti.,,1  ample  mom  lor  that  purpose. 

The  Ardenfielm  Church. 

This  is  the  name  of  the  congregation  that  was 
organized  recently  from  a  part  of  the  Huntingdon, 
Pa.,  church, 

For  more  than  twenty  years  the  Brethren  from 
Huntingdon  have  been  preaching  in  this  commu- 
nity. A  number  of  years  preaching  was  done  in 
a  schoolhouse  near  the  village.  In  the  fall  of  1834 
it  was  decided  to  build  a  churchhouse,  which  was 
finished  and  dedicated  in  the  following  spring. 
Preaching  services  were  held  in  the  church  eveiy 
Sunday,  and  also  in  the  Sugar  Grove  schoolhouse-, 
about  four  miles  from  the  church,  A  Sunday 
school  was  also  conducted  in  the  schoolhouse  and 
in  the  church  since  it  was  built.  The  school  has 
been  very  successful  during  these  years,  being  well 
attended.  It  has  been  superintended  by  Bro.  D.  Y. 
Swayne,  of  Huntingdon,  from  its  start. 

Since  the  churchhouse  was  built,  we  have  held 
our  own  Communion  services  and  church  meetings 
twice  a  year,  For  some  time  the  thought  has  pre- 
vailed that  it  should  be  organized  into  a  separate 
congregation.  A  special  church  meeting  was  ap- 
pointed for  March  6,  at  which  time  the  followirg 
persons  were  elected  deacons:  Brethren  D,  H, 
Foust,  Charles  Rupert,  John  S,  Long  and  Thos.  E. 
Woods.  The  church  was  then  fully  organized,  (o 
be  known  as  the  Ardenheim  coneregation,  with  a 
membership  of  fifty-three.  Bro.  W.  J.  Swigart  was 
elected  elder,  Sister  Mary  Rupert  was  appointed  to 
report  from  the  Sugar  Grove  part,  and  Sister  Bessie 
Woods  from  Ardenheim. 

The  following  persons  were  appointed  as  a  so- 
liciting committee,  to  collect  funds  to  remove  a 
small  debt  which  remains  on  the  church:  Brethren 
Samuel  Eby,  John  Long,  D.  H.  Foust,  Charles  Ru- 
pert, Bently  English  and  Thos.  E.  Woods.  Our 
love  feast  is  to  be  held  May  1. 

On  the  evening  of  March  1  a  number  of  the  mem- 
bers and  friends  of  this  locality  called  at  the  home 
of  Bro.  W.  J.  Swigart,  bringing  with  them  many 
tokens  of  regard  from  their  material  and  substan- 
tial things.  All  of  this  was  entirely  unexpected 
by  him,  and  was  highly  appreciated.  After  some 
singing  and  social  intercourse,  very  earnest  prayers 
were  offered  in  behalf  of  preacher  and  people,  and 
the  work  they  represent,  when  all  retired,  feeling  it 
was  a  happy  occasion. 

The  Brethren's  cause  in  this  community  is  com- 
paratively new,  as  only  a  very  few  members  had 
lived  here  until  within  four  or  five  years.  The  peo- 
ple are  earnest  and  sincere  in  their  desire  to  keep 
the  flame  of  true  Bible  piety  aglow  in  their  hearts, 
and  we  shall  labor  and  pray  for  divine  guidance. 
Bes-sIb  M.  Woods, 

M*r$h  #/. 


•raa:^  gospel  MEssEiro-iEirH,. 


April  9, 


From  the  Northwest  Baltimore  Mission. 

During  March  we  received  SS.80  in  our  Home 
Mission  Fund  for  the  Baltimore  City  church.  Two 
years  ago  this  month,  by  permission  of  Meadow 
branch,  our  mother  church,  we  organized  the 
Northwest  Baltimore  Sunday  school.  We  decided 
to  use  only  the  Brethren's  literature,  and  to  have 
none  but  our  own  members  for  officers  and  teach- 
ers, thus  establishing  strictly  a  Brethren  Sunday 
school.  We  adhered  to  our  decision  and  the  re- 
sults have  been  marvelous. 

The  average  attendance  from  day  of  organiza- 
tion to  close  of  1896  (eight  months)  was  thirty-six 
per  Sunday,     • 

The  average  attendance  during  1P97  was  fifty- 
five,  and  the  average  attendance  first  quarter  of 
this  year,  was  sixty-eight,  showing  a  marked  in- 
crease in  attendance.  All  other  branches  of  the 
Sunday  school  work  advanced  with  equally  en- 
couraging results. 

Realizing  this  to  be  an  excellent  opening  for  the 
Brethren,  we  petitioned  our  mother  church  to  hold 
preaching  services  in  our  little  hall.  The  request 
was  granted,  and  since  May  3,  1S96,  when  Bro. 
Bonsack  preached  the  first  sermon  at  the  above 
mission,  our  work  has  steadily  grown  from  a  con- 
gregation of  fifteen  interested  members,  to  an  av- 
erage attendance  of  over  sixty. 

Members  who  could  get  out  to  Woodberry  only 
once  or  twice  a  year,  some  not  getting  out  at  all, 
are  now  active,  earnest  workers,  attending  all  our 
services  regularly.  Many  members  are  now  cen- 
tralizing at  this  mission,  in  bright  hopes  of  getting 
a  much  needed  house  of  worship  in  the  nearest 
possible  future.  Seven  have  been  added  to  our 
number  by  baptism,  one  reclaimed,  and  some 
moved  in  from  other  parts  of  the  Brotherhood,  un- 
til at  present  we  have  forty-two  members  in  North- 
west Baltimore. 

We  are  doing  what  we  can  in  raising  means  for 
our  meetinghouse,  but  are  unable  to  add  much  to 
this  fund,  as  it  requires  nearly  all  we  can  secure, 
among  us  here,  to  meet  the  running  expense  of  the 
mission,  hall  rent,  etc,  hence  we  must  look  to  the 
liberal  hearts  and  hands  of  the  saints  throughont 
the  Brotherhood  for  assistance  in  building  our 
church.  The  work  here  is  suffering  for  want  of  a 
larger  place  in  which  to  worship,  and  as  we  cannot 
secure  a  more  commodious  place  in  this  neighbor- 
hood, we  must,  of  necessity,  submit  to  this  much- 
regretted  hindrance,  to  what  could  otherwise  prove 
a  still  greater  work  for  the  Master. 

We  are  by  no  means  exempt  from  discourage- 
ments, which  surround  every  good  work,  but  we 
are  striving,  by  God's  help,  to  press  right  on  in  the 
line  of  duty,  paying  little  or  no  attention  to  what 
might  otherwise  hinder  a  good  cause,  having  our 
consolation  in  Rom.  8:  28. 

Our  missionary  is  doing  a  grand  work  among  the 
children,  and  her  labors  have  greatly  increased  the 
interest  among  many,  both  members  and  friends. 

Brethren,  pray  for  the  work  and  workers  in  Bal- 
timore! J.  S,  Geiser. 
1607  Edmondson  Ave.,  Baltimore,  Md.,  April  1. 


Is  Christ  Coming  Next  Sunday? 

In  his  sermon  at  the  Ryder  Memorial  church 
in  Chicago,  last  Sunday  morning.  Eld.  Fred- 
erick W.  Miller  discoursed  on  this  subject:  "Is 
Christ  Coming  at  the  Approaching  Easter?" 
Among  other  things  he  said: 

"Professor  J.  B.  Dimbleby,  of  England,  the 
great  Bible  scholar  and  astronomer,  predicts  that 
00  next  Sunday  Christ  will  come  and  that  '  Gabri- 
el's trumpet,  louder  than  10.COO  thunders,  will 
shake  the  earth  and  make  the- 'wicked  tremble.' 
Then  will  come  the  resurrection  of  the  just.  The 
Jews  v.'ill  return  to  Jerusalem,  will  be  converted, 
and  in  iurn  will  become  missionaries  to  the  hea- 
then 

"J  rusalem  will  then  become  themetropolis  of  the 
world.  Respecting  these  coming  events  Profes- 
sor D.  avers  that  he  has  taken  Bible  measurements 


of  time,  and  that  there  is  no  room  for  doubt.  He 
has  also  taken  'spheroid'  measurements  and  is 
satisfied  that  the  Bible  and  science  are  in  accord, 
that  the  end  of  the  Gentile  times  will  take  place 
next  Sunday.  Similar  predictions  have  been  made 
in  the  past,  deceiving  many  thousands,  who,  in 
their  zeal,  gave  away  their  property.  All  have  mis. 
erably  failed.  The  Bible,  when  truly  understood, 
does  not  teach  the  destruction  of  the  earth,  but  it 
does  teach  that  this  earth  and  the  whole  world  will 
remain  forever.  The  end  of  the  world,  referred  to 
by  our  Lord  and  his  apostles,  signified  the  end  of 
the  Jewish  church,  which  has  already  taken  place. 
The  declaration  is  this:  'This  generation  shall  not 
pass  away  till  all  these  things  be  fulfilled,' 
'  there  be  some  standing  here  that  shall  not  taste  of 
death  till  they  see  the  Son  of  Man  coming  in  his 
kingdom.'  " 

Without  pausing  to  notice  some  of  the  errors  in 
Mr.  Miller's  theology,  we  simply  remark,  that  this 
is  by  no  means  the  first  time  that  the  date  for  the 
coming  of  Christ  has  been  set  in  Chicago.  About 
nineteen  years  ago  Wm,  C.  Thurman  made  a  simi- 
lar prediction,  and  even  set  the  day  and  hour  for 
the  coming  of  the  Son  of  Man.  Of  course  he  did 
not  appear,  Thurman  then  went  into  obscurity, 
while  the  affairs  of  the  heavenly  kingdom  on 
earth  went  gloriously  on.  The  present  prediction 
is  not  so  startling  as  the  former,  and  its  failure  to 
come  true  will  not  be  so  marked.  It  is  better  to 
bear  in  mind  that  of  the  day  and  hour  when  Jesus 
shall  come  knoweth  no  man,  not  even  the  angels, 
but  it  stands  all  the  faithful  in  hand  to  ever  be 
ready  to  meet  him  when  he  does  come. 


minister  to  come  and  preach  for  them,  and  build 
up  a  church.  They  have  a  very  fine  wheat  country 
and  well  adapted  for  general  farming. 

J.  N.  Baker. 
Harrod,  Ohio,  March  30, 


California  Ministerial  and  District  Meetings. 

These  assemblies  were  held  in  Lordsburg  March 
23  and  24  The  large  audience-room  in  the  college 
was  well  filled.  The  brethren  and  sisters  who  had 
been  assigned  topics  for  the  first  day  produced 
"  royal  crumbs"  for  their  hearers.  Steps  were  taken 
for  a  special  ministerial  meeting  at  our  next  Bible 
School,  which  will  be  held  in  Pomona.  The  Dis- 
trict Meeting  did  a  great  amount  of  work.  Though 
there  are  less  than  a  half  score  of  churches  in  Cali- 
fornia and  Arizona,  the  united  effort  on  the  part  of 
these  shows  strong,  aggressive  efforts  in  missions. 
The  average  contributions  for  home  missions  are 
well  up  toward  two  dollars,  and  the  results  of  this 
generosity  are  being  clearly  seen  in  increased  inter- 
est, additions,  and  permanency  of  work.  Bro  An- 
drew Hutchison  will  represent  the  District  on  the 
Standing  Committee,  Bro.  J.  W.  Trostle  is  general 
missionary,  Bro.  B.  F.  Masterson  continues  at  Po- 
mona, Bro.  Amos  Neher  is  assigned  to  Colton  and 
the  writer  to  Los  Angeles.  M.  M.  Eshelman, 

Colton,  Cal.       Secretary. 

Our  Trip  South. 

Our  stay  in  Citronelle  was  from  Dec.  4  to  March 
S  The  climate  was  of  great  benefit  to  my  health. 
The  members  at  Citronelle  seem  to  have  the  work 
of  the  Master  at  heart  and  we  enjoyed  ourselves 
very  much  in  the  labors  with  them.  They  have 
preaching  and  Sunday  school  every  Sunday,  and 
prayer  meeting  every  Thursday  evening  in  the 
chapel.  They  also  have  preaching  at  two  places  in 
the  country. 

I  also  visited  the  Fruitdale  church,— a  very  pros- 
perous church.  On  my  return  home  I  visited  Bro. 
E.  J.  Neher,  at  Hollywood,  Ala.,  fifty  miles  west  of 
Chattanooga.  They  have  a  good,  productive  clay 
soil,  and  are  very  anxious  for  some  members  to 
come  and  help  in  the  Master's  work.  Bro.  Neher 
thinks  some  will  come  out  on  the  Lord's  Side  in  the 
near  future  He  is  not  able  to  perform  the  rite  of 
baptism  on  account  of  bodily  infirmities.  His  wife 
and  four  of  his  children  are  members  of  the  church. 
This  would  be  a  good  point  for  work, 

T  next  visited  Winchester,  Tenn.  There  are 
three  members  here,— Bro.  and  Sister  Shaddowand 
Bro,  Falkner.    They  would  be  yery  glad  to  have  a 


From  the  Barron  Church,  Wis. 

March  25  Eld.  H.  C.  Baker  came  to  us  and  1 
Saturday,  at  10  A.  M.,  we  met  for  council.  O^ 
church  decided  to  plant  five  acres  of  potatoes.  The 
seed  will  be  furnished  by  donations  from  members 
and  all  the  work  will  also  be  donated.  This  will  be 
done  in  order  to  lift  a  debt  of  $95  on  the  church 
and  also  to  purchase  new  seats. 

Our  elder  will  represent  us  at  District  Meeting 
and  C.  P.  Rowland  at  Annual  Meeting.  The  writer 
was  chosen  Corresponding  Secretary.  At  our  coun- 
cil in  June,  we  expect  brethren  C.  P.  Rowland  and 
S.  A.  Honberger,  from  Louisiana,  and  also  our  elder, 
H.  C.  Baker.  During  their  stay  we  expect  to  hold  a 
love  feast. 

We  have  an  evergreen  Sunday  school  at  the 
"  North  Pole"  house,  with  a  good  attendance.  We 
reorganized  with  Bro.  Frank  Hall  as  Superintendent 
and  Sister  Mollie  Barten,  Assistant.  We  use  the 
Brethren's  Sunday  school  literature  and  also  the 
Song  Book. 

If  we  once  had  a  good  minister  permanently  lo- 
cated here  much  might  be  accomplished.  A  steady 
and  persistent  effort  on  the  part  of  all  will  bring 
success.  J.  J.  Wassam. 

Barron,  Wit ,  March  28, 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES. 

(Ccnc'uied  from  page  229.) 
more,  the  personal  responsibility  of  each  teacher, 
and  promotes  a  more  united  effort. 

These  meetings  also  tend  to  broaden  the  views 
of  each  one  who  takes  part  in  them.  It  would  be 
a  strange  class  of  teachers,  indeed,  if,  in  the  indi- 
vidual study  of  the  lesson,  they  would  have  all 
gathered  the  same  thoughts;  so,  by  coning  togeth- 
er, each  one  will  have  his  own  light  brightened  by 
the  addition  of  the  spark  which  his  brother  teacher 
has  found,  and  that  he  has  not.  No  one  will  real- 
ize how  much  truth  he  will  gain  in  this  way,  until 
he  has  had  the  experience,  and  we  would  urge  that 
every  school,  where  it  is  at  all  possible,  organize 
for  a  teachers'  meeting  of  at  least  a  half  hour  each 
week,  and  your  school  will  do  better  work,  and 
God's  blessing  will  attend  the  effort, 

Bellrfontaine,  Ohio, 


OTJR    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


WHAT  DO  WE  OWE  TO  OTHERS  ?-Rom.  14:  io- 

For  Thursday  Evening,  April  14,  iSg3. 

I.  We  Should  Refrain  from  Fault-Finding. 

1.  We  should  rot  judge.— Rom.  14:  4;  Jas.  4:  12. 

2.  All  are  accountable.    Rom.  14:  7;  2  Cor.  5:  10. 
II.  We  Should  Cause  No  One  to  Stumble. 

1.  From  a  spirit  of  love.    Rom.  15*2;  I  Cor.  ro:  24. 

2.  From  a  desire  to  do  them  good.    Matt.  51  16;  I 

3.  From  the  ultimate  results.    Matt.  25:  21;  2  Cor.  8: 
III.  We  Should  b«  Ready  to  Impart  Help. 

1.  Promoting  peace.    Ps.  34:  14;  Rom.  12:  18. 

2.  Promoting  edification.    Rom,  15:  2;  1  Cor.  14:  12. 


Notes  x  from  -.<  our  s  Correspondents, 

"As  cold  water  to  a  thirsty  sou],  so  is  good  nows  from  a  far  country." 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Mercersburg — Yesterday,  at  our  meeting  at  the  Clay  Lick 
hurch,  two  were  received  by  baptism—  Eliab  Zuci,  March 

Johnstown — The  series  of  meetings  in  the  Brethren  church 
of  Upper  Yoder  township  began  March  6.  It  was  conducted 
by  the  home  ministers,— brethren  Abram  Fyock  and  Albert 
Berkley,  until  the  evening  of  the  8th.  One  was  baptized.  Oa 
the  evening- of  March  8  Bro.  Jasper  Barnthouse  took  charge 
of  the  meetings  and  continued  until  the  evening  of  the  23rd' 
ng  the  whole  protracted  effort -there  were  thiitecn  bap- 
tized and  three  are  awaiting  baptism,  'Che  brethren  were 
greatly1  eugomafirfd,-4./.  Str*jcr,  JAirv/i  -7,       .._...,   .  ..  .. 


April  9,  IS 


THE   G-OS^IEL   HMrESSEItTG-IEK,. 


Tulpehocken.— Our  council  was  held  March  21,  Our  love 
feast  will  be  May  17  and  iS  in  the  Midway  house.  We  elected 
brethren  John  Herr  and  Wm.  H.  Oberholuer  as  our  delegates 
to  District  Meeting.  Four  more  were  added  to  the  church  by 
baptism  since  my  last  report.— Ella  V,  Layssr,  Richland,  Leb- 
anon Co  ,  Pa.,  March  2q. 

Hanover.— March  27  Bro.  S.  M.  Stouffer,  of  GreenspriDg 
pa.,  filled  the  appointment  at  our  encouraging  mission  point 
in  this  place.  If  all  of  our  ministers  who  go  into  a  town 
city  for  tbtir  first  time,  would  do  as  Bro.  Stouffer  did  (preach 
the  Word)  it  would  not  be  long  before  every  town  and  city  in 
our  land  would  kuow  of  the  Brethren  church— Ella  Rat 
fcrger,  March  28. 

Spring  Run.— We  met  in  council  March  26.  Arrangements 
were  made  for  District  MeettDg,  to  be  held  April  6.  Brethren 
R.  T.  Myers  and  J.  C.  Swigart  were  chosen  as  delegates.  The 
church  decided  to  hold  a  love  feast  at  Pine  Glen  cburchhouse 
May  27,  at  4  P.  M,  We  organized  our  Sunday  school  last  Sun- 
day afternoon.  The  writer  was  chosen  as  Superintendent. 
We  use  the  Brethren's  Quarterlies  and  Song  Book,— O.  M, 
Dunmire,  Me  Veytown,  Pa.,  March  30. 

Notice.— The  District  Meeting  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania, 
New  Jersey  and  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland  will  be  held  in  the 
White  Oak  churcb,  Knder's  meetinghouse,  near  Manheim  Sta- 
tion, R.  &  C.  R.  R.,  April  28.  Delegates  will  meet  April  27  al 
4  P.  M.,  to  organize  the  elders'  meeting  at  2  P.  M„  at  the 
church.  Trains  will  leave  Lancaster  at  12:  30  P.  M  ;  Reading, 
12  B.  M.;  Lebanon  at  12:  30  P.  M.  All  will  reach  Manheim  a1 
i:igP.  M,  Work  for  the  elders'  meeting,  not  otherwise  de- 
livered, should  be  forwarded  by  mail  to  B.  2.  Eby,  Manheim, 
Pa.— B,  Z.  Eby,  March  2g. 

Snake  Spring.— Eld.  D.  S.  Clapper  commenced  a  series  oi 
meeiings  in  the  Eaikton  schoolhouse  Feb.  28,  and  continued 
till  the  evening  of  March  31.  Twenty-one  were  received  into 
the  church  by  baptism.  One  dear  sister  was  reclaimed.  They 
were  all  heads  of  families  but  one,  a  youog  sister.  Prii 
these  meetings  Eld.  D.  S.  Clapper  distributed  quite  a  number 
of  tracts.  During  his  meetings  some  good  sermons  were  de- 
livered on  doctrine  and  church  government.  Quite  an  inter- 
est was  taken  in  reading  and  searching  after  the  Truth—  Har- 
ry A,  Burke t,  Everett,  Pa.,  April  1. 

OHIO. 

Bloomville.— The  members  of  the  Seneca  church  met  in 
council  March  26.  Bro.  A.  B.  Beelmam  was  elected  delegate 
to  District  Meeting.— S.  A.  Walker,  March  23, 

Swan  Greek.— We  have  decided  to  change  the  time  of  our 
love  feast  from  June  1 1  to  May  21.,  at  10  A.  M„  on  account  of 
another  feast  in  an  adjoining  churcb.  In  our  former  article  we 
neglected  to  state  that  Bro.  Chas.  Reed  is  our  delegate  to  Dis- 
trict and  Arinual  Meeting.— S.  P.  Berkeybile,  Delta,  Ohio, 
■^Jlarch  24,r   >■, 

^fc»aleStlne.-S.Wc  met  in  council  March  22.  Our  Sunday 
■tools  will  be  reorganized  in  the  near  future.  Our  Commun- 
Jh  is  to  be  held  May  26.  Ministers  going  west  to  Annual 
Meeting  are  invited  to  be  with  us.  Bro,  Henry  Baker  is  our 
delegate  to  Annual  Meeting,  and  brethren  Henry  Baker  and 
Stephen  Petry  are  our  delegates  to  District  Meeting.— Daniel 
Bailsman,  Baker,  Ohio,  March  2S. 

Donnels  Creek.— Last  Saturday  was  our  quarterly  council 
at  the  Donnels  Creek  church.  Among  other  business  trans- 
acted was  the  propriety  of  dividing  this  congregation  into  two 
districts.  Two  Sunday  school  superintendents  and  two  assist- 
ants were  elected.  Bro.  David  Dredge  is  our  Superintendent 
and  B.  F,  Miller  Assistant  at  the  Donnels  Creek  house.  Bro. 
Charles  Smith  is  our  Superintendent  and  Bro,  Simon  Chad- 
baugh,  Assistant,  at  the  New  Carlisle  house.  Delegate  to  An- 
nual Meeting  is  Jacob  Sandy;  to  District  Meeting,  Josephus 
Barnhart  and  Jacob  Sandy.  We  send  no  papers  either  to  An- 
nual MeetiDg  or  District  Meeting.  Our  daughter  is  a  little 
better,  but  not  able  to  sit  up  in  bed  to  eat,— Henry  Fronts, 
Forgy,  Ohio,  March  2q. 

Ludlow.— Feb.  22  Eld.  D.  D.  Wine,  of  Pleasant  Hill,  Ohio, 
began  preaching  at  the  Pitsburg  house,  and  continued  until 
the  evening  of  March  g.  Though  the  roads  were  very  bad, 
the  meetings  were  well  attended.  Three  were  received  by 
baptism.  One  was  reclaimed.  Shortly  after  the  meetings 
closed,  an  invalid  brother  and  wife  united  with  the  church. 
At  oor  council,  preparatory  to  District  Meeting,  Eld.  Tobias 
Kreider  and  Bro.  Jacob  Brumbaogh  were  elected  as  delegates 
to  both  District  and  Annual  Meeting,  with  Bro.  Granville  Min- 
&ich,  alternate.  Our  missionary  solicitors  reported  350.88  as 
collected  in  their  recent  canvass.  As  our  home  Communions 
heretofore  have  proved  very  enjoyable,  it  was  decided  to  have 
another  this  spring.  The  call  for  the  District  Meeting  of 
Southern  Ohio  in  1890  was  renewed.  Sunday  school  superin- 
tendents were  also  elected.— Levi  Minnich,  Painter  Creek, 
°hio,  March  s8, 

OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

Prairie  Lake.— We  met  in  council  March  26.    We  decided 

»o  hold  our  love  feast  April  16.    It  will  be  held  seven  miles 

north-east  of  Alva.    Parties  by  rail  will  stop  at  Warren.— S, 

Wtmer,  Auburn,  Okla.,  March  27.  - "  -- 

FLORIDA. 

Indian  River.— I  am  requested  by  the  Brethren  of  Indian 
River,  Fla,,  to  say  that  the  Lord  willing,  we  will  begin  a  series 
.°*  meetings  at  Woodley,  April  23,  and  continue  till  the  30th, 
»*  which  time  a  council  will  be  held  and  perhaps  an  organiza- 
tion effected.  We  will  also  hold  a  love  feast  in  the  evening  of 
the  30th.— C.  D.  Hylton,  Hawthorn,  Fla.,  April 1, 


IOWA. 

Grundy  Canter.— Two  young  men  recently  united  with  the 
church,  which  makes  four  during  the  past  year.  We  have  ar- 
ranged for  a  series  of  meetings  to  continue  a  week  or  more, 
beginning  March  28,  conducted  by  Bro.  H.  P.  Strickler—  C 
Frederick,  March  27, 

Grundy  County  Church.— Last  Saturday,  assisted  by 
brethren  Harry  Eikenberry  and  Samuel  Bowser,  we  met  in 
council.  The  report  of  our  solicitors  for  missionary  purposes 
was  very  encouraging.  We  decided  to  hold  a  series  of  meet- 
ings next  fall;  also  a  week  s  meeting?  in  connection  with  our 
love  feast  June  11,  at  10  A.  M.—Alda  E,  Albright,  Eldora 
Iowa,  March  28. 

Des  Moines  Valley — March  26  we  met  in  a  very  pleasant 
council.  Two  letters  of  membership  were  granted.  We  will 
hold  our  love  feast  in  Des  Moines  May  14,  and  at  this  place 
July  2,  preceded  by  a  series  of  meetings,  beginning  June  22. 
Bro.  H.  R.  Taylor  was  chosen  delegate  to  Annua!  Meeting. 
We  have  organized  our  Sunday  school  for  the  coming  quarter, 
with  Bro.  W,  E.  West  as  Supsrintendent  — Sara  Goughnour, 
Elkhart,  Iowa,  March  27. 

Libertyvlile.— Our  love  feast  was  set  for  Sept.  16,  with  a 
series  of  meetings  to  be  held  in  connection.  Solicitors  for  the 
District  Mission  were  appointed,  and  our  Sunday  school  was 
reorganized  by  electing  Sister  Hannah  lacobson,  Superintend- 
ent. The  question  of  building  a  churebfaouse  in  the  town  of 
Batavia  was  taken  under  advisement.  Batavia  is  about  five 
miles  from  our  present  house  of  worship,  situated  three  miles 
north-west  of  Libertyville  —  W,  N.  Glotfelty,  March  26. 

South  Waterloo.— Our  quarterly  council  convened  March 
20.  Bro.  S.  H,  Miller  was  moderator  of  the  meeting.  Our 
Sunday  school  mission  in  Waterloo  is  in  a  nourishing  condi- 
tion, with  Sister  Lydia  Taylor  at  the  helm.  The  church  will 
be  represented  at  our  next  Annual  Meeting  by  two  delegates 
(the  writer  and  Bro.  S.  M.  Miller).  Bro.  I.  D.  Parker  is  to  hold 
a  series  of  meetings  for  us  next  September.  Our  love  feast 
will  be  held  June  18,  at  10  A.  M.— /.  H.  Fike,  Eagle  Center, 
Iowa,  April  2, 


TEXAS. 

Live  Oak.— Our  minister,  Brc.  Tenison,  being  still  unable  to 
preach,  we  are  much  in  need  of  a  minister  at  this  place.  Last 
August  Bro.  Glick,  of  Illinois,  was  with  us  a  few  days  and  bap- 
tized '  one.  Others  were  almost  persuaded.  We  have  had 
no  meeting-  this  year,  but  we  hope  some  visiting  minister  will 
lend  us  his  assistance  for  a  few  days,  —  Fannie  Witt, 
Weather  ford,  Tex.,  March  22. 

Nocona.— On  Saturday  before  the  first  Sunday  of  March  I 
took  Bro.  Elliott  to  the  Pleasant  Valley  congregation.  He 
stayed  with  them  till  over  the  second  Sunday,  but,  01 
of  rainy  weather,  could  not  hold  meeting  every  1 
their  council,  March  12,  they  decided  to  bold  a  love  feast  May 
7.  Last  Saturday  the  Williams  Creek  church  held  their  coun- 
cil. A  feast  was  appointed  for  April  30,  at  4  P.  M.  On  ac- 
count of  a  very  heavy  rain  Saturday  night,  there  were  not 
many  at  preaching  yesterday.  Bro.  Molsbee  resigned  hiscare 
of  this  church,  and  it  is  now  under  the  oversight  of  Eld.  J.  M. 
Elliott,  who  has  recently  come  among  them.  Next  Saturday 
the  Nocona  church  meets  in  quarterly  council.  We  expect 
Bro.  Elliott  with  us.  Bro.  A.  Hutchison  is  to  be  among  us 
soon.— A,  J.  Wine,  Nocona,  Tex.,  March  28. 
INDIANA. 

English  Prairie.— Our  council,  March  19,  passed  off  pleas- 
antly—John  Long,  Brighton,  Ind.,  March  23, 

Mlddletown.— Our  council,  last  Saturday,  was  a  harmdnious 
one.  Bro,  H.  L.  Fadeley  was  elected  delegate  to  District 
Meeting  and  Bro.  D.  F.  Hoover  to  Annual  Meeting,— Florida 
J.  E.  Green,  March  28. 

Elkhart  Valley.— We  met  in  council  March  26,  Bro,  A.  H. 
Puterbaugh  presiding.  Bro.  Frank  Krider  was  advanced  to 
the  second  degree  in  the  ministry.  Bro  A.  H  Puterbaugh  is 
our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.— Josephus  Wallace,  Goshen, 
Ind.,  March  27. 

Buck  Creek.— The  members  of  this  church  met  in  council 
March  26.  One  was  restored.  Eld.  D.  H.  Replogle  was 
chosen  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting,  and  Lewis  Teeter  and 
the  writer  to  District  Meeting.  One  query  goes  to  District 
Meeting  from  this  church.  We  decided  to  have  a  Bible 
school  this  fall.  Our  Sunday  school  is  flourishing,  We  use 
the  Brethren's  Song  Book  and  the  Quarterlies. — Isaac  I,  B. 
Wike,  Mooreland,  Ind.,  March  26, 

MARYLAND. 

Hagerstown.— The  Manor  congregation  met  in  council 
March  25.  Eld.  Eli  Yourtee  presided.  He  gave  us  good 
counsel  and  admonition.  Elders  J.  A.  Bricker  and  D.  V. 
Long  were  chosen  as  delegates  to  District  Meeting,  and  J.  A, 
Bricker  as  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  Oar  love  feast  will 
be  May  14  and  15.  We  met  at  Downsville  last  Sunday,  March 
26,  to  reorganize  our  Sunday  school.  Bro  Bricker  was  re- 
elected Superintendent,  with  Eld,  T.  R.  Coffman  and  McClel- 
len  Long  as  Assistants.  The  outlook  for  a  large  and  interest- 
ing school  is  encouraging,  Wednesday  evening  will  close  oar 
Bible  class  for  tbia  season,—/.,  tfertha  Rowland,  March  28, 


young  in 


KANSAS. 
Walnut  Valley.-Having  several  applicants  for  baptism, 
we  appointed  Sunday,  March  27,  to  administer  the  sacred  rite. 
Though  the  day  was  very  rough  and  the  applic 
years,  they  did  not  fear  to  enter  the  stream.—^.  F.   Wei 
Heher,  Kans.,  April  2. 

Sabetha.— Another  meeting  at  the  State  Prison  resulted  in 
two  more  applicants  for  baptism.  Others  are  near  the  king- 
dom. We  send  one  paper  to  District  Meeting.  Bro.  R.  A. 
Yoder  is  our  delegate  10  District  Meet;ng  and  the  writer  to 
Annual  Meeting—  C.J.  Hooper,  March  2q. 

Oakvale.-Our  council,  in  the  NorthSalem  church, convened 
March  26,  with  fair  attendance.  The  church  deeded  to  make 
an  effort  to  build  a  house  of  worship  in  the  city  of  Portis,  The 
solicitors  were  appointed,  and  the  building-committee  was  in- 
structed to  push  the  work  at  once.  The  church  elected  breth- 
ren George  Ackley  and  the  writer  as  our  delegates  to  District 
Meeting.— John  F,  Cline,  March  2q. 

ARKANSAS. 

Rose  Bud.-We  have  had  no  preaching  since  Bro.  Chas. 
E.  Delp  preached  for  as  June  1.  There  is  a  good  opening 
here  to  sow  seed  of  the  pure  Gospel.  Mother,  father  and  my- 
self are  the  only  "  Du rakers"  living  within  thirty  mites  of  here. 
If  any  one  will  come  and  preach  for  us  we  will  lend  a  helping 
hand,  as  far  as  we  can,  Brethren,  let  us  spread  the  Gospel 
"among  all  nations."— W.  E.  Whihhcr,  March  28. 

St.  Francis.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  March  26.  Our 
elder,  Bro.  Henry  Brubaker,  having  resigned  the  oversight  of 
this  church,  Bro.  J.  H.  Neher  was  elected  in  his  place.  Four 
were  received  by  letter  and  three  letters  were  giantcd.  Since 
my  last  report  Bro.  Neher  held  a  weck's^neetings  at  Shilob,  a 
point  where  we  have  been  having  regular  monthly  meetings 
for  some  time.  There  is  a  pressing  call  for  more  meetings 
when  the  busy  time  is  over.—/.  C.  Osbom,  Palestine,  Ark., 
March  28, 

MICHIGAN. 

Sugar  Ridge.— We  held  our  council  March  5  Wc  elected 
Bro,  Mart  Hardman  as  Sunday  school  Superintendent,  with 
Bro,  Jake  Mahler,  Assistant.  We  have  an  evergreen  Sunday 
school.     Our  love  feast  will  be  June  5,  at  6  P.  HI.— Etta  Lair, 

Sugar  Ridge.— We  left  our  home  March  24  for  the  north- 
east  part  of  our  congregation,  a  distance  of  about  eighty  miles. 
We  commenced  meetings  the  same  evening,  and  held  ten 
meetings  with  good  interest  and  attendance.  We  baptized 
one  and  we  feel  that  others  are  near  the  kingdom.  We  look 
for  quite  an  ingathering  in  the  near  future  at  this  place,  We 
closed  last  night  with  good  interest  and  arrived  home  to-day, 
— /.  M,  Lair,  April  2. 

ILLINOIS. 

Waddams  Grove.— We  met  in  council  March  8.  Our  elder 
requested  to  be  relieved  of  the  oversight  of  the  church,  which 
was  granted.  We  send  two  delegates  to  District  Meeting, 
brethren  Harry  Bogeureif  and  Wesley  Starr.  Bro.  Ezra  Lutz 
is  our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  We  decided  to  liave  a 
series  of  meeiings  after  Annual  Meeting,  commencing  June  4, 
to  be  conducted  by  Bro.  Johnson,  of  Penns>  Ivania.—  IV,  A'. 
Moore,  Nora,  III.,  April  1. 

Shannon.— Our  quarterly  council  was  held  on  March  26, 
We  appointed  our  delegates  to  Annual  and  District  Meetings, 
Bro,  D,  Rowland  is  our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  We 
elected  our  Sunday  school  officers,  Bro.  Chas.  Shidler  was 
chosen  Sunday  school  Superintendent,  We  will  form  five 
classes.  Our  school  continues  throughout  the  year,  and  we 
use  the  Brethren's  literature.  We  have  preaching  every  Sun- 
day at  10: 30.  As  a  church  we  feel  encouraged,  both  in  interest 
taken  and  the  attendance.  We  hope  the  Lord  will  add  others 
to  our  number— David  Rowland,  April  1. 

WISCONSIN. 

Greenwood.— Bro.  S.  E.  Yundt,  of  Mt.  Morris,  111.,  came  to 
us  March  8,  and  preached  for  us  each  evening,  except  a  few 
evenings,  when  it  was  too  stormy.  On  Sunday  forenoon  a 
children's  meeting  was  held.  We  appreciate  those  meetings 
very  much.  March  23  we  had  our  council.  The  members  se- 
lected as  delegate  to  District  and  Annual  Meetings,  Bro.  S. 
E,  Yundt;  alternate  Bro.  H,  C.  Baker.  Bro.  Yundt  also  pre- 
sided at  our  council,  by  the  request  of  our  elder,  H.  C.  Baker, 
who  could  not  be  present. — //,  J.  Cripe,  Graceport,  Wis,, 
March  2$. 

MISSOURI. 

Falrview.— March  26  this  church  met  in  council.  Brethren 
Joe  and  J.  W.  Hylton  were  choseu  as  delegates  to  District 
Meeting.    Two  queries  were  sent  to  that  Meeting,     We  de- 

mer.  We  intended  to  reorganize  our  Sunday  school  last  Sun- 
day but  the  rain  hindered  the  members  from  assembling  as 
anticipated, — Nannie  Harman,  Denlow,  Mo.,  April  2, 

WASHINGTON. 

Long  Beach. — We  have  been  holding  meetings  here  nearly 
four  weeks.  There  were  no  members  living  here  and  the  doc- 
trine, as  practiced  by  the  Brethren,  was  new,  but  we  are  glad 
that  twelve  precious  souls  have  come  forward  to  unite  with 
the  Brethren.  Four  have  been  baptized  and  the  othtr  eight 
expect  to  be  soon.  Others  are  searching  the  Scr  ptures.— /. 
U.  G.  Stiverson,  Oysterville,  Wash  ,  March  17. 

CALIFORNIA. 

Colton  Mission.— Today  we  baptized  a  yoang  mai!,— M, 
M,  Eshelman,  March  2Q, 


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TTIIE   GOSPEL   MESSZEHSTCS-IEI?,. 


April  g,  I898, 


CORRESPONDENOF, 


Fron 


Aged  Brother. 


I  am  a  very  aged  man,  having  just  passed 
my  eighty-seventh  anniversary.  My  sight  and 
hearing  are  failing  very  fast.  The  Messen- 
ger is  my  best  preacher,  since  I  have  so 
nearly  lost  my  hearing.  I  have  been  a  sub- 
scriber of  the  Messenger,  and  its  predeces- 
sors, ever  since  brethren  Kurtz  and  Qu 
introduced  the  Gosfiel  Visitor.  I  can 
"Amen"  to  the  article  which  Bro.  Samuel 
Murray  wrote,  concerning  prayer  and  fasting. 
I  have  often  wondered  why  our  preachers  are 
so  slow  to  say  anything  on  sucli  important 
subjects.  I  trust  we  may  all  profit  by  gi 
heed  to  the  article, 

I  have  been  laboring  in  the  office  of  deacon 
somewhat  over  fifty  years,  but  am  now 
lieved,  by  request  to  the  church,  for  which  I 
feel  thankful,  as  1  am  so  old,  and  my  failing 
sight  and  hearing  prevent  me  from  officiating, 
Yet  I  have  cause  to  be  thankful  to  the  Lord, 
that  I  can  still  see  to  read  coarse  print. 

K.  Leonard. 
Maple  Valley,  Iowa,  March  2J, 


The  preaching 
are    increasing 


rs  are  ready  for  bap 

an  Sunday  evenings, 
I  in  attendance  and  interest 
eetings  during  the  week  are  al- 


Say  Amen. 


Tn eke  are  many  ways  of  helping  the 
preacher,— books,  Hour,  wood,  clothes,  cash, 
but  I  have  in  mind  another  idea,  which  1 
think  is  worthy  of  considerable  emphasis,  My 
idea  is  developed  from  my  experience  in  open- 
air  preaching  among  the  natives.  1  wrote 
home,  some  time  ago,  to  a  dear  brother,  and 
said  that  I  did  not  know  how  it  would  go  with 
me  if  the  time  ever  came  when  I  would  be 
railed  on  to  preach  before  some  of  our  sil 
still  congregations  at  home. 

In  our  open-air  work,  the  people  quickly 
spond  to  the  preacher.     If  he  says  something, 
recognized  by  all  as  specially  applicable, 
greeted  by  frequent  responses  from  his  1 
ers,  such  as  "  That's  so,"  "  That's  true,"  "  Who 
can  deny  thai?  "  etc.,  so  that  one  can  tell, 
ally,  just  what  his  congregation  is  able  to 

If,  on  the  other  hand,  the  preacher  presents 
some  new  thought  abruptly,  he  is  likely  to 
greeted  with    not   a  few  such  expressions 
"Thai's    not  true,"  "Prove  it,"  "Wait  to 
swer  me  a  question,"  etc.     There  is  something 
very  enlivening  in  such  a  responsive  congre- 
gation. 

Now,  my  suggestion  for  helping  the  preach- 
er is,  that  our  gcod  Brethren  often  respond, 
both  in  prayer  and  preaching,  with  a  hearty 
Amen,  I  know  it  will  do  good.  The  preacher 
will  feel  greatly  strengihened,  and,  if  some- 
body is  inattentive,  he  will  be  called  to  time, 
and  a  cord  of  sympathy  will  soon  manifestly 
run  all  through  the  congregation.  Try  it  if 
you  don't  believe  it.     Of  course,  try  it  if  you 

When  on  our  way  to  India  we  visited  Spur- 
geon's  tabernacle.  At  that  meeting,  in  the 
opening  prayer,  Mr.  Spurgeon  said,  "O  Lord, 
deliver  us  from  all  kinds  of  formality  and 
ritualism."  About  a  score  of  people  said 
Amen.  We  were  struck.  The  prayer  that 
might  not  have  been  remembered  at  all,  went 
right  to  my  heart,  and  became  my  prayer.  I 
thought  tco,  "  Why,  how  these  people  are  in 
sympathy  with  young  Mr.  Spurgeon.  No  won- 
der he  can  preach  well." 

Now  1  want  just  to  say  to  my  many  Brethren 
everywhere,  to  be  in  sympathy  with  your  min- 
isters enough  to  say  Amen  several  times  dur- 
ing the  prayer,  and  several  times  during  the 
Begin  with  the  prayer.     It  will  warm 


Considering  the  fact  that  the  "Mission"  is 
nly  sixteen  monlbs  old,  and  that  before  that 
me  we  were  not  known  in  this  part  of  the 
ity,  we  feel  encouraged,  and  realize  that  the 
Lord  has  ■wonderfully  blessed  the  efforts  that 
have  been  put  forth  for  the  great  Jaitse  of 
Christ,  J.  W.  Cline. 

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BATTEY—  YODER.-At  the  reside 
the  bride's  parents,  near  Mitchell,  Ri, 
Kans..  March  17,  1898,  by  the  under, 
Mr.  William].  Battey,  of  Little  River,- 
and  Sister  Mary  Yoder,  of  Mitchell,  Ri, 


S.  Bk 


SHRIVER-CULLER.-At  the  residence 
of  the  bride's  parents,  near  Weilerville,  Wayne 
Co.,  Ohio,  March  20,  1898,  by  the  undersigned, 
Mr.  Aaron  F.  Shriver,  of  Stark  Co.,  Ohio,  and 
Sister  Jennie  M.  Culler,  of  Wayne  County. 
A.  I.  H 


HARRISON  —  BERKEBILE—  At  Johns- 

wn,  Pa  ,  by  the  undersigned,  at  his  residence, 

March  17,  1898,  Bro.  Elmer  Harrison  and  Miss 

Nora  Elsie  Berkebilc,  both  of  near  Johnstown. 

RUMMEL— KEIPER.— At  the  residence  of 

the  bride's  parents,  at  Conemaugb,  March  24, 

Bro.  David  A.  Rummel  and  Sister  Rosa 


S.  S.  Bl 


FALLEN  t  ASLEEP 


F.  F.  HoLsor 


Parkirsfird,  /'a.,  Ma. 


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From  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

The  average  attendance  at  the  Mission  Sun- 
day school  of  the  First  Brethren  church,  for 
January,  February  and  March,  has  been  132, 
and  the  average  collection  $1.34.  Thirty-four 
new  scholars  are  enrolled.  Last  fall,  when  we 
moved  the  "Mission"  into  the  large  building 
that  we  now  occupy,  we  felt  there  would  be 
ample  room— but  the  attendance  has  so  in- 
creased that  we  are  again  very  much  crowded. 

We  have  just  started  our  missionary  society, 
and  have  already  forty  of  our  Sunday  school 
scholars  contributing  regularly  five  cents  a 
month. 

Bro.  T.  T.  Myers  preached  one  week  for  us. 
t  well  attended,  and,  as  a  re- 


Alinlslerinl  Meeting  of  First  District  of 
West  Virginia. 

This  meeting  is  to  be  held  in  the  Germai 
Settlement  congregation,  West  Virginia,  Fri 
day  and  Saturday,  May  20  and  21. 

THURSDAY  EVENING. 


"Till 


perfect 


li.ili  Thon 


"-D.  B 


Ra- 


man," etc.    Eplv.  4:  13.-G.  S.  An 

FRIDAY. 

1.  "  What  is  Formalism?  "— Jet 
as,  John  A.  Arnold. 

2.  »  Essential  Qualities  of  a  Set 
Arnold,  O.  P.  Ebert,  I.  O.  Thompson. 

3.  "  Duty  of  the  Members  to  the  Min 
Wife."— John  W.  Leatherman,  P.  S.  Fike 
chel  Judy,  Nettie  Miller. 

4.  "The  Minister's  Inner  and  Outer  Life."- 
J.  K.  Baker,  E.  T.  Fike,  J.  T.  Cosner. 

5.  "  What  is  the  True  Mission  of  Song?  "—I 
W.  Abernathy,  J.  S.  Fike,  Arthur  Arnold. 


Answering  queries,  thirty  1 
Sermon — "Thanked   God  and  Took    Cour 
age."— Acts  2S:  15—  B.  W.  Smith. 


6.  "  What  Changes  Could  We  Make  for  the 
Better  in  our  Present  System  of  Ministerial 
Work?  "—Geo.  S.  Arnold,  W.  F.  Nine. 

"What  is  a  Missionary?"    (a)  Qualifica- 
.    (r>)  Aim  of  Missions.— Jonas  Fike,  J.  C. 
Franz. 

S.  (1)  "Caring  for  the  Flock."  («)  Who? 
(*)  When?    (?)  How? 

(2)  "  Feeding."    (a)  The  Strong.    («)  The 
Weak.— Geo.  W.   Leatherman,    Peter 
Arnold. 
"The  Minister's  Wife." 

(1)  Paper.— Bertha  Fike. 

(2)  Incidents  of  .Personal  Experience  pe- 
culiar to  Ministers'  Wives,  by  Minis- 
ters' Wives— Sister  I.  W.  Abernathy, 
Sister  G.  S.  Arnold,  Sister  Jonas  Fike. 

(3)  Essay— Lepha  Werner. 


Sermon— "The  Sent 
and  of  her  Ministers."— 
Rules,  gover 
the  opening 


of    the    Church, 
ters." — Jeremiah  Thomas. 
ng  the  meeting,  will  be  read 


^MATRIMONIAL- 

I'What  therefore  God  hath  joined  togethe 


SNYDER— CORDREY.— At  the  parsonage 
of  the  First  M.  E,  church,  Bellefontaine,  Ohio, 
:h  17,  1S9S,  by  Rev.  J.  M.  Mills,  Mr.  John 
R.  Snyder  and  Miss  Mabel  Cordrey,  both  of 
Bellefontaine,  Ohio.  A.  M.  Snyder. 


,  Iov 


LICHTY-WATTERS.-At  the 
of  the  bride's  parents,  at  Hud: 

)8,  by  the  undersigned,  Bi 
ty,  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  and  Sister  J 

of  Hudson,  Iowa.  L.  R. 


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DISTRICT  MEETINGS. 


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LOVE  FEASTS. 


WORMAN.— AtFrederick,  Md.,  March 
1898,  of  paraiysis*kro.  Andrew  D.  Worm; 
aged  85  years,  3  months  and  9  days.     Servit 
conducted  by  Eld.  E.  W.  Stoner,  assisted  by 
E.  A.  Bruner  and  the  writer.     His  wife  pre 
ceded  him  about  nine  years.    They  will  be  re 
membered  for  their  earnest  work  by  the  Breth 
ren  here.     The  church  in  Frederick  was  large 
ly  built  by  them.  P,  D.  Fahrney. 

WEAVER.— In  the  Sandy  church,  Columbi 
ana  Co.,  Ohio,  March  22,  1S98,  Marcella  May, 
infant  daughter  of  Bro.  Frank  and  Sister  Ella 
Weaver,  aged  3  days.  Services  at  the  house, 
by  the  writer.  Eli  Stroup. 

WOGAMON.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Oak- 
land church,  Darke  Co.,  Ohio,  March  4,  1898, 
Miss  Lucinda  Wogamon,  aged  19  years,  9 
months  and  2  days.  She  leaves  a  husband, 
one  daughter,  father,  two  sisters  and  three 
brothers.  Funeral  by  Eld.  Tobias  Kreider,  in 
the  Oakland  church.  Interment  in  the  Oak- 
nd  cemetery. 

SMALL.-Near  Franklin,   Ind.,   March    13, 

198,  Iva  Lovena,  daughter  of  Harvey  and  An- 

\  Small,  aged  2  yeais,  7  months  and  20  days. 

ae  leaves  an   affectionate  father  and  mother 

id  a   little  sister.     Services  by  Eld.  Tobias 

Kreider,    assisted  by  Isaac  Cool  (of  the  Old 

rder  Brethren),  at  the  Painter  Creek  house. 

YOUNT.— At  Painter  Creek,  Ohio,  March  9, 

98,  Sarah  Margaret  Yount,  daughter  of  Aar- 

i  and  Melissa  Marker,  aged  36  years  and  27 

days.    She  was  married  to  Lewis  Yount,  Dec. 

880.     Of   eight    children,    three    preceded 

their  mother.     She  leaves  a  husband,   father, 

stepmother,    and    five    children.     She    was    a 

iber  of  the  Christian  church  for  about  eigh- 

years.     Services  by  Bro.  Tobias  Kreider. 

Abbottsville  cemetery. 

STAGER.— Near     Laura,     in    the     Ludlow 
church,  Ohio,  Bro.  Wm,  Stager,  aged  S3  years, 
onths  and  23  days.     Deceased  was  born  in 
Lebanon  County,  Pa.,  May  23,  1814..     He  was 
youngest  and  last  survivor  of  a  family  of 
teen  children.     He  was  twice  married,  and 
the  father  of  twelve  children,  six  of  whom 
preceded  him.     Funeral  services  by  Eld.  To- 
as  Kreider.  Levi  Minnich. 

CRISSMAN— At  Middletown,  Ind.,  March 
„  1898,  of  lung  fever,  Nellie  Crissman,  daugh- 
ter of  Augustine  and  Mary  Crissman,  aged  15 
s  and  27  days.     Services  at  the 
New  Light  church,  by  Mr.  Heaffer.     Text,  Isa. 
':  1,  last  clause.     Interment  at  Painter  ceme- 
ry,  Florida  J.  E.  Green. 

SAGER.— Near    Hudson,    111.,     March     19, 
I98,  Bro.  John  Sager,  aged  80  years  and  18 
days.     Deceased  was  born  in  Tompkins  Coun- 
York,  March  1,  1818.    He  came  to 
Stephenson  County,  111.,  in    the    summer    of 
In  i£6+  he  moved  to  Hudson  township, 
McLean  County,  111.,  where  he  lived  the  re- 
of  his  days.     Bro.  Sager    was    first 
to  Miss   Phebe   Meek,  of  Tompkins 
County,  N.  Y.    Of  four  children  by  this  union, 

Edgar,  is  living,  and  w; 
the  funeral.  In  the  summer  of 
ried  to  Miss  Emily  J.  Lyon 
1  were  born  to  him  by  the 
e  of  whom,  with  their  mother, 
1,  March  band  and  father.  Bro.  Sager  uni 
B,  Lich-  Brethren  church  after  his  second  marriage,  ov- 
,ie  Wat- ;  er  twenty  years  ago.  Funeral  sermon  from 
jifer,     t  Ps.  23;  4,  by  the  writer.  J.  G.  Royer, 


.  present  at 
876  he  was 
Four  chil- 


tilh   the 


.pi-ii  1 


[  ,  Walnut  Vulley,  Kans, 

1  tarn,  Fa. 

[.,  Pleasant  Hill,  111, 


April 

April  22. 

April  25, 

April  20,  4  P.  M„  Hickory  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  I 

April  30,  Hoyle  church,  Hoyle,  Okla.  T,         * 

April  EO,  1:  30  P.M.,  Pipe  Creek  church,  Md. 

May  1,  4  P.  M-,  Roaring  Spring  church,  Fn. 
May  2,3,1  P.  M.,  Uniques  church,  Pa. 
May  4,  5,  9  A.  M.,  MountviHa  church,  Pa. 
May  5,  Back  Greet 
Mayfi.G,  1:30  P.  M 
Mny  5,  7:80  P.  M.,  Philadelphia  church,  Pa. 
May  7,  4  P.  M,,  Middle  Fork  church,  Intl. 
May  7,  Solomon's  Creek,  Ind. 
May  7,  8,  2  P.  M.,  Naperville  church,  111. 
May  7, 4  F.  M.,  Logan churoh,  Ohio,  near  De 
May  7, 1:  80  P.  M.,  Marsh  Creek,  Gettysburg 
May  7,  8,  1:  80  P.  M.,  Pleasant  View  church 
May  T,  8. 10  A.  M.,  Hade'a,  Fa- 
May  7,  4  P.  M.,  Olover  Creek,  Pa. 
May  7,  8,  2  P.  M.,  Navarre  church,  Kans. 
May  7, 8,2 P.  M.,  Eden  Valley  church,  Kaus, 


t  Shanfe  house,  Fa, 


Ki.m 


.  M.,Garl 


,  Reno  Co., 


May  14,  North  Beatrice  chun 
May  14, lSffl  East  Lyons  St.,  J) 
May  14,2  P.M.,  Big  Creek,  Ok 
May  14,  Pleasant  Plains,  Okln 
May  19, 20, 1  P,  M.,  Cherry  Gio 
May  21,  Belton,  Pa, 
May  21,  4  P.  M.,  Woodbury,  Pi 
May  21,  21, 10  A.  M.,  Dry  Cree: 


21,  4   P.  M.,  Woodbury 

May  21,  22,  Flattsburg,  Mo. 
May  21, 2  P.  M  ,  Hickory  Grov 
May  21, 22,  2  P.M.,  Chapman  C 


H» 


May  22.  4  P.  M.,  New  En 
May  24,  2  P.  M.,  Bachelo 
May  24, 25,  Dallas  Centei 
May  25,  4  P.  M.,  Okaw  cli 
May  25,  4  P.  M.,  Bellevi'l 


,  Upper   Co newt 


rprisi 


un.  Flora,  Ind. 
h,  Laplace,  111. 


1  Fa. 


May  2 

May  28, 2  P.  M., Cedar  church.  low 
May  2S,  S9,  2  P.  M„  Fieeland  churc 
May  28,  Elkllok,  Pa. 
May  28,  2  P.  M.,  Pleasant  View  ohi 
in  Blackford  County,  Ind. 

i,  Worthlngton.Minn. 
5, 4  P.  M.,  Fine  Creek,  111, 
New  Philadelphia,  Ohio. 
S,  10  A.  M.,  Newton,  Kans. 
2  P.  M.,  Oakland  chnroh,  C 
i  P.  M.,Mt.Zion  church,  C 
10  A.  M„  Columbia  City,  Ic 
2  P.  M.,  Falls  City  church, 
>,  2  P.  M.,  Franklin  Grove, 

1  P.  M.,  James  Creek  churc 

2  P.  M„  Rockingham  oiiur. 
[0  A.  M.,  Wolf  creek  churc 


,  Mt.  Etna,  Iowa. 

,  10  A.  M.,  Wyandot  church,  Oh 

,  Oak  Grove,  Ohio. 

,  2  P.  M.,  English  Prairie  ohurc 
,  10A.M,  Swan  Creek  church,  1 
.,  12,  Pleasant  Prairie  churoh,  1< 
,  2  P.  M.,  Batavia  church,  III. 
,  4  F.  M.,  South  English,  Iowa. 


t  Keokuk  church,  I 


Oct.  15,  Big  Creek  church.  Richland  Co.,  111. 

1,  County  Line,  Ohio. 
Oct.  22, 10  A.  M,,  Loouat  Grovo  church,  Md. 


April  9,  iS 


THE   G-OSIFEXj   MESSENGER. 


CHURCH  DIRECTORY. 


YORK    I'A  — Cor.  Belvi.kTu  Ave.  ami   Kirs  St. 

i^.js.'SuiLJ.TV.  15  A.  M  .  M'    M  .;_$.  S.,1  A.  M.j  S-I1B 

MUNCIE.  INU.--10  S.  His;ti  St,  Services,  nA.M., 
,  | ■  M  S  5..  10  A.  M.,  Bible  Reading,  Wednesday.  7 
P.  M. 

LOS  ANGELES.  CAL.— 236  S.  Hancock  St.,  East  Los 
Auge'es'    Services,  11  A.  M.;  7:  3°  P-  M.;  S.  S.,  10  A.  M. 

CHICAGO.  ILL.— 183  Thirteenth  Place.  Services,  11 
A    M     7:  'o  P.  M-;  Sunday  School,  10  A.  M. 

BALTIMORE  CITY  MISSION.  -1108  Towson  St., 
Locust  Point.   Servktfs  e.u:h  mcht.    Free  Reading  Room, 

CEDAR  RAPIDS.  IOWA— Cor  4th  Ave.  and  I2th5t. 

S->i-\h.ls,  ji  A  M..  7  V-  K  M.  Sunday  school,  10  A.M. 
prayer  meeting,  Wednesday  evening. 

HARRISBURG,  PA.— Second  Floor.  S.  E.  Cor.  ad  & 
Stnfi  Streets;  S.  S.,  1°  A.  M.:  prcHchinn.  11  A.  M.  and  7: 
30  P.  M.;  prayer  in-line.  \\  edoesday  evening. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C.-Naval  Lodge  Building,  Cor. 
ith  St.  and  Pa.  Ave,  S.  E.  Prcschtug,  11  A.  M,  8  P.  M.; 
S.  S..  10  A    M  :  Young  People's  Meoting   )PU 

ST  JOSEPH,  MO.-MeL-iincevL-i-y  Sunday  atio:3o  A, 
M  at  Old  SchooUiouse  on  M.idisun  St..  aHblocfca  west 
oi  car  line  in  Walker's  Addition 

FT.  WAYNE.  IND.— Cornet  Gay  St.  and  Craten  Ave. 
S  s  .,  v,  ,\.  M.  ^r.-ices.  i~:  i,  A.  M.,  7:  wP.  M.  »i- 
ble  reading.  Ij'  W;  Prayer  meeting,  Wednesday,  7:  3°  P.  M. 

DECATUR.  ILL -Gephart  Hall,  1103.  1105  N.  Water 
St     S.5.,  10  A.  M.     Preaching.  11  A.M.  and  7:  30  P.  M. 

DAYTON.  OHIO. -College  St.  (West  Stale).  S.  S.,o 
A.  M.;  Junior  prav..r  mt-ting.  5:  vj  !■'.  M.;  General  prayer 
meeting,  6:  3°  V-  M.;  preaching,  10:30  A.  M.,  ,:  30  P.M. 

BALTIMORE.  HD.-  Northwest   Baltimore  Mission, 
Cor.  Presstman  &  r.dhouu  St;      services,  Sunday,  9:30 
AM..  8  P-  M.     Bible  Class.  Wednesday,  8  P.  M. 
.  DENVER.  COLO.j-Cor.  W.  14th  Ave.  and  Irving  St. 
S.  S.,  10  A.  M.;  r,n:i-l:i  "-;■:.  1 1  A.  M.;  prayer  meeting,  7:  30 

DES  MOINES.  IOWA.-i6o6  E.  Lion  St     S.  S..  10  A. 

M  ■  j. reaching,  11  A  M  ..  7:  ;:■  I'.  ,M  -  Children's  Meeting. 
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OMENS  OF  SPRING, 


Spring  is  a  dangerous  season  for  one's  health  unless  proper  and  necessary  precautions  are  taken.  Not  oven  our  Moodiest  wars 
have  been  so  destructive  of  human  life  as  the  springtime.  :nul  that,  too,  from  natural  causes.  During  tho  winter  months  ;i  greal  many 
impurities  and  injurious  substances  have  been  allowed  i"  accumulate  in  tho  human  system,  which,  if  not  eliminated,  will  bring  indis- 
position, sickness  or  death.    Nature  hereelf  makes  visible  efforts  at  expcllin-j  ilu-i-  \*>\ u-  m.  innulntions  ,.r  \Vmtn  ;in,t  in-iiiniim:  :i 

thorough  renovation.    We  also  see  it  exemplified  by  the  careful  housewife  who,  everj  -. ■  liti    liergenerol    hoi tin    '    [n  tho 

human  body  it  is  the  blood  in  particular,  the  very  fountain  of  life  which  is  soli  ible  to  l omo  contaminated  and  impure     M  becomes 

thick,  sluggish  and  inc:ip;d>le  uf  pcrfoiinin^  its  funciion  of  ivplonishin^  lost  ami  wasted  strength  and  energy.  The  results  are  :ii  once 
apparent  by  the  breaking  down  of  the  system,  eruptions,  pains,  drowsiness,  despondency,  etc,  Keep  the  blood  pure  and  these  con- 
ditions disappear. 

Dr.  Peter's  VITAL1ZER  is  the  greatest  blood  cleansing  and  vitalizing  principle  of  tho  period,    ft  iathe  recognized  remedy  for 

the  cleansing  and  strengthening  of  the  system,  inasmuch  a-  i*  .liniiiiiov.-  nil  ini|.iuv  mid  (mi-nnou*  miI.-1:ui.v-  Hum  Uu-  lil I.  enriching 

it  and  placing  it  in  a  sound  and  healthy  condition,  in  this  manner  both  body  and  mind  are  invigorated,  and  wo  all  know  thai  :i  sound 
mind  can  exist  only  in  a  sound  body.  Dr.  Peter's  Vitalizbb  i-  ngreeoble  t" 1  tsle,  quick  and  Bate  in  its  effects,  and  is  the  old,  time-tried 
reliable  remedy  for  most  all  the  general  ailments  of  the  day.  The  human  race  is  subject  (<•  no  less  than  two  thousand  dlfferenl  ailments, 
and  of  these  Vitalizbb  will  cure  a  vast  number  if  taken  in  proper  time.  It  is  substantiated  by  thousands  of  testimonials  that  Dr.  Peter's 
Vitalizbb  has  cured  : 


It  has  cared  rt 
It  has  '■mvii  e 


It  has  enreel  nausea  and  ■ 


Ireams 

swallow  iiifis 
--..tin-.-.  With 
d'Clini:,  com- 


mit has  rni'cil  hub 
It  has  cured  intt 


inn  11ml  swi-llim:  01  Un- 
it has  cured  scurli 
sldn,    with    dryness, 

ui>l]C!U':mi'u  of  the  surf 


enred  swelling  c 


It  has  cured  Intolerance  1 


It  haw   cured    1 

throat,  with  Inflam 

It    Iiiin    cured 


uiiii  hi 


1  the  region  c 

nail  ol  1  tic  unoli  0 

inn,,,,,,  i.  beatoi 


it  hits  caved  diseases  with  brown  urlno  and 

It  hits  f  11  red  1111  ill  11  h  11  lii-ii iii  1  lu-  .-in  ill  I  ol 

nil-  hiH'h  11  mi  tingling  along  tbo  spine. 

It  hiis  cured  i>l ling,  putrid  and  bluish  or 

groontsh  colored  ulcers. 

It  Iiiin  cured  lull  IlltO  |ilni|ili  ■..  sOOtS  Upon  tllO 
shin,  hliii'H  piiHtnles,  iih  It  nciir  tiuni  ln.it  |..n. 

It  has  meed  ulcoi'fl  tlial  liavo  boon  t uob 

Inflamed  as  to  pioBont  a  blaolt  appearance  and  on 

in  rn.-lv  pftlnftll. 

si  lias  enroll  rheumatics  wttli  tearing,  ting- 


.red  rlieunr.uk'  |iiiin>  i 


'.    1  .Lit  II 


onred  hoal  in  tho  liead, 1  cold  toot, 

cured  drowsiness  Indaytlmoiaad  in  tho 

1  mi  1'iirly  1 

cured  anxious  nnfl  trtghtful  droanw, 
cuced  Jorldng,  loarlnB  and  stttohiog  tn 


11  in. 


need  bliin-  and  putrid  1 
red  Inoll a  i  to  i  omti 


i.'h  1, 


It  has  cured  kUicIh'm  in  the  iitt  m  it.,  in.,, 
.,-n,  v.  nil  preu  mre  oxtending  to  the  buck. 

11  flu  eni-.ii  i.nri  rumblings  "i  tho  abdomen 
....  mi. 'CO  tlvoneBSOl  lonfl  fl landing, 

It  has  cured  ohronlo  eruptions,  soaldlhoad, 
,m,'  i;.-.i,,  humid  and  scurfj  tetter,  hard  Bpots 


■  ■  1. in 


1  scurry  eruptions  c 


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been  known  to  fail  in  its  purpose.  With  a  sweet  fragrance  from  wind  and  Held  it  comes  OS  a  boon  to  the  human  syslnn,  bringing  from 
nature's  storehouse  the  bloom  of  Spring  to  the  pale  and  wasted  cheeks.  Those  who  desire  the  purest,  best  and  mosl  effectual  ol  Spring 
remedies  should  use  Dr.  Peter's  Vitalize!!.  Dr.  Peter's  Vitalizer  isno  drug  Btoro  remedy.  Remember  this.  II  can  onl]  be  had  of 
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The  Gospel  Messenger, 

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No.  16. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


EDITORIAL.— 

Item 

Railway  Rates  to  Annual  Meeting,  .  , 
Delegates  to  the  Annual  Meeting,    .  , 

The  Other  Fellow, 

Querists'  Depattment 

International  Sunday  School  Lessons, 


By  Ethclbcrt  D,  Warlield, 


POETRY,— 

"  I  Shall  Go  Soltly  All  My  Years.' 
The  Word  She  Remembered, .  , 
Ungrantcd.    Selected  by  Dora  Qu 
ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,— 
On  the  Way  to  Ind 

A  Friendly  Debate.    By  Mattie  E.  Da\ 
A  Word  to  Young  Ministers.— No.  3.    By  S.  Z.  Shai 

Ordaining  Elders.    By  lason  Mack.  

The  Church  in  the  Temple.    By  J.  S.  Mohlcr, .  .  . 


By  S.  N.  McCann. . 


a  the  In 


THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL.- 
Lesson  Lirjlit-Flashcs.       .  . 
The  Ideal  Sunday  School.    By 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,- 


Men  are  rushing  into  Klondike  in  large  numbers, 
some  by  water  and  others  by  the  overland  route! 
In  the  wild  rush  in  the  search  of  gold,  not  a  few  of 
them  will  lose  their  lives,  and  probably  only  the 
more  hardy  will  be  able  to  overcome  the  obsta- 
cles and  make  the  undertaking  a  success.  It  is 
now  reported  that  175  men  who  were  working  their 
way  over  the  pass  near  Dyea,  ten  days  ago,  were 
caught  by  a  great  avalanche  of  snow  that  came 
down  the  mountain  side  and  were  buried,  most  of 
them  meeting  with  instant  death.  When  last 
heard  from  3"!  bodies  had  been  recovered.  The 
'fail  is  fairly  alive  with  men  and  outfits  of  all  kinds 
bound  for  the  Klondike,  the  rush  being  almost 
as  great  as  it  was  last  year.  The  mountains  are 
covered  with  snow  to  the  depth  in  places  of  40  or 
50  feet,  and  slides  have  been  of  frequent  occur- 
ence. The  slightest  jar  will  sometimes  start 
i.ooo.cod  tons  of  snow  down  a  mountain,  sweeping 
trees,  boulders,  and  everything  in  the  way  to  level 
ground  or  valley.  It  was  in  one  of  these  avalanch- 
es that  175  argonauts  were  caught  and  sent  to  their 
death. 

Ob  Russia  it  is  said  that  she  never  pouts;  she 
meditates.  She  wastes  neither  time  nor  strength 
Pouting  or  worrying,  but  gains  strength  by  con- 
stantly meditating,  planning,  and  then  embraces 
every  possible  opportunity  to  carry  out  her  plans. 
sne  is  unceasing  in  her  efforts  in  behalf  of  that 
which  advances  her  own  interest,  whether  it  be  mat 


Her  empire  spans  nearly  the  whole  of  northern 
Europe  and  northern  Asia,  and  all  of  her  great  do- 
minion will  soon  be  connected  by  the  greatest  rail- 
road system  in  the  world.  This  will  enable  her  to 
develop  her  wonderful  resources  amazingly,  and, 
before  another  generation,  she  will,  in  all  probabili- 
ty, be  the  dominant  power  of  the  world.  The  inter- 
est of  Russia  is  also  the  interest  of  the  Greek 
church,  the  religion  of  the  Empire.  Where  the 
former  succeeds,  the  latter  is  sure  to  follow.  Then 
it  is  only  a  matter  of  time  when  this  great  power  of 
the  north  will  extend  south,  and  possibly  exert  an 
influence  over  Palestine  for  the  better.  At  least, 
Russian  authority  in  the  Bible  lands  would  be  quite 
an  improvement  over  the  present  condition.  Indi- 
viduals, as  well  as  churches,  might  learn  a  lesson 
from  Russia,  by  meditating  and  planning  more,  and 
pouting  and  worrying  less.  Preachers  who  are  la- 
menting the  condition  of  the  church,  should  spend 
more  time  meditating  and  planning  how  to  improve 
her  condition  and  extend  her  borders.  A  course  of 
this  kind  will  give  us  stronger  preachers,  and  result 
in  purifying  and  strengthening  every  part  of  Zion, 
besides  being  the  means  of  converting  more  people. 

It  was  Egypt's  good  fortune  when  she  fell  into 
the  hands  of  the  English  government.  From  that 
day  to  this,  the  conditions  of  the  great  Nile  valley 
have  been  improving.  Taxes  have  been  much  re- 
duced, education  encouraged,  commerce  increased, 
and  life  and  property  rendered  more  secure.  We 
have  reason  for  believing  that  we  c?n  look  for  s»:!l 
greater  prosperity  in  the  land  of  the  Pharaoh: 


Russia's  position  as  sole  dictator 
mised.  More  critical  will  be  Great  Britain's  "atti- 
tude to  Germany  in  this  matter;  for  Germany  holds 
Kiao-chau,  in  the  same  province  of  Shantung,  hard- 
ly a  hundred  miles  off  in  a  straight  line.  To  be 
sure  Germany's  concession  does  not  reach  to  Wei- 
hai-wei,  but  she  may  be  supposed  to  regard  all 
Shantung  as  under  her  influence.  She  might  resent 
Great  Britain's  demand  for  compensation  in  the 
province  where  she  has  established  a  prior  claim, 
just  as  Great  Britain  resents  a  demand  from  France 
for  a  protectorate  in  the  province  in  which  Hong- 
kong is  situated.  Still  more,  this  Wei-hai-wei  is 
now  held  by  Japan,  and  what  arrangement  the 
British  have  made  with  Japan,  if  any,  is  not  clear. 
Certainly  Britain  has  no  desire  to  quarrel  with  Ja- 
pan, and  we  must  assume  that  she  has  been  given 
the  right  of  succession  when  China  pays  the  indem- 
nity. 

According  to  the  latest  statistics  available,  the 
Census  of  1887,  Spain  has  in  Europe,  including  the 
Balearic  Isles  and  Ceuta  in  Morocco,  an  area  of 
197,670  square  miles,  and  a  population  of  17,565,682, 
In  addition  to  these  are  her  colonics:  West  Indies, 
45,205  square  miles,  and  population,  2.1 38,395;  East 
Indies,  including  the  Philippine,  Sulu,  Caroline  and 
Marianne  Islands,  116,256  square  miles,  and  a  popu- 
lation of  7,121,172;  Africa,  west  coast,  including 
the  Canary  Islands,  243,877  square  miles,  and  a 
population  of  136.000.  The  total  thus  is  Co3,oco 
square  miles,  and  a  population  of  27,261000 
practical    purposes,  at    least    so    far    11     this 


ise  government,  it  is  a  land  of  wonderful    countrJ'  is   concerned,    her   entire  strength 


^'s  pertaining  to  church  or  State.     Her  policy  is 

Plish'  hi!.rSia.nd-'"!n".0St'  a"d  "  Shf  Can"°'  aCC.0m'  I then  she  has  near'y-  if  not  <iuite  as  solid  a  hold  on 


possibilities.  Arrangements  have  been  completed 
for  the  great  Nile  Reservoirs  that  have  been 
planned  for  a  long  time,  and  which,  it  is  expected, 
will  be  of  incalculable  benefit.  The  great  dam  is  to 
be  erected  at  the  First  Cataract  at  Assouan.  It 
will  be  6,000  feet  long,  and  will  impound  more  than 
20,000,000  cubic  yards  of  water,  and  a  second,  some- 
what smaller,  will  be  located  near  Assiout,  about 
half-way  between  Assouan  and  Cairo.  Canals  with 
locks  are  to  be  provided,  so  that  river  commerce 
will  not  bz  hindered.  The  work  is  to  be  done  in 
five  years,  and  is  to  cost  811,250,000.  As  an  illus- 
tration of  what  it  is  expected  will  be  gained  by 
these  reservoirs,  and  the  attendant  possible  irriga- 
tion of  wider  extent  of  land,  it  is  estimated  that  in 
one  province  alone,  that  of  Gizeh,  the  present 
acreage  of  summer  crops  will  be  increased  from 
5,oco  to  60,000,  a  gain  in  value  of  $2,750,000  a  year, 
in  that  one  province  alone.  Taking  the  whole  coun- 
try into  consideration,  it  is  evident  that  the  gain 
will  be  enormous,  and  more  than  justify  the  under- 
taking,    j 

The  situation,  as  it  relates  to  Russia,  England, 
Germany  and  China,  is  thus  given  in  the  Indipcn 
dent:  Most  interesting  and  startling  is  the  news 
that  Great  Britain's  sudden  naval  display  in  the 
Chinese  waters  accompanies  a  demand  on  China, 
backed  by  force,  that  the  port  of  Wei-hai-wei  be 
given  to  Great  Britain  on  terms  similar  to  those  on 
which  Port  Arthur  has  been  given  to  Russia  and 
Kiao-chau  to  Germany.  This  opens  very  grave 
and  curious  complications,  Port  Arthur  is  on  the 
horn  commanding  the  north  side  of  the  entrance  in- 
to the  Gulf  of  Pechili,  and  Wei-hai-wei  is  on  the 
south  horn,     If   Great   Britain   takes  Wei-hai-wei, 


Europe.  Of  her  population  of  17.500.0co,  68  per 
cent  can  neither  read  nor  write.  Of  the  revenue, 
about  8150,000,000,  JS6o,ooo.oco,  are  required  to 
meet  the  expenses  of  the  national  debt.  The 
army,  on  a  peace  footing,  numbers  70829;  on  a 
war  footing,  183,972.  By  utilizing  the  two  reserves, 
the  Government  claims  to  be  able  to  mobilize  1,083,- 
593  men.  The  Spanish  Navy,  according  to  a  state- 
ment issued  by  the  Military  Information  Depart- 
ment of  the  Adjutant-General's  Office,  at  Washing- 
ton, consists  of  sixty-one  vessels,  large  and  small, 
eleven  of  which  are  ironclad  ships.  There  are 
twelve  dangerous  torpedo  boats.  All  of  these  ves- 
sels are  ready  for  immediate  use,  and  a  number  of 
others  are  in  course  of  construction.  This  is  the 
power  that  may  possibly  grapple  with  the  United 
States.  How  much  better  it  would  be  if  the  two 
countries  could  amicably  adjust  their  differences,  1 
and  thus  avoid  a  resort  to  armsl 


er  purpose  one  way,  she  does  it  another,    the  capital  at  Peking,  as  has  Russia.     To  be 


Last  Monday  the  President  addressed  an  im- 
portant message  to  Congress,  setting  foith  the  sit- 
uation between  this  country  and  Spain,  as  well  as 
the  condition  of  affairs  on  the  Island  of  Cuba. 
He  asked  Congress  for  authority  to  intervene,  and 
put  an  end  to  the  war  in  Cuba,  and,  if  necessary, 
employ  the  military  forces  in  driving  Spain  out.  It 
is  now  for  Congress  to  say  what  shall  be  done,  and 
it  is  more  than  likely  that,  before  this  paper  is  in 
the  hands  of  our  readers,  a  conclusion  will  be 
reached  and  steps  taken  to  carry  it  out,  Spain, 
however,  has  ordered  a  suspension  of  hostilities 
upon  the  part  of  her  forces  in  Cuba,  and  this  may 
mean  that  she  is  willing  to  grant  the  armistice  de- 
manded of  her  by  the  President,  and  agree  to  a  set- 
tlement of  the  unfortunate  affair.  Spain  has  con- 
sented to  a  peaceable   settlement   of  the  trouble 


Justno»,(h  «   u    "**'  ™"  uu"  "  ■"">"■«■■    «ie  capital  at  Peking,  as  has  Russia.     To  be  sure    growing  out  of  the   destruction   of    the    warshio 

i'  ned^lVri0!  F       ^  UP7  h<\  HthiSWiU  n0t  releaSe  RUSSU'S  h0'd  °D  Manchuria,    Maine.     Really  we  see   no  occasion   for  a  war  if 

"tough  rem,  P     V       1 7^'  a"  ■  "  '00kS  aS    n°r  Wi"  "  aSeCt  h"  importa,,,  ,aiIroad  conn«-    both  ™«°™  »">  »", 
gnshe  raay  yet  reach  that  position  in  Asia.  I  tions,  for  these  will  now  be  rather  confirmed;  but  I  thing  like  fair  toward 


ow  a  disposition  to  act  any- 
each  other. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSamTGER. 


April  16,  1898, 


■ESSAYS' 


'I  SHALL  Q0  SOFTLY  ALL  MY  YEARS." 


BY    BTHHI.iiEKT    D.   WAKF1KLD, 


(Is; 


15) 


"  I  shall  go  softly  all  my  yearsl  " 
Not  as  the  prophet  bathed  in  tears 
And  in  deep  bitterness  of  soul, 
For  God  hath  healed  my  heavy  dole, 
Hath  stilled  my  pain  and  dried  my  tears, 
And  given  faith  for  foolish  fears. 

"  I  shall  go  softly,"  since  I've  found 

The  mighty  arm  that  girds  me  round 

Is  gentle,  as  it's  sore  and  stroDg;— 
"  I  shall  go  softly  "  through  the  throng 

And  with  compulsion  calm  and  sweet 

Lead  sinners  to  the  Savior's  feet. 

How  sternly  paced  those  patient  feet 

Along  Capernaum's  marble  street; 

How  softly  and  bow  tenderly 

Their  echoes  from  Gethsemane 

Steal  down  the  ages,  rich  to  bless 

All  time  with  deathless  happiness. 

Into  my  heart  those  echoes  steal 

Until  I  cannot  choose  but  kneel, — 

Not  weak  and  worn,  with  vigor  spent, 

Bot  joyous  and  in  glad  content, — 

And  kneeling,  pray  to  him  who  bears 

To  lead  me  softly  all  my  years. 

— The  Independent, 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.— No.  ao. 

BY  B.  N.  MoCANN. 

From   5hlIoh   to    Nabalus    and   Return   to  Jerusalem— 

Lebonah—  Jacob's  Well    Joseph's  Tomb—  Alt. 

Qerlzlm— Shechem. 

After  a  ride  of  about  two  miles  to  the  north,  we 
come  to  the  village  of  Lebonah.  Judges  21:  20. 
The  village  is  modern  in  appearance,  and  lying  on 
the  sloping  hillside,  and  here  we  again  join  the 
main  road  leading  from  Bethel  to  Shechem.  We 
soon  come  out  into  a  beautiful  valley.  Looking 
north,  we  can  see  Mt.  Gerizim,  and  soon  after  we 
reach  Jacob's  well.  We  are  tired,  and  feel  glad  to 
get  out  of  the  saddle  and  rest,  and  especially  glad 
to  sit  down  on  the  old  well  curb  and  rest,  where 
we  believe  Jesus  once  sat  and  rested.  " Jesus 
therefore,  being  wearied  with  his  journey,  sat  thus 
by  the  well,"    John  4:  6-21. 

Sitting  here  and  looking  down  into  this  well,  we 
fully  realize  the  force  of  the  Samaritan  woman's 
saying,  that  the  well  is  deep.  We  lowered  a  light- 
ed candle,  and  found  it  to  be  about  sixty-five  feet 
deep,  and  over  seven  feet  in  diameter,  but  perfectly 
dry.  Though  this  old  well  has  dried  up,  the  foun- 
tain that  Jesus  opened  to  that  woman,  as  he  sat 
thus  on  the  well,  is  still  flowing,  and  will  continue 
to  flow  as  long  as  thirsty  souls  are  willing  to  come 
and  drink.  That  Samaritan  woman  drank  of  this 
everlasting  water,  and  then  ran  to  tell  the  news  to 
others.  Just  so  every  one  who  drinks  of  this  foun- 
tain is  glad  to  see  others  come  and  drink.  There 
are  still  a  few  Samaritans  near  this  place,  holding 
to  their  old  forms  of  worship.  The  little  village  of 
Sychar  is  likely  the  same  as  the  modern  village  of 
Asker,  which  is  near  the  old  well, 

As  we  think  of  Jesus  sitting  here,  thirsty  and 
tired,  a  man  as  we  are,  yet  improving  this  opportun- 
ity to  point  out  the  way  of  life,  we  feel  that  we 
are  not  watchful  enough  to  catch  the  passing  op- 
portunities to  lift  men  up  to  the  fountain  of  living 
waters. 

A  few  minutes  more,  and  we  stop  at  Joseph's 
tomb  (Joshua  24:  26-32),  which  is  located  in  the 
parcel  of  ground  that  Jacob  bought  of  the  sons  of 
Hamor.  This  is  the  place  where  Abram  erected 
his  first  altar  to  God  in  the  land  of  promise.  Gen, 
12;  6,  7.  Here  Jacob  buried  the  ear-rings  and  idols 
of  his  house.  Gen.  35:  4.  It  would  be  a  blessing 
if  the  professed  family  of  God  could  find  a  place  to 
bury  their  unnecessary  jewelry  and  their  idols.  It 
was  here  that  Jacob's  daughter  got  In  trouble  with 
Shechem,  causing  much  bloodshed. 


We  next  walk  up  to  the  top  of  Mt.  Gerizim,  and 
here,  on  the  very  top,  we  find  a  large  cistern,  old 
and  broken.  We  get  an  excellent  view  of  Shechem, 
or  Nabalus,  from  the  slopes  of  this  mountain. 
While  on  its  top  we  see  a  beautiful  sunset.  The 
view  of  the  surrounding  country  is  fine. 

We  next  go  into  Nabalus,  and  put  up  for  the 
night  at  the  Latin  Monastery.  At  this  old  Leviti- 
cal  city,  Joseph  was  lost,  when  he  was  sent  to  see 
his  brothers,  who  were  keeping  watch  over  Jacob's 
flock.  Gen.  37:  15.  The  Mohammedans  here  are 
fanatics,  The  boys  hailed  us  as  we  came  in,  by  the 
cry,  "You  Christian  dogs,  you  Jewish  devils,  your 
feast  is  a  feast  of  the  devil."  This  was  in  Arabic, 
and  meant  no  more  to  me  than  so  much  praise. 

Just  before  we  enter  this  old  City  of  Refuge,  we 
stop  in  the  valley  between  Ebal  and  Gerizim,  and, 
standing  there  in  the  plain,  we  feel  that  all  the  sur- 
roundings are  favorable  for  a  large  audience,  to 
hear  distinctly  the  reading  of  the  blessings  from  an 
elevated  place  on  Mt.  Gerizim,  and  the  reading  of 
the  curses,  from  a  similar  place,  on  Mt.  Ebal. 
There  is  a  bench  on  either  mountain  that  would 
make  a  suitable  place  for  a  man  to  stand  and  speak 
to  an  audience  in  the  valley.  It  was  here  on  Ebal 
that  the  first  writing  of  the  law  was  done  in  Canaan. 
Josh.  8:  30-35. 

We  are  in  our  saddles  and  on  our  way  to  Jerusa- 
lem early,  returning  by  the  same  route  that  we 
came.  We  see,  on  our  way,  a  number  of  women 
carrying  great  loads  of  wood  on  their  heads.  They 
carry  it  ten  and  fifteen  miles  thus,  to  Jerusalem, 
and  then  sell  it  for  about  twelve  cents.  It  takes 
them  a  day  to  gather  the  wood,  and  a  day  and  part 
of  the  night  to  market  it, — all  for  twelve  cents. 
We  see  a  fox  on  our  trip,  which  makes  us  think  of 
Samson  and  his  three  hundred  fire-brands. 

We  are  back  to  our  old  home  in  the  Holy  City  at 
three  o'clock,  having  been  just  twelve  hours  on  the 
way.  Sister  Gibbel  considered  this  trip  too  hard 
for  her,  hence  I  and  two  other  men  made  it  togeth- 
er. The  ride,  to  us,  was  a  very  pleasant  one,  as  we 
had  very  fine  weather. 

A  FRIENDLY  DEBATE. 

BY   MAT.T1B   E.   DAVIS. 

Ix  has  been  customary  here  in  Astoria  for  the  Dis- 
ciples to  assail  our  doctrine  at  their  pleasure,  as  we 
have  not  a  churchhouse  in  town. 

About  three  or  four  years  ago  a  minister  of  that 
church  preached  against  trine  immersion  and  feet- 
washing.  Again  this  winter,  or  about  a  month  ago, 
the  present  minister,  of  that  church,  Eld.  H.  C. 
Littleton,  tried  his  hand  at  the  same  points,  and  at 
the  close  of  his  sermon  it  was  said,  "  If  an  open  door 
could  be  had,  these  people  would  hear  the  other 
side,"  to  which  one  of  their  officials  said,  "  An  open 
door  can  be  had  here."  So  the  house  was  taken 
and  a  minister  sent  for.  It  was  decided  to  send  for 
Bro.  M.  J.  McClure,  of  Cerro  Gordo,  111 ,  and  he 
agreed  to  come  and  serve  us. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  meeting.  Bro. 
McClure  preached  two  able  and  forcible  sermons, 
one  on  trine  immersion  and  one  on  feet-washing,  It 
was  said  the  house  only  held  about  two-thirds  of 
the  crowd  that  came.  Many  went  home  because 
they  could  not  get  into  the  house,  which  was 
crowded.  The  aisles  were  full,  and  wherever  a  per- 
son could  stand,  the  place  was  taken. 

The  third  night  the  Disciple  minister  was  to  re- 
ply to  Bro.  McClure.  On  the  fourth  night  Bro  Mc- 
Clure had  to  go  to  the  Opera  House  to  get  a  room 
to  reply  to  the  Disciple  minister. 

On  the  fourth  day  it  began  raining  at  noon  and 
rained  till  late  in  the  night,  but  the  house  was  filled 
to  its  utmost,  and  many  stood  up. 

On  Sunday,  Bro.  McClure  preached  an  excellent 
sermon  in  the  Opera  House  to  a  crowded  house, 
while  it  is  said  only  about  fifty  worshiped  in  the 
Disciple  church,  It  is  as  natural  for  people  to  seek 
the  Truth  as  it  is  for  water  to  run  down  hill.  This 
vicinity  is  now  more  interested  in  the  Truth  than 
ever  before.  Bro.  McClure  acquainted  himself  with 
friends  too  numerous  to  mention,  and  can  fill  any 


house  in  our  town  at  any  time  he  may  return.  Our 
people  have  concluded  to  hold  meetings  in  the 
Opera  House  every  fortnight.  We  are  now  trying 
to  build  a  house  in  town,  and  we  hope  it  may  be 
done.  Space  forbids  us  to  give  all  that  might  be 
said  of  these  meetings,  but  we  will  give  you,  in  part, 
the  reply  made  by  each  minister, 

eld,  h.  c.  Littleton's  reply. 
"  The  commandments  that  were  given  to  the  dis- 
ciples were  not  given  to  me,  and  I  need  not  obey 
them,  and  I  refer  to  what  was  given  to  Adam,  Abra- 
ham and  Naaman,  to  show  you  that  we  do  not  have 
to  obey  what  is  given  to  others.  These  things  are 
not  given  to  us  as  a  schoolmaster,  for  that  was  end- 
ed and  nailed  to  the  cross  and  its  work  was  done, 
but  they  are  only  to  show  us  what  was  done  and  to 
refresh  our  memory  as  to  the  goodness  of  God, 
The  spirit  led  the  apostles  in  the  commandments 
that  were  given  to  them  and  we  cannot  obey  them, 
for  we  are  not  inspired  and  are  not  led  by  the  Spirit 
into  all  commands.  No  one  can  understand  the 
Godhead,  so  we  will  leave  it  as  the  Scripture  has  it. 
"  The  biptism  of  John  the  Baptist  was  single  im- 
mersion, and  any  one  that  is  baptized  as  Christ  was, 
is  almost  sure  to  be  on  the  safe  side,  and  no  one  has 
a  right  to  supply  the  ellipses.  Acts  2:  38;  Acts  19: 
1-12;  Matt.  28:19.  I  wrote  to  four  English  scholars, 
whose  minds  on  the  matter  I  did  not  know,  and  I 
asked  them  if  they  understood  Matt,  28:  19  to  mean 
one  or  three  baptisms  for  immersion.  One  said  it 
meant  one,  another  said  it  meant  three,  and  another 
said  he  did  not  think  it  meant  immersion  at  all. 
My  opinion  is  based  on  the  decision  of  men  at  large, 
For  an  illustration:  Suppose  I  send  a  present  by 
Smith  to  England,  to  Jones,  and  I  send  it  in  the 
name  of  my  brother,  sister  and  cousin,  would  he 
need  give  it  to  him  in  the  name  of  my  brother,  and 
take  it  back  and  give  it  in  the  name  of  my  sister, 
and  take  it  back  and  give  it  in  the  name  of  my 
cousin,  to  give  it  in  all  three  names? 

"Again,  when  a  person  is  naturalized,  is  he  not 
in  the  executive,  judicial  and  legislative  parts  of 
the  Government,  all  with  one  naturalization  or  must 
he  be  taken  in  three  acts,  one  for  cafi'nindvp<»i-4- 
ment?  Must  a  person  be  taken  in  three  acts,  to  be 
naturalized  into  a  city,  a  State,  and  a  nation?  Eph. 
4:  4,  5,  6.  I  use  here  the  Scripture, '  One  Lord,  one 
faith,  one  baptism.'  Baptism  is  taken  from  the 
Greek  word,  baptizo,  and  from  the  German  word 
tavfen.  The  English  word  is  'dip,'  so  we  read, 
'One  Lord,  one  faith,  one  dip.'  We  also  find  that 
the  act  is  limited  by  the  numeral 'one,' for  an  ex- 
ample, if  I  color  my  handkerchief  by  putting  it  in 
the  water  and  raise  one  corner  out,  can  I  not  say,  '  I 
did  it  with  one  dipping?  '  Would  not  the  numeral 
'  limit  the  act?  Those  who  use  trine  immersion 
do  not  dip  any  person;  they  take  him  into  the  water, 
have  him  to  kneel  down  and  then  dip  the  head  and 
shoulders  three  times,  face  foremost.  Is  that  dip- 
ping the  person?  I  will  admit  that  the  word  '  in,' 
Matt,  28:  19,  should  be  into,  but  if  if  meant  three 
times,  it  should  be  '  names/  instead  of '  name.' 

"The  Bible  teaches  we  are  to  be  buried  with 
Christ.  We  take  a  candidate  into  the  water  and 
bury  him  on  his  back.  By  so  doing  we  take  him 
out  of  the  world  backwards  and  raise  him  up  in  the 
church  forward,  while  our  Danker  friends  take  him 
out  of  the  world  forward,  and  into  the  church  back- 
ward. I  read  from  a  book,  written  by  D.  L.  Miller, 
a  Dunker  elder,  who  was  visiting  in  Jerusalem,  and 
white  there  he  went  to  see  the  Greek  Bishop,  and  in 
talking  to  him  this  was  given  him  by  the  bishop.  I 
read  on  page  sixteen,  '  What  is  the  faith  and  prac- 
tice of  the  Greek  church  in  regard  to  baptism?' 
The  bishop  said,  it  was  trine  immersion,  'that  they 
take  the  candidate  down  in  the  water  and  dip  him 
three  times  face  forward,  once  in  each  name,  in  a 
kneeling  position.  He  claimed  Christ  taught  it,  the 
apostles  practiced  it,  and  by  tradition  it  was  handed 
down  to  them.' 

11  You  can  see  they  are  going  by  tradition  and 
nothing  else,  so  we  cannot  take  it,  and  as  the  Greeks 
tampered  with  Matt.  28:  19  and  changed  it  from 
what  it  is  in  the  Bible,  we  cannot  receive  their  ver- 
sion of  it, 


April  16,  1S9S. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGER,. 


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"Tertullian  is  not  and  can  not  bj taken  as  good 
authority  because  he  lived  in  the  Dark  Ages, 

"  As  to  feet-washing  I  will  read  John  13:  1-17,  and 
1  Tim.  5:  10.  Bro.  McClure  assumed  two  things. 
One  was,  an  organized  church  and  another  that  feet- 
washing  is  a  church  ordinance.  It  is  given  by 
Smith  that  the  church  was  born  on  the  Day  of  Pen- 
tecost, and  as  Jesus  filled  the  law  and  ended  it  when 
he  died  on  the  cross,  and  the  church  was  set  up  on 
the  Diy  of  Pentecost,  therefore  nothing  given"' be- 
fore that  time  is  an  ordinance.  Col.  2:  14.  So,  as 
the  Jewish  institutions  were  till  Christ's  death,  and 
the  kingdom  was  set  up  on  the  Day  of  Pentecost,  so 
it  is  unreasonable  to  say  there  was  a  church  before 
the  Day  of  Pentecost.  An  ordinance  is  something 
that  must  be  kept  regularly.  Baptism  is  an  ordi- 
nance, as  it  must  be  kept,  but  feet-washing  is  not, 
for  it  is  not  mentioned  in  many  books.  Only  once 
is  it  given  as  an  example  and  once  as  a  good  work. 
We  do  not  deny  it  being  a  good  work,  but  we  do 
deny  it  being  an  ordinance.  We  refer  you  to  I  Tim. 
5:  '0,  to  show  it  is  a  good  work.  While  it  was  given 
to  the  apostles  as  an  example  for  them  to  do  to 
each  other  it  was  not  given  for  me,  nor  is  it  taught 
that  I  should  do  it.  Christ  washed  the  apostles' 
feet  because  they  were  dirty,  and  I  will  assure  you, 
before  our  Danker  Brethren  go  to  have  their  feet 
washed  as  an  ordinance,  their  feet  are  as  clean  as 
soap  and  water  can  make  them.  We  have  no  ac- 
count in  the  Bible  of  the  disciples  ever  practicing  it, 
and  it  was  only  an  act  of  hospitality,  which  was  a 
custom  in  those  days,  when  visitors  came  in,  for 
the  servant  to  get  water  and  wash  their  feet.  In 
that  way  the  Lord  did  it.  to  show  that  he  was  their 
servant,  and,  we  believe  it  would  not  have  been 
done  had  they  not  been  traveling  that  day,  and  if 
their  feet  had  not  been  soiled,  thereby  needing  to 
be  cleansed." 

BRO.    M'CLURE's    REPLY. 

"  Our  brother  takes  the  position  that  commands 
given  in  the  Old  Testament  are  not  binding  on  peo- 
ple of  to-day,  and  refers  to  Adam,  Abraham  and 
Naa.nan.  Did  Adam  obey  God?  And  should  we 
not  S-bcy  God?  The  command  of  obedience  is 
shown  here  and  the  results  of  disobedience  are  also 
shown.  Is  not  one  of  the  grandest  lessons,  taught 
in  the  Bible,  shown  by  Abraham,  the  father  of  the 
faithful,  because  he  obeyed  the  commands  that 
were  given  to  him?  What  would  have  become  of 
Naaman  if  he  had  not  obeyed  the  command  given 
him  by  the  prophet  of  God?  Are  these  not  com- 
mands with  results  shown  that  should  be  obeyed  by 
everybody?  If  no  commands  in  the  Old  Testa- 
ment are  to  be  obeyed  what  will  we  do  with  those 
ten  given  to  teach  the  highest  points  of  obedience 
to  God  and  morality  to  man?  If  it  be  true  that  the 
law  died  on  the  cross  with  Christ,  what  did  he  mean 
by  saying  he  did  not  come  to  destroy  law  but  to  ful- 
fill it?  He  said, 'The  Law  is  no  longer  a  school- 
master to  bring  us  to  Christ.'  If  it  is  not,  why  did 
Paul  say  it  was?  Our  brother  said,  'The  Spirit 
does  not  do  for  us  what  it  did  for  the  apostles,'  I 
believe  the  Spirit  leads  us  into  all  truth,  for  the  Bi- 
ble says  it  will,  if  we  obey  the  commands  and  re- 
ceive the  Spirit.  He  believes  in  leaving  the  God- 
head as  the  Bible  puts  it.  So  do  I,  and  it  plainly 
teaches  a  triune  being.  If  I  were  a  single  immer- 
sionist,  I  would  not  know  where  to  begin.  They  say, 
'  I  baptize  you  in  the  name  of  the  Father,'  and  they 
stand  still  and  do  not  do  it.  They  say:  '  And  of  the 
Son,'  and  do  not  do  it,  '  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,' 
and  still  they  do  not  do  it,  but  as  they  say  *  Amen,' 
they  dip  the  candidate.  Which  name  was  he  bap- 
tized in?  Can  you  tell?  He  said,  when  we  baptize 
a  candidate  we  only  baptize  the  head  and  shoulders. 
If  that  be  true,  we  can  say  we  have  a  baptism  and  a 
half  and  they  only  have  a  half  a  one.  (Laughter.) 
"  Please  do  not  laugh.  This  is  to  make  you  think. 
Am  I  not  right?  My  friend  speaks  of  writing  to 
four  persons  and  I  cannot  see  anything  in  it  for  me 
or  him,  so  I  leave  it,  but  if  he  wishes  to  go  by  men's 
opinions,  he  may,  but  I  want  the  Bible.  He  speaks 
of  sending  a  present  to  England  by  Smith  to 
Jones,  in  the  name  of  a  brother,  a  sister  and  a 
cousin,    Did    you  notice  his  illustration    worked 


backwards?  He  was  sending  from  three  to  one, 
while  we  baptize  one  in  three,  He  also  speaks  of 
being  naturalized  in  a  city,  a  state  and  a  nation. 
That  is  plain,  the  state  is  in  the  nation  and  the  city 
is  in  the  state,  but  is  Christ  in  God  and  the  Holy 
Spirit  in  Christ?  If  so  his  illustration  is  good;  if 
not  it  is  against  him.  He  speaks  of  coloring  a 
handkerchief  by  one  dipping,  and  said  it  was  one  dip 
because  the  numeral  one  limited  it.  I  wonder  how 
many  people  color  cloth  by  dipping  it  only  once. 
He  said  they  baptize  their  candidates  backwards 
out  of  the  world  and  raise  them  up  forward  into 
the  church.  Well,  let  us  look  at  that.  They  take  a 
candidate  out  of  the  world  with  his  sins  before  him, 
and  they  raise  him  up  with  his  sins  still  before 
him,  but  I  want  a  candidate  to  come  out  of  the 
world  with  his  sins  behind  him,  where  they  can  for- 
ever stay,  Let  him  go  down  in  the  baptismal 
fount  forward,  be  baptized  forward,  come  out  for- 
ward, leaving  the  world  and  its  sinful  pleasures  be- 
hind, instead  of  having  them  before  him  when  he 
comes  out.  If  it  is  possible  for  the  old  Greek  bish- 
op at  Jerusalem,  to  be  wrong,  while  he  can  read  the 
Bible  in  its  purity,  and  in  the  language  in  which  it 
was  written,  where  is  our  brother? 

"To  do  away  with  Tertullian,  he  claims  he  lived  in 
the  '  Dark  Ages,'  but  his  time  was  160  years  after 
Christ,  and  the  Dark  Ages  were  centuries  after  that. 
Tertullian  is  one  of  the  best  authorities  on  Bible 
history.  It  has  only  been  a  short  time  since  I  was 
down  at  Barry,  in  this  State,  and  a  man  told  me 
that  he  was  baptized  by  the  Christian  minister  in 
their  church  by  trime  immersion.  Up  here  at  Eu- 
reka, where  one  of  their  colleges  is  located,  they 
baptized  three  young  men,  students  of  the  college, 
by  trine  immersion.  A  few  miles  north  of  here,  at 
New  Philadelphia,  where  our  brother  here  preached 
at  one  time,  they  baptised  a  lady  by  trine  immersion. 
Do  they  believe  only  in  single  immersion?  If  sin- 
gle is  good,  why  is  not  trine  immersion  better?  If 
it  is  not  better,  why  do  they  use  it? 

"As  to  feet-washing,  he  said,  I  assumed  two 
things,  one  as  to  the  church,  the  other  as  to  feet- 
washing  being  an  ordinance.  Let  us  see.  A  church 
is  a  number  of  religious  believers,  of  the  same  faith, 
and  with  officers.  I  see  in  that  upper  chamber  a 
number  of  believers,  all  of  the  same  faith,  with  a 
bishop  the  highest,  the  grandest,  the  most  noble 
bishop  in  the  universe.  I  also  see  a  treasurer.  As 
to  other  officers  I  can  not  say,  but  these  we  know 
and  that  is  enough,  I  read  in  the  thirteenth  chap- 
ter of  John,  that  Christ  washed  the  disciples'  feet 
and  as  he  came  along  the  line  he  came  to  Peter, 
who  forbade  the  Master  to  wash  his  feet.  I  wonder 
if  any  one  in  the  audience  would  believe  that 
Christ  would  choose  a  man  to  preach  his  Word  and 
be  his  apostle,  who  was  so  ignorant  that  he  did  not 
know  when  his  feet  were  dirty.  I  do  not  believe 
Christ  washed  their  feet  because  they  were  dirty,  but 
there  is  something  in  the  act  that  no  one  can  un- 
derstand but  those  that  wash  feet.  They  say,  we 
wash  feet  to  show  humility.  I  do  not  deny  that, 
for  I  believe  it  was  given  for  that  purpose.  It  is  to 
show  we  are  all  on  an  equality,— one  the  other's  ser- 
vant. I  believe  that  every  man  and  every  woman 
that  is  saved  will  be  saved  by  a  foot- washer  (Jesus). 
Those  who  never  practice  it  and  look  on  the  act 
with  scorn  cannot  understand  the  modus  operandi ol 
the  Holy  Spirit  in  the  practice  of  humility. 

"  Preachers  will  stand  in  the  pulpit,  dressed  in 
broadcloth,  with  a  gold  chain  on  their  vest,  and  with 
a  diamond  stud  on  their  shirt-bosom,  and  preach 
humility  long  and  loud,  but  they  do  not  practice  it, 
and  who  will  believe  it?  I  want  you  to  know  the 
teachings  of  Jesus  Christ  are  to  be  practiced,  and 
when  you  do  not  practice  them  you  lose  the  spirit  of 
them.  You  know  our  brother  said  the  law  died  on 
the  cross,  and  there  was  no  church  till  the  Day  of 
Pentecost,  so  we  need  to  obey  only  those  com- 
mands that  were  given  after  that.  You  see  he  stops 
the  Old  Testament  commands  at  the  cross,  all  oth- 
ers at  Pentecost,  and  there  are  none  since,  so  where 
will  we  get  any?  Throw  the  Bible  away, — will 
we?  That  is  the  way  he  leaves  out  these  ordinances. 
I  find  in  my  Bible  that  Christ  gave  that  as  an  ex- 
ample, and  that  they  should  do  as  he  had  done  to 


them.  In  the  word  '  should  '  is  comprised  one  of 
the  strongest  meanings  you  can  find  in  any  lexicon. 
For  instance,  when  the  man  was  given  one  talent 
and  went  and  buried  it,  it  was  taken  from  him  and 
given  to  him  that  had  ten.  Why?  Because  he  did 
not  do  as  he  should  have  done. 

"Why  did  the  rich  man  lift  up  his  eyes  in  hell? 
Because  on  earth  he  did  not  do  as  he  should  have 
done.  We  find  in  Luke  16:  16  that  the  law  and 
prophets  were  until  John.  Since  that  time  the  king- 
dom of  God  is  preached  and  every  man  presseth  in- 
to it.  Matt,  u:  12.  'And  from  the  days  of  John  the 
Baptist  until  now  the  kingdom  of  heaven  suflereth 
violence,  and  the  violent  take  it  by  force.' 

"  As  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  the  church,  it  has 
been  from  John  the  Baptist's  time.  He  claims 
feet-washing  is  not  mentioned  in  many  books. 
That  is  an  argument  for  infidels,  but  not  for  Chris- 
tians. We  should  believe  it,  even  if  only  given  once 
in  the  Bible. 

"  He  claims  the  example  was  given  to  the  apos- 
tles and  not  to  us.  If  that  is  true,  why  does  he  ob- 
serve the  Communion  at  all?  It  was  given  to  the 
apostles  as  well  as  feet-washing.  One  is  as  binding 
as  the  other.  He  made  feet-washing  strong  by  say- 
ing, '  You  should  do  it,'  and  he  gave  them  an  ex- 
ample to  show  them  how.  What  could  he  have 
done  or  said  to  make  it  plainer,  if  Peter  could  not 
have  any  part  or  lot  with  Christ,  unless  he  submit- 
ted to  feet- washing,  and  we  will  not  submit  to  it? 
Where  is  our  part?  Are  we  better  than  Peter?  I 
have  never  read  of  a  custom  in  Palestine  of  servants 
washing  the  feet  of  visitors,  but  I  do  read  of  ser- 
vants getting  water  and  the  visitors  washing  their 
own  feet.  We  read  that  Christ  made  feet-washing  a 
test  of  fellowship.  Have  we  a  right  to  change  it? 
I  know  there  is  good  in  it,  and  if  I  do  not  practice 
it,  I  cannot  say  but  my  lot  would  be  the  same  as 
was  told  to  Peter.  The  penalty  would  be  the  same. 
We  believe  it  to  be  a  church  ordinance.  Christ 
placed  it  among  his  followers, — not  among  unbe- 
lievers, with  a  penalty  if  not  obeyed.  Who  can 
change  it?  Good  works  are  good,  but  obeying  a 
plain  command  is  better. 

"  I  came  here  as  I  was  called.  I  have  told  you 
the  Bible  on  these  things  as  I  believe  it.  My  life- 
work  is  drawing  to  a  close  and  I  may  never  be  able 
to  meet  with  you  any  more.  I  lay  down  the  work 
and  submit  it  to  God  for  results." 

Ailoria,  111.,  March  If, 


A  WORD  TO  YOUNQ  MINISTERS.    No.  3. 


"Study  to  show  thyself  approved  nnto  God,  a  workman  that 
□eedeth  not  to  be  ashamed,  rightly  dividing  the  word  of 
truth."— 2Tim.2:ic, 

Paul  knew  what  he  was  talking  about  when  he 
wrote  to  Timothy  a  second  letter,  and  urged  him  to 
"study."  It  is  a  word  from  an  old  preacher  to  a 
young  minister.  The  instruction  is  as  important  to 
a  young  ministecto-day  as  it  was  to  Timothy  then, 
and  it  will  not  hurt  many  an  older  minister  to  take 
the  same  advice.  The  gist  of  the  instruction,  given 
at  the  beginning  of  this  article,  is,  that  young  min- 
isters should  study.  It  is  as  unreasonable  for  a  min- 
ister to  enter  the  pulpit  and  expect  the  Lord  to  fur- 
nish the  matter  which  he  is  to  preach,  as  it  is  un- 
reasonable for  him  to  go  into  a  field  and  expect  the 
Lord  to  furnish  the  seed  wheat  which  he  is  to  sow. 
If  the  preacher  wants  to  "  preach  the  Word  "  from 
the  pulpit,  he  must  take  it  with  him. 

A  judicious  farmer  will  clean  his  seed  wheat  well, 
and  prepare  it  properly  in  every  way.  Should  not 
the  minister  do  the  same  with  the  spiritual  seed? 

The  seed  is  the  word  of  God."    Luke  8: 11. 

Seed  wheat  should  be  separated  from  tares  and 
from  chaff,  and  the  Word  preached  should  be  pure 
as  well.  This  requires  preparation.  If  the  wheat 
even  has  no  tares  in  it,  but  has  a  double  quantity  of 
chaff,  the  sowing  will  be  too  thin.  In  like  manner, 
if  the  preaching  has  too  much  "  chaff  "  in  it,  you 
may  say  it  is  too  thin,  and  not  edifying  to  the  hear- 
ers, "  Let  all  things  be  done  unto  edifying,"  is  the 
Scriptural  injunction. 


THE   GOSPEL   3^ESSE3STGEK,. 


•    April  i6\  1898, 


WHAT   TO   STUDY. 

Study  that  which  is  to  be  presented  to  the  hear- 
ers,—the  WcrJ  as  found  in  the  Old  and  the  New 
Testaments,  The  entire  Bible  must  be  the  principal 
text  book.  God  offered  nothing  less  and  nothing 
less  will  answer.  The  New  Testament  can  only  be 
understood  in  the  light  of  the  Old.  You  may  say 
that  you  have  read  the  entire  Bible.  Very  well;  do 
you  understand  it  all?  Can  you  explain  it  all?  A 
teacher  or  preacher  should  know  what  he  teaches. 
It  must  be  very  embarrassing  for  a  young  minister  to 
preach  to  a  congregation,  when  he  knows  there  are 
many  in  that  congregation  who  know  more  about 
the  Bible  than  he  knows  himself.  It  is  equally  un- 
edifying  to  those  more  advanced  in  the  knowledge 
of  the  Bible,  to  listen  to  something  they  know  so 
well,  and  know  it  better  than  the  one  telling  it. 

HOW   TO   STUDY, 

Study  the  Bible  by  means  of  helps.  The  work- 
man must  have  tools  to  work  with.  The  Scripture 
at  the  head  of  this  article  requires  you  to  be  "a 
workman  that  needeth  not  to  be  ashamed."  A 
workman  without  tools  never  does  the  best  of  work, 
nor  does  he  the  most  work.  It  is  as  much  better  to 
use  Scripture  helps  in  studying  the  Bible  as  cutting 
grain  with  a  reaping  machine  is  better  than  pulling 
the  wheat  out  of  the  ground  with  the  hands. 

THE   KINDS   OF   HELPS, 

1.  Get  a  good  dictionaty.  Never  pass  by  a  word 
whose  meaning  you  do  not  fully  understand.  We 
have  heard  of  the  most  unfortunate  mistakes  made 
by  ministers  misapplying  the  meaning  of  words. 
Churches  have  even  b;en  rent  asunder  by  ministers 
giving  different  meanings  to  the  Sacred  Word.  At 
this  time  great  interest  at  our  next  Conference 
hangs  suspended  on  the  meaning  of  a  single  word, 
and  every  minister  should  understand  its  primary 
meaning.  Christians  have  become  divided  into 
sects  because  some  would  not  accept  the  primary 
meaning  of  the  word  bapto  and  bapti&o%  while  others 
never  knew  what  is  the  primary  meaning  of  these 
words.  From  this  you  see  how  important  it  is  to 
know  the  primary  meaning  of  the  words  used  in 
the  Bible,  and  a  complete  dictionary  will  be  a  great 
help. 

2.  Get  a  good  Bible  geography.  You  will  find 
some  valuable  maps  in  a  "  Teacher's  Bible,"  but 
these  are  inadequate  to  afford  you  all  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  lands  of  the  Bible  that  you  need.  In 
reading  of  places,  or  events  mentioned  in  the  Bible, 
you  need  to  have  a  picture  of  the  places  in  your 
mind  to  make  the  description  intelligible.  If  you 
have  not  time  to  take  a  course  of  study  in  Bible 
geography,  then  the  next  best  thing  will  be  to  study 
the  location  of  the  places  mentioned  in  the  Scrip- 
ture you  are  studying,  whether  it  will  be  for  a  ser- 
mon or  Sunday  school  lesson. 

3.  Get  the  best  conccidance.  You  can  obtain  it 
through  the  Brethren  Publishing  House.  Never 
buy  a  poor  one,  because  it  seems  to  be  cheap.  You 
will  need  a  better  one  soon,  if  you  buy  a  poor  one 
for  a  small  sum  of  money.  We  have  something 
more  to  say  about  the  use  of  a  concordance  when 
we  take  up  the  subject,  "  Outline  of  Bible  Study." 

4.  Get  the  best  commtntaty.  Here  we  find  it  diffi- 
cult to  make  a  recommendation,  as  the  number  and 
kinds  of  commentaries  will  depend  on  the  amount 
of  money  you  have  to  spend  for  that  purpose.  If 
you  have  only  five  dollars  get  "  Teeter's  Commen- 
tary." You  can  get  Jamieson,  Faussettand  Brown's 
at  a  very  reasonable  rate.  Adam  Clarke's  is  con- 
venient. Olshousen  is  good.  Meyer  may  be  rec- 
ommended. Get  a  list  of  all  the  commentaries  that 
are  to  be  had  and  the  price  of  each,  and  consider 
what  money  you  have  to  invest  for  that  purpose. 

Of  one  thing  let  us  warn  you.  Do  not  swallow 
everything  you  fiod  in  a  commentary,  any  more  than 
you  would  swallow  everything  you  find  on  a  table 
in  a  hotel. 

5.  Get  the  best  Teaclters1  Bible,  if  you  have  not  one 
already,  and  study  the  subjects  contained  in  the  lat- 
ter part  of  it,  Few  people,  who  possess  a  good 
Teachers'  Bible,  really  know  what  a  valuable  library 
is  compressed  into  a  small  space  in  the  latter  part 


of  these  Bibles.  Study  every  subject  there  found. 
Pay  particular  attention  to  the  chronology.  Many 
of  our  older  ministers  can  study  this  subject  with 
profit. 

While  holding  a  Bible  Normal,  at  which  there  were 
present  many  ministers  from  four  or  five  different 
denominations,  and  the  subject  of  Bible  chronology 
was  presented,  it  was  astonishing  how  little  any  one 
knew  about  this  subject. 

Study  the  sects  and  religions  described  in  these 
"  Bible  Helps,"  as  well  as  the  weights,  measures, 
botany,  zoology,  etc.  In  short,  take  a  thorough 
course  in  all  you  find  in  this  part  of  a  "  Teachers' 
Bible,"  and  you  shall  be  richly  rewarded. 

Plaftsburg,  Mo, 


ORDAINING  ELDERS. 


BY  JASON   HACK, 


We,  as  a  church,  believe  in  carrying  into  ef- 
fect all  the  plain  teachings  of  the  Word  of  God. 
Among  them  none  is  more  plain  than  that  of  or- 
daining elders.  This,  of  course,  is  enjoined  upon 
those  who  have  the  authority  to  ordain. 

The  elder  is  a  very  necessary  official.  No  local 
church  can  prosper  without  an  elder.  Each  or- 
ganization needs  an  overseer,  a  spiritual  adviser. 

If  it  were  not  essential  that  each  church  be  prop- 
erly officered,  the  apostle  would  never  have  given 
the  instruction  he  did.  The  fact  that  many  of  our 
churches  are  without  elders,  though  pleading  for 
them,  shows  that  something  is  wrong.  Where  is 
the  wrong?  Is  it  on  the  part  of  the  churches?  No, 
they  arc  ready  and  calling  for  more  elders.  Is  it 
because  there  are  no  ministers  that  can  be  ad- 
vanced to  this  office?  No,  for  many  churches  have 
from  one  to  five.  They  are  qualified,  and  they 
are  bearing  the  principal  labor  of  the  church. 

What  makes  one  eligible  to  the  eldership? 
Surely  not  the  sanction  of  the  church  where  he 
lives,  or  of  the  elders  of  his  district  along.  No,  not 
that  alone.  When  a  sinner  comes  repenting  and 
asking  admittance  into  the  church,  the  church  can 
not  stand  in  his  way.  He  is  called  of  God,  and 
none  dare  oppose  him.  just  so  it  is  when  one  ful- 
fills the  Scripture  requirements  and  the  church 
needs  him.  No  one  to  whom  the  authority  to  or- 
dain has  been  given  has  any  right  to  refuse  to  act 
in  his  office. 

Paul  said,  "Ordain  elders  in  every  city,"  not 
over  every  city.  There  is  no  Gospel  permit  to  or- 
dain an  elder  and  then  place  him  over  six  or  eight 
different  churches,  some  of  which  he  may  visit 
perhaps  once  a  year  or  less.  We  would  like  some 
one  to  point  out  Scripture  authority  for  this.  Call 
it  a  privilege,  if  you  wish,  but  the  church  has  no 
right  to  establish  a  privilege  and  let  it  grow  into  a 
custom,  in  direct  disregard  to  well-defined  Scrip- 
tural teaching. 

Again;  there  must  be  more  than  one.  Paul  said, 
"Ordain  elders,"  not  an  elder,  but  two,  at  least,  in 
each  place.  The  teaching  of  the  Scripture  cannot 
be  carried  out  with  but  one  elder  in  a  church,  "  Is 
any  sick  among  you?  let  him  call  for  the  elders  of 
the  church."  Which  church?  The  one  in  which 
you  live,  not  the  elders  of  the  churches,  but  elders 
of  the  church.  This  does  not  mean  an  elder  and  a 
minister,  not  two  second  degree  ministers,  or  per- 
haps a  minister  and  a  deacon.  No,  we  are  in- 
structed to  call  for  the  elders.  These  are  certainly 
the  ones  Paul  instructed  to  be  ordained.  We,  as  a 
church,  claim  to  adhere  to  the  plain  teaching  of  the 
Word.  Then,  why  should  this  part  (ordaining  eld- 
ers) be  left  undone,  greatly  to  the  discomfort  of 
the  local  churches? 

The  office  of  an  elder  is  looked  upon  as  a  most 
sacred  trust, — the  highest  honor  ot  the  church, — 
but  let  us  see  how  sacred  the  duties  of  an  elder  are 
held?  Just  notice  the  many  churches  where  there 
is  no  elder  living.  The  second  degree  ministers  do 
all  the  work.  They  preach,  baptize,  preside  at 
councils,  officiate  at  funerals,  love  feasts,  anoint  the 
sick,  care  for  the  flock,— in  short  do  all  the  work  of 
an  elder.  They  must  do  it  or  the  work  of  the 
church  will  suffer.    Yet  they  are  not  deemed  wor- 


thy of  the  office,  or,  from  some  cause,  unknown  to 
themselves  and  the  church,  they  are  not  ordained. 

Surely,  whoever  is  permitted  to  perform  these 
duties  from  year  to  year,  either  is  not  a  fit  person 
to  perform  them,  or  should  be  ordained.  "Honor 
to  whom  honor  is  due." 

The  elder  may  be  absent  from  the  church  six 
months  or  a  year  or  more  at  a  time.  Things  may 
not  go  just  right.  Then  the  elder  is  censured.  He 
screens  himself  behind  the  second  degree  minister 
who  was  doing  the  work.  The  minister  is  not  the 
elder,  hence  is  not  responsible  for  the  work  of  an 
elder,  and  thus  the  cause  is  hindered,  all  because 
the  plain  teaching  of  the  Scripture  about  ordaining 
elders  was  not  obeyed. 

Now,  I  am  only  a  lay  member,  but  I  have  studied 
the  Scripture  and  the  welfare  of  the  church  for 
many  years,  and  I  can  find  no  excuse  for  this  lack 
of  elders  among  us. 

If  Paul  did  not  mean  what  he  said  about  ordain- 
ing elders,  and  if  James  did  not  mean  by  the  term 
"elders"  ordained  ones, — the  same  ones  that  Paul 
spoke  about, — some  one  who  is  able  should  write 
us  an  article  explaining  it.  Why  not  have  elders 
ordained  in  every  church?  m 

Glep/otd,  Ohio. 


THE  CHURCH  IN  THE  TEMPLE. 

BY  J.  S.  MOHLER. 

The  Best  Material. 

'CHAPTER   IV. 

The  best  of  timber  and  stone,  and  the  finest  gold, 
silver  and  brass,  were  required  for  the  temple.  Sec- 
ond-class material  would  have  been  rejected.  So  it 
is  with  the  heart.  It  has  good  and  bad  material. 
God  wants  the  best,  He  does  not  want  our  pride, 
lust,  envy,  malice  or  falsehoods,  but  he  wants  our 
love,  obedience,  honesty,  temperance,  patience,  god- 
liness, etc.  With  these  he  can  aid  us  in  the  forma- 
tion of  a  noble  Christian  character,  such  as  will  fit 
us  for  a  higher  life  in  the  world  to  come.  Thes?  will 
make  us  ornaments  in  the  church  here  bclon,  and  a 
power  for  good  in  the  world. 

Exalted  Position  cf  the  Temple. 
chapter  v. 

The  temple  was  built  on  Mount  Moriah,  a  place 
made  sacred  by  Abraham  building  an  altar  there  to 
offer  his  son  Isaac  upon;  and  by  the  Lord  appearing 
to  David  when  he  was  preparing  an  offering  for  his 

ii  in  numbering  the  people.     2  Chron.  3: 1. 

The  place  has  an  elevation  above  the  city,  which 
gave  the  temple,  when  it  was  completed,  a  magnifi- 
cent appearance.    The   temple,  in  addition  to  its 
beautiful  elevation,  was  so  richly  adorned  within 
id  without,  that  it,  doubtless,  was  the  most  mag- 

ficent  building  in  the  world,  exalted  in  position, 
and  exalted  in  adornment. 

The  exalted  position  of  the  temple  finds  its  anti- 
type in  the  superior  exaltation  of  the  church  of  the 
living  God,  the  pillar  and  ground  of  the  truth, 
There  is  no  body  of  people  so  exalted, — so  near 
heaven  as  the  church  of  Jesus  Christ,  It  is  not 
self-exalted,  but  exalted  by  its  intrinsic  purity,  and 
righteousness.  If  every  person  in  one  State  of  this 
Union  were  a  worthy  member  of  the  church,  that 
State  would  become  exalted  by  its  superior  moral 
and  spiritual  excellency  above  all  the  other  States, 
as  far  as  light  is  superior  to  darkness.  There  would 
not  be  a  liar,  drunkard,  thief,  nor  murderer  in  it, 
nor  anything  that  defileth.  "Righteousness  exalt- 
eth  a  nation,  but  sin  is  a  reproach  to  any  people." 
Prov.  14:34. 

When  a  state  or  nation  is  exalted  by  its  right- 
eousness it  attracts  others  within  its  borders,  who 
love  to  dwell  among  the  righteous,  and  a  State 
mainly  free  from  vice  and  crime  would  soon  become 
densely  populated, 

The  principles  of  the  Christian  religion,  received 
by  conversion,  eliminate  from  the  heart  all  corrupt 
principles,  as  the  fire  does  the  brass  from  the  gold. 
This  lifts  the  heart  heavenward.  It  does  not  puff  it 
up,  but  makes  it  better,  lifts  it  into  a  higher  plane  of 
living.    Each   heart,  similarly  affected,  exalts  the 


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■rHE   GOSPEL   MESSBNGBB. 


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church  worthily  in  which  the  Lord  is  pleased  to 
dwell. 

IN  THE  INTEREST  OF  PEACE. 

[We  are  in  sympathy  with  the  following,  sent  out  by  the 
Friends,  and  feel  confident  that  it  voices  the  sentiment  of  the 
entire  Brotherhood.    While  it  may  be  too  late  to  accomplish 
the  purpose  for  which  it  was  intended,  still  we  take  pleasure  in 
throwing  our  influence  wholly  on  the  side  of  peace. — Ed.] 
To  the  President,  his  Cabinet,  and  the  Congress 
of  the  United  States: 
THE  MEMORIAL  of  the  Representatives  of  the  religious 
Society  of  Friends  for  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey  and 
Delaware,  respectfully  represents: 

That  for  some  months  past  we  have  regarded  with 
deep  interest  and  solicitude  the  disturbed  relations 
between  our  Government  and  that  of  the  Kingdom 
of  Spain,  in  connection  with  the  insurrection  in  the 
llsland  of  Cuba. 

We  sympathize  with  the  friendly  efforts  that  have 
been  used  by  the  present,  as  well  as  by  the  late  Ad- 
ministration to  interpose  the  good  offices  of  the 
United  States  in  bringing  to  a  close  the  inhuman 
warfare  between  Spain  and  her  insurgent  Colony, 
and  we  deplore  their  want  of  success  and  the  con- 
tinued sufferings  of  the  Cuban  people. 

Whilst  desiring  to  uphold  the  hands  of  the  Presi- 
dent in  all  that  may  conduce  to  the  benevolent  end 
proposed  by  him,  we  are  firmly  impressed  with  the 
belief  that  this  purpose  is  not  likely  to  be  attained 
by  a  menace  of  military  force  on  the  part  of  the 
United  States  Should  the  irritation,  now  felt  by  the 
two  nations  toward  each  other,  b;  inflamed  to  the 
point  of  open  warfare,  while  we  may  profess  to  be 
actuated  by  the  humane  desire  to  relieve  the  suffer- 
ings of  the  non-combatants  in  Cuba,  shall  we  not  be 
amenable  to  the  charge  of  inconsistency  by  bring- 
ing on  a  second  calamity  which  would  add  to,  rath- 
er than  remedy,  a  prior  evil?  The  soldiers  and 
sailors  of  the  United  States  who  will,  in  case  of  war, 
be.thrust  into  the  front  rank  of  the  battle,  many  of 
whoiri  may  lose  their  lives  or  limbs  in  the  contest, 
and  ■  ./hos?  families  must  suffer  the  bereavement  of 
husbands,  fathers  and  brothers,  have  surely  no  less 
a  claim  than  the  people  of  a  foreign  country  upon 
the  kind  consideration  of  our  rulers.  Great  and  sol- 
emn, indeed,  is  the  responsibility  of  men  in  power, 
whose  action  may  light  the  flames  of  war  and  doom 
to  death  and  untold  misery  many  of  their  fellow  be- 
ings, who  have  had  no  voice  in  its  inception. 

We  hold  the  belief  that  there  can  be  110  difference 
between  nations  that  cannot  be  more  advantageous- 
ly adjusted  to  the  real  interests  of  both  parties  by 
peaceful  negotiation  or  arbitration  than  by  a  resort 
to  arms.  That  the  principles  of  the  Christian  re- 
ligion forbid  war  as  emphatically  as  they  do  private 
combats;  and  that  national  honor  cannot  be  vindi- 
cated by  mutual  destruction  and  injury. 

Should  the  United  States  and  Spain  be  unable  to 
adjust  their  present  differences  by  the  ordinary 
methods  of  peaceful  diplomacy,  we  would  urge  the 
resort  to  arbitration  as  a  course  honorable  in  itself 
and  in  accord  with  the  spirit  which  should  animate 
a  Christian  nation.  This  method  has  been  frequent- 
ly and  successfully  resorted  to  by  the  United  States 
in  its  intercourse  with  powerful  governments,  and 
would  be  no  less  just  and  honorable  when  a  weaker 
one  is  involved  in  the  controversy.  In  the  inter- 
course between  individuals,  no  dispute,  however 
serious  or  however  it  may  touch  an  imaginary  sense 
of  honor,  is  regarded  as  beyond  the  ordinary  peace- 
ful process  of  the  courts.  Why,  then,  should  the 
same  principle  be  less  applicable  to  the  settlement 
of  international  differences? 

We  call  our  Union  a  Christian  nation.  The  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  whom  we  thus  claim  to  follow,  incul- 
cated a  loving  regard  on  the  part  of  His  disciplc3 
toward  all  men,  even  to  their  enemies.  An  inspired 
apostle  has  declared  that  "the  wisdom  which  is 
from  above  is  first  pure,  then  peaceable,  gentle,  and 
easy  to  be  entreated,  full  of  mercy  and  good  fruits, 
and  the  fruit  of  righteousness  is  sown  in  peace  of 
them  that  make  peace."    James  3: 17, 18. 

We  would,  therefore,  express  our  earnest  desire 
and    hope  that   pacific   counsels^may  still  prevail 


with  our  honored  President,  as  we  have  rejoiced  to 
believe  that  they  have  in  good  measure  done,  in  the 
management  of  the  momentous  questions  now 
pressing  upon  him,  and  that  all  departments  of  the 
Government  may  calmly  seek  for  Divine  counsel  so 
to  direct  them  as  to  be  instrumental  in  promoting 
the  true  interests  of  our  beloved  country,  and  re- 
ceive the  blessing  pronounced  by  the  Prince  of 
Peace  upon  the  peacemakers. 

By  direction  and  on  behalf  of  a  meeting  of  the 
Representatives  aforesaid,  held  in  Philadelphia,  the 
25th  day  of  the  Third  month,  189.S 

Wm   Evans, 

Clerk  for  1  he  day. 


^THE  t  SUNDAY  t  SCHOOLS 


LESSON  LIOHT-FLASHES. 
The  Triumphal  Entry.-Matt.  21:6-16. 

Lesson  /or  May  1,  180S. 

In  this  lesson  we  have  a  fair  showing  of  human 
fickleness,  or  else  it  shows  that  the  Christ  al- 
ways was  popular  among  the  common  people  and 
the  masses.     Perhaps  it  shows  both. 

Before  this,  Christ,  through  the  envy  of  the  lead- 
ing Jews,  was  driven  from  place  to  place,  cast  out 
of  the  synagogues  and  driven  out  of  their  cities. 
Now  we  have  him  coming  to  the  Holy  City,  and  for 
once  he  is  to  have  a  grand  entrance  and  a  royal  re- 
ception. 

This  was  done  that  the  Scriptures,  or  the  prophe 
cies  concerning  him,  might  be  fulfilled,  and  that  the 
people  might,  at  least  once  before  he  suffered,  give 
him  the  honor  that  was  so  justly  due  him.  The  oc 
casion  gave  them  a  taste  of  that  which  he  would  so 
gladly  have  given  them,  had  they  truly  accepted 
him  as  their  king,  to  deliver  them  from  the  power 
of  sin  and  oppression  and  give  them  the  peace  and 
liberty  that  they  so  long  had  been  desiring,  looking 
and  praying  for.  It  was  an  auspicious  lime  for  the 
people,  though  they  understood  not  the  nature  of 
the  kingship  that  they  were  so  ready  to  acknowl- 
edge, neither  did  they  know  the  true  character  of 
the  king  after  whom  they  were  following,  and  yet 
they  received  and  honored  him  as  the  promised  son 
of  David,  and  the  one  that  should  come  to  be  the 
King  of  Israel. 

Let  us  first  look  at  this  king  as  he  enters  the  city. 
The  prophet,  in  speaking  of  this  entry  into  Jerusa- 
lem says:  "Tell  ye  the  daughter  of  Sion,  behold, 
thy  king  cometh  unto  thee,  meek,  and  sitting  on  an 
ass,  and  a  colt  the  foal  of  an  ass." 

In  this  lesson  we  have  the  fulfillment  of  this 
prophecy.  He  sent  his  disciples  to  procure  for 
hirh  an  ass, — not  so  much  that  he  cared  to  ride  into 
the  city,  as  to  fulfill  the  prophecies  made  concern- 
ing him.  It  was  his  Father's  will  that  he  should  so 
show  himself  to  the  people  in  this  way,  and  it  was 
the  Son's  pleasure  to  do  it.  The  ass  was  brought, 
and  the  colt,  and  they  "  put  on  Ihcm  their  clothes, 
and  they  sat  him  thereon  "  Putting  their  clothes 
on  the  ass  upon  which  he  was  to  ride  was  a  sign  of 
kingship,  and  while  they  showed  him  to  be  a  king 
and  that  they  were  willing  to  do  him  honor,  he 
showed  to  them  a  lesson  of  kingly  humility,  that 
though  he  was  a  king  as  they  truly  had  said,  he  was 
also  humble  enough  to  be  a  friend  and  brother  to 
the  lowliest. 

This  entry  of  Jesus  into  Jerusalem  has  been 
termed  the  triumph  of  Jesus,  and  it  was  truly  a 
triumph  over  pride  and  worldly  grandeur.  That 
the  Son  of  God  and  the  King  of  the  world 
should  come  in  this  way,  had  he  been  known  in 
his  true  character,  would  have  been  a  wonder  to  the 
world  and  a  spectacle  for  angels.  Though  he  came 
in  this  humble  way,  yet  to  the  people  he  was  a  king 
because  of  his  coming  so  close  to  him,  His  life 
touched  their  lives,  and  between  them  was  felt  a 
kinship  that  attracted  and  exalted  him  in  their 
minds  and  hearts.  Because  of  this  we  have  the  cry: 
"Hosanna  to  the  Son  of  David.  Blessed  is  he  that 
cometh  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  Hosanna  in  the 
highest." 


The  scene  must  have  been  quite  a  wonderful  one 
indeed.  And  yet,  as  we  look  at  it,  the  whole  thing 
seems  to  be  a  play  out  of  season,  and  as  mockery 
must  it  have  been  to  the  Master  who  already  could 
see  the  rising  of  the  clouds  that  would  bring  upon 
him  the  storm  o!  wrath  and  indignation  that  was  in 
store  for  him,  He  well  knew  that  in  only  a  few 
days  the  whole  scene  would  be  changed,  and,  in- 
stead of  running  before,  casting  their  garments  and 
strewing  branches  of  trees  in  his  way,  he  would  be 
pressing  up  Mt.  Olives'  rugged  side  to  weep  and 
pray,  and  look  over  the  Holy  City  only  to  mourn, 
"O  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem!  how  oft  would  I  hivi 
gathered  you  together  as  a  hen  gatherelh  her  chick- 
ens under  her  wings  and  ye  would  not." 

To-day  a  great  multitude  runs  before  him  to 
strew  flowers  in  his  way, — to-morrow  as  a  crowd  of 
hoodlums  they  follow  after,  crying,  "  Away  with 
him,  away  with  him.  Such  a  fellow  is  not  fit  to 
live."  Unstable  as  water,  shifting  a,  the  wind,  as 
the  current  flows  so  they  go, — to-day  the  Christ  is 
the  popular  one  and  they  are  all  ciying,  "  Hosanna 
in  the  highest,"  to-morrow  they  are  with  the  chief 
priest  who  hates  Jesus,  which  is  now  the  popular 
side,  and  the  cry  is  changed  to  ridicule  and  'crucify 
him." 

It  it  even  so  with  us?  When  religion  is  popular, 
dur.'ng  revival  seasons,  and  while  in  the  midst  of 
those  who  are  crying  out,  "  Hosanna  in  the  high- 
est," what  strong  Christians  we  are?  We  are  al- 
most too  strong  to  be  of  any  use  except  it  be  to 
make  a  noise.  All  the  time  we  are  shouting,"  Bless- 
ed is  he  that  cometh  in  the  name  o(  the  Lord," 
and  it  would  seem  as  if  we  would  never  tire  in  the 
service  of  the  Master. 

But  how  is  it  when  the  religious  thermometer 
commences  sinking?  Are  we  as  ready  to  turn  away 
from  him  as  were  these  people? 

We  should  not  be.  This  lesson,  as  well  as  all 
other  Bible  lessons,  teaches  us  that  we  arc  to  have 
convictions  of  our  own, — that  we  are  not  to  be 
tossed  as  the  waves  of  the  sea,  nor  arc  we  to  turn 
away  from  the  right  and  our  best  friends 

What  God  wants  are  boys  and  girls,  men  and 
women,  who  are  strong  and  stable  for  the  right, — 
always  loyal  to  the  truth.  The  decisions  and  opin- 
ions of  men  may  be  set  aside  or  rejected,  but  what 
God  says,  never,  because  he  is  our  Heavenly  leather 
and  best  friend,  All  he  says  to  us  is  for  our  good, 
and  therefore  we  ought  to  respect  and  obey  it.  Be 
true  to  Jesus  and  he  will  ba  tru:  to  us.       h.  b.  b. 

THE  IDEAL  SUNDAY  SCHOOL. 

BV   JOHN   CALVIN   BRIGHT. 

At  the  last  Ministerial  Meeting  for  Southern 
Ohio  this  subject  was  discussed  and  the  following 
points  are  indelibly  impressed  on  my  mind: 

1.  All  the  members  should  take  an  active  part  in 
the  school,  if  possible.  The  elder  should  be  there, 
for  he  is  the  superintendent  of  the  entire  work  of 
the  church.  The  ministers  should  be  there,  to 
teach  and  learn.  The  deacons  should  be  there  to 
help  the  work  along.  Fathers  and  mothers  should 
be  there  to  encourage  their  children.  Children  and 
servants  should  be  there,  to  learn  the  way  of  salva- 
tion. 

2.  All  the  members  and  their  families  should  at- 
tend every  session  of  the  school,  if  possible.  It  is 
the  work  of  the  church.  It  is  the  work  of  the  Lord 
and,  until  he  hinders  us,  we  should  be  present. 

3.  Every  lesson  should  be  studied  by  every  one 
attending  the  school,  so  they  will  be  prepared  to 
ask  and  answer  questions,  each  imparting  to  the 
other  the  Bread  of  Life. 

4  Every  one  attending  this  school  should  be 
present  at  the  time  of  opening  the  school,  or  A  lit- 
tle before.  Start  in  time  and  you  will  be  00 hand 
to  join  in  the  first  glad  song. 

5.  There  should  be  a  session  of  this  school  every 
Sunday  in  the  year,  fifty-two  Sundays  this  year,  fif- 
ty two  sessions;  fifty- three  Sundays  next  year,  fifty- 
three  sessions.  How  many  such  schools  in  the 
Brotherhood?    Who  will  report  first? 

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I  HE  WORD  SHE  REMEMBERED. 

"  You  remember  the  sermon  you  heard,  my  dear?  " 
The  little  one  blushed  and  dropped  her  eyes, 
Then  lifted  thetn  bravely  with  look  of  cheer,— 
Eyes  that  were  blue  as  the  summer  skies. 
"  I'm  afraid  I  forgot  what  the  minister  said, 
He  said  50  much  to  grown-rp  men, 
An1  Ihe  pulprt  was  'way  up  over  my  head; 
But  1  toli  mamma  that  he  said  'Amen.' 
"  And 'Amp  n,"  you  know  means  'Let  it  be,' 
Whatever  our  Lord  may  please  to  do, 
And  that  is  sermon  enough  for  me, 

If  I  mind  and  feel  so  the  whole  week  through." 
I  took  Hi-  little  on:'s  word  to  heart, 

1  wish  I  could  carry  it  all  day  long, 

The  "  Amen  "  spirit,  which  hides  the  art 

To  meet  each  cross  with  happy  song, 

—Easter  Bells  in  the  Christian  Advocate, 


BY   ABRAM    S.    HERSHEV, 


Interest  is  indispensable  in  all  avocations  of 
life.  It  is  that  disposition  in  man  which  largely 
determines  his  success  or  failure  in  any  undertak- 
ing. I  care  not  in  what  a  man  is  engaged,  if  he 
lacks  interest  in  what  he  is  engaged,  he  has  lost  his 
hold  on  the  lever  which  determines  his  success  in 
that  undertaking,  and  has  become  cold  and  indiffer- 
ent concerning  it. 

We  need  the  manifestation  of  interest  every- 
where,— in  religion,  as  well  as  in  the  business  and 
laboring  world.  Show  me  a  man  who  is  intensely 
interested  in  that  in  which  he  is  occupied,  and  I 
will  show  you  a  man  that  has  perseverance  and 
pluck,  which  are  partners  in  the  same  firm  with  in- 
terest. The  business  man  who  does  not  take  a 
marked  degree  of  interest  in  his  business,  will  soon 
find  out  that  the  same  is  gradually  decreasing.  It 
is  to  the  benefit  of  the  employee  to  be  interested 
in  the  welfare  of  his  employer,  because  upon  it 
may  depend  his  comforts  of  life. 

Again,  the  public  school  teacher  who  is  not  in- 
terested in  the  development  and  progress  of  the 
children  under  his  care,  is  out  of  his  place,  has 
made  a  mistake  in  choosing  his  profession,  and 
the  sooner  that  district  can  get  rid  of  him  the  bet- 
ter. Some  of  us  have  experienced  that  the  school- 
room is  a  place  where  interest  is  of  intrinsic  value 
in  accomplishing  some  of  the  teacher's  most  im- 
portant tasks.  The  cry  of  the  teacher,  and  more 
particularly  the  primary  teacher,  is,  "  How  can  I 
interest  my  children?" 

The  Sunday  school  teacher,  also,  should  be  con- 
tinually concerned  about  h,ow  she  may  interest  her 
class  during  that  hour.  It  is  not  my  object  to 
outline  a  plan  or  method  by  which  one  may  cre- 
ate and  stimulate  this  much-desired  accomplish- 
ment, but  I  would  impress  upon  the  mind  of  every 
teacher,  that  it  is  unquestionably  important  that 
he  get  it  somewhow,  if  he  desires  to  succeed.  Cir- 
cumstances and  coadiiions  greatly  vary  the  meth- 


ods of  obtaining  it.  A  hen  may  know  nothing 
about  the  contents,  or  the  scientifical  terms  by 
which  the  composite  parts  of  an  egg  are  known, 
but  she  can  hatch  out  the  chicks,  and  with  vigi- 
lance and  pride  attend  to  her  brood. 

Where  interest  is  a  stranger  in  a  congregation 
and  with  its  minister,  there  is  sufficient  evidence 
that  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  has  been  crowded 
out,  and  they  are  slowly  dying  spiritually. 

Interest  will  manifest  itself  in  our  actions.  If 
you  are  interested  in  the  subject  of  a  sermon,  which 
your  minister  is  earnestly  endeavoring  to  impress 
on  the  minds  of  his  congregation,  you  will  not  be 
lulled  to  sleep  by  the  sound  of  his  voice.  If  you 
are  interested  in  your  business  as  a  merchant,  you 
will  not  lock  up  your  store  for  a  week  or  two  and 
go  a  fishing.  Again,  if  you  are  interested  in  bring- 
ing men  and  women  to  Christ,  you  will  not  do  any- 
thing to  discourage  or  drive  them  away. 

Therefore,  let  us  endeavor  to  be  exceedingly 
wise  as  to  when  and  in  what  we  manifest  interest, 
because  "actions  speak  louder  than  words," 

Yak,  Pa. 

WHAT  AM  I? 

This  may  seem  a  strange  question,  especially  if 
I  ask  it  myself.  But  like  all  questions,  it  is  easier 
asked  than  answered,  and  as  it  is  a  question  that 
perhaps  none  of  you  have  ever  asked,  I  give  it  to 
you  that  you  may  think  about  it,  at  least.  If  you 
can  answer  it  satisfactorily  to  yourself,  all  the  bet- 
ter. It  will  show  that  you  have  been  doing  some 
thinking,  and  good  solid  thinking  is  always  the 
right  thing  to  do. 

We  often  hear  young  people  say:  "  I  did  not 
think."  That,  of  course,  meant  that  they  did  not 
think  at  the  right  time.  Not  thinking  beforehand 
often  makes  thinking  afterhand,  which  is  a  kind  of 
thinking  that  the  more  you  do  of  it,  the  worse  you 
are  made  to  feel, 

The  question  often  asked  by  older  people  to 
the   younger   ones    is,    "Whose    boy    are    you?" 

Whose  girl?  "  And  the  answer  generally  is,  "Pa- 
pa's boy"  or  "Mamma's  girl."  The  answer  may 
be  all  right, — I  mean  it  may  be  true, — and,  again, 
it  may  not  be  true.  It  all  depends  on  who  you  are, 
or  what  is  your  make-up. 

If  all  boys  and  girls  were  papa's  and  mamma's 
boys,  then  my  question  would  not  be  a  question, 
use  you  would  know  without  thinking,  and 
without  a  doubt,  so  would  everybody  else. 

But  as  boys  and  girls  are  not  duplicates  of  their 
parents,  then  we  know  that  they  are  made  up  in 
some  other  way, — out  of  other  material,  and  the 
question  is,  Where  did  this  material  come  from? 

Did  that  which  is  in  you,  and  that  which  you 
have,  that  is  not  of  that  which  your  parents  gave 
you,  grow  into  you,  or  how  did  it  come?  Where 
did  it  come  from?  To  make  the  question  plain 
enough  that  you  may  the  better  understand  it,  let 
me  ask  you  another  one:  If  your  parents,  ever 
since  you  have  been  born,  have  been  good,  relig- 
ious people,  never  said  any  ugly  words  such  as 
swearing, — or  done  any  ugly  or  bad  things,  such  as 
drinking,  fighting  or  stealing,  and,  you  should 
ir  or  drink  or  steal, — where  did  you  get  these 
things?  You" did  not  get  them  of  your  parents, — 
and  yet  you  have  them, — and  they  form  part  of 
your  life,  and  a  part  too,  that  you  got  somewhere 
outside  of  your  parents.  Do  you  see  the  question? 
Where  did  this  part  of  yourself  come  from?  Do 
you  know,  or  do  you  not?  If  not,  then  you  cannot 
answer  this  question,  because,  if  you  do  not  know 
where  a  part  of  yourself  came  from,  you  are  just 
that  much  short  of  knowing  who  you  are.  Tenny- 
son, the  poet,  gives  this  remarkable  answer  to  this 
question:  "  I  am  a  part  of  all  that  I  have  met." 

I  do  not  know  if  you  all  will  understand  this 
answer,  and  if  you  do,  whether  you  will  believe  it. 
So  this  becomes  another  question  for  our  consid- 
eration, and  if  we  decide  it  to  be  a  true  answer  to 
our  first  question,  we  have  a  new  interpretation  of 
who  we  are. 

We  will  do  the  proving  in  this  way:  Wc  arc  what 
our  lives  are,  and  cur  lives  arc  made  up   of  the 


things  we  have  picked  up  by  the  way,  all  along 
since  we  have  been  born, — exceedingly  small  at 
first,  they  have  been  growing,  getting  larger  by  the 
picking  up  and  taking  on  to  ourselves  of  that 
which  we  have  touched  along  the  way,  until  we 
have  become  what  we  now  are.  Just  think  of  it, 
what  kind  of  material  we  are!    Who  are  we? 

Did  you  ever  roll  up  one  of  those  great  snow- 
balls? At  first,  how  small  it  was, — made  it  in  your 
hands,  of  pure  white  snow.  Then  you  commenced 
rolling,  and  as  you  rolled,  it  got  larger  and  sank 
down  deeper  until  it  reached  the  ground,  and  then 
it  began  picking  up  little  sticks,  grass,  and  all  the 
small  things  that  were  lying  on  the  ground,  and  to 
this  was  added  some  of  the  ground.  As  it  rolled 
on,  growing  and  getting  larger  in  this  way,  all 
these  things  became  part  of  the  ball.  If,  after  you 
had  the  ball  all  rolled  up,  as  large  as  you  wanted  it, 
some  one  would  have  asked  you,  "What  kind  of  a 
ball  have  you  made?"  I  suppose  you  would  have 
answered:  "It  is  a  snow-ball."  But  the  one  who 
asked  the  question  might  say;  "No,  it  cannot  be 
all  snow-ball,  because  in  it  I  see  sticks,  leaves,  grass, 
sod  and  ground.  You  might  call  it  a  snow-ball  in 
the  sense  that  people  call  you  papa's  and  mam- 
ma's boys  and  girls.  But  would  it  not  be  hard  to 
tell  just  what  kind  of  a  ball  you  had  made?  It  is 
a  mixture  of  the  things  over  which  you  rolled  it." 

Just  so  are  your  lives.  All  you  know,  you  have 
learned  through  your  senses,  and  your  senses  have 
taken  in  to  you  the  things  which  they  have  touched. 
If  you  had  never  seen  anything  outside  of  the 
lives  of  your  parents, — just  that  much  you  would 
have  known, — and  so  you  would  have  been  a  du- 
plicate of  them,  but  that  being  an  impossible  thing, 
you  are  not  a  duplicate  of  your  parents,  neither  are 
you  a  duplicate  of  any  other  life  in  the  world,  as 
in  your  rolling  and  growing  you  have  touched 
many  lives  and  many  things.  From  all  these 
you  have  taken  toll,  appropriated  it  and  assimi- 
lated it  into  part  of  yourself.  So  it  is  true  that  you 
are  a  part  of  all  that  you  have  met. 

Now  the  difference  between  the  snow-ball  and 
you  is  this:  It  goes  wherever  it  is  pushed/  and 
therefore  is  not  responsible  for  its  make-up.  But 
to  you  the  Lord  has  given  mind,  will-power  and 
choice.  Two  ways  are  marked  out  for  you, — the 
right  way,  pure  and  clean.  If  you  walk  fully 
in  that  way,  you  will  come  in  touch  only  with  the 
pure  and  good,  which  will  give  you  a  pure  and 
good  life,  as  it  is  declared  that  no  unclean  thing 
can  enter  that  way.  And  that  way  is  the  Christ- 
life,  "lam  the  way."  If  you  walk  fully  in  this 
way,  you  touch  only  the  Christ-life,  as  lived  by 
him  and  his  followers,  and  then  it  will  be  that  you 
can  answer  the  question  truly:  "I  am  a  child  of 
God." 

You  want  to  be  this, — nothing  more,  nothing  less. 
Then,  how  important  is  this  question  to  youl  On 
the  answer  depend  the  enjoyments  of  this  life  and 
the  eternal  life  to  come. 

Don't  forget  itl  You  are  a  part  of  all  you  have 
met,  and  will  meet  in  life.  If  you  choose  to  walk 
in  the  other, — the  broad  way,  that  leads  to  death, — 
you  will  come  in  touch  with  all  that  is  evil, — with 
the  vile,  the  filthy,  wicked  and  the  cursed.  You 
will  become  like  them  and  go  where  they  go. 
Which  way  will  you  go?  h.  b.  b. 


BE  PATIENT  HERE. 


Be  not  impatient,  Christian  worker,  to  reach 
your  heavenly  home.  The  thought  of  release  from 
your  toils,  cares  and  burdens  when  life's  work  is 
ended  should  not  minister  discontent  now.  Your 
time  of  relief  from  toil  and  sorrow  has  not  yet 
come.  It  J3  but  natural,  as  some  one  has  said,  that 
the  thought  of  peace  and  rest  in  heaven  be  so  en- 
trancing that  the  heart,  weary  of  its  disappoint- 
ments and  tribulations,  looks  forward  with  longing 
and  joy  to  the  time  when  it  shall  know  its  full 
meaning,  But  tribulation  worketh  patience,  and 
we  fail  in  working  out  God's  design,  the  beautiful 
fruit  of  patience,  when  we  expect  that  fruit  be- 
fore he  has  cultivated  the  plant.— Naihviile  Advo- 
cate, 


April  16, 


•i'liE:   GOSPEL   MZESSEUSTQ-EIR,. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 


COMMITTEE, 
•    Kansas   i   L.  W.  Teeter,     •    Indl 
-    -  Illinois    I    S.  K.  Zug,  -  PennsyWi 
S.  F.  Singer,  •    -    Virginia. 


A  hopeful  sign  In  India  is  the  large  number 
of  young  women  that  are  attending  the  schools 
in  India.  It  pays  any  country  to  educate  the 
young  women,  as  well  as  the  young  men,  es- 
pecially when  the  education  is  along  Christian 


IZQULAB  KEETIHQS  Of 

belore  Standing  Committee  conve 
lng;  the  second  Monday  ol  Octob> 


COMMITTEE: -The   Monday 

;e  convenes  at  Annual  Meet- 

ol  February. 


BUSINESS  TOR  ANY  WEETINO  should  be  la  the  office  ol  the 
committee  at  least  two  weeks  belore  time  ol  meeting, 
In  order  to  be  prepared  for  that  session, 

SiOE  STATE  DISTBICT  MISSION  SOABD  is  entitled  frbb  to 
15   six-months  subscriptions  to  the  Gospel  Mhssbn- 

doraed  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  belore  the  paper 

will  be  sent. 
TEE  OOHKITTEE  DECEIVES  donations    for    the   following 

funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orphanage  at 

Smyrna;    Washington    Meetinghouse;    SuScrers    in 

India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 
DO  HOT  ADDBESS  business  or  money  Intended   lor    the 


I  Cor. 


In  Calcutta,  India,  there  are  said  to  be  ovei 
15,000  young  men  in  the  colleges.  This  i: 
hopeful  for  India.  Educate  the  young  hea 
then,  then  more  can  be  done  with  them. 


The  ship  load  of  > 

people  in  India  is  i 
mental  in  leading  m; 
the  Lord  Jesus  Chii 
as  the  Son  of  God. 


orn  sent  to  the  starving 
aid  to  have  been  in 
ny  of  the  natives  to  praise 
;t,  and  acknowledge  h: 


Elizabeth  Burscough  is  said  to  be  the  old- 
est  female   Sunday  school  teacher  in  Lanca- 
shire,   England,      She    is    now   seventy-four 
years  old,  and  has  been  teaching  over  half 
century  in  that  place.     We  wonder  who  is  t' 
oldest  Sunday  school  teacher  in  the  Brother- 


1  Fiigiai 


Jiarrrd  there  is  a  preacher— Edwarc 
—who  is  now  over  one  hundred  years  old 
As  early  as  1839  he  was  compelled  to  resign 
his  charge  on  account  of  ill  health,  and  sixty 
years  ago  he  was  told  that  he  had  an  incurable 
heart  disease.  Satan  and  disease  have  hard 
work  to  get  some  of  the  old  preachers  into  th 
grave. 


Medical  skill  is  one  of  the    most   valued 

means  in  the. possession  oE  the  missionary,  for 
helping  the  heathen.  It  was  medical  skill  that 
opened  Corea,  which,  until  1888,  was  a  sealed 
nation  to  the  Gospel.  In  that  year  a  mission- 
ary cured  a  nephew  of  the  king,  and  the  15,- 
000,000  inhabitants  to-day  are  learning  of 
Christ,  and,  in  course  of  time,  may  be  led  to 
accept  Christianity  in  a  fair  measure,  at  least. 


INDIA. 


hi  Five  Parts.— Part  : 


The  man  who  had  built  up  the  new  town 
and  was  showing  a  prospective  settler  about 
the  place,  pointed  with  pride  to  a  pretty  little 
church,  just  completed,  "Do  you  belong  to  the 
church?"  asked  the  visitor.  "I  should  say 
not,"  replied  the  head  man  of  the  burg,  with  an 
air  of  injured  pride,  "the  church  belongs  to 
me."  We  have  known  some  other  people  to 
act  as  though  they  thought  the  church  be- 
longed to  them, 

The  rabbis  of  Baltimore,  Aid.,  have  united 
in  an  effort  to  secure  a  better  attendance  at 
synagogue  and  temple  by  agreeing  not  to 
solemnize  marriages  between  Jews  and  Jew- 
esses who  do  not  attend  divine  services  at 
some  Jewish  house  of  worship,  and  not  to 
officiate  at  the  funerals  of  those  who  fail  to  go 
to  synagogue.  This  may  be  one  way  of  get- 
ting people  to  attend  church,  but  it  seems  to 
us  that  it  is  not  the  better  way. 

The  American  Bible  Society  has  received 
from  Mexico  a  report  which  speaks  of  a  slow 
and  quiet  movement  toward  the  simpler  and 
deeper  religion  of  the  New  Testament,  though 
the  cases  may  be  few  where  conviction  is 
crowned  with  the  courage  to  confess.  The 
Mexicans  ars  said  to  be  not  an  irreligious  peo- 
ple; sheer  atheism  is  not  known,  but  they  have 
been  crushed  by  ecclesiaslicism  at  the  hands 
of  the  Catholic  priests,  and  it  is  very  difficult 
to  do  anything  with  them. 


Caste  has  made  a  great  variety  of  divisions 
among  the  people.    First  are  the  four  classes 

th  which  nearly  every  one,  who  knows  any- 
thing about  India,  is  acquainted.  The  first  of 
is  the  Brahmans,  or  priests,  which  hold 
the  highest  place;  the  second  is  the  Kshattri- 
>r  soldiers;  the  third  the  Vaisyas  or  mer- 
chants; and  the  fourth  the  Sudras,  whicli  in- 
clude the  vast  laboring  part  of  the  people. 
But  these  general  classes  have  within  them- 
selves formed  castes  which,  in  some  cases,  are 
more  marked  than  the  general  classes,  and 
help  to  form  an  endless  complication  of  re- 
strictions upon  one  another.  Every  trade  and 
craft  has  formed  itself  into  a  caste,  some  of 
them  so  strict  that  intermarriage  is  prohibited 
and  if  the  shadow  of  one  caste  fall  upon  one  of 
a  higher  rank,  the  latter  is  polluted  thereby. 

In  some  parts  of  some  cities  persons  of  s 
certain  caste  are  entirely  prohibited  from  pass> 
ing  on  the  street  of  the  higher  caste  living 
there.  They  are  not  allowed  to  drink  from  the 
streams  or  draw  water  from  the  wells,  whe: 
those  of  higher  rank  get  their  supply.  As  has 
been  well  said  by  some  one,  the  formidable  foe 
to  Christianity  is  the  caste  among  the  people 
To  leave  one's  caste  by  marriage,  or  for  th 
sake  of  religion,  is  indeed  and  in  truth  l 
leave  home  and  friends  and  be  cast  friendless 
upon  a  really  cold  world. 

Of  languages  and  dialects  there  seems  t 
no  end.    Every  province  has  a  dialect  p> 
iar  to  itself,  though  many  oE  them  are  closely 
related  to  each  other.    The  characters  in  wri 
ing  and  printing  are  very  much  like  the  H' 
brew  in  form,  and  by  many  the  acquistion  1 
the  language  is  said  not  to  be  more  difficult 
than  to  learn  the  early  Hebrew. 

From  a  point  of  civilization,  India  presents 
an  interesting  study.  Her  developmen1 
been  gradual  through  long  ages  and  though 
not  like  a  western  civilization,  yet,  in  some  re- 
spects, it  has  reached  commendable  heights 
The  greater  part  of  the  people  are  engaged  in 
agriculture,  and  though  their  implements  art 
rude  and  ancient  in  form,  and  the  people  art 
very  slow  to  forsake  them  for  the  more  modern 
yet  they  have  made  remarkable  progress  in 
some  parts  of  the  country.  In  the  southerr 
part,  the  building  of  reservoirs  and  canals,  tc 
meet  the  wants  of  dry  seasons  shows  marked 
skill  and  great  labor.  From  a  standpoint  of 
manufacture,  India  has  long  been  know: 
her  fine  fabrics  such  as  muslins  and  silks,  and 
for  her  wares  in  gold  and  silver  and  brass. 

In  government  the  principle  sought  has  been 
to  let  each  village  constitute  its  own  govern- 
ment, regulate  its  own  affairs,  and  in  the  set- 
tlement of  difficulties  between  villages  the 
question  is  referred  to  the  fathers  of  each  vil- 
lage. They  have  so  perfected  a  system  of  self 
supporting  communal  government,  as  has  at- 
tracted the  most  careful  study  of  some  of  Eng- 
land's greatest  lawyers.  They  aim  to  provide 
artisans  of  all  classes  and  laborers  of  every 
kind  in  such  proportions  that  each  village 
within  itself  supply  its  own  needs,  and  so 
vided  that  no  industry  has  been  crowded  with 
workmen  to  the  detriment  of  others. 

In  literature  India  furnishes  the  Sanscrit 
language,  one  that  is  full  of  highly-polished 
and  historical  richness  and  poetical  beauty. 
Poetry  and  philosophy  have  been  especially 
cultivated,  and  it  takes  the  brightest  of  think 
ers  in  Christendom  to  cope  with  heathen  phil 
osophers.  In  art,  painting  and  sculpture  littlt 
has  been  done,  outside  of  the  forming  of  idol: 
of  worship,  which  have  been  touched  up  in  1 
crude  way  to  express  their  meagre  ideal  of 

In  music  they  have  developed  a  system  of 
their  own,  somewhat  nasal,  having  time,  nota 
tion,  and  intervals  different  from  the  music  o: 
the  West,  and  to  the  Western  ear  consisting 
chiefly  of  discord. 

At  first  Christianity,  finding  the  music  large 
ly  connected  with  the  temples  of  idolatry,  re 
fused  to  use  it  in  their  worship.  Of  later  years 
the  native  Christian  poets  have  composed 
Christian  tunes  to  the  heathen  music  and  thi 
use  of  these  hymns  has  had  a  powerful  influ- 
ence among  the  people,  G,  B, 


THE  MESSENCJER  IN  INDIA. 

[In  some  way  the  Messenger  has  found  its 
way  into  a  family  at  Amaoti,  India,  and  is  en- 
joyed, as  the  following  from  a  letter  written  to 
Sister  Bertha  Ryan  will  show.— Ed.] 

My  Dear  Sister  Ryam—1  have  just  been 
reading  the  Messenger  and  I  do  enjoy  it  very 
uch.  One  thing  that  I  like  the  best  is  its 
practical  way  in  which  it  puts  the  truth.  We 
get  from  eight  to  ten  different  papers  in  a 
th.but  I  prize  the  Messenger  above  all 
rest.  It  has  good  soul  food  in  it.  Hus- 
band also  enjoys  it  very  much,  Husband  just 
d  last  week  if  the  people  were  anything  like 
the  Messenger,  they  were  just  the  kind  of 
people  he  would  like  to  be  amongst. 

My  father  and  mother  belonged  to  the 
Brethren  church  in  Pennsylvania.  Mother 
died  when  I  was  five  years  old,  and  father 
ed  far  from  the  church  and  could  nc 
I  it  often,  but  I  often  heard  him  speak 
about  the  church.  I  remember  he  often  told 
me  there  was  no  church  which  he  loved  and 
valued  like  the  Brethren.  Ida  Godshall. 
Amaoti,  India,  l-eb.  21, 

REPORT  OF  CHICAGO  MISSION. 


Ffom  Hertngton,  Kans. 

I  finished  my  work  in  the  Juniata  church, 
Adams  Co,,  Nebr.,  with  one  member  restored, 
§15.61  collected  and  sent  to  the  World-wide 
Fund,  by  the  church  treasurer.  In  the  Upper 
Wood  River  church,  Custer  Co.,  Nebr.,  one 
Danish  brother  was  elected  as  minister,  and 
two  as  deacons.  The  church  is  still  under  the 
cure  of  the  State  Mission  Board  of  Nebraska, 
The  outlook  for  increase  is  good  all  over  the 
western  part  of  the  State,  but  workers  not 
near  sufficient  for  the  calls.  I  visited  Kearney 
Mission.  Eld.  S.  Forney  is  the  only  worker  as 
yet,  The  interest  reported  is  good.  The 
State  missionary,  Bro.  J.  L,  Suavely,  superin- 
tended the  work  at  Upper  Wood  River. 

Cur.  Hope. 

March  26, 


M-  A.  Troxel, 

Loan  of  Jan.  ITtti, B 

Children  ol  Glendora  B.  8.,  Oal  ,  per  O.  Math- 
las,  .  .      8  G 

Children  of  Mt.  Pleasant  a.  8.,  per  0.    E. 

Senour,  Bourbon,  Ind 2  6 

Balance  on  loan  of  Jan.  17th, IOC 

Charity  M.Connell,  Tunker,  Ind. 10 

Beech  Grovo  8.  8.,  Sterling,  Ohio,  per  8,8, 

Johnnie  Ernest  per  Henrietta  Hlldreth,  .  .  1 

Eddie  Bell,  per  Henrietta  Hlldreth,           .  .  1 

Sadn  Smith,  per  Henrietta  Hildnith,    ....  ( 
Mrs.  Smith,  per  Henrietta  Hlldreth,           .  . 

Emma  Mohlen,  per  Henrietta  Hlldreth,    .  .  5 

Slater  Mary  Herbeck,  Stanley,  Wis., I 

Mrs.  Clara  Glevlngcr.  Stanley,  WIb., 

Cherry  Grove  S.  S.,  III.,            6  ' 

A  friend,  Meclianlcuburg,  Pa., ! 

A  slater,  Laplace,  111.,       1 

Mary  Pair,  Hamilton, Nebr. 1  1 

L.  Beth  Van  Dyke,  Hamilton,  Nebr. 1  1 

Loan  of  Feb.  2tnh  (shoes),         .  .            ....  1  ' 

Sisters'  Aid   Society,   Mt,  Carrol >,  III.,  per 

Mary  Blough,      fl  ( 

Bister  Lefcver,  Chicago It 

Grablll  lioyer,  MlUburn t 

David  Eby,  Luna,  III., .  it 

Y,  P.  M.  and  T.  8.,  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  per  W. 

Industrial  school,  Chicago >    •  .  li 

Total, 1185  1 

Expenditures,     *  <vi  f 

Balance  on  hand,     flitii  1 

Elizahkth  HowK.Troas, 


FROM  THE  FIELD. 


From  Chicago. 

For  the  twelve  months  ending  March  3; 
1898,  there  were  126  sermons  preached,  49 
prayer  meetings,  52  Sunday  school  sessions, 
310  visits,  4  council-meetings,  3  Communion 
meetings,  12  received  by  letter,  5  by  baptism, 
7  disowned.  Net  gain  by  baptism  and  letter, 
10.  Jan.  1  our  Sunday  school  began  growing, 
and  each  month  since  shows  a  gain  in  average 
attendance.  March  largely  excels  any  month 
in  the  history  of  the  school.  We  are  hopeful 
to  be  able  to  maintain  this  increase, 
work  looks  encouraging  and  hopeful  for  Ihe 
coming  year.  W,  R.  Miller. 

March  j/. 

From  Palestine,  Ark. 

This  month  has  been  unfavorable  for  mis 
sion  work,  as  this  is  the  rainy  season  of  lh> 
year,  and  in  this  level  country  the  roads  an 
rendered  nearly  impassable,  on  account  of  the 
many  sloughs  and  miry  places.  We  trust, 
however,  the  weather  will  soon  settle,  so  that 
we  may  devote  more  time  to  the  work,  as  there 
is  much  to  be  done,  both  in  public  and  in  pri- 
vate. There  are  many  that  cannot  read, 
which  makes  it  necessary  to  read  for  them, 
and  to  explain  the  Scriptures  to  them.  Tbey 
generally  want  to  ask  queslions,  which  they 
cannot  do  in  public.  This  is  a  matter  that 
should  not  be  overlooked.  They  are  very 
anxious  to  know  the  doctrine  of  the  Brethren, 
and  there  are  also  calls  for  preaching  at  differ- 
ent places,  which  we  will  &  after  as  soon  as 
the  roads  will  admit  of  traveling. 

J.  H.  Nehek. 

March  31, 


From  Hawthorn,  Fla. 

[  have  not  preached  as  much  this  month  as 
lal,  from  the  fact  that  I  bad  arranged  to  go 
Indian  River  to  hold  a  series  of  meetings, 
organize  the  members  there  into  a  congrega- 
tion, and  hold  a  love  feast,  but  they  deferred  it 
till  April,  after  I  had  called  in  some  appoint- 
ments. I  have  made  and  received  some  very 
pleasant  visits  during  the  month,  and  hope  to 
become  better  acquainted  with  the  "common 
people,"  for  it  is  among  them  we  can  do  the 
most  good.  C.  D.  Hylton. 

April  1. 

Helping  One  Another. 

A  lady  came  to  our  house  the  other  day,  in- 
quiring, "When  will  you  get  your  church?" 
Her  reason  for  asking,  we  do  not  know,  but 
little  did  we  think  that  she  had  us  in  mind,  It 
made  us  wonder  what  will  be  the  result  after  a 
house  of  our  own  is  built  in  the  Capital  of  our 
land.  A  molhcr  of  six  children  (of  whom  five 
come  to  our  Sunday  school),  came  to  me  one 
day,  sajing:  "  I  am  not  able  to  do  anything  for 
your  mission  here,  but  can  I  do  anything  for 
you?  Let  me  do  it,  and  that  will  give  you 
more  time  to  go  out.'*  I  appreciated  the  wom- 
an's offer.  She  docs  not  profess  Christ,  and 
yet  she  taught  me  a  lesson.  If  we  all,  in 
Christ,  would  offer  our  service  to  each  other 
according  to  our  ability,  we  would,  without 
doubt,  enable  each  other  to  enlighten  the  fields 
now  lying  in  darkness,  and  thus  save  the 
"prodigals."  Likely  some  now  are  perishing, 
because  of  some  one's  negligence!  Much  has 
been  done,  but  we  are  never  so  perfect  in  our 
doings  but  what  we  might  improve  our  oppor- 

It  is  astonishing  to  learn  of  so  many  families 
here,  without  Bibles.  One  could  never  put 
money  to  any  better  use,  than  to  put  a  Bible 
into  such  a  home.  It  is  sad  to  think  we  meet 
with  grown-up  men  and  women,  that  have  nev- 
er been  taught  to  read,  and  likely  will  never 
know.  How  shall  their  souls  be  reached? 
Oh,  how  shall  we  appreciate  the  blessings  that 
we  have  received,  in  preference  to  some,  and 
yet  we  are  undeserving  even  as  they  are. 

Carrie  Westercren. 

Washington,  IK  C,  April  /. 

From  Washington,  D.  C. 

We  have  been  reinforced  bv  Sister  Martha 
Click  since  our  last  report,  Her  coming  has 
strengthened  our  iorce  greatly.  The  Wednes- 
day evening  prayer  meetings,  at  the  home  of 
our  afflicted  sister,  are  increasing  in  interest. 
Although  unable  to  rise  from  her  chair,  she  is 
an  active  missionary,  telling  all  who  come  to 
see  her  what  is  to  be  gained  by  believing  and 
obeying  all  the  requirements  of  the  Gospel. 
She  was  a  member  of  one  of  the  popular  church- 
es of  the  city  for  fifty  years.  She  is  anxiously 
awaiting  the  call  from  above.  Our  field  is  en- 
larging, and  much  more  could  be  accom- 
plished, if  our  "  Helping  Hand  "  fund  would 
also  increase.  Bro.  Westergren  {Sister  Carrie 
Weslergren's  husband),  is  now  able  to  walk 
with  crutches.  Six  months  ago  he  was  hurt. 
Sister  Carrie  is  devoftng  what  lime  she  can  to 
the  Lord's  work.  A  series  of  meetings,  had 
we  a  place  to  hold  them,  would  greatly  in- 
crease the  interest,  and  bring  the  doctrine 
more  forcibly  before  the  people,  But  for  this 
we  must  wait  until  a  place  is  provided.  Our 
halls  here  cannot  be  secured  for  a  series  of 
meetings,  as  they  are  engaged  for  other  pur- 
poses during  the  week. 

Albert  Hollinger, 
S-fO  Eleventh  St.,  S.  E. 


THE    GOSPEL    JSCBSSEISTGEItl-. 


April  16,  1898. 


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Mount  Morris,  ill..  April   16,  1898. 


Bro.  D.  L.    Miller  is  spening    a    few  days    at 
Cerrogordo,  111.,  this  week, 

The  District  Meeting  for  Southern  Ohio  will  be 
held  in  the  Lower  Stillwater  church,  April  26, 


Bro,  Amick  spent  last  Sunday  with  the  Brethren 
in  Indiana,  visiting  Burnettsville  and  other  places. 

Bro.    A.    H.    Crumpacker,    of   Rtnehart,    Mo. 
should  hereafter  be  addressed  at  Charleston,  W.  Va. 


Bro,  L,  T.  Holsinger  held  an  interesting  series 
of  meetings  in  the  North  Fork  church,  Ind,,  which 
resulted  in  six  accessions. 


Bro.  Wm.  Davis  is  to  represent  Northeastern 
Kansas  on  the  Standing  Committee,  One  paper 
goes  to  the  Annual  Meeting, 


On  page  252  will  be  found  some  Annual  Meet- 
ing Notes  that  will  be  read  with  interest.  These 
will  be  followed  by  others  in  due  time, 

Bro.  Franklin  Myers,  of  Mount  Carroll,  111., 
has  located  in  the  Cherry  Grove  congregation,  and 
should  hereafter  be  addressed  at  Lanark,  111. 

Clerks  of  District  Meetings  will  do  well  to  have 
the  minutes  of  their  meetings  printed  at  this  office. 
We  are  prepared  to  do  the  work  in  a  creditable 
manner. 

Bro.  J.  H.  Wright  has  been  selected  to  repre- 
sent the  Middle  District  of  Indiana  on  the  Stand- 
ing Committee.  Four  papers  were  sent  to  the  An- 
nual Meeting. 

The  District  Meeting  for  Western  Pennsylvania 
will  be  held  May  4,  instead  of  May  3,  as  hereto- 
fore announced.  The  meeting  will  be  held  at 
Rockton,  Clearfield  County. 


Those  who  expect  to  attend  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing at  Naperville,  and  do  not  preserve  their  papers, 
should  cut  out  and  preserve  what  is  said  elsewhere 
concerning  railroad  rates  to  the  Conference. 


It  pays  to  send  sample  copies  of  the  Messenger 
to  those  seeking  more  light  on  religion.  We  are 
just  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from  a  man  living  in 
Michigan,  stating  that  a  copy  of  the  Messenger 
chanced  to  come  his  way,  that  he  had  read  it  until 
i*  is  about  worn  out,  and  now  he  wants  the  paper 
the  remainder  of  this  year.  Let  us  spread  the 
truth. 


Bro.  G.  N.  Falkenstein  writes  that  work  is  m> 
ing  along  pleasantly  in  the  little  church  at  Germ; 
town,  Pa.     He  has  reasons  to  rejoice  and  feel  en- 
couraged, as  nine  have  been  received  into  the  church 
by  confession  and  baptism  during  the  last  eleven 
months,  

If  you  hear  an  evil  report  about  any  one,  be 
slow  to  believe  it,  and  much  slower  to  talk  about  it. 
Wait  until  you  have  all  the  facts.  Not  long  since, 
we  heard  a  report  about  a  minister,  that  gave  us  no 
little  concern.  Ten  days  later  we  heard  enough  to 
make  it  necessary  to  greatly  modify  our  views. 


It  is  suggested  that  each  District  Meeting  should 
in  some  way  arrange  for  a  District  Sunday  school 
meeting,  where  the  Sunday  school  workers  can 
meet  and  discuss  topics  of  interest  to  them,  Gath- 
erings of  this  kind  should  prove  helpful  in  any  part 
of  the  Brotherhood,  and  well  deserve  all  the  en- 
couragement they  can  get.  Let  the  Sunday  school 
workers  move  in  this  matter. 


For  the  next  issue  we  have  on  the  hook  interest- 
ing reports  from  two  District  Meeting?,  and  trust 
to  have  others  as  the  weeks  go  by.  We  ought  to 
have  a  well-written  report  from  each  meeting,  for 
the  work  of  these  meetings  belongs  to  the  Brother- 
hood, and  it  is  important  that  our  readers  be  kept 
informed  regarding  the  work  that  is  done.  It  al- 
ways affords  us  pleasure  to  make  room  for  reports 
of  this  character. 


The  School  Visiting  Committee,  composed  of 
brethren  P.  R.  Keltner,  I.  B.  Trout  and  Franklin 
Myers,  were  here  last  week,  looking  into  the  re- 
ligious and  moral  condition  of  the  Mount  Morris 
College.  They  all  have  some  knowledge  of  school 
work,  and  know  how  to  perform  their  duties  as 
visiting  elders,  so  as  to  favorably  impress  all  those 
in  any  way  connected  with  the  institution,  Their 
presence  and  labors  are  much  appreciated. 


In  Northern  Illinois  it  has  been  the  rule  to  have 
the  programme  for  our  Ministerial  Meeting  printed 
and  ready  for  distribution  at  the  District  Meeting, 
The  Committee  on  Programme  has  decided  not  to 
publish  their  programme  this  year  until  it  is  known 
what  the  District  Meeting  will  do  about  arranging 
for  a  District  Sunday  school  Meeting.  Some  urge 
that  the  two  meetings  should  be  held  at  the  same 
time  and  place,  so  that  one  trip  only  will  be  neces- 
sary, in  order  to  attend  both. 


We  are  in  receipt  of  the  Phrenological  Journal 
for  March,  price,  10  cents,  published  by  Fowler  & 
Wells  Co,,  New  York,  containing  an  interesting 
character  delineation  and  portrait  of  Bro.  C,  H, 
Balsbaugh,  followed  by  an  equally  interesting  de- 
lineation and  portrait  of  Bro.  Geo.  B.  Holsinger,  of 
Bridgewater,  Va.  Both  articles  are  from  the  pen 
of  J.  A.  Fowler,  particularly  skilled  in  character 
reading,  and  will  be  read  with  more  than  ordinary 
interest  by  those  who  have  some  knowledge  of 
these  brethren.  On  account  of  these  two  commit 
nications,  we  value  this  issue  of  the  Journal  very 
highly.  

We  hope  to  see  a  large  representation  at  the 
coming  Annual  Meeting,  especially  ought  as  many 
churches  as  possible  be  represented.  At  the  meet- 
ing held  at  Ottawa  in  1S56,  thsre  were  present,  252 
delegates  from  the  churches,  94  of  them  being  eld- 
ers, 98  ministers  in  the  second  degree,  and  the  rest 
ministers  in  the  first  degree,  deacons  and  laity,  on- 
ly twelve,  however,  being  of  the  laity.  At  the 
meeting  held  at  Frederick  City,  last  year,  there 
were  239  delegates,  93  of  whom  were  elders,  and 
104  ministers  in  the  second  degree.  Since  there  are 
about  Geo  congregations  in  the  Brotherhood,  it 
will  be  seen  that  the  representation  is  nothing  like 
it  should  be.  There  ought  not  to  be  less  than  400 
delegates  present  at  any  of  our  Annual  Meetings, 
but  when  less  than  one  half  of  the  congregations 
are  represented,  the  necessity  of  urging  greater 
diligence  upon  the  part  of  the  church  is  quite  ap- 
parent. Let  us  have  an  unusually  good  representa- 
tion at  the  meeting  to  be  held  at  Napervilla. 


Bro  B.  E.  Kesler,  who  has  changed  his  loca- 
tion from  Dryden  to  Credit,  Ark  ,  writes  us  that 
his  field  of  labor  is  enlarging,  and  that  he  will  not 
likely  be  able  to  give  proper  attention  to  all  the 
points  demanding  the  preaching  of  the  Word.  He 
hopes  to  devote  more  time  to  the  work  in  the  fu- 
ture, than  he  has  been  giving  to  it  for  the  last  few 
months.  At  present  the  rainy  season  is  against 
aggressive  efforts,  but  in  the  course  of  a  few  weeks 
the  conditions  will  be  more  favorable. 


Among  the  many  good  charitable  institutions  in 
this  country,  is  the  American  Home-Finding  Asso- 
ciation, with  headquarters  at  167  Dearborn  St., 
Room  712,  Chicago,  111.  The  object  of  the  Associ- 
ation is  to  find  homes  for  children,  youths, — boys 
and  girls, — and  also  assist  mothers  to  find  pleasant 
homes  when  it  is  needful  for  them  to  do  so,  Spe- 
cial attention  is  also  given  to  reformed  ex  prisoners, 
seeking  places  where  they  can  make  an  honorable 
living.  The  Assistant  Superintendent,  Eld.  C.  B, 
Kepford,  of  Lanark,  called  on  us  last  week.  He 
is  traveling  in  the  interest  of  the  institution. 


Several  members  of  the  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments for  the  Annual  Meeting,  were  with  us  last 
week,  planning  for  the  preaching  services  during 
the  Conference.  Their  aim  is  to  have  special  sub- 
jects handled  at  each  service,  by  speakers  selected 
for  the  purpose,  who  will  come  to  the  meeting 
prepared  for  their  part  of  the  programme.  This 
arrangement  has  often  been  urged,  and  it  is  be- 
lieved that  the  plan  agreed  upon  will  render  the 
best  of  satisfaction  and  greatly  increase  the  influ- 
ence of  the  Annual  Meeting  for  good.  The  pro- 
gramme will  be  announced  in  the  Messenger  in 
due  time. 


The  lodging  department  at  the  Annual  Meeting 
has  been  placed  in  charge  of  Bro.  D,  B.  Senger,  of 
Franklin  Grove,  111.  Those  desiring  rooms  in  the 
city,  or  in  tents  on  the  ground,  should  apply  as 
soon  as  possible.  The  price  of  lodging  will  be  the 
same  as  heretofore,  25  cents  a  night.  The  teou 
will  contain  floors,  and  will  be  supplied  with  spring 
cots,  furnished  with  mattress,  blankets,  sheets  and 
pillows,  The  tents  fitted  out  in  this  manner,  and 
pitched  in  the  beautiful  grove  on  the  Conference 
grounds,  will  be  an  unusual  attraction.  Those 
wishing  other  necessary  articles  or  conveniences 
for  their  personal  comfort  and  use  in  their  tents, 
can  bring  them  in  their  trunks  or  valises.  We  im- 
agine that  a  few  days  of  tent  life  with  such  accom- 
modations, will  be  a  very  pleasant  feature  of  the 
Meeting.  But  do  not  fail  to  write  Bro.  D.  B, 
Senger,  Franklin  Grove,  111 ,  and  engage  your  lodg- 
ing, He  is  a  man  of  fine  business  qualities,  and 
will  know  how  to  reduce  his  department  to  a  sys- 
tem that  will  avoid  confusion  and  give  good  satis- 
faction. 

Among  our  thinking  brethren  there  is  a  growing 
sentiment  in  favor  of  the  Conference  appointing  an 
Educational  Board  of  Trustees,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  hold  in  trust  for  the  Brotherhood  our  school 
property,  both  personal  and  real  estate,  and  pro- 
vide that  no  property  shall  be  turned  over  to  this 
Board  unless  it  be  free  from  all  incumbrances,  and 
must  be  so  kept.  It  is  also  maintained  that  this 
Board  should  receive  and  hold  in  trust  all  endow- 
ments, invest  the  same,  and  turn  the  interest  over 
to  the  school  or  schools  for  which  it  may  be  given. 
It  is  believed  that  such  arrangement  would  inspire 
confidence,  and  that  the  Board  would  receive  many 
large  endowments,  for  the  donors  would  under- 
stand that  all  funds  thus  raised  would  forever  be- 
long to  the  Brotherhood,  and  could  never  pass  out 
of  her  hands.  The  plan  suggested  would  in  no 
way  involve  the  church  financially,  for  the  schools 
could  continue  to  be  run  the  same  as  now,  only  the 
property,  including  all  endowments,  etc.,  would  be- 
long to  the  Brotherhood  and  not  to  individuals, 
There  is  something  in  the  plan  worth  thinking 
about  at  least,  for  we  have  members  who  would  like 
to  turn  property  over  to  our  educational  institu- 
tions, but  will  not  do  so  until  the  property  can  in 
some  way  be  held  in  trust  fnr  the  Bmt-herhood* 


April  16,  18 


■XHIE    GOSPEL   IwCESSEDSTCS-EE,. 


249 


Wb  have  just  published  a  second  edition  of 
"Mind  Mysteries,"  by  Bro.  J.  S.  Flory,  and  are 
therefore  prepared  to  fill  orders  on  short  notice. 
We  call  special  attention  to  the  advertisement  of 
the  work  on  another  page. 


Some  of  our  contributors  are  in  the  habit  of  plac- 
ing at  the  head  of  their  essays  the  number  of  words 
they  contain.  One  writer,  whose  article  we  have 
just  received,  says,  "About  800  words."  This  may 
seem  of  little  consequence,  but  it  is  quite  a  help  to 
us  in  assigning  matter.  And,  by  the  way,  a  careful 
writer  can  say  a  great  many  real  good  things  with 
Sod  words.  The  longest  prayer  on  record,  in  the 
Bible,  will  be  found  in  John  17.  It  is  the  prayer  of 
Jesus,  and  contains  a  little  over  600  words, 

On  account  of  the  District  Meeting  of  Northern 
Illinois  and  Wisconsin  being  held  in  a  small  con- 
gregation this  year,  some  think  that  there  may  not 
be  accommodations  for  a  large  gathering.  We  are 
requested  to  say  that  the  members  at  Hickory 
Grove  are  making  ample  arrangements  to  accom- 
modate all  who  may  attend  either  the  feast  on  the 
evening  of  April  26,  or  the  District  Meeting  the 
next  day.  The  membership  is  not  large,  but  they 
have  large  houses  and  large  hearts  and  know  how 
to  welcome  and  care  for  visitors. 


RAILWAY  RATES  TO  ANNUAL  MEETING. 

The  Western  Passenger  Association  has  practi- 
cally agreed  to  the  following  rates  with  limitations 
named: 

Submitting  Proposition  for  Reduced  Rates  for  Annual  Meeting 
German  Baptists  {Dunkers),  to  lie  held  at  Naperville,  III, 
May  26  to  June  3,  iSgS  : 
To  Lines  Interested:— 

Id  accordance  with  request  of  a  member  proposition  is 
hereby  submitted  for  reduced  rates  for  the  above-named  oc- 
casion as  follows,  vis : 

Rate. — One  lowest  regular  first-class  fare,  plus  $2.00  for 
the  round  trip  from  all  Association  territory  except  that  from 
near-by  points,  from  which  rate  of  oneaud  one-third  fare  for 

tut  round  *.,yp  will  make  lower  total  rate,  latter  shall  be  used; 

also  except  that  rate  from  Chicago  shall  be  Sr.35  including 

transfer;  intermediate  points  not  to  be  higher. 

Dates  of  Sale  and  Limits.  —  From  points  in  Eastern 
Committee  territory  tickets  to  be  sold  May  27,  28  and  30;  from 
points  in  Trans-Missouri  Committee,  territory  east  of  the  Eas- 
em  State  lines  of  Colorado  and  Wyoming,  May  26  and  27, 
Open  return  limit  on  all  tickets  sold  as  above  to  leave  Na- 
perville on  or  before  June  4,  Tickets  sold  from  points  be- 
yond a  100  mile  radius  subject  to  extension  as  provided  be- 
low. All  tickets  to  be  good  only  for  continuous  passage  in 
each  direction,  going  passage  to  commence  date  of  sale  and 
return  passage  to  commence  date  of  execution. 

Extension  of  Limit  by  Joint  Agent. — The  following  ap- 
plies only  on  tickets  sold  from  points  outside  the  100  mile 
radius:  By  deposit  of  tickets  on  or  before  June  4  with  Joint 
Agent  at  Naperville  and  payment  to  Joint  Agent  at  time  of 
deposit,  of  a  deposit  fee  of  fifty  {50)  cents,  an  extension  of  re- 
tarn  limit  may  be  obtained  to  leave  Naperville  not  later  than 
June  30,  1808. 

Forms  of  Tickets. — A  special  contract  personal  descrip- 
tive iron-clad  ticket,  providing  for  execution  by  Joint  Agent 
in  all  cases,  also  for  extension  by  Joint  Agent  and  payment 
of  fifty  (50}  cents  to  Joint  Agent  in  case  deposit  and  extension 
is  desired,  must  be  used  on  all  tickets  sold  from  points  be- 
yond a  radios  of  100  miles  from  Naperville,  within  100  mile 
radius,  ordinary  form  of  excursion  tickets  to  be  used.  When 
exchange  orders  are  used,  they  must,  in  every  case  provide 
for  execution  at  destination.  Tickets  to  be  good  going  and 
returning  same  route  only. 

It  is  the  determined  policy  of  the  western 
roads  to  charge  £2,00  plus  the  lowest  rate  given. 
The  reason  for  this  is  apparent.  When  a  half  fare 
rate  is  given  for  a  round  trip,  many  persons  say, 
11  I'll  buy  a  round-trip  ticket,  it  costs  no  more  than 
a  single  ticket.  I  do  not  intend  to  return  and  I 
may  have  a  chance  to  sell  the  return  at  the  same 
price."  It  is  to  protect  their  roads  from  this 
"scalping"  tickets  that  has  compelled  the  General 
Passenger  Agents  to  adopt  this  rate.  If  everybody 
were  honest  there  would  be  no  need  of  restriction. 

The  Chicago  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railway  will 
sell  on  all  its  lines  and  branches,  tickets  at  one  fare 
for  the  round  trip.     This  by  special  agreement. 

The  Eastern  Associations  have  not  acted  as  yet, 
hut  we  hope  to  be  able  to  announce  rates  in  the 
Bear  future.  B.  £.  «• 


DELEGATUS  TO  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING. 

The  following  table  will  be  of  interest  to  our 
readers,  as  it  shows  how  many  delegates  were  sent 
by  the  church  to  the  last  Annual  Meeting,  how  the 
different  State  Districts  were  represented,  and  the 
position  these  delegates  occupy  in  the  church. 
These  facts  should  have  appeared  last  July,  but  we 
did  not  have  time  to  prepare  them,  and  it  was  over 
looked  until  the  present: 


I'ISTRICTS 


,  Sweden  and  Denmark 

,  Oregon,  Washington  ami  Idaho 

.  California  and  Arizona 

.  Oklahoma  and  Indian  Territory 

.  Southwestern  Kansas, Southern  Coloradi 
and  Oklahoma  Territory 


.  Northwestern  Kansas  and  Colorado,. 

.  Southeastern  Kansas 

,  Northeastern  Kansas, 

.  Nebraska 

.  Michigan 

,  Northern   Iowa,  Minnesota,  North  ; 

South  Dakota 

.  Middle  Iowa 

.  Southern  Iowa 

,  Northern  Missouri, 

.  Middle  Missouri 

.  Southern  Missouri  and  Arkansas,... 

,  Southern  Illinois 

,  Northern  II 
.  Northern  Ir 
.  Middle  Indiana,..'. 

Southern  Indiana,. 
.  Northwestern  Ohio, 
,  Northeastern  Ohio, 

Southern  Ohio 

.  Western  Pcnnsylv; 

Middle  Ponnsylvan 


and  Wisconsin,. 


.  Western  Maryland 

.  Eastern  Maryland 

.  Second  District  of  West  Virginia, 

.  First  liistiict  of  West  Virginia 

.  Second  District  of  Virginia 

,  First  District  oi  Virginia 

.  Tennessee,  North  Carolina  and  Florida 


Total 93  104  18  14 


Last  year  Southern  Ohio  led  out  in  the  number 
of  delegates,  there  being  twenty-two  present,  the 
same  as  this  year,  but  in  this  table  Eastern  Penn- 
sylvania leads,  followed  by  the  Second  District  of 
Virginia.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  some  of  the 
Districts  were  not  represented.  We  hope  to  see  a 
better  representation  all  along  the  line  this  year! 

___^_^^__^  J    H,  U, 

THE  OTHER  FELLOW. 

This  "other  fellow"  always  has  been  a  disturb- 
ing element  in  the  world,  and  we  often  hear  it 
said:  "Why  can't  people  behave  themselves,"  and 
it  is  a  question  why  other  people  should  always  be 
stirring  up  dust  and  nastiness,  when  peace  and 
pleasantness  is  so  desirable  and  enjoyable. 

But,  as  we  said,  things  always  have  been  so,  and 
what  always  has  been,  will  continue  to  be.  Away 
back  in  the  days  of  Aaron,  the  other  fellows  want- 
ed a  golden  calf  to  worship,  and  made  Israel  to 
sin.  When  Saul  sinned  because  he  reserved  some 
of  the  spoils  that  he  was  to  utterly  destroy,  it  was 
the  other  fellows  that  did  it.  And  so  we  might  run 
down  along  the  list,  and  in  every  case  where  there 
was  trouble,  this  other  fellow  had  his  hands  in  it, 
with  a  few  noble  exceptions,  and  all  rules  have 
these.  When  David  sinned,  he  said,  "  I  am  the 
man,"  and  that  was  as  good  a  thing  as  he  ever  said. 
It  saved  both  his  reputation  and  his  life,  and  did 
you  ever  think  what  might  have  been,  had  he  not 
said  it? 

Now,  as  we  say  these  things  vie  don't  want  you 
to  get  offended  and  say,  "This  means  me,"  be- 
cause it  is  the  other  fellow  that  we  have  in  our 
mind,  and  that  we  propose  to  talk  about.  If  we 
can  get  him  right  we  will  accomplish  a  great  work, 
and  we  will  all  have  a  good  and  glorious  time  down 
here  in  this  turbulent  world  of  ours. 

Everybody  is  testifying  against  this  other  fel- 


low, and  every  day  there  are  hundreds  and  thou- 
sands of  charges  brought  against  him.  He  has  his 
nose  in  every  imaginable  kind  of  mischief.  The 
little  boy  runs  to  his  mamma  crying  and  sobbing 
out  that  the  other  fellow  said  ugly  things  about 
him,  or  struck  him,  or  threw  a  stone  at  him,  and  a 
dozen  other  naughty  things. 

Then  mamma  says:  "Well,  now,  Johnny,  never 
mind;  he  is  a  bad  boy,  and  we  will  see  about  it. 
We'll  tell  his  papa  on  him."  The  young  man, 
against  his  parents'  wishes,  chews  tobacco  or 
smokes  a  cigarette,  and,  when  caught  in  it,  says: 
"  The  other  fellow  gave  it  to  me  and  coaxed  me  to 
take  it,"  and  Eve  like,  of  course  he  took  it.  Two 
boys  have  a  quarrel,  and  the  one  that  gets  hurt  the 
worse  runs  home  with  the  story  that  the  other  fel- 
low commenced  it— struck  first,  etc.  Two  neigh- 
bors get  on  the  outs,  and  when  the  cause  is  sought 
for  it  is  invariably  the  other  fellow  that  started  it, 
and  is  in  fault.  This  is  certified  to  by  both  par- 
ties, and  as  both  say  the  same  thing,  neither  of 
them  are  to  blame,  and  therefore  it  must  be  placed 
on  the  other  fellow. 

Just  so  it  is  in  the  church.  Did  you  ever  hear  of 
a  church  trouble,  where  the  blame  was  not  placed 
on  the  other  fellow?  How  strange  this  is!  These 
other  fellows  are  everlastingly  making  trouble.  In 
the  homes,  the  neighborhoods,  the  schools,  the 
churches,  and  even  among  nations  we  find  them  at 
work.  Just  now  there  is  a  whole  pack  of  them 
over  in  Cuba  and  Spain,  and  they  are  making  no 
end  of  commotion  and  trouble.  If  we  are  to  have 
peace  and  quietness  we  must  get  after  them  and 
convert  them.  These  other  fellows  must  be  born 
again  before  they  can  become  peaceable  citizens 
and  good  church  membeis.  They  must  learn,  at 
least,  to  mind  their  own  business  and  let  other 
people  alone;  Or  if  they  cannot  get  good  enough 
to  do  this,  at  all  times,  they  must  come  under  the 
ruling  as^we  have  it  in  Matt,  lS.  While  this  may 
not  entirely  obviate  the  troubles  caused  by  their 
short-comings,  it  will  do  wonders  in  that  direction. 
Indeed,  we  do  not  know  of  any  rule  or  regula- 
tion that  has  ever  been  invented  or  conjured  up 
by  the  genius  or  wisdom  of  men,  that  is  half  as 
good  as  this  one  when  rightly  applied  and  accepted 
by  both  parties.  By  both  parties  we  mean  the  oth- 
er fellows,  because  in  many  of  the  cases  the  two 
other  fellows  get  together  and  hatch  out  their  own 
troubles. 

Now,  that  these  other  fellows  need  conversion 
and  reformation,  we  all  agree.  But  who  are  they, 
and  where  shall  we  find  them?  is  the  great  ques- 
tion. If  you  seek  them  you  find  them  not.  If 
they  are  pointed  out  and  you  try  to  lay  hands  on 
them,  they  either  elude  your  grasp  or  tell  you  that 
you  have  mistaken  your  man,— that  he  is  not  the 
person  after  whom  you  are  seeking,  and  if  you  per 
st  on  the  identity  of  the  man  you  will  be  asked 
to  prove  it.  Just  once  in  perhaps  a  score  of  times 
you  will  find  one  that,  David-like,  will  own  up, 
and  when  you  do  find  such  an  one  you  have  a 
good  job,  because  such  are  easy  to  handle,  and  the 
trouble  is  readily  ended. 

The  strange  thing  about  this  whole  matter  is, 
that,  though  there  are  so  many  of  these  other  fel- 
lows right  in  the  church,  they  are  so  hard  to  find. 
As  long  as  such  persons  are  in  the  world  we  do 
not  need  to  wonder  that,  in  trying  to  get  hold  of 
them,  they  will  slip  the  halter,  elude  your  grasp  or 
say  that  you  are  mistaken  in  the  man.  But  when 
and  women  are  converted,  and  come  into  the 
fold  of  Christ,  they  should  not  play  as  the  wild  ass, 
but  stand  right  up  to  their  identity  and  say,  "  I  am 
the  man  that  has  sinned."  Brother,  we  want  to  be 
so  full  of  the  Christ-life  that  we  will  not  get  into 
these  troubles, — and  if  we,  through  our  weakness 
should  do  so,  let  us  own  our  faults,  ask  forgive- 
ness and  thus  be  reconciled!  H.  a.  a, 


n-iiS    GOSPEL    l^ESSEJSra-IEl*/. 


April  16,  !S 


QUERISTS*  DEPARTMENT. 

"Again,  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  like  unto  treasure  hid  in 
a  6eld;  the  which  when  a  man  hath  found,  he  hideth,  and  for 
joy  thereof  goeth  and  selleth  all  that  he  hath,  and  buycth  that 
field."  Matt,  13:44-  Will  you  please  explain  this  parable? 
I  can  not  understand  "  he  hideth,"  "  The  kingdom  of  heaven 
is  likened  unto  a  treasure  which,  when  a  man  findeth,  he  hid- 
eth." Why  should  he  not  want  others  to  receive  it  also?  Will 
that  enable  him  to  receive  fewer  of  its  blessings,  or  enjoy 
them  less  in  any  way?  Do  not  men  always  seek  to  bring  oth- 
ers to  the  kingdom  when  they  have  found  It?— Cera  A.  Driv- 

On  account  of  wars  and  robbers  it  was  common 
to  hide  valuables  in  the  earth  in  the  East,  and, 
should  the  owners  be  killed,  or  die  away  from 
home,  the  relatives  would  likely  never  learn  the 
whereabouts  of  the  hidden  treasures,  It  was  the 
law  that  such  treasures,  when  discovered,  should 
belong  to  the  owner  of  the  land  where  found. 
Treasures  of  this  kind  were  considered  very  valua- 
ble, and  men  would  risk  much  in  order  to  procure 
the  land  or  field  containing  them.  The  point  in  the 
parable  is  this:  If  men  will  do  so  much  in  order  to 
gain  possession  of  a  field,  known  to  contain  valua- 
bles of  an  earthly  nature,  should  they  not  be  equal- 
ly anxious  to  gain  possession  of  the  eternal  life  that 
pertains  to  the  kingdom.  The  hiding  of  the  treas- 
ure cuts  no  figure  in  the  comparison,— it  is  merely 
incidental,  This  is  one  of  the  parables,  however, 
that  should  not  be  made  to  illustrate  too  much. 
The  one  leading  point  of  comparison  is  all  that 
should  be  attempted. 

What  do  you  understand  by  the  "  breaking  of  bread  on  the 
first  day  of  the  week,"  as  mentioned  in  Acts  20:  7?  Is  the 
Communion  here  referred  to,  and  is  the  first  day  of  the  week 
the  proper  time  to  lake  it?—/.  E.  C. 

It  is  said  that  on  the  first  day  of  the  week  the  dis- 
ciples came  together  to  break  bread.  This  may 
have  been  on  Sunday  evening.  But  Paul  preached 
until  midnight,  and  sometime  later  brol:e  the  bread, 
hence,  the  breaking  of  bread  on  this  occasion  took 
place  early  Monday  morning.  Jesus  instituted  the 
Communion  on  Thursday  evening,  and,  as  Paul 
broke  the  bread  on  Monday,  it  follows  that  the 
services  may  be  engaged  in  any  day  of  the  week. 
By  breaking  of  bread  the  Communion  services  are 
doubtless  meant. 

In  Matt.  27:  52,  S3,  we  read  that  many  bodies  of  the  saints 
that  slept  arose,  and  went  into  the  holy  city.  Whose  bodies 
were  they,  to  whom  did  they  appear,  and  what  place  is  meant 
by  "  holy  city  "  1—I>.  S.  I. 

The  bodies  were  probably  those  of  Christians, 
who  had  died,  and  were  buried  near  the  city.  The 
earthquake  opened  their  tombs,  and,  after  the  resur- 
rection of  Jesus,  they  came  from  their  tombs  and 
appeared  to  many  of  the  saints  in  Jerusalem.  We 
think  they  were  persons  who  had  been  converted 
during  the  ministry  of  Christ,  died  in  the  faith, 
arose  from  the  dead,  and  appeared  to  the  living 
saints  as  additional  proof  of  the  resurrection.  By 
"holy  city,"  Jerusalem  is  meant. 

Is  it  according  to  the  order  of  the  Brotherhood  for  a  minis- 
ter to  announce  a  Bible  Normal  in  a  Congregation,  without 
first  consulting  the  church,  in  which  the  Normal  is  to  be  held? 
— A.  S, 

This  question  properly  belongs  to  the  elder  of 
the  congregation.  Consult  him  about  it.  As  a 
rule,  however,  the  wishes  of  the  congregation 
should  be  considered  in  all  important  matters  relat- 
ing to  church  work, 

If  a  brother  shaves  all  except  the  mustache,  and  the  church 
sends  htm  a  visit  to  admonish  him  to  come  into  the  order  of  the 
church,  and  he  fails  to  do  so,  but  moves  into  another  district, 
has  the  church  a  right  to  give  him  his  certificate  if  there  is 
any  objection  to  it?— IK  )'.  J, 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  church  to  withhold  the  letter 
until  the  objection  is  removed. 

What  is  meant  by  the  mark  of  the  beast,  spoken  of  in  Rev- 
elation?—A.  J,  B. 

Many  of  the  finest  Bible  students  in  Christendom 
have  tried  to  solve  this  problem  and  failed.  We 
will  not  undertake  to  answer  it. 


Does  1  Cor,  13:  34,  35.  also  1  Tim.  2:  12,  forbid  the  woman 
praying  or  exhorting  publicly,  or  teaching  in  Sunday  school? 
Where  is  the  Scripture  that  gives  them  the  liberty?— E.  J.  R, 

In  Philpp.  4:  3  Paul  mentions  women  that  la- 
bored with  him  in  the  Gospel.  By  "labored"  is 
probably  meant  a  class  of  work  similar  to  that 
done  by  missionaries  who  visit  from  house  to  house, 
instruct  the  people  in  their  homes,  teach  classes  in 
Sunday  school,  superintend  the  work,  and  even 
take  an  active  part  in  prayer  meetings,  etc.  Phil- 
ip had  four  daughters  that  prophesied  (Acts  21:  9), 
that  is,  spoke  to  the  edification  of  the  saints,  both 
in  public  and  private.  Whatever  is  meant  by  the 
citations  named  by  our  querist,  they  must  not  be  so 
construed  as  to  condemn  the  very  things  that  Paul 

,d  Philip  themselves  allowed.  Surely  the  Gospel 
does  not  forbid  women  teaching  in  the  Sunday 
school,  praying  or  exhorting  publicly  in  places  be- 
coming her  sex.    ____  J  h.  m, 

INTERNATIONAL  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  LESSONS. 

Week  before  last  the  Committee  of  the  Inter- 
national Sunday  school  Union  met  in  Chicago,  for 
the  purpose  of  arranging  the  Sunday  school  les- 
sons from  1900  to  1905.  Since  our  people  have  be- 
come quite  generally  interested  in  the  Internation- 
al Sunday  school  system,  it  may  be  well  to  here 
give  more  information  concerning  this  committee 
and  its  work  than  would  otherwise  be  necessary. 

Besides  the  committee  in  the  United  States  and 
Canada,  there  are  three  other  corresponding  com- 
mittees,— one  in  England,  another  in  Australia,  and 
the  third  in  India,  composed  of  the  following,  rep 
resenting  most  of  the  leading  Protestant  denomi- 
nations: 

Chaikman.— John  Potts,  D.  D„  Methodist,  Toronto,  Canada. 
Secretary.— A.  E.  Dunning,  Congregationalism  Boston. 
Benjamin  F.  Jacobs,  Baptist,  Chicago. 
Warren  Randolph,  D.  D„  Baptist,  Newport,  R.  I. 

A.  F.  Schauffler,  Presbyterian,  New  York  City. 
Bishop  E.  B.  Kephart,  United  BrethreD,  Baltimore,  Md. 

J.  R.  Pepper,  Methodist  Episcopal,  South,  Memphis,  Tenn. 
ProEessor  J.  R.  Sampey,  D.  D.  Baptist,  Louisvillle,  Ky. 
Mosheim  Rhodes,  D.  D„  Lutheran,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Professor  J.  S.  Stahr,  D.  D.,  Reformed,  Lancaster,  Pa. 
Professor  J.  I.  D.  Hinds,  D.  D.,  Cumberland  Presbyterian, 
Lebanon,  Tenn. 

B.  B.  Tyler,  D.  D.,  Christian,  New  York  City. 

Bishop  Henry  W.  Warren,  Methodist  Episcopal,  Denver, 
Colo. 

Professor  W.  W.  Moore,  Presbyterian,  Hampden,  Va. 

Professor  E.  I.  Rexford,  B.  A,  Episcopalian,  Montreal, 
Canada. 

The  corresponding  committee  in  England,  Australia  and 
India  consists  of  C.  H.  Kelly,  London;  S.  G,  Green,  D.  D., 
London;  Charles  Waters,  London;  J.  Monroe  Gibson,  London; 
W.  H.  Groser,  London;  Frank  W.  Warne,  Calcutta,  India; 
Edward  Towers,  London;  Archibald  Jackson,  Melbourne, 
Australia.  The  members  of  the  American  committee  were 
all  present  at  the  meeting  except  Bishop  Warren,  Dr.  Moore 
and  Mr.  Pepper. 

This  meeting  was  for  the  purpose  of  arranging 
the  lessons  the  next  six  years.  The  studies  in 
that  period  have  been  laid  out  so  as  to  allow  the 
first  eighteen  months  to  be  devoted  to  a  chrono 
logical  study  of  the  life  of  Christ  from  the  four 
Gospels.  Three  and  a  half  years  of  the  six  are  to 
be  given  to  New  Testament  study,  and  two  and  a 
half  years  to  Old  Testament  work. 

For  twenty-five  years  the  Sunday  schools  have 
been  studying  uniform  lessons,  although  the  uni- 
formity has  been  only  in  the  Scriptural  lesson,  the 
matter  of  interpretation  and  construction,  accord- 
ing to  particular  church  doctrine  and  belief,  being 
untouched  by  the  committee.  The  present  com- 
mittee was  appointed  at  the  triennial  convention 
of  the  International  Union,  in  1896.  Its  duty  is  to 
prepare  the  lessons  for  the  six  years,  from  1900  to 
1905,  inclusive.  The  meeting  in  Chicago  was  the 
third  held  by  the  committee.  March,  one  year 
ago,  the  initial  meeting  was  held  at  Philadelphia, 
where  the  six  years'  course  was  outlined. 

Last  November  the  committee  met  at  Washing- 
ton and  completed  the  forty-eight  lessons  for  the 
year  1900,  the  other  four  of  the  fifty-two  Sundays 


to  be  given  to  quarterly  reviews.  The  lessons 
were  then  forwarded  to  corresponding  committees 
in  England,  Australia  and  India.  The  considera- 
tion of  suggestions  from  the  corresponding  bodies 
was  a  part  of  the  work  of  their  meeting.  The  com- 
mittee completed  the  lessons  for  ifgt,  and  will 
forward  the  outlines  to  the  other  committees, 
then  meet  in  the  fall  for  a  final  adjustment  of  the 
differences,  should  there  be  any. 

As  stated  above,  this  committee  makes  no  com- 
ments whatever  on  any  of  the  lessons.  It  simply 
selects  the  parts  of  the  Scripture  to  be  used  on  the 
different  Sundays, — this  much  and  no  more.  Each 
denomination  has  its  own  lessons  prepared.  Each 
year  we  receive  a  small  sheet  containing  the  out- 
line of  the  lessons  for  the  next  year.  These  out- 
lines are  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  brethren  em- 
ployed by  us  to  prepare  our  Quavtetlits,  We  al- 
ready have  the  lessons  for  1899,  and  in  the  fall  will 
likely  receive  those  for  1500.  They  are  thus  sent 
in  advance  to  Sunday  school  publishers  only,  and 
are  not  intended  for  general  distribution.  In  1S99 
the  first  six  months  will  be  devoted  to  lessons  se- 
lected for  the  Gospel  as  given  by  St.  John.  April 
16  will  be  set  apart  for  the  study  of  feet-washing, 
as  taught  in  John  13:  1— 17.  During  the  last  six 
months  of  the  year  our  lessons  will  be  in  the  Old 
Testament,  and  will  relate  largely  to  the  times  of 
Daniel  and  the  captivity  of  the  Jews.  ).  h.  m. 


—* *  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY, 


UNQRANTED. 


SELBC 


.  QUIETT. 


Where  do  they  go — the  ungranted  prayers, 

The  battled  hope,  lost  love,  and  wasted  yearning 
The  sweet  vain  dreams,  the  patient  slighted  cares, 

Cast  on  the  tireless  tide  that  has  no  turning? 
The  sleepless  nights,  the  weary  anxious  days, 

The  eager  joy  that  blossoms  but  for  blightiol', 
The  mocking  gleams  that  flitter  on  our  ways. 

To  vanish  in  one  moment  of  delighting? 
Are  they  stored  up  in  some  great  solemn  bank, 

Where  time  holds  for  Eternity  the  key? 
As  the  rich  hues,  that  in  the  westward  sank, 

May  sleep,  enshrined  beneath  the  sleeping  sea? 
Or  do  they,  blended  in  a  gracious  breath, 

Pervade  the  atmosphere  of  common  life, 
Softening  the  terror  of  the  doom  of  death, 

Lulling  the  fret  and  fever  of  the  strife? 
Who  knows,  who  knows?     Our  darlings  from  us  glide; 

Imploring  clasp  and  passionate  prayer  are  vain; 
Our  trust  betrayed,  missed  aim,  or  shattered  pride, 

The  great  dumb  river  sweeps  tbem  to  the  main. 
And  yet,  for  something  every  gift  is  given, 

Through  age  on  age,  so  priest  and  poet  saith, 
Cling  fast,  fond  hands;  look  up,  true  eyes,  to  heaven: 

Through  dusk  and  doubt  hold  to  the  saving  faithl 
Gzawkie,  Kans. 

PLEA  FOR  TfIB  SONQ  BIRDS. 

We  are  safe  in  saying  that  in  the  Brotherhood 
there  is  not  a  sister  who  attempts  to  ornament  her 
head  by  wearing  dead  birds,  and  yet  it  may  be  good 
for  all  of  them,  as  well  as  their  families,  to  read  a 
real  sensible  communication  concerning  the  value 
of  our  song  birds,  and  the  inhuman  treatment  they 
receive  at  the  hands  of  those  who  destroy  them  for 
the  sake  of  a  heartless  fashion.  We  clip  from  the 
ZiotCs  Watchman: 

In  a  recent  letter  Professor  Witmer  Stone,  of 
Philadelphia,  cited  many  facts  to  show  that  birds 
are  nature's  great  check  on  the  excess  of  insects, 
and  that  they  keep  the  balance  between  plants  and 
insect  life.  Ten  thousand  caterpillars,  it  has  been 
estimated,  could  destroy  every  blade  of  grass  on  an 
acre  of  cultivated  ground.  In  thirty  days  from  the 
time  it  is  hatched  an  ordinary  caterpillar  increases 
io.cos  times  in  bulk,  and  the  food  it  lives  and  grows 
on  is  vegetable,  The  insect  population  of  a  single 
cherry  tree  infested  with  aphides  was  calculated  by 
a  prominent  entomologist  at  no  less  than  12,000,000. 
The  bird  population  of  cultivated  country  districts 
has  been  estimated  at  from  700  to  icoo  per  square 
mile,    This  is  small  compared  with  the  number  of 


April  16,  1S98. 


THE    GOSPEL    MBSSE1TGEB. 


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'nsects,  yet  as  each  bird  consumes  hundreds  of  in- 
ects  every  day,  the  latter  are  prevented  from  be- 
coming the  scourge  they  would  be  but  for  their 
leathered  enemies. 

These  insect-consuming  birds  have  been  so  wan- 
tonly killed  of  late  for  their  plumage,  that  some  of 
the  States,  of  which  Massachusetts  is  in  the  lead, 
have  by  law  prohibited  women  from  wearing  dead 
birds  as  a  part  of  their  head-gear.  And  yet,  we 
must  believe  that  protection  to  bird-life  is  very 
poorly  administered,  for  their  plumage,  in  every 
conceivable  hue  and  shape,  is  piled  upon  femi- 
nine head  gear,  in  the  most  abandoned  disregard 
of  all  the  laws  of  neatness,  good  taste  or  beauty, 
white  dead  birds,  of  every  possible  kind,  lend  their 
ghastly  horrors  to  the  motley  array. 

We  can  not  understand  how  it  is  possible  for 
women,  possessed  with  by  far  the  larger  share  of  all 
the  "  finer  feelings"  of  the  race,  to  look  with  com- 
placency and  even  delight  upon  the  poor  dead 
things,  with  their  widespread,  appealing  wings,  dis- 
torted necks,  and  glassy,  reproachful  eyes,  that 
have  been  slain  to  satisfy  an  inordinate  love  of  dis- 
play? Thinking  about  it  calmly,  it  does  not  seem 
credible.  Yet  we  see  the  horrible  evidence  that 
such  is  the  fact  upon  nearly  every  feminine  head  we 
meet.     How  it  can  be  so,  is  more  than  we  can  tell. 

We  were  quite  shocked  the  other  Sabbath  evening 
to  see  a  young  woman  arise  in'a  meeting,  wearing 
one  of  these  head-gears  so  overloaded  with  birds 
and  feathers  as  actually  to  distort  her  otherwise 
beautiful  face,  and  feelingly  say,  that  "  all  she  had 
was  consecrated  to  the  Lord  I  "  We  seriously  won- 
dered if  the  slaughtered  but  innocent  victims  in  her 
hat  were  consecrated  to  her  Lord  or  to  her  vanity. 
To  wear  such  millinery  implies  one  of  two  things, 
either  that  the  wearer  is  lacking  in  gentleness  of 
heart,  which  should  be  the  first  characteristic  of  the 
true  gentlewoman,  or  that  she  lacks  the  courage  to 
resist  the  dictates  of  an  absurd  fashion.  One  would 
suppose  that  the  very  dreams  of  the  women  of  to- 
day would  be  haunted  by  the  ghosts  of  an  innumer- 
able company  of  feathered  creatures,  that  had  been 
■Runted  to  d'eath  for  their  gratification. 
■  It  must  be  that  the  wearing  of  dead  birds  is  wan- 
mon  thoughtlessness.  In  one  year  5,000,000  birds 
»■  *vere  slaughtered  to  bedeck  women's  bonnets,  1,000,- 
coo  bobolinks  were  bereft  of  life,  70  000  song  birds' 
notes  were  stilled  that  their  plumage  might  be  used 
for  millinery  purposes. 

If  every  woman  could  realize  that  a  hat  trimmed 
with  aigrettes  was  ornamented  at  the  expense  of  a 
little  mother  life,  would  she  still  wish  their  adorn- 
ment? Aigrettes  are  obtained  in  the  breeding  sea- 
son, when  the  mother  bird — anxious  to  protect  her 
young — will  not  hover  far  from  the  nest,  and  thus  is 
an  easy  mark  for  the  sportsman.  Then,  when  the 
proud,  happy  mother  is  gone,  killed  in  the  moment 
of  her  terror,  the  cries  of  the  hungry  baby  birds  are 
left  for  the  echoes  of  the  woods  to  soothe  until 
death,  at  last,  hushes  them  into  stillness. 

Women,  by  reason  of  their  finer  natures,  are  lovers 
of  the  beautiful.  We  are  glad  God  has  created 
them  thus.  We  men,  with  our  rougher  natures, 
need  the  touch  of  beautiful  hands,  and  are  charitable 
enough  to  believe  that  this  wicked  craze  is  more 
the  result  of  thoughtlessness  and  the  sway  of  fash- 
ion, than  any  want  of  tenderness  of  heart,  and  touch 
of  pity  for  the  beautiful  birds  which  will  so  soon 
sing  their  sweetest  songs  at  our  chamber  windows 
these  lovely  spring  mornings. 

Mrs.  E.  E.  Williams,  in  the  Christian  Standard, 
well  says,  "  Who  can  conceive  of  anything  more  in- 
congruous, than  a  number  of  women  bowing  around 
the  sacramental  altar,  to  commemorate  the  atoning 
passion  of  our  tender,  merciful  Lord,  with  their 
heads  decked  out  in  the  badges  of  cruel,  carnal 
Pride,  in  the  shape  of  dead  birds,  or  nodding  ai- 
grettes, torn  ruthlessly  from  the  tortured  breast  of 
a  little  dying  mother,  while  her  nestlings  are  left  to 
starve?  Oh,  the  shame  of  it— the  awful,  cruel 
shame  of  itl  " 

Aside  from  this,  what  would  this  world  of  sin  and 
sorrow  be  without  the  little  heralds  of  dawn,  who 
nave  so  much  brightness  in  their  hearts  that  they 
Know  the  coming  of  light  before  ft  has  fairly  crept 


into  the  blue  sky?  What  would  nature  do  if  the 
sunshine  of  the  world  were  not  put  to  music  in  the 
trees?  Think  of  a  spring  without  the  love  calls  of 
the  birdsl  Can  we  get  along  without  our  songsters 
in  the  land?  Then  how  can  we  stop  their  destruc- 
tion? Only  by  women,  in  one  great  body  and  in 
the  love  of  humanity,  standing  up  for  the  right; 
lifting  their  voices  in  one  mighty  chorus  of  deter- 
mination against  this  awful  devastation  of  Life  and 
song,  this  sacrifice  of  joyous  existence  to  vain  de- 
sire for  ornament. 

We  have  faith  in  true  Christian  womanhood,  and 
believe  our  appeal  in  behalf  of  the  birds,  now  re- 
turning to  us  to  cheer  our  hearts  with  their  happy, 
innocent  songs,  will  be  heeded.  We  men  do  not 
care  about  the  feathers  on  the  bonnet,  but  the  beau- 
tiful face  inside  of  it.  So,  now,  if  you  dress  to  please 
us,  stop  this  needless  slaughter  of  God's  innocent 
little  creatures!  Especially  should  women  profess- 
ing godliness  see  to  it  that  they  keep  their  record 
clear  of  participation  in  this  crime  against  God 
and  his  creatures. 


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The  Irreversible  "Never." 

To  Brother  Walter  S.  Lc?ig,  of  Tyrone,  Pa: — 

Your  letter  reads  like  a  rapture.  Fresh  and 
fuller  views  of  our  possibilities  in  Christ  always 
bring  such  exultation.  It  is  only  when  we  lose  sight 
of  Christ  that  we  despair.  What  confounds  the 
flesh  invigorates  faith.  When  sense  despondingly 
moans,  What  hard  conditions,  faith  triumphantly 
exclaims,  What  glorious  opportunities!  Behold  the 
tragedy  of  Calvary!  Earth  and  hell  shouted  over 
the  apparent  failure  of  the  Nazarene,  But  all  heav- 
en was  jubilant  over  the  victory  of  life  eternal  in  the 
very  agonies  of  the  dying  Godman,  Is  not  this 
supreme  inspiration  of  all  Christian  life  and  work? 
See  what  Paul's  conception  was  of  this  central  fact. 
2  Cor.  4:  3-II  and  6:  9,  io,  and  12:  9,  io,  and  R01 
8".  35-39  He  is  even  bold  enough  to  glory  in 
nothing  but  what  the  natural  heart  counts  only 
disaster  and  shame.     Gal.  6:  14  and  1  Cor.  15:  57. 

The  consideration  of  this  central  truth  gives 
fresh  meaning  and  vividness  to  the  three  wonder- 
ful, all-inclusive  monosyllables  of  Christ,  "Learn 
of  Me,"  Matt.  11:  29.  What  a  Teacherl  What 
a  lesson!  What  a  method!  Verily,  "  No  man  can 
say  that  Jesus  is  the  Lord,  but  by  the  Holy 
Ghost."  i  Cor  12:  3.  "  God  was  manifest  in  the 
Mesh."  Eternal  Life  yielded  to  death;  the 
less  one  was  made  sin;  absolute  righteousness 
found  its  perfect  satisfaction  in  human  nature,— 
what  next?    Surely  nothing  less  than  1  Cor.  3:  21 

22,  23,  and  Col.  2:  9,  10,  and  Philpp.  4:  4, 6,  7,  13,  19 
Is  not  this  enough  for  all  latitudes  and  longi- 
tudes, for  all  demands  and  conditions,  for  every 
member  in  the  mystical  body?  The  same  Divin 
ity  presides  over  the  little  finger  and  little  toe,  a: 
over  arm  and  leg,  heart  and  lungs.  Christ  never 
forgets  1  Cor.  12:  23-27,  and  Eph.  4:  16;  but  we 
are  prone  to  overlook  this  spiritual  unity  which  is 
possible  only  in  the  realization  of  John  17:  21,  22, 

23,  Water  is  a  divinely-appointed  symbol,  but  the 
Spirit  alone  can  give  it  value,  as  an  act.  Matt 
3:  13  and  Acts  8:  13  are  the  same.  In  spirit- 
ual significance  one  was  a  baptism  of  which  all 
eternity  will  unfold  the  meaning.  The  other 
equally  significant  as  to  the  utter  worthlessness  of 
sacred  symbols  with  the  Divine  Immanence. 

What  about  the  irreversible  never?  Not  for  a 
moment  have  I  lost  sight  of  it.  We  find  it  in  Heb 
13:  5.  "  I  will  never,  never  leave  thee  nor  forsake 
thee."  So  it  reads  in  the  original.  When  God  says 
never,  he  means  it.  The  sixth  verse  is  the  believ 
er's  challenge  to  earth  and  hell.  Will  not  this  suf 
6ce  for  India,  Washington,  Brooklyn,  Chicago,  Bal 
timore,  Tyrone,  and  every  other  spot  and  corner  on 
God's  foot-stool? 


I  am  no*  at  all  surprised  that  God's  message,  en- 
titled, "  Under  the  Juniper  Tree,"  Bred  your  soul 
"th  new  ardor  in  your  work  for  Christ.  Not  in  a 
long  while  did  the  Spirit  prompt  me  to  sound  the 
Gospel  trumpet  that  touched  the  great  sympathetic 
nerve  in  the  body  of  Christ  at  more  points  than 
that  article.  It  brought  out  a  universal  confession, 
and,  thank  God,  a  wide  renewel  of  consecration  to 
Christian  work.  Any  one  who  lays  aside  his  call- 
ing in  the  ministry,  or  the  Sunday  school,  or  the 
Bible  class,  or  any  other  service  for  Jesus,  becauie 
he  cannot  have  things  according  to  his  own  idea, 
has  utterly  failed  to  enter  into  the  very  heart  of 
Christian  service.     1  Cor.  9:  19,  22. 

With  discouragement  and  depression  we  should 
bear,  but  with  passion  and  self  will  and  obduracy 
we  cannot  sympathize.  There  is  nothing  more 
open  to  reason  than  a  Christed  heart,  But  when 
the  great  natural  eye  loses  sight  of  principle  in  ad- 
herence to  tradition  and  obsolete  methods,  there 
will  be  hot  and  sometimes  destructive  friction. 
Such  cases  come  to  my  knowledge  frequently, 
What  counsel  shall  we  give?  I  have  only  one  an- 
swer, God  in  the  flesh  is  the  one  pivot  on  which 
depend  all  the  divine  manifestations  in  humanity, 
individually  and  corporately. 

If  there  are  any  brethren  or  sisters  in  our  entire 
Fraternity  who  can  suggest  anything  more  cardinal 
or  comprehensive,  I  hope  they  will  let  us  have  it. 
This  principle  solves  for  me  every  problem  of 
Christianity.  But  because  many  misapprehend 
this,  there  is  always  jarring  somewhere  in  the  great 
organism  by  which  the  world  is  to  be  redeemed, 

I  thank  the  Lord  that  your  work  is  prospering. 
More  personal  effort  to  win  souls  is  what  we  need. 
In  Acts  10:  38  and  20:  20,  we  have  a  vivid  represen- 
tation of  God's  idea  of  soul-saving.  The  Christian 
centuries  verify  the  wisdom  and  utility  of  such  a 
course.  Give  it  a  fair  trial,  my  dear  brother.  This 
is  a  matter  worthy  the  concentrated  wisdom  and 
sanctity  of  our  Annual  Conference. 

The  appropriation  of  the  divine  righteousness  by 
faith,  and  culture  of  faith  by  the  full,  manifold  ex- 
pression of  righteousness,  are  the  divine  counter- 
parts of  the  Christian  life.  The  first  is  our  equip- 
ment out  of  the  infinite  resources  of  the  Godhead. 
The  latter  includes  all  possible  forms  of  Christian 
effort  that  wisdom  can  devise,  or  faith  attempt. 
The  apprehension  and  exemplification  of  this  great 
double-truth,  will  make  you  "  mighty  through  God 
to  the  pulling  down  of  strongholds."  2  Cor.  10:  4. 
Count  on  GOD'S  "  NEVER." 

C.  H,  Balsbaugh, 

Union  Deposit,  Pa. 


From  the  Woodberry  Church,  Baltimore,  Aid. 

On  Saturday  evening,  March  19,  Bro,  S.  O.  Lar- 
kins,  one  of  our  home  ministers,  and  some  of  our 
earnest  and  active  brethren  and  sisters, — twelve  in 
all, — left  the  city  to  open  a  mission  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  Reisterstown,  Md.,  a  distance  of  about 
twenty  miles  from  Baltimore.  This  isolated  place, 
from  which  a  call  had  come  to  us,  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  them, — is  about  two  miles  from  the  above- 
named  town. 

There  is  a  Methodist  church  at  this  place,  but 
unfortunately,  they  seldom  have  preaching,  and 
therefore  the  use  of  the  church  was  offered  to  our 
people.  Our  little  missionary  band  was  met  at  the 
terminus  of  the  Baltimore  and  Northern  Electric 
Railway  company  by  a  friend  of  the  mission,  who 
took  us  out  to  the  church  in  a  big,  covered  wagon. 
The  ride  to  the  church,  which  is  about  two  miles 
out  in  the  country,  was  greatly  enjoyed  by  all,  es- 
pecially so  because  the  time  was  improved  by  sing- 
ing good,  old-time  hymns.  This  prepared  our 
hearts  and  minds  for  a  season  of  true  devotion  and 
spiritual  rejoicing.  Luke  13:23  was  used  as  a  text 
and  the  house  was  well  filled  with  people,  who 
eagerly  listened  to  the  earnest  words  of  Bro.  Lar- 
kins.  There  was  preaching  again  the  next  morning 
by  Bro.  John  A.  Smith,  and  again  there  was  a  good- 
ly number  present.  It  was  not  intended  to  make 
any  further  announcements  at  this  meeting,  but  one 
of  the  trustees  of  the  church  came  to  Bro.  Smith 


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THE    GOSIFEL    IMTESSEHSTGEie,. 


April  i6, 


and  expressed  his  desire  for  another  meeting.  He 
further  said,  "You  are  a  plain  people  and  your 
preaching  is  the  plain  and  simple  Gospel,  and  that 
is  what  we  want  and  so  much  stand  in  need  of." 
Another  meeting  was  then  announced  for  Sunday, 
April  17.  J.  S.  Lau. 

2qoi  Bet n  ttd  St.,  Baltimcn,  Md,,  March 31. 


Annual  Meeting  Notfce. 


The  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  the  coming 
Annual  Meeting,  to  be  held  at  Burlington  Park, 
Naperville,  111,  recently  held  a  meeting  on  the 
grounds.  At  this  meeting  the  tabernacle,  which  is 
to  be  120x170  feet  in  size,  with  a  seating  capacity  of 
about  five  thousand,  was  located.  A  suitable  loca- 
tion for  the  dining-hall,  which  will  seat  about  fifteen 
hundred,  was  also  chosen.  There  arc  on  the  grounds 
good  quarters  for  all  committees  and  other  conven- 
iences needed. 

The  work  of  constructing  these  buildings  is  in 
progress  and  will  be  pushed  to  completion  as  rapid- 
ly as  possible.  The  Park  is  a  most  beautiful  natural 
grove  of  about  seventy  acres.  It  is  well  supplied 
with  seats  in  the  shade.  A  stream  of  water  runs 
through  the  edge  of  the  grounds,  The  city  of 
Naperville  agrees  to  furnish  electric  lights  free. 
Naperville  and  the  park  arc  twenty-nine  miles  west 
of  the  Union  Station  in  Chicago,  and  on  the  main 
line  of  the  Burlington  R,  R.,  which  unloads  passen- 
gers at  the  gate  of  the  grounds. 

Efforts  are  being  put  forth  to  make  our  coming 
meeting  one  of  the  most  pleasant  ever  held.  It  is 
to  be  hoped  the  attendance  will  be  unusually  large, 
as  well  as  spiritual.  The  necessary  information  will 
be  given  out  through  the  Gospel  Messenger  as  the 
time  approaches.  I.  Bennett  Trout, 

Sec.  Com.  of  Arrangements, 

Lanark,  III, 


How  It  Happened. 


-  Eighteen  years  ago,  in  iS8o,  one  Edward  H. 
Henry  was  lying  disabled  by  a  broken  arm  in  a  town 
(the  name  I  now  forget)  in  California.  While  there 
he  met  Bro.  James  Moore,  a  minister  in  the  Breth- 
ren church.  The  two  engaged  in  conversation  in 
regard  to  the  spiritual  welfare  of  the  soul.  Bro. 
Moore  was  traveling  and  proceeded  on  his  way, 
After  three  days  E.  H.  Henry  made  up  his  mind 
to  follow  him,  and  did  so.  He  overtook  him 
and  was  baptized  by  Bro.  James  Moore,  where 
there  were  no  brethren  to  witness.  Bro.  Moore 
gave  Bro.  E.  H,  Henry  a  certificate  of  member- 
ship, which  he  has  since  lost,  and  has  never  been 
where  he  could  be  with  the  Brethren  until  now. 
Since  our  meeting  here,  his  two  daughters,  twelve 
and  fifteen  years  of  age,  made  application  to  be  bap- 
tized. When  he  was  asked  to  come  also  he  said,  he 
was  baptized  as  above  stated,  A  few  days  later  his 
side  companion  also  came  out  and  she  and  the  two 
daughters  were  baptized  the  same  day.  Thus  they 
are  quite  a  happy  family.  Bro.  Snowberger  and 
the  writer  visited  Bro.  Henry  to  get  full  particulars 
concerning  his  case,  and  he  stated  as  above,  desiring 
to  be  recognized  and  be  permitted  to  labor  with  the 
church,  and  to  abide  by  the  rules  and  order  of  the 
church,  with  which  he  claims  to  be  fully  acquainted, 
and  which,  he  says,  Bro.  Moore  did  lay  fully  before 
him. 

Now,  at  our  late  quarterly  council,  under  the  cir- 
cumstances as  above  related,  we  took  him  into  fel- 
lowship. Brethren,  who  are  acquainted  with  our 
ministers  of  past  years,  will  please  state  whether  or 
not  they  know  a  minister  by  name  of  James  Moore. 
If  so,  give  us  his  address,  if  yet  alive,  as  we  do  not 
find  his  name  in  the  Almanac.  Bro.  Henry  says 
that  Bro.  Moore  was  a  man  then  fifty-eight  years 
old.  H.  H.  Winger. 

Palisade,  Colo. 

[  At  this  time  we  do  not  recall  any  minister  among 
us  by  the  name  of  James  Moore.  Probably  the 
brother  is  mistaken  regarding  the  given  name.  Any 
of  our  readers,  possessing  information  relating  to 
the  minister  namsd,  will  confer  a  favor  by  writing  to 
Bro,  H.  H.  Winger.— Ed.] 


District  Meeting  Notice. 

Thb  District  Meeting  for  Southern  Ohio  will  be  held  in  the 
Lower  Stillwater  church,  Montgomery  Co,,  Ohio,  Tuesday, 
April  26,  1898,  in  the  upper  house,  one  mile  from  Kinsey,  on 
theCH.&D.R.R, 

Those  coming  on  this  road  on  Monday,  will  be  cared  for  by 
notifying  Geo.  F.  Royer,  Kinsey,  Ohio. 

Reduced  rates  have  been  granted  from  Celina,  Washington 
C.  H.,  and  intermediate  points  to  Kinsey. 

The  D.  &  U.  R'y  also  makes  low  rates  from  Dayton,  Union 
City,  and  intermediate  points  to  Trotwood. 

Inquire  of  local  agents  as  to  time  of  trains,  rates,  etc. 

Those  coming  over  the  D.  &  U.  R.  R.,  or  Pan  Handle  R.  R., 
will  be  cared  for  by  notifying  A.  W.  Shafer,  Trotwood,  Ohio. 

All  Tuesday  morning  trains,  except  Pan  Handle  trains,  from 
the  West,  will  be  too  late  at  Trotwood  for  the  opening  of  the 
meeting,  and  will  not  be  met  by  conveyances,  unless  you  notify 
us  of  train  you  are  coming  on.  There  will  be  preaching  at  the 
Christian  church,  Trotwood,  and  at  place  of  meeting  on  Mon- 

Some  meetings  of  this  kind  have  been  very  much  disturbed 
toward  the  close  by  persons  getting  overly  anxious  to  leave 
the  congregation,  withdrawing  from  all  parts  of  the  room,  no 
matter  how  important  the  business  under  consideration,  how 
much  attention  is  distracted,  or  how  much  the  moderator  may 
plead  for  patience  till  closing  time.  Brethren  and  sisters, 
please  remember  the  purpose  of  this  meeting. 

Can  we  not,  once  in  the  year,  so  arrange  that  too  much  im- 
portance does  not  attach  to  our  getting  home  at  a  certaintime, 
no  matter  what  becomes  of  the  meeting,  set  apart  for  the 
transaction  of  the  Lord's  business?  We  welcome  all  to  be 
with  us.     Come  early  and  stay  late!        L.  A.  Bookwaltb 

Trotwood,  Ohio,  April  u. 


Notes  x  from  x  our  *  Correspondents. 

ioul,  so  Is  good  news  from  a  far  country." 


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IOWA. 

Laurens.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  March  12,  Our 
elder,  J.  W.  Haughtelin,  was  with  us.  Bro.  Simon  Arnold 
was  chosen  as  Sunday  school  Superintendent.  We  use  the 
Brethren's  literature.  We  decided  to  hold  our  love  feast  June 
4  aDd  5.—/*./.  Sutter,  April 3, 

Franklin  County.— We  convened  in  council  April  2.  Our 
spring  love  feast  will  occur  June  18  and  10,  at  10  A.  M.  The 
church  decided  to  represent  at  Annual  Meeting  by  delegate. 
Brethren  Wm.  H.  Pyle  and  J.  K.  Allen  were  chosen,  the  latter 
as  alternate.—  Wm.  H.Allen,  Vumont,  Iowa,  April  4, 

South  Keokuk.— Eld.  Martin  Replogle,  of  Unionville, 
Iowa,  began  meetings  at  this  place  on  Sunday,  March  27,  and 
continued  with  us  for  a  week,  Two  precious  souls  came  out 
on  the  Lord's  side  and  applied  for  baptism,  which  will  be  at- 
tended to  in  the  near  future.  Others  seem  almost  persuaded, 
—  Grace  Brown,  O/lie,  Iowa,  April  j. 

Harlan.— We  met  in  council  April  2.  We  decided  to  have 
our  love  feast  June  25  and  26,  commencing  at  10  A.  M,  Onr 
church  is  small,  and  the  presence  of  visiting  brethren  and  sis- 
ters will  be  appreciated.  Bro,  Myers  was  chosen  as  delegate 
to  Anuual  Meeting,  During  the  winter  we  had 
Sunday  school.  Good  interest  was  manifested. 
Obrecht  is  our  Superintendent.  We  have  preaching  every 
second,  fourth  and  fifth  Sundays,  at  1 1  A.  M.  and  8  P.  M.  On 
every  first  and  third  Sundays  Bro.  Myers  preaches  at  other 
points,  He  intends  to  stay  with  us  this  summer.— Julia 
Strohm,  AprilS. 

Prairie  City.— Bro.  S.  M.  Goughenour,  our  elder,  was  with 
us  April  2  and  3,  and  gave  us  two  very  able  doctrinal  ser- 
mons, which  were  well  received.  Bro.  and  Sister  Thomas  al- 
so spent  several  days  in  our  church,  and  our  brother  gave  us  a 
very  earnest  discourse.  Bro.  Goughenour  will  visit  us  in  the 
near  future  again,  at  which  time  baptism  will  be  adminis- 
tered. The  attendance  at  all  our  services  is  very  encourag- 
ing. We  located  here  March  1.  There  is  a  little  band  of 
zealous  members  and  many  kind  friends  here  who  gave  us  a 
very  cordial  welcome,  and  we  desire  an  interest  in  the  prayers 
of  the  faithful,  that  our  labors  here  may  not  be  in  vain  in  the 
Lord. — Anna  F.  Bosscrman,  April g. 

Greene.— The  Greene  church  met  in  quarterly  council 
April  7.  Eld.  Harvey  Eikenberry  was  chosen  as  delegate  to 
Annual  Meeting.  We  decided  to  hold  our  spring  love  feast 
June  25.  We  have  purchased  some  more  seats  for  our  church- 
house.  The  interest  and  attendance  is  still  increasing  in  our 
Sunday  school.  The  average  attendance  through  the  last 
quarter  was  eighty-one.  Bro.  J.  D.  Shook  is  our  Superintend- 
ent. The  Sisters'  Aid  Society  is  doing  a  good  work  here. 
The  sisters  have  been  busily  engaged  in  sewing  this  winter, 
and  we  trust  their  efforts  will  result  in  great  good.  We 
expect  Bro.  D.  L.  Miller  here  some  time  this  summer.— A. 
Gertrude  Eikenberry,  April  S. 

FLORIDA. 

Hawthorn.— Last  night,  at  the  close  of  services,  a  man, 
whose  wife  had  been  baptized  one  month  ago,  came  forward 
and  applied  for  membership.  He  is  a  native  of  this  country, 
and  formerly  was  a  Baptist.— D.  Price  Hylton,  April 4, 

Notice.— The  Brethren  at  Wabasso,  on  Indian  River,  in 
Florida,  expect,  the  Lord  willing,  to  begin  a  series  of  meet- 
ings  April  16,  aud  continue  till  the  23rd,  at  which  time  an  or- 
ganization will  be  effected,  and  a  love  feast  held.—  C.  D.  Hyl- 
ton, Hawthorn,  Fta.,  April  s. 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

Montgomery.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  April  1,  rjur 
delegates  to  District  Meeting  are  brethren  John  Rairigh  and 
Frank  Fyock.  Our  spring  love  teast  is  to  be  held  Jane  i0> 
We  organized  our  Sunday  school  on  April  3,  with  a  large  z\. 
tendance.— Mrs.  N.  A.  Fyock,  Hillsdale,  Pa.,  April  4. 

Middle  Creek.— March  27  we  met  at  the  Summit  church, 
three  miles  east  of  Somerset,  to  organize  onr  Sunday  school 
We  decided  to  nse  the  Brethren'e  Sunday  school  literature, 
On  Saturday,  April  2,  Bro.  R.  A.  Nedrow  came  to  us  from  the 
Indian  Creek  congregation,  and  preached  three  soul-inspiring 
sermons.  The  interest  of  the  meetings  was  good.—/.  B.  Fer- 
guson, April  4. 

Norrlstown.— The  Brethren  at  this  place  opened  a  Sunday 
school  April  4,  1897,  with  twenty-eight  scholars  enrolled.  Bio. 
J.  Howard  Ellis  was  elected  Superintendent,  and  Bro.  Jesse 
Zeigler,  Assistant  Superintendent.  We  closed  our  first  year 
with  forty-eight  scholars  enrolled.  The  average  attendance  is 
about  twenty-nine.  The  highest  attendance  at  any  session 
was  fifty-two,  including  visitors.—./.  B.  Deiwiter,  7/4  Kohn 
St.,  April  6. 

Notice.— The  churches  of  Western  Pennsylvania  wilt  please 
note  the  following:  In  Gospel  Messenger  of  April  2,  page 
220,  in  church  news,  headed  "  Rockton,  Pa.,  "  the  statement  is 
made  that  our  District  Meeting  will  be  held  May  3.  It  should 
be  May  4.  Sister  Hollopeter  is  not  to  be  censured,  as  she  was 
isinformed.  As  already  stated,  it  will  be  held  at  Rockton, 
Clearfield  Co.,  Pa.,  on  Wednesday,  May  4.  The  delegates 
""  meet  at  8  A.  M.,  for  organization.-: Jasper  Barnthousc, 
Aprils- 

Altoona — On  Friday  evening,  April  1,  our  church  held  a 
business  meeting.  Bro.  A.  E.  Wilt  was  elected  delegate  to 
District  Meeting.  Bro.  Daniel  S.  Brallier  will  represent  us  at 
Annual  Meeting.  Oar  love  feast  will  be  held  on  Sunday  ev- 
ening of  May  15.  The  meeting  is  to  commence  at  6  P.  M. 
Bro,  A.  E.  Wilt,  who  has  been  our  Sunday  school  Superinten- 
dent for  ever  one  year,  and  by  whose  ea/nest  efforts  our 
school  has  had  an  average  attendance  of  nearly  igo  scholars, 
a  large  number  of  whom  united  with  the  church,— was  com- 
pelled to  tender  his  resignation  on  account  of  failing  health, 
Bro.  Jacob  Kinsel  was  chosen  to  fill  his  place.— M.  P.  Brum- 
baugh.joi  Fifth  Avenue,  April 3, 

Philadelphia.— I  left  Sheldon,  Iowa,  last  May,  en  route  for 
the  Annual  Meeting  at  Frederick,  Md.  From  there  I  went  to 
Philadelphia,  to  visit  my  sons,  J.  T.  and  T.  T.  Myers.  I  also 
visited  the  Green  Tree,  Mingo,  Indian  Creek,  Hatfield  and 
Coventry  congregations,  in  Eastern  Pennsylvania.  At  pres- 
ent my  membership  is  in  the  First  Brethren  church  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.  The  above-named  churches  arc  sesmiogly  in 
good  working  order.  Bro.  T.  T.  Myers  and  the  writer  are  to 
represent  the  First  Brethren  church  of  Philadelphia  at  Dis- 
trict Meeting,  April  27  and  28,  in  Lancaster  Courtly,  Pa.  I  al- 
so visited  the  Arawell  and  Sand  Brook  churches.  New  Jersey. 
The  members  in  the  last-named  churches  all  seem  to  take 
fresh  courage  to  advance  the  cause  of  Christ.  I  found  the 
Messenger  a  welcome  visitor  everywhere.  May  God  bless 
the  editor  and  managers!— Tobias  Myers, .  Iprily. 

MISSOURI. 

Cabool. — At  the  request  of  some,  we  will  change  the  time  of 
meeting  the  Brethren  at  the  railroad  stations,  en  route  to  our 
Ministerial  and  District  Meetings,  from  Tuesday  morning, 
May  3,  to  Wednesday  morning,  May  4.—?,  J.  Troxel,  Aprils. 

Kidder.— This  church  met  in  quarterly  council  Apiil  2, 
Our  elder,  J.  E.  Ellenberger,  not  being  present,  Eld.  W.  C. 
Hipes  presided.  Three  letters  of  membership  were  granted, 
Bro.  J.  B.  Shank  was  chosen  Sunday  school  Superintendent, 
and  Bro.  David  Beagley,  Assistant.  The  church  and  Sunday 
school  here  have  a  full  corps  of  faithful  workers.  We  use  the 
Brethren's  literature,  and  have  an  evergreen  Sunday  school.— 
Henry  Filer,  April  4, 

Walnut  Creek.— Our  regular  quarterly  council  convened 
April  2.  Brethren  D.  M,  Mohler  and  Chas.  M.  Yearout,  of 
Warrensburg,  were  with  us.  We  re-organized  our  Sunday 
school,  with  brethren  Ezra  Brentzer  as  Superintendent,  and 
Will  Maxwell  as  Assistant.  Bro.  Amos  Wampler  was  chosen 
delegate  to  Annual  Meeting,  We  have  collected  about  $24.co 
for  the  Smyrna  Orphanage.  We  decided  to  have  Bro.  Year- 
out  hold  our  series  of  meetings  next  taU.—Maud  Holloway, 
Knobnoster,  Mo.,  April 3. 

Warrensburg — Bro.  C,  M,  Yearout  is  holding  a  series  of 
meetings  two  miles  east  of  Warrensburg.  The  interest  is 
great  and  the  attendance  good.  The  meetings  will  continue 
indefinitely.  The  churches  around  Warrensburg  have  been 
keeping  Bro.  Yearout  busy  since  his  location  here.  We  do 
not  expect,  however,  to  monopolize  his  entire  time,  and  these 
churches  wishing  his  services,  should  write  him  at  Warrens- 
burg, as  soon  as  possible.  There  is  not  a  congregation  in 
Missouri,  but  what  needs  the  kind  of  preaching  Bro.  Yearout 
is  doing.— John  E.  Mohler,  April 3. 

Prairie  View  Church.— We  met  in  council  Saturday,  April 
2.  It  was  a  pleasant  one.  We  expect  to  hold  a  series  of 
meetings,  beginning  the  latter  part  of  August.  The  first  Sun- 
day in  April  our  Sunday  school  re-opened  for  the  remainder 
of  the  year,  We  would  like  to  see  the  school  continue 
throughout  the  entire  year,  Bro.  Josiah  Lehman  has  been 
conducting  a  Bible  school  at  Prairie  View,  during  the  winter. 
We  have  been  studying  the  "Life  of  Christ."  As  we  follow 
him  from  place  to  place,  and  note  what  he  did  here  and  there, 
our  Bible  becomes  much  more  interesting  to  us,  and  inspires 
to  renewed  z<i&\,-*-£ert/:a  Kring,  St,  Martins*  Mo.,  April  9. 


April  i6,  18 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSEIN-Q-IErR,. 


253 


INDIANA. 


North  Manchester.— Today,  at  our  regula 
of  town,  ooe  came  out  and  was  received  int 
confession  and  baptism.     Id  the  afternoon  on 
was  re-organized  at  the  above-named  place. 
aQd  Sister  Frances   Crill  are  the  Supe; 


meeting,  west 
;o  fellowship  by 
r  Sunday  school 
Bro.  Levi  Snell 
ndents.  It  was 
;  the  Brethren's  literature.— D.  C.  Cripe,  April  3, 
Fort  Wayne  Church.— We  met  in  council  April  2,  with 
Eld.  Daniel  Snell  presiding.  We  found  the  church  in  har- 
ffioDy  and  foil  fellowship.  Our  Sunday  school  has  increased 
28  per  cent  over  the  last  quarter  in  attendance.  The  interest 
is  very  gcod,  and  we  have  good  prospects  for  the  fnture.    One 


nth  l 


the  Master's 


Elder 


fas  held  March  26. 

present,     Bro.  F.  Kreider 
e  of  the  ministry,  and  was 
:r.    Eld.  A.  H.  Puterbaugh 
Annual  Meeting,  with  brethren  Jos. 
^-organized 


more  his  promised  to  unite 
A.  M.  Eby,  April  4. 

Elkhart  Valley Our  council 

j.  H.  Miller  and  J.  Metzler  wei 
was  forwarded  to  the  second  deg: 
duly  installed  by  Bro.  J.  H.  Mil 
was  chosen  as  delegate 

Kulp  and  F,  Kreider  alternates.  We  re-organized  our  Sun- 
day school.  Brethren  F.  Kreider  and  the  writer  are  the  Su- 
perintendents.— Clara  E.  Stauffer,  Dunlaps,  Ind.,  April  4. 

Middle  Fork.— We  held  a  pleasant  council  March  24. 
Brethren  Solomon  Blickenstaff  and  J.  L.  Hazlett  were  elected 
delegates  to  District  Meeting.  Eld.  Solomon  Blickenstaff 
was  chosen  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  Our  Communion 
will  be  May  7,  at  4  P-  M.  We  were  encouraged,  at  our  coun- 
cil, by  the  piesence  of  Bro.  L.  T.  Holsinger,  of  North  Man- 
chester, Ind.,  and  G.  W.  Stong,  of  North  Dakota;  also  several 
members  of  the  North  Fork  congregation. — John  E.  Metsgcr, 
Edna  Mills,  Ind,  March  26. 

North  Fork — Bro.  L.  T.  Holsinger,  of  Noith  Manchester, 
Ind.,  came  to  us  and  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  March 
12,  and  closed  March  27,  preaching,  in  all,  nineteen  soul- 
cheering  sermons,  but,  on  account  of  the  continuous  rains  and 
bad  roads,  the  attendance  was  not  as  large  as  we  had  expect- 
ed. The  interest,  however,  was  gocd.  Bro.  Holsinger, 
though  under  sore  afflictions,  labored  earnestly  for  the  Mas- 
ter's cause,  Six  precious  souls  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side 
and  were  baptized.— John  Deal,  April  2. 

KANSAS. 

Fort  Scott.— We  met  in  council  March  19,  Eld.  Georgo 
Leiitz  presiding.  Bro.  John  Newcomer  was  chosen  as  dele- 
gate to  District  Meeting.  Two  letters  were  granted.  The 
writer  was  st  lected  as  church  correspondent.— Mary  E.  Tis- 
dale,  .  Ipril  4 

Qrenola.— We  met  in  council  April  2.    Elders  G.  W.  Siude- 

baker  and  .Stephen  Thompson  were  with  us.    Bro,  Thompson 

preached  on  Friday  and  Saturday  evenings,     Bro.  Studebaker 

"^  pteached  or>  ^nday.     Brethren  J.  C.  Ulrey  and   S.  Elrod  are 

M our  delegates  ro-District  Meeting.— Del/a  Gobble,  Aprils. 

W     New  Hope — We  are  much  encouraged  in  learning  of  th( 

■   good  work  that  is  being  done  throughout  the  Brotherhood 

.      Two  members, — husband  and  wife, — were  received    at   oui 

,■*      regular  appointment,  April  3.    They  went  into  the  stream  to 

gether,  and  were  buried  in  baptism.—.-/.  3.  Lichtenwalter 

Neutral,  Kans.,  April  p. 

Kansas  City.— We  met  in  council  April  2,  at  2  P.  M.  The 
meeting  was  opened  in  usual  order  by  Eld, 
Bro,  William  Garber,  Jr.,  was  installed  as 
first  degree.  We  met  on  Sunday  morning,  at  10  A.  M„  for 
Sunday  school.  At  ir  o'clock  Bro.  I,  H.  Crist  preached  an 
excellent  sermon.  The  name  of  our  Sunday  school  is  the 
"Brethren's  Mission  School,"  instead  of  " Union."— Rebecca 
Armstrong,  Argentine,  Kans.,  April 6. 

Soidler. — Eld.  C.  N.  Brown,  our  District  evangelist,  came  to 
this  place  March  11,  and  held  meetings  for  nearly  two  weeks. 
The  meetings  flpe  well  attended,  considering  the  unfavorable 
weather  and  bad  roads.  The  sermons  were  excellent,  and  the 
people  seemed  very  much  interested.  Two  were  received  in- 
to the  church  by  confession  and  baptism,  and  others  are  al- 
most persuaded.  Eld.  Davis  came  April  2,  at  which  time  the 
church  met  in  council.  The  church  was  represented  by  letter 
at  District  Meeting.— Emily  Osborn,  April  7. 

NORTH  DAKOTA. 

Des  Lacs  Valley.— This  church  met  in  quarterly  council 

April  2.    Two  were  received  by  letter.    We  organized  our 

mday  school.    A  building  committee  was  appointed  to  so- 


funds  and  erect 

Wld  the  house  in  Kenr 

Red  River.— We  me 

s  chosen  delegat 


ion  wm  c 


toy  school  last  Sunday, 
ent,  and  Bro.  J,  A.  Brov 
#  Dak,,  April  6. 

Cando.— We  arrived 
thousand  persons 
few  became  dissa 
buildings  as  fast ; 
c°oie  when  peopl> 


house  of  worship,  We  decided  to 
are,  N.  Dak.— Ida  Beagle,  April 2. 

in  council  April  2.  Bro,  Geo.  Swi- 
;  to  Annual  Meeting,  Our  Commun- 
4  P.  M,    We  re-organized  our  Sun- 

The  writer  was  chosen  Superintend- 
:r,  Assistant—  D.  W.  Wolf,  Mayville, 


ived  at  this  place  April  1.  About  two 
true  here  to  seek  a  new  home.  While  a 
Red,  the  rest  are  satisfied,  and  putting  up 
they  can.  I  wonder  when  the  time  will 
ill  get  concerned  about  a  home  beyond, 
s  they  do  for  the 


ar>d  put  forth  as  strong  efforts  to  obtain 
leraporal!- Joseph  Holder,  Aprils. 

OREGON. 

Talent.— We  held  our  council  April  2.  Arrangements  v 
madetobuilda  churchhouse  in  Ashland,  30x40  feet  in  : 
?ur  love  feast  will  be  held  Jane  4;  meetings  to  1 
"iQday.— Mary  C.  Webster,  April  4. 


VIRGINIA. 

Unvllle.-The  Brethren  met  in  council  at  the  Fairview 
Church  in  the  Linvillc  Creek  congregation  March  26,  to  make 
preparation  for  our  love  feast,  April  30,  at  2:  30  P.  M.  Breth- 
ren Joseph  Driver  and  J.  S.  Roller  were  elected  as  Superin- 
tendents of  our  Sunday  school— Annie  R,  Roller,  .  Ipril  6. 

Roanoke.— We  held  our  council  March  25.  Bro.  Jonas 
Graybill,  of  the  Botetourt  church,  was  with  us.  We  had  a 
most  enjoyable  meeting.  We  send  Bro.  P.  S.  Miller  as  dele- 
gate to  Annual  Meeting,  and  brethren  W.  P,  Moomaw  and  J. 
H.  Graybill  as  delegates  to  District  Meeting.  We  now  hold 
three  services  on  Sunday;  Sunday  school  and  preaching  in  the 
forenoon,  and  preaching  at  night.  Our  congregations  are 
very  good,  and  our  Sunday  school  nourishing.— Julia  Gray, 
bill,  March  2S. 

Manassas. We  met  in  council  April  2,  at  1  P.  M.  We 
adopted  the  plan  of  afternoon  councils,  when  we  organized, 
and  it  gives  good  satisfaction.  It  dispenses  with  the  dinner 
at  the  church.  We  had  a  very  pleasant  meeting.  Eld.  S.  F. 
Sanger,  wife  and  two  daughters  were  received  by  letter.  One 
letter  was  granted,  One  paper,  urging  the  extension  of  mis- 
sion work  among  the  colored  people  of  our  country,  was  seut 
to  District  Meeting.  Our  delegates  to  District  Meeting  are 
brethren  W,  K.  Conner  and  E.  E.  Blough,  and  to  Annual 
Meeting,  Bro.  W.  K.  Conner.  We  elected  Bro.  E.  E.  Blougb, 
Superintendent,  and  J.  J.  Conner,  Assistant.  Our  love  feast 
is  appointed  for  June  4,  at  3  P.  M.  Eld.  Daniel  Hays,  of 
Broadway,  Va.,  gave  us  two  instructive  discourses  May  27. 
We  completed  the  organization  of  our  Sunday  school  April  3. 
We  had  a  very  early  spring.  March  was  very  pleasant,  and 
fruit-trees  were  out  in  full  bloom,  but  April  set  in  colder,  with 
one  frost  after  another,  and  yesterday  it  snowed  and  blowed 
nearly  all  day.  This  morning  the  thermometer  registered  70 
below  freezing.—/.  E,  Blough,  April  6. 

OHIO. 

Blanchard.—  This  church  met  in  council  March  2,  We 
elected  Eld.  Daniel  Prowant  as  delegate  to  District  Meeting. 
The  writer  was  chosen  as  Sunday  school  Superintendent,  and 
Es'.ella  Adams  as  Assistant.— Emma  Prowant,  Dupont,  Ohio 
April 8. 

Lower  Twin  —We  held  our  regular  council  April  5.  Ad- 
joining elders  present  were  brethren  Jacob  Garber  and  J.  C. 
Bright.  Five  were  received  by  letter,  and  two  letters  were 
granted.  The  church  decided  to  have  two  series  of  meetings 
this  year,— one  at  the  Twin  Valley  house,  and  one  at  the  Toms 
Run  house.  We  elected  two  delegates  for  District  Meeting, 
and  one  for  Annual  Meeting;  also  one  Superintendent  for  Sun- 
day school.  One  query  was  sent  to  District  Meeting,— Aaron 
Brubaker,  Gratis,  Ohio,  Aprils. 

Sugar  Ridge  Church.— Bro.  Peter  Stuckman,  of  Nappa- 

!e,  Ind.,  began  a  series  of  meetings  at  this  place  March  13, 
and  closed  March  27,  preachiog,  in  all,  twenty. 
Sinners  were  made  10  feel  the  need  of  .1  Savior,  and  the 
bers  were  awakened  to  a  sense  of  their  duty.  The  m( 
resulted  in  one  baptized  and  two  reclaimed, 
the  bad  weather,  the  congregations  were  not  as  large  as  they 
might  have  been,  but  they  were  still  increasing,  We  organ- 
ized our  Sunday  school  April  3.  We  elected  Sister  Witmore 
as  Superintendent,  and  Sister  Libbie  Rosenbergeras  Assistant 
Superintendent.  We  use  the  Brethren's  Sunday  school  sup- 
plies. We  contemplate  having  a  prayer  meeting  in  the  near 
future.—  Viola  Rau,  April  4. 

NEBRASKA. 

Bethel.— Our  quarterly  council  convened  April  2.  We  de- 
cided to  have  our  love  feast  June  4,  at  2  P.  M.  Our  house  of 
worship  will  be  dedicated  next  day  at  11  A.  M.— J.  O.  Say  tor 
Carleton,  Nebr,,  April  g. 

Oolden  Spring.— Feb.  8  Bro.  J.  B.  Moore,  of  Octavia,  Nebr., 
commenced  a  series  of  meetings  for  us,  continuing  until  tbe 
18th.  The  church  was  much  built  up.  March  25  Bro.  David 
G.  Wine,  our  State  Sunday  school  Superintendent,  came 
among  us.  He  is  laboring  in  the  interest  of  the  Sunday 
schools.  He  gave  as  five  excellent  Gospel  lessons,  instructive 
to  yoang  and  old.  April  3  Bro.  Wine  helped  us  in  organizing 
our  Sunday  school.  Three  precious  souls  were  baptized  the 
same  day. — C,  Lyght,  Decatur,  Nebr,,  Aprils. 

Golden  Spring.— Our  elder,  Bro.  J.  B.  Moore,  will  be  with 
us  May  2t,  and  begin  a  series  of  meetings,  to  continue  until 
May  29.  A  love  feast  will  be  held  on  the  evening  of  May  28. 
All  those  desiring  to  come  will  be  met  at  Tekamah,  Nebr., 

ad  cared  for  by  notifying  the  undersigned,  at  Decatur,  Nebr., 

few  days  beforehand. —  Caleb  Lyght,  April s. 


ting  love 


COLORADO. 

Denver.— Tbe  attendance  at  our  regular  preaching  services 
is  steadily  on  the  increase.  The  people  here  seem  to  admire 
the  principles  we  advocate.  Our  Sunday  school  is  very  inter- 
esting, Our  average  attendance  for  last  quarter  was  ninety- 
nine.  The  collection  was  $15.50.  As  our  Superintendent, 
Bro.  G.  W.  Long,  is  arranging  to  move  away,  an  election  was 
held  for  his  successor.  The  lot  fell  on  Bro,  Chas,  Long.  We 
have  a  live  prayer  meeting  once  each  week,  I  want,  the  Lord 
willing,  to  spend  the  month  of  May  at  my  old  home  in  Pearl 
City,  III,  I  will  leave  here  April  27,  attend  the  District  Meet- 
ing at  Qninter,  Kans.,  and  from  there  return  home,  I  expect 
to  remain  at  least  until  after  Annual  Meeting.  Brethren  and 
sisters  passing  through  Denver,  are  invited  to  stop  and  attend 
services,  especially  do  we  urge  this  upon  the  ministering  I  III.  The  Glorious  Phize 
brethren,    They  will  be  met  at  Union  Depot,  by  addressing!  1.  All  who  are  worthy  ? 

the  undersigned.— L,  E,  Kaltntr,  Villa  Park,  Colo.,  April 7.     |         2,  It  is  incorruptible,    1 


ARKANSAS. 

Canie  Creek—The  brethren  and  sisters  of  this  church  met 
in  council  April  2.  Not  much  business  came  before  the 
church.  We  decided  to  organize  a  Sun.hy  schcol,  and  elect- 
ed Sister  Adra  Bradley,  Superintendent,  and  Sister  Emma 
Cline,  Assistant.-.l/a/We-  Crist,  Chismville,  Ark,, .  Ipril  j, 

Turnmore.-We  met  in  council  April  2.  We  decided  to 
ouild  a  churchhouse  this  summer.  Some  more/  was  raised  at 
the  meeting  (or  home  mission  work.  Bro.  Henry  Brubaker  is 
ou,    delegate    ,„    Distric,    Mtcticg     Bro    j    w  ^ 

preached  for  us  Saturday  night  and  Sunday  at  n  o'clock 
We  bad  a  gosd  meeting,  and  think  there  will  he  a  great  in- 
gathering in  this  part  of  Arkansas  bete  1.-  long.—/'  If  />„,.. 
til,  Carters,  Ark,,  April  4, 

TENNESSEE. 
Big  Sandy—March  2S  Bro.  Geo.  C.  Bowmin,  of  Boon's 
Creek,  Term.,  began  a  series  of  meetings.  He  had  preaching 
each  morning  and  night.  The  weather  was  very  unfavorable 
at  first,  and  the  attendance,  the  first  few  times,  was  (mall  but 
the  interest  was  very  good,  and  the  congregations  increased 
till  the  house  was  crowded  and  tbe  interest  intense.  On  Sat- 
urday night  we  had  our  love  feast.  Fourteen  members  were 
present.  A  number  seem  almost  persuaded  to  join  in  with  us 
We  also  organized  a  church  here,  called  the  Dig  Sandy 
church.  We  elected  one  deacon-Bro.  Oliver  Sbumakcr- 
Esthtr  Shu  It;,  April  4, 

MARYLAND. 

West  Beaver  Creek.-The  Beaver  Creek  congregation 
metinconncilApril2.  Eld.  W.  S.  Reichard  presided.  The 
absence  of  our  beloved  brother,  D.  F.  Slouff.'r,  caused  sadness 
in  the  hearts  of  those  present.  Brethren  John  Rowland  and 
Caleb  Long  will  represent  th:  church  at  District  Meeting 
We  decided  to  bold  a  series  of  meetings  in  each  end  of  the 
congregation  the  coming  fall;  also  to  hold  a  Dible  Term  dur- 
ing  the  Holidays,  and  to  elect  a  minister  at 
feast,  May  21  and  22,  at  1  o'clock.  The  atte: 
good  at  our  council.— F.  C.  Kaytor, .  Ipril  0. 

IDAHO. 

Nez  Perce.-April  2  we  held  our  council.  Sister  Stephen 
Johnson  was  elected  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school 
and  the  writer,  Assistant.  We  decided  to  use  the  Brethren's' 
Sunday  school  literature.  A  number  of  Brethren  and  friends, 
from  Greene  and  Washington  Counties,  Pa,  an  ived  here  last 
week,  among  them  being  Bro.  Silas  Johnson  and  family. 
This  adds  strength  to  our  corps  of  workers,  as  Bro.  Johnson  is 
a  deacon,— John  M.  Cox, .  Ipril  j. 

NEW  JERSEY. 

Bethel — Eld.  Tobias  Myers,  of  Sheldon,  Iowa,  came  to  us 
March  26,  and  remained  until  April  3.  Me  preached  eight 
very  interesting  sermons.  One  cannot  help  but  admire  the 
earnestness  and  zeal  of  oar  esteemed  brjther,  who  is  advanced 
in  years.  It  ought  to  arouse  us  younger  ones  to  become  more 
devoted,  consecrated  Christian  workers,—  Carrie  Gary  Cro 
ton,  N.J.,. Ipril  6. 

WASHINGTON. 

Oyaterville.— April  2  the  Oysterville  and  Long  Beach  mem- 
bers met  at  the  Long  Beach  bouse  to  hold  a  Communion. 
Fourteen  members  surrounded  the  Lord's  table.  Half  of 
them  had  never  communed  before.  It  was  the  first  Commun- 
ion ever  held  at  Long  Beach.  We  had  good  attendance  and 
good  order.—/.  U.  G.  Stiver  son,  .Ipril  j. 

WISCONSIN. 

Washburn  County — There  are  now  nine  members  here, 
and  others  are  expected  to  uni 
located  here,  five  miles  north  of  Sp 
Sunday  school  Apri 
tendent,  and  Bro.  Ch 

have  preaching  each  Sunday.— A'.  Francis  Atwood,  Sp, 
Wis.,  Aprils. 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Vanclevesville.—  The  Berkely  love  feast 
4,  at  the  Vanclevesville  meetinghouse, 
W.  Va„  at  2  P.  M.  Any  one  returning  fron 
over  the  main  line  of  B.  O.  R.  R..  is  invited 
Francis  M.  Miller,  April  2, 


Eld.  E.  Bowman  is 
it.    We  organized  a 
th  Sister  Helen  Ackley,  Superin- 
Moyer,  Assistant.    We  will  probably 


rill  be  held  June 
Berkely  County, 
Annual  Meeting, 
i  stop  with  us,— 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING, 


THE  CHRISTIAN  RACE. 


For  Thursday  Evening,  April  21,  iSgS, 

io  run  that  ye  may  obtain," — 1  Cor.  9:  24, 
The  Rack, 

1.  All  must  run  to  obtain  the  prize,     Philpp.  3: 14, 

2.  All  must  comply  with  the  conditions.     I  Cor,  g:  25;  Heb, 


II,  Essentials  of  Success. 

1.  A  concentrated  purpose.     1  Cor, 

2.  Earnestness  of  spirit.    Jude  3. 

3.  Perseverance  to  the  end.    Matt. 


!  John  8;  Col,  3: 24, 


tke  oostp^tj  nvEESSEnsro-rsiR*. 


April  i6, 


( ;o  u  i  iKSPOTSTPEisrcE. 

From  Grand  Valley,  Colo. 

Seven  more  have  been  baptized  since  our 
last  report,  making  thirteen  in  all,  during  our 
meetings  by  liro.  Snowbergcr.  We  have  one 
more  applicant,  and  others  promise  to  come 

Our  love  feast,  March  26,  was  a  feast  indeed 
to  the  older  ones  as  well  as  the  new  mem 
who  seemed  to  enjoy  it  exceedingly.  Though 
held  in  a  schoolhousc,  the  best  of  order 
had,  as  this  was  the  first  time  that  most  of  the 
audience  ever  saw  the  ordinance  of  feet-wash 
ing,  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  the  Communion  a: 
the  Brethren  observe  it.  The  general  expres- 
sion was  that  we  truly  did  what  the  Word 
teaches,  and  we  feel  that  great  goad  will  re- 
sult. 

Wc  met  in  quarterly  council  at  the  residence 
of  the  writer  March  25.  Sister  R.  A.  Snowber- 
gcr was  elected  to  represent  us  at  the  District 
Meeting,  and  the  writer  as  delegate  to  Annual 
Meeting.  Bro.  and  Sister  Snowberger  left  for 
other  fields  of  labor  on  Sunday  evening,  re- 
joicing over  the  good  results  of  their  effort 
here.  The  best  wishes  and  prayers  of  God's 
children  here  accompany  them. 

Bro.  G.  W.  Long,  of  the  Denver  Mission,  is 
preparing  to  locate  here,  in  the  future.  He 
contemplates  moving  his  family  here  in  about 
two  weeks.  Others  are  getting  ready  to  come 
as  soon  as  possible,  and  we  feel  much  encour- 
aged, and  expect,  ere  long,  to  have  a  church 
in  this  (the  east)  end  of  the  Grand  Valley. 
The  writer  located  here  two  years  ago,  with 
the  intention  of  colonizing.  We  invite  Breth- 
ren, seeking  a  change  of  residence,  to  come 
and  enjoy  our  pleasant,  healthy  climate,  and 
assist  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord.  We  need 
several  good  preachers  right  now,  to  fill  the 
calls  made  on  the  writer,  which  he  can  not  fill. 
Let  some  of  the  brethren  who  elbow  each  oili- 
er behind  the  tables,  come  and  assist  us. 

Besides  the  Renner  estate,  of  forty-four 
acres,  for  a  World-wide  Mission  Home  for  Old 
People,  wc  have  also  an  offer  of  ten  acres  near 
by,  for  a  World-wide  Mission  Home  for  the 
homeless  of  all  ages.  For  this  a  deed  will  be 
given  as  soon  as  $1,000  is  subscribed  for  im- 
provements. Wc  hope  soon  to  get  this  mis- 
sion work  started,  H.  H.  Winger. 

Palisade,  Colo.,  March  28, 


good  advantage  the  city,  along  with  the  pc 
Dili  ties  of  the  place  and  the  adjacent  coun 
No  one  can  read  this  book  without  feeling  that 
Southern  California  is  a  favored  region,  and 
that  Los  Angeles  is  a  most  desirable  city  in 
which  to  live  and  do  business.    Any  one 
templating  a  visit  to  the  place,  will  do  well  to 
read  this  book  before  going. 


From  the  Independence  Church,  Kans. 

We  met  in  quarterly  council  April  2.  Bro. 
Sidney  Hodgden,  of  Galesburg,  was  with  us. 
One  was  received  by  letter,  and  one  letter 
granted.  An  aged  and  infirm  brother  was 
sent  to  the  Old  People's  Home.  Our  delegates 
to  District  Meeting  are  brethren  Beeghly  and 
Empfield;  alternate,  Bro.  Kerkendall,  Our 
newly-elected  writing  clerk  is  Bro.  David 
Belts.  He  was  also  chosen  as  corresponding 
secretary  fur  Messenger.  Sister  Mary  C. 
Williams,  by  choice  of  the  church,  became 
agent  for  Messenger.  D.  Betts, 

Independence,  A'atis  ,  April  j. 


From  the  Laforge  Church,  Mo. 

A  short  time  ago  wc  were  surprised  at  the 
arrival  of  Bro.  Daniel  Vaniman,  who,  while 
here,  preached  two  excellent  sermons,  giving 
us  good  counsel,  which  we  appreciated  very 
much  On  Sunday,  after  his  last  sermon,  we 
were  made  to  rejoice  at  seeing  one  precious 
soul  make  the  good  confession.  We  held  our 
council  April  2.  We  appointed  our  love  feast 
for  May  26,  so  that  ministers,  on  their  way  to 
Annual  Meeting,  can  stop  off  and  be  with  us 
at  the  feast. 

We  have  an  interesting  Sunday  school,  with 

Bro.  Andrew  Peterson.as  Superintendent,  and 

Bro.  Wesley  Musser,  Assistant.     We  send  Bro. 

Moses  Cruea  as  delegate  to  District  Meeting. 

Tabitha  Cruea. 

Farrenburg,  Mo.,  Aprils. 


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CRIPE  —  FELIX.  —At    Graceport,    Wis 

March  20,  1898,  by  S.  E.  Yundt,  of  Mt.  Morril 

III.,  Bro.  Geo.  W.  Cripe  and  Sister  Viola  Feli) 

H.  J.  CRIPE, 

LICHTY  — L1VENGOOD.  —  At  the  res 
dence  of  the  bride's  parents,  March  31,  189! 
by  the  undersigned,  Mr.  Henry  Lichty,  of  Pa 
louse,  Wash.,  and  Miss  Mary  Livengood,  of 
Lanark,  111.  D.  M.  Miller. 

HUMER  — BOLLINGER. —At*  the  resi- 
dence of  the  bride's  sister,  Mrs.  S,  J.  Kester, 
March  15,  1898.  by  Rev.  Howl,  of  the  U.  B. 
church,  Mr.  Samuel  T.  Humer,  of  Cbanute, 
and  Miss  Amanda  Bollinger,  of  Glendale,  Ariz. 
Mrs.  S.  J.  Kester. 

PRICE-NICKELSON.— At  the  home  of 
the  bride's  parents,  March  17,  1898,  by  the  un- 
dersigned, Mr.  William  Price,  of  Cambria 
County,  Pa.,  and  Sister  Nellie  Nickelson,  of 
ma  County,  Pa.  .      J.  W.  Fyock. 


..  FALLEN  *  ASLEEP  •• 

"  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord." 


PRICE.— In  the  English  Prairie  church,  La- 
grange Co.,  Ind.,  March  9,  1898,  Sister  Eliza- 
beth Price,  nee  Long,  wife  of  Bro.  Geo.  Price, 
67  years,  S  months  and  17  days.  She  was 
bom  in  Somerset  County,  Pa.,  June  22,  1S30. 
was  a  member  of  the  church  for  many 
j.  One-son  and  six  daughters  were  given 
them.     One  daughter  preceded  her. 

John  Long. 

STRASBAUGH.— In  the  York  congregation, 
Nebr.,  Feb.  24,  1898,  Howard  F.,  son  of  Levi 
W,  and  Mary  Strasbaugh,  aged  23  years  and 
17  days.  Funeral  services  improved  by  Bro. 
Jos.  A.  Long  and  the  writer. 

James  P.  Lehman. 
WARFIELD.— In  the  Greenwood    church, 
:ar  Sturgeon  Bay,  Wis.,  March  25,  1898,  Al- 
phie  Ernest,  son  of  friend  Nathaniel  and  Sister 
:ave  Watfield,  aged  8  months  and  21  days. 
Funeral  by  Bro.  S.  E.  Yundt,  from  2  Sam.  12: 
;.  H.  J.  Cripe. 

CUSHMAN.— In  the  West  Branch  church, 
Ogle  Co.,  111.,  March  24,  1898,  Bro.  William 
Cushman,  aged  82  years,  2  months  and  19  days, 
-le  was  born  in   Bedford  County,  Pa.,  Jan.  5, 
816;  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Cowen,  June 
:o,  1839.    To  them  were  born  four  children. 
His  wife  and  two  children  survive  him.     He 
a  member  of  the   Brethren    church    for 
many  years.     Services  by  Bro.  M.  S.  Newcom- 
D.  A.  Rowland. 
ANTRIM.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Wabash 
church,  Ind.,  March  21,  1898,  Bro.  Mahlon  An- 
trim,  aged   69  years,  5  months  and  24   days, 
fas  the  son  of  Aden  and  Sarah  Antrim, 
and  was  born  Sept.  27,  1S28.     He  was  united  in 
arriage  to  Margaret  Stair,  Jan.  13,  1848.     To 
lis  union  were  born  four  sons  and  six  daugh- 
rs.    Two  sons  and  two  daughters  preceded 
him.     He  united  with  the  Brethren  church  in 
July,  1896,  and  lived  a  consistent  member  until 
death.     His  last  years  were  full  of  suffering, 
:aves  a  faithful  companion  and  six  chil- 
Services  in   the  Somerset   church,    by 
Eld.  Aaron  Moss,  assisted  by  Bro.  John  Straus- 
burg.  Otho  Winger. 

ROYER.— At  Deyea,  Alaska,  March  6.  1898, 
George  Roscoe  Royer,  aged  24  years  and  19 
days.  Deceased  was  a  son  of  Bro.  J.  A.  and 
Sister  Phcebe  Royer.  March  5  he  was  taken 
with  spinal  meningitis,  which  ended  his  life  in 
about  twelve  hours.  Interment  in  the  Mo- 
hawk Valley  church,  Lane  Co.,  Ore.  Funeral 
services  by  Eld.  Philip  Workman,  from  I  Cor. 
15-  George  Drury. 

HETRICK.  — At  Natron,  Pa.,  March  17, 
iSqS,  of  gastric  fever,  Paul  Clifford,  only  son 
of  C.  C.  and  E.  Hetrick,  aged  9  months  and  4 
days.  Funeral  at  Reed  Bank  by  Mr.  Wick  of 
the  M,  E.  church.  J.  A.  Hetrick, 


KELLER.  — In  the  Upper  Cumberland 
church,  Pa.,  March  18,  iSgS,  Sister  Catharine 
Keller,  wife  of  Eld.  Daniel  Keller,  deceased, 
aged  84  years,  4  months  and  14  days.  Sister 
Keller  had  been  a  great  sufferer  for  nearly 
three  years.  The  last  eighteen  months  she 
had  been  confined  to  her  bed.  Funeral  servic- 
es by  the  home  ministry,  from  Rom.  8:  18. 

J.  E.  Hollinger. 
NEHER.— In  the  South  Beatrice  church, 
Nebr.,  March  7,  1898,  Sister  Ada  Nehcr,  daugh- 
ter of  Bro.  Noah  and  Sister  Mary  Neher,  aged 
20  years,  1  month  and  18  days.  Deceased 
afilicted  with  something  like  white  swel 
which  terminated  in  consumption.  She  united 
with  the  church  when  fifteen  years  of  age 
Services  by  Bro.  Uriah  Shick,  assisted  by  Bro, 
Dell,  from  the  words,  "She  is  not  dead 
but  sleepeth."  LydiA  Dell 

WHISTLER.- In  the  Barren  Ridge  cong 
gation,  Augusta  County,  Va.,  March  15,   18 
iister  Annie  Whistler,  aged  77  years  and  st 
ral   months.     Funeral   and  interment   at   the 
Mennonite  church.     Services  by  Bro.  G.    A. 
Phillips,  assisted  by  Mr.  Jones,  of  the  Baptist 
hurch.  N.  Walter  Coffman. 

CONKLE.— In    the  Danville  church,  Knox 
Co.,  Ohio,  March  9,  1S98,  Bro.  William  Conkle, 
jed  77  years,  8  months  and  8  days,     He  was 
arried  to  Sarah   Roof,  June    26,    i860.    To 
lem  were  born  nine  children,  five  of  whom 
preceded  him.    He    was    a    member   of    the 
Brethren  church    for  about  forty  years.     His 
fe  and  four  children  are  left  to  mourn  their 
5S.     Funeral  services  by  the  writer,  and  in- 
terment near  Buckeye  City. 

C.  J.  Workman. 

SIPES.— At    Longmont,    Colo.,    March    25, 

;o8,  of  cancer  of  the  liver,  Mr.  Jacob  C.  Sipes, 

aged  64  years  and  15  days.     Uncle  Jake  was 

honorable  man,  and  respected  by  all  who 


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KAGEY.— In     Hawkinstown,     Shenandoah 
Co.,   Va.,    Feb.  27,  1898,   at  the  home  of  our 
brother,  Joel  F.  Kagey,  our  only  sister,  Lizzie 
Kagey,  aged  61   years,  4  months  and  4  days, 
buried  in  the  home  cemetery,  near  the 
home  of  our  brother,  A.  J.  Kagey.    The  de- 
rased    had   been    sorely  afflicted    for  months 
ior  to  her  death.         Anna  M.  Wayland, 
ALLDREDGE.-In  the  bounds  of  the  An- 
;rson  congregation,  214   Cincinnati  Avenue, 
Anderson,  Ind.,  March  5,  1898,  little  Ida  Ruby, 
daughter  of  Bro.  J.  S.  and  Sister  Leathy  L.  All- 
,ged  2  years,   11  months  and  9  days. 
Funeral  conducted  by   Eld.  Fred  Fesier  and 
Eld.  Joseph  Holder.     Text,  Matt.  18:  3. 

John  R.  Wellington. 

PENCE. —  In    the   Exeter   church,    York 

County,  Nebr.,  March  27,  1898,  Bro.  Thomas 

:nce,  aged  80  years  and  3  months.     He  was 

member  of  the  Brethren  church.     He  united 

th  the  church  ten  years  ago.     His  wife  died 

t  years  ago.     His  best  pleasure,  for  the  last 

e   years,  was   reading  his    Bible,     Funeral 

rvices  conducted  by  Eld.  D.  B.  Heiny,  from 

2  Tim.  4:7.  L.  C.  KLINZMAN. 

NOFFSINGER.— At  her  home  in  Walnut 

rove,  Johnstown,  Pa.,  March  28,  1898,  after 

venteen  hours'  illness  from  cholera  infantum, 

ilian  Grace,  beloved  child  of  Jacob  B.  and 

Sadie  Brallier  Noffsinger,  aged  8  months  and 

6  days.     We  how  have  two  little  ones  beckon- 

ng  to   us  from  the  angel  land.     Funeral  by 

brethren  Hiram  Lahman  and  A.  Fyock.     In- 

Headrick's.  Parents. 


CHAPMAN.— In  the  bounds  of  the  While 
Rock  congregation,  Republic  County,  Kai 
March  17,  1P9S,  of  heart  disease,  Bro.  |.  1 
Chapman,  aged  59  years,  3  months  and  5  da.. ' 
Deceased  was  a  consistent  member  of  if,, 
church  for  about  seven  years.  He  lea 
widow,  two  daughters  and  one  son.  Funeral 
services  conducted  by  Bro.  J.  W.  Jarboe,  in  the 
Christian  church  at  Courtland,  Kans. 

Myrtie  Myers. 

BROWN.— In  Fulton  County,  Ind.,  Marc 
27,  1898,  Sydney  Matilda  Brown,  aged  5, 
years,  2  months  and  17  days.  She  united  j0 
marriage  with  Abraham  Dillman,  March  1 
1859.  She  never  identified  herself  with  any 
church.  She  leaves  a  kind  husband  and  : 
eral  children.  Services  by  the  writer,  from 
James  14:  4.  Interment  in  the  Bethel  ceme. 
tery,  Fulton  County,  Ind.     David  Swihart. 

HOSTETLER.  — In  the  Pleasant  Valley] 
church,  Elkhart  Co.,  Ind.,  March  25,  1898,  Sis. 
ter  Sarah  J.  Hostetler,  aged  38  years,  I  month 
and  23  days.  Her  maiden  name  was  Black-' 
ford.  She  was  united  in  marriage  to  J.  W. 
Hostetler  Sept.  8,  1879.  This  union 
blessed  by  seven  children,  two  of  whom  died 
in  their  infancy.  She  leaves  a  husband,  four 
sons,  one  daughter,  father,  mother,  four  broth- 
ers and  two  sisters.  She  united  with  the 
Brethren  church  in  January,  1891,  and  lived 
ever  faithful.  Funeral  at  the  Forest  Grove 
church.  Services  by  Thurston  Miller,  from 
Rev.  14:  13.  L.  E.  Weavi 

WILLIAMS.— In  the  Woodland  church, 
Mich.,  March  18,  1898,  Sister  Rebecca  Cai 
line,  wife  of  Daniel  C.  Williams,  aged  54  years, 
z  months  and  26  days.  She  was  born  in  Rock- 
ngham  County,  Va.,  Dec.  22,  1833.  She  w; 
married  Dec.  21,  1851.  To  this  union  we 
born  thirteen  children,  ten  of  whom  survh 
her.  In  early  life  she  united  with  the  Brethre 
church,  in  which  she  remained  faithful  to  her 
death.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Eld.  1 
Miller,  deceased.  Services  by  Bro.  Isaiahl 
Rairigh  and  Eld.  Alldredge. 

John  M.  Shi- 

FRANTZ— In  the  Donnels  Creek  church, 
Ohio,  March  13,  1898,  Sister  Catharine  Frantz, 

idow  of  Christian  Frantz,  aged  87  years,  ig 

months  and  6  days.     Funera^  ccrawon    jm. 

proved  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  J.  D.  Sandy. 

Henry  Frantz. 

MILLER.— In  the  Greenmount  church,  Va„ 

March  23,  1898,  of  heart  trouble,  Sister  Hettie 

E.    Miller,     wife    of    Eld.    Benjamin    Miller, 

70  years,   1    month    and    7    days,     She 

leaves  a  sorrowing   husband  and  seven 

Five  children  preceded  her  to  the 

rid.    Those  living  are  all  members  of  the 

church.    She  was  a  great  sufferer  for  the  last 

ven  weeks  of  her  life.     Services  at  Green 

ount  church  by  the  Brethren.     Text,  2  Tin 

6.  Jacob  A.  Gakder. 

BRUMBAUGH.— In  the  James  Creek  con 
gregation,   Huntingdon   County,    Pa.,  Jan.  U 
Sister  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Bro.  Levi  Brum 


KAUFFMAN— In  the  Monticello  church, 
Ind.,  March  25,  189S,  Sister  Mary  Kauffman, 
ged  30  years  and  17  days.  She  was  married 
0  Geo.  D.  Kauffman,  Dec.  30,  1888,  who  pre- 
eded  her  Feb.  2,  1897.  To  them  were  born 
four  children,  one  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 
Services  by  M.  M.  Sherrick,  on  the  Sunday  fol- 
lowing. A.  R.  Bridge. 

REPLOGLE,  —  In    the     New     Enterprise 
church,  Pa.,  March  13,  1898,  Bro.  John  W„  son 
of   Bro.   Isaac  and   Sister  Hannah    Replogle, 
aged    17  years  and   19  days.     The    deceased 
1  noble  young  man.     He  united  with  the 
church  when  quite   young,  and  was  honored 
d  respected  by  all  who  knew  him,  for  the 
nsistent  Christian  life  that  he   lived.     His 
death  was  caused  by  a  kick  from  a  horse,  re- 
ed several  years  ago,  from  which  he  never 
fully  recovered.     Funeral   services  by  elders 
D.  T.  Detwiler  and  L,  T.  Stuckey,  from  John 
i,  H.  A,  Buck, 


ml.* 


Deceased  leaves  three  dauglffrs  and  two  sons, 
11  members  of  the  Brethren  church.  Funeral 
ervices  conducted  by  brethren  G.  W.  Brum- 
baugh and  G.  B.  Brumbaugh.  E.  S.  B, 

FEY.— At  Chicago,  III.,  March  28,  1898,0! 

.pillary   bronchitis,    Raymond    L.  J.,  son  0'  j 

ro.  Lois  S.  and  Sister  Ma'ry  M.  Fey,  aged  S 

months.    Services  by  brethren  W.  R.  Miller  j 

and  S.  E.  Yundt,  from  Rom.  8:  28.     InterrneDt 

Naperville,  111.  Reuben  H.  Fey.    1 

ARONHALT.— In  the  Alleghany  congrega- 

m,  West  Virginia,  March  14, 1898,  Bro.  Adam 

Aronhalt,  aged  about  61   years.     He  leaves  a 

fe  and  11  children,  Raphael  Bakek. 

BIGLER— At  Rothbury,  Oceana  Co.,  Mich-  ' 
March  n,  1898,  Frances  Frederick,  son  of  J* 
cob  and  Sister  Emma  Bigler,  aged  11  years 
and  14  days.  He  was  born  near  Horatio. 
Darke  Co.,  Ohio,  Feb.  25,  1887.  There  being 
Brethren  near,  his  funeral  was  conducted 
by  Mr.  Wood.  He  was  an  invalid  all  his  life. 
but  seemed  cheerful  and  happy.  After  an  at- 
tack of  measles,  pneumonia  set  in,  which  end- 
id  his  life.  He  realized  his  time  was  near  at 
hand.  J.  Y.  SollenberGER. 

ALBRIGHT.— At  Yellow  Creek,  111.,  March 
2,  1898,  Sister  Martha  Albright,  aged  69  years, 
o  months  and  14  days.  Her  husband  pre- 
ceded her  Dec.  ii,  1890.  Funeral  services  by 
Eld.  D.  B.  Eby.  D.  J.  BlOCHER. 


April  16,  18 


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ANNOUNCEMENTS 

DISTRICT  MEETINGS. 

ustern  District  of  Maryland,  ia  Beaver- 
!,  Second  District  of  Virglnln,  in  Wood- 
A  M.  District  of  Northern  Illinois  and 
y  previous . 


April  i 
April  29, 


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nsylvania.  New 


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1  ';s',.i-t hern  Colorado, 
May 

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hvestern    Kane 

betlainterobur 

Sou theni tern  Kansas  r 


;  the  Strip  andl 


LOVE  FEASTS. 


April  9\Anliet 
April  £2,  4  P.M. 
April  25,  20,  1  P. 
April  M.  *  P.M. 
April  30,  Hoyle 
April  10,  l:  MP- 
April  SU.rP.M. 


Apr! 


'.  M., 


Pleasant  HU1,  111. 
il.,  Clilqaes  church.  Pa. 

Hickory  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  Ill, 
ihnroh,  Hoyle,  Okla.T. 
M.,  Pipe  Creek  church,  Md. 

Williams  Creek,  Texas. 

Kansas  Center  church,  Kans. 
louring  Spring  charch.  Fa. 


a  church. 


r.  liou 


i  church.  Pa. 
0  P.  M.,  Philadelphia  church.  Pa. 
May  .7,  4  P.  M.,  Middle  Fork  church,  lud. 

May  7,  8,  2  P.  M.,  NapervJllo  church,  III. 

May  7, 4  P.  M.,  Logan  ehurob,  Ohio,  near  DegralT. 

May  7, 1 :  80  P.  M  ,  Marsh  Creek,  Gettysburg, 


CHURCH  DIRECTORY. 


V-   M  ;S.S.,   lo   A.M.,   CiL-lc   Kl-.uHuk,    Wcdncs-Uy.    I 

.  M. 

LOS  ANGELES.  CAL.-136  S.  Hancock  St..  East  Lo; 


BALTIMORE  CITY  1 

Locust  Point.  Services  e: 


might.   PreeReac 


M.;  preaching, 
WASHINGTON,  U.  C.— Naval  Lodj;e  Building,  Co 


D.  C.    __„. 
,.S.  E.    Preaching,  1 


M..  at   Old  Schoolhoui 


St.    S.  S-.  10  A.  M.    Preaching, 
DAYTON,  OHIO.— College  f 

meeting,  6: 30  Y.  M,;  preaching, 
BALTIMORE.  MD.—  Nortln 


May  7 
May  7 
May  7 
May  7 


B,  1:  30  P.  M.,  Pleasant  View  church,  Kans 

8.10  A.M.,  Hade's,  Pa. 

l  P,  M-,  Clover  Creek,  Pa. 

*,  2  P.  M„  Navarre  church,  Kens, 

J,2P,  M.,  Eden  Valley  church,  Sans, 

J  P.  M.,  Garborohuroh,  Yu. 
',  Pleasant  Valley,  Texas. 
,  6  P.  M.,  Nettle  Creek  church,  Hngerstown 


May  11, 15,  Manor 
May  14,  2  P.  M.,  Bi 
May  14,  North  Be 


chnrih,  Md. 
lom,  Reno  Co,,  Kans, 
Uiioe  church,  Nebr. 
vvons  St.,  Des  Molnes,*In 
g  Creek,  Oklahoma  Terrll 
Plains,  Okla, 
Cherry  Grove,  111. 

oodbury,  Pa. 


r  church,  Nebr. 


S,  S  ,  10  A.  M.;  preaching, 
P  M.    Take  west-bound  Larimer  v,noi 
DES  MOINES.  IOWA -1606  E.  Li 

M     :.,,,,  i.inj;,  ii  A.M..  n  P.  M.    Chi 
;  Prayer  Meeting.  Tim  rfd,«y.  SI'. 


aKblocks 

0  K  M."   Bi: 

,',  M.  and  7:  30  P.  M 
(West  Side).  S.  S. 
*.  M.;  General  prayer 
|o  A.  M.,  7:30  P.M. 
:  Baltimore  Ml 
.,  Sur.din 
P.M. 
.  and  Irvini 


r  nit  1  tiuy.  ■, 
1  St.    S.S..  n 


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Rates  per  Inch,  each  I 


One  month  U  times) 

Three  months  (13  times) 

Six  months  (26  times), 

One  year  (Sz  times) 

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ted  unless  mounted 


May  31, 22, 2  P.  M.,  Chapman  Creek  church,  Kans. 

May  22.  i  P.  M.,  New  Enterprise  church,  Pa. 

May  24,  2  P.  M.,  Bachelors  Itun.  Flora,  Ind. 

May  2*,  25,  Dallas  Center  church,  Iowa. 

May  25,  4  P.  M.,  Okaw  church,  Laplace,  111 

May  25,  4  P.M.,  Belleville,  Kans. 

May  28, 27,  2  P.  M.,  Aughwlck  ohurch,  Pa. 

May  28,  Palestine  church,  Ohio. 

May  20,  2  P.  M.,  Salimonie  church,  Ind. 

May  24,  £7,  Upper   Conewago,  Pa, 

May  28,  l:f0  P.  M.,  Pleasant  Hill  church,  Md. 

May  28,  2  P.  M., Cedar  ohurch,  Iowa. 

May  28, 10,  2  P.  M.,  Fieeiand  church,  W.  Va, 

May  28,  Elkllok,  Pa. 

May  28,2  P.  M.,  Pleasant  View  church,  Iowa. 

May  :)!,  June  1,  2  P.  M„  at  Goodwill  House,  Lost 


1  Blackford  County,  Ind. 

10  A.  M.,  Indian  Creek  church,  Iowa. 


,  Won 


ngtoi 


e  Creek,  111, 
e  4,  New  Philadelphia,  Ohio. 
e  4, 5, 10  A.  M.,  Newton,  Kans. 
e  4,  2  P.  At.,  Oakland  ehurob,  Ohio, 
e  4, 8  P.  M„  Mt.  Zion  church,  Ohio. 
e  4, 10  A,  M.,  Columbia  City,  Ind. 
e  4,  2  P.  M.,  Falls  City  ohurch,  Nebr. 
e4, 5,  2  P.  M.,  Franklin  Grove,  III. 
e  4,  4  P,  M.,  James  Creek  church,  Pa. 
e  4,  2  P.  M.,  Ilocklnghnm  ehurob,  Mo. 
e  5,  6  P.  M.,  Sugar  Ridge,  Ohio. 
6  7, 10  A.  M.,  Woll creek  church,  Ohio. 

e  8,  4  P.  M„  Rock  Run  church,  Goshen,  1 

e  10,  Yellow  River,  Ind. 

e  10,  Mississlnewn,  Iud. 

e  11,  Mt.  Etna,  Iowa. 

0  11,10  A.  M.,  Wyandot  church,  Ohio. 

ell,  Oak  Grove,  Ohio, 

e  11, 2  P.  M.,  Sugar  Creek,  Ohio. 

e  11, 2  P.  M.,  English  Prairie  ohurch,  Ind 

e  11, 10  A.  M.,  Swon  Creek  church,  Ohio. 

e  11, 12,  Pleasant  Prairie  church,  Iowa. 

e  11, 2  P.  M.,  Batavla  church,  111. 

e  11,4  P.M.,  South  English,  Iowa. 


June  11, 12, 1  P.  M.,  Silver  Creek  church,  III. 

June  11, 10  A.  M.,  Grundy  Connty  ehurob,  Iowa. 

June  11, 12,  Sterling,  111. 

Jane  17,  South  Keokuk,  Iowa. 

June  17, 10  A,  M.,  Bear  Creek,  Ind. 

June  17, 11  A.  M.,  South  Keokuk  church,  Iowa. 

June  IB,  10  A.  M„  South  Waterloo,  Iowa. 

June  18, 11  A.  M.,  Deep  River  church,  Iow». 

June  18,  8  P.  M„  East  house,  Klngsley,  Iowa. 

June  13, 10,  Seneoa  ohurch,  Ohio. 

Jane  25,  26, 10  A.  M.,  Boone  River  church,  Iowa. 

July  2,  Elkhart  church,  Iowa, 

ilaly  !,  2  P.  M„  Des  Moines  Valley  chuiob,  Iowa. 


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April  16, 


Greatest    Success    in    the    History 
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A  Case  Which 
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A  grateful  mother  from  "West 
Hobokeii,  Nebr.,  sends  us  the  fol- 
lowing for  publication.  We  glad- 
ly grant  her  wish,  as  we  fully 
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My  little  girl,  twelve  years  old, 
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she  was  hardly  able  to  get  up  the 
stairs.  I  put  her  to  bed,  gave  her 
a  dose  of  Dr.  Peter's  Blood  Vi- 
talizes at  once,  and  rubbed  her 
back  and  cheat  with  the  Oleum 
Liniment.  (I  always  keep  these 
remedies  in  the  house.)  As  the 
symptoms  were  very  alarming,  I 
sent  for  our  family  physician  at 
the  same  time.  When  he  arrived, 
he  examined  her  carefully,  and 
then  he  asked  me,  '  What  medicine 
have  you  given  the  little  one? '  I 
showed  him  both  bottles;  he  ap- 
proved at  once  of  my  treatment, 
saying, 'It  is  lucky;  you  have  done 
as  much  as  I  could,  you  have  saved 
your  child  from  an  attack  of  black 
diphtheria.'  My  favorite  house- 
hold remedy  had  checked  the  dis- 
ease. I  earnestly  advise  all  moth- 
ers, who  have  the  welfare  of  their 
children  at  heart,  to  keep  these 
remedies  in  the  house  in  cases  of 
emergency,  as  we  never  know  how 
how  soon  we  may  be  in  need  of  a 
reliable  family  remedy." 

Dn.  Peter's  Blood  Vitalized. 
is  pre-eminently  the  mothers'  and 
children's  friend.  By  its  timely 
use,  sorrow  and  anxiety  are  avert- 
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health  and  happiness  the  result. 
Unlike  other  ready-prepared  medi- 
cines, it  is  not  to  be  obtained  in 
drug-stores,  but/only  of  the  manu- 
facturer direct,  or  special  local 
agents.  For  the  protection  of  the 
public,  every  bottle  bears  a  regis- 
tered number  on  the  top  of  the 
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Voices  from  India.    By  Julia  H.  Johnston,  .  ; ; 1 

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Hooks  on  Religion.     By  Jennie  C.  Baker s 

Ridiculed  the  Preacher ; 

GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT  — 

India.    In  Five  Parts.— Part  3 s 

An  Absolute  Necessity.    By  P.  B.  Fitzwater 1 

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^EDITORIAL  *  MISCELLANY-^ 


Whether  we  shall  have  a  long  and  expensive 
war  with  Spain  remains  to  be  seen,  but  it  is  to  be 
regretted  that  a  number  of  ministers  in  this  coun- 
try have  so  far  forgotten  their  calling  as  to  dese- 
crate their  pulpits  by  preaching  war  sermons,  and 
thus  helping  to  inflame  the  already  excited  minds  of 
the  people.  They  should  know  that  the  founder 
of  the  Christian  religion  was  a  man  of  peace,  that 
he  discouraged  war  on  every  hand,  taught  his  dis- 
ciples to  love  their  enemies  and  pray  for  those 
that  despitefully  use  them.  His  purpose  was  to  in- 
troduce and  encourage  an  era  of  peace,  when  war 
should  be  no  more,  and  now  for  men,  who  claim 
to  be  Christian  preachers,  to  stand  at  their  sacred 
desks  and  encourage  the  war  spirit,  instead  of  trying 
to  pour  oil  on  the  troubled  waters,  is  the  gravest 
piece  of  inconsistency  in  Christendom.  What  the 
Independent  has  to  say  on  the  war  question  is  a 
happy  contrast  with  all  this,  and  should  put  some 
of  the  preachers  to  open  shame.  It  says:  "Does 
the  President's  recommendation  mean  war?  Not 
necessarily.  Let  Congress  give  him  the  authority 
he  asks,  and  then  with  the  power  of  intervention  in 
his  hands,  he  will  undoubtedly  resume  diplomatic 
negotiations  with  Spain  and  press  her  to  a  decis- 
ion on  an  ultimatum  which  she  will  not  venture  to 
disregard.  The  war  in  Cuba  must  cease.  This  is 
imperative.  We  do  not  know  whether  the  insur- 
gents will  accept  her  proposed  armistice  or  not; 
probably  not.  It  is  not  for  us  to  force  them  to  do 
so.  But  it  is  for  us  to  ask  Spain  to  withdraw  her 
troops  from  the  island  and  leave  it  to  the  people 


to  set  up  such  form  of  Government  as  they  may 
deem  best.  .  .  .  Let  him  have  the  power  and  he 
will  secure  a  free  Cuba  with  no  entanglements  and 
no  war.  Spain,  constrained  by  the  force  of  circum- 
stances and  the  voice  of  Europe,  will  withdraw, 
and  we  shall  yet  escape  the  horrors  of  war.  War 
at  this  stage  of  civilization,  at  this  age  of  Chris- 
tianity! War  that  cures  woe  by  woe,  torture  by 
torture,  slaughter  by  slaughter,  famine  by  famine, 
death  by  deathl  It  must  not  be.  Not  this  coun- 
try alone,  but  all  the  Powers  of  Christian  Europe 
must  join  the  prayer  for  peace,  Kneeling  under 
the  shadow  of  the  sepulcher  out  of  which  our  Lord 
has  arisen,  we  pray  for  peace, — not  at  the  cost  of 
our  brothers'  liberty,  but  for  peace." 


In  this  land  of  peace  and  prosperity  it  is  impos- 
sible for  us  to  realize  how  much  real  suffering  is  go- 
ing on  in  Cuba,  The  horrors  of  war  on  that  fair  is- 
land are  worse  than  anything  experienced  by  the 
Armenians  at  the  hands  of  the  Turks  a  few  years 
ago.  For  example,  it  is  related  that  Guines,  hav- 
ing a  population  of  6,000,  had,  as  a  result  of  the 
Weyltr  order,  9,000  reconcenirados, — persons  driven 
from  their  homes  in  .the  county,— added  to  it.  Of 
these,  6,68/  died  in  about  eleven  months.  At  Ja- 
ruco  there  were  6,070  reconcenirados;  deaths,  in  less 
than  twelve  months,  4,375.  St.  Nicolas  had  1,500 
population  and  4.000  reconcenirados;  of  these  1,142 
died  in  less  than  eleven  months.  Madruga  had 
2,289  population  and  5,833  reconcenirados;  of  whom 
2,751  died  in  ten  months.  There  were  over  99,000 
recancenfrados  in  the  province  of  Matanzas,  of  whom 
20,044  have  died  from  epidemic,  inanition  and  hun- 
ger. The  condition  in  other  provinces  is  declared 
to  be  even  worse. 


The  Nicaragua  Canal  scheme  is  receiving  a  good 
deal  of  attention  of  late,  and  since  our  complica- 
tion with  Spain,  the  Government  greatly  feels  the 
need  of  a  ship  canal  across  Central  America  at 
some  convenient  point.  Some  weeks  ago  the  war- 
ship Oregon  left  San  Francisco  en  route  for  the  Cu- 
ban waters,  and  in  order  to  reach  her  destination, 
will  have  to  sail  around  South  America,  requiring 
a  month  more  to  make  the  voyage.  Were  there  a 
good  canal  in  operation  at  Panama  or  Nicaragua,  a 
trip  of  this  kind  would  be  a  matter  of  only  a  few 
days,  Besides,  the  canal  would  be  of  immense 
commercial  value  between  the  eastern  coast  of  the 
United  States  and  the  Pacific  Coast,  as  well  as 
China,  Japan,  and  the  islands  of  the  Pacific.  The 
Canal  Commission  has  nearly  finished  its  labors, 
and  learns  that  the  Nicaragua  route  is  quite  feasi- 
ble, and  that  the  construction  of  the  canal,  includ- 
ing several  locks  and  dams,  will  cost  far  less 
than  was  at  first  estimated.  Chicago  contractors, 
who  have  had  considerable  experience  in  this  kind 
of  work,  and  who  recently  examined  the  proposed 
route,  stand  ready  to  undertake  the  construction 
of  the  great  highway,  provided  the  United  States 
will  guarantee  the  necessary  protection  in  the  case 
of  a  war  between  Nicaragua  and  Costo  Rico.  In 
due  time  we  shall  have  a  report  from  the  commis- 
sion; then  more  can  belaid  concerning  the  project. 


.  letter  from  one  of  the  commissioners  gives 
some  important  facts  that  will  be  of  interest  to 
those  who  have  given  the  Nicaragua  Canal  enter- 
prise any  attention.  The  contents  of  the  commu- 
nication is  thus  summed  up:  "  The  canal  involves 
(1)  a  canal  and  excavation;  (2)  Cn  artificial  basin, 
including  the  San  Francisco  Valley  and  Lake  Nic- 
aragua; (3)  the  River  San  Juan,  Commencing  at 
Greytown,  on  the  east,  there  are   ten   miles    of 


swampy  ground  to  the  foot-hills  of  the  East  Di- 
vide. Three  locks  will  raise  the  canal  to  the  sum- 
mit level;  then  follow  one  hundred  and  forty-four 
miles  of  level  canal  before  the  next  lock.  Here 
comes  the  most  difficult  part  of  the  whole  work,— 
a  continuous  deep  cut  for  three  miles  through  sol- 
id rock  to  the  San  Francisco  basin,  which  extends 
for  about  twelve  miles  to  the  San  Juan  River. 
Next  to  the  rock  cut  the  most  serious  part  of 
the  undertaking  is  a  great  dam  in  the  San  Juan 
River,  at  Ochoa,  just  below  the  San  Francisco 
Valley.  The  great  difficulty  is  to  find  good  foun- 
dation. The  mud  in  many  places  is  very  deep, 
extending  even  below  the  sea  levels;  but  the  latest 
reports  show  that  rock  bottom  has  been  found, 
These  dams  once  completed,  there  remains  the 
blasting  of  some  shelves  of  rock  in  the  San  Juan, 
and  a  water  highway  is  secured  from  within  sight 
of  the  Caribbean  Sea,  to  within  seventeen  miles  of 
the  Pacific  Coast.  The  West  Coast  offers  no  se- 
rious difficulty.  The  country  is  low  and  rolling, 
and  a  series  of  locks,  with  a  single  basin,  will  bring 
the  canal  to  Brito.  The  coast  is  made  up  of  long 
stretches  of  sand  beach,  separated  by  bold  prom- 
ontories. The  harbor  will  be  formed  by  dredging 
back  into  the  beach  and  running  a  long  break- 
water parallel  to  the  shore  from  one  of  the  head- 
lands. For  the  most  part  the  sea  is  smooth. 
These,  with  some  dredging  at  Greytown,  and  a  sys- 
tem of  weirs  and  sluices,  to  provide  for  the  over- 
flow of  the  lake,  comprise  the  chief  features  of  the 
enterprise."  

England  is  meeting  with  marked  success  in  ex- 
tending her  influence  and  authority  up  the  Nile  in 
Egypt.  For  years,  the  Dervishes,  a  savage  and 
warlike  people,  have  opposed  the  extension  of  her 
rule  in  the  upper  Nile  region.  During  the  past 
six  months  several  minor  engagements  between  the 
English  forces  and  the  Dervishes  have  resulted 
in  favor  of  the  former.  Several  days  ago  it  was 
learned  that  Mahmud  Pasha,  with  a  large  force, 
was  strongly  entrenched  at  Atbara.  By  a  night 
march,  the  English  forces,  13,000  strong,  and  well 
supplied  with  artillery,  including  twelve  maxims, 
reached  the  Dervish  camp  early  in  the  morning 
and  opened  fire  which  was  vigorously  returned. 
The  fire  of  the  English  played  havoc  in  the  camp 
of  their  enemies.  After  an  hour  or  more  of  this 
kind  of  work  came  a  charge  of  terrible  consequence 
to  the  Dervishes.  They  were"  routed  and  fled 
in  great  confusion,  leaving  about  2, coo  on  the  field, 
with  the  loss  of  1,000  in  the  pursuit  that  followed, 
and  at  least  1,000  prisoners,  Mahmud  Pasha  was 
also  captured.  The  loss  of  the  English,  while  bad 
enough,  was  comparatively  small.  This  opens  the 
way  for  England  to  push  her  conquest  still  further 
to  the  south,  and  will  result  in  placing  the  whole 
Nile  country  in  a  far  better  condition,  If  the  con- 
ditions along  the  Nile  should  continue  to  improve 
as  they  have  in  the  last  few  years,  Egypt  may  yet  be 
permitted  to  enjoy  a  degree  of  prosperity  that  will 
compare  well  with  that  which  existed  in  the  times 
of  Joseph  and  Moses, 


Not  until  one  o'clock  Tuesday  morning  did  the 
House  and  Senate  agree  on  joint  resolutions  regard- 
ing the  Cuban  question.  In  these  resolutions  it  is 
declared  that  the  people  of  the  Island  of  Cuba,  of 
right,  ought  to  be  free  and  independent.  It  is  also 
demanded  that  Spain  at  once  relinquish  her  authori- 
ty in  the  Island,  and  withdraw  her*  armies,  The 
President  is  duly  authorized  to  employ,  if  neces- 
sary, the  military  forces  of  this  country,  to  enforce 
this  demand,    This  looks  very  much  like  war, 


THE   GOSPEL   HVEESSrEIN-Q-ErR. 


April  23,  18 


•ESSAYS 

oshow  thyself  n 

VOICES  FROM  INDIA. 

Hark!    Fiom  far  distances  voices  arc  calling; 

Hushed  be  carlo's  clamor,  be  silent  and  hear. 
Thrilling  the  heart  with  sad  cadences  fal'ing,      • 

Ccme  the  appeals  in  their  syllables  clear. 
India's  daughters,  in  cloistered  ztnanas, 

KnowiDg  no  long  but  the  breath  of  a  sigh, 
While  we  are  chanting  our  joyous  hosannas 

Send  o'er  the  ocean  their  heart-breaking  cry. 
Lips  that  are  muffled  yet  utter  their  story, 

O  the  sad  plea  of  their  multiplied  wrongs; 
Grim  superstition  grown  ancient  and  hoary, 

Shuts  in  dim  prisons  these  languishing  throngs. 
Little  child-widows,  with  piteous  p'cading, 

Beaten  and  scorned  with  no  hope  of  release, 
Call  to  us  blindly,  their  woes  interceding, 

Claiming  from  cs  the  sweet  message  of  peace. 

—Julia  ][.  Johnston,  in  Mid  continent. 


ON  THE  WAY  TO  INDIA.-No. 


From  Jaffa  to  Bulaar. 

After  waiting  six  days  at  Jaffa  for  a  smooth  sea, 
we  took  the  sleamer  "Saturno,"  of  the  Austrian 
Lloyd  Line,  for  Port  Said.  We  make  connection 
with  the  "Britannia"  at  Pott  Said,  leaving  there  on 
the  evening  of  Dec.  15,  my  birthday,  for  Australia. 
About  four  P.  M.  we  launch  out  into  the  Suez  Ca- 
nal, and  reach  the  Gulf  of  Suez  about  seven  o'clock 
next  morning.  This  great  ditch  is  88  miles  long 
at  the  surface,  325  feet  wide,  and  at  the  bottom  72 
feet  wide,  with  a  depth  of  26  feet.  It  was  ten 
years  in  building  and  cost  about  S91.2so.oco  As 
most  of  our  passage  through  the  canal  was  in  the 
night,  we  failed  to  see  where  it  passed  through  the 
three  small  lakes. 

We  lay  at  Suez  about  two  hours.  As  this  is 
near,— perhaps  a  little  south,— of  where  Moses  led 
the  Israelites  across  the  Sea,  it  has  special  interest 
to  all  Bible  students. 

We  are  sure  that  we  crossed  Moses'  route  some- 
where on  this  trip,  but  we  were  not  able  to  pick 
out  the  exact  place. 

A  little  way  south  of  Suez  a  green  patch  in  the 
desert  marks  the  supposed  site  of  "  Moses'  Wells." 
If  this  is  the  real  location  of  Elim  we  would  be 
able  to  locate  the  place  of  Moses'  crossing  the  sea 
within  a  few  miles,  by  making  a  good  guess, 

We  have  a  very  smooth  trip  through  the  Red 
Sea.  We  find  it  disagreeably  cold  part  of  the  way 
without  our  rugs.  At  the  lower  end  of  the  sea  it 
was  very  pleasant  on  deck,  but  rather  warm  in  our 
berths. 

We  pass  nothing  of  special  interest  except  as 
we  look  out  over  the  great  Arabian  Desert  and  re- 
member the  forty  years  of  sad  wandering  that  the 
children  of  Israefspent  here. 

We  are  able  to  see  the  Sinaitic  range  of  moun- 
tains, but  cannot  see  Mt.  Sinai.  We  pass  within 
about  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of  Mecca,  but 
must  content  ourselves  by  looking  towards  this  sa- 
cred city.  The  followers  of  Mohammed  make  at 
least  one  pilgrimage  here  when  it  is  within  their 
power  to  do  so. 

At  Aden  we  ara  transferred  by  a  steam  tug  to 
the  Carthage,  which  is  bound  for  Bombay. 

We  leave  Aden  about  4:  30  on  the  evening  of  the 
20'.h.  Our  trip  has  been  a  very  pleasant  one,  the 
weather  has  not  been  uncomfortably  hot.  We 
have  had  a  strong  head  wind  during  part  of  the 
trip,  hence  are  a  little  behind  in  reaching  Bombay. 

Christmas  has  been  a  very  pleasant  day  at  sea. 
We  had  expected  to  be  in  Bombay  this  morning, 
but  will  not  be  there  until  about  seven  to  morrow. 
Sunday,  Dec.  26,  we  land  and  find  brethren  Stover 
and  Forney  waiting  to  welcome  us.  We  spend 
Monday  in  Bombay,  visit  the  bazaars  and  the  mar- 
ket. We  find  the  market  fully  equal  to  a  Chicago  or 
a  Baltimore  market.  There  is  no  lack  for  a  varie- 
ty of  food,  fruits  or  meats.  Anything  you  want 
you  can  get. 


We  find  the  weather  much  cooler  than  we  ex- 
pected, especially  at  night.  A  good  heavy  woolen 
blanket  and  a  quilt  is  not  too  much  cover. 

We  take  the  train  at  9  o'clock  on  Monday  even- 
ing, arriving  at  Bulsar  about  six  on  Tuesday  morn- 
ing. We  pass  through  Ihe  quarantine  without 
trouble.  The  plague  is  on  the  increase,  and  will 
not  likely  be  better  until  warm  weather  sets  in. 
Twelve  miles  is  the  nearest  point  it  has  reached 
to  Bulsar.  We  have  commenced  work  on  our  Gu- 
jerati,  and  have  preaching  in  English  each  even- 
ing this  week.     All  are  well  and  happy. 

We  can  but  feel  to  thank  the  Lord  that  he  has 
given  us  health  and  a  prosperous  journey,  bringing 
us  safely  to  our  post  of  duty.     May  we  do  his  will! 

WHY  IS  IT? 

BY    NOAH   LONGANECKER. 

The  above  question  frequently  comes  to  our 
mind  when  King  James'  version  of  the  Bible  is  ob- 
jected to  on  certain  texts.  Such  objectors  find 
fault  with  the  copies  used  by  King  James'  trans- 
lators. Why  is  it?  Is  it  because  those  copies  are 
not  reliable?  Perhaps  those  copies  do  not  suit 
our  taste.  Do  not  our  translators  use  the  most  re- 
liable copies?  They  should  at  least,  and  we  believe 
they  do. 

Let  us  illustrate!  Some  years  since  we  wrote  an 
essay  on  the  following  text:  "And  he  said  unto 
them,  With  desire  I  have  desired  to  eat  this  pass- 
over  with  you  before  I  suffer:  For  I  say  unto  you, 
I  will  not  any  more  eat  thereof,  until  it  be  fulfilled 
in  the  kingdom  of  God."  Luke  22:  15,  16.  Some 
objected  to  our  exposition  of  the  text  on  the 
ground  that  Wilson  in  his  translation  omits  the 
words  "any  more:'  In  referring  to  Wilson  we  found 
the  copy  from  which  he  translated  has  the  words 
"no  mart,"  but  in  his  marginal  notes  he  says, 
"em't  no  more!'  "Why  is  it?"  was  the  query  in 
our  mind.  We  referred  the  query  to  a  disinterest- 
ed, learned  scholar.  He  .replied,  "Probably  some 
copies  omit  the  words."  He  then  took  some  cop- 
ies from  his  extensive  library.  In  the  most  relia- 
ble copy, — as  he  said, — he  found  it  contained  the 
words.  He  then  continued  his  examination  of  the 
most  reliable  copies,  and  all  had  the  words.  Fi- 
nally he  said,  "  Here  is  a  copy  that  is  not  reliable." 
On  examination  he  found  the  copy  omitted  the 
words.  This  gave  us  a  confidence  in  King  James' 
translation  that  it  is  hard  for  us  to  lose.  We  were 
made  to  believe  that  our  English  Bible  was  trans- 
lated from  some  reliable  copies.  Wilson  must  have 
used  one  of  those  reliable  copies.  But  the  troub- 
le with  him  was,  if  his  copy  did  not  suit  htm  he  had 
to  add  some  marginal  or  foot-notes. 

Say  some,  "  Does  not  our  English  Bible  contain 
some  words  that  are  not  in  the  original  copies?" 
It  does.  But  whenever  we  find  such  words,  they 
are  printed  in  Italics.  The  first  of  such  words  in 
the  New  Testament  are  in  Matt.  1:  6,  "That  had 
been  the  wife,"  "Why  is  it?  "  Do  they  make  the 
original  plainer  in  our  English?  As  a  rule  they  do. 
At  least  that  was  the  design  of  the  authors.  But  is 
such  always  the  case?  We  think  not.  Note  John 
13:10.  "He  that  is  washed  needeth  not  save  to 
wash  his  feet."  Does  the  word  "his"  make  the 
text  plainer?    We  think  not. 

Again,  note  2  Tim.  3:  16:  "All  Scripture  is  given 
by  inspiration  of  God."  Does  the  word  "  is  "  make 
the  text  plainer?  One  more.  Why  is  it  that 
the  words  "it  is"  are  supplied  by  the  author  in 
Matt.  6:  io,  and  not  in  Luke  11:  25?  "Thy  will 
be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven."  "  Thy  will  be 
done,  as  in  heaven,  so  in  earth."  But  whether  all 
such  emphatic  words,  as  supplied  by  the  authors, 
make  the  text  plainer  or  not,  we  are  thankful  that 
they  are  all  printed  in  Italic  letters.  When  we  no- 
tice all  such  words  carefully  and  thoughtfully,  we 
will  find  a  rich  treasury  for  thought. 

But  "why  is  it"  that  we  are  so  ready  to  set  aside 
the  most  reliable  copies  of  the  original,  used  by 
our  translators,  and  supply  in  their  stead  those  that 
are  not  so  reliable?  Does  it  not  seem  that  we 
think  those  reliable  copies  are  not  favorable  to  our 


pet  views?  We  will  not  judge  others,  but  we  know 
how  such  a  course  would  betray  us.  Again,  "Why 
is  it "  that  people  are  ever  so  ready  to  misrepre- 
sent? "A  Vindication"  and  "  Immirsicii  in  Cold  Wa- 
ter," by  editors  Miller  and  Moore,  in  Gospel  Mes- 
senger No.  9,  are  enough  to  bring  the  crime  with 
coals  of  fire  on  the  heads  of  all  who  are  guilty, 
Would  that  said  articles  could  be  read  by  all,  both 
in  the  church  and  in  the  worldl  What  a  bless- 
ing it  would  be  if  all  could  feel  and  act  like  Bro. 
Millerl  Here  are  a  few  of  his  apt  words:  "I  con- 
cluded, however,  that  it  was  my  duty,  before  tak- 
ing up  a  reproach  against  a  brother,  to  carefully 
investigate  the  charges."  If  any  one  has  not  read 
Bro.  Miller's  article  carefully,  as  yet,  please  do  it 
.  All  misrepresentations  proceed  from  a  heart 
of  malice,  urged  on  by  the  seven-headed  monster, 
"jealousy"  The  spirit  of  persecution  is  rampant. 
O  envy,  hast  thou  no  shame!  Wast  thou  not  fully 
glutted  when  thou  didst  move  the  chief  priests  to 
deliver  Christ  to  be  crucified?  False  witnesses 
misrepresented  Christ.  They  are  still  misrepre- 
senting God's  people.  Nero  was  not  the  only  one 
who  did  a  great  crime  and  then  blamed  God's  peo- 
ple for  doing  it.  But  if  Satan  can  not  injure  God's 
people  in  any  other  way,  he  will  have  his  servants 
to  misrepresent  them.  Would  that  none  of  his 
servants  would  come  in  sheep's  clothing,  for  then 
it  is  that  the  greatest  havoc  follows,  "  As  for  Saul, 
he  made  havoc  of  the  church,"  Acts  8:  3.  "Why 
is  it,"  O  Lord?  Convert  many  more  persecutors! 
Hartville,  Ohio. 


"WOULD  CHRIST  DECLARE  WAR?" 

BY  JOHN   O.   STREETER, 

1  This  is  a  question  that  has  been  asked  and  an- 
swered, recently,  by  many  of  the  religious  leaders 
throughout  our  land, 

A  little  has  been  taken  here,  a  little  there,  from 
the  New  Testament,  then  leavened  with  human 
wisdom,  and,  when  finished,  we  have  what  some 
call  "justifiable  warfare,"  while,  in  reality,  i'  is  on- 
ly an  ATTEMPT*to  place  the  blame  (of  killing  peo- 
ple) on  an  immaculate  Christ. 

"Would  Christ  declare  war?"  Would  the  one 
who  came  into  this  world  to  save  men's  lives  in- 
stead of  destroying  them,  declare  war? 

The  one  who  said,  "Resist  not  evil:  but  whoso- 
ever shall  smite  thee  on  thy  right  cheek  turn  to  him 
the  other  also,"  would  he  declare  war  when  he 
has  said,  "  Love  your  enemies?"  Would  be  repeat 
again  to-day;  "Blessed  are  the  peacemakers,  for 
they  shall  be  called  the  children  of  God?"  Would 
the  one  who  said,  "  My  kingdom  is  not  of  this 
world,  if  my  kingdom  was  of  this  world  then  would 
my  servants  fight,"  declare  war?  Through  and  by 
the  saute  Spirit  the  words  come  to  us  in  2  Cor.  10: 
3,  4,  "For  though  we  walk  in  the  flesh,  we  do  not 
war  after  the  flesh:  for  the  weapons  of  our  warfare 
are  not  carnal." 

Now,  what  are  you  going  to  arm  yourself  with, 
brother,  if  the  weapons  of  your  warfare  are  not  car- 
nal? Are  you  going  to  gird  your  loins  about  with 
truth,  and  have  on  the  breastplate  of  righteous- 
ness, protected  by  the  shield  of  faith,  with  a  hel- 
met of  salvation,  taking  the  Sword  of  the  Spirit, 
and  then  march  over  the  dead  and  the  dying,  with 
your  feet  shod  with  the  preparation  of  the  Gospel 
of  peace?  No.  You  will  not  use  God's  armor; 
you  will  take  up  carnal  weapons,  march  beside  the 
infidel,  walk  like  him,  dress  like  him,  act  like  him, 
and  fight  like  him,  with  the  one  desire  in  each 
breast, — to  conquer  or  kill. 

You,  who  have  been  born  again;  you,  who 
should  be  the  light  of  the  world! 

Measure  yourself  by  that  infidel  by  your  side  and 
tell  us,  what  is  the  change  Christ  has  wrought  with- 
in you?  "Well,  I  say  my  prayers."  I  do  not 
doubt  it,  for  you  could  not  pray  them,  for  that 
would  require  you  to  "pray  for  those  which  de- 
spitefully  use  you  and  persecute  you."  And  when 
you  pray  for  your  enemies  you  will  not  feel  like 
shooting  them  at  first  sight,  If  war  does  come, 
let  us  not  try  to  shift  the  blame  on  him  who  was 


April 


THE   GOSPEL   3^ESSE3STGEK,, 


ushered  into  this  world  by  a  heavenly  choir  shout- 
ing, "On  earth  peace,  good  will  toward  men." 

Let  us  not  dip  his  white  robes  in  human  blood 
and  then  hold  him  up  to  the  world,  saying,  •'  Behold 
the  Savior  of  the  world,"  to  be  answered  mocking- 
ly by  the  infidel,  '■  Yes,  the  Savior  of  the  world,  but 
a  destroyer  of  men." 

Octavia,  Ntbr. 


DOES  YOUR  LIGHT  SHINE? 


BY    D.    L.    FORNEY. 


Christ  says  of  himself,  "  I  am  the  Light  of  the 
world."  Of  his  followers  he  also  says,  "  Ye  are  the 
lght  of  the  world."  Jesus  having  gone  to  the  Fa- 
ther, now  shines  through  his  followers.  How 
grand  the  position  they  occupy  as  reflectors  of  the 
Light  of  Life  to  the  world!  So  many  are  the  dark 
places,  where  light  is  needed,  that  no  Christian 
should  feel  that  his  light  is  not  wanted.  If  it  be 
small  there  is  still  a  place  where  it  can  shine,  if  al- 
lowed. 

In  the  home  many  of  the  smaller  lights  art 
needed  while  great  ones  are  not  at  all  times  suita 
b'e.  It  is  here,  above  all  other  places,  that  the 
Christian  graces  of  love,  gentleness,  patience  and 
kindness  should  shine  most  brightly.  If  these 
more  prominent  at  all  other  places  than  in  the 
home,  there  is  a  lack  of  no  trivial  character. 

While  the  home  lights  may  be  bright,  and  many 
noble  lights  are  shining  in  numerous  quiet  neigh- 
borhoods, especially  in  the  churches  at  home,  the 
great  question  still  presses,  Are  we,  as  a  Brother- 
hood, giving  the  light  to  the  world  as  we  should? 

In  many  of  the  strong  churches  are  many  breth- 
ren ana  sisters  whose  lights  can  reach  but  a  very 
short  distance,  because  of  so  many  of  equal  or 
greater  brilliancy  near.  This  may  be  no  fault  of 
theirs,  but  let  us  see!  Could  not  these  same  lights 
be  placed  to  much  better  advantage?  Having  a 
hundred  lights  of  nearly  the  same  power  in  one 
room  and  removing  one,  two  or  three  of  them  to 
aoothei  r.^jm.  entirely  dark,  the  effect  on  the  tor- 
I  mer  wou/d  be  insignificant,  while  on  the  latter  it 
would  be  simply  wonderful. 

So  it  is  with  the  lights  in  our  Brotherhood. 
While  only  a  few  may  be  able  to  go  to  the  heathen 
in  foreign  lands,  how  many  could  go  to  the  be- 
nighted souls  in  the  home  land  and  spread  the 
light  to  the  many  whj>  are  now  in  darkness. 

How  many  congregations  are  there,  having  four 
to  eight  ministers  who  could  effectually  carry  on 
the  work  with  half  the  number,  leaving  the  other 
half  free  to  work  elsewhere?  But  which  half 
of  the  number  should  go  and  which  half  remain? 

Bro.  A  thinks  that  Bro.  B  might  go,  since  his 
family  is  not  so  large,  is  better  off  financially, 
and  would  not  be  required  to  leave  so  many  ?ela- 
tives  as  he.  If  James  and  John  had  been  like 
some,  when  Jesus  called,  they  would  have  said, 
"How  would  father  get  along  if  we  leave  him? 
He  is  getting  old  and  now  especially  needs  our 
help  in  the  fishing  business."  But  no,  when  Jesus 
said,  "Follow  me,"  they  immediately  forsook  all 
and  followed  him.  They  had  been  doing  well,  but 
Jesus  wants  them  to  do  better. 

So  with  you,  brother  minister.  You  have  been 
doing  something  but  Jesus  wants  you  to  do  better, 
wants  you  to  bring  forth  more  fruit.  John  15:  2. 
You  may  not  be  able  to  preach  as  powerful  a  ser- 
mon from  the  pulpit  as  Bro.  B,  but  remember, 
what  you  lack  in  words  in  the  pulpit,  you  can  make 
up  by  your  life.  Not  only  could  the  minister  be 
more  effective  in  his  ministry  by  going  to  some 
new  field,  but  many,  as  private  members,  could  re- 
nnet the  light  with  magnified  effect,  were  they  to 
go  to  other  fields. 

In  some  cases  brethren  have  been  induced  to 
seek  a  new  location  on  account  of  health,  and,  as 
a  result,  churches  have  been  established.  But  why 
wait  till  sickness  induces  you  to  go  where  lo,  these 
years,  the  Lord  has  needed  you?  The  Lord  wants 
a  willing  offering,  why  give  him  a  forced  one? 

True,  we  need  strong  churches  and  an  effective 
ministry  in  the  centres  of  the  Brotherhood,  but  how 


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many  are  crippled  in  their  work  simply  because 
they  have  not  the  room  to  workl  Many  churches, 
having  a  sufficiently  large  number  of  ministers  for 
their  own  wants,  for  the  present  moment,  do  not 
put  to  work  those  who  in  a  short  time  will  be  much 
needed  for  the  home  work,  not  considering  the  ur- 
gent demand  for  qualified  men  for  other  fields. 

Again,  how  many  hundreds  and  thousands  of 
hearts  in  the  unoccupied  fields  would  rejoice  in  the 
Lord  if  some  faithful,  earnest  servant  of  God 
should  bring  to  them  the  Truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus. 

In  thinking  of  these  suggestions  do  not  look  at 
them  with  only  the  present  in  view.  Think  of 
them  as  a  minister  of  God,  commissioned  with  the 
preaching  of  the  everlasting  Gospel  to  the  world, 
as  a  worker  whom  the  Lord  has  asked,  to  let  your 
light  shine  before  men.  Think  of  them  as  you  will 
want  to,  when  called  to  account  for  the  five,  two  or 
one  talent  given  you  as  a  most  sacred  trust.  Are 
you  doing  all  you  can  to  let  your  light  shine  in  the 
most  effectual  way  to  glorify  him,  who  purchased 
you  with  his  blood?  Before  God  and  your  own 
conscience,  consider  this  question  in  the  light  of 
eternity. 

Bulsar,  India. 

SELECT  THOUGHTS  GATHERED  AT  MINISTERIAL 

MEBTINO  OF  MIDDLE  INDIANA, 

APRIL  5  AND  6. 

BY    I.    D.    PARKER. 

The  elders'  meeting,  held  the  day  before,  was 
well  attended.  Earnestness  and  anxiety  for  the 
proper  oversight  of  churches  characterized  the 
meeting  throughout.  All  seemed  to  feel  the  need 
of  more  efficient  elders  and  considerable  work  was 
done  with  that  end  in  view. 

Ministerial  Meeting  organized  with  L.  T,  Hol- 
singer,  Moderator  and  A.  L.  Wright,  Clerk. 

First  Topic.—"  Duties  of  the  Church  to  Minis- 
ters' Wives," 

1.  Woman  has  a  hand  in  every  good  work. 

2.  By  calling  her  husband  to  the  ministry  the 
church  increases  her  burdens  and  duties;  hence  is 
under  obligations  to  her. 

3.  The  church  should  visit,  comfort,  aid,  encourage, 
as  well  as  to  admonish  to  faithfulness. 

4.  A  better  system  of  caring  for  the  minister 
would  materially  lessen  the  burdens  of  his  wife. 

Second  To»c— "  Qualifications  of  the  Minister 
and  How  Can  the  Church  Make  his  Labors  more 
Proficient?" 

PART   I. 

1.  He  must  be  sociable,  courageous,  meek,  hum- 
ble, manly,  heroic  and  persevering. 

2.  He  must  be  apt  to  teach,  well  acquainted  with 
human  nature,  alive,  converted,  saved  from  sin,  ex- 
emplary, full  of  faith  and  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

3.  He  must  have  thorough  convictions  as  to  his 
calling,  and  on  all  questions  of  right  or  wrong, 

4.  He  must  have  a  good  general  education  and  a 
special  training  in  the  line  of  his  calling. 

5.  He  must  know  how  to  apply  Bible  truths  and 
how  to  adapt  himself  to  the  occasion. 

6.  He  must  have  power  to  arrest  attention  and 
make  truth  effective, 

7.  He  must  be  a  man  of  sacrifice,  with  sympa- 
thy and  love  for  souls, 

8.  He  must  understand  his  commission  and  stay 
by  it. 

PART   II. 


i.  The  church  should  sanction  and  live  out  the 
Truth  which  the  minister  preaches,  and  should  re- 
ject all  errors  in  the  spirit  of  kindness. 

2.  The  church  should  encourage,  not  by  flattery, 
but  by  words  and  deeds  of  appreciation. 

3.  Each  one  should  be  at  place  of  meeting  and 
prepare  to  listen  by  resting  on  Saturday  afternoon. 

4.  Organize  a  home  board,  to  provide  means  that 
the  minister  may  give  himself  wholly  to  the  work. 

Third  Topic. — "How  to  Approach  Erring  Mem- 
bers and  Induce  Others  to  be  more  Active  in 
Church  Work," 

1.  We  must  be  full  of  love  for  souls, 


2.  We  should  study  the  environments  of  the 
erring, 

3.  We  should  seek  out  the  cause  that  leads  to 
evil, 

4-  To  remove  sin  from  others  we  must  be  free 
of  it  ourselves. 

5.  We  should  get  our  admonitions  from  the  Bi- 
ble and  the  Holy  Ghost  by  study  and  prayer. 

6.  We  should  be  courteous  and  show  respect  to 
the  erring,  and  treat  them  with  a  brotherly  spirit. 

7.  We  should  give  them  work  to  do. 

8.  We  should  privately  admonish  and  lead  them 
to  present  their  own  case  to  the  church. 

9.  We  should  come  in  touch  with  them  and  also 
the  current  by  putting  ourselves  on  an  equality 
with  them. 

10.  We  should  have  more  true,  spiritual  life  our- 
selves if  we  would  induce  others  to  be  pious  and 
active  in  the  Lord's  work. 

n.  We  should  show  them  the  danger  and  awful 
result  of  being  at  ease  in  Zion, 

12.  We  should  feed  them  with  Gospel  milk,  with 
great  concern  and  efficiency. 

Fourth  Topic— "Unbecoming  Habits  of  Minis- 
ters in  and  out  of  the  Pulpit,  and  how  to  Over- 
come them," 

PART  I. 

1.  Mispronunciation  of  words;  bad  tone  of  voice; 
monotone;  "sing-song"  tone;  looks  and  gestures' 
adverse  to  thought  expressed  in  words;  undue  loud- 
ness. 

2.  Late  at  service, 

3.  Jesting  and  story-telling, 

4.  Making  excuses.     Not  stopping  when  done, 

5.  Speaking  unkindly  of  other  ministers. 

6.  Preaching  other  men's  sermons. 

7.  Preaching  so  as  not  to  hit  any  one, 

8.  Repeating  same  prayers  on  all  occasions. 

9.  Repetition  in  same  prayer. 


1.  Study  the  Bible  and  dictionary  more. 

2.  Be  more  passive  in  the  hands  of  the  Spirit. 

3.  Be  more  careful  in  every-day  life. 

4.  Be  more  ready  and  willing  to  accept  correc- 
tion from  others. 

Fifth  Topic— "Are  our  January  Bible  Terms 
Beneficial  to  the  Minister,  and  if  so,  how  Induce 
Them  to  Attend?" 

They  are  very  helpful,— 

1.  They  uncover  the  jewels  of  the  Bible. 

2.  They  teach  how  to  study  the  Bible  systemat- 
ically, 

3.  They  give  inspiration  to  study  and  work. 
4-  They  show  the  necessity  of  greater  prepara- 
tion and  a  fuller  consecration, 

5.  Theological  schools  teach  what  men  say  about 
the  Bible,  but  our  Bible  schools  teach  the  Bible  it- 
self, 

6.  They  educate  the  head  under  the  influence  of 
the  heart  and  true  Bible  knowledge. 

7.  They  furnish  ministers  a  rest  from  regular 
routine  of  preaching  and  broaden  his  views  of  God, 
the  church  and  humanity  by  coming  in  touch  with 
other  thinkers. 

To  induce  others  to  attend. 

1.  Let  all  who  attend  show  the  advantages  by 
doing  more  and  better  workl 

2.  Let  the  church  assist  the  poor  minister  in  go- 
ing. 

Elkhart,  Ind, 


BY   GEO.    L.   STUDEBAKKR. 


"  Be  not  deceived."— Gal.  6:  7. 

That  there  is  danger  of  our  being  deceived  is  a' 
conclusion  from  the  heading  of  this  article. 

There  is  not  only  danger  of  our  being  de- 
ceived, but  we  may  even  deceive  ourselves.  And 
we  can  think  of  no  greater  deception  than  self- 
deception.  "If  a  man  thinketh  himself  to  be 
something  when  he  is  nothing,  he  deceiveth  him- 
self." Gal.  6:  3.  "  If  any  man  among  you  seem  to 
be  religious  and  bridleth  not  his  tongue,  but  de- 


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THE    GOSPEL    3VEESSE3STGEI^. 


April  23, 


ceiveth  his  own  heart,  this  man's  religion  is  vain." 
James  1:  26. 

From  the  above  we  are  taught  the  danger  of 
self-deception.  It  is  argued  by  some,  that  whatev- 
er one  believes  to  be  right  it  is  right  for  him  to 
practice.  The  stronger  our  faith  is  in  that  which 
is  wrong,  the  worse  it  will  be  for  us,  and  the  great- 
er will  be  our  deception.  If  our  believing  a  thing 
to  be  right,  and  our  sincerity,  would  make  it  right, 
there  would  be  no  such  a  thing  as  deception. 

Take  the  two  builders  our  Savior  speaks  of,  in  the 
conclusion  of  his  "Sermon  on  the  Mount."  There 
are  points  of  resemblance  with  them.  They  both 
heard  the  sayings  of  Christ,  and  both  built,  Both 
felt  secure  in  the  house,  which  each  had  built.  Both 
houses  were  tried,  for  "  the  rain  descended,  and  the 
floods  came,  and  the  wind  blew,  and  beat  upon  that 
house," 

There  are  points  of  difference  in  these  two  build- 
ers. One  is  "wise,"  the  other  is  "foolish."  While 
both  heard,  one  not  only  heard,  but  did.  "  Be  ye 
doers  of  the  Word,  and  not  hearers  only,  deceiving 
your  own  selves."    James  1:  22, 

It  is  certainly  wisdom,  not  only  to  hear  what 
Christ  says,  but  to  do  what  he  says.  One's  founda- 
tion was  the  rock, — "  Heareth  these  sayings  of 
mine,  and  doeth  them."  The  other's  foundation 
was' sand,  "  Heareth,  and  doeth  not." 

No  difference  how  we  feel  in  our  building,  we 
may  feel  ever  so  safe,  our  edifice  may  be  ever  so 
grand,  but  if  we  simply  hear,  and  do  not,  our  foun- 
dation is  sand,  and  our  building  will  not  stand  the 
storm,  but,  like  the  foolish  man's  building,  it  "will 
fall,"  and  "  great  will  be  the  fall  of  it." 

"  Be  not  deceived."  The  serpent  deceived  Eve 
in  the  "garden  of  the  beautiful."  David  was  de- 
ceived by  his  son  Absalom.  He  also  was  aspiring, 
and  deceived  the  people.  "Oh  that  I  were  made 
judge  in  the  land."  So  we  are  told  that  "  Absalom 
stole  the  hearts  of  the  men  of  Israel."  2  Sam.  15: 
6.  Thus  Absalom  deceived  ancient  Israel,  and 
there  are  many  Absaloms  to  day,  deceiving  modern 
Israel. 

We  have  a  very  striking'  narrative  of  deception 
recorded  in  the  twelfth  chapter  of  First  Kings.  Is- 
rael had  two  kings.  Rshoboam,  Solomon's  son,  was 
king  over  two  tribes,  and  Jeroboam  was  king  over 
the  other  ten  tribes.  Jeroboam  became  jealous  of 
Rehoboam,  and  said  to  himself,  If  the  people  go  to 
Jerusalem  to  worship,  they  will  see  Rehoboam,  and 
want  him  to  be  their  king,  and  will  put  me  to  death. 
So  he  made  two  calves  of  gold,  and  put  pne  up  at 
Bethel,  and  the  other  at  Dan.  He  also  made  feasts 
for  the  people  to  keep  at  Bethel,  Next  he  told  the 
people  it  was  too  far  for  them  to  go  to  Jerusalem  to 
worship, — too  much  trouble.  Israel  should  not 
have  thought  that  it  was  too  much  trouble  to  obey 
the  Lord.  Let  us  not  be  deceived  to-day,  and 
think  it  is  too  much  trouble  to  obey  our  Blessed 
Leader, — Christ.  Now  the  ten  tribes  worshiped  at 
Bethel.  They  worshiped  the  golden  calf  instead  of 
the  Lord. 

Then  the  Lord  sent  a  prophet  to  Bethel  to  tell 
Jeroboam  of  his  sin,  and  to  cry  against  the  altar. 
He  said  the  altar  should  be  broken  that  very  day. 

Then  Jeroboam  stretched  out  his  hand  to  take 
the  man  of  God,  and  the  Lord  made  it  grow  stiff. 
The  prophet  prayed  to  the  Lord,  when  his  hand 
was  made  whole.  Then  he  offered  the  young  man 
a  reward,  and  invited  him  to  his  home  to  dine  with 
him.  The  prophet  of  the  Lord  said  he  would  not 
go  for  half  his  kingdom.  He  said  it  had  been  told 
him:  "Eat  no  bread,  nor  drink  water,  nor  turn 
again  by  the  same  way  that  thou  earnest."  When- 
ever we  stand  by  what  the  Lord  says,  there  is  no 
danger  of  our  being  deceived. 

There  lived  in  this  country  an  old  prophet,  when 
he  heard  of  this,  he  went  out  after  the  young 
prophet,  and  found  him  sitting  under  an  oak.  He 
invited  him  to  his  home.  The  young  prophet  told 
him  what  the  Lord  had  commanded.  The  old 
prophet  replied,  "  I  am  a  prophet  also  as  thou  art, 
and  an  angel  spake  to  me,  and  said,  Bring  him  back 
with  thee  into  thine  house,  that  he  may  eat  bread 
and  drink  water  with  thee,  in  this  place."  This 
young  prophet  had  refused  half  of  Jeroboam's  king- 


dom. All  this  could  not  persuade  him  to  disobey 
the  Lord.  Deceit  was  Satan's  weapon  that  con- 
quered this  young  man,  and  got  him  to  go  home 
with  the  old  prophet,  and  disobey  the  Lord,  for  the 
old  man  "lied  unto  him."     1  Kings  13:  18. 

We  have  those  to-day  whom  money  could  not 
buy  to  forfeit  their  prospects  for  heaven,  but  who 
will  allow  themselves  to  be  deceived.  May  we  ever 
be  found  in  the  line  of  dutyl  Whatever  the  Lord 
commands  us  to  do,  let  us  do  that,  and  not  allow 
some  one  to  try  to  make  us  believe  it  is  too  much 
trouble,  or  that  they  have  received  another  revela- 
tion. Gal.  1:  8.  The  Savior  says,  "Many  will  say 
to  me  in  that  day,  Lord,  Lord,  have  we  not  prophe- 
sied in  thy  name?  and  in  thy  name  have  we  not  cast 
out  devils?  and  in  thy  name  done  many  wonderful 
works?  "  But  he  will  say,  "  I  never  knew  you:  de- 
part from  me."  Matt.  7:  22,  23.  These  have  been 
deceived.  They/*//  secure  in  their  buildings.  Solo- 
mon says,  "  There  is  a  way  which  seemeth  right  unto 
a  man,  but  the  end  thereof  are  the  ways  of  death," 
Take  not  the  way  that  may  seem  right,  but  the  way 
we  know  is  right.  "To  the  law  and  to  the  testi- 
mony." May  God's  Word  be  our  guide!  Seek  to 
know,  and  obey  it.  Obey  from  the  heart  the  form 
of  doctrine  delivered,  that  we  may  be  made  free 
from  sin.     Rom.  6:  11. 

Muncie,  lnd*  _      

FEED  THEM. 

BY   S.  A.    LONG, 

No  voice  touches  the  human  heart  so  quickly  as 
the  cry  for  bread.  No  gratitude  is  more  sincere 
than  that  which  L  born  of  appreciated  assistance. 

After  the  great  Chicago  fire,  when  that  young 
queen  of  the  west  stood  burned  and  helpless,  with 
100, coo  homeless  citizens  walking  in  her  ashes,  as 
she  silently  extended  her  bleeding  hands,  too  proud 
to  ask  for  help,  what  a  response  came  from  every 
State  in  the  Union,  and  even  from  foreign  landsl 
As  fast  as  the  panting  engine  could  fly  over  the 
rail,  and  the  ocean  steamer  plough  the  wave, 
through  forty  highways  there  was  poured  upon  her 
ich  streams  of  blessings  that  it  was  but  a  short 
me  until,  in  tearful  thankfulness,  the  voice  came, 

Stop.     It  is  enough." 

When  the  Christian  ministers  of  Chicago  told  the 
sad  story  of  how  the  mad  waters  of  the  Johnstown 
flood  had  carried  dire  want  and  misery  to  those 
who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  escape  immediate 
death,  a  princely  sum  was  instantly  aonated  for  re- 
lief, showing  that  Chicago  had  not  forgotten  the 
favor  she  enjoyed  twenty-seven  years  before. 

Some  years  ago,  when  Kansas  was  stricken  with 
duought,  and  the  cry  of  want  came,  her  sister  States 
answered  in  one  united  voice  of  relief.  From  every 
town  there  were  sent  supplies  for  "  Kansas  Suffer- 
'  Two  years  later,  when  floods  had  swept  the 
fertile  valleys  of  Ohio,  and  the  people  stood  famish- 
ng  in  the  midst  of  ruined  plenty,  before  they  could 
ask  for  help,  from  the  plains  of  Kansas  rolled,  in 
quick  succession,  the  heavy-laden  trains  bearing 
this  placard,  "  For  Ohio  Sufferers.  '  Cast  thy  bread 
upon  the  waters;  for  thou  shalt  find  it  after  many 
days.1  " 

All'ations  and  all  peoples,  whether  civilized  or 
savage,  learned  or  ignorant,  Christian  or  heathen, 
have  some  innate  principle  that  causes  them  to  lis- 
ten to  the  cry  for  help,  and  recognize  due  obliga- 
tion for  aid  received.  Now,  since  human  tenden- 
cies and  impulses  are  the  forces  with  which  we 
must  work,  since  he  who  would  influence  men  must 
do  it  with  those  principles  with  which  they  are  in 
concord  and  sympathy,  there  is  a  lesson  here  that 
we  should  hasten  to  learn  and  use. 

The  best  way  to  lead  and  influence  men,  is  to 
feed  them.  The  human  soul  continually  hungers 
and  thirsts  after  something.  It  must  be  satisfied.  If 
fed  it  will  grow  both  in  strength  and  in  love  for 
that  which  satiates  its  desires.  If  left  starving  it 
will,  in  the  desperation  of  famine,  feed  upon  the 
deadly  poisons  of  forbidden  fruit,  sicken,  and  event- 
ually lose  all  taste  for  that  which  alone  can  give  it 
life. 
There  are  thousands  of  good  young  people  in 


whom  the  tendencies  toward  the  right  are  in  such  a 
preponderance  that  it  is  really  an  irregularity  for 
them  to  do  wrong.  And  yet,  how  many  of  these 
precious  souls  are  driven,  in  a  measure  at  least,  to 
the  very  verge  of  starvation!  Then  it  is  that  they 
begin  to  fall,  There  is  the  beginning  of  the  awful 
end.  It  is  not  our  purpose  to  lift  the  responsibility 
of  sin  from  the  shoulders  of  the  transgressor;  but 
we  do  maintain  that  environment  is  a  most  potent 
factor  in  shaping  the  deeds  of  the  individual. 

We  have  yet  to  fully  appreciate  the  fact  that  the 
same  qualities  of  mind  that  furnish  appetites  and 
desires  which,  if  unrestrained  in  their  mad  course, 
drag  a  man  down  to  the  gutter  and  hell,  may,  if 
rightly  cared  for,  be  made  the  strongest  uplifting 
influences  to  urge  him  to  the  activities  of  a  higher 
and  nobler  life.  The  same  keen  sensibility  that 
nourishes  the  flaming  passions  which  char  so  many 
young  souls,  until,  like  burned  diamonds,  they  lie, 
carbon,  in  the  dust,  if  only  kindled  with  the  proper 
fuel,  would  fill  the  throbbing  heart  with  fiery  zeal, 
and  warm  the  whole  being  with  that  holy,  divine, 
and  self-consuming  passion, — love. 

Hear  the  voice  of  the  Master  when  his  disciples 
would  have  sent  the  hungry  multitude  away,  "  They 
need  not  depart;  give  ye  them  to  eat,"  Matt,  14; 
16.  It  was  easier  to  care  for  the  five  thousand  be- 
fore they  had  started  to  the  villages  than  it  would 
have  been  to  have  sought  them  and  brought  them 
back  after  they  had  fainted  and  fallen  by  the  way- 
side, in  strange  places. 

It  is  much  easier  for  a  congregation  to  feed  its 
weak  members  before  they  have  gone  astray,  hun- 
gry, and  in  want,  than  it  is  to  win  them  back  after 
they  have  tasted  the  appetizing  narcotics  of  sin. 
When  possible,  a  love  feast  or  friendly  call,  that  re- 
strains, is  better  than  a  council- meeting  of  official 
visit,  that  reprimands. 

It  is  far  easier  to  preserve  the  home  ties  unbrok- 
en, and  keep  the  child  in  the  path  of  obedience  and 
right,  than  it  is  to  regain  a  wayward  son  or  daugh- 
ter.    "They  need  not  depart;  give  ye  them  to  eat." 

Learn  yet  one  more  lesson  from  the  feeding  of 
the  five  thousand.  The  disciples  thought  their  suo- 
ply  of  food  was  too  small.  With  Christ  s  blessing 
it  proved  plenty  and  to  spare.  The  parent  may 
feel  that  he  has  little  to  offer  his  child.  Let  him 
bring  it  to  Christ  for  his  benediction.  A  church 
may  be  weak.  They  may  feel  that  they  have  little 
talent;  but  if  they  will  bring  their  united  powers  to 
the  Savior,  and  receive  his  blessing,  they  will  find 
that  they  have  all  they  need.  *  A  minister  may  real- 
ize that  the  message  he  brings  his  congregation  is 
simple,  and  that  the  food  is  insufficient;  but  if  he 
can  gain  for  it  Christ's  approval,  the  hearers  will  be 
filled,  and  he  will  have  been  obedient  to  the  voice 
that  ever  says,  "  Give  ye  them  to  eat." 

Ptattsburg,  Mo. 


THE  CHURCH  IN  THE  TEMPLE. 

BY  J,   S.   MOHLER. 

Sa7ictifica(ion  of  the  Temp'e, 

CHAPTER  VI, 

When  the  temple  was  completed,  it  was  sancti* 
fied  by  the  presence  of  the  Lord.  So  glorious  was 
its  sanctification,  that  the  priests  could  not  enter 
upon  their  duties  in  the  temple.  2  Chron.  7:  2. 
"And  this  house  which  I  have  sanctified  for  my 
name,"  2  Chron.  7:  20.  The  brazen  sea,  filled  with 
water,  and  the  basin  and  snuffers,  all  convey  the 
idea  that  the  temple  was  kept  very  clean.  All 
the  offerings  were  to  be  clean  beasts,  and  of  the 
best. 

This  sanctified  service  of  the  temple  finds  its  an- 
titype in  the  church  of  regenerated  hearts.  At  re- 
generation, sanctification  begins.  "But  ye  are 
washed,  but  ye  are  sanctified."  1  Cor.  6:  II.  Here 
the  apostle  locates  sanctification  with  the  washing 
of  regeneration.  Again.  "  That  he  might  sanctify 
and  cleanse  it  with  the  washing  of  water  by  the 
Word."  Eph.  5:  24.  Here,  also,  sanctification  is 
coupled  with  the  washing  of  water  by  the  Word, 
The  washing  here  referred  to,  doubtless  means  the 
baptismal  waters,  symbolizing  the  cleansing  of  the 


Ap 


ii  n 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSENGBB. 


soul.  The  sanctification  of  the  soul  is  obtained  at 
regeneration,  but  it  is  not  complete  yet.  The  child, 
at  its  birth,  has  all  its  members,  but  they  are  not 
complete  until  its  manhood  has  been  attained.  So 
it  is  with  the  spiritual  child.  Sanctification  is  pro- 
gressive in  its  work  upon  the  heart,  as  all  the  Chris- 
tian graces  are.  There  is  a  gradual  deepening  and 
widening  of  its  work.  Paul  says,  "  And  the  very 
God  of  peace  sanctify  you  wholly."  I  Thess.  5:  23. 
Here  the  apostle  addresses  a  class  of  believers, 
who  had  been  in  the  church,  no  doubt,  for  some 
time,  yet  he  is  anxious  that  they  might  be  wholly 
sanctified,  proving  that  sanctification  with  them 
might  still  be  more  complete  than  it  was.  Then,  at 
regeneration,  we  enter  the  sanctified  state,  and,  as 
the  Lord  may  permit  us  to  live  on,  we  keep  grow- 
ing in  sanctification,  until  our  work  on  earth  is 
done.  • 

Instantaneous  sanctification  only  obtains  at  re- 
generation, but  instantaneous  and  complete  sancti- 
fication to  such  an  extent  that  we  cannot  become 
more  sanctified,  is  not  taught  in  the  Bible.  That 
would  be  equal  to  a  state  of  "  sin  'ess  perfection'' 
which  is  utterly  at  variance  with  the  Word  of  God. 
11  If  we  say  we  have  no  sin,  we  deceive  ourselves, 
and  the  truth  is  net  in  us.  If  we  confess  our  sins, 
he  is  faithful  and  just  to  forgive  us  our  sins,  and  to 
cleanse  us  from  all  unrighteousness.  If  we  say  we 
have  not  sinned,  we  make  him  a  liar,  and  his  Word 
is  not  in  us."     1  John  1 :  8-10. 

The  medium  through  which  we  are  sanctified  is 
not  our  as  umptUn  that  we  are  sanctified,  but  it  is 
the  Word  of  God.  Christ  prayed,  "  Sanctify  them 
through  thy  truth;  thy  v/ord  is  truth."  John  17:  17. 
Here  the  fact  is  clearly  taught  by  the  Savior  that 
the  Word  of  God  is  the  medium  of  sanctification. 
Again,  "  Seeing  ye  have  purified  your  souls  in  obey- 
ing the  Truth  through  the  Spirit."  1  Pet.  1:  22 
The  term  putifitd  is  synonymous  with  scarified,  and 
is  attained  in  obeying  the  Truth,  and  God's  Word  is 
truth.  The  Word  of  God,  applied  to  our  hearts, 
will  e'eanse  them,  and  infuse  a  holy  life  instead. 
The  Word'of  God  is  pure  and  holy,  and  sin  must 

IUc  S.o^  tVg  p-«e»c;.  If  the  words  of  Christ  dwell 
richly  in  our  hearts,  they  will  impart  unto  us  per- 
manent sanctification. 

Merely  to  assume  that  we  are  sanctified,  or  mad 
perfectly  holy  in  an  instant,  from  a  mere  impulse 
of  the  heart,  is  not  real,  not  abiding,  not  a  matter  of 
growth,  and  is  liable  to  be  blown  away  by  the  first 
adverse  storm  that  strikes  it.  It  is  contrary  to 
sound  reason,  and  the  philosophy  of  spiritual  devel- 
opment. 

In  a  very  real  sense  every  thought  pondered,  ev- 
ery feeling  indulged,  is  a  deed  performed.  There 
may,  in  truth,  be  no  action  visible  to  the  world,  but 
nevertheless  something  has  been  done.  Character 
has  been  modified,  for  good  or  ill.  The  man  who 
thinks  and  feels,  who  desires,  who  resolves,  who 
loves,  who  hates,  has  wrought  a  deed  upon  a  man, — 
himself.  Invisible  as  these  deeds  of  brain  and 
heart  may  be,  it  is  not  long  before  the  slow  but 
sure  transformation  which  they  work  becomes  vis- 
ible in  establishing  a  character,  good  or  bad.  It 
makes  a  difference  what  thoughts  and  feelings  we 
indulge,  no  matter  whether  we  seem  to  act  or  not. 
Sometime  we  shall  act  because  of  them, — S.  S, 
Times. 


»-THE  *  5UNDAY  t  SCHOOLS 


LESSON  L1QHT-FLASHES. 
The  Marriage  Feast.— Matt.  22:  1-14. 

Lesson  Jor  May  S,  /SoS. 

It  will  be  noticed  in  the  study  of  this  lesson  that 
'he  teaching,  at  that  time,  was  intended  for  the 
Jews,  but  because  of  their  refusal  to  accept  the  in- 
flation, the  honor  and  blessings  of  the  feast  revert- 
ed  to  us,  so  that,  in  addition  to  its  being  a  very  in- 
teresting lesson  to  us,  it  should  be  especially  pre- 
cious, as  we  come  lrlj0  Irle  possession  of  exceedingly 
glorious  privileges,  because  of  the  blindness  of 
"mse  to  whom  they  were  first  offered, 


Ho 


we  become  subjects,  and  may  get  into  the 
Kingdom  of  heaven,  the  church  of  Christ,  is  here 
taught  in  a  parable.  Our  possibilities  to  receive  an 
invitation  to  become  children  of  God,  and  thus  feed 
on  the  rich  bounties  of  the  Lord's  table,  happened 
or  came  about  much  in  the  same  way  as  it  was  with 
a  certain  king,  who  made  a  marriage  feast  for  his 
son.  He  determined  to  honor  his  son  at  the  time 
of  his  marriage,  by  providing  for  him  a  great  feast. 
Not  only  did  he  wish  to  honor  and  please  his  son, 
but  in  the  goodness  of  his  heart  he  wished  to  af- 
ford pleasure  and  enjoyment  to  his  friends,  those 
with  whom  he  was  accustomed  to  associate,  by  in- 
viting them  to  this  feast  and  entertainment.  These 
and  other  feasts  were  common  in  those  days,  and 
for  them  large  preparations  were  made,  in  pro-' 
portion  to  the  rank  and  possibilities  of  those  who 
made  them.  The  richer  ones  not  only  provided 
food,  in  the  greatest  abundance,  but  also  had  in 
store  outer  robes  intended  for  the  invited  guests,  so 
that  all  might  feel  equally  well-dressed,  and  that 
nothing  might  be  seen  in  their  outward  appearance, 
to  show  that  some  were  richer  than  others,  and  thus 
mar  the  enjoyments  intended  for  the  occasion. 

When  the  necessary  preparations  were  made,  the 
servants  were  sent  out  to  those  who  had  been  pre- 
viously invited  to  come.  But  in  this  case  those 
who  were  invited  showed  a  spirit  of  indifference, 
disrespect,  and  even  hatred  to  the  king,  and  refused 
to  come.  "But  they  made  light  of  it,  and  went 
their  way?,  one  to  his  farm,  another  to  his  merchan- 
dise. And  the  remnant  took  his  servants  and  en- 
treated them  spitefully,  and  slew  them." 

When  the  king  heard  of  this,  he  was  very  angry, 
and  sent  out  a  band  of  men  to  destroy  these  men 
and  burn  their  cities.  After  this,  that  his  tables 
might  be  filled,  he  sent  his  servants  again.  This 
time  they  were  to  go  everywhere, — to  the  highways, 
crossroads,  street-corners,  and  wherever  people 
could  be  found,  and  invite  them  to  his  feast.  Even 
these  did  not  seem  very  anxious  to  accept  the  invi- 
tation, so  that  it  required  another  strong  appeal  on 
the  part  of  the  servants,  to  get  enough  guests  to  fill 
his  tables.  Among  these,  one  was  found,  one  who 
felt  good  enough  appareled  without  using  the  king's 
robe,  and  either  neglected  or  refused  to  put  it  on. 
What  befell  him,  it  will  be  v/ell  for  you  to  carefully 
notice. 

Now,  what  does  all  this  mean?  And  what  is  the 
lesson  that  we  are  to  draw  from  it?  In  trying  to 
give  this,  we  will  try  to  follow  the  more  general  and 
common  interpretations,  given  to  this  parable.  The 
king  represents  the  Lord,  the  King  of  kings.  The 
son  is  Jesus  Christ,  our  Savior  and  Elder  Brother. 
The  feast  is  the  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb,— the 
feast  that  is  to  be  celebrated  at  the  close  of  the 
time  of  invitation,— when  the  Son  shall  take  to  him- 
self his  bride.  The  guests  were  to  be,  first,  the 
Jews,  and  as  they  refused  to  heed  the  call,  it  was 
extended  to  the  Gentiles, — to  us,  and  to  all  the 
world.  The  servants  were  called  of  God  to  preach 
the  Gospel  of  salvation  to  a  sinful  world,  commenc- 
ing with  the  disciples  of  Christ  and  their  succes- 
sors down  through  the  ages  to  the  present,  and 
though,  for  over  eighteen  hundred  years,  the  invita- 
tion to  this  Gospel  feast  has  b;en  sounding  in  the 
ears  of  the  people,  the  good  news  still  is,  "  There 
yet  is  room." 

There  is  one  thing  in  the  truths  of  this  lesson  that 
ought  to  make  us  all  supremely  thankful.  It  is 
this:  That  our  King,  when  he  called  or  had  invited 
his  immediate  brethren, — the  Jews, — and  they  as  a 
people  refused,  did  not  cease  or  close  the  invita- 
tion, but  extended  it  wide  enough  and  long  enough 
that  it  reached  out  to  the  Gentile  world  and  to  us. 

We  arc  made  to  wonder  why  it  was  that  the  Jews 
refused  so  gracious  and  glorious  an  invitation.  It 
does  seem  very  strange  indeed.  Because  of  unbe- 
lief and  hardness  of  heart,  they  refused.  But  while 
this  was  so,  it  opened  the  way  to  us,  and  how  are 
we  treating  the  call?  Many  of  us,  we  fear,  are  act- 
ing as  badly  and  foolishly  as  did  these  who  were 
first  called  to  this  marriage  c  I  the  king.  In  this 
land  of  churches  and  Bibles  we  have  all  received 
the  invitation  to  come  and  prepare  ourselves  to  be 
guests  of  the  Great  King,  at  the  marriage  of  his 


Son,  and  yet  there  are  many  who,  like  these  men, 
did  make  light  of  the  invitation,— go  to  see  their 
farms,  to  merchandising,  and  to  the  many  other 
callings  of  life,  without  first  seeking  the  kingdom 
of  heaven.  If  you  continue  to  refuse  the  gracious 
call,  your  doom,  in  the  end,  will  be  loss  and  eternal 
ruin.  Those  who,  like  the  one  in  the  parable,  do 
give  a  formal  assent,  and  refuse  the  King's  robe  of 
righteousness,  will,  at  supper  lime,  be  rejected  and 
cast  out.  Study  well  this  important  lesson,  and  be 
wise  unto  salvation  I  h   b    b 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES. 


BY   JOHN   R.   SNYDER. 

No.  8 — The  Children's  Meeting. 
Special  services,  set  apart  for  the  children,  have 
become  a  fixed  practice  in  most  of  our  churches. 
While  the  manner  of  conducting  them,  and  the  ar- 
rangement of  the  program  may  widely  differ  in  dif- 
ferent localities,  yet  the  principles  underlying  them 
are  the  same,— to  teach  the  children  to  know  that 
t/i/y  have  a  work  and  a  part  in  the  Sunday  school. 
Certainly  no  one  who  is  acquainted  with  this  idea 
of  their  mission,  can  doubt  the  wisdom  or  propii- 
ety  of  such  meetings. 

In  most  of  the  popular  Sunday  schools,  these 
meetings  have  degenerated  into  a  semi-theatrical 
performance,  where  the  love  of  unnecessary  adorn- 
ment and  ostentatious  display  is  fostered,  and  the 
highest  good  to  be  derived  from  such  meetings  is 
sacrificed  to  the  building  up  of  the  lower  nature  of 
the  child,  and  even  things  that  are  in  direct  antag- 
onism to  the  revealed  will  of  God. 

This  is  a  condition,  then,  which  we  must  guard 
against  in  the  arrangement  of  programs  for  chil- 
dren's meetings,  There  is  plenty  of  material  and 
variety  in  a  good,  ordinary  program,  to  make  such 
meetings  interesting  and  profitable,  without  borrow- 
ing anything  from  the  stage  to  lower  the  minds  and 
natures  of  the  children.  The  program  should  not 
be  so  long  as  to  be  tiresome  to  the  little  ones,  and 
the  object  should  be  to  teach  Bible  truths,  rather 
than  a  display  of  literary  talent. 

Often,  at  these  children's  meetings,  a  number  of 
addresses  are  made  by"those  interested  in  the  work, 
instead  of  the  rendering  of  a  formal  program. 
Such  talks  are  conducive  of  much  good,  if  rightly 
directed,  but  it  is  not  often,  where  there  are  a  num- 
ber of  speakers,  that  they  can  hold  the  attention  of 
the  smaller  children.  Often  the  time  allotted  to 
each  speaker  is  not  long  enough  for  him  to  present 
his  message  clearly  before  his  hearers.  The  better 
way,  in  our  mind,  is  to  have  one  or  two  who  are  es- 
pecially adapted  for  talking  to  children,  to  use  the 
time,  rather  than  to  divide  it  among  six  or  more. 

Along  the  line  of  these  "  talks,"  the  •'  object  ser- 
mon" method  is  perhaps  the  most  interesting  to 
the  child  mind,  and  many  lasting  truths  can  be  im- 
pressed in  this  way.  Any  familiar  object  in  the 
hands  of  a  good  "  word  painter,"  will  command  the 
attention  of  an  audience,  old  as  welLai  young,  for  a 
long  time.  This  method  of  work  is  in  direct  line 
with  the  Savior's  favorite  plan,— teaching  by  para- 
bles. 

Another  way  that  is  often  used  in  schools  where 
there  is  access  to  a  blackboard  (and  there  should  be 
one  in  every  Sunday  school),  is  the  "  chalk  talk." 
A  few  pieces  of  crayon,  in  the  hands  of  a  person 
who  has  the  qualifications  for  using  them,  are 
mighty  powers  for  good  to  the  young  mind,  and 
the  realm  of  subject  matter  for  this  kind  of  work  is 
almost  unlimited,  and  can  be  used  in  various  ways. 
Many  a  truth  has  been  carried  home  by  the  little 
heart,  gleaned  from  lessons  of  this  kind,  that  have 
never  died,  but  have  grown  as  "seed  upon  good 
soil,"  and  brought  forth  a  bountiful  harvest. 

These  meetings  arc  all  means  to  an  end,  and  we 
are  confident  that  the  end  justifies  the  means.  If 
we  once  get  the  children  to  nfalize  that  they  have  a 
part  in  this  great  work,  the  Sunday  school  will  con- 
tinue to  go  on,  as  it  has  been  in  the  past,  a  mighty 
power  for  God  and  the  saving  of  the  world. 
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0  learn  and  speak  these  verse; ;] 


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htk  it  on  ihe  workhouss  gate, 

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ite  it  on  the  schoolboy's  slate, 

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ite  it  on  the  copybook, 

Th 

it  the  young  may  often  look, 

Where  there's  drink,  there's  dang 

Wi 

te  it  on  the  churchyard  mound, 

Wt 

ere  the  rum-slaiu  dead  are  foilnd; 

Wr 

teiton  the  galloss  high. 

Wi 

ite  for  all  Ihe  passers-by, 

Where  there's  drink,  there's  dauge 

Wr 

te  it  in  the  nation's  laws, 

D'r 

tting  out  the  licence  clause; 

Wi 

te  it  on  each  ballot  white, 

Soi 


id  aright, 


"Where  there's  drink,  there's  danger." 
Write  it  on  our  ships  that  sail, 
Borne  along  by  sic  mi  and  gale; 
Write  it  large  in  letters  plain, 
Over  every  land  aud  main, 

"  Where  there's  drink  there's  danger," 

Write  it  over  every  gate, 
On  the  church  and  baljs  of  state, 
In  Ihe  hearts  of  every  band, 
On  the  laws  of  every  land, 
"Where  there's  drink,  there's  danger." 

—N.  IV,  Christian  Advocate. 


HAPPINESS  IS  OF  OUR  OWN  MARINO. 

BY   MRS.    FLORA    E.   TEAGUE, 

"After  all,  it  rests  with  ourselves  as  to  whether  we  shall  live 
in  a  World  Beautiful."— Lilian  Whiting,  in  "  The  World 
Beautiful." 

The  above  sentence  epens  the  first  chapter  of 
Miss  Whiting's  excellent  little  volume.  Upon  my 
first  reading  it  attracted  my  attention  more  than  or- 
dinarily, and  for  some  time  1  have  been  pondering 
it  over,  in  order  to  test  the  truthfulness  of  it.  From 
experience  and  observation,  I  have  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  author  is  correct. 

A  writer  of  modern  times  has  said,  "We  are  the 
architects  of  our  own  fortunes."  That  being  true, 
we  are  also  the  adorners  or  decorators  of  our  for- 
tunes,— the  makers  of  our  own  sunshine,  In  other 
v/ords,  living  in  a  World  Beautiful  is  living  in  a 
decorated  and  richly-adorned  dwelling, — in  an  at- 
mosphere of  happiness  and  contentment, 

One  who  possesses  a  happy,  sunny  temper  or  dis- 
position, is  endowed  with  an  enviable  fortune  in- 
deed. While  such  a  disposition  may  be,  and  fre- 
quently is,  an  inherited  endowment,  yet  it  is  also 
one  that  can  be  acquired.  No  one  possesses  so  un- 
pleasant a  disposition  but  that  he  can  by  persever- 
ing, habitual  cultivation,  transform  it  into  one 
that  may  have  the  power  of  winning  and  charm- 
ing all.  It  is  an  ornament  that  is  well, worth  labor- 
ing for, 

No  one  is  able  to^estimate  the  value  of  broad-cast 
smiles  and  pleasant  words.  This  world  is  full 
enough  of  sorrow  and  gloom  for  many,  without  our 


adding  to  it  moroseness  of  countenance  and  sar- 
castic or  cynical  words. 

A  good  adage  to  follow  is:  "  Always  look  on  the 
bright  side."  If  things  do  go  wrong  and  contrary 
to  our  desires,  it  is  only  for  a  short  time.  Behind 
all  the  clouds  the  sun  is  still  shining  and  will  soon 
peep  out  at  us,  more  beautiful  than  ever,  Clouds 
are  often  good  things  in  more  ways  than  one.  We 
appreciate  the  briilianGy  of  the  sun  all  the  more 
after  its  obscurity.  So  will  kind  words  and  pleas- 
ant smiles  from  us  be  as  the  bright  sunlight  to  the 
gloomy,  clouded  soul  of  the  melancholy. 

Our  smiles  and  good  words  that  we  give  out  are 
always  reeflcting  back  upon  us  in  other  smiles  and 
blessings,  so  it  is  not  difficult  to  keep  a  constant 
supply. 

Let  us  all  try  to  make  worlds  beautiful  here,  so 
that  we  may  the  greater  enjoy  the  beautiful  one  to 


BOOKS  ON  RELIGION. 


BY  JENNIE   C.   BAKER. 


There  are  many  books  on  all  subjects,  on  re- 
ligion no  less  than  on  other  subjects,  "  Of  making 
many  books  there  is  no  end,"  so  said  Solomon  in 
his  day  and  surely  it  is  no  less  true  now,  that  the 
great  printing-presses  of  the  world  turn  out  more 
books  in  a  day  than  one  could  read  in  a  life-time. 

Taking  count  of  the  great  multitude  of  books, 
each  offering  to  be  read,  and  of  the  little  time  we 
have  for  reading,  we  need  to  select  of  the  very  best, 
The  world  of  books  is  still  the  world,  I  write," 
and  in  this  "  world  "  we  want  to  select  as  our  com- 
panions, kings,  saints,  martyrs, — not  worldlings. 

The  King  of  all  books  is  the  Bible.  Read  it  first, 
last,  and  all  the  time.  When  I  say,  "  Read  the  Bi- 
ble all  the  time,"  I  do  not  mean  that  you  should 
read  nothing  else,  but  read  it  so  often  and  so  care- 
fully that  it  will  be  a  criterion  for  other  books.  If 
you  read  the  Bible,  if  you  know  the  Bible,  if  you 
love  the  Bible,  you  will  not  read  bad  books.  I 
doubt  if  you  will  be  able  even  to  read  poorly-writ- 
ten books,  no  matter  bow  good  the  thoughts  ex- 
pressed, for  so  pure  is  the  diction,  so  simple  the 
style,  that,  as  a  book  of  culture,  no  book  can  com- 
pare with  it. 

The  most  important  character,  to  us,  in  the  Bi- 
ble, is  that  of  Christ,  who  "  was  in  all  points  tempt- 
ed like  as  we  are,  yet  without  sin."  Any  book  that 
throws  more  light  on  this  life  will  be  found  both 
suggestive  and  helpful. 
There  are  two  books  on  the  Christ,  both  good, 
nd  both  inexpensive,  I  refer  to  "  Life  of  Christ," 
by  Canon  Farrar,  and  "  Life  and  Words  of  Christ," 
by  Cunningham  Geikie,  The  latter  will  be  found 
the  larger  and  more  comprehensive,  but  the  former 
I  found  pleasant  reading  and  profitable.  Farrar's 
word  of  explanation  concerning  the  Lord's  Supper 
set  at  rest  any  doubts  in  my  mind,  as  to  the  Supper 
being  distinct  from  the  Jewish  Passover.  "  Ecce 
Homo,"  by  J.  R.  Seeley,  is  also  widely  read  and 
highly  recommended.  It  dwells  especially  with  the 
humanity  of  Christ.  There  is  a  little  book  called 
"  The  Problem  of  Jesus,"  by  Geo.  Dana  Boardman, 
which  all  should  read,  if  opportunity  offers.  In 
fact,  all  books  bearing  on  Christ's  life  are  good, 
but  there  is  no  book  but  the  Bible  that  you  need  ac- 
cept wholly  and  entirely,  except  in  so  far  as  it 
agrees  with  the  Book  of  books. 

Farrar  has  written  another  book,  which  throws 
much  light  on  the  Gospels.  This  book  is  "  Life  and 
Work  of  St.  Paul."  There  is  another  work  on  the 
same  subject,  "  The  Life  and  Epistles  of  St.  Paul," 
that  is  considered  the  standard,  but  it  is  a  much 
more  expensive  work. 

There  are  many  books  on  Sunday  school  work, 
which  every  Sunday  school  worker  should  read, 
but  those  books,  like  text  books  in  the  public 
schools,  are  constantly  changing,  so  I  shall  not 
name  any  here;  besides  every  earnest  preacher  and 
every  earnest  teacher  in  the  Sabbath  school,  knows 
much  better  than  I  could  tell  them,  what  are  useful 
helps  to  them. 


If  you  can  procure  them,  read  evQTy  one  of  Drum- 
irlond's  books.  You  will  be  the  better  for  it.  They 
appeal  rather  to  the  head  than  the  heart,  but  we 
want  head-religion  along  with  heart-religion. 

For  devotional  reading,  outside  of  the  Bible,  I 
know  of  no  book  to  compare  with  Thomas  a  Kern- 
pis'  "Imitation  of  Christ." 

There  are  books  and  books,  and  it  is  difficult  to 
stop  naming  books,  concerning  the  Bible  and  Chris  ■ 
tianity,  that  should  be  read,  but  there  must  be  a 
limit  somewhere,  neither  do  I  claim  to  have  named 
all  the  books  you  should  read,  nor  the  best  books. 
Those  named  are  books  that  I  have  read,  and  that 
have  come  within  my  notice, 

There  is  one  more  book  I  want  to  name.  I  left 
t  until  now,  because  I  hardly  knew  whether  to 
class  it  under  fiction  or  elsewhere,  but  I  place  it 
here,  as  it  is  wholly  of  a  religious  character.  I  re- 
fer to  John  Bunyan's  "  Pilgrim's  Progress,"  If  any 
jsenger  reader  has  not  read  this  book,  let  him 
read  it  at  once.     Beg,  borrow  or  buy  a  copy,  and 

ad  it,  first  to  yourself,  then  aloud  to  the  family, 
Let  the  little  folks  read  it,  too.  If  they  do  believe 
that  things  happened  just  so,  and  that  it  is  all  true, 
don't  worry,  it  will  not  hurt  them. 

Last  but  not  least,  do  not  neglect  our  church 
literature.  It  is  still  in  its  infancy.  So  much  the 
better;  we  may  be  able  to  catch  up  and  grow  with 
it.  If  you  had  a  brother  in  the  flesh,  who  was  of  a 
literary  turn  of  mind,  and  had  written  a  book,  would 
you  not  read  it?  Of  course  you  would.  Do  you 
see  the  application?  I  shall  not  name  any  books 
published  by  the  Brethren.  You  have  notices  from 
time  to  time  in  the  Messenger.  There  is  one  I  am 
reading  now  that  is  especially  helpful.  I  shall  not 
name  the  book,  but  give  instead  a  quotation,  allow- 
ing you  to  find  out  for  yourself  the  author. 

"We  don't  want  Christians  for  Sunday  and  de- 
mons for  Monday.  We  want  Christians  that  will  go 
with  Christ  to  the  cross.  Did  you  ever  think  how 
easy  it  must  have  been  to  be  a  follower  of  Christ  on 
the  Sunday  before  his  crucifixion,  when  he  rode  in- 
to the  city  with  the  palm-wreaths  around  him,  with 
the  followers  shouting,  1  Hosanna  to  th.  I.:;„s,'  «„u 

th  the  children  strewing  flowers  in  his  way,  and 
th  the  whole  crowd  evidently  believing  that  here, 
at  last,  the  Christ  was  coming  to  establish  his  king- 
dom upon  the  earth?  It  was  an  easy  thing  then  to 
shout  and  be  a  follower  of  Christ,  To  be  a  follower 
of  Christ  that  day,  meant,  as  far  as  they  could  see, 
immediate  recognition  in  some  great  high  place  in 
the  power  that  was  to  be,  in  the  kingdom  that  was 
to  come.  But  just  wait  until  Friday  of  that  week. 
Where  were  all  these  followers  and  shouters  when 
Friday  came,  and  the  blackness  of  heaven  settled 
down  upon  the  earth  like  a  pall,  and  the  cross  went 
up,  and  the  Christ  was  crucified?  Where  were  they 
then?" 
Everett,  Pa.       ^_^___^_ 

RIDICULED  THE  PREACHER. 

An  aged  minister  was  called  to  see  a  young  man, 
who  was  going  to  the  penitentiary,  for  robbing  his 
employer.  Looking  intently  at  the  prisoner,  the 
old  man  said:  "  I  believe  I  have  met  you  before." 
The  prisoner  replied:  "  Yes,  I  remember  you  well, 
but  it  is  ten  years  since  we  met.  You  are  partly  re- 
sponsible for  my  being  here."  The  minister  stared 
at  him  aghast.  "  I,"  he  said.  "  Why,  I  never  did 
you  a  wrong  in  my  life."  "  Not  intentionally,"  the 
prisoner  answered,  "  bat  a  deadly  wrong  all  the 
same.  When  I  was  a  lad  twelve  years  old  I  went 
with  my  father  to  hear  a  revival  preacher,  and  you 
joined  us  as  we  walked  back.  I  had  been  a  good 
deal  impressed  by  the  sermon,  and  had  almost  de- 
termined to  go  to  the  preacher  and  get  him  to 
show  me  the  way  to  Christ.  But  I  heard  you  talk- 
ing to  father  and  ridiculing  the  preacher  as  an  ig- 
norant man,  who  was  unfit  to  preach  to  intelligent 
people.  He  had  reached  my  heart,  but  I  concluded 
from  what  you  said  that  he  was  not  a  fit  guide.  I 
did  not  go  to  him,  and  I  never  felt  inclined  to  seek 
religion  afterward.  When  I  went  to  business,  I 
went  without  tbs  protection  of  religion,  ^nd  hsr?  » 
am."—  Christian  Herald, 


April  -23,  IS 


THE   GOSPEL   -MESSENGER. 


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will  be  sent. 

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MOTTO  FOB  1 


INDIA, 

In  Five  Parts.- 


Part  3. 


Intellectually  India  presents  two  class- 
es,— first  a  class  of  philosophers  whose  keen- 
ness of  mind  and  development  of  profound 
speculative  thought  is  remarkable,  and  clearly 
seen  in  the  learned  treatises  in  philosopby'and 
poeiry,  and  commentaries  on  these,  which  form 
the  principal  part  of  India's  literature.  The 
second  class,  and  by  far  the  larger,  consists  in 
those  unable  to  read,  who  are  content  to  have 
enough  rice  to  eat  and  a  rude  place  for  shelter. 
They  make  no  intellectual  progress,  and  from 
one  standpoint  are  little  above  the  brute  and 
have  no  desire  to  reach  higher,— in  fact  they 
resent  -yiy  innovation  that  would  lead  them  out 
of  theirfignorant  state. 

^^  jjarn'ng  of  India  rests  almost  wholly 
within  the  ranks  of  the  Erahmans  who  are  at 
once,  for  the  greater  portion  of  the  people, 
their  priests  and  religious  teachers,  and  who 
are  revered  next  to  their  gods.  The  Brahma 
intellect  is  shrewd  and  keen,  though  thei 
lines  of  reasoning  are  often  very  false  and  lead 
to  wrong  conclusions.  The  learning  of  thi 
merchant  class  consists  principally  in  reading, 
writing  and  enough  arithmetic  to  make  them 
quick  and  ready  in  their  business  transactions. 
The  soldier  class  rather  despised  learning  and, 
as  a  consequence,  had  to  turn  to  men  of  other 
castes  to  attend  to  their  business  and  govern- 
mental affairs,  and  in  many  instances  lost  their 
power  thereby.  The  masses  are  unable  to 
read  even  in  their  own  vernacular,  and  thus 
become  the  easy  prey  for  the  crafty  priests,  on 
the  one  hand,  and  of  the  dishonest  merchants 
on  the  other  hand,  who  have  no  conscience,  to 
cheat  all  they  can. 

Only  boys  in  the  Brahman  caste  are  instruct- 
ed (girls  not  being  considered  worth  the  while), 
and  their  instruction  consists  in  learning  by 
' :  passages  of  poetry,  and  reading  and  writ- 


263 


daily  toil  for  bread,  and  their  lives  seem  to  be 
totally  destitute  of  any  aspiration  or  ambition. 
Fatalism  has  a  strong  hold,  and  since  they 
have  been  born  as  they  are,  who  among  them 
dares  to  question  the  right  of  being  just  where 
he  is? 

Possibly  the  greatest  fault  that  can  b'e  laid 
to  their  charge  is  lying.  This  is  so  common 
afcd  ^o  thoroughly  practiced  that  one  is  almost 
impressed  witli  the  idea  that  they  consider  it  a 
virtue  instead  of  a  vice.  In  fact,  some  have  no 
idea  but  that  it  is  perfectly  in  line  with  right, 
This  manifests  itself  most  among  the  mer- 
chants and  they  have  attained  almost  perfec- 
tion in  the  terrible  practice. 

Up  to  the  time  that  the  English  goverm 
began  the  licensing  of  the  sale  of  liquors  there 
was  little  drunkenness,  but  the- vile  stuff  sold 
into  that  land  since  Christian  nations  have 
taken  charge,  has  placed  intemperance  and  its 
attending  evils  on  a  large  increase. 

Among  some  of  the  aboriginal  tribes,— their 
form  of  worship  being  closely  akin  to  demon 
worship,-it  would  be  natural  that  their  type 
of  morality  is  of  an  exceedingly  low  standard. 
Under  such  conditions  life  is  considered  of  but 
little  value,  and  the  ravages  of  sin  are  most 
hideous  and  frightful.  g.  b.  It. 

AN  ABSOLUTE  NECESSITY. 


I'ATER. 


aha 


G.  II.  Royer's  plan  for  sue* 
cessful  city  mission  work  for  the  Brethren 
church  has  touched  a  responsive  chord  within 
the  breasts  of  those,  all  over  our  Brotherhoodt 
th  such  work;  and  I  de- 


ing  in  thei 

taches  himself  t 
by  a  long  course 
in  the  poetry  ; 
country. 

ally  India 


nguage.  If  a  young  Brah 
elaborate  education,  he  at- 
me  philosopher  and  there, 
instruction,  becomes  wise 
subtle  philosophy   of    the 


nay  be  designated  a: 
dead,  rather  than  showing  any  violent  opposi 
tion  to  virtue.  There  is  not  the  great  amoun 
of  crime  that  might  be  expected  in  such  a  land 
and  under  such  religious  influences.  They 
neither  strive  to  any  height  in  morality  nor  do 
they,  as  a  rule,  sink  below  the  level  in  which 
they  are  born.  Caste,  in  a  measure,  protects 
the  women  of  the  higher  rank,  for  to  be  guilty 
of  immorality,  in  any  way,  is  to  be  ostracised 
from  the  caste.  The  people  may  be  designat- 
ed as  moving  along  on  the  even  plane  of  their 
morality,  plodding  the  life  of  the  laborer,  nev- 
nything  higher,  showing  neighbor- 
to  their  own.  They  often  show  ex- 
rance  in  famine  and  pestilence, 
ally  infests  the  land,  and  are 
Uttle  disposed  to  be  dissatisfied  with  the  im- j 
positions  and  fraudulence  of  the  landlords  of 
the  farms,    They  think  little  beyond  their  own 


.-l:u,dn 


which 


sire  to  lay  stress  upon  another  element,  which 
is  absolutely  essential  to  successful  work  ei- 
ther in  the  city  or  country,— a  better  qualified 

A  business  man  is  estimated  by  the  clerks  he 
employs,  a  nation  by  the  ambassadors  it  sends 
out,  and  a  king  by  his  attendants.  Suppose 
that  Mr.  McKinley  should  have  selected  some 
factory  hand,  who  had  never  read  the  constitu- 
tion, to  represent  the  United  States  at  the 
court  of  St.  James,  what  estimate  would  you 
have  placed  upon  his  judgment?  Or  in  what 
on  would  Parliament  hold  our  nation? 
The  wisdom  of  exercising  common  judgment 
along  these  lines  was  powerfully  exemplified 
in  the  revolutionary  struggle  with  Franklin  at 
the  French  court.  The  student  of  history  is 
well  aware  of  the  result  had  we  not  secured 
the  aid  of  France.  He  is  also  aware  of  the 
fact  that  no  other  man  in  America  could  have 
obtained  audience  at  the  French  court.  Our 
destiny  as  a  nation  hinged  on  Franklin's  abil- 
ity as  a  diplomat,  and  as  the  future  of  America 
was  decided  by  Franklin's  diplomatic  ability, 
so  shall  the  future  of  the  Brethren  church  be 
decided  by  the  representatives  she  sends  out. 

By  reference  to  Lev.  21:  17-21  we  find  that 
under  the  Mosaic  law  only  perfect  men  were 
permitted  to  minister  in  the  temple.  This  was 
necessary  on  account  of  the  people.  They 
would  be  inclined  to  think  meanly  of  the  ser- 
vice, if  those  who  performed  it,  did  it  in  an 
awkward  and  blundering  manner.  It  would 
ilso  breed  contempt  for  the  altar  and  sanctu 
iry.  As  the  New  Testament  is  but  a  culmina 
:ion  of  the  types  and  shadows  of  the  Old,  i: 
iota  trained  ministry  the  antitype  of  the  tern 
pie  service?  The  penalty  for  a  violation  0: 
these  laws  was  severe  (Lev.  10:  1).  If  undei 
an  imperfect  law,  the  great  God  is  so  parties 
lar  to  have  his  purity,  holiness  and  dignity 
maintained,  can  we  hope  for  his  blessing,  while 
we  show  so  little  respect  for  his  service?  The 
devil  has,  by  some  means  or  other,  disseminat- 
ed a  sentiment  among  us  that  anything  will  do 
for  the  Lord's  service.  We  are  so  prone  to  use 
all  the  best  things  for  ourselves,  and  insult  the 
Lord  with  what  we  cannot  use.  How  sad  for  a 
brother  to  demand  for  himself  a  fine  house  to 
live  in,  a  fine  carriage  to  ride  in,  a  silver- 
mounted  harness  for  his  team,  in  order  to  show 
his  standing  among  his  fellowmen,  then  to 
cavil  when  some  one  desires  to  have  things  so 
arranged  as  to  reflect  honor  upon  God! 

The  preacher  must  be  able  to  inspire  confi- 
dence. The  bitterest  assailants  of  religion  re- 
spect the  man  who  is  able  to  "rightly  divide 
the  Word  of  Truth."  The  reason  that  the 
false  teachers  of  this  day  are  leading  so  many 
people  astray,  is,  that  they  have  equipped  them- 
as  to  gain  the  confidence  of  the  peo- 
ple. Ought  we  not  to  be  as  "  wise  as  serpents," 
in  availing  ourselves  of  that  power,  backed 
with  the  truth,  accompanied  with  the  Holy 
Ghost?    The  minister  being  an  ambassador  of 


1  fit  person  tc 
to  bring  the 


lipotentiary  of  God,  oug 
linister  in  holy  things, 
[aster  and  his  cause  ir 


Our  failures  th  the  cities  and  in  the  com 
many  places,  are  title  largely  to"  the  fact 
many  of  our  ministers  are  not  able  to  ins 
the  confidence  of  the  people.  Our  doctrii 
not  at  fault,  for  it  is  suited  to  city  peopl 
well  as  others.  Our  lack  of  culture  and  im 
petency  is  a  Chinese  wall  between  us  and  the 

It  is  not  necessary  that  we  be  well  versed  in 
Greek  and  Hebrew,  and  the  so-called  theology, 
but  tlrtit  we  have  good  English,  and  a  thorough 
acquaintance  with  our  English  Bible,  We 
should  know  the  great  doctrines  of  the  Bible 
Many  of  our  preachers  have  memorised  much 
of  the  Bible,  without  getting  a  proper  concep 
tion  of  the  various  passages  In  their  connec 


'1  Ik 


x  that  1 


.vrnliti 


educated 


ministers  is  only  man's,  because  the  Dil 
everywhere  filled  with  "Study,"  "search, 
The  idea  that  a  mail  can,  without  a  consecrated 
life  and  prayerful  study  of  the  Bible,  get  up 
and  preach —the  Holy  Ghost  putting  words 
to  his  mouth,  is  not  the  doctrine  taught  in  the 
Bible.    Oh,  for  a  Luther  to  go  forth  and 
up  the  dead  church! 

"But,"  says  some  one,  "Christ  chose  those 
lowly  fishermen  to  be  his  ministers."    Tr 
but  he  gave  them  a  three-years' course  of  pr 
tical    training  first.     I  would  rather  be  th 
years  under  the  tuition  of  JesUs,  than  ten  years 
twice  told  in  the  best  theological    school  of 
earth.    Paul  spent  three  years  in  practice,  be- 
fore entering  actually  upon  his  work, 

Brethren  and  sisteis,  we  have  only  been  play 
ing  with  our  Christian  work  thus  far.  Will  we 
wake  up  and  go  forward  at  the  Master's  com- 
mand? Nearly  nineteen  hundred  years  ago 
the  Master  gave  us  our  marching  orders,  an 
we  are  still  unprepared  for  battle.  Let  Us  t 
in  earnest,  for  "  in  an  hour  when  ye  think  ni 
the  Master  cometh."  May  we  go  forth,  as  w 
see  the  destruction  of  this  world  approachin, 
crying  everywhere,  "  Life!  Life!  Eternal  Life! 
Let  us  pray  for  the  work!  Let  us  give  f( 
the  work,  and,  if  need  be,  let  us  give  our  live 
Do  not  talk  about  bearing  the  cross.     Christ 


t  Calvary,  so  let  1 
rosses,  till  we  have  I 
if  need  be,  life.    N 
d  can  we  expect  new 


-«l.      lh,.u 


am  to  spring  up, 
so  if  our  goods  and  lives  are  buried,  it  will  be 
but  seeds  planted  in  the  fields  of  the  Lord,  to 
bring  forth  a  harvest  for  God. 


FROM  STAUNTON,  VA. 


.SAUDI. [•:. 


the  Bible  Term  at  Bridgcwater 
College,  January.  While  there,  the  Lord  called 
a  work  in  Staunton.  I  commenced  my  la- 
Feb.  3.  Sister  Click  stayed  with  me  till  I 
me  somewhat  acquainted  with  the  city 
seople,  and  then  left  for  other  fields  of  la- 
Sister  Click  has  done  a  good  work  here. 
Eternity    alone  will  reveal  the  good  sh< 

D.  C.  F lory  has  been  in  charge  of 
this  mission  since  January.  His  labors  are  ap 
preciated  by  all.  He  wins  the  good  opinion  o; 
the  people  by  his  sociability.  He  drives  twen 
ty  miles  every  Sunday,  preaches  twice  and  at 
tends  Sunday  school.  Yesterday  being  Easter, 
he  preached  an  extra  sermon  for  the  Sunday 
school.  The  attendance  is  increasing.  The 
interest  shown  by  the  attendance  at  our  ser- 
vices is  very  encouraging.  There  are  some 
who  would  be  much  help  to  us  in  the  church. 
They  know  their  duty,  and  realize  they  ought 


Aid  Societies  a 
ought  to  be  or 
Brothefhotid.     I 


when  we  have  to  refuse,  but 
what  we  do  not  have.  The 
:  doing  a  good  work.  There 
In  each  congregation  in  the 
frhy  do  not  more  of  yoli 


;di 
A  prill 


J  line  of  work'' 


SUNDAY  EQOS. 


SARAH  J. 


Seeing  the  frequent  calls  through  the  Mes- 
senger for  money  to  build  a  church  Ik.  use  111 
Washington,  we  wanted  to  help  a  little,  and 
decided  in  our  family  to  eat  sparingly  of  eggs 
and  other  things,  for  one  month,  so  as  to  sell 
the  eggs  for  cash,  for  the  work.  We  arc  iso- 
lated and  know  the  need  of  a  churchhouse. 
Let  all  readers  of  the  Messenger  gave  tha 
Sunday  eggs  from  Easter  Sunday  until  Annual 
Meeting  anrl  send  (he  proceeds  with  whatever 
they  may  have  for  a  collection  at  the  mission- 


As 


ol   rill    In 


clos 


ey  for 


members  that  are  R'^ing,  twine 
Mrssi  ngku  to  whom  to  send 
the  Annual  Meeting  collection 

Greenville,  Iowa,  April  11, 

[Isolated  members,  who  cannot  attcntl  the 
Annual  Meeting,  may  send  their  contributions 
to  the  General  Missionary  and  Tract  Commit- 
tee, Mount  Morris,  IU.-Eh;| 

THREE  VISITd.lS; 


BY   C.   b. 


Ll'Oft. 


The  first  visitor  came  and  showed  himself 
quite  sociable,  but  had  a  good  many  confiden- 
tial things  to  talk  about.  -'Of  course  these 
things  are  to  go  no  farther,  but  neighbor  A  is 
a  dangerous  man;  you  cannot  trust  him.  And 
Bro.  B  wants  to  run  the  church,  and  sister  C 
thinks  she  knows  more  than  ordinary  people. 
But  whatever  you  do,  do  not  mention  my  name. 


ull.c 


,50  I  will  le. 


:  quite  ready  1 


!  much 


We  have  bought 


>  be  in  the  church,  but 
2  from  the  world, 
pray  God  to  give  them 
The  other  denominatint 
ragement,  and  are 
a  churchhou: 
ready    to    b> 

ugh.  We  have  plenty  of  Brethren  in  th 
Second  District  of  Virginia  who  could  build  i 
church  here,  if  they  only  knew  how  bad  w 
need  one.  If  we  could  get  the  country  peopl 
sufficiently  interested  to  visit  the  city  mission; 
"real  sympathy  for  th* 


they  would  have 

The  Sisters' Aid  Society  of  the  Mill  Creek 
congregation,  Va.,  kindly  donated  some  money 
to  our  work.  It  was  used  in  buying  clothing 
and  giving  food  to  the  poor.  We  need  more 
clothing  and  money.  Children  want  to  come 
to  Sunday  scbco'l  but  have  no  suitable  clothing, 


Visitor  No  1  enters.  The  weather,  the  crop3, 
financial  and  political  affairs  are  the  lopics  of 
conversation.  The  general  news  of  ihc  coun- 
try is  inquired  after,  and  especially  the  burning 
question,  now  at  issue  between  the  United 
States  and  Spain.  The  visit  is  ended  and  we 
had  a  nicotinic. 

The  third  visitor  drives  up  and  the  very  at- 
nosphcre    around  him  seems  to   he  fraught 
with  the  spirit  of  worship  and   praise.     He  has 
1  kind  word  for  all.     He  speaks  of  the  good- 
less  and  mercy  of  the  Lord  and  exhorts  all  to 
seek  to  know  the  Lord.     Before  departing  all 
jow  together  in  a  season  of  prayer.    Cups  of 
oy  may  overflow  a  little,  but  it  is  in  a  private 
house  and  mutually  agreeable.    "God  bless 
you"  and  "  the  Lord  be  with  you,"  is  exchanged 
id  the  visitor  goes  on  his  way  rejoicing. 
Which   visitor  do   you   like  best?     Reader, 
which  of  the  three  do  you  represent? 
Hawthorn,  Fla. 


The  Mission  Board  of  Northeastern  Kansas 
met  in  the  Washington  Creek  church  April  6. 
Bro.  Chas.  W.  Shoemaker's  term  having  ex- 
pired, Bro,  Geo.  A.  Fishburn  was  elected  to 
fill  his  place.  Bro.  Fishburn  was  made  treas- 
urer. His  address  is  Overbrnok,  Kans.  All 
money  for  the  home  mission  work  should  be 
sent  to  him.  The  reports  of  our  missionaries, 
as  to  the  prospects,  are  very  encouraging. 
Thereis  a  growing  interest  at  Soldier  Creek. 

There  are  two  more  applicants  for  baptism 
it  the  State  Prison.  Bro,  Hooper,  who  has 
been  doing  missionary  work  at  the  prison, 
thinks  this  point  should  not  be  neglected, 
e  are  many  calls  for  help  from  different 
parts  of  the  District.  The  interest  is  growing 
at  Kansas  City.  The  Brethren  there  are  very 
anxious  to  have  a  permanent  place  of  worship. 
They  have  secured  a  lot  and  will  build  as  soon 


funds 


...I.     'M.i 


prr.i 


;  field  and  should  have  the  support  of  the 
■e  Brotheihcod. 

o.  C.  J.  Hooper  was  chosen  missionary  for 
year,  and  now,  that  his  labors  may  be 
ned  with  success,  let  all  our  brethren  and 
rs  give  him  their  support.  Give  him  our 
prayers,  and  as  Aaron  and  Hur  stayed  up  Mo- 

s'  hands,  let  us  stay  by  our  missionary. 

Meriden,  Kans.,  April  it. 


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April  23,  18 


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Considerable  matter,  intended  for  the 
ary  department,  must  lay  over  until  next  week, 


Several  churches  will  probably  be  organized  in 
Southern  Colorado  during  the  coming  summer. 


Bro.  Solomon  Blickenstaff  changes  his  address 
from  Rossville,  Ind.,  to  Flora,  Carroll  Co.,  same 
state. 

We  are  requested  to  announce  the  change  of  Bro. 
Henry  Lilligh's  address  from  Woburn,  111,,  to  Mul- 
berry Grove,  same  State. 


On  the  night  of  April  8  the  large  Mohler  meet- 
ing house  at  Ephrata,  Pa  ,  was  destroyed  by  fire. 
The  house  was  erected  twenty-five  years  ago. 

Quite  recently  Bro.  Israel  Cripe  closed  a  series 
of  meetings  in  the  Prairie  Creek  church,  Ind.,  with 
six  accessions  to  the  little  band  of  believers. 

The  Ministerial  Meeting  for  Northwestern  Kan- 
sas and  Northern  Colorado  will  be  held  at  Quinter, 
Kans.,  April  23,  the  day  before  the  District  Meet- 
ing.   

It  will  be  gratifying  to  our  readers  to  learn  from 
the  Smyrna  notes,  in  next  issue,  that  three  more  liave 
been  added  to  the  little  band  of  workers  in  Asia 
Minor. 

Bro.  Michael  Keller  is  to  represent  South- 
western Kansas  and  Southern  Colorado  at  the 
Standing  Committee.  The  District  sends  one  paper 
to  the  Annual  Meeting. 


Bro,  Andrew  Hutchison  who  is  yet  preaching 
near  Conway  Springs,  Kans.,  does  not  expect  to  re- 
turn to  California  until  in  the  fall.  He  will  spend 
the  summer  months  holding  meetings  at  various 
points. 

Bro.  C.  H.  Balsbaugh,  Union  Deposit,  Pa.,  is 
quite  a  friend  to  our  Sunday  school  literature,  and 
orders  large  quantities  for  each  quarter.  He  is 
managing  a  school  that  is  full  of  interest  and  inspi- 


Wiuting  concerning  the  cause  at  Dubois,  Nebr., 
Bro.  J.  E.  Young  says:  "If  you  know  a  young 
minister,  who  wants  a  good  field  in  which  to  locate, 
tell  him  here  is  one.  There  are  about  fifteen  young 
members  here  now.  Many,  bath  old  and  young, 
are  talking  favorably  of  the  Brethren's  church.  I 
would  like  to  remain  right  here  but  cannot.  More 
help  in  the  ministry  is  needed," 


Bro,  T.  T.  Myers  writes  us  that  on  Easter  Sun- 
day eight  were  received  into  the  church  at  Philadel- 
phia by  confession  and  baptism,  three  being  from 
the  mission  school.  All  but  one  of  them  are  Sun- 
day school  scholars. 


Bro.  Robert  Metsker,  of  Huntington,  Ind., 
who  has  been  suffering  about  four  years  with  a  can- 
cer on  his  face,  passed  over  the  river  of  death  last 
Sunday  morning,  and  on  Tuesday  was  laid  to  rest 
in  the  cemetery  at  Mexico. 

This  week  our  Armenian  brother,  O.  H.  Yeremiao, 
who  is  now  in  the  medical  institute  in  Chicago,  re- 
ceived sad  news  from  his  home  in  Smyrna.  His 
only  brother  died  a  few  weeks  ago,  and  his  father 
is  lying  in  a  very  dangerous  condition. 


One  of  our  aged  elders,  writing  this  office,  great- 
ly laments  the  scarcity  of  elders  in  his  State  Dis- 
trict, there  not  being  enough  to  supply  near  all  the 
churches.  There  is  just  one  way  out  of  this  diffi- 
culty, and  that  is,  follow  Paul's  plan,  and  have  elders 
ordained  in  every  church.  This  is  the  Gospel  order 
of  things,  and  the  sooner  we  come  to  it  the  better, 


By  reporting  the  doings  of  their  Aid  Societies 
our  sisters  make  the  Home  and  Family  department 
unusually  interesting  this  week.  We  have  other  re- 
ports on  the  hook  for  next  issue.  The  sisters  wilt 
do  well  to  keep  our  readers  posted  concerning  their 
work,  and  for  such  communications,  when  brief,  we 
always  have  plenty  of  room.  Let  us  hear  from  oth- 
er societies. 

The  last  issue  of  the  Messenger  records  the 
names  of  nine  sisters  as  superintendents  of  Sunday 
schools.    This  shows  that  the  brethren  are  not  only 

lling  to  put  them  to  work  where  they  can  make 
themselves  useful,  but  that  they  are  anxious  to  se- 
cure the  good  influence  which  is  exerted  by  a  con- 
sistent and  devout  sister  in  the  responsible  position 
of  superintendent. 


Bro.  Thomas  D.  Lyon,  Hudson,  111.,  writes  us 
that  he  has  just  spent  %ne  week  with  Bro.  D,  B. 
Gibson,  at  Clarksville,  where  some  very  enthusias- 
tic meetings  were  held.  A  meetinghouse  is  very 
much  needed  at  this  place,  and  in  time  one  may  be 
erected.  The  council  at  Hudson  passed  off  very 
pleasantly,  and  Bro.  D.  B.  Gibson  wa3  selected  to 
assist  in  the  oversight  of  the  church. 


On  page  264  of  this  issue  Bro.  D.  B.  Senger  calls 
attention  to  a  mistake,  on  our  part,  regarding  the 
make-up  of  the  Annual  Meeting  Lodging  Commit- 
tee. We  stand  corrected,  and  now  simply  add,  that 
f  these  three  brethren  cannot  render  general  satis- 
faction in  their  management  of  the  lodging  depart- 
ment, it  will  be  because  our  people  who  attend  the 
Conference  are  a  good  deal  harder  to  please  than  we 
think  they  are.      

A  sister  writing  from  one  of  the  cities  where  we 
have  a  mission,  with  regular  services,  says:  "  Yes- 
terday the  Catholic  church  here  had  special  services. 
Quite  a  number  of  our  members  came  in  from  the 
country  to  attend  the  Catholic  and  Methodist  meet- 
ings. They  never  came  to  our  mission,  Why  is 
this?"  Well  might  the  sister  ask,  Why  is  this? 
This  well-meant  rebuke  may  apply  to  several  places, 
and  we  trust  that  it  may  be  the  means  of  doing 
good.  We  should  not  neglect  our  own  places  of 
worship. 

Though  our  subscription  list  is  much  larger  at 
this  time  than  ever  before  known  in  the  history  of 
the  Messenger,  still  there  are  about  390  of  our 
ministers  who  do  not  take  the  paper.  This  does 
not  speak  so  well  for  our  preachers.  Every  one  of 
them  should  know  what  is  going  on  in  the  Brother- 
hood, so  as  to  keep  in  touch  with  the  work  of  the 
church,  and  this  they  cannot  do  without  reading 
our  church  literature.  Will  our  readers  see  to  it 
that  these  390  preachers  get  the  paper  the  remain- 
der of  the  year?  Look  them  up,  call  their  atten- 
tion to  what  they  are  missing,  and  if  they  do  not 
care  to  subscribe,  or  are  not  able  to  pay  for  the 
Messenger,  perhaps  some  generous  saints  will  feel 
like  donating  the  paper  to  them, 


The  District  Meeting  of  Northwestern  Ohio  is 
reported  to  have  passed  off  very  pleasantly.  Bro. 
C.  L.  Wilkins  is  to  represent  the  District  on  the 
Standing  Committee.  No  papers  are  sent  to  the 
Annual  Meeting. 


Our  proof-reader  would  regard  it  as  quite  a  favor 
if  those  who  quote  Scripture  in  their  articles,  will 
turn  to  each  passage  cited,  and  quote  it  just  as  it 
stands  in  the  Book.  It  is  no  small  task  to  rewrite 
the  incorrect  quotations  found  in  some  manuscripts. 
Then  it  is  no  credit  to  a  writer,  in  the  estimation 
of  printers,  for  him  to  give  Scripture  different  from 
what  it  actually  is  in  the  Book.  Let  us  learn  to  fol- 
low the  Book. 

Bro.  Geo.  E.  Studebaker,  of  McPhcrson,  Kans., 
is  getting  at  missionary  work  in  the  right  way  for 
the  West.  He  proposes  to  procure  a  tent,  and  go 
from  one  point  to  another  up  the  Arkansas  River 
Valley,  holding  meetings.  People  will  go  to  a  tent 
service  who  cannot  be  induced  to  enter  a  meeting- 
house. Why  could  not  other  missionaries  follow 
the  example?  Preaehing  the  Gospel  and  tent-life 
will  go  together  quite  well. 


We  hear  of  a  number  of  ministers  being  advanced 
to  the  second  degree.  This  is  right.  Just  as  soon 
as  a  minister,  by  his  deportment  and  preaching, 
demonstrates  to  his  congregation  that  he  is  loyal 
to  the  Gospel,  will  labor  for  the  best  interests  of 
the  church,  and  is  capable  of  teaching  others  the 
Way  of  Life,  he  should  be  advanced.  It  is  contrary 
to  all  good  reason  to  keep  a  faithful  and  efficient 
minister  in  the  first  degree  for  years. 


Bro.  J.  U.  G.  Stiverson,  of  Oysterville,  Wash., 
assisted  by  his  wife,  spent  the  greater  part  of  last 
winter  in  the  mission  field,  laboring  principally  at 
isolated  points.  He  is  doing  a  good  work,  and 
seems  to  have  the  right  method  of  reaching  the 
people.  At  Long  Branch,  where  there  were  no 
members  when  he  commenced  his  meetings,  twelve 
made  the  good  confession.  At  one  place  the,  few 
scattering  members  have  decided  to  build  a  rtieet- 
inghouse  without  calling  for  aid,  and  in  June  oro. 
Stiverson  goes  there  to  assist  with  the  work.  A 
preacher  who  can  help  build  meetinghouses  as  well 
as  convert  sinners  and  look  after  the  flock,  deserves 
some  substantial  encouragement. 


During  the  past  week,  says  the  Indtpendent,  the 
handful  of  surviving  members  of  the  American  Re- 
vision Committee  have  been  gathered  at  Hartford 
to  confer  and  push  their  labors  on  the  American 
Revised  Version  to  completion.  Professor  Riddle, 
writing  in  regard  to  it  in  the  Presbyterian  Banner, 
asks  whether,  after  these  twenty-six  years  of  work, 
the  result  is  worth  what  it  cost.  His  answer  is 
"Yes,  and  manifold  more."  Among  the  results  he 
includes  the  stimulus  to  Bible  study  and  habits  of 
closer  exegetical  study  on  the  part  of  the  younger 
ministers.  He  also  quotes  Bishop  Westcott  as  say- 
ing that  the  Authorized  Version  itself  made  no 
more  rapid  progress  in  public  favor  in  the  sixteen 
years  after  its  publication;  and  so  far  as  can  be  es- 
timated the  Revised  Version  is  now  more  commonly 
used  by  preachers  than  the  Authorized  Version  was 
after  the  same  period  of  trial.  But  apart  from  all 
these  Professor  Riddle  calls  attention  to  the  duty 
of  scholars  to  take  the  advantage  of  the  results  of 
scholarship  for  the  benefit  of  the  people.  With  re- 
gard to  the  new  readings  he  shows  that  the  Ameri- 
can appendix,  as  now  published,  by  no  means  fully 
represents  the  contributions  made  to  the  Revised 
Version  by  American  hands.  A  large  number  were 
incorporated  in  the  body  of  the  revision;  a  great 
many  more,  while  kept  on  record  by  the  American 
revisers,  were  not  mentioned  even  in  the  appendix 
of  the  English  Version.  It  is  also  true  that  many 
of  the  most  distinguished  English  scholars  express 
their  preference  for  the  American  readings;  but  the 
rule  requiring  a  two  thirds  vote  to  secure  any 
change,  prevented  many  of  them  from  being  Incor- 
porated either  in  the  body  of  the  work  or  even  in 
the  appendix.  The  parts  of  the  present  Revised 
Version  displaced  in  the  new  edition,  will  be  re- 
manded to  a  new  English  atnen'i: 


1'HB    C3-OS3?EXj    MISSS-EaSTO-EIR,. 


265 


THE  STANDING  COMMITTEE. 

Inside  of  the  next  few  weeks  the  remainder  of  the 
elders  constituting  the  Standing  Committee  will  be 
selected  by  the  delegates  at  the  District  Conferen- 
ces, While  this  body  has  no  special  authority  over 
3ny  of  the  churches,  still  the  work  entrusted  to  it 
is  of  considerable  importance,  and  its  influence  in 
shaping  many  of  the  decisions,  passing  the  Annual 
Meeting,  as  well  as  its  manner  of  conducting  the 
Conference,  is  far  reaching. 

Much,  indeed,  depends  upon  the  men  composing 
this  body.  They  should  be  men  full  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  and  wisdom,  men  who  are  sound  in  Gos- 
pel principles,  and  in  full  sympathy  with  the 
church  and  her  work.  The  importance  of  wisdom 
is  too  often  overlooked.  It  is  a  qualification  that 
is  highly  valued  in  the  Standing  Committee  room, 
and  the  influence  of  a  man  thus  favored  can  of- 
ten be  discerned  in  the  work  of  a  whole  Conference 
Districts,  having  elders  especially  endowed  along 
this  line,  should  by  all  means  send  such  to  the 
Standing  Committee,  not  only  for  the  welfare  of 
the  District  they  are  to  represent,  but  for  the  good 
of  the  Conference.  The  more  able  and  expe- 
rienced men  we  can  secure  on  this  Committee,  the 
better  will  the  work  entrusted  to  them  be  done, 
and  the  more  skillfully  will  the  open  Conference 
be  conducted. 

While  all  due  regard  should  be  had  for  frequent 
changing  of  delegates  from  the  different  State  Dis 
tricts,  still  the  idea  of  rotating  the  choice  among 
the  elders,  so  as  to  give  each  one  an  opportunity  of 
serving  on  the  Standing  Committee,  is  a  very  unfor- 
tunate custom  for  the  District  as  well  as  for  the 
body  on  which  they  serve,  for  the  reason  that  it  does 
not  develop  strength  in  the  eldership  at  home  or 
abroad.  Much  might  be  said  on  the  different 
phases  of  this  question,  and  what  we  here  say  is 
mainly  designed  to  put  our  people  to  thinking.  In 
this  connection,  we,  however,  suggest  a  careful 
study  of  the  qualifications  of  the  delegates  and  rep- 
resentatives that  figured  so  prominently  in  the 
council  at  Jerusalem,  as  set  forth  in  Acts  15,  espe- 
cially verse  22.      J.  h.  m, 

THE  ANNUAL  MEETING  GROUNDS  FOR  1898. 

Last  week  we  spent  a  few  hours  at  Burlington 
Park,  where  our  next  National  Conference  is  to  be 
held.  The  entire  grounds  take  in  about  thirty  acres, 
giving  more  than  ample  room  for  the  meeting.  A 
natural  grove  will  afford  generous  shade  and  pro- 
tection from  the  rays  of  the  June  sun.  A  beautiful 
stream  of  water  bounds  the  park  on  the  West.  It  is 
a  beautiful,  quiet  place,  and  affords  every  desirable 
condition  for  holding  our  meeting. 

Entering  the  grounds,  a  busy  scene  was  presented 
to  us.  A  number  of  workmen  were  engaged  in  re- 
moving leaves  and  brush  from  the  grounds,  which 
had  fallen  from  the  trees  during  the  last  fall  and 
winter;  others  were  painting  the  buildings,  while 
Bio.  Simon  Yundt,  construction  manager,  with  a 
corps  of  carpenters,  was  busy  at  work  on  the  im- 

ense  dining-room,  which,  when  completed,  will 
seat  twelve  hundred  people.  Thirteen  car  loads  of 
lumber  will  be  required  to  put  up  the  dining  hall 
and  the  great  tabernacle,  which  is  to  have  a  seating 
capacity  of  five  thousand  or  more.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  these  two  all  other  necessary  buildings 
ate  permanently  located  on  the  grounds. 

A  beautiful  shaded  grove  has  been  set  apart  for 
'he  tented  field,  for  a  number  will  dwell  in  taber- 
nacles during  the  meetings.  The  tents,  we  are  in- 
formed, are  to  be  floored  and  furnished  with  spring 
c°ts,  mattresses,  pillows,  sheets  and  blankets.  The 
tents  will  be  close  to  the  large  tabernacle,  and  those 
"ho  camp  "on  the  grounds  will  be  able  to  attend  all 
the  services,  and,  if  desired,  have  a  comfortable  rest- 
'"S-placa  during  the  day. 


Owing  to  the  fact  that  lodging  in  the  town  will  be 
somewhat  limited  it  is  of  importance  that  all  who 
desire  lodging  report  at  once  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
lodging  committee,  Bro.  D.  B.  Senger,  Franklin 
Grove,  111.  The  committee  must  know  at  the  earli- 
est possible  date,  the  number  of  tents  required. 
We  suggest  that  elders  and  ministers  call  public  at- 
tention to  this  notice  and  urge  those  who  intend  to 
come  to  the  Conference  to  apply  for  lodging  at  once. 
About  fifteen  hundred  people  can  be  accommodated 
in  Naperville.  Others  must  be  provided  for  on  the 
grounds.  The  usual  rate  of  twenty-five  cents  a 
night  will  be  charged  for  lodging. 

Items  of  interest  concerning  the  Conference  will 
be  given  from  time  to  time.  A  large  attendance  is 
expected,  because  of  the  great  importance  of  the 
business  to  come  before  the  general  council.  Per- 
haps never  before  in  the  history  of  the  church  were 
there  so  many  important  and  weighty  questions 
pending  as  now,  In  view  of  this  fact  there  should 
be  much  prayer  on  the  part  of  God's  people,  that 
the  coming  Conference  may  be  guided  by  divine 
wisdom  in  the  solution  of  the  problems  that  will 
come  before  it.  d.  l    m. 


THE  OLD  FIELDS. 


In  days  of  yore,  when  farms  were  large  and  virgin 
soil  plenty,  many  of  our  farmers  were  tempted  to 
plow  and  sow  in  the  fields  until  they  ceased  to  be 
profitably  productive,  and  then  add  to  their  acres 
by  clearing  off  new  fields,  as  long  as  they  had  vir- 
gin soil  to  work  upon.  But,  of  course,  this  condi- 
tion of  things  could  not  always  continue,  so  the 
time  came  when  no  more  new  fields  were  to  be 
found,  and  therefore  it  was  necessary  to  give  more 
attention  to  the  old  ones.  It  was  soon  found  that, 
by  careful  cultivation,  liberal  fertilizing  and  adopt- 
ing the  modern,  improved  methods,  quite  satisfac- 
tory results  followed. 

And  why  should  not  the  same  be  true  in  reference 
to  religious  farming  as  well?  Just  now  there  are 
many  such  fields, — old  and  neglected  fallow  fields, 
all  over  the  church, — and  not  a  few  of  them  in  our 
home  State  District.  They  are  either  being  neglect- 
ed, or  so  poorly  farmed  that,  in  many  cases,  no  crop 
at  all  is  reaped.  We  can  count  a  half  dozen  church- 
es in  the  Middle  District  of  Pennsylvania,  that  do 
not  have  as  large  a  membership  to-day  as  they  had 
ten  years  ago,  and  some  of  these  are  really  going 
back  in  membership  and  influence,  every  year. 

As  these  facts  stare  us  in  the  face,  the  question 
forces  itself  upon  us.  "  Why  is  this  so?"  And  we 
want  to  force  this  question  on  the  minds  of  others 
as  well.  This  condition  of  things  is  not  true  of  our 
good  farming  communities.  Only  the  other  day, 
as  we  were  traveling  on  the  railroad,  we  noticed 
farms  that,  years  ago,  were  in*a  neglected  condition, 
are  now  wonderfully  improved,  both  in^ppearance 
and  productive  possibilities,  The  old  worm  fences 
have  been  taken  away  and  board  fences,  white- 
washed, have  taken  their  places.  The  low  and 
swampy  places  have  been  drained, — new  methods, 
with  improved  machinery,  for  the  farming,  has 
been  introduced,  and  we  are  told  that  two  bushels 
of  grain  are  now  raised  where  there  was  only  one 
before. 

This  looks  encouraging,  and,  indeed,  it  is  the 
common-sense  way  of  doing  things.  The  fact  is, 
the  world  is  moving,  and  if  we  are  not  to  fall  be- 
hind we  must  move  with  it.  How  is  it  with  us? 
As  far  as  our  relation  to  worldly  things  is  con- 
cerned, we  are  up  and  fully  abreast  with  the  times. 
The  old  Dutch  scythe,  with  the  keen  blade,  has  been 
laid  aside  and  in  its  stead  we  have  the  two-horse 
mower.  Just  so  it  is  >ith  reaping  and  thrashing 
our  grains,  and  all  the  other  processes  of  farming. 
The  old  methods  have  been  discarded  and  the  new 
ones  introduced,  because,  we  say,  they  are  better. 

Hsw  is  it  with  seme  of  eur  church  wsrk?    Are 


we  making  improvements,— using  improved  and 
better  methods?  Or  is  the  saving  of  souls  of  less 
importance  than  raising  grain  and  fat  cattle? 
It  may  be  said  by  some,  that  the  comparison  is  not 
a  fair  one,  but  it  is.  Over  eighteen  hundred  years 
ago,  already,  it  was  used,—"  A  sower  went  forth  to 
sow."  And  as  there  have  been  changes  in  the  meth- 
ods of  sowing  in  earthly  fields,  all  along  down 
through  the  ages,  so  there  must  be  in  the  spiritual 
fields. 

One  thing  we  should  rtmember,  that  the  seed  has 
always  been  the  same.  The  changes  in  methods 
have  been  only  in  reference  to  the  sowing,  cultiva- 
tion and  reaping.  So  it  must  be  with  church  work. 
The  changes  needed  are  not  in  the  seed  to  be  sown, 
but  in  the  manner  of  sowing,  cultivation  and  reap- 
ing, 

There  was  a  time  when  preaching  every  four,  six 
and  eight  weeks  would  do,  but  that  time  is  past. 
This  is  an  age  of  religious  activity,  and  if  we  exprct 
to  hold  the  fort  we  must  catch  the  spirit.  Wonder- 
ful forces  are  at  work,  and  those  who  are  lying  at 
ease,  resting  on  their  oars,  are  being  left  behind, 
This  is  as  certain  as  we  live.  It  is  not  a  theory,  or 
a  problem  to  be  tested, — it  is  a  fact  that  is  evident 
and  open  for  an  inspection  every  day,  Do  we  not 
see  it  in  our  gradually-decreasing  churches,  our 
smaller  congregations  and  in  our  empty  church- 
houses. 

To  us  it  is  a  very  sad  condition  of  things,  and  yet 
who  is  to  blame?  Our  ministers  are  doing  as  well 
as  can  be  expected,  under  existing  circumstances, 
and  the  fruit  grown  and  reaped  is  as  much  as  we 
should  look  for,  when  we  consider  the  time  and  ef- 
fort given  by  those  who  must  do  the  labor.  Our 
old  fields  must  not  be  neglected,  because  our  per- 
manency, as  a  people,  depends  on  the  continued 
fruitage  from  fields  already  under  cultivation.  The 
souls  of  men,  women  and  children,  in  these  old 
churches,  are  just  as  precious  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord  as  those  that  can  be  had  in  the  new  ones, 

More  than  this,  if  we  do  not  awaken  to  our  duty 
in  working  for  the  Master,  other  churches,  more 
active  than  our  own,  will  enter  our  old  fields,  occu- 
py and  gather  in  the  harvest,  perhaps  of  our  own 
sowing,  This  is  being  done  in  places  now,  and  it 
only  remains  for  us  to  see  what  we  will  do  &bout  it. 
Too  many  of  our  shepherds  and  pastors  are  such 
only  during  the  winter  season,  when  they  have  no 
other  work  to  do.  As  spring  opens  and  summer 
comes  they  turn  their  thoughts  and  energies  away 
from  continued  church  work  to  that  of  farming, 
building,  merchandising,  etc.,  and,  as  a  result, 
church  work  comes  in  as  a  secondary  matter  and  is 
attended  to  only  at  such  occasions  when  time  can 
be  spared  from  the  other  work.  This  seems  bad  on 
the  part  of  our  ministers,  and  yet,  can  we  blame 
them,  when  they  still  do  double  the  work  for  the 
church  that  the  lay-members  do? 

No,  my  brother,  the  blame  must  rest  with  us  all. 
We  are  not  doing  for  the  Lord  and  the  saving  of 
souls  what  we  should.  Our  old  fields  will  be  con- 
tinued as  ours,  and  produce  full  crops  only  when 
our  ministers  are  so  situated  that  they  can  give 
their  undivided  attention  to  them.  This  they  can 
do  as  soon  as  the  church  helps  them  to  do  this. 
There  is  no  use  in  us  trying  to  dodge  this  truth.  It 
is  Scripture  as  plain  and  as  forcible  as  baptism, 
feet-washing,  or  any  of  the  other  Bible  doctrines. 
It  is  a  truth  that  we  are  slow  to  learn  because  it  is 
expensive.  But  the  time  i3  here  when  we  must 
learn  it,  or  have  our  old  fields  occupied  by  others. 
If  we  feel  that  others  can  do  it  as  well  or  better 
than  we  can,  then,  with  a  little  show  of  consistency, 
we  can  let  them  go.  If  not  so,  then  our  duty  is 
plain.  If  we  do  not  do  it,  our  skirts  are  not  clear 
and  the  blood  of  the  lost  will  be  required  at  our 
hands.  This  is  a  wonderful  thought.  Arc  we  con- 
cerned? a.  ».  s. 


266* 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSBNGEE,. 


April  23, 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

What  is  sin  against  the  Holy  Ghost?  Some  think  this  sin  is 
committed  by  one  who  professes  Christ,  then  goes  back  to  the 
world  again,  saying  there  is  nothing  in  Christianity.—/?.  E.  //. 

Sin  against  the  Holy  Ghost  is  attributing  to  the 
devil  that  which  is  done  by  the  Spirit.  While  it  is 
impossible  to  renew  again  unto  repentance,  those 
who  have  turned  back  to  the  world,  have  denied 
Christ,  have  crucified  the  Son  of  God  afresh,  and 
thus  put  him  to  open  shame,  still  the  act  of  going 
back  and  denying  the  faith,  is  not  properly  sin 
against  the  Holy  Ghost.  It  is  a  sin  against  the  Son 
of  God. 

In  1  John  1:  8  we  read:  "If  we  say  we  have  no  sin,  we  de- 
ceive ourselves,  and  the  tratb  is  not  in  us."  Then,  in  the  third 
chapter  and  ninth  verse,  it  says:  "  Whosoever  is  born  of  God 
doth  not  commit  sin;  for  his  seed  rcmaineth  in  him:  and  be 
cannot  sin,  because  he  is  born  of  God."  I  think  I  can  under- 
stand the  first,  but  I  cannot  harmonize  both  verses.—/'.  B. 
Webster. 

Both  verses  taken  together  simply  mean  this: 
The  person  who  is  truly  born  of  God,  can  not  and 
will  not  live  a  life  of  sin,  and  yet  he  is  liable  to 
make  mistakes,  but  if  he  does,  he  will  repent  of 
them.  There  is  quite  a  difference  between  being 
overtaken  in  a  sin  now  and  then,  and  living  a  life 
of  sin.  The  man  who  says  he  is  never  overtaken 
with  sin  —  makes  no  mistakes,  —  is  the  one  who 
cannot  be  believed.  But  the  man  who  lives  a  life  of 
sin — commits  one  sin  after  another,  and  never  turns 
away  from  any  of  them,  has  not  been  truly  born  of 
God,  and,  therefore,  the  seed  of  the  kingdom  is  not 
in  him.  But  he  who  has  the  seed  remaining  in  him, 
however  many  sins  he  may  commit,  never  turns 
back  to  the  world.  He  repents,  and  steadily 
strives  to  do  better. 

I  hope  there  is  nothing  wrong  in  asking  questions.  I  want 
to  lean,  all  I  can,  and  that  is  why  I  send  some  questions.—/'. 
B.  W. 

There  is  nothing  wrong  in  asking  questions,  only 
do  not  expect  too  much  of  us  in  answering  them. 
Were  we  to  answer  all  the  questions  sent  us  for  this 
department,  it  would  require  nearly  all  of  our  time, 
and  but  little  attention  could  be  given  to  other 
parts  of  the  paper.  So  far,  we  have  been  able  to 
devote  but  a  few  hours  each  week  to  the  Querists' 
Department.  We  hope  to  be  able  to  put  more 
work  on  this  line  later  on,  Could  we  only  spare 
the  time  for  it,  we  would  like  to  fill  one  entire  page 
each  week  with  queries  and  answers. 

Do  you  think  members  should  work  in  a  sugar  camp  on 
Sunday?— J.  F. 

We  think  they  should  not.  It  would  be  just  as 
consistent  for  them  to  work  in  the  harvest  6eld  on 
the  Lord's  Day.  If  their  business  is  pressing,  let 
them  work  until  late  Saturday  night,  and  then  com- 
mence early  on  Monday  morning.  If  a  small 
amount  of  sugar  water  should  go  to  waste,  let  it 
waste.  It  is  better  to  lose  a  little  sugar  water,  than 
to  run  the  risk  of  condemnation  for  inconsistency 
and  unfaithfulness. 

What  was  done  with  the  head  of  John  the  Baptist,  after  it 
was  presented  to  Herodias,  by  her  daughter?  We  read  that 
the  disciples  took  up  the  body  and  buried  it,  and  then  went 
and  told  Jesus.— 7-,  /  E.  Creen. 

The  execution  of  John  took  place  at  Macbrerus,  a 
strong  fortress  and  castle,  about  nine  miles  east  of 
the  northern  end  of  the  Dead  Sea.  The  banquet, 
at  which  the  daughter  danced,  was  probably  held  in 
the  castle,  and  it  required  only  a  short  time  to  send 
to  the  dungeon  where  John  was  confined,  and  have 
him  beheaded,  After  viewing  the  head,  and  being 
fully  satisfied  that  it  was  the  head  of  John  the  Bap- 
tist, Herodias  probably  had  it  returned  to  the  dun- 
geon, and  it  was  taken  by  the  disciples  of  John,  and 
buried  with  the  body.  This  is  on  the  supposition 
tiat  the  banquet  was  held  in  the  castle  at  Maclue- 
rus,  and  the  prevailing  opinion  is  that  it  was  held 
at  that  place.  j,  Hl  Ml 


FROM  THE  EASY  CHAIR. 

In  the  Christian  Evangelist,  St.  Louis,  is  an  edi- 
torial department,  known  as  "  Our  Easy  Chair." 
We  have  no  way  of  knowing  what  kind  of  a  chair 
the  editor  occupies  when  writing  these  editorials, 
but  if  that  has  anything  to  do  with  the  matter  pro 
duced,  we  suggest  that  it  would  be  to  the  interest 
of  the  reading  public  to  present  all  of  their  editors 
with  chairs  of  the  same  pattern,  for  we  regard  this 
as  the  most  interesting  department  in  that  well- 
edited  paper.  The  editor  has  been  spending  a  few 
months  in  San  Francisco,  and  on  his  return  stopped 
at  Salt  Lake  City.  Here  is  what  he  says  about  his 
visit  to  the  Mormon  tabernacle,  and  his  observa- 
tions among  the  Mormons: 

"  We  had  a  desire  to  attend  a  service  at  the  Mor- 
mon tabernacle,  and  an  opportunity  was  afforded 
It  chanced  to  be  the  funeral  occasion  of  one  of 
their  Bishops,  Elias  Morris,  and  as  the  service  was 
at  half  past  two,  we  went  directly  from  the  church 
in  order  to  secure  favorable  seats.  Our  position 
was  in  the  gallery,  at  the  rear  part  of  the  taber- 
nacle, directly  in  front  of  the  large  organ  and  choir 
and  the  speakers'  platform. 

"  The  building  was  densely  packed  at  the  hour  for 
beginning  the  service.  Several  venerable-looking 
men  occupied  seats  on  the  successive  tiers  of  the 
platform,  according  to  rank.  The  great  choir  of 
nearly  five  hundred  voices  flanked  the  organ  on 
either  side  and  in  front,  and  the  melody,  when  they 
sang,  was  like  the  voice  of  many  waters.  It  is 
probably  the  largest  and  best-trained  chorus  of  sing- 
ers on  the  Continent.  The  leader  of  the  choir  gets 
a  salary  of  $5,000.  The  music  is,  no  doubt,  the  at- 
tractive feature  of  this  afternoon  service  on  each 
Lord's  Day. 

"The  platform  was  profusely  draped  in  white,  as 
was  also  the  casket  that  contained  the  body  of  the 
deceased  Bishop.  There  were  four  or  five  speakers 
that  made  very  commonplace  remarks,  most  of 
them  brief,  concerning  the  life  and  character  of 
Bishop  Morris. 

"  There  were  only  two  noteworthy  speeches,  and 
one  of  these  was  by  Geo,  Q  Cannon,  one  of  the 
presidents,  who  made  the  chief  address  of  the  oc- 
casion. He  is  a  speaker  of  considerable  power, 
d  is  evidently  regarded  at  present  as  the  chief  de- 
fender of  Mormonism.  He  read  from  what  he 
called  the  Bible,  which  proved  to  be  a  selection 
from  their  "  Book  of  Doctrines,"  and  commented, 
at  length,  upon  the  character  and  destiny  of  the  de- 
eased,  Among  other  things,  he  said  that  Bishop 
Morris  was  now  a  king,  and  would  forever  be  a 
king,  ruling  over  his  own  family,  which,  he  said, 
would  go  on  increasing  through  all  eternity.  He 
did  not  explain  how  Bishop  Morris'  son  could  also 
be  a  king  with  a  household  to  rule  over,  but  it  was 
not  expected,  of  course,  that  we  should  be  intro- 
duced into  all  the  mysteries  of  Mormonism  at  one 
sitting. 

The  spe«h  of  Pres.  Woodruff  was  remarkable 
only  as  being  a  speech  from  one  who  had  recently 
celebrated  his  ninety-first  birthday.  He  spoke  in  a 
clear,  distinct  voice,  which  was  easily  understood 
where  we  sat,  which  must  have  been  at  least  two 
hundred  feet  from  the  speaker.  He  did  not  lament 
the  death  of  a  Latter-day  Saint,  he  said,  for  he 
knew  that  such  an  one  entered  fnto  glory,  What 
grieved  him  was,  that  so  many  of  the  prophets  and 
Bishops  and  Seventies,  as  well  as  other  unofficial 
members,  apostatized  from  the  Mormon  faith.  In- 
deed, there  was  a  note  of  lamentation  which  ran 
through  all  the  speeches,  bewailing  the  apostasy  of 
the  times  and  the  tendency  of  Mormons  to  yield 
their  principles  for  the  sake  of  gain  or  popularity. 

"  The  speeches  were  characterized  by  the  lack  of 
an  appeal  to  the  higher  motives,  and  to  the  finer 
feelings  of  our  human  nature.  They  seemed  to  us 
coarse,  material,  dogmatic,  uncharitable,  The  fact 
is,  we  were  never  so  impressed  with  the  magnitude 
of  the  religious  imposture,  known  as  Mormonism. 
How  any  one,  of  ordinary  sense,  can  be  deceived  by 
its   monstrous  claims,  is  a  mystery.     The   remedy 


for  this  gigantic  evil  is  mental  and  moral  illumina- 
tion. The  public  school  system,  now  established  in 
Utah,  and  flourishing  here  in  Salt  Lake  City,  to- 
gether  with  the  Protestant  churches  and  the  "  Gen- 
tile" population,  give  promise  ultimately,  of  over- 
throwing the  system  that  constitutes  a  menace  to 
our  civilization. 

"We  found  many  good  people  in  that  city  who 
fear  that  it  was  a  mistake  to  admit  Utah  into  the 
sisterhood  of  States  before  this  open  sore  of  Mor- 
monism was  healed,  at  least  so  far  as  its  polyga- 
mous  aspect  is  concerned.  It  is  believed  by  some 
that  polygamy  is  yet  secretly  practiced.  While  the 
Gentile  population  is  increasing,  the  Mormons  are 
compassing  land  and  sea  with  their  missionaries,  to 
make  proselytes  to  their  faith,  and  are  succeeding 
to  a  most  astonishing  degree.  The  Protestant 
churches  of  the  United  States  must  keep  an  eye  on 
Utah,  and  vigorously  sustain  their  churches  in  that 
State,  in  carrying  on  their  work  against  the  tide  of 
Mormon  sentiment." 


—*  HOME  4  AND  *  FAMILY*— 


I  SOMETIMES  DREAM. 

I  sombtimhs  dream  the  heavenly  world 

Is  not  so  far  away; 
Teat  I  am  only  kept  within 

A  prison  honse  of  clay, 
And,  though  the  night  may  close  rae  roun 

It  is  not  far  to-day. 

I  sometimes  dream  dear  friends  are  near, 

The  friends  of  long  ago, 
Who  left  me  in  my  early  youth, 

When  life  was  all  aglow; 
They  perished,  it  is  said,  and  yet 


Tor 


I  sometimes  dream  they  speak  to  me, 

Just  as  they  did  of  yore, 
And  that  they  love  me  just  the  same — 

Yes,  love  me  even  more 
Than  when  I  knew  them  in  the  flesh 

And  with  them  walked  Time's  shore. 
I  sometimes  dream  these  earthly  walls 

Will  soon  be  overthrown. 
And  that  with  transport  I  shall  clasp 

Within  my  arms  my  own. 
And  in  the  light  of  endless  day 

Shall  know  as  I  am  known. 


— Selected  l>y  Sadie  Young. 


WORK  FOR  THE  CHILDREN. 

BY   WEALTHY   A.    BURKHOLDER. 

The  spring  is  here  and  soon  our  Sunday  schools 
will  be  reinforced  for  the  summer's  work.  We  have 
noticed  that  the  children  have  been  interested  in 
bringing  in  money  for  the  different  missions,  and 
now  let  us,  as  teachers  and  parents,  help  them.  I 
think  every  scholar  in  the  Sunday  school  should 
have  the  opportunity  to  work  in  some  way  for  the 
Lord's  cause,  but  a  great  deal  depends  on  the  teach- 
ers and  officers  of  the  school.  We  want  to  make 
our  scholars  feel  that  we  are  all  workers  together  in 
this  matter,  and  although  they  are  young  and  feel 
their  inability,  they  can  do  something,  and  earn 
something  that  should  be  thrown  into  the  Lord's 
treasury.  Give  the  children  a  little  to  invest  and  set 
a  day  when  all  will  be  brought  in.  Get  them  inter- 
ested and  they  will  gladly  work  with  us.  Teach 
them  lessons  of  self-denial!  Teach  them  that  it 
will  be  much  better  to  save  the  money  that  is  gen- 
erally spent  for  flowers  and  feathers  on  their  hats, 
or  perhaps  a  tiny  ring  on  their  finger,  or  anything 
else  useless,  and  give  it  to  the  Lord.  Children's 
minds  are  susceptible,  and  if  taken  in  time  they  will 
see  the  folly  of  these  foolish  things.  Perhaps  if 
there  were  more  teaching  along  this  line,  when 
children  are  quite  young,  there  would  not  be  so 
many  regrets  over  proud  sons  and  daughters  when 
they  are  grown.  Train  them  up  with  the  thought 
that  these  things  are  not  necessary,  that  the  best 
people  in  the  world  do  not  esteem  others  for  what 
they  wear,  but  what  they  are  and  for  the  strength  of 
character  they  exhibit. 

There  are  wonderful  advantages  in  store  for  the 
children  of  the  Brethren  church,  but  they  must  be 


April 


THIS    GOSPEL    :)VrESSEIsr<3-BE,. 


taught  to  recognize  them,  and  profit  by  them. 
Some  of  us  almost  wish  we  were  children  again, 
that  we  might  enjoy  what  is  their  privilege  now.  It 
has  certainly  been  demonstrated  beyond  a  doubt 
that  our  young  people  are  making  themselves  felt 
in  the  church  and  in  the  land,  and  what  we  want 
now  is  to  commence  still  earlier,  that  the  children 
of  to-day  may  make  the  very  best  of  the  many  aids 
they  arc  having,  to  help  suppress  wrong  and  vindi- 
cate the  right. 

The  great  need  in  all  is  more  devotion  to  the 
cause, — more  separation  from  the  world,  because  the 
allurements  from  that  source  are  so  strong.  There 
must  be  a  continued  conflict  as  the  days  go  by,  so 
that  all  time  and  talents  may  be  used  for  the  fur- 
therance of  Christ  and  his  cause. 


UNCERTAINTY  OF  LIFE. 


BY   ALICE    M.    C.    DLOUGH. 


The  stern  reality  of  the  above  subject  was  very 
vividly  brought  to  my  mind  by  an  accident,  which 
occurred  some  time  ago,  and  by  which  the  writer 
was  quite  badly  hurt.  How  easily  I  might  have 
been  hurled  into  eternity!  Surely,  yes,  surely,  "  In 
the  midst  of  life  we  are  in  death." 

These  thoughts  came  to  my  mind:  Would  I  have 
been  prepared  to  meet  my  God?  I  was  made  to 
realize  the  necessity  of  always  being  ready.  So  of- 
ten we  hear  of  people  being  called  away  without  a 
moment's  warning,  without  a  moment's  time  to 
make  peace  with  their  God. 

In  the  Messenger  we  had  a  memorial  sketch  of 
an  aged  elder,  and  the  next  week  the  death  notice 
of  the  one  who  wrote  it.  He  little  thought  that  so 
soon  a  memorial  would  be  written  of  him. 

When  we  hear  such  things,  they  seem  to  take  lit- 
tle effect.  They  are  soon  forgotten  through  the  in- 
flux of  worldly  thoughts.  We  do  not  think  it  pos- 
sible that  such  a  thing  could  happen  to  us.  Per- 
haps we  have  good  health  and  think  we  have  a  long 
time  yiit  to  live.  We  think  at  some  future  time  we 
■w\VV  doynore  for  Christ,  and  try  to  prepare  more 
fuj/y  to  meet  him.  Stop  a  moment,  dear  reader, 
and  think  how  dangerous  it  is  to  put  off  serving 
Christ.  God  -is  no  respecter  of  persons,  and  may 
call  us  when  we  least  expect  it,  and  are  not  prepared 
to  meet  him.  Oh  what  a  sad  eternity  that  would 
be  I  What  is  this  life  compared  to  eternity,  the 
pleasures  of  this  world  to  those  of  the  other? 
Think  how  Christ  loved  us!  How  he  suffered  that 
we  might  be  happyl  We  can  have  our  choice,  live 
a  Christian  life  or  enjoy  the  pleasures  of  sin  for  a 
season. 

Oh,  if  we  could  only  realize  that  at  any  moment 
we  might  be  called  into  eternity,  we  would  try 
harder  to  live  a  Christian  life,  and  pray  for  more 
grace  to  shun  such  places  and  such  things,  that  we 
would  have  to  be  afraid  of  our  soul's  welfare  if 
death  should  claim  us.  Ah,  for  more  lives  like  Bro. 
Quinter's!     What  a  glorious  ending  his  was! 

Why  can  we  not  live  more  consecrated  lives?  Is 
it  because  the  fashions,  follies  and  sinful  pleasures 
of  this  world  have  more  fascination  for  us  than  the 
love  of  Jesus?  Just  think  what  it  would  be,  to  be 
called  away  in  such  a  state,  What  an  eternity  that 
would  bel  Nothing  but  weeping  and  gnashing  of 
teeth,  while,  on  the  other  hand,  if  found  working 
for  Jesus,  it  will  be  joy  unspeakable. 

Let  us  watch,  so,  if  the  death  angel  should  come 
suddenly,  we  would  be  ready.  "Whereas  ye  know 
not  what  shall  be  on  the  morrow.  For  what  is 
your  life?  It  is  even  a  vapor  that  appeareth  for  a 
little  time,  and  then  vanisheth  away." 

Manassas,  Va. 


SISTERS'  AID  SOCIETIES-WHAT  ARE  THEY? 

BY  SALLIE   BUTLER, 

The  main  object  of  our  aid  societies  should  be  to 
help  the  poor  and  bring  souls  to  Christ.  We  organ- 
ised a  few  years  ago  with  a  full  corps  of  officers, — 
president,  vice-president,   secretary  and  treasurer, 


We  met  every  two  weeks  and  discussed  ways  and 
means  to  make  our  work  most  profitable.  We  of- 
ten sent  out  committees  to  look  after  the  pour,  and 
to  report  at  the  next  meeting.  We  found  a  great 
deal  of  work  to  be  done  and  often  found  our  treas- 
ury empty,  but  we  labored  on,  though  we  met  with 
many  discouragements.  Sometimes  we  almost  gave 
up  in  despair  on  account  of  some  taking  so  little 
interest  in  the  work. 

At  one  time  our  society  almost  entirely  disband- 
ed, but  by  the  persistent  effort  of  a  few  faithful 
ones,  and  many  prayers  sent  up  to  the  Throne,  in 
behalf  of  the  work,  we  are  again  in  a  prosperous 
condition.  We  meet  every  Thursday  afternoon 
and  sew,  making  and  mending  clothing,  piecing 
quilts,  etc.  We  are  now  engaged  in  making  ging- 
ham aprons  which  we  are  selling  at  a  small  profit. 
When  we  hear  of  any  poor  needing  our  help,  they 
are  visited.  If  they  need  our  help,  their  wants  are 
supplied. 

The  church  decided  a  year  ago  that  we  should 
make  a  report  twice  each  year  of  the  work  done  by 
the  society.  We  decided,  at  our  last  meeting,  to 
support  one  orphan  in  India.  Hearing  a  lecture 
from  Eld.  Lambert  prompted  us  to  take  such  a  step. 

Could  not  more  of  our  aid  societies  support  an  or- 
phan? Truly,  "  the  harvest  is  great,  but  the  labor- 
ers are  few."  What  will  the  harvest  be?  "  Inas- 
much as  ye  did  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these,  my 
brethren,  ye  did  it  unto  me," 

May  all  that  we  have  be  consecrated  to  the  work 
of  the  Lord  and  the  glory  of  his  name! 

McPkerson,  Kans. 


THE  AID  SOCIETY  AT  ASHLAND. 

SY    MRS.    T.    S.    MOHERMAN. 

The  Sisters'  Aid  Society  of  the  Ashland  church 
has  been  organized  for  about  three  years.  It  has 
grown  from  a  few  sisters  who  met  together  and 
started  the  good  work,  to  a  large  and  prosperous 
society,  and  has  been  the  means  of  doing  much 
good,  not  only  in  helping  the  needy  and  in  as 
ing  our  earnest  missionaries  in  the  cities,  but  also 
interesting  all  more  deeply  in  the  work  of  the 
church,  and  especially  in  the  missionary  work  of 
the  church. 

We  meet  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  every  month. 
In  March  we  decided  that  all  those  who  felt  like 
doing  something  for  the  Washington  City  meeting 
house  should  bring  a  free-will  offering  to  the  April 
meeting.  This  offering  amounted  to  S665.  The 
society  also  decided  to  place  S3  in  dimes  among  the 
Sunday  school  scholars,  to  invest  for  the  missionary 
cause,  the  money  to  be  returned  in  November.  I 
write  this  hoping  that  it  will  be  an  incentive  to  the 
sisters  in  other  churches,  to  organize  themselves  in- 
to societies,  and  in  this  way  be  the  means  of  doing 
much  for  the  Master's  cause. 

Ashland,  Ohio. 


SISTERS'  WORK  AT  CANTQN,  OHIO. 

BY   T1LLIE    HANG, 

The  Woman's  Missionary  Society  of  the  Canton 
church  met  April  5.  It  was  the  tenth  meeting  of 
our  society.  We  have  a  membership  of  twenty-six 
sisters.  Our  officers  consist  of  President,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer.  We  meet  the  first  Tuesday  in  each 
month,  and  do  such  work  as  we  can  to  help  the 
needy,  by  way  of  clothes,  bed-clothing,  groceries, 
etc.  The  sisters  pay  five  cents  a  month,  and  make 
bonnets,  caps,  aprons,  and  other  small  articles, 
which  can  be  sold  to  swell  our  income.  Five  dol- 
lars was  sent  to  the  Orphanage  in  Smyrna,  and  ten 
dollars  to  the  India  Orphanage. 

Though  we  are  few  in  number,  and  our  efforts  in 
mission  work  weak,  we  feel  encouraged  to  go  on, 
assured  that  a  blessing  will  be  ours.  The  sisters 
are  very  much  in  earnest,  and  would  like  to  impress 
others  with  the  necessity  of  work  of  this  kind.  We 
should  be  willing  to  share  the  plenty  the  Lord  has 
giv»n  us,  with  pus  les§_fertunate_neighberi>, 


From  Bulltown,  W.  Va. 

Bro.  W.  R.  Muri'Hy,  formerly  of  Eby,  W.  Va  , 
has  now  located  with  us,  and  is  doing  most  of  the 
preaching.  The  result  of  it  is  beginning  to  tell. 
There  have  been  three  baptized  since  he  came  to 
this  country,  about  a  month  ago,  and  others  are 
near  the  kingdom.  The  Braxton  church  is  now 
coming  to  the  front,  both  numerically  and  spiritu- 
ally, and  is  destined  to  be  one  of  the  strongest  lo- 
cal churches  in  the  District.  We  now  number 
about  seventy  five,  and  the  interest  is  not  confined 
to  one  locality,  but  spread  over  a  large  territory, 
with  influential  members  that  are  earnestly  advo- 
cating the  cause. 

Bro.  D.  J.  Miller  came  to  us  in  December  and 
gave  us  about  eighteen  soul-cheering  sermons  and 
baptized  six.  One  of  them  is  the  wife  of  the  writ- 
er. May  God  bless  Bro.  Miller  in  his  mission  of 
love  I 

Bro.  David  Bosely  is  our  elder,  but  is  getting 
quite  old  and  feeble,  and  not  able  to  preach  much 
any  more.  He  is  now  in  his  seventy  ninth  year, 
feeble  in  body,  but  strong  mentally.  The  good 
Lord  will  bless  him  for  his  labors  of  love  and  sac- 
rifice for  the  church. 

We  organized  our  Sunday  school  in  March  with 
the  writer  as  Superintendent.  We  use  the  Breth- 
ren's literature  and  like  it  very  much.  There 
seems  to  be  a  growing  interest  in  our  Sunday 
school,  both  among  the  children  and  older  people. 
E.  L.  Lockard. 

From  Crawford,  Colo. 

A  few  days  ago  we  had  (he  privilege  of  listening 
to  a  discussion  on  the  Sabbath  question  by  Eld. 
Kennedy,  of  the  Advent  church  and  Eld.  Webb,  of 
the  Baptist  church,  lasting  five  nights.  While  in 
our  estimation  Mr.  Webb  had  the  best  arguments, 
with  Scripture  to  substantiate  his  proposition,  he 
did  not  bring  out  near  all  the  proofs  contained  in 
the  Inspired  Writings. 

While  this  is  a  question  of  vital  importance  to  all 
Christians,  it  is  passing  strange  how  professing 
Christians  will  contend  for  some  points  of  dispute, 
while  others,  more  plain  and  simple  and  much  more 
easily  understood,  are  passed  by  unheeded.  While 
using  a  portion  of  John  13,  in  the  above  argument, 
the  plain  command  of  feet-washing  is  unheeded. 
How  well  the  teaching  of  Eccl,  7:  29  will  be  realized 
here  I 

Yes,  if  men  would  take  God  at  his  word,  these  in- 
ventions would  sink  into  nothingness  before  the 
word  and  wisdom  of  God.  May  God  speed  the  day 
when  all- will  accept  the  commands  of  God,  not  to 
hear  them  only,  but  to  do  and  teach  them,  for  not 
the  heattri  of  the  Word  are  accepted  before  God, 
but  the  doers  of  the  same.  When  we  fulfill  God's 
commands,  we  can  claim  his  promises  according  to 
John  15:  7.  Let  us  make  Rom.  8:  14  our  watch- 
word and  be  sons  of  God!  Geo.  A.  Dovb. 

April  1.  

From  Waterloo,  Iowa. 

March  29  was  our  regular  quarterly  council  in  the 
South  Waterloo  church.  Much  business  came  be- 
fore the  meeting,  but  all  was  disposed  of  pleasantly. 

Mission  work  was  the  principal  theme.  Arrange- 
ments were  made  for  love  feast  and  Bible  term;  also 
series  of  meetings  and  plans, for  extending  and  im- 
proving the  work  atgvarious  points  in  the  congrega- 
tion.   Such  meetings  are  a  pleasure. 

April  3  our  attendance  at  Sunday  school  reached 
114.  After  the  usual  exercises  we  had  a  wide- 
awake children's  meeting,  with^over,'ji30  in  attend- 
ance. It  did  our  heart*  good  to  see  how  eagerly 
thsea  little  folks  drank  in  the  Bibb  truths  and  lllus< 


263 


TJHIE    GOSPEL'  MESSENGER. 


Apr. 


trations  given  them.  Such  impressions  upon  chil- 
dren's minds  can  never  be  erased.  The  quiet  that 
prevailed  throughout  the  two  hours  was  remark- 
able. 

Our  love  feast  will  be  June  18.     A  series  of  meet 
ings  in  town,  by  Bro.  J.  Z.  Gilbert,  begins  June  4. 
Lvdia  E.  Tavlor. 

1102  S.  St.,  April  4. 


From  the  Annual  Meeting  Lodging  Committee. 


Inasmuch  as  the  Messenger  stated  last  week  that 
the  responsibility  of  lodging  the  people  at  Annual 
Meeting  had  been  placed  upon  the  undersigned,  I 
wish  to  say  by  way  of  a  little  correction,  that  this 
responsibility  is  to  be  shared  by  Bro.  Wm.  Lampin, 
of  Polo,  III ,  and  Bro.  J.  T.  Eckman,  of  Lanark,  111. 
Bro.  Lampin  is  foreman  and  the  undersigned,  sec- 
retary of  the  Committee. 

We  have  had  a  preliminary  meeting, — viewed  the 
grounds  and  talked  with  some  of  the  leading  citi- 
zens of  Naperville.  No  de6nite  plans  have  been 
laid  yet,  but  it  is  probable  we  will  work  in  connec- 
tion with  a  local  citizens'  committee,  who  will  look 
especially  after  the  lodging  in  the  City  of  Naper- 
ville. 

It  should  be  clearly  understood  by  all,  in  deciding 
whether  you  want  to  lodge  in  a  tent  or  in  a  private 
dwelling  in  the  city,  that  the  Annual  Meeting 
grounds  lie  about  one  mile  west  from  the  Naperville 
depot  and  also  from  the  business  part  of  the  city. 
The  city  is  not  built  right  up  to  the  grounds  but  we 
noticed  quite  a  number  of  comfortable  looking 
homes  between  the  grounds  and  the  business  por- 
tion of  the  city,  but  we  were  told  that  the  better 
class  of  homes  lie  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  city, 
and  would  be  from  a  mile  to  a  mile  and  a  half  from 
the  grounds.  There  will  be  no  conveyances  except 
by  omnibuses,  but  we  hope  to  secure  a  five-cent 
fare.  There  will  be  a  good  sidewalk  to  the  entrance 
of  the  grounds.  Our  principal  object  in  writing 
this  at  this  time  is  that  we  want  to  say  to  all  who 
make  application  before  Annual  Meeting  for  lodg- 
ing, that  you  be  de6nite  in  regard  to  the  following 
points:  State  whether  you  want  lodging  in  tent  or 
in  city,  if  the  applicant  is  male  or  female,  if 
more  than  one,  whether  man  and  wife  or  not, 
what  day  you  expect  to  reach  the  grounds  and  how 
long  you  expect  to  stay.  Your  applications  will 
be  placed  on  file,  and  as  soon  as  definite  arrange- 
ments and  plans  are  made  they  will  be  answered. 

As  soon  as  we  settle  on  the  plans  to  govern  us, 
we  will  make  them  known  through  the  Messenger, 
We  shall  endeavor  to  do  the  best  we  can  for  all,  and 
we  trust  that  you  will  remember  we  have  an  ardu- 
ous task  before  us,  and  that  it  will  be  impossible  for 
us  to  furnish  the  best  lodging  in  private  homes  to 
all  of  you,  near  to  or  adjoining  the  grounds.  For 
the  present  address  all  communications  in  regard  to 
lodging  to  the  writer,  always  enclosing  two  two  cent 
s'.amps  for  reply.  D.  B.  Senger, 

Sec.  Lodging  Com, 

Franklin  Grove,  III. 


From  DeB  Moines,  Iowa. 


Five  months  have  passed  since  we  began  our 
work  in  this  place.  We  have  not  yet  solved  the 
problem  concerning  mission  work  by  our  Brethren 
in  cities,  but  are  endeavoring  to  work  it  by  the  "  try  " 
rule.  I  have  learned  several  things  since  here,  and 
I  am  inclined  to  think  there  are  more  to  be  learned. 
I  have  not  felt  to  regret  yet,  at  any  time,  the  move 
we  made,  and  especially  as  I  hear,  from  time  to 
time,  that  the  church  at  our  dear  eld  home  (Deep 
River),  is  prospering  under  the  care  of  Bro.  G.  W. 
Hopwood.  I  believe  it  might  be  good  for  more  of 
our  ministers  to  get  out  of  the  old  nests 
they  have  sat  so  long. 

The  people  here  manifest  fully  'as  much 
in  us,  as  a  church,  as  I  expected,  Our 
school  averages  seventy  in  attendance  most  of  the 
time,  but  last  Sunday  it  numbered  ninety-nine. 
Tne  Sunday  before  it  was  ninety-two.  We  have  had 
over  a  hundred,  The  seating  capacity  of  our 
churchhouse,  which  is  42x34  has  been  filled  at  dif- 
ferent times.    Last  Sunday  we  baptized  four,  two 


vhich 


interest 
Sunday 


of  our  own  children,  and  two  of  parents  who  belong 
to  other  churches.  I  wish  some  of  our  Brethren, 
who  have  plenty  of  money,  and  who  would  be  will- 
ing to  spend  some  of  it,  and  consecrate  themselves 
also  for  the  Master's  cause,  would  move  here  and 
help  us  in  our  work.  H.  R,  Taylor. 

/6j6  E.  Grand  Ave, 


Field  Notes. 


Though  little  is  being  said  through  the  Messen- 
ger of  the  mission  work  done  by  our  District 
(Southwestern  Kansas,  Oklahoma  and  Southern 
Colorado),  yet,  during  the  last  year,  quite  a  num- 
ber have  been  added  at  different  places.  In  Woods 
County,  Oklahoma,  there  are  three  organized 
churches,  with  a  membership  of  170.  Two  of  them 
are  under  the  care  of  the  Mission  Board.  The  fu- 
ture prospects  are,  indeed,  good  and  with  the  work 
continued,  we  may  look  for  many  more. 

The  southern  part  of  Colorado  has  not  had  much 
attention  given  to  it  till  within  the  last  year,  but  we 
now  find  a  sufficient  number  of  members  that  sev- 
eral organizations  will  likely  be  effected  during  the 
year.  Plans  are  now  perfected  by  which  a  taber- 
nacle 35x49  feet  in  size  will  be  purchased  and  well 
seated,  with  the  view  of  holding  a  series  of  meet- 
ings, mostly  along  the  Arkansas  River.  Grenada, 
Rocky  Ford,  Pueblo,  Canon  City  and  Delta  are 
among  the  probable  places  for  meetings.  June  4 
will  be  the  time  to  begin  the  first  meeting  at  Rocky 
Ford,  and  June  11  we  will  organize,  with  a  love 
feast  in  the  evening,  and  the  meetings  to  continue 
several  weeks  longer.  A  large  attendance  is  ex- 
pected. Some  are  planning  to  secure  tents  and 
make  their  home  with  us  for  the  enjoyment  of  the 
meeting,  and  render  such  assistance  in  the  meetings 
as  they  can  for  its  success.  Faithful,  exemplary 
members  could  be  a  great  benefit  in  helping  along 
suitable  lines.  The  Arkansas  Valley  is  becoming 
thickly  settled,  on  account  of  irrigation,  which 
insures  a  crop,  and  the  altitude  is  from  three  to  five 
thousand  feet.  The  country  is  very  healthy,  espe- 
cially for  those  having  lung  trouble.  Were  we  to 
push  mission  work,  at  this  time,  with  the  enthusi- 
asm shown  at  our  last  District  Meeting,  in  a  very 
short  time  large  churches  would  be  found  in  those 
parts.  We  welcome  faithful  workers  to  attend  and 
help  in  the  meetings.  You  can  secure  tents  at 
reasonable  rates  from  F.  J.  Burch,  of  Pueblo,  Colo. 
I  expect  to  have  my  headquarters  at  the  tabernacle, 
in  a  tent  of  my  own,  in  conducting  the  meetings. 
May  souls  be  saved,  and  God's  name  glorified! 

G.  E,  Stuuebaker. 

McPhcrson,  Kans.,  April  12, 


Notes  x  from  s  our  *  Correspondents. 

"As  cold  water  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so  is  good  news  from  a  far  country." 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

Philadelphia. — Easter  Sunday  morning  we  were  delighted 
to  see  two  hundred  faces  present  in  our  "mission"  Sunday 
school.  Three  of  onr  dear  girls  gave  as  an  Easter  offering, 
their  lives  to  Jesus.—/.  W.  Cline,  26th  Street  and  Lehigh  Ave  , 
April  11. 

Mechanic  Orove.— The  Brethren  of  this  church  will  hold 
their  love  feast  at  Refton  Station  May  21.  Our  services  will 
open  at  1  P.  M.  As  we  are  only  few  in  number  and  cannot 
provide  for  the  people  as  they  do  at  other  places,  we  conclud- 
feed  the  people.— Mary  P.  Phitlippy,  Little  Britain, 


April  1 
Berlin.— We  met 

arrange  for  our  love 
of  meetings  prior  1 
Beachley  and  the 


niei 


icil  April  2,  at  Beachdale,  Pa.,  to 
We  also  decided  to  hold  a  series 
love  feast,  June  12.  Bro.  Peter 
appointed  to    represent  the 


church  at  District  Meeting,  and  the  writer  at  Annual  Meeting, 
—A'.  T.  Pollard,  April  11. 

Spring  Orove.— We  met  in  council  April  8.  Bro.  R.  S. 
Reidenbach  presided.  Brethren  S.  W.  Taylor  and  Aaron 
Martin  were  elected  delegates  to  District  Meeting.  Bro.  I, 
W.  Taylor  is  our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting,  We  decided 
to  have  a  love  feast  at  the  Spring  Grove  house  on  May  7,  at 
2  P.  U.—S.  IV.  Taylor,  April  14, 

Reading.— Our  spring  council,  held  April  8,  was  well  at- 
tended. Two  were  received  by  letter,  one  reclaimed,  and  we 
have  an  applicant  for  baptism.  Our  love  feast  will  be  May 
14,  at  1:30  P.  M.  Our  Sunday  school  officers  are  Bro,  D,  M. 
Stauffer,  Superintendent  and  Bro.  A.  E.  Longanecker,  Assist- 
ant. The  average  attendance  is  about  thirty-five,— Mary  Ann 
Stauffer, 


BackCreek.— April  10,  assisted  by  elders  Martin  and  Win- 
gert,  we  held  an  election  for  a  minister.  The  lot  fell  upon 
David  Fonst,  who,  with  his  wife,  was  duly  installed  and  set 
apart  for  the  work.  We  contemplate  beginning  a  series  of 
meetings  April  23,  at  our  mission  point  near  McConnelsburgh, 
Pa,— J.  Kurtz  Miller,  Kaufmans,  Pa  ,  April  iz. 

Upper  Cumberland.— This  church  met  in  council  April  g. 
One  sister  was  reclaimed.  Business  in  general  passed  off 
pleasantly.  We  send  as  delegates  to  District  Meeting,  breth- 
ren Noah  B.  Cockley  and  J.  Edward  Hollinger.  Our  love 
feast  will  be  held  May  24  and  25.  We  reorganized  our  Sun- 
day school  for  the  summer  March  27.  —  J.  E,  Hollinger, 
M-'-oi.-.lale,  Pa.,  April  11. 

Brothers  Valley.— We  met  in  council  to-day.  Brethren 
W.  G.  Schrock  and  S.  T.  Shober  were  elected  delegates  to 
District  Meeting.  Brethren  D.  H.  Walker  and  P.  U.  Miller 
will  represent  this  church  at  Annual  Meeting.  We  decided 
to  hold  our  love  feast  June  5,  at  4  P.  'M.  One  was  received 
into  the  church  by  baptism  since  our  last  report.—  Clara  C. 
Pieman,  Berlin,  Pa.,  April  11. 

York.— This  church  met  in  council,  April,  8.  Our  spriug 
love  feast  will  be  May  8.  Our  congregation  has  a  member- 
ship of  about  205.  The  majority  have  come  into  the  church 
through  the  Sunday  school.  Our  delegates  to  District  Meet- 
ing are  Eld.  S.  R,  Zug  and  Bro.  Jos.  A.  Long.  A  few 
weeks  ago,  after  regular  Sunday  evening  services,  a  collec- 
tion was  taken  for  the  benefit  of  the  Cuban  sufferers,  which 
amounted  to  530,35.—^.  S.  Hershey,  April g. 

Lower  Cumberland.— We  met  in  council  April  5,  Bro. 
Isaac  Barto  presided.  He  was  also  chosen  as  delegate 
to  Annual  Meeting,  and  brethren  Daniel  Landis  and  Hen- 
ry Beelman  to  District  Meeting.  Oar  love  feast  will  be 
June  5  and  6.  We  have  a  very  pleasant  Sunday  school  at 
Baker's  meetinghouse.  Bro.  J.  J,  Hoeroer  is  our  Superin- 
tendent. We  feel  encouraged  both  in  the  interest  and  the  at- 
tendance.— Adam  M.  J-Pc/lingcr,  A  Hen,  Pa.,  April  10. 

Meyersdale — We  met  in  council  on  Friday  before  Easter. 
We  agreed  to  have  three  love  feasts  this  year,  one  at  Meyers- 
dale,  June  4  and  Oct.  I,  and  another  at  Greenville,  June 
24,— all  to  commence  at  3  o'clock.  We  elected  Bro.  W.  G. 
Lint  as  delegate  to  District  Meeting.  We  set  one  Sunday  in 
every  month  to  collect  money  for  our  home  poor.    A  series 

of  meetings  will  be  held  at  the  time  of  our  spring  love  feist. 

/.  C.Johnson. 

Manheim.— On  Easter  Monday  the  members  of  the  White 
Oak  church  met  at  Krider's  meetinghouse.  In  the  forenoon 
:  was  preaching,  and  in  the  afternoon  an  election  was 
held  for  a  minister,  resulting  in  the  choice  of  Bro.  N,  B. 
Fahnestock,  our  youngest  deacon.  We  then  decided  to 
elect  a  deacon  in  his  stead  and  the  lot  fell  on  Bro,  T.  S. 
Beck,  Both  the  above  were  duly  installed  in  the  usua^l  way. 
The  occasion  was  a  very  solemn  one.— Anna  E.  Shank,  .  \prit 
'3- 

MechanlcBburg.  —  Bro.  Harry  Mohler  was  baptized  last 
Saturday,  April  7.     Notwithstanding  his  delicate  health    and 
feeble  body,  he  manifested  such  a  degree  of  faith  and  Chiis- 
,n  courage,  as  to  be  surprising.    He  was  taken  about  one 
ile  to  the  water  and  baptized  by  elders  Daniel  Landis  and 
Harry  Beelman.     By  request  of  the  brother  we  anointed  him 
the  house  of  Bro.  Beelman,  after  which  he  returned  home, 
emingly  he   was  none   the  worse  physically  for  the   good 
work  that  was  done.     We  left  him  in  good  spirits,  rejoicing 
the  God  of  his  salvation.— Isaac  Barto,  April  14, 
Ephrata.-On  the  evening  of  Apiil  8  our  large  Mohler 
eetinghouse  was  destroyed  by  fire.     The  origin  of  the  fire  is 
iknown.     It  was  the  place  where  we  held  our  love  feasts, 
id  we   intended  to  hold  our  council   there    April  9,     The 
church  feels  the  loss  deeply.     The  house  was  built  twenty-five 
years  ago.     Many  came  in  the  morning  and  viewed  the  ruins. 
We  held  the  council  in  the  Ephrata  house.     It  was  well  at- 
tended.    Bro.  E.  B.  Lefever  was  forwarded  to  the  second  de- 
gree.   He  will   soon   leave  for  Elwood,    Clinton   Co.,   Iowa, 
Brethren  John  Schlosser  and  Henry  Royer  were  elected  dele- 
gates to  District  Meeting.     Three  disowned  Brethren  desire 
1  be  restored—  Aaron  R,  Gibbh,  April  11. 
Conestoga.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  April  9.     Our 
delegates  to  District  Meeting  are  brethren  Hershey  Groff  and 
Jacob   Pfautz,  and    to  Annual  Meeting,  Bro.  Abram   Royer. 
May  26  and  27  is  the  time  of  our  love  feast.     We  ask  District 
Meeting  to  send    two    queries    to  Annual    Meeting.    Plans 
for  openl.-g  a  Sunday  school  at  Intercourse  have  been  sug- 
gested and  approved.    Let  all  members  who  can,  help  the 
d  work  along.     About  five  weeks  ago  a  young  man  in  our 
mity,— who  had  been  very  sick   during   the  winter,    and 
whose  case  was  beyond  the  limits  of  medical  skill,— was  bap- 
ted  on  his  father's   farm,    and    is  now    so    well    that    he 
,n  attend  church  services.     Three  have  been  baptized  since, 
td  one  more  applicant  received.— Lizzie  Myer,  April  11, 

MINNESOTA. 
Root  River.— We  held  our  quarterly  council  recently.    We 
also  organized  our  Sunday  school  and  elected  brethren    Da- 
rius Broadwater  and  Phil.  Shook  as  Superintendents.— Lizzie 
Broadwater,  Prairie  Queen,  Minn.,  April  q. 
Worthington.— The  date  of  our  feast  is  changed  from  June 
and  s  to  n  and  12.     We  can  then  have  the  service  of  Bro. 
O.J.  Beaver  with'his  tent.    Our  series  of  meetings  will  con- 
lue  after  the  feast.    Our   Sunday  school  has  opened  with 
crowded  house.    We    need    a    churchhouse    very    much. 
Many  people  stay  away  because  they  cannpt  rind  room.— Lis- 
sic  Hilary,  April  1/, 


April  23,  IS 


THE   GOSPEL    MZESSEiKra-ElR,. 


OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

Woshatn.—  April  2  we  met  in  our  first  regular  quarterly 
council.  All  business  was  disposed  of  pleasantly.  Three 
were  received  by  letter.  —  John  Pitzer,  Cordelt,  Okla.  T, 
Aprils. 

Hoyle — We  have  just  enjoyed  a  two  weeks'  series  of  meet- 
ings, by  Bro.  Jos.  Glick.  One  young  sister  united  with  us  by 
baptism.  We  are  now  looking  forth  with  bright  anticipations 
to  our  fea<t,  April  30,  hoping  we  may  have  some  more  ingath- 
erings.— Emanuel  J.  Smith,  April  J. 

Pleasant  Plain.-Bro.  Gordon  was  with  us  at  the  Pleasant 
View  schoolhouse  on  Saturday  evening  and  Sunday  morn- 
ing. He  delivered  two  good  sermons.  Four  have  been  re- 
ceived by  baptism  since  the  last  report.  Bro.  Studebaker 
will  commence  a  series  of  meetings  here  April  30,  previous  to 
our  love  feast  May  14.— JUait  Stephenson,  Moron,  Okla.  T 
April  11. 

Strand — Our  quarterly  council  was  held  April  ir.  We 
elected  solicitors  for  the  different  missions.  The  church  de- 
cided to  compensate  onr  much-respected  elder  (Bro.  A.  W. 
Austin)  for  his  trip  to  tlvs  church.  Four  members  were  re- 
ceived by  letter,  among  them  one  minister  in  the  second  de- 
gree (Henry  Stone).  Though  this  church  was  but  newly  or- 
ganized, the  prospects  are  good  for  a  live  church  here.  We 
have  members'  meeting  every  two  weeks.  At  these  meet- 
ings we  encourage  the  members  in'  the  good  work.—/.  C 
Neher,  April  II, 

Turkey  Creek — We  met  in  quarterly  council  March  26. 
We  decided  to  have  a  love  feast  May  23,  Meeliags  are  to  be- 
gin a  few  days  before  the  feast  and  continue  over  Sunday. 
The  meelings  will  be  at  Bro,  O.  N.  Morton's,  one  and  one-half 
miles  south,  and  six  and  one-half  miles  west  of  Ponca  City. 
Our  elder  and  A.  K.  Sell  were  chosen  delegates  to  District 
Meeting.  One  paper  goes  to  District  Meeting.  While  with 
ns  our  elder  gave  us  three  soul-cheering  sermons.  Since  De- 
cember, 1897,  we  have  received  seven  members  by  letter. 
One  of  them  is  a  minister.  We  would  gladly  welcome  a  min- 
ister in  this  part  of  the  church,  as  both  of  our  ministers  live  in 
the  east  part  of  the  church,  about  fifteen  miles  from  us.— M.  E. 
.  1  nglemyer,  Ponca  City,  Okla ,  April  0. 

INDIANA. 

Osceola.— We  recently  met  in  quarterly  council.  Our  eld- 
er, Bro.  Hiram  Kreigbbaum,  was  present.  Brethren  John 
Metzler  and  J.  H.  Miller  were  with  us.  An  election  for  dea- 
con resulted  in  the  choice  of  Bro.  Oliver  Rogers.  The  annual 
visit  was  reported  at  this  meeting,  and  everything  adjusted 
-J.    IV.  Hoover,  Elkhart,  Ind„ 


Prairie  Creek.— On  Sunday,  April  20,  Bro.  Israel  Cripe  be- 
gan  a  series  of  meetings  at  the  Ratliff  schoolhouse,  four  miles 
west  -^  Montpelier,  preaching  in  all  twenty-two  sermons. 
Bro.  Cripe  proclaimed  the  Word  with  much  power.  Though 
the  weather  was  very  inclement  at  the  beginning  of  the  meet- 
ing, Ihe  interest  increased.  Six  were  buried  with  Christ  in 
baptism.  The  meetings  closed  Apiil  10,  with  a  reorganiza- 
lion  of  Sunday  school  and  a  talk  to  the  children.— M.  Josie 
llatlif,  Montpelier,  Ind.,  April  16. 

Elkhart — Bro.  E.  S.  Young  came  to  Elkhart  and  preached 
a  very  acceptable  sermon  on  Easter  Sunday.  Bro.  Daniel 
Rothenberger  preached  for  us  on  Easter  Sunday  evening. 
On  that  day  we  had  a  full  corps  of  preachers,  Bro.  Bollinger, 
from  Shipshcwana,  was  present.  Bro.  I.  D.  Parker  was  also  at 
heme.  More  such  visits  from  neighboring  ministers  would 
be  appreciated.  A  number  of  members  have  moved  to  Elk- 
hart since  my  arrival  here.  The  Sunday  school  is  growing 
in  interest.—/.  //.  Miller,  April  is. 

Cedar  Lake.— To  day  we  organized 
the  summer.  Bro.  Joseph  Hoover  w: 
ent.  We  use  the  Brethren's  literate 
much.  Recently  we  had  a  special  coc 
provements  in  our  churchhouse.  We  are  putting  in  a  furnace 
and  some  other  improvements,  so  as  to  be  ready  for  the  next 
District  Meeting  of  Northern  Indiana,  April  3.  Bro.  Am- 
sey  Puterbaugh  preached  three  soul-cheering  sermons  for  us 
on  "  The  Higher  Christian  t.ife."  Our  brother,  although  weak 
1  body,  is  strong  in  spirit.—/.  H.  Ellon,  Fairfield  Center,  [nd., 


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school  superintend 

once  and  oblige— C7.  P,  Culler 


ents  of  the  Sunday  schools  io  the 

)  are  hereby  notified  that  I  would 

d    addresses  of  all  the  Sunday 

■-:-   District.    Please  respond  at 

Weilers-jille,  Ohio,  April  11. 

KANSAS. 

Parsons — We  held  our  council  March  30  at  the  residence 

of  Bro.  Rencb.    We  had  a  pleasant  meeting,  nearly  all  of 

the  members  being  present.    Bro.  Cornelius  was  chosen  as 

our  delegate  to  District  Meeting.— Hay  M.  Murray,  April  13. 

Ozawkle — I  noticed  in  last  issne  of  Gospel  Messenger 
that  the  River  Brethren  are  settling  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  If  there 
are  any  of  our  Brethren  there,  will  you  please  give  me  their 
name  and  address?  If  none  of  our  Brethren  are  there,  I 
should  like  to  obtain  the  address  of  one  or  more  of  the  River 
Brethren  of  that  place—  A.J.  Smith,  April  13. 
McPherarn.  —  Our  regular  council  occurred  March  2S. 
F.  A.  Vaniman  and  L.  H.  Butler  were  elected  dea- 
anavely  and  E.  K.  Masterson  were  ad- 
second  degree  of  the  ministry.  Bro.  A.  C. 
delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  Our  love  feast 
ill  be  May  21.  Eld.  I.  B.  Trout  is  to  conduct  a  series  of 
eetings  for  us  next  winter.  Our  church  is  in  good  working 
received  by  baptism.—/?;  J.  Harnly,  April 


Brethn 


Brethren  Ir; 


Wieand  i 


r  Sunday  school  for 
chosen  Superintend- 
which  we  like  very 


April  1 


OHIO. 


Trotwood.  —  Respecting  onr  notice  of  District  Meeting  of 
Southern  Ohio,  we  state  that  the  Pan  Handle  Railroad  gives 
half  fare  to  Trotwood  on  their  line  from  points  between  Xe- 
nia  and  Richmond,  tickets  to  be  sold  April  25  and  26,  good 
returning  until  April  27.  Inquire  of  local  ticket  ag'ents—  L.  A. 
Bookiualter,  April  l.f 

Painter  Creek.  —  We  have  just  organized  another  large 
class  in  vocal  music,  and  are  using  the  Brethren's  Sunday 
School  Song  Book.  While  the  book  is  not  as  perfect  as  it 
could  be  made,  yet,  by  nsing  the  blackboard  freely  in  teach- 
ing the  rudiments,  we  are  meeting  with  good  success,  and 
have  an  excellent  interest,  This  (meaning  the  order  sent) 
makes  240  books  you  have  sent  me. — Levi  Minnirh,  Aprils. 

Middle  District — April  9  was  our  council.  Bro.  D.  C. 
Hendrickson  is  our  delegate  for  Annual  Meeting,  and  breth- 
ren D.  P.  Sollenherger  and  D.  W.  Vaniman  represent  us  at 
District  Meeting.  Brethren  D.  P,  Sollenberger  and  Ira  Gris- 
so  were  chosen  as  Superintendents  for  our  Sunday  school. 
We  appointed  our  Communion  meeting  for  May  28,  at  2  P. 
M,  We  appointed  two  solicitors  for  missionary  purposes. — A. 
J.  Hendrickson,  Fidelity,  Miami  Co.,  Ohio,  April 10, 


order.    One  r 
IS- 

Conway  Springs — It  has  been  my  privilege 
Ministerial  and  District  Meetings  of  Southwes 
which  was  held  at  Wichita,  April  5  and  6;  all 
feast  on  April  4.  These  meetings  were  all  ve 
because  the  Holy  Spirit  seemed  to  preside  over  ; 
are  engaged  in  a  short  series  of  meetings,  following  the 
love  feast,  in  this  (ihe  Slate  Creek)  congregation.  The 
feast  was  pleasant  and  the  outlook  promising.  I  shall  aim 
to  spend  the  remainder  of  April  in  this  District,  visiting  a 
few  of  the  churches.  Then  I  go  to  the  eastern  part  of 
the  State,  and  shall  reach  Chicago  by  May  21. — .-/  Hutchison 
April  11. 

NEBRASKA. 
Red  Cloud.— Our  council  convened  April  2.    Several  let- 
ters of  membership   were   received  and   one  granted.     Two 
were  received  by  baptism,  and  two  more  will  be  baptized  next 
Sunday,  April  17,— Sarah  Mahler,  .  Ipril  u. 

Litchfield — The  members  of  the  South  Loup  church  met 
in  quarterly  council  April  9.    Our  elder,  Bro,  S.  M.  Forney, 
was  with  us  and  preached  for  us  on  Sunday  and  Sunday 
evening.    Our    Sunday    school  is    progressing    nicely.    V 
decided  to  hold  our  love  feast  June  18,  at  the  home  of  B 
Lorenzo  Royle—  Mary  P.  May,  April 13. 

Aurora — The  Beaver  Creek  church  met  in  council  April 
9.  On  account  of  our  elder,  Bro.  G.  W.  Stambaugh,  moving 
to  North  Dakota,  we  chose  Bro.  J.  B.  Moore,  of  Octavia, 
Nebr„as  our  elder.  Bro.  Osburn  was  received  into  full  fel- 
lowship with  the  church  by  letter.  Our  church  numbers 
eighteen  members.  We  decided  to  have  a  love  feast  in  the 
fall.— Mrs.  Cora  C.  Saylor,  April  16. 

Pleasant  View.— This  church  met  in  council  April  2,  at 
the  Turner  schoolhouse.  Our  elder,  Bro.  Lerew,  conducted 
the  meeting.  The  business  was  transacted  to  the  satisfaction 
of  all.  Bro.  Lerew  held  about  one  week's  meetings  at  Turn- 
er. He  then  came  to  the  Glenwood  schoolhouse  and  gave  us 
six  good  sermons.  There  were  large  crowds  and  good  inter- 
est at  both  places,  and  the  people  will  be  glad  to  welcome 
Bro.  Lerew  back,  whenever  he  can  come.  We  are  still  with- 
out a  preacher,  but  hope  the  District  Meeting  will  send  us 
one.— Z.  M.  Ellrod,  Republican  City,  Nebr.,  April  10. 
MISSOURI. 
St.  Joseph — Yesterday  we  received  by  letter,  Brother  and 
Sister  E.  W.  Martin.  Being  in  the  office  of  deacon  they  will 
be  a  great  help  to  Zion's  cause  here—  C.  H.  Lutz,  April  11. 

Avery  .-On  Saturday,  April  9,  Otis  Ihrig,  son  of  Bro.  L.  B. 
and  Sister  Mary  Ihrig,  aged  four  years,  was  drowned  in  the 
Pommedeterra  River  near  thjs  place.  They  had  crossed  the 
stream  at  about  one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  to  attend  our 
council-meeting,  and  then  decided  to  remain  in  order  to  at- 
tend a  lecture.  On  their  way  home  they  reached  the  river 
near  eleven  o'clock,  and  not  suspecting  it  had  swollen  since 
they  had  crossed,  they  drove  into  it.  Bro.  W.  R.  Rash  and 
another  young  man  were  in  the  wagon  with  them.  They  were 
taken  down  the  stream  and  forced  to  leave  the  wagon. 
Little  Otis  was  given  to  Bro,  Rash  who  attempted  to  reach 
the  shore  nearest  him,  but  could  not  get  past  the  team  until 
nearly  exhausted,  when  finding  himself  unable  to 
leave  the  current  of  the  stream  he  tried  to  get  into  the  float- 
ing wagon  box,  but  in  doing  so  it  was  upset,  striking  him  on 
the  head.  Stunned  by  the  blow,  he  lost  his  hold  on  the  child, 
which  he  tried  to  recover,  but  could  not,  and  barely  escaped 
with  his  life.  Bro.  Ihrig  succeeded  in  getting  to  the  shore 
with  his  wife,  and  the  young  man  swam  out  on  the  opposite 
side,  while  the  horses  were  drowned.  The  body  of  the  child 
has  not  yet  been  found. — B.  E.  Breshears,  Avery,  Mo.,  April 


HadleyCreek.-Our  church  met  in  council  April  9.  Eld. 
Geo.  Cripe  presided.  We  reorganized  our  Sunday  school, 
borne  do  not  work  with  us  because  we  do  not  have  entertain- 
ments at  our  school,  but  we  try,  by  the  help  of  God,  to  do 
that  which  is  pleasing  in  Ihe  sight  of  God.— Mlica  Mickcv 
Harry,  III.,  April  /.'.  ' 

VIRGINIA. 
Mill  Creek.-April  6  this  church  met  in  council.  Brethren 
H.  C.  Early  and  S.  A.  Sanger  were  chosen  as  delegates  to 
-  Delegates  to  District  Meeting  were  breth- 
d  William  Wright.  One  query  was 
cure  the  services  of  Urn.  1.  Bennett 
ies  of  meetings  the  coming  fall.  Our 
meeting  will  be  held  May  14  Our  Sunday 
school  opened  April  3,  with  brethren  A.  W.  L.  ng  and  D.  B. 
Waropler  as  Superintendents.-. Samuel  react,  Smtts  Ford 
Va.,  April  //, 

Chestnut  Drove — We  met  in  council  Anii 
bers  were  ei 

Joseph  Cron 


Benja 
1.    We  decided  t 
nduct  ou 


ing,    We  s 
to  have  a  li 


The  mem- 

ged  by  the  excellent  admonitions,    Bro. 

to  represent  Ihe  chutch  at  Distiict  Mect- 

luerles  to  Distiict  Meeting.    We  decided 

lay.    A  col- 


feast  at  Pleasant  View  church 
lecliim  was  taken  for  the  Charleston  mission 
the  care  of  Bro.  Alden  Crumpacker,  of  Mis: 
day  school  at  Pleasant  View  was  kept  up  the 
growing  interest.    We  have  icorgairzed  by 
Jas.  Riner,  Superintendent,  and  Bro.  James 
ant.    Two  months  ago  the  school  decided 
contributions  of  one  Sunday  of  each 
ages.    Last  quarter  we  sent  the  amou 
quarter  we  give  for  tin 
also  organized  at  Chest 
the   Brethren's  litcratu 
Va„  Afrit  11. 


■tire  ,ear  with 

e-elecling  Bro. 

Rogers,  Assist- 

1  set  aside  the 

M11I1  fi  r  the  Orphan- 

,  SVo,  to  India.    This 

A  Sunday  school  was 

.rove  church  April  10.    We  use 

Minnie  Sanger,  Faytttiville,   W. 


FLORIDA. 

Keuka.  — On  Saturday,  April  9,  twenty-live  members  as- 
scmbled  at  the  Keuka  church,  Fla.,  for  council.  One  was  re- 
ceived by  letter.  Bro.  D,  E.  Stover  was  advanced  to  Ihe 
second  degree  of  the  ministry,  and  llro.  S.  M.  Eby  was  ap- 
pointed evangelist  for  Ihe  present  year,  Bro.  S.  M.  Eby  was 
also  appointed  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting  and  I),  K.  Slover, 
alternate.  The  sum  of  51,85  was  donated  to  World-wide 
Missions.  In  the  evening  we  held  a  very  pleasant  love  feast. 
The  best  of  order  prevailed,  and  the  Spiiil  of  the  Lord  was 
upon  us.  Bro.  Eby  officiated,  and  our  dear  old  veteran,  John 
■C.  D.  Hylton,  Hawthorn,  Fla., 


also  1 


Ipril  1 


KENTUCKY. 


Campbellsvllle.  We  met  in  quarteily  council  April  2.  Our 
ministering  brethren,  A.  S.  Culp  and  D.  E.  Cripe  were  both 
present,  and  gave  us  good  council,  whirli  seemed  to  be  ap- 
preciated by  all.  Our  members  being  few  and  scattering,  our 
attendance,  of  course,  was  small,  but  Christian  zeal  seems  to 
be  the  motto  of  our  Utile  band.  Two  loiters  were  granted, 
one  being  a  deacon  and  wife.  The  writer  was  chosen  as  cor- 
respondent to  the  Messenger.— W.  //.  Fail  bum,  April ij, 
MICHIGAN. 

Chippewa  Creek — We  met  in  council  April  2.  We  ap- 
pointed  Sept.  28  as  the  date  for  our  love  feast.  We  also  ex- 
pect to  hold  a  series  of  meelings  Sept.  17.  We  have  an  ev- 
ergreen Sunday  schcol  here.  We  reorganized  April  3  with 
Bro.  Amos  Kepner  as  Superintendent,  llro,  C.  Smith,  As- 
sistant, and  an  able  corps  of  teachers.—  IV,  F.  Jehnzen,  Rod- 
ney, Mich.,  April  8. 

IOWA. 


Fredericksburg This  ch 

We  decided  to  hold   our  lo 
church  appointed  B 


mr  love  feast  June 
Hugh  Kepler  as  delega 


:il   March  26. 


ized  with  Bro.  Lem- 
ank  Wolf,  Assistant. 


'3- 


ILLINOIS. 


Notice.— One  of  our  neighbor  boys  has  located  near  Soddy, 
Hamilton  Co.,  Tenn.,  and  would  like  to  know  the  nearest 
point  where  Brethren  live.  I  promised  to  find  out  for  him 
the  nearest  place  for  meeting.  His  name  is  Ernest  Haynes, 
and  he  seems  inclined  to  unite  with  the  church.  He  is  honest 
and  industrious,  and  should  be  looked  after.  Write  the 
young  man  or  me,  and  I  will  see  that  he  gets  the  informa- 
tion— D.  T.  Wagner,  Beecher  City,  III,  April 3. 


:ing,     Our  Sunday  school  \ 
'ratt  as  Superintendent, 
— Bessie  Gillam.  April 3. 

Iowa  River  Church.  — April  9  we  met  in  council.    Bro. 

imuel  Bowser  was  Moderator.  Ero.  F.  M.  Wheeler  is  our 
delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  We  have  a  good,  evergreen 
Sunday  school,  and  use  all  the  Brethren's  helps.  We  had  a 
meeting  for  the  children  to-day,  which  seemed  to  be  enjoyed 
by  old  and  young.  Our  love  feast  will  be  June  IS,— Ellen 
,\  'it  nelson,  Rockton,  Iowa,  April  is. 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


PHILIP  AND  THE  ETHIOPIAN  EUNUCH  - 
Acts  8:  26-40. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  April  2S,  1S0S. 

I,  What  We  May  Learn  from  Theu, 

1.  Philip  the  Evangelist.    Acts  6:  5;  Acts  21:  8. 

2.  The  Ethiopian  Ennuch.     Psa.  68:  31. 
II,  How  the  Opportunity  was  Met. 

1.  The  Spirit's  direction.    John  16:  13;  Acts  10:  ic 

2.  The  prompt  obedience.    Psa.  119:  32;  Acts  10: 

3.  The  important  question.    Luke  10:  26;  Jas.  4: 

4.  Guidance  required.     Acts  8:  31;  Jer.  10:  23, 

5.  The  saving  message.    Acts  8:  35;  1  Cor,  1:  23. 
III.  The  Results  Reached. 

1.  Willing  obedience.   'Matt.  3:  15;  Acts  2:  41. 

2.  Spiritual  joy.    Acts  8:  39;  Acts  16:  34. 

3.  Persistent  labors.    Acts  8:  40;  1  Cor,  15:  58, 


rcttm  GOSKBXj  MrESSEUTCMaK.. 


April  23,  18 


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CORRESPONDENCE. 


April  5  the  Ministerial  Meeting  met  in  the 
Washington  Creek  church.  The  meeting  was 
very  spiritual,  and  all  felt  that  it  was  good  to 

The  topic  of  "  Sanctification,  and  How  At- 
tained," was  ably  handled  by  brethren  J.  D. 
Trostle,  S.  Z.  Sharp,  James  Gilbert  and  others. 
The  illustration  was  given  that  when  we  ar 
baptized,  we  are  sanctified,  but  after  that  ther 
must  be  a  growth.  A  stalk  of  corn,  twelv 
inches  high,  is  just  as  much  a  stalk  of  corn  a 
it  is  when  four  feet  high. 

Another  good  topic,  ably  and  profitably  ban 
died,  was  the  "Scriptural  Signification  of  th 
Sisters'  Head  Covering. 

The  District  Meeting  convened  at  8  A.  M. 
April  6.    Both  meetings  were  presided  over  by 
Wo.  Davis,  Moderator;  G.  E.  Wise,  Readi 
Clerk.    The  meeting  was  well  represented  by 
delegates.     We    had    less    than    our     usi 
amount  of  queries,  and  our  meeting  closed 
4  P.  M.    Only  one  paper  goes  to  Annual  Me 
ing,  asking  some  advice  about  inviting  me 
bers  of  other  denominations  to  take  part  in  c 


;ocial  1 
The 


ngs. 


Th. 


work  of  the  District 
rk  is  growing 
ng  to  the  Board.  I 
uch  seed  was  sown,  under  bright 


prospect 

i.    During  the  year  twelve  wcr 

tized,  thr 

ee  reclaimed,  and  two  apphcar 

ceived  a 

t  the  mission  points.    If  one  s 

worth  m 

re  than  the  whole  world,  the 

teen   are 

worth  all  the  effort  that  was 

Eld.  C.  ] 

Hooper  was  elected  District  e 

list,  and, 

as  far  as  funds  will  reach,  othe 

be  assigi 

ed  work.    Bro.  Wm.  Davis  wil 

resent  era 

r  District  on  Standing  Committ 

I.  H.  Crist, 

Canln 

•/-,  Kills 

District  Meeting  of  Middle  Indiana. 

This  meeting  was  held  in  the  Pipe  Creek 
church,  April  6.  Moderator,  L.  T.  Holsinger; 
Reading  Clerk,  David  Dilling;  Writing  Clerk, 
Frank  Fisher, 

The  meeting  was  largely  attended,  and  a 
good  spirit  prevailed.  An  unusual  amount  of 
business  was  before  the  meeting,  and  it  con- 
tinued until  g  P.  M.  Fifteen  papers  were  be- 
fore the  meeting,  four  of  which  go  to  Annual 
Meeting. 

In  response  to  the  call  of  churches,  we  gath- 
ered the  following  statistics:  Number  of  con- 
gregations, 35;  total  number  of  members, 
3,748;  largest  congregation.  North  Manchester, 
4OS;  smallest  congregation,  Fort  Wayne,  19; 
total  number  of  families,  1,684;  average  num- 
ber of  members  in  each  family,  two  and  one- 
fifth.    Where  are  all  the  children? 

One  congregation  was  disorganized,  Eld. 
Samuel  Murray,  who  was  92  years  old  April  1, 
was  present,  and  made  a  warm  appeal  to  the 
ciders  and  ministers  to  care  for  the  poor  and. 
isolated  members  of  the  church,  citing  the  ex- 
ample of  Paul  and  the  old  Brethren.  More  of 
that  spirit  is  needed. 

The  paper  deferred  from  last  year  to  pro- 
vide means  for  poor  elders  to  attend  District 
Meeting,  reported:  (1)  That  all  elders  be 
urged  to  attend  the  District  Meeting.  (2) 
That  poor  elders  order  fare  from  the  treasurer 
of  District  Meeting,     Paper  lost. 

The  paper  to  raise  more  Home  Mission 
funds,  provided:  (i)  Each  church  to  pay  fifteen 
cents  per  member.  (2)  If  congregation  fails, 
then  Mission  Board  shall  send  a  man  into  said 
church  to  preach  a  missionary  sermon.  (3)  If 
she  still  fails,  she  shall  be  reported  to  District 
Meeting.    This  paper  passed  the  meeting. 

The  Palestine  church  asked  to  be  taken 
back  under  care  of  Mission  Board.    Granted. 

Missionary  receipts  for  the  Home  Mission 
work,  for  the  year,  S640.27. 

A  number  of  churches  paid  nothing,  and 
were  called  on  for  reasons.  That  part  of  the 
meeting  was  not  very  interesting  to  delegates 
and  elders  of  delinquent  churches.  I  thoughi 
of  the  confusion  that  will  take  place  when  th< 
delinquents  are  called  on  to  explain  in  th< 
judgment. 


request  from  Mission  ] 
the  District  decided  to  pay  25  cents  per 
ber,  for  the  building  of  a  churcbhou^e 
city  of  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

The  Old  Folks"  and  Orphans   Home  w 
ported  in  good  condition. 


The  District  pays  annually  40  cents  per 
member,  for  its  support.  Most  of  this  amount 
is  from  endowment  fund. 

A  paper,  asking  for  surplus  funds  from  An- 
nual Meeting,  to  be  kept  in  District  Meeting 
work,  along  with  some  others,  was  returned. 

A  paper,  asking  for  a  District  Statistical 
Clerk,  was  deferred  one  year.  This  was  a 
good  paper,  and,  with  some  modifications,  will 
pass  and  do  good  work. 

A  paper  asking  church  certificates  to  be 
printed  with  detachable  slip,  to  be  returned  by 
the  church  receiving  the  letter  of  membership, 
sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 

A  paper  from  the  Ogan's  Creek  church,  asks 
Annual  Meeting,  through  Standing  Committee, 
to  appoint  five  brethren,  who  are  in  no  way 
connected  with  the  Missionary  Committee,  to 
control  the  Publishing  Interests,  select  the 
persons  to  carry  it  on,  fix  the  salaries,  etc.,  and 
report  the  same  to  Annual  Meeting,  from  year 
to  year.     Sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 

Another  paper  asks  that  no  person  serve  o 
the  Mission  Committee  more  than  two  term 
of  three  years  each,  in  succession.  Sent  t 
Annual  Meeting. 

A  paper,  asking  that  no  elder  nor  ministe 
shall  be  connected  with  the  Missionary  Corr 
mittee,  nor  serve  as  delegate  to  District  or  An 
nual  Meeting,  who  receives  any  remuneratioi 
a  railroad  corporation  or  land  agency 
company,  for  locating  families  in  a  new  co1 

y,  was  sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 

A  paper  asking  that  no  official  member 
the  church  shall  be  an  agent  or  officer  in  z 

isurance  Company,  was  returned. 

Bro.  J.  H.  Wright  is  our  delegate  to  Annual 

eeting,  and  L.  T.  Holsinger,  Alternate. 


From  SangersvlHc,  Va. 

It  having  been  our  custom  to  pay  the  yearly 
visit  in  this  congregation,  on  the  week  befo: 
Easter,  it  was  again  attended  to  by  our  visi 
ing  brethren,  and  Saturday,  April  9,  was  tt 
day  appointed  for  council.  Love  and  unit 
prevail  among  us,  with  few  exceptions.  TI 
Brethren   who  were   present    from    adjoinin 


,  Hi, 


gave 


1  Hi, 


I  have  not 
of  the  paper: 


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the 


tvordii 


From  Dubois,  (Sebr. 

The  Lord  is  our  Shepherd,"  and  he   has 
1  leading  us  into  the  green  pastures  of  his 
lasting   truth.     We   came  here  one  week 
ahead  of  our  appointed  time,  and  began  the 
Bible  work,  with  excellent   interest    and    at- 
tendance from  the  beginning.     Now  I  have  a 
week  ahead  of  me  that  is  not  engaged  else- 
where, in  which  to  preach.     I  know  no  way  in 
which  to  get  the  people's  minds  drawn  to  the 
Bible  and  to  God,  in  so  short  a  time,  as  with 
"  Normal  Lessons."    Then  I  think  the 
teaching  should    be    followed    by    preaching 
ore  than  has  been  customary. 
Our  house  was  packed  to  the  door  last  night, 
id  some  remained  standing.     Not  a  whisper 
as  observed  during  the  service.     The  power 
of  the  Holy  Spirit    was    present,    convicting 
hearts  and  searching.    One  confession,  in  the 
ermon,  we  took  as  an  evidence  that  the 
Lord  was  at  work,  and  we  should  stay,  even 
though  our  previous  arrangement  was  to  leave 
the  field  for  the  preser.t.     The  "  secret  of  guid- 
lce"  is  what  we  all  need  to  understand. 

J.  E.  Young. 
April  11. 

From  the  New  Mope  Church,  Tenn. 

March  18  Bro.  Geo.  C.  Bowman  came  to  us. 

He  began  preaching  on  Saturday  night,  March 
t     the     Union     Hill     schoolhouse,    and 

preached  one  week.    On  Thursday,  March  24, 
held  our    council    and    love    feast.     Two 

members  were  received  by  letter,  and  Bro.  C. 

M.  Bantz  and  the  writer  were  advanced  to  the 
:cond  degree  of  the  ministry.  Though  there 
ere  no  accessions,  solemn  impressions  were 
iade,  and  some  were  ready  to  say,  as  Agrippa 

of  old,  "Almost   thou  persuadest  me  to  be  a 

Christian." 
On  Saturday  night,  March  26,  and  Sunday, 

March  27,  he  preached  at  Fields'  schoolhouse. 

March  2S  Bro.  Bowman  and  the  writer  were 
1  to  Benton  County  by  Bro.  John  G.  Davis, 

where  he  held  forth  the  Word  for  one  week. 

A  love  teast  was  also  held,— the  first  in  that 

County.    Thirteen   members    surrounded    the 

Lord's  table.    Six   members    from    the    New 

Hope  church  were  present.     Solemn  impres- 
were  made.    A   church   was  organized, 

and  Bro.  Oliver  Shumaker  elected  to  the  dea- 

April  4  we  returned  home,  and  next  day  Bro, 

swman   left  for  Trenton,  Gibson  Co.,    and 

Bells,    Crockett  Co.     He  intends  to  preach  a 

few  days  at  each  place,  and  visit  Lawrence 

County  on  his  return  home.        A.  W.  Oren, 

Lankford,  Tenn.t  April  11, 


We  hope  we  will  all  be 
profit  thereby.  A  part  of  the  business 
of  the  day  was  to  appoint  a  committee  to  look 
embers  indifferent  in  their  church  at- 
tendance. Another  committee  is  to  look  after 
nning  back  again  of  expelled  members, 
ct  distributer  was  also  appointed.  We 
already  have  a  system  by  which  to  contribute 
;ber  missions,  but  now  the  home  mission 
thought  of,  and  a  move  made  to  do  more 
efficient  work  in  that.  Our  delegates  for  An- 
nual Meeting  are  A.  A.  Miller  and  J.  W.  Win. 
to  District  Meeting,  A.  J.  Miller  and  B.  I 
Miller.  May  God  ever  prosper  every  legal 
effort,  put  forth  throughout  the  Brotherhood, 
further  his  cause!  A.  A.  Miller. 

April 1/. 


North    English,    Iowa, 


-MATRIMONIAL- 


REPLOGLE— HEIL.— At  the  resident 
the  bride's  son,  Bro.  Frank  Gillam,  April  3, 
1898,  Eld.  John  Gable  officiating,  Eld.  Martin 
Replogle,  of  Unionville,  Iowa,  and  Sister 
Elizabeth  Heil,  of  Ollie,  Iowa. 

Grace  Brown. 

YATES-W ATKINS.— At  the  residence  of 

e  bride's   father,   Bro.  Joseph  Watkins,  in 

Decatur,  111.,  March   26,  1898,  by  the  under- 

:d,  Mr.  Samuel  D.Yates  and  Miss  Cora  B. 

Watkins,  both  of  Decatur,  111, 

S.  S.  Miller, 


^•j^FALLEN  t  ASLEEP  . . . 

"  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord." 

BRINDLE.— At  Oakland,  Kans.,  March  10, 
1898,  Frank  Brindle,  youngest  son  of  Bro.  Geo. 
ind  Sister  Lizzie  Brindle,  aged  21  years,  9 
nonths  and  10  days.  Deceased  was  employed 
n  the  Santa  Fe  R,  R.  shops,  when  taken  with 
yphoid  pneumonia.  On  account  of  the  vast 
;oncourse  of  people  assembled,  it  was  found 
hold  the  services  in  the  M.  E. 
mon  by  Bro.  J.  S.  Mohler,  fron 


necusiary 
iry. 


).  J,  S.  Mohlei 
m  the  Topeka 
C.  H.  Na 


EARLL.— In  the  Pleasant  Pr 
lymouth  Co.,  Iowa,  April  3,  1898, 
ged  5  years,  10  months  and  j 
eased  was  the  daughter  of  Bro.  1 


rie  church, 
Jlva  Earll, 
days.    De- 

and  Sister 


E.  Earll.  While  out  in  the  field  fighting  fire, 
her  clothes  caught  fire,  and  she  was  so  badly 
burned  before  assistance  could  reach  her,  that 
she  died  in  a  few  hours.  After  she  was  car- 
ed home,  her  remains  were  followed  to  their 
ist  resting  place,  by  a  large  concourse  of  sym- 
pathizing friends.     Funeral   services  by   Bro. 


H.  F.  Ma 


1  Luke  S:  52. 


Abram  Buck, 
FLORY.— Near  Kinsey,  Ohio,  Feb.  26,  1898, 
ice  Marie,  daughter  of  Friend  Harvey  and 
Tianda    FSory,     aged     4     rnonths.     Funeral 
rvices  by  Eld.  John  Smith,  from  Psa.  8-\;  47. 
MUMMA— In  Trotwood,  Ohio,    March    3, 
98,  Bro.  Henry   Mumma,   aged  79  years,  7 
onths  and  8  days.     He  was  born  in  Washing- 
ton County,  Md.,  July  23,  iStS,  came  to  Ohio  in 
and  was  married  to  Magdalene  Burns, 
Oct.  27,  1840.     Funeral  by  ministry  of  Lower 
Stillwater  church,  from  Job  5:  26. 

BOWMAN.  —  In     the     Lower     Stillwater 
church,  Ohio,  March  11,   1898,  Bro.  Benjamin 
Bowman,  aged  87  years,  1  month  and  22  days, 
ivas  born  in  Montgomery   County,  Ohio, 
Jan.  17,  1811.     Funeral  by  home  ministry  of 
Lower  Stillwater  church,  from  1  Kings  2:  2. 
L,  A.  Bookwalter. 
WHISLER.— At  Ashland,  Nebr.,  March  23, 
IqS,  of  asthma,  Sister  Emiline  Whisler,  aged 
62  years,  10  months  and  28  days.     She  leaves  a 
husband  and  four  sons.     She  was  a  kind  com- 
an  and  a  loving  mother.    Interment  at  her 
home  cemetery.    Services  by  the  writer,  from 
Cor.  15;  51,  at  her  home.  J.  S,  Ryan. 


KITCH.— At  Tunker,  Ind.,  April  S,  1S9S,  of 
dropsy,  Ezra  Kitch,  aged  48  years,  8  months 
and  25  days.  Deceased  was  born  in  Williams 
County,  Ohio,  Aug.  13,  1849.  He  came  to  In- 
diana  with  his  parents  in  1853;  was  married  to 
Clara  L.  Gurthart  in  1892.  To  this  union  were 
bom  three  children,  one  of  whom  has  preceded 
him.  Funeral  by  Bro.  Jacob  Shell,  from  Matt. 
16:  27.  I.  M.  Bollinger. 

FITZWATER.- 
April  3,  1898,  Jan 
years,  9  months  and  g  days.  He  leaves  a  wife 
and  a  number  of  children.  Occasion  improved 
by  Eld.  Samuel  Flory,  from  Eph.  5:  16. 

S.  F.  Brower. 
MARSHAL.— In  the  Elkhart  City  church, 
id.,  March  29,  1898,  Bro.  Phareas  Marshal, 
;ed  64  years,  9  months  and  21  days.  He  was 
faithful  member  of  the  church  for  twenty- 
'0  years.  With  a  lively  hope  and  in  a  peace- 
ful sleep,  he  crossed  the  river.  Funeral  serv- 
conducted  by  the  writer. 

I.  D.  Parker. 

TRENT.— In  Greene,  Iowa,  April  4,  1898,  of 
pleura-pneumonia.^ister  Diana  Harter  Trent, 
aged  77  years,  3  months  and  11  days.  She 
was  married  to  Wm,  Trent,  Nov.  23,  1843.  To 
them  were  born  six  children —all  living.  Her 
husband  preceded  her  two  years  ago.  She 
was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Brethren  church 
for  forty  years.  Funeral  services  by  Eld. 
Harvey  Eikenberry,  assisted  by  Eld.  J.  F. 
Eikenberry.     A.  Gertrude  Eire 


■  In     Montgomery     County, 
,  friend  C.  C.  Plowman,  aged 
D.  S.  McDannel. 


church,  by  the  ^ 


SMITH.- 
March  22,  1 


PLOWMAN. 
Iowa,  Aptil  8,  18 
about  75  years. 

LONG.— At  her  home,  in  Denver,  Colo., 
April  5,  1898,  Margaret  C.  Long,  nee  Hartman, 
beloved  wife  of  F.  P.  Long,  aged  39  years. 
Deceased  was  a  member  of  the  Brethren 
church  for  many  years.  She  leaves  a  husband 
.  two  small  children.  Funeral  by  the  writ- 
from  Rev,  14:  13,  Interment  in  Fairmount 
cemetery.  L.  E.  Keltner, 

BEACHY.— Near  Accident,  Md.,  in  the 
:ar  Creek  church,  March  29,  1898,  Sister 
Mary  C.  Beachy,  nee  Beaghly,  aged  61  years,  9 
months  and  17  days.  She  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Christian  Beachy  Feb.  14,  1354.  To 
>rn  eleven  children,  five  of 
whom  preceded  her.  The  six  remaining  are 
embers  of  the  Brethren  church.  She  was 
isistent  member  of  the  Brethren  church 
for  about  forty-seven  years.  She  will  be  great- 
ly missed.  She  was  buried  on  the  home  farm, 
nd  the  funeral  was  preached  at  the  Amish 
from  Rev.  24:  13. 

Jonas  Fike. 

ear    New     Philadelphia,    Ohio, 

I,  Jonathan  Smith,  aged  78  years. 

:d  in  1857.    To  this  union  were 

born  six  children.    Two  preceded  him.    He 

is  a  member  of  the  U.  B.  church  for  many 

iars.     He  bore  his  suffering  with  much  pa- 

:nce.     Funeral  by  the  undersigned. 

BENDER.— Within  the  bounds  of  the  Sugar 

Creek  church,  Tuscarawas  and  Holmes  Coun- 

).  Jacob  F.  Bend- 

nd  11  days.    He 

suffered  much  in  the  closing  years  of  his  life, 

having  had  three  paralytic  strokes.     At  times 

lis    sufferings    were    very    intense.     He    was 

inited  in  marriage  to  Mary  Moomaw  July  8, 

855.    There  wer»  born  to  them  five  children, 

wo  daughters  and  three  sons.     One  son  and 

'ne  daughter  preceded  him.     Bro.  Bender  was 

1  faithful  member  of  the  Brethren  church  for 

many    years.     Funeral    by    the    writer,    from 

Matt.  6:  26.  Edward  Loomis. 

PRATT.— In  the  Union  church,  Floyd  Co., 
/a.,  March  27,  1898,  Sister  Hannah  P.  Pratt, 
.ged  24  years.  She  united  with  the  Brethren 
hurch  at  an  early  age,  and  lived  an  exem- 
plary life.  She  suffered  for  several  years  with 
ption,  but  bore  it  patiently.  Funeral 
by  Bro.  G.  Keith,  assisted  by  the 
riter.  Austin  Hylton. 

HUMBERT.— In  the  Middle  River  church, 
Augusta  Co.,  Va.,  April  7,  1898,  Bro.  Samuel 
Humbert,  aged  76  years,  n  months  and  26 
days.  Funeral  services  by  brethren  D.  C. 
Flory  and  A.  B.  Early,  from  1  Cor.  15:  35. 

J.  F.  Miller. 

PRICKETT.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Somer- 

t  church,  Ind.,  April  9,  1898,  Clara  H.,  daugh- 

r  of  Bro.   Daniel  T.  and   Sister    Mary    M. 

Prickett,  aged  6  years,  9  months  and  14  days. 

Funeral  services  by  the  writer,  from  Job  14;  2, 

Otho  Winger. 


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LOVE  PEASTF. 

April  SO,  4  P.  M.,  Hickory  Grove,  Carroll  Co.,  111. 
April  80,  Hoyle  Church,  Hoyle,  Okla.  T. 
April  £0, 1:  80  P.  M.,  Pipe  Creek  church,  Md. 
Apnl  so,  4  P.M.,  Williams  Creek,  Texas. 
April  30, 2  P.  M.,  Kansas  Center  church,  Kans. 
April  30,  2:  30  P.  M.,  Llnvlllo,  Va. 
May  1,  *  P-  M.,  Hearing  (spring  church,  Fa. 
May  2,  3, 1  P.  M.,  Cliques  Hill,  Pa. 
May  i,  B.  9  A.  M„  Mountvllle  ohuroh,  Pa. 
May  5,  Back  Greek  chnrch,  at  Bhank  house,  Pa. 
May  6,0,  li 80  P.  M.,  Welshran  church,  Pa. 
May  5, 7 :  30  P.  M„  Philadelphia  church,  Pa, 
May  5,  Goshen,  Ind. 
May  7, 5  P.M.,  Upper  Dublin,  Pa. 
May  7,  i  P.  M.,  Middle  Fork  church,  Ind, 
May  7,  Solomon's  Creek,  Ind. 
May  7,  8,  2  P.  M„  Napervillo  church,  111, 
May  ',  i  P.  W-,  Logan  church,  Ohio,  near  Degrair, 
a  Creek,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 


Miiy  7 


.  M.,  Ha 


,  Fa. 


',  M,,  Clover  Creek,  Pa, 
May  7,  a,  2  P.  M.,  Navarre  church,  Kans. 
May  7, 8,2  P.  M.,  Eden  Valley  church,  Kans, 

May  7,  Pleasant  Valley,  Texas. 

,  Nettle  Creek  ohuroh,  Hagerstowi 


0  P.  M.,  Germnntown,  Pn. 
Manor  church,  Md. 

.  M.,  Snicm,  Reno  Co.,  Kans. 

irth  Beatrice  church,  Nebr. 

)  East  Lyons  St.,  Ilea  Moines,  Iowa. 

.  M.,  Big  Creek,  Oklahoma  Territory. 

msant  Plains,  Okla, 

.  M.,  Altoona,  Fn. 

1  P.  M.,  Cherry  Grove,  111. 


ine  11, 12,  Pleasant  Prairie  church,  Iowa. 

ine  11,2  P.  M.,  Batavia  ohuroh.  111. 

ine  11, 4  P.  M„  South  English,  Iowa. 

ine  11,  Tuscarawas  church,  Ohio. 

ine  11, 13, 1  P.  M.,  Silver  Creek  church,  111. 

ine  11, 12,  Fredericksliurg,  Iown. 

ine  11, 10  A.  M.,  Thornapplf  church,  Mich.,  East 

ine  11, 12,  3  P.  M.,  Sterling,  HI. 
ine  11, 10  A.  M.,  Grundy  County  church,  lown, 
ine  17,  Sou  lli  Keokuk,  Iowa 
ine  17, 10  A.  M.,  Bear  Creek,  Ind. 
ine  17, 11  A.  M.,  South  Keokuk  church,  Iowa, 
ine  17,  Camp  Creek  Church,  Ind. 
ine  17,  i  P.   M.,   Red    River   church,   Mayvllk\ 
N.Dak. 


June  IS,  10. 10  A.  M.,  Franklin  County  ohuroh 
June  18, 10  A.  M.,  South  Waterloo,  Iowa. 
Juno  18, 11  A.  M„  Deep  River  church,  Iowa. 
June  Is. :{  p.  M„  East  house,  Klngsley,  Iowa 


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of  John's  Gospel. 


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.  M.,  Harlan,  Iowa. 

..  M.,  Boone  River  ohurch,  Iowa. 


CHURCH  DIRECTORY. 


YORK.  PA.-Cor.  BeMdere  Ave.  and  King  St.  Sen 
Ices.  Sunday.  10  A.  M  .  ;  I'.  M  ;  S  S.,  •.,  A.  M.;  ><>uk  ^lh 
Ice.  6  P.  M.;  Prayer  Meeting,  Wednesday.  r.  j0  I'.  M. 

MUN'CIE.  IND. -310  S.  High  St.  Services,  n  A.  M 
7  P.  M  ;S.  S-,  10  A.  M  .  Bit.le  Ruling.  Wednesday, 
P.M. 

LOS  ANGELES,  CAL.-236  S.  Hancock  St.,  East  Los 


Sunday  school,  io  A.  M. 


;  Drenching, 


May  i'l 

•2  P.  M  ,  Hickory  Grove,  Ohio. 

Mflyl'l 

22, 2  P.  M.,  Chapman  Creek  church,  KanB. 

22,  10  A.  M.,"West  Branch  church,  111, 

4  P.  M.,Naw  Enterprise  church,  Pa. 

4  P.  M.,  Lowistown,  Dry  Valley  house,  Pa. 

2  P.  M.,  Bachelors  Run,  Flora,  Ind. 

25,  Dallas  Center  ohurch,  Iowa. 

4  P.  M.,  Okaw  ohurch,  Laplace,  111, 

May^o 

4  P.M.,  Belleville,  Kans. 

27,  2  P.  M„  Aughwlck  church,  Pa. 

Palestine  chnrch,  Oblo. 

2  P.  M.,  Sallmonie  ohurch,  Ind. 

May  23 

£7,  Upper   Conewago,  Pa. 

May  26 

Laforge  church,  Mo. 

MayS8 

Turkey  Creek  church,  Okla. 

2  P.  M.,  Warriors  Mark,  Pa. 

May  2S 

4  P.  M.,  Summit  church,  Ind, 

May  :s 

1:£0  P.  M.,  Pleasant  Hill  church,  Md. 

2  P.  M., Cedar  church,  Iowa. 

SO,  2  P.M.,  Freeland  ohuroh,  W.  Va, 

Elklick,  Pa. 

.May  2S,  Golden  Spring,  Nebr. 

May  28 

-  t\  M.,  Pli'Li-tant  View  church,  Iowa. 

May-'.i 

4  P.  M.,  Shade  Greek,  Pa. 

Mayjtl 

June  l,  2  P.  M.,  at  Goodwill  House,  Lost 

Junes 

in  Blackford  County,  Ind. 

>,  10  A  M.,  Indian  Creek  church,  Iowa, 

Sugar  Ridge  church,  Mich. 

S,  Worthington,  Minn. 

5,1P.M.,  Fine  Creek,  111. 

New  Philadelphia,  Ohio. 

5, 10  A,  M„  Newton,  Kans. 

2  P.  M.,  Oakland  church,  Ohio. 

10  A.  M„  Columbia  City,  Ind. 

2  P.  M.,  Falls  City  ohurch,  Nebr. 

5,  2  P.  M.,  Franklin  Grove,  III. 

5,  Laurens,  lowa. 

2  P.  M„  Van  Clevesville,  W.  Va. 

Falrview  church,  Pa. 

Soalce  Spring  church,  Pa. 

June*, 

2  P.  M„  Bethel  churoh,  Nebr. 

house,  Va. 

June  i, 

Talent,  Oregon. 

June  7,  io  A.  M„  Wolf  creek  church,  Ohio. 

June  8. 0,  i :  30  P.  M.,  Panther  Creek,  Iowa. 

June  8, 4  P.M.,  Rock  Run  churoh,  Goshen,  Ind. 

June  0, 10,  Yellow  Creek  church,  III. 

June  io,  Montgomery,  Pa. 

June  10,  Yellow  River,  Ind. 

June  io,  Misslsslnewa,  lud. 

June  ll,  Mt,  Etna,  Iowa. 

J"ne  u,  io  a.  M.,  Wyandot  ohurch,  Ohio. 

June  11,  Oak  Grove,  Ohio. 


30  P.  M.;  prayer  meeting,  Wednesday  1 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C.-Naval  Lodge  Building,  C01 
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ST.  JOSEPH,  MO.-Meetlne  every  Sunday 
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The  Season  of  This  Health  Resort  Opens 
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many  patrons, 
e  of  whom  will  be  found  in 
nearly  any  community  where  the 
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from  which  we  makeourcloll.  •«■. 
blank,  tape  line  and 
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WARSAW.  INDIANA. 


OSPEL  1 


"SET  FOR  THE  DEFENSE  OF  THE  GOSPEL!'— Phil,  i:  ij. 


Vol.  36. 


Mount  Morris,  III.,  April  30,  1898. 


No.  18. 


The  Gospel  Messenger, 

Published  Weekly,  at  Ji-Sq  per  Annum,  by 

BRETHREN    PUBLISHING   HOUSE, 

Mount  Morris,  Illinois. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.— 

Heme,   .  ....  v  .....  i  .......... 273,  280 

Why  Called  Passover. 281 

What  Would  Jesus  Do? 281 

Querists'  Department.   .  .  .  ; 28, 

District  Hireling  --1  Sunih'.'.'eslern  kans..-  and  Southern  Colorado,    .  282 

POETRY,— 

Aspiration.    By  Margaret  E.  Sangstcr 274 

Courage.    By  Susan  Coolidpe 278 

NoneofOurSuaineas.    Selected  by  Mamie  Follis, 2B3 

ESSAV  DEPARTMENT.- 

In  and  Out.    By  \V.  B.  Stover ; 274 

Electioneering.     By  Noah  Longanecker 274 

Class  Glimpses  Irom  the  Bible  Normal  Held  at  Mt.  Morris,  January, 

'98,    ByJ.  G.  Roycr 275 

Suicides.    ByJ.S,  Flory 275 

The  Church  in  the  Temple.     ByJ.  S.  Mohler 276 

Carnal  Mind  vs.  Spiritual.    By  Tobias  S.  Fikc, 276 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL ,- 

Lesson  Light-Flashes.       .' 277 

Sunday  School  Notts.    By  John  K.  Snyder, 277 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING,— 

Lessons  from  the  LiJe  of  Stephen— Acls  b:  8-15;  7:  54-63 277 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

Tobacco.    By  Ella  Arnold,      278 

The  Easy  Way.     By  M.M.  Eslielinan 278 

Ready  to  Die 278 

l.iiaV 

TlieDl 

Report  of  Brooklyn  Mission 

HOME  AND  FAMILY, - 

The  Sisters'  Sewing  Socicf y  of  Mt.  Morris,  111.     By  FI 

Ah  l-.sperience.     By  F.m.11,1  Spkkicr 

1  in- Aid  Society  at  Girard.    By  Sue  Watson 


^EDITORIAL  t  MISCELLANY^ 


The  Omaha  World-Herald  tells  of  a  great  work 
that  resulted  from  the  noble  effort  of  one  earnest 
woman:  On  April  nth,  Mrs.  John  M.  Thurston, 
whose  home  was  in  Orqaha,  wrote  an  appeal  to  the 
"  Mothers  of  the  Northland  "  to  feed  starving  Cuba. 
Three  days  later  Mrs.  Thurston  died.  Three  days 
after  the  death  of  Mrs.  Thurston  the  IVorld-Herald 
suggested  that  the  greatest  memorial  to  Mrs.  Thurs- 
ton would  be  to  make  generous  answer  to  her  appeal 
for  help  for  the  starving  Cubans.  It  opened  a  "  Cu- 
ban Relief  Bureau"  in  Omaha  and  asked  for  dona- 
tions. The  answer  to  the  appeal  was  magnificent 
in  volume.  A  great  train  of  twenty-two  cars,  each 
car  loaded  to  its  full  capacity  with  high-class  pro- 
visions, is  speeding  eastward  to  New  York.  In 
twenty  days  the  Worli-Herald  collected  overSn.ooo 
!n  cash  and  tons  of  provisions  for  the  Cubans. 
These  donations  were  made  by  the  people  of  Ne- 
braska, Western  Iowa  and  South  Dakota.  The 
train  started  at  3:  30  o'clock  on  the  afternoon  of 
April  7th  and  its  departure  was  witnessed  by  a 
cheering  crowd  of  ioooo  people.  The  Missouri 
Pacific  transported  the  train  to  St.  Louis.  The  Wa- 
bash took  it  in  charge  there  and  delivered  it  to  the 
Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  at  Buffalo,  and 
'he  latter  road  will  deliver  it  to  Stephen  E.  Barton, 
^airman  of  the  Central  Cuban  Relief  Committee  in 
New  York.  The  transportation  is  free.  A  striking 
feature  of  this  magnificent  donation  is  that  the  bulk 
°'  't  came  from  sections  of  Nebraska  that  were, 
three  years  ago,  the  recipients  of  bounty  from  gen- 
"ous  friends  in  the  East. 


War  between  the  United  States  and  Spain  is  now 
an  assured  fact.  This,  of  course,  is  to  be  regretted 
by  all  lovers  of  peace.  We  had  hoped  that  the  dif- 
ferences between  the  two  governments  could  be  set- 
tled without  a  clash  of  arms,  but  this  is  not  to  be. 
And  now,  laying  aside  all  political  preferences,  the 
people  of  this  country  can  probably  unite  in  com- 
mending the  President  for  his  earnest  efforts  to 
reach  a  peaceable  settlement  of  the  existing  difficult- 
ies. From  the  beginning  it  seems  to  have  been  his 
purpose  to  avoid  a  resort  to  arms,  and  in  pursuing 
this  course  be  has  probably  gone  as  far  as  the  policy 
of  the  nation  and  the  patience  of  the  people  would 
permit.  For  a  time  Congress  appeared  to  be 
against  his  peace  policy,  and  even  when  it  came  to  a 
vote,  the  Senate  at  first  refused  to  accept  his  views 
regarding  the  recognition  of  the  Cuban  Republic. 
But  later  on  that  branch  of  Congress  united  with 
the  House  in  endorsing  his  course.  Probably  most 
of  the  secular  journals  were  not  wholly  in  sympathy 
with  his  methods,  and  all  over  the  country  went  up 
the  cry  for  war,  revenge  and  life  for  life.  Amidst 
all  of  this  the  President  remained  firm,  pursuing 
cautiously  the  course  so  well  mapped  out,  until  he 
has  now  won  the  admiration  of  the  world.  This 
an  age  when  the  better  class  of  people  are  decidedly 
opposed  to  war,  and  even  military  leaders  shrink 
from  the  terrible  undertaking.  It  is  well  to  have  a 
leader  at  the  head  of  the  affairs  of  State,  who  is  ; 
lover  of  peace,  and  who  is  disposed  to  do  every 
thing  possible  to  avoid  a  resort  to  arms.  This  the 
P.csident  appears  .o  have  done,  viewing  it  from  the 
national  standpoint,  and  since  the  struggle  has  now 
commenced,  we  pray  God  that  it  may  be  short,  and 
that  ?s  few  lives  may  be  lost  as  possible.  And  while 
the  conflict  is  going  on,  all  of  our  people  will,  of 
course,  be  in  sympathy  with  our  own  country,  be- 
lieving that  the  struggle  is  for  the  liberation  of  a 
persecuted  and  down-trodden  people.  And  while 
our  sympathies  are  strong,  and  we  earnestly  hope 
to  see  Cuba  free,  still  we  must  not  so  far  forget  our 
calling  in  Christ  Jesus  as  to  violate  our  non-resistant 
principles.  We  feel  that  God  is  presiding  over  the 
affairs  of  nations,  and  that  out  of  this  unfortunate 
conflict  may  yet  grow  results  that  will  prove  a  bless- 
ing to  the  world,  and  redound  to  his  glory  and 
honor.     For  this  we  most  earnestly  pray. 


Geo.  Mui.ler,  the  founder  of  the  Orphanage  at 
Bristol,  England,  was  the  walking  wonder  of  the 
three  generations  in  which  he  lived.  He  died 
March  10,  at  the  advanced  age  of  93  years.  These 
were  busy  years  for  him.  In  building  up  and  main- 
taining his  immense  institution,  it  is  said  that  he 
never  asked  any  person  for  one  cent,  Whenever 
anything  was  needed,  he  prayed  for  it,  and  it  came. 
He  preached  thousands  of  sermons.  His  discours- 
es were  characterized  by  great  earnestness  and  sim- 
plicity. His  last  sermon  was  on  the  resurrection. 
It  is  said  that  after  he  was  70  years  old,  he 
preached  in  forty-two  countries,  and  traveled  at 
that  age  a  distance  equal  to  nine  times  around  the 
globe.  In  his  business  he  was  exact  to  a  cent,  and 
in  answer  to  prayer  handled  over  $7,000,000,  and 
taught  in  his  schools  121,683  children.  Of  Bibles, 
New  Testaments,  and  parts  of  the  Scriptures,  he 
distributed  nearly  two  million  copies.  It  required 
Sioo.ooo  a  year  to  care  for  the  2,000  orphans  he  had 
in  his  institution  at  the  time  of  his  death.  The 
buildings  alone  cost  $575,000,  which  was  sent  to  him 
unsolicited  by  people  who  had  confidence  in  his 
work.  Up  to  1896  ten  thousand  orphans  had  passed 
through  his  home,  The  boys  were  kept  and  educat- 
ed until  they  were  fifteen  years  old,  when  they 


were  apprenticed  to  suitable  trades.  The  girls  gen- 
erally remained  until  they  were  seventeen.  While 
passing  through  this  world  the  man  did  an  immense 
amount  of  good,  and  in  the  hearts  of  the  people  has 
built  a  monument  that  is  more  enduring  than  the 
granite  or  marble  shafts  that  stand  lifeless  and  soli- 
tary in  the  city  of  the  dead. 


May  2  to  7  is  the  time  appointed  for  the  Moth- 
ers' Congress,  to  be  held  in  Washington  City.  This 
will  be  one  of  the  most  remarkable  gatherings  of 
the  year,  and  will  be  far-reaching  in  its  influence. 
A  few  thousand  earnest  mothers,  from  various  parts 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  possibly  a  few 
from  India,  Japan,  and  other  countries,  wilt  come 
together  to  talk  over  the  greatest  work  ever  en- 
trusted to  mothers — the  best  methods  of  raising, 
educating,  and  preparing  their  children  for  the  re- 
sponsible duties  of  life.  If  it  be  true  that  the  hand 
that  rocks  the  cradle  rules  the  world,  then  in  this 
Congress  we  will  have  the  real  rulers  of  the  earth 
assembled,  not  to  make  laws,  not  to  lay  war  plans, 
not  to  bind  heavy  burdens  on  their  subjects,  not  to 
exact  tribute,  but  to  consider  the  mother's  mission 
in  all  of  its  wonderful  bearings.  The  Congress  will 
deal  largely  with  the  mothers  themselves,  for  to 
them  it  is  evident  that  if  the  coming  generations 
are  to  be  made  better,  it  must  be  by  improving  the 
mothers.  It  affords  us  pleasure  to  mention  this 
very  important  movement,  and  pray  that  God  may 
overrule  its  workings  for  the  good  of  common  hu- 
manity. 

As  we  write  on  the  evening  of  April  23,  we  think 
of  a  significant  contrast  in  the  South.  On  the 
western  bank  of  the  Indian  River,  in  the  southeast- 
ern part  of  Florida,  a  little  band  of  believers  have 
gathered  around  the  Lord's  table,  to  commemorate 
the  suffering  and  death  of  the  Prince  of  Peace. 
Most  of  them  are  from  the  Northern  States,  and 
went  to  that  delightful  region  to  seek  a  genial 
clime  in  a  land  where  snows  never  come,  and  where 
the  summers  last  the  year  round.  The  little  com- 
pany is  made  up  of  peace-loving  people,  who  have 
earnestly  prayed  that  the  dark  clouds  of  war  might 
pass  away,  and  that  peace  might  again  hover  over 
our  nation.  Only  a  short  distance  to  the  south  of 
the  room  in  which  the  meeting  is  held,  are  a  num- 
ber of  warships,  some  of  them  blockading  Havana, 
and  others  capturing  Spanish  ships  on  the  high 
seas.  As  they  pass  the  kiss  of  peace,  they  are  al- 
most within  hearing  distance  of  the  guns  that  are 
fired  across  the  bows  of  the  enemies'  fleeing  ships. 
The  contrast  is  marked  indeed,  and  we  would  there 
were  no  occasion  for  it.  We  pray  that  our  peace- 
loving  members,  who  reside  so  near  where  many  of 
the  battles  are  likely  to  be  fought  on  the  water, 
will  be  permitted  to  pass  their  time  unharmed. 


Recent  discoveries  in  Egypt,  in  connection  with 
former  discoveries  in  the  East,  have  made  it  clear 
that  an  advance  order  in  civilization  existed  in  the 
Euphrates  Valley  some  time  before  it  reached  the 
Nile  Valley.  This  is  in  perfect  accord  with  what 
Moses  wrote  in  Genesis  concerning  the  repeopling 
of  the  earth  after  the  deluge.  This  is  a  valuable 
point  in  support  of  the  authenticity  of  the  Bible 
that  should  by  no  means  be  overlooked.  It  has 
also  been  learned  that,  older  yet  than  the  first  civi- 
lization of  Egypt,  was  a  race  of  white  people  who 
sustained  no  relation  whatever  to  the  civilized 
Egyptians.  This  can  be  accounted  for  only  on  the 
supposition  that  they  were  in  the  Nile  Valley  long 
before  the  arrival  of  the  more  advanced  race  from 
the  Valley  of  the  Euphrates, 


2?4 


TIIIQ   GOSPEL   3S4CESSEI1TC3-EK/. 


April  30,  1898, 


•ESSAYa 


ASPIRATION. 


Drar  Christ,  whose  sweet  indwelling 
Makes  mortal  weakness  strength, 

Whose  presence  on  the  journey 
Makes  short  its  weariest  length, 

Come  Thou  in  the  gathering  darkness, 


Ore 

Ohlg 


in  the  fulle 


light, 


tryst,  thrice  blessed  Chri: 

And  put  my  tears  to  fiight. 
In  the  hour  of  sore  disaster, 

The  day  of  bitter  strife. 
In  the  moment  of  deep  anguish. 

In  the  ebb  of  failing  life; 
Come,  Lord,  when  sin  oppresses 

And  fetters  my  heart  and  hand. 
Oh!  give  me  tryst,  thrice  blessed  Chris 

On  my  way  to  the  sinless  land, 


Whose  lo 


any 


The  lov. 
Myself,  I  i 

But  one 
Oh!  give  r 


earth  alone. 
it  bear  my  weight  upon 
which  came  to  atone, 
n  less  than  nothing, 
nth  God,  in  Him] 
:  tryst,  most  blessed  Christ, 
When  the  lamps  of  time  grow  dim. 
Mine  be  Thy  dear  abiding 

While  the  days  go  drifting  past. 
Mine  be  Thy  rich  indwelling 

Till  of  days  I  reach  the  last. 
And  evermore  on  the  journey. 

Whether  I  rest  or  roam, 
Still  give  me  tryst,  oh!  blessed  Christ, 
Till  I  hear  Thee  call  me  home. 

—  Christian  Intelliget 


IN  AND  OUT. 


BY   W.   B.   STOVES. 

Now,  the  delight  of  my  life  is  to  be  out  among 
the  people,  bring  all  things  to  them,  that  they  may 
know  Jesus.  Sometimes  I  go  alone,  sometimes 
wife  and  baby  Emmert  go  too,  and  sometimes  our 
native  brethren  accompany  us. 

A  few  days  ago  I  called  on  a  friendly  Hindoo 
"guroo"  at  his  home  in  an  adjoining  county.  I 
was  received  very  courteously.  His  house  and 
temple  for  the  idols  were  all  one,  and  I  was  given 
welcome  to  any  part.  When  I  stayed  all  night,  I 
was  a  few  feet  only  from  the  idols,  with  a  wall  be- 
tween. All  day  I  sat  there,  guroo  fashion,  on  the 
bed  or  on  the  floor,  with  feet  folded  under  me,  and 
talked  to  the  people  of  the  living  God,  and  of  Je- 
sus, the  sinless  Guroo.  The  people  came  and  sat 
and  listened.  From  about  eleven  o'clock  to  four  I 
sat  there  and  preached,  and  from  about  seven  to 
eleven  at  night,  stopping  only  for  lunch.  But  such 
preaching  is  not  like  preaching  at  home.  It  is 
more  apostolic.  The  hearers  varied  in  number 
from  about  eight  to  twenty-five,— all  that  could  get 
in. 

In  the  evening  I  was  talking  of  a  true  spiritual  re- 
ligion. As  I  went  on,  several  said,  "Saheb,  we  are 
Christians  now,  in  our  hearts." 

I  told  them  how,  when  Jesus  comes  into  our 
hearts,  the  love  for  the  world  and  the  things  of  the 
world  disappears.  I  told  them  how  I  became  a 
child  of  God.  They  looked  to  each  other  and 
talked.  "He'll  surely  go  to  heaven."  "He  has 
actually  attained  to  salvation."  "  There  is  no  ques- 
tion about  it,  he's  perfect." 

I  told  them  I  counted  myself  nought,  but  that  Je- 
sus was  a  perfect  Savior,  example  and  Guroo, 
Whosoever  accepts  Him,  accepts  eternal  life.  Then 
I  explained  at  length,  "Straight  is  the  gate  and 
narrow  is  the  way."  I  paused.  It  was  a  deep  still- 
ness. Presently  a  Brahmin,  more  thoughtful  than 
the  rest,  spoke.  As  his  words  came  so  evidently 
from  conviction,  I  could  have  wept  aloud.  He 
said,  "  Saheb,  I  am  sure  you  will  get  to  heaven,  but 
I  am  also  sure  that  I  am  on  the  road  to  hell." 

At  bedtime  I  prepared  to  go,  but  the  congrega- 
tion waited.    It  was  eleven,  and  I  was  tired,    They 


told  me  I  should  sleep  in  the  bed  on  which  I  was 
sitting.  "  Now,"  I  said,  "  we  always  pray  when  we 
go  to  bed,  and  when  we  get  up,  and  when  we  eat. 
Many  other  times,  but  then  always.  I  explained 
before  that  prayer  meant  talking  with  the  Father, 
"  He's  our  Father,  you  know.  Well,  we  are  His 
children,  and  He  is  here,  so  I  often  have  a  talk  to 
Him,  and  He  always  hears  me.  Now  I  am  going 
to  pray."  So  saying,  I  knelt  down  in  the  presence 
of  them  all,  and  prayed  aloud  in  their  own  1 
guage:  "  Father,  now  I'm  going  to  sleep.  You 
so  good  to  me;  I  can  never  tell  how  much  I 
love  you.  You  know  I  am  your  boy.  Be  with  me 
hile  I  am  asleep.  Keep  me  from  all  sin,  and  bless 
my  wife  and  baby  and  the  missionaries  all  in  Bul- 
sar,  and  those  who  have  accepted  Christ,  Bless  my 
dear  mother,  and,  Father,  bless  the  Brethren  in 
America  who  send  the  money  so  we  can  explain 
about  your  teaching  here  in  India,  And,  Father, 
do  open  the  hearts  of  the  people  here  who  treat  me 
so  kindly,  and  let  the  light  shine  in,  Jesus  is  my 
Guroo.  Hear  my  prayer  for  His  sake.  Amen," 
After  prayer  I  laid  me  down  to  sleep.  After  that 
those  dear  people  slowly  filed  out  and  went  home. 

There  came  one  of  a  higher  caste  who  seemed 
ready  for  a  battle.  I  kept  quiet.  So  did  he.  This 
was  the  next  day.  Presently  some  one  asked  a 
question  relating  to  marriage.  I  told  them  of 
God's  marriage  laws.  I  said  any  man  who  would 
keep  two  wives  was  a  great  sinner.  They  all  looked 
at  the  new  man.  He  admitted  the  truth  of  what  I 
said.  Then  I  learned  he  himself  had  two  wives. 
So,  whenever  he  tried  to  say  anything  that  I  did 
not  want  him  to  say,  I  would  just  ask  him,  "  Sir, 
which  of  your  wives  do  you  like  the  best?  "  "  Do 
your  wives  ever  quarrel?  "  "  If  the  second  does 
not  bear  you  any  children,  will  you  marry  a  third? 
"And  if  you'd  go  to  London,  which  would  you 
take?" 
At  this  he  ventured  to  show  his  impartiality,  and 
id  he'd  take  both.  Then  I  said,  "Since  it  is 
against  the  law  to  have  two  wives  in  England,  what 
would  your  two  wives  do  if  they'd  catch  you  and 
put  you  in  jail?"  He  became  quite  ashamed  of 
himself,  and  as  humble  as  a  Iamb. 

Coming  home  it  was  getting  dark.    They  brought 
me  in  a  cart.    The  road  was  rough  and  crooked, 
One  sitting  in  the  cart  with  me,  said:  "What  would 
you  do,  Saheb,  if  we  would  turn  back  right  here, 
and  let  you  walk  the  rest  of  the  way  alone?  " 
I  said,  "  Well,  what  do  you  think  I'd  do?  " 
11 1  know  what  you'd  do." 
"  Well,  what  would  I  do?  " 

"Why,"   he   said,  "you'd  kneel  down   and   ask 
God  to   show  you   the  way,   and  then  you'd 
straight  to  the  station." 

"Yes,"  I  said,  "  I  would  ask  Him  to  show  me  the 
way,  or  send  some  man  along  to  show  me,  and  I 
know  he'd  do  it." 

One  said,  "  Saheb,  you  eat  meat.  Don't  you 
think  that's  a  sin?" 

"If  I  thought  it  a  sin,  do  you  think  I'd  eat?  "  I 
said. 
"  Yes,  but  you  give  pain  in  so  doing." 
"Give   pain!    Who  gives   more   pain    than    the 
Hindoo  that  beats  his  wife  and  prods  his  bullocks 
and  dislikes  his  daughters?     Moreover,  you  people 
drink  toddy,   and  smoke   cigarettes,   and  eat  pan 
sopari." 
"  And  don't  you?" 
"  Not  at  all." 

"  But  you  drink  liquor,  and  smoke  those  little  fel- 
lows that's  wrapped  round  and  round." 
"None  whatever." 

"  But  don't  you  ever  smoke  any  cigars  at  all?  " 
"  Never.    Why  should  I  ?  " 
"  Nor  drink  any  liquor?  " 
"Never.    Why  should  I?" 

"And  did  you  never  have  a  quarrel  with   your 
wife?  " 
"  Never." 

"  Never  have  any  cross  words?  " 
"  Never." 


"  Brother,  He  knows.  If  we  do  not  meet  again 
in  this  world,  I  am  sure  we'll  meet  up  there,  But 
will  you  be  there?  Are  you  in  that  narrow  way? 
Do  you  love  Jesus?  Do  you  obey  him  ?  Have  you 
chosen  Him  for  your  Guroo?  He,  alone,  is  the 
perfect  Guroo.  ■  Like  priest,  like  people.'  If  your 
guroo  is  a  sinner,  what  hope  have  you?  " 

So,  in  and  out,  up  and  down,  the  missionary's 
work  is  many-sided.  Everything  leads  to  the  one 
great  theme,  Christ  and  self  crucified.  Brethren, 
pray  for  us!  . 

Bulsar,  hid. 

ELECTIONEERING. 

BY   NOAH   LONGANECKER, 


Our  object  in  writing  this  article  is  not  so  much 
to  present  something  new,  as  to  "  stir  up  our  pure 
minds  by  way  of  remembrance."  General  Con- 
ference has  denounced  electioneering  as  a  great 
evil,  hence,  whenever  an  election  for  any  church  of- 
ficer is  to  be  held,  all  faithful  housekeepers  ad- 
monish their  members  to  abstain  from  said  evil,  but 
still,  in  the  face  of  advice  of  Annual  Conference, 
and  the  hearty  admonitions  of  faithful  housekeep. 
ers,  the  evil  seems  to  be  on  the  increase.  Why  is  it 
so  ?    Why  must  it  be  so  ? 

Each  individual  member  can  best  answer  the 
questions  for  himself.  Can  it  be  that  we  would  do 
evil  that  good  may  come?  If  so,  the  Bible  at  once 
condemns  such  a  course.  We  are  informed  by  an 
elder  that  in  his  State  District  the  evil  had  become 
so  common  that  said  District  had  to  take  steps  to 
arrest  the  evil.  In  referring  to  this  incident,  we  aim 
not  to  cast  out  the  mote  out  of  our  brother's  eye, 
while  a  beam  may  be  in  our  own  eyes.  At  least  we 
do  know  that  a  word  of  warning  is  in  order,  both  to 
our  local  churches  and  our  District  Conference. 

On  electioneering  at  political  elections,  we  have 
the  following  from  Annual  Meeting:  "  Particularly, 
no  brother  should  take  part  in  electioneering  at  art 
election,  which  is  deemed  very  hurtful,  and  should 
not  be  among  brethren."  While  sad  -,^i,  t» 
"  very  hurtful"  at  political  elections,  it  is  especially 
so  at  church  elections.  But  more  anon.  On  elec- 
tioneering at  elections  in  the  church,  we  have  the 
following:  "  What  is  the  decision  of  this  meeting,  in 
case  brethren  (especially  official  brethren),  exercise 
a  private  influence  in  the  election  of  members  to  of- 
fice in  the  church?  ^«.-We  think  such  brethren 
should  be  admonished  and  earnestly  entreated  to 
desist  from  such  a  course;  and,  if  that  will  not  con- 
trol them,  a  committee  should  be  appointed  to  in- 
form them  that  if  their  course  is  persisted  in,  they 
will  fall  into  the  judgment  of  the  church.  The 
committee  should  be  called  from  another  church." 
If  said  evil  exists  at  an  election  at  District  Con- 
ference, said  committee  should  be  called  from  an- 
other State  District.  We  draw  this  conclusion 
from  the  principle  laid  down  to  govern  local  church- 
es. In  either  case  the  principle  is  the  same.  That 
Annual  Meeting  considers  this  a  matter  of  great 
and  vital  importance,  and  of  momentous  and 
weighty  character,  is  plain  from  the  very  grave  and 
prudent  advice  that  is  given  relative  to  it. 

Annual  Meeting  does  not  state  the  evils  that  fol- 
low electioneering.     We  will  append  a  few  of  them: 

1.  It  creates  hatred  between  individuals.  We  say 
"  between,"  for  this  hatred  is  not  always  confined  to 
the  one  who  is  opposed. 

2.  In  electioneering  we  become  respecters  of  per- 
sons. As  a  rule,  the  one  is  extolled,  and  the  other 
defamed.  It  is  true  we  often  electioneer  for  one, 
not  so  much  that  he  might  be  successful,  but  more 
especially  that  the  other  might  be  unsuccessful. 
Permit  but  one  illustration.  We  are  informed  that 
the  first  time  that  we  were  sent  from  our  State  Dis- 
trict as  a  member  to  the  Standing  Committee,  some 
one  used  his  private  influence  in  our  favor,  more  es- 
pecially to  prevent  some  one  else  from  being  elect- 
ed to  that  office.  Of  course,  when  we  ascertained 
the  fact,  we  felt  the  honor  was  to  our  shame.    Al- 


though  the  brother  who  was  opposed  is  now  dead, 
Well,  well;  I  never  heard  of  anything  like  that    yet  our  sympathy  goes  with  his  dear  name.    The 
before.    And   your    mother   in    America,-so    far    reader  will  bear  with  this  illustration,  because  it  is 
away— don  t  you  ever  expect  to  see  her  any  more?  " '  meant  to  be  void  of  egotism. 


April 


THE   GOSPEL   IMIESSEJSra-EtR,. 


3.  Electioneering  creates  factions  in  local  church- 
es and  District  Conferences.  While  Christ  prayed 
for  the  unity  of  his  people,  those  who  electioneer 
for  certain  individuals  labor  for  division.  Paul 
sharply  reproved  the  Corinthian  church  for  such 
work.  He  called  them  carnal.  "  I  hear  that  there 
be  divisions  among  you."  How  could  it  be  other- 
wise, when  one  was  for  Paul,  one  for  Apollos,  and 
on*  for  Peter? 

We  well  remember  the  factions  that  existed  in  the 
General  Brotherhood  before  the  late  division.  If 
electioneering  was  not  the  cause  that  gendered  those 
factions,  we  must  know  that  it  was  a  cause.  We  al- 
so know  that  said  evil  largely  increased  both  the 
hatred  and  difference  of  opinion  between  those  fac- 
tions. We  need  not  illustrate.  Who  does  not 
know  of  cases  where  inexpedient  electioneering  has 
destroyed  promising  elections  for  church  officers? 

Christian  love  and  the  power  for  good  in  a  local 
church  may  be  crippled  for  years,  through  undue 
electioneering  for  a  minister,  deacon,  or  Sunday 
school  superintendent.  This  is  more  especially 
true,  when  the  design  is  to  prevent  a  certain  one 
from  being  elected  to  the  office.  Every  one  has  his 
friends.  Oppose  such  a  one,  and  his  friends  will, 
more  or  less,  sympathize  with  him.  Will  the  one 
who  is  opposed  be  grieved,  so  will  his  friends  be. 
Once  this  division  of  feeling,  and  factions  will  soon 
follow.  Once  factions  are  formed,  the  division  of 
work  will  soon  follow.  Any  organization  will  be 
crippled,  and  must  finally  fail  in  power  for  good, 
when  once  divided  in  love  and  work.  Christian 
unity  in  love  and  work  is  the  power  for  success  in 
the  church.  Christ  so  considers  it,  hence  his  high- 
priestly  prayer  of  John  1;.  Paul  so  regards  it, 
hence  his  many  admonitions  in  this  line.  The  offi- 
cial body  of  the  church  should  set  an  example  be- 
fore the  laity  in  not  using  their  private  or  public  in- 
fluence in  favor  of  any  individual  member. 

The  query  before  Annual  Meeting  on  the  afore- 
said evil,  leaves  the  impression  that  they  do  not  al- 
ways; do  so.  It  may  be  that  some  have  never  con- 
ed the  evils  that  follow  electioneering.  Oth- 
iaj'  be  ignorant  of   the    very   good    advice    that 

Annual  Meeting  has  given  to  us  all,  to  abstain  from 
tike"  very  hurtful"  evil.  We  suggest  that  the  offi- 
cial body  do  some  teaching  along  this  line  at 
church  councils,  and  then  set  a  good  example  ev- 
erywhere, If  we  allow  the  evil  to  continue,  our 
church  will  soon  be  governed  by  a  few  designing 
members.  The  confusion  in  the  political  world 
should  be  a  warning  to  those  who  seek  the  welfare 
of  the  Christian  church. 
Ha'tville,  Ohio, 


him  as  "Peter's  interpreter  ";  and  Luke  with  Paul 
as  his  companion  in  travel  (Acts  16:  10;  Col.  4:  ij). 
Hence  we  see  that  the  Gospels  of  Matthew  and 
John  are  based  on  their  own  "  oral  Gospel,"  while 
that  of  Mark  is  based  on  the  "oral  Gospel"  of 
Peter,  and  that  of  Luke  on  the  "  oral  Gospel "  of 
Paul. 

No.  3 — Characteristics. 


CLASS  QLIMP5ES  PROM  THE  BIBLE  NORMAL 
HELD  AT  MT.  MORRIS,  JANUARY,  '98. 

BY  J.    G.    ROYER. 

No.  1.— The  Gospels. 

{The  reader  is  requested  to  turn  to  each  reference  in  read- 
ing the  following.] 

The  word  "  Gospel  "  in  the  New  Testament  sense 
means  "good  tidings  ";  "good  tidings  of  salvation 
by  Jesus  Christ."  The  Gospels  are,  beyond  all 
question,  the  most  important  as  well  as  the  n 
popular  books  ever  written.  They  contain  the 
only  authentic  history  which  interests  the  whole 
world,  and  hence  can  never  grow  old.  We  speak 
of  them  as  four,  but  in  reality  they  are  only  one 
Gospel,  which  comes  to  us  according  to  four  in- 
spired writers. 

No.  2 The  Oral  Gospel. 

At  first,  after  the  ascension  of  Christ,  Christians 
had  nothing  in  addition  to  the  Old  Testament  but 
the  oral  teaching  of  the  apostles,  Their  oral 
teaching,  or  Gospel,  gradually  assumed  a  fixed 
form  which  served  as  the  ground  work  of  the 
written.  This  "  oral  Gospel  "  especially  underlies 
as  a  common  source  the  first  three  written  Gospels 
as  we  now  have  them.  The  first  and  fourth  Gos- 
pels are  written  by  apostles  themselves,  and  the 
second  and  third  by  pupils  of  the  apostles,  Mark 
being  so  intimately  associated  with  Peter  (Acts  12: 
I2i  '3i  1  Pet,  5:  13)  that  ancient  writers  speak  of 


Points  of  Agreement— -The  first  three  Gospels  are 
largely  occupied  with  Christ's  ministry  in  Galilee. 
In  them  we  find  a  marked  agreement  both  in  lan- 
guage and  matter,  as  well  as  in  incidents  and  dis- 
courses recorded.  It  is  on  this  account  that  they 
have  been  called  "Synoptical  (seeing  together) 
Gospels."  The  fourth  especially  represents  Christ 
as  the  divine  "Son  of  God"  (John  3:  18),  Its 
author  stands  as  the  "  ideal  and  spiritual  evangel- 
ist" and  his  Gospel  as  the  "Gospel  of  Gospels." 
The  first  three  are,  however,  just  as  necessary  as 
that  of  John,  They  furnish  us  the  historical  basis, 
emphasizing  the  "divine  humanity,"  while  John 
emphasizes  the  "incarnate  divinity"  of  Christ. 
Again,  the  incarnation  of  the  Son  of  God,  his  life 
upon  earth,  his  death  upon  the  cross,  and  his  res- 
urrection from  the  dead,  are  fjur  great  centers  of 
agreement  permeating  the  four  Gospels  throughout. 
These  are  the  great  central  truths  around  which 
the  evangelists  group  the  material  making  up  their 
Gospels.  They  are  also  the  fundamental  elements 
which  make  the  Gospel  of  Christ  "good  news" 
to  man,  the  sinner, 

Marks  of  Distinction.— Each  Gospel  also  has  a 
marked  individuality  corresponding  to  the  aim  or 
purpose  of  the  author.  The  four  look  at  Christ 
from  different  angles,  but  together  they  unveil  the 
one  Christ  "  which  is,  which  was,  and  which  is  to 
come."  Rev.  I:  8,  They  give  us  four  distinct 
views,  yet  those  views  are  in  perfect  harmony. 
Matthew  addresses  himself  to  the  Jews,  and  so 
presents  Jesus  as  the  promised  Messiah  of  the  Old 
Testament.  His  may  appropriately  be  termed  the 
Gospel  of  fulfillment,  Mark  evidently  had  in 
mind  Roman  readers.  He  presents  Jesus  as  the 
"  mighty  worker  whose  destiny  is  universal,"— the 
miracle-working  "  Son  of  God."  Luke,  who  wrote 
for  the  Greeks,  presents  Jesus  as  the  Savior  of 
sinners,— both  Jew  and  Gentile.  He  dwells  upon 
the  human  side  of  Jesus  as  the  "  Son  of  man,"  and 
makes  prominent  the  world-wide  aim  of  Christian- 
ity. At  first  view  John's  Gospel  seems  to  differ 
from  the  other  three.  He  omits  much  that  they 
contain,  and  adds  much  new  matter.  He  writes 
for  Jews,  Romans  and  Greeks,  who  are  now  no 
longer  Jews  or  Greeks,  but  "  all  one  in  Christ  Je- 
sus," He  sees  Jesus  as  "  God  manifest  in  the 
flesh  "  (John  1:  14)  as  the  true  "  God-man." 

Startiig  Points.— Matthew  (1:  1)  traces  the  gene- 
alogy of  Christ  to  King  David,  a  descendant 
of  Abraham,  because  he  was  writing  for  the  Jews. 
His  constant  aim  is  to  make  his  readers  see  that 
the  Messianic  kingdom  has  begun.  Mark  (1:1) 
gives  no  genealogy.  He  wrote  for  Roman  read- 
ers and  so  none  was  needed.  Genealogy  had  no 
interest  to  them.  They  considered  themselves  the 
rulers  of  the  world  and  so  Mark  presents  Jesus  as 
the  King  of  the  world.  Luke  (3:  23-38)  traces 
the  genealogy  to  Adam,  the  progenitor  and  repre- 
sentative of  humanity,  connecting  Christ  to  the 
whole  world,  and  not  merely  with  the  Israelitish 
nation.  He  sees  Christ  as  the  divine  Savior  of 
sinners,  both  Jew  and  Gentile,  John  wrote  for 
all  Christians  after  the  other  Gospels  were  in  cir- 
culation, He  delineates  (1:  1-3)  with  special  care 
the  divine  antecedents  of  Christ,  declaring  him 
not  only  to  have  been  with  God  in  the  beginning, 
but  to  be  God.  His  Gospel  throughout  is  a  dis- 
course about  the  divinity  of  Christ,  and  his  vital 
union  with  believers, 

I  close  by  saying  that  these  Gospels  are  not  so 
many  biographies  of  Christ.  They  are  the  preach- 
ing and  teaching  of  the  apostles,  which  began  on 
the  Day  of  Pentecost,  put  together  for  the  special 
purpose  of  setting  forth  this  Jesus  as  the  promised 
Messiah,— the  only  begotten  of  the  Father,  and 
Savior  of  the  world, 
Ml,  Myitis,  III, 


Frequently  I  have  been  requested  to  write  an 
article  on  the  suicide  mania,  for  mania  it  is,  and 
one  that  is  on  the  increase  at  a  sad  and  alarming 
rate.  Just  where  to  place  the  responsibility  may 
be  a  question  hard  to  determine,  but  that  there  are 
responsibilities  touching  along  that  line,  on  the 
part  of  the  ministry,  and  moral  and  religious  re- 
formers in  general,  there  can  be  no  question.  We 
have  heard  the  ministry  severely  censured  for  not 
speaking  out  more  decidedly  on  this  evil. 

Without  question,  it  is  a  mania  of  the  human 
mind  and  explainable,  in  a  measure,  along  lines  of 
mind  phenomena.  It  is  a  law,  well  known  to  those 
who  have  made  investigations  along  these  lines, 
that  seldom,  if  ever,  does  a  person  commit  a  rash 
act,  or  yield  to  a  sudden  temptation  without  hav- 
ing first,  in  some  way,  harbored  thoughts  along  the 
line  of  the  act  or  deed  done.  This  idea  is  fully  in 
harmony  with  the  Scriptures.  Largely  man  is  re- 
sponsible for  his  thoughts.  The  point  where  re- 
sistance to  evil  should  commence  is  at  the  thresh- 
old of  thought,  otherwise  the  step  to  action  may  be 
difficult  to  resist.  Lust,  or  harboring  evil  thoughts, 
is  the  seed-bed  for  a  corrupt  life.  It  is  in  the 
heart  or  realm  of  mind,  where  the  seeds  germinate 
and  ate  propagated  as  in  a  nursery,  ready  to  be 
delivered  on  the  spur  of  the  moment,  when  temp- 
tation comes.  But  where  the  evil  seeds  are  not 
allowed  to  grow,  or  the  germs  destroyed  in  the  first 
stage  of  development,  there  is  not  much  danger  to 
be  feared. 

The  newspapers  publish  cases  of  suicide  as  they 
occur  in  localities  near  us,  some  of  which  are  sad 
and  lamentable.  The  mind  is  fed  in  contemplat- 
ing the  various  phases  of  the  act,  suggestions  be- 
come impressed  upon  the  inner  functions  of  the 
mind,  and  often,  too,  in  a  way  to  condone  or  ex- 
cuse the  act. 

Charity  is  a  good  thing  in  its  place,  but  should 
never  be  exercised  in  excusing  evil  deeds.  While 
the  mind  is  normal  and  the  reasoning  faculties  in 
full  play,  persons  may  be  proof  against  thoughts 
or  acts  of  self-destruction,  but  in  an  unguarded 
moment,  because  of  despondency  or  a  sudden  trial 
of  patience,  the  normal  condition  may  be  disturbed 
and  the  very  thing  the  mind  has  been  impressed 
with  may  develop  in  actual  execution  of  a  similar 
deed,  It  is  well  known  that  a  certain  way  of  self- 
destruction  becomes  epidemic.  This  can  only  be 
accounted  for  on  the  theory  as  advanced  above. 

The  great  question  is,  what  shall  be  done  to  rem- 
edy this  unnatural  and  evil  mania  of  the  mind? 
We  answer,  with  emphasis,  "By  a  proper  educa- 
tion." Something  to  counteract  the  evil  must  be 
advocated,  to  bring  the  practice  into  disrepute,  and 
fortify  the  public  mind  against  this  far  reaching 
evil,  and  to  the  individual  such  a  course  should  be 
prescribed  that  will  prove  forever  a  safeguard 
against  this  stigma  that  is  brought  upon  morals  and 
religion. 

We  regard  small-pox  as  a  dangerous,  contagious 
disease,  but  it  is  nothing  compared  to  an  epidemic 
of  self-murder.  We  should  stamp  suicide  as  a  hor- 
ror of  the  deepest  magnitude.  Let  any  mind  be 
fortified  with  such  a  hatred  of  the  act,  that  the 
mind  will  recoil  with  fear  from  the  least  thought  of 
such  a  thing.  This  will  impress  upon  the  mind 
such  strong  pre-suggestions  against  the  crime,  that 
X  will  insure  safety  to  the  person. 

The  Christian  should  never  harbor  for  a  moment 
the  thought  of  self-destruction,  no  matter  what  the 
al  he  or  she  has  to  endure.  Regard  the  thought 
as  a  great  sin  before  God.  Go  in  secret  prayer  for 
help,  and  ask  God  to  keep  you  from  all  such  "  pre- 
sumptuous sins,"  and  he  will  do  it.  Such  a  course 
will  impress  the  mind  with  good  thoughts,  and  pre- 
vent momentary  evil  thoughts  from  ever  maturing 
into  evil  acts. 

Self-destruction  should  be  denounced  in  unmeas- 
ured terms  from  the  pulpit  and  press.  Place  such 
an  odium  upon  the  act  as  will  make  all  persons  fear 
it  as  they  would  fear  a  legion  of  personal  devils,    If 


2?6 


t:h::e3  gosifsl  messenoeb. 


April  30,  18 


it  is  a  sin  to  dcBle  the  temple  of  God's  holy  abid- 
ing-place, what  must  it  be  to  destroy  the  temple? 

The  most  infamous  murderer  may  repent  and  be 
pardoned  by  God  before  he  is  executed,  but  he  that 
taketh  his  own  life  has  no  place  for  repentance  or 
time  for  pardon.  If  now,  as  was  once  the  case,  the 
bodies  of  suicides  were  not  allowed  to  find  a  rest- 
ing place  in  a  cemetery  among  the  tombs  where 
the  bodies  of  respectable  people  were  interred,  it 
would  show  with  what  abhorrence  the  public  regard 
such  things,  and  the  tendency  to  commit  the  deed 
would  be,  perhaps,  greatly  lessened. 

A  determined  will  power,  to  resist  all  thoughts  of 
self-destruction,  must  be  the  motto  in  order  to 
safety.  Previous  good  character  or  extenuating 
circumstances  should  never  be  allowed  to  come  in 
as  an  excuse.  Failing  to  resort  to  the  means  of 
grace,  promised  by  the  Lord  in  all  cases  of  trial, 
drives  away  the  possibility  of  God  "winking"  at 
the  sin  of  self-destruction, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


THE  CHURCH  IN  THE  TEMPLE. 

BY   J.    S.    MOHLBR. 

Trespass  Offerings. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

For  a  certain  class  of  trespasses,  committed  un- 
der the  law,  certain  specified  offerings  were  to  be 
made,  Lev.  5:  iff,  and  in  compliance  with  which  the 
trespass  was  to  be  forgiven.  The  offering  made 
implied  the  shedding  of  blood,  without  which 
there  is  no  remission  of  sins. 

Thus  Christ,  in  the  church,  gave  himself  as  a 
trespass  offering  for  the  whole  human  race,  "  for  all 
had  sinned  and  come  short  of  the  glory  of  God." 
Rom.  3:  23.  The  Revelator  speaks  of  the  offer- 
ing made  by  Christ  thus:  "The  Lamb  slain  from 
the  foundation  of  the  world."  Rev.  13:  8.  Paul  to 
the  Hebrews  writes,  "How  much  more  shall  the 
blood  of  Christ,  who,  through  the  eternal  Spirit, 
offered  himself  without  spot  to  God,"  9:  14 
Again,  "So  Christ  was  once  offered  to  bear  the 
sins  of  many."  Heb.  9:  28.  The  rivers  of  blood 
that  flowed  from  Jewish  altars,  all  pointed  forward 
to  the  blood  of  Christ,  as  it  flowed  from  his  body. 
on  the  cross,  for  the  sin  of  the  world. 

free  Will  Oferirgs. 

CHAPTER   VIII, 

Free-will  offerings  were  made  rather  by  permis- 
sion to  the  person  offering,  but  after  having  vowed 
to  offer,  they  were  strictly  enjoined  to  keep  their 
vow.  The  law  governing  those  offerings  wc  find 
in  Lev.  22:  17-26. 

This,  primarily,  may  apply  to  Christ  who  gave 
himself  freely,  as  an  offering  for  all.  "  Lo  I  come 
to  do  thy  will  O  God."     Heb.  10:  7, 

It  was  required  in  the  law  that  all  free-will  offer- 
ings be  perfect.  Nothing  blind,  lame,  or  bruised, 
would  have  been  accepted.  "So  Christ  was  a 
Lamb  without  blemish  and  without  spot."  1  Pet, 
1:  19 

Secondarily,  the  free-will  offering  applies  well 
to  every  child  of  God.  We  give  ourselves  to 
Christ  freely,  at  conversion.  After  conversion  we 
give  him  our  service  freely,  We  give  of  our  mon- 
ey freely  for  the  work  of  saving  souls,  We  give 
our  time  freely  for  religious  service,  and  for  doing 
good,  and,  if  need  be,  we  give  our  life  freely  also, 
remembering  that  our  offerings  must  be  perfect, 
whole-hearted,  to  be  acceptable  to  God. 

Daily  Incense  Offerings. 

CHAPTER   IX, 

The  law  governing  the  offering  of  incense  in  the 
Holy  Place  is  found  in  Ex.  30:  7-9.  It  was  to  be 
burnt  morning  and  evening.  Its  design  seems  to 
to  have  been  to  make  a  sweet-smelling  offering  to 
God, 

This  service  finds  an  appropriate  place  in  the 
church,  in  the  daily  offerings  of  the  incense  of 
prayer  from  the  hearts  of  God's  people.  Nothing 
is  more  sweet  and  acceptable  to  the  Lord,  This 
service  each  one  can  perform,    It  is  the  Lord's 


pleasure  to  grant  the  requests  of  these,  who,  from 
honest  hearts  and  right  motives,  call  upon  him. 
"Ask  and  it  shall  be  given  you;  seek  and  ye  shall 
find;  kneck  and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  you." 
Matt.  7:  7.  One  reason  why  our  Christian  life  is  of- 
ten so  barren  is,  that  we  are  too  easily  satisfied  with 
ourselves  and  our  present  attainments.  Did  we 
strive  harder  to  get  away  from  self  and  carnality, 
and  were  we  to  wrestle  harder  with  God,  even  all 
night,  if  need  be,  our  attainments  in  the  Divine 
life  would  be  marvelously  increased. 
The  High  Ptitstly  Office. 

CHAPTER   X, 

One  of  the  most  solemn  duties  of  the  High  Priest 
was  to  enter  into  the  Holiest  of  holies  once  a  year 
with  blood  to  make  atonement  for  himself  and  for 
the  people.  The  high  priest  had  to  exercise  in 
the  functions  of  his  office  in  a  reverential  spirit,  and 
in  strict  conformity  to  the  law.  The  above  type 
finds  its  fulfillment  in  the  church  through  Christ. 

A  "sin"  hung  over  the  human  race  from  the 
transgression  in  Eden  until  Christ  had  given  his 
life-blood  upon  the  cross  in  our  behalf,  taken  away 
the  "sin"  of  the  world,  reconciled  us  to  God,  and 
broken  down  the  middle  wall  of  partition  between 
Jew  and  Gentile,  having  slain  the  enmity  thereby. 

The  differences  between  the  Jewish  high  priest 
and  Christ,  the  High  Priest  of  our  profession,  is 
this: 

1.  The  Jewish  high  priest  was  after  the  order  of 
Aaron,  but  "Christ  is  made  an  high  priest  forever 
after  the  order  of  Me'.chisedec."     Heb.  6:  20. 

2.  The  high  priest  of  the  Jews  could  not  contin- 
:  by  reason  of  death  or  infirmities,  hence  he  was 

deposed  or  rather,  retired  from  his  office  at  the  age 
of  sixty  years.  In  speaking  of  Christ  as  a  priest, 
Paul  writes,  "  But  this  man  because  he  continueth 
ever  hath  an  unchangeable  priesthood."  Heb  7: 
24.  The  priesthood  of  Christ  will  continue  until 
he  comes  the  second  time  without  sin  unto  salva- 
tion. Then  Christ  will  exercise  all  the  authority 
and  power  of  a  mighty  King,  and  reign  till  the  last 
enemy  is  destroyed. 

3.  The  Jewish  priests  could  not  be  touched  with 
a  feeling  of  human  infirmity,  hence  they  could 
help  but  little  in  the  hour  of  need.  But  of  Christ 
Paul  testifies:  "  For  we  have  not  an  high  priest 
which  cannot  be  touched  with  the  feeling  of  our  in- 
firmities; but  was  in  all  points  tempted  Like  as  we 
are,  yet  without  sin."  Heb.  4:  15.  It  is  a  great 
consolation  to  know  that  when  we  are  touched  with 
the  tempter,  we  can  touch  Christ  and  obtain  his 
divine  aid  to  help  us  in  every  time  of  need. 

4.  The  Jewish  high  priest  could  only  enter  an 
earthly  sanctuary  for  a  short  time,  i,  e.,  in  the  most 
holy  place.  Speaking  of  Christ  Paul  further  testi- 
fies, "  For  Christ  is  not  entered  into  the  holy  plac- 
es made  with  hands  which  are  the  figures  of  the 
true;  but  into  heaven  itself  now  to  appear  in  the 
presence  of  God  for  us."     Heb.  9:  24. 

5.  The  Jewish  high  priest  made  atonement  year 
by  year  through  the  long  period  of  the  Jewish  The- 
ocracy. But  of  Christ.it  is  written,  "  But  now  once 
in  the  end  of  the  world  hath  he  appeared  to  put 
away  sin  by  the  sacrifice  of  himself."     Heb.  o;  26. 

In  alt  the  differences  between  the  Jewish  high 
priest  and  Christ,  it  is  manifested  clearly,  that 
Christ  Is  the  superior  of  the  two  priesthoods,  as  far 
as  the  heavens  are  higher  than  the  earth. 


CARNAL  MIND  vs.  SPIRITUAL. 

BY   TOBIAS   S.   PIKE, 

"For  to  be  carnally  minded  is  death;  bat  to  be  spiritually 
minded  is  life  and  peace." — Rom.  8:  6, 

The  carnal  is  human,  the  spiritual  is  divine.  The 
carnal  mind  caused  Eve  to  transgress,  and  the  re- 
sult was  death.  It  caused  Cain  to  kill  his  brother, 
thereby  becoming  the  first  murderer.  What  a  list 
of  sad  events  have  followed,  since  then!  It  caused 
the  entire  antediluvian  world  to  be  destroyed,  ex- 
cepting eight  souls.  What  an  example  for  all 
time  to  cornel  It  caused  David  to  have  Uriah 
placed  in  the  hottest  ranks  of  the  battle,    What  a 


host  of  Davids  have  followed,  while  whole  armies 
of  Uriahs  have  lost  their  lives  in  faithful  obedi- 
ence to  the  command  of  a  covetous  heart. 

How  many  of  the  Davids  of  to  day  are  trying  to 
hide  their  faults,  while  secretly  plotting  to  endan- 
ger the  welfare  of  their  brother  or  sisterl  Let  this 
thought  be  impressed  upon  each  mind:  "God  will 
bring  evety  work  into  judgment  with  every  se- 
cret thing." 

The  carnal  mind,  prompted  by  a  heart  of  sympa- 
thy for  her  children,  caused  Lot's  wife  to  look 
back,  notwithstanding  the  command  of  God  to  the 
contrary. 

What  an  amount  of  Lot's  wives  we  have  to-day, 
who,  through  sympathy  for  their  sons  and  daugh- 
ters, are  looking  back  to  the  things  of  the  world, 
instead  of  pressing  forward  toward  the  heavenly 
Canaan!     "  Remember  Lot's  wife." 

The  carnal  mind  caused  King  Nebuchadnezzar  to 
become  lifted  up  in  pride,  Multitudes  of  far  less 
nobility  have  succeeded  him  and  will  be  humili- 
ated.    Remember  the  reverse  is  inevitable, 

The  carnal  mind  caused  the  last  king  of  Babylon 
and  a  thousand  of  his  lords  to  feast  and  revel  in 
the  "royal  palace,"  whereby  the  condemnation  of 
the  king  and  kingdom  were  written  on  the  wall. 
This  should  be  a  sufficient  reminder  to  all  who  en- 
gage in  feasts  of  merriment  and  revelry.  It  caused 
a  refusal  on  the  part  of  Peter,  to  have  his  feet 
washed,  and  whole  churches  have  become  Peters 
in  this  sense.  It  meant  spiritual  death  in  Peter's 
case,  and  it  certainly  can  mean  nothing  less  now. 

The  spiritual  mind  caused  Noah  to  build  an  ark 
for  the  saving  of  himself  and  family,  regardless  of 
the  scoffings  of  the  ungodly.  Let  every  child  of 
God  take  courage  and  continue  to  build  the  spirit- 
ual ark  until  Jesus  comes  againl 

An  earnest  faith  caused  Abraham  to  offer  his 
son  upon  the  altar,  which,  according  to  the  natural 
mind,  would  have  been  the  last  thing  to  do.  It 
may  be  that  we  fail  to  offer  to  the  Lord  what  he 
requires.  How  often  we  offer  that  which  we  can 
easily  spare!  Such  a  course  requires  no  sacrifice 
on  our  part. 

Remember  the  precious  offering  that  our  Heav- 
enly Father  made  for  our  redemption.  It  was  the 
spiritual  mind  that  caused  David  to  rejoice  in  hope 
of  his  Redeemer,  that  caused  Christ  to  enter  the 
baptismal  waters  of  Jordan,  and  that  caused  Peter 
to  weep  bitterly.  By  the  spiritual  mind  three 
thousand  were  added  to  the  church  in  one  day,  If 
the  spiritual  mind  prevails,  men  will  prevail  every- 
where, and  women  professing  godliness  will  adorn 
themselves  in  modest  apparel.  The  spiritual  mind 
will  bear  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit.     Ga!.  5:  22. 

Brookside,  W.  Va. 


FEEDING. 


BY   A.    I.    MOW. 


Nearly  everybody  does  his  own  chores,  as  he 
thinks,  well.  John  10:  1-4.  He  who  is  very  par- 
ticular how  his  feeding  is  done  does  not  readily 
leave  it  to  just  any  one  to  do.  Great  importance 
attaches  to  proper  feeding.  Choring  is  very  apt  to 
be  done  in  an  indifferent  manner,  John  10:  5,  13. 
It  is  very  different  to  feed  for  best  results.  The 
young  of  the  flock  rarely  get  grain  feed.  The  ma- 
tured eat  much  grain.     Heb.  5:  13,  14. 

Feed  is  of  different  kinds  and  it  must  be  given 
accordingly.  Grasses  grow  on  the  ground,  and 
grazing  is  the  natural  way  of  food  supply  for  stock. 
John  5:  39;  Luke  16:  29;  Acts  17:  11;  2  Tim,  2:  15. 
Feeding  means  more, — supplying  animals  with  cut 
and  dried  hay,  corn-stalks  and  grain,  —  "rightly 
dividing."  Fodder  is  usually  fed  on  the  ground  or 
in  very  low  racks,  while  grains  are  fed  high,  in  ele- 
vated boxes.  It  is  readily  seen  why  it  is  thus  ar- 
ranged. The  grains  grow  high,  out  of  the  reach  of 
the  lambs,  and  in  many  cases  must  be  climbed  after 
by  the  grown. 

Grains,  intelligently  fed,  have  great  value  in 
properly  maturing  the  young,  as  well  as  strength' 
ening  the  grown,    Let    those    who    are    feeding, 


April  30,  1898. 


THE   GOSPEL   3yEESSE3^C3-EK/. 


2;- 


think  of  these  thirjgs,  that  they  persist  not  in 
strewing  straw  en  the  ground.  Acts  20:  28-30.  It 
is  good  that  all  look  up  a  little  for  richer  and  well- 
prepared  food. 

Jesus  had  a  good  test  to  assure  himself  that  the 
work  would  be  well  done, — "  Lovest  thou  me?" 
That  which  we  do  for  those  we  love,  we  do  with  re- 
ligious care.  We  want  the  highest  estimation  of 
our  best  friend;  it  is  worth  more  to  us  than  hire. 

Argos,  I nd. 


^THE  *  SUNDAY  +  SCHOOL^ 


Van 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 
Watchfulness.— Malt.  24:  42-51. 

Lesson  for  May  rj,  i8gS. 

To  watch  means  to  be  always  ready  for  the  ex- 
pected or  unexpected.  It  does  not,  necessarily, 
mean  that  you  are  to  be  standing  around  with  face 
forward  and  eyes  open,  looking  so  that  you  may 
not  be  caught  in  idleness  or  in  mischief. 

In  this  lesson  it  more  especially  means  that  you 
arc  always  to  be  in  the  line  of  duty,  and  to  be 
found  or  caught  in  this  way  is  a'ways  safe,  and  nev- 
er gives  cause  for  shame  or  fear.  We  have  too 
many  people  in  the  world  to-day  who  go  only 
when  they  are  pushed,  and  work  only  under  the 
eye  of  the  master.  They  do  just  as  little  for  the 
promised  reward  as  possible.  They  work  well 
enough  in  the  presence  of  the  employer,  but  do  as 
little  in  his  absence  as  it  will  be  safe  to  do,  with- 
out being  discharged. 

There  are  many  ways  of  shirking  duty,  and  it  is 
too  often  done,  but  such  persons  never  have  a  clear 
conscience,  and  always  are  more  or  less  in  fear, 
lest  they  be  caught  in  their  deception  and  be  dis- 
charged, They  are  good  watchers,  but  not  in  a 
good  sense.  They  watch,  for  fear  of  being  caught 
in  their  idleness  or  meanness. 

Of  course,  none  of  you  do  this  kind  of  watching. 

e  tell  you  about  it  so  that  you  may  see  how  ugly 
nd  mean  it  is.  We  remember  very  well  when  we 
yet  at  home, — we  mean  the  "father  home." 
It  was  the  custom  then,  and  is  yet,  to  some  ex- 
tent, for  farmers  to  work  out  their  road  tax  by  the 
day,  working  on  the  roads  with  mattock  and  shov- 
el. Some  days  there  would  be  from  twenty  to  thir- 
ty working  at  the  same  time,  all  in  the  charge  of 
one  supervisor,  and  as  the  work  was  largely  re- 
pairs and  touching  up  bad  places,  the  men  and 
boys  would  necessarily  be  scattered,  so  that  the 
roadmaster  could  not  always  be  present,  passing 
back  and  forward,  as  need  required.  During  the 
day,  on  these  occasions,  there  were  about  as  many 
watchers  as  workers.  But  we  remember  of  one 
young  man,  especially,  who  was  a  noted  watcher, 
or  "  leaner,"  rather,  as  he  made  it  a  rule,  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  supervisor  to  lean  on  his  shovel  han- 
dle and  discuss  with  his  fellows,  the  political  and 
ordinary  topics  of  the  day.  But  as  soon  as  he  saw 
the  "  boss  "  coming,  he  would  get  to  work  in  good 
earnest.  Since  then  we  have  seen  men,  boys  and 
girls,  do  the  same  things, — do  work  in  the  same 
way,  and  watch,  so  as  not  to  be  caught  in  idleness. 

Now,  our  lesson  says,  that  we  are  to  watch.  But 
we  are  not  to  do  it  in  this  way  nor  for  this  pur- 
pose. "Watch  therefore  for  ye  know  not  what 
hour  your  Lord  doth  come."  The  coming  of  Jesus 
is  here  compared  to  the  coming  of  a  supervisor,  a 
boss,  landlord,  or  any  one  who  has  the  charge  or 
oversight  of  laborers.  In  Bible  times,  the  Master, 
or  overseer  of  vineyards,  olive  orchards  or  the 
ones  who  had  charge  of  the  reaping  of  the  harvest, 
were  not  always  with  the  laborers,  but  went  and 
came  at  pleasure,— and  often  at  ths  very  time  least 
expected.  This  was  done  that  they  might  be  able 
to  test  the  faithfulness  of  the  laborers,  and  thus  to 
continue  to  employ  only  such  as  were  worthy  of 
confidence.  Those  that  were  always  found  at 
work  and  had  respect  for  their  master's  interests, 
would  be  the  ones  in  whom  confidence  could  be 
placed,  and  would  be  continued  in  service,  while 
the  others  would  be  discharged  and  cast  out  of  the 
vineyard. 


Now  the  Lord  has  called  us  all  into  his  vine- 
yard,—the  church.  We  are  his  servants,— his  la 
borers.  He  has  work  for  all  of  us  to  do,  suited  to 
each  one  of  us, — from  the  smallest  to  the  largest 
and  strongest,— from  the  poorest  to  the  richest. 
He  has  gone  to  his  Father  in  heaven,  and  has  said 
that  we  are  to  work  till  he  comes.  He  tells  us  to 
stop  and  receive  our  reward,  He  comes  at  differ- 
ent times  and  in  different  ways,  while  we  are  here 
at  work.  He  comes  often.  Every  day  as  we  read 
his  Word,  he  speaks  to  us  and  wants  to  know  if  we 
are  at  work.  He  speaks  to  us  through  our  con- 
science. When  we  are  idle,  or  in  wrong  doing,  the 
small  voice  speaks  to  us,  and  we  are  reminded  that 
we  are  not  doing  our  duty.  Thus  the  Holy  Spirit 
speaks  to  us  as  he  leads  us  into  the  truth  of  his 
Word. 

But  after  awhile  he  wi!l  come  to  us  in  another 
way  and  for  the  last  time.  He  will  come  by  call- 
ing us  through  death,  or  he  will  come  in  person  lo 
call  the  world  to  judgment.  The  goad  will  be 
called  to  their  final  reward  and  eternal  rest,  the 
wicked  will  be  cast  away,  where  there  shall  be 
weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth. 

Now,  as  we  do  not  know  how  or  when  our  Lord 
will  come,  he  commands  us  to  watch, — that  is,  we 
are  to  be  in  the  line  of  duty, — always  at  work  in 
doing  good,  —  speaking  kind  words,  smiling  kind 
looks,  doing  good  acts.  Little  deeds,  every  day, 
are  the  things  we  all  can  do,  and  if,  when  he 
comes,  he  finds  us  doing  these  things,  he  will  be 
pleased.     We  need  not  be  afraid  or  ashamed, 

"  Blessed  is  the  servant  whom  his  lord,  when  he 
cometh,  shall  find  so  doing."  The  lesson  closes 
with  what  will  be  done  with  those  who  are  not 
found  in  the  paths  of  duty.  If  you  do  not  want 
their  ending,  do  not  be  with  them  in  their  ways. 

^  "  H,  B    B 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES. 

BY  JOHN   R.   SNYDER. 

•         

No.  9  —The  Sunday  School  Meeting. 

Our  General  Conference  did  a  noble  work  when 
she  placed  her  seal  upon  the  Sunday  school  meet- 
ing. For  a  number  of  years  the  Sunday  school 
work  has  been  handicapped  because  there  was  no 
regular  system  sanctioned  by  the  church,  no  meth- 
od for  the  cc-operation  of  workers  and  a  delicacy 
on  the  part  of  some  in  doing  anything  that  would 
be  considered  by  others  as  an  innovation.  But 
when  the  Conference  granted  the  right  to  hold  Sun- 
day school  meetings,  and  even  set  the  example 
herself,  the  Sunday  school  cause  received  an  im- 
petus which  has  dene  more  to  bring  together  and 
unify  the  work  than  anything  else  could  have  done, 

The  preparation  for  this  line  of  work  has  been 
gradual,  The  time  had  fully  come  when  some 
thing  was  needed  to  further  the  great  work  of  the 
Sunday  school.  The  Sunday  school  meeting  was 
not  a  new  idea  among  us.  For  many  years  some 
of  our  leading  brethren  had  labored  for  a  bringing 
together  of  the  wcrkers  in  this  branch  of  church 
work,  and  especially  do  we  remember  our  lamented 
elders,  James  Qainter  and  R.  H.  Miller  as  being 
strong  advocates  of  it,  They  did  not  live  to  see 
their  desires  fully  accomplished,  but  the  inspira- 
tion they  gave  kept  the  principle  alive  in  others, 
and  to-day  we  have  the  opportunity,  so  long  de- 
sired,— a  duly-authorized  meeting  for  the  Sunday 
school  workers. 

But  we  must  not  gather  from  this  that  there  had 
been  nothing  of  this  kind  before  in  the  Brethren 
church.  The  present  plan  is  merely  an  evolution. 
It  is  only  the  outgrowth  of  the  spirit  fostered  by 
individual  churches  or  localities  for  a  number  of 
years.  We  next  have  the  State  Districts  realizing 
the  great  importance  of  the  work,  and  appointing 
District  Superintendents  or  Secretaries,  to  look  aft- 
er the  progress  of  the  cause  in  their  respective  Dis- 
tricts, their  work  being  mainly  limited  to  collec- 
tion of  statistics,  etc.  Next  we  have  the  creation 
of  a  committee  on  Sunday  school  work  by  the  Gen- 
eral Conference,  closely  followed  by  the  authori- 
zation  of   meetings   for   the   discussion  0*  matter* 


relative  to  the  welfare  of  the  Sunday  school.  From 
this  it  will  be  seen  that  the  present  venture  is  not 
entirely  new  and  not  without  precedent. 

From  the  alacrity  with  which  the  different  State 
Districts  and  individual  churches  have  taken  hold 
of  the  work  in  the  two  years  past,  we  may  safely 
judge  of  the  future  influence  it  will  exert  upon  the 
work.  There  is,  perhaps,  no  better  or  stronger 
inspiration  to  those  engaged  in  a  work  than  the 
frequent  meeting  together  and  interchanging  of 
ideas  and  methods  for  the  furtherance  of  their  la- 
bors. A  single  piece  of  wood  placed  in  the  stove 
will  smolder  along  for  a  while,  and  may  finally  ac- 
complish its  purpose,  or  go  out  altogether,  but 
place  a  few  more  pieces  with  it,  and  soon  the  flame 
will  envelop  the  whole  mass  and  power  will  be 
generated.  Just  so  it  is  with  the  worker.  Left  to 
himself  and  his  own  ideas,  and  no  inspiration  but 
his  own,  he  loses  spirit.  It  takes  the  vitality,  so 
much  needed  to  make  the  flame  grow  brighter,  to 
keep  his  own  little  spark  alive.  But  put  him  and 
a  few  other  consecrated,  zealous  workers  together 
and  their  sparks  will  be  fanned  to  a  flame  that  will 
generate  a  power  that  will  be  felt  for  ages. 

This  concentration  of  energy,  spirit  and  effort 
has  been  the  main  cause  of  the  progress  of  the. 
church  in  the  past  few  years.  Some  say  it  is  mak- 
ing too  much  "  machinery."  We  say  not.  The  ma- 
chinery is  already  made,  It  is  only  putting  it  into 
active  service.  There  is  a  wonderful  power  and  in- 
spiration in  the  association  and  interchange  of 
thought  of  kindred  minds. 

The  object  of  these  Sunday  school  meetings  is 
to  strengthen  the  workers  and  unify  the  work. 
Workers  become  acquainted  with  each  other  and 
each  other's  aims,  and  feel  bound  together  by  a 
stronger  fraternal  spirit  than  before.  Their  spirit- 
ual and  intellectual  horizon  is  enlarged.  They  re- 
alize more  than  ever  their  dependence  upon  one 
another  for  the  success  of  their  work, 

Fellow  workers,  let  us  keep  the  ball  a-rolling! 
Let  us  demonstrate  to  those,  who,  like  a  recent 
writer  in  a  popular  journal,  are  crying  about  the 
"decline  of  the  Sunday  school,"  the  falseness  of 
their  position.  It  is  not  declining.  It  was  never 
more  prosperous,  and  is  a  mightier  power  to-day 
for  Jesus  than  ever  before.  We  must  not  be  carried 
away  by  all  the  new  "  fads  "  of  the  popular  drift, 
but  let  us  awake  to  the  needs  and  changed  condi- 
tions that  surround  us,  and  demonstrate  by  our  zeal 
and  united  effort,  that  we  mean  to  take  the  world 
for  Jesus  and  the  church, 

Belle fon'ainet  Ohio. 


The  business  of  life  is  to  be  moving  God-ward, 
happy  or  unhappy.  Yet  happiness  is  most  likely 
to  come  to  those  who  are  so  moving.  Madame  de 
Stael's  idea  of  happiness  was  "  conscious  progress 
in  a  worthy  undertaking."  "  Grow,"  is  the  apostol- 
ic order,  and  the  endless  outlook  is  an  infinite  en- 
couragement. "  Breast  and  back  as  either  should 
be,"  calls  for  faces  to  the  front,  and  no  attempt  to 
be  happy  by  looking  backwards.  This  gives  the 
loyal  heart  an  immortal  hope. 


OUR-    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


LESSONS  PROM  THE  LIFE  OP  STEPHEN.— 

Acts  6:  8-15;  7:  54-60. 

For  Thursday  Evening  May  5,  iSyS, 

f\  Model  Christian. 

1.  Fitted  for  his  work.    Acts  6:  5,  8;  John  I:  14. 

2.  Full  of  activity.    Til.  2:  14;  Acts  10:  38. 

3.  Could  not  be  resisted.     Luke  21:  15;  Acts  18:  23. 
i.  Radiant  with  glory.     Eccl.  8;  1 ;  Matt,  17:  2. 

A.  Base  Conspiracy. 

r.  False  witnesses.    Matt.  26:  $9;  I  Kings  21:  9,  10. 

>.  Stirring  up  the  people.    Prov.  10:  12;  Acts  21:  27. 

j.  Placed  under  arrest.    John  18:  12;  Acts  4:  3- 

\,  Perverted  testimony,    Psa.  27:  12;  Mark  14:  56. 

V  Triumphant  Death. 

1.  Beholding  heavenly  glory.     Ezek.  1:  1;  2  Cor.  12:; 

I.  Declaring  heavenly  things.    John  1:  34;  Acta  4:  20 

j.  Resting  in  Jeaus.    Pea,  31;  5;  Luke  23;  46. 

\.  Praying  for  enemies.    Matt.  51  44;  Luke  33:  34. 


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COURAGE. 

Hearts  ate  heavy  with  doubt 

And  eyes  arc  dim  with  fears, 

For  the  urging  ills  without,  wilbin, 

The  crowding  want  and  the  growing  sin, 

And  the  dream  1 1  Ihe  confident  yeats 

Seems  crumbling  and  dying  out; 

But  courage,  soul!  be  brave,  endure! 

Behind  the  wrong  God  slandeth  sure. 

Helpless  we  stand,  and  weak, 

By  the  beds  where  our  dear  ones  lie, 

And  sic  them  suffer,  and  have  no  power 

To  lift  the  weight  of  one  weary  hour, 

Or  call  the  light  to  the  eye 

Or  the  rose  to  the  fading  cheek  ;— 

But  courage,  soul,  count  not  in  vain 

Thy  hope,  for  God  is  in  the  pain. 

Downward  the  dark  wings  sweep, 

The  flickering  life  bnrns  low, 

We  watch  the  faint  pulse  nutter,  cease, 

The  suffering  give  place  to  peace, 

The  dear  face  calmer  grow. 

Up,  soul!  thy  courage  keep! 

For  God,  who  gives  our  mortal  breath, 

The  Lord  of  life,  is  Lord  of  death. 

—Susan  Coolidge. 


Tobacco  belongs  to  that  class  of  plants  called 
nicotini.  The  night  shade,  tobacco,  henbane,  monks- 
hood, fox  glove  and  poison  hemlock  all  contain 
poisonous  elements  and  will  kill  when  not  properly 
used,  but  they  may  be  used  as  medicine,  if  skillful- 
ly administered. 

There  are  many  kinds  of  tobacco,  all  of  which 
first  grew  in  America.  The  tobacco  plant  sometimes 
grows  as  tall  as  a  man,  but  usually  a  little  more  than 
half  as  high.  It  has  large,  broad  and  pointed 
leaves,  covered  with  fine  hairs.  The  leaves  are 
from  six  to  eighteen  inches  long.  The  flowers  are 
of  a  purplish  pink,  hanging  in  clusters  from  the 
stalk. 

But  only  tobacco  meant  for  seed  is  allowed  to 
blossom,  the  flower  bud  being  always  broken  off  in 
that  to  be  cured.  When  fully  grown  the  plant  is 
cut  off  just  above  the  ground  and  hung  up  for  the 
purpose  of  drying,  in  open  buildings.  After  some 
months  the  leaves  are  stripped  from  the  stems  and 
separated  into  three  or  four  grades  and  packed  in 
boxes  ready  for  shipping.  When  the  tobacco 
reaches  the  manufacturers,  the  first  thing  they  do  is 
to  pull  out  all  the  stems  running  through  the  leaves. 
The  stems  are  of  no  use  except  for  the  manufacture 
of  snuff. 

Tobacco  is  used  for  chewing,  smoking  and  snuff. 
The  snuff  is  made  by  grinding  the  refuse  leaves  in- 
to fine  powder.  The  tobacco  used  for  chewing  and 
smoking  is  sweetened,  flavored  and  colored  with 
molasses,  licorice,  salt,  saltpeter  and  aniseed, 

Tobacco  was  first  used  by  the  Indians.  When  the 
Spaniards  first  came  to  America.in  1492,  the  In- 
dians at  Santa  Domingogave  it  to  them.    All  the 


Indians   in    North   America  smoked,  while  those  in 
South  America  chewed  and  used  snuff. 

The  Spaniards  took  some  along  to  Spain,  and  the 
Porluguese  began  to  cultivate  it. 

Sir  Walter  Raleigh  introduced  it  into  England 
in  1585.  A  Frenchman  named  Vicot  introduced  it 
into  France  in  1560, 

In  1890  there  was  488,255,896  pounds  raised  in  the 
United  States,  one-half  of  which  was  exported.  In 
1891-92  there  was  S24  739,425  worth  exported  from 
the  United  States.  In  1896  there  was  S8oo,ooo,oco 
spent  for  tobacco  in  the  United  States  alone.  If 
spent  for  cigars,  counting  four  inches  to  each  cigar, 
t  would  make  a  cigar  2,525,212  miles  long,  or  long 
tnough  to  reach  around  the  world  101  times. 

Allowing  one-half  hour  to  smoke  a  cigar  it 
would  require  one  man  2,283,105  years  to  smoke 
these  cigars,  smoking  night  and  day. 

The  poison  in  tobacco  is  called  nicotia.  It  is  the 
most  deadly  poison  known  except  prussie  acid. 
Allowing  that  there  is  enough  nicotia  in  a  plug 
tobacco  to  kill  two  men,  if  taken  into  their  stomach, 
which  is  a  low  estimate,  SSoo.ooo.ooo  worth  of  plug 
tobacco  would  contain  enough  poison  to  kill  sixteen 
billion  people,  or  eleven  times  as  many  as  are  on 
the  earth. 

When  tobacco  is  first  taken  into  the  mouth  it  pro- 
duces vomiting,  prostration  and  fainting  and  cold 
clammy  sweats.  If  it  is  smoked,  these  same  results 
follow,  If  it  is  moistened  and  applied  to  the  skin 
it  produces  the  like  effect. 

The  alimentary  canal  suffers  by  the  tobacco 
swallowed  with  the  saliva,  producing  debility  and 
loss  of  tone  in  the  stomach,  failure  of  appetite  and 
indigestion.  The  heart,  by  its  close  relationship  to 
the  stomach  and  nervous  system,  is  affected  also. 
Irregularity  and  palpitation  are  frequently  produced. 
Twenty  four  per  cent  of  the  tobacco-users  show  ir- 
regularity of  heart  action.  Tobacco  injures  the 
brain,  causes  nervousness,  languor,  uneasy  sleep,  de- 
pression and  debasement  of  the  intellect  and  moral 
energy. 

If  the  800,000,000,  that  was"pent  for  tobaci 
were  used  in  missionary  work  it  would  keep  1,600,- 
000  missionaries  in  the  field  each  year.  It  would 
supply  homes  and  home  comforts  to  1,500000  fami- 
lies. Any  one  can  judge  which  is  the  best  way  to 
spend  his  money.  It  is  a  sin  for  a  man  who  uses 
tobacco  to  complain  of  hard  times. 

The  use  of  tobacco  is  a  stepping-stone  to  drink- 
ing.    Most  every  drinking  man  began  by  using  to- 
bacco, 
Lanark,  III. 


THE  EASY  WAY. 


BY    M.    M.    ESHELMAN. 


If,  as  Bacon  says:  "  Reading  makes  a  full  man; 
conference  a  ready  man;  and  writing  an  exact 
man;  "  will  not  memorizing  make  a  strong  man? 

Our  dear  and  highly-esteemed  brother,  Andrew 
Hutchison,  will  not,  I  trust,  consider  me  as  press- 
ing good  behavior  energetically  when  I  use  him  as 
an  object  lesson  in  this  plea  to  our  young  brethren 
in  the  ministry.  Those  who  have  listened  to  our 
brother  the  past  few  yeWs  know  of  the  grandeur  of 
his  gathering  from  God's  Word  and  fitly  joining  to- 
gether "  the  proofs"  into  one  magnificent  pyramid — 
all  from  memory.  And  the  delight  comes  with 
rushing  force  because  the  proofs  are  marshalled 
logically,  accurately  and  true  to  the  law  of  edifica- 
tion, harmony  existing  in  all  the  parts.  I  have 
counted  from  seventeen  to  thirty-five  verses  in  his 
sermons,  and  when  one  considers  that  this  is  kept 
up  for  weeks  at  a  time,  in  one  place,  astonishment 
at  our  brother's  resources  is  sure  to  come. 

Here,  young  brother,  is  an  example,  a  pattern 
worthy  of  your  careful  study.  The  time  is  at  hand 
when  assertions  will  no  longer  go.  They  cannot 
even  get  on  with  crutches.  The  people  are  think- 
ing. New  hearers, — men  and  women  from  the  com- 
mon schools,  colleges  and  universities, — are  your 
auditors.  Opinions  will  not  satisfy  them.  Notions 
avail  nothing.     Even  what  you  believe  is  unnourish- 


ing  food  to  them.    The  Word,  the  truth,— what  God 
thinks, — these  make  alive,  keep  alive. 

Select  your  topic,  choose  a  suitable  text;  memo- 
rize it.  You  can  do  this  while  waiting  for  or  eating 
your  breakfast  or  dinner.  Collect  your  proof  texts 
or  parallel  passages.  Memorize  one  or  two  each 
day.  In  this  way  you  will  have  ten  or  a  dozen  strong 
braces  for  your  structure.  Place  them  as  you  go 
along  one  at  a  time;  and  when  you  get  through 
God  will  not  be  dishonored  with  naked,  unproven 
thoughts,  but  honored  through  his  Word.  The  hear- 
ers will  not  go  away  with  your  blood  on  their  souls. 
You  will  have  done  your  Father's  will. 

Remember,  the  future  will  demand  much  more 
than  the  past.  Amusement,  diversion,  theatrical 
methods,  so  prevalent  among  the  prevailing  denomi- 
nations, have  created  a  demand  for  the  pure  Word. 
Thousands  may  be  gladdened  by  you  memorizing 
the  Truth  and  preaching  it,  A  great  and  growing 
field  is  open  to  you.  Will  you  occupy  it?  Will  you 
study  and  memorize  and  declare  the  Truth  just  like 
some  of  our  old  brethren  are  doing?  Up,  and  put 
on  the  whole  armor,  young  man,  and  you  can  win 
many,  many  souls  thereby! 

In  my  work  the  past  two  years  I  have  realized 
many  joys  and  had  no  disputes.  The  sufficiency  of 
the  Gospel  for  every  trait  of  Christian  character  be- 
comes more  and  more  apparent  as  I  dig  into  God's 
Word.  We  settle  all  things  everywhere  by  the 
Book.  When  a  difference  arises,  to  the  Bible  we  go 
and  search  until  we  find  heaven's  answer,  and  this 
answer  ends  all  altercations.  To  assume  that  some 
things  arise  that  cannot  be  met  and  settled  by  the 
Bible  is  to  assume  that  God  was  unwise.  The  Bible 
is  the  easy  way  out.  Opinions,  notions  and  doubts 
make  a  hard  way. 

Young  brother,  youog  sister,  cling  to  the  Bible, 
and  let  it  cling  to  you.  Get  it  into  your  heart  and 
be  sure  your  heart  is  in  it.  Church  government  is 
both  easy  and  effective  where  the  Bible  prevails. 
Where  the  Book  is  not  studied,  not  memorized,  not 
the  standard,  there  will  be  found  jangling,  suspicion, 
discord,  distress,  bitterness  division.  Let  us  honor 
God  by  honoring  his  Word  I  --       \ 

Col/on,  Cal. 

READY  TO  DIE. 


"  There  is  but  a  step  between  me  and  death."  If 
every  person  realized  that  this  utterance  of  David 
is  literally  true  in  his  own  case,  he  would  feel  the 
deep  responsibility  of  his  present  actions  and  words. 
But  this  utterance  is  true  concerning  each  one  of  us, 
and  we  ought  to  live  and  move  in  view  of  its  truth. 
Old  Flavel  suggested  that  we  ordinarily  think  of 
death  as  a  precipice  toward  which  we  are  moving, 
in  ignorance  of  the  distance  between  us  and  its 
brink.  But  death,  he  says,  is  a  precipice  along  the 
edge  of  which  we  are  walking  all  the  time.  The 
next  step  may  carry  any  one  of  us  beyond  the  brink. 
Those  older  or  more  feeble  than  ourselves  may 
keep  on  without  taking  that  step.  Those  younger 
and  stronger  and  more  robust  and  hearty  than  we 
are,  may  take  it  the  next  hour.  It  is  as  if  the  warn- 
ing from  God  had  already  come  to  us,  "  This  night 
is  thy  soul  required  of  thee,"  If  we  are  not  ready 
to  die  to-day,  we  are  not  really  fitted  to  live  to  day. 


The  block  of  stone  awaits  the  sculptor's  chisel. 
When  you  look  at  it,  you  think  only  of  the  stone; 
when  the  sculptor  is  done  you  think  only  of  the  ex- 
pressed thought.  The  stone  loses  a  few  chips,  but 
gains  a  great  idea.  Things  are  well  spared  when 
for  them  we  get  God's  thoughts.  Quarries  are  wel- 
come to  the  untouched  stone,  palaces  seek  stone 
that  stands  for  ideas.  Israel  chipped  and  shaped  in 
Babylon  stood  for  more  than  Israel  untouched  amid 
the  mountains  of  Judah.  A  man  without  ideas  is 
organized  dirt,  vitalized  mud;  a  man  burdened  with 
things  is  a  beast  of  burden.  A  man  shaped  by  the 
Almighty,  cut  and  trimmed  till  the  idea  alone  is 
seen,  has  just  begun  to  live.  Life  takes  on  meaning 
as  it  witnessss  for  God.— 0.  P.  Giffird,  D,  D. 


April  30,  IS 


tieiie  gospel  icvEJEissrEnsrcvET^. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 


•  Kansas  1  L.  W.  Teeter,  -  Indian! 
,  •  -  Illinois  I  S.  R.  Zug,  •  Pennsylvani; 
S.F.Sanger,    -    ■    Virginia. 

IEQULAB  HKETIHGS  OF  THE  COMMITTEE: —  The  Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annual  Mee' 
ing;  the  second  Monday  of  October  and  of  February. 

BUSINESS  JOB  ANY  HEET1H0  should  bo  in  the  office  of  th 
in  order  to  be  prepared  (or  that  session. 

JAOH  STATE  EI3TBI0T  MISSION  BOASD  is  entitled  frbb  t 
a$   six-mouths  subscriptions  to  the  Gospkl  MBSSBf 

doraed  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  before  the  pape 

will  bo  sent. 
XHE  COMMITTEE  BECEIVE3  donations    for    the   following 

lunds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orph 

Smyrna;    Washington    Meetinghouse;    Sufl 

India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 
DO  HOT  ADDBESS  business  or  money  intended 


Some  people  seem  so  good  that  they  ai 
actually  good  for  nothing.  The  wisest  of  me 
do  not  know  what  kind  of  work  to  assign  then 


When  selecting  his  apostles  Jesus  c 
make  choice  of  one  who  made  it  his  busi 
stand  around  on  the  street  corners  or  sit 
dry  goods  boxes. 


No  one  in  this  world  can  ever  again  h; 
the  privilege  of  viewing  the  intelligent  face  of 
Miss  Francis  E.  Willard  this  side  of  the  res 
rection.     Her  body  was  cremated  a  short  ti 
ago,  that  being  the  disposition  she  wished  made 


,  Hundreds  of  doctors  and  nurses  are  offer- 
ing their  services  to  go  to  down-trodden  Cuba 
and  work  free,  for  the  relief  of  suffering  hu- 
manity./ When  we  read  news  like  this,  we  art 

.■nadejio  think  that  there  are  still  some  gooc 

SamVitans'  left  in  this  world. 


in  Canada  there  are  99,364.  Indians, 
over  70,000  belong  to  the  various  religious 
nominations.  Over  41,000  belong  to  the  Roman 
Catholic  church.  Over  16,000  are  Anglicans, 
10,000  Methodist,  and  the  rest  belong  to  othei 
bodies.    About  16,000  are  known  to  be  pagans 


What  a  world  of  good  might  be 
plished  did  people  hunger  and  thirst  after  the 
good  news  from  heaven  as  they  seek  the  new: 
relating  to  the  trouble  between  the  United 
States  and  Spain!  The  time  will  come  when 
the  heavenly  news  will  be  their  chief 
But  it  may  then  be  too  late  to  avail  them 
thing. 

It  is  hard  for  any  nation  or  people  t 
rid  of  the  errors  stamped  thereon  by  the  Ro- 
man Catholic  church.  This  is  particularly 
noticeable  in  France,  Spain,  Italy,  and  a 
parts  of  South  and  Central  America.  Th 
truth  is  sustained  by  a  few  Protestant  bodit 
that  still  retain  some  of  the  traditional  erroi 
brought  over  from  the  Catholics. 


Some  of  the  missionary  societies,  in  clos- 
ing the  financial  year,  find  themselves  greatly 
'«  debt.  A  few  of  them  have  come  out  free  of 
debt,  among  the  latter  is  our  own  General 
Missionary  Committee.  Its  policy  is  to  con- 
tract no  debts,  and  it  will  be  to  the  interest  of 
the  Brotherhood  to  always  keep  on  the  Board 
men  who  are  good  financiers,  and  know  how  to 
conduct  a  business  without  running  it  into 
debt. 


Eld.  W.  H.  Morrison,  of  Manchester 
N'-  H.,  receives  a  salary  of  S2000  annually 
for  serving  his  large  congregation.  Many  of 
Ins  hearers  work  in  the  mills,  and  not  a  small 
Part  of  his  salary  is  paid  by  them.  Recently 
there  was  a  cut  of  twenty  per  cent  in  the  wages 
at  the  mills,  and  now  it  is  reported  that  the 
elder  has  ordered  his  salary  to  be  cut  down 
twenty-five  per  cent.  His  unselfish  act  is  to  be 
commended.  Let  preachers  learn  to  suffer 
with  their  docks  and  there  will  be 


mCh 


risibility. 


powe 


According  to  the  Baptist  Year  Book  the 

membership  in  the  Baptist  church  the  past 
year,  north  and  south,  including  their  colored 
bodies,  increased  231,76s.  This  is  much  great- 
er than  the  increase  in  any  former  year. 


A  man,  recently  condemned  in  England  for 
gambling,  told  the  judge  that  he  got  his 
in  that  sin  at  church  festivals.  The  judge  gave 
him  to  understand  that  he  could  not  be  ex 
cused  on  that  ground,  but  expressed  the  opin 
ion,  that  if  that  was  true,  the  churches  ought 
to  be  got  rid  of.    The  judge  was  right  on  that 


A  Congregational  church  in  Cincin: 
in  trouble  because  of  a  sheep  in  the  flock  that 
is  black  on  the  outside,  A  colored 
culture  applied  for  membership,  and  a.  number 
of  the  members  objected  to  his  being  received 
publicly.  The  preacher  stands  by  the  colored 
brother  and  wants  him  received  in  the  usual 
way,  and  now  some  of  the  prominent  membe 
think  that  it  may  be  to  the  interest  of  the 
church  to  get  rid  of  their  preacher,  and 
ploy  another  who  is  not  so  much  in  favor  of 
preaching  the  Gospel  to  every 
Cincinnati. 


INDIA. 
In  Five  Parts.— Part  4. 

Missions  in  India  have  made  marked  prog' 
ress  since  they  have  gained  foothold.  The  fol- 
lowing is  partly  extracted  from  a  leaflet  pre- 
pared by  W.  J.  Wanless,  The  first  missionary 
was  sent  from  the  Danes  in  1705  and  about  the 
middle  of  the  century  Swartz  entered  the  field 
and  lived  an  earnestlife  in  that  benighted  land. 
He  dwelt  in  a  hut  large  enough  only  for  his 
bed,  lived  on  rice  and  curry,  and,  after  forty 
eight  years  of  service,  passed  away,  leaving 
10,000  converts  to  Christianity  and  an  influence 
for  good  that  was  felt  for  many  years  thereaft- 
er. Then  followed  Carey  and  his  noble  con- 
temporaries, who  date  the  beginning  of  a  new 
era  in  missions  for  India.  Carey,  with  his 
sistants,  translated  the  Bible  into  over  thirty 
different  dialects  and  languages,  thus  bringing 
the  Word  within  the  reach  of  over  3oo,ooo,oo< 
souls,  and  when  his  labors  were  at  an  end  th> 
followers  of  Christ  were  over  150,000  souls. 

The  growth  of  Christianity  has  been  some 
thing  remarkable  in  India.  Between  the  years 
1851  and  1861  the  increase  of  communu 
was  fifty-three  per  cent;  from  1871  to  l88t  the 
increase  reached  eighty-six  per  cent.  There 
are  now  in  India  over  70,000  colleges,  schools 
and  institutions  of  learning,  where  over  3,000,- 
ooq  of  the  youth  of  India  is  receiving  instruc- 
tion. The  mission  day-schools  have  over  225,- 
000,  and  the  Sabbath  schools  over  100,000  in  at 
tendance. 

The  native  Christians  of  all  denomination 
number  over  4,000  congregation*,  having  ove 
500  native  ordained  ministers  and  about  3,00 
native  helpers.  The  foreigm  missionaries  ii 
India  are  above  800,  and  each  year  a  larg* 
number  of  additional  workers  are  being  sen 
over  by  the  various  missionary  societies.  The 
native  church  is  being  trained  to  be  self-sup- 
porting, and  many  of  them  put  the  home  con- 
gregations to  shame  in  their  gifts  to  the  Lord's 
cause.  "  A  single  church,  whose  members 
have  a  total  income  of  gi.Soo,  gives  annually 
S4oo  of  that  sum  for  religious  objects,  a  quarter 
of  which  is  set  apart  for  the  support  of  a  native 
missionary  in  anctther  part  of  the  country." 

Medical  missions  are  an  entering  wedge 
reaching  places  never  touched  before.  By  the 
help  of  medicine  and  the  skillful  use  of  instru- 
ments, remarka"ble  cures  have  been  effected, 
and  this  is  removing  the  prejudice  against  the 
missionaries  among  the  higher  classes,  and 
has  enabled  them  to  enter  homes  hereto- 
fore unreached.  Last  year  upwards  of  200,000 
were  treated    in  the  missionary  hospitals  and 

The  horrors  of  the  suttee  (the  burning  alive 
of  the  widow  with  her  dead  husband)  the  sacri- 
ficing of  infants  to  tbe  River  Ganges,  the  slay- 
ing of  young  men  and  women  in  Hindu  tem- 
les  to  appease  K?li,  the  god  of  the  soil,  the 
Car  of  Juggernaut,"  rolling  over  hundreds  of 
beings,  annually,  and  crushing  them  to  death, 
the  burning  alive  of  lepers,  the  hastening  of 
the  death  of  a  parent  by  the  children  in  carry- 
ing the  former  to  the  River  Ganges  and  there, 
1  the  banks,  filling  the  afflicted  one's  mouth 
th  sand  and  water,  the  public  exhibition  of 
voluntary  starvation  until  life  ceased,  on  the 
of    Hindu  devotees, — all    these  terrible 


practices,  once  so  popular  in  India,  have  passed 
/  since  the  missionary  has  planted  his  foot 

upon   the   soil.    To-day  none  of  these  things 

—  be  found,  and  India's  voice,  as  well  as  the 
:e  of  all  Christendom,  can  go  up  to  God  in 

praise  that  these  things  no  longer  exist  there. 


SMYRNA  NOTES. 

BY  G,  J.   FERCKEN, 

—Our  good  evangelist  at  Aidin  came 
paid  us  a  visit  this  week,  spending  a  Sunday 
with  us.  It  was  the  first  timehc  visited  our  mis- 
sion and  saw  our  members  and  orphans.  He 
was  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of  the  min- 
istry, thus  becoming  the  first  pastor  of  our  lit- 
tle church  at  that  place.  He  preached  for  u< 
twice  and  gave  much  excellent  advice  to  out 
children.  Bro.  Kriti  KaKis  is  still  a  young 
man,  very  earnest  and  energetic  and  has  al 
ready  done  excellent  work  at  his  place,  Ht 
brought  a  young  man  to  Christ,  who,  in  a  mo 
ment  of  great  despair,  for  want  of  work  to 
support  his  family,  had  made  up  his  mind  tc 
commit  suicide  by  layinghimself  along  the  rail 
road  track.  Through  kind  advice,  sympathy 
and  words  of  encouragement,  he  gave  up 
mitting  the  intended  suicide,  became  converted 
and  gave  himself  fully  to  the  Savior.  Demos- 
thenes, for  that  is  his  name,  is  a  fully  changed 
man,  and  has  asked  to  be  baptized.  The  Lord 
has  been  very  good  to  him,  since  his  conver 
sion,  securing  for  him  work  sufficient  to  enabl- 
him  to  support  himself,  his  young  wife  and  in 
fant  child. 

—We  are  happy  to  report  (he  baptism  of  an 
other  orphan,  Haig  Ifcvanessian,  one  of  ou 
best  children,  and  our  son  Harold.  These  twe 
with  our  brother  Demosthenes,  make  three  ad 
ditions  to  the  churches  at  Aidin  and  Smyrnr 
We  will  again  go  to  Aidin  at  Easter,  and  hold 
a  love  feast.     One  will  also  be  held  here. 

— We  rejoice  to  hear  of  the  coming  visit  ol 
Bro.  D.  L.  Miller  and  wife,  this  fall.  We  knov 
their  stay  among  us  will  greatly  encourage  u 
and  strengthen  our  work,  We  trust  severa 
will  come  with  then,  and  by  their  presence  ant 
counsels,  do  good  to  the  cause  of  primitivi 
Christianity  in  Asia  Minor,  We  bespeak  ; 
hearty  welcome  for  them! 

—We  are  glad  and  grateful  to  read  in  th< 
Messenger  of  the  5th  inst.,  that  our  dea 
young  Bro.  Yeremian  has  been  permitted  to  go 
to  Chicago  and  pursue  medical  studies.  We 
believe  that  being  adapted  to  that  profession, 
he  will  make  an  excellent  physician  and  heal 
both  body  and  soul  wholly  when  he  returns  t 
us  a  few  years  hence!  We  have  always  b< 
lieved  that  a  dispensary,  attached  to  our  mi 
sion  here,  would  be  an  excellent  adjunct  to  th 
work,  for  it  is  (as  medical  missions  have  often 
proved  it)  through  relief  brought  to  the  body 
that  men  are  inspired  to  hearthe  Gospel  which, 
to  the  soul,  wasted  and  emaciated  by 
brings  health  and  strength.  We  recommei 
our  Bro.  Yeremian  to  the  Brotherhood  a: 
"young  Timothy,"  when  he  left  us  for  Ame 
We  hope  to  live  to  see  him  come  back  to  1 
our  "  beloved  physician,  Luke!  " 

Smyrna,  Asia  Minor. 

BULSAR  NOTES. 


evening.     She  says  tbe  riot  caused    the 
plague  restrictions  to  be  weakened  and  as  a  re- 
ult  the  plague  is  much  worse  in  Bombay. 
We  are  all  sticking  close  to  our  language 
tudy  and  hope  to  be  able  to  begin  to  carry  on 
onversation  inside  of  a  year. 
We  keep  getting    letters  asking  us  to  tell 
what  we  can  get  to  eat  here.     Let  me  answer, 
Imost  anything  that  you   can   get  at  home  in 
first-class  city  market.     To  enumerate  is  to 
go  through  the  whole  list  of  meats,  vegetables 
nd  fruits.      We  do  not  have  our  meals  so  dif- 
ferent, as  to  what  we  eat,  from  what  you  have  at 

Bulsar    has    another    missionary    baby,  his 
ime  is  Peter  Pestongi  Khambata.     Hisfather 

Bulsar,  India,  March  18. 


The 

hot  weather  has  begun   and  we  d 

ventur 

e  out  much  excepting  in  the  evei 

and  m 

ornings. 

Bro. 

and  sister  Stover  are  about  three 

rom  here  at  the  sea-shore,  taking  a  rest 

doing 

ome  work  among  the  fishermen.     S 

Ryan 

went   to   Bombay  on   Wednesday 

brougr 

t  three  more  little  girls  to  the  Orpha 

THE  DRESS  QUESTION. 


Having  been  lately    called  as  presiding    elder 

over  a  ehuroh  In  a  city  of inhabitants  I  have 

to  meet  what  Is  especially  met  with  in  cities,— the 
dross  question.  I  would  like  to  have  some  of  your 
experience  with  tho  hat  question.  What  do  you 
do  with  applicants  who  accept  our  faith  and  doc- 
trine, but  say  thoy  oannot  wear  tho  bonnet,  but 
that  a  plain  hat  should  answer,  questioning  tho 
authority  to  require  the  bonnol?  Do  plain  hats 
unci  a  place  in  tbe  Washington eliurah? 

The  above  is  one  of  the  letters  I  received 
concerning  the  dress  question.  Our  experi- 
ence is  probably  the  same  in  this  city  as  in  all 
other  cities,  in  the  opposition  we  meet  along 
the  tine  of  non-conformity.  The  devil  was  pos- 
sibly never  more  successful  in  getting  the 
hearts  of  the  people  through  the  lust  of  the  eye 
and  pride  than  now.  Wc  say  no,  in  answer  to 
our  brother's  last  question,  and  if  they  did  I  am 
sure  they  would  not  remain  plain  very  long.  I 
fear  the  bonnet  is  only  a  pretext,  for  I  know 
nothing  more  becoming,  comfortable  and  con- 
venient, than  the  bonnet  worn  by  our  sisters. 

The  objection  that  the  bonnet  is  too  warm 
for  summer,  can  be  overcome  by  using  the 
same  material  for  the  bonnet  for  summer  wear 
that  the  Brethren's  summer  hats  are  made  of. 
Enough  of  pride  and  insubordination  in  the 
heart  at  conversion  tooppose  the  plain  costume 
of  our  sisters  will  soon,  if  admitted  into  the 
church,  develop  itself  and  make  a  greater  dis- 
play of  vanity.  For  a  sister  to  say  she  accepts 
the  faith  and  doctrine  we  preach,  and,  at  the 
same  time,  refuse  to  conform  to  the  order  in 
plain  dressing,  questioning  the  authority  to  re- 
quire it,  is  absurd.  The  Gospel  plainly  teach- 
es non-conformity  in  dress.  Leave  the  matter 
of  dress  to  the  individual  and  you  will  soon 
have  a  fashionable  church,  and  lose  control  in 
all  other  matters  of  importance, 

I  have  never  found  one  who  was  seriously 
convicted  and  thoroughly  penitent  who  object- 
ed to  the  plain  costume  designated  for  the  sis- 
ters. To  object  to  the  order  of  the  church 
which  separates  us  from  the  world  in  its  down- 
ward tendency,  of  which  fashionable  dress- 
ing is  one  of  the  great  evils,  is  strong  evidence 
that  our  hearts  have  not  been  thoroughly  re- 
newed, and  that  we  are  not  proper  subjects  for 
baptism.  John  the  Baptist  required  fruits  meet 
for  repentance,  Matt.  3:8,  as  also  did  Philip  of 
the  eunuch.  Acts  8:  37.  To  believe  in  Jesus 
Christ,  as  the  question  of  Philip  implies,  is  to 
believe  and  obey  all  the  requirements  of  the 
Gospel. 

Is  it  not  a  fact  when  members  assume  the 
costume  of  the  world,  even  in  its  plainest 
form,  they  lose  interest  in  (he  ordinances  of  the 
house  of  God?  The  dress  question  is  looked 
upon  by  many  as  being  a  very  insignificant 
matter,  but  1  have  learned  to  regard  it  as  one 
of  the  important  questions,  Those  living  in 
cities  know  what  it  costs  to  make  a  fair  show 
and  the  evils  resulting  therefrom.  In  the  cities 
where  vanity  abounds  in  the  extreme,  we  should 
carefully  maintain  the  principle  of  non-con- 
formity in  dress,  as  well  as  all  other  Gospel 
truths. 

City  workers,  be  firm!  Yield  not  to  the 
mighty  influence  of  the  world,  lest  the  cities 
rise  up  in  judgment  and  condemn  you,  and  the 
Savior  say  to  His  Father,  "I  am  ashamed  of 
them.  They  were  ashamed  of  me  and  my 
word  in  a  sinful  and  adulterous  city," 

Washington,  D.  C,  April  6. 


REPORT  OF  BROOKLYN  MISSION. 


Salem  S.  S„  Mt.  Morris,  111., 

Amanda Casse!,  Harleysvillc,  Pa 

Bro.  S.  Jespersen,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Edwin  Detwiler,  Columbiana,  Ohio 

lie  Smith 

Alice  E.  Smith,  North  Hampton,  Ohio,. . 
er's  Aid  Society,  Mt.  Carroll,  111., 
per  Mary  Blotigh 

Y.  P.  T.  and  M.  S„  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  W. 

S.  Shafer 

Missionary  Society,  Momicello,  Ind.,per 

David  Dilling, 

Sister  Mattie  Miller,  Ottawa,  Kans...... 

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Fivb  were  recently  added  to  the  church  at  Brock's 
Gap,  Va.  

Bro.  J.  G.  Rover  is  spending  a  few  weeks  among 
the  churches  in  Eastern  Pennsylvania. 


Bro.  T.  C.  Demos  and  wife  have  returned  from 
Southern  California  to  their  home  at  Daleville,  Va. 


Bro.  Jesse  Stutsman  has  returned,  with  his  fami- 
ly, from  Tennessee,  to  his  former  home  at  Pits- 
burg,  Ohio.  

We  have  on  the  hook  another  short  article  from 
Bro.  Samuel  Murray.  He  is  now  in  his  ninety- 
third  year.  

The  Brethren  at  St.  Joe,  Mo.,  are  maturing  plans 
for  gathering  funds  and  erecting  a  meetinghouse  in 
that  city. 

The  advisability  of  erecting  a  house  of  worship 
near  the  center  of  South  Bend,  Ind„  is  now  under 
consideration.        

Bro.  Isaac  Billheimbr,  of  Edna  Mills,  Ind,, 
should  hereafter  be  addressed  at  Heath,  Tippeca- 
noe Co.,  same  State. 


Brethren  W.  H.  Naff  and  Samuel  Crumpacker 
are  to  represent  the  First  District  of  Virginia  on  the 
Standing  Committee. 

Within  the  last  six  months  fifty  were  added  to 
the  Chiques  church,  Pa.,  by  confession  and  baptism, 
nine  of  them  being  baptized  April  17. 


Bro.  J.  W.  Rairick  has  been  chosen  to  represent 
Southern  Indiana  on  the  Standing  Committee. 
The  District  sends  no  paper  to  the  Conference. 


Those  who  send  us  queries  to  answer,  must  exer- 
cise a  good  deal  of  patience.  We  give  them  atten- 
tion as  fast  as  possible,  and  some  of  them  we  may 
never  be  able  to  answer. 


Bro.  S.  L.  Shaver,  secretary  of  the  Mission 
Board  for  the  First  District  of  Virginia,  writes  that 
the  mission  report  at  the  late  District  Meeting  was 
the  largest  known  to  him  during  the  nine  years  that 
he  has  been  connected  with  the  Board.  This  is  en- 
couraging. 

A  correspondent  writes  that  the  congregation 
where  he  resides,  has  arranged  to  elect  two  young 
brethren  to  the  ministry.  That  is  the  right  thing 
to  do.  Wc  ought  to  elect  a  hundred  or  more  ear- 
nest, young  brethren  to  the  ministry,  and  then  make 
good  us:  of  thetn, 


Bro.  Andrew  Hutchison  is  to  reach  McPher- 
son,  Kans.,  May  2.  He  will  spend  one  week  at 
Olathe,  and  then  go  to  Plattsburg,  Mo.,  where  he  is 
to  preach  one  week.  That  will  probably  be  his  last 
meeting  before  the  opening  of  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence.   

We  close  our  work  on  this  issue  on  Monday  aft- 
ernoon, so  as  to  start  to  Hickory  Grove  for  the  pur- 
pose of  attending  the  District  Conference  of  North- 
ern Illinois  and  Wisconsin,  We  hope  to  have  a 
harmonious  meeting,  and  in  our  next  issue  may 
have  something  to  say  concerning  the  business 
transacted.  

Queries  intended  for  the  Annual  Meeting  should 
reach  us  at  the  earliest  possible  date,  so  they  can 
be  published  in  the  Messenger  a  few  weeks  before 
the  opening  of  the  Conference.  It  is  the  duty  of 
the  clerks  to  send  these  queries.  We  also  want  the 
names  of  the  elders  selected  to  serve  on  the  Stand- 
ing Committee.  These  names  are  also  to  appear  in 
our  columns. 

In  all  parts  of  the  Brotherhood  churches  are  de- 
ciding in  favor  of  using  our  own  Sunday  school  sup- 
plies. At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  North  Manches- 
ter church,  Ind.,  it  was  decided  to  use  the  Breth- 
ren's literature  in  that  congregation.  This  is  one 
of  the  largest  churches  in  Middle  Indiana,  and 
seems  to  be  in  a  very  prosperous  condition,  Bro. 
L.  T.  Holsinger  is  the  elder  in  charge. 

At  the  late  District  Meeting  of  the  First  District 
of  Virginia,  steps  were  taken  to  secure  for  the  Mes- 
sbnobr  a  larger  circulation  among  the  members  and 
others  in  that  District.  This  is  certainly  a  com- 
mendable move,  and  will  doubtless  result  in  great 
good.  We  would  like  to  reach  every  family  in  the 
Brotherhood,  and  if  other  Districts  will  follow  the 
example  here  referred  to,  it  may  be  easily  accom- 
plished.   

One  paper,  coming  to  this  office,  makes  the  doc- 
trine of  holiness  a  specialty.  We  find  no  fault  with 
this  so  long  as  the  holiness  pertains  to  the  whole 
Christian  life.  But  in  the  one-sided  holiness,  that 
takes  in  only  a  small  part  of  the  teachings  of  the 
New  Testament,  we  have  no  faith  whatever.  Let 
us  have  the  whole  Gospel  well  taught  and  prac- 
ticed, and  then  we  shall  have  something  that  can 
consistently  be  made  a  specialty. 


For  carrying  in  the  pocket  we  find  the  Gish  Ref- 
erence Testament  quite  a  convenience.  It  takes  up 
but  little  room,  has  good  print,  and  the  references 
and  marginal  readings  follow  the  verse.  For  min- 
isters we  would  recommend  the  Persian  Levant,  No. 
36,  divinity  circuit,  leather  lined,  red  under  gold 
edges,  price,  go  cents.  French  seal,  No.  16,  price 
only  50  cents,  will  also  be  found  good.  But  every 
minister  should  have  a  copy  of  this  Testament  to 
carry  in  his  pocket. 

It  is  suggested  that  we  urge  the  elders  to  give 
their  congregations  a  chance,  this  year,  to  send  con- 
tributions with  their  delegates  to  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing, to  help  swell  the  missionary  collection.  On 
the  Conference  grounds  such  contributions  should 
be  given  to  the  secretary  of  the  General  Mission 
Board,  and  the  amount  thus  given  will  be  reported 
to  the  credit  of  the  church  sending  it,  In  the  home 
congregations  the  money  for  this  purpose  may  be 
collected  publicly  or  privately,  just  as  is  deemed 
proper.    We  rather  favor  the  public  collection. 


An  elder  writes  us  that  he  was  one  time  present 
with  the  elders  at  a  District  Meeting,  where  a  min- 
ister was  proposed  for  ordination,  and  all  voted  for 
it  but  one,  and  there  the  matter  rested.  We  cannot 
see  how  one  vote  can  prevent  an  ordination,  since 
the  Annual  Meeting  has  decided  that  "  if  the  ma- 
jority of  the  elders  (present)  decided  that  the  ordi- 
nation should  be  made,  they  shall  appoint  a  com- 
mittee of  two  or  more  elders  who  shall  go  to  the 
church,  and,  in  council  with  it,  if  they  find  no  Gos- 
pel objections,  the  ordination  shall  be  made."  A 
majority  of  the  elder;  present  is  sufficient  to  bu- 
thoriss  an  ordination. 


Some  of  our  correspondents  are  in  the  habit  of 
sending  us  their  church  news  immediately  after  it 
occurs.  That  is  what  we  like  to  see.  We  can  be 
enterprising  in  sending  church  news  as  well  as  in 
other  things.  

In  New  York  the  Catholics  do  things  quite  differ- 
ently from  what  they  are  generally  done  in  some 
other  churches.  One  evening,  last  week,  at  the 
Grand  Central  Palace,  some  three  thousand  persons 
were  to  join  in  a  progressive  euchre  entertainment, 
for  the  benefit  of  a  Catholic  summer  school,  and 
prizes  valued  at  82,030  were  to  be  distributed.  Ov- 
er this  gambling  performance  a  leading  Catholic 
divine  was  selected  to  preside.  Imagine  a  preach- 
er of  fine  ability,  presiding  over  euchre  tables,  in 
the  interest  of  charity  I  What  inconsistency!  Had 
Jesus  happened  in,  he  would  have  upset  the  tables 
and  drove  preacher  and  all  out  into  the  streets. 


"A  Model  Life,"  is  the  title  of  a  neat  little 
cloth-bound  book  of  64  pages,  just  issued  from  this 
office.  It  is  the  life  of  Eld.  John  Metzger,  written 
by  Bro.  M.  M.  Eshelman,  for  the  little  people,  and 
will  be  found  one  of  the  most  entertaining  publica- 
tions that  we  have  sent  out  to  the  public.  And 
while  written  especially  for  the  young,  it  will  be 
found  interesting  by  the  older  people.  In  fact,  ev- 
erybody who  ever  saw  or  heard  of  Bro.  John 
Metzger,  will  want  this  book.  To  know  the  pious 
old  preacher,  was  to  love  him,  and  the  reading  of 
this  little  volume  will  rekindle  that  love  in  the 
hearts  of  thousands.  It  is  a  book  that  we  take 
pleasure  in  recommending.  Price,  2;  cents;  52,40 
per  dozen.  The  work  contains  two  half-tones,  one 
of  his  home  in  California,  and  the  other  showing 
the  church  he  had  built  in  Cerrogordo,  III. 


THE  BEST  TO  THE  FRONT. 


What  would  be  thought  of  the  farmer  who  per- 
mits the  very  best  portions  of  his  farm  to  be  given 
over  to  thorns,  briers  and  thistles,  or  permits  others 
to  cultivate  it,  while  he  endeavors  to  eke  out  a  liv- 
ing for  himself  and  family  by  tilling  only  the  less 
productive  acres?  What  would  be  said  of  the  man 
who  gets  rid  of  the  very  best  colts  in  his  possession, 
retaining  only  the  inferior  or  ordinary  ones,  to  train 
for  his  own  use? 

And  then,  what  of  the  horticulturist  who  neglects 
the  best  and  most  prolific  fruit-bearing  trees  in  his 
extensive  orchard,  cultivates  only  the  inferior  ones, 
and,  with  the  fruit  from  them,  undertakes  to  com- 
pete in  the  best  markets  in  the  world,  where 
high-grade  products  are  always  at  a  premium? 
Then,  how  about  the  dairyman,  who  turns  the  best 
milch-cows  he  has  on  the  place,  out  on  the  com- 
mons, and  endeavors  to  supply  his  customers  from 
his  inferior  milkers?  And  to  this  list  add  the  men 
who  give  no  attention  to  the  better  grade  of  poul- 
try, the  better  class  of  vegetables,  the  better  class 
of  grains,  and  the  farmers  who  ignore  improved  ma- 
chinery, or  the  workmen  who  discard  the  better 
grade  of  tools. 

And  to  make  the  list  still  longer,  and,  if  possible, 
more  forcible,  what  of  the  college  that  undertakes  to 
develop  all  of  her  teachers  from  her  most  ordinary 
pupils,  telling  the  more  gifted  that  she  does  not 
care  to  employ  them?  Then,  how  about  the  town, 
that  will  not  encourage  first-class  physicians,  or 
first-class  merchants,  or  first-class  mechanics? 
What  must  be  said  of  the  State  that  refuses  to  give 
employment  to  her  best  teachers,  but  places  all  her 
schools  in  charge  of  teachers  of  the  lower  grades? 
Then,  if  the  list  is  to  be  still  further  extended,  what 
would  become  of  the  county,  the  state,  or  the  na- 
tion, that  would  pass  by  her  most  talented  men, 
and  entrust  the  public  business  to  those  of  ordinary 
capacity? 

What  would  become  of  a  world  run  on  this  plan? 
It  would  soon  run  back  into  barbarism,  It  is  only 
by  constantly  Working  the  beat  to  the  front  that 
anything  car.  be  kept  from  retrograding,     Hew  wi" 


April  30,  1898. 


THE    GOSPEL   MESSENGBB. 


this  lesson  apply  to  the  church  and  her  workers? 
Must  we  seek  out  the  best  talent  in  the  church,  and 
work  it  to  the  front  for  the  great  amount  of  good 
that  can  be  realized  from  it,  or  will  we  neglect  it, 
and  undertake  to  run  the  Lord's  work  with  men  of 
less  capacity?  The  Lord  made  some  five-talented 
men,  and  most  assuredly  he  wishes  them  converted. 
Does  he  want  the  church  to  make  use  of  these  men 
to  the  very  best  possible  advantage,  or  does  he 
want  her  to  ignore  them  and  keep  them  in  the 
background? 

We  read  of  ground  capable  of  yielding  thirty- 
fold  and  sixtyfold,  and  some  capable  of  producing 
one  hundredfold.  Was  it  the  purpose  of  the  Lord 
that  the  one  hundredfold  ground  be  neglected  and 
permitted  to  run  to  waste,  while  his  people  would 
utilize  only  the  thirty  and  sixtyfold  soil,  in  keeping 
up  the  affairs  of  the  kingdom?  Is  it  wisdom  to 
turn  the  five-talented  men  and  the  one  hundredfold 
forces  over  to  the  world,  for  her  use?  Is  that  the 
way  we  conduct  business  in  which  we  are  personal- 
ly interested?  Do  we  ignore  our  best  fruit-trees, 
vegetables  and  grains?  Do  our  farmers  give  the 
very  best  soil  over  to  neglect,  and  turn  their  best 
horses  and  cows  out  on  the  commons? 

Surely  no  one  would  act  so  unwisely  in  temporal 
affairs.  If  the  best  land  is  covered  with  briers,  we 
remove  them,  so  the  fertile  soil  can  be  tilled.  If 
the  strongest  colt  on  the  place  is  too  full  of  life  to 
be  used  with  safety,  we  place  him  in  the  care  of  a 
skillful  man  for  training.  And  thus  we  do  in  order 
to  get  the  very  best  of  everything  for  our  use  and 
comfort.  And  this  thing  of  striving  for  the  best  is 
what  is  keeping  the  world  up  to  its  present  stand- 
ard. 

But,  really,  are  we  exercising  as  much  wisdom  re- 
garding the  affairs  of  the  kingdom?  Are  we  se- 
lecting and  training  our  most  talented  young  men 
and  young  women  for  work  in  the  church,  or  are  we 
perisiitting  them  to  drift  off  into  the  world,  or  into 
sofme  other  churches  where  talent  is  encouraged, 
;uVd  where  a  high  order  of  mental  development  is 
at  a  premium?  As  a  body,  it  is  to  be  feared  that 
our  people  are  not  exercising  becoming  wisdom 
along  this  line,  and  unless  we  give  this  part  of  the 
Lord's  work  more  attention,  we  must  retrograde. 
From  this  there  is  no  escape.  It  is  only  by  making 
the  wisest  use  of  the  more  gifted,  with  which  to 
train  and  develop  the  rest,  that  we  can  keep  the  af- 
fairs of  the  kingdom  up  as  the  Lord  intended.  This 
is  what  all  other  denominations  are  doing,  is  what 
the  world  is  doing,  and  is  the  very  thing  we  are  do- 
ing with  our  temporal  affairs.  And  if  the  cause  of 
Christ  is  to  prosper  as  it  should,  we  must  contrive 
ways  to  retain,  develop,  and  make  use  of  our  best 
talent,  in  order  to  compete  with  the  opposing 
forces.     This  is  a  necessity,  and  it  is  urgent. 

J.    H.    M. 

WHY  CALLED  PASSOVER  ? 

Why  is  the  last  supper  our  Lord  ate  with  bis  disciples, 
called  the  passover?— Jos.  Crumrine. 

Probably  because  of  its  close  association  with 
the  Jewish  passover,  which,  if  celebrated  at  all  that 
year,  was  celebrated  the  next  evening.  Luke  22:  7, 
8,  says,  "  Then  came  the  day  of  unleavened  bread, 
when  the  passover  must  be  killed.  And  he  sent 
Peter  and  John,  saying,  Go  and  prepare  the  passov- 
er, that  we  may  eat."  Mark  14:  12  says,  "  The  first 
day  of  unleavened  bread,  when  they  killed  the  pass- 
over."  As  the  day  commenced  at  sundown,  it  was 
probably  about  the  time  the  sun  was  disappearing 
in  the  west,  that  Jesus  sent  two  of  his  disciples  to 
prepare  the  passover.  This  would  be  at  the  begin- 
ning of  the  day  of  unleavened  bread,  or  the  begin- 
ning of  the  fourteenth  of  the  month,  and  the  day 
on  which  the  passover  must  be  killed,  though  the 
killing  would  not  take  place  until  the  following 
"fterneen,     By  preparing  the  passover  ii  meant  the 


purchasing  of  the  lamb  and  getting  things  ready 
for  the  celebration,  to  take  place  the  next  evening. 

After  all  this  had  been  arranged,  Jesus  met  with 
the  twelve  in  the  upper  room,  and  there  instituted 
feet-washing,  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  the  Commun- 
ion. And  in  view  of  it  being  the  day  when  every- 
body was  thinking  and  talking  about  the  passover, 
and  preparing  for  it,  and  in  view  of  the  fact  that  Je- 
sus was  ever  afterwards  to  be  regarded  as  their 
passover,  and  in  view  of  the  further  fact,  that  these 
services,  as  observed  by  the  disciples  from  time  to 
time,  would,  in  a  measure,  remind  them  of  the  pass- 
over  week  when  the  ordinances  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment were  instituted,  Jesus  could  well  apply  the 
term  passover  to  the  evening  meal  that  he  was  eat- 
ing with  his  chosen  few.  By  passover,  as  applied 
to  the  Supper,  is  not  meant  the  paschal  lamb,  for 
the  eating  of  that  was  yet  in  the  future,  nor  is  it 
meant  that  the  Supper  takes  the  place  of  the  pass- 
over,  as  the  antitype  takes  the  place  of  the  type. 
The  term  is  used  by  way  of  association,  and  is  thus 
made  the  more  impressive  to  the  disciples,  who  all 
through  life  had  a  high  regard  for  the  passover  and 
everything  associated  with  it. 

We  cannot  call  the  Lord's  Supper  the  passover, 
in  the  sense  of  it  taking  the  place  of  the  Jewish 
passover,  for  in  Christ  the  old  Jewish  law,  along 
with  all  of  its  rites  and  ceremonies,  was  nailed  to 
the  cross,  disannulled,  and  taken  out  of  the  way. 
But  in  the  sense  that  Jesus  is  now  our  passover, 
and  instituted  the  love  feast  so  near  the  time  of  his 
death,  we  may,  in  a  measure,  by  way  of  association, 
apply  the  term  passover  to  that  feast.        J.  H,  u, 


WHAT  WOULD  JESUS  DO? 

This  has  become  a  rather  pertinent  question  in 
many  of  our  religious  journals  in  reference  to  poli- 
cies, doing  things,  and  places  of  going.  And  now 
it  is  being  asked,  What  would  Jesus  do  in  reference 
to  the  troubles  between  Spain  and  our  own  coun- 
try? Just  what  he  would  do  we  are  not  able  to 
say,  as  he  never  took  any  part  in  governments  of 
any  kind  outside  of  his  own  kingdom.  As  a  citizen 
of  the  kingdom  in  which  he  lived  during  his  stay 
here  in  the  world,  he  was  exceedingly  passive. 
Though  in  the  world,  he  was  not  of  the  world.  His 
work  was  not  to  shape  the  policies  of  the  world  so 
much  as  to  gather  and  prepare  from  it  subjects  for 
his  own  kingdom,  which  was  and  is  a  kingdom  of 
peace  and  good  will  to  men, 

The  question,  as  it  relates  to  Jesus,  is  not  a  fair 
one,  because  in  the  asking  we  place  him  in  a  rela- 
tion to  civil  government,  in  which  he  never  placed 
himself.  He  was  familiar  with  the  laws  of  civil 
government,  and,  although  he  was  accused  as  a 
usurper  of  civil  power,  yet  in  no  case  did  he  ever 
give  cause  for  such  accusation.  While  he  acknowl- 
edged that  ha  was  a  king,  and  that  he  was  a  born 
king,  yet  he  more  positively  declared  that  his  king- 
dom was  not  of  this  world,  As  his  kingdom  was 
not  a  worldly  one,  he  and  his  servants  had  nothing 
to  fight  about.  Fighting  for  earthly  power  or  terri- 
tory was  entirely  foreign  to  his  mission,  and  there- 
fore he  had  nothing  to  say  or  do  in  reference  to 
declarations  of  war, — when  and  under  what  circum- 
stances it  should  be  done  or  left  undone. 

He  said  that  these  things  would  be,  and  continue 
unto  the  end.  "  There  shall  be  wars  and  rumors  of 
wars,"  b«t  not  in  his  kingdom, — not  among  his 
brethren. 

His  subjects  are  all  born  into  his  kingdom  by  the 
same  spirit  of  love.  They  thus  become  fellow  citi- 
zens, and  belong  to  the  same  family,  having  God 
for  their  spiritual  Father,  and  Jesus  as  their  elder 
brother.  Such  a  relation  as  this  precludes  the  idea 
of  war  among  the  saints  in  the  kingdom  of  Christ. 
There  can  be  no  question  about  this,  The  cords  of 
brotherly  lave  are  tot  itrengut  that  Sad  has  «v?r 


given  between  man  and  man.  Therefore,  all  the 
fighting  that  is  to  be  done  must  be,  of  necessity, 
outside  of  the  Christian  church  or  the  kingdom  of 
Christ. 

But  as  our  becoming  citizens  of  this  spiritual 
kingdom,  the  church  of  Christ,  does  not  take  us  out 
of  the  world  and  worldly  kingdoms,  the  question  is 
still  asked,  "What  would  Jesus  do,  as  a  citizen,  in 
reference  to  the  strained  relations,  now  existing  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  Spain?  " 

We,  of  course,  don't  know,  because  it  is  a  relation 
not  to  be  thought  of.  As  We  said  before,  his  mis- 
sion and  work  was  so  entirely  different,  both  in  form 
and  purpose,  to  earthly  governments,  that,  were  he 
among  us  to-day,  on  the  same  mission,  he  would 
just  go  on  at  his  work  of  saving  souls  from  the 
power  of  sin,  and  fitting  them  for  his  kingdom,  so 
that,  in  the  end,  they  might  be  eternally  saved. 

But  while  we  say  this,  we  believe  that  his  sympa- 
thies and  his  influence,  whatever  that  might  be  as  a 
citizen,  would  be  on  the  side  of  righteous  govern- 
ment and  on  the  side  of  suffering  humanity. 

Because  of  sinful  men  and  unrighteous  govern- 
ments, wars  have  been  and  are  permitted.  And  as 
the  Lord  decides  the  issues  of  wars  and  the  destin- 
ies of  nations,  if  war  is  declared,  we  believe  that  the 
Lord  will  be  on  the  side  of  our  own  nation,  because 
of  the  war  being  entered  into  for  the  sake  of  the 
oppressed,  and  to  mitigate  the  starvation,  suffer- 
ings and  death  of  our  fellow  beings.  The  Lord  is 
always  on  the  side  of  the  merciful.  "  Blessed  are 
the  merciful,  for  they  shall  obtain  mercy." 

But  the  more  important  question  with  us,  as  a 
non-combatant  people,  is:  "  What  shall  our  attitude 
be  in  reference  to  the  troubles  into  which  our  na- 
tion is  now  plunged?"  If  there  ever  was  a  time 
when  we  should  heed  the  advice  to  be  as  wise  as 
serpents  and  harmless  as  doves,  it  is  now,  Do  not 
let  us  get  excited  and  lose  our  heads.  Like  the 
Master,  let  us  be  humble,  meek  and  Hue  to  our 
peace  principles.  This  does  not  mean  that  we  are 
to  fight  and  say  ugly  things  about  those  who  hold 
different  views  from  ourselves,  but  in  a  quiet,  lov- 
ing spirit,  work  and  talk  for  the  things  that  work 
for  peace  and  good  will  towards  all  men.  If  war 
should  be  the  ultimate  result,  we,  as  citizens,  should 
be  as  loyal  to  our  own  government,  even  in  the  is- 
sues of  war,  as  far  as  the  truth  and  our  conscience 
will  allow  us  to  go.  Be  subject  to  the  powers  that 
be,  as  far  as  these  powers  do  not  conflict  with  the 
power  and  will  of  God. 

Let  us  be  true  to  our  convictions  of  right,  loyal 
to  the  Master  and  the  church,  and,  as  far  as  possi- 
ble, live  in  peace  with  all  men.  Much  of  our  trou- 
ble comes  to  us  because  of  our  indiscretions  and  in 
our  provoking  opposition.  The  wise  man  says, 
"There  is  a  time  to  speak,  and  then  there  are  times 
to  keep  quiet."  A  loud  and  boastful  spirit  is  not 
in  harmony  with  the  quiet  spirit  of  Christ. 

Especially  should  we  be  cautious  and  respectful 
in  speaking  of  the  rulers  of  our  land  and  those  who 
have  civil  authority  over  us.  For  such  we  are  com- 
manded to  pray,  and  we  should  do  it  with  sincere 
hearts,  believing  that  the  Lord  will  hear  and  answer 
these  prayers  as  readily  as  any  other  requests  that 
we  may  make  of  him.  Especially  should  we  pray 
for  our  president,  who  has  commanded  the  respect 
and  best  wishes  of  all  good-thinking  people,  for  the 
wise,  conservative,  and  peaceful  course  which  he 
pursued  during  this  most  critical  period  which  is 
now  upon  him,  as  the  leader  and  head  of  this  great 
nation  of  ours.  For  such  rulers  we  have  reason  to 
thank  God,  and  if  war  should  be  declared,  we  can 
have  the  satisfaction  that  it  was  not  provoked  on 
the  part  of  our  Chief  Magistrate.  Let  come  what 
may  come,  let  us  continue  to  pray  that  our  Heaven- 
ly Father  may  so  direct  and  rule  that  the  right  may 
prevail,  and  that  in  the  end  peace  and  prosperity 

BUy     gmtl  B.   8.  f. 


!EH33 '  GOSPKI.  1  MESSE1TGEB. 


April  30,  18 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

in  the  Mbssenger  that  it  is  not  consistent  to 
ces  other  song  books  than  those  the  Annual  Meet- 
unamended  and  duly  authorized.  To  this  I  say, 
t  why  does  the  Standing  Committee  permit,  other 
used  on  the  stand  during  Conference?—.  /.  A\ 


This  was  probably  done  inadvertently,  by  Com- 
mittees of  Arrangements,  they  not  thinking  at  the 
time  just  what  it  would  lead  to.  That  matter  will 
probably  be  more  carefully  guarded  in  the  future. 

Referring  to  John  1:  47,  who  was  it  that  had  no  guile,  Na- 
thanael  or  Jesus?—  C.  M.  A. 

Nathanael.  The  verse  is  too  plain  to  be  misun- 
derstood on  that  point.  It  reads:  "Jesus  saw  Na- 
thanael coming  to  him,  and  saith  of  him,"  that  is  of 
Nathanael,  "  Behold  an  Israelite  indeed,  in  whom 
is  no  guilel" 

When  District  Meetings  send  committees  to  visit  churches 
that  are  sadly  out  of  order,  is  it  necessary  that  said  commit- 
tees be  composed  entirely  of  ordained  elders?—.-/.  B.  ]1. 

Not  necessarily.  The  Annual  Meeting  does  not 
adhere  strictly  to  the  rule  of  appointing  all  elders, 
and  yet  there  should  be  at  least  some  elders  on 
all  the  committees  appointed  to  set  churches  in  or- 
der. On  many  of  these  committees  it  might  al- 
so be  well  to  appoint  one  or  more  ministers  of  the 
second  degree.  We  believe  that  it  would  have  a 
good  effect, 

Is  the  world  growing  better  or  worse  from  a  Bible  stand- 
point?—/. W,  Mosier, 

In  our  judgment,  the  world,  as  a  whole,  is  a  great 
deal  better  than  it  was  fifty  years  ago,  or  any  time 
before  that.  There  is  more  Christian  liberty,  less 
persecution,  belter  protection  for  life  and  proper- 
ty, a  higher  grade  of  morals,  more  intelligence  and 
a  much  higher  order  of  civilization.  We  do  not 
mean  by  this  that  the  church  is  growing  better,  and 
yet  we  arc  inclined  to  think  it  is. 

What  procedure  is  proper  for  the  laity  to  take,  to  get  a  com- 
mittee from  Annual  Meeting,  when  the  officials  have  used 
their  official  power  against  granting  an  appeal  when  it  is 
asked  for ?— B. .  I.  B. 

Get  up  a  well  prepared  petition,  setting  forth 
clearly  the  reasons  for  a  committee,  and  get  as 
many  signers  among  the  members  as  convenient. 
Present  this  petition  to  the  elder  in  charge.  If 
satisfaction  cannot  thus  be  had,  present  the  peti- 
tion, along  with  the  facts,  to  the  elders  at  the  Dis- 
trict Meeting,  requesting  first  a  committee  from  the 
District  Meeting.  If  satisfaction  can  not  be  ob- 
tained in  this  way,  carry  the  petition,  with  a  full 
account  of  each  step  taken,  to  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee. Before  going  to  the  District  Meeting  with 
a  petition,  it  will  always  be  found  wist?  to  consult 
the  adjoining  elders.  They  may  be  able  to  sug- 
gest a  better  course. 

If  a  brother  owes  a  poor  widow,  and  she  c*aunot  get  her 
money  from  him,  should  the  church  make  up  the  amount  for 
the  sister,  or  make  the  brother  pay  his  debts?—/!.  P.  S. 

This  is  a  case  that  should  be  handled  according 
to  Matt.  18.  If  the  sister  cannot  get  satisfaction 
out  of  the  brother,  let  her  visit  him  with  one  or 
two  more,  If  the  brother  still  fails  to  render  satis- 
faction, then  the  case  can  be  referred  to  the 
church,  and  the  church  will  decide  what  shloud  be 
done. 

In  I  Pet.  3:  21  we  read,  "  Not  the  putting  away  of  the  filth 
of  the  flesh,  but  the  answer  of  a  good  conscience  towards 

God."    What  ate  we  to  understand  by  "  good  conscience?" 

S.£t. 

The  penitent  seeking  salvation,  naturally  in- 
quires, "What  must  I  do  to  be  saved?"  The  con- 
science appeals  to  the  Word,  and  there  learns  that 
he  should  "repent  and  be  baptized  .  .  for  the  re- 
mission of  sins."  This  becomes  the  rule  of  his 
conscience,  and  as  an  answer  to  his  good  con- 
science, or  as  a  demand  of  his  good  conscience,  he 
is  baptized,  not  to  put  away  external  filth,  but  in 
answer  to  his  conscience.  By  good  conscience  is 
meant  the  Scripturally  enlightened  conscience. 


What  is  the  opinion  of  the  Brethren  in  regard  to  baptizing 
in  a  fish  pond  where  all  the  water  is  pumped  in? — M,  P.  J.  S. 

It  is  the  opinion  of  the  Brethren  that  baptism 
should  be  performed  in  running  water,  when  it  is 
reasonably  convenient  to  do  so.  Otherwise  it  may 
be  performed  in  out-door  pools,  tanks  or  reservoirs. 
This  includes  fish  ponds  and  other  suitable  places 
regardless  of  the  methods  of  procuring  the  water. 
John  the  Baptist,  probably  did  all  of  his  baptiz- 
ing, or  the  greater  part  of  it  at  least,  in  running 
streams,  while  the  baptizing  done  by  the  apostles 
in  and  around  Jerusalem  was  doubtless  performed 
in  pools,  Either  is  lawful,  but  the  running  water 
is  to  be  preferred. 

Is  it  proper  for  an  elder  to  go 
say  to  a  member,  in  the  presenc 
him  into  the  ministry  without  fi 


nto  a  small  congregation  and 
of  others,  that  we  will  put 
St  consulting  the  church? — /, 


7.  /,'. 


Such  an  act  on  the  part  of  an  elder  would  be 
very  imprudent  indeed.  This  question,  however, 
very  properly  belongs  to  the  adjoining  elders,  and 
should  be  referred  to  them  by  the  querist. 

ith  the  assistance  of  an  invited 
adjoining  elder,  to  have  a  brother  tried,  for  an  act  that  is  in 
dispute,  and  then  call  for  the  vote  of  the  church  without  giv- 
the  brother  a  chance  to  explain  bis  side  of  the  case? — A. 
B.D. 

Any  member  on  trial  for  misconduct,  is  entitled 
to  a  full  and  undisturbed  hearing,  He  should  have 
an  opportunity  to  produce  in  council  all  the  lawful 
proof  that  will  tend  to  sustain  his  side  of  the  ques- 
tion. The  church,  or  those  accusing  him,  should 
have  the  same  privilege.  After  all  the  evidence 
has  been  produced,  then,  and  npt  till  then,  should 
the  vote  be  taken. 

Did  the  Syrophenician  woman,  who  came  to  Christ  to  have 
her  daughter  healed,  become  a  Christian?—//.  S.  I. 

She  had  great  faith  in  Jesus'  power  to  heal,  but 
no  mention  is  made  of  her  formally  accepting 
Christ  and  complying  with  the  conditions  of  par- 
don. This,  however,  she  may  have  done  later, 
is  not  likely  that  one  so  full  of  faith  would  have 
failed  to  come  into  the  church,  after  the  Gospel 
door  had  been  opened  to  the  Gentiles, 

5  going  to  circus  shows? 

We  think  that  a  circus  show  is  one  of  the  last 
places  where  the  angels  would  think  of  going  in 
search  of  the  Lord's  jewels,  were  they  sent  out  to 
gather  in  the  saints.  The  circus  show  is  certainly 
no  place  for  devout  men  and  women. 


Is  it  right  for  ; 


her  prayer-covering  all  the 


While  it  is  recommended  only  for  occasions  of 
prayer  and  prophesying,  still  we  see  nothing  out 
of  the  way  in  a  sister  wearing  the  covering  all 
the  while,  provided  she  at  all  times  conduct  her- 
self as  becometh  a  devout  woman,  who  continually 
has  on  her  head  the  sign  of  prayer.  A  pious  wom- 
an one  time  said,  "  Sisters  do  not  need  their  prayer- 
coverings  for  general  gossip,  joking  and  jesting." 
It  depends  upon  how  the  sister  behaves  herself 
while  wearing  the  covering,  as  to  whether  she  is 
doing  right  and  honoring  her  Master  by  the  sign 
of  power  on  her  head. 

Is  Acts  S:  37  in  the  Greek?  If  so,  why  was  it  left  out  of  the 
Revised  Version?— Jos. M, 

Critics  generally  agree  that  this  verse  is  an 
interpolation,  though  it  is  found  in  some  ancient 
Greek  manuscripts.  It  was  in  at  least  one  manu- 
script in  the  latter  half  of  the  second  century,  for 
it  is  quoted  by  Irenarjs,  when  in  active  life,  from 
the  year  i;o  to  210.  It  is  omitted  in  the  Revised 
Version,  because  its  authenticity  is  gravely  ques- 


J.  H. 


DISTRICT  MEETING  OF  SOUTHWESTERN  KANSAS 
AND  SOUTHERN  COLORADO. 


Some  of  the  local  papers  speak  very  flatteringly 
of  the   District  and   Ministerial  Meetings  held  at  (school  report  also  shows  an jMresise '  over'  \zsl~y7w 


Wichita,   Kans  ,   recently.    We  clip  the   following 
from  one  of  them: 

"In  session  at  the  Dunker  church  on  Fifteenth 
Street,  near  Fairmount,  to-day,  is  the  Annual  Dis- 
trict Conference  of  the  church  of  German  Baptist 
Brethren,  better  known  to  the  world  as  Dunkers. 

"The  District  comprises  Southwestern  Kansas, 
the  Strip  and  a  part  of  Colorado.  The  program 
commenced  with  a  love  feast  last  night,  and  what 
is  known  as  the  Ministerial  Meeting  is  being  held 
to  day.  This  is  a  discussion  of  the  ways  and 
means  of  best  promoting  the  great  work  of  Chris- 
tianity through  the  Dunker  church  Delegates  are 
here  from  all  parts  of  the  District,  and  the  attend- 
ance is  fully  up  to  that  of  other  Conferences.. 

"Looking  into  the  faces  of  this  gathering,  one 
cannot  help  being  impressed  with  the  record  of 
real  goodness,  of  general  intelligence,  of  kindness, 
and  of  lives  well  spent,  written  indelibly  there. 
The  delegates  are  made  up  of  the  deacons  and  eld- 
ers of  the  churches  of  the  District,  together  with 
the  women,  who  may  speak  on  any  q  testion,  but 
are  not  allowed  to  vote. 

"The  morning  session  was  commenced  at  nine 
o'clock.  The  first  business  was  the  election  of  a 
Moderator,  who  has  charge  of  the  meeting  and  who 
serves  until  his  successor  is  elected  at  the  next 
Conference,  a  Reading  Clerk  and  a  Writing  Clerk. 
Enoch  Eby,  of  Booth,  Kans  ,  was  elected  Moder- 
ator; Prof.  E.  Frantz,  of  McPherson,  Reading 
Clerk;  and  Daniel  Vaniman,  Writing  Clerk.  The 
election  is  as  unlike  politics  as  anything  in  the  way 
of  an  election  can  be.  No  nominations  are  made, 
the  members  voting  by  ballot  for  any  one  they  may 
desire.  All  electioneering  is  conscientiously  re- 
frained from,  and  the  one  receiving  the  highest 
vote,  no  matter  whether  a  majority  or  not,  is  de- 
clared elected. 

"The  program  to-day  consists  of  talks  and  pa- 
pers on  subjects  pertaining  to  church,  Sunday 
school  and  missionary  work,  each  of  which  are  fol- 
lowed by  a  general  discussion,  The  Ministerial 
Meeting  will  be  finished  to-day,  and  to-morrow 
morning  at  8  o'clock  the  District  business  session 
will  commence. 

THE   NEXT   DAY, 

"With  all  due  respect  to  the  various  religious 
denominations  of  the  city,  it  is  doubtful  if  there 
ever  was  a  gathering  in  this  city  so  nearly  perfect 
in  the  sight  of  God  and  man  as  the  body  of  men 
and  women  attending  the  Conference  of  Dunkers, 
now  taking  place  at  the  little  church  out  on  Fair- 
mount. 

"Seldom  does  one  ever  see  a  gathering  so  ear- 
nest, so  zealous,  so  devoted  to  duty.  Every  <nan 
present  acts  as  though  he  felt  he  was  on  his  Mas- 
ter's business. 

"The  work  of  the  Ministerial  Meeting  was  fin- 
ished yesterday  evening.  Never  at  any  Conference 
has  the  interest  in  this  meeting  been  greater.  The 
talks  in  reference  to  the  development  of  the  young 
people  were  dwelt  upon  especially  and  were  excel- 
lent. The  idea  was  advanced  that  the  future  work- 
ers of  the  church  must  come  from  the  younger 
members,  rather  than  from  older  recruits.  All  the 
subjects  were  well  handled,  and  the  day's  services 
closed  with  a  splendid  young  people's  meeting. 

'The  District  Meeting  convened  this  morning 
8  o'clock,  opening  with  devotional  exercises. 
Many  had  come  in  on  last  evening's  train,  increas- 
ing the  number  at  to-day's  meeting  to  about  350,  al- 
most every  church  in  the  District  being  represent- 
ed by  the  regular  delegates,  while  some  had  many 
members  present,  The  District  includes  twenty- 
three  congregations,  representing  from  one  to  six 
churches  each.  Each  congregation  has  a  presid- 
ng  elder,  and  generally  has  several  ministers. 

"The  most  interesting  part  of  this  morning's 
program  was  the  report  from  each  of  these  congre- 
gations. The  showing  made  proved  that  the  Dis- 
trict is  in  an  excellent  condition,  and  with  splen- 
did prospects  for  the  coming  year.    There  has  been 

slight    growth    in    membership.    The    Sunday 


April  30,  IS 


™®GOSPBL    MESSEWQEii. 


— f  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY  *~~ 

NONE  OP  OUR  BUSINESS. 

[A  little  girl  was  heard  to  finish  her  evening  prayer  with 
these  words:  "  And  I  saw  a  poor  little  girl  on  the  street  to- 
day, cold  and  barefooted;  but  it's  none  of  our  business,  is  it, 
God?"] 

"  None  of  our  business ! "  wandering  and  sinful 

All  through  the  streets  of  the  city  they  go, 
Hungry  and  homeless  in  the  wild  weather, — 

None  of  our  business!    Dare  we  say  so? 
"  None  of  our  businessl "    Children's  wan  faces, 

Haggard  and  old  with  their  suffering  and  sin. 
Hold  fast  your  darlings  on  tender,  warm  bosoms, 

Sorrow  without,  but  the  home  light  within. 
What  does  it  matter  that  some  other  woman,— 

Some  common  mother, — in  bitter  despair, 
Wails  in  a  garret,  or  sits  in  a  cellar, 

Too  broken-hearted  for  weeping  or  prayer? 
"  None  of  our  business! "    Sinful  and  fallen, 

How  they  may  jostle  us  close  on  the  streetl 
Hold  back  your  garment!    Scorn?    They  are  used  to  it; 

Pass  on  the  other  side  lest  you  should  meet. 
None  of  our  business!    On,  then,  the  music; 

On  with  the  feasting,  though  hearts  break  forlorn; 
Somebody's  hungry,  and  somebody's  freezing, 

Somebody's  soul  will  be  lost  ere  the  morn. 
Somebody's  dying  (on  with  the  dancing!); 

One  for  earth's  pottage  is  selling  his  soul; 
ODe  for  a  bauble  has  bartered  his  birthright, 

Selling  his  all  for  a  pitiful  dole. 
Ah,  but  One  goeth  abroad  on  the  mountains, 

Over  lone  deserts,  with  burning  deep  sands! 
Seeking  the  lost  ones  (it  is  his  business!) 

Bruised  though  his  feet  are,  and  torn  though  his  hands. 
Thorn-crowned  his  head  and  his  soul  sorrow-stricken 

{Saving  men's  souls  at  such  infinite  cost), 
Broken  his  heart  for  the  grief  of  the  nations; 

It  is  his  business  saying  the  lost! 

— Selected  by  Mamie  Follis. 


THE  SISTERS'  SEWING  SOCIETY  OF  AIT.  MORRIS, 
ILLINOIS. 

BY   FLORA   E.   TEAGUK. 

Ata-kiiTHSTANDiNG  that  house-cleaning,  garden- 
I  miVmJi  and  general  spring  work  is  on  hand,  our 
Sewing  Society  continues  as  active  and  large  as  ev- 
er. This  has  not  always  been  the  case,  and  that  it 
is  so  now,  gives  much  pleasure  and  encouragement 
to  our  workers. 

No  particular  change  in  our  line  of  work  has 
been  made.  Since  the  beginning  of  the  winter 
term  we  have  been  kept  very  busy  quilting.  Sis- 
ters, who  for  various  reasons,  are  not  able  to  con- 
tribute time  nor  money,  supply  us  with  quilts  to  be 
quilted.  This  is  highly  advantageous,  both  to  us 
and  to  them.  To  us,  as  it  means  no  outlay  of  mon- 
ey to  purchase  material  for  working;  to  them  as  it 
is  less  expensive  than  to  furnish  a  feast  for  a  num- 
ber of  quitters  to  come  to  their  homes. 

We  are  always  very  glad  to  be  favored  with  work 
by  any  one,  and  solicit  the  sisters  to  help  the  good 
cause  along  by  giving  us  all  the  work  they  can. 

Besides  quilting,  we  have  done  a  little  quilt 
piecing,  carpet-rag  sewiog,  knitting,  etc.  Stocking- 
bags,  dusting-caps  and  hem-stitched  handkerchiefs, 
have  also  been  added  to  the  list.  The  younger 
members  of  our  society  are  working  on  a  tasteful- 
ly laid  worsted  quilt.  They  take  much  interest  in 
'his.  The  only  trouble  we  have  in  this  line  is  a 
scarcity  of  woolen  scraps. 

Sister  Lizzie  Miller,  our  President,  supplies  us 
with  good  reading  matter,  and  conducts  this  part 
°f  our  exercises.  We  spend  one  hour  in  reading 
and  devotional  exercises.  One  more  hour  is  spent 
'■>  general  and  pleasant  conversation,  while  the 
hands  of  all  are  busily  employed.  Some  few 
Weeks  ago  we  decided  to  support  one  Indian  or- 
phan as  long  as  it  was  necessary  to  do  so.  For 
'"at  purpose  nine  dollars  was  turned  over  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Mission  Board  at  the  close  of  the 
"inter  term. 

Trusting  that   God  will  continue  to    bless   our 
w°rk  and  inspire  many  others  to  organize  them- 
..    es  int0  useful  working  bands,  we  gladly  con- 
«nue  our  labor  of  love  for  him. 
*».  Meiris,  III. 


BY   EMMA   SPICKLER. 

To  meet  with  God's  people  regularly  for  wor- 
ship, is  a  great  blessing,  indeed. 

It  is  now  more  than  a  year  since  I  have  been  per- 
mitted to  attend  church  services,  or  take  an  active 
part  in  Sunday  school.  During  this  time  the  ene- 
my has  not  been  idle,  but  has  often  presented  dis- 
couragements, yet,  amidst  our  trials  and  sorrows, 
we  can  joyfully  say,  "God  is  our  refuge  and 
strength,  a  very  present  help  in  trouble."  There 
may  be  outward  trials  yet  inward  peace,  which  are 
sweet  and  consoling  to  the  mind. 

Frances  Willard's  last  words,  "  How  beautiful  to 
be  with  Godl"  have  impressed  me  very  much. 
How  the  depths  of  their  meaning  have  been  forced 
upon  me  during  my  suffering  hours,  though  I 
scarcely  know  what  it  is  to  be  lonelyl  Jesus  is  my 
all.  Oh,  the  height  and  depth,  length  and  breadth 
of  God's  lovel  The  Bible  is  my  chief  delight. 
Next  to  it  comes  the  Gospel  Messenger.  Those 
of  us  who  are  shut  in  from  the  busy  world  know 
how  to  appreciate  its  glad  tidings.  There  are  the 
the  editorials  giving  much  information  during  these 
perilous  times.  We  also  rejoice  to  hear  from  our 
dear  missionaries,  and  the  good  being  done  every- 
where. O,  the  guiding,  comforting  and  inspiring 
words  with  which  its  pages  are  filled  1  No,  we 
could  not  think  of  doing  without  the  Messenger 
God  bless  it  and  make  it  a  great  power  for  good  I 

To  all  the  dear  affl'cted  ones,  I  would  say,  Trust 
in  the  Lord,  for  "  Himself  took  our  infirmities  and 
bare  our  sicknesses."  When  dark  clouds  threaten 
our  earthly  horizon,  let  us  read  John  14,  15,  16  and 
17.  May  we,  like  the  faithful  patriarch,  say, 
"Though  he  slay  me,  yet  will  I  trust  him,"  and 
pray,  "Thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  in  heaven 
When  this  mortal  "shall  have  put  on  immortality, 
we  shall  realize  the  truth  of  the  words,  "Death  is 
swallowed  up  in  victory." 

Pain  nor  sickness  ne'er  shall  enter, 
Grief  nor  woe  my  lot  shall  share; 
But  in  that  celestial  center 
I  a  crown  of  life  shall  wear. 


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Shout  for  gladness,  O  ye  ransomed; 

Hail  with  joy  the  rising  morn. 


THE  AID  SOCIETY  AT  QIRARD. 

BY  SUE   WATSON. 

In  behalf  of  the  Dorcas  Sisters'  Aid  Society,  lo- 
cated at  Girard,  III.,  I  will  report  that  we  are  yet 
alive,  and  in  a  healthy  condition.  We  have  met 
with  some  discouragements,  but  by  the  grace  of 
God  we  are  what  we  are.  Opposition,  even  in  a 
good  work,  is  a  great  factor  in  developing  strength 
of  character. 

Regarding  the  amount  of  good  we  have  done, 
let  the  poor  and  suffering  answer,  for  while  we 
keep  a  record  of  our  work  and  donations,  only 
eternity  can  reveal  the  many  hearts  that  have  been 
made  glad  by  the  efforts  that  the  love  of  Christ 
prompted  us  to  put  forth.  To  others,  engaged  in 
this  good  work  I  say,  "  Weary  not  in  well  doing." 

Girard,  III. 

Fame  and  popularity  are  two  very  different 
things.  Popularity  depends  on  the  feelings  of  the 
multitude  for  the  hour.  Fame  depends  on  the 
judgment  of  the  world  as  to  the  character  and  the 
conduct  of  a  man's  life  course.  Ordinarily, 
popularity  is  not  in  the  direction  of  fame.  A  man 
who  seeks  popularity  looks  to  the  opinions  of  the 
populace,  and  he  may  have  success  in  his  effort  to 
gain  it.  The  man  who  finally  has  fame  looks  to  the 
attainment  of  a  recognized  end,  and  pushes  forward 
to  it,  though  all  men  oppose  him.  He  who  would 
win  fame  must  be  willing  to  be  unpopular.  Popu- 
larity is  the  verdict  of  the  hour  of  the  surrounding 
multitude.  Fame  is  the  voice  of  the  v/orld  when  a 
career  is  reviewed  after  its  finish, 


From  Bridgewater  College 

On  Sunday,  April  3,  Bro.  S.  A.  Sanger,  of  Scotls 
Kord,  Va.,  came  to  us  and  began  a  series  of  meet- 
ings which  closed  April  15.  He  preached,  in  all, 
twelve  edifying  sermons,  and  while  there  were  no 
immediate  additions  to  the  church,  we  feel  that 
much  good  was  done.  His  work  is  much  appreci- 
ated, and,  best  of  all,  we  believe  that  it  rests  under 
the  blessing  of  God,  for  the  Truth  was  not 
shunned,  but  openly  declared. 

There  are  many  young  brethren  and  sisters  with 
us  now,  and  we  crave  an  interest  in  the  prayers  of 
God  s  people  that  they  may  go  forth  well  equipped 
for  the  contests  that  are  awaiting  all  men  in  the 
L-oad  arena  of  life,  J.  W.  Wayland,  Jr. 

Bridgewater,  Va.,  April  16. 

From  C.indo,  N.  Dak. 

Leaving  Continental,  Ohio,  March  29,  we  arrived 
at  Chicago  at  8:  25  A.  M.  We  left  again  March  30 
at  9: 15  A.  M.  and  arrived  at  St.  Paul  March  31,  at 
10  A.  M.  It  was  snowing  and  people  were  in  town 
in  their  sleds.    This  seemed  quite  a  change  for  us. 

St.  Paul  is  certainly  a  beautiful  city  and  we  all 
appreciated  the  kindness  of  the  people  there  We 
left  St.  Paul  at  3  P.  M.  This  part  of  our  journey 
seemed  much  shorter,  as  we  had  singing  and  a  very 
spiritual  prayer-meeting  while  on  the  trip. 

Up  the  Red  River  Valley  we  sped,  anxiously 
awaiting  our  journey's  end.  The  number  of  excur- 
sionists was  estimated  to  be  about  2500.  Finally 
we  reached  Cando  April  1,  at  3  P.  M„  and  found 
about  1000  persons  awaiting  our  arrival,  We  are 
now  at  Bro.  Peter  Weiker's  who  has  been  here  one 
year,  has  a  beautiful  farm  and  is  perfectly  satisfied. 

We  are  having  nice  weather.  The  sun  is  shining 
brightly  each  day,  and  we  all  appreciate  the  good 
roads  here.  We  much  enjoy  the  fine,  cool  morn- 
ings, listening  to  the  songs  of  the  birds, 

..  -,  „  Cora  A.  Miller. 

April  8. 

Death  of  Elder  John  H.  Eshelmnn. 

Eld.  John  H.  Eshelman  was  born  in  Bedford 
County,  Pa.,  Dec.  26,  1833.  In  1846  he,  with  his 
parents,  moved  to  Jefferson  County,  Iowa.  April 
5,  1858,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Sarah  Garber, 
laughter  of  Eld.  John  Garber.  This  union  was 
blessed  with  six  children.  Three  of  the  children 
preceded  him  to  the  spirit  world.  Oct.  1,  1887,  his 
wife  died,  leaving  the  husband  and  four  children  to 
iourn  the  loss  of  a  kind  and  affectionate  wife  and 
lother.  In  April  of  1889,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Mary  Elmaker.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Brethren  church  about  thirty-eight  years  and  a 
minister  about  twenty-five  years.  He  leaves  one 
brother,  two  sisters  and  three  children  to  mourn  the 
loss  of  one  that  was  loved  by  all  that  knew  him, 
and  one  that  tried  to  do  unto  others  as  he  would 
have  them  to  do  unto  him.  He  was  an  exemplary 
man  in  the  church,  and  always  found  at  his  place. 
About  fifteen  months  previous  to  his  death  he  re- 
ceived a  stroke  of  paralysis  from  which  he  never 
recovered.  He  bore  his  affliction  without  a  word  of 
complaint.  He  warned  his  one  son  aud  wife,  who 
are  yet  out  of  the  church,  to  make  their  peace  with 
God,  and  meet  him  in  heaven.  His  age  was  64 
years,  3  months  and  10  days. 

funeral   was  conducted  at  the  Libertyville 
church  by  Eld.  Abram  Wolf  from  1  Cor.  15:  55,  as- 
sisted by  brethren  James  Glotfelty  and  D.  Holder, 
C.  E.  Wolf. 
Batavia,  Iowa,  April  13. 


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April 


From  the  Annual  Meeting  Lodging  Committee. 

Having  made  another  visit  to  Naperville,  we  are 
now  prepared  to  give  fuller  information  in  regard 
to  lodging  at  the  coming  Annual  Meeting.  A  Citi- 
zens' Lodging  Committee,  consisting  of  ten  citizens 
of  Naperville,  has  been  appointed  to  look  particu- 
larly after  the  lodging  in  the  city,  and  also  as  a  Bu- 
reau of  Information. 

We  have  decided  to  make  some  changes  in  the 
usual  manner  of  finding  rooms  and  places  for  lodg- 
ing the  people  in  the  city.  All  applications  before 
the  meeting  for  lodging,  whether  in  the  city  or 
tents,  should  be  made  by  letter,  to  the  undersigned. 
The  letters  of  those  desiring  places  in  the  city,  will 
be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Citizens'  Lodging 
Committee  at  Naperville,  who  will  place  these  let- 
ters in  the  hands  of  those  who  have  agreed  to  take 
lodgers.  At  the  same  time  he  will  acknowledge 
the  receipt  of  the  letter,  and  state  to  whom  he  has 
delivered  them.  This  puts  the  applicant  for  lodg- 
ing and  the  person  who  agrees  to  take  lodgers,  in 
communication,  and  there  his  responsibility  ceases. 
If  the  applicant  desires  any  further  information  as 
to  what  comforts  he  may  expect,  he  should  write  to 
this  person.  This  all  should  be  done  as  early  as 
possible,  and  no  one  should  wait  until  a  few  days  or 
a  week  before  the  meeting.  It  will  then  be  too 
late. 

At  the  time  of  meeting  we  will  also  change  our 
method  of  assistance.  We  do  this  because  we  learn 
that  there  are  a  great  many  who  break  all  rules  that 
any  lodging  committee  can  make.  Instead  of  try- 
ing to  place  every  one  that  comes,  we  propose  to  let 
them  hunt  their  own  places.  We  will  give  them, 
however,  this  assistance.  We  will  have  large  cards, 
printed  in  large  type.  On  one  will  be  printed, 
"  Lodgers  will  be  taken  here  at  25  cents  each."  On 
the  other,  "No  more  lodgers  wanted."  One  of 
each  of  these  cards  will  be  left  at  every  house  in 
the  city.  The  citizens  will  be  expected  to  hang 
one  or  the  other  of  these  cards  out,  and  the  people, 
when  they  come,  can  just  as  easily  find  a  place 
where  lodgers  will  be  taken,  as  to  find  a  number 
and  street  by  the  old  way.  It  has  this  advantage, 
you  can  see  what  you  are  getting,  and  if  not  alto- 
gether satisfactory,  the  Lodging  Committee  is  not 
blamed.  It  should  be  remembered  that  we  do  not 
own  these  homes,  and  know  as  little  about  them  as 
you  do, 

The  Citizens'  Lodging  Committee  will  have  a 
stand  at  the  Naperville  depot,  and  will  give  all  the 
information  and  assistance  that  is  in  their  power  to 
give.  We  want  all  who  come  to  the  meeting  and 
secure  lodging  in  the  city,  to  remember  that  while 
there  will  be  some  who  will  make  preparations  to 
lodge  people  for  the  money  there  is  in  it,  there  will 
be  a  large  number  who  will  open  their  houses  for 
the  purpose  of  accommodating  our  people.  Hence, 
do  not  fail,  besides  compensating  at  25  cents  a 
night,  to  kindly  thank  them  for  the  favor.  We 
would  also  say,  that  any  one  person  who  demands 
a  bed  for  himself  or  herself,  and  is  unwilling 
to  share  with  any  one  else,  must  expect  to  pay  50 
cents  a  night  for  it.  The  lodging  in  the  city  will 
be  from  one-half  mile  to  one  and  a  half  miles  from 
the  tabernacle  in  the  Park.  We  have  no  assurance 
yet  that  we  will  get  a  5  cent  omnibus  fare.  We  are 
doing  what  we  can. 

Now,  in  regard  to  tents  in  the  Park,  we  will  say 
that  these  tents  are  known  as  wall  tents,  made  of 
good  material,  and  expected  to  turn  water  in  case  of 
rain.  The  majority  of  them  will  be  ioxi2  feet  in 
size,  and  will  contain  four  cots,  with  mattress, 
two  sheets,  blanket  and  pillow  on  each  cot.  There 
will  be  board  floors  in  tents.  Each  tent  will  also 
be  furnished  with  a  pail  and  wash-basin.  Those  in- 
tending to  occupy  the  tents,  should  not  fail  to  bring 
along  towels,  soap,  combs,  brushes,  and  other 
necessary  articles  for  the  toilet.  No  charge  will  be 
made  for  the  tents,  but  a  charge  of  25  cents  a  night 
will  be  made  for  each  cot  occupied.  There  will  be 
a  ticket  provided  for  each  cot,  and  the  applicant 
will  be  required  to  pay  for  it  from  the  time  he  or 
she  arrives,  to  and  including  Wednesday  night,  or 
logger,  if  they  intend  to  remain  longer.     If  any  one 


desires  to  leave  before  this  time,  he  can  bring  his 
ticket  back  and  get  a  rebate  for  the  time  not  occu- 
pied. This,  however,  must  be  done  promptly,  as 
the  return  of  the  ticket  is  an  evidence  that  the  cot 
is  vacant,  and  we  may  have  the  opportunity  to 
rent  it  to  some  one  else  upon  its  return. 

The  tents  will  all  be  arranged  conveniently  near 
to  the  tabernacle  and  boarding  hall.  They  will  al- 
so be  numbered  and  placed  in  streets,  The  streets 
will  be  named  A,  B,  C,  D,  etc.  We  will  reserve 
some  streets  for  ladies  only,  some  streets  for  fami- 
lies only,  and  some  for  men  only. 

There  has  been  some  inquiry  for  tents  without 
cots  and  furnished  with  straw  only.  The  superin- 
tendent of  the  Park  has  agreed  to  furnish  us  with 
all  the  tents  wc  want  thus  supplied,  The  tents  will 
be  10x12  feet  and  have  a  board  floor  and  clean 
straw.  A  tent  thus  furnished  will  be  rented  for  the 
entire  meeting  for  S3. 00  and  no  rebate  for  time  not 
occupied.  It  will  be  necessary  for  us  to  know  just 
how  many  of  these  tents  will  be  wanted,  hence  all 
parties  wanting  them  should  write  at  once.  In  fact 
we  should  like  to  know  how  many  will  want  tents 
and  cots,  as  the  Park  Superintendent  does  not  want 
to  put  up  many  more  than  will  be  required. 

When  writing  for  lodging  do  not  fail  to  say  when 
you  expect  to  be  on  the  grounds,  and  how  long  you 
intend  to  remain.     Always  address: 

D.  B.  Senger, 
Secretary  Lodging  Com. 

Franklin  Grove,  III. 


Select  Thoughts  Gathered  at  the  Missionary  and 
District  Meeting  of  Northwestern  Ohio. 

The  Missionary  Meeting  opened  at  1  P.  M,,  and 
organized  with  Eld,  L.  H.  Dickey,  Moderator,  and 
David  Byerly,  Clerk.  The  Home  Mission  Board, 
and  nearly  all  the  elders  and  delegates  of  the  District 
were  present. 

The  District  holds  said  meeting  annually,  the  day 
previous  to  District  Meeting,  to  encourage  and  in- 
struct mission  workers  and  prepare  missionary 
business  for  District  Meeting. 

If  the  same  degree  of  missionary  zeal  that  charac- 
terized this  meeting  were  carried  into  the  home 
churches  by  those  present,  Northwestern  Ohio  will 
come  to  the  front  very  soon.     May  it  be  so! 

The  meeting  was  considered  so  helpful  that  more 
time  is  set  apart  for  it  in  the  future.  The  day  is  at 
hand  when  the  mission  work  of  the  church  should 
constitute  the  greater  part  of  the  work  at  District 
and  Annual  Meeting,  for  it  must  be  admitted  that 
we  obey  every  other  commandment  of  Jesus  more 
fully  than  we  do  the  great  commission  to  "  preach 
the  Gospel  to  every  creature." 

The  District  has  five  mission  points.  Sermons 
preached  the  past  year,  181;  number  baptized  7;  ex- 
pense in  keeping  up  these  points,  S342.11.  Last 
year  the  appropriation  was  raised  from  S150  to  £500. 
It  was  decided  to  continue  the  same  for  the  present 
year, 

We  note  the  following  on  the  importance  of  mis- 
sion work: 

X.  The  only  way  to  save  the  world,  and  the  only 
way  the  church  can  be  saved  from  shame  and  con- 
demnation in  the  judgment  is  to  obey  the  great 
commission, 

2.  If  heathen  could  be  saved  without  the  Gospel, 
we  can  not  unless  we  obey  our  marching  orders, 

3.  A  very  large  proportion  of  the  people  have 
gone  into  sin,  and  our  business  is  to  take  to  them 
the  Gospel  of  deliverance. 

To  do  this  the  church  needs — 

1.  The  co-operation  of  all  her  members,  their 
prayers  and  money. 

2.  More  men  like  Paul  and  more  women  like  Dor- 
cas and  Priscilla. 


4.  A  more  ready  response  to  the  cry  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  "  Separate  me  those  for  the  work  whereunto 
I  have  called  them," 

5.  A  better  system  of  utilizing  the  preaching 
force  in  the  local  churches. 

6.  More  encouragement  given  to  young  members 
to  engage  in  the  work  for  the  Master. 


The  District  Meeting  chose  Eld.  C.  L,  Wilkin 
Moderator,  Eld.  S.  A.  Walker.  Reading  Clerk,  and 
D.  D.  Thomas,  Writing  Clerk.  The  clerks  were  ex- 
perienced and  did  their  work  well.  Bro.  Wilkir.s 
also  did  well,  and  with  further  experience  will  make 
a  good  Moderator. 

Statistics  given  showed  that  the  District  contains 
twenty-four  congregations,  embracing  a  territory  0[ 
twenty-eight  counties  in  which  about  560  oco  souls 
have  not  been  reached  by  the  pure  Gospel.  Surely 
the  workers  there  have  a  great  work  before  them. 
Have  any  other  workers  less  to  do?  This  is  a  per- 
sonal  question  for  us  all  to  carefully  consider. 

1.  A  number  of  papers  were  before  the  meeting, 
and  several  were  intended  for  Annual  Meeting  but 
were  returned  to  the  churches  from  whence  they 
came  with  fully  as  much  grace  and  respect  as  cir- 
cumstances permitted.  Were  it  not  for  District 
Meeting,  Annual  Meeting  would  need  to  convene 
from  week  to  week. 

2.  A  paper  asking  what  shall  be  done  with  local 
churches  and  members  that  refuse  to  pay  their 
share  of  appropriation  for  Home  Mission  work  was 
put  into  the  hands  of  a  committee  to  report  at  next 
District  Meeting. 

3.  Delinquent  churches  and  members  all  over  the 
Brotherhood  ought  to  answer  by  a  prompt  response 
to  the  call  of  the  church. 

4.  The  District  decided  to  arrange  for  a  Sunday 
chool  meeting  in  the  fall, 

5.  The  District  has  a  Sunday  school  secretary, 
but  as  it  was  the  first  effort  to  gather  statistic,  the 
report  was  very  meager.  Greater  interest  should  be 
taken  by  our  schools  to  report  their  work,  for  it  is 
only  when  we  have  a  correct  knowledge  of  our  work 
that  we  will  be  aroused  to  greater  effort. 

6.  A  paper  from  Home  Mission  Board,  asking 
that  more  time  be  devoted  to  missionary  meeting 
and  for  more  preaching  by  the  local  ministers  in 
the  outskirts  of  the  District,  was  the  most  important 
paper  before  the  meeting.  It  was  warmly  discussed 
and  recommended  that  local  churches  form  local 
Boards  to  take  charge  of  and  push  the  work. 

All  the  churches  will  do  well  to  think  o;i  these 
things. 

1.  The  Lord  has  given  us  a  large  farm,  "Our 
field,"  says  Jesus,  "  is  the  world," 

2.  Entirely  too  much  of  it  is  farmed  by  the  enemy 
undisturbed,  and  is  bearing  thorns  that  will  pierce 
the  souls  of  the  unfaithful  stewards  in  a  dying  hour. 

3.  God  has  furnished  the  field  and  the  seed, 
Many  sowers  are  in  the  field,  others  are  preparing 
for  the  work  and  surely  the  church  ought  to  furnish 
the  food  and  clothing  for  the  sowers. 

Home  Missions  and  Foreign  Missions  must  go 
hand  in  hand.  The  first  is  to  the  latter  what  the 
homes  of  a  nation  are  to  the  army.  The  latter  es- 
tablishes a  telegraphic  line  over  which  cheering 
news  comes  from  all  parts  of  the  great  world-wide 
field  that  stimulates  to  greater  effort  at  home.  As 
the  sympathies  pass  over  this  line  from  end  to  end, 
they  strengthen  the  faith,  nerve  the  arm  and  open 
the  purses  of  all  along  the  line. 

Whenever  the  membership  fully  realizes  that  each 
individual  is  just  as  accountable  to  God  for  the 
proper  use  of  his  money  as  for  any  other  power  ana 
blessing  that  he  receives,  then  light  will  shine  in 
every  dark  land, 

We  feel  that  the  meeting  was  an  inspiration  to  all 
present.  Eld,  C.  L.Wilkins  was  chosen  delegate  to 
Annual  Meeting.  I.  D.  Parker. 


Railroad  Arrangements  to  Annual  Meeting. 


I  just  received  the  following  from  L.  P.  Farmer,  y 
Commissioner  Trunk  Line  Association,  New  York: 
"To  the  Annual  Meeting  at  Naperville  the  rates 
will  be  as  follows:     One  fare  per  capita   for  the  , 
round  trip,  from  points  west  of  Baltimore,  Reading 
and  Lancaster,  inclusive,  and  south  of  Sunbury  to 
Chicago,  added  to  Si. 85,  Chicago  to  Naperville  and 
return,  continuous  passage,  ironclad  form  of  ticket, 
good  going  May  23,  24,  27,  28,  returning  to  Ju°e 
24th  inclusive,  except  that  by  deposit  of.  ticket  with 
agent  at  Naperville,  on  or  before  June  24,  limit  may; 
be  extended  to  June  30."  E.  W,  Stoneb, 

Agent  Trunk  Line  Association, 


April  30. 


a7H33  gospel  zm::ess:e!:n"g-:e:r,. 


Notes  *  from  :*  out  x  Correspondents, 

*^^Vco!d  water  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so  13  good  news  from  a  far  country." 

VIRGINIA. 

RoanoVe. — We  will  hold  a  series  of  meetings  in  Roanoke 
City  church,  beginning  April  24  (next  Sunday).  Bro.  I,  N.  H. 
Beahm,  of  Brentsville,  Va.,  will  do  the  preaching.— P.  S.  Mil- 
ler, April '8. 

Peach  Grove.— We  met  in  council  April  2.  Our  elder, 
Daniel  Baker,  and  Bro.  Ansherman,  from  Burkittsville,  Md., 
Were  with  as.  It  was  decided  that  we  hold  our  love  feast  June 
4  at  4  P.M.  Any  one,  returning  from  Annual  Meeting  over 
the  main  line  of  the  B.  &  O.  R.  R.,  is  invited  to  stop  with  us. 
Bro.  Au'herman  preached  two  interesting  sermons  while  with 
ui.—Fffie  Cline,  Winchester-,  Va.,  April  ig. 

Brock's  Gap.— April  2  Bro.  Joseph  M.  Kagey,  of  Dayton, 
Va.  came  to  us  and  began  a  series  of  meetings.  Last  night, 
April  17,  be  closed  with  good  interest,  preaching  in  all  seven- 
teen sermons.  We  had  fair  congregations  and  good  order 
throughout  the  meetings.  Five  weie  made  willing  to  forsake 
sin.  Two  sisters  were  baptized  yesterday  and  the  rest  will  be 
in  the  future.  We  have  an  evergreen  Sunday  school  fall  of 
interest. — Sallie  R.  Turner,  Hoover,  Va.,  April  18, 

Oreenmount.— Our  annual  visit  brought  in  a  favorable  re- 
port. Our  council  at  Greenmount  was  not  so  largely  attended 
as  sometimes,  owing  to  it  being  a  very  rainy  day.  Friday,  April 
15.  Eld.  J.  P.  Ziglerand  D.  H.  Zigler  were  with  us  and  gave 
us  some  good  admonitions.  A  good  deal  of  business  was  be- 
fore ihe  meeting  but  all  passed  off  pleasantly.  Four  were  re- 
ceived by  letter  and  seven  letters  were  given.  Our  meeting 
next  day,  at  the  Mt.  Zion  church,  was  largely  attended.  A 
good  deal  of  business  was  transacted.  There  were  no  minis- 
tering brethren  with  us  at  this  meeting  except  the  home  min- 
istry. Our  delegates  to  Annual  Meeting  are  not  yet  elected.— 
Jacob  A.  Garber,  Aj>ril  18. 

Spring  Creek.— April  8  was  oar  annual  council.  We  had  a 
favorable  report  from  our  visiting  brethren.  Eld.  S.  A.  Seng- 
er,  of  Mill  Creek,  and  others  from  adjoining  congregations 
were  present,  and  gave  us  many  words  of  encouragement. 
We  elected  brethren  H.  G.  Miller  and  Jacob  D.  Glick  to  rep- 
resent us  at  the  Annual  Meeting.  Our  Sunday  school  is  mov- 
ing on  nicely,  with  an  enrollment  of  one  hundred  and  seven- 
teen. 1  am  g'ad  that  we  can  now  order  all  our  literature  from 
Ihe  Brethren  Publishing  House.  I  wish  to  call  special  atten- 
tion to  an  article  in  the  Gospel  Messenger  No.  16,  headed, 
"  An  Ideal  Sunday  School."  Would  to  God  that  every  broth- 
er and  sisier  would  put  the  same  to  practice!  The  Beaver 
Creek  and  Sangersville  congregations  have  a  move  under  way, 
to  establish}  a  fund  for  the  purpose  of  locating  Brethren  in  our 
isolated  rafountain  territory,  to  establish  churches  and  Sunday 
scnooVs^lj./-.  .£,  Miller,  April  iS. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Chlques.— Nine  were  received  by  baptism  after 
yesterday,  making  fifty  additions  within  six  weeks  by  bap- 
tism. Truly,  hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped  us,— John  C.  Zug, 
Mastersonville,  Pa.,  April  18. 

Ten  Mile — We  met  at  the  "  Brick  church  "  April  3,  to  or- 
ganizs  a  Sunday  school.  Through  the  inclemency  of  the 
weather  only  eight  persons  were  present.  We,  opened  the 
school,  and  the  number  is  increasing  with  each  meeting. 
Through  the  earnest  preaching  of  Bro.  Bottorff  we  hope  to  in- 
crease our  membership  at  this  church. — Rebecca  Grable, 
Bealhville,  V/ashinglon  Co.,  Pa  ,  April  18. 

Mountville.— At  our  council  we  held  an  election  for  a  min- 
ister and  a  deacon  for  the  Mountville  church.  The  choice  for 
minister  was  Bro.  Milton  G.  Forney,  and  for  deacon  Bro.  Benj. 
W.  Hershey.  Bro.  H.  S.  Sonon  was  advanced  to  the  second 
degree  of  the  ministiy.  Seven  were  received  by  baptism 
since  my  last  report  and  two  were  reclaimed.  We  have  three 
applicants  for  baptism,  which  will  be  attended  to  shortly,  and 
reported  later  on.— H.  E.  Light,  April  18. 

Manor  Church.— We  convened  in  council  April  16.  Our 
moderator  was  Bro.  Joseph  Holsopple,  We  arranged  for  a 
series  of  meetings  at  the  several  places  of  worship  in  the  con- 
gregation. Our  love  feast  is  appointed  for  May  28,  at  4  P.  M. 
Oar  delegates  to  District  Meeting  are  Joseph  Holsopple  and 
J.  VV.  Fyock.  Our  Sunday  school  was  also  organized,  Bro. 
John  Wise  being  named  as  Superintendent  and  Bro.  Joseph 
Ober,  Assistant.  Onr  singing  class  is  mnch  larger  than  we  had 
expected.  We  uss  the  Sunday  school  Song  Book.— Lizzie 
Swartz,  April  20. 

Notice.— Delegates  and  others,  who  expect  to  attend  Dis- 
trict Meeting  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  will  please  remember 
that  those  coming  east  will  take  5  A.  M„  or  9  A.  M.  trains  at 
Johnstown,  change  cars  at  Tyrone  and  at  Clearfield.  At  Clear- 
field take  train  for  Rockton,  at  Beech  Creek  R.  R.  station. 
Those  coming  west  will  change  at  Red  Bank  and  Falls  Creek, 
1  rain  leaves  Falls  Creek  at  1 :  40  P.  M.  and  is  due  at.  Rockton 
at  2: 30  P.M.  Those  coming  east  taking  early  train,  reach 
h«e  at  12  A.  M.  Those  taking  g  o'clock  train  reach  here  at 
7-  30  P.  M.— /.  //.  Beer,  Rockton,  Pa.,  April IQ. 
OREGON. 

Coquille  Valley.— Our  quarterly  council,  April  0.  was  pre- 
" J  i  over  by  Eld.  John  Bonewitz.  Four  certificates  of  mem- 
e  granted,  The  wants  of  sick  and  poor  members 
Were  supplied,  Bro.  J.  N.  Roberts  was  chosen  as  church  cor- 
respondent. Our  love  feast  will  be  held  in  September,  during 
time  of  District  Meeting,— -Sara*  A,  Van  Dyke,  Norway,  Ore , 


bershir 


April  16. 


INDIANA. 

Ft.  Wayne.— The  work  at  this  place  is  still  moving  on. 
Yesterday  three  were  received  by  baptism.  The  future  pros- 
pects here  are  promising.— Daniel  Snell,  Sidney,  Did.,  April 
iS. 

Mllford — Bro.  Joseph  F.  Spitzer  closed  a  series  of  meet- 
ings April  12,  at  Milferd,  Ind.,  with  one  addition  to  the  church. 
The  house  was  crowded  every  night  for  over  three  weeks. —  C. 
I.  Weybright,  April  18. 

Wabash.— Our  services,  to-day,  by  the  home  ministers,  were 
soul  reviving,  for  the  "Word"  was  preached  with  power. 
Our  Sunday  school  is  increasing  in  number  and  interest,  the 
attendance  to-day  being  123.  The  Brethren's  literature  is 
used  and  appreciated  by  the  school,  Our  superintendents  are 
wide  awake  and  know"  the  needs  of  the  school.  We  have 
singing  school  every  Sunday  evening. — Kittle  Hursh,  April 
*7- 

St.  Joseph.— Our  regular  quarterly  council  was  held  to-day. 
Among  the  business  transacted  was  the  appointing  of  a  com- 
mittee to  ascertain  the  probable  cost  and  feasibility  nf  build- 
ing a  churchhouse  in  the  central  part  of  South  Bend  for  the 
better  convenience  of  all  the  members  residirg  in  the  city, 
and  report  at  next  council.  Eld.  H-  W,  Krieghbaum  was 
elected  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.— C.  M.  Wenger,  South 
Bend,  Ind.,  April  16. 

White.— The  Ministerial  and  District  Meetings  >ere  held 
at  this  place  April  5  and  6.  It  was  one  of  the  grandest  meet- 
ings ever  held  in  this  part  of  tbe  District.  A  large  number  of 
the  ministers  were  present  and  they  expressed  their  views  on 
the  different  and  important  subjects  that  were  before  the  meet- 
ing. Their  remarks  were  both  interesting  and  profitable  to  all 
present.  Two  of  the  ministers,  Bro.  Edson  Utrey,  of  North 
Manchester  and  Bro.  D,  M,  Brubaker,  of  Williamsport  re- 
mained with  ns  over  Sunday.  They  delivered  several  inter- 
esting discourses.— Edith  Retiingcr,  Darlington,  Ind,  April 
18. 

OHIO. 

Pleasant  Hill.— Bro.  W.  R.  Guthrie,  of  Herring,  Ohio,  came 
to  us  April  2,  preached  fifteen  sermons  and  baptized  two. 
The  meetings  closed  the  night  of  the  14th,  with  good  interest. 
— C.  W.  Keith,  Maplewood,  Ohio,  April  18. 

Lor  amies.— We  met  in  council  to-day,  Eld.  I.J.  Rosenberg- 
er  being  with  us,  He  and  Bro.  J.  Hoover  took  charge  of  the 
meeting.  Our  delegates  for  District  Meeting  ar_e  brethren  J. 
S.  Whitmer  and  Jonathan  Hoover;  alternates,  J.  R.  Niswonger 
and  Uriah  McCorkle.  We  decided  to  hold  a  love  feast  May 
14,  at  2  P.  VI— Mary  Hoover,  Oran,  Ohio,  April  iq. 

Salem  Church.— Our  church  council,  preparatory  to  Dis- 
trict Meeting  and  Annual  Meeting,  was  held  a  few  days  ago, 
and  delegates  appointed  to  those  meetings.  Brethren  Samuel 
Snell  and  J.  H.  Brumbaugh  were  appointed  as  such.  One  re- 
quest was  sent  to  District  Meeting,  to  ask  Annual  Meeting  to 
hold  Annual  Meeting  in  Southern  Ohio  in  180,9.— Jesse  K. 
Brumbaugh,  April  iS. 

Logan.— Eld.  Abednego  Miller  went  to  the  Marl  City  Mis- 
sion on  April  8,  and  preached  three  sermons.  He  baptized 
one  and  one  applicant  is  to  be  received  later.  This  mission 
point  is  very  encouraging  and  prospects  are  good  for  several 
more  additions  in  the  near  future.  Bro.  Miller  has  charge  of 
the  work  there.  We  expect  to  hold  our  spring  love  feast  May 
7,  at  4  P.  Hi.— John  R.  Snyder,  Bellejontaine,  Ohio,  April  20. 
COLORADO. 

Denver. — To-day  Bro,  G.  W.  Long  gave  his  farewell  talk  to 
the  Sunday  school.  He  will  be  greatly  missed  here.  Bro. 
Keltner  is  also  going  away,  which  will  leave  us  without  a  min- 
ister for  a  while,  Since  be  has  been  here  the  congregations 
have  increased  in  number  and  in  interest.  He  has  made 
many  warm  friends  here,  who  desire  to  have  him  located  here 
permanently.  We  think  the  prospects  for  the  future  of  the 
church  are  very  encouraging. — B.  F.  Miller,  Villa  Park,  Colo., 
April  1?. 

I  lift. — March  26  a  small  number  of  the  Good  Hope  mem- 
bers met  in  quarterly  council.  Arrangements  were  made  to 
hold  a  love  feast  with  the  members  near  Fleming,  June  4. 
Any  of  the  Brethren,  passing  this  way  about  that  time,  we 
would  be  glad  to  have  with  us.  Those  traveling  via  the  B.  & 
M.  R.  R„  will  be  met  at  Fleming  by  notifying  Bro.  C.  Murray. 
Those  traveling  via  the  U.  P.,  and  D.  &  R.  G.  R.  R.,  will  be  met 
at  Iliff  or  Sterling,  by  notifying  the  writer.  April  1  Bro.  A.  C. 
Snowberger,  our  District  Evangelist,  came  to  this  church  to 
hold  some  meetings  for  the  scattered  members.  We  feel  that 
much  good  seed  was  sown,  but  their  time  was  too  limited  to  do 
the  good  they  might,  as  they  were  making  their  way  to  Dis- 
trict Meeting.  They  have  been  doing  much  good  among  the 
isolated  members  in  the  District  during  the  winter,— J.  H. 
Kinzic,  April  16. 

NORTH  DAKOTA. 

Cando.— To-day  we  met  at  our  new  schoolhouse,  nine  miles 
east  of  Cando,  to  organize  our  Sunday  school  by  electing  Bro. 
Isaac  B.  Cripe,  Superintendent  and  Bro.  John  Shively,  Assis- 
tant. A  full  corps  of  officers  was  also  chosen.  We  have  regu- 
lar preaching  at  the  same  place  every  two  weeks,  with  fair  at- 
tendance.— Sina  Anderson,  April  27. 

Bowbells.— We  held  our  quarterly  council  April  16.  We 
reorganized  onr  Sunday  school  for  the  summer;  also  a  Bible 
reading  class  every  Sunday  night.  Perfect  harmony  prevails 
among  the  members  and  a  great  interest  is  manifested  for  the 
Master's  work.  We  have  a  fine  country  here  and  all  are  well 
satisfied  with  their  new  homes  and  enjoying  good  health.— % 
I  A.  Weaver,  April  z6. 


MARYLAND. 

Pipe  Creek.— April  16  we  met  in  council,  preparatory  to  our 
love  feast,  April  30.  On  Sunday,  April  17,  Bro.  J.  B.  Brum- 
baugh, of  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  preached  at  ripe  Creek  in  the 
morning  and  at  Union  Bridge  in  the  evening.  His  labors  were 
much  appreciated.  Our  Sunday  school  is  starting  out  with 
bright  prospects.— Rachel  A.P/outs,  Linwood,  Aid.,  April  iq. 

Peach  Blossom.— We  met  in  council  April  14,  with  elders 
J.  H.  Longanccker,  H.  E.  Light  and  J.  Y.  King,  members  of 
the  Home  Mission  Board  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania,  J.  H.  Long- 
anecker  presiding.  At  this  council  we  deciled  to  organize 
the  colored  members  into  a  separate  chuich.  For  this  pur- 
pose we  met  with  the  colored  members  April  15,  Bro.  H,  E. 
Light  presiding,  and  the  result  was  that  one  minister  and  one 
deacon  were  electedand  installed  into  office.  We  also  elected 
a  superintendent  for  Sunday  school  and  provided  such  officers 
as  needed  to  put  them  in  working  order.  We  also  have  a 
house  for  worship,  for«their  special  use,  nearly  completed,  and 
intend  to  dedicate  it  May  1.  We  now  have  five  colored 
brethren  and  one  sister,  one  having  departed  this  life.  The 
organization  will  be  called  "The  Peach  Blossom  Colored 
Brethren  Church,"  and  tbe  bouse  will  be  called  "Rising 
Light."—  Caleb  Secrist,  Cordova,  Md.,  April  8, 
KANSAS, 

Cedar  Creek.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  April  16.  Four 
letters  of  membership  were  granted  and  three  were  added  to 
our  number  by  letter.  We  decided  to  hold  our  love  feast 
Oct.  27,  at  2  P.  M.  Our  delegates  to  District  Meeting  are  Bro. 
Jared  Colbert  and  Eld.  Jesse  Studebaker.  Bio.  Wm.  Miller, 
of  Westphalia,  Kans,,  was  with  ns  in  March  and  gave  us  a  se- 
ries of  very  refreshing  sermons.—  Wm.  C.  Watkins,  Garnett, 
Kans ,  April  22. 

Slate  Creek.— Since  last  report  Bro.  Jasper  Perry,  of  Saw- 
yer,  Kans.,  was  received  by  letter,  making  too  members  in  this 
church.  Our  love  feast  was  held  April  9.  Brethren  A.  Hut- 
chison and  A.  W.  Vaniman,  of  McPherson,  were  present.  Bro. 
Hutchison  officiated.  On  Friday  evening,  April  8,  Bro.  Hut- 
chison began  a  series  of  very  able  discourses,  which  continued 
until  Thursday  evening.  April  14.  He  preached  every  even- 
ing except  Saturday.  On  Sunday  morning,  instead  of  Sunday 
school,  we  had  achildren's  meeting.  Brethren  Hutchison  and 
Vaniman  gave  excellent  tilks  to  the  children,  and  Sister  Alice 
Vaniman  gave  a  missionary  talk,—//'.  //.  Fasnacht,  Conway 
Springs,  Kans  ,  April  iq. 

MISSOURI. 

Osceola.— We  held  our  quarterly  council  April  16.  We  re* 
ceived  two  members  by  letter,  one  being  a  de.a.c<m.—Joannah 
Cripe,  April  17, 

St.  Joseph.— Elder  D.  B.  Gibson  is  with  us,  preaching  the 
Gospel,  Bro.  O.  H.  Lutz  and  Sister  E.  W.  Martin  were  ap- 
pointed to  solicit  funds  to  erect  a  much  needed  meetinghouse 
here.— G,  II.  Lutz,  April  18. 

Kansas  City.— I  am  still  under  treatment  in  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  but  1  am  now  nearly  well.  I  have  been  happy  to  meet 
the  Brethren  in  Kansas  City  in  worship  at  different  times,  and 
if  I  continue  a  few  weeks  longer  I  shall  be  happy  to  meet 
again  with  the  dear  ones  at  home. — Jacob  Ilarnish,  April  22. 

Honey  Creek.— We  met  in  council  April  j.\.  Our  Sunday 
school  was  organized  for  the  summer  with  Bro.  John  Fisher  as 
Superintendent.  Bro.  Samuel  Back  was  elected  church  clerk, 
Two  letters  of  membership  were  granted.  One  has  been  re- 
cently baptized.  It  was  decided  to  hold  a  love  feast  May  zi, — 
Minnie  C.  Hunt,  Sheridan,  Mo.,  April  16. 
ILLINOIS. 

West  Otter  Creek.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  April  14. 
Eld.  John  Harshbarger  was  with  us  and  preached  over  Sun- 
day. Considerable  business  was  transacted  which  passed  off 
pleasantly.  Five  members  were  received  by  letter.  Bro. 
Charles  Gibson  was  chosen  as  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.— 
James  E.  Neher,  April  iq, 

CerrogordO.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  April  14,  with  a 
good  attendance.  The  business  that  came  before  the  meeting 
was  disposed  of,  we  think,  satisfactory  to  all.  Brethren  D.  L, 
Miller  and  L.  T.  Holsinger  were  with  us.  Eld.  David  Troxel 
was  elected  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting  and  John  Etneyre,  al- 
ternate. The  chnrch  will  have  a  Communion  meeting  May 
24,  at  2  P.  M.—R.  E.  Burger,  April /S. 

MISSISSIPPI. 

Terry.— Those  who  are  interested  in  having  the  church  get 
a  start  in  the  State  of  Mississippi  and  also  get  themselves  a 
home,  will  find  a  large  field  open  here  for  work.  Who  will 
volunteer  to  come  and  preach  for  us  some  time  this  summer? 
Those  who  think  of  coming  will  please  write  me.— Henry  A. 
Wright,  Terry,  Miss.,  April  12. 

ARKANSAS. 


merly  belonged  to  the  M.  E.  church,  and  for  some  time  has 
been  a  local  exhorter,  and  he  even  kept  up  some  regular 
appointments  for  preaching.— B.  E.  Kesler,  April  q. 

FLORIDA. 

Wabasso.— One  more  was  received  by  baptism  last  Sunday, 
To  accommodate  visiting  members,  our  meetings  will  begin 
April  16,  instead  of  April  23.  The  weather  was  lovely. 
More  rain  would  have  increased  the  vegetable  crop,  however, 
— /,  R.  Lealherman,  April  72. 


THE    GOSPEL    riVEESSIEiJSra-IEIR,. 


April  30,  18 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


Echoes  from  the  Highway. 


Me 


Ind., 


We  look  a 
vordton,  Ohio,  to  attend  the  District  Meeting 
of  Northwestern  Ohio.  The  meeting  was  a 
good  one.  Much  love  and  earnestness  of  spir- 
it prevailed.  The  missionary  spirit  was  by  no 
means  lacking.  The  adopting  of  a  system  to 
organize  a  local  board  in  each  congregation,  to 
look  up  places  to  hold  meetings,  in  the  neglect- 
ed places  on  the  outskirts  of  the  territory  of 
each  congregation,  was  a  move  in  the  right  d 
rection.  Such  a  move  ought  to  be  inaugurated 
by  every  congregation  in  the  Brotherhood 
Then  home  mission  work  will  prevail  in  a  way 
to  accomplish  much  that  will  be  far  reaching 
in  its  results.  Not  only  will  this  system- 
in  a  spread  of  the  Gospel,  but  it  will  put  every 
minister  to  work  each  Sunday,  and  thus  give 
Ihem  an  opportunity  to  become  more  efficient 
than  when  sitting  at  home,  listening  to  some 
one  else  preach. 

An  arrangement  to  have  more  time  to  dis- 
cuss missionary  projects  the  day  previous  to 
District  Meeting,  also  was  a  good  move.     It 
was  decided  to  have  a  Sunday  school  meeting 
at  least  once  a  year 'in  the  District.    That  was 
another    forward    movement     that     portends 
much  good  along  that  line.     Much  enthusiasm 
was  manifested  in  the  meeting,  and  we  feel  it 
was  good   to  be  there.      We  filled  some  ap- 
pointments on  Sunday  following  [he    District 
Meeting,  nt  a  point  north  of  Bryan,  Ohio.    We 
also  bad  a  few  meetings  near  Bryan.     We  e 
pect  to  be  at  Flora,  Ind.,  by  April  30,  and  r 
main    there  some   days  before  our  return 
Chicago.     Our  address  after  May  10,  to  June 
will  be  Chicago,  111.  J.  S.  Flory. 

April  18, 

From  L1  ny ton,  Ohio. 

The  members  of  the  West  Dayton  chore 
met  in  council  on  Thursday  evening,  April  1. 
at  7  o'clock.  Elders  present  were  D,  Vani 
man,  L.  A.  Bookwalter,  and  Francis  Cottei 
man.  Three  letters  were  granted  and  one  re 
One  was  also  received  by 
.  Bro.  H.  C.  Early  wil 
sermons  for  us  November 
Annual  Meeting  are  breth 
rand  Samuel  Bock,  These 
our  delegates  to  District 
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Franklin  Co.,  Va.  Bro.  Harden  Hylton,  win 
is  advanced  in  years,  was  present  during  tbi 
entire  meeting,  and  seemed  to  enjoy  it.  Brc 
Samuel  Duncan,  of  Fayette,  added  much  t< 
the  enjoyment  by  his  good  music. 

S.  L.  Shaver. 
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BOLING.— At  his  home,  in  Nelson  County, 
Va.,  April  11,  1898,  Bro.  George  W.  Boling, 
aged  65  years.  Bro.  Boling  was  a  conscien- 
tious and  devoted  Christian.  He  had  been  a 
sufferer  for  quite  a  while,  from  dropsy  of  the 
chest.  Services  were  conducted  by  Eld.  Sam- 
uel Driver,  from  Rev.  14:  13. 

N.  Walter  Coffman, 


HORN.— In    the    Libcrtyvill. 

Leando,  Iowa,  March  31,  I 

W.  Horn,  aged  88  years,  10  mor 

Funeral  conducted  by  Eld.  Abr 


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WINE-CLINE.— At  the  bride's  borne. 
Long  Glade,  Va.,  March  24,  1898,  by  the 
dersigned,  Bro,  A.  F.  Wine  and  Sister  J 


Clir 


H.  C.  Ear 


District  Meeting  In  Virginia. 

We  have  just  relumed  from  District  Meet- 
ing of  First  District  of  Virginia,  held  at  the 
White  Rock  church,  Floyd  Co..  Va.,  April  15 
and  t6. 

The  meeting  was  more  fully  represented  by 
delegates  than  any  that  1  remember  of  having 
attended.  All  passed  off  very  pleasantly  in- 
deed. The  members  around  White  Rock  cer- 
tainly deserve  much  credit  for  conveying  so 
many  visitors  from  the  railroad  and  back, 
eighteen  miles,  and  they  also  have  our  thanks 
for  the  kind  hospitality  we  received  during  the 
meeting.  May  the  Lord  bless  them  abundant- 
ly! 

We  renewed  the  call  for  Annual  Meeting 
for  1800,  at  Roanoke  City,  Va.  Bro.  J.  B.  Naff 
was  Moderator,  T.  S.  Miller,  Writing  Clerk, 
and  Geo.  Hutchison.  Reading  Clerk.  Breth- 
ren W.  H.  Naff  and  Samuel  Crumpacker  will 
represent  us  on  Standing  Committee.  Next 
District  Meeting  will  be  held  at  Bethlehem, 


MYER-FRY.-By  the  undersigned,  at  his 
sidence,  at  Lancaster,  Pa.,  April  0,  1898,  Bro. 
John  W.  Myer  and  Sister  Mary  M.  Fry,  both 
of  this  city,  T.  F.  Imler. 

SHRADER-HILDEBRAND.  — At  South 
Bend,  Ind.,  March  24,  1898,  by  the  under- 
igned,  at  his  residence,  Mr.  Edward  Shrader 
nd  Miss  Mary  Hildebrand. 

HILDEBRAND-SMITH.  —  At  the  re 
dence  of  the  bride's  parents,  in  New  Carlis 
Ohio,  April  6,  1898,  by  the  undersigned,  B: 
Samuel  F.  Hildebrand,  of  South  Bi 
and  Sister  Gertrude  L.  Smith. 


LEACH  - 
Ind.,  April  I 


FULLMER.  — At  South  Bend 
),  189S,  by  the  undersigned  at  hi; 
r.  Myron  Leach  and  Miss  Ros- 
r,  both  of  Mishawaka,  Ind. 

H.  W.  Kkieghbaum. 


FALLEN  i  ASLEEP  . . 


BOYER.— In  Ashland  County,  Ohio,  April 
3,  1898,  Susanna  Boyer,  aged  69  years,  4 
lonths  and  10  days.  Deceased  moved  to  In- 
iana  with  her  mother,  in  1866.  She  united 
'ith  the  Brethren  about  twenty   years    ago. 

She   lived    a   faithful    member    until    death. 

Text,  2  Cor.  5:  5.  I.  L.  Berkf.y. 

OLGENFRITZ.-At  Baltimore,  Md.,  April 
,  1898,  M,  S.  Olgenfritz,  aged  about  68  years. 

Joseph  J.  Ellis. 
MILLER.— In  the   bounds    ol    the    Lower 
Twin  church,'  Montgomery  Co.,  Ohio,  March 


Mille 


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ths  and  3  days.  Allen  was  only  sick  about 
week.  A  few  days  before  he  died,  he  re- 
ited  baptism.  He  was  taken  to  a  creek 
near  by,  in  a  bed,  and  carried  into  the  water 
and  baptized.  He  seemed  better  for  two  days; 
then  was  called  away.  Funeral  discourse  by 
Bro.  D.  M.  Garver,  assisted  by  the  writer. 

Jonas  Horning, 


C.  E.  Wolf. 
PHELPS.-In  the  bounds  of  the  Santa  I 
congregation,  Miami  Co.,  Ind.,  April  4,  189 
Bissell  Phelps,  aged  93  years  and  8  days.    F 
ied  Oct.  28,  1832,  to  Margaret  Louk 
They  moved  to  Peru,  Ind.,  May  1,  1853.    They 
sided  there  until  June,  then  moved  to  the 
rm  where  he  resided  until  his  death.    To 
s  union  were  born  five  children,— three  sons 
d  two  daughters.    The  two  daughters  are 
still  living.    His  wife  died  April  30,  1884.    Fu- 
neral services  conducted  by  Aaron  Moss,  of 
Landessville,  Ind.  G.  D.  Sonafrank. 

ZIEGLER.— In  the  Blue  River  church, 
Whitley  Co.,  Ind.,  April  3,  1898,  Sister  Mariah 
Ziegler,  wife  of  Bro.  Jonas  Ziegler,  aged  42 
years,  2  months  and  17  days.  She  was  mar- 
ried to  Bro.  Jonas  K.  Ziegler,  Sept.  30,  1880. 
To  this  union  were  born  eight  children.  All 
survive  her.  The  deceased  was  born  in  Wa- 
bash County,  Ind.  She  united  with  the  Breth- 
ren church  in  early  life.  After  nineteen  weeks 
of  constant  suffering,  she  peacefully  passed 
away.    Funeral  by  Eld.  Jeremiah  Gump. 

C.  K.  Zumbrun. 

BRADLEY.— In   the  bounds  of  the  Belle- 
ville church,  Kans.,  April  6,  1898,  Mr.  H.  C. 
Bradley,  aged  50  years,  8  months  and  20  days, 
leven  children  without  father  or 
was  a  member  of  the  Christian 
church  for  a  number  of  years.    Services  at  t 
Brethren  church,  by  Mr.  Thomas,  the  Chr 
tian  minister,  assisted  by  Eld.  C.  S.  Holsing 
to  a  large  crowd  of  people. 

Louisa  J.  Williams. 
WEBSTER.— In  the  bounds  of  the  I 
Vrain  church,  Colo.,  April  6,  1898,  of  cancer, 
Sister  Mollie  A.  Webster,  nee  Johnson,  aged  53 
years,  5  months  and  r  day.  Deceased  was 
born  in  Union  County,  Pa,,  Nov.  4,  1843.  She 
came  west  with  her  parents,  and  lived  in  Wis- 
consin and  Illinois  until  the  spring  of  1880, 
when  she  came  to  Hygiene,  Colo.,  for  her 
health.  Here  she  resided  until  the  time  of  her 
death.  She  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mr.  G 
W.  Webster,  Dec.  7,  1SS4.  In  early  life  she 
joined  the  Brethren  church.  She  leaves  a  hus- 
band, two  stepdaughters,  two  sisters,  and  four 
brothers.  Services  by  the  writer,  from  1  Sam, 
18,  assisted  by  Eld.  Levi  Whisler,  and  Mr, 
merman  (United  Brethren),  at  the  Breth- 
church,  Hygiene,  Colo. 

L.  E,  Keltner. 
BEAHM.— In  the  Mill  Creek  church,  Va., 
April  11,  1898,  Sister  Susan  J.  Beahm,  aged  64 
years,  I  month  and  2  days.  April  13  her 
remains  were  laid  away  in  the  Mill  Creek 
graveyard,  by  the  side  of  her  husband,  Bro.  J. 
H.  Beahm,  who  preceded  her  seven  years  and 
1  month.  Mother  Beahm  was  the  mother  of 
nine  children.  Five  of  them,  all  daughters, 
survive.  Thirty-nine  years  ago  Sister  Beahm 
and  her  husband  became  members  of  the 
Brethren  church.  They  both  continued  de 
voted,  faithful  members,  till  they  were  called 
to  exchange  labor  for  reward.  The  apt  word: 
of  her  funeral  text,  "  Thy  mother  is  like  a  vine 
in  thy  blood,  planted  by  the  waters,"  are  a  tru< 
picture  of  her  great  mother  soul.  The  Lord  Afte 
comfort  and  bless  her  broken-hearted  daugh- 
ters'  H.  C.  Early. 

BECK.— In  the  Salem  church,  Ohio,  April 
8,  1898,  Sister  Elizabeth  Beck,  aged  58  years,  6 
months  and  27  days.  Deceased  was  born  near 
o.  She  leaves  three  sisters  and  two 
Funeral  services  in  the  M.  E. 
church,  in  Union,  by  brethren  J.  H.  Brum- 
baugh, Samuel  Snell,  and  the  writer,  from  Rev. 
'•'■  l-<  '3-  Jesse  K.  Brumbaugh. 

SQUIRES.— At  her  home,  near  Grundy 
Center,  Iowa,  after  a  short  illness,  April  15, 
898,  Sister  Sarah  Ettie  Squires,  aged  24  years, 
6  months  and  22  days.  Her  consistent  Chris- 
for  her  many  warm  friends.  She 
leaves  a  heart- broken  husband  and  three  little 


SCHEETZ.— In  the 
congregation,   Norristo 

Bro.  Francis  Scheetz,  aged  about  Ss'yai's 
Deceased  stood  faithfully  by  the  cause  of  th 
church  at  Norristown,  during  the  dark  period 
of  its  history,  but  ere  his  departure  he  saw  th 
dawning  of  a  better  day.  Funeral  services  bv 
Bro.  A.  L.  Grater  and  the  writer, 
ngregation,  Jesse  Ziegler. 

Bro.  West       SHERMAN.  -  In    the    Wayman     Valley 
ths  and  8  days,   church,  near  Edgewood,  Iowa,  at  the  home  of 
,     :  her  son,  George  Sherman,  March  22,  1898,  of 

lung  trouble,  Sister  Annis  S.  Sherman.    Sister 
Sherman  was  born  at  New  Albany,  Bradford 
Co.,  Pa.,  Aug.  8,  1^29.    In  1845  she  moved  t0 
Monroton,  same  County  and  State,  where  she 
was  married  to  Daniel  Sherman.    They  moved 
and  lived  in  many  different  places,  but  lived 
r  Edgewood,  Clayton  Co.,  Iowa.    Here 
spring  of  18S0,  she  united    with    the 
n  church,  and  lived  a  faithful  member 
;r  death.    Her  husband  died  in   1876, 
She  leaves  three  sons  and  two  daughters  to 
their  loss.    Funeral  services  conducted 
by  our  elder,  C.  H.  Stone,  from  Psa.  46:  14. 
Katie  Schmidt. 
LAPP.  —  In    the    Highland    congregation, 
Frontier  Co.,  Nebr.,  Feb.  13,  1898,  Bro.  Benja^ 
n  Lapp,  aged  72  years,  1  month  and  g  days. 
Deceased  was  born  in   Canada,  Jan.  4,  1826^ 
He  passed  away  after  an   illness  of  sixteen 
days.    He  bore  his    sickness    with    patience. 
He  served  as  a  deacon  for  about  nine  years. 
Before  his  death  he  called  for  the  elders,  and 
was  anointed.    Funeral  services  by  Bro.  W. 
M.  Colebank,  from  Rev.  14: 13. 

Oliver  J.  Lapp. 
OAKS. — In  the  Salem  church,  Montgomery 
Co.,  Ohio,  April   13,  1898,  Olive  Oaks,  little 
daughter  of  friend  Isaiah  and  Sister  Lucinda 
Oaks,  aged  3  months  and  19  days.    Services  at 
the  Fairview  church,  by  the  writer,  from  Isa. 
John  H.  Brumbaugh. 
SWANSON.  —  In     the     Pleasant     Prairie 
church,  Plymouth  Co.,  Iowa,  March  23,  1898, 
of   pneumonia,    Sister    Mary    Swanson,    nee 
Sharp,  aged  44  years  and  23  days.    Services 
by  the  writer.    Interment  in  the  Akron  ceme- 
tery. D.  A.  Miller. 

WHITMER  — At  Santa  Paula,,Cal.,  t<  con- 
sumption,   Herman  Whitmer,  aged  29  years. 
He  formerly  lived  in  Christian  County,  111. 
L.  S.  Albaugh, 
ROYLE.— Near    Litchfield,    Sherman    Co., 
Nebr.,  April  8,  189S,  infant  son  of  Bro.  Alfred 
id  Sister  Ethel  Royle,  aged  12  days.    Inter- 
ent  in  the  Pleasant  Valley  cemetery. 

Mary  F.  May.  ■ 
HARTER.— At  Waterloo,  Iowa,  March  28, 
198,  Catharine  Serelda,  wife  of  Bro.  Aaron  M. 
Harter,  aged  57  years  and  2  days.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church.  Funeral  ser- 
vices by  Mr.  J. A.  Earl,  of  the  Baptist  church, 
Interment  at  Greene,  Iowa.     L.  R.  Peifer. 

EBERSOEE. — In  the  Salem  congregation, 
Frederick  County,  Va.,  March  27,  1898,  Sarah 
L.  Ebersole,  wife  of  Bro.  John  Ebersole,  for- 
merly of  Franklin  County,  Pa.,  aged  59  years, 
3  months  and  26  days.  Funeral  services  by 
the  writer.  Daniel  Baker, 

ROWH.— In  the  Nettle  Creek  church,  Ha- 

gerstown,  Ind.,  April  7,  1898,  Bro.  John  Rowh, 

years  and  9  months.    He  was  born 

July  7,  1817,  at  the  town  of  Baireuth,  Bavaria, 

any.    At    the  age  of  twenty-one  he  was 

ed  to  Caroline  Facialt.    In  1841  he,  with 

fe  and  two  children,  sailed  for  America, 

ig  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  Nov.  18.    In  1855        I 

fe  died,  leaving  him  with  seven  children. 


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Lydia  Brown,  in  the  State  of  Maryland.  After 
bout  three  years  he,  with  his  wife  and  chil- 
Iren,  moved  to  Indiana,  where  he  lived  until 
■is  death.  In  about  1856  he  joined  the  Ger- 
nan  Baptist  Brethren  church,  of  which  he  re- 
mained a  consistent  and  faithful  member.  He 
leaves  a  wife,  six  sons  and  eleven  daughters, 
it-vices  conducted  by  elders  Abraham  Bow- 
an,  L.  W.  Teeter,  and  Lewis  Kinsey,  from 
ev-  '3:  14.  Ida  E.  Teeter. 

TROOP.-At  the  Old  Folks'  Home,  near 
Manheim,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  April  10,  1808, 
o.  David  Troop,  aged  Si  years,  10  months 
d  9  days.  He  had  been  an  inmate  of  the 
Home  for  about  one  year.  Services  held  at 
Ephrata,  by  two  of  our  ministers.  Text,  John 
II:  25,  26.  Interment  at  Mohler's  cemetery. 
He  had  been  a  member  of  the  Ephrata  church 
for  20  years.  Aaron  R,  Gibbel, 


April  30,  18 


TEEE   GS-OSIFEX,   ZMESSE^STOEiEk 


*  A^NOL  INCbiUblVI  6  * :« 
DISTRICT  MEETINGS 

■       KlillSHS 


Indian  Territory, 

Mls- 


tOVB  FEASTF. 

.,  4  F.  M.,  Roaring  Hprlng  ohurch,  Fa. 

:,  8,  1  P.  M.,  Uhiques  H11J,  Po. 

:,  5,  a  A.  M.,  Mountville  church.  Pa. 

i,  Back  Creek  church,  at  Shank  house,  Fa. 

i,  6, 1: 30  P.  W..  Welshrun  church,  Pa. 

.,7:30  P.  M.,  Philadelphia  churoh,  Pa. 

.Goshen,  Ind. 

,  5  P.  M.,  Upper  Dublin,  Pa. 

,  4  P.  M.,  Middle  Fork  church,  Ind. 

.Solomon's  Creek,  Ind. 

,  8,  2  P.  M.,  Nopervillo  church,  III, 

,4  P.  M.,  Logan  ohuroh,  Ohio,  near  Degraff. 

,  1:  30  P.  M  ,  Marsh  Creek,  Gettysburg,  Fa, 


'.  M.,  Navarre  church,  K&ns. 
.  M.,  Edon  Valley  church,  Kans. 


e  10,  Mississinewa,  Ind. 

e  11, 10  A.  M„  Wyandot  church, 

e  11,  Oak  Grove,  Ohio. 

e  II,  2  P.  M.,  Sugar  Creek,  Ohio 

e  11,  2  P.M.,  English  Prairie  oh  —  *,«. 

a  11, 12,  Pleasant  Prairie  ohuroh,  Iowa. 

e  11, 2  P.  M„  Batavia  ohuroh.  III. 

8  II,  4  P.  M.,  south  English,  Iowa. 
e  II,  Tuscarawas  church,  Ohio. 

9  11, 18,  IP.  M.,  Silver  Creok  ohurch.  III, 
3  11, 12,  Fredericksburg 


Ind. 


,  M.,Thornappie  ohuroh,  Mich.,  East 


».  M., 


N.  Dak 

June  18,  U 
e  18, 8  I 


1, 13,  £ 


11,  12,  2  P.  M.,  Garrison,  Iowft. 

12, 4  P.  M.,  Beachdale  church,  Pa 

12,  Berlin,  Pa. 

17,  South  Keokuk,  Jowa 

17. 10  A.  M.,  Bear  Creek,  Ind. 

17. 11  A.  M.,  South  Keokuk  church,  Iowa, 
17,  Camp  Creek  Church,  Intl. 

M„   Red   River   church,   Mnyvllle 


2  V.  M„  Spring  Grove,  Fa. 
,  York,  Pa. 
1,7:  30  P.  M.,  Germantown,  Fa. 

i,  2  P.  M.,  Salem,  Reno  Co,,  Kans. 

l,  North  Beatrice  church,  Nebr. 
I,  IBCfl  East  Lyons  St.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
1,2  P.  M„  Big  Creek,  Oklahoma  Territory. 
.,  Reading,  Fa. 


Mill  I 


t,Va. 
int  Plains,  Okla. 
.,  Altoona,  Fa, 
M.,  Cherry  Grov 


May  SI,  4  P.  M.,  MoPherson  church,  Kai 
May  21,  3  P.  M.,  Blue  River  ohurch,  Ind, 
May  SI,  Rerton,  Pa. 

May  21,  2!,  10  A.  M.,  Dry  Creek  church, 
May  21,  Richland  ohurch,  Ohio. 
May  21,  4  P.  M..,  Woodbury  church,  P 
Way  21,  Weeping  Water  church,  Nebr. 


3  A.  M-,  Franklin  County  church,  Iowa 
..  M.,  Month  Waterloo,  Iowa. 
.  M„  Deep  River  church,  Iowa. 
M.,  East  house,  KlngBley,  Iowa. 


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May  2fl,  Palestine  church,  Ohio. 

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May  26, 1.aforge  church,  Mo. 

M  ay  2(1,  n,  Conesl  oga,  Pa. 

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May  is,  2  P.  M.  Middle  District,  Ohio. 

May  28, 10:30  A,  M.,  Killbuck  churoh,  Ind. 

M  ay  28,  Turkey  Creek  church,  Okla. 

May  2.\  2  P.  M.,  Warriors  Mark,  Pa. 

May  2H,  i  P.  M.,  Summit  chnrch,  Ind, 

May28,  l:«0P.M.,  Pleasant  Hill  ohurch,  Md 

May  2s,  ■>  p.  m„  Cedar  chnrch.  Iowa. 

May  m,  in,  2  p.  m.,  Kreeland  church,  W   Va 

May  28,  Elkllok,  Pa. 

May  28.  Golden  Spring.  Nebr. 

May  2"  "- 


P.  M.,  Pleasant  View  ohurch,  Iowa. 
P.  M.,  Shade  Creek,  Pa. 
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CEDAR  RAPIDS.  IOWA 


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30  P.  M.;pra 

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ST.  JOSEPH,  MO.- 
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of  car  line  in  Walker's  Addition  W..WL— 

FT.  WAYNE.  IND.-Corner  Gay  St.  and  Craten  Ave. 
S.S.,  9:30  A.M.  Services,  10:45  A.  M..7:3oP  M  Bi- 
ble reading,  6;  30;  Prayer  meeting,  Wednesday  r  Vl'  ,M 


■y  Sunday  a 


St.    S.S.,  10  A.M.    Preadiing,i"rA'M"and''7-3Vr 
DAYTON,  OHIO.-College  St.  (West  Side),  S 

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DENVER^  COLO.-Cor.  W.  14th  Ave.  and  Irving  St 


meeting.  7:  30 
Lion  St,    S.S, 
Prayer 'Meeting,  Thursday,  8  P.  M 


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Headings. 

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Binned;  God  Lovob  You,  dear  t 
Salvation  for  You;  You  tnunt  <ln  ; 
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June  4,  2  P,  M.,  Oakland  churoh,  Ohio. 
Jnne  i,  a  p.  m.,  Mb.  Zion  ohurch,  Ohio. 
une4,io  A.  M.,  Columbia  City,  Ind. 

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THE   GOSPEL   MBSSENGBB. 


April  30,  18 


Greatest    Success    in    the    History 
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THIS  SPRING'S  MOVEMENT  TO  NORTH  DAKOTA! 

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e  that  all  such  who  take 
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vated 8lnoe  last  season,  and  the  plunge  batbs  have 

great  reputation  tor  remarkable  cures  of  acute 


Lily  1 


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What  the  Dos  Palos  Colony 
People  Are  Doing  in  April... 


Had  to  Quit 
Work... 


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It  is  sad  enough  for  a  man  to  have  no 
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still  worse.  Mr.  Henry  Ensminger,  of 
Morantown,  Kans.,  had  quite  a  time  of 
it.     He  writes: 

"In  1S93  I  came  to  America.  The  first 
three  years  I   enjoyed  good  health,  but 

one  after  the  other,  so  that  I  shudder 
when  I  think  of  the  past.  I  had  fre- 
quent headaches,  pains  in  the  sides  and 
back  and  finally  inflammation  of  the 
lungs.  I  swallowed  pills,  powders  and 
all  kinds  of  medicines  without  effect. 
One  day  I  read  an  article  in  the  paper 
about  an  old  remedy,  called  Dr.  Peter's 
Blood  Vitalizer.  It  seemed  to  be 
very  highly  recommended.  I  ordered  a 
trial  box,  saying  to  myself,  'This  is  my 
last  chance.'  I  would  rather  have  died 
than  to  live  in  the  condition  I  was. 
When  the  medicine  arrived  I  was  nearly 
crazy  with  headache  and  very  weak.  I 
opened  a  bottle  and  began  to  use  it  at 
once.  In  two  weeks'  time  I  was  able  to 
do  light  chores  around  the  house  and 
after  a  steady  treatment  of  five  weeks,  I 
was  again  able  to  work.  I  used  alto- 
gether six  bottles  and  I  am  now,  thank 
God,  well  and  hearty,  I  have  gained 
over  45  lbs.  in  weight.  I  only  weighed 
140  when  I  was  sick  last,  and  I  now  turn 
the  scales  at  185.  My  neighbors  are  sur- 
prised at  the  results  in  my  case," 

Dr.  Peter's  Blood  V'ttalizer  goes 
right  to  the  root  of  the  disease,  eliminat- 
ing the  impurities  from  the  blood,  nature 
does  the  rest— health  follows.  Not  for 
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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.- 

Our  District  Meeting- 

A  Preacher,  but  no  Congelation 

Querists'  Department 

What  the  SaloorL-keei-crC nn  nnd  Will  Do 

POETRY,— 

George  Mullcr.    By  Mary  Gorges,    ............ 

Kipling  to  his  Motiier, 

What  Think  Ye  of  Christ?    By  John  Newton 

ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,- 

LookingtoGod.-Part  i.    By  Carman  C.  Johnson,    .  .  . 

The  Old  Greek  Interpreters.    By  Daniel  Hays, 

Class  Glimpses  from  the  Bible  Normal  Held  at  Mt.  Mori 
'cS.    By  J.  G.  Royer 

-Out  of  the  Depths,"    By  C.  H.  Balsbaugh 

Jeremias  Felblnger.    By  Jay  G.  Francis 

The  Church  in  the  Temple.    By  J.  S.  Mohler, 

Synopsis  ol  Ministerial  Meeting.  By  Geo.  L.  Studebaker 
THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL - 

Lesson  Light-Plashes, .  ■  ■  ■  ■ 

OL'R  PRAYER  MEETING, - 

Glad  Tidings  lor  All 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE  — 

Crossing  the  Line.    By  Emma  Carstenscn 

GE.VErJvL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMEN 

The  Time  is  at  Hand.  By  A.  Hutchison, 
Clihe  Basksh.— A  Bombay,  India,  Coiivci 
The  Brethren's  Almanac.    By  D.  M.  Clit 

Holy  Men  in  India 

HOME  AND  FAMILY,  - 

A  Pink  Rose.  By  Maggie  M.  Good,  .  . 
A  Very  Old  Lady.    By  J.  E.  Young,  .  . 


-^EDITORIAL  *  MISCELLANY^ 


Yet  other  extraordinary  discoveries  are  an- 
nounced from  Egypt,  says  the  last  issue  of  the  In- 
dependent, M.  Loret,  Director-General  of  the  An- 
tiquities Department,  has  discovered  and  opened 
the  tomb  of  Amenophis  II.,  a  king  of  the  eight- 
eenth dynasty,  who  reigned  some  1500  years  B.C. 
The  mummy  of  Amenophis  is  intact,  and  with  it 
are  found  the  mummies  of  Thothmes  IV.,  Ameno- 
phis III.  Set  Nakht,  Seti  II,,  who  is  supposed  to 
have  been  the  Pharaoh  of  the  Exodus,  and  Rameses 
IV.,  Rameses  VI.,  and  Rameses  VIII,,  who  reigned 
between  1500  and  1150  B.  C.  This  is  the  first  time 
that  the  body  of  an  Egyptian  king  has  been  found 
retained  in  the  tomb  prepared  for  him.  While  the 
valuable  objects  had  been  thousands  of  years  ago 
taken  from  the  tomb,  it  is  itself  in  perfect  preser- 
vation; the  paintings  as  fresh  as  if  made  yesterday, 
and  the  sarcophagi  and  chaplets  of  flowers  in  the 
best  condition.  One  curious  thing  is  that  in  the 
fint  chamber  of  the  tomb  was  found  the  body  of 
a  man  bound  on  a  richly-painted  boat,  his  arm  and 
feet  tied  with  cords,  a  gag  in  his  mouth,  and 
wounds  in  his  breast  and  head;  and  in  the  next 
chamber  three  other  bodies^  of  people  who  had 
been  violently  killed.  It  is  seriously  believed  that 
these  bodies  represent  human  sacrifices  offered  at 
the  time  of  a  royal  burial.  We  cease  to  be  sur- 
prised at  anything  that  may  be  found  in  Egypt, 


In  Russia  there  is  a  body  of  people  who 
call  themselves  the  "  Brethren,"  but  are  generally 
known    as    the  Stundists,    They  are  wonderfully 


persecuted  by  the  Government.  A  well  informed 
writer  has  this  to  say  concerning  their  sufferings: 
"A  poor  fellow  named  Simercnko,  has  arrived  in 
Tulcha  in  Roumania,  having  escaped  from  Russia, 
where  he  had  been  cruelly  tortured  by  his  neigh- 
bors for  leaving  the  orthodox  church  and  joining 
the  Brethren  [Stundists]  His  hands  and  feet 
were  tied,  and  then  he  was  strung  up  to  a  rafter 
in  the  ceiling,  in  which  position  burning  cigarettes 
were  put  on  his  naked  body  until  he  yelled  in  his 
agony,  The  torturers  told  him  they  would  let  him 
go  if  he  abjured  Stundism  and  returned  to  the 
church.  When  about  to  cut  him  down  they  first 
cut  the  cords  attaching  his  head  to  the  rafter. 
His  head  came  down  with  such  force  that  he  was 
almost  rendered  senseless,  and  from  that  day  to 
this  he  suffers  pains  in  the  back  of  his  head.  On 
another  occasion  his  head  and  hands  were  fastened 
in  a  vise,  and  over  fifty  wounds  were  made  on  his 
bare  back  with  hot  irons.  The  Brethren  in  Tulcha 
have  seen  the  scars.  On  yet  another  occasion  his 
wife,  who  was  with  child,  was  violated  by  the  peas- 
ants. It  seems  that  all  this  was  done  with  the  con- 
nivance, at  any  rate,  of  the  local  village  authori- 
ties. As  soon  as  Simerenko  could,  he  fled;  and,  as 
I  have  already  said,  he  is  now  in  safety  in  Tulcha, 
but  in  abject  need." 


The  pineapple  business  has  become  a  wonderful 
industry  in  the  southern  part  of  Florida.  Twelve 
years  ago  only  a  few  acres  of  the  delicious  fruit 
could  be  found  in  the  State,  but  now  there  are 
probably  thousands  of  acres,  and  the  planting  is 
rapidly  on  the  increase.  The  business  began  with 
two  or  three  individuals  who  saw  money  in  the  pro- 
duction of  the  large-sized  and  highly  flavored  sorts. 
It  was  impossible  to  secure  plants  of  these  varie- 
ties in  any  considerable  numbers.  The  pioneers 
were  compelled  to  start  in  a  small  way  and  in- 
crease their  pineries  as  young  plants  were  propa- 
gated. The  increase  comes  from  the  crowns  on 
the  top  of  the  fruit,  from  slips  which  come  out  at 
the  base  of  the  apple,  and  from  suckers  which 
come  from  the  stem  or  body  of  the  plant  near 
ground,  Any  of  these  simply  stuck  into  the 
ground,  which  has  been  previously  well  prepared, 
will  grow  rapidly,  and  will  produce  fruit  in  from 
one  to  three  years.  The  length  of  time  de- 
pends upon  the  variety,  and  also  upon  the  size  of 
the  young  plant  when  put  out.  The  rule  is  to  set 
about  10,000  plants  to  the  acre,  and  a  large  per 
cent  of  these  will  fruit  inside  of  two  years.  When 
a  plant  is  fruiting,  or  immediately  after  the  fruit 
is  cut,  one  of  the  suckers  below  the  fruit  is  select- 
ed for  the  next  crop.  This  is  left  on  the  original 
plant.  All  of  the  others  are  removed  and  used  for 
planting  new  beds.  This  second  sucker  will  fruit 
within  another  year,  when  the  process  is  repeated 
until  each  of  the  original  plants  has  produced  three 
or  four  apples.  It  is  then  taken  up,  the  ground 
given  proper  preparation,  and  the  bed  replanted 
with  young  plants.  Each  plant  will  produce  three 
or  four  suckers  per  year  while  it  is  fruiting.  Thus 
it  will  be  seen  that  the  propagation  of  pineapple 
plants  is  rapid.  The  pineapple  is  very  tender  and 
must  therefore  be  raised  where  there  is  very  little, 
if  any,  frost.  It  is  also  a  very  healthful  fruit,  and 
should  be  extensively  used.  That  part  of  the  State 
where  the  Brethren  are  settling  on  the  Indian  River, 
seems  to  be  peculiarly  adapted  to  the  culture  of 
the  pineapple, 

As  near  as  can  now  be  ascertained,  the  war  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  Spain  commenced 
April  21,  at  /  o'clock  A,  M,,  at  which  time  the  Min- 


ister of  Foreign  Affairs  in  Spain  notified  the  Unit- 
ed States  Minister  Woodford,  at  Madrid,  that  the 
action  of  the  President,  the  day  before,  in  endors- 
ing the  resolutions  of  Congress,  was  "  equivalent  to 
a  declaration  of  war,"  and  gave  him  his  passport. 
Hostile  movements  soon  followed,  and  the  next 
day  the  war  ships  of  this  country  appeared  before 
Havana,  Cuba,  and  established  a  blockade,  so  as 
to  cut  off  this  part  of  the  island  from  communica- 
tions with  the  rest  of  the  world.  Havana  has  a  fine 
harbor,  and  is  well  fortified.  In  and  around  the 
city  are  probably  Co.ooo  Spanish  soldiers,  sent  there 
to  fight  the  insurgents.  But  since  war  has  com- 
menced between  the  United  States  and  Spain,  these 
soldiers  will  be  employed  mainly  in  defending  Ha- 
vana. It  is  unfortunate  that  the  war  has  broken 
out,  and  what  results  may  follow  we  have  no  way 
of  knowing.  Should  the  nations  of  Europe  remain 
neutral,  the  United  States,  with  her  vastly  superior 
resources,  will  doubtless  subdue  Spain  and  free  the 
island  of  Cuba.  It  is  now  believed  that  Europe  will 
not  meddle  with  the  difficulty,  but  permit  the  two 
nations  to  fight  it  out.  As  the  weeks  go  by  we 
shall  keep  our  readers  posted  on  such  phases  of 
the  news  as  may  be  in  keeping  with  the  character 
of  this  page,  but  we  cannot  be  expected  to  describe 
any  of  the  conflicts  in  detail. 


In  establishing  the  blockade  at  Havana,  the 
war-vessels  took  up  their  station  eight  or  ten  miles 
from  the  coast,  and  in  front  of  the  Spanish  fortifica- 
tions. The  forts  opened  fire  for  some  hours  on 
these  vessels,  but  without  effect.  Some  days  later 
the  firing  was  renewed,  but  proved  harmless.  The 
ships  did  not  return  the  fire.  A  number  of  Spanish 
vessels  have  been  captured.  They  will  be  con- 
demned, sold,  and  one-half  of  the  proceeds  turned 
over  to  this  government,  and  the  other  half  to  the 
crews  of  the  ships  making  the  capture.  There  is  a 
possibility  of  some  of  the  captured  vessels  being  re- 
leased on  the  ground  that  their  capture  was  prema- 
ture. Congress  has  authorized  the  President  to  call 
for  volunteers,  and  a  proclamation  was  issued  for 
125,000  men.  Each-State  is  expected  to  furnish  its 
quoto,  and  inside  of  a  few  weeks  an  army  of  fair 
strength  will  be  ready  to  enter  the  field.  It  seems 
to  be  the  purpose  of  the  government  to  secure  a 
good  landing  in  Cuba  and  invade  the  island  with 
her  forces,  and  thus  aid  the  insurgents  in  overcom- 
ing the  Spanish  army.  On  account  of  the  rainy 
season  this  is  considered  a  very  bad  time  for  unac- 
climated  men  to  enter  Cuba,  and  it  may  be  possible 
that  disease  will  destroy  more  soldiers  in  the  invad- 
ing army,  than  will  be  killed  in  battle.  While  the 
struggle  is  going  on,  thousands  of  Cubans  must  nec- 
essarily starve,  for  the  reason  that  we  cannot  reach 
them  with  food  supplies,  As  soon  as  our  govern- 
ment gets  control  of  several  good  ports,  this  suffer- 
ing will  be  greatly  relieved,  for  then  the  generous 
people  of  the  United  States  will  be  at  liberty  to  aid 
the  sufferers,         

Very  early  last  Sunday  morning  the  United  States 
fleet,  nine  ships,  under  the  command  of  Commodore 
Dewey,  engaged  the  Spanish  fleet,  seventeen  vessels, 
near  Manila,  the  capital  of  the  Philippine  Islands,  a 
point  about  7C0  miles  southeast  of  Hong  Kong, 
China.  The  battle  was  fierce,  and  resulted  in  what 
seems  to  be  a  complete  destruction  of  the  Spanish 
fleet.  Commodore  Dewey  then  turned  his  attention 
to  the  forts  protecting  Manila,  and  has  taken  pos- 
session of  the  foris  and  city,  A  large  fleet  from 
Spain  is  now  presumed  to  be  crossing  the  Atlantic, 
headed  for  Puerto  Rico,  an  island  about  1000  miles 
southeast  of  Havana,  Cuba, 


THE    GOSPEL    3SdIESSEn^OEIt. 


lay  7,  18 


■ESSAYS 


UEORQE  MULLER. 


r  peer. 


Who  cometh?    Say,  is  it  | 

That  the  people  go  forth  t 

That  the  Hag  is  lowered,  uncovered  the  head, 

And  a  city  mourns  for  the  silent  dead? 

Aye,  a  prince  of  God  has  gone  home  to-day! 

To  the  mould  we  render  the  lifeless  clay, 

While  we  praise  the  Lord  for  the  life-woik  done 

For  the  quiet  passing  at  set  of  snn. 

"  1  am  tired,"  he  said,  for  his  feet  had  trod 

O'er  many  a  mile  as  he  walked  with  God ; 

The  pilgrim  leaned  on  his  staff  at  last, 

His  token  had  come  and  his  toil  was  passed. 

And  who  can  tell  of  the  sheaves  he  bore 

To  the  Lord  of  his  love  on  the  golden  shore, 

The  souls  that  he  snatched  from  the  paths  of  sin 

The  homeless,  the  orphan,  he  gathered  in! 

Now  God  be  thanked  for  that  voice,  which  rose 

As  a  clarion  blast  on  this  world  of  woes; 

"  One  star  that  never  has  set  shines  fair, 

God  livesl  God  listens!  God  answers  prayer! " 

It  shall  ring  through  the  ages  ti 

It  is  echoing  now  from  shore  to 

Who  can  say  where  the  waves  of  il 

For  a  world  to  the  power  of  prayer 


LOOKINQ  TO  QOD.-Part  I. 


My  liith  tells  me  that  God  is  everywhere.  But 
why  can  I  not  see  him?  Just  now  I  feel  that  I 
could  stand  in  the  light  of  his  countenance  and  con- 
verse with  the  Lord  of  Glory.  Indeed  I  can  feel 
his  presence  all  about  me  like  an  enveloping  cloud. 
Why  does  he  not  take  shape  and  appear  before  mel 
These  eyes  could  certainly  look  upon  their  Maker! 
"  No,  no,"  comes  the  answer  in  a  still  small  voice, 
11  th.'ne  eyes  were  not  created  for  the  radiance  of  my 
glory.  Close  the  curtains  of  thy  soul  and  come 
within,  to  meet  me  in  the  chambers  of  thy  heart." 


'Tis  now  the  hour  of  prayer.  The  old  hymn  has 
wrought  its  spell  upon  me.  And,  listen,  they  are 
singing  again!  "Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee!"  My 
soul  rises  with  the  swelling  of  the  cadences.  How 
trivial  were  the  things  which  Satan  magnified  in  or- 
der to  detain  me  from  this  holy  hour!  Less  and 
ever  lesser  grow  the  cares  of  earth.  How  foolish 
was  I  to  dote  upon  those  trifles!  1  will  join  with 
the  hymnsters  and  ever  shall  my  song  be,  L'  Nearer, 
my  God,  to  Thee."  Reverently  do  we  all  bow  down 
before  the  Lord  in  prayer.  Oh  Lord,  wilt  thou  read 
the  tables  of  my  heart,  for  I  cannot  speak  to  theel 
But  listen,  the  brother  prays  for  me.  He  is  saying, 
"  May  we  ever  be  found  near  the  bleeding  side  of 
our  Master:  may  we  pattern  our  lives  after  the 
Christ-model:  may  we  have  a  fresh  baptism  of  the 
Holy  Ghost:  may  the  comfort  of  his  presence  be 
with  us  in  our  daily  labors!  Amen."  And  even 
amen  and  amen  says  my  soul.  "  Praise  God  from 
whom  all  blessings  flow."  As  the  congregation 
arises  from  bended  knees  to  sing  this  hymn,  'I  wish 
that  the  notes  might  ring  forever  in  my  ears.  My 
feelings  are  keener,  my  love  deeper,  my  spiritual 
nature  quicker,  my  charity  broader,  and  my  faith 
more  abiding.  'Twas  not  a  service  to  God;  'twas 
inspiration  from  him,  "  a  refreshing  from  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord."  I  went  thinking  to  do  him  ser- 
vice. He  met  me  and  blessed  me.  He  always  an- 
ticipates me.  He  will  take  nothing  from  my  hand. 
Perhaps  in  the  next  week  I  can  do  something  for 
the  least  of  his  disciples, 

THE   GLOOMY   EXPRESSION. 

Why  the  sad  faces  that  I  meet!  The  home  folks 
seem  strangely  silent;  and  my  friends  are  not  at  all 
cheerful  this  morning.  I  know  of  no  calamity. 
Here  comes  my  closest  acquaintance,  He  inquires 
earnestly  of  my  health;  but  truth  is  I  am  very  well. 


Is  there  anything  strange  in  my  appearance,  or  why 
the  curiosity  of  the  passers  by  I  Walking  near  a 
large  plate-glass  mirror  I  casually  glanced  at  my- 
self; and  imagine  my  surprise  upon  noticing  the  so- 
briety of  my  countenance.  I  had  the  answer  to  my 
wonderings.  It  was  I  that  was  presenting  a  sad 
front  to  the  world;  and  the  sympathetic  natures  of 
those  with  whom  I  came  in  touch  caused  their 
faces  to  conform  to  the  pattern  of  my  own, 
The  truth  is  a  grave  one:  the  features  of  a  commu- 
nity are  all  controlled  by  a  system  of  responsive 
cords;  and  the  slightest  smile  or  frown  is  repeated 
a  thousand  times  in  a  thousand  faces. 

TBE   CONSCIOUS    HEART. 

"  I  know  that  my  Redeemer  Itveth." 

The  conviction  has  entered  my  heart  and  its  evrey 
pulsation  bespeaks  the  consciousness  of  personal 
knowledge,  /know.  No  one  can  claim  superiority 
over  me  in  this.  /  know.  'Tis  not  the  learned  only 
who  possess  this  assurance,  /know.  No  one  need 
tell  me  of  this  any  more;  but  O  that  I  could  com- 
municate it  to  a  thousand  lives! 

I  know.  There  are  those  who  come  to  me  doubt- 
ing. They  do  not  know.  Would  that  I  could  ope  to 
them  the  mystery  of  knowledge  that  changes  all 
doubt  to  certainty.  I  do  not  have  the  secret,  unless 
it  be  that  my  constant  longing  and  my  incessant 
faith  were  suddenly  satisfied  by  the  gift  of  knowl- 
edge. "  He  that  hungereth  and  thirsteth  after 
righteousnesss  shall  be  filled."  Unconsciously  the 
gift  comes;  but  consciously  it  remains,  \know  is  a 
glorious  consummation. 

"  I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth."  If  there  had 
been  only  half  as  many  lives  to  save  from  sin,  would 
the  sufferings  of  Christ  have  been  less  intense?  If  I 
had  been  alone  to  save,  what  then?  What  part  of 
his  agony  atones  for  my  record  of  unrighteousness? 
Was  it  the  buffet,  the  stoning,  the  bitter  cup,  the 
cruel  thorns,  the  nailed  hands,  or  the  pierced  sides? 
I  cannot  decide.  Not  until  all  was  over  did  he  call 
his  work  finished;  and  so  he  endured  all  these  cru- 
elties for  me.  If  alt  for  me,  then  he  is  my  Redeem- 
er; and  this  very  life  is  mine  not  only  by  virtue  of 
his  death  but  also  by  virtue  of  his  life. 

My  Redeemer  !  My  substitute,  my  purchaser,  my 
bondsman,  my  baileel  Seeing  me  lost,  fallen,  de- 
generate and  unreconciled  to  the  Father,  he  of- 
fered himself  a  ransom  for  me,  until  I  should  have 
pportunity  to  restore  myself,  regain  my  dignity, 
nd  claim  my  inheritance.  He  helped  me  in  my 
need. 

My  Redeemer  liveth.  "  And  if  Christ  be  not 
risen,  then  is  our  preaching  vain;  and  our  hope  is 
;  we  are  yet  in  our  sins."  But  he  is  resurrected; 
and  he  lives,  lives  at  the  right  hand  of  the  Father, 
there  to  make  intercession  for  us.  There  is  espe- 
cial comfort  in  this,  that  he,  having  humiliated  him- 
self while  upon  earth,  accomplishing  our  salvation, 
does  not  withdraw  himself  into  the  exclusiveness  of 
royalty,  assume  the  austerity  of  a  princely  son,  and 
forget  the  weaknesses  of  the  flesh  on  earth;  but 
knowing  us  personally  as  he  does,  this  true  friend 
and  elder  brother  sits  down  by  the  side  of  our  Fa- 
ther to  take  a  kindly  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
weaker  brothers  and  sisters  in  the  great  family. 
Truly  he  lives t  lives  a  real  earnest,  active,  busy, 
philanthropic  life,  It  is  not  so  much  that  he  is  not 
dead,  but  the  manner  cf  his  living  that  gives 
charm  to  this  beloved  brother.  And  then,  since 
he  lives,  it  will  make  heaven  more  home-like,  at 
least  more  familiar.  To  be  in  close  touch  with  the 
one  who  has  made  our  residence  with  him  possible, 
indicates  that  he  will  appreciate  our  company.  "/ 
know  thai  my  Redeemer  liveth" 

THE    FIRE   OF    CONSCIENCE, 

There  is  a  certain  person  in  the  town  whom  you 
do  not  like  to  pass.  The  mention  of  a  certain  place 
produces  unpleasant  recollections.  Of  two  roads, 
you  choose  this  one  not  because  it  is  any  nearer  to 
your  destination  or  more  pleasant  to  travel,  but  be- 
cause the  other  leads  by  the  scene  of  some  past  oc- 
currence, the  record  of  which  may  or  may  not  be 
written  in  the  mind  of  a  neighbor.  You  are  con- 
stantly dodging  about  from  one  place  to  another 


trying  to  avoid  these  phantoms,  which  are  altogeth- 
er imperceptible  to  others,  but  much  too  familiar 
with  you.  What  is  wrong?  Do  you  see  anything? 
Do  you  hear  anything?  You  would  be  present  at 
the  hour  of  worship  if  it  were  not  for  meeting  the 
brother  whom  you  have  offended,  There  is  a  cer- 
tain set  phrase  in  the  prayer  of  the  preacher  which 
pierces  the  heart-walls,  burns  its  way  through  the 
ramifications  of  that  mysterious  magazine,  filled  with 
combustible  passions,  touches  the  fuse  of  a  pent-up 
conviction;  and  the  force  of  the  explosion  within 
the  fortifications  makes  the  very  foundations  of 
your  castle  to  selfishness  quake  and  almost  totter, 
You  have  endured  this  internal  warfare  upon  sever- 
al occasions,  and  were  on  the  point  of  surrender 
when,  by  the  aid  of  the  devil,  you  were  enabled  to 
silence  the  batteries  with  a  flag  of  truce,  only  to 
play  false  again,  What  is  the  matter!  You  have 
done  something,  said  something,  thought,  some- 
thing evil,  malicious,  slanderous  that  is  working  up- 
on the  vitals  of  your  conscience;  and  you  are  not 
brave  enough,  true  enough  to  confess.  The  thing 
is  killing  you  physically  as  well  as  spiritually.  You 
are  wearing  out  nerve  force  daily  in  contemplation 
of  the  evil  nature  within  you.  It  writes  itself  in 
deep  markings  all  over  a  once  smooth  face;  and  the 
eyes  betray  conviction  and  shame  in  their  restless 
wanderings.  Confess,  for  confession  is  freedom  and 
life. 

THE   STRANGER    IN   YOUR   PEW. 

You  just  returned  from  church.  There  was  a 
stranger  there  to-day;  and  he  sat  by  your  side. 
Think  about  him  for  a  minute.  What  brought  him 
to  church?  Perhaps  it  was  to  satisfy  the  prayer  of 
his  mother,  and  he  was  under  conviction  ready  to 
accept  the  terms  of  salvation.  Did  you  speak  kind- 
ly to  him,  hand  him  a  song  book,  or  sing  with  him 
from  your  own  book?  Or  did  you  sing  as  if  you 
were  alone  in  the  seat,  kneel  in  prayer  with  a  care- 
less, irreverent  attitude,  listen  to  half  of  the  sermon 
and  doze  to  its  conclusion?  Oh,  you  are  saying, 
that  all  this  affected  nobody  but  yourself  and  that 
your  deep  breathing  need  not  disturb  the  worshipful 
temper  of  your  seat-neighbor.  But  von  lrnowvLt*-. 
ter  than  this  and  are  only  trying  to  protect  your 
selfish  inclinations — some  peculiar  habits  of  your 
own  which  make  you  what  you  are.  There  are  oth- 
ers just  like  you.  It's  a  way  we  guilty  people  have; 
but  this  doesn't  make  any  amends:  we  are  still 
guilty  and  selfish.  What  right  have  you  or  I  to  in- 
trude our  peculiarities  upon  our  neighbors,  our 
friends,  or  our  elbow  fellow  in  the  same  pew?  No 
right;  for  we  thereby  disturb  the  process  of  conver- 
sion and  of  culture  in  the  lives  of  all  who  come 
within  the  circumference  of  our  circles,  Listen, 
somebody  is  saying  just  now,  that  it  is  not  neces- 
sary to  pay  so  much  attention  to  others  in  order  to 
be  a  Christian,  That  is  right;  pay  proper  attention 
to  yourself,  which  means  you  and  your  immediate 
environment,  and  the  stranger  in  your  pew,  as  well 
as  all  other  strangers,  will  receive  the  consideration 
which  is  due  to  them  from  one  who  professes  what 
you  profess.  It  may  be  possible  that  the  act  of  of- 
fering kindnesses  will  do  more  for  you  than  the 
kindnesses  themselves  will  do  for  those  who  receive 
them.  However  the  soul  of  Christian  culture  does 
nothing  in  view  of  self-benefit  or  personal  renown; 
but  good  deeds  and  acts  of  courtesy  emanate  there- 
from without  cause  or  motive:  it  is  the  nature  of 
such  a  soul  to  "  Live  pure,  speak  true,  right  wrong, 
follow  the  King." 

Huntingdon,  Pa. 


TflB  OLD  QREEK  INTERPRETERS. 

BY   DANIEL   HAYS. 

Theophylact  of  Achrida,  about  io;o,  gives  the 
view  of  the  old  Greek  interpreters  on  the  "one 
baptism  "of  the  Scriptures:  "For  one  baptism  is 
spoken  of  as  also  one  faith,  because  of  the  doctrine 
respecting  the  initiation,  being  one  in  all  the 
church  which  Has  been  taught  to  baptize  with  in- 
vocation of  the  Trinity,  and  to  symbolize  the 
Lord's  death  and  resurrection  by  the  threefold 
sinking  down  and  coming  up."    "  For  symbols  of 


May  7,  i! 


™EQOSPEL   3VEESSE1TC3-EK,. 


a  buiial  and  a  resurrection  are  celebrated  in  this 
water  (John  3:  4,  5),  the  thrice  sinking  down,  sym- 
bols of  the  three  days'  burial;  then  the  roan  comes 
up  as  did  the  Lord,  bearing  more  bright  and  shin- 
ing the  garment  of  immortality,  and  having  sunk 
the  corruption  in  the  water."  "  For  our  baptism 
images  the  death  of  Christ  (Rom,  6)  as  therefore 
that  was  one,  so  also  this  is  one."  (Baptisein,  page 
no). 

In  the  mind  of  the  old  Greek  interpreters,  this 
rite  was  performed,  as  well  as  received,  with  a  con- 
scious reference  to  the  one  faith  that  leads  to  it,  to 
the  doctrine  which  prompts  the  believer  to  accept 
it,  and  to  the  great  truths  symbolized  by  it.  To 
them  the  initiatory  rite  was  one  in  the  sense  that 
faith  is  one,— one  for  all  the  church,— one  in  all  the 
the  church.  With  them  the  rite  had  not  only  its 
antecedents  and  consequents,  but  the  agency  and 
power  of  the  Holy  Spirit  associated  with  the  re- 
ligious ideas  and  obligations  which  are  imposed  by 
a  life  in  Christ  and  separateness  from  sin. 

On  the  "  Lord's  Supper  "  they  were  equally  ex- 
plicit. In  the  conception  of  the  early  ages  of  the 
church  it  was  that  Supper  of  which  our  Lord  par- 
took himself  with  his  disciples  on  the  night  before 
his  death.  The  old  Greek  interpreters  called  it 
the  Agape,— love  feast.  It  was  both  natural  and 
Scriptural  for  them  to  do  so;  for  the  word  Agape 
was  in  their  own  language,  and  they  had  only  to 
refer  to  Jude  12,  to  find  that  it  was  a  Scrip- 
tural term:  "These  are  spots  in  your  feasts 
of  charity  (Agapais)  when  they  feast  with  you." 
While  they  called  the  Lord's  Supper  the  Agapt, 
the  old  Greek  interpreters,  on  the  other  hand, 
called  the  bread  and  wine  the  Eucharist.  This,  too, 
is  a  Scriptural  word  in  the  original,  and  "  the  pri- 
mary meaning  of  e-ucharistia  seems  to  embody  a 
feeling  of  thankfulness,  or  gratitude,"  So  it  was 
used  by  Tertullus  to  express  the  thankfulness  of 
the  Je»s  as  a  nation  to  Felix  as  governor  (Acts  24: 
3).  The  etymology  of  the  verb  eucharisttin,  by  the 
same  authority,  means  "both  to  feel  thankfulness 
and  to  express  it." 

Raul  says  that  the  "  Lord  took  bread,  and  when 
tip  had  given  thanks,  he  brake  it.  After  the 
same  manner  also  he  took  the  cup  when  he  had 
supped."  Luke  says,  "And  he  took  bread  and 
gave  thanks,  and  brake  it,  and  gave  it  unto  them. 
Likewise  also  the  cup  after  suppsr."  So  also  Mat- 
thew and  Mark  say  the  Lord  gave  thanks  for  the 
bread  and  for  the  cup,  and  the  significant  part  of 
it  is  that  the  early  church  fathers  held  it  as  an  es- 
sential part  of  the  service  to  follow  the  example  of 
Christ  in  giving  thanks,  as  well  as  in  breaking  the 
bread.  They  regarded  the  giving  of  thanks  of 
such  importance,  and  so  essential  a  part  of  the 
service  as  to  give  name  to  the  service  itself.  The 
fact  that  the  bread  and  cup  have  a  distinct  name 
and  a  separate  service,  as  well  as  a  peculiar  signifi- 
cance, are  evidences  strong  ar.d  conclusive  that  it 
should  not  be  blended  with  the  preceding  meal. 
The  church  has  ever  maintained  that  the  Supper 
and  Communion  are  separate  and  distinct  institu- 
tions,—separate  in  time,  as  well  as  in  design  and 
manner  of  observance.  Dr,  Hackett,  in  comment- 
ing on  Acts  2:  42,  says,  "There  can  be  no  doubt 
that  the  Eucharist,  at  this  period  (the  apostolic), 
was  puceded  uniformly  by  a  common  repast,  as 
was  the  case  when  the  ordinance  was  instituted." 
The  Scripture  upon  which  the  foregoing  comment 
is  made  reads,  "And  they  continued  steadfastly 
■n  the  apostles'  doctrine  and  fellowship,  and  in 
breaking  of  bread,  and  prayers."  Dr.  Hackett 
further  says,  "The  bread  only  being  mentioned 
here,  the  Catholics  appeal  to  this  passage  as  prov- 
'"g  that  their  custom  of  distributing  but  one  ele- 
ment is  the  apostolic  one.  It  is  a  case,  obviously, 
in  which  the  leading  act  of  the  transaction  gives 
name  to  the  transaction  itself." 

Ignatius,  the  martyr,  on  the  other  hand,  includes 
all  under  the  general  name  Agape,  when  he  says, 
"  Apart  from  the  bishop,  it  is  not  lawful  to  baptize, 
or  to  celebrate  an  Agape." 

Justin  Martyr,  in  his  Apology  (i,  c.  65),  the  earli- 
est author  that  mentions  it,  thus  describes  the  Eu- 
charist;  "Then  is  presented  to  the  brother  who 


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presides,  bread  and  a  cup  of  water  and  mixed  wine. 
And  after  the  president  has  given  thanks,  and  the 
people  responded,  those  who  are  called  among  us 
deacons,  give  to  each  of  those  who  are  present  to 
partake  of  the  bread  and  wine  and  water,  over 
which  thanks  have  been  given,  and  carry  them  to 
those  not  present,  and  this  is  called  with  us  euchar- 
tstia,  of  which  none  is  permitted  to  partake,  except 
one  who  believes  that  the  things  taught  by  us  are 
true,  and  who  has  passed  through  the  washing  for 
remission  of  sins,  and  new  birth,  and  so  lives  as 
Christ  commanded."  (C.  A.,  Vol.  1,  page  268.) 
Broadway,  Va. 


CLASS  QLIMPSES  FROM  THE  BIBLE  NORMAL 
HELD  AT  MT.  MORRIS,  JANUARY,  -p8. 

BY  J.    G.    ROYER. 

No.  a.— Matthew  and  His  (jospel. 


Although  in  their  present  form  at  least  three, 
perhaps  all  of  the  Gospels  are  later  in  date  than 
some  of  the  Epistles,  the  New  Testament  very  ap- 
propriately begins  with  the  Gospels.  "  As  the  Pen- 
tateuch to  the  Old  Testament,  so  is  the  fourfold 
Gospel  to  the  New  Testament."  It  is  also  appar- 
ent that  for  every  good  reason  the  Gospel  of  St. 
Matthew  should  occupy  the  foremost  place.  "To 
the  Jew  first"  (Rom.  1:  16)  is  the  natural  order, 
and  although  Christ  came  as  the  Savior  of  the 
whole  world,  "salvation  is  of  the  Jews"  (John  4: 
22).  Christ  had  been  in  a  very  special  sense  "the 
hope  of  Israel"  (Acts  28:  20)  and  therefore  it  was 
but  right  that  he  should  be  represented  first  from 
a  Jewish  point  of  view.  Matthew  does  this.  The 
opening  words  of  this  Gospel  (1:1)  also  intimate 
that  we  are  at  the  Genesis  (beginnings)  of  the  New 
Testament.  The  Genesis,  not  of  "the  heavrn  and 
the  earth"  (Gen.  1:1),  but  of  him  who  was  to  make 
for  us  new  heavens  and  a  new  earth  wherein  dwell- 
eth  righteousness  (2  Pet.  3:  13). 

Of  Matthew's  life  we  know  but  little.  He  was  a 
Galilean  and  one  of  the  twelve  (10:3).  His  name 
is  mentioned  only  three  times:  (a)  At  his  call  (g: 
9);  (&)  in  the  list  of  the  twelve  (10:  2-4);  and 
(c)  in  the  catalogue  of  the  eleven  when  assembled 
in  the  upper  room  (Acts  1:  13).  He  then  disap- 
pears from  Scripture.  His  Jewish  name,  Levi,  was 
changed  to  Matthew  (Luke  5:  27).  His  father's 
name  was  Alpheus  (Mark  2:  14).  At  the  time  of 
his  conversion  he  was  at  Capernaum,  or  Lake  Ge- 
nesaret,  the  great  thoroughfare  for  the  commerce 
of  Damascus  and  Babylon,  with  Southern  Palestine. 
Matthew,  although  a  Jew,  had  accepted  a  collec- 
torship  (9:  9)  in  the  Roman  custom-house  at  Caper- 
naum, an  office  which  was  looked  upon  by  the 
Jews  with  great  contempt  (Luke  5:  30).  Judging 
from  the  "great  feast"  he  made  for  Jesus  "in  his 
own  house;'  (Luke  5:  29)  we  are  led  to  believe 
that  his  position  was  a  lucrative  one.  It  is  indeed 
very  remarkable  that  Christ  should  choose  such  an 
one  to  write  the  Gospel  that  was  primarily  intend- 
ed for  the  Jews.  * 

So  far  as  we  are  informed,  Matthew  was  brought 
to  Christ  by  two  words  (9:  9),  His  sincerity  is 
proven  (a)  by  his  leaving  his  position  at  the  re- 
ceipt of  custom  to  follow  Jesus  (9:  9);  (*)  by  mak- 
ing a  "great  feast"  for  Jesus  (Luke  5:  29);  and  (c) 
by  inviting  his  former  associates  to  meet  Jesus  at 
the  feast,  thus  influencing  them  also  to  follow  him 
(Mark  2:  15).  His  humility  is  manifested  (a)  by 
speaking  of  himself  as  "the  publican"  (10:  3),  a 
fact  not  mentioned  elsewhere  (Mark  2:  14;  Luke  6: 
■5)l  C')  he  himself  does  not  say  who  made  the 
"great  feast,"  or  at  whose  house  it  was  had  (9:  10), 
while  both  Mark  (2:  15)  and  Luke  (5:  29)  tell  us 
that  it  was  at  "his  own  house;"  and  (c)  he  plac- 
es his  own  name  after  Thomas  in  his  own  list  of 
the  twelve  ( 10:  3)  though  both  (Mark:  3:  18)  and 
Luke  (6:  15)  place  it  first.  Again,  in  speaking  of 
others,  he  does  not  mention  faults,  but  gives  their 
names  without  adding  any  depreciating  descrip- 
tions; while  in  his  own  case  the  catalogue  runs, 
"  Philip  and  Bartholomew,  Thomas  and  Matthew 
the  publican."    It  seems  he  does  not  mention  his 


conversion  without  calling  to  mind  the  position  or 
place  from  which  he  was  called.  All  of  the  forego- 
ing ate  evidences  of  genuine  humility. 

In  concluding  this  lesson,  allow  me  to  ask  you, 
dear  reader,  to  note  that  every  one  of  the  few 
points  where  we  are  allowed  a  glimpse  of  Matthew 
as  a  Christian,  we  are  impressed  with  his  unselfish- 
ness, sincerity  and  humility.  In  him  we  have  veri- 
fied the  truth  that  humility  is  an  impulse  of  the 
soul  seated  in  the  heart;  that  it  is  not  something 
that  can  be  tied  on  the  outside  of  a  man  (7:  15), 
nor  yet  something  that  can  be  shut  up  in  the 
heart;  that  wherever  it  exists  in  the  heart  it  will 
come  out  not  simply  in  causing  one  to  appear  to  be 
humble,  but  to  be  humble  in  word,  in  action,  in  ap- 
pearance, in  every  thing  and  in  every  place 

Ml.  Morris,  III. 


"OUT  OF  THE  DEPTHS." 

BY    C.    H.    BALSBAUGH, 

So  the  Psalmist  cried,  Psa.  130.  Your  case  is  not 
half  as  bad  as  his.  You  have,  indeed,  sinned,  but 
your  sin  has  not  the  complications  and  issues  which 
the  devil  and  your  ignorant  judges  lead  you  to  fear. 
Had  you  given  me  your  name  I  would  have  written 
you  more  explicitly  than  a  public  communication 
will  allow.  Tell  no  falsehood  to  hide  your  guilt, 
and  let  not  Satan  persuade  you  (hat  your  sin  ex- 
ceeds the  grace  of  Christ. 

If  the  sins  of  the  bride  of  Christ  are  no  plea  of 
divorce,  how  much  less  the  sins  committed  before 
our  nuptials  with  the  Celestial  Bridegroom.  If  we 
cannot  depend  on  r  John  1:7,  9,  and  2: 1,  2,  then  let 
us  close  our  Bibles  as  no  better  than  the  tables  of 
Buddha  and  Confucius  and  Mohammed.  This  ap- 
plies to  natural  and  spiritual  conjugality.  It  would 
be  strange  indeed  for  God  to  make  the  figure  con- 
tradict the  higher  truth.  Do  not  linger  in  the  soul 
depths  of  Psalm  130  but  by  faith  in  Christ  mount 
into  the  soul  heights. 


JEREMIAS  FELBINUER. 

BY  JAY   G.    FRANCIS. 


Preeminently  through  the  writings  of  two  men 
were  our  early  Brethren  in  Germany  led  back  to 
primitive  Christianity.  These  two  men  were  Jere- 
mias  Felbinger  and  Godfrey  Arnold.  Both  are 
quoted  by  Alexander  Mack,  Sr.,  in  his  work  en- 
titled, "A  Conversation  between  a  Father  and 
Son."  The  former  of  these  two  men  we  wish  to 
consider  at  this  time. 

Jeremias  Felbinger  was  born  in  Brieg,  Silesia, 
Germany,  in  i6r6,  two  years  before  the  outbreak  of 
the  "  Thirty  Years'  War."  Formalism  had  followed 
the  great  Reformation;  a  second  Scholasticism  had 
settled  down  upon  the  Christian  world.  The  Cath- 
olics were  bent  on  the  destruction  of  Protestantism. 
The  "Thirty  Years'  War"  was  to  intervene,  and 
then  God  would  again  awaken  his  church.  But 
God  works  through  men;  and  so  special  men  had 
to  be  brought  into  the  world  to  bring  about  the  in- 
tended awakening.  One  of  these  men  was  Jeremi- 
as Felbinger. 

Henry  Kurtz,  fifty  years  ago,  ran  across  a  little, 
book  written  by  Felbinger.  Its  contents  made  him 
him  very  anxious  to  learn  something  of  its  author, 
but  he  sought  the  desired  information  in  vain.  We 
have  been  more  fortunate,  and  will  now  give  what 
we  have  found  to  the  Brotherhood. 

As  stated  before,  Felbinger  was  born  in  1616. 
Of  his  early  life  we  could  learn  nothing.  We  first 
find  him  as  Superintendent  of  the  schools  at  Coszlin, 
in  Pomerania,  a  province  of  Prussia.  Here  he  was 
discharged  because  of  his  doctrines,  and  driven 
from  the  country.  It  is  not  unlikely  that  this  was 
the  first  persecution  directed  against  the  distinc- 
tive doctrine  of  the  Brethren  in  Germany. 

After  this  Felbinger  was  especially  with  a  Johan- 
nes Micraeho,  a  Dr.  Grossen,  the  Superintendent 
at  Colberg,  and  with  a  Dr.  Pelargo.  This  associa- 
tion continued  until  1653,  as  a  consequence  of 
which  they  exchanged    letters.    Felbinger    after- 


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TTHtE;   GOS3=BL  MESSEOSra-EiC., 


Mav 


ward  complained  very  much  about  the  injustice  of 
the  Lutherans,  and  about  the  people  of  Helmstadt, 
who,  after  the  sun  had  set,  ordered  him  out  of  the 
city,  because  he  had  given  his  writings  to  some 
students.  So  it  is  little  wonder  that  he  thought 
that  it  was  of  God's  judgment  that  the  Lutherans 
had  been  persecuted  by  the  Papists.  Later,  in 
1687,  he  was  in  Amsterdam.  He  was  now  so  poor 
that  he  had  to  support  himself  by  instructing  chil- 
dren and  by  reading  proofs  in  printing  offices. 
When  Felbinger's  extensive  learning  is  taken  into 
account,  this  manner  of  earning  a  livelihood  is  the 
more  remarkable.  He  failed  to  receive  a  support 
because  he  would  not  hold  fully  to  the  Socinians, 
yet  he  is  said  to  have  leaned  to  the  Arian  doctrine. 
The  Brethren's  views  have  been  regarded  as  the 
outgrowth  of  ignorance.  What  follows  will  show 
that  this  "  pathfinder"  of  the  Brethren  was  one  of  the 
ripest  scholars  of  his  age,  while  the  ignorance  of  the 
ministers  of  the  state  churches,  a  little  later,  as  por- 
trayed by  Jung  Stilling,  is  simply  shocking. 

By  the  year  i65o  Felbinger  had  already,  at  Em- 
den,  translated  the  New  Testament  into  High  Ger- 
man. The  translation  was  exceedingly  literal,  word 
for  word,  yet,  for  the  completion  of  the  sense  he  in- 
serted words  in  another  type.  Various  readings 
were  also  given  from  the  Curcellaei  edition.  This 
work  has  been  designated  the  most  exact  trans- 
lation of  the  New  Testament  into  the  German. 
May  not  this  German  New  Testament  account  for 
the  strict  literalism  of  the  Brethren? 

In  i£6i  he  brought  forth  "  The  Christian  Hand- 
Book."  Alexander  Mack  quotes  from  this  book; 
and  it  is  the  one  that  fell  into  the  hands  of  Henry 
Kurtz.  More  of  this  book  farther  on.  He  wrote  in 
Latin  a  work  principally  on  the  nature  of  the  God- 
head, in  which  he  shows  by  the  "  strongest  testi- 
monies," (1)  that  only  the  Father  of  our  Lord,  Je- 
sus Christ,  was  most  high  God;  (2)  that  only  the 
man  Jesus,  the  Son  of  Mary,  was  the  only  begot- 
ten and  real  Son  of  God;  (3)  that  the  Spirit  of  God 
is  the  power  of  God.  There  is  also  a  fourth  part. 
From  the  second  point  the  charge  of  Arianism  to 
him  seems  altogether  out  of  place.  This  work  was 
published  in  1653.  Later  he  wrote  in  German, 
"  The  Confession  of  Christian  Belief  of  the  Polish 
Brethren,"  "Forerunner  (Vorlaufer)  to  the  Old 
Testament;  "  "  The  Doctrine  of  God,  of  Christ  and 
of  the  Holy  Spirit,  translated  in  the  exact  words  of 
Holy  Writ,"  which,  by  1657,  had  been  brought  out  in 
Latin,  French  and  Hollandish.  He  referred  in  the 
preface  of  his  New  Testament  to  his  previous  trans- 
lation of  the  Greek  language  into  Low  Dutch,  as  al- 
so to  a  Greek-German  Lexicon,  published  in  1657. 
His  last  work,  against  the  Socinians,  was  brought 
forth  in  1672  and  1681. 

The  time  of  Felbinger's  death  we  have  not  been 
able  to  learn.  But,  remember,  his  last  work  was 
published  fully  eight  years  before  Alexander  Mack, 
Sr„  was  born  (1689).  The  Brethren  church  was 
founded  in  1708. 

Let  us  now  turn  our  attention  especially  to  "  The 
Christian  Hand-Book,"  which  is  devoted  to  the  doc- 
trines which  afterward  became  the  characteristics 
of  the  Brethren.  We  give  the  title  page,  translated 
from  the  German: 

CHRISTIAN  HAND-BOOK. 
Wherein  is  Healed 


The  date  in  the  book  itself  has  been  taken  for 
1651,  but  I  have  two  well-nigh  conclusive  proofs 
that  it  is  i65i.  In  the  beginning  of  the  book  I  was 
struck  with  his  quotation  of  the  threat  of  God  to 
Adam  and  live.  He  has  it,  "  Dying  thou  shalt  die." 
This  is  a  literal  rendering  of  the  Hebrew,— Hebrew 
form  of  intensification,— and  shows  that  Felbinger 
was  also  acquainted  with  the  Hebrew.  Fcr  Gen.  3: 1 
he  has  1  B.  Moses  3:  1. 

I.  The  first  part  of  the  book  shows  that  sin  has 
come  upon  all  through  the  transgression  of  one, 
Adam,  but  that  where  sin  abounded,  grace  in  Christ 
has  much  more  abounded. 

II.  As  to  children  they  are  saved  by  the  death  of 
Christ;  they  are  members  of  the  visible  and  also  of 
the  invisible  church,  but  are  not  to  be  baptized. 

III.  He  holds  to  immersion  as  the  true  form  of 
baptism.  He  gives  the  Biblical  arguments,  and 
quotes  to  prove  his  position,  from  a  host  of  Chris- 
tian writers,  from  the  Fathers  to  the  Reformers. 
This  subject  is  most  fully  treated  of  all,  from  page 
67  to  page  165.  He  says:  "In  dm  Giiechischen 
Buechern  lies  niuen  Bundes  stthel  das  Wert  Baptiztin, 
welches  avf  lateinisch  heisst  mirgere,  enf  deuisch  ab-r 

tiuchin:  daher  kommt  biptisma  uni  bajtismos,  cine 
Eintauchung;  baptists  ein  Eintaucher."  Translated 
this  reads:  "  In  the  Greek  books  of  the  New  Cove- 
nant we  have  the  word  bapthe'm,  which  in  Latin  is 
mergere,  but  in  German  '  to  dip; '  tharefore  bapiisma 
and  baptismos  signify  a  '  dip; '  baplis'es  a  '  dipper.'  " 

IV.  Church  government  is  treated  very  briefly, 
only  three  pages  being  devoted  to  the  subject. 

V.  Feet-washing  covers  fifteen  pages.  The  argu- 
ments are  based  entirely  on  John  13,  which  chapter 
he  takes  up  and  comments  upon,  verse  by  verse. 
At  the  end  of  this  discussion  he  draws  six  conclu- 
sions. 

VI.  The  Holy  Supper  is  treated  under  the  follow- 
ing heads:  Concerning  Ceremony  of  Bread  break- 
ing; Concerning  the  Eating  of  the  Flesh  of  Christ, 
and  the  Drinking  of  his  Blood;  Concerning  the 
Communion  of  the  Body  and  Blood  of  Christ;  and 
Concerning  the  Value  of  the  Ceremony.  He  does 
not  distinguish  between  the  Supper  and  the  Com- 
munion. This  whole  discussion  is  taken  verbatim 
from  a  booklet  in  the  Hollandish,  published,  I 
think,  in  1656.  In  this  discussion  the  word  used  is 
Abendmahl;  in  his  preface  Felbinger  uses  Nacht- 
mahl. 

VII.  His  arguments  against  the  oath  are  taken 
from  Matt.  5:  33-37  and  from  the  passage  in  James. 
He  further  discusses  the  passages  in  which  Paul 
seems  to  make  use  of  a  form  of  swearing. 

From  what  has  here  been  said  you  can  judge  for 
yourself  how  nearly  Felbinger  advocated  the  doc- 
trines of  the  Brethren.  That  his  writings  were  read 
by  the  founders  of  our  church  is  proved  by  the  fact 
that  Alexander  Mack  quotes  him.  Surely,  as  Bro. 
Abraham  Cassel  says,  he  was  one  of  the  "  pathfind- 
ers "  for  the  Brethren. 

We  are  convinced  that  this  Christian  Hand-Book 
should  be  in  the  possession  of  every  minister  of  the 
Brethren's  church,  and  would  urge  the  proper  au- 
thorities to  have  it  translated  and  published  for 
them.  So  far  as  we  know  the  foregoing  facts  have 
never  before  been  in  English  print. 

Oaks,  Pa.  | 

THE  CHURCH  IN  THE  TEMPLE. 

BY  J.    S.    MOHLBR, 

The  Show  Bread. 

CHAPTER   XI. 


all  who  will  accept  it  on  the  conditions  proposed. 
But  only  those  who  do  accept  it,  can  utilize  it  unto 
eternal  life.  In  speaking  of  Christ  as  the  Bread  of 
eternal  life,  we  mean  the  doctrine  of  Christ,  em- 
bracing regeneration,  justification,  sanctification, 
and  eternal  salvation,  all  of  which  have  the  ele- 
ments of  divine  life,  and  through  them  we  become 
partakers  of  the  divine  nature. 

The  bread  of  the  sanctuary  was  frequently  re- 
newed by  supplying  fresh  bread.  Equally  so  with 
the  Bread  of  Christ.  If  we  are  hungering  and 
thirsting  after  righteousness,  we  long  to  eat  often 
of  this  bread.  All  the  services  of  God's  house  are 
sweet  to  the  soul,  and  we  long  to  be  there,  that  we 
may  feast  with  the  Lord.  Happy  is  the  man  who 
has  such  an  experience. 

We  need  this  bread  daily  to  Icbir  in  the  vineyard 
of  the  Master,  to  be  about  our  Master's  business. 
We  need  it  also  to  fight  the  battles  of  the  Lord, 
that  we  may  become  conquerors  through  him  that 
loved  us  and  gave  himself  for  us.  We  need  it  to 
grow  thereby  to  the  stature  of  the  fullness  of  Christ, 
that  we  may  become  strong  in  the  Lord  and  in  the 
power  of  his  might.  It  is  a  consolation  to  know 
that  the  supply  of  bread  is  sufficient  for  all  the  hu- 
man race.  No  one  need  go  hungry,  no  soul  need 
to  suffer,  if  the  right  application  is  made.  This 
bread  is  so  sweet  that  no  one  will  hunger  for  any- 
thing else.  It  is  sweeter  than  honey  and  the  honey 
comb. 

The  Candlestick. 

chapter  XII. 
In  the  sanctuary  was  also  the  holy  candlestick, 
with  its  seven  lamps.  Ex.  25:  37.  The  candlestick 
with  its  seven  lamps  fitly  represents  the  seven  Spir- 
its of  God,  Rev.  3:  I.  "Which  are  the  seven  spir- 
its of  God  sent  forth  into  all  the  earth?"  Rev.  5: 
6.  Those  seven  spirits  of  God  seem  to  us  as  fol- 
lows: 

1.  The  spirit  of  power. 

2.  The  spirit  of  wisdom, 

3.  The  spirit  of  love. 

4.  The  spirit  of  truth. 

5.  The  spirit  of  justice.  1 

6.  The  spirit  of  mercy. 

7.  The  spirit  of  purity. 

That  God  possesses  those  attributes  is  beyond 
question,  and  we  believe  we  are  doing  no  violence 
to  the  truth  in  designating  them  as  spirits.  Those 
spirits  are  in  the  world,  and  are  affecting  similar  at- 
tributes in  man  daily,  in  some  way.  Those  seven 
spirits  have  a  mission  to  perform,  and  their  mission 
is  to  the  children  of  men,  to  so  shine  into  their 
hearts  as  did  the  seven  lamps  in  the  temple,  that  all 
man's  attributes  may  be  exercised  in  the  direction 
of  righteousness  and  truth,  after  the  evil  spirit  is 
gone  out  of  the  man.  But  if  a  man  will  not  exer- 
cise his  attributes  in  the  right  ways  of  the  Lord, 
after  the  evil  spirit  is  gone  out  of  him,  then  there 
are  seven  evil  spirits  that  will  enter  into  him,  and 
the  last  state  of  that  man  is  worse  than  the  first. 
Matt.  12:  23. 

In  other  words,  when  the  whole  inner  structure  of 
man  has  been  illuminated  by  the  seven  spirits  of 
God,  and  man  refuses  persistently  to  accept  and 
walk  in  the  light  of  the  truth,  darkness  will  over- 
shadow his  soul  so  densely,  that  the  light  of  heaven 
will  not  penetrate  it  again, — to  whom  the  mist  of 
darkness  is  reserved  forever.  Fundamentally,  there 
seems  to  be  but  the  one  spirit  of  God,  but  it  is  sev- 
enfold in  its  manifestations,  hence  the  term,  "  Seven 
spirits  of  God." 

The  Most  Holy  Place. 


On  Holy  Baptism.    ( Taufe). 

On  Church  Discipline.    {Kirchen  Zucftt). 

On  Holy  Feet-washing, 

On  the  Holy  Supper.    (Abcndmaht). 

On  the  Problem  of  the  Oath.    All  Living  Truth  for  Wholesome 

Use  and  Exercise,  which  will  Serve  at  Home  as 

well  as  on  a  Journey  and  in  Society. 

get  forth  by  Jeremiai  Felbinger.   (Second  corrected  edition.) 
Amsterdam  and  Frapkfort,    1661, 


In  the  sanctuary  there  was  provided  a  table  on 
which  bread  was  placed,  and  was  kept  there  con 
stantly,  being  renewed  every  week,  This  bread  was 
only  for  the  priests.     Ex.  25:  17. 

This  bread  doubtless  represented  Christ,  the 
Bread  of  Life  in  the  church.  The  bread  of  the 
sanctuary  could  perpetuate  life,  but  it  could  not  or- 
iginate and  impart  eternal  life.  Christ  taught  as 
follows:  "  I  am  the  living  bread  which  came  down 
from  heaven.  If  any  man  eat  of  this  bread  he  shall 
live  forever."    John  6;  51. 

The  bread  Christ  brought  from  heaven  is  free  for 


CHAPTER    XIIJ. 

In  this  room  was  placed  the  ark,  containing  the 
two  tables  of  stone,  on  which  was  written  the  law 
of  Moses,  Deut.  31:  26,  the  golden  pot  that  con- 
tained manna,  Ex.  16:  33,  and  Aaron's  rod  that  bud- 
ded, Num.  17:  8.  The  ark  was  simply  a  chest,  a  lit- 
tle over  four  feet  long,  and  about  two  and  one-half 
feet  wide,  and  of  the  same  height,  overlaid  with 
gold,  within  and  without.  Ex.  37:  I.  It  contained 
the  two  tables  of  stone,  on  which  were  written  the 
law,  as  delivered  by  the  Lord  to  Moses,  on  Mount 
Sinai,    It  was  a  safety  deposit  for  the  oracles  of 


May  7- 


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God.  Gsd  foresaw  that  in  the  migrations  of  his 
people  and  their  wars,  rebellions  and  captivities, 
the  Uw  might  be  lost,  since  that  was  the  only  copy 
then  in  existence,  hence  the  ark  was  provided  to 
protect  it,  and  as  an  additional  safeguard,  it  was 
placed  in  the  most  holy  place  in  the  temple,  as  it 
were,  in  the  very  presence  of  God. 

Equally  so  it  is  in  the  church.  The  oracles  of 
God  that  concern  us  under  the  new  covenant,  are 
under  the  supervision  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who 
has  said,  "  Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away,  but 
my  words  shall  not  pass  away."     Matt.  24:  35. 

Soon  after  the  ascension  of  Christ  to  heaven,  the 
Holy  Spirit  brought  to  the  memory  of  the  disciples 
all  the  words  that  the  Master  had  spoken  to  them, 
and  those  words  were  written  which  constitute  the 
Gospel  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  This  Gospel  has 
been  wondrously  preserved.  It  has  passed  through 
the  criticism  and  hatred  and  perversion  of  infidelity. 
It  has  passed  through  flames  of  fire,  and  the  deter- 
mined opposition  of  a  crafty  priesthood,  yet  to  day 
it  is  sent  forth  by  millions  to  all  the  nations  of  the 
world,  as  a  testimony  of  God's  will  to  them.  Out 
of  the  ashes  of  Bibles  that  were  burnt,  has  arisen 
one  of  the  greatest  Bible  houses  in  the  world.  The 
reasons  why  God  has  thus  preserved  the  Bible,  we 
think,  are  apparent  to  all,— that  all  may  know  his 
will,  and  obey  it,  and,  if  they  refuse,  they  will  have 
no  excuse  in  the  day  when  dad  shall  judge  the 
world.  ^__^_^ 

SYNOPSIS  OP  MINISTERIAL  MEEI1.NQ. 
BY   GEO,    L,  STUDEBAKER, 

The  Ministerial  Meeting  of  the  Southern  Dis- 
trict of  Indiana  convened  in  the  White  church, 
Montgomery  Co.,  Ind,,  April  5.  Eld.  L.  W.  Teeter 
was  Moderator,  The  meeting  was  opened  by  Eld. 
Jacob  Rife. 

1.  "  The  Courtesy  of  the  Minister." 

D,  H.  Replogle  defined  courtesy  as  being  excel- 
/en(cy  of  manner,  politeness,  to  be  well  bred.  The 
ip^nister  should  have  good  manners,  be  impartial, 
fobliging,  do  favors  to  others.  Ministers  should  be 
models  in  being  courteous.  They  should  get  self 
under  control.  "  Bj  cojrteou3,  be  pitiful."  1  Pet, 
3^8. 

W,  H.  Harshbarger.  Ministers  should  respect 
their  fellow  cen,  The  truth,  as  it  is  in  Christ, 
should  be  presented  in  a  courteous  manner.  How 
courteous  and  kind  Paul  expresses  himself:  "Most 
noble  Festus."  By  his  courtesy  and  forcible  man- 
ner of  preseniing  the  Truth  he  made  sinners  trem- 
ble. We  should  be  courteous  to  those  whom  we 
meet. 

R.  R.  Goshorn.  Courtesy  is  a  Christian  duty. 
We  cannot  be  Christians  without  being  courteous. 
A  good  rule  is  this:  "  Let  each  esteem  others  bet- 
ter than  himself."  Do  we  practice  the  rule  of  cour- 
tesy in  our  church  councils?  Do  we  speak  politely, 
kindly  to  the  erring  ones? 

Jacob  Rife.  "  Lst  your  moderation  be  known  to 
all  men."  When  away  from  the  church  assembly 
be  moderate.  When  in  the  assembly  of  God's 
house  be  moderatel  Let  us  be  moderate  in  our 
talk,  in  our  conversation.  The  minister  should  be 
moderate, — courteous, — in  his  family.  The  minister 
that  is  not  moderate,  courteous,  will  scatter  the 
fljek. 

L  W,  Teeter.  Ministers  should  be  courteous  to 
little  children.  When  we  are  courteous  to  children 
we  are  courteous  to  angels.  Ut.de  David  Hardin 
came  to  me  when  I  was  a  bare  headed  and  bare- 
footed boy  and  took  the  pains  to  talk  to  me,  This 
one  thing,  done  by  an  aged  minister,  did  more  in 
bringing  me  into  the  church  than  any  other  one 
thing. 

D.  F.  Hoover.  The  courtesy  of  the  ministry 
should  not  enly  be  recognized  as  to  his  congrega- 
tion, to  his  fellow  men,  family  and  friends,  but  his 
courtesy  to  God.  .We  should  reverence  God  and 
come  to  his  house  with  great  devoutness, 

Wai.  Bowser,  There  is  great  power  in  courtesy 
for  good.  The  power  of  courtesy  is  often  over- 
looked. Be  not  selfish,  for  selfishness  does  not  be- 
long to  the  child  of  God. 


Geo  L.  Studebaker.  As  ministers  we  should  not 
confine  our  courtesy  to  those  around  the  table,  and 
among  ourselves.  Be  courteous  to  the  strangers, 
to  our  young  members,  and  to  those  who  are  grow- 
ing indifferent. 

2.  "What  Should  be  the  Minister's  Preparation 
to  Preach?  " 

J.W.  Rarick.  The  preparation  of  a  minister  to 
preach  requires  careful  thought.  Wc  think  too 
lightly  of  this  subject.  Two  things  hinder  us  from 
being  good  preachers.  First,  What?  Second, 
How.  We  want  to  preach  the  Word.  This  is  the 
command  of  Christ  and  Paul.  To  preach  the  Word, 
we  must  study  the  Word,  The  Lord  helps  those 
who  help  themselves.  G  jcI's  assistance  should  have 
a  part  in  our  preparation.  The  minister  should  feel 
his  weakness,  and  reit  his  confidence  and  hope  in 
God,  Study  the  entire  Word.  Toa  little  prepara- 
tion is  often  made,  Study  Christ, — his  life,  char- 
acter, work,  love.  Study  to  edify, — not  entertain. 
Too  many  study  to  entertain  and  not  to  instruct. 
In  preparing  a  sermon  never  use  a  word  of  which 
you  do  not  know  the  meaning, 

H.  H,  Keim,  We  do  not  appreciate  the  vast  im- 
portance of  the  work  of  the  ministry.  The  prepara- 
tion of  the  ministry  is  great.  The  minister  is  to 
preach  the  Word.  He  should  b:  apt  to  teach.  We 
cannot  preach  or  te;vch  what  we  do  not  know.  Eli- 
jah preached,  he  prepared.  John  the  Baptist  was  a 
preacher,  prepared  in  the  wilderness.  Prepare  to 
teach  what  should  be  taught.  Be  practicall  Be 
full  of  the  Spirit.  We  want  to  read  the  Bible.  Be 
instant!  Be  ready!  Our  Bible  schools  are  a  great 
help.    There  should  be  more  consecration.    Enter 

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<*THE  +  SUNDAY  t  SCHOOL -«- 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 


Th.'  Day  of  Judgment.  —Matt,  as:  31-46. 


Lesson  Jor  May  33,  iSq3. 

In  our  lesson  for  to-day  we  have  the  fact  set  be- 
fore us  that  Jesus  will  come  again,  If  this  truth 
had  not  become  common  to  us,  because  of  our  be- 
ing taught  it  from  childhood  up,  it  would  be  to  us 
a  matter  of  great  rejoicing,  Indeed,  there  is  no 
other  truth  given  us  that  is  half  so  wonderful  and 
glorious. 

His  first  coming  was  to  redeem  us  from  the  for- 
ces of  sin  and  prepare  us  for  heaven  and  eternal 
rest  in  his  kingdom,  His  second  coming  will  be  to 
receive  us  to  himself,  that  we  may -enjoy  him  and 
his  love  forever  more.  Just  when  this  coming  will 
be  is  wisely  withheld  from  us.  Indeed,  the  time  of 
his  earning  does  not  concern  us  nearly  so  much  as 
how  we  shall  meet  him  when  he  does  come,  He 
may  come  to  us  in  two  ways, — through  death,  or  he 
may  come  personally,  In  either  of  these  ways  he 
may  come  to  us  very  soon.  If  we  die  before  his 
personal  coming,  we  sustain  no  loss  as  to  time,  be- 
cause in  this  coming  he  will  come  to  all  alike. 
Those  who  have  died  will  come  forth  from  their 
graves,  and  those  who  are  living  will  be  changed, 
so  that  all  will  have  the  pleasure  of  meeting  the 
Lord  in  his  glorified  condition  at  about  the  same 
time.  In  this  coming,  we  are  told,  the  holy  angels 
will  accompany  him, 

When  Christ  thus  comes,  he  will  come  as  a  king 
and  take  his  throne,  which  will  be  so  justly  his. 
The  first  time  he  was  here  the  world  judged  him. 
This  time  he  will  judge  the  world,  and  that,  too, 
with  righteous  judgment,  not  as  the  world  judged 
him,  or  as  we  judge  each  other.  Every  man  will 
be  judged  as  he  has  done,  while  here  in  this  body, 
whether  they  have  been  good  or  bad, 

Here,  in  this  life,  a  great  deal  of  wrong  and  un- 
equal judging  is  done,  and  some  are  not  judged  at 
all,  Either  because  of  tact  or  shrewdness,  or 
through  the  influence  of  friends  or  position,  they 
escape  judgment,  but  in  this  judgment  none  shall 
escape.  "And  before  him  shall  be  gathered  all  na- 
tions.'1   This  means   everybody  and  it  means  yen. 


It  means  the  final  examination,  and  this  means 
that  we  are  all  students  and  stewards  of  the  Lord, 
at  this  time,  to  be  called  to  account,  to  see  wheth- 
er or  not  we  have  been  faithful.  If  we  have,  there 
will  be  rejoicing  on  our  part,  because  it  will  be  a 
great  thing  to  get  a  diploma  of  righteousness, 
which  will  admit  us  into  the  mansions  of  the 
heavenly  city,  and  to  miss  it  will  be  correspond- 
ingly sad. 

Following  this  we  are  told  how  this  separation 
will  be  made:  "As  a  shepherd  divides  his  sheep 
from  the  goats."  While  traveling  through  Pales- 
tine we  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  this  dividing 
process,  and  while  it  was  interesting  to  look  upon, 
the  lesson  we  got  from  it  was  very  impressive.  To 
be  called  to  the  flock  on  the  right  side,  was  to 
be  placed  within  the  fold  where  there  was  food, 
rest  and  safety,  but  to  be  placed  on  the  left  side, 
was  to  remain  on  the  outside,  where  there  is  hun- 
ger, danger,  weeping  and  gnashing  of  teeth.  And 
yet,  so  it  will  be  in  the  day  of  judgment.  There 
will  be  a  separation  of  people,  not  because  of  differ- 
ent nationalities,  colors,  or  grades,  but  because  of 
goodness  and  badness,  The  good  will  be  received 
and  the  bad  rejected.  So  we  have  the  possibilities 
now  of  knowing  and  preparing  for  the  side  on 
which  we  wish  to  be  then.  If  we  wish  to  be  on  the 
right  hand  side  in  the  judgment,  we  must  place  our- 
selves on  the  right  side  now.  It  is  wisely  said:  "  Aa 
the  tree  falleth,  sj  it  lietb,"  On  the  side  we  are 
while  living,  there  we  will  be  when  the  call  comes, 
or  when  Christ  comes.  And  as  we  meet  him,  so 
and  there  we  will  remain. 

The  next  thought  is,  how  to  be  on  the  right  side, 
or  what  it  means  to  be  there,  It  does  not  mean 
simply  to  be  a  member  of  the  Brethren  church,  or 
any  other  church,  as  it  does  not  say  anything  about 
church  membership  in  the  lesson.  L.lt  us  look  at 
the  qualifications  here  named,  and  then  see  how 
nearly  we  are  living  up  to  them.  "  For  I  was  a 
hungered  and  ye  gave  me  meat;  I  was  thirsty  and 
ye  gave  me  drink;  I  was  a  stranger  and  ye  took  me 
in;  naked,  and  ye  clothed  me;  I  was  sick  and  ye  vis- 
ited me;  I  was  in  prison,  and  ye  came  unto  me," 

Now,  you  may  be  a  church  member  and  still  not 
be  a  Christian.  A  Christian  is  a  church  member 
who  does  the  things  that  belong  to  the  position. 
Here  we  are  told  what  they  are, — to  feed  the  hun- 
gry, give  drink  to  the  thirsty,  care  for  the  stranger, 
clothe  the  poor,  supply  the  needs  of  the  sick,  and 
visit  those  in  prison, 

With  too  many  of  us  religion  is  a  miserable  sham. 
It  is  not  religion  that  is  a  sham,  but  the  kind  we 
profess  and  live.  We  get  the  notion  that  if  we  arc 
baptized,  wear  the  right  kind  of  clothes,  and  attend 
church,  we  are  filling  the  bill.  Jesus  does  not  say 
a  word  about  these  things  in  this  lesson.  Read  it 
over  again,  read  it  carefully.  It  is  not  50  much 
what  you  are  to  have,  as  it  is  what  you  are  to  do  for 
others.  To  be  a  consistent  church  member  is  all 
right,  and  is  very  necessary,  but  profession  and  ap- 
pearance are  not  enough.  The  essence  and  life  of 
Christianity  is  doing  good  to  our  fellows  and  breth- 
ren. As  we  do  it  to  them,  so  we  do  it  to  Christ. 
"Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least 
of  these,  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me." 
As  the  Christ  did,  so  must  we  do.  H.  B.  B. 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING. 


GLAD  TIDINGS  FOR  ALL. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  May  13,  /S'yS, 

I.  The  Blessed  Opi'ortunitv.—  i  John  1:5-10. 

1.  God's  excellence  our  example.    (V.  s);  Ps.  84:1 
21:23. 

2.  God's  revealed  ideal.     (V.o);  Prov.  4: 18;  Jehn  8: 1 

3.  Basis  of  fellowship.     (V.  7);  Ps.  q4;  20,  2  Cor.  6: 14 

4.  How  we  are  cleansed.    (V.  7);  Lev.  i7:n;Eph.  1 

5.  Confession  of  sin.    (V.  9);  Ps.  32:5;Jas.  5:  16. 

II,  Salvation  a  World  wide  Blessing.— i  Jchn2: 

1.  Christ  our  advocate.    (V.  1);  Rom.  8:34. 

2.  Our  propitiation.    (V.  2):  Rom.  3:  25;  1  John  4: 10. 

3.  A  world-wide  provision.    (V.  2);  John  4:42;  John  4 

4.  A  decisive  test.    (V.  3)f Matt.  12:  jo;  John  14:1s. 

5.  A  perfected  grace.    (V.  J);  I  John  4: 12;  I  John  4: 

6.  A  Chiistlikc  life.    (V.  6);  John  13:  is;  1  Pet.  2:21. 


THE    GOSPEL    MifcJSSlJSIN  GEj... 


May  7, 


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OUR  MISSIONARY  BEADING  OIROLE. 

Course   of   Reading. 

FIKHT    1  KAMA, 

i.  "Criiii  ol  Htnloni,"  cloth.  #1.04;  paper .  •  .  U  MBtl, 

i.  "Lileol  A.  |ndl   a,"  cloth,  1}  cantij  paper is  eenti, 

1,  "Our  Country,"  cloth.  «  centi;  paper «9  eonti, 

4.  "Nonincb  Proleiior,"  cloth Bj  centi, 

SECOND    I  BAB. 

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THMRD    I'OW. 

g.  '•  Divine  Knttij-'rlne  nl   Missions,"  cloth fl  01 

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KIPLINa  TO  HIS  MOTHER. 

If  I  were  huriR  on  the  highest  hill, 

1  know  whose  love  would  lollow  me  still. 

Oh,  mother  0'  mine,    Oh,  mother  o'  mine. 
If  I  were  drowned  in  the  deepest  sea, 
I  know  whose  tears  would  come  down  to  me, 

Ob,  mother  0'  mine,    Oh,  mother  o'  mine. 
If  I  were  damned  of  body  and  soul, 
1  know  whose  prayers  would  make  me  whole, 

Oh,  mother  o  mine.     Oh,  mother  0'  mine. 

— N.  JV,  Christian  .  Idvocate. 


THE  NEW  EARTH. 


The  Nnv  Earth  is  the  title  of  a  small  monthly  pa- 
per devoted  to  the  promulgation  of  the  single  or 
land  tax  doctrine,  and  it  advocates  its  adopted  the- 
ory as  if  everything  that  pertains  to  the  prosperity 
of  the  nation  depended  upon  its  general  accept- 
ance. 

There  are  some  things  that  make  the  world  old, 
and  other  things  that  make  it  young,  active  and 
vigorous.  As  we  travel  from  country  to  country, 
some  look  old,  worn  and  exhausted,  while  others 
look  young,  fresh  and  prosperous,  but  as  far  as 
we  can  learn,  the  different  theories  of  taxation 
have  nothing  or  little  to  do  with  it.  It  is  the  new 
lift-  that  we  need  more  than  a  new  earth.  Put  the 
old  slip-shod  life  into  the  newest  place  that  it  is 
possible  to  find  and  the  mold  of  age  will  soon 
leave  her  traces  over  her  young  and  fair  face. 

We  often  hear  it  said  of  boys  and  girls  that  they 
have  such  "  old  ways"  about  them, — sometimes  as 
a  commendation,  but  not  always  so.  Old  age 
comes  only  too  soon,  and  the  young  should  not 
ape  it,  as  if  it  were  a  desirable  thing  to  be  or  have. 
To  be  aged  is  all  right  and  honorable  when  it 
comes  by  the  force  of  time  and  circumstances,  but 
to  commence  aging  and  decaying  before  maturity, 
and  thus  force  a  short  and  imperfect  fruitage,  is  to 
miss  the  end  of  life. 

Let  us  have  a  young,  vigorous  and  new  life,  and 
we  will  have  a  new  earth  as  a  growth. 

Did  you  ever  notice  the  old  farm  with  its  dilapi- 
dated buildings,  broken-down  fences,  fields  robbed 
of  their  fertility  and  overgrown  with  scrub  bushes, 
briers  and  weeds?  How  old  everything  looks! 
You  may  ask:  What  is  wrong?  Why  all  this?  Go 
to  the  house  and  see.  Study  the  tenants  there  and 
you  will  find  the  secret  of  the  old  farm.  The  old 
man  lives  there.  He  may  be  sixty,  eighty  or  twenty, 
No  matter  about  the  number  of  years  he  has  lived; 
he  is  old  all  the  same,  because  a  young  man  will 
never  make  an  old  farm.  The  farm  will  always 
correspond  to  the  life  that  faces  it.  It  may  not  do 
so  in  a  day  or  year,  but  the  tendencies  will  be  in 
that  direction.  So  it  is  with  everything  over' which 
boys  and  girls,  men  and  women,  lord.  If  we  are  to 
have  a  new  earth  we  must  have  a  new  life  first. 

A  few  Sundays  ago  we  stood  in  the  presence  of 
a  large  number  of  children,  boys  and  girls,  young 
men  and  women.  Wc  were  very  deeply  impressed 
as  we  thought  of  their  growth  and  development, 
What  will  the  fruitage  be?     If  all  would  receive  the 


new  life, — the  Christ-life,— what  a  power  for  good 
they  would  be  in  that  community!  If  the  old 
things  could  pass  away,  all  things  would  then  be- 
come new.  This  newness  would  not  only  affect 
their  own  lives,  but  it  would  give  a  glow  and  a 
smile  to  everybody  and  everything  that  they  would 
touch.  As  a  result,  right  there,  would  be  a  new  so- 
ciety, a  new  life  and  a  new  earth. 

The  earth  is  old  or  new,  just  as  we  make  it.  If 
the  fields  look  old,  worn  or  sterile,  the  fences  down 
and  the  buildings  shabby,  fertilize  the  fields,  plow 
deeper,  cultivate  better,  build  new  fences  and  put 
up  new  buildings,  and  you  have  a  new  farm  and  a 
new  earth.  But  to  do  all  this  needs  new  life. 
The  new  life  is  the  essential  thing,  and  we  want 
you  all  to  have  this.  The  old  life  is  the  life  of  sin, 
and  when  you  are  living  this  life,  you  are  old,  no 

attcr  how  few  your  years  have  been.  The  longer 
you  live  in  it,  the  older  you  grow.  It  is  a  wearing 
life.  It  is  said  of  the  ungodly  that  they  live  out 
only  half  their  days,  and  many  never  reach  this 
mark.  If  you  wish  to  live  long  and  enjoy  life  you 
must  be  born  again,  you  must  get  the  new  life,  It 
is  the  life  of  righteousness,  or  right  doing,  and 
right  doing  adds  new  life  to  everything  it  touches, 

There  is  a  time  coming  when  we  are  to  have  new 
homes  and  a  new  earth,  and  if  we  all  would  have 
the  new  life  now,  then  would  we  have  the  new 
heaven  and  the  new  earth,  Just  as  soon  as  we  get 
sin  out  of  this  old  world  of  ours,  we  will  have  a 
condition  of  things,  Behold,  all  things  will  be 
new. 

And  why  not?  Why  should  our  young  men, 
with  all  the  golden  opportunities  held  out,  and  the 
wonderful  possibilities  to  hand,  yield  to  the  forces 
of  sin?  Why  age  yourselves  in  the  service  of  Sa- 
tan, only  to,  at  last,  catch  you  in  his  web  and  gloat 
over  your  misery  and  destruction? 

Don't  do  it!  It  is  folly,  yea  madness,  on  your 
part,  Get  now  the  new  lifel  Give  it  to  the  Mas- 
ter, his  church  and  help  to  bring  in  the  time  of  the 
new  heavens  and  the  new  earth,  when  every  man 
love  his  neighbor  as  himself,  when  all  shall 
know  the  Lord  from  the  least  to  the  greatest,  and 
we  shall  have  the  new  earth.  n.  b.  b. 


CROSSING  THE  LINE. 
BY   EMMA   CARSTENSEN. 


Out  on  the  Pacific  Ocean,  about  one  hundred 
and  eighty  degrees  west  from  the  meridian  of 
Greenwich,  is  an  imaginary  line  called  the  "Inter- 
national Date  Line."  When  vessels  cross  this  line 
from  east  to  west,  they  lose  one  day,  If  they 
reach  the  line  on  Monday,  the  next  day  will  be 
Wednesday.  If  they  reach  the  line  on  Wednes- 
day the  next  day  will  be  Friday.  When  vessels  go- 
ing from  west  to  east  cross  this  line,  they  gain  a 
day,  that  is  two  days  of  the  same  name  follow  each 
other  in  succession, 

Sailors  do  not  always  follow  the  rule  for  chang- 
ing dates.  As  long  as  they  keep  crossing  the  line 
back  and  forth  it  does  not  cause  much  inconven- 
ience. But  if  they  should  cross  and  travel  on  with- 
out making  the  change  it  would  give  them  trouble. 

There  is  a  line  which  all  of  us  cross  every  day. 
Every  time  we  cross  it  in  one  direction  we  gain, 
and  every  time  we  cross  it  in  the  other  direction 
we  lose.  What  we  gain  or  lose  in  crossing  this 
line  is  worth  more  th^n  many  days.  We  need  not 
go  to  the  Pacific  Ocean  to  find  this  line,  We  have 
it  all  around  us  in  the  ocean  of  life.  It  is  the  gol- 
den line  between  right  and  wrong. 

As  it  is  in  crossing  the  date  line,  so  it  is  in 
crossing  this  line.  Many  captains  cross  without 
taking  any  account  of  it.  They  may  get  along  all 
right  as  long  as  they  have  the  opportunity  of  cross- 
ing back  and  forth  at  pleasure,  but  when  they 
come  to  the  final  reckoning,  their  dates  will  not 
correspond  with  the  great  Author  of  dates,  and 
they  must  accept  the  reward  of  the  unfaithful. 

We  must  not  cross  the  wrong  way  too  often. 
The  child  that  plays  continually  with  the  fire  will 
finally  get  burned.  The  drunkard  who  staggers 
ab^ut  on  the  street  or  falls  into  the  ditch  did  not 


become  so  by  one  crossing,  but  by  crossing  time 
after  time,  wandering  a  little  farther  each  time,  un- 
til he  was  unable  to  retrace  his  steps.  Bad  habits 
are  formed,  and  it  is  almost  impossible  to  break 
away  from  them.  We  do  not  form  those  habits 
all  at  once,  but  by  repeating  the  acts  until  we  do 
them  unconsciously. 

When  Cresar  obeyed  the  command  of  the  Ro- 
man Senate,  he  conquered  Gaul,  and  won  great 
honor  and  much  admiration.  Elated  by  his  suc- 
cess and  confident  in  his  ability,  he  tried  to  con- 
quer Rome.  But  by  crossing  the  Rubicon  contra- 
ry to  orders,  he  lost  not  only  all  the  glory  he  had 
won,  but  also  his  own  life. 

The  Puritans  crossed  the  wild  Atlantic,  sacri- 
ficing friends  and  country  for  the  uncultivated 
coast  of  New  England. 

*'  What  sought  they  thus  afar? 
Bright  jewels  of  the  mine? 
The  wealth  of  seas,  the  spoils  of  war? 

They  sought  a  fnith's  pure  shrine 
And  freedom  to  worship  God." 

Pizarro,  after  he  had  successfully  assisted  in  con- 
quering Mexico,  determined  to  go  to  Peru  and  do 
likewise.  Upon  reaching  the  Pacific  Ocean  and 
seeing  the  angry  billows  and  the  hardships  before 
them,  his  soldiers  became  discouraged  and  halted. 
With  his  sword  Pizarro  drew  a  line  from  east  to 
west  in  the  sand  and  said,  "Soldiers,  to  the. south 
of  this  line  is  Peru,  and  gold  and  fame,  honor  and 
perpetual  enjoyment.  To  the  north  of  this  line  is 
retreat,  defeat,  disgrace  and  disaster."  Then,  step- 
ping across  the  line,  he  said,  "As  for  me  I  go 
south."  Every  soldier  followed.  They  went  and 
they  conquered. 

We  are  responsible  not  only  for  what  we  our- 
selves do,  but  for  our  influence  on  others.  Pizarro 
could  not  have  conquered  Peru  himself,  but  by  do- 
ng  what  he  could  he  influenced  his  soldiers  to  fol- 
low his  courageous  example. 

We  are  nearing  the  bounds  of  life.  One  more 
line  remains  to  be  crossed.  May  we  so  live  that 
when  we  come  ta  cross  this  line  of  death  we  may 
"enter  in  through  the  gates  into  the  city"  »n<3)' 
dwell  forever  in  the  boundless  love  of  God. 


A  MARVELOUS  MEMORY. 

In  a  Philadelphia  hospital  is  a  blind,  crippled  lit- 
tle girl  undergoing  treatment  for  a  hip  disease,  who 
has  in  a  few  weeks  come  to  be  known  as  a  hu- 
man phonograph,  says  the  Boston  Transcript,  She 
is  said  by  the  doctors  and  nurses  to  have  the  most 
marvelous  memory  of  any  human  being  that  ever 
came  under  scientific  examinations,  Whatever  is 
repeated  to  her  seems  to  become  fixed  in  her  mem- 
ory as  easily  and  as  steadfastly  as  the  records  of 
the  phonograph  are  taken  on  the  wax  cylinder,  and 
days  afterward  she  can  repeat  poems,  speeches  and 
stories,  word  for  word  as  they  were  read, 

This  little  girl's  name  is  Josephine  Brenner,  and 
she  is  nine  years  old.  When  a  mere  baby,  barely 
two  years  old,  she  lost  her  eyesight  through  an  at- 
tack of  measles.  She  grew  rapidly,  however,  and 
stored  her  infantile  mind  with  a  fund  of  informa- 
tion gained  entirely  by  listening.  Two  years  ago  a 
new  affliction  came  to  her  and  her  parents,  She 
began  to  droop  rapidly  and  developed  hip  disease. 
Within  a  few  months  she  was  unable  to  walk,  and 
a  wheel-chair  was  built  for  her,  in  which  she  was 
propelled  by  the  family  and  friends.  Her  marvel- 
ous memory  was  not  discovered,  however,  until  a 
few  months  ago,  when  she  was  brought  to  the  hos- 
pital in  Philadelphia,  for  treatment  for  hip  disease. 
One  day  a  nurse  read  her  a  long  poem  to  amuse 
her,  and  the  next  day  she  astonished  the  nurse  by 
repeating  the  entire  poem.  The  hospital  staff  be- 
came interested  at  once,  and  began  a  series  of  ex- 
periments, which  resulted  in  her  memory  being  de- 
clared nothing  short  of  marvelous.  She  readily 
learned  the  entire  declaration  of  independence  and 
any  number  of  speeches  and  poems,  requiring  on- 
ly that  they  be  read  over  to  her.  The  doctors  and 
nurses  have  raised  a  fund  to  defray  the  expenses 
of  her  hospital  treatment  and  subsequent  educa- 
tion, and  unless  her  memory  fails,  she  will  doubt- 
less some  dsy  astonish  the  world. 


the  gospel  :M::sss-E3:isr<3-JE3:R,. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

COMMITTEE. 

gaoch  Eby,        -    Kansas    i    L.  W,  Teeter,     -    Indiana 
D.  L-  Millar,     -    •  Illinois    |   S.  R.  Zug,  -  Penneylvani; 


S.  F.  Sanger,    -    -    Virginia. 


lEQULAB  HBS: 


IB  COMMITTEE: -The  Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annual  Meet- 
ing; th^e  second  Monday  of  October  and  of  February. 
BUSINESS  "02  AHT  MEETIJ73  should  bn  in  the  office  of  the 
committee  at  least  two  weeks  belore  time  of  meeting, 
In  order  to  be  prepared  ior  that  session. 


THE  COMMITTEE  BECEI7ES  donations  lor  the  following 
funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orphanage  at 
Smyrna;  Washington  Meetinghouse;  Sufferers  In 
India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 


DO   HOT  AD 

DRESS   business  or  money  Intended    ior    the 

pondenc 

e  and  money  should  be  sent  to 

GEN.  MfSS.  &  TRACT  COM., 

Mount  Morris,  111. 

MOTTO  FOR  THE  TEAK. 

Upon  thi 

first  day  of  the  week  let  every  one  of 

prospered  l,Im.-l  Cor.  10:  a. 

The    man  who  loves  his 

circulates  damaging  reports  about  them. 

Everybody  dreads  the  sting  of  the  wasp 
Unkind  words  hurt  a  great  deal  worse,  and  a 
great  deal  longer  than  the  sting  of  the  wasp. 


The  Universalist  church  has  recently  lost 
one  of  its  greatest  leaders,  Dr.  George  H.  Em- 

merson.     He  occupied  the  editorial  chair  fifty' 

It  is  bad  when  a  good  thing  must  be  spoiled 
by  a  hobby.     Let  sensible  people  get  ri 
their  hobbies  and  exercise  a  little  judgme: 
what  they  do. 

A  srriiile  costs  nothing,  and  yet  what  a  v 
o( gop/d  smiles  do.  A  frown  may  cost  no  n 
dutjTyfC  it  may  result  in  heart  burnings  that 
will  lead  to  despair  in  this  life,  and  torments  in 
the  world  to  come. 


An  aged  Chinese  woman  living  near  a 
pie  with  a  view  to  obtaining  merit  has  washed 
the  faces  of  the  idols  there  for  twenty-i 
years  and  now,  through  their  failure  to  satisfy 
her  heart-longing,  has  become  a  worshiper  of 
Jesus.   -  ___^ 

Spain  is  said  to  be  the  most  Catholic  nation 
in  ihe  world,  and  yet  her  cruelties  excel  those 
of  any  other  country,  The  amount  of  peopl. 
she  has  been  the  means  of  starving  in  Cuba  i. 
startling.     For  cruelty  she  ranks  almost  equal 

It  is  said  that  in  a  recent  speech  at  Cann- 
France,  the  Prince  of  Wales,  the  next  heir 
the  English  throne,  expressed  the  belief  and 
hope  that  armies  and  navies  would  soon  be  no 
longer  needed,  and  that  we  should  have  uni- 
versal peace.  It  is  for  this  era  of  peace  that  all 
Christian  people  pray. 


The   fourteenth    chapter  of  St.. John    is 

probably  the  most  favorite  chapter  in  the  New 
Testament,  especially  at  the  bedside  of  the  af- 
flicted. a  In  the  Old  Testament  the  twenty-third 
Psalm  is  likely  read  more  than  any  other.  It 
is  good  that  we  have  these  favorite  chapters, 
and  can  enjoy  them  so  well. 


The  church  of  the  Disciples  reports  for  last 
year  a  gain  in  membership  of  47,407.  This  is 
five  per  cent,  which  is  larger  than  any  other  de- 
nomination in  the  United  States.  The  total  in- 
crease in  all  denominations  was  630,951,  or 
about  two  and  a  quarter  percent.  The 
in  the  Brethren  church  was  nearly 
cent. 


Religion,  in  the  event  of  war  between  the 
United  States  and  Spain,  will  cut  no  figure 

among  the  Catholics,  for  already  50,000  young 
Catholics  in  this  country  have  offered  their  ser- 
vices to  fight  against  the  Catholic  brethren  in 
'»e  Spanish  Army.  It  will  be  Catholics  against 
Catholics,  and  both  parlies  worshiping  the 
same  Virgin  Mary,  and  acknowledging  the  one 
and  the  same  Pope.  How  does  this  look  for 
consistency? 


It  is  reported  that  Spain  has  more  sunshine 

than  any  other  country  in  Europe,  the  average 

being  3,000  hours  annually.     It  is  to  be  regret- 

ed  that  this  great  abundance  of  sunshine  has 

resulted  in  a  higher  order  of  humanity. 


Jules  Verne  is  said  to  have  written  a  book 
for  every  year  of  his  life,  with  sixty  volumes  to 
spare.  He  is  now  in  good  health,  at  the  age  of 
seventy  years,  and  lives  on  herbs  and  eggs,  a 
diet  to  which  he  attributes  his  great  vitality. 

One  of  the  discouraging  facts  in  connection 
with  the  Foreign  Mission  work  in  Japan  has 
just  come  to  light.  The  law  does  not  allow 
foreigners  to  hold  real  estate,  so  that  native 
trustees  hold  the  property  purchased  by  Ameri- 
can contributors.  Recently  the  trustees  of  the 
school  in  Kumamoto,  who  held  the  property 
purchased  in  that  city,  sold  that  property, 
was  required  by  the  government  for  the 
largement  of  the  military  garrison,  but  nothing 
of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  has  been  tui 
over  to  those  who  were  the  moral  owners  of  the 
property. 

INDIA. 

In  Five  Parts.— Last  Part. 

But  the  work  for  God  is  far  from  all  being 
done.  There  are  large  parts  of  the  country  yet 
untouched  by  the  missionary,  and  many,  many, 
many  souls  dying  without  the  opportunity  of 
hearing  of  Christ.  In  the  parts  occupied  by 
missionaries  there  are  many  who  have  not  yel 
been  reached  with  preaching  of  the  Gospel.  To- 
day  there  are  50,000,000  women  in  the  Zenana 
prisons,  abused  by  their  husbands,  kept  in  ig- 
norance and  darkness,  and  waiting  the  light 
to  be  brought  to  them  only  through  the  agency 
of  Christian  women. 

The  cry  of  the  widows  of  India,  coming  up 
from  21,000,000  ihroats,  moaning  their  sad  lot 
of  being  outcasts,  may  be  heard  yet,  : 
though  there  are  a  large  number  of  childrei 
school,  there  are  upwards  of  40,000,000  who 
receiving  no  instruction  whatever.  Tt 
placed  four  deep,  and  allowing  two  feet  for 
walking  space,  would  make  a  train  5,000  1 
long. 

Intemperance  is  on  the  increase  and  mu 
met  by  earnest  Christian  effort.  Infidelity  has 
entered  the  land  and  its  Satanic  literature 
ing  spread  broadcast,  trying  to  rob  the  Hindoo 
of  his  idea  of  a  God  at  all.  Last,  but  least,  ii 
presenting  some  of  the  needs  of  this  wonder 
ful  country,  let  the  thought  rest  heavily  01 
the  heart  that  every  hour  of  every  day  of  th> 
year  there  are  800  souls  passing  to  Christless 
graves,  for  whom  Christ  died  as  much  a 
people  in  America. 

In  this  land  are  the  Brethren's  consecrated 
missionaries,  now  closing  their  third  y 
work.  So  far  the  Lord  has  greatly  blessed 
their  labors  and  yet  the  first  years  have 
nessed  some  of  the  greatest  discouragements, 
inasmuch  as  the  acquiring  of  the  language 
takes  time  and  patient  effort.  The  force,  pos* 
sibly,  is  strong  enough  in  that  part  of  the  Bom 
bay  Presidency  to  lay  the  foundation  of  a  na- 
tive church.  But  there  are  a  hundred  othei 
places  calling  for  the  Bread  of  Life,  where  oth- 
er societies  have  not  occupied  and  are  open  to 
the  evangelistic  work  of  some  church.  Shall 
the  Brethren  in  the  near  future  open  up  a  mis- 
sion in  some  other  part  of  India,  and  thus  begin 
to  make  inroads  on  this  great  empire  from  an- 
other quarter? 

It  would  not  do  to  close  without  mention  of 
the  important  work  begun  in  the  Orphanage  in 
India,  Already  fifty  of  India's  homeless  and 
afflicted  ones  have  been  gathered  in  and  are 
receiving  the  fostering  care  of  the  gentle  hands 
of  the  missionaries.  Their  minds  are  young 
and  receptive,  and  in  these  orphans  may  be 
found  the  pillars  of  the  future  Brethren  church 
in  India.  The  cost  of  the  support  of  an  orphan 
is  a  nominal  sum  when  compared  to  American 
values,-  $15.00  per  year.  The  time  is  not  far 
distant  when  the  missionaries  will  need  a  home 
of  their  own  for  these  friendless  ones,  and  then 
may  God  find  many  open  hearts  and  pocket- 
books,  to  contribute  at  once  for  such  a  noble 
structure  to  be  erected  in  far-away  and  yet 
near  India!  G.  b.  r. 

MISSIONARY  GIVING. 


few  years  ago  the  Missionary  Committee 
of   the    young    people  of  the  First   Brethren 


church,  of  Philadelphia,  through  attending  the 
monthly  business  meetings  of  the  Philadelphia 
C.  E.  Union,  conceived  the  idea  of  systematic 

onary  giving.  The  idea  was  carried  into 
the  church,  the  Sunday  school  and  wherever 
we  found  opportunity. 
We  solicit  subscriptions  of  five  cents  per 
onth,  and  to  all  subscribers  we  give  an  en- 
velope for  each  month  and  one  for  a  Christmas 
offering.  Each  monthly  envelope  represents 
five  centos  and  the  Christmas    envelope    any 

mt  the  contributor  may  desire  to  give, 
All  our  envelopes  are  printed  and  suited  for 
their  purpose.     We. have  them  printed  in  lots 

xx)  for  each  month  and  i.ooo  for  Christmas 
and  also  i.ooo  a  little  larger  as  a  receptacle  for 
others.  This  last  one  gives  the  name,  address 
the  number  of  the  contributor  while  the  other 
thirteen  give  only  the  number  besides  the 
printing,— each  contributor  being  registered 
and  numbered,  which  makes  it  easy  to  give  the 
proper  credits. 

The  14,000  envelopes  can  be  obtained  proper- 
ly printed  for  about  510.00,  and  several  dollars 
more  for  circulars,  etc.,  completes  an  outfit  to 
last,  in  most  cases,  several  years.  Our  plan 
works  so  well  and  is  patronized  by  so  many, 
even  outside  the  church,  that  we  look  upon  it 
as  a  permanent  part  of  our  work.  So  far,  this 
year,  we  have  448  contributors  registered  and 
supplied  with  their  fourteen  envelopes  each. 
Some  will  never  pay  anything,  some  will  only 
make  a  few  payments,  but  many  will  be  as  reg 
ular  as  the  months  come  around  and  have  ; 
nice  Christmas  offering  besides.  We  give  this 
lengthy  description  believing  that  other  con 
gregations  will  be  interested  and  wish  to  adopt 
something  similar,  as  the  plan  takes  in  from  the 
youngest  to  the  oldest. 

Our  systematic  missionary  giving  has    pi 
vided  the  funds  from  which   we  gave  to  the 
cause  of  missions: 
fn   i?94 SI3S  ' 


iS,A. 


In   1S97 265 

Making   In  four  years 5800 

Should  any  one  wish  a  set  of  our  envelopes 
as  a  sample  to  copy  from,  they  will  be  forward- 
ed to  any  address  with  other  instructions  upon 
receipt  of  ten  cents,  by  addressing  the  writer  at 
2,40s  North  15th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

THE  TIME  IS  AT  HAND. 


Yes,  already  many  minds  are  actively   c 
gaged  as  to  what  shall  be  done  at  our  forthco 
ing  Annual  Meeting.     With  pleasing  emotio 
many  of  us  revert  to  what  we  saw,  heard  a 
felt  at  Frederick,  Md.,  last  year.     May  we  ha 
a  double  portion  of  the  Holy  Spirit  meted  c 
to  us  at  Naperville,  111.,  at  our  next  Pentecostal 
meeting!     The  Lord  is  ready  to  give,  if  we  wil 
hold  our  cups  in  readiness  to  receive.    Wt 
must  not  expect  him  to  fill  our  vessels  if  wc 
hold  them  inclined  toward  self*  or  the  world 
Let  every  brother  and  sister  go  there  with  1 
full  offering  to  the  Lord,  and  he  will  see  tha- 
we'Ieave  there  with  our  cups  full  and  running 
over,  of  sweet  incense.     Let  no  one  go  then 
simply  to  be  seen  of  men,  but  let  each  of  us  at- 
tend   that  meeting  with  the  thought,  "Thou, 
God,  seest  me,"  and  he  has  said,  "  Them   that 
honor  me  I  will  honor."     1  Sam.  2:  30. 

There  are  a  number  of  questions  coming  be- 
fore the  meeting,  which  are  of  more  than  ordi- 
nary importance,  and  the  disposition  which  is 
made  of  them  will  perhaps  be  as  far-reaching 

any  questions  which  have  been  before  our 
Conference  for  years.  If  changes  are  made, 
let  us  be  sure  we  get  nearer  to  the  Word  and 
iple  of  the  Master,  who  said,  "  Follow  me." 
Doubtless  the  Lord  will  do  his  part,  and  if  we 
faithfully  do  ours,  we  will  have  a  Pentecostal 
meeting. 

CLIHE  BASKSH — A  BOMBAY,  IN- 
DIA, CONVERT. 


brief  sketch  of  the  conversion  of  Clihe 
Basksh,  was  related  to  me  some  time  ago  at 
Lincoln  City,     Nebr.     In     passing  a    Baptist 

on  station,  in  Bombay,  he  would  occasion- 
ally stop  and  hear  what  the  missionary  had  to 
say  about  Jesus.  One  night  he  was  so  im- 
pressed with  what  Jesus  could  do  for  him  that 
he  "asked  God  which  he  should  be,"  a  Chris- 


>r  a  Mohammedan,    The  result  was  that 
he  felt  impressed  to  be  a  Christian, 
The  next  day  he  went  down   to  the  mission 
at  ion  and  requested  Mr.  Bell,  the  missionary, 
take  him  down  into  the  river  and  make  a 
Christian  out  of  him,  thinking  that  being  bap- 
ed  would  do  that,  but  he  says  he  soon  found 
Lt   that  baptism  was  only  a  step  towards  a 
Christian  life,  but  he  did  find  out,  in  joining  the 
Christian  church,  that  Matt.  19:27,  28,  29  were 
literally  fulfilled,  for  his  own  people  havenever 
nee  allowed  him  to  come  under  their  roof. 
After  baptism  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  mia- 
sm took  him  home  and  gave  him  his  dinner 
and  what  assistance  he  could,  to  get  a  start,  so- 
lo- speak,  in  life,  but  before  leaving,  the  trustee 
offered  and  insisted  on  him  taking  a  drink  of 
wine,  a  thing  he  had  never  done  in  his  life.     To.  . 
his    surprise    and  disgust  the  gentleman  got 
very  angry  because  he  would  not  drink. 

Mr.  Basksh  says  that  his  father  raised  six 
boys  and  taught  them  to  never  use  tobacco, 
in,  f*  any  kind  of  strong  drink.  When  he 
joined  the  Christian  church  he  expected  to  find 
ily  such  things  as  would  elevate  mankind,  but 
the  contrary,  the  first  thing  was  sin.  He 
id,  "  Oh,  how  I  was  mortified.  I  still  cannot 
e  how  a  follower  of  Christ  can  use  tobacco* 
iium  or  spirituous  drinks." 
Pukrett,  Nrtr. 

THE  BRETHREN'S  ALMANAC. 


This  may  s 

:  upon,  but  llf 


1  In  s 


ing 


strange  subjet 
tlized  : 


of  the 


benefits  derived  from  a  distribution  of  the  Al- 
manac, we  feel  to  urge  a  still  wider  circulation. 

Last  winter  one  who  is  now  a  brother  was  vis- 
iting in  Iowa,  and  became  somewhat  interested 
in  the  Brethren's  faith,  but  hesitated  to  accept 
the  same,  because,  as  he  thought,  there  were  no 
Brethren  in  Grand  Valley,  Colo.,  but  one  of  his 
friends  told  him  that  he  had  noticed  in  the 
ministerial  list  of  the  Brethren's  Almanac  that 
there  was  one  minister  living  at  Grand  Junc- 
tion, Colo.,  which  is  in  Grand  Valley.  So  they 
looked  up  the  Almanac  and  found  the  name  of 
the  writer. 

On  the  return  of  our  friend  to  Grand  Valley, 
he  still  felt  interested  in  the  good  cause.  He 
looked  up  the  writer,  and  found  us  just  at  the 
time  when  our  District  evangelist  came  to  us 
to  hold  some  meetings.  We  asked  him  and 
his  folks' to  attend  the  meetings,  which  they 
did,  and  in  a  few  days  he,  with  two  more  of  his 
family,  and  a  married  sister  of  his,  were  bap- 
tized. They  are  now  happy  in  the  M  aster's  ser- 
vice. They  were  formerly  members  of  the 
Christian  church,  but  now  feel  that  they  can 
walk  nearer  the  teachings  of  Jesus  by  being 
connected  with  the  Brethren.  May  God's 
richest  blessings  attend  them  and  keep  them 
firm  in  the  faith  of  the  Master! 

May  we  all  endeavor  lo  spread  our  Almanac 
and  other  literature  far  and  near,  so  that  many 
more  who  desire  to  walk  nearer  to  Christ  may 
have  the  light  given  lo  them! 


HOLY  MEN  IN  INDIA. 

Concerning  the  fakirs  or  "holy  men"  of 
India,  many  of  whom  look  almost  more  like 
beasts  than  men,  .Lucy  E,  Guinness,  in  the 
Misii''ini>y  A'i-Ti/.'ti/  says: 

"  What  must  be  the  character  of  the  faith 
whose  ideal  is  before  us?  We  stand  bewil- 
dered in  the  sunshine,  trying  to  realize  that  it 
is  not  a  dream— that  to  these  men,  our  broth- 
ers, this  filth,  this  degradation,  this  naked  idle- 
ness is  the  embodiment  of  sanctity— and  our 
hearts  go  out  to  India,  the  first  example  of 
whose  greatest  faith  meets  us  in  such  a  form, 
is  is  Hinduism,  hoary  Hinduism  three  thou- 
dyearsold.and  ruling  to-day  more  than  two 
hundred  million  men  and  women.  The  spec- 
tacle before  us  is  the  outcome  of  her  teachings. 
This  is  thehighest  life  one  can  lead.  To  their 
minds  existence  is  an  evil;  emancipation  from  it 
in  this  life,  and  in  countless  future  lives,  is  the 
ne  hope.  Detach  yourself  from  earth,  go 
ithout  clothes;  have  no  home,  no  friends,  no 
people;  do  no  work;  take  no  interest  in  any- 
thing at  all;  enjoy  nothing,  feel  nothing.hope 
for  nothing.  Detach  yourself— to  do  this,  suf- 
fer pain,  sleep  on  spikes,  starve  yourself,  or  cat 
carrion  and  nameless  abominations;  hold  your 
arms  up  till  they  wither  and  the  nails  grow 
through  the  hand;  do  anything  and  everything 
to  get  rid  of  your  supreme  curse— conscious  ex- 


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Sixteen  accessions  are  reported  in  the  White 
Oak  church,  Pa,    __, 

Bro  S.  J.  Swigart  is  on  the  Standing  Committee 
from  Middle  Pennsylvania. 


Bro,  L,  Wekger  is  to  represent  the  Second  Dis- 
trict of  Virginia  on  the  Standing  Committee. 

Bro.  E.  D.  Book  represents  the  Southern  District 
of  Pennsylvania  on  the  Standing  Committee, 

Bro.  Geo.  W.  Cripe  is  still  laboring  in  Adams 
County,  111.  He  writes  that  he  has  a  large  field  to 
work. 

The  address  of  Bro,  Christian  Holderman  is 
changed  from  Crescent  City,  Okla.  T.,  to  Fruit- 
dale,  Ala.  

The  churches  in  Sweden  have  selected  Bro.  D.  L, 
Miller  to  represent  them  on  the  Standing  Commit- 
tee this  year. 

Bro.  S.  A.  Honbergbr,  of  Roanoke,  La„  is 
spending  some  weeks  in  Missouri,  He  expects  to 
attend  the  Annual  Meeting. 


Bro.  Jacob  Delp  is  now  at  work  in  the  Wiscon- 
sin mission  field.  The  outlook  for  the  building  up 
of  a  number  of  the  new  churches  in  that  part  of 
our  District  is  quite  encouraging. 


Last  year  nine  elders  were  ordained  in  Middle 
Pennsylvania,  and  a  number  more  are  to  be  or- 
dained during  the  present  year. 

Bro.  A.  H.  Crumpacker,  who  formerly  resided 
at  Fort  Scott,  Kans.,  is  now  earnestly  engaged  in 
the  Lord's  work  at  Charleston,  W.  Va, 


Bro  Daniel  Vaniman  was  in  attendance  at  the 
District  Meeting,  recently  held  in  Southern  Ohio. 
Bro.  I.  D.  Parker  was  also  present.  The  meeting 
is  said  to  have  passed  off  very  pleasantly. 

What  made  the  apostolic  churches  so  successful 
is,  that  devout  men  went  everywhere  preaching  the 
Gospel.  That  is  what  we  are  needing  to-day  more 
than  any  other  one  thing.  We  need  men  who  will 
go  everywhere  preaching  the  Gospel  in  this  coun- 
ty   

Bro  E.  J.  Neher  writes  us  that  there  is  an  en- 
couraging awakening  among  the  people  in  the  vi- 
cinity of  Hollywood,  Ala.,  where  he  has  been  do- 
ing considerable  preaching.  One  has  applied  for 
membership,  and  others  seem  very  favorably  im- 
pressed.   _____ 

Bro,  J.  G.  Rover  returned  from  the  East  last 
Tuesday.  He  attended  the  District  Meeting  of 
Eastern  Pennsylvania,  and  reports  considerable 
business  before  the  Conference,  and  several  papers 
go  to  the  Annual  Meeting.  Bro,  J.  H.  Longaneck- 
er  will  represent  the  District  on  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee.  

Every  member,  especially  ministers  and  dele- 
gates, attending  the  coming  Annual  Meeting, 
should  have  a  copy  of  the  Gish  Reference  Testa- 
ment. It  is  quite  a  convenience  for  carrying  in 
the  pocket,  and  is  just  the  book  to  use  when  it  be- 
comes necessary  to  refer  to  Scripture  relating  to 
any  question  under  consideration. 

It  will  be  necessary  for  the  Tract  Examining 
Committee  to  have  a  meeting  this  year  at  the  com- 
ing Annual  Meeting.  Persons  who  wish  to  submit 
manuscript  for  consideration  for  tracts  should 
have  the  same  in  the  hands  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Missionary  Committee  to  prepare  for  the  Examin- 
ing Committee,  not  later  than  May  16. 

Not  long  since  we  were  in  company  with  four 
ministers,  and  all  of  them  save  one,  carried  a  copy 
of  the  Gish  Reference  Testament,  and  he  at  once 
ordered  a  copy,  selecting  the  ninety  cent  book.  If 
ministers,  generally,  knew  the  value  and  conven- 
ience of  this  pocket  Testament,  between  this  and 
the  Annual  Meeting  we  would  receive  hundreds  of 
orders.  

Some  may  not  be  able  to  see  how  the  Ministerial 
List,  in  the  Brethren's  Almanac,  should  be  instru- 
mental in  leading  souls  to  Christ.  We  have,  on 
another  pige  of  this  issue,  a  short  article,  telling 
in  what  way  the  List  has  done  good  in  that 
respect.  Under  the  blessings  of  God  there  are 
many  things  that  may  prove  instrumental  in  the 
salvation  of  those  seeking  their  soul's  welfare. 


Bro.  John  Calvin  Bright  will  represent  the 
Southern  District  of  Ohio  on  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee,   Two  papers  go  to  the  Annual  Meeting, 

Northern  Illinois  and  Wisconsin  is  to  be  repre- 
sented on  the  Standing  Committee  by  Bro.  P.  R, 
Keltncr.     One  paper  goes  to  the  Annual  Meeting. 


We  are  requested  to  say  that  the  feast  at  the 
P.leasant  Hill  church,  Md.,  May  28,  will  commence 
at  10  A.  M„  instead  of  1:30  P.  M.,  as  heretofore 
published. 

The  Dupagi  P/tss,  Naperville,  111.,  has  decided 
to  publish  a  Conference  Daily,  giving  the  Annual 
Meeting  news.  The  publisher  feels  confident  that 
he  can  publish  a  paper  that  will  not  only  be  worth 
reading,  but  one  that  will  be  pleasing  to  our  peo- 
ple. There  are  to  be  six  issues,  and  the  paper  will 
be  mailed  daily,  to  any  part  of  the  United  States 
for  fifteen  cents  for  the  six  issues,  Address:  D:t- 
pajji  Preis,  Naperville,  111. 


In  a  half-column  article  a  recent  issue  of  the 
Kansas  City  Slar  has  some  interesting  things  to 
say  concerning  the  Brethren,  but  makes  an  inex- 
cusable blunder  in  saying  that  the  church  is  gov- 
erned by  a  Standing  Committee,  It  might  have 
said  that  the  Standing  Committee  is  governed  by 
the  church,  and  in  the  performance  of  its  duties,  as 
a  committee  on  programme,  is  greatly  restricted. 


We  notice  that  some  of  the  Minutes  of  District 
Meetings  contain  not  only  the  names  of  the  elders, 
sent  to  churches  to  effect  ordinations,  but  the 
names  of  the  ministers  proposed  for  ordination.  In 
this  way  the  proposed  ordinations  become  public 
long  before  the  congregations  can  be  consulted, 
We  do  not  mean  to  criticise  the  method,  but  give 
it  only  as  a  matter  of  news,  for  our  people  to  think 
about, . 

Only  three  weeks  from  the  date  of  this  paper  a 
number  of  our  people  will  be  at  Naperville  111., 
ready  to  enjoy  and  take  part  in  the  services  and 
work  pertaining  to  the  Annual  Conference.  We 
not  only  expect  to  see  a  very  large  gathering,  but 
we  feel  confident  that  everything  possible  will  be 
done  to  make  the  meeting  pleasant  in  every  way, 
The  accommodations  promise  to  be  excellent,  and 
the  eating  arrangements  superior  to  anything  ever 
before  enjoyed  on  the  Conference  grounds. 

The  increasing  demand  for  our  Sunday  school 
supplies  is  certainly  very  encouraging.  For  the 
month  of  April,  just  closed,  the  demand  was  thirty- 
five  per  cent  greater  than  for  the  corresponding 
month  in  the  previous  year.  This  shows  that  our 
people  are  not  only  pleased  with  the  literature  we 
are  giving  them,  but  that  they  feel  it  their  duty  to 
sustain  their  own  publishing  interests.  While  we 
have  greatly  improved  the  Sunday  school  supplies 
in  the  past,  we  feel  certain  that  we  can  make  some 
additional  improvements  in  the  future. 

The  elders  at  one  of  the  District  Meetings  in  the 
East  decided  on  the  ordination  of  nine  elders, 
This  looks  like  carrying  out  the  apostolic  practice 
of  ordaining  "elders  in  every  church."  Acts  14: 
23;  Tit.  1:  5.  A  good  deal  has  been  said  in  the 
Messenger  on  this  subject,  from  time  to  time,  and 
it  no  doubt  has  put  our  people  to  thinking  along 
the  line  of  fully  equipping  each  congregation  with 
all  the  officers  needed.  Then  there  are  not  a  few 
strong  men  in  every  District,  though  not  specially 
needed  in  the  eldership  in  their  home  churches,  who 
ought  to  be  ordained  for  the  general  good  of  vj&s 
cause,  in  order  that  they  may  be  used  by  the  Dis- 
trict or  the  Brotherhood  at  large.  We  are  encour- 
aged with  the  outlook  along  this  line. 

■  Years  ago  a  large  sum  of  money  was  entrusted 
to  a  brother  to  be  distributed. where  it  was  most 
needed  among  the  destitute.  In  course  of  time, 
considerable  money  fell  into  his  hands,  and  he  de- 
posited it  in  the  bank.  By  and  by  he  needed  a 
hundred  dollars  a  few  weeks,  and  as  the  money 
was  lying  in  the  bank  doing  nothing,  he  concluded 
that  there  would  be  nothing  wrong  about  drawing 
out  that  amount  and  then  replace  it.  In  due  time 
the  one  hundred  dollars  was  replaced,  but  he  said 
that  the  few  weeks  he  had  the  money  were  the 
most  unhappy  weeks  he  ever  spent,  The  thought 
repeatedly  came  to  him,  what  if  he  should  die  sud- 
denly and  his  account  of  money,  held  in  trust, 
would  be  found  one  hundred  dollars  shortl  He  re- 
solved that  he  would  never  do  a  thing  of  that  kind 
again.  It  is  a  dangerous  thing  for  one  to  make  a 
personal  use  of  that  which  does  not  belong  to  him, 
and  how  much  better  off  some  men  would  be  to- 
day, in  the  estimation  of  all  good  people,  had  they 
always  acted  wisely  along  this  line!  Let  every- 
body learn  to  never  make  a  personal  use  of  the 
money  belonging  to  another. 


An  unofficial  friend  urged  the  President  to  change 
a  certain  clause  in  his  message.  On  his  refusal  to 
do  so,  he  was  asked  for  his  reason.  "  Because," 
was  the  reply,  with  impressive  solemnity,  "  I  am 
President  of  the  United  States."  There  is  some- 
thing weighty  about  this  kind  of  an  answer.  There 
are  many  things  that  certain  persons  should  not  do 
because  they  are  preachers  or  elders,  Then  there 
are  other  things  that  another  class  would  better 
not  do  because  they  are  Christians.  It  is  impor- 
tant that  people  take  into  consideration  the  posi- 
tion they  occupy  in  society  before  engaging  in 
some  things  that  might  otherwise  l>;  considered 
lawful, 


OUR  DISTRICT  MEETING. 


—This  year  the  District  Meeting  of  Northern 
Illinois  and  Wisconsin  was  held  with  the  Hickory 
Grove  congregation,  one  of  the  smallest  churches 
in  Northern  Illinois,  and  located  to  one  side  of  the 
District. 

—The  attendance  was  large,  much  larger  than 
was  expected,  and  it  taxed  the  ability  of  the  mem- 
bers at  Hickory  Grove  to  care  for  their  visitors. 
But  they  proved  equal  to  the  occasion,  and  not  on 
ly  gave  them  the  best  of  accommodations,  bu 
made  them  feel  welcome. 


Vbim    SOfiPEL    M.ESSHH 


—We  do  not  remember  to  have  ever  attended  a 
meeting  where  the  visiting  members  were  more 
kindly  received  and  tetter  provided  for,  and  made 
to  feel  more  at  home. 

The  elders  met  on  Tuesday,  April  26,  to  con- 
sider whatever  might  be  presented  to  them.  It 
was  deemed  wise  to  send  elders  to  a  few  of  the 
congregations  to  assist  churches  in  some  of  their 
work.  Each  elder  was  called  on  to  report  the  con- 
dition of  his  congregation.  This  was  a  very  in- 
teresting feature  of  the  meeting. 

—A  love  feast  was  held  in  the  evening.  It  was 
quite  well  attended,  and  the  interest  taken  in  the 
services  was  good;  Bro.  H.  C.  Baker,  of  Wisconsin, 
officiated.  Bro.  John  Gable  and  G.  W.  Hopwood, 
of  Iowa,  were  also  present.  The  attendance  of 
ministers  from  our  own  State  was  quite  large. 

—The  District  Meeting  opened  the  next  morn- 
ing. The  roll  call  showed  that  we  now  have  twen- 
ty-three churches  in  the  District.  All  were  repre- 
sented by  delegates  but  four,  and  three  of  these 
represented  by  letter,  there  being  but  one  congre- 
gation not  represented  in  some  way. 

The  meeting  was  organized  by  electing  D.  L. 

Miller,  Moderator,  I.  B.  Trout,  Reading  Clerk,  and 
G  B.  Royer  and  P.  R.  Keltner,  Writing  Clerks. 
We  soon  discovered  that  we  had  a  good  corps  of 
officers,  and  all  the  business  was  handled  with 
commendable  skill  and  promptness. 

—  Most  of  the  forenoon  was  spent  considering  mis- 
sionary work.  The  reports  from  the  mission  fields 
were  encouraging.  During  the  last  year  the  mem- 
bership in  Sterling  has  more  than  doubled,  mainly 
by  letter,  however.  A  mission  has  been  opened  at 
Batavia  with  encouraging  prospects,  Chicago  pre- 
sented a  report  that  touched  many  hearts  and  in- 
spired confidence. 

—But  the  most  encouraging  report  came  from 
the  several  mission  points  in  Wisconsin,  where  a 
large  raumber  have  been  baptized  during  the  year, 
m^H  prospects  of  many  more  in  the  near  future. 
This  is  a  field  that  we  should  give  more  than  us- 
ual attention,  for  it  is  evident  that  with  proper 
care  and  efforts  a  number  of  congregations  may  be 
built  up  in  the  State. 

—It  afforded  us  pleasure  to  have  present  from 
Wisconsin,  two  ministers, — H.  C.  Baker  and  E,  E. 
Joyce,  who  attended  our  District  Meeting  for  the 
first  time.  They  told  us  of  the  good  work  being 
done  in  their  State,  and  of  the  many  fields  now 
opening  up  to  our  people. 

— It  was  decided  to  appropriate  Si. 000  for  mis 
sionary  work  during  the  coming  year.  This  is 
none  too  large,  it  is  rather  small,  yet  by  a  judicious 
use  of  it  the  Gospel  may  be  preached  in  a  number 
of  localities. 

—Our  District  solicitor  for  the  General  Mission- 
ary and  Tract  Funds,  Bro.  John  Heckman,  made  an 
interesting  report,  showing  that  during  the  past 
year  our  District  raised  over  $  1,200  for  these 
funds.  He  visited  a  number  of  the  churches  and 
preached  missionary  sermons,  that  seem  to  have 
been  well  received. 

—Bro,  P.  R.  Keltner  is  our  Sunday  school  Sec- 
retary, and  he  presented  a  report  that  was  both 
interesting  and  encouraging,  showing  that  we  are 
making  progress  in  our  Sunday  school  work, 

—Several  queries  were  before  the  meeting,  only 
one  of  which  goes  to  the  Annual  Conference. 
Some  of  the  questions  were  discussed  with  consid- 
erable earnestness,  but  with  the  very  best  of  feel- 
ings. 

—Our  deferred  query,  relating  to  sisters  breaking 
the  bread  and  passing  the  cup  at  Communion  serv- 
ices, the  same  as  the  brethren,  was  not  discussed 
for  the  reason  that  the  question  is  now  pending  in 
the  General  Conference. 

—Another  paper  Bsked  to  have  our  practice 
«i»ne  uniform  by  the  officiating  minister  breaking 


the  bread  and  passing  (he  cup  to  the  brethren  the 
same  as  is  now  done  to  the  sisters,  ft  is  not  often 
that  things  so  opposite  are  called  for  at  the  same 
meeting,  as  was  conttiied  in  these  two  papers. 
The  latter  paper  was  respectfully  returned. 

— A  paper  of  considerable  interest  was  passed, 
authorizing  the  Sunday  school  correspondent  to 
serve  with  the  Committee  on  Programme  for  Min- 
isterial Meetings,  and  assist  in  arranging  for  a 
Sunday  school  meeting  of  one  day,  to  be  held  in 
connection  with  the  Ministerial  Meeting.  This  will 
enable  us  to  have  a  Sunday  school  meeting  in 
Northern  Illinois  the  coming  fall. 

—It  was  also  urged  that  the  Special  Bible  Term, 
held  at  Mt.  Monis  each  winter,  te  more  largely  at- 
tended by  our  member?,  especially  by  the  minis- 
ters. Churches  were  encouraged  to  assist  their 
rr.i-i iters  in  attending  these  terms, 

— Much  other  business   came   before   the   meet- 
ing and  was  disposed  of  in  a  satisfactory  manner. 
The   meeting   closed  about  four   o'clock  with  the 
very   best  of  feelings.     Our  next   meeting  will  be 
held  in  Mt.  Morris,  five  weeks  before  the  Annual 
Meeting.  ______  J  H-  M' 

A  PREACHER,  BUT  NO  CONdREQAIlW. 

We  have  always  endeavored  to  reach  our  ap- 
pointments for  preaching  when  it  was  possible  to 
do  so.  On  one  occasion,  after  traveling  some  dis- 
tance, we  had  the  pleasure  of  preaching  to  three 
most  attentive  listeners.  We  say  "pleasure"  for 
it  is  a  delight  to  deal  out  spiritual  food  to  those 
who  hunger  and  thirst  after  righteousness,  whether 
they  be  many  or  few. 

Last  Sunday,  however,  we  had  an  experience 
that  was  altogether  new  to  us.  It  was  one  of  these 
disagreeable  Sundays,  made  so  by  rain  and  mud, 
when  every  person  thinks  that  no  one  will  be  at 
meeting,  so  nobody  goes.  We  felt  that  way  too, 
but  wife  said  we  would  better  go,  else  some  would 
be  disappointed.  So  we  drove  out  into  the  coun- 
try, to  the  place  of  meeting,  found  the  house  ready 
for  the  services,  but  no  congregation. 

We  then  walked  out  into  the  "Lord's  acre,"  near 
by,  and  counted  the  resting  places  of  one  hundred 
and  forty  who  had  gone  to  their  long  home.  Re- 
turning to  the  house,  we  began  to  muse.  Should 
these  one  hundred  and  forty  persons  come  from 
their  graves  and  take  their  accustomed  places  in 
the  church,  what  an  interesting  audience  we  would 
have!  Then  we  wondered  if  we  could  command 
the  courage  to  preach  to  an  assembly  made  up  of 
people  who  had  just  returned  from  the  mysterious 
land  of  the  spirits?  We  next  wondered  what  text 
we  could  appropriately  use,  were  we  permitted  to 
address  such  a  remarkable  gathering!  Then  we 
further  thought,  what  if,  at  the  close  of  the  ser- 
vices, we  should  extend  an  invitation,  how  many 
would  apply  for  membership!  Possibly  every  un- 
converted person  would  be  only  too  glad  for  this, 
another  opportunity,  to  make  his  calling  and  elec- 
tion sure. 

To  many  of  these  people  we  had  often  preached. 
We  tried  to  point  out  to  them  the  way  of  salva- 
tion, and  urged  them  to  accept  the  conditions  of 
pardon,  and  be  prepared  for  the  judgment,  before 
going  to  the  grave.  Some  of  them  had  accepted 
Jesus  as  their  Savior  and  died  in  peace,  while  oth- 
ers possibly  had  not,  With  some  of  the  sainted 
dead  we  had  often  worshiped,  and  even  sat  with 
them  at  the  Communion  table.  And  now  since  we, 
on  this  occasion,  were  not  permitted  to  preach  to 
either  the  living  or  the  dead,  it  was  our  earnest 
prayer,  before  leaving  the  house  of  the  Lord,  that 
we  might  hereafter  proclaim  the  Gospel  more  clear- 
ly and  forcibly  than  we  had  ever  done  before,  and 
in  the  end  enjoy  the  happy  privilege  of  meeting 
the  redeemed  host  in  the  "land  of  pure  delight, 
where  ssints  immortal  reign  I"  J.  h.  h. 


PREPARATIONS  FOR  INSTALLATION  SERVICES. 

We  sometimes  feel  that  the  proper  attention  is 
not  given  to  installation  services,  especially,  when 
ministers,  elders,  and  their  wives  are  to  be  inducted 
into  their  holy  office.  There  is  no  better  time  to 
make  a  good  and  a  lasting  impression  on  the  mind 
of  a  minister  and  his  wife,  than  when  it  is  made 
known  to  them  that  by  the  church  they  have  been 
selected  to  preach  the  everlasting  Gospel  to  a  sin- 
ful and  lost  race.  For  such  a  work  the  officiating 
elder  should  thoroughly  prepare  his  mind  as  well  as 
his  heart.  He  should  give  this  preparation  as 
much  attention  as  he  would  think  of  giving  a  ser- 
mon of  vital  importance.  When  two  elders  are 
called  to  hold  an  election,  advance  a  minister,  or 
ordain  an  elder,  they  should,  at  the  very  beginning, 
arrange  who  is  to  conduct  the  installation  service. 
It  would  be  better  if  they  could  arrange  this  part  of 
their  work  days  before.  And  if  they  cannot  do 
this,  let  each  one  come  to  the  meeting  prepared  for 
this  service,  should  it  fall  to  his  lot  to  conduct  it. 

It  is  no  small  task  for  an  elder  to  store  away  in 
his  mind  all  the  points  necessary  to  conduct  and  di- 
rect a  service  of  so  much  importance,  He  should 
have  at  command  all  the  duties  pertaining  to  the 
office,  as  well  as  some  carefully-arranged  instruc- 
tions that  can  be  so  appropriately  given  out  on  an 
occasion  of  this  kind.  Pertaining  to  the  labors  of 
the  ministry,  as  well  as  that  of  the  eldership,  there 
are  many  duties  that  should  be  named  in  a  clear 
and  an  impressive  manner,  not  only  for  the  good 
and  encouragement  of  the  minister  and  his  compan- 
ion, but  for  the  benefit  of  the  church  as  well.  This 
can  be  well  done  only  after  careful  preparation, 
or  a  great  deal  of  practice,  and  therefore  we  urge 
the  preparation,  and  believe  that  we  voice  the  senti- 
ment of  a  large  majority  of  our  members  when  we 
say,  that,  in  far  too  many  instances,  this  preparation 
is  neglected  to  the  discredit  of  the  cause. 

An  installation  service,  conducted  in  an  indiffcr. 
ent  manner,  is  far  more  chilling  than  a  carelessly- 
conducted  marriage  ceremony,  Besides,  to  make  a 
good  and  far-reaching  impression,  it  is  an  opporlu- 
nity  of  a  life-time,  and  under  no  circumstances 
should  it  be  neglected.  We  further  believe  that,  in 
many  parts  of  the  Brotherhood,  we  do  not  give 
these  services  the  attention  that  they  received 
years  ago  at  the  hands  of  our  old  brethren.  We 
are  permitting  ourselves  to  pass  over  the  important 
work  far  too  lightly,  and  for  that  reason  we  have 
deemed  it  advisable  to  call  special  attention  to  the 
subject  in  this  communication.  J.  H.  M. 


RAlLROAOyVRRANQEMENrS  FOR  ANNUAL 
•*     '"    v        A1EETINO. 

The   following  letter  from  Commissioner  F,  C, 
Donald,  of  the  Central  Passenger  Association  wi'l 

be  self-explanatory: 

Chicago,  April  28, 1898. 
Me,  D.  L.  Miller, 
Mt.  Morris,  111, 
Dear  Sir : — 

In  response  1 
say  that  this  Association 
rate  of  one  fare  for  the  r( 
tory  to  Chicago,  plus  S1.85  from  this 
return,  account  of  your  Annual  Confe 
May  23,  24,  27  and  28,  with  final 
and  with  provision  for  an  extensio 
ticket  with  joint  agent  at  Naperville  1 
June  30,  inclusive.    A  circular  annoi 
rangement  will  shortly  be  issued  and  transmitted  to  ; 
ested.    We  have,  heretofore,  been  unable  to  give  you 
formation,  as  certain  necessary  details  bave  just  be 
pleted  to-day.  Yours  Truly, 


your  favor  of  23rd  ins 
nd  trip  from  all  point! 


He  and 


Tickets  to  be  sold 
limit  of  June  24, 
imit  by  depositing 
before  June  24,  to 

nitted  to  all  inler- 
0  give  you  this  in- 


This  notice,  with  that  published  last  week,  by 
Bro.  E,  W.  Stoner,  completes  our  railroad  arrange- 
ments, except  rates  from  the  South.  We  have 
not  as  yet  heard  from  Bro.  Geo.  C.  Bowman,  of 
Tennessee.  Hope  he  will  succeed  in  securing  rates 
from  the  southern  ro»ds<  b.  t  Ms 


TTT33    GOSPEL    MESSEOSrO^ie^ 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

Is  it  according  to  the  order  of  the  Brethren  for  the  elder,  in 
making  the  church-meeting  announcement,  to  publicly  offer 
the  liberty  for  outsiders  to  attend?—//,  S,  L. 

It  is  not  deemed  the  proper  thing  to  do,  for  the 
reason  that  council-meetings  are  for  the  purpose  of 
attending  to  the  business  belonging  to  the  church 
as  a  body,  and  it  is  presumed  that  those  not  mem- 
bers are  not  specially  interested  in  the  business, 
and,  of  course,  would  feel  out  of  place  were  they 
present. 

Why  do  the  Brethren  churches  in  the  East  use  a  yearling 
lamb  for  the  feast  or  passover,  while  the  churches  in  the  West 
use  beef?  Why  is  it  when  the  Brethren  In  the  East  come  to 
the  West  to  visit,  they  will  not  commune  wilh  us,  and  which 
one  of  these  customs  is  right?— J,  ,  I.  M. 

In  our  extensive  experience  we  have  never  been 
present  at  a  feast  where  Iamb  meat  was  served.  It 
is  probably  used  at  but  few  places  among  our  peo- 
ple, and  may  be  more  a  matter  of  habit  than  a  mat- 
ter of  belief  or  doctrine.  The  custom  may  have 
originated  from  the  supposition  that  Jesus  institut- 
ed the  Lord's  Supper  on  the  passover  evening, 
when  the  Jews  ate  of  the  paschal  lamb.  But  the 
legal  time  for  the  passover  was  not  until  the  next 
evening.  We  never  before  heard  of  the  eastern 
brethren  refusing  to  feast  with  those  in  the  West, 
on  account  of  them  having  beef  instead  of  lamb. 
There  must  be  some  mistake  about  the  report.  As 
to  which  is  the  proper  food  to  serve  at  the  Lord's 
table,  we  presume  it  makes  no  difference  with  the 
Lord.  That  is  left  to  the  taste  and  preference  of 
his  people.  Jesus  and  the  apostles  may  have  had 
neither  lamb  nor  beef  on  the  table  when  the  Lord's 
Supper  was  instituted,  in  fact,  we  do  not  know  that 
they  had  meat  of  any  kind.  The  soup  is  presumed 
to  have  been  a  vegetable  preparation, 

"Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven."  Matt.  6:  10.  Are  heaven  and  the  kingdom  the 
same,  or  are  they  two  phases,  or  conditions?  If  two,  in 
what  way  will  they  be  manifested  or  represented  in  the  fu- 
ture?— S.  M, 

In  this  instance  the  terms  refer  to  separate  items. 
By  "kingdom"  is  meant  the  reign  of  Christ,  in 
the  hearts  of  the  people  on  earth.  Heaven  refers 
to  the  celestial  abode  beyond  the  world.  The  king- 
dom here  prayed  for,  is  that  relating  to  the  person- 
al reign  of  Christ  on  the  earth,  when  all  govern- 
ments shall  be  subject  to  him,  and  he  shall  reign  in 
the  hearts  of  all.  When  this  is  seen,  then  shall  we 
know  that  the  kingdom,  in  its  fullness,  has  come, 
and  this  will  be  its  manifestation. 

Why  is  it  that  in  yoar  Querist  Department  you  seldom  re- 
fer to  the  decisions  of  the  Annual  Meeting  for  authority?—^. 
O.A. 

We  prefer  to  go  back  of  the  Annual  Meeting  to 
the  Gospel,  on  which  all  correct  decisions  are  pred- 
icated, and  thus  get  our  authority  from  the  Foun- 
tain Head,  or  from  the  same  source  from  which  the 
Conference  gets  her  information  and  power,  The 
Minutes  are  all  right  in  their  place,  but,  as  sources 
of  light  and  authority,  they  are  secondary  rather 
than  primary.  We  prefer  to  go  to  the  primary 
whenever  it  is  possible  to  do  so,  for  that  is  the 
source  from  which  our  ancient  Brethren  received 
their  knowledge  when  they  set  in  motion  the  re- 
formatory movement  that  resulted  in  the  Brethren 
church.  We  frequently  refer  to  the  Minutes  in  our 
investigations,  but  when  it  comes  to  giving  the 
rules  of  right  or  wrong,  our  appeal  is  to  the  Gospel 
direct.  In  fact,  our  aim  is  to  magnify  the  Gospel 
above  everything  else. 

Would  it  be  wrong,  according  lo  Acts  2:  17,  to  ordain  sisters 
to  the  ministry?—//.  E. 

We  have  no  record  of  sisters  having  been  or- 
dained, or  set  apart  to  the  ministry  in  the  apostolic 
times,  though  they  did  take  some  part  in  the  work 
of  the  church.  In  our  judgment,  they  should  be 
employed  mainly  as  helpmates  in  the  Gospel,  and 
in  this   capacity   may   even   preach— as   has  often 


been  done — when  invited  to  do  so.  This  is  proba- 
bly the  prophesying  referred  to  in  the  Scripture 
cited.  Wisdom  would  direct  that  sisters  should 
not  be  employed  in  work  of  this  kind  when  the 
prejudice  against  them  is  so  strong  as  to  render 
their  labors  ineffectual. 


In  one  of  Talmige's  sermons  he  speaks  of  the  wife  of  Mo- 
ses being  black.  Where  in  the  Bible  can  we  find  an  account 
of  bis  marrying  a  black  woman?—/.  //. 

In  Numbers  12:  1  it  is  said  that  he  "  married  an 
Ethiopian  woman."  In  the  Revised  Version,  which 
is  probably  the  more  correct,  she  is  designated  as 
a  "  Cushite  woman,"  or  an  inhabitant  of  the  land  of 
Cush.  She  was  in  all  probability  the  woman  he 
married  in  Midian,  and  not  a  second  wife.  We 
think  Mr.  Talmage  is  mistaken  about  her  being  a 
black  woman.     She  may  have  been  dark. 

J.   H.  M. 

WHAT  THE  SALOON-KEEPER  CAN  AND  WILL  DO. 


[Here  is  something  th, 
probably  without  doing  in 
reputation,     It   says  ju: 


The 


who  ' 


for  lie 


doing,  and  everybody 
,  be  he  saint  or  sin- 


ner, is  helping  the  saloon-keeper  put  into  operation  what  is 
herein  designated.  It  is  a  good  thing  to  have  printed  and 
hand  to  everybody.— Ed.] 

Wishing  to  get  a  living  without  hard  work,  I 
have  leased  commodious  rooms  in  Mr.  Love- 
money's  Block,  corner  of  Ruin  Street  and  Perdi- 
tion Lane  (next  door  to  the  undertaker's)  where 
I  shall  continue  my  business  of  manufacturing 
drunkards,  paupers,  lunatics,  beggars,  criminals, 
and  "dead-beats,"  for  sober  and  industrious  peo- 
ple to  support. 

Backed  up  by  (he  law,  I  shall  add  to  the  num- 
ber of  fatal  accidents,  of  painful  diseases,  of  dis- 
graceful quarrels,  of  riots  and  of  murders.  My 
liquors  are  warranted  to  rob  some  of  life;  many 
of  reason;  most  of  property;  and  all  of  true  peace; 
to  make  fathers  Bends,  wives  widows,  children 
orphans. 

I  shall  cause  mothers  to  forget  their  infants;  chil- 
dren to  grow  up  in  ignorance;  young  women  to 
lose  their  priceless  purity;  young  men  to  become 
loafers,  swearers,  gamblers,  skeptics,  and  "lewd 
fellows  of  the  baser  sort." 

Lady  customers  supplied  with  beer  as  good  as 
the  best  "  home-brewed,  which  will  not  intoxicate  " 
them,  but  only  make  them  slovenly,  lazy,  coarse 
and  quarrelsome.  Boys  and  girls  are  the  raw  ma- 
terial out  of  which  I  make  drunkards,  etc.  Par- 
ents may  help  in  this  good  work  by  always  sending 
their  children  to  buy  the  beer.  On  two  hours' 
notice  I  agree  to  put  husbands  in  condition  to  reel 
home,  break  the  furniture,  beat  their  wives,  and 
kick  their  children  out  of  doors;  I  shall  also  fit 
mechanics  to  spoil  their  work,  be  discharged  and 
become  tramps. 

If  one  of  the  regular  customers  should  be  trying 
to  reform,  I  will,  for  a  few  pennies,  take  pleasure 
in  inducing  him  again  to  take  just  one  glass  and 
start  again  on  the  road  to  hell,  The  money  which 
he  has  been  wasting  in  bread  and  books  for  his 
children  will  buy  luxuries  for  me.  And  when  his 
money  is  gone  I  will  persuade  him  to  run  in  debt, 
and  then  collect  the  bill  by  attaching  his  wages. 

Orders  promptly  filled  for  fevers,  scrofula,  con- 
sumption or  delirium  tremens.  In  short,  I  agree 
to  help  bring  upon  all  my  customers  in  this  world, 
debt,  disgrace,  diseases,  despair  and  death;  and  in 
the  next  world,  the  death  that  never  dies. 

Having  closed  my  cars  to  God's  warning  voice 
(Hab.  2:12-15;  Psa-  9:  161  17;  Rom.  2:  9),  having 
made  a  league  with  hell  and  sold  my  soul  to  the 
devil,  and  having  paid  for  my  license,  I  have  a 
right  to  bring  all  of  the  above  evils  upon  my 
friends,  for  the  sake  of  gain. 

fifeT'Some  have  suggested  that  I  display  outside 
the  door  assorted  specimens  of  my  art — but  that 
would  blockade  the  street.  A  fine  assortment  of 
my  manufactured  wrecks  may  be  seen  inside,  or 
at  the  station  house  every  morning,  in  the  poor- 
house,  in  the  asylums,  in  the  prisons  and  on  the 
gallows. 


—v  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY  f— 


WHAT  THINK  YE  OF  CHRIST? 

What  think  ye  of  Christ?  is  the  test 

To  try  both  your  state  and  your  scheme; 
You  cannot  be  right  in  the  rest 

Unless  you  think  rightly  of  him. 
As  Jesus  appears  in  your  view, 

As  be  is  beloved  or  not; 
So  God  is  disposed  to  you, 

And  mercy  or  wrath  is  your  lot. 
Some  take  him  a  creature  to  be, 

A  man,  or  an  angel  at  mest; 
Sure  these  have  not  feelings  like  me, 

Nor  know  themselves  wretched  and  lost; 
So  guilty,  so  helpless  am  J, 

I  durst  not  confide  in  bis  blood, 
Nor  on  his  protection  rely, 

Unless  I  were  sure  he  is  God. 
Some  call  him  a  Savior  in  word, 

But  mix  their  own  works  with  his  plan; 
And  hope  he  his  help  will  afford, 

When  they  have  done  all  that  they  can; 
If  doiogs  prove  rather  too  light 

(A  little,  they  own,  they  may  fail), 
They  purpose  to  make  up  full  weight 

By  casting  bis  name  in  the  scale. 
Some  style  him  the  pearl  of  great  price, 

And  say  he's  the  fountain  of  joys; 
You  feed  upon  folly  and  vice 

And  cleave  to  the  world  and  its  toys; 
Like  Judas,  the  Savior  they  kiss, 

And  while  they  salute  him,  betray; 
Ah!  what  will  profession  like  this 

Avail  in  his  terrible  day? 
If  asked  what  of  Jesus  I  think, 

Though  still  my  best  thoughts  are  but  poor, 
I  say,  he's  my  meat  and  my  drink, 

My  life,  and  my  strength,  and  my  stcre; 
My  shepherd,  my  husband,  my  friend, 

My  Savior  from  sin  and  from  thrall; 
My  hope  from  beginning  to  end, 

My  portion,  my  Lord,  and  my  all. 

—John  Newton  {1779). 


A  PINK  ROSE. 


BY    MAGGIB    M.    GOCC 


On  the  evening  of  March  29,  1898,  just  before 
starting  out  with  a  little  band  of  mission  workers 
on  an  evening  visit  to  the  slums  of  a  city  in  Illinois, 
a  most  exquisite  pink  rose  was  handed  me.  Re- 
garding its  beauty  for  a  moment,  the  thought  was 
suggested  to  take  it  along  and  give  it  to  the  most 
depraved  person  we  met  that  evening,  with  the 
prayerful  hope  its  purity  might  be  used  to  recall 
days  of  innocency,  and  lead  the  recipient  to  finally 
accept  Christ  himself. 

The  evening  was  warm,  and  as  we  went  from 
place  to  place,  the  very  atmosphere,  even  a  short 
distance  from  those  awful  haunts  of  sin,  seemed 
somewhat  tainted  by  their  foulness. 

At  a  place  where  there  was  much  cursing  and 
foul  talk,  we  found  a  young  lady  with  haggard, 
pinched  face,  denoting  plainly  the  ravages  that  vice 
had  made.  She  was  certainly  a  most  deplorable 
representative  of  humanity.  There  was  a  wild  look 
of  boldness  upon  her  face,  which  plainly  gave  her 
the  advantage  over  the  many  timid  ones  among 
whom  she  mingled.  In  their  way  they  admired  as 
well  as  feared  her.  All  we  saw  and  came  in  con- 
tact with,  is  too  revolting  to  recall,  and  with  the  ex- 
ception of  this  poor  girl,  we  know  not  if  aught  else 
was  accomplished,  although  a  number  of  tracts 
were  distributed,  and  many  words  spoken  for  Christ 
and  in  his  name. 

The  dear  Lord  prompted  me  to  present  the  poor 
girl  with  my  rose,  and  we  could  not  refrain  from 
smiling  at  her  reception  of  it.  She  nodded  her 
head,  and  simply  said,  laughingly,  "O  that's  all 
right." 

Ah,  she  little  knew — nor  did  we  at  that  time- 
how  all  right  it  was.  There  was  such  a  conviction 
however,  in  my  heart,  that  God  had  prompted  the 
giving  of  it,  that  I  answered:  "He  will  use  it  in 
some  way,  because  I  asked  his  blessing  upon  it  be- 
fore I  gave  it  to  her." 

In  real  prayerfulness  did  I  plead  with  her  to 
leave  this  sinful  life,  but  nothing  seemed  to  touch 


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heart.  She  said  she  had  yielded  to  every 
known  sin,  and  so  there  was  no  use  to  do  different- 
ly etc.  Nevertheless,  the  more  we  conversed  to- 
gether, the  greater  became  the  conviction  that  she 
„uist  be  saved,  and  even  then,  in  the  depths  of  that 
depraved  heart,  could  I  perceive,  with  the  grace  of 
Jesus  Christ,  great  possibilities  of  better  things, 

This  thought  so  took  possession  of  me,  that  for 
twenty-four  hours  no  soul  was  ever  held  up  by  me 
more  persistently,  in  believing  faith,  before  God, 
than  was  this  poor  girl  of  the  streets.  Her  actions 
certainly  gave  not  much  encouragement  to  these 
thoughts,  until,  just  as  we  were  about  parting,  she 
promised  me  faithfully  to  write  me  in  the  near  fu- 
ure,  as  to  her  decision. 

On  receiving  her  letter,  she  greeted  me  with 
these  words:  "  Oh  I  have  something  to  tell  you,  but 
look  inside  of  this  small  envelope  first." 

I  opened  it  with  some  curiosity,  and,  lo,  I  held  in 
my  hand  the  remnants  of  that  once  beautiful  rose, 
given  in  Hs  name  two  weeks  ago.  It  had  done  its 
duty  faithfully,  and  had  silently  spoken  direct  to 
the  one  whom  the  Lord  intended  it  for.  When  she 
had  gazed  upon  its  purity  and  freshness,  it  seems  a 
holy  desire  arose  within  her  soul  to  seek  a  better 
life. 

Bowbelh,  N.  Dak. 


A  VERY  OLD  LADY. 


BY  J.    E.    YOUNG. 


In  Pawnee  County,  Nebr,,  there  lives  a  very  aged 
lady.  The  history  of  her  life  would  be  very  inter- 
esting to  the  reading  world,  could  it  be  obtained. 
Perhaps  it  would  be  as  interesting  as  some  charac- 
ters in  the  Bible.  The  Bible  gives  brief  biographies 
oE  men  and  women,  both  good  and  bad.  The 
world  has  representatives  of  both  classes  yet, 
<  On  my  second  visit  to  this  place,  I  made  more 
definite  inquiry  of  her  history.  She  has  been  an  od- 
dity in  moire  than  one  way.  Even  forty  years  ago, 
when  shf£  was  very  active,  in  common  conversation, 
if  she  discovered  that  her  auditors  were  trying  to 
learn  her  history,  she  was  mute  at  once.  A  few 
items  which  I  have  gathered,  will  be  of  interest  to 
many. 

March  9  I  visited  her.  Her  maiden  name  was 
Delilah  Edwards,  and,  like  the  Delilah  of  old,  she 
had  attractive  powers,  for  she  says  she  was  married 
seven  times.  Her  first  marriage  occurred  while  her 
father  was  in  the  war  of  1812.  She  was  very  indus- 
trious, and  had  no  use  for  "  drones,"  especially  for 
a  husband.  She  says  she  drove  one  from  her  home 
with  a  broom-stick,  after  one  day's  experience  with 
him,  when  he  proved  unwilling  to  be  a  helpmate, 
and  shirked  his  part  of  the  labor.  The  broom-stick 
might  be  a  good  preventative  of  many  unhappy 
homes,  if  used  at  an  earlier  date. 

She  was  born  in  Kentucky,  and  has  lived  in  Ne- 
braska for  at  least  fifty  years.  Her  lait  husband, 
Dr.  Cromwell,  died  in  1866  Since  then  she  lived 
alone  and  supported  herself  until  five  years  ago, 
when  she  was  found  one  morning,  by  a  merchant, 
lying  on  the  floor,  partly  paralyzed. 

When  in  health  she  weighed  more  than  180 
pounds,  but  is  now  very  much  reduced  in  weight. 
She  must  have  had  an  "  iron  "  constitution.  When 
I  visited  her,  after  passing  a  few  sentences,  I  re- 
marked, "  Grandma,  if  you  live  a  few  more  years 
you  will  be  as  old  as  Moses."  She  seemed  delight- 
ed  to  know  that  she  has  nearly,  if  not  altogether, 
reached  the  age  of  a  patriarch.  Like  him  she  en- 
joyed a  psalm,  a  hymn,  and  a  prayer.  And  like 
nim  her  eyes  have  never  lost  their  power.  She 
could  thread  a  needle  to-day,  were  it  not  for  a  para- 
lyzed arm.  But  unlike  Moses,  she  never  could 
read  or  write.  She  is  the  oldest  of  a  family  of  ten 
children,  and  the  only  one  living.  Her  youngest 
brother  died  eleven  years  ago,  at  the  age  of  seven- 
ty-eight. 

No  direct  record  of  her  age  can  be  found.     It  is 

es'imated,  from  circumstantial  evidence,  from    11S 

,24,  the  former  number  probably  the  more  nearly 

c°;"  1 '■     She  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  of 

"horn  she  has  not  heard  since  the  war,    She   is 


now  well  cared  for  by  one  of  her  nephews.    The 
Lord  bless  the  aged,  the  widow,  and  the  orphanl 
Beatrice,  Nebr, 

A  FATHER'S  LOVB. 

It  is  related  that  when  one  of  the  steamships 
was  preparing  to  leave  San  Francisco,  some  days 
ago,  for  the  gold  regions  of  Klondike,  the  conduct 
of  two  fathers,  when  giving  their  sons  farewell,  was 
particularly  noticeable: 

One  strong  young  fellow  wrung  the  hand  of  an 
old  man  of  military  bearing.  "  Well,  Jack,"  the 
father  said,  "  I  wish  you  all  kinds  of  good  luck, 
and,  my  boy,  whatever  you  do,  don't  drink!" 
moment  later,  with  a  gulp  in  his  throat,  he  said: 
"  Good-by.  1  can't  stand  about  here,  or  I  will  lose 
my  courage  and  beg  you  to  stay."  And  with  an 
other  handshake  he  was  gone, 

Another  young  man  was  given  "  Godspeed  "  by 
his  old  father,  and  the  parent's  voice  broke  as  he 
said:  "Now,  George,  you  know  there  is  always  a 
good  home  to  come  to  if  you  don't  strike  anything. 
Don't  stay  up  there  and  suffer  because  of  any  false 
pride.  If  you  can't  get  a  fortune  this  season,  come 
back.  You  will  have  as  good  a  show  here  as  many 
others,  and  you  can  always  count  on  a  good  home!  " 
How  much  it  means  when  the  good  Book  says  to 
us:  "  Like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  children,  so  the 
Lord  pitieth  them  that  fear  him." 


AN  IDEAL  HOME. 


Helen  Hunt  Jackson  wrote,  "  The  most  perfect 
little  home  I  ever  saw  was  a  little  house  into  the 
sweet  incense  of  whose  fires  went  no  costly  things. 
A  thousand  dollars  served  as  a  year's  living  for  fa- 
ther, mother,  and  three  children.  But  the  mother 
was  the  creator  of  a  home;  her  relations  with  the 
children  were  the  most  beautiful  I  have  ever  seen 
every  inmate  of  the  house  involuntarily  looked  in- 
to her  face  for  the  key-note  of  the  day;  and  it  al 
ways  rang  clear.  From  the  rose-bud  or  clover-leaf 
which,  in  spite  of  her  hard  housework,  she  always 
found  time  to  put  beside  our  plates  at  breakfast, 
down  to  the  story  she  had  on  hand  to  read  in  the 
evening,  there  was  no  intermission  of  her  influence. 
She  has  always  been,  and  always  will  be,  my  ideal 
of  a  mother,  wife  and  home-maker.  If,  to  her  quick 
brain,  loving  heart  and  exquisite  face  had  been 
added  the  appliances  of  wealth  and  enlargements 
of  wide  culture,  hers  would  have  been  absolutely 
the  ideal  home.  As  it  was,  it  was  the  best  I  have 
ever  seen." 


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The  District  Meeting  of  the  First  District  of  Virginia. 

This  meeting  was  held  at  the  White  Rock 
church,  Floyd  Co.,  April  15  and  16,  and  will  long 
be  remembered  for  the  excellent  spirit  and  har- 
mony that  prevailed  throughout. 

It  was  the  first  meeting  of  this  kind  ever  held  at 
White  Rock,  and  was  therefore  of  special  interest 
to  the  church  and  neighborhood,  and  the  large 
gathering  of  members  and  other  persons  was  an 
evident  fact  of  the  deep  interest  taken  in  the  meet- 
ing. 

Considerable  business  of  importance  came  up  for 
disposition.  The  question  was  asked  why  breth- 
ren were  not  allowed  to  use  the  civil  law  against 
offenders,  and  yet  sit  as  jurors  and  help  judge 
those  who  are  offenders.  The  answer  given  was 
that  brethren  had  no  right  to  do  either,  according 
to  former  Annual  Meeting  decisions, 

Brethren  being  allowed  to  wear  the  mustache  on- 
ly, met  with  disapproval,  and  the  elders  and  con- 
gregations were  advised  to  labor  against  it. 

Members  uniting  and  taking  part  with  other  de- 


nominations in  Sunday  schools,  prayer,  revival 
and  experience  meetings,  was  discussed  at  length 
and  answered  by  advising  members  to  be  careful 
so  as  to  not  make  a  compromise  of  our  faith  and 
practice. 

Brethren,  making  assignments  to  the  dissatisfac- 
tion of  their  creditors,  was  considered  wrong. 

An  interest  in  the  Brethren  Publishing  House 
was  manifest,  and  the  elders  and  officials  were 
asked  to  urge  all  the  members  to  take  the  Messen- 
ger in  their  own  families,  and  to  help  increase  its 
circulation  as  much  as  possible. 

Some  suggestions  were  offered  in  advising  the 
consideration  of  a  change  of  the  present  plan  of 
doing  District  Mission  work,  but  the  plan,  as  it 
now  is,  was  continued. 

The  propriety  of  members  attending  public  exe- 
cutions (hangings),  was  presented  for  a  Scriptural 
answer  if  thought  wrong.  Attending  such  gather- 
ings was  almost  unanimously  condemned,  and  a 
number  of  Scripture  citations  named  as  an  answer 
to  the  question. 

The  "  adultery  "  question  came  up,  as  also  breth- 
ren marrying  divorced  persons,  which  was  in  part 
referred  to  Annual  Meeting  decisions,  and  in  part 
deferred,  awaiting  the  decisions  now  pending  be- 
fore Annual  Meeting, 

The  District,  not  having  had  the  Annual  Meeling 
since  1869,  decided  unanimously  to  continue  the 
call  for  1899,  the  same  having  been  before  the 
Standing  Committee  for  several  years,  asking  for  it 
for  that  year, 

District  evangelistic  work  and  missionary  collec- 
tions were  not  up  to  the  highest  point.  The  Board, 
however,  is  laboring  in  the  direction  of  an  increase 
for  both. 

Ordinations,  committees,  and  helps  of  various 
kinds,  were  asked  for  and  granted. 

Altogether  it  is  safe  to  count  the  First  District  as 
working  in  harmony  with  the  General  Brotherhood, 
ready  to  advocate  and  "  contend  for  the  faith  which 
was  once  delivered  unto  the  saints." 

_    P.   S.    MlLLKN, 

From  the  Sliver  Lake  Church,  Nebr. 

Our  services,  last  Saturday  evening,  were  pleas- 
ant and  we  trust  a  fruitful  means  of  grace  to  all 
who  participated  in  them.  They  were  conducted 
by  our  home  brethren.  We  had  a  full  house  and 
good  order.  There  were  a  number  of  brethren  and 
sisters  present  from  adjoining  churches.  One  sister 
was  received  by  letter.  Bro,  Nickey  gave  us  a  good 
sermon. 

Sister  Ida  Nielson  was  installed  as  helpmate  to 
her  husband,  N.  B.  Nielson, — a  minister,— by  Eld,  J. 
J.  Kindig.  On  Sunday  the  first  half  hour  of  the  Sun- 
day school  was  used  on  the  regular  lesson.  We  had 
an  interesting  children's  meeting.  The  front  seats 
were  occupied  by  little  boys  and  girls  who  listened 
to  some  very  instructive  talks  by  brethren  N.  B. 
Nielson  and  L  Clark.  The  song,  "  Little  Ones 
Like  Me,"  out  of  the  Brethren's  Song  Book  was 
sung  very  nicely.  The  speakers  remembered  that 
they  were  feeding  the  lambs,  and  they  did  it  in  a 
way,  too,  that  it  was  interesting  to  all  present.  The 
members  were  encouraged  and  sinners  warned. 
Lately  one  came  out  on  the  Lord's  side.  May  the 
Lord  keep  her  faithfull         Mary  Ann  Grabill, 

Roieland,  Nebr.,  April  22. 


What  Say  You  ? 


This  is  to  say  that  (if  the  Lord  will)  I  am  to 
spend  the  time  after  Annual  Meetingtill  November, 
at  least,  in  the  East,  and  as  a  number  of  brethren  at 
different  times  have  written  or  spoken  to  me  about 
laboring  for  them,  in  Illinois  Indiana  and  Ohio,  what 
say  you  to  haviog  meetings  this  summer?  If  there 
are  openings  of  that  kind,  let  me  hear  from  you  at 
Annual  Meeting. 

Summer,  is  the  most  favorable  time  for  us  in  the 
towns,  and  has  proved  to  be  equally  so  in  the  rural 
districts.  Do  not  ask  for  too  many  meetings  in  the 
fall.  That  season  is  always  overrun.  Please  be 
prepared  to  report  at  Annual  Meeting,  and  then  I 
can  arrange  a  program.  A,  Hutchison. 


r-'EL    M^EJSSBOSTCS-EHo. 


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Synopsis  of  Ministerial  Mectloj. 

(Concluded  from  page  ipj.) 
the  house,  feeling  that  you  are  in  a  holy  pi 
should  have  more  of  the  Holy  Spirit  and 
in  our  preaching. 

Jacob  Rife.  The  great  principle  that  qualifies  a 
man  to  preach,  is  to  study  the  Bible.  The  New 
Testament  was  formerly  taught  in  our  school  room. 
I  call  some  of  my  helps  my  "  lazy  books."  Go  into 
secret  prayer!  Know  your  Bible!  Carry  a  pocket 
Testament.  Acquaint  yourself  with  it,  that  ye  may 
be  workmen  that  need  not  be  ashamed. 

D.  C.  Campbell.  We  should  study  the  Word,  the 
great  foundation.  We  should  study  to  rightly  di- 
vide. In  our  secular  work  we  make  preparation. 
We  should  prepare  to  preach  the  Word,  scatter  the 
good  seed,  that  the  grain  may  bo  gathered  into  the 
garner  of  the  Lord.  The  minister's  preparation  is 
a  continuous  work.  He  should  be  continually  on 
the  alert,  to  gather  subject  matter.  He  should 
study  the  Truth  and  grow  in  the  knowledge  of  it. 

A.  J.  Bowers.  The  Book  of  books  should  be  our 
principal  study.  Study  our  language.  The  more 
we  know  our  language  the  better  we  understand  the 
meaning  of  the  Bible.    Study  and  know  human  na- 

ture-  v      ij  u 

W.  R  Harshbarger.    The  preparation  should  be 

in  those  who  arc  called,— those  who  are  apt  to  teach. 
Th:y  must  know  what  to  say  and  how  to  say  it. 
"  Preach  the  Word."  Be  fully  consecrated!  It  re- 
quires, work,  effort,  preparation. 

D.  F.  Hoover.  (1)  Study  the  Word.  (2)  Study 
to  impress  others  with  your  thought.  (3)  Study  to 
feed  your  congregation  just  what  they  need.  (4) 
Study  to  express  yourselves.  (5)  Study  not  to  ruin 
a  sermon  before  leaving  the  house  of  God.  (6) 
Study  to  know  for  what  purpose  you  are  preaching 
this  Gospel.    The  preacher  should  preach  to  save. 

L,  W.  Teeter.  Had  Christ  not  come  into  the 
world  we  would  have  no  Bible.  Study  the  old  Bible 
as  a  commentary  to  the  New  Testament, 


AFTEHNOON   SESSION. 

I.  "  Ministers'  Spiritual  Weaknesses." 
A.Bowman.  We  all  have  our  weaknesses.  Min- 
isters evade  duty.  A  great  responsibility  rests  up- 
on the  minister.  Ministers  are  human,  and  have 
their  trials  and  difficulties.  We  should  always  be 
ready  to  confess  our  faults.  The  closer  we  live  to 
the  vow  we  have  made,  the  stronger  we  are. 

Geo.  L.  Studebaker.  There  is  strength  in  weak- 
ness and  weakness  in  strength.  2  Cor.  12:10.  The 
minister  should  not  do  that  which  would  cause  bim 
to  lose  his  influence.  It  is  weakness  to  go  out  in  the 
Lord's  work  in  our  own  strength.  Self-righteous- 
ness is  spiritual  weakness.  A  minister  should  have 
a  good  countenance.  Not  to  face  his  audience 
against  his  woik.  Looking  at  ceiling,  down  on  the 
floor,  or  out  of  the  window,  is  a  weakness  and  should 
be  avoided.  Anticipating  the  result  of  that  which 
we  are  going  to  say,  such  as,  "  I  wish  the  house  were 
full  to  hear  what  1  have  to  say;  "  "  Now  I  may  say 
something  that  will  hurt  somebody,"  is  placing  un- 
due importance  on  our  own  work.  Do  not  hold 
out  self  too  prominently.  A  minister  should  be 
quick  to  make  his  wrongs  right.  To  try  to  justify 
himself  in  wrong-doing  is  weakness  and  is  sure  to 
lessen  his  influence.  Our  appearance  may  Kill  our 
influence.  Let  us  not  be  slothful,  but  fervent  in 
spirit! 

Jacob  Secrist.  A  neglect  of  prayer  will  cause 
weakness.  David  and  Daniel  were  men  of  prayer. 
We  do  not  wrestle  strong  enough  and  long  enough 
at  the  Throne  of  Grace. 

W.  R.  Harshberger.  Spiritual  weakness  is  too  of- 
ten found  in  high  places,  Jesting  and  joking  is 
weakening  to  any  minister. 

L.  W.  Teeter.  Ministers  show  their  weaknesses 
in  this:  When  the  weather  is  inclement  very  few 
attend,  and  consequently  there  is  no  meeting. 
"  Where  two  or  three  meet  in  my  name  I  will  be  in 
their  midst."  Not  to  have  a  meeting  is  not  to  be- 
lieve. In  our  preaching  we  sometimes  lose  our 
confidence  in  the  Gospel  itself.  We  sometimes 
omit  the  Gospel,  and  give  something  of  our  own. 


Sometimes  we   give  death-bed  scenes.    To  resort 
to  means  outside  of  the  Gospel  is  weakness. 

H.  H.  Keim.  Preach  the  Word.  Do  not  fear  to 
hurt  any  one's  feelings  but  tell  the  truth. 

R  R.  Goshorn.  Christ  says,  "  The  words  that  I 
speak  they  are  spirit  and  they  are  life,"  To  be 
strong  spiritually  the  minister  should  be  full  of  the 
Word.     He  should  forget  himself. 

D.  M.  Brub  alter.  We  should  feel  our  weakness. 
To  preach  one  thing  and  practice  another  is  weak- 
ening. Joking  and  jesting  are  weakening,  yet  we 
should  be  cheerful  because  we  are  the  followers  of 
Christ. 

Jacob  Rife.  It  shows  spiritual  weakness  in  us,  as 
preachers,  when  we  refuse  to  speak,  because  we  can- 
not preach  like  Bro.  A  or  B.  A  brother  went  to 
preach  and  failed  because  he  did  not  invite  the 
Lord  to  help  him. 

J.  W.  Rarick.  We  should  not  be  so  weak,  that, 
when  we  fall  into  error  we  do  not  want  to  get  right 
again.  We  should  not  use  slang  phrases  or  useless 
words,  "  as  it  were,"  etc.  One  minister  used  the 
above  phrase  139  times  in  one  sermon.  Another 
able  minister  used  the  word  "  yes"  so  frequently  in 
his  sermons,  that  it  became  a  by  word  for  the  boys. 
A.  J.  Bowers.  Preach  a  sermon  on  the  import- 
ance of  the  Christian  religion  everywhere.  At  our 
homes  we  may  have  weaknesses  that  should  be 
eradicated. 

2,  "The  Relation  Ministers  Sustain  to  Each  Oth- 
er in  the  Congregation. 

Wm.  Bowser,  Our  general  relationship  brings  us 
nearer  and  dearer  to  one  another.  What  a  grand 
relation  among  the  children  of  Godl  We  are  often 
too  far  from  God.  Were  we  in  nearer  touch  with 
God,  we  would  be  nearer  to  one  another.  Our  inter- 
ests as  ministers  should  be  mutual.  I  should  be  con- 
cerned about  your  welfare  and  you  about  mine. 
Let  us  be  workers  together  with  God.  There  is 
strength  in  union.  We  have  our  several  duties. 
We  are  told  to  entreat  an  elder  as  a  father  and  we 
should  be  his  spiritual  children.  When  at  one  time 
a  young  minister  preached  a  good  sermon,  an  aged 
brother  said,  "  Better  not  tell  him."  That  is  a  mis- 
take.    Ministers  need  encouragement. 

R.  R.  Goshorn.  A  minister  has  the  right  to  go 
to  his  co-laborer  and  tell  him  of  his  troubles.  Old- 
er ministers  should  encourage  the  younger  ones. 
They  should  take  them  into  their  confidence  and  be 
as  fathers  to  them.  We  want  to  get  our  relation- 
ship a  little  nearer  than  a  brother.  No  selfishness 
should  be  admitted  among  the  ministers  of  the 
Word.  Ltt  us  pray  to  be  delivered  from  the  spirit 
of  envy. 

Jacob  Rife.  Not  only  our  relationship  to  each 
other  in  the  congregation  but  in  the  Brotherhood 
should  be  as  cordial  as  among  our  ancient  Brethren. 
Let  there  be  a  unity  of  sentiment  and  judgment. 
Encourage  one  another!  If  the  young  minister 
does  well,  tell  him  so.  Let  the  older  ones  encour- 
age the  young,  and  let  the  young  reverence  the  old 
er. 

D.  F,  Hoover.  The  elder  should  feel  the  work  he 
cannot  do,  and  if  a  David  comes  along  who  can  kill 
the  giant  in  the  strength  of  the  Lord,  be  not  like  a 
Saul,  but  give  God  the  praise. 

S.  Blickenstaff.  Ministers  are  looked  to  as  being 
ensamples  to  the  flock.  Our  relationship  should  be 
mutual.  If  we  do  not  work  together  harmoniously 
it  may  have  the  tendency  of  scattering  the  flock. 

L.  W.  Teeter.  This  subject  applies  to  all  classes 
of  ministers.  The  minister  of  the  second  degree 
should  feel  his  relationship  to  his  co-laborer.  The 
elder  shoud  respect  the  younger  and  the  younger 
the  elder.  Elders  should  educate  the  younger 
brethren  to  be  elders.  Our  relationship  should  be 
felt  among  each  other.  We  should  encourage  each 
other, 

D.  M.  Brubaker.  Never  try  to  tear  anyone  down 
to  build  yourself  up.  Let  us,  as  ministers,  be  work- 
ers together, 

EVENING   SESSION, 

I.  "The  Funeral  Services  from  Beginning  to  Con- 
clusion." 

Jacob  Rife.  This  subject  brings  solemn  thoughts 
to  our  minds.    There  is  no  direct  Scripture  for  fu- 


neral services.  In  conducting  the  services,  preach 
to  the  living.  Do  not  say  so  much  about  death 
but  preach  life, — life  abundantly.  Do  not  let  our 
sympathy  destroy  our  better  judgment. 

D.  C.  Campbell.  The  funeral  occasions  are  rr 
solemn  ones.  Often  we  allow  our  sympathies  to  go 
out  when  death  comes,  and  go  into  expenses  that 
bring  sorrow  afterward.  Bury  the  dead  decent^ 
but  do  not  go  into  a  useless  expenditure  of  money, 
Do  not  bury  the  dead  with  thtir  costly  adornments, 
thus  tempting  wicked  persons,  who  may  rob  the 
grave  of  the  body,  and  the  body  of  its  adornments, 
Speak  of  the  virtues  of  the  dead,  and  it  may  inspire 
others. 

R,  R.  Goshorn.  Relatives  sometimes  will  not  re. 
move  hats  or  kneel  in  prayer  at  the  funeral  services, 
Surely  we  should  feel  like  praying  under  such  try. 
ing  circumstances. 

Isaac  Bilheimer.  Funeral  services  require  much  | 
iiscretion.     Preach  to  the  living. 

2.  "A  Minister's  Qualifications." 

L.  W.  Teeter.  A  minister  need  not  be  good  look- 
ng  to  be  a  good  preacher.  He  looks  good  as  he 
does  good.  A  man  that  does  not  have  a  good 
character  will  never  make  a  good  preacher.  He 
hould  have  a  "  good  report  without."  The  out- 
siders  help  to  elect  the  preacher.  If  he  has  not  a 
good  character  he  "falls  into  the  snares  of  the' 
devil,"  which  is  a  bad  place  for  a  preacher.  He 
must  be  blameless,  without  reason  for  censure,  with- 
out blame.  These  qualities  must  be  in  a  man  be- 
fore he  is  a  preacher.  He  must  be  a  man  of  faith, 
He  who  lacks  faith  will  never  make  a  good  preach- 
er. He  must  be  full  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  The  word 
which  a  man  preaches  is  spirit.  How  can  a  man 
preach  the  Word  (Spirit)  and  not  be  full  of  the 
Holy  Spirit?  He  should  be  vigilant,  watchful.  He 
should  act  with  good  solid  sense. 

S.  Blickenstaff.  A  minister  may  have  his  im 
fections,  but  he  should  give  his  entire  time  to  the 
ministry  of  the  Word.  He  should  not  leave  the 
ministry  and  go  out  as  a  land  agent,  advertising  newl 
countries,  etc.  Our  calling  is  too  great  to  leave  iti 
and  look  after  secular  affairs, 


From  Blizzard,  Tenn. 


I  went  on  a  mission  of  love  to  Carroll  County, 
Tenn.  We  had  nine  meetings  at  Boyd's  school- 
house,  and  one  love  feast.  We  advanced  brethren 
A,  W.  Oren  and  R.  Bantz  to  the  second  degree  of 
the  ministry.  We  had  three  meetings  at  Erie 
schoolhouse.  We  had  good  behavior,  and  good  at- 
tention was  given  to  the  Word  of  God. 

We  had  fourteen  meetings  at  Walters'  school- 
house,  Benton  County.  Here  we  organized  a 
church,  appointed  one  deacon,  and  held  one  love 
feast.  The  name  of  the  church  is  "  Big  Sandy." 
Good  attention  was  given  to  the  Word  preached,  I 
was  well  pleased  with  the  good  people. 

I  next  went  to  Gibson  County,  to  Bro.  R.  B, 
Love's,  where  I  had  two  meetings.  In  Crocket 
County  I  had  two  meetings.  Here  I  met  Eld.  Jes- 
se Stutsman.  In  Lawrence  County,  Tenn.,  I  held 
seventeen  meetings  and  ordained  or.e  elder,  C. 
Davis.  We  held  an  election  for  a  minister.  1 
lot  fell  on  Bro.  Bashor,  Three  deacons  were  also 
elected.  The  church  was  well  united.  I  was  we" 
pleased  with  the  good  people  for  their  kindness  and 
good  behavior  at  church.     Three  were  baptized. 

In  Knox  County,  Tenn,,  I  held  nine  meetings  at 
the  Choto  church.  I  met  Bro.  M,  Nead  there,  I 
arrived  #t  home  April  26,  and  found  all  well.  ' 
traveled  1,473  miles,  and  was  away  from  home  thir- 
ty-nine days.  George  C.  Bowman. 
April  37. 

To  ask  that  our  prayers  may  be  answered  for  t«e 
"glory  of  God"  is  to  use  an  old-fashioned  phrase. 
The  idea,  too,  is  so  old-fashioned  as  fairly  to  bi 1 
eternal,  for  it  finds  its  roots  in  the  very  existence 01 
God.  There  can  be  no  higher  end  than  his  gloffj 
It  is  not  until  we  get  our  prayers  off  the  plane  ol 
self-interest,  and  are  willing  to  have  them  answered 
in  the  way  which  will  most  glorify  God, — perhaP 
not  according  to  our  own  desires, — that  we  are  pw' 
ing  the  highest  prayer  of  faith,, 


ftfey  7« 


TTIII!   GOSPSHj   nvnESSE33STC3-E», 


Notes  *  rrum     «»ur  ,  oorresponaents, 

"?• A^cold  water  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so  is  good  news  from  a  far  country." 


the  Standing  Con 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

Hooversville.— We  just  closed  a  series  of  meetings,  with 
accessions,  one  by  baptism  and  one  reclaimed,  for  which 
Tfeel  thankful  to  the  Lord.— P.J.  Blough,  Aprilag. 
V  Elk  Lick.— We  held  our  council  recently.  Eld.  W.  A. 
Gaunt  was  elected  delegate  to  District  Meeting.  Bro.  S.  A. 
Beachy  is  our  delegate  lo  Annual  Meeting.  We  have 
hanged  the  date  of  our  love  feast  from  May  23  to  May  21,— 
CarrU  N.  Beachy,  April  27. 

White  Oak.— Yesterday  was  the  regular  appointment  of* 
.he  White  Oak  church,  at  the  Krider  meetinghouse,  which 
was  very  largely  attended.  After  the  services  sixteen  were 
tized,  m0stly  young  persons.  This  was  the  result  of  two 
:eries  of  meetings  held  in  our  congregation  some  time  ago  — 
Anna  E.  Shank*  Manheim,  Pa.,  April  24. 

Johnstown. — Our  council  was  held  March  31,  with  Eld. 
David  Hildebrand  as  moderator.  Brethren  S.  S.  Blough  and 
t  F  Dietz  are  our  delegates  for  District  Meeting,  and  breth- 
ren David  Hildebrand  and  Abram  Fyock  for  Annual  Meeting, 
preparatory  council  for  Communion  will  be  May  26.  Our 
love  feast  occurs  June  5,  at  3  P.  M,  at  the  Walnut  Grove 
meetirghouse.— A,  J.  Sirayer,  April  17. 

District  Meeting  of  Southern  Pennsylvania.— This  meet 
jng  was  held  at  the  Antietam  church,  near  Waynesboro,  Pa., 
April  20.  Only  one  query  came  before  the  meeting  and  was 
sent  to  Annual  Meeting.  Much  time  was  spent  in  discussing 
missionary  work,  and  about  two  hours  were  spent  in  short 
talks  on  Sunday  school  wor! 
Eld.  E.  D.  Book  is  to  represen 
tee,  with  Eld.  Jacob  Holl'nger  as  alternate.—  Wm,  A.  An- 
thony,  Clay  Hill,  Pa.,  April  23. 

Ridge  Church.— We  have  quite  a  number  of  members  liv- 
ing in  Shippensburg.  There  ara  three  railroids  running 
through  the  town,  so  that  ministers,  traveling  through,  could 
stop  with  us,  and  give  us  some  meetings.  We  have  preacbiDg 
every  other  Sunday  at  10:  30  o'clock,  Sunday  school  at  3 
o'clock,  young  people's  meetirg  at  6  o'clock,  preaching  at  7 
o'clock  every  Sunday.  The  church  is  located  on  the  corner  of 
Washington  and  Garfield  Streets.— -/.  A*.  FogeLanger,  Middle- 
spring.  Pa,  April sS. 

Indian  Creek.— Owing  to  the  distance  to  the  places  of  the 
District  and  Annual  Meetings,  we  decided  to  represent  by  let- 
ter, alter  which  brethren  H.  H.  Ritter,  Jeremiah  Foust,  and 
the  writer  were  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry. 
On  Saturday,  April  16,  Bro.  I.  B.  Ferguson,  of  the  Middle 
Creek  chirrcb,  paid  us  a  visit,  and  remained  over  Sunday, 
preaching'  at  the  Nedrow  schoolhouse  on  Saturday  evening, 
Sut\Sa¥Vnd  Sunday  evening.  The  interest  of  the  meetings 
was  good. — A*.  A.  Nedroiv,  April  22. 

Antietam.— April  9  we  met  in  quarterly  council.  At  our 
last  council  it  was  decided  to  build  a  new  church  where  the 
old  Welty  house  now  stands.  The  greater  part  of  the  funds 
for  this  purpose  haviDg  now  been  raised,  the  committee  was  in- 
structed to  proceed  with  the  erection  as  soon  as  possible.  We 
are  also  contemplating  building  a  new  church  in  town,  Bro. 
Snyder  was  elected  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  April  21  we 
held  our  love  feast  at  the  Antietam  church.  The  District 
Meeting  having  been  held  on  the  day  previous  in  the  same 
house,  we  had  quite  a  number  cf  visiting  brethren  with  us. 
Although  the  church  was  not  quite  as  well  filled  in  the  even- 
ing as  we  are  accustomed  to  steing  it  on  such  occasions,  yet 
we  had  a  very  profitable  and  enjoyable  meeting.  Bro.  Jacob 
Gotwals,  of  Green  Tree,  Pa.,  officiated.— Sadie  M.  Wingert, 
Waynesboro,  Pa.,  April  28. 

KANSAS. 
Plum  Grove. — We  have  changed  the  time  of  cur  love  feast 
from  June  11  to  May  26,  at  4  P.  III.— Michael  Keller,  Nicker- 
son,Kans„  April  25, 

Peabody. — Our  regular  council  occurred  April  23.  Bro.  M, 
Keller,  our  elder,  from  NickersoD,  was  with  us.  We  decided 
to  have  our  love  feast  Oct.  I.  We  organized  our  Sunday 
school  April  1.  The  writer  was  chosen  Superintendent,  and 
Bro.  N.  Fisher,  Assistant. — Sadie  Thomas,  Fred,  Kans ,  April 


Walnut  Valley. — We  had  a  time  of  rejoicing  spiritually. 
We  went  to  our  love  feast,  fifteen  miles  from  here,  and 
brought  Bro,  Andrew  Hutchison  home  with  us.  He  preached, 
in  all,  twelve  sermons  to  crowded  houses  most  of  the  time. 
Our  brother  certainly  sowed  good  seed,  and  we  look  to  God 
for  the  increase.  Our  brother  went  to  other  fields  this  mrntx- 
Mg.— Eugenia  Kuhn,  Hoisington,  Kans.,  April 30. 

Walnut  Valley.— We  held  our  love  feast  as  appointed, 
April  16.  Elders  present  were  E.  Eby,  A.  Hutchison,  Jona- 
than Brubaker  and  our  elder,  A.  M.  Dickey.  Sunday  morn- 
ing we  met  at  9:  30  for  Sunday  school.  Then  we  had  forty- 
five  minutes'  children's  meeting.  Brethren  A.  Hutchison  and 
E.  Eby  gave  instructive  talks  to  the  children.  At  n  o'clock 
Bro.  Hutchison  gave  ns  an  excellent  sermon.  Bro.  Hutchison 
is  now  holding  a  series  of  meetings  at  Hoisington,  Kans.,  with 
good  interest.—^,  E.  Weimer,  Reiser,  Kans.,  April  22. 

NORTH  DAKOTA. 

Cando.— Bro,  Monroe  Leavel,  of  Cando,  N.  Dak.,  had  his 
Pouse  burned  by  prairie  fire,  and  is  in  very  limited  cir< 
Nances,    His  family  was  sick  nearly  all  winter.    They  are 
rvorthy  of  assistance,—/,  L,  Thomas,  April  23, 


NEBRASKA. 

Arcadia —The  Muddy  church  met  in  council  April  23. 
Bro.  J.  L.  Snavely,  our  State  evangelist,  presided  over  the 
council.  He  preached  four  sermons  in  Valley  County,  eight 
miles  northeast  of  Arcadia.  Bro.  A.  L.  Jewett  was  elected 
clerk,  Sister  Mary  Ross,  solicitor,  and  the  writer,  correspond- 
ent for  the  Mbsshngsr.— Charley  G.  Ross,  April  23. 

Arcadia Bro.  J.  L.  Snavely  came  to  Berwyn,  Custer  Co., 

Nebr.,  iu  the  Muddy  Valley  church,  April  13,  preached  six 
sermons  and  baptized  one.  This  was  a  sister  to  whom  the 
Messenger  bad  been  sent,  and  by  means  of  which  she  be- 
came converted.  Bro.  Snavely  is  now  at  Arcadia,  Nebr,  So 
far  we  have  had  four  meetings.— D.  M.  Ross,  April  22. 

Nora.— The  above  place  is  twenty-four  miles  from  the  cen- 
tral point  of  operations  in  this  congregation,— the  Bethel 
church.  Many  fields  like  this,  within  a  radius  of  twenty-five 
miles  of  strong  congregations,  could  be  strengthened  much, 
were  they  to  receive  due  spiritual,  physical,  intellectual,  mor- 
al, financial  and  "musical"  support  from  the  parent  congre- 
gations. We  came  line  April  20.  Although  this  is  a  busy 
season  of  the  year,  the  interest  and  attendance  are  a'l  that 
could  be  expected*  There  is  but  one  church  in  this  place  — 
the  M.  E.  They  kindly  offered  their  house  for  this  week. 
Last  night  it  was  packed  to  the  door.  Wouli  not  every  little 
town  be  happier  if  they  had  but  one  church?  "  One  Lord,  one 
faith,  one  baptism."  Eld.  John  Ikenberry  is  the  only  minister 
here,  and  he  is  aged.  More  laborers  are  needed.—/.  E, 
Young,  April  23. 

IOWA. 
Grundy  Center.— The  Messenger  is  very  much  appreci- 
ated by  the  members  here  and  some  who  are  not  members 
have  expressed  an  interest  in  the  "doctrinal  number."  Es- 
pecially do  we  feel  thankful  for  the  prayer-meeting  outlines. 
They  have  proved  a  stimulus  to  our  meetings.—/.  Edwin 
Jones,  April  13. 

Sugar  Qrove.— Our  Sunday  school  at  Sugar  Grove,  No.  6 
schoolhouse,  has  been  again  started,  with  the  officers  of  last 
year  in  charge  till  our  next  council,  when  the  school  will  be 
reorganized,  We  had  a  school  at  this  place  the  second  and 
third  quarter  of  last  year,  with  an  average  attendance  of  fifty- 
two.  This  has  encouraged  the  members  to  try  again  this 
summer.  This  is  a  good  point  for  a  home  mission  Sunday 
school,  as  our  school  is  largely  composed  of  children  who 
would  not  otherwise  get  to  Sunday  school. —  W.  liven  Myers, 
Dallas  Center,  Iowa,  April  23. 

Coon  River.— We  met  in  council  April  9,  with  Eld.  D.  E, 
Brubaker,  of  Panther,  Iowa,  to  assist  us.  Eld.  J.  W.  Diebl 
was  chosen  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting,  with  Bro,  Johu  Fit; 
as  alternate.  Bro.  Irving  Hanghtelin  was  chosen  to  the  minis- 
try, and  Bro.  Henry  Erb  to  the  office  of  deacon.  These  young 
brethren  have  been  faithfully  serving  the  church  as  Sunday 
school  superintendent  and  church  clerk  respectively,  and 
now  very  keenly  feel  the  additional  responsibility  placed  up- 
on them.  Our  love  feast  will  be  June  15  and  id.—/.  D.  Hangh- 
telin, Panora,  Iowa,  April  g. 

MISSOURI. 
Modena.— Bro.  Hipes  came  to  ns  April  23,  and  preached 
three  good  sermons.    Our  congregations  were  good  and  atten- 
tive.— Wm.  Whitestine,  April  27, 

East  Prairie.— We  held  our  council  April  23,  Bro,  Ira  P. 
Eby  is  our  delegate  to  District  Meeting,  We  contemplate 
building  a  new  church  next  winter.  One  was  received  by  let- 
ter.—/^" R.  GroJT,  Whiting,  Mo.,  April  24. 

Nevada.— We  met  in  special  council  April  16,  with  Eld. 
Wm.  Harvey,  our  presiding  elder,  present.  Bro.  Harvey  was 
elected  delegate  to  District  Meeting.  We  agreed  to  hold  a 
spring  love  feast  on  Saturday,  May  28,  at  4  P.  M.  We  will 
have  preaching  next  day.— D.  D.  Wine,  April  24. 

Dry  Fork We  met  in  quarterly  council  April  23.    Bro.  D. 

H.  Wampler  was  elected  delegate  to  the  District  Meeting  and 
Bro.  D.  W.  Teeter  alternate.  Sister  A.  J.  Peebler  and  the 
writer  were  chosen  solicitors.  We  organized  our  Sunday 
school  the  first  Sunday  in  April,  with  Bro.  Dave  Glick  as  Su- 
perintendent, and  Bro.  Abe  Teeter,  Assistant.  We  use  the 
Brethren's  Quarterlies.— Annie  Wampler,  April 28. 
MARYLAND. 
Pleasant  Hill.-Our  love  feast,  May  28,  will  commence  at 
ro  A,  M.,  instead  of  1:  30  P.  M.,  as  previously  announced.— 
Maggie  E.  Ecker,  April  23. 

Bear  Creek.— The  District  Meeting  for  the  Western  Dis- 
trict of  Maryland  was  held  April  21,  in  the  Bear  Creek  con- 
gregation, near  Accident,  Md.  All  the  congregations  were 
represented  by  delegates  except  two.  The  reports  of  the 
Home  and  General  Missions  show  123  accessions  to  the 
church,  and  amount  collected  for  all  purposes  durirrg  the  year, 
£3,280,95.  The  various  churches  are  apparently  in  good 
working  order,  and  the  excellent  harmony,  which  pervaded  the 
meeting,  was  its  most  notable  feature.  At  District  Meeting 
last  year,  the  question  cf  dividing  the  District  came  up,  and 
was  deferred  for  one  year,  At  this  meeting  it  was  unanimous- 
ly decided  to  divide  the  District.  The  Districts  will  be 
named  the  Middle  and  Western  Districts  of  Maryland,  re- 
spectively.—James  W.  Beeghly,  Accident,  Md.,  April  23. 
WEST  VIRGINIA. 
Cheat  River.— April  9  we  met  in  council,  Arrangements 
were  made  for  the  love  feast  May  28  and  29,  This  church  is 
under  the  care  of  Eld.  Jonas  Fike,  and  seems  iu  a  prosperous 
condition  at  present.  We  had  a  meeting  at  night,  and  also  on 
Eastsr  morning,— Emra  T,  Fike,  Eglon,  W,  Va.,  April  24, 


progressing    finely. — Samuel 


nposed  of 


OHIO. 

Sugar  Creek — We  had  out  quarterly  council  March  5.  It 
was  decided  to  dedicate  our  new  churchhouse  some  time  in 
Jine.  We  organized  our  Sunday  school  March  27.  Bro.  Wm, 
Lantz  was  chosen  Superintendent.— Simon  Harshman,  Baltic, 
Tuscarawas  Co  ,  Ohio,  -  tpHl  y. 

Lick  Creek.-We  held  our  council  April  2.    Bro,  C.  Kra- 
bill  will  represent  this  church  at  Annual   Meetirg.    April  3 
our  Sunday  school  was  organized  by  electing  Sister  Caroline 
Brown,  Superintendent,  and  Bro.  John  Jordan,  Assistant.     On 
Monday,  April    18,  the  church   met  again  in  council.     Bro. 
John  Jordan  was  elected  to  the  office  of  deacon,  and  Bro.  Dan- 
iel Koch  was  forwarded  to  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry. 
The  church  decided  to  have  a  singing  school  in  August.    On 
Saturday  evening,  April  16,  Bio.  Samuel   Loose  preached  for 
us,  and  on  Sunday,  Bro,  I,  D.  Parker  addressed  us.     On  Sun- 
day and  Mouday  evenings  Bro.  J.  S,  Flory  gave  us  two  gocd 
sermons.— M.  %  Bosserman,  Williams  Center,  Ohio,  April  20. 
ILLINOIS. 
Liberty — I  am  still  here,  in  this  large  mission  field.     1  bap- 
nsd  two  young  men  last  week.—  Geo.  W,  Cripe,  April  23, 
Liberty.-Bro.  G.  W,  Cripe  was  with  us  last  Lord's  Day. 
At  the  close  a  young  man  requested  baptism,  which  was  at- 
tended to  in  the  afternoon.— Lewis  Phillips,  April  23, 

Macoupin  Creek.— At  our  quarterly  council  to  day  we  had 
a  fair  representation.  Our  series  of  meetings  will  begin  about 
Sept.  3.  Our  Communion  will  be  held  Sept.  23.  Our.delegate 
to  Annual  Meeting  is  James  Masterson;  alternate,  A.  D.  Stuts- 
man. We  decided  to  have  preaching  every  Sunday.  Contri- 
butions to  church  treasury  and  home  and  foreign  mission 
work  were  liberally  responded  to.  A  good  spirit  prevailed 
during  the  services,  and  we  closed  with,  we  believe,  tender 
feelings  toward  each  other,  and  much  interest  in  the  church's 
welfare.— Michael  Flory,  April 30. 

VIRGINIA. 
iHiSl  Creek.— We  met  in  council  April  25,  preparatory  to 
our  Communion,  May  7.    We  use  the  Brethren's  literature  in 
our  Sunday    school,    which 
Pence,  Scott's  Ford,  April  23. 

Second  District  of  Virginia.— This  Dis 
twenly-two  congregations,  all  of  which  were  represented,  ex- 
cept one,  at  its  late  District  Meeting,  near  Maurcrtown,  Va. 
During  the  past  year  three  of  its  elders  passed  away.  The 
elders  at  District  Meeting  decided  upon  the  ordination  of  nine 
elders  in  the  near  future.  Two  papers  go  to  Annual  Meeting. 
Eld.  L.  A.  Wenger  is  our  representative  on  Standing  Commit- 
tee of  next  Annual  Meeting,—  S.  L,  Sanger,  Manassas,  Va., 
April  21. 

INDIANA. 

Landessvllle.— Two  were  received  by  baptism  last  Sunday, 
Our  Sunday  school  is  moving  along  nicely,  in  charge  of  Bro, 
J.  A.  Miller.— D.  B.  Garber,  Hanfield,  Ind.,  April  23. 

Noith  Wcbster.-On  the  first  Sunday  of  April  the  Breth- 
ren of  the  Tippecanoe  church,  Kosciusko  Co,,  Ind.,  organized 
their  Sunday  school  with  a  full  set  of  officers  and  teachers, 
Bro.  Josiah  Garver  is  our  Superintendent,  and  Bro.  I.  S.  Grady, 
Assistant.  The  school  is  flourishing.  April  6  two  aged  per- 
sons,—a  man  and  his  wife, — were  baptized.  The  man  had 
been  very  sick,  and  when  he  began  to  get  better  he  demanded 
baptism.  His  wife  also  was  ready.  Both  were  taken  to  a 
stream  half  a  mile  away,  and  were  baptized.  Both  stood  it 
well.— Daniel  Rothenberger,  April  23. 
ALABAMA. 

Frultdale.— The  Fruitdale  church  met  in  quarterly  council 
April  9,  and  all  business  presented  to  the  meeting  was  dis- 
posed of  in  love  and  harmony.  Six  members,  including  Bro. 
Christian  Holderman,  a  minister,  who  hss  located  here  from 
Oklahoma,  were  received  by  letter.  Bro.  P,  H.  Beery  was 
chosen  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  Bro.  S.  W.  Bail  and 
wife,  of  Washington,  Pa.,  who  spent  the  winter  with  us  for  the 
benefit  of  his  health,  have  returned  again  to  their  Pennsylva- 
nia home,  much  to  the  regret  of  their  many  friends  here.— 
James  M.  NepJ,  April  25. 
J  OREGON. 

Coquille  Valley.— At  a  special  meeting,  recently,  we  decid- 
ed  to  move  our  church  building  to  Myrtle  Point,  a  distance  of 
one-half  mile.  We  adopted  the  plan  of  the  Brethren  church 
of  Carrington,  Foster  Co.,  N.  Dak,,  with  a  ground  plan  of  30X 
50  feet.  Bro.  Perry  VanDyke  left  this  place  April  22,  for 
Prosper,  Ore.,  with  the  view  of  starting  for  Cook's  Inlet.  Bro. 
Perry  leaves  a  host  of  friends  to  mourn  his  absence.  He 
takes  with  him  10,000  tracts,  to  be  distributed  among  the  gold- 
seekers.—  J.  N.  Roberts,  Myrtle  Point,  Ore.,  April  23. 
TENNESSEE. 

Crowson.— April  9  Bro.  George  C.  Bowman,  of  Boon's 
Creek  Tenn.,  began  a  series  of  meetings.  He  preached  eigh- 
teen sermons  and  presided  at  our  council.  Three  sisters  were 
baptized,  Bro,  Amos  Bashor  was  elected  to  the  ministry  and 
three  deacons  chosen.  All  were  duly  installed.  The  writer 
was  ordained  to  the  eldership.—  C.  W.  Davis,  Lawrenceburg, 
Tenn.,  April,,.  C0U)RAD0. 

St.  Vralo.— We  held  our  council  April  2,  Eld.  Whisler 
presided.  We  will  hold  oar  spring  love  feast  May  28,  at  2  P. 
M.  We  send  one  paper  to  District  Meeting.— Fred  IVied- 
man,  Longmonl,  Colo.,  April  26. 

LOUISIANA. 

Roanoke.— We  met  in  council  April  16.  Everything  passed 
off  pleasantly.  Our  love  feast  will  be  June  2S  and  26.— S,  E, 
Lewis,  April  id, 


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On  Thursday,  April  7, 
very  good  meeting  in  the 
in  Sindal.  The  hall  w 
tentive  listeners.  One  d< 
tlie  church  by  baptism  after  the  meetin 
We  held  our  District  Meeting  the  sar 
We  had  a  blessed  love  feast.  In  the  ( 
thtrty-four  members  were  at  the  Communion 
table,  where  we  commemorated  our  Lord's 
suffering  for  us.  It  was  a  feast  of  love  to  us 
all,  indeed,  which  will  be  long  remembered. 
After  the  close  of  the  feast  the  whole  night 
was  spent  in  song,  Scripture  talks,  and 
prayers.  In  the  morning  each  one  departed 
homeward. 

On  Easter  Day  Bro.  Eskildsen  held  a  meet- 
ing in  Ilbjerge,  Bro.  Paulsen  in  Trensted,  and 
the  writer  in  Skjorbok,  where  the  meetings 
were  very  well  attended,  with  attentive  hear- 
ers. At  our  feast  day  a  sick  brother  was 
anointed  with  oil  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and 
got  better, 

We  were  all  glad  to  hear  that  we  can  expect 
another  visit  by  our  dear  Brother  and  Sister 
Miller  this  summer.  We  hope  it  may  1 
couragement  to  us  all,  and  a  help  to  o 
Much  love  to  all  our  beloved  ones  in  i 
C.  PL 
Bronderslev,  April  /■/. 

From  Charleston,  W.  Va. 

We  started  from  Ft.  Scott,  Kans.,  March 
2S,  and  arrived  here  two  days  later,  to  take 
charge  of  the  Lord's  work  at  this  place, 

During  our  two  years  of  labor  with  the  Ft. 
Scott  church,  we  had  become  much  attached 
10  all.  The  strength  of  this  attachment  was 
fully  realized  on  our  part  when  the  time  came 
when  the  cords,  that  bound  loving  hearts  to- 
gether, had  to  be  broken.  We  shall  always  re- 
tain a  tender  feeling  and  deep  interest  for  the 
church  at  that  place. 

We  find  that  our  new  field  of  labor  is  a  large 
one.  With  the  exception  of  the  little  band  of 
members,  who  reside  here,  there  is  scarcely  a 
member  to  be  found  within  a  radius  of  fifty  or 
sixty  miles  of  this  place. 

The  First  District  of  Virginia  has  acted 
wisely  in  opening  up  a  mission  point  in  and 
about  this  large  city. 

Elders  Riner  and  Duncan,  of  the  Chestnut 
Grove  church,  Fayette  County,  have  charge  of 
this  church,  and  have  rendered  it  valuable  as- 
sistance, but  as  they  live  at  a  distance,  they 
were  not  able  to  supply  that  much  needed  help 
which  a  resident  minister  only  can  give.  This 
church  had  twenty-five  members  at  one  time, 
but  it  has  only  about  one-half  that  number  at 
present. 

We  have  preaching  services  in  our  church- 
house,  which  is  located  one  mile  from  town. 
The  interest  and  atiendance  at  these  services 
are  encouraging.  We  have  also  arranged  to 
have  prayer-meeting  at  the  church  on  Wednes- 
day evening  of  each  week. 

The  people  here,  in  general,  are  quite  so- 
ciable, and  we  hope  that  our  association  with 
them  will  be  for  their  and  our  good. 

Any  ministering  brethren,  who  might  pass 
through  here,  are  cordially  invited  to  stop  off 
and  preach  for  us.  Brethren,  pray  for  us,  that 
we  may  remain  close  to  our  God,  humble  and 
obedient  to  his  holy  will. 

A.  H.  Crumpacker. 
April  25. 


"Fillmore's  Gospel  Songs,"  for  young 
pie's  meetings,  etc.  Fillmore  Bros,,  Ci 
nati,  Ohio,  publishers.  Price,  bound  in  b 
30  cents. 

"  Tell  Them,"  or  the  life  story  of  a  medical 
missionary,  illustrated,  by  George  Dowkontt 
M.  D„  Medical  Missionary  Record,  New  York 
publishers. 

"The  Exiled  Prophet,"  or  What  John  saw 
on  the  Isle  of  Patmos,  illustrated  and  interpret- 
ed by  J,  G.  Encelly,  prefaced  by  an  essay  on 
Daniel,  by  D.  R.  Dungan,  Christian  Publish- 
ing Co.,  publishers,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Price, 
pi.25, 


. .  FALLEN  t  ASLEEP 


HUFF.— In  the  Thornapple  church,  Ionia 
County,  Mich.,  April  16,  1898,  Bro.  Eli  Huff, 
ged  60  years,  4  months  and  21  days.  He  was 
iorn  in  Pennsylvania,  Nov.  26,  182S.  When  a 
mall    boy   his    parents   moved   to  Ohio, 


ried.     His  first   wife 


Susan  Hartley.  To  this  union  were  born  fi 
children,  four  of  whom  are  yet  living.  H 
second  wife  was  Sister  Lovina  Westcott,  wi 
whom  he  lived  only  about  two  years  and  on 
half.  He  united  with  the  Brethren  church 
about  thirty  years  ago,  and  was  ea 
service   of    the    Lord.     During    h 


KODABAUGH.— In  Coos  County,  Oregon, 
April  3,  1898,  of  paralysis,  Bro,  John  Roda- 
baugh,  aged  ,0  years,  I  month  and  18  days. 
Deceased  was  born  Feb.  15,  1828,  in  Mont- 
gomery County,  Ohio.  He  was  married  to 
Nancy  Mack,  April  18,  1857,  in  Darke  County, 
Ohio.  To  them  were  born  four  sons  and  two 
daughters,  two  of  whom  preceded  him.  Sev- 
eral years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  Minnesota, 
and  from  that  State  they  emigrated,  twenty- 
three  years  ago,  to  Coos  County,  Oregon,  at 
which  place  he  lived  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  a  good  neighbor,  a  kind  fa- 
ier,  and  a  loving  husband.  The  rt 
ere  laid  away  in  the  Norway  c*emetery 
ces  by  Bro.  Geo.  C.  Carl. 

Sarah  A.  VanD? 
EABY.— In"  the  Conestoga  congregation, 
incaster  Co  ,  Pa.,  April  19,  1898,  Sister  Anna 
Eaby,  aged  77  years,  8  months  and  9  days 
plary  sister  for  more  tha: 
forty  years.  Services  by  the  Brethren,  from 
Rev.  3:  5  and  Heb.  13:  10.  I.  W.  Taylor. 
'ZIGLER.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Elk  Rur 
congregation,  Va.,  April  20,  1898,  Sister  Chris 
Zigler,  wife  of  Bro.  Jacob  Zigler,  deceased, 


years. 

among 


cenie. 


caused  by  ; 
very  great,  and  conti 
vices  by  brethren  Is 
from  Matt.  25:22,  23. 


ued   ■ 


ul'lerin^s 


BLACK.-At  the 
wa,  April  17,  189! 

George  ]'.!;u:  I,,  aged 


^OUR  x  BOOK  x  TABLED 


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full 


of  the 

Famine,  Plague,  and  Earthquake  of  1896-7,  by 
George  Lambert,  Mennonile  Publishing  Co., 
Elkhart,  Ind,,  publishers.  Price,  imitation 
cloth,  $1.50. 


"  Fillmore's  Missic 
ary  gatherings,  etc. 
nati,  Ohio,  publisher: 


ary  Songs,"  for 


"  Home,  Marriage,  and  Family  Relations," 
in  the  light  of  Scripture,  by  James  Inglis,  H, 
L.  Hastings,  Boston,  Mass.     Price,  15  cents'. 

"Facts  and  Fakes  about  Cuba,"  by  Geo, 
Bronson  Rea.  a  book  that  does  not  impress  us 
favorably.  George  Monroe's  Sons,  New  York, 
publishers. 


r  home,  near  St.  Charl 
,  Sister  Sarah  E.,  wife  of 
about  68  years.     She  was 
ied  in  1849.     She  was  the  mother  of  thir- 
children,  ten  of  whom,  with  her  kind  hus- 
band, survive.     She  united  with  the  Brethren 
church  in  1854.    She  was  faithful  and  devout 
all  these  years,  although  for  some  years  she 
had  been  a  great  sufferer.    Services  at  their 
home,  by  the  writer.  L.  M.  Koi). 

MARKELL.— At  Monitor,  Ind.,  April  n, 
898,  Walter  H.  Markeli,  aged  21  years,  1 
nonth  and  24.  days.  His  remains  were  brought 
o  Edna  Mills.  He  leaves  a  father  and  four 
iisters.  Funeral  services  by  Eld.  I,  Billheimer. 
Interment  at  the  Gideon  cemetery,  near  Mon 
tor.  Samuel  J,  Roth. 

DILLING.— In  the  Clover  Creek  congrega 
tion,  Blair  Co.,  Pa.,  April  i,  1898,  of  typhoi. 
fever,  Bro.  John  M.  Dilling,  aged  32  years,  I 
months  and  27  days.  He  leaves  a  wife  and 
five  small  children.  Services  by  Eld.  G.  W, 
Brumbaugh,  from  Heb.  9:  2. 

BILLING.— Near   Martinsburg,    Pa.,    April 
S,  1S98,  of  typhoid  fever,  friend  Charles  Maber- 
ry  Dilling,  aged  21  years,  S  months  and   16 
days.     Deceased    died    in    Philadelphia,    Pa. 
was   brought  home  and  interred   in    the 
iver  Creek  cemetery.    Services  in  the  Clov- 
Creek  meetinghouse  by  Bro.  J.  B.  Brum- 
baugh, from  Eccl.8:  8.  J.  G.  MOCK. 

WHITEHEAD.  -    In      the      Washington 

church,    Kosciusko   Co.,    Ind.,  April   10,    1898, 

Elizabeth  Whitehead,  nee  Ulery,  wife  of 

mel  Whitehead,  aged  48  years,  3  months 

9  days.    They 


the  : 


aged  80  yea  1 
Zigler  spent 


others,  from  Rev 


nonths  and  18  days.     Si: 
lost  of  her  life  in  the  Lord 
by  Joseph  A.    Miller   and 


14:13- 


I.  A.  Mi 


afterward    they 
The  cause  01 


iif.m- 


nths,  and 
;  tak 


Nov.  26,    1871.     To  this  union  were  born  t 
children,  of  whom  two  preceded  her  it 
She  leaves  a  husband  and  four  sor 
\  faithful  member  of  the  Brethren 
for  twenty-eight  years,  and  her  sons  ; 
church.    Deceased 
daughter    of    Bro.    Daniel    and    Sistei 
Ulery,  of  Elkhart   County,   Ind.     She 
four  brothers  and  three  sisters.     She  hi 
ffering  over  six 
re  her  death  she 
dianapolis,  where  a 
performed,     She    was 
hurch  cemetery.     Fui 
NefF,  from  1  Cor.  15:  57, 

BOWSER.-In  the  Raven  Run  church,  Pa., 
April  4,  1S98,  Sister  Mary  Bowser,  wife  of  Bro. 
Henry  Bowser,  deceased,  aged  77  years,  i 
months  and  9  days.  Services  by  Bro.  W.  I, 
Book,  from  2  Tim.  4:  7, 8.      G.  H,  Dilling. 

CARTER.— At  his  horn, 
usko  Co.,  Ind.,  April  8,  iSt 
years  and  2  mi 

friends.    Services    by    Bn 

from  1  Thess.  5:  14.  c.  I,  Weybright, 


the  hospital  i 

iurgical  operation   wa 

buried    at    the   Saler 

eral  services  by  Wn 

L.  D.  Ulery. 


r.  in  Milford,  Kosci- 
18,  Bro.  Henry  Car- 


nany  other 


WILLIAMS.— In  the  Huntington  congrega- 
tion, Huntington  Co.,  Ind.,  April  13,  1898,  Bro. 
John  Williams,  aged  57  years,  1  month  and  8 
days.  He  was  born  in  Baltimore  County,  Md., 
March  9,  1841,*  and  came  to  this  County  in 
1864.  He  leaves  a  wife,  two  sons  and  two 
daughters.  He  united  with  the  Brethren 
n  1893.  Services  by  Eld.  J.  H.  Wright, 
from  1  Cor.  15:  43.  Mollie  Bolinger. 

KEIM.— In  Union  County,  Iowa,  March  24, 
98,  Geo.  W.  Keim,  aged  50  years,  2  months 
id  14  days.     He  was  born  in  Holmes  County, 
Ohio,  in   1848,  and  was  the  youngest  son  of 
Abraham  and  Sarah  Keim. 
marriage  to  Caroline  Peebler 
County,     Iowa.     Shortly 
settled  in  Union  County,  low; 
death   was   heart   failure 
ping  in  the  timber  when  he  fell  dead 

ly  belonged  to  the  Brethren  church,  bm 
there  being  no  organization  near  him,  he  be. 
:  discouraged,  and  went  with  the  Metho- 
but  he  was  not  satisfied,  and  frequently 
expressed  a  desire  to  be  with  the  Brethr 
again.    He  leaves  a  wife  and  six  children. 

K itt ie  Keim. 
SNOWBERGER.— In  the  Pigeon  Riv 
church,  Ind.,  April  4,  1898,  Sister  Ruth  Sno 
berger,  aged  90  years.  Funeral  services 
the  home  of  her  son,  brethren  Michael  Shotts 
and  Peter  Long  officiating.     Adaj 

HILMAN.— Near  Deep  Rive 
21,  1898,  of  Bright's  disease,  J, 
aged  76  years,    10  months  and  19  days, 
emigrated  from  Ogle  County,. ID.,  in  the  spring 
of  1855,  and  settled  on  the  farm  where  he  lived 

time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  me 
ber  of  the  United  Brethren  church,  and  exe 
plary  as  a  citizen  and  a  neighbor.  Servh 
by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Mr.  Snodgrass, 
the  Christian  church.  H.  R.  Taylor 


Iowa,  Apri 


WAMPLER.— In  the  Valley  congregation, 
Augusta  Co.,  Va.,  Feb.  26,  1S98,  Sister  Barbara 
A.  Wampler,  aged  63  years  and  12  days.  She 
paralyzed  two  years  ago  last  August, 
suffered  a  great  deal,  but  bore  it  patiently. 
She  leaves  a  husband  and  six  children,— all 

embers  of  the    Brethren 
She  also  leaves  two  brothers, 
umber    of    friends.     Fun> 
brethren  Peter  and  Abe  Garber. 

Lizzie  F.  Wampler. 
STARj£, — In   the  Johnstown    congregation, 
Pa.,  April  4,  1898,  Bro.  John  Stark,  aged    93 
years  and  23  days.     Funeral  by  Bro.  A.  Fy- 

MOOMAW.— In  the  Sugar  Creek  congrega- 
>n,  Tuscarawas  Co.,  Ohio,  Dec.  3,  1897,  Bro. 
Martin  Moomaw,  aged  66  years,  6  months  and 
27  days.  His  first  marriage  was  to  Elizabeth 
Engel,  March  15,  1855.  To  this  union  were 
born  seven  children,  of  whom  four  are  living, 
fe  preceded  him  to  the  spirit  world 
twenty-eight  years.  His  second  marriage  was 
Elizabeth  Keim.  To  this  union  were  born 
four  children.  He  leaves  a  widow  and  eight 
faithful 


HOWE.-In  Mechanicsburg,-  Cumberlar,,. 
Co.,  Pa.,  Sister  Elizabeth  Howe,  aged  92  )ea 
1  month  and  25  days.  Sister  Howe  was  r'*' 
fined  to  her  room  and  bed  for 
Hers  was  truly  a  life  of  good  v 
the  poor,  the  sick,  and  the  dying.  She  leav 
an  aged  husband  (a  brother),  who  is  much  af* 
flicted,  and  an  only  daughter  {a  sister),  s' 
vices  were  held  in  the  Union  house  in  Median* 
icsburg,  to  a  large  assemblage  of  hearers,  aft" 
er  which  the  body  was  interred  i 
tery  at  the  Mohler  meetinghouse.  Services  u 
the  ministers  of  the  Lower  Cumberland 
church,  from  Rev.  14:  12,  13, 

TRIMBLE.  — Near  Shepherdstown,  pa 
April  13,  1898,  Fanny  Trimble,  aged  81  years' 
4  months  and  8  days.  Services  held  in  the 
Union  house,  at  Shephardstown,  Cumberland 
Co.,  Pa.,  by  Mr,  McGuire,  of  the  Bethel  church 
assisted  by  the  writer,  from  Philpp.  i:  21,  afteJ 
which  the  body  was  interred  at  the  Chestnut 
Hill  cemetery.  Daniel  Landis. 

BECHTEL.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Ephraia 
church,  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  in  Rein- 
hold's  Station,  Pa.,  April  14,  1898,  Sister  So- 
phia,  widow  of  Isaac  Bechtel,  aged  76  years,  8 
;  and  7  days.    The  deceased  leaves  two 
id   two  daughters.     Interment  at  Den- 
ervices  by  one  of  our  ministers,  assist- 
ed by  a  minister  of  the  Reformed  church. 

HENKELL.— In   the  Lanark    church,   III,,! 
April    14,    1898,    Sister   Nancy    Henkell,   M 
,  aged  64  years,  3  months  and  26  days. 
was  born  near  Hagerstown,  Md.,  where 
ife  was  spent   until   1866,  when  she  re- 
moved to  Illinois.     She  united  with  the  church 
the  age  of    22    years,    and   lived    consis- 
t  to  her  profession.     Her  first  husband  was 
John  M.  Rhodes,  who  died  June  3,  i860.    She 
ied  to  J.  W.  Henkell  in  1865.     Bro. 
vas  a  faithful  deacon  in  the  church. 
He  died  April  26,  1890.     She  leaves  a  son  and  1 

daughters.  Services  from  Philpp.  1:  21- 
24,  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Eld.  Henry  Mar- 
tin. I.  Bennett  Trout. 

JOHNSON.— At  her  home,  in  Soho,  W.  Va^J 
March  22,  1898,  Addie  Pearl,  beloved  daughter 
of  Moses   M.   and    Bertha   Johnson,   aged   8 
months  and  24  days.    She  was  sick  about  nine 
days  with  bronchial     pneumonia,    when    the 
Lord  called  her  home.     Funeral  services  by    1 
brethren   W.   Scott   Reichard  ^«d  J.>>,a*ncs)rs| 
Interment     in    the    Brethren's    graveyard    at    ' 
Johnstown.  James  Miller. 

AXTELL.-In  the  bounds  of  the  Cedar 
Creek  church,  near  Harris,  Kans.,  April  5,  | 
1898,  Sister  Sarah  Axtell,  aged  70  years,  3 
months  and  25  days.  She  was  a  member  of 
the  Brethren  church  for  about  forty  years, 
She  leaves  a  husband,— Bro.  Samuel  Axtell,— 
and  five  children,  to  mourn  their  loss,  two 
children  having  preceded  her  to  the  spirit 
Four  of  the  children  were  present  at 
of  her  death.-  Two  are  members  of 
the  Brethren  church.  Funeral  services  at  Mt. 
Ida,  by  Bro.  E.  J.  Giffin,  assisted  by  Eld.  Jesse 
Studebaker,  from  Acts  II:  11. 

Wm.  C.  Watktns. 


LAMB— In  the  Brock's  Gap  church,  Va., 
March  28,  1898,  of  a  complication  of  diseases, 
Bro.  John  Lamb,  aged  74  years,  5  months  and 
ays,  Deceased  was  a  member  of  the 
church  for  many  years.    He  leaves  an  aged 

dow,  a  sister,  and  four  children.  Services 
by  Bro.  J.  A.  Garber,  from  2  Kings  20:  I  and 
Isa.  28:1. 

SHOEMAKER.— At  his  home,  in  the 
bounds  of  the  Brock's  Gap  church,  Va.,  March 
898,  of  consumption,  Bro.  Isaac  Shoe- 
;r,  aged  35  years,  10  months  and  15  days. 
He  leaves  a  sorrowing  widow  and  four  small 
children.  Services  by  Bro.  J,  A.  Garber,  from 
James  4: 14.  Sallie  R.  Turner. 

WOODS.— In  the  Howard  church,  Ind-, 
March  16,  1898,  of  a  complication  of  diseases, 
Mary  Ann  Woods,  aged  48  years,  I  month  and 
6  days.  She  was  born  in  Howard  County, 
Ind.,  where  she  spent  most  of  her  days  until 
about  three  years  ago,  when  with  her  husband 
and  family  she  moved  to  Anderson,  Ind.    She 

united  in  marriage  to  Simon  P.  Woods. 
To  this  union  five  children  were  born.    She 

s    four    children,     husband,    and    many 
friends.    Services  by  the  writer. 

Peter  Houk. 


MANNEL.— Near  Nokesville,  Va.,  April  7< 
_98,  of  croup,  Whitson  Garber,  only  child  of 
by  brethren  M.  H.  Shutt  and  S,  J,  I  friend  James  and  Sister  Birda  Mannel,  aged  11 
'"  G.  W.  Beahm. 


church    for   many    years.    Funeral  1 189S,  of 

.-y  brethren  M.  H.  Shutt  and  S.  J.  I  friend  J 

1  Simon  Harshman,    [months  and  18  days 


May  7-  l8 


THIS    GOSPEL    M-ESSIEIE-rO-iEIIR,,. 


c  AlNNULNcbiVlhM^ 


'.  M., 


LOVE  FEASTS. 


Pa. 

,  Salem,  Reno  Co.,  Kan3. 

Beatrice  chutth,  Nebr. 
ist  Lyons  St.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
,  Big  Creek,  Oklahoma  Territory. 

M.,  Reading, Pa. 

.in:  )'l;nii3,0kla. 


i  Grove,  Pa. 


-21, 3  P.  M.,  Bine  River  ohurcli,  Ind. 

r  31,  Kefton,  Pa, 

r  21,  i  P.  M.,  Woodbury,  Pa. 

r  21,  2?,  10  A.  M.,  Dry  Creek  church,  Iowa. 

r  21,  Richland  church,  Ohio. 

r  21,  4  P.  M.,  Woodbury  church,  Pa. 

f  21, 22,  Plattsburg.  Mo. 

r-'l.'J-',  IP-  M.,  West  Beaver  Creek,  Md. 

,-  21, 10  A.  M.,  North  Manchester,  Ind. 

-f  21, 10  A. M.,  Swan  Creek  church,  Ohio. 

y  21, 2  P.  M  ,  Hickory  Grove,  Ohio. 

C  21,  22,  2  P.  M.,  Chapman  Creek  ohurch,  Kans. 

j  21,  22, 10  A.  M.,  "West  Branch  church,  111. 

y  21,  Honey  Creek,  Mo, 

y22,0:  SOP.  M.,  Lanark  church,  111. 

v  22.  i  P.  M.,  New  Enterprise  church,  Fa. 

y  23,  i  P.  M.,  Le  wist  own.  Dry  Valley  bouse,  Pi 


.  M.,  Bachet 


,  Flora,  Ind. 


e  ohurch,  Ind. 

!P.  M.,Cerrogordo.lll. 

■]  P.  M.,  Panther  Creek  church,  II 

1  P.  M.,  Okaw  church,  Laplace,  I 

i  P.M.,  Belleville,  Kana. 

27,  2  P.  M„  Aughwick  church,  Pa. 

I'alestlDeohnrch.Obio. 


Pd. 


lit  A.  M.,  Cedar  Lake  church, ; 
2  P.  M.  Middle  District,  Ohio. 
10:3)  A.  M.,  Klllbuck  church, 
Turkey  Creek  church,  Okla 
4  P.  M.,  Manor  church,  Pa. 
2  P.  M.,  Warriors  Mark,  Pa. 


,  I(JfA.  M.,  Pleasnn 
,2/P.  M.,C 


r,  10  A.  M.,  Bear  Creek,  Ind, 
r,  11  A.  M.,  South  Keokuk  c 
',  Camp  Creek  Churoh,  Ind 


A.  M., South  Waterloo,  Iowa. 
A.  M„  Deep  River  church,  Iowa. 
'.  M.,  East  house,  Klngsley,  Iowa. 
Seneca  church,  Ohio. 
June  18,  Eagle  Creek  churoh,  Hancock  Co.,  Ohio. 
10  A.  M.,  Iowa  Rivor  churoh,  Iowa. 
Litchfield,  Nebr. 
June  18,  Iowa  River  ohurch,  Iowa. 

;o  lloyle'a.W  miles  southwest 


r  l  .lU'hiii'Ul,  Hheriiian  I 


18, 19,  Root  River  church,  Minn. 
24, 8  P.  M.,  Greenville,  Pa. 
25,  8  P.  M„  Maple. Valley  churoh,  Aurell 

"i,   Berrien    church,   Mich.,  i   miles    \\  e*t  ■ 

achanan. 
23,  5  P.  M.,  Kearney.  Nebr.,  at  Bfo.  B.  M.  Fo 

ay's  bouse,  802  Thlrty-ilrst  street. 
June  £5,  Greene,  Iowa. 

25, 28, 10  A.  M.,  Harlan,  Iowa, 
June  25,  26.  Roanoke,  La. 

June  25,  86, 10  A.  M.,  Boone  River  churoh,  Iowa. 
July  2,  Elkhart  church,  Iowa. 
July  3, 2  P.  M„  Des  Moines  Valley  ohurch,  Iowa. 


;  Goodwill  House,  Lost 


Spring,  Pa. 
ine  3,  in  Blackford  County,  Ind, 
me  l,  Uoodhope  church,  Colo. 


,  Fa. 


le  4, 5, 10  A.  M.,  Indian  Creek  church,  Iowa, 

le  4,  Sugar  Ridge  churoh,  Mioh. 

ie  4,  5, 4  P.  M.,  Pine  Greek,  111. 

le  4,  New  Philadelphia,  Ohio. 

ie  4,  5, 10  A.  M.,  Newton,  Kans. 

ie  4,  2  P.  M.,  Oakland  church,  Ohio. 

ie  4, 6  P.  M.,  Mt.  Zion,  church,  Ohio. 

ie  4, 10  A.  M.,  Columbia  City,  Ind. 

ie  4,  2  P.  M.,  Falls  City  churoh,  Nebr. 

ie  4, 5, 2  P.M.,  Franklin  Grove,  111. 

ie  4, 2  P.  M .,  Van  Clevesville,  W.  Va. 

ie  ■!,  Falrvlew  ohurch,  Pa. 

ie  4,  Snake  Spring  church,  Pa. 

ie  4, 4  P.  M.,  Carson  Valley,  Blair  Co.,  Pa. 

ie  4,  2  p.  M„  Bethel  church,  Nebr. 

ie  4,  8  P.  M,,  Munassas  church.  Cannon  Branch 

house,  Va. 

ie  4,  Talent,  Oregon. 

ie  4,  4  P.  M.,  James  Creek*  church,  Pa. 

ie  4,  2  P.  M.,  Rockingham  churoh,  Mo. 

ie  4,  3  P.  m„  Myersdale,  Pa. 

ie  5, 0,  Lower  Cumberland,  Pa. 

ie  5,  4  P.  M  ,  Brothers'  Valley  church,  Pa. 

ie  6, 6  P.  M„  Sugar  Ridge,  Ohio. 

le  Swarata  ohurch, 


Zeigl 

June  7, 11 


rt  house,  Pa. 

..  M.,  Wolf  creek  church,  Ohio. 

30  P.  M.,  Panther  Greek,  Iowa. 

M.,  Rook  Run  churoh,  Goshen,  Ind. 


June  0, 10,  Yellow  Creek  church,  III. 

June  10,  Montgomery,  Pa. 

June  10,  Yellow  River,  Ind. 

June  lo,  4  P.  M.,  South  Beatrice,  Nebr. 

June  io,  Mississlnewa,  Ind. 

June  ii,  Mt.  Etna,  Iowa. 

June  11,  lo  A.  M.,  Wyandot  ohurch,  Ohio. 

June  11,  Oak  Grove*  Ohio. 

June  11,  2  P.  M.,  Sugar  Creek,  Ohio. 

Jane  11, 2  P.  M.,  English  Prairie  church,  In 

June  11, 12,  Pleasant  Prairie  churoh,  Iowa. 


2,  8  P.M.,  Sterling,  111. 

>  A.  M„  Grundy  County  churoh,  Iowa, 

!,  Wort  lung  ton,  Minn. 


CHURCH  DIRECTORY. 


M.;  Bible  Rcadiug,  Wednesday, 
i  ANGELES,  CAL.-236S.  Ham 


a  each  night.   Free  Heading  Room. 


State  Streets;  S.  S., 


U-hSt.and  Pa,Ave.,S.E.    Preaching, 


A    M    preaching, 

Lodge  Building,  Cor. 
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Meeting,  7  P  M. 


Ju.Qeil,lQA.M„Hiidaoil,Ill, 


St.    S.S.,ioA.M.    Preaching,  11  A.M. and  7:3oF.  M. 
DAYTON,  OHIO.-Collegc  St.  (West  Side),  S.  S. 

.  innivi   ■■--■■.-■  i  11  !  .  i\l'.;  Geuer.il 

meeting.  6:  30  P.  M.;pr       '  ' 


P,  M.j  General  prayf 

30  a.m.,  7:30  y.M, 


Cor.  Presstmaa  &  Cal 


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Greatest  Homeseekers'  Movement  in 
the  History  of  Railroading! 


Already  Ihis  year  over  5,000  men,  women  and  children,  and  HUNDREDS  of  cars  of 
household  goods,  farm  implements  and  live  stock  have  gone  to  North  Dakota,  to  points  along 
the  GREAT  NORTHERN  RAILWAY. 

This  particular  immigration  movement  was  inaugurated  five  years  ago  by  the  under- 
siencd.  And  the  Great  Noithern  country,— the  TURTLE  MOUNTAIN  and  DEVILS  LAKE 
SECTIONS  have  proved  to  be  all  that  was  claimed  for  them;  and  that  the  new  settlers  are 
pleased,  is  apparent  from  the  increased  number  of  persons  who  have  gone  there  in  each  suc- 
ceeding year.  I  am  at  liberty  to  refer  to  any  of  them  who  have  found  homes  in  North  Dakota 
and  I  can  furnish  thousands  of  names. 

There  are  still  FREE  GOVERNMENT  LANDS  to  be  taken  up,  and  private  lands  to  be 
bought  on  crop  payments. 

Brethren  and  others  who  expect  to  attend  the  Annual  Meeting  at  Naperville,  111.,  during  tlv 
last  week  of  May,  arc  cordially  invited  to  call  at  my  office  when  passing  through  Chicago,  and 
I  will  be  glad  to  furnish  them  with  printed  matter,  and  quote  them  desirable  rates  if  they  wisli 
to  visit  North  Dakota  at  the  close  of  the  meeting. 

MAX    BASS, 


The  States  Traveled 


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...SETTLERS... 

Von  can  obtain... 

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Crop  Payment  Land, 

Railroad  Land, 

At  S3.00  to  S3 00  per  acre; 


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...West... 

Northwest    and   Southwest 

May  3  and  17 

June  7  and  21 


On  ihees  dates  round -trip  tickets,  good 
for  21  days,  will  be  sold  tt  a  t  -jri 
by  all  Burlington  Koute  -Ll-Ci-LJi1 
agents  and  by  tliose  of  FARE 
many  eastern  railroads  at     „,      ..„ 


The  nndiT-ii-iK'ti  will  st-nd  you  free  on  a 
ti^n  a  handsome  Illustrated  pamphlet  ilea 
Nebraska,  with  a  large  sectional  map  of  till 

A  Dry  Healthy  Climate. 

A  Soil  Unsurpassed  for  Sichntss 

to  cultivates  and  yielding  all  i 

ties  of  crops* 
That  la  what   Nebraska   offers  to  tho 

cheap  rates,  or  wrlto  to  P.  a.  El.'8'I'l 

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305  South  Charles  Street, 

BALTIMORE,  MS, 


Fresh  Fl*h  Hhipitca 

utia 


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The  Season  of  This  Health  Resort  Opens 
May  15th. 


umiUIsm.  neuriiltlt;  trouble-,  Irnllne.iUon  iicd 
or  nllmen's,  and  many  people  visit  them  a n- 
tlly  rrom  Illinois,  the  excellent  hotel  nccommo- 
Ions  making  It  a  very  deelrable  health   and 


Stop  :S  Tobacco! 


uthfully  say  that  .1 


Yours, 

Jesse  Thompson, 


billing? 
tfhen 

S)r. 

9eter9$ 
%lood 


The  Northern  Pacific  Railway 


CENTRAL  MINNESOTA  (Red  Hlver  Valley). 
CENTRAL  NORTH  DAKOTA  (where  hundreds  ol 

MONTANA  (tho  Gallatla  Valley), 
i  DAUO  ( the  Clearwater  Valle  j  and  Nez  Perce  Res- 
settling). 
EASTERN    WASHINGTON    (the  El*  Bend  and 

CENTRAL   WASHINGTON   (Irrigated    lands   in 
Yakima  Valley  at  ?30  per  acre;  liberal  terms). 

WESTERN    WASHINGTON   (Tlmbei 
fruit,  grain,  flsh). 


May  7.  189S 

Pennsylvania 

Lines  West  of  Pittsburgh 

SPECIAL  LOW  RATES 

German  Baptist... 

...Annual  MeetiDg 

Burlington  Park 

(Naperville,  111.) 


Tickets  on  sale 
May  23J,  24th,  27th  and  28th,  1S38. 


or  free  maps  and  puli  icatlons.and  for  informa- 
nt regarding  Sp;cUl  Excursions  from  Burling- 
Parlt  at  the  close   of   tho    Annual   Meeting 

C.  W.  MOTT, 

General  Emigration  Agent,  N.  P.  R'yCo., 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN, 


What  the  Eos  Palos  Colony 
People  Are  Doing  in  April,,. 


>all  planting  sweet  potatoes,  cauliflower 
vegetables.  Those  who  have  wheat  and 
wing  will  harvest  them  aa  early  as  possl- 
>  Irrigate  the  stubble  and  plant 


e  river.  Squirrels  and  gophers  are 
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Some  of  the  very  best  thinkers  on  both  conti- 
nents are  of  the  opinion  that  one  result  of  the  pres- 
ent war  will  be  to  bring  the  United  States  and  Great 
Britain  closer  together,  and  that  in  due  time  an  al- 
liance will  be  formed  between  them.  At  present 
the  latter  is  the  strongest  power  in  the  East,  while 
the  United  States  is  by  far  the  greatest  nation  on 
the  Western  Continent.  An  alliance  between  them 
would  be  an  invincible  combination,  wholly  in  the 
interest  of  progress,  Christianity,  education  and 
freedom.  Both  in  Europe  and  Asia  the  tyrannical 
hand  of  Russia  is  seen  in  every  important  move. 
With  this  government  it  is  Russia's  interest  first, 
last,  and  all  the  time.  Her  head  is  set  to  rule  the 
eastern  half  of  the  world,  and  make  everything 
tributary  to  the  one  Empire,  bring  all  people  and 
nations  under  her  control,  and  make  the  religion  of 
the  Greek  church  the  religion  of  the  vast  domain. 
At  heart  Russia  and  Great  Britain  are  enemies,  and 
each  one  is  doing  her  utmost  to  rival  the  other. 
The  former  stands  for  tyranny,  selfishness,  and  the 
Greek  church.  The  latter  is  committed  to  the  in- 
terest of  freedom,  culture,  and  Christianity  in  gen- 
eral. A  combine  between  Russia,  Germany,  and 
France  might  crush  Great  Britain,  but  the  United 
States  and  Great  Britain,  standing  together,  would 
form  a  power  in  tile  interest  of  humanity,  of  suffi- 
cient force  and  resources  to  resist  any  combination 
'hat  Russia  may  be  able  to  bring  about.  All  peace- 
loving  people,  who  are  opposed  to  war,  regret  to 
see  these  great  combinations  and  the  military 
Preparations,  but  if  they  must  exist,  it  is  a  source 
or  comfort  to  know  that  the  preponderance  of 
Strength  is  on  the  side  of  freedom  and  humanity. 


Ep:>ch  making  discoveries  in  the  field  of  Biblical 
research  have  not  yet  ceased.  What  Grotefend,  at 
the  be  inning  of  this  century,  did  for  the  decipher- 
ing o!  c  netiorm  writing,  and  Champollion  for  the 
hieroglyphs  of  Egypt,  Professor  Dr.  Peter  Jensen, 
of  ih'e  University  of  Marburg,  Germany,  has  done 
to-day  for  the  sphinx-like  problem  of  the  Hittite. 
Canain  is  spoken  of  in  the  Bible  as  the  land  of  the 
Hittites,  and  the  story  of  the  Hittites  was  inter- 
linked with  the  story  of  the  Israelites  from  the 
days  of  Abraham  to  Solomon.  But  the  decipher- 
ing of  Hittite  inscriptions  has  been  generally  con- 
sidered as  an  impossible  task.  Yet  it  is  to  that  task 
that  Professor  Jensen  has,  for  the  last  five  years, 
devoted  his  time  almost  exclusively,  It  was  by  his 
own  choice  that  the  first  announcement  of  his  dis- 
covery appeared  in  the  Sunday  School  Times  (March 
25,  l?93)  '"  'ccognition  of  the  place  of  that  period- 
ical in  the  field  of  Biblical  research.  His  claim 
then  was  that  the  Hittite  language  is  Indo  Euro- 
pean, and  probably  related  to  the  ancient  Armeni- 
an. Though  failing  to  gain  recognition  in  this 
claim,  he  was  still  supported  handsomely  by  several 
scholars  of  international  tank  and  reputation, 
among  them  being  Noeldeke  in  Germany,  and  Hil- 
precht  in  America,  who  have  publicly  acknowl- 
edged their  conviction  of  the  correctness  of  his  po- 
sition. And  now,  in  the  issue  of  the  S'miay  School 
Times  for  May  7,  Professor  Jensen  adds  fresh 
strength  to  his  position  by  proving  that  the  Arme 
nuns,  according  to  their  own  traditions,  regard 
themselves  as  of  HiTtite  origin.  Moreover,  he  now 
for  the  first  time  gives  the  world  a  picture  of  the 
fundamental  conceptions  of  the  Hittite  religion 
obtained  not  only  from  the  pictures  on  Hittite 
monuments,— mainly  of  a  religious  character, — but 
from  the  contents  of  the  inscriptions  themselves, 


Of  the  people  belonging  to  the  "stone  age," 
whatever  that  may  mean  in  fact,  there  seems  yet  a 
remnant  left.  They  live  in  out-of-the-way  places, 
and  are  as  ignorant  of  the  world,  and  what  is  in  it, 
as  we  ate  of  them.  Of  them  a  writer  in  the  Science 
says:  In  a  few  remote  corners  of  the  eatth  there 
are  yet  tribes  in  the  full  Stone  Age,  living  underthe 
conditions  of  early  neolithic  man  in  Europe.  Von 
den  Steinen  found  such  at  the  headwaters  of  th 
Xtngu;  the  Jesuits  not  long  ago  discovered  such  ii 
the  interior  of  Alaska;  and  a  report  has  lately  been 
published  by  the  La  Plata  Museum  of  the  Guaya 
quis,  who  dwell  in  Paraguay,  near  the  headwaters  of 
the  River  Acaray,  and  who  are  alleged  to  be  true 
Stone  Age  people.  They  are  not  over  500  or  600 
all,  and  are  a  timid,  harmless  set,  shunning  the 
whites,  from  whom  they  have  never  received  any- 
thing but  brutal  treatment.  Their  arms  are  the  bow, 
the  lance  and  the  stone  tomahawk.  They  wear  tall 
caps  of  tapir  skin  and  adorn  their  necks  with  strings 
of  bones  and  teeth,  They  are  somewhat  undersized, 
prognathic,  and  brachycephalic.  Strange  to  say, 
their  language  was  not  studied,  the  small  vocabu- 
lary given,  which  is  Guarani,  being  probably  a  blun- 
der. Dr.  Ehrenreich  inclines  to  believe  them  allied 
to  the  Botocudos. 


Just  now  the  Queen  Regent  of  Spain  is  attract- 
ing a  good  deal  of  attention  and  gaining  much  sym- 
pathy on  account  of  her  display  of  rare  womanly 
and  motherly  qualities.  It  is  remarkable  indeed 
that  a  woman  of  such  fine  traits  should  stand  at  the 
head  of  a  government  so  noted  for  treachery  and  op- 
pressions. She  is  a  native  of  Austria,  and  of  royal 
birth.  In  1879  she  was  married  to  Alfonso  XII.,  the 
young  King  of  Spain.  He  died  in  188s,  and  six 
months  later  a  son  was  born,  who  is  the  present 


heir  to  the  throne.  He  was  a  weakly  child,  but  his 
mother  employed  the  best  of  nurses  and  gave  him 
the  most  tender  care.  Much  attention  has  been 
given  to  his  education  and  training  so  as  to  fit  him 
for  the  important  duties  that  will  fall  to  him  when 
he  is  crowned.  In  the  meantime  his  mother  con- 
tinues Queen  Regent,  it  being  her  earnest  desire  to 
preserve  Spain  intact  for  her  son.  She  takes  as 
much  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  kingdom  and  the 
welfare  of  the  people,  as  though  it  were  her  native 
land,  and  has  appealed,  only  as  a  woman  can  ap- 
peal, to  other  governments  for  assistance  in  main- 
taining the  throne  of  Spain  for  her  son.  She  is  well 
educated,  possesses  fine  natural  abilities  and  is 
noted  for  her  unselfish  qualities  and  motherly  de- 
votion. A  woman  of  this  kind,  at  the  head  of  a 
kingdom,  is  sure  to  win  the  hearts  of  the  people. 
The  favors  she  is  winning,  the  world  over,  are  of 
more  value  to  Spain  than  all  her  navies  and  armies. 
From  the  beginning  of  the  unpleasant  relations  be- 
tween the  United  States  and  her  government,  she 
was  decidedly  in  favor  of  peace,  and  had  every- 
thing been  left  to  her  and  the  President,  it  is 
doub'ful  if  the  trouble  would  have  led  to  the 
shedding  of  one  drop  of  blood.  But  she,  as  well 
as  our  own  president,  was  compelled  to  yield 
to  the  popular  sentiment,  and,  unless  matters  take  an 
unexpected  turn,  much  of  the  territory,  over 
which  she  has  been  reigning,  will  soon  be  wrested 
from  her,  and  the  domain  that  she,  in  a  few  years, 
must  hand  over  to  her  son,  will  be  much  small- 
er and  weaker  than  that  left  by  her  husband, 


Last  week  we  stated  that  the  American  fleet  had 
destroyed  the  Spanish  fleet  in  the  Manila  Bay, 
Philippine  Islands,  In  some  respects  it  was  the 
most  remarkable  naval  battle  of  modern  times. 
The  engagement  lasted  but  a  few  hours,  during 
which  time  there  were  eleven  Spanish  ships  de- 
stroyed, and  seven  hundred  men  killed  or  wound- 
ed, while  on  the  American  side  not  a  ship  was  ma- 
terially damaged,  nor  was  there  a  man  killed.  Sev- 
eral were  injured,  but  not  seriously,  Large  fleets 
are  gathering,  so  it  is  rumored,  in  the  vicinity 
of  Puerto  Rico,  over  a  thousand  miles  southeast  of 
Florida,  and  a  great  battle  is  expected.  Much  de- 
pends upon  this  conflict,  and  it  is  likely  to  be  one 
of  the  most  severe  naval  engagements  ever  known 
between  the  improved  iron  ships.  Armies  are  be- 
ing organized,  equipped  and  rushed  to  the  seaports 
in  the  South,  with  all  possible  haste.  Cuba  is  not 
yet  invaded  by  the  American  troops,  but  great 
preparations  are  being  made  for  it.  It  is  also 
thought  that  an  army  may  be  sent  from  the  Pacific 
Coast  to  assist  Dewey  in  the  Philippine  Islands. 
In  the  United  States  the  situation  is  becoming  very 
warlike,  and  the  masses  read  and  talk  about  little  else. 


The  suffering  in  Cuba  is  not  only  great  but  it  is 
steadily  on  the  increase.  There  is  a  lack  of  food 
everywhere,  and  in  Havana  the  price  of  provisions 
is  so  great  that  only  the  well-to  do  can  afford  the 
ordinary  necessities  of  life.  Eggs  are  $2 .00  a  doz- 
en, milk  50  cents  a  bottle,  prime  beef  $175  a  pound, 
butter  over  S2.00  a  pound,  canned  meats  and  vege- 
tables from  $1  to  s.|  per  can,  and  still  going  up. 
For  the  want  of  nourishing  food  many  of  the  Cu- 
ban soldiers  have  perished,  and  most  of  those  now 
in  active  service  are  said  to  subsist  principally  on 
wild  game.  Our  government  has  not  been  able  to 
reach  them  with  the  necessary  supplies,  and  if  the 
unfortunate  state  of  affairs  should  continue  much 
longer,  death,  by  starvation,  will  surely  greatly  re- 
duce the  population  of  the  fair  island,  This  is  one 
of  the  terrible  evils  that  result  from  war, 


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•THOU  ART  THB  SAME,  AND  THY  YEARS  SHALL 
NOT  FAIL." 

The  flowers  that  bloom  in  sun  and  shade, 

And  glitter  in  the  dew,— 
The  flowers  must  fade. 

The  birds  that  build  their  nests  and  sing, 
When  lovely  spring  is  new, 

Must  soon  take  wing. 

The  sun  that  rises  in  his  strength, 

To  wake  and  warm  the  world, 
Must  set  at  length, 

The  sea  that  overflows  the  shore 
With  billows  frothed  and  curled 

Must  ebb  once  more. 


All  come  and  go,  all 
O  Lord,  save  only  thou, 

Who  dost  remain 
The  same  to  all  eternity. 

All  things  which  fail  us  now 
We  trust  to  thee.    Amen, 


;.inil  \ 


—  Christina  h'rsrlti. 


MATTHEW  EIQHTEEN. 


BY    CARMAN    C.   JOHNSON. 


Among  all  the  principles  of  church  government, 
this  one  stands  paramount,  that  personal  grievances 
shall  not  exist;  and  the  second  follows  in  immedi- 
ate connection, — when  they  do  arise,  settle  them 
speedily.  Recognizing  these  axioms,  Jesus  Christ 
provided  a  rule  based  upon  them.  It  might  be  dif- 
ficult to  imagine  the  condition  of  His  church,  had 
the  Master  not  left  us  this  safe-guard;  but  we  have 
so  many  instances  of  the  non-observance  of  the 
harmonic  law,  that  a  resort  to  iniaf.  1 i.iation  is  not 
necessary.  Sadly  do  we  listen  to  the  one-sided  and 
other  sided  stories  of  two  contending  brethren;  sor- 
rowfully do  we  look  upon  the  tattered  fragments  of 
an  old  church  standard-sheet,  as  it  waves  carelessly 
over  a  once  prosperous  church,  now  rent  by  factions; 
and  with  bitter  regret  do  we  contemplate  the  "  might 
have  beens,"  had  not  the  self-will  of  one,  the  burn- 
ing hatred  of  another,  or  the  ambition  of  some  one 
else  refused  to  allow  its  owner  to  go  to  the  brother 
who  had  offended,  or  hindered  the  approach  of  the 
offender  to  the  offended  brother.  All  these  deplo- 
rable conditions  are  the  direct  result  of  a  disregard 
for  that  most  excellent  advice,  "  If  thy  brother  tres- 
pass against  thee,  go  and  tell  him  his  fault."  This 
is  not  all;  for,  notice,  it  is  to  be  "between  thee  and 
him;"  and  observe  the  last  word  "alone." 

"If  thy  brother  trespass  against  thee,"  This  is 
not  a  provision  for  that  little  mean  thing  which 
somebody  said  that  some  one  else  said  he  heard  the 
brother  say  about  you.  It  does  not  embrace  trifles. 
You  must  have  felt  the  sting  and  suffered  the  injury. 
It  must  not  be  necessary  for  a  confidential  friend  to 
come  to  your  home  and,  by  a  series  of  arguments, 
convince  you  that  you  have  been  hurt,  that  your 
dignity  has  been  impeached,  and  that  you  were  and 
are  still  being  trespassed  upon  by  your  brother.  A 
direct  blow  and  not  a  glance  shot,  a  real,  evil-inten- 
tioned  statement  and  not  a  mysterious,  house-to- 
house,  ownerless  piece  of  gossip  is  intended  by  this 
trespass.  No,  this  essay  does  not  seek  to  protect 
those  brethren  and  sisters  who  are  eager  to  catch  up 
a  slimy,  plastic  mud-ball  of  slanderous  tales  and  to 
hurl  it  with  some  additions  into  the  common  heap 
of  public  calumny,  where  it  lies  only  long  enough 
to  become  ugly  with  evil,  thence  to  be  picked  out 
again  and  to  be  sent  anew  upon  a  mission  of  destruc- 
tion. No,  never  should  any  one  attempt  to  wield 
the  pen  in  behalf  of  such  workers  of  bad;  but  just 
as  positively  should  no  brother  who  respects  his 
honor  be  found  taking  offense  at  such  wild  and  un- 
controllable stories,  These  means  are  only  inven- 
tions of  the  devil  by  which  he  is  oft-times  enabled 
to  enlist  the  very  followers  of  Christ,  unconsciously 
sometimes,  in  the  work  of  church-destruction.  Be 
sure,  then,  that  the  error  of  the  brother  is  the  real 
trespass  against  you  and  not  a  manufactured  and  an 
unreal  trespass,— a  »are  of  the  devil  gotten  up  as  a 


mischief-maker.  The  nature  of  this  trespass  is  hard 
to  define;  and  yet  it  is  not  an  all-embracing  term. 
Etymologically  it  means  a  trans  passing  or  a  pass- 
ing across;  and  this  definition  is  sufficient. 

A  translation  of  the  clause  would  be  something 
like  this:  You  are  traveling  a  certain  way  through 
life;  and  your  brother  also  travels  in  a  way.  If  at 
any  time  your  brother  crosses  your  way  or  path  and 
in  so  doing  injures  your  person,  your  property,  or 
your  rights;  or  if  he  puts  you  to  any  inconvenience, 
annoys,  disturbs,  or  embarrasses  you,  he  has  tres- 
passed against  your  personal  interests,  hence  against 
you.  Now,  again,  this  word  trespass  allows  for  the 
ordinary  friction  of  life— or,  with  a  real  Christian  it 
allows  for  an  extraordinary  amount  of  friction.  In- 
deed, the  constant  jostle  and  intercourse  of  man 
with  man  must  necessarily  produce  some  incon- 
veniences, indeed  some  trespasses,  which  must  be 
overlooked.  Happy  is  he  who  can  pleasantly  bear 
with  these  common  occurrences  of  life!  Just  be  pa- 
tient; and  we  will  find  a  genuine  trespass,  one  that 
may  be  recognized  by  a  Christian,  one  that  may  be 
acted  upon,  the  very  one,  in  fact,  to  which  Christ  re- 
ferred. You  should  not  be  anxious  though.  When 
the  trespass  of  a  brother  becomes  unbearable,  or 
when  the  repetition  of  his  offenses  makes  life  a  bur- 
den, when  the  limit  of  your  endurance  has  been 
reached,  then  turn  to  the  Book  for  advice.  There 
is  something  there  to  fit  your  case, — be  sure  you 
have  a  good  case, — and  you  will  find  that  something 
in  Matthew  Eighteen. 

Now  "go."  Don't  stay  at  home  and  nurse  your 
passions  over  the  affair  into  full  grown  vengeance. 
True,  Christ  set  no  time  limit  upon  your  going;  but 
you  know  very  well  that  "the  sooner  the  better," 
No  calculations  have  ever  been  made  upon  the 
length  of  time  taken  by  a  feeling  of  wrong  to  pro- 
duce coldness,  hatred,  slander  and  malice  in  their 
turn;  we  all  know  the  time  is  often  very  short.  If 
there  had  been  any  danger  of  going  too  soon,  surely 
Jesus  would  have  warned  us  of  it.  Then  this  "  go  " 
does  not  mean  to  await  a  favorable  opportunity, 
perhaps  on  the  street.  No,  it  suggests  haste,  ear- 
nestness, sincerity,  and  honest  purpose.  You  have 
business  on  hand;  and  to  "gain  thy  brother"  is  the 
purpose  of  your  journey.  There  is  a  great  deal  in 
one's  going.  Faithless  you  fail,  faithful  you  win! 
Prepared  you  obtain,  unprepared  you  depart  dis- 
consolate! Going  to  make  a  purchase  you  always 
fill  the  purse;  going  to  reclaim  the  kinship  of  an 
estranged  brother,  you  must  likewise  fill  the  heart- 
purse  with  the  pure  gold  of  charity, 

And  "  tell."  A  good  test  of  trespass  lies  in  one's 
ability  to  tell.  If  you  cannot  tell  in  a  straightfor- 
ward, manly,  brotherly  manner  it  is  an  indication  of 
weakness  in  your  cause.  Tell  your  story  by  talk- 
ing, not  whining,  not  complaining. 

How  useless  it  seems  to  emphasize  the  personal 
pronoun  "  him"  !  Every  one  can  read  plainly  the 
intent  of  the  Master;  and  His  reason  for  thus  di- 
recting is  not  far  to  seek.  The  offender  is  meant. 
Why  should  any  one  else  hear  a  word  of  the  affair? 
Oh,  it  is  all  very  plain  in  word-meaning;  the  empha- 
sis is  not  intended  for  rhetorical  effect.  Here  is  a 
weak  place  in  common  practice,  not  in  general  un- 
derstanding. It  is  common  for  the  brother  to  re- 
hearse to  some  other  brother  or  friend,  previous  to 
attempting  his  recital  before  the  audience  whom 
Christ  has  provided  for  him, — the  offending  brother. 
Very  frequently,  too,  the  practice  of  rehearsing  is 
more  pleasing  than  the  recital;  so  the  offended 
brother  forgets  to  appear  before  his  small  audience, 
and  takes  to  public  entertainments,  Well,  if  any 
are  guilty  of  this  malpractice  upon  our  brethren  and 
this  disregard  of  the  Word,— it  is  sacrilege  really, — 
let  us  confess.  You  can  select  your  own  method; 
but  do  not  forget  the  brother  whom  you  have 
wronged.  It  would  do  you  and  him  both  good  to 
hear  your  confession.  We'll  let  that  pass;  how- 
ever there  should  be  a  deep  resolve  in  the  heart 
of  every  one  just  now,  to  tell  it  first  to  him  after 
this,     "Alone,"  too,  remember. 

Now  you  have  gone;  and  you  stand  in  the  pres- 
ence of  your  brother.  It  is  a  momentous  minute, 
with  your  fate,  his  fate,  the  fate  of  families,  and  per- 
haps the  peace  of  the  church  at  stake,    How  are 


you  going  to  begin?  What  shines  out  of  your  coun- 
tenance? Do  you  feel  condemned?  Would  you 
like  to  punish  the  brother?  Can  you  meet  him 
squarely  and  yet  not  affrontingly?  Well,  now, 
these  are  some  of  the  thoughts  that  arise,  are 
they  not?  Should  they  arise?  No,  not  at  the 
time;  else  they  destroy  that  natural  expression 
of  candor  which  is  so  helpful,  indeed  so  neces- 
sary, to  this  moment.  But  they  do  come  to  one; 
and  what  if  they  cannot  be  hindered?  Listen, 
it  is  impossible  to  prevent  the  multitudinous 
workings  of  the  mind;  but  it  is  altogether  possible 
to  keep  from  expressing  the  thoughts  which  would 
hinder  your  cause  or  peace;  not  only  oral  expres- 
sion but  facial  as  well.  Is  it  an  indication  of  sin 
when  fiery  passions  arise  and  doubts  of  success 
cross  the  mind,  especially  as  one  stands  in  the  pres- 
ence of  a  brother  who  has  trespassed  against  him? 
Yes  and  no.  It  is  an  indication  of  weakness  more 
than  sin. 

It  would  be  a  strong  evidence  of  real  honest- heart- 
ed, Christian  charity,  however,  if  no  unpleasant  feel- 
ings come  to  you  when  you  stand  face  to  face  with  a 
person  who  has  wronged  you,  Then  you  really  are 
able  to  forgive  and  forget. 

But  the  person  to  whom  these  malicious  thoughts 
come  at  such  times  need  not  fear  that  their  coming 
makes  him  unfit  to  approach  his  brother.  No,  no; 
but  and  if  such  a  person  can,  with  the  help  of 
Christ  Jesus,  subdue  this  ugly  nature,  he  has  already 
won  a  victory  which  will  almost  assure  a  second 
victory  in  the  coming  conversation  with  the  of- 
fender. 

Ready  to  begin  the  great  battle?  No,  it  is  not  to 
be  a  battle.  No  such  thing  is  provided  for.  Look, 
see!  Usually,  and  in  most  cases,  sorry  to  relate,  the 
battle  and  battles  have  already  been  fought. 
This  is  to  be  a  psacs  meeting,  You  are  together 
under  a  flag  of  truce.  Better  say,  ready  (o  end 
what  might  become  a  great  battle!  It  is  not  to  be 
a  long  recital  of  events  on  both  sides,  a  comparing 
of  notes  and  a  review  of  the  details  p-.r,  ^th. 
your  finger  on  the  line:  "If  he  hear  thee," — you  are 
to  do  the  talking,  he  the  listening,  "thou  hast  gained 
thy  brother,"  It's  over;  over  before  you  realize  it, 
Shake  hands  and  go  away  glad.  You  have  come 
together, 
Huntingdon,  Pa, 


CLASS  GLIMPSES  FROM  THE  BIBLE  NORMAL, 
HELD  AT  MT.  MORRIS,  JANUARY,  '98. 

BV  J.   G,    ROYER. 

No.  3.— The  Scope  of  Our  Study. 

There  are  various  methods  for  studying  the  Gos- 
pels. For  our  present  study  I  suggest  that  we  di- 
vide the  book  of  Matthew  into  the  following  sec- 
tions: 

By  opening  your  Bible  you  will  notice  that  after 
the  introductory  chapters  (1:  1  to  4:  16)  which  con- 
tain "the  beginnings  of  the  Messianic  kingdom," 
the  book  falls  naturally  into  two  parts,  each  pre- 
ceded by  the  same  words,  "  From  that  time  on." 
In  the  first  of  these  two  parts  (4:  17  to  16:  20)  are  set 
forth  "The  signs  and  works  of  the  Messianic  king- 
dom," in  the  second  (16:  21  to  28:  20)  we  have 
"The  king's  teachings  while  on  the  path  to  his 
passion,"  Did  time  permit  I  should  like  to  present 
a  digest  of  each  chapter,  but  we  shall  have  to  con- 
tent ourselves  with  a  hurried  look  at  some  of  the 
more  prominent  parts  of  the  book. 

Matthew  records  four  of  the  Savior's  great  ser- 
mons or  discourses:  The  first,  "  The  Sermon  on  the 
Mount"  (chapters  5  to  7)  contains  the  laws  of 
the  kingdom;  the  second  (chapters  9:  36  to  10:  42) 
"Instructions  to  the  King's  Ambassadors;"  in  the 
third  (chapters  13:  1  to  58)are  set  forth  the  "  Mys- 
teries of  the  Kingdoms;"  and  the  fourth  (23:  1-39 
is  delivered  chiefly  to  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  set- 
ting forth  the  terrible  woes  that  must  come  upon 
the  enemies  of  the  kingdom.  It  is  to  the  study 
of  these  four  discourses  we  shall  devote  the  short 
time  allotted  to  us, 

Before  taking  up  the  study  of  those  sermons,  we 


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should  note  brief!/  a  few  points  in  the  introductory 
chapters  of  the  book,  The  first  is  the  prominence 
given  by  Matthew  to  the  kingship  of  Jesus.  He 
seems  to  make  the  kingship  of  out  Lord  the  key- 
note of  his  entire  Gospel.  The  opening  note  of 
the  book  points  out  Jesus  as  the  "Son  of  David" 
(verse  1)  Israel's  greatest  and  most  renowned  king; 
and  in  the  same  strain  he  sets  him  forth  as  the 
"  Son  of  Abraham"  ( verse  1 ),  "  the  beauteous  model 
of  an  eastern  prince."  He  makes  Abraham  and  Da- 
vid the  great  trustees  of  the  promise  of  the  coming 
Messiah, — the  promise  of  blissing  to  Abraham  and 
"his  seed"  (Gen.  12:3)  that  of  dominion  to  Divid 
and  "his  seed"  (Psa.  £9:  3,  4).  The  second  is  the 
coming  and  reception  of  the  "born  king."  These 
constitute  the  opening  sirains  of  the  second  chap- 
ter. How  sad  the  thought  that  when  the  long- 
looked-for  King  did  come,  the  people  of  Jerusalem, 
the  city  which  as"Soncf  David  "  he  could  claim 
a?  peculiarly  his  own,  knew  nothing  about  it.  How 
humiliating  that  they  must  receive  their  first  inti- 
mations of  it  from  strangers  (verse  1).  The  people 
of  Jerusalem  not  only  knew  nothing  about  it  (verse 
2),  but  when  told  of  it  they  were  troubled  (verse 
3).  Thus  we  find  indifference  where  we  should  have 
expected  eagerness;  ircuble  where  we  should  have 
looked  iorj'y.    • 

Eut  who  are  those  truly-dignified  men  who  are 
turning  their  backs  upon  rich  and  gay,  but  igno- 
rant Jerusalem,  and  setting  their  faces  toward  the 
obscure  village  of  Bethlehem?  We  are  not  told 
how  many  of  their  number,  but  it  is  evident  that 
Ihey  were  "wise  "  (verse  1),  diligent  (verse  2)  and 
willing  to  be  led  (verse  9).  They  were  willing  to 
be  aided  in  their  search  by  the  "star"  (verse  2),  the 
"scribes  "  (verse  4),  and  by  the  Scriptures  (verses 
5  and  6),  As  a  result  they  came  with  a  true  con- 
ception of  the  kingly  (verse  2)  as  well  as  of  the 
divine  (verse  i')  character  of  the  "  Son  of  Mary." 
The  dignity  of  those  men  was  not  the  kind  boasted 
otin  Jerusalem.  It  was  a  dignity  of  soul  which  led 
IfiW-ca  recognize  in  the  Babe  of  Bethlehem  the 
cowling  "King  of  Righteousness."  It  prompted 
them  to  render  a  homage  as  to  the  promised  one  of 
David's  race  that  should  bring  divine  mercy  within 
reach  of  human  need. 

Here  are  lessons  of  meekness  and  trust  for  all 
who  would  be  truly  wise,  Lessons  for  us  if  we 
would  study  the  teachings  of  the  Christ  with  profit. 
All  honor  to  the  "wise  men  from  the  East"  for 
their  example  to  us;  and  all  praise  to  the  Lord  of 
glory  for  allowing  his  servant  "the  publican"  to 
give  us  a  glimpse  of  a  scene  so  beautiful,  so  touch- 
ing and  so  suggestive  of  pure  and  holy  thought  and 
feeling. 

Mt.  Morris,  III. 


KEEPING  IN  THE  RIGHT  ROAD. 

BY   MRS.    KATE    ROBINSON. 

I  was  recently  on  a  little  journey,  which  remind- 
ed me  of  the  Christian's  journey  from  earth  to 
heaven.  On  going  I  had  a  guide,  but  on  return- 
ing home  I  was  to  depend  on  way-marks  of  various 
kinds,  to  help  keep  me  in  the  right  road.  I  studied 
them  very  carefully  that  I  might  not  make  any 
mistake.  I  started  home,  feeling  that  God  would 
lead  me  aright,  and  placing  no  confidence  in  self. 
I  did  not  get  very  far  from  the  right  road,  until  I 
would  notice  that  the  way-marks  were  not  just 
right.  Then  I  would  immediately  return  to  the 
right  road,  making  haste  to  regain  lost  time, 

I  wonder  if  we  all  are  so  eager  to  keep  in  the 
right  road  to  heaven.  Are  we  putting  ourselves  in 
God's  care,  to  lead,  guide  and  direct  us  in  the  right 
road  to  eternal  life?  Are  we  prayerfully  studying 
the  "  Guide  Book,"  and  noticing  the  way-marks 
carefully,  making  sure  that  we  are  right?  When 
we  find,  by  the  way  marks,  that  we  are  not  just  in 
the  right  way,  do  we  quickly  return  to  the  right  road 
and  hasten  to  make  up  for  lost  time?  Much  has 
been  lost  by  getting  out  of  the  right  road.  Let  us 
Judeavor  to  be  right  and  keep  right  I 

Rolla,  Mo, 


PAUL'S  TWO  NOTHINGS. 
BY    C.    H.    BALSBAUGH. 

To  Brother  S,  F.  Singer:— 

What  a  sublime,  consistent,  sanctified  egotist  the 
Apostle  Paul  wasl  Such  boasting  and  humility  are 
nowhere  else  found  in  conjunction  in  the  Bible. 
There  is  boas'ing  enough,  and  more  than  enough, 
But  who  will  dare  to  reiterate  the  assertion  and 
challenge  of  2  Cor.  11:30,  31  and  12:9,  10  and  Gal. 
6: 14. 

In  2  Cor.  12:11,  we  have  two  "nothings"  which 
touch  the  Zenith  of  exaltation  and  the  Nadir  of 
self-renunciation.  Higher  no  mortal  can  ascend; 
lower  no  soul  can  sink  at  the  foot  of  the  Cross.  Be- 
tween this  Divine  altitude  and  this  utter  self-abase- 
ment Paul  achieved  his  marvelous  ministry.  Acts 
9:16;  1  Cor.  15:10;  Philpp.  4:13  With  consistent 
authcr'.ty  he  makes  the  appeal  of  I  Cor.  11: 1,  He 
was  meek  enough  to  know  and  to  say,  "/  am  noth- 
ing." He  was  Christ  centered,  and  Christ-absorbed 
enough  to  know  and  to  say,  "  /  labored  more  cbun- 
dantly  thin  thty  all."  1  Cor.  15:10.  Utter  poverty, 
all-possessing.  2  Cor.  6: 10.  This  makes  the  Christ, 
and  this  makes  the  ideal  Christian.  Philpp.  2:  5-9. 
Without  it  there  is  no  salvation.  The  ministry  of 
the  Cross  means  the  very  life  of  God  through  the 
painful,  abso'ute,  but  coveted  extinction  of  self. 
The  higher  "  nothing"  is  impossible  unless  the  ego 
"nothing"  is  as  emphatic  and  undeniable  as  the 
oblation  of  Calvary.  Only  one  blessed,  paramount 
conscious  fact  can  consummate  this  paradox: 
LOVE:— the  Nature,  Infinitude,  Fe  fiction  of  GOD. 

Love  is  not  only  a  great  boaster,  but  a  great  in 
truder.  There  is  no  character  too  low,  no  corner 
too  filthy,  no  dungeon  too  dark,  no  crucible  too  hot, 
no  death  too  ignominious  where  it  will  not  pene- 
trate to  find  its  object  and  compass  its  end.  Man 
is  man,  sin  is  sin,  love  is  love,  evtrywt e 'c.  Hence 
John  1: 14,  and  3:  .6,  and  2  Cor.  5:21.  If  this  is  the 
"manner"  of  D.vine  Love,  what  less  can  we  do  than 
exemplify?  2  Cor.  6:4-10;  Gal.  2:20,  and  6:14; 
Acts  20:24;  1  Cor.  9:22;  Philpp.  1:29.  The  "noth- 
ing" to  which  the  Cross  reduces  self  will  make  such 
room  for  the  Incarnation  of  Christ,  that  in  "nothing" 
will  we  be  behind  the  very  chiefest  apostles.  Ser- 
vice becomes  our  supreme  aim  and  joy,  and  the 
Cross  a  luxury.  God  car.nit  let  the  world  alone, 
neither  can  we  if  we  are  filled  and  impelled  by  His 
love.  He  must  interpose.  The  constraint  of  His 
nature  is  so  irresistible  to  help  man  that  He  cannot 
withhold  His  Only  Begotten  Son  from  the  Cross, 
Sin  He  hates  with  all  the  intensity  of  His  being  be 
cause  it  is  essentially  alien  to  His  holiness.  But  the 
sinner  He  loves  because  he  is  organically  akin  to 
Deity.  This  is  the  secret  of  redemption  and  all 
Christian  effort.  "  The  love  of  Christ  constraineth 
us." 

Church  drones  are  a  reproach  to  Christianity. 
"  My  Father  worketh  hitherto  and  I  work,"  is  the 
keynote  of  redemption.  John  5:17,  "I  must  be 
about  my  Father's  business  "  is  the  essence,  purpose, 
and  issue  of  the  Incarnation.  We  are  not  only  joint- 
heirs  but  joint  workers  with  Christ.  Souls  must  be 
saved,  let  it  cost  what  it  may.  The  bank  of  heaven 
must  be  emptied  to  supply  the  ransom  for  lost  im- 
mortals. For  the  joy  this  inspires  Jesus  was  will- 
ing to  "endure  the  Cross  and  despise  the  shame." 
Heb.  12:  2,  Regeneration  puts  us  into  sympathy 
with  this  glorious  enterprise.  It  is  so  vast,  so  sub- 
lime, so  wonderful,  that  God  has  invested  all  the 
resources  of  His  Godhead  in  its  accomplishment, 
and  we  are  His  children,  His  witnesses,  His  cowork- 
ers in  this  august,  incomprehensible  economy.  Are 
we  awake  to  the  grandeur  and  solemnity  of  our  mis- 
sion? Are  we  in  conscious,  constant,  enthusiastic 
co-operation  with  God  in  the  consummation  of  His 
eternal  purpose  in  Christ?  Startling  question! 
Perishing  souls  by  the  million  are  committed  to  our 
stewardship.  What  sacrifices  are  we  making  for 
their  rescue  from  the  dominion  and  issues  of  sin? 
Are  we  wrestling  with  "  strong  crying  and  tears,"  as 
Jesus  did,  that  the  Cross  may  be  victorious  to  the 
ends  of  the  earth?  Heb,  5:  7  and  Luke  22:44.  In 
consideration  of  these  great  verities,  are  you  sur- 


prised that  love  has  emboldened  me  to  write  to  you 
in  such  a  strain? 

Yesterday  I  was  apprised  of  your  work  in  the  city 
of  York;  and  "  I  heard  a  voice  from  Heaven  saying 
unto  me,  Write."  Rev.  14:  13.  "And  I  was  not  dis- 
obedient to  the  heavenly  solicitation."  Acts  26: 19, 
We  are  to  "  consider  one  another  to  provoke  unto 
love  and  good  works,"  Heb.  10: 24.  Oh  that  there 
were  more  of  this  hallowed,  heavenly  provocation 
among  usl  Alas  that  there  is  so  much  of  Gal.  5: 15, 
among  usl  Alleluia  that  Matt.  5:  11,  12,  and  2 
Cor.  12:15,  is  possiblel  "I  magnify  mine  office." 
The  heart  of  God,  the  glory  of  God,  the  joy  of  God, 
are  revealed  on  the  Cross.  Holy,  self-renouncing, 
death-coveting  love  must  be  our  crowning  excel- 
lence, and  soul-winning  our  supreme  passion.  This 
is  Christianity.  This  is  the  ministry  which  God  in- 
spires, accepts,  blesses,  May  Col.  1:  28,  29,  set  your 
whole  being  on  fire,  and  lay  you  as  a  freewill  offer- 
ing on  the  altar  of  sacrifice,  not  only  at  York,  but 
everywhere,  so  that  many  souls  may  be  brought  to 
eternal  glory  through  your  instrumentality.  May 
the  very  life  and  love  of  God  pervade  and  thrill  the 
entire  body  of  Christl 

Union  Dipit't,  Pa. 


THE  "STILL,  SMALL  VOICE"  IN  CONVERSION. 
BY  JOHN    E.    MOHLER, 

What  is  the  "still,  small  voice"  that  is  active  in 
our  conversion  to  God? 

In  answer  to  this  question  each  one  of  us  may 
cast  a  backward  glance  to  the  days  of  childhood, 
when  there  seemed  a  small  voice  within  us,  that  re- 
proved us  when  we  did  wrong,  and  that  prompted 
us  to  do  what  we  knew  to  be  right.  When  we 
committed  an  evil  deed  this  voice  within  us  seemed 
to  continually  remind  us  of  that  deed,  and  it  insist- 
ed upon  our  correcting  the  evil.  Sometimes,  for 
days,  we  kept  the  wrong  secret  from  those  about  us, 
but  we  could  not  hide  the  secret  from  that  "  still, 
small  voice,"  nor  could  we  hush  the  voice  from  tell- 
ing us  to  confess  the  wrong  and  make  it  right. 
When,  at  last,  we  were  made  to  confess  any  wrong, 
the  small  voice,  that  had  made  us  so  much  trouble, 
turned  about  and  praised  us  for  doing  right,  and 
gave  us  peace  that  was  well  worth  the  humility  of 
our  confession.  This  small  voice  is  known  as  "con- 
science," and  it  speaks  in  the  heart  of  every  human 
being,  prompting  to  do  the  right  and  spurning  the 
wrong.  But  is  this  the  voice  that  leads  us  to  God 
and  guides  us  in  the  way  of  life?    No. 

Conscience  may  p'cmpl  a  conversion,  but  it  never 
converted  a  soul  to  God,  and  never  will.  Conver- 
sion is  not  the  work  of  conscience,  and  conscience 
cannot  perform  it,  neither  can  conscience  show  us 
the  way  of  God,  for  this  is  not  its  work.  Before 
Christ  left  the  earth  he  said  to  his  disciples  that  he 
would  send  the  Holy  Spirit,  "  and  when  he  is  come 
he  will  reprove  the  world  of  sin,  and  of  righteous- 
ness, and  of  judgment."  John  16:8.  This  is  the 
work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  among  sinners  to-day. 
Every  conversion  to  God  is  from  the  Holy  Spirit, 
reproving  the  sinner  of  sin  and  righteousness  and 
judgment,  and  all  acceptable  service  to  God  is  in 
obedience  to  the  Holy  Spirit.    John  6:44, 

What,  then,  is  the  difference  between  the  work  of 
conscience  and  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit?  This 
is  the  apparent  difference, — conscience  reproves  for 
doing  that  which  we  know,  or  think  is  sin,  while  the 
Holy  Spirit  not  only  does  the  same  but  he  also  teaches 
what  is  sin.  Conscience  does  not  teach.  It  does 
not  say  what  is  sin,  but  it  merely  prompts  us  to 
avoid  what  we  know  or  think  is  sin  and  reproves  for 
committing  sin.  The  Holy  Spirit  does  more.  He 
says,  "That  is  sin.  You  should  not  doit."  He 
teaches  what  sin  is  and  "  reproves  "  us  of  sin. 

Again,  if  we  have  passed  judgment  and  decided 
in  our  mind  that  a  thing  is  wrong,  conscience 
acts  and  says,  "Do  not  do  it,"  although  the  thing 
may  not  be  wrong.  For  instance,  should  we  decide, 
honestly,  in  our  mind,  as  many  Catholics  do,  that  it 
is  wrong  to  read  the  Bible,  conscience  will  say, 
"  Do  not  read  the  Bible,"  But  the  Holy  Spirit  will 
not  say  that.    He  will  tell  ua  to  search  the  Scrip- 


THE  GOSPEt,  MESSEIlSTGEiri. 


May  14,  1898. 


tures,  or  "  man  shall  not  live  by  bread  alone,  but 
by  every  word  that  proceedeth  out  ot  the  mouth  of 
God."     Matt.  4:4. 

The  Holy  Spirit  also  reproves  us  of  righteous 
ness.  At  the  time  of  the  great  conflict  between  the 
North  and  the  South,  many  people  honestly  thought 
it  right  to  keep  slaves,  and  their  conscience  said, 
"  Keep  your  slaves."  But  the  Holy  Spirit  reproved 
those  people  of  righteousness,  when  it  said  through 
the  Written  Word,  "God  hath  made  of  one  blood  all 
nations  of  men,  for  to  dwell  on  all  the  face  of  the 
earth."    Acts  17:26. 

To  be  conscientious  in  our  service  to  God  is  not 
sufficient.  God  requires  us  to  be  more  than  consci- 
entious. He  requires  us  to  follow  the  teachings  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  who  "shall  teach  you  all  things" 
and  "  guide  you  into  all  truth."  We  cannot  disobey 
our  conscience,  however,  for  it  will  invariably  testify 
to  the  teaching  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Rom  9:1.  The 
Holy  Spirit  leads  while  conscience  brings  up  the 
rear. 

The  Holy  Spirit  teaches  through  the  Word  of 
God.  The  Old  Testament  is  the  Holy  Spirit's 
teaching,  for  Peter  says,  "The  prophecy  came  not 
in  old  time  by  the  will  of  man:  but  holy  men  of 
God  spake  as  they  were  moved  by  the  Holy  Spirit." 
Tne  New  Testament  is  the  teaching  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,   for  Christ   said,  "When  he,  the  Spirit   of 

Truth  is   come whatsoever  he  shall  hear, 

that  shall  he  speak"  (John  16:  13),  and  this  is  the 
record  of  what  the  Holy  Spirit  heard,  The  entire 
Bible  is  the  language  of  the  Holy  Spirit  to  each  of 
us.  The  Word  of  God  is  the  truth  the  Holy  Spirit 
guides  us  into.  Christ  exclaimed  to  his  Father, 
"  Thy  Word  is  truth."  It  cannot  be  mistaken.  It 
is  the  greatest  of  all  truths.  There  may  be  errors 
in  everything  else,  but  there  is  no  error  there,  and 
the  Holy  Spirit  will  tell  us  so. 

But  if  the  Word  of  God  is  truth,  what  is  the  need 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  to  teach  us?  Is  not  the  Word  of 
God  simple  and  plain?  Why  cannot  we  read  and 
understand  it,  without  the  aid  of  the  Holy  Spirit? 
Ah,  it  is  such  reasoning  that  has  sent  thousands  of 
professing  Christians  to  destruction.  They  read 
the  Word  of  God  with  the  natural  mind,  and  pass 
judgment  upon  it  according  to  the  light  of  their 
own  reasonings.  The  Word  means  this,  or  it  means 
that,  until,  when  we  have  all  its  meanings  interpret- 
ed by  man's  wisdom,  it  simply  does  not  mean  any- 
thing! Man  cannot  judge  the  Word  of  God,  and  it 
is  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  to  reprove  him  of  his 
judgment.  If  all  of  us  were  to  heed  the  reproof  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  when  we  read  the  Word,  and  pass 
judgment  upon  it,  then  our  ideas  of  what  God  ex- 
pects of  us  would  not  differ  as  it  does  throughout 
all  Christendom. 

When  we  read  the  Word  of  God  without  allowing 
the  Holy  Spirit  to  direct  us,  we  draw  our  own  con- 
clusions of  what  is  right.  It  has  been  said  that  you 
can  prove  anything  to  be  right,  by  the  Bible.  It  is 
the  Holy  Spirit's  work  to  reprove  us  of  our  ideas  of 
right  and  accept  the  complete  Word  of  God  as  be- 
ing right.  If  all  of  us  were  to  hear  the  Holy  Spirit, 
as  it  reproves  us  of  our  righteousness,  then  we 
would  all  agree  as  to  what  is  right  in  the  sight  of 
God. 

Will  we  allow  the  Holy  Spirit  to  reprove  us  of 
sin?  Of  judgment?  Of  righteousness?  Will  we 
ask  him  to  guide  us  into  all  truth?  If  so,  we  will 
become  converted  to  God  as  sure  as  there  is  a  God 
in  heaven. 

Warrinsburg,  Mo. 


THE  CHURCH  IN  THE  TEMPLE. 

BY   J.   S.    MOHLER. 

The  Cleansing,  Anointing  and  Adornment  of  the  Priests, 

CHAPTER  xiv. 

First. — The  priests  must  be  washed  with  water 
before  they  could  serve  in  their  office.  Ex.  40:  12. 
In  the  church,  before  we  are  fitted  for  service,  we 
must  be  washed  (not  sprinkled),  in  the  washing  of 

regeneration.     This  phrase,   "  washing  of  regenera- 
tion" evidently  means  the  baptismal  waters,  cou- 


pled with  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  upon  the 
heart. 

Second. — The  priests  were  anointed  with  oil,  con- 
secrating them  for  their  work.  Ex.  40:  13  This 
signifies  the  anointing  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  of  which 
all  those  are  partakers  who  have  received  the  bap- 
tismal washing,  without  which  we  are  unfitted  for 
any  service  in  the  church.  "  Now  he  which  stab- 
lishes  us  with  you  in  Christ,  and  hath  anointed  us, 
is  God."  2  Cor.  1:  21.  With  the  aid  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  we  are  led  into  all  truth,  and  are  comforted, 
enlightened,  sanctified  and  made  meet  for  the 
Master's  use. 

Third. — The  priests  had  special  vestments  as- 
signed them,  such  as  became  their  service  in  the 
sanctuary.  Their  vestments  were  specified  by  the 
Lord,  Ex.  40:  14  In  the  church  the  principle  is 
clearly  laid  down  that  the  vestments  of  the  world, 
such  as  the  wearing  of  gold  and  costly  array  are 
not  becoming  in  the  service  of  the  Lord.  1  Tim.  2: 
9  and  1  Pet.  3:  3  While  no  special  form  of  vest- 
ment is  laid  down  for  the  church,  as  under  the  law 
for  the  priests,  yet  such  vestments  as  express  the 
principle  of  modesty  in  apparel,  are  taught  in  the 
Gospel,  and  should  be  adhered  to,  and  whatever 
the  church  can  do  to  foster  that  principle  in  the 
church,  is  promoting  the  will  of  God  in  this  matter. 
That  costly  adornment  of  the  human  body  is  offen- 
sive to  God,  is  beyond  question.  Then  there  is  an 
adorning  for  the  body  of  Christians  that  is  becom- 
ing, yet  let  us  remember  that  the  most  necessary 
adorning  is  that  of  the  heart.  If  we  have  the  prop- 
er heart  adorning,  the  outward  adorning  will  read- 
ily adjust  itself  to  the  inner  adorning,  namely  that 
of  humility. 

Pties/s  Washing  their  Hands  and  Feet, 
chapter  xv. 
Before  entering  upon  the  services  of  the  temple, 
the  priests  were  required  to  wash  their  hands  and 
feet  on  penalty  of  death.  Ex  30:  19,  20  and  40:  31 
This  made  the  uasHrg  exceedingly  impressive  and 
mportant,  ar.d  conveys  the  idea  that  it  was  not 
merely  from  motives  of  personal  cleanliness  that 
this  washing  of  the  hands  and  feet,  on  the  part  of 
the  priests,  was  instituted,  but  beneath  it  all  there 
was  a  deep,  spiritual  signification  that  the  human 
mind  was  not  able  to  grasp. 

This  service  doubtless  finds  its  place  in  the 
church,  as  practiced  and  taught  by  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  John  13:  4-17.  Christ  authorized  the  con- 
tinuation of  this  rite  in  the  church  by  saying,  "Ye 
call  me  Master,  and  Lord,  and  ye  say  well,  for  so  I 
am.  If  I  then,  your  Lord  and  Master,  have  washed 
your  feet,,  ye  also  ought  to  wash  one  another's 
feet."  John  13:  13,14.  And  as  to  the  p;nalty  in 
case  of  disobedience,  we  have  it  plainly  stated  by 
the  Master  to  the  apostle  Peter,  and  through  Peter 
to  the  human  race,  "If  I  wash  thee  not,  thou  hast 
no  part  with  me."    John  13:  8. 

The  deep  spiritual  signification  of  the  rite  of 
washing  the  saints'  feet  in  the  church,  as  taught  and 
practiced  by  the  Savior,  the  human  mind  is  not  yet 
able  to  fully  comprehend.  Christ  taught  Peter, 
What  I  do  thou  knowest  not  now,  but  thou  shalt 
know  hereafter."  John  13:  7.  That  it  has  connect- 
ed with  it  a  spiritual  cleansing  is  evident  from  the 
words  of  Christ,  "  He  that  is  washed  (baptized) 
needeth  not  save  to  wash  his  feet,  but  is  clean  every 
whit."    John  13:  10. 

It  is  very  presumptuous,  on  the  part  of  any  one, 
to  cavil  at  God's  Word  by  asking,  "  What  good  can 
this  simple  rite  do  me?  How  can  it  impart  a  spirit- 
ual cleansing  to  my  soul?  "  We  answer,  that  God's 
symbols,  properly  observed,  will  have  the  designed 
effect  upon  all  souls.  It  does  not  matter  how  sim- 
ple the  symbol  may  be.  The  bread  and  wine  of 
the  Communion,  and  the  water  in  baptism,  are 
every  whit  as  simple  as  the  water  in  washing  the 
saints'  feet.  Let  us  rather  ask,  "  What  wilt  thou 
have  me  do?"  and  then  do  the  Father's  bidding. 
The  Mercy  Seat. 

CHAPTBR   XVI. 

On  the  ark  was  placed  the  mercy  seat,  This  was 
of  the  same  dimensions  as  the  ark,  though  the 
height  Is  not  given,    Ex,  25:  17,    It  was  composed 


of  pure  gold,  with  a  cherubim  (or  angel)  on  each 
end,  facing  the  mercy  seat,  and  thus  facing  each 
other.    Ex.  25:  1S-20. 

The  mercy  seat  derived  its  name,  no  doubt,  from 
the  fact  that  there  humanity  could  plead  with  its 
Maker,  make  intercession  for  the  people,  and  ob- 
tain divine  clemency.  The  mercy  seat  is  continued 
in  the  church, — not  of  the  cold,  lifeless  material  of 
the  world,  but  in  the  warm,  life  giving,  compassion- 
ate heart  of  the  dear  Savior, — a  "mercy  seat"  that 
each  one  may  approach  with  full  assurance  that  his 
plea  will  be  heard,  and  his  request  granted.  "  And 
whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  in  my  name,  that  will  I  do." 
John  14:  13.  Christ  is  in  close  touch  with  human 
need  and  of  such  tender  mercy,  that  while  we  are 
making  request,  he  is  already  answering. 

The  mercy  of  the  Father  and  his  dear  Son  reach- 
es every  phase  of  human  life.  It  reaches  the  little 
children,  the  vile  sinner  who  pleads  for  mercy,  the 
poor  beggar,  the  invalid,  the  tempted  and  tried  on 
life's  rough  sea.  "  Him  that  cometh  unto  me  I  will 
in  no  wise  cast  out."  John  6:  37.  His  mercy  is 
very  high,  reaching  up  to  the  throne  of  God.  It  is 
wide  as  the  universe,  and  as  unchangeable  as  the 
sun  in  the  firmament.  "  Fear  not,  little  flock,  it  is 
your  Father's  good  pleasure  to  give  you  the  king- 
dom."   Luke  12:  32. 

THE    END. 


PECULIAR  PEOPLE. 


EV   W.   B.   STOVER. 


Loak  Icakmafare  chay,"  is  the  way  we  express 
the  idea  in  Gujerati,  when  we  wish  to  say  that  peo- 
ple are  very  different.  So  we  would  write  now  that 
peculiar  people  are  different. 

Hindoos  are  a  peculiar  people.  One  day  they 
will  say  they  believe  so  and  so,  and  the  next  day 
they  declare  a  very  different  belief.  They  believe 
that  God  is  without  shape  or  form,  a  living  Spirit, 
and  yet  make  countless  idols  to  remember  God 
with,  They  believe  that  God  made  all  natiA^q.  and. 
peoples  of  one  blood,  and  that  all  are  born  original- 
ly of  common  parents,  all  are  brothers,  yet  when  a 
brother  of  a  different  nation  comes  he  .will  not  ac- 
cept a  drop  of  water  from  his  hand,  nor  will  he  touch 
certain  of  his  own  Hindoo  brothers  of  low  caste. 
They  are  as  smart  as  a  whip  to  commit  anything  or 
make  something  after  a  model,  but  they  can  scarce- 
ly ever  originate  anything.  The  shoemaker  will 
not  take  your  measure;  he  wants  your  old  shoe  to 
model  your  new  pair  over.  The  tailor  don't  want 
your  measure;  he  wants  your  old  coat  or  pants  to 
pattern  after.    A  peculiar  people,  sure  enough! 

Mohommedans  are  peculiar  too.  They  also  be- 
lieve in  one  God,  but  in  quite  a  different  way  from 
the  Hindoos.  They  believe  in  Jesus  and  Moses 
and  Abraham,  and  they  say  there  were  one  hundred 
and  forty-four  thousand  prophets,  and  their  Mo- 
hammed is  the  last  one.  One  of  these  people  told 
me  the  other  day  that  Jesus  promised  to  send  the 
Paraclete,  and  Mohammed  was  that  sent  Paraclete. 
They  observe  fasts  on  certain  days,  but  then,  on  the 
nights  following,  they  feast,  so  they  lose  no  time, 
nor  food  either.  They  believe  rigidly  that  you  and 
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-3-THE  *  SUNDAY  *  SCHOOL^ 

LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 
The  Lord's  Supper.— Matt.  26:  17-30. 

Lesson  for  May  2a,  iScjS. 

As  the  Lord's  Supper,  the  Communion  and  the 
passover  are  used  and  understood  interchangeably, 
to  some  extent,  in  the  New  Testament  Scriptures, 
and  so  understood  by  many  good  people,  it  is  quite 
necessary  that  we  carefully  study  the  Scriptural 
references,  that  we  may  give  each  one  its  true  set- 
ting, 

Bible  language  was  the  language  of  the  people 
who  lived  in  Bible  surroundings  at  the  time  it  was 
written,  so  t^s*,  if  we  can  get  the  understandings 


May  14,  " 


T2t:e:  gospel  messenqeb. 


309 


observe 
Supper, 
nion, — the  bread 
:  thing,  and  calls 


it,  as  they  knew  it  aad  lived  it,  all  is  made  simple 
and  plain. 

What  is  here  called  the  Lord's  Supper,  as  we 
have  it  in  to  dsy's  lesson,  is  a'so  given  by  Mark  14: 
12,  Luke  22:  7,  John  13  It  is  also  referred  to  in  1 
Cor.  11.  A  large  part  of  the  Christian  world  call 
the  Communion,— the  bread  and  wine, — the  Lord's 
Sapper,  while  we  observe  a  regular  meal,  named 
"paosover,"  in  Matthew;  Maik  and  Luke,  and  "Sup- 
per "  in  Jjhn,  That  these  writers  all  have  refer- 
ence to  the  same  time  and  the  same  eating  is  so  evi- 
dent that  there  is  no  room  left  for  a  reasonable 
doubt.  Iu  I  Cor,  n,  on  a  similar  occasion,  in  pur- 
pose, the  meal  is  also  called  a  Supper,  and  w^s  eat- 
en before  partaking  of  the  Communion,  or  the 
bread  and  wine.  For  these  reasons  w 
and  eat  a  meal,  which  we  call  the  Lord 
before  partaking  of  the  Conim 
and  wine.  Judc  refers  to  the  sam 
them  "  feasts  of  charity."  or  love  feasts.  Because 
of  this  our  Communion  seasons,  taken  as  a  whole, 
feet-washing,  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  the  Commun- 
ion, are  called  a  lov^  feast,  or  "  Liebesmihl" 

Our  Lord,  en  the  night  before  his  sufferings  and 
death,  wished  to  place  in  his  church  some  memoii 
al  services  that  would  tend  to  perpetuate  his  spirit 
in  the  hearts  and  lives  of  his  people.  In  the  Jewish 
church  was  the  p*ssover,  to  remind  them  of  their 
deliverance  from  under  the  power  of  Pharaoh  and 
Egyptian  bondage.  It  was  a  reminder  to  them, 
and  also  gave  them  an  oppoitunity  of  teaching  it  to 
their  children.  In  this  way  their  salvation  from 
bondage  was  perpetuated  to  the  succeeding  genera- 
tion. Christ,  for  a  somewhat  similar  purpose,  in- 
troduces into  his  church  a  sacred  meal,  and  in  Jew- 
ish though';  and  expression  it  is  a  passover,  and  so 
called  by  Matthew,  Mark  and  Luke,  and  as  the 
Jewish  passover  was  memorial  and  representative  in 
character,  so  also  in  the  Christ  or  Christian  passov- 
er. It  was  a  preparatory  service  to  the  suffering 
and  death  struggle  for  the  supremacy  over  sin  and 
death, |and  brings  us  up  to  victory  and  salvation 
through  the  resurrection. 

Cjlif'ist  is  our  passover,  and  in  the  observance  of 
this  passover,  meal,  or  feast,  we  are  reminded  of 
the  victory  won, — of  our  redemption  from  the  pow- 
ers of  sin,  and  of  the  time  when  we  all,  as  his  chil- 
dren, shall  feast  with  him  in  his  glorified  kingdom. 

The  Christian  passover,  like  feet-washing,  which 
was  also  introduced  at  the  same  time,  and  in  con 
nection  with  the  Supper,  is  a  very  significant  serv 
ice,  and  while  it  perpetuates  and  looks  forward,  i) 
is  also  preparatory  in  its  character, — the  Commun- 
ion being  the  objective  or  ultimatum  of  the  service. 
First,  we  have  the  assembling  together  of  God's 
people  for  a  memorial  service.  To  reach  and  enjoy 
the  purpose  in  view,  preparation  is  necessary,— a 
gradual  leading  up  to  the  end  to  be  attained.  That 
the  feeling  of  pride,  superiority,  wealth  and  positior 
may  be  kept  in  bounds,  the  ordinance  of  feet-wash 
ing  is  introduced.  The  washing  of  one  another': 
feet  antagonizes  the  spirit  of  pride  and  selfishness 
and  fosters  oneness  and  humility.  The  Lord's 
Supper  fraternizes  God's  children  and  develops  so 
cial  feelings,  as  expressed  in  the  family  and  home 
meal.  It  tends  towards  the  enlarged  family  rela 
tion,  the  brotherhood  of  man  in  the  Christian  fami 

ly. 

The  social  home  meal,  enlarged  to  include  neigh 
bors  and  friends,  brings  together  and  strengthens 
the  social  relations.  If  ill  feelings,  doubts  and  sus- 
picions exist  or  are  held,  they  are  forgotten  in  the 
social  feast;  confidence  is  restored,  and  a  unity  of 
feeling  obtained,  so  that  harmony  and  peace  fol 
low,  Whatever  is  done  is  appreciated  and  enjoyed 
because  all  the  bitterness  of  life  has  been  destroyed 
and  thrown  awaj'.  So  in  the  Christ: 
the  Christ  community.  In  the  meeting  and  eating 
together  a  feeling  of  oneness  is  developed,  our  lit 
tie  differences  are  forgotten,  the  cords  of  love  art 
strengthened,  and  in  this  way  our  minds  are  pre 
pared  to  discern  in  the  bread  and  wine  the  broken 
bruised,  and  mangled  body,  and  ths  shed  btaod  of 
Christ,  our  Redeemer  and  Savier. 

As  wc,  through  these  emblems,  See  ths  brokaa 
™y  «n«l  shsd  bleed,  w*  q?q  mid«  $<?  feei  hew 


much  he  loved  u>,  that  he  was  willing  to  pass 
through  this  great  suffering  and  ignominy  to  save 
us  from  the  power  of  sin,  and  have  us  restored  into 
favor  and  friendship  with  God,  our  loving  Father. 

To  eat  the  Lord's  Supper,  as  we  eat  our  bread 
and  meat  at  our  home  tables,  is  to  prostitute  the 
institution,  and  lose  its  power  and  efficacy,  but  to 
eat  together  as  the  Lord's  people,  as  a  Christian 
family,  all  members  of  the  same  body,  enjoying 
qual  privileges,  is  not  only  a  lovely  sight,  but  a 
beautiful  type  of  the  real  Christian  life  and  family 
enjoyment,  that  God  intended  should  be  enjoyed  in 
calling  out  from  the  kingdom  of  the  world  a  pecu- 
liar people,  in  love  and  good  works,  to  be  known  as 
the  kingdom  of  God,  Truly,  when  eaten  in  this 
spirit,  and  looking  at  it  in  this  way,  it  is  the  Lord's 
Supper,  a  love  feast  that  will  give  physical  strength, 
that  will  touch  the  inner  life  with  the  fire  of  devo- 
tion, and  that  will  werk  for  the  promotion  of  the 
Master's  cause,  11    b,  b 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  NOTES. 


BY    JOHN    R.    SNYDER, 


No.  10 —Sunday  School  Literature. 

In  taking  up  th*  subject  of  Sunday  school  litera- 
ture, we  realize  in  it  one,  of  which  there  exists  con- 
siderable difference  of  opinion.  Not  that  there  is, 
at  the  present  time,  any  decided  opposition  to  the 
use  of  it,  as  helps  to  the  study  of  the  Sunday  school 
lessons,  but  from  those  who  question  the  manner  of 
its  use. 

The  almost  universal  adoption  of  the  Internation- 
al Lesson  Series  has  made  the  use  of  the  printed 
lesson  leaf  and  helps  virtually  a  necessity.  In  no 
other  way  can  a  full  measure  of  the  good  of  the  les- 
sen be  derivsd  by  the  masses.  This  does  not,  and 
should  not  in  any  way  interfere  with  the  use  of 
the  Bible  as  a  ttx\  book.  Our  understanding  of 
these  helps  has  always  been  that  they  were  supple- 
mental to  the  text,  and  not  to  take  the  place  of  it. 

In  the  arrangement  and  preparation  of  Sunday 
school  literature  many  things  must  be  taken  into 
consideration  before  it  is  ready  to  be  placed  in  the 
Sunday  school.  We  will  here  in  brief  only  mention 
those  which  we  consider  among  the  most  impor- 
tant. They  should  be  spiritual,  scholarly,  and  authen- 
tic. These  three  considerations,  faithfully  carried 
our,  will  make  a  help  that  will  be  safe,  as  well  as 
helpful,  to  place  in  the  hands  of  any  person.  The 
last  two  are  necessary  that  the  pupil's  mind  might 
be  enlightened  and  his  intellect  made  stronger  by 
the  reception  of  facts  and  events  which  have  so 
much  to  do  with  the  world's  history.  The  other  is 
necessary  that  the  void  may  be  filled,  which  a  con- 
secrated study  of  the  lesson  is  sure  to  bring,  The 
Sunday  school  is  not  intended  to  supply  our  intel 
lectual  being  only,  but  our  spiritual  as  well,  hence 
the  great  importance  of  looking  after  the  spiritual 
part  of  our  literature. 

Printed  matter,  as  a  help  to  the  principle  of  Sun- 
day school  work,  is  no  new  thing  in  the  Brethren 
church.  We  say  principle  because  it  was  that  which 
Eld.  Christopher  Saur  planted  when  he,  from  his 
own  publishing  house,  issued  those  small  tickets 
and  Scripture  lesson  cards  (some  of  which  are  still 
preserved  to  us),  that  were  of  so  much  help  to  him 
in  his  aggressive  work  for  the  church.  Had  it  not 
been  for  the  confiscation  of  his  publishing  plant 
through  the  changing  fortunes  of  the  Revolution, 
and  the  subsequent  giving  way  of  his  physical  na 
ture,  it  is  doubtless  beyond  our  reason  to  compre- 
hend the  far  reaching  influence  of  his  work  and  its 
effect  upon  the  church  to-day.  Beyond  a  doubt  he 
was  the  Sunday  school  pioneer  of  America. 

But  the  lesson  leaf,  quarterly,  or  whatever  it  may 
be  called,  as  an  exposition  of  the  Sunday  school 
lesson,  is  not  the  only  consideration  in  the  literature 
of  the  Sunday  school.  The  weekly  paper  forms  a 
very  important  desideratum,  especially  for  the  small 
er  pupils.  The  child  nature  is  very  susceptible  of 
anything  that  cemes  as  &  gift,  It  will  treasure  it 
up  as  a  precious  boon,  and  sorry  indeed  is  the  face 
of  the  child,  if,  for  any  r«s?9B,  ii  fail?  to  receive  itt 
Svsndgy  9€h»el  papsft 


Papers,  cards,  tickets,  etc.,  have  become  neces- 
sary to  every  well-regulated  school,  and  from  this 
manifest  what  care  should  be  taken  in  their 
preparation  that  nothing  be  admitted  which  would, 
in  any  way,  be  harmful,  yet  keep  it  entertaining 
and  instructive.  We  believe  that  our  own  papers 
and  helps  have  made  a  decided  improvement  in 
this  respect,  so  that  now  they  stand  second  to  none, 
both  in  material  contents  and  mechanical  make  up. 
We  ran  see  no  lawful  reason  why  every  school  in 
the  Brotherhood  should  not  use  our  own  literature. 
Our  Publishing  House  can  furnish  anything  needed 
in  the  school  in  addition  to  its  own  publications, 
and  while  other  houses  may  offer  helps  and  papers 
at  slightly  lower  rates  than  what  we  can,  yet  if  all 
our  schools  would  use  our  own  literature,  and  so  in- 
crease the  circulation  of  it,  perhaps  they  could  then 
compete  with  them.  In  any  case  it  is  better  to  pat- 
ronize  our  own  house  from  the  fact  that  the  church 
gets  the  benefits  of  all  profits  accruing  from  its  pub- 
'ications.  We  are  glad  to  know,  also,  that  steps  are 
on  foot  for  the  further  improvement  of  our  litera- 
ture, so  that  we  can  have  what  we  need,  both  teach- 
er and  class,  from  the  talent  of  our  own  church. 
Let  all  our  schools  rally  to  the  support  of  our  own 
publications,  and  encourage  their  support  in  every 
way.  Music  is  sn  essential  part  of  the  liteiature  of 
the  Sunday  school,  and  all  we  have  said  concerning 
the  use  of  our  own  publications,  has  the  same  refer- 
ence to  the  Brethren's  Song  Book. 

And  now,  as  a  concluding  thought,  a  few  words 
regarding  the  use  and  abuse  of  Sunday  school  helps, 
especially  the  Quarterly  and  any  other  help  we  may 
use.  Like  every  other  good  thing  they  have  been 
abused.  As  we  said  in  the  beginning  of  this  article, 
the  Bible  should  be  the  text-book,  but,  in  a  large 
majority  of  cases,  we  are  inclined  to  believe  that 
the  Bible  is  the  neglected  book.  The  lesson  leaf 
has  become  the  text-book,  This  should  not  be. 
Study  your  lesson  with  the  open  Bible  before  you, 
using  the  leaf  only  as  a  reference  and  commentary. 
Do  not,  especially  if  you  are  a  teacher,  use  your 
helps  in  the  class.  Have  your  lesson  prepared  be- 
fore entering  the  house,  and  be  able  to  teach  or  re- 
cite it  from  the  plain  text  without  the  help  of  any 
comments,  and  the  lessons  will  soon  come  to  have 
a  decided  attraction  to  you,  that  you  never  felt  be- 
fore. 

BelUf.ntaini,  Ohio, 


SERMON    OUTLINE. 


CHRISTIAN  WORK. -John  9: -4. 


I,  Every  Person  Should  Fbel  tm 

r.  We  are  God's  servants. 

2.  We  owe  him  obedier.ee. 

3.  He  has  said  "  Go." 

II,  Every  One   Should  Feel  that 


Hi: 


DO. 


1.  There  is  a  Great  Work. 

2.  It  is  entrusted  to  husbandmen. 

3.  Great  results  attend  the  loss  and  r 

III,  The  Work  is  Urgent. 

1.  The  hastening  of  time. 

2.  The  uncertainty  of  life. 

3.  Accountability. 

IV.  The  Finish. 

1.  Results  of  failure. 

2,  Successful— Jesus,  Paul,  faithful  s 


OUR,    PRAYER    MEETING. 


BIBLE  TEACHINGS  ON  UIVINCJ.-i  Sam.  16:  7. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  May  IQ,  /Sy8. 

I.  Sikchrity  in  Giving.— Acts  4:  32-37- 

1.  Singleness  of  heart.    (V.  32);  Acts  2:  &;  Philpp  2:2. 

2.  Brotherly  care.    (V.  32),  Acts  2:  44;  1  John  3:  16. 

3.  Sufficiency  for  all.    (V.  34);  2  Co-.  8:  15;  Philpp.  4:  19. 

4.  Notle  impulses,     (V.  34);  Matt.  iq:  21;  Luke  15:  3r. 

5.  Distribution  to  all.    (V.  35);  Matt.  5:  42;  Acts  2:  4-. 

6.  Regular  giving  by  all.    1  Cor.  16:  2. 
II,  Rewards  or  Giving. 

1,  Goi'B  special  blessing,    1  Cbron.  zg:  14;  Ps.  «ti  1-, 
Pro*.  3:  <?,  V.  aS;  Ftov.9:  24,  ssi  Act5  2o:3i. 

2,  HIb  continued  f&ver,    Mai.  3;  »9*it> 

a,  Wtk»a«  waidi  in  the  tnl   Hah,  h  11  ■$% 


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"WHAT  LANOUAaE?" 

The  wise  men  ask,  "What  language  did  Christ  speak?  " 

They  cavil,  argue,  search,  and  little  prove. 
O  sages,  leave  yonr  Syriac  and  your  Greek! 
Each  heart  contains  the  knowledge  that  you  *eek; 
Christ  spoke  the  universal  language— love, 

—British  Weekly, 


CIRCLE  NOTES. 


BY    JAMES    M,    NEFF. 

Sister  Myra  Forney,  of  Lanark,  III,,  writes:  "  I 
entered  the  Reading  Circle  in  September,  1896,  and 
up  to  date  have  completed  the  work  given  for  the 
first  year.  The  reading  I  have  enjoyed  very  much, 
and  while  I  have  read  but  the  four  books,  I  see  now 
how  much  I  have  missed  by  waiting  so  long.  I  am 
anxious  for  the  rest  of  the  reading.  No  one  can 
read  and  hud  without  receiving  a  stronger  incentive 
to  live  up  to  the  high  standards  which  these  mission- 
ary books  inspire." 

I  hope  these  words  of  Sister  Forney  may  serve  as 
a  reminder  to  others  who  have  not  done  as  much  in 
the  work  of  the  Circle  as  they  ought  to  have  done. 
Don't  forget  your  promise  to  read  the  books  and  to 
try  to  secure  at  least  one  new  member. 

J.  H.  Brindle,  Mt.  Morris,  111.,  expresses  himself 
as  having  been  much  interested  in  the  reading  of 
"  Ojx  Country."  The  statements  he  there  found,  as 
to  size,  possibilities  and  needs  of  our  country,  as 
compared  with  those  of  others,  made  quite  an  im- 
pression on  his  mind  as  to  the  great  demand  for 
consecrated  Christians  in  our  home  country,  as  well 
as  abroad,  And  this  is  the  one  great  good  to  be 
derived  from  the  reading  of  the  Circle  books.  It 
gives  something  of  an  adequate  idea  as  to  the 
amount  of  work  that  is  lying  undone.  Who,  stand- 
ing on  the  shore  of  a  sea  of  drowning  children,  would 
not  be  moved  with  a  desire  to  save  them?  But  we 
may  stand  unmoved  while  they  perish  if  we  see  not 
their  struggles  nor  hear  their  cries.  To  read  the 
Circle  books  is  to  have  our  eyes  and  ears  opened  to 
the  struggles  and  cries  of  the  perishing.  Who  will 
not  read? 

Sister  Anna  E.  Henkell  writes  from  Lanark,  III, 
as  follows:  "  '  Our  Country  '  I  think  the  solidest  of 
the  books  of  the  first  year.  It  contains  so  many 
facts,  'The  life  of  Judson  '  impressed  me  most  in 
reference  to  our  duty.  When  we  think  of  the  hard- 
ships endured  by  this  noble  man  and  his  compan 
ions  who  dared  to  risk  their  lives  to  save  souls,  and 
how  comparatively  easy  our  missionaries  of  to-day 
have  it,  it  seems  many  should  be  ready  to  respond 
to  the  call." 

Bro.  Charles  Btagle,  of  Somerset,  Pa.,  writes:  "I 
have  finished  the  entire  Circle  Course,  and  enjoyed 
the  reading  very  much,  although  it  made  me  feel 
sad  as  I  read  about  the  hardships  through  which 
the  missionaries  had  to  pass.  Often,  while  reading, 
my  eyes  filled  with  tears  of  sympathy  for  those 
who  left  their  native  homes  to  go  to  strange  lands, 
te  dwell  uoknowp,  for  the  sake  of  carrying  the  fiat- 


pel  to  the  perishing.  The  devotional  books  are  ex- 
ceedingly encouraging.  Our  Missionary  Reading 
Circle  is  a  medium  through  which  the  wants  of  the 
perishing  may  be  known,  as  the  books  selected  tell 
the  conditions  of  the  different  classes  of  the  uncon 
verted.  I  want  to  read  the  books  again.  I  cannot 
say  too  much  in  honor  of  the  Circle,  I  think  if  all 
the  Circle  readers  would  make  a  greater  effort,  we 
could,  in  the  course  of  time,  get  missionary  read- 
ing established  all  over  the  land,  or  nearly  so.  I 
am  doing  what  I  can,  I  borrowed  five  of  the  books 
and  bought  the  rest  and  read  them,  and  now  my 
books  are  being  read  by  others." 

It  requires  just  the  kind  of  a  disposition  mani- 
fested by  Bro.  Beagle  to  get  something  accom- 
plished for  the  Lord,  If  we  could  all  work  our- 
selves up  to  the  point  where  we  really  and  ardent- 
ly eft tfte  to  see  the  good  work  go  forward,  we 
would  work  and  pray  to  that  end,  And  whoever 
worked  and  prayed  without  accomplishing  some- 
thing? 

luu'tdale,  Alz. 


THE  MESSAGE  OF  THE  RAINBOW. 

BY   MARY   N,    QUtNTER. 

At  the  close  of  a  stormy  day  in  the  late  autumn, 
I  stood  at  an  eastern  window,  watching  the  storm 
clouds  passing  over  the  distant  mountains,  The 
rain  was  falling,  the  sky  still  covered  with  dense 
masses  of  clouds, — when  lo,  through  a  rift  in  the 
western  sky,  a  band  of  light  from  the  setting  sun 
shone  through  the  falling  drops,  and  against  the 
dark  clouds  was  reflected  a  beautiful  bow, — perfect 
1  form  and  brilliant  in  its  coloring.  The  sure 
ign  of  the  everlasting  covenant  held  my  gi  zs  un- 
til the  last  vestige  of  its  beauty  faded  from  the  sky. 

As  I  looked  upon  the  scene  and  enjoyed  its 
beauty,  a  message  of  comfort  and  hope  came  to 
The  stormy  day  brought  disappointment,  its 
clouds  and  rain  caused  discontent,  yet,  in  the  even- 
tide, the  light  shining  through  the  rain  reflected  a 
picture  which  cloudless  skies  could  never  reveal. 

Life's  calendar  holds  days  of  disappointment 
and  pain,  Weary  and  sad  we  look  upon  the  cloud- 
ed skies.  The  heart  crushed  with  sorrow  sees  no 
t,  when,  from  out  the  darkness,  shines  a  ray 
from  the  throne  of  the  Eternal,  and  comfort  comes. 
The  light  of  the  Father's  love,  shining  through 
tears,  reflects  upon  the  dark  sky  a  radiant  bow  of 
promise,  and  reveals  a  tenderness,  strength  and 
power  which  days  of  joy  can  never  know.  The 
lips  of  him  who  lived  among  men  to  "shew  us  the 
Father"  voiced  this  truth  in  one  of  his  mountain 
words,  and  in  that  word  sorrowing  hearts  are 
crowned  with  the  promise,  "They  shall  be  com- 
forted." 

From  the  olden  time  has  come  to  us  the  proverb, 

Night  brings  out  the  stars,"  The  crucible  of  ex- 
perience has  proved  the  truth  of  the  words.  Many 
a  one,  living  only  in  the  light  of  pleasure  has  wak- 
ened to  find  the  sun  gone  down,  But  to  the  eyes 
touched  by  the  Master's  finger  the  sky  is  not  all 
dark, — one  by  one  come  into  view  the  stars  of  faith, 
and  hope,  and  trust,  and  assurance,— stars  set  alight 
by  the  Light  of  the  world. 

As  through  the  shadowy  lens  of  even, 
The  eye  looks  fatthest  into  heaven, 
On  gleams  of  star  and  depths  of  blue, 
The  glaring  sunshine  never  knew, 

He  who  sees  only  the  graceful  curve  of  leaf  and 
petal  and  reads  not  therein  the  message  its  Crea- 
tor's hand  has  written  in  its  beauty, — sees  not  the 
rose.  He  who  sees  no  comeliness  save  in  sunny 
skies,  sees  not  the  God  of  nature,  He  who  finds 
grace  and  beauty  in  the  bare  brown  branches  and 
in  somber  skies  has  learned  a  wondrous  secret.  In 
life's  experience  one  will  see  only  the  fact,  and  to 
him  the  skies  are  dark;  another  will  look  through 
the  fact  and  find  its  teaching,  and  to  him  the  skies 
are  luminous.  The  heart  that  has  learned  the  com- 
fort and  strength  of  the  Everlasting  Arms  that 
one  has  seen  the  real  beauty  of  the  rainbow,  and 
(0  him  hag  the   Maker's    premiss   s?s$a  fulfilled, 


Aye,  and  blessed  is  the  soul  that  has  learned  this 
lesson! 

In  days  of  content  and  happiness  what  mean 
such  words  as  these? 

"When  thou  passest  through  the  waters,  I  will  be 
with  thee,  and  through  the  rivers  they  shall  not 
overflow  thee.  When  thou  walkest  through  the 
fire  thou  shalt  not  be  burned;  neither  shall  the 
flame  kindle  upon  thee." 

"  I  even  I  am  he  that  comforteth  you." 

"As  one  whom  his  mother  comforteth,  so  will  I 
comfort  you." 

"Like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  children,  so  the 
Lord  pitieth  them  that  fear  him." 

"  Fear  thou  not,  for  I  am  with  thee:  be  not  dis- 
mayed for  I  am  thy  God:  I  will  strengthen  thee, 
yea  I  will  uphold  thee  with  the  right  hand  of  my 
righteousness." 

"Let  not  your  heart  be  troubled." 

"  I  will  not  leave  you  comfortless,  I  will  come  to 
you." 

"Lo,  I  am  with  you  alway." 


nd  cold, 


True  is  it  that  Death's  face  seen 
When  he  is  sent  to  summon  those  we  love. 
But  all  God's  angels  come  to  us  disguised; 
Sorrow  and  sickness,  poverty  and  death. 
One  after  another  lift  their  frowaing  masks, 
And  we  behold  the  seraph's  face  beneath, 
All  radiant  with  the  glory  and  the  calm 
Of  having  looked  upon  the  front  of  God. — Lowell. 
Huntingdon^  Pa. 


A  MISSION  TO  AFRICAN  DWARFS. 

A  good  Scotch  lady,  reading  a  traveler's  account 
of  the  famous  dwarfs  of  Africa,  has  provided  the 
means  for  a  mission  among  them,  and  two  devoted 
men  have  undertaken  to  seek  out  these  poor  pig- 
mies and  teach  them  the  Word  of  God.  To  find 
them  will  be  no  easy  task,  as  the  following  ac- 
nt,  —  the  one  which  moved  the  good  Scotch 
lady's  heart, — will  show: 

It  is  only  by  a  rare  chance  that  one  ever  gets  a 
sight  of  these  little  people.  They  are  found  all 
r  this  part  of  Africa,  0:her  people  live  hy  ag- 
riculture, The  dwarfs  are  not  so,  They  live  *ty  . 
the  chase  and  on  such  wild  fruits  and  edible  leaves 
as  are  found  in  the  forest;  but  they  are  as  fond  of 
cassava,  plantains,  etc.,  as  other  Africans.  They 
are  not  charged  with  stealing  from  their  neighbors' 
gardens.  They  are  remarkably  honest,  They  at- 
tach themselves  to  some  town  of  Fang,  or  Mabeya, 
or  whatever  tribe  occupies  the  country.  They  are 
killful  hunters,  and  if  there  is  game  to  be  had,  they 
will  get  it.  When  hungry  for  vegetable  food  they 
take  their  game  to  the  town  and  exchange  it  for 
hat  they  want.  This  arrangement  seems  so  satis- 
factory to  both  parties,  that  often  a  family  of 
dwarfs  will  maintain  such  an  alliance  with  a  town 
of  their  stronger  neighbors  for  generations.  The 
dwarfs  are  a  ttmid,  harmless  people, — they  never 
pretend  to  fight  for  their  rights,  When  people  to 
whom  they  have  attached  themselves  do  them  a 
wrong  which  they  are  disposed  to  resent,  they  sim- 
ply move  away  and  seek  another  alliance.  It  is 
considered  an  advantage  to  have  them  as  neighbors. 
Their  towns  are  not  permanent,  merely  rude  sheds, 
which  they  occupy  only  while  game  lasts  in  the 
neighborhood,  and  so  constantly  move  from  place 
to  place,  that  even  their  friends  hardly  know  some- 
times where  to  find  them.  But  if  the  stronger 
tribes  do  not  rob  or  kill  them,  they  certainly  take 
advantage  of  their  ignorance  of  the  world,  supply- 
ing them  with  cloth,  guns,  powder  and  spears  at 
h  prices  as  they  choose  to  ask,  and  taking  good 
care  that  "  their  dwarfs"  come  in  contact  with  no 
ne  who  will  tell  them  how  they  are  being  cheated. 
You  ask  to  be  shown  to  a  town  of  the  dwarfs.  The 
people  pretend  to  be  most  willing,  but  they  explain 
that  the  dwarfs  have  never  seen  a  white  man  and 
will  be  afraid:  they  must  go  in  advance  and  pre- 
pare them.  Their  real  object  is  to  frighten  them 
away. — Christian  Htrxld. 

The  preaching  that  has   Christ   in    it    always1 
sends  Borrtcbody  away  from  the  church  with  a  d*' 
iea  to  £0  Ustier.'' 


TEtID   GOSPEL   IwlESS^.TSTGEIt. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

COMMITTEE. 

Bnocli  E by.        -    Kansas   t   L.  W.  Teetet,     •    Indiana 


JE3iJLAB  HEETIBQS  C?  TSE  COMMITTEE:  -  The  Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annual  Meet- 
ing; tbe  second  Monday  ol  October  and  of  February. 

5  OSINESS  FOB  A177  MEETISO  should  be  in  the  office  ol  the 
committee  at  least  two  weeks  before  time  of  meeting, 
In  order  to  be  prepared  for  that  session. 


dorsed  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  before  the  paper 

THE  COMUITTEE  BECHVES  donations  lor  the  following 
lunds:  World-Wide.  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orphanage  at 
Smyrna;  Washing  tun  Meetinghouse;  Suricroro  In 
India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 
CO  HOT  ADDEESS  business  or  money  Intended  for  the 
Committee,  to  any  ol  its  members.  All  such  corres- 
pondence ami  money  should  be  sent  to 

GEN.  MISS.  &  TRACT  COM., 

Mount  Morris,  111. 


MOTTO  ] 


ure  general  in- 
the  north  by 
issia  and  Per- 


follou 


THE  OTTOMAN  EMPIRE. 

General  Characteristics. 

Tins  is  a  name  applied  to  all  the  territory, 
both  in  Europe  and  Asia,  under  tbe  rule  of  the 
Sultan.  Some  portions  of  the  territory  attrib- 
uted to  Turkish  rule  can  be  said  to  be  only  in 
part  under  this  power,  for  their  boundaries  are 
very  indefinitely  drawn. 

Turkey,  in  Europe  includes  the  territory  be- 
tween the  Adriatic  Sea  on  the  west  and  the 
Black  Sea  on  the  east,  and  the  districts  of  Al- 
bania, Macedonia,  Adr'ianople  and  some  other 

Turkey  in  Asia,  which  is  of  m 
lerest  at  present,  is  bounded  or 
the  Blkck  Sea,  on  the  east  by  R 
si.i,  oiv  the  south  and  west  by  the  Mediterranean 
ahbt.  :-Llgean  Seas,  and  the  Straits  of  Bosphoru 
awi  tjhe  Dardanelles.  Besides  these  the  em 
pire  includes  some  territory  in  Africa  and  som> 
of  the  islands  in  the  Mediterranean  Sea.  In  im 
mediate  possession  Turkey  has  about  63,85* 
square  miles  in  Europe,  729,170  in  Asia  ant 
308,873  in  Africa.  Besides  these  she  has  about 
^ 4 [,740  square  miles  as  tributary  st; 
estimates  are  only  comparatively 
are  the  best  at  hand,  being  tab 
Statesman's  Year  Book  for  180,0. 

Though  the  Turkish  governmen 
Hie  census  twice  in  her  history,  i 
been   satisfactorily  done     and    tin 
ligures  are  in  part  only  estimates  of  the  popu- 
lation of  the  several  ter 

Population  of  the  immediaae  possessions  of 
Ottoman:     Europe,  4790,000;  Asia,  16,133,900 

Add  to  this  the  estimated  population  of  tribu- 
tary states,  10,24.7,796  and  the  total  population 
is  32,171,696,  or  about  one-half  the  population 
of  the  United  States. 

The  empire  is  divided  into  the  following 
states  or  divisions:  Albania,  Arabia,  Armenia, 
Bulgaria,  Egypt,  Koordistan,  Syria,  Macedo- 
nia, Adrianople  and  Asia  Minor  or  Antolia. 
The  latter  division,  which  is  of  most  interest  to 
the  readers  just  now,  consists  almost  entirely 
of  high  table  lands,  varying  from  150  to  300 
miles  in  width  and  about  4,000  feet  above  the 
sea  level,  and  extending  over  the  greater  por- 
tion of  the  country. 

The  disadvantages  of  the  natural  conditions 
oE  the  country  are  increased  by  the  fact  that, 
though  the  empire  has  a  great  deal  of  coast 
line,  she  possesses  few  good  harbors,  and  the 
mountains  have  few  passes,  and  these  are  very 
difficult.  Add  to  this  that  even  to-day  the 
highway  has  had  comparatively  little  attention, 
and  it  will  readily  be  seen  that  each  division  is 
almost  alone  in  its  social  and  commercial  func- 

Becauseof  the  altitude  of  the  mountainous 
country,  the  empire  has  the  cold  climate- of  the 
Balkan  ranges  and  any  intermediate  climate, 
even  to  the  extreme  heat  of  the  Dead  Sea  a 
die  Bagdad.  The  greater  portion,  howev 
is  very  much  like  the  temperate  cHmate  of 
the  United  States.  The  southern  portions 
may  be  said  to  be  hot  while  the  north  pa: 


feels    the    cold   wave   from   the   snow-capped 

mains  of  the  Zagros.    The  climate  is  likely 

tly  affected  by  the  absence  of  trees  over 

greater  poilion  of  the  country.    The  soil 

being  washed  into  the  valleys,  leaves  the  bare 

rth  to  reflect  the  full  force  of  the  sun.     Such 

portions  become  very   much  warmer  than  do 

those  where  cultivation  of  the  land  is  carried  on. 

Constantinople   is  temperate  while  Smyrna  is 

hot. 

le  soil  of  Turkey  possibly  includes  some 
of  the  most  fertile  on  the  globe.  From  the 
plains  of  Bulgaria  to  the  valleys  of  the  Nile 
d  Tigris  the  soil  is  very  rich.  There  is  a 
proverb  in  Cesarea  like  this:  "  If  the  world  is 
hungry,  Bozuk  can  satisfy  it;  but  if  Bozuk  is 
hungry,  the  world  is  not  sufficient."  The  wheat 
of  Rournelia  and  Bulgaria  is  known  in  the 
markets  of  the  world  as  among  the  best  in 
quality  and  productiveness,  and  America  is 
finding  an  important  rival  from  the  provinces 
of  Asia  Minor-arid  Mesopotamia,  as  the  govern- 
ment is  slowly  opening  up  means  of  transport- 
ing the  grain  to  the  sea-board.  It  is  said  that 
if  any  one  will  float  down  the  river  Tigris  in  a 
raft  and  note  the  soil  lines  along  the  bank  of 
the  river,  he  will  not  wonder  at  the  wonderful 
productiveness  of  the  country,  neither  will  he 
marvel  that  over  this  ground  one  empire  after 
another  has  risen  and  fallen,  and  that  the 
mountaineers  of  the  East  looked  upon  the 
goodly  land  with  an  envious  eye.  Barley  is 
also  raised  somewhat  extensively  in  some  por- 
tions of  the  country  and  millet  in  eastern 
Turkey.  In  portions  of  Asia  Minor  cotton  is 
grown  to  some  extent,  while  in  other  parts  the 
poppy  is  cultivated  for  the  opium  trade.  The 
common  vegetables,  such  as  rice,  cabbage,  on- 
ions and  turnips  are  raised  and  the  potato  is 
being  introduced.  Tobacco  is  also  cultivated 
Turkey  is  well  adapted  to  the  raising  of  trop 
ical  fruits,  and  grapes,  melons,  olives,  figs, 
peaches,  pears,  quinces,  pomegranates,  dates, 
and  Kindred  fruits  abound.  European  Turkey 
as  well  as  eastern  Asiatic  Turkey  have  1; 
vineyards,  from  which  wine  is  made  to  sue! 
extent  as  to  be  a  factor  in  the  commerce  of  the 
country.  Olives  grow  in  abundance  along  tht 
Mediterranean  and  the  fig  orchards  of  Smyrm 
arc  famous  the  world  over.  The  dried  fig  ol 
commerce  is  somewhat  different  from  the  fresh 
fig  the  people  of  that  land  eat.  The  pasti 
land  of  the  empire  maintains  large  flocks  of 
sheep  and  goats.  The  mineral  wealth  of  thi 
land  is  good  but  undeveloped.  G.  u.  R. 


ASIA  MINOR  MISSION. 

Third  Report —Easter  1897  to 
Easter  1898. 

The  approacli  of  another  Easter  tid 
minds  us  that  we  have  reached  another  mile- 
stone in  Ihe  history  of  our  mission,  and 
pleted  a  third  year  of  work  for  the  Master  and 
of  accountability  towards  him  for  ourselves! 

We  have  great  cause  for  gratitude  and 
joicing,  for  the  Lord  has  not  left  us  without 
newed  and  abundant  tokens  of  his  Divine 
proval.  He  has  established  and  prospered 
handiwork;  and,  amid  many  responsibilities ; 
vexations,  enabled  us  to  push  on  our  work,  and 
prepare  souls  for  the  Kingdom. 

The  most  important  feature  of  our  work  this 
year  has  been  the  transmutation  of  our  Asia 
Minor  field  into  a  District,  Our  out  station  al 
Aidin,  with  its  five  members  was  on  the  first 
of  February  last  organized  into  a  church, 
with  a  resident  pastor  to  preach  the  Word. 
In  fellowship  with  the  congregation  in  Smyrna, 
this  little  church,  with  great  prospects  of 
pansion,  organized  into  the  first  district  of  the 
Brethren  church  in  the  dominions  of  H.  I.  M., 
the  Sultan. 

The  Gospel  was  also  preached  at  Alasheir, 
the  old  Apocalyptie  Philadelphia,  a  year 
It  resulted  in  the  conversion  and  baptism  of 
three  Armenians,  and,  in  November  last,  in  tin 
election  and  appointing  of  a  native  minister  t( 
reside  in  that  most  ancient  city,  and  therein 
plant  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  and  principles 
of  primitive  Christianity.  But  the  work,  so  re- 
cently begun,  with  some  minor  difficulties,  does 
not  justify  us,  as  yet,  to  organize  this  out-station 
into  a  church.  We  trust,  however,  that  the 
day  is  not  far  distant  when  old  Philadelphia 
will  also  enter  in,  and  become  part  of  the 
Smyrna  District. 

The  Orphanage  continues  to  shelter  the  same 
number  of  children  who,  in  the  year  now  ex- 
piring, have  made  great  progress  in  Armenian 
as  well  as  in  English,  and  improved  greatly 


physically,  mentally  and  morally,  under  the 
daily  intellectual  and  spiritual  training  which 
they  are  freely  receiving.  An  important  event, 
the  existence  of  this  institution,  was  a 
great  awakening  among  the  orphans  last  win- 
ter, followed  by  the  conversion  and  baptism  of 

toys, of  whom  three  are  the  sonsof  victims 
of  the  massacres. 

;  are  glad  to  report  that  the  church  in 
Smyrna  has  considerably  increased  in  mem- 
bership, and  that  tbe  number  of  those  who  were 
added  this  year  was  equivalent  to  the  two  pre- 
ceding years.  These  members  are  still  in  the 
primitive  formative  state,  and  for  them  we 
travail  in  birth  again,  until  Christ  be  formed  in 

was  unanimously  adopted  to  send  the  fol- 
lowing greeting  to  the  Annual  Meet'ng: 


lOle  Fraternity  In  Ainerloa,  giving  their  hoarty 

(1  assistance,  thus  enabling  thein  to  spread  tbe 

10  Gospel  ot  Jesus  Christ  In  those  Turkls 

nions.   Wo  commend  ourselves  to  the  pray 

r  clear  brethren  In  the   Halted  States,  pn 

the  Father  ot  our  Lord  .lesua  Christ   to  liloss 

abundantly,  especially  as.  In  their  council  n 

bkd,  they  wll 

Klngdo 


Ch. 


t  be  with  you  all. 


Philadelphia,  o 
Total,  one  blab 
ixteen  baptized 


,t;   thlrty-iil 
G.  J.  FER 


MISSION  RECEIPTS  FOR  MARCH,    1898 


Should  there  he  nnv  nun. nut  sent  In  during 
iionth  that  is  not  h.-reln  m-kenwl. -lined,  plenstt 
lfy  the  HeertUurv  immediately,  giving  amount,  date 


a   month   appear   In    the   following 


i'a  report. 

WORLD-WIDE  MISSIONS. 


kiiowleclged  11 


1  bti'usrd  where  needed, —ant 

ul  lu-rwlne  designated,  will  b 

■■■  Hil-i  fuiel.l 


III.— Ezra  and  Kato  Boyer,  Lena,  116,00; 
Joseph  Price,  Mt.  Morris,  $1.60;  J.  L.  Line 
and  wife,  Polo,  110;  Galen  It.  and  Anna  M. 
Iloyer,  Mt.  Morris,  IB;  8.  W.  BoiDhlzer, 
Mt.  Morris,  $1.25;  I).  Eby,  Lena,  SB;  Ber>J. 
Swingley,  Mt,  Morris,  $5;  John  .1.  Shivcly, 
Cerrogordo,  $5;  Ira  G.  Cripe,  Cerrogordo, 
S3;  Francis  Suavely,  Hudson,  $3.60;  Coth- 
arlue  BllckonfitfilT,  Cerrogordo,  $10;  Chas. 
Gibson,  Glrard,  $1.60;  Susan  Gibson.  Glrard, 
$2.50;  Q.  W.  Sensonbaugli,  Oakley,  $2  50;  John 
Bruhaker,  Glrard,  (5;  Jacob  Swinger,  Hut- 
sonvllle,  $260;  E.  A.  Sblvely,  Cerrogordo, 
$2.60;  Mary  A.  BMvoly,  Cerrogordo,  $260;  D. 
lilickcnstair,  Cerrogordo,  (5;  J.  M.  Barn- 
hlxer,  Orfgon,$2  60;  Mary  A.  Lemon,  Roan- 
oke, 51.25;  D.   F.  Labn 


Mary  Elkenberry.  Laplace,  {2.50;  John  Ei- 
Uenbarry,  Laplace,  $2  60;  J.  B.  Tawzer,  Roan- 
oke, $2.60;  D.  L.  Heckman,  Glraid,  (5; 
Elizabeth  Harnly,  Auburn,  $2.60;  H.  II, 
Harnly,  Auburn,  $2.50;  Margaret  Sblvely, 
Laplace,  $2  SO;  Isaac  Shlvely,  Lapla-e,  (2.60; 
E.  SlHer,  Mt.  Morris,  $13.E0;  Samuel  Hen* 
ricks,  Cerrogordo,  $2.50;  Lizzie  HenrJcka, 
Corrogordo,  $5;  M  limine  chnrcli,  $13.05; 
Conrad  Fltz,  Leesebnrg,  12.55;  Javan  and 
Elizabeth  Gibson,  Glrard,  $2.60;  ChaB.  F, 
Long,  Adeline,  $1.23;  Culvln  Ulnkley,  Mary- 
land, ?1  25;  Geo,  Ulrey,  Mllrolno,  $2.50;  Han- 
□Bh  Ulrey,  Mllmlne,$2.50;  J.  L.  Runs,  Cerro- 
gordo, $5;  MrH.  S.  M.  KniiB,  Cerrogordo, 
i.CO;  John  Phillips,  Cerrogordo,  $2;  Alta 
.  Elkenborry,  Cerrogordo,  $2.60;  Isaa?  El- 
enberry.i'errogordo,  $2  SO;  Emma  M.  Moore, 
iiiin,  SB  cents;  a  BlBtor,  Tlflln,  I3.7S;  Geo, 
hick,  Lena,  $.j.oo;  Nape,  villo  Hiuroh,  $2.W); 
storla  ohurob,$2.00;   Woodland  H.  H-,  (1.00; 

ee  lloyer,  Lena,  $1.25;  total, $& 

Ohio.— Logan  church,  $30.'i7;  a  slater,  $1.00; 
agar  Crook  church,  $5.27;  I'ppor  Stillwater 
tinrcb, |5.00;  Hlack  River  cl.urcb,  $1.80;  J.  K. 
pucli t,  New  Stark,  >5;Z.Eurlek,  Now  Car- 
sle,  $2.60;  Jonas  Horning,  Johnsvllle,  $2.50; 

owers,  Willlamstowii.  :;  Inlon  City 
liurch,  $005;  C.  J.  Ross,  llutler,  60  cents; 
,omo  church,  SM.98;  Sarah  Morto,  Dayton, 
Scents;  Ludlow  church,  (2;  Sugar  Creok 
church,  $5;  S.  D.  Humphrey,  Cleveland,  (5; 

.—Midland  church,  fo|  L.  I>.  Wakeman, 
Tom's  Brook,  62  cents;  Jerry  Wakeman, 
Fishers  Hill,  threats;  P.  FunkhouicFlobore 
Bill,  W  sents;    Bftllte  Fur.k-bo<**r,  TUhti* 


ueth  Fohrney,  Deep  River,  $2.60;  Kara 
ley,  Deep  Ulver,  $2.80;  Cyrus  Ueegh- 
Jlerson,  $1;  .).  P.  Wilson,  Toddville, 
att;  Epbralm  Llchty,  Waterloo,  $16; 
Llbortyvtlle  church  fQ.E0;  Sarah  J.  Tay- 
lor, lies  Moines,  fi'.EO;  H.  R.  Taj  lor,  Des 
Mottoes,  12.60;  Jacob  Llchty,  Eagle  Center,  $0; 
'  Blnok,  St.  Charles,  So  cents;  Darjlol 
Miller,  Waterloo,  $5;  N.  \V.  Minor,  Waterloo, 
Clngsloy,  church,  $7;  .Birmingham 
h,t  1,00;  total, T5  70 


1  Kby, 
Kllhofner,  Epbrnt 
Philadelphia,  $1,60;  ( 
Manor  S.S.,  $1.75;  Sur 
porLovlStonar,$5;l 
$10;  J.  Kurtz  Miller 
Dublin  eburob,  $2.25; 
Mou11tvlllool111rc.il,  I 
IND.-Geo.  W.  Pali 


wn,  $1 


.   At  I.I.I 


i  by 


Neher,  Petroleum,  $10;  Wllllai 
debraud,Toogardorj,50  cents;  Sarah  J.  Mil- 
ler, Elkhart, 55 cents;  L.  E.  Weaver,  Mlddle- 
.25;  Joseph  0.  Wise,  Wakanmn,  60 
Moses  Wise,  Wakarusa,  60  cento; 
C.  NefT,  Nap  pa- 


Wn'i 


MU 


dl.lilloi.e 


at  church,  $0.27: 
;  Kdlth  Heck,  10 
26  cents;  Adath 
.0  Creek  church, ; 


.  23 


-Mugdalenn  Myers,    Los    . 


WiB.-Grovechurob  nnd  others,  .  .  .  . 
Mn.-A   fclond,  Union  Bridge,  $2;  Broil 

llle  congregation,^, 17;  titnl, 

Canada—  N.  P.  Cobcr,  Hoapolcr,  Oat,, 
N.  DAK.-OAnda  S.    B„ 


Gtorgo,  Martin,  $2;  W. 
e,   Coloma,  $1;  Thornap- 


Pettlt,    Ind„    $iW;  Osceola  o 
church,  WIb.,  $5;  E.  W.  Bo- 


baker,  Mitchell,  J 
dor,  Bellefontaln> 
Blough,  Joliustov 


uts;  total, 

Total 

BOOK  AND  TRACT  I 


J  distribution  o( 


garot  Royer,  Westminster,  $18;  total, 

IOWA.— D  M.  DlerrlorfT,  WaterMo,  13:  Sal 
Kike,  Eagle  Ctnter,  $12;  A.  W.Miller,  Walt 


loo,*:!;  totnl, 


',  Sprlngport,  $5' 


VA.- 


nn.-le.fl    I 


.  52  I' 


,H.i 


186 


KANS.—Newton  church, 1  15 

W.  Va  —A  few  brethren  and  sisters,  Egloo,  1  25 

Ii,L.-Napervllle    chnrch, 05 

Tntkhkht    yft'M     Loans. --.I.  C.   Mionlck, 

(7;" il    H.  |}Vui'i»ii«u«i.!  Hi 1? ,  r'a.fVSi; 

).  E.  llrubaker,  l'untbnr  lows,  1106;  total, .  .  2.-7  03 

Total $28J  t« 

ASIA  MINOR  MISSION. 
[To  be  used  in  tbo  mission  In  A.sia  MInor.l       ' 

Colo -Monte    Vista  church.     - 6  CO 

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Iowa.— Fraiikllii  County  S.  S IPS 

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Mount  Morris,  III..  May    .  j.  1898. 


Southeastern  Kansas  is  to  be  represented  on  the 
Standing  Committee  by  Bro.  Caleb  Fogle. 


The  Western  District  of  Pennsylvania  will  be  rep- 
resented on  the  Standing  Committee  by  Bro,  W,  A, 
Gaunt,  

Bro.  L,  W.  Fitzwater  is  to  represent  North- 
western Kansas  and  Northern  Colorado  at  the 
Standing  Committee. 


Bro.  D.  B.  GibsonjusI  recently  held  a  series  of 
meetings  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  and  when  last  heard 
from  was  at  Darlington. 


Bro.  George  K.  Sappington  has  been  elected 
as  a  member  of  the  Standing  Committee  from  the 
Eastern  District  of  Maryland. 


Bro.  A.  W.  Reese,  of  Warrensburg,  Mo.,  has 
changed  his  location  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  where  he 
should  hereafter  be  addressed,  at  38S5  Ninth  Street. 


Thirteen  were  recently  added  to  the  church  at 
Bulsar,  India,  by  confession  and  baptism.  The 
number  and  influence  of  the  little  flock  is  increasing, 


During  the  recent  series  of  meetings  held  on  the 
Indian  River,  Florida,  six  were  received  into  the 
church  by  confession  and  baptism. 


Bro.  Geo.  E,  Stone,  who  has  been  at  North 
Manchester,  Ind.,  for  some  time,  has  returned  to 
New  Haven,  Mich.,  where  he  should  hereafter  be 
addressed. 

Probably  the  best-lighted  church  among  the 
Brethren  in  Northern  Illinois,  is  the  one  at  Lanark, 
It  is  lighted  by  electricity.  Where  available,  this 
is  the  best  light  in  the  world  for  churches. 


All  mail  matter  and  telegrams,  intended  for  par- 
ties at  the  Annual  Meeting  should  be  addressed  to 

Napirville, 
( Burlington  Park. )  Illinois . 


G.  L.  Bender,  of  Elkhart,  Ind.,  a  minuter  in  tl 
Mennonite  church,  called  on  us  last  week.     He 
Secretary  of  the  Mennonite  Mission   Board  and 
also  interested  in  a  home  for  the  aged  among  his 
people.     He  visited  the  school  and  Old  People's 
Home  here  and  seemed  greatly  pleased  with  the  in 
formation  secured.    We  spent  an  hour  with  him  and 
found  htm  well  informed  on  Ml  matter  j  pertaining 
to  the  Mennonite  church.  &nd  very  much  rt*?©tfc4  to 

*h»  ffctb  cMt"?>*<1  t<r  him. 


On  page  314  will  be  found  a  number  of  the  quer- 
ies that  are  to  be  considered  by  the  Annual  Meeting. 
These,  along  with  others  that  were  published  some 
time  ago,  will  be  printed  in  a  separate  form  for  the 
use  of  delegates  and  others  during  the  Conference. 


A  few  weeks  ago  the  great  tabernacle  in  which 
Spurgeon  used  to  preach,  in  London,  was  burned. 
The  entire  building,  which  originally  cost  about 
Si75,coo  was  destroyed,  but  the  Pastor's  College,  in 
the  next  block,  was  saved.  Steps  have  been  taken 
to  rebuild.  __„ 

The  members  of  the  Standing  Committee  will 
meet  at  Burlington  Park,  near  Naperville,  111.,  on 
Thursday  morning,  May  25,  at  8  A.  M.,  for  the 
purpose  of  organizing,  and  proceeding  with  such 
business  as  may  be  placed  in  their  hands.  At  this 
meeting  there  must  be  elected  a  Moderator,  Reading 
Clerk  and  Writing  Clerk,-  Every  member  of  the 
committee  should  be  present.  In  next  issue  we 
hope  to  be  able  to  give  the  names  of  those  compos- 
ing the  Standing  Committee. 

Sometimes  the  clearness  of  a  query,  intended  for 
the  Annual  Meeting,  is  much  obscured  because  the 
same  term  is  applied  to  things  entirely  different, 
Just  now  we  think  of  a  query  in  which  the  word 

district"  is  applied  both  to  the  local  congregation 
and  also  the  State  District,  of  which  the  local 
church  is  only  a  part,  It  would  be  much  better  to 
say  "  congregation,"  whenever  a  local  organization 
is  referred  to,  and  to  employ  the  term  "  district" 
only  when  the  combined  group  of  congregations  is 
meant.  

This  notice,  published  by  authority  of  the  C.  B. 
&  Q.  R.  R,  Company,  will  be  of  special  interest  to 
many  of  our  members  residing  in  Northern  Illinois. 

Aurora,  III.,  May  4.  1898. 
Mr.  D.  L.  Miller, 

Mt.  Morris,  111., 
Dear  Sir: — It  has  been  arranged  to  ran  a  special  train  from 
Forreston  to  Burlington  Park,  Saturday,  May  28,  to  accommo- 
date the  people  from   \<>ur  section,  as  well  as  those  from 
Franklin  Grove.    Train  will  leave  Fotreston  about  6:  45  A,  M., 
Mt.  Morris  about  7;  15  aDd  will  leave  Rochelle  after  the  ar- 
val  of  the  accommodation  train  on  the  North- Western.    This 
ill  enable  the  Franklin  Grove  people  to  leave  home  as  late 
;  7:  39.     Train  will  arrive  at  Burlington  Paik  about  9:  30. 

H.  D.  JUDSON. 

Our  departed  brother,  Eld.  D.  F,  Stauffer,  was  a 
warm  and  active  supporter  of  the  mission  work  of 
the  church.  At  Frederick,  Md  ,  last  year,  he  had 
charge  of  the  missionary  collections,  and  the  large 
amount  gathered,  for  sending  out  the  light,  was  due 
to  his  tireless  energy.  He  most  heartily  approved 
of  the  suggestion  that  all  who  attend  Annual  Meet- 
ing bring  at  least  Si. 00  for  the  missionary  collec- 
tion. A  letter  just  received  from  his  daughter, 
Sister  Jennie  Stauffer,  tells  that  it  was  in  his  heart 
to  give  ten  dollars  if  he  had  lived  to  attend  the 
Meeting.  She,  knowing  her  father's  desire,  sends 
the  money  for  the  missionary  collection.  We  had 
hoped  to  hear  our  dear  brother's  voice  in  the  song 
service  at  our  coming  Annual  Meeting,  but  God  has 
called  him  to  join  the  choir  of  heaven.  Our  brother 
is  dead  but  yet  he  speaketh. 


A  sister  in  the  West  writes  us  concerning  two 
earnest  young  ministers  who  are  doing  a  noble, 
self-sacrificing  work  in  a  large  city,  where  we  have 
neither  house  nor  congregation.  They  work  hard 
during  the  week  to  make  a  living,  and  on  Sundays 
hold  what  meetings  they  can,  often  in  out-of-the 
way  rooms,  where  only  small  congregations  can  be 
secured.  The  writer  feels  sad  because  these  young 
brethren  do  not  receive  more  substantial  encourage- 
ment. Substantial  encouragement  is  a  good  thing, 
but  it  is  usually  vtry  slow  in  coming  to  those  who 
richly  deserve  it.  What  the  Lord  wants  is  for  these 
young  ministers  to  persist  in  their  well-directed  ef- 
forts, and  permit  no  amount  of  neglect,  upon  the 
part  of  others,  to  cause  them  to  relax  in  their  la 
bors.  We  will  soon  need  a  thousand  of  that  kind 
of  young  men,  and  must  do  everything  possible  to 
urge  on  those  already  in  the  field,  trusting  to  End 
puces  for  ftill  nfcor»  m  t*me  gees  fe^\    U%%  nt  go. 


Not  long  since  a  minister  and  his  wife  drove  all 
day,  part  of  the  time  through  the  rain,  to  reach  his 
appointment,  and  on  arriving  at  the  place  found  four 
persons;  one  had  come  a  distance  of  ten  miles  and 
another  sixteen.  This  indicates  zeal  on  the  part  of 
a  few  at  least. 

At  the  last  Annual  Meeting  a  number  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  District  Mission  Board  met  and  dis- 
cussed questions  of  general  interest  in  their  work. 
It  is  understood  that  a  similar  mecticg  will  be  held 
during  the  coming  Conference,  and  it  is  expected 
that  at  least  one  member  from  each  District  Board 
will  be  present.  It  is  important  that  as  many  mem- 
bers of  the  DistrictMission  Boards  as  possible  should 
attend  this  meeting.  The  time  and  place  of  the  gath- 
ering  will  be  made  known  at  the  Annual  Meeting. 


A  sister  at  one  of  the  isolated  points  says  she  is 
alone  in  the  faith,  but  hopes  not  to  be  alone  long, 
She  is  distributing  papers  and  tracts  among  her 
neighbors,  and  now  has  them  greatly  interested  in 
the  full  Gospel.  She  believes  that  a  church  may 
yet  be  built  up  in  her  locality,  and  to  that  end  she 

both  laboring  and  praying.  What  this  sister  is 
doing  hundreds  of  other  members  might  also  do. 
One  does  not  always  need  to  be  a  preacher  in  order 
to  plant  the  seed  of  the  kingdom  in  the  hearts  of 
the  people.     Private  members  can  do  it  as  well. 


In  our  next  issue  Bro.  Trout  will  tell  why 
those  who  attend  the  Annual  Meeting,  and 
take  part  in  the  business  of  the  Conference,  should 
have  a  Bible  with  them,  and  then  make  the  proper 
use  of  it,  The  Bible  is  our  creed,  and  all  of  our 
decisions  should  be  framed  in  perfect  accord  with 
ts  teachings,  aad  the  more  we  study  this  book  the 
better  will  we  be  prepared  to  make  decisions  that 
will  stand  the  test  of  time.  If  a  Bible  is  too  incon- 
venient for  general  use,  in  the  way  suggested,  send 
fifty  or  ninety  cents  to  this  office  and  get  a  copy  of 
the  Gish  Reference  Testament  that  can  be  carried 
the  side  pocket. 


We  are  ready  to  book  orders  forlhs 
full  report  of  the  Annual  Meeting. 
We  predict  that  this  will  be  the  most  interesting 
report  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Conference  that  we 
have  ever  published,  A  number  of  interesting 
questions  arc  to  come  before  the  meeting  and  will 
doubtless  be  discussed  with  more  than  ordinary 
ability.  The  work  is  also  to  contain  the  speeches 
made  at  the  Sunday  school  meeting  on  Monday 
forenoon.  These  speeches,  along  with  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  open  Conference  will  render  the  Report 
a  valuable  and  interesting  document.  Price,  25 
cents  per  copy,  or  $2  50  a  dozen.  We  hope  to  re- 
ceive a  large  number  of  advance  orders. 

Some  one  wishes  to  know  if  the  world  is  growing 
any  better.  In  one  respect  we  feel  confident  that 
the  religious  part  of  it  has  made  a  decided  improve- 
ment. Speaking  of  the  habit  of  drinking,  even 
among  the  English  clergy,  the  N,  W,  Christian  Ad- 
vocate says: 

"This  paragraph  would  not  have  been  deemed  worthy  of 
note  fifteen  years  ago  and  we  imagine  that  its  like  may  not  be 
possible  a  few  years  hence.  Those  who  may  be  moved  to  less 
respect  for  clergymen  and  lose  corresponding  regard  for  the 
churcb,  should  observe  the  difference  between  English  and 
American  estimates  of  drinking  habits  among  churchmen. 
However  it  now  is,  decanters  of  many  kinds  of  wine  were  in 
the  studies  of  some  Wesleyan  churches  at  the  time  when 
the  first  Ecumenical  Conference  was  held  in  London  in  18S1. 
Wine-drinking  Ihen  was  far  more  common  than  smoking  now 
isamong  clergymen  here  and  particularly  there,  The  sainted 
Charles  Garrett  of  the  British  Wesleyan  Conference  then  said 
in  our  bearing  that  'the  Ecumenical  Conference  alone  had 
forwarded  the  personal  temperance  reform  twenty-five  years.' 
That  earnest  man  was  in  some  discredit  because  of  his  'tee- 
total '  teachings." 

Some  of  our  readers  probably  remember  the  time 
when  a  minister  in  good  standing  could  go  to  the 
bar,  take  a  drink,  and  nothing  was  thought  of  it. 
But  that  day  is  past  in  this  country,  at  least,  and  th 
course  of  time  it  will  be  considered  very  unbecom- 
ing, in  asl  lands,  {or  the  preacher  of  the  Gospel  to 
tahs  toteaUfttiog  liquors  as  8  Nveragfi,    Alpng  tbi* 

lies  the  ttttltS  ■*  mateisf  ?ome  advaawatfttf 


May  14, 


THE   QOSPEL    MTESS-EJNTaJSJa. 


313 


Bko.  W.  G.  Cook,  of  Bijou  Hills,  S.  Dak  ,  thinks 
of  changing  his  location.  He  writes  that,  during 
his  sojourn  in  that  part  of  the  great  Northwest,  he 
has  baptized  about  fifty  persons.  We  trust  that  he 
will  be  able  to  find  2  field  where  his  labors  in  the 
ministry  will  be  greatly  blessed. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  General  Missionary 
Board  it  was  suggested  that  all  congregations 
should,  by  the  hands  of  their  delegates,  send  a  do- 
nation to  the  next  Annual  Meeting,  to  help  swell 
our  missionary  collection.  This  collection  will  be 
taken  up  at  the  close  of  the  missionary  meeting  on 
Monday  afternoon.  The  donations  sent  by  the 
churches  may  be  handed  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Mission  Board,  who  will  duly  acknowledge  the  same 
in  his  report.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  every  congre- 
gation will  take  up  a  collection  for  this  purpose. 
Then  each  member  coming  to  the  Annual  Meeting 
should  come  prepared  to  do  his  part,  in  makingthis 
collection  what  it  should  be.  Our  lamented  broth- 
er, D  F.  Stouffer,  had  made  up  his  mind  to  give 
ten  dollars.  We  have  hundreds  who  can  give  this 
much,  and  some  even  more.  Many  can  give  five 
dollars,  and  a  host  one  dollar  each.  Then  others 
can  give  less,  but  let  all  give  something  and  the 
Lord  will  bless  them  for  it.  It  is  to  be  a  free  will 
offering,  and  it  is  in  these  liberal  offerings,  where 
the  amount  is  given  freely,  that  the  Lord  takes  de- 
light. So  we  again  say,  Come  prepared  to  give,  and 
give  liberally.       

THE  ANMUAL  MEETING  0R0UND5. 

One  day  last  week  we  visited  Burlington  Park  for 
the  purpose  of  looking  over  the  Annual  Meeting 
grounds,  The  Park  occupies  a  beautiful  elevation 
along  the  line  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and 
Quincy  railroad,  and  is  located  one  mile  west  of 
the  center  of  Naperville.  The  location  for  a  large 
gathering  is  splendid.  The  Park  itself  is  a  model 
(or beauty  and  convenience,  and  is  large  enough  to 
accommodate  a  gathering  much  greater  than  we 
have'pver  seen  at  our  Annual  Conference.  The  en- 
tire enclosure  is  covered  with  one  of  nature's  beau- 
tiful forests,  which  will  furnish  an  ample  shade.  A 
stream  of  considerable  size  flows  past  the  Park  on 
the  west,  and  here  will  be  found  sufficient  water  in 
v.  hich  to  baptize  more  applicants  than  were  baptized 
on  the  Day  of  Pentecost,  should  our  Conference 
fortunately  be  the  means  of  such  an  ingathering. 

We  found-  Bro.  S.  E.  Yundt  and  a  number  of 
workmen  busy  completing  the  tabernacle  and  the 
dining-hall.  The  latter  is  70x1 50  feet,  and  is  so  ar- 
ranged that  the  people  can  enter  the  building  in 
large  numbers  without  any  inconvenience  whatever. 
There  will  also  be  a  large  lunch  stand  on  the 
grounds.  The  eating  arrangements  this  year  will 
be  unlike  anything  ever  before  had  at  an  Annual 
Meeting,  The  meals  are  to  be  served  largely  on 
(he  restaurant  plan,  and  there  will  be  the  same  va- 
riety of  food  usually  found  at  a  well-regulated  res- 
taurant. There  will  not  be  so  much  meat  served  as 
usual,  but  more  vegetables  and  fruits,  a  class  of  food 
well  adapted  to  the  needs  of  the  people  on  an  oc- 
casion of  this  kind,  The  whole  arrangement  is  un- 
der the  supervision  of  a  gentleman  who  has  been 
employed  in  that  line  of  work  for  years,  and  has 
fed  as  many  as  30,000  persons.  Since  this  part  of 
the  service  is  being  so  well  provided  for,  our  people 
should  arrange  to  take  all  their  meals  on  the 
grounds.  We  are  certain  they  can  find  better  meals 
here  than  anywhere  else  for  the  price,  and  then,  by 
»°  doing,  they  will  greatly  assist  the  Committee  of 
Arrangements. 

The  tabernacle  is  a.model  in  almost  every  way, 
"  's  120x170  feet  and  is  located  on  the  side  of  a  hill, 
so  that  the  seats,  as  they  recede  from  the  platform, 
"re  elevated  one  above  the  other.  The  structure  is 
"lodeled  somewhat  after  the  plan  of  the  tabernacle 
'(  Eeeatuf,  JH,  and  will  ssat  over  §,C0Q  people, 
-"•'plasfsrm  fertb*  sfflests  »ns*  Ssaa&ng  C«simis 


tee  is  12x40  feet,  and  can  be  seen  from  every  part 
of  the  large  enclosure.  All  the  seats  contain  backs. 
This  will  be  found  quite  a  convenience.  Space,  di- 
rectly in  front  of  the  Moderator,  has  been  set  apart 
for  400  delegates,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  enough 
delegates  will  be  present  to  fill  every  seat.  The  ar 
rangements  for  the  delegates  and  Moderator  are 
the  best  we  have  ever  seen. 

On  the  grounds  are  a  number  of  other  buildings 
that  will  be  used  as  needed.  One  large  building  is 
set  apart  for  the  Standing  Committee.  Here  they 
will  meet  from  day  to  day,  to  transact  such  business 
as  may  fall  to  their  lot.  They  will  also  have  their 
sleeping  places  in  another  part  of  the  same  build- 
ing. The  baggage  department  is  very  conveniently 
located.  It  will  be  presided  over  by  Bro.  S.  M 
Eshelman,  our  mailing  clerk,  and  should  he  prove 
as  successful  in  handling  valises  and  other  pack- 
ages as  he  is  in  getting  the  Mbsskkqer  to  our  read- 
ers, he  ought  to  certainly  please  everybody.  The 
post-office  will  be  located  in  one  end  of  the  same 
building,  and  will  be  in  charge  of  Bro.  Piter  Bru- 
baker. 

The  City  of  Naperville  is  a  short  distance  from  the 
Park,  and  in  the  city  arrangements  are  made  to 
lodge  those  who  desire  rooms,  and  the  accommoda- 
tions in  this  respect  will  be  found  as  good  as  usual, 
There  will,  however,  be  a  large  number  of  tents  on 
the  grounds,  and  these  are  being  so  well  fitted  up 
that  most  of  the  people  attending  the  Conference 
will  likely  occupy  tents.  ■  By  so  doing  they  can 
easily  attend  all  the  services,  be  near  their  place  of 
meals  and  have  more  time  to  enjoy  the  company  of 
their  relatives  and  friends.  In  fact  everything  is 
being  so  well  provided  for  that  no  one  will  be 
obliged  to  go  beyond  the  Park  for  anything  that 
may  be  needed. 

TheC.  B,  &  Q.  R.  R.,  on  whose  line  the  Meeting 
is  located,  promises  to  give  us  the  very  best  of  ser- 
vice, and  we  feel  certain  that  the  agreement  will  be 
carried  out.  The  trains  will  stop  at  the  entrance  of 
the  Park.  This  will  be  quite  a  convenience  and  will 
be  greatly  appreciated.  We  here  take  occasion  to 
urge  all  of  our  people  to  patronize  this  line,  on  their 
way  to  the  Conference,  wherever  it  is  possible  to  do 
so.  The  rates  are  lower  than  on  any  other  road, — 
being  one  fare  for  the  round  trip — and  then  a  cer- 
tain amount  of  the  proceeds  derived  from  the  sale 
of  tickets  is  to  go  towards  defraying  the  expenses 
of  the  Meeting.  Here  are  two  good  reasons  for 
patronizing  the  C.  B,  &  Q  ,  and  we  add  still  another, 
*»».,  it  is  the  most  direct  route  for  those  living  any 
ways  near  the  line  or  any  of  its  branches. 

The  grounds  are  to  be  lighted  up  at  night  by 
electricity,  and  especially  is  the  tabernacle  to  be 
well  lighted,  The  place  is  also  to  be  well  supplied 
with  good  drinking  water.  There  will  be  other  con- 
veniences that  must  be  seen  and  enjoyed  to  be  ap- 
preciated, The  committee  having  charge  of  the  ar- 
rangements is  composed  of  D.  L.  Miller,  I.  B. 
Trout,  P.  R.  Keltner,  C.  P.  Rowland,  D.  B,  Eby, 
Franklin  Myers  and  John  Heckman,  Bro.  Miller 
is  Foreman  and  Bro.  Trout,  Secretary.  The  com- 
mittee is  doing  its  best  to  give  our  people  accommo- 
dations that  will  render  the  gathering  pleasant  in 
every  way  possible.  J.  H,  M. 


WHAT  THE  ELDER  SHOULD  DO. 

There  is  one  person  about  whom  a  congrega- 
tion should  never  have  any  serious  difficulty,  if 
there  is  any  reasonable  way  of  avoiding  it,  and 
that  is  concerning  her  elder  in  charge.  He  is  the 
shepherd  of  the  flock,  whose  duty  it  is  to  feed 
and  care  for  both  the  lambs  and  the  sheep.  If 
possible,  he  should  have  the  unwavering  confidence 
and  the  good  will  of  the  entire  flock,  otherwise  he 
may  fes  mors  or  less  crippled  in  his  work,  Not 
?aly  will  ha  ba  !iiR3«r*<*  ia  his  w«fc,  &«i  lh»«  jart 


of  the  church,  having  little  or  no  confidence  in  him, 
must  necessarily  suffer  spiritually,  and  should  this 
condition  long  continue,  there  is  danger  of  the 
affected  members  becoming  weak  and  sickly. 

It  is  a  terrible  thing  for  members  to  lose  confi- 
dence in  their  spiritual  leader,  and  still  more  la- 
mentable for  him  to  do  that  which  will  cause  them 
to  openly  question  his  sincerity,  piety  or  purity. 
If  there  is  any  one  person  in  the  congregation  in 
whose  purity,  honesty  and  consistency  the  mem- 
bers should  have  implicit  confidence,  it  is  their  eld- 
er. When  this  confidence  is  lost,  nothing  short  of 
an  extraordinary  amount  of  the  grace  of  God  in 
the  heart  can  keep  the  affected  members  from 
making  shipwreck  of  their  faith. 

But  what  should  the  shepherd  of  the  flock  do 
under  these  circumstances?  It  is  our  candid  opin- 
ion that  when  an  elder  does  that  which  causes  any 
considerable  number  of  the  members  of  his  charge 
to  lose  confidence  in  him,  and  openly  question  his 
deportment,  feeling  that  his  conduct  is  not  such  as 
becometh  a  devout  elder,  it  is  his  duty  to  vol- 
untarily place  his  temporary  resignation  in  the 
hands  of  the  church,  until  he  can  by  his  improved 
life,  regain  the  confidence  of  his  congregation,  In 
the  meantime  let  the  church  make  other  arrange- 
ments for  a  housekeeper,  if  she  sees  proper  to 
do  so. 

To  some  elders  this  would  seem  a  little  humili- 
ating, but  it  is  far  better  for  an  elder  to  have 
this  kind  of  a  feeling  than  for  the  congregation  to 
be  all  torn  to  pieces  because  of  some  mistake  that 
he  has  made.  One  great  aim  should  be  to  keep 
the  members  well  united  and  at  work  under  the 
wise  direction  of  the  trusted  leaders  of  the  flock, 
and  under  no  circumstances  should  the  peace  and 
prosperity  of  a  church  be  endangered  in  order  to 
permit  one  man  to  hold  a  position  for  which  his 
fitness,  for  the  time,  is  gravely  questioned  by  mem- 
bers of  piety,  intelligence  and  judgment.  If,  for 
any  reason,  there  must  be  suffering,  it  is  far  bet- 
ter for  it  to  be  endured  by  one  person  than  for  a 
whole  congregation  to  suffer,  j  h .  m, 


ANNUAL  MEETING  QUERIES. 

We  have  received  for  publication  the  following 
additional  queries  for  the  Annual  Meeting,  which 
came  too  late  to  appear  with  the  others  on  page  314: 
Southern  Ohio. 

1.  We  ask  Annual  Meeting,  through  District  Meeting,  to 
authorize  the  General  Mission  and  Tract  Committee  to  pre- 
pare and  each  year  to  distribute,  with  the  Minutes  of  Annual 
Meeting,  or  otherwise,  printed  forms,  containing  when  proper- 
ly filled  out:  I.  Suitable  recommendations  for  delegates.  II. 
Items  of  information  needed  at  the  General  Office,  such  as  (1) 
the  names  and  correct  addresses  of  the  ministers  in  each  lecal 
church;  (2)  the  name  and  address  of  the  elder  in  charge;  (3) 
the  number  of  members;  (4}  the  number  of  meetinghouses  and 
probable  value  of  church  property  (as  required  by  the  Gov- 
ernment); (5)  information  relating  to  Sunday  schools  (6)  and 
missionary  work,  and  (7)  any  other  items  of  information  need- 
ed at  the  General  Office.  Such  blanks  to  be  filled  out  both 
for  District  and  Annual  Meeting,  in  each  local  church,  signed 
by  its  clerk,  to  be  delivered  to  the  Committee  on  Credentials, 
one  copy  to  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  District  Mission 
Board,  and  one  with  Secretary  of  General  Mission  Board. 

2.  Inasmuch  as  our  Hymnals  do  not  contain  sufficient  Sun. 
day  school  and  missionary  songs,  and  as  the  introduction  of  ad- 
ditional books  to  supply  this  deficiency  has  a  tendency  to  di- 
vide the  song  service;  therefore,  we,  the  members  of  the  Oak- 
land congregation,  ask  Annual  Meeting,  through  District 
Meeting,  to  so  revise  our  Hymnals  that  this  deficiency  may  be 
supplied  within  the  compass  of  one  book, 

Western  Pennsylvania. 

We,  the  members  of  the  Johnstown  congregation,  petition 
Annual  Meeting,  through  District  Meeting,  to  reconsider  Arti- 
cle 6,  Minutes  of  1801,  and  permit  congregations  that  can  not 
care  for  all  their  poor  members,  to  ask  help  of  the  County 
Home.  This  to  apply  in  cases  where  said  poor  members  are 
not  able  to  attend  to  their  own  wants,  provided  that  adjoining 
congregations  refuse  to  assist,  and  the  County  is  willing  to 
help. 

AM,- Bilttlct  Mtstlog  ol  Wesiefii  PcaaSylvan!*  IS  pit!; 
•Jisi  AMSatl  Mtsiisj. 


XB2)    CrOWPEL   TrfJE^SIEnsrc^EEi- 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT 

Does  tbe  word  "kid,"  in  Judges  15:  1  refer  to  a  child  or  an 
animal?— J?.  A,  H. 

It  refers  to  an  animal,  a  very  suitable  present,  in 
those  days,  for  one  person  to  present  to  another. 

What  is  meant  by  the  expression,  "Even  unto  the  end  of 
the  world?  "     Matt,  28:  20.— S.  M. 

The  marginal  reading  of  the  Revised  Version  is, 
"the  consummation  of  the  age."  That  is,  the  end 
of  the  Christian  dispensation.  That  will  be  the  end 
of  the  present  age. 

Ought  not  the  laying  on  of  hands,  as  mentioned  10  Acts  6:  6, 
be  practiced  in  the  church  of  Christ  to-day  ?-.s".  /'.  /■'. 

It  is  practiced  among  the  Brethren  when  ordain- 
ing men  to  the  eldership,  but  it  is  a  question  wheth- 
er the  persons  named  in  the  Scripture  cited  were 
deacons  or  whether  they  constituted  a  temporary 
committee.  If  it  can  be  shown  that  they  were  dea- 
cons, then  it  would  be  our  duty  to  also  set  our  dea- 
cons apart  by  the  laying  on  of  hands,  but  this  has 
not  yet  been  proved  to  the  satisfaction  of  our  peo- 
ple as  a  body. 

What  should  be  asked  or  expected  of  a  brother,  who  places 
in  the  hands  of  the  law  a  matter  of  difference,  between  him 
and  another  brother,  without  consulting  the  church,  or  even 
the  elder  of  the  same?— Z.    W.  S, 

He  should  be  visited,  shown  wherein  he  has  vio- 
lated I  Cor.  6:i-8,  and  urged  to  come  before  the 
church,  confess  his  error  and  ask  pardon.  If  he 
will  not  voluntarily  do  this,  then  prefer  charges 
against  him  for  violating  the  above  Scripture,  and 
let  him  be  tried  before  the  church,  and  the  church 
will  then  say  what  she  demands  of  him  for  doing 
that  which  the  Gospel  positively  forbids. 

In  connection  with  your  answer,  in  a  late  issue  of  the  Mes- 
senger, let  me  say,  that  while  the  name  of  God  does  not  oc- 
cur in  the  Book  of  Esther,  in  the  English  Bible,  it  does  in 
the  German,  in  chapter  7:  4.— Jesse  V,  Heckler, 

It  so  occurs  in  some  of  the  German  translations, 
but  not  In  all  of  them.  It  is  not  found  in  the  Scan- 
dinavian or  French,  neither  is  it  in  the  Hebrew  or 
the  Greek.  In  the  original  there  is  a  term  that  is 
said  to  greatly  resemble  the  Hebrew  word  for  God, 
and  this  may  have  led  to  the  mistake  made  by  Lu- 
ther and  one  or  two  others.  But  in  the  original 
text,  as  in  English,  God  is  not  found. 

By  what  authority  arc  the  marginal  readings  put  in  the  Bi- 
ble?—?. W.Mosier, 

By  the  authority  of  recent  and  improved  ren- 
derings of  the  original  test.  These  renderings  are 
made  from  year  to  year  by  the  most  accomplished 
scholars  of  both  hemispheres.  The  Revised  Ver- 
sion has  furnished  occasion  for  a  number  of  mar- 
ginal readings.  The  marginal  readings  in  this 
version  are  probably  the  renderings  given  the  orig- 
inal text  by  the  American  part  of  the  committee. 

Please  explain  Rom.  2:  I,  2,  3,  which  says;  "Therefore  thou 
art  inexcusable.  O  man,  whosoever  thou  art  that  judgest:  for 
wherein  thou  judgest  another,  thou  condemnest  thyself;  fo: 
thou  that  judgest  doest  the  same  things.  But  we  are  sure 
that  tbe  judgment  of  God  is  according  to  truth  against 
them  which  commit  such  things.  And  thickest  thou  this,  O 
man,  that  judgest  them  which  do  such  things,  and  doest  the 
same,  that  tboa  shalt  escape  the  judgment  of  God?"— John  11. 
Koontzt 

These  verses  have  more  special  reference  to  un 
just  and  inconsistent  judgment;  that  line  of  judg- 
ment that  interferes  with  the  liberties  guaranteed  by 
the  Gospel.  Judgment  is  all  right  in  its  place,  but  it 
must  not  militate  against  the  workings  of  "  the  per- 
fect law  of  liberty,"  nor  must  it  be  entered  into  by 
men  who  are  not  themselves  living  consistent  lives. 

Please  cxplam  1  Cor.  3:  15,  "If  any  man's  work  shall  be 
burned,  he  shalt  suffer  loss:  yet  he  himself  shall  be  saved;  yet 
so  as  by  fire."— fas.  Page. 

This  chapter  treats  mainly  the  work  entrusted 
to  ministers,  telling  them  how  they  should  take 
heed  regarding  the  kind  of  members  they  gather 
into  the  church,  for  all  these  members  shall  some 
day  be  tried  or  tested,  and  the  unfaithful  will  be 
burned  as  cha£f.    The  loss  of  these  members,  being 


the  work  of  the  minister  who  led  them  into  the 
church,  is  his  great  loss,  and  while  he  may  suffer 
this  loss,  still  there  is  a  possibility  of  him  being 
saved,  though  he  too,  must  undergo  the  test,  and 
hence  be  saved  as  by  fire.  This  is  the  meaning  of 
the  verse,  taken  in  connection  with  the  rest  of  the 
chapter. 

What  caused  the  division  between  the  Jewish  and  the  Gen- 
tile races,  or  nude  them  a  separate  people?— Jas.  Page. 

There  never  was  a  division  between  the  Jews  and 
Gentiles  as  races.  Starting  from  Abraham,  through 
Isa3C  and  Jacob,  the  Jews  grew  into  a  nation,  and 
that  nation  was  by  God  set  apart  as  his  chosen 
people,  and  all  others,  not  descending  from  Abra- 
ham, through  this  line,  were  designated  as  Gentiles. 
The  term  Jew  is  derived  from  the  tribe  of  Judah, 
and  in  course  of  time  was  extended  to  the  whole 
race,  but  Hebrews  is  the  term  by  which  the  race 
was  first  designated.  J   h.  m. 


ANNUAL  MEETINO  QUERIES. 

Up  to  the  time  of  going  to  press  the  following 
papers,  intended  for  the  Annual  Conference,  have 
been  received.  If  papers  from  any  District  do  not 
appear  in  this  list,  it  is  because  they  have  not 
reached  this  office.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  District 
Clerks  to  sec  that  all  papers  intended  for  the  An- 
nual Meeting  arc  sent  us  for  publication  at  as  early 
a  date  as  possible. 
First  District  or  Virginia. 

We,  the  Roanoke  City  church,  ask  through  the  District 
Meeting  of  the  First  District  of  Virginia  a  renewal  of  our  re- 
quest for  the  Annual  Meeting  to  be  held  at  Roanoke  City,  Va., 
in  1890. 

Sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 
Southern  Pennsylvania. 

inasmuch  as  there  is  a  growing  disposition  among  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Brotherhood  to  depart  from  the  order  of  the 
church,  in  icspect  to  the  sisters  wearing  hats,  and  tbe  brethren 
not  conforming  to  the  order  in  dress,  therefore  be  it  resolved 
that  the  members  of  the  Antietam  congregation  ask  District 
Meeting  of  :8gS  to  petition  Annual  Meeting  to  advhe  against 
this  growing  evil. 
California  and  Arizona* 

We,  the  Lordsburg  church,  ask  the  Distriet  Meeting  to  re- 
new onr  call  for  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  earnestly  urge  that 
the  same  be  held  in  California  in  1899. 

Passed  unanimously  and  sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 
Southwestern  Kansas  and  Southern  Colorado. 

We,  the  McPherson  Church,  Kaus.,  ask  Annual  Meeting, 
through  District  Meeting,  to  appoint  a  committee  of  five,  to 
recommend  to  next  Annual  Meeting  a  plan  for  a  more  judi- 
cious distribution  of  the  ministerial  force  of  the  church. 

Sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 

Northern  Indiana. 

[Unintentionally  omitted  in  n  former  list.] 
Bethel  church  asks  Annual  Meeting  through  District  Meet- 
ing, to  change  the  answer  to  Art.  12,  1863,  Revised  Minutes, 
page  222,  so  as  to  allow  the  churches  to  retain  members  who 
are  guilty  of  fornication,  when  they  manifest  fruits  of  deep  re- 
Granted  and  sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 
Eastern  Maryland. 

We  ask  Annual  Meeting,  through  District  Meeting,  to  ap- 
point a  committee  to  confer  with  the  Railroad  Associations  of 
the  United  States,  and  secure,  if  possible,  an  interchange  of 
ministerial  orders,  at  least  for  each  association,  as  is 
granted  by  some  of  the  associations, 
Passed  District  Meeting, 

Eastern  Pennsylvania. 

1.  We  ask  Annual  Meeting,  through  District  Meeting  1 
decide  that  no  elders  shall  ssrve  on  Standing  Committee,  who 
serve  on  committees  sent  out  by  Annual  Meeting;  and  are 
thus  obliged  to  report  to  themselves,  by  reporting  to  Standing 
Committee. 

2.  Whereas  persons  liviDg  in  a  church  district,  in  our  State 
District,  have  gone  into  other  church  districts  to  be  received 
and  bapt/zed  into  the  church,  for  reasons  and  purposes  which 
were  not  fcr  the  better;  and  whereas,  the  decision  of  1897,  Art, 
13,  is  considered  as  giving  more  encouragement  for  the  worse 
than  for  the  better,  therefore,  we  ask  Annual  Meeting  of  189S, 
to  reconsider  the  answer  of  said  Art.  13,  1897,  and  decide 
that,  as  a  general  rule,  all  applicants  for  church  member- 
ship and  baptism,  shall  be  received  with  the  counsel  of  the 
church  in  which  district  they  live. 

3.  Will  not  this  District  Meeting  petition  Annual  Meeting, 
to  advise  her  committee  to  the  eastern  churches,  to  explain 
unto  them  the  order  of  the  Brethren  concerning  non  conformi- 


ty to  the  world  in  dress;  and  urge  said  churches  to  comply 
th  tbe  same?    If  said  committee  refuses  to  do  so,  to  relieve 
them  of  further  duty. 

Whereas  there  has  recently  b:en  organized,  with  head- 
lers  at  Germantown,  a  German  Baptist  Brethren  His- 
:al  Association,  whose  obje-.t  is  to  collect,  preserve  and 
diffuse  the  history  of  our  church;  and  whereas  this  seems  t0 
be  a  work  that  will  be  of  great  practical  va'ue  to  the 
church,  therefore  the  Green  Tree  church,  in  conference  met, 
ests  the  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania  to  forward  to 
<ext  General  Conference  of  tbe  church,  this  paper,  along 
a  copy  of  the  Constitution  cf  said  Historical  Associ- 
i,  requesting  said  Conference  to  consider  the  practicabifi. 
ty  of  incorporating  said  Historical  Association  into  our  church 

5.  The  District  Mteting  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania  calls  for 
the  Annual  Meeting  in  1899,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  cxpedi- 

Mlddle  Indiana. 

1.  We,  the  Ogan's  Creek  church,  abk  District  Mesting  to 
sk  Annual  Meeting  that  a  committee  of  five  brethren  be  ap. 
pointed  by  tbe  Standing  Committee,  who  are  not  connected 
-ith  the  General  Missionary  Board,  nor  employed  in  the  pub- 
shing  interests  of  the  Brotherhood,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to 
select  suitable  persons  to  cany  on  tbe  publishing  interests  of 
the  church,  fix  upon  their  salaries  and  report  same  to  Annual 
Conference  for  confirmation.     Passed  to  Annual  Meeting, 

We,  the  Ogan's  Creek  church,  ask  District  Meeting  of 
Middle  District  of  Indiana,  to  ask  Annual  Meeting  to  make  a 
ole  permitting  no  brother  to  serve  on  the  General  Missionary 
Committee  more  than  two  terms  of  three  years  each,  in  sue- 
on.  Signed  by  order  of  church.  Passed  to  Annual 
Meeting. 
3.  We,  the  members  of  the  Clear  Cresk  church,  petition  An- 
lal  Meeting,  through  District  Meeting,  for  Annual  Meet- 
ing in  the  Middle  District  of  Indiana,  in  1899.  Passed  by  the 
r  Creek  church.  Passed  to  Annual  Meeting. 
(Clear  Creek  church,  Huntington  Co.,  Ind.)  We  petition 
Annual  Meeting  through  District  Meeting,  that  no  elder  or 
stcr  shall  serve  as  delegate  to  District  Meeting  or  Annu- 
al  Meeting  or  member  of  Mission  Board,  who  receives  re- 
muneration from  railroad  corporations  or  land  speculators,  for 
tance  in  locating  families  in  new  countries  and  territories, 
thus  weakening  the  influence  of  those  called  of  God  to  feed 
and  lead  tbe  flock.    Passed  to  Annual  Meeting. 

5.  Inasmuch  as  members  often  fail  to  present  their  letters 
of  recommendation  within  the  prescribed  limit  (six  months) 
and  are  practically  lost  to  coin  churches,  will  not  this  District 
Meeting  ask  Annual  Meeting  to  grant  us  a  detachable  slip  to 
our  certificate  of  membership  which  shall  be  returned  to 
church  clerk  granting  said  certificate  of  membership  without 
reasonable  delay? 


,  present ■'.'(!  . 


Clerk P.  O :  .  State 

Passed  to  Annual  Meeting. 
Northeastern  Kansas. 

We,  tbe  Abilene  churcb,  petition  Annual  Meeting  through 
District  Meeting  to  say  whether  it  is  wrong,  or  in  violation  oE 
Gospel  principles,  or  contrary  to  Brethren's  order,  to  invite 
members  of  other  denominations  to  speak  in  our  social  meet- 
ings. Sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 
Northern  Illinois  and  Wisconsin. 

We  ask  Annual  Meeting,  tbr.  u^h  District  Meeting,  to  advise 
each  State  District  to  appoint  a  Sunday  school  secretary,  wbos; 
duty  it  shall  be  to  inspire  the  Sunday  school  work  of  the 
District,  and  also  to  supply  the  Sunday  School  Advisory 
Committee  with  such  statistics  and  ether  information  as  tb.it 
Committee  may  ask. 

Passed  to  Annual  Meeting. 


-«*•  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY  ■ 


THE  LOVE  BRIDGE. 

Two  little  feet  upon  the  stairs, 

Two  little  arms  were  open  wide, 
Two  little  hands  would  bar  the  way 

Trying  to  reach  from  side  to  side. 
With  smiling  glances  two  brown  eyes 

Look  up  to  mine  in  the  softened  lig 
The  sweet  child  voice  in  answer  tells 

Why  I  must  own  her  playful  right. 
"  Dis  is  a  love-bridge,  papa  says, 

Dis  is  the  gate,  my  arms  so  wide, 
Div  mc  a  kiss  as  you  go  through, 

I'll  div  it  back  on  the  other  side." 


I  bend  to  give  my  ki 
Of  the  "love-bridge"  a 

Where  tbe  gate  is  a  Fathi 
Willing  to  open  wide  fo; 

When  the 


nd  think 


.     ..t  from  my  sight, 
d  and  turned  by  the  wind  and  tide, 
Have  passed  the  gate  and  he  will  give 
Them  back  to  me  on  the  other  side, 

—Baton  Gich, 


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HUDSON  AID  SOCIETY. 

BY   RE8ECCA    LYON    SNAVELY. 

The  "  Sisters'  Aid  Society,"  at  Hudson,  meets 
once  each  month.  We  only  organized  last  October, 
and  are  rather  inexperienced,  but  we  have  made 
many  glad  hearts  and  happy  faces,  and  we  hope  to 
do  more  and  better  work,  and  we  trust  more  will 
join  in  and  help  us  to  be  successful  in  doing  much 
good. 

What  a  grand  work  it  is  to  relieve  the  poorl 
Just  now  I  remember  one  cold  evening  last  January, 
when  our  Aid  Society  sent  clothing  and  bed-fur- 
nishings to  a  very  poor  family  in  our  village. 
When  the  messengers  of  relief  entered  their  hovel, 
man,  wife  and  children  were  walking  the  floor,  won- 
dering how  they  could  get  through  the  night. 
Their  happiness  and 'thanks  paid  the  society  for 
their  labor. 

I  think  each  church  should  have  an  Aid  Society. 
Let  us  not  be  discouraged  by  a  small  beginning,  be- 
cause it  can  grow  to  be  very  large  and  do  much 
good.  Sisters,  let  us  all  arouse  to  more  activity! 
Let  us  be  more  zealous,  is  the  prayer  of  your  sister 
in  Jesus! 

Hu  hon,  III.       ___^ _^___ 

SALAMONIB  AID  SOCIETY. 

BY  JENNIE    SMITH. 

Since  reading  some  of  the  letters  written  by  the 
sisters,  I  feel  like  giving  a  brief  report  of  our  soci- 
ety here.  We  meet  every  second  Wednesday  of  the 
month,  at  nine  o'clock,  with  a  full  corps  of  officers, 
president,  vice-president,  secretary,  and  treasurer, 
several  faithful  sisters,  and  a  soliciting  committee. 
The  meeting  opens  by  Scripture  reading,  followed 
b/  prayer.  After  the  report  of  the  committees  have 
been  given,  we  do  all  kinds  of  work,  quilting,  mak- 
ing new  garments  and  repairing  second-hand  cloth- 
i"g.      I 

Smcr:  we  organized,  nineteen  months  ago,  we 
have^Sone  much  work,  besides  sending  four  boxes 
of  clothing  and  bed  clothing  to  Chicago,  and  one  to 
the  Orphans'  Home  at  Mexico,  Ind.  We  have 
pieced  and  quilted  thirteen  quilts,  four  comforts, 
aided  thirteen  families  to  flour,  meal,  lard,  and  all 
kinds  of  provisions,  groceries,  etc. 

While  our  meetings  still  grow  in  interest,  and 
many  sisters  have  some  four  and  five  miles  to  come, 
we  are  made  to  feel  sad  when  we  look  around  and 
see  some  that  are  so  unconcerned.  They  have  the 
means  to  do  a  great  deal  of  good,  if  they  could  only 
become  interested  in  the  work,  Our  president 
takes  great  interest  in  the  work,  and  has  never 
failed  to  be  present  at  any  of  the  meetings,  She 
often  does  some  select  reading  duriug  the  day. 
This  makes  it  interesting  and  profitable  to  all  pres- 
ent. The  weather  is  never  too  cold  or  too  warm  to 
come  to  our  place  of  meeting. 

Rivir,  Ind. 


BY    LULA    HARSHBARGER. 

All  things  are  the  production  of  law  and  order, 
guided  by  their  captain,  love.  It  is  love, — divine 
love  and  wisdom, — that  obscures  the  view  and  re- 
veals only  by  degrees  what  we  must  face  and  bear. 
Could  we  view  the  future  with  one  sweeping  glance, 
we  would  be  crushed  with  awe  at  its  grandeur  and 
power.  Hence  the  importance  of  only  a  bit  at  a 
time,  for  mortal  man  is  prone  to  tear  aside  the  mys 
tic  veil  which  screens  the  vast  and  unknown  future 
from  his  inquiring  gaze, 

If  joy  and  gladness  be  our  portion,  love  must 
kindly  deal  our  share.  Too  much  at  once,  as  we 
would  take  it,  would  prove  intoxicating,  bewilder- 
ing and  surfeiting.  If  sorrow  be  our  lot,  wisdom 
and  love,  pure  and  holy,  undefiled  and  good, 
must  temper  it,  else  its  crushing  weight  wdulil  be 
9P!»U!ng,  and  ws  would  lose  1(9  sublimity  and 
foil :a  r»ali»«  that  H  ie  (tie  mission  e!  Borrow  «? 


teach.  By  it  we  learn  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the 
life  eternal,  and  ultimately  we  will  know  "  how  sub- 
lime a  thing  it  is  to  suffer  and  be  strong." 

In  such  things  as  these  we  learn  the  true  meaning 
of  divine  love.  The  life  mixed  with  joy  and  sorrow 
is  the  life  of  the  gods.  We  must  not  have  an  excess 
of  either  if  we  would  become  perfect.  J  y  and  sor- 
row sweeten  life,  make  men  of  cowards,  and  place 
the  seal  of  goodness  upon  the  brow  of  humanity. 
By  its  purifying  influence  we  learu  to  appreciate 
our  brother's  feelings,  and  it  helps  us  to  fill  the 
front  ranks  in  life's  battle,  fulfilling  life's  highest  of- 
fice,— that  of  ministering  to  body,  heart  and  soul. 
Unsearchable  are  the  riches  we  tread  underfoot 
each  day,  looking  and  longing  for  greater  and  high- 
er things.  Noblest  are  those  who  do  life's  hum 
blest  duties  gladly,  willingly  and  patiently,  for 
theirs  is  the  richest  reward, — the  brighest  crown, 
All  unconsciously,  perhaps,  they  are  surely  laying 
the  foundation  for  life  eternal, 

Ladoga,  Ind. 


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Annual  Meeting  Notes. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  is  endeavoring 
to  so  arrange  for  the  coming  Annual  Meeting  as  to 
make  it  one  of  the  most  enjoyable,  as  well  as  profit- 
able gatherings  ever  held  by  our  people,  The 
grounds  are  a  most  beautiful  place,  with  an  abun 
dance  of  room,  shade,  and  all  things  necessary  to 
constitute  an  ideal  gathering  place. 

The  ministerial  committee  is  taking  special  pain; 
to  have  interesting  topics  preached  upon,  by  min- 
isters well  able  to  speak  to  edification.  Then 
comes  the  Sunday  school  meeting,  to  be  conducted 
by  the  Sunday  School  Advisory  Committee, 
ics  of  special  interest  to  all  Sunday  school  workers 
have  been  selected  and  assigned  to  persons  that 
are  able  to  present  them  in  a  way  to  interest  and 
educate  all  who  may  chance  to  hear.  After  th 
first  speaker  has  finished,  each  topic  will  be  open 
for  general  discussion.  This  meeting  will  be  held 
on  Monday,  May  30,  from  9  to  11:35  A.  M. 

The  Missionary  Meeting  on  Monday,  from  1  tc 
3  P.  M.,  will  be  under  the  care  of  the  General  Mis 
sionary  Committee,  and  we  bespeak  glorious  re- 
sults for  it. 

After  an  interval  of  one-half  hour  follows  the  Ed- 
ucational Meeting,  in  which  each  of  the  recognized 
schools  of  our  church  will  be  represented  by  some 
one  chosen  for  the  purpose,  who  will  present  some 
live  educational  topic.  We  hope  to  have  a  large 
number  of  brethren,  sisters  and  others  present  on 
Monday,  to  enjoy  these  meetings  and  to  help  in  the 
discussions,  and  make  the  day  one  long  to  be  re- 
membered for  the  good  done  and  the  new  life  given 
to  these  different  lines  of  work, 

I  would  urge  upon  all,  who  expect  to  attend  this 
Annual  Meeting,  the  importance  of  arriving 
later  than  Saturday,  May  28,     No  one  can  afford  to 
miss  the  Sunday  school  to  be  held  in  the  Taber- 
nacle at  9  A.  M,,  on  Sunday,  May  29.     We  had 
glorious  Sunday  school  at  Frederick  last  year,     Let 
us  have  a  better  one  this  year!     We  can  if  we  work 
and  pray.     The  lesson  will  be  "  The  Lord's  Supp, 
Matt,  26:  17-30.    It  is  the  regular  lesson,  as  found 
in  the  Brethren's  Quarterlies. 

Since  first-class  meals  will  be  served  on  the 
grounds  for  the  reasonable  sum  of  twenty  cents, 
and  accommodations  can  be  had  for  all  who 
may  come,  no  one  that  intends  to  be  at  the  meet 
ing  can  afford  to  miss  the  services  of  Sunday  anc 
Monday.  Then,  too,  our  Brethren  should  set  a  bet 
ter  example  thSn  to  travel  on  Sunday  to  Annual 
Meeting,  when  it  is  possible  to  avoid  it, 

Arrangements  have  been  made  to  have  an  ad 
drcan  en  Tuesday  evening  June  1,  upon  the  aubject, 


is  to  be  delivered  by  one  of  the  ablest  speakers  pos- 
sible to  secure. 
The  business  of  the  Annual  Meeting  proper  will 
:  of  unusual  interest  this  year.    The  business,  the 
literary  and  social  phase;  of  the  meeting  all  com- 
ine  to  make  this  annual  gathering  of  the  church 
ne  of  more  than  ordinary  moment. 
We  express  our  desire  to  have  an  unusually  large 
meeting,  and  that  all  will  come  prepared  with  a 
good   offering  for  the   missionary  treasury,  —  an 
ring  of  which  the  Lord  will  say,  "Well  done, 
good  and  faithful  servant,''     So  may  it  be! 

I.  Bennett  Trout,  Sec. 
Lanark,  III. 

From  Hie  Mnquokct.i  Church,  Iowa. 

This  church  was  organized  in  1S56,  comprising 
then  Clinton,  Jackson  and  Cedar  Counties,  Elders 
Daniel  Fry,  Christian  Long  and  Enoch  Eby  consti- 
tuted the  committee  to  organize-,  with  fourteen 
members,  Brethren  Jacob  Stutsman  and  Henry 
Hanes  were  the  first  brethren  elected  and  installed 
into  the  deacon's  office.  Bro.  Jonas  DeHaven  was 
the    first  minister  to   locate,  coming  from  Indian 

Creek  church,    Pa,    Bro. Sanger  was   the  first 

brother  elected  to  the  ministry  and  Jashua  Shultz 
the  first  minister  ordained  to  the  eldership.  The 
church  has  been  prospering  all  along  until,  about 
fifteen  years  ago,  it  had  a  membership  of  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty,  "with  one  elder  and  three  other 
ministers.  Since  then  it  has  slowly  dwindled  down 
to  about  fifteen  members,  some  dying,  some  joining 
the  Old  Order  Brethren  and  still  others  moving 
away,  until,  at  present,  only  a  few  members  remain. 
Bro.  Joshua  Shultz  is  the  elder  and  is  eighty-one 
years  old.  On  account  of  his  age  he  is  not  able  to 
do  much  church  work. 

What  is  most  needed  here,  for  the  good  of  the 
church,  is,  that  a  loyal,  plain  and  active  minister, 
with  his  family,  move  to  the  town  of,  or  near,  Lost 
Nation,  and  locate  there,  as  there  the  Brethren  have 
a  substantial  meetinghouse.  This  church  belongs 
to  the  Middle  District  of  Iowa,  and  the  Mission 
Board  should  continue  in  its  work,  and,  at  the  same 
time,  try  to  get  some  minister  with  a  family,  and 
even  other  members,  to  move  in.  There  are  some 
good  people  living  at  Lost  Nation  that  would  unite 
with  the  church  if  the  proper  effort  were  put  forth,. 
For  further  information  about  the  church  address 
Joshua  Shultz,  Elwood,  Clinton  Co,,  Iowa. 

E.  B.  Lefever. 


Having  been  appointed  by  District  Meeting  to 
collect  information  concerning  the  Sunday  schools 
of  our  District,  I  submit  the  following  report: 

We  have  about  twenty  Sunday  schools  in  the  Dis- 
trict, including  a  few  union  schools  in  which  Breth- 
ren serve  as  superintendents.  I  secured  reports 
from  fifteen  schools. 

Average  attendance  for  the  fifteen  schools  was 
747.  Number  of  teachers,  75.  This  gives  an  aver- 
age of  fifty  pupils  and  five  teachers  for  each  school. 
Thus  it  appears  that  there  is  one  teacher  for  every 
ten  pupils.  We  think  that  if  all  the  schools  in  the 
District  had  reported,  we  would  number  about  ico 
teachers  and  1,000  pupils,  average  attendance. 

The  average  collection  for  each  school  is  42 
cents;  annual  collection  in  the  fifteen  schools, 
about  S300,  or  $20  to  each  school. 

Number  of  Sunday  school  scholars  baptized  since 
last  District  Meeting,  thirty-one;  reported  from 
seven  schools. 

Of  the  fifteen  schools,  all  are  "evergreen"  ex- 
cept two;  and  all  use  the  Brethren's  Sunday  school 
literature  except  one. 

Pleasant  View  has  the  largest  number  of  teachers, 

9.  Monitor  reports  the  largest  number  baptized, 

10.  McPherson  has  the  largest  average  attendance, 
135,  and  the  largest  average  collection,  S1.32. 

Needs  and  hindrances  reported  were  as  follows: 

Lack  of  study;  better  qualified  workers;  mote  seel 

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the  work;  preaching  needed  at  the  place  where 
Sunday  school  is  held;  members  scattered  and  late 
coming  to  the  Sunday  school;  more  spirit  is  wanted 
irregular  attendance  a  great  drawback;  more  en- 
couragement needed;  more  consecrated  and  better 
qualified  superintendents  (reported  by  a  superin- 
tendent); tardiness  very  detrimental. 

All  to  whom  inquiries  were  sent  favor  a  Sunday 
school  meeting  in  our  District.        C,  E,  Arnold. 

McPherson,  Kara. 


From  the  Annual  Meeting  Lodging  Committee  Again. 

While  we  have  nothing  new  to  offer,  we  want 
to  impress  some  facts  upon  the  minds  of  all  who 
contemplate  attending  the  meeting,  so  that  you 
will  not  be  disappointed. 

We  notice  that  a  very  large  number  who  write, 
want  a  tent  as  close  to  the  Tabernacle  as  possible, 
or  if  they  want  a  room,  it  must  not  be  more  than 
one-fourth  or  one-half  mile  from  the  Tabernacle. 
In  regard  to  the  first  will  say  that  all  the  tents  will 
be  as  conveniently  near  as  any  one  could  desire. 
They  will  be  arranged  along  streets  running  north 
and  south.  There  will  be  fifteen  tents  on  each 
side  of  the  street,  or  thirty  tents  facing  one  street. 
The  tents  will  be  numbered.  The  odd  numbers,  as 
Ii  3i  5i  etc.,  will  be  on  one  side  of  the  street  and 
the  even  numbers,  as  2,  4,  6,  etc,  on  the  other  side, 

The  first  row  of  tents  will  be  located  only  a  few 
rods  from  the  Tabernacle,  and  street  after  street 
will  be  added  to  the  east,  until  all  the  tents  re- 
quired are  put  up.  We  expect  to  have  a  little  city 
of  from  900  to  i.ood  tents,  Wc  want  ladies  only  to 
occupy  the  tents  next  to  the  Tabernacle,  families  to 
occupy  the  streets  in  the  central  part,  and  men  on  the 
extreme  east  end.  The  streets,  as  stated  in  a  pre- 
vious article,  will  be  named  A,  B,  C,  etc,  so  that 
it  will  be  very  easy  for  any  one  to  find  his  tent 
when  he  secures  his  ticket.  The  tents  will  be 
10x12  feet  in  size,  and  contain  four  cots  each, 

It  is  useless  to  ask  for  special  sizes  or  special  ac- 
commodations. We  cannot  get  them.  It  should 
be  understood  that  these  tents  and  cots  are  fur- 
nished by  the  Chicago  and  Burlington  Railway 
Company,  and  that  we  are  standing  between  our 
people  and  them,  and  insisting  that  they  be  fur- 
nished as  contracted  for.  They  tell  us,  however, 
that  they  are  finding  a  great  difficulty  in  getting  a 
sufficient  number  of  cots,  and  it  is  probable  that 
they  will  not  all  be  spring  cots,  but  some  will  nec- 
essarily have  to  be  canvas  cots.  We  would  also 
say  that  while  these  cots  are  to  be  furnished  with 
blanket,  sheets  and  pillow,  we  would  advise  aged 
and  delicate  people  to  bring  along  an  extra  blank- 
et, in  case  we  should  have  more  than  ordinarily  cool 
weather.  Also  provide  yourself  with  the  neces- 
sary clothing  to  protect  yourself,  in  case  of  rain. 
In  cases  where  families  tent  together,  and  some 
privacy  is  desired,  bring  along  a  sheet  with  fifteen 
or  twenty  feet  of  strong  twine  to  hang  it  on,  and 
thus  form  a  partition  in  your  tent,  Also  do  not  for- 
get the  necessary  toilet  articles  that  you  will  need. 
It  will  be  impossible  for  the  Lodging  Committee 
or  the  Burlington  Railway  Company,  to  furnish  all 
these  little  things  that  will  be  necessary  for  your 
comfort.  Trunks  may  be  brought,  Two  men  can 
easily  carry  a  trunk  in  a  few  minutes  from  the 
place  where  you  are  landed  on  the  Park  to  your 
tent.  Those  coming  from  the  East,  intending  to 
take  tents,  should  not  stop  at  the  Naperville  de- 
pot, but  should  remain  on  the  train,  until  they 
land  at  the  railway  entrance  to  the  Park.  In  case 
of  rain  there  need  be  but  little  fear  of  mud,  as  the 
soil  is  sandy  and  dries  off  rapidly. 

We  should  like  to  have  as  many  applications  as 
possible,  as  we  want  to  get  some  idea  as  to  the 
number  of  tents  and  cots  that  will  be  required,  so 
that  we  can  make  the  necessary  demands.  We  do 
not  want  to  make  a  demand  for  many  more  than 
we  think  are  needed,  for  the  reason  that  all  the 
cots  will  have  to  be  occupied,  on  the  average,  four 
nights  during  the  meeting  to  pay  expenses  only. 
Those  who  want  tents  with  straw  only,  at  £3.00  for 
the  meeting,  should  make  application  at  once,  as 
we  will  make  do  demand  for  more,  thus  furnished, 


than  have  been  previously  ordered.  Parties  desir- 
ing to  tent  together  should  get  one  of  their  num- 
ber to  order  what  they  want  and  thus  go  together. 
For  other  particulars  not  mentioned  here,  see  our 
article  in  No.  18,  Page  284,  Gospbl  Messenger. 

Now  in  regard  to  lodging  in  the  city,  Many 
give  a  limit  to  the  distance  they  want  from  the 
Tabernacle  on  the  Park,  stating  that  they  are  lame, 
or  that  they  are  not  well,  or  that  they  are  old  and 
cannot  walk  so  far.  These  are  good  reasons,  but 
we  beg  to  state  that  the  City  of  Naperville  is  not 
built  up  to  the  Park.  The  houses  on  the  west  side 
of  the  city  nearest  the  Park,  are  largely  occupied  by 
laboring  people,  and  the  most  of  them  can  not 
give  as  comfortable  lodging  as  desired.  The  best 
class  of  people  and  the  best  homes  are  in  the  east- 
ern part  of  the  town,  The  eastern  part  of  the  city 
is  about  one  and  one-half  miles  from  the  Taberna- 
cle. Those  who  want  good  lodging  in  good  homes 
and  cannot  walk  from  a  mile  to  a  mile  and  a  half, 
must  make  up  their  minds  to  use  the  omnibuses. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Citizens'  Lodging  Committee 
at  Naperville  is  giving  this  his  personal  attention, 
as  he  is  acquainted  there,  and  is  trying  to  find  good 
and  comfortable  rooms  for  all  who  apply,  but  if 
you  limit  the  distance  you  want  to  go,  he  can  not 
please  you. 

We  also  wish  to  say  that  those  who  have  applied 
for  rooms,  and  all  who  desire  lodging  in  the  city, 
should  stop  at  the  Naperville  depot  and  not  at  the 
Park.  The  Citizens'  Committee  will  be  located 
there  and  will  give  all  the  information  and  assist- 
ance desired.  The  Brethren's  Committee  will  be 
located  near  the  railway  entrance  to  the  Park,  and 
will  look  specially  after  lodging  in  the  tents.  The 
reason  this  work  is  thus  divided  is,  because  we  live 
sixty  miles  from  Naperville,  and  can  not  give  the 
city  lodging  our  personal  attention. 

In  conclusion  I  desire  to  say  that  those  who 
lodge  in  tents  may  not  have  as  comfortable  beds  as 
those  in  the  city,  or  as  they  have  at  home,  but  it 
will  be  better  than  our  Savior  or  the  apostles  had. 
It  will  also  have  its  advantages  because  of  the  so- 
cial and  religious  opportunities  afforded.  To  many 
it  will  be  quite  a  novelty  to  enjoy  camp  life  for  a 
few  days,  and  then  you  can  be  present  at  all  the 
services.  With  all  this,  let  us  not  think  so  much  of 
self,  but  let  us  pray  earnestly  that  God's  blessing 
may  rest  upon  our  meeting!  D.  B.  Senger, 

Sec.  Lodging  Committee. 

Franklin  Grove,  III. 


The  Mission  Work  at  Muncle. 

Since  our  last  report  one  has  been  received  by 
baptism,  and  one  reclaimed.  We  now  number 
about  sixty.  We  had  to  give  up  our  place  of  wor- 
ship the  first  of  this  month.  This  is  a  great  hin- 
drance to  city  mission  work.  About  the  first  thing 
that  should  be  done  in  city  work  should  be  to  se- 
cure a  permanent  place  of  worship.  We  are  work- 
ing hard  on  our  church  building.  Oyer  three 
thousand  dollars  has  been  raised  by  subscription 
and  otherwise,  and  we  expect  to  have  our  church- 
house  ready  for  the  dedicatory  services  by  June  5. 
Brethren,  those  of  you  whom  the  Lord  has  blessed 
with  worldly  possessions,  give  of  your  means  to 
aid  in  erecting  church  buildings  in  the  cities.  If 
all  would  give  a  little,  soon  there  would  be  a 
churchhouse  in  our  nation's  capital. 

There  are  four  churches  adjoining  Muncie. 
These  four,  with  the  Nettle  Creek  church,  contrib- 
uted to  the  work  here.  Outsiders  in  the  city  have 
responded  liberally.  We  feel  grateful  to  all  of 
our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  for  their  aid  in  the 
work  here.  May  the  Lord  richly  and  abundantly 
bless  you  all!  We  are  still  in  need  of  some  help. 
May  the  choicest  of  God's  blessings  rest  upon  the 
missionary  work  of  the  church! 

Geo.  L  Studebaker. 

May  5. 

Do  to-day's  duty,  fight  to-day's  temptation,  and 
do  not  weaken  and  distract  yourself  by  looking  for- 
ward to  things  which  you  cannot  see,  and  cauld  not 
understand  if  you  saw  th-.m 


PECULIAR  PEOPLE. 

(  Concluded  from  page  jo8. ) 
I  and  the  Hindoos  and  all  others  who  are  so  mind- 
ed as  not  to  accept  Mohammed,  are  infidels,  and 
that  theirs  is  the  right  religion,  and  we'll  go  to  hell. 
You  may  lie  and  cheat  and  steal  and  live  immoral, 
— never  mind,  but  you  must  believe  in  Mohammed. 
Are  these  not  a  peculiar  lot? 

Parsees  are  well  classed  among  peculiar  people. 
Although  they  are  doubtless  the  most  enlightened 
non-Christian  people  of  the  earth,  yet  they,  best  of 
neighbors,  and  well  versed  in  English,  do  things  we 
would  not  name  in  print.  They  never  pray  without 
their  sacred  string,  say  pages  of  set  prayers  in  Per- 
sian, which  they  themselves  do  not  understand, 
and,  most  pitiful  of  all,  a  dog  has  to  be  brought  in 
when  a  Parsee  is  about  to  die,  and  what  the  dog 
docs,  helps  to  designate  whether  the  man  will  go  to 
heaven  or  hell,  So  I  have  been  told.  I  hope  to 
know  more  about  that  dog  after  a  while. 

Catholics  are  peculiar.  They  refuse  to  hear  any 
one  else  preach.  Their  children  almost  always  fol- 
low the  faith  of  their  parents.  They  eat  fish  and 
many  other  things  on  Friday,  but  not  the  flesh  of 
animals,  and  then  say  they  are  doing  a  fast.  They 
have  prayers  for  the  dead,  as  all  the  heathen  do, 
They  have  candles  in  the  service,  like  the  Hindoos, 
and,  indeed,  they  are,  in  about  a  score  of  peculiari- 
ties, just  exactly  like  the  Hindoos. 

Some  Protestants  are  peculiar,  but  probably  the 
most  peculiar  are  these  broad-minded  fellows  who 
nominally  brother  the  whole  world.  They  are  will- 
ing to  fellowship  anybody  who  believes  in  the 
Christ,  and  everybody  gauges  that  belief  on  his 
own  standard.  These  liberal  people,  by  logical 
conclusion,  are  the  most  peculiar  of  all.  Among 
the  denominations  he  must  fellowship  all.  Mohom- 
medans  believe  in  Jesus,  why  not  receive  them? 
There  are  many  Hindoos  in  the  scmajes,  the  Arya 
somaj,  the  Brahma  somaj,  the  Prathna  somaj,  these 
all  now  reject  idolatry  and  accept  Christ,  side  by 
side  with  Krishna.  Why  not  accept  them?  And 
the  whole  world,  practically  speaking,  be!iei--^.  in 
God,  after  a  fashion,  why  not  brother  the  whole 
business  and  be  done  with  it? 

Some  Baptists  are  peculiar.  In  the  South  very 
many  of  them  believe  in  washing  one  another's 
feet,  but  in  and  about  Chicago  many  of  them 
are  half  skeptics.  Methodists  and  Congregation- 
alists,  etc,  are  peculiar,  for  their  doctrinal  differen- 
ces are  a  minimum,  and  yet  they  cannot  unite  under 
one  organization. 

After  all,  peculiarity  in  itself  has  no  real  merit, 
apparently.  There  is  difference  in  peculiarities.  I 
read  of  a  kind  of  peculiarity  in  a  certain  old  book. 
The  people  there  described  are  said  to  be  "  zealous 
of  good  works."  Most  people  are  zealous  for  some- 
thing or  other,  but  those  zealous  for  good  works 
must  be  peculiar  indeed. 

Once  I  attended  a  District  Conference,  where 
certain  persons  argued  that  the  "burden  "  of  keep- 
ing certain  poor  should  fall  on  another  congrega- 
tion and  not  on  them.  I  expected  they  would  each 
want  the  "  privilege,"  being  zealous  of  good  works. 
One  would  think  zealous-of-good-works  people 
would  love  the  poor,  to  help  them;  would  seek  the 
heathen  up  and  down  the  world,  to  preach  the 
Gospel  to  them ;  wouid  always  desire  to  know  a  full- 
er doctrine,  to  believe  it;  would  take  evil  quietly 
and  give  none;  would  be  evil  spoken  of  without 
cause,  but  speak  no  evil;  would  be  willing  to  forego 
the  pleasure  of  many  a  convenience,  that  there 
might  be  more  money  in  the  Lord's  treasury,  and 
that  poorer  persons  might  feel  more  at  home  in 
their  presence;  would  be  ashamed  to  give  less  than 
the  old  Jewith  law  required,  a  tenth;  would  count  it 
all  joy  to  suffer  shame  .for  the  cause  of  Christ; 
would  be  glad  to  give  sons  and  daughters  for  the 
Lord's  work  anywhere  in  the  wide  world,  even  unto 
death;  would  be  glad  to  give  up  any  item  of  faith 
or  practice,  if  they  found  it  was  not  based  on  high- 
est Truth;  would  rather  go  to  bed  hungry  than  to 
live  well  on  other  people's  money;  would  rathef 
walk  a  mile  through  the  mud  and  be  at  church  on 
Sunday,  than  to  sEsy  comfortably  by  th«  SresH* 


May  14. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSEriSTQ-EIR,. 


and  read  a  magaz"oe;  it  seems  to  me  we  should  be 
able  to  find  such  people,  zealous  of  good  works,  pe- 
culiar, always  forgetful  of  themselves  in  their  desire 
for  the  welfare  of  others.  It  seems  to  mc  that  once 
in  a  while  a  man  or  woman,  answering  such  a  de- 
scription, should  be  found.  Of  course,  I  don't 
know.  Perhaps  you  do. 
B'ihar,  In  Ha. 


Notes  x  from  k  our  a  Correspondents, 

"As  cold  water  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so  is  good  news  from  a  far  country." 

INDIANA. 

Fort  Wayne.— Since  my  last,  three  more  have  united  with 
the  church  by  baptism.  Our  evergreen  Sunday  school  con- 
tinues with  increased  attendance  and  a  good  interest. — A.  M. 
_  Eby,  May  i. 
/  Eight  Mile.— We  met  on  Saturday,  April  30,  in  special 
council.  Oar  elder,  Noah  Tucker,  was  with  us,  We  elected 
brethren  Elmer  Birket  and  Edward  Eikenbeny  to  the  office 
of  deacon—  J,  V,  Fclthouse,  Markle,  Jnd.,  May  2, 

Pine  Creek.— This  church  met  in  regular  council,  Satur- 
day, April  30,  Three  letters  of  membership  were  received. 
Quite  an  amount  of  business  was  transacted  in  a  satisfactory 
manner.  Eld.  A.  M.  Rupel  was  chosen  delegate  to  Annual 
Meeting —C  F.  Rupel,  Walkerton,  Ind.,  May 3. 

Saline  City — Oa  Sunday,  April  17,  brethren  J.  E.  Freder- 
ick and  J.  C,  Mitchel  began  a  series  of  meetings,  continuing 
till  April  24.  Two  were  baptized,  We  oiganized  our  first 
Sunday  school  April  17.  Bro.  J.  C.  Mitchel  was  chosen  Su- 
perintendent, and  Bro.  Geo.  Culler,  Ass;stant.— Dora  Mitchel, 
Saline  City,  Ind ,  April  sg. 

Portsge.  —  Our  council  met  at  the  South  Portage  house 
April  23,  Bro.  G.  D,  Zollers  presiding.  Two  certificates  were 
granted.  One  dear  soul  recently  united  with  the  church. 
Eld.  G.  D.  Zollers  was  elected  delegate  to  ihs  Annual  Con- 
ference. A  committee  was  appointed  to  repair  the  old  Por- 
tage hous?. —  W.  S.  St  roup,  Sweet  Home,  May  2. 

Walnut  Level.— We  held  our  quarterly  council  on  Satur- 
day, Apiil  30.  Bro.  David  Neher  was  chosen  delegate  to  An- 
nual Meeting,  and  Bro.  Samuel  Neher,  alternate.  We  hav«; 
ati  evergreen  Sunday  school.  We  reorganized  for  the  sum- 
mer, Apiil  I,  with  Bro.  David  Neher  as  Superintendent.  We 
use  the  Brethren's  Quarterly  and  Young  Disciple.— Malinda 
S,  Studcbaker,  Reiffsburg,  Ind.,  May  j. 

Middle  Fork. — We  had  a  special  council  May  2.  Brethren 
Wm,  H  arshberger  and  D.  C,  Campbell  were  with  us  by  re- 
iVivJu  Bro.  J.  W.  Metzger  was  also  present.  Five  were  re- 
ceived by  letter.  Eld.  Isaac  Billhimer  and  wife  were  granted 
letters.  Eld.  Solomon  Blicbenstaff,  who  is  our  elder,  was  al- 
so granted  a  letter.  We  have  one  minister  in  the  second  de- 
gree, but  need  more  help  in  the  ministry.— John  E.  Metzger, 
Edna  Mills,  Ind,  May 3. 

Adamsboro.— We  met  in  council  April  30,  Our  elders,  D, 
P.  Shively  and  W,  S.  Tony  were  with  us  and  gave  us  good 
counsel.  Two  letters  of  membership  were  granted.  The 
writer  was  elected  correspondent  to  the  Messenger.  Two 
young  sisters,  Ella  Keeport  and  Maud  Wissinger  were  ap- 
pointed solicitors  to  raise  moDey  for  the  building  of  a  house 
of  worship  in  Foit  Wayne,  Ind.  We  decided  to  hold  our 
love  feast  Sept.  29,  at  2  P.  M.—  IV.  L.  Hatcher,  Mays, 

Muncie.— Yesterday  we  again  met  at  the  river  side  "where 
prayer  was  wont  to  be  made,"  after  which  one  precious  soul 
was  led  into  the  l'quid  stream,  and  "buried  with  Christ  in  bap- 
tism." We  expect  to  have  our  churchhouse  ready  for  the 
dedicatory  services,  June  5.  Eld.  I.  D.  Parker  will  be  with 
us  and  remain  a  few  days.  We  will  feel  more  at  home  when 
we  get  a  house  of  our  own  to  worship  in.  Then  no  one  can 
come  and  demand  the  use  of  the  house.  Such  was  the  case 
the  first  of  this  month,  and  we  now  have  no  place  of  worship. 
—  Geo.  L.  Siudebaker,  May  6. 

Kewaana.— By  the  request  of  the  few  scattered  members  of 
this  church,  situated  in  Fulton  County,  Ind ,  I  preached  five 
discourses  in  their  new  house,  south  of  the  Tippecanoe  River. 
The  meetings  were  held  at  a  disadvantage,  owing  to  the  ab- 
sence of  their  home  minister,  Bro.  S.  A.  Blessing.  He  met 
with  an  accident  while  walking  on  the  railroad.  He  slipped 
and  fell,  and  hurt  his  head  severely,  bat  is  now  recovering 
from  his  injuries.  I  next  went  north  of  the  river  to  the  home 
of  our  aged  brother,  also  one  of  the  ministers  of  thij  congre- 
gation, Henry  Ritzins,  Here  we  had  three  meetings.  This 
little  church  needs  the  help  and  encouragement  of  the 
Brethren.  The  District  Meeting  has  appointed  Bro.  Jacob 
Hollinger  as  their  elder.— Aaron  Moss,  Landess,  Ind.,  May  1. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Red  Bank. —  April  30  brethren  Silas  Hoover  and  Barnt- 
house  came  to  us.  They  preached  four  sermons  at  the 
church,  which  resulted  in  much  good.  Four  were  baptized. 
Jos.  A.  Hetrick,  Oakland,  Pa.,  May 3. 

Ephrata.— April  30  we  held  a  special  council  at  Spring- 
v'Ue,  We  restored  three  brethren  to  fall  fellowship  and  de- 
cided to  rebuild  our  Mohler  meetinghouse,  which  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire  some  time  ago.  The  sum  of  §[,290  was  sub- 
scribed  right  at  the  meeting.  We  send  two  delegates  to  An- 
nual Meeting,— Eld.  Israel  Wenger  and  Bro,  Bitzer  Johns,— 
fiarott  R,  Gibbet,  May  3. 


Spring  Creek.—  We  were  made  to  rej  ike  on  Sunday,  May 
17,  when  two  more  dear  Sauls  were  added  to  the  church 
through  baptism.—/.  B.  Aldinger,  Elizabethtown,  Fa  ,  May  3, 

Elk  Lick  —Oar  love  feast  at  Elk  Lick,  Pa.,  will  be  May  21, 
instead  of  2S,  as  formerly  announced  in  the  Mkssbngsr.     It 
be  preceded  by  a  week's  meetings.    Bro.  D.  H.  Walker, 
of  Lull,  Pa.,  will  do  the  preaching.— IK  A.  Gaunt.  May  6. 

Notice.— The  Sunday  school  meeting  for  the  Western  Dis- 
trict of  Pennsylvania  will  be  held  at  Meyersdale,  Pa.,  June 
29.  Bro.  C.  H.  Balsbaugh,  of  Union  Deposit,  Pa.,  will  be  with 
us,  if  his  health  permits.  We  hope  to  have  a  very  spiritual 
and  profitable  meeting.—  W.  A.  Gaunt,  May  6. 

Rockton.— The  District  Meeting  for  Western  Pennsylva- 
nia, held  at  Rockton,  was  one  of  the  most  harmonious  and 
pleasant  meetings  held  in  tte  District  for  years.  Though  it 
was  held  at  an  isolated  point,  the  meeting  was  well  repre- 
sented. No  queries  go  to  Annual  Meeting;  one  rfquest  Is 
sent.  The  writer  was  elected  delegate  on  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee.— W.  A.  Gaunt,  Elk  Lick,  Pa  ,  May  4. 

Plum  Creek Our  council  was  held  to  to-day,  the  writer 

presiding.  A  large  amount  of  business  came  before  the 
meeting,  but  everything  was  pleasantly  attended  to.  Our  love 
feast  set  for  June  4,  at  4  P.  M.,  is  to  be  preceded  by  a  week's 
series  of  meetings.  The  writer  was  chosen  delegate  to  Dis- 
trict Meeting.  Immediately  after  the  dismissal  of  the  council, 
the  Sisters'  Aid  Society  met  in  its  monthly  sessioD.— F.  D.  An- 
thony, Elder  ton.  Pa  ,  April  jo. 

Upper  Conawago.— We  met  in  council  April  20,  with  elders 
C.  L.  Pfoutz  and  E.  Gochenour  present.  We  held  an  election 
for  a  minister  and  two  deacons.  Bro.  Charles  L.  Baker  was 
chosea  minister,  and  brethren  J.  A  Trostle  and  Geo.  M.  Res- 
str,  deacons.  In  the  evening  of  the  same  day  Bro,  C.  L. 
Pfoutz  preached  at  the  Mummert  house.  His  labors  were 
much  appreciated.  May  1  we  reorganized  our  Sunday  school 
for  the  summer—  Andrew  Bowser,  East  Berlin,  Pa,  May  /. 

Norristown.— Bro.  Wm.  Howe,  of  New  Jersey,  is  now  sta- 
tioned here,  and  work  is  going  a'.ong  nicely  in  all  depart- 
ments. It  was  thrcugh  Bro.  Howe's  tffoits  that  the  work  in 
Norristown  received  its  impetus.  He  held  a  series  of  n 
ings  here  in  November,  18156,  and,  as  a  result,  three  additions 
were  made  to  the  little  band  of  workers.  Before  this  time 
there  were  no  additions  for  over  fifteen  years,  and  the  1 
was  practically  dead.  Since  these  three,  four  others  r 
the  good  confession.  The  last  one,— a  brother,— was  bap! 
on  Sunday,  May  I.  We  will  have  our  first  love  feast  on 
Wednesday  evening,  May  n.  We  pray  that  the  Holy  Spirit 
will  abide  with  us  in  fall  measure  on  this  occasion.  Our  Sun- 
day school  is  progressing  nicely.  We  use  the  Brethren's  lit- 
erature and  find  it  very  satisfactory.  The  church  in  Norris- 
town has  never  prospered  as  it  should  have  done,  but  bright- 
er days  are  dawning,  and,  under  Bro.  Howe's  management,  the 
cause  will  not  suffer,— /.  Howard  Ellis,  720  Kohn  St,,  May  3, 
MISSOURI. 

Osceola.— We  met  in  council  April  16.  Two  were  received 
by  letter.  Our  Sunday  school  is  progressing  nicely.— Katie 
Rfplogle,  April 28, 

Sednlla — Bro,  Charles  M.  Yearout,  of  Warrensburg,  ca! 
to  us  April  30,  remaining  over  Sunday  and  preaching  thi 
sermons,  which  were  very  much  appreciated.  We  decided 
have  social  meetings  each  Sunday  afternoon,  for  the  enco 
agement  of  the  few  members  (eight  in  number)  living  he 
We  are  also  endeavoring  to  work  up  an  interest  among  tht 
who  are  outside  the  fold.  We  believe  there  could  be  much 
good  done  here,  if  we  could  have  regular  meetings. — Hannah 
Dunning,  May  3, 

WASHINGTON. 

Oysterville.— I  have  just  received  word  concerning  the 
death  of  Bro.  B.  B.  Spangler,  in  Klickitat  County.  It  is 
sumed  that  his  horse  fell  with  him  in  crossing  Klickitat  Riv- 
er, and  he  was  either  instantly  killed  or  drowned.  His  body 
was  found  in  the  river  aboat  three  miles  below  the  ford.  Hi 
was  baried  in  the  new  cemetery  where  the  Brethren  expect  to 
build  the  church.  He  was  a  member  of  our  District  Mission 
Board.—/.  U,  G.  Sliverson,  April 30. 

Rock  Creek  Valley.— Saturday,  April  30,  Bro.  A.  N.  Huff- 
man, of  this  place,  and  the  writer,  started  to  attend  a  meeting 
of  the  Brethren,  held  in  what  is  known  as  Rock  Creek  Valley, 
about  five  miles  soath  of  Rockford,  Wash.  Bro,  Enoch  Faw, 
of  Cameron,  Idaho,  did  the  preaching  giving,  in  all,  three  ser- 
mons. Sunday,  May  1,  he  preached  especially  on  the  ordinan- 
ces of  the  house  of  God,  after  which  baptism  was  administered. 
The  administration  of  the  sacred  rite  was  witnessed  by  a  large 
number  of  persons,  and  we  hope  that  lasting  impressions 
were  made—  B.  F.  Click,  Tekoa,  Wash.,  May  3. 
MARYLAND. 

Woodberry. — Our  semi-annual  council  was  held  on  Sun- 
day, April  10.  Eld.  Uriah  Bixler,  of  the  Meadow  Branch  con- 
gregation, acted  as  Moderator,  and  E.  M.  Bish  as  Clerk.  The 
meeting  was  fairly  well  attended,  It  was  decided  at  this 
meeting  to  have  at  least  one  meeting  at  each  of  the  different 
mission  points,  here  in  the  city.  It  is  indeed  gratifying  to 
know  that  the  members  showed  such  an  urgent  desire  for 
more  preaching.  Arrangements  were  made  to  send  Bro. 
Wolf,  of  Colling  ton,  Md.,  to  Baltimore  occasionally,  to  preach 
for  us.  An  election  for  two  deacons  resulted  in  the  choice  of 
brethren  J.  S.  Dorsey  and  D.  C.  Kemp.  The  writer  was 
elected  church  treasurer.  On  Sunday,  May  i,  Bro.  Jeremiah 
Brown,  of  Carroll  County,  Md.,  preached  an  excellent  sermon 
for  ue,— J,  S.  Law,  29c*  Bernard  Street,  Baltimore,  Md„ 
May  6, 


KANSAS. 

Qulnter—  At  the  District  Meeting  of  Northwestern  Kansas 
and  Northern  Colorado,  held  at  Quinter,  Kans.,  Apiil  29,  Eld. 
L.  W.  FitSwater  was  elected  to  represent  this  District  on 
Standing  Committee.  There  wtrc  no  papers  sent  to  Annual 
Meeting.  The  meeting  was  full  of  the  missionary  spirit.— L. 
E.  Keltfier,  May  1. 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Alleghany—  Our  quarterly  council  convened  April  30,  and 

issed  off  pleasantly.     May  1,  before  meeting  at  Lone  Star, 

e  organized  our  Sunday  school  with  Bro.  Garfield  Nine  as 
superintendent.    He  is  assisted  by  an  able  corps  of  helpers.— 
R.  Baker,  Bayard,  W.  i  a„  May  2. 
OREGON. 

Ashland.-The  Rogue  River  Valley  church  will  hold  a  love 
feast  June  4  and  5.  Members  coming  by  railroad  can  stop 
off  cither  at  Talent  cr  Ashland,  and,  if  ihey  notify  us  in  ad- 
vance, will  be  met  at  depot.— D.  M,  Brotoer,  April 26. 

Mohawk  Valley.— We  met  in  quarterly  council  April  23, 
with  Bro.  Philip  Workman  as  Moderator.  We  elected  new 
Sunday  schoc  1  officers  for  the  coming  year.  Bro.  J.  A.  Royer 
was  chosen  Superintendent,  and  Sister  Maria  Workman,  As- 
sistant. The  writer  was  appointed  as  Messenger  cores- 
pondent, We  decided  to  hold  a  series  of  meetings  on  Sun- 
day, June  26,  and  to  ho'd  our  love  feast  on  Friday  evening, 
July  1.  Meetings  to  continue  until  July  3,  or  longer.—  George 
Drury,  Isabel,  Ore.,  April  29. 

WISCONSIN. 

Chippewa  Valley.— In  company  with  Bro.  H.  C.  Baker  we 
just  returned  from  the  District  Meeting  of  Northern  Illinois 
and  Wisconsin,  held  in  the  Hickory  Grove  church,  111. 
The  love  feast  the  evening  before  was  highly  edifying.  We 
greatly  enjoyed  our  sojourn  among  the  dear  members  in 
Northern  Illinois.  They  know  how  to  make  strangers  feel  at 
home.  May  1,  after  services,  it  was  announced  that  our  aged 
sister,  who  had  gone  with  the  Old  Order  Prethren,  wished  to 
be  taken  back  into  the  church,  and  to  be  anointed,  which 
was  attended  to  that  afternoon  by  Eld.  H.  C.  Baker  and  the 
writer,  in  the  presence  of  several  members  and  a  few  outsid- 
ers. The  aged  sister  is  in  very  poor  health.— E.  E.  Joyce, 
Red  Cedar,  Wis,,  May  2. 

VIRGINIA. 

Cook's  Creek — We  met  in  council  April  7.  The  report  of 
the  annual  visit  was  good.  Brethren  from  adjoining  churches 
gave  us  good  Instruction.  Our  delegates  to  Annual  Meeting 
are  brethien  P.  S.  Tbcmas  and  E.  Long;  to  District  Meeting, 
brethren  J.  S.  Gaiber  and  D,  S.  Thomas.  April  29  we  met 
again  in  council  at  the  Garber  church,  Elders  Jacob  Thom- 
as, S.  A.  Sanger,  Levi  Wenger,  J.  P.  Zigler,  Benjamin  Miller 
and  J,  C.  Myers  were  with  us.  Brethren  J.  M.  Kagy  and  E. 
Lr>ng  were  ordained  to  (he  eldership;  brethren  Abram  Miller 
and  Daniel  Early  were  elected  to  the  deacon's  cflice,  and  all, 
with  their  wives,  were  duly  installed.  Two  more  were  bap- 
tized. The  work  of  the  four  Sunday  schools  is  encouraging, 
— S.  I.  Bowman,  Harrisonburg,  Va.,  May  2, 
IOWA. 

Monroe  County  Church.— Our  Sunday  school  is  moving 
along  with  commendable  activity.  Sister  Mamie  Follis  is  our 
leader.  She  is  assisted  by  an  able  corps  of  officers  and 
teachers.  The  newly-selected  teachers  are  doing  quite  well. 
The  Brethren  have  been  doing  an  unusual  amount  of  visit- 
ing and  pieaching  along  the  outposts,  which  seemed  to  glad- 
den the  hearts  of  the  isolated.—  Willis  Rodabaugh,  May  2. 
ARKANSAS. 

Credit — One  was  baptized  since  last  report.  The  interest 
seems  to  be  good  at  all  our  preaching  poinls.  We  are  open- 
ing up  some  new  points  and  making  free  use  of  the  Messen- 
ger and  the  Brethren's  tracts,  which  are  perhaps  the  best 
means  of  introducing  ihe  doctrine  at  new  points,  and  of  keep- 
ing it  before  the  people  at  old  points.  "Christ  and  War,"  a 
litile  leaflet,  should  be  widely  circulated  just  now.  It  will  be 
read  with  interest.  Then,  too,  there  is  no  better  time  than 
now  for  peace  sermons,  Let  us  have  plenty  of  them!—  B,  E. 
Kesler,  May  ?. 

ILLINOIS. 

Arnolds  Grove.— We  are  moving  along  in  the  good  work 
of  the  Lord.  The  Spirit  is  still  striving  with  souls.  On  Sun- 
day, May  I,  we  received  one  into  our  number  by  baptism.—  W. 
H.  Eisenbise,  Ml.  Carroll,  III,  May 3. 

Oak  Hill.— We  bav.e  m  organized  church  here,  but  Bro.  S. 
Bucklew  preaches  for  us  once  a  month.  In  1884,  Bro.  Joseph 
Holder,  now  living  in  Cando,  N.  D„  came  to  this  place  to 
visit  his  sister.  He  held  a  series  of  meetings,  which  result- 
ed in  eleven  being  baptized.— E.  King,  May 3. 
NEBRASKA. 

Arcadia.— At  our  council  of  April  23  we  made  a  request  to 
be  cared  for  by  the  Mission  Board,  as  our  elder,  G.  W.  Stam- 
baagh,  has  moved  to  North  Dakota.  We  hope  to  have  regu- 
lar meetings  now.  We  decided  to  have  our  love  feast  July  2, 
with  a  week's  meetings,  to  commence  June  26,  at  Bro.  J.  B. 
Mowry's  barn,  live  miles  southwest  of  Arcadia,  Those  desir- 
ing to  be  with  us  will  be  met  by  notifying  Bro.  Mowry  or 
the  writer,  at  Arcadia,  Nebr—  Charley  G.  Ross,  May 3. 
OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

Acton.— Since  our  last  report  one  more  has  been  received 
in  this  church  by  baptism.  We  have  had  an  abundance  of 
raiu  the  past  few  days.  Spring  crops  are  late  on  account  of 
the  cool  weather,  but  wheat  looks  promising,— E.  L,  Bru> 
baker,  Mays, 


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CO  I J  H.KSPONPENOR. 

From  Florltfn 

Antic  13  we  started  for  Indian  River,  to 
look  after  the  Master's  business.  On  the  way 
we  spent  two  nights  in  Daytona,  visiting  a  rela- 
tive. Daytona  is  on  the  east  coast  of  Florida, 
and  is  a  very  beautiful  town,— clean  and 
healthful.  The  town  proper  is  built  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Halifax  River.  The  river  is 
crossed  by  two  bridges  nearly  a  mile  in  length; 
then  a   nice  shell  road  of  one-half  mi'.c  leads 

10  the  Atlantic  coast.  There  is  at  least  one 
reader  of  the  Gospel    Messenger    in   this 

Ed  at  Wabasso,  which  is  the 
River  Brethren,  save  one 
family.  Our  Brethren  have  nice  homes,  and 
seem  cheerful.  At  present  there  arc  only 
eight  dwellings,  one  store,  depot  and  school- 
house  which  the  Brethren  use  for  a  church. 
They  are  one-half  mile  from  the  Indian  River, 
where  fish  and  oysters  abound.  The  river  is 
about  one  mile  wide,  and  the  Atlantic  is  three- 
fourths  of  a  mile  from  the  river.  Beans,  toma- 
toes and  Irish  potatoes  are  very  profitable 
crops  here  this  year.  The  mosquitoes  were 
very  friendly  and  inoffensive  till  the  last  night 
we  spent  there,  when  they  seemed  to  get  on 
ihc"w.ir  path." 

e  organized  into  a  congrc- 
as  the   Indian  River  con- 

ne  deacon  and  twenty  lay- 
enjoyed  a  very  pleasant  love 
feast,  and  held  about  twelve  meetings.  Some 
were  baptized,  and  Sister  Mary  Lealherman 
was  anointed. 

Bro.  S.  M.  Eby  came  to  our  assistance  April 
21.  I  see  no  reason  why  the  Indian  River 
church  should  not  prosper  under  judicious 
management.  C,  IX  IIylton. 

JlawthrnJ-la,  April  1. 

From  MoPJierson  College. 

Since  our  series  of  meetings  closed  one 
brother  has  been  received  by  baptism. 

At  our  last  church  council  the  church 
chose  EM.  I.  Bennett  Trout  to  conduct  a  se- 
ries of  meetings  for  us  about  next  February. 

11  is  expected  lhat  Bro.  Trout  will  also  assisl 
in  our  Bible  Term,  which  will  begin  about 
Feb.  I. 

Bro.  A.  C.  Wieand  was  chosen  to  represent 
the  McPherson  church  at  Annual  Meeting. 

Beginning  May  1,  Eld.  A.  Hutchison  is  ex- 
pected to  preach  for  us  about  one  week. 

Sister  Lena  M.  Wieand,  now  in  the  Colum- 
bia School  of  Oratory,  Chicago,  has  been  se- 
cured to  take  cha-ge  of  our  elocution  depart- 

Our  spring  term  attendance  is  much  belter 

Arrangements  have  been  made  to  offer 
more  Bible  work  than  usual  during  next  school 
year. 

Soon  after  the  close  of  our  Bible  Term  wc 
were  favored  with  an  address  by  Eld.  George 
Lambert,  who  was  sent  to  India  by  the  Men- 
nonites,  to  distribute  aid  to  the  famine  suffer- 
ers. Eld.  Lambert's  descriptions  of  ihe  con- 
ditions of  suffering  in  India,  proved  to  be  one 
of  the  most  effective  missionary  sermons  we 
ever  heard.  He  spoke  very  encouragingly  of 
the  work  of  our  missionaries  in  India,  with 
whom  he  is  personally  acquainted.  One  of 
Sister  Ryan's  orphan  family  was  placed  under 
her  care  by  him. 

More  recently  we  had  an  address  by  Bishop 
Serkis,  a  native  of  Armenia.  He  was,  at  the 
time  of  the  Armenian  massacres,  pastor  of  a 
large  Armenian  congregation,  many  of  whose 
members  perished  at  the  hands  of  the  ' 
speakable  Turk."  Our  hearts  were  made  sad 
by  the  recital  of  these  events. 

C.  E.  Arnold. 

Announcement. 

June  I  1  intend  going  west  and  south  frorr 
here,  to  inspect  portions  of  the  Slates  of  Ne 
braska,  Colorado,  Arizona,  New  Mexico,  Utah 
and,  possibly,  the  Pacific  Coast,  with  a  view  0! 
moving  there  as  soon  as  practicable.  I  prefei 
to  locate  in  organized  churches.  I  would  ap 
preciate  letters  from  churches  in  the  State! 
named,— giving  altitude,  etc.  Address  th< 
writer  at  once.  W.  G.  Cook, 

Bijou  Hillt,  S  Dak.,  May  2. 


Report  of  Chicago  Mission  for  April. 


To  balance S 

Mabel  Steel,  Ohio, 

Mrs.  L.  R.  Pfoutz,  Trotwood,  Ohio,  .... 

Bethany  S.  S,,  Pleasant  View  congrega- 
tion, Carroll  Co  ,  Mo,,  per  Otic  Tem- 
ple  

Wm.  D.  Leedy,  Cerrogordo,  111  , 

Union  congregation,  Plymouth,  Ind., 
per  Phebe  Imbody, 

Sarah  M.  Attick,  Mcchanicsburg,  Pa.,. 

Per  Felton  Moore,  Octavia,  Nebr., 

Lake  Charles  S.  S„  La.,  per  I.  S,  Metz- 
ger,  Cerrogordo,  111 

Two  little  workers,  Auburn,  111., 

Mrs.  Annetta  Horner,  per  Miss  Sue  B. 
Flickinger,  Carleton,  Ncbr., 

Belle  Whilmer,  Lanark,  111., 

Loan  of  Dec.  28,  1897, 

Unknown,  Girard,  111. 

Brother  in  Christ,"  Monticello,  Ind.,. . 

Industrial  school 


Total,... 
Expendtt 


Financial  Report  of  Brooklyn   Mission    foi 
April,  1898. 


Annie  Hoffer,  Palmyra,  Pa., S  I  CO 

:ne  S.  S.,  Greene,  Iowa,  A.  Gertrude 

I  kenberry, 2  39 

eral  Mission  Board 55  00 

Chippewa  S.  S.,  Marshaiville,  Ohio,  by  H.' 

S.  Yoder 4  21 

H.  S.  Yoder,  Marshaiville,  Ohio, 79 

Lower  Stillwater  S.  S.,  by  J.  U.  Wamp- 

ler,  Taylorsburg,  Ohio, 7  25 

.  Annetta  Horner,  per  Sue  Flickin- 
ger, Carleton,  Nebr 25 


PROGRAMMES. 


This  meeting  will  be  held  at  the  Rock  Run 
church,  Goshen,  Ind.,  Wednesday  and  Thurs- 
day, May  25  and  26: 

Wednesday  Evening,  May  23, 
7:  30,  —  "'  Opportunity — Responsibility." —  I, 
D.  Parker. 

Thursday,  May  26. 

do  A.M. — "Our  Meeting:  Its  Name,  Its 
Design."— H.  H.  Brallier  and  D.  Wysong. 
General  Discussion. 

i:  45  A.  M— Essay,  "  What  Can  I  Do?"— 
na  Puterbaugh. 

o:  00  A.  M.— "  How  Interest  Young  Men  in 

nday  School  Work?"     General  Discussion. 

o:  30  A.  M.— "  How  Secure  the  Co-operation 

of  Those  Taking  Little  or  No  Part  in  Sunday 

School?"— Samuel  Culler  and  J.    S.   Joseph. 

General  Discussion. 

1:  00  P.  M.— "Our   Music:    Its     Use,    Its 
Abuse."— Sister  J.  C.  Meliinger.    Discussion. 
1:  30  P.  M.— Talks  by  Mothers. 
2:  00  P.  M,— Essay,  "The  Child   Mind."— 
Millard  Myers. 

2:  10  P,  M.— "  Primary  Work."— Una  Cripe. 
Discussion. 

3:  00  P.  M.— "Teacher  and  Class  in  Review. 
(1)   Importance.      (2)    Method.      {3)    Prepara- 
tion.'—Ellen  Wyland.     General  D: 
Evening. 
7:30. —  "What    Do    Your    Expe: 
Sunday  School  Work  Prompt  You  to  Say  1 
any  Sunday  School    Topic?  "—General    Dis- 

W.  B.  Neff, 
H.  Forney, 
J.  W.  Kitson, 

Be  not  afraid  of  those  trials  which  God  may 
see  (it  to  send  upon  thee.  It  is  with  the  wind 
and  storm  of  tribulation  that  God  separates 
the  true  wheat  from  the  chaff.  Always 
ber,  therefore,  that  God  cocoes  to  thee  as  truly 
in  thy  sorrows  as  in  thy  joys. 


^  MATRIMONIAL - 


FITZSIMONS  -  MILLER.—  At    the    resi- 
:nce  of  Jacob    W.    Miller,  Carleton,  Thayer 
Co.,  Nebr,,  Mr.  Charles  J.  Fitzsimons  and  Miss 
Jennie  G.  Miller,  both  of  Carleton. 

J.  E.  Young. 

BOYER-McCREARY.— At   the   residence 

of,  and  by  the  undersigned,  at  Lancaster  City, 

April   23,    1898,    Bro.  John    H.  Buyer,  of 

Brunerville,   and   Sisler  Louisa  McCreary,  of 

Kissel  Hill,  both  of  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

T.  F.  Imler. 

GARMAN— HAZLETT.-A't  the  home   of 

e  bride's  father,  near  Bisbec,  N.  Dak.,  by  C. 

F.  Boyd,  April  17,   189S,  Bro.  Newton  J.  Gar- 

and  Linnie  M.  Hazlett.        C.  F.  Boyd. 


FALLEN  +  ASLEEP  . 


WEBBERT.— In    the    Lower    Cumberland 
urch,   Pa.,   near   Boiling   Springs,  April   19, 
98,  Bro.  Josiah  Webbcrt,  aged  69  years,  3 
onths  and  11  days.    He  was  a  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  church.     One  week  before  his  death 
?as  anointed    in   the    name   of   the   Lord. 
daughters,  four  brothers  and  four  sisters 
ve  him.     Services   at  his  late  home,  by 
Eld.  Daniel  Landis  and  the  writer,  from  Heb. 
3:     14.     Interment     at    Mt.    Zion     cemetery, 
Churchtown.  Henry  Beelman, 

BLACK.— In  the  South  River  church,  Iowa, 
April  17,  1898,  Sister  Sarah  Black,  aged  about 
67  years.  Deceased  leaves  a  companion  and 
everal  children.  She  was  a  faithful  member 
f  the  Brethren  church.  Bro,  Kob,  of  Decatur 
County,  preached  the  funeral. 

Watt. 


she 


HOFFMAN.— In  Astoria,  111.,  April  24, 
of  heart  trouble,  Sister  Anna  Hoffman 
Burgard,   aged   70  years  and    10    days. 

ves  a  husband,  two  sous  and  five  daughters, 

grown.    A  few  comforting  words  were  spok* 

by  Mr.  E.  H.  Lugg,  of  the  M.  E.  church, 

after  which  the  remains  were  laid  to  rest  in  the 

storia  cemetery.  Mattie  Davis. 

CARPENTER.— In  the  North  Poplar  Ridge 

church,  Ohio,  April  13,  1898,  Orville  R-,  son  of 

friend  Andrew  and  Sister  Elizabeth  Carpenter, 

^d  5  months.    Services  by  Bro.  John  Flory. 

Sarah  M.  Hornish. 
LOHR.— At     Waynesboro,    Pa.,     April    25, 
98,  David  Lohr,  aged  about  72  years.     Fu- 
neral conducted  by  Bro.  Jacob  Snider. 

Sudie  M.  Wingert. 
MILLER— In  the  Coquille  Valley  church, 
Oregon,  April  15,  1898,  at  the  home  of  her  un- 
le,  Eld.  Thos  Barklow,  Mrs.  Florence  Ardel- 
la  Miller,  aged  19  years,  1  month  and  26  days, 
united  with  the  Brethren  church  at  the 
age  of  twelve  years,  and  lived  a  true  and  con- 
nt  Christian  life.  On  Aug.  8,  1897,  she 
united  in  marriage  to  Geo.  Miller,  and  re- 
d  near  Fishtrap.  The  deceased  was  a 
daughter  of  Albert  Barklow.  She  leaves  a 
husband  and  many  relatives.  Services  in  the 
M.  E.  church,  south,  last  Sunday,  by  Eld.  Geo. 
C.  Car),  assisted  by  Bro.  VanDyke. 

J.  N.  Roberts. 
SULLlVAN.-In  the  Pipe  Creek  church, 
Miami  Co.,  Ind.,  April  21,  1898,  Bro.  Cornelius 
H.  Sullivan,  aged  S4  years,  2  months  and  7 
days.  The  deceased  was  a  native  of  Freder- 
ick County,  Md.,  and  came  to  this  County  in 
an  early  day.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  four  chil- 
dren. He  united  with  the  Brethren  about  thir- 
ty years  ago.  Funeral  services  were  conduct- 
ed by  Bro.  Frank  Fisher,  from  Matt.  3:  12. 

W.  B.  Dailey. 
BEAVER.— In  the  Buffalo  Valley  church, 
Union  County,  Pa.,  March  28,  1898,  Sister  Ra- 
chel, wife  of  Eld.  J.  L.  Beaver,  aged  82  years 
and  28  days.  Deceased  was  a  member  of  the 
Brethren  church  for  fifty-one  years.  Funeral 
services  by  Joseph  Auker.       G.  A.  Nickel. 

WOLF. — At  his  home  at  Lincoln,  Lancaster 
Co.,  Pa.,  April  19,  1898,  Bro.  Samuel  Wolf, 
aged  87  years,  9  months  and  27  days.  Servi- 
ces from  Heb.  13:  14,  by  two  of  our  ministers. 
Interment  at  Brick  meetinghouse  cemetery. 
Deceased  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife 
died  in  1876,  the  second  in  1897.  The  first 
union  was  blessed  with  eight  children,  of  whom 
sin  survive,  Aaron  R,  Gibdel, 


■  County,  Pa, 
n  church,  Sa- 

;e  Kinsey  and 


KIFER.— In  the  Woodbury  church,  Bedford 
Co.,-  Pa.,  Feb.  27,  1898,  Sister  Susan  Kifer, 
iged  45  years,  6  months  and  17  days.  Funer- 
il  services  from  Matt.  24:  44,  by  Eld.  John  L. 
Holsinger,  to  a  large  concourse  of  people. 

J.  C.  Stayer. 
SPANGLER.-In  the  bounds  of  the  Klicki- 
t  congregation,  Wash.,  April  14,  1898,  Bro. 
B.  B.  Spangler,  aged  32  years  and  I    month. 
Bro.  Spangler,  while  on  his  way  to  the  County, 
at,  had  to  cross  the  Klickitat  River.     It  js 
pposed  his  horse  fell,  throwing  him  off,  in- 
cting  wounds    that     likely    caused    instant 
death.    His  body  was  found  three  days  after, 
niles  below  the  ford.    He  was  one  that  al- 
ways delighted  in  the  law  of  the  Lord.    He 
leaves  a  wife  and  four  children. 

J.  B.  Simmons. 

(I LEISER.— In   the    Buffalo    Valley    church\ 

March  19,  1898,  Sister  Hannah  Leiser,  daugh- 

r  of  Joel  Royer,  aged  85  years.     Funeral  by 

reen  Shively,  friend  Rarick,  and  the  writer. 

Isaiah  Beaver.  J 
GEIST.-In  Dayton,  Ohio,  April  22,  1898, 
eo.  S.  Geist,  aged  80  years,  1  month  and  24 
days.  He  was  born  in  Lancastt 
1818.  Funeral  in  the  Christi; 
m,  Ohio,  conducted  by  Eld.  Je! 
e  writer,  from  Luke  10:  42, 

John  H.  Brumbaugh. 

SMITH.— At  the  same  place,  April  23,  1898, 

amie  Smith,  daughter   of    Ora   and    Clara 

nith,  aged  6  months.     Services  conducted  by 

brethren    Henry  Gump,   D.  C.    Hendricksnn, 

and  Mr.  Campbell  (U.  B.  minister). 

J.  Y.  Sollenberger. 
WARBLE.— In  Mt.  Morris,  111.,  May  1,  1898, 
ro.  Aaron  Warble,  aged  68  years,  9  months 
and   8  days.     He   was    born    in    Washington 
County,  Md.,  July  24,  1829,  and  came  to  Carroll 
County,  111.,  when  a  young  man.     Here,  March 
1858,  he  was  married  to  Sister  Mary  Cathar- 
Arnold,  who  died  in  1892.    This  union  was 
blessed  with  three  sons  and  three  daughters, 
all  of  whom  are  living.     A   few  years  ago  he 
located  in  Mt.  Morris,  where  he  has  since  re- 
l.     He  was  a  faithful  deacon  and  a  consis- 
tent Christian.     Funeral  in  the  paapfel,  frdrn  2 
4:  6-8,  by  J.  H.  Moore.     Interment   at 
Lanark.  *  *  *      ' 

BAKER.— In  the  Middle  District  church, 
Ohio,  April  ig,  1898,  of  heart  failure,  Bro.  Wil- 
Baker,  aged  39  years.  His  remains  were 
Lway  in  the  Vandalia  cemetery.  Services 
conducted  by  brethren  W.  I.  T.  Hoover 
and  D.  C.  Hendrickson.  He  leaves  a  wife  and 
child. 


H  1* 

ANNOUNCEMENTS  *  * 

LOVE  FEASTS. 

Mny  17, 

1R,  Tulpebocken,  Midway  bou 

e,  Pa. 

slay  19, 

20. 1  P.  M.,  Cherry  Grove,  111, 

May  20 

e,!loiilatnCo.,Jfa. 

near  Hor-ey 

Bay  21, 

Mechanic's  Grove,  Pa. 

Bay  11, 

P.  M.,  MoPberson  church,  Kans. 

Bay  51, 

1  P.  M-,  Bine  Riier  church,  Ind. 

Refton,  Pa. 

4  P.  M.,  Wooubury,  Pa. 

21, 10  A.  M.,  Dry  Creek  churc 

May  21, 

4  P.  M.,  Woodbury  church 

Pa. 

Weeping  Water  church,  Neb 

22,  Flattsburg,  Mo. 

If  117  21, 

23, 1  P.  M.,  West  B-aver  Creel 

May  2\, 

0  A.M.,  North  Manchester,  J 

May  21, 

Bay  21, 

Elk  Lick.  Pa. 

2  P.  M  ,  Hickory  Q  rove,  Ohio, 

J2, 2  P.M.,  Chapman  Creek  oh 

Mny  21, 

Honey  Creek,  Mo. 

4  P.  M.,  New  Enterprise  chur 

h,Fa. 

4  P.  M.,  Lewistown,  Dry  Val 

May  24, 

Ind. 

May  2*,  26  Dallas  Center  church,  low 

May  24 

May  24, 25,  Upper  Cumberland  ohurol 

2  P.  M.,  Cerrogordo  III. 

Mm  -J.', 

i  P.  M.,  Pentber  Creek  churc 

1,  111. 

May  25 

4  P.  U.,  Bellevl'le,  Kans. 

May  26 

May  28 

May  26 

27,  Upper   Conewago,  Pa. 

May  26 

Lafo  ge  church,  Mo. 

May  26, 

May  28 

[nd. 

May2M 

Ind. 

May  28,  Turkey  Creek  church,  Okla 

May  Si 

4  P.  M.,  Manor  chnrcb,  Po. 

May  28 

2  P.  M.,  Warriors  Mark,  Pa, 

May  28 

4  P.  M  ,  Summit  church,  Ind 

May  28 

10  A  M.,  Pleasant  Hill  churc 

1,  Md. 

May  38, 2  P.  M., Cedar  oboreb,  Iowa. 

May  28, 29,  Cheat  River,  W.  Va. 

flay  14, 


Si,  June  1,  2  1*.  M.,  at  Goodwill  House,  Lost 

?,  3,  10  A.  M.,  Kldge   church,  near   Middle 
prlug.Pft. 

3,  in  iilnckford  County,  Ind. 

1.4  P.  M.,Plum  Creek  church.  Pa. 

4, 6, 10  A.  M.,  Indian  Creek  church,  Iowa. 

4,  Sugar  Hldge  church,  Mich. 
4,  5,4  P.M.,  Pine  Creek,  111. 

4,  N«w  Philadelphia,  Ohio. 

4, 5, 10  A.  M.t  Newton,  Kans. 

4,  2  P.  M.,  Oakland  chnroh,  Ohio. 

4,  6  P.  M.,  Mt.  /.Ion  church,  Ohio. 

4, 10  A.  M.,  Columbia  City,  Ind. 

4,  2  P.  M.,  Falls  City  church,  Nehr. 


..  <; h'li iK'i'  ■ 


h,  Pa. 
laohui 


B,  Ml 


June  1,4  P-  M.,  Munle  Spring,  tjaemahouing, 
juue  4, 2  P.  M.,Van  Clevesvllle,  W.  Va. 
June  4,  Fairvlew  church,  Pa. 
June  4,  Snake  Spring  church,  Pa. 

4  P.M.,  Carson  Valley,  Blair  Co.,  Pa. 


Jun> 


l,  2  P.] 


.'UH'i  i: 


3  P.  M.,  Manassas  church,  Cannon  B: 

June  4,  Talent,  Oregon. 

June  4,  4  P.  M.,  James  Greek  church,  Pa. 

June  4, 2  P.  M.,  Kocklnghnm  churoh,  Mo. 
June  4,8  P.  M„  Myersdale,  Pa, 

June  5,  3  P.  M.,  Walnut  Grove  house,  near  J 

town,  Pa. 
June  5, 6,  Lower  Cumberland,  Pa. 
Jane  5,  4  P.  M  ,  Brothers'  Valley  church,  Pa. 
June  6,  0  P.  M.,  Sugar  Rldgo,  Ohio. 
Jane  7,3,2  P.  M„  Buffalo  Valley,  Pa. 
June  7,  8,  0:  30  A.  M  ,  Little  Swarata  chur 


:ch,  Goshen,  In 


t 


0  A.  M.,  Wolf  creek- 
,1:80  P.M.,  Panther 
,  P.  M„  Rook  Ruu  cl 
P.M.  Baugo  chare 
0,  Yellow  G'eek  chu 
Montgomery,  Pa. 


',  4  P,  M.,  South  Beatrice,  Nebr. 

,  Mlsslsslaewa,  Iod. 

,  Mt.  Etna,  Iowa. 

,  10  A.  M-,  Wyandot  church,  Ohio. 

.Oak  Grove. Ohio. 

,  2  P.  M.,  Sugar  Creek,  Ohio. 

,2  P.M.,  English  Prairie  church,  In 

,  12,  Ploisant  Prairie  church,  Iowa. 


J,  3  P.M.,  Sterling,  111. 

)  A.  M.,  Grundy  County  churoh, '. 

:,  Worthlngton.Minn. 


2,  Berlin,  Pa. 

j,  I  P.  M.,  Coon  River,  near  1 

5, 16,  Coon  River,  Iowa. 

7,  South  Keokuk,  Iowa 

r,  10  A.  M.,  Bear  Creek,  lnd. 

r,  11  A.  M.,  South  Keokuk  cl 

',  Camp  Creek  Church,  Ind. 


>e.  m.,  (.' 

2  P.  M.,  B 


,  lad. 


Kenmare.N.  Dak. 
10  A.  M.,  Franklin  County  church,  Iowa 
A.  M.,  South  Waterloo,  Iowa. 
A.  M„  Deep  River  church,  Iowa. 
M.,  East  house,  Kingsley,  Iowa. 


10,  Seneca  church,  C 

Eagle  Creek  church,  Hancocl 

il8,  Litchfield,  Nebr. 
IS,  Iowa  River  church,  Iowa. 
'  Knt  Jtio    Lorrii/.o  Koyle's.Bmll 
f  l.ltchiifld,  HluM-miui  Co..  Nebr. 
'  18, 19,  Root  River  church,  Minn. 
<  24, 3  P.  M.,  Greenville,  Pa, 
1  25,  3  P.  M.,  Maple  Valley  chur 


».,  Okie 


O       BlMT 


chu 


,   Mich., 


June  26, 6  P.  M.,  Kearney,  Nebr.,  at 
ney's  house,  W3  Thlrty-ilrst  strt 
e  25,  Greene,  Iowa. 

i,  10  A.  M.,  Harlan,  Iowa, 
June  25, 26,  Roanoke,  La. 
Jone  25,  E6, 10  A.  M.,  Boone  River  cl 
Jo'y  2,  Elkhart  church,  Iowa. 
July  2,  2  P.  M„  Des  Moines  Valley  c 


CHURCH  DIRECTORY. 


}ORK.  PA,-Cor.  Belvidcre  Ave.  and  King  St.  Serv- 
lce.^P.  M.;Prayet  Meeting.  Wednesday,  7-  3°  P.  M. 

MUNCIli.  IND.-3IO  5.  High  St.  Services.  uA.M., 
J.'^M.iS.  S„  io  A.  M.;  Bible  Reading,  Wednesday.  7 

LOS  ANGELES.  CAL.-236  S.  Hancock  St.,  East  Los 
Aoeelei.  Services.  11  A.M.;  7:  3o  P.M.;  S.S..  10  A.M. 
A  m!CAG0'   ILI-.-rril,-n,enili  Place.    Services,  11 

L0B^LT1MOKE  CITV  MISSION,  -  nog'  Towson    St., 
Smn-f.       !ot-  Services  each  night.   Free  Heading  Room. 
Scandinavian  meetings  every  Friday  at  8  P.  M. 
Ser»iPAR  RAPIDS,  IOWA.~Cor.  4th  Ave.  and  nth  St, 
Ptall"8'  "  A-  M-  T-  3°  p-  M.    Sunday  school,  10  A.  M, 

n»   meetlnB-  Wednesday  evening, 
Bt     s«TUI5'  'LL.-Gephart  Hall,  1103, 110S  N.  Water 
Pk'    s-S.,ioA,  M,    Preaching,  11  A,  M,  and  7:30  P.M. 


Tiairs  GOSPEL 

DAYTON.  OHIO.-College  St.  (West  Side).  S.  S.,< 
\.  M.;  Junior  prayer  niceties  $  ;,j  F.  M.;  Guoer.d  ur.i  vei 
meetmg.6:  joP.  M.;  i,r«;ictiiUR.  :;.  -,j  A.  M,,  7;  30  P.M. 

BALTIMORE,  MD.- Northwest  Baltimore  Mission. 
Lor.  Presstman  &  Calhoun  Sis.  Services.  Sunday.  9:  30 
A.  M..  8  P.  M.    Bible  Class.  Wednesday.  8  P.  M. 

DENVER.  COLO. -Cor.  W.  14th  Ave.  and  Irving  St. 
S.  S.,  10A.  M.jpitachinc  11  ,\.  M.;pi.ivei  mevtinu.  7:  - 
P   M.     T«keweit-boundLarinierCable.,.HHtlrv'.M8! 

DES  MOINES.  10 WA.-16C6  E  Lion  St  S.  S.,  10  A 
M.:preacliinR.  11  A.M.,  s  I'.  M.  ci.il. Ire's  Mtttii.jj.  ; 
1'    M-.  l"'-<\'  1    M.  ,■■■!■,.;,   .[■.::  ,,..!  !V.   ■  V.  M 

LANCASTER.  I'A.  —  Charlotte  Sircet  near  Lemon 
vice,  7  P.  M.     Bible  u-.cjtin^,  \\".  .(rui-.l.iy.   7:  p  P.  M. 

HARR1SBUKG.  PA.-Sccond  Floor,  S.  E.  Cor.  ad  S 
State  Streets;  S.  S..  tn  A.  M  ;  preaching,  11  A.  M,  and  7 
30  P.  M.;  prayer  [lieelinp,  Wednesday  evening. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C.-Naval  Lodge  Building  Cor 
ithSt.  and  Pa.  Ave.,  S.  E.  Preaching,  11  A.  M  ,  8  P.  M. 
5.  S„  10  A.  U.:  Young  People's  Meeting.  J  P  M. 

ST.  JOSEPH.  MO.-MeetinR  every  Sunday  at  10:  30  A 
■!  ■  ■..,,.-...:..■,    „,       uIim.ij  i;.,  aWblocks  wesi 

jf  car  line  In  Walter's  Addition. 

FT.  WAYNE.  IND.-CorncrGay  St.  and  Cratcn  Ave 
S.S..Q:30  A.  M.  Services,  is:.,;  A.  M. .7:30P.M.  Bi 
blc  reading,  6:30,  Pr.iyer  ineetln^,  Wednesday,  7:  31 1\M 

•♦♦  ADVERTISEMENTS  ♦•• 

Rates  per  Inch,  cacli  Insertion: 

One  month  (4  times).  .' .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 

Three  months  (13tin.es) 

Six  months  (26  times) 

One  year  {52  times) 

^-No  Cuts  or  other  electro's  inserted  unless  1110 


MESSEMOT  H  . 


319 


Climate 


k.^f 


...Cure 


NEW  MEXICO 
ARIZONA... 


able  temperature;  the  proper  altitude;  con- 

Descriptive  pamphlets  issued  by  Bantu  Pe 
Route  Passenger  Department  contain  com- 
plete information  relative  to  these  regions, 

The  Items  of  altitude,  temperature,  hu- 
midity, hot  springs,  sanatoiiams,  cost  of 
living,  modlci.il  attendance,  social  advan- 
tages, etc.,  are  concisely  treated  from  an 
impartial  standpoint. 

e  respectfull; 


-.  lit. -1 


1  the  hands  o 


to  plaoe    k 


ulidH 


£ 


rWWWWW  WW 


NEW  BRETHREN  COLONY 

Morrill,  Minnesota. 


Michigan  are  luquiringabout  tb 
est  and  moat  prosperous  Brethn 


ilars  Bent  free  of  charge.    Addn 

J.  J.  TROYER, 

Morrill, 

MOBKISOW  Co.,  Mil 


,  HOPEWELL    CLA 

Land  Coimiisslo, 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 


HORNED  CATTLE 
ARE  OUT  OF  DATE. 


And  are  not  wanted.  You  cai 
mutleys  by  using  BRAYTON'.' 
PREVENTER  on  your  calves, 
all  over  the  United  States.  Ei 
ly  guaranteed.    Sentprepnldo 


CERTAIN  HORN 


Agents  wanted 
A,  W.  BRAYTON,  Chemist, 


CAP  GOODS. 


Sold  la  all  parts  of  tho  United  States,     Custom 
ra  satladed,    Send  two-cent  stamp  for  samples, 

B,  L,  CARTER, 
(Write  addreia  plain  end  full.)    et-26    Glrard,  III, 


CHEAP  EXCURSIONS  TO 

NEBRASKA 

...West... 

Northwest    and   Southwest 

May  3  and  17 

June  7  and  21 


On  thees  dates  ronml-trip  tickets,  good 
for  21  daye,  will  be  sold  tj  a  x 
by  all  Burlington  Route  -^--^--L 
agonts  and  by  those  of  FARE 
many  eastern  railroads  at     „.         , 


The  undersigned  will  send  you  rree  on  applica- 
tion a  handsomn  illiisl  mlal  pamphlet  describing 
Nebraska,  with  a  large  Bectloiiiil  mup  of  Ihe  State. 
A  Dry  Healthy  Climate. 
A  Soil  Unsurpassed  for  Jliehnrss,  easy 
to  cultivate,  and  yielding  all  varie- 
ties of  crops. 
That  is  what   Nebraska   offers  to  the  home 
seeker.    Ask  your  nearest  tlckot  agent  about  th 
cheap  rates,  or  wrlto  to  P.  s.  ETJSTIS, 

Gen.  Pass.  Agt.  C.  B.  A  Q.  It.  It.       uuioaqo,  Ili 


What  the  Dos  Palos  Colony 
People  Are  Doing  in  April... 

baHergrowlngwllMHuvMttlivmaaoarlya 
blesoas  to  irrigate  tire  sMibblt-  uiul  plnnfc  c 


■ligation.    All  are  now  h 
f  alfalfa  liay,    Hay  soid  11 


si/Us  at  wholesaio  for  over 
March  over  4?,  eggsdown  t 


solony  paper  upon  application, 

B,  MARKS, 
238  Clark  St.,  Chicago. 


Chain-Stay  Fence  Co., 

Miller  St.,  Sterling,  III. 


WORK; 

HOME: 


FOR    ALL 


HOT  SPRINOS,  SOUTH  DAKOTA. 

The  Season  of  This  Health  Resort  Open 
May  15th. 

The  Evans  Hotel,  at  Hot  Springs,  S.  D  ,  wlHn 
pen  for  business  on  May  15.  with  Mr,  Harry  Clarl 
s  manager.  The  hotel  has  been  thoroughly  reno 
ated  since  last  season,  and  the  pluoge  baths  har 
II  been  refitted.  The  Hot  Springs  have  gained  ; 
rent  reputation  for  remarkable  cures  of  acut 
neuralgic  troubUs,  Indigestion  am 
Is,  and  many  people  visit  them  an 

is  making  It  a  very  desirable  health   am 

0  Burlington  railroad  tiio  direct  line  to  th 


Four  Trains  Daily. 

i  Monon  and  C.  H.  &  D.,  between  Chica- 
id  Indianapolis  and  Cincinnati.  Palace 
sleeping  cars  on  night  trains;  parlor  chair  cars 
and  buffet  cars  on  day  trains, 

Frank  J.  Reed,  G,  P.  A. 
Chicago. 


Pennsylvania 

Lines  West  of  Pittsburgh 

SPECIAL  LOW  RATES 

German  Baptist... 

...Annual  Meeting 

Burlington  Park 


Tickets  on  Bale 
Mai   23a,  21th,  27th  trad  28th,  1898, 


...Special  Train... 

to  the  meeting  without  change  will  bo 
run  Satuiidav,  May  28.  Excursion 
tickets  will  nlso  be  good  going  on  regu- 
lar trains  Mny  23d,  21th,  27th  and  28th. 
Regular  trains  over  the  Pennsylvania 
Lines  connect  in  Chicago  Union  Station 
with  trains  running  at  frequent  inter- 
vals to  the  meeting.  No  transfer  at 
Chicago,  going  or  returning. 

All  excursion  tickets  will  be  good  re- 
turning until  June  21,  with  privilege  to 
extend  return  limit  to  June  30. 


CATARRH  INHALER  FREE! 


The  New  Scientific  Catarrh  Inhaler  of  Dr. 
Worst  Mailed  to  all  Readers  of  "The 
(lospel  Messenger,"  with  Medicine  for 
One  Year,  on  Three  Days'  Trial,  FREE. 


Cures  by  Inhalation 

»ml  Is  the  Intent  Up-to-date  method  of  enrlQ] 

and  all  dlsuanori  of  thu  air  cells  at  the  hniid,  II 
and  lunge,  Indorsed  by  hundreds  of  physlcia 
tho  best  and  cheapest  device  yet  offered. 

Air  is  the  Only  Agent 

line  iinoLinh  to  reach  the  minute  colls  of  the 
plratury  organs  and  the  only  agent  that  can  ( 


Nature's  Own  Remedy 
m  not  successfully  treat  these  dlnensi 
h  the  air  we  breathe.    It  is  the  only  li 


Special  Offer. 

I  will  for  a  short  time  mall  any  render  of  TuK 
JHi'Ki,  Mksmenoki!  one  Of  my  new  scientific  Ctt* 


in.  supply 


VOUBT, 


BRETHREN'S 

Plain  Clothing 


many  patrons'* 
11  be  found  in 

_ jnity  where  the 

Brethren  reside.  Samples  of  cloth 

from  whkhwe  make  our  cl'-iliint:, 

measuring  blank,  tape  line  and 

rules   for    ordering   will   be  sent  on   applicauon. 

Our  rules  for  self -measurement  are  so  simple,  any- 

can  understand  them. 

We  want  to  bear  from  you. 

PHILUPSON  CLOTHING  COMPANY 

WABSAW.  INDIANA, 


5-'0 


TXiTC   aoSWat.   MES9E3STC3-IB®,. 


May  14,  i&jj 


Greatest  Homeseekers'  Movement  in 
the  History  of  Railroading! 


Notlh  Dakot 


Already  this  year  over  />,000  men,  women  and  children,  and  HUNDREDS  of  cars  of 
household  goods,  farm  implements  and  live  stock  have  gone  to  North  Dakota,  to  points  along 
the  GREAT  NORTHERN  RAILWAY. 

This  particular  immigration  movement  was  inaugurated  five  years  ago  by  the  under- 
signed. And  the  Great  Northern  country-the  TURTLE  MOUNTAIN  and  DEVILS  LAKE 
SECTIONS  have  proved  to  be  all  that  was  claimed  for  them;  and  that  the  new  settlers 
pleased,  is  apparent  from  the  increased  number  of  persons  who  have  gone  lb 
ceeding  year.  I  am  at  liberty  to  refer  to  any  of  them  who  have  found  homes  i 
and  I  can  furnish  thousands  of  names. 

There  are  still  FREE  GOVERNMENT  LANDS  to  be  taken  up,  and  private  lands  to  be 
bought  on  crop  payments. 

Brethren  and  others  who  expect  to  attend  the  Annual  Meeting  at  Napervillc,  III.,  during  thi 
last  week  of  May,  are  cordially  invited  to  call  at  my  office  when  passing  through  Chicago,  and 
I  will  be  glad  to  furnish  them  with  printed  matter,  and  quote  them  desirable  rates  if  they 
to  visit  North  Dakota  at  the  close  of  the  meeting. 

MAX   BASS, 


a.NiM.1  NCEMENTi 


LOVE  FEASTS. 


May  EO,  South  El. 
May  29, 10  A.  M.,  \ 


church.  Ohio, 
urch,  Kans, 


i  South  Clark  Street, 

CHICAGO,  ILL. 


;ral  Immigration  Agent. 


German  Baptist  Brethren 

Annual  Meeting! 

Naperville,  III.,  May  26  to  June  2,  1898. 


ulle 


a  town  of  about  200 
ora.  It  is  the  olde. 
id  in  the  surroundin 


people 


i  abr 


uilir 


Hipage  County,  and  quite  1 


I.OCATION.-Napi 

Chicago,  and  10  miles  east  of  Au 
number  of  our  people  live  there  a 

THE  GROUNDS.— Burlington  Park  (our  meeting  ground)  is  on  the  Dupag 
about  a  half  mile  from  Naperville  station,  and  within  the  Naperville  town  limits. 


unlry. 


RATES    OF    FARE. 


Prom  Points  ou  tlie  Burlington  Route,  Past  oi  the  M 

lowest  standard  first-class  fare  for  the  round  trip, 

From  Otlier  Western  Passenger  Association  Points  (which  includes  points  in 
Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Iowa,  Missouri,  Nebraska  and  Kansas),  one  fare  plus  $2.00  for 

From  Central  Passenger  Association  Territory.— Rate  of  one  fare  plus  Si. 85 


DATES  OF  SALE,  LIMITS,  ETC. 

From  the  Western  Passenger  Association  Territory,  tickets  will  be  sold  on 
May  27,  28,  and  30,  bearing  final  limit  uf  June  4. 

Extension  of  Limits  may  be  obtained  by  deposit  of  ticket  with  and  payment  of  deposit 
fee  of  50  cents  to  joint  agent,  who  will  have  an  office  for  this  purpose  on  the  Camp  Grounds  at 
Burlington  Park.  This  extension  is  only  made  on  tickets  sold  from  points  more  than  100  miles 
distant  from  Naperville.  Tickets  must  be  deposited  on  or  before  June  4th,  and  joint  agent  will 
make  them  good  for  return  to  leave  Naperville  any  time  up  to  and  including  June  30. 

From  Eastern  Territory,  tickets  will  be  sold  on  dates  and  with  limits  corresponding 


FARES    FROM   NAPERVILLE. 


To  Chicago  and  retu 
To  Aurora  and  retui 
To  all  other  points  11 
To  points  in  Iowa,  ! 

harvest  excursion  rate  o 
Tickets  at  these  ratt 

Camp  Grounds. 


1,  25  cents. 

Illinois  on  the  C.  B.  &  Q.,  two  cents  per  mile  each  wz 
lissouri,  Minnesota  and  Nebraska  on  the  Burlingtoi 

one  fare  plus  $2.00  will  be  made  for  the  round  trip. 
;  will  be  obtainable  from  the  joint  agent,  who  will  hav 


TRAINS    TO   NAPERVILLE. 

For  the  people  coming  from  Northern  Illinois,  a  special  train  will  be  run  Saturday,  May  28, 
leaving  Forreston  at  6:  45  A.  M.,  and  Mt.  Morris  at  7:  15  A.  M.,  reaching  the  Annual  Meeting 
grounds  at  g;  30  A.  M. 

From  ail  other  western  territory,  passengers  will  leave  through  trains  at  Aurora;  and 
order  to  avoid  transfer,  when  there  are  enough  people  in  the  party  to  require  it,  a  special  tr 
will  be  run   from  Aurora  direct  into  the  Camp  Grounds.     For  smaller  parties  regular  trains 
from  Aurora  (which  make  direct  connection  with  the  through  trains  from  the  west),  will  make 
stop  at  Burlington  Park  within  fifty  feet  of  the  entrance  to  the  Camp  Grounds. 

From  Chicago,  trains  leave  the  Union  Passenger  Station,  corner  Canal  and  Adams  Streets 
for  Naperville,  weekdays  at  8:30,  11:30  A,  M,;  1:30,2:10,4:30,5:11,5:55, 10:15  and  11:30  P.M. 


The  States  Traversed 


Northern  Pacific  R.  R, 


...SETTLERS... 

Free  Government  Land, 

C'rojt  Payment  Land, 

Railroad  Land, 

At  S3.00  to  £5 00  per  acre; 
Ten  years'  time  and  six   per  cent,  interest, 


The  Northern  Pacific  Railway 


settling). 

STERN    WASHINGTON    (the  Biff  B 

Palouse  cauutries), 
CENTRAL    WASHINGTON    (Irrigated 

akima  Valley  at  *;)0  per  acre;  liberal 
WESTERN     WASHINGTON  (Timber,  1 


and  forlnfornm- 
Excurslons  from  Burllng- 


WM.  H.  PHIPPS, 
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O.  W.  MOTT, 

Emigration  Agent,  N,  P.  R'yCo. 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 


The  Redtop  Correspondence  School. 


Trans-Mississippi    Exposition,    Omaha, 
rVebr.,   June  1  to   Nov.  1. 

Tickets  for  the  above  occasion  will  be  sold  at 
the  rate  of  one  and  one-third  fare  for  the  round 
trip.  Dates  of  sale,  June  1  to  October  30,  in- 
clusive.    Limit,  30  days  from  date  of  sale. 


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The  many,  almost  wonderful, 
cures  effected  by  tbe  use  of  Dr. 
Peter's  Blood  Vitalizer  in 
caBea  where  everything  else  failed, 
need  not  puzzle  the  public.  They 
are  the  natural  results  of  the  cura- 
tive powers  of  that  old  Swiss  herb 
remedy,  the  outcome  of  brains,  ex- 
perience and  honesty.  Persona 
purchasing  Dr.  Peter's  Blood 
Vitalizer  will  do  well  to  observe 
if  the  registered  number  at  the 
top  of  carton  of  every  bottle  of  the 
Blood  Vitalizer  is  intact.  They 
will  further  note  that  this  is  no 
drug-store  medicine,  but  that  it  is 
sold  exclusively  by  special  local 
agents,  or  by  the  manufacturer, 

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The  Gospel  Messenger. 


•SET  FOR  THE  DEFENSE  OF  THE  GOSPEL."— Phil,  i:  ,j. 


Vol.  3G. 


Mount  Morris,  III.,  May  21,  1898. 


No.  21. 


The  Gospel  Messenger, 

Published  Weekly,  at  f  i.'.q  per  Annum,  by 

BRETHREN    PUBLISHING   HOUSE, 

Mount  Morris,  Illinois. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.— 

Items, : 3*1.  3z8 

Additional  Railroad  Arrangements 328 

The  Standing  Committee, 3*9 

Annual  Meeting  Programme 3?9 

Shut  the  Door 3*9 

Queries  for  the  Annual  Meeting 3*9 

Aaron  in  Egyptian  History 330 

The  Messenger 330 

POETRY,— 

O  Wind.  Why  Moan  and  Sigh?    By  Arthur  E.  Smith 321 

The  Spring  is  Here.     By  Louisa  Chandler  Muulton 326 

Gone.    By  G.  W.  Crolts, 33< 

ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,— 

Class  Glimpses  from  the  Bihle  Normal  Held  at  Mt.  Morris,  January, 

'08.    By  J.  G.  Royer, 322 

Feel-washing.— Its  Oflicc.    By  Carman  C.  Johnsoi 322 

The  German  Baptist  Brethren  Historical  Association.     By  F.  F, 

Holsopplc,       -      323 

The  Bible  in  Annual  Meeting.    By  I.  Bennett  Trout 323 

A  Good  Idea.    By  J.  S.  Flory 323 

Why  Called  Passover?    ByS.  Z.Sharp 3*4 

German  Baptist  Brethren  Historical  Association 3*4 

"  Love  Your  Enemies," 3*S 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  — 

Lesson  Light-Flashes .  .  .  : 3=S 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING. - 

Greatness  and  Service.— Philpp,  2:5 3?S 

TlSE  YOUNG  PEOPLE.— 

'—   sM.Heff, 

EPARTMENT, 
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Bulaar  Notes.    By  W,  B.  Stover, 327 

Mission  Receipts  (or  March,  i*oS 3*7 

HOME  AND  FAMILY,- 

The  Work  in  Washington  City.     By  Martha  Click 331 

Our  Aid  Society.    By  Naomi  Morris, 33' 


^EDITORIAL'*  MISCELLANY^ 


Great  Britain  has  wonderful  financial  resources, 
and  her  business  is  well  managed.  In  spite  of  her 
enormous  expenditures  for  her  wars  and  military 
preparations,  she  has,  from  last  year,  a  surplus  of 
over  S17.oco.oco,  and  the  prospect  is  said  to  be  good 
for  a  still  greater  surplus  in  the  year  to  come.  It 
is  this  financial  prosperity  and  her  ability  to  pay 
her  bills  promptly,  that  so  greatly  perplexes  the 
other  nations  of  Europe.  They  are  constantly  run- 
ning deeper  into  debt,  while  Great  Britain  is  able 
to  report  a  good  balance  each  year.  The  way  the 
leading  nations  are  increasing  their  enormous  debts 
is  truly  alarming.  Even  the  United  States  is  per- 
mitting the  increase  of  debts,  and  the  expenditure 
of  public  money,  beyond  what  wisdom  should  dic- 
tate. The  present  war,  should  it  continue  many 
months,  will  also  greatly  increase  our  debts,  for  the 
expenses  cannot  be  far  from  one  or  two  million 
dollars  a  day.  And  while  it  is  wise  for  nations  to 
guard  their  expenses  with  the  greatest  of  care,  it  is 
also  important  that  individuals  give  their  own 
finances  proper  attention. 


In  the  course  of  a  few  months,  if  not  sooner, 
should  the  war  continue  that  long,  we  shall  be  able 
to  see  some  of  the  evil  results  of  war,  and  that,  too, 
under  the  most  favorable  circumstances.  As  a  na- 
tion we  are  wonderfully  blessed,  and  at  this  dis- 
tance will  not  materially  feel  the  effects  of  the 
struggle  that  is  now  going  on.  We  go  about  cur 
business,  buying  and  selling,  as  though  there  was 
no  war,  We  feel  just  as  safe  now  as  we  could  possi- 
bly feel  in  times  of  ptace.  And  yet  there  is  a  war 
feeling  taking  possession  of  the  people,  All  the 
talk  is  about  the  war,  and  a  large  majority  of  the 
people  arc  reading  up  on  almost  every  phase  of 


the  news.  The  daily  papers  are  doing  an  enormous 
business,  Never  before,  in  the  history  of  the  world, 
has  there  been  such  a  demand  for  daily  papers. 
The  reading  public  must  have  two  and  three  papers 
every  day,  including  Sundays.  This  constant  feast- 
ing on  war  news  is  going  to  be  very  much  against 
the  spiritual  development  of  the  American  people, 
It  fosters  the  feeling  of  hatred  and  revenge  rather 
than  that  of  love  and  forgivenness.  The  war  spirit 
has  even  reached  some  of  the  churches,  and  the 
congregations  hear  from  the  pulpits  more  concern- 
ing the  strife  of  nations  than  they  do  about  the  re- 
ligion of  Jesus  Christ.  From  a  religious  stand- 
point this  cannot  be  otherwise  than  demoralizing. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  none  of  our  people  will  per- 
mit themselves  to  be  carried  away  by  the  excite- 
ment, but  labor  the  more  earnestly  to  keep  up  the 
spiritual  interest  of  the  church,  for  if  there  was  ev- 
er a  time  when  we  should  give  special  attention  to 
spiritual  culture,  it  is  in  times  of  strife. 


Just  now  the  Mormons  are  taking  to  themselves 
a  good  deal  of  praise  which  they  by  no  means  mer- 
it. The  war  between  the  United  States  and  Spain, 
with  more  probably  to  follow  between  some  of  the 
great  powers,  gives  them  occasion  to  ventilate  their 
skill  at  foretelling  events,  especially  wars.  They 
are  teliing  how  Joe  Smith  predicted  the  rebellion, 
which,  by  the  way,  he  did  not  do,  and  how  it  came 
to  pass  as  he  said  it  would.  But  it  did  not  come 
to  pass  that  way.  Their  prophecies  are  broad 
enough  to  take  in  a  number  of  events,  and  now  and 
then  they  seem  to  hit  one  of  them,  and  of  course 
have  much  to  say  about  their  correctness  in  that 
particular  instance.  They  manage  to  keep  silent 
regarding  the  many  instances  where  their  predic- 
tions do  not  materialize.  They  have  long  predicted 
great  wars,  and  rumors  of  wars,  and  then  the  com- 
ing of  Christ,  wholly  in  the  interest  of  Mormonism, 
of  course.  Even  should  these  things  occur,  and 
soon  too  at  that,  they  can  be  regarded  as  no  proof 
in  support  of  the  claims  of  the  Mormons,  for  a  doz- 
en others  are  making  similar  predictions,  as  they 
relate  to  the  near  future.  We  think  that  this  thing 
of  trying  to  make  capital  out  of  the  war,  for  the 
special  benefit  of  the  Mormon  church,  shows  a 
great  weakness. 

Premier  Crispi,  of  Italy,  is  a  statesman  of  no  or- 
dinary ability.  His  sympathies  are  wholly  on  the 
side  of  Spain,  on  account  of  the  common  Catholic 
fellowship,  and  yet  his  convictions  compel  him  to 
make  some  most  significant  statements.  He  says 
that  "  in  the  nineteenth  century  there  is  a  necessity 
for  a  practical  spirit,  which  in  the  Spaniards  is  ab- 
solutely wanting.  They  have  shown  themselves 
cruel  and  barbarous,  and  incapable  of  governing 
Cuba,  which  they  must  now  make  up  their  minds 
to  lose.  The  first  cause  of  all  this  trouble  is  the 
general  condition  of  ignorance  of  the  upper  as  well 
as  the  lower  classes.  It  is  the  priesthood,  absolute 
sovereign  everywhere,  which  has  led. this  fine  coun- 
try to  ruin,  The  Catholic  religion  is  indeed  beauti- 
ful; the  religion  of  Christianity  has  done  much 
good;  but  by  the  ever  retrograde  spirit  the  Catholic 
clergy  have  done  irreparable  damage  to  the  Latin 
races."  What  is  here  said  concerning  the  value  of 
education  should  concern  every  religious  denomina- 
tion in  the  world.  In  Spain  only  about  twenty  out 
of  every  one  hundred  can  read.  The  people  have 
been  kept  in  ignorance,  and  this  is  really  the  policy 
of  the  Catholic  priesthood  in  all  lands  where  the 
Catholics  hold  the  balance  of  power.  It  is  their 
weakness,  and  must  prove  their  ruin,  Here  is  a  les- 
son for  the  Brethren  as  well.    We  dare  not  be  in- 


different regarding  education,  It  is  a  matter  of  too 
great  importance.  The  church  that  neglects  the 
education  of  the  rising  generations  must  go  down; 
it  cannot  stand  in  the  face  of  mind  culture,  We 
have  already  taken  advance  steps  along  this  line 
for  our  good.  It  is  only  to  be  regretted  that  these 
steps  were  not  taken  one  hundred  years  ago. 


The  greatest  known  natural  bridge  in  the  world 
has  just  been  discovered  in  Utah.  It  is  indeed  a 
wonderful  structure,  and  until  recently  was  known 
only  in  the  uncertain  traditions  of  the  Indians. 
Those  who  have  seen  the  natural  limestone  bridge 
of  Rockbridge  County,  Virginia,  will  be  surprised 
to  learn  that  it  is  only  a  little  more  than  one-third 
the  size  of  the  Utah  bridge.  The  Virginia  structure, 
if  placed  beneath  the  Utah  arch,  would  appear  at 
remarkably  poor  advantage.  The  Utah  bridge,, 
while  about  the  same  height  as  the  one  in  Virginia — 
200  feet — is  wider,  and  has  a  thickness  of  seventy- 
five  feet,  while  the  same  measurement  on  the  Vir- 
ginia arch  is  forty  feet,  Then  the  span  on  the  Utah 
bridge,  from  abutment  to  abutment,  is  250  feet,. 
while  that  of  the  Virginia  structure  measures  only 
go  feet.  

In  an  article  on  "  Natural  Gas  in  the  United 
States,"  in  Catiiet's  Magazine,  Hosea  Webster  says; 
something  concerning  the  decline  of  the  gas  supply 
that  will  be  read  with  interest.  We  glean  from  the 
Litetaty  Digest:  When  the  industrial  history  of  the 
last  quarter  of  the  present  century  is  written,  one  of 
the  most  interesting  chapters  will  be  on  the  discov- 
ery and  development  of  the  few  large  accumulations 
of  natural  gas  in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and 
the  almost  criminal  waste  which,  in  spite  of  repeated 
warnings,  continues  to<  day,  and  apparently  will  con- 
tinue until,  within  probably  a  few  years,  these  reser- 
voirs of  energy  will  be  exhausted.  The  accumulation 
of  natural  gas  is  analogous  to  that  of  the  water  sup- 
plying Artesian  wells,  but  in  an  inverse  relation. 
Every  richly-productive  gas-pool  is  a  dome  or  in- 
verted trough,  of  porous  or  coarse-grained  sand  or 
limestone,  geologically  called  an  "  anticline,"  and 
covered  always  by  a  deposit  or  stratum  of  impervious 
shale  or  similar  formation.  These  anticlinal*  vary 
in  area  from  a  few  square  miles,  in  most  cases,  to* 
over  five  thousand  square  miles  in  the  case  of  the 
great  Cincinnati  arch  which  covers  the  Indiana  and 
Ohio  gas  belts  in  the  United  States.  The  thickness 
of  the  strata  varies  in  like  proportion.  The  gas- 
reservoirs  are  in  no  sense  cavernous,  but  merely 
more  or  less  porous  rock,  impregnated  with  gas,  of- 
ten under  enormous  pressures,  the  more  poron* 
rocks,  when  pierced  by  the  drill,  being  exhausted 
much  more  quickly  than  those  of  closer  texture. 
He  predicted  that  inside  of  a  few  years  the  days  ofi 
natural  gas  will  come  to  an  end,  and  that  artificial! 
gas  will  take  its  place,  the  present  pipes  being  em- 
ployed for  its  use.  It  is  further  believed  that  fn 
course  of  time  large  plants  will  be  established  for 
the  purpose  of  making  gas  for  heating  and  lighting 
purposes,  and  by  this  means  there  will  be  a  great 
saving  of  fuel.       

While  the  situation  relating  to  war  matters 
has  greatly  changed  from  what  it  was  last 
week,  nothing  decisive,  however,  has  occurred. 
Sampson,  with  his  fleet,  reached  Puerto  Rico  and 
bombarded  the  fortifications  guarding  the  entrance 
to  the  capitol.  The  long-looked-for  Spanish  fleet 
has  reached  the  West  Indies,  while  the  United 
States  fleet -is  searching  for  it.  The  two  great  fleets 
will  meet  one  of  these  days,  and  then  we  shall  hear 
of  a  terrible  conflict,  with  a  great  loss  of  life, 


TTJiyn   GOSPEL    3VI£3SSEnsrO"TIlT^„ 


May  21,  18 


'ESSAYS; 


O  WIND,  WHY  MOAN  AND  SKJH? 


0  WIND,  why  moan  and  sigh 
Throughout  the  dreary  night? 

Why  vex  the  clouds  within  the  sky? 
Has  May  no  new  delight? 


Ini 


ltbe 


,.vU 


break, 


Through  trees  the  moonbe: 
And  yet  they  cannot  shake 

The  firm  hold  of  the  nighll 
As  long  as  sin  doth  dwell 

In  each  heart's  dim  recess, 
And  winds  of  hate  do  swell 

In  gusts  of  bitterness, 
The  May  will  never  bring 
To  hearts  the  tranquil  joys  of  spring, 
The  way  to  win  delight 
Is  to  lay  hold  of  God's  own  light 
And  love,  and  let  such  chase  away 
All  doubl,  and  then  it  will  be  Mayl 

CLASS  GLIMPSES  FROM  THE  BIBLE  NORMAL, 
HELD  AT  MT.  MORRIS,  JANUARY,  '98. 

BY  J,    G,    ROYER. 

No.  4.—  The  Character  Necessary  to  Citizenship  Unfold- 
ed.—Scripture  Lesson,  Matt.  5:  3-12. 

With  this  lesson  we  begin  the  study  of  thr  Sav- 
ior's four  great  sermons  recorded  by  Matthew. 
The  first  one, — "The  Sermon  on  the  Mount," — may 
appropriately  be  termed  the  inaugural  address  of  a 
course  of  instruction  by  which  the  "twelve"  were 
to  be  fitted  for  their  work  as  witnesses  and  repre- 
sentatives of  the  Messianic  king.  His  farewell  ad- 
dress (John,  chapters  14-17),  is  the  closing  one  of 
the  course.  It  may  be  said  that  this  sermon  con- 
tains the  spiritual  laws  of  the  "  kingdom  "  (chapters 
5:  17  to  7:  12);  but  it  can  not  not  be  said  to  contain 
the  sum  total  of  the  "Gospel  (jood  new.)  of  the 
kingdom  "  (4:  23),  for  the  disciples  were  trained  by 
successive  relations.  The  first  word  of  this  sermon 
is  "blessed"  (V.  3),  and  the  first  paragraph  "  beati- 
tudes" or  blessednesses  (Vs.  3-12)  Surely  the 
King  of  Heaven  is  come  to  bless..  The  Beatitudes 
have  been  termed  "The  Decalogue  of  Christianity." 
As  such  they  do  not  lower  Sinai's  standard,  but 
rather  fill  it  up  (V.  47), 

The  blessedness  set  forth  in  the  Beatitudes  is  es- 
sentially spiritual.  It  does  not  depend  upon  what 
a  man  has,  but  rather  upon  what  he  is.  It  does 
not  hang  upon  outward  circumstances.  It  comes 
from  God  and  abides  in  the  soul.  It  comes  as  the 
result  of  goodness — a  goodness  which  results  from 
right  relations  to  God,  and  right  conduct  of  life. 
The  Beatitudes  do  not  describe  so  many  distinct 
characters,  but  the  same  character  under  so  many 
distinct  aspects,  Each  beatitude  expresses  a  new 
relation  to  God,  and,  of  course,  also  a  new  relation 
to  the  world.  When  grouped,  these  relations  begin 
with  repentance  (Vs.  3-5);  rest  on  faith  (V.  6);  re- 
quire constant  sanctification  (Vs,  7-9);  and  are  man- 
ifested by  a  willingness  to  suffer  (Vs.  10-12). 

In  expounding  the  blessedness  of  his  kingdom, 
our  Lord  simply  unfolds  the  character  of  its  true 
subjects.  In  this  unfolding  he  shows  that  Gospel 
blessedness  comes  to  men  as  the  result  of  a  sense 
of  (a)  their  own  unworthiness  (V.  3);  (6)  heartfelt 
sorrow  for  their  own  sins  (V.  4);  (c)  meekness  that 
subdues  the  self-seeking  spirit  (V.  5);  {d)  an  in- 
tense longing  fcr  righteousness  (V.  C);  (e)  a  pious 
inclination  to  succor  those  in  misery  (V.  7);  (/) 
purity  of  heart  and  intention  (V.  S);  (g)  a  desire  to 
lead  souls  to  Christ  (V.  9);  and  (//)  a  willingness  to 
endure  wrong  to  promote  what  is  right  (Vs.  10-11). 
These  soul-impulses  or  graces  of  character  are 
awakened  in  the  heart  of  the  penitent  believer  as  a 
result  of  the  spiritual  quickening  which  essentially 
precedes  being  "born  of  God."  These  soul-impul- 
ses, in  process  of  development,  assure  not  only  a 
sound  conversion,  but  also  the  blessedness  of  citi- 
zenship in  the  kingdom  (V.  3);  comfort  (V.  4);  the 
inheritance  of  the  earth  (V,  5);  inward  satisfaction 


(V.  6);  merciful  consideration  (V.  7);  the  sight  of 
God  (V.  8);  a  place  in  the  family  of  God  (V.  9); 
and  an  inheritance  in  the  kingdom  of  God  (V.  10). 
No  wonder  the  last  beatitude  (V.  12),  breaks  forth 
into  a  song  of  jay, — not  the  momentary  joy  of  those 
who  shut  their  eyes  to  the  dark  things  of  life,  but 
the  pure  and  enduring  joy  that  comes  from  facing 
the  worst  the  world  can  do  (V.  11), 

Wc  see,  then,  that  citizenship  in  the  "kingdom  of 
heaven  "  is  founded  on  what  a  man  is — on  character, 
Men  may  come  into  the  church,  and  live  there 
without  being  in  possession  of  the  character  un- 
folded in  the  Beatitudes.  Such  are  simply  church 
members,  not  citizens  of  the  "  Kingdom,"  bec-ause 
they  lack  the  essential  characteristics  of  subjects. 
To  be  a  real  subject  of  Christ's  kingdom  means 
more  than  being  baptized  into  the  church,  (Matt. 
22:  14;  25:  1-12). 

We  also  learn  that  true  Christian  character  is  not 
made  up  of  a  mere  aristocracy  of  natural  virtues. 
Heaven's  herald  did  not  say,  "  Blessed  are  the  rich, 
the  famous,  the  noble;  "  nor  did  he  say,  "Blessed 
the  man  that  is  honest;"  "Blessed  is  .the  man 
that  Iove3  his  wife,"  or  "Blessed  is  the  man  that 
tells  no  lie."  No,  no.  The  lines  designating  char- 
acter do  not  run  thus  here.  On  the  contrary  they 
reach  down  to  the  poor,  the  mourning,  the  meek, 
the  persecuted,  on  the  one  hand,  and  on  the  other 
they  run  up  quite  out  of  sight  of  the  easy  going 
virtues  of  the  day,  for  those  who  belong  here  are 
full  of  eager  aspirations,  bent  on  heart-purity  (V. 
8);  given  to  efforts  for  the  good  of  others  (V.  9); 
ready  even  to  "  suffer  the  loss  of  all  things  for  right 
eousness'  sake"  (V.  10).  Those  who  are  satisfied 
with  mere  average  morality,  like  honesty  and  good 
social  standing,  may  make  very  respectable  citizens 
of  an  earthly  commonwealth,  and  may  even  pass 
fairly  well  as  church  members,  but  no  "  kingdom  of 
heaven  "  is  open  to  such  as  they.  True,  the  com- 
mon virtues  of  honesty  and  truthfulness  are  indis- 
pensable, but  there  must  be  something  beyond 
these — first  a  sense  of  a  need  of  something  far  bet- 
ter and  higher;  then  such  a  hungering  and  thirsting 
after  it  (V.  6),  that  though  not  '  already  attained  " 
(Philpp,  3:  12),  they  shall  attain  to  the  enjoyments  of 
the  "kingdom,"  and  "to  the  spirits  of  just  men 
made  perfect"  (Heb.  12:  23). 

Dear  Lord,  do  thou  awaken  us  to  the  importance 
of  measuring  Christian  character  by  the  standard 
thou  hast  unfolded  in  the  lesson  we  have  had  before 
us.     Amen. 
Mt.  Morris,  111, 

FEET-WASHINQ.-1TS  OFFICE. 

BY   CARMAN    C.  JOHNSON. 

"  When  Jesus  Christ  was  here  below, 
He  tanght  his  people  what  to  do; 
And  if  we  would  his  precepts  keep, 
We  must  descend  to  washing  feet." 

The  brother  had  just  finished  reading  the  account 
of  our  Lord  and  Master,  how,  on  the  evening  of  his 
betrayal,  and  just  previous  to  the  institution  of  the 
feast  of  love,  he  emphasized  the  theme  of  his  life's 
work  in  the  most  convincing  lesson  of  humility 
that  the  world  has  ever  known.  Nov/  the  assembled 
brethren  and  sisters  were  singing  this  old  hymn  of 
resignation. 

I  heard  the  water  being  poured  into  the  basin, 
and  saw  the  towels  being  girt  around  those  who 
were  beginning  to  observe  the  ancient  ordinance. 
This  was  no  new  sight  to  me;  still  I  experienced  a 
series  of  grave  reflections  upon  the  practice  of  this 
rite. 

Certainly  it  is  a  humiliating  ceremony!  No  one 
can  engage  in  it  without  he  first  lay  aside  not  only 
his  outward  coat  of  cloth,  but  his  inner  cloak  of 
selfish  pride.  For  some  the  former  is  hard  enough, 
but  the  latter  is  a  bitter  necessity,  while  to  others 
the  outward  ordinances  are  without  either  external 
awkwardness  or  internal  friction.  The  ease,  sim- 
plicity and  good  grace  with  which  we  engage  in 
this  service  are  determined  by  the  ease,  simplicity 
and  good  grace  which  we  sustain  to  the  religion 
which  we  profess, 

Not  only  is  the  practice  a  humiliating  one,  viewed 


from  a  worldly  standpoint,  but  it  is  also  a  very 
lowly  office.  To  feel  this  is  not  necessarily  an  indi- 
cation of  haughtiness,  but  it  may  be  an  indication 
of  pride.  There  are  those  whose  proud  nature  and 
whose  ideas  of  decorum  and  nicety  cause  them  to 
shrink  from  this  lowly  service.  These  proud  minds 
are  not  found  among  the  rich,  the  learned,  or  the 
great  alone;  but  the  poor  and  the  unfettered  may 
also  exhibit  these  same  mental  inclinations.  They 
are  almost  too  proud  to  stoop,  but  not  too  haughty 
to  respect  others  in  their  stooping.  Much  as  these 
persons  would  like  to  be  free  and  unembarrassed 
among  their  brethren,  they  cannot  suddenly  rid 
themselves  of  a  certain  uneasiness. 

What  is  the  reason  of  this  difficulty?  Nothing 
strange  at  all,  only  natural.  If  there  were  no  such 
people  in  the  Communion,  there  would  be  no  need 
of  the  service  of  feet-washing.  Christ  knew  that 
there  were  such  in  attendance  that  night, — Peter 
you  know, — and  that  there  always  would  be  such, 
hence  the  perpetuity  of  the  ordinance.  He  did  not 
despise  Peter  for  his  pride,  however,  for  pride  is  as 
natural  as  humility,  neither  did  he  command  Peter 
to  immediately  destroy  his  proud  nature;  but  the 
all-wise  and  ever-provident  Savior  simply  intro- 
duced this  high  minded  though  poor  disciple  to  a 
leveling  process. 

In  this  and  the  succeeding  washings  which  Peter 
underwent,  his  pride  was  overcome.  So  will  feet- 
washing  do  with  us  who  are  proud.  It  is  a  humil- 
ity-producing rite  and  its  purpose  will  be  completed 
when  there  are  no  more  Peters  to  be  humbled,  and 
j'jst  as  surely  will  its  intent  be  frustrated  when  the 
idea  of  humility  is  eliminated  therefrom. 

Feet-washing  proposes  to  do  something  for  the 
individual,— to  cure  him  of  selfishness.  For  this 
reason  it  is  a  working  force;  it  is  assumed  that  there 
will  always  be  subjects  in  the  church  upon  whom  its 
operations  will  be  effectual.  The  beauty  of  the 
scene,  as  one  contemplates  it,  is  not  in  the  fact 
that  all  are  on  on  equality,  for  they  are  not,  but  in 
the  fact  that  they  are  all  becoming  more  nearly 
equal,  True,  all  are  equal,  in  that  all  are  washed) 
and  all  may  wash ;  but  there  never  has  been,  neither 
will  there  ever  be,  a  company  of  saints  whose  minds 
are  all  in  the  same  attitude  toward  one  another  and 
toward  this  ordinance,  at  the  time  they  are  engaged 
in  it. 

There  is  a  simplicity  about  feet-washing  that 
makes  the  participant  feel  very  humble,  very  inno- 
cent, really  almost  childlike.  Perhaps  you  have  ex- 
perienced this  sensation  as  you  sat  looking  upon  a 
great,  strong  man  stooping  to  wash  the  feet  of  a 
boy,  a  late  comer  into  the  fold.  How  peculiar  it 
must  look,  viewed  by  the  natural  eye  of  the  world! 
Not  a  loud  word  is  spoken,  no  flourish  of  arms  in 
command,  towels  are  girt  and  ungirt  in  mutual 
helpfulness,  Farmer  kneels  before  mechanic,  while 
merchant  and  school-teacher,  laborer  and  capital- 
ist, in  silence  and  thoughtfulness  come  together  on 
a  common  plane. 

The  fact  is,  one  is  inclined  to  forget  what  he  is 
and  who  he  is,  at  this  strange  moment  in  human  ex- 
periene;  and,  indeed,  he  should.  There  is  no  name 
for  you  as  a  washer  of  feet.  You  are  neither  too 
good  for  a  name  nor  too  base.  Name  is  no  con- 
sideration when  you  appear  among  your  brethren 
with  the  towel  and  basin.  Deacon,  farmer,  preach- 
er, laborer,  merchant,  student,  doctor,  are  only  terms 
by  which  you  are  distinguished  in  the  world;  they 
are  narrow  titles  at  best.  No  wealthy  farmer  ever 
washed  feet  rightly  as  a  wealthy  farmer:  no  elder, 
rightly  as  such;  no  chopper  of  wood,  as  such;  no 
learned  man;  no  seller  of  goods,  No;  but  they  all 
met  their  brethren  as  children  of  a  common  par- 
ent, without  any  reference  to  name  or  occupation. 
Jesus  Christ  was  there,  too,  without  a  name;  and 
all  together  and  all  unconsciously  you  strove  to  imi- 
tate him  in  countenance,  in  action,  in  tone  and  in 
sincerity.  Now  it  was  not  only  a  coming  down  to 
the  humble  commonality  of  brotherhood,  but  some 
were  induced  to  arise  from  depths  of  discourage- 
ment, despondency,  despair  and  self-alienation  to 
the  blessed  privileges  of  this  union  with  brethren. 
Why,  there  are  those  to  whom  the  practice  of  feet- 
washing  is  an  emblem  of  re-adoption  into  the  circle 


May  21 


THE   GCSFET1   M!ESSE3Sra-EK,. 


of  real  life,  and  an  assurance  of  their  membership 
in  the  body  of  believers.  So  dejected  and  disheart 
eneddosomeof  the  followers  of  the  Christ  become 
sometimes  from  their  own  imaginations  of  slight  01 
ill  treatment,  and  sometimes  from  the  real  coldness 
of  their  brother  Christians,  that  the  service  of  feet 
washing  is  their  only  means  of  regaining  confidence 
in  themselves  and  in  their  brethren. 

Such  a  simple  servicel  Such  a  powerful  force 
Such  a  glorious  result! 

Would  any  other  means  conduce  to  the  same  end? 
To  ask  such  a  question  is  a  sign  of  weakening  faith. 
What  do  we  want  with  any  other  way?  This  is  per- 
fect, and  the  results  of  its  operation  cannot  help  but 
be  perfect,  if  we  are  willing.  Perfect  as  an  equal- 
izer, it  claims  nothing  more.  Is  it  in  harmony  with 
the  spirit  of  our  age?  Is  it  progressive?  Ameri- 
can? Suited  to  modern  men  of  modern  thought? 
Yes,  it  would  be  well  for  the  cosmopoli'tan  thinker 
to  contemplate  the  philosophy  of  the  divine  injunc- 
tion, "  Ye  also  ought  to  wash  one  another's  feet." 
It  would  be  well  for  capitalist  and  laborer,  for  pro- 
ducer and  consumer,  for  Turk  and  A'menian,  for 
the  governor  and  the  governedl  It  would  be  well 
for  all  who  experience  difference  of  feeling  in  rank 
or  social  position  to  learn  of  him  the  true  order  of 
distinction,  by  meeting  as  brethren  girded  for  serv 
ice  to  each  otherl  Are  not  all  the  modern  theo- 
ries of  government,  all  the  present  reformatory 
movements,  all  the  late  economic  measures  based 
upon  the  assumption  of  equality  ?  L^t  philosophers 
and  economists  go  to  the  Book  and  read  the  Christ- 
method  of  establishing  equality,  and  then  let  them 
publish  it  to  the  nations.  It's  just  what  the  world 
needs  to  know;  and  it's  just  what  we  all  need  to  be- 
lieve and  obey. 

There  are  many  equals  who  are  not  friends.  The 
process  of  Christianizing  works  modern  miracles. 


THE  aERMAN  BAPriST  BRETHREN  HISTORICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 


,  BY   F.    F     HOLSOPPLE. 



in  accordance  with  the  wish  of  the  Association, 
I  herewith  present  to  the  readers  of  the  Gospel 
Messenger  a  brief  sketch  of  the  work  already 
done,  and  also  of  its  aims,  plans  and  purposes,  so 
far  as  they  have  been  matured. 

ORIGIN. 

The  Association  is  the  outgrov/th  of  a  conviction 
in  the  minds  of  many  of  our  brethren  of  the  need 
of  an  organized  effort  being  made  to  do  a  work 
which  hitherto  has  been  undertaken  only  by  indi- 
viduals, to  wit  the  collection  of  historical  data  ir, 
the  form  of  written  records,  biographical  sketches, 
traditions,  etc.,  from  which  a  satisfactory  history 
of  the  church  can  be  written.  These  records  to  be 
collected  and  held  in  trust  for  the  Association  by 
»  custodian,  in  a  suitable  place,  where  they  may  be 
accessible  to  any  who  are  interested  in  them.  This 
collection  is  to  include  the  history  of  all  forms  of 
church  activity,  and  the  biographies  of  its  principal 
men  and  women  from  the  beginning  of  the  church 
Germany,  including  the  religious  movements 
from  which  it  is  the  outgrowth,  until  the  present 
day. 

Brief  historical  sketches  of  the  church  have  been 
written,  but  hitherto  they  are  recognized  as  being 
'"adequate  and  incomplete.  Of  those  that  shall  be 
written,  only  that  may  be  the  best,  the  writer  of 
which  has  free  access  to  the  completest  possible 
"cords,  The  work  of  collecting  historical  data  is 
"ie  first  work  of  the  Association. 

PRELIMINARY  ORGANIZATION. 

Through  the  activity  of  Bro.  J.  G.  Francis,  of 
a!ts,  Pa.,  a  preliminary  meeting  was  proposed  and, 
»<  'he  invitation  of  Bro,  G.  N.  Falkenstein,  held  at 
he  Germantown  church  Jan.  II,  1858.  At  that 
Meeting  were  eleven  brethren,  representing  nine 
""gregations  and  three  States,  while  a  number  of 
e  l«s  were  read  from  others  who  were  deeply  in- 
"fed  in  the  proposed  movement,  but  who  could 
ot  be  present  at  that  meeting.  A  temporary  or- 
is "ization  was  effected  and  a  committee  appointed 


to  draft  a  constitution  and  by-laws,  to  be  present- 
ed for  consideration  at  a  future  meeting,  to  be 
called  by  the  chairman  of  the  committee.  This 
meeting  was  arranged  for  April  12,  1S9S,  at  the 
Germantown  church. 

At  this  meeting  were  a  number  of  brethren 
and  sisters,  and  a  number  of  letters  were  read 
from  different  parts  of  the  Brotherhood.  The 
constitution,  as  prepared  by  the  Committee,  was 
read  and  amended,  then  adopted,  and  the  fol- 
lowing permanent  organization  was  effected: 

President,  Abr1  am  H.  Cassel,  Harleysville,  Pa.; 
Vice-President,  Eld.  S.  F.  Sanger,  Manassas,  Va.; 
Secretary,  F.  F  Holsopple,  Parkerford,  Pa  ;  Treas- 
urer, W.  S.  Price,  Royersford,  Pa.;  Executive  Com- 
mittee, Jesse  Z:igler,  Royersford,  Pa  ;  Eld.  John 
Herr,  Myerstown,  Pa,;  J.  G.  Francis,  Oaks,  Pa.;  T. 
T.  Myers,  Philadelphia,  Pa  ;  Eld.  S.  R.  Zug,  Master- 
sonville,  Pa„  and  J.  T.  Meyers,  Oaks,  Pa. 

OBJECT. 

The  object  of  the  work,  as  set  forth  in  the  Con- 
stitution, Article  II,  Sections  1,  2,  3  and  4,  is  as  fol 
lows:  "  To  perpetuate  the  memory  and  virtues  of 
the  fathers  and  representative  men  of  the  church, 
and  to  foster  the  principles  and  doctrines  of  the  Bi- 
ble, as  believed  and  practiced  by  the  church.  To 
collect  and  preserve  in  a  suitable  place  all  manu- 
scripts, documents,  books,  etc.,  having  reference  to 
the  history  of  the  church.  To  publish  and  diffuse, 
in  harmony  wilh  the  publishing  regulations  of  the 
church,  such  part  of  the  material  gathered  as  may 
be  deemed  of  sufficient  importance  and  of  general 
interest.  To  encourage  each  local  congregation  to 
note  important  events  and  to  keep  and  preserve 
Minutes  of  church  councils,  and  meetings  of  boards 
of  trustees,  and  to  keep  a  complete  list  of  the  mem 
bership,  including  baptisms,  marriages,  deaths,  ex 
pulsions,  reclamations,  and  the  giving  and  receiv- 
ing of  church  letters." 

OUR   NEEDS. 

are  many,  and  will  here  be  briefly  indicated: 

1.  Donations  of  records,  manuscripts,  books,  pa- 
pers, etc,  having  a  bearing  on  the  history  of  the 
church. 

2.  Money  will  be  needed  from  time  to  time  for 
the  proper  prosecution  of  the  work,  purchase  of 
books,  etc.,  as  they  may  be  found  in  possession  of 
persons  who  would  not  part  with  them  for  less  than 
a  money  consideration. 

3  Biographical  sketches  of  men  and  women  who 
were  leaders  in  the  church  and  who  have  left  the 
stamp  of  their  personality  and  Christian  power  on 
those  with  whom  they  associated. 

4.  Full  and  complete  sketches  of  the  local 
churches— their  founding,  organization,  growth,  etc. 

5  Autobiographical  sketches  of  our  living  work- 
ers. 

5.  History  of  our  educational  institutions  and 
publishing  interests. 

7.  Growth  and  development  of  the  missionary 
spirit  and  enterprise  among  us. 

8.  History  of  our  principles  and  doctrines. 

9.  Active  workers  in  each  congregation,  society, 
mission  and  institution,  who  will  collect  the  above 
or  any  other  matter  of  historical  interest,  preserve 
in  writing,  and  place  it  at  the  disposal  of  the  Asso- 
ciation. Our  needs  are  many,  but  they  are  of  such 
a  character  that,  by  means  of  a  united  effort,  they 
can  be  supplied  without  undue  sacrifice  on  the  part 
of  any  one.  In  cases  where  original  documents 
cannot  be  secured  because  of  the  desire  of  the  per- 
sons having  them,  to  retain  them  in  their  personal 
possession,  transcripts  will  be  invaluable,  with  a 
record  of  their  original  owner,  name,  address,  etc, 
accompanying  them, 

WORK    FOR   ALL. 

Let  each  brother  and  sister,  who  feels  any  interest 
in  this  movement,  begin  work  immediately,  to  col- 
lect facts,  dates,  names,  incidents,  etc.,  of  interest  in 
their  local  churches,  and,  as  fast  as  secured,  commit 
them  to  writing,  and  also  to  preserve  any  material 
of  historical  value  in  their  possession  for  use  of  the 
Association. 

The  constitution  and  by-laws  of  the  Association 


Mi 


will  be  printed  and  ready  for  distribution  in  the 
near  future. 

It  is  the  expectation  of  the  Association  to  bri.ig 
its  proposed  work  before  Annual  Meeting  in  m« 
regular  way,  through  a  local  church  and  Distinct 
Meeting,  for  the  consideration  and  action  of  thai 
body,  If  acted  upon  favorably,  the  constitutor, 
and  by-laws  of  the  Association  will  be  printed  is 
booklet  form  for  distribution.  Inquiries  conce 
the  work  can  be  addressed  to  the  writer  of  this 
cle. 

Parke.tford,  Pa. 

THE  BIBLE  IN  ANNUAL  1YIEETINO. 
BY   I.   BENNETT  TROUT. 

I  believe  that  our  brethren  have,  in  the  past  en- 
deavored to  regulate  their  decisions  in  the  Ann.  al 
Meeting  by  the  Bible,  and  I  thank  God  for  it.  Tu 
Bible  is  a  safe  book,— infallibly  safe.  No  ir.  in 
goes  wrong  when  he  follows  its  commands.  Da.  id 
said,  "The  commandment  of  the  Lord  is  pure  en 
lightening  the  eyes."  And  again,  "The  entrance 
of  thy  words  giveth  light;  it  giveth  understanding 
to  the  simple." 

No  delegate  representing  a  church,  nor  any  dc  e- 
gate  on  Standing  Committee,  should  allow  himj-tll 
to  be  found  in  the  important  business  of  Annui, 
Meeting,  without  a  Bible  at  hand.  The  only  he  pt 
we  have  for  maintaining  the  moral  and  spiritual  -n- 
tegrity  of  the  church  is  in  the  Word  of  God.  No 
delegate  should  vote  for  a  measure  unless  he  be- 
lieves it  to  be  in  direct  harmony  with  the  Wc  d, 
neither  should  he  vote  against  such  measure  if  I  he 
Word  sustains  it.  Opinion,  impulse,  memory,  e  e, 
all  are  dangerous  ground  upon  which  to  predicat-  a 
decision  of  Annual  Meeting.  Better,  far,  have  « 
decisions,  than  such  as  are  made  at  random.  For 
this  reason  I  urge  again,  as  I  did  one  year  ago,  that 
all  those  who  have  voting  power  entrusted  to  Hum 
by  the  various  churches,  take  a  Bible  with  them  in. 
to  the  sessions  of  the  Annual  Meeting  and  appeal 
to  it  for  decision. 

A  number  of  important  questions,  along  with 
some  probably  not  so  important,  will  be  before  the 
meeting.  We  have  reason  to  believe  that,  wh.-n 
these  questions  are  placed  into  the  hands  of  seveial 
hundred  honest-hearted,  unprejudiced  dclegat  s 
with  the  Word  of  God  at  hand,  their  decision  veill 
at  least  be  safe.  I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  in  all 
perplexing  questions  there  is  certainty  of  an  ab-  o- 
lutely  correct  solution,  but  I  do  believe  it  will  ue 
safe  to  follow  until  the  Spirit  gives  a  keener  and 
deeper  insight  into  such  problems.  May  the  Lord 
direct  the  Annual  Meeting  of  1898  in  the  way  01 
truth  and  holiness,  and  may  his  name  be  honored 
and  the  church  prospered! 
Lanark,  111. 

A  OOOD  IDEA. 

BY   J,   S.    FLORY. 

Some  people  are  so  constituted  that  they  are  al- 
ways finding  fault  with  somebody  or  somethir  J 
With  them,  and,  according  to  their  way  of  thinkii .tj 
this  is  not  right,  the  I  is  all  wrong,  the  church,  sc-:i- 
ety,  and  the  world  in  general  are  all  going  to  ru  a 
or  at  least  are  not  what  they  were  when  they  w.  ro 
young.  Such  persons  cannot,  it  seems,  realize  tnat 
as  times  change  and  the  adversary  changes  his  t^e 
tics,  there  must  be  some  change  of  defense  al-o. 
No  one,  of  course,  would  contend  that  the  moral 
and  religious  principles  or  purposes  of  the  Gospel 
change,  but  the  processes  and  means  of  applying 
the  self-same  old-time  doctrine  may  require  mere 
energy,  more  system,  more  money,  and  more  pri  it- 
er's ink  than  years  ago,  yet  the  object  is  the  same, 
and  the  moral  standard  of  the  church  no  less.  The 
object  of  demolishing  Satan's  bulwarks  and  the  .  d- 
vancing  of  Christ's  kingdom,  may  be  equally  as  de- 
sirable and  the  processes  as  fully  in  line  with  G  s- 
pel  truth,  as  they  ever  were,  although  the  plans  ci| 
have  broadened  out. 

We  were  thinking  it  might  be  a  good  idea  for  trie 
chronic  grumbler  to  sit  down  and  write  a  causy'it 


THE   OOSPEL   MESSEITQ-EH. 


May  21, 


criticism,  line  upon  line,  here  a  little  and  there  a  lit- 
tle, controvert  everything  and  every  idea  not  in 
line  with  their  way  of  thinking,  make  it  strong,  un- 
bosom the  depth  of  injured  feeling,  cut  right  and 
left,  spare  not,  let  the  pen,  dipped  in  gall,  do  its 
best  to  relieve  the  pent-up  imagination.  When  the 
storm  is  over,  and  there  comes  a  calm,  then  read 
the  manuscript  over  carefully,  put  in  more  strong 
points  correct  it,  and  then  read  it  once  a  day  for  a 
week  and,  if  satisfactory,  take  it  carefully  between 
the  finger  and  thumb  and  tear  it  up!  The  writer 
will  be  benefited  and  no  one  hurt.  There  will  be 
no  lost  time  on  the  part  of  the  editor,  besides  it 
saves  the  feelings  that  sometimes  are  aroused  when 
articles  are  rejected. 

WHY  CALLED  PASSOVER? 

BY   S.   Z.   SHARP. 


On  page  281,  present  volume  of  the  Messenger, 
in  an  article  under  the  above  heading,  the  writer 
claims  that  the  last  supper  of  the  Lord  was  proba- 
bly called  passover,  "  because  of  its  close  associa- 
tion with  the  Jewish  passover,"  meaning  the  lamb 
which  the  Jews  ate.  We  understand  that  the 
Lord's  Supper  was  called  passover  for  quite  a  dif- 
ferent reason,  but  before  we  give  our  views  on  this 
point,  we  wish  to  call  attention  to  an  expression  in 
the  above-named  article  which  we  believe  can  not 
be  sustained  by  the  Scriptures.  The  writer  says: 
"By  preparing  the  passover  is  meant  the  purchas- 
ing of  the  lamb,  and  getting  things  ready  for 
the  celebration  to  take  place  the  next  evening." 
Where  is  it  stated  in  the  Scriptures  that  the  disci- 
ples procured  a  lamb,  or  that  they  had  a  lamb  at 
all  in  the  upper  room,  or  anywhere  else  while  they 
ate  "this  passover?" 

There  was  a  time  in  the  history  of  our  church 
when  there  were  many  members  among  us  who  be- 
lieved it  was  necessary  to  have  a  lamb  served  on 
the  Lord's  table.  Some  who  could  not  have  their 
wishes  gratified  in  this  particular,  left  the  main 
body  of  the  church  and  formed  an  organization  of 
their  own.  Once  in  a  while  we  still  find  a  member 
who  clings  to  this  view.  Some  time  ago  I  had  a 
long  conversation  with  an  aged  elder,  who  main- 
tained that  the  disciples  actually  prepared  a  lamb 
and  served  it  on  the  table,  and  that  the  Lord 
helped  to  eat  it,  since,  in  the  German  translation, 
we  find  the  word  Oslirlamm  (Easter  lamb)  used. 
The  word  Osttrlamm  nowhere  occurs  in  the  Bible  in 
the  original  language,  and  the  translation  is  mis- 
leading in  German,  but  all  right  in  English.  The 
word  properly  translated  in  German  is  passa/t.  This 
word  pasiah  in  German,  pischa  in  Greek,  passover 
in  English,  does  not  necessarily  mean  lamb,  as  we 
shall  presently  see. 

In  Luke  22:  1  we  find,  "Now  the  feast  of  un 
leavened  bread  drew  nigh  which  is  called  the  pass 
over."  What  is  here  called  passovtrf  Why,  the 
feast  of  unleavened  bread  which  lasted  seven  days, 
and  that,  surely,  was  not  a  lamb. 

In  Luke  22:  15,  "With  desire  have  I  desired  to 
eat  this  passover."  What  was  this  passover?  It 
was  the  Lord's  Supper  which  he  ate  with  his  disci- 
ples, and  we  feel  sure  the  writer  of  the  above- 
named,  article  does  not  believe  that  Jesus  ate  the 
Jewish  Paschal  Lamb  on  this  occasion. 

We  now  turn  to  1  Cor.  5:  7  and  read,  "  Christ  our 
passover  is  sacrificed  for  us."  What  is  Sailed  pass- 
over  now?  It  is  Christ  himself.  Here  we  have 
three  instances  where  the  word  "passover"  does 
not  mean  the  lamb  which  the  Jews  sacrificed.  Our 
brethren  who  say,  in  such  positive  terms,  that  "  By 
preparing  the  passover  is  meant  the  purchasing  of 
the  lamb,"  will  allow  us  to  enter  our  protest  against 
all  such  statements  which,  wc  feel  confident,  can 
not  be  supported  by  any  Scriptural  quotation. 

We  believe  that  common  sense  and  reason,  as 
well  as  the  Scripture,  would  decide  against  the  idea 
of  any  lamb  being  purchased  by  the  disciples  on 
the  evening  on  which  they  prepared  the  passover. 
There  was  present  on  the  table,  wine,  bread  and 
something  into  which  Jesus  could  dip  a  sop 
Nothing  of  a  lamb  is  mentioned, 


It  is  not  reasonable  that  the  disciples  should  go 
to  the  temple  after  sunset,  buy  a  lamb,  carry  it  to 
an  upper  room  in  Jerusalem,  to  keep  it  there  until 
the  next  afternoon,  to  be  carried  back  to  the  tem- 
ple again,  to  be  slain  by  the  priests  and  have  the 
blood  sprinkled  at  the  foot  of  the  altar.  They 
were  not  allowed  to  slay  it  anywhere  else.  Deut 
16:  2.  Why  should  the  disciples  not  wait  until  the 
lamb  was  wanted  before  they  purchased  it?  We 
should  like  to  hear  the  reason. 

What,  then,  is  meant  by  the  expression  in  Luke 
22:  8,  "Go  and  make  ready  for  us  the  passover  that 
we  may  eat?"  Surely  it  can  not  Include  the  pur- 
chase of  a  lamb  and  the  bringing  of  it  to  the  upper 
room,  for,  unless  something  more  were  done  to  It, 
it  would  not  be  ready  to  be  eaten.  Both  Matthew 
and  Mark  say,  "They  made  ready  the  passover," 
and  that  passover  was  something  that  was  eaten 
by  Jesus  and  his  disciples  when  he  said:  "With  de- 
sire I  have  desired  to  eat  this  passover  with  you  be- 
fore I  suffer."  Cleansing  the  house  first  from  all 
leaven  was  not  preparing  the  passover.  It  was  on- 
ly a  prerequisite  to  the  preparation  of  that  supper. 

The  language  of  Jesus  and  that  of  the  disciples 
can  easily  be  reconciled  when  we  consider  that  he 
knew  all  that  was  soon  to  take  place,  and  they,  not 
knowing  it,  aimed  at  the  preparation  of  the  seven 
days'  feast,  including  the  sacrificing  of  the  lamb. 
They  said,  "Where  wilt  thou  that  we  make  ready 
for  thee  to  eat  the  passover?"— Matt.  26:  17;  Mark 
14:  12,  meaning  of  course  the  paschal  lamb,  when 
the  time  for  eating  it  should  come.  He,  knowing 
that  he  should  be  crucified  at  the  time  of  the  slay- 
ing of  that  lamb,  calls  the  meal  which  he  should 
eat,  a  passover  and  says,  "  Go  and  make  ready  for 
us  the  passover."  Luke  22:  8.  He  had  the  same 
right  to  call  this  meal  a  passover,  as  he  had  to  call 
the  bread  his  body  and  the  wine  his  blood,  which 
he  gave  to  his  disciples. 

Many  get  the  idea  that  whenever  the  word  "  pass- 
over  "  is  used  it  always  means  the  Paschal  Lamb, 
but  as  shown  above,  this  is  not  the  case.  The 
seven  days'  feast  being  called  passover,  every  meal 
during  the  time  of  that  feast  was  a  passover  meal, 
and  it  could  not  have  been  strange  to  the  Jews  to 
have  called  It  so,  as  may  be  inferred  from  Ezek. 
45:  21  and  Luke  22:  1. 

As  Jesus  with  his  disciples  ate  this  meal  after 
the  seven  days  of  unleavened  bread  had  begun,  it 
came  within  the  cycle  of  time  called  passover,  and 
could  properly  be  called  passover. 

This  is  a  vital  question  to  ask  as  a  church,  and 
every  minister  and  Sunday  school  teacher  should 
be  well  informed  in  regard  to  it.  Those  who  wish 
to  see  a  fuller  discussion  and  illustration,  should 
send  for  "The  Lord's  Supper  and  Jewish  Passover 
Illustrated,"  sold  by  the  Brethren  Publishing  House, 
Mt.  Morris,  111 


Remarks.— By  purchasing  the  lamb  was  meant, 
that  the  two  disciples  went  to  the  temple  where 
lambs  were  kept  for  sale  by  the  thousands,  made 
the  contract  for  a  lamb,  with  the  understanding,  of 
course,  that  it  be  slain  by  the  priest  the  next  day, 
as  required  by  the  law,  and  then  delivered  at  the 
upper  room.    Doubtless  it  was  customary  for  the 
Jews  to   thus  make   arrangements   in  advance  for 
their  paschal   lambs,  otherwise   we   cannot  under- 
stand how  order,  anything  like  becoming  a  city, 
could  have  been  maintained  where  so  many  people 
were  present.     After  the  lamb  was  thus  arranged 
for,  Jesus  met  with  his  disciples  in  the  upper  room, 
where  feet- washing,  the  Lord's  Supper  and  Com- 
munion were  instituted.    The  next  day  Jesus  was 
crucified,   and   about  the  time  he  expired  on  the 
cross,  was  the  time  for  slaying  the  lambs  at  the 
temple.     If  these  lambs  were  slain  at  all  on  that  oc- 
casion, then  the  one  purchased  by  the  two  disci- 
ples was   among  them.     But   on    account    of  the 
great  excitement,  wc   are   of  the  impression   that 
they  were  not  slain.     It  will  thus  be  seen  that  Je- 
sus and  the  disciples  had  no  lamb  on  the  table  dur- 
ing the  last  supper,  for  the  lamb  was  yet  at  the 
temple.    We  might  have  explained  this  more  fully 
in  our  short  article,  but  we  thought  we  would  be 
understood.— Ed. 


OERMAN  BAPTIST  BRETHREN  HISTORICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 

[To  be  presented  to  the  Animal  Meeting  along  with  paper 
No.  4  from  Eastern  Pennsylvania.] 

Article  I, — The  Name. 
The  name  of  this  organization  shall  be  the  Ger- 
man Baptist  Brethren  Historical  Association. 

Article  II.— Object. 
The  object  of  this  Association  shall  be 

1.  To  perpetuate  the  memory  and  virtues  of  the 
fathers  and  representative  men  of  the  church,  and 
to  foster  the  principles  and  doctrines  of  the  Bible, 
as  believed  and  practiced  by  the  church. 

2.  To  collect  and  preserve,  in  a  suitable  place,  all 
manuscripts,  documents,  books,  etc.,  having  refer- 
encc  to  the  history  of  the  church. 

3.  To  publish  and  diffuse,  in  harmony  with  pub- 
lishing regulations  of  the  church,  such  part  of  the 
materials  gathered,  as  may  be  deemed  of  sufficient 
importance  and  general  interest. 

4.  To  encourage  each  local  congregation  to  note 
important  events  and  to  keep  and  preserve  Minutes 
of  church  councils  and  of  meetings  of  Boards  of 
Trustees,  to  keep  a  complete  list  of  the  member- 
ship, including  baptisms,  marriages,  deaths,  expul- 
sions, reclamations  and  the  giving  and  receiving  of 
church  letters. 

Article  III.— Membership. 
Sec.  /.—(Classes  and  eligibility.)  The  members 
shall  consist  of  three  classes,  regular,  associate  and 
honorary.  All  persons  in  full  fellowship  with  the 
church  are  eligible  to  regular  membership.  All 
persons  in  full  fellowship  with  church  organiza- 
tions which  have  separated  from  our  own,  are  eli- 
gible to  associate  membership.  All  persons  of 
good  character,  of  acknowledged  ability  in  historical 
research,  who  are  in  sympathy  with  the  objects  of 
this  Association  are  eligible  to  honorary  member- 
ship. 

Sec  //.—(Election  of  Members.)  Njtls  of  ap- 
plicants or  of  persons  proposed  for  menlbershi,r. 
shall  be  presented  in  writing  to  a  member  of  thtj 
Executive  Committee,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  in-j 
quire  into  the  eligibility  of  such  persons  and,  if 
found  eligible,  submit  such  names  to  the  next  reg- 
ular meeting  of  the  Association.  A  two-thirds  vote 
of  members  present  shall  be  necessary  to  election. 
See.  III.— (Requirements  of  Members.)  On  elec- 
tion regular  and  associate  members  shall  pay  a  fee 
of  two  dollars  and  sign  the  constitution.  The  be- 
queathal  of  valuable  documents  to  the  Association, 
or  the  writing  of  an  approved  historical  essay  w>" 
be  accepted  in  lieu  of  such  fee.  The  annual  dues 
for  such  members  shall  be  one  dollar.  The  pay- 
ment of  twenty-five  dollars  shall  constitute  any 
such  member  a  life  member.  Honorary  member! 
shall  be  exempt  from  all  these  obligations. 

Sec.  /K— (Privileges  of  Members.)  Equal  rights 
and  privileges  shall  be  granted  to  all  members,  ex- 
cept voting  and  holding  office,  which  shall  be  lim- 
ited to  regular  members. 

Article  IV.— Officers. 
Sec.  I.    The  officers  of  this  Association  shall  con- 
sist of  President,  Vice-President,  Secretary,  Treas- 
urer, Custodian  and  Executive  Committee. 
Sec.  //.—(Election  of  officers.) 

1.  President,  Vice-President,  Secretary,  Treasure' 
and  Custodian  shall  be  elected  at  each  yearly  mee 
ing  of  the  Association. 

2.  The  editors  of  the  Gospel  Messenger  andj^ 
presidents  of  our  several  colleges  shall  be  hon"" 
Vice-Presidents. 

3.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  consist  of  ^ 
members,  exclusive  of  the  Secretary,  who  sha 
a  member  ex-officio.    At   the   first   election    W 
shall  be  two  elected  for  one  year,  two  for  twoy    ^ 
and  two  for  three  years,  after  which  two  sna 
elected  annually 


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Sec.  ///.-(Method  of  Election.)    All °mce'sLct 
be  elected  by  ballot  and  a  majority  vote  shall 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSErtTG-EIfc. 


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Article  V.— Duties  of  Officers. 
Sie_  /.—  (President)     The  duties    of  the   Presi- 
dent shall  be  those  usually  devolving  on  that  of- 
fice.   . 

Sie  //—(Vice-President, )  In  the  absence  of 
the  President  the  duties  of  that  office  shall  devolve 
on  the  Vice-President. 

Slc  ///.—(Secretary.)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Secretary  to  keep  an  accurate  record  of  all  pro- 
ceedings of  meetings  of  the  Association,  to  conduct 
all  official  correspondence,  and  to  do  such  other 
work  as  his  office  may  require. 

Sec_  /r/_ — (Treasurer.)  The  duties  of  the  Treas- 
urer shall  be  to  collect  all  moneys  and  disburse  the 
same  only  upon  order  signed  by  the  President  and 
Secretary.  He  shall  keep  a  regular  account  of  all 
the  business  he  transacts  and  shall  submit  a  report 
at  each  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Association,  at 
which  time  his  accounts  shall  be  audited. 

SeCi  [/.—(Custodian.)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Custodian  to  receive,  classify,  arrange  and  hold 
in  safe  keeping  and  in  trust  for  the  Association,  all 
books,  papers  documents,  manuscripts,  letters,  etc, 
He  shall  submit  at  each  Annual  Meeting  of  the  As- 
sociation a  report  of  all  acquisitions,  whether  by 
purchase  or  donations,  with  name  of  donor  and  con- 
ditions, if  any,  accompanying  the  acquisition. 

&c  K/.— (Executive  Committee.)  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Executive  Committee  to  examine 
and  to  pass  upon  the  eligibility  of  candidates  for 
membership,  to  arrange  for  the  regular  meetings  of 
the  Association  and  to  prepare  programs  for  same; 
also  to  make,  from  time  to  time,  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  may  be  necessary,  and  to  transact  all 
business  not  otherwise  provided  for  in  this  constitu- 
tion. 

Article  VI.— Meetings. 

The  Association  shall  hold  one  regular  yearly 
meeting  at  the  time  and  place  of  the  Annual  Con- 
ference of  the  church. 

}         Article  VII.— Headquarters. 

Ifhc  headquarters  of  the  Association  shall  be  with 
the  mother  church  at  Germantown. 

Article  VIII.— Amendments. 

To  amend  the  constitution,  three-fourths  of  the 
votes  cast  shall  be  requisite,  proxy  votes  being  al- 
lowed. Such  voting  can  take  place  only  at  the  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Association,  and  after  one 
year's  notice  of  such  proposed  amendment. 

BY-LAWS. 

I,  Order  of  Business. 

1.  Calling  to  order. 

2.  Devotional  exercises. 

3.  Reading  and  adoption  of  minutes  of  previ- 
ous meeting. 

4.  Reports  of  officers  and  committee. 
5    Unfinished  business. 

6.  New  business. 

7.  Election  of  members. 

8.  Election  of  officers. 

9.  Appointment  of  committees, 

10.  Historical  papers  and  addresses. 

11,  Adjournment. 

II.  The  annual  meeting  shall  be  open  to  the  pub- 
lic. 

III.  Failure  on  the  part  of  any  member  to  pay  his 
annual  dues  for  two  years  shall  be  regarded  as 
sufficient  cause  for  dropping  his  name  from  the 
list  of  membership. 

IV.  Special  meetings  can  be  called  at  the  discretion 
of  the  President  and  Executive  Committee. 

V.  The  by-laws  can  be  amended  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  of  the  members  present  at  any  regular 
meeting. 

ORGANIZATION, 

President,. . .  .Abraham  H.  Cassel,  Haileysville,  Pa. 

V,  President,  ,E!d.  S.  F.  Sanger Manassas,  Va. 

Secretary F.  F.  Holsopple Parkerf ord,  Pa. 

Treasurer W.  S.  Price Royersf ord,  Pa. 

Custodian,  ...G  N.  FaUcenstein,  .Germantown,  Pa. 


Executive  Committee — 


\  Jesse  Zigler,  Roycrsford,  Pa., 
Une  Year,       ^  john  Herr_  Myerstown,  Pa. 

_       v  \  J.  G.  Francis,  Oaks,  Pa, 

Two  Years,     ^  T  T  Myers  pn:.ad<.iphia,  Pa, 

•        „  \  S.  R  Zug,  Mastersonville,  Pa,, 

Three  Years,  (  j  T  MyerS|  0lks   Pi 


"LOVE  YOUR  ENEMIES." 

During  the  Revolutionary  war  a  Dunker  leader 
named  Miller  was  grievously  insulted  by  a  man 
named  Widman,  who  was  afterward  sentenced  to 
be  hanged  as  a  British  spy.  Miller  went  to  General 
Washington  and  begged  for  Wldman's  life.  The 
commander-ln  chief  replied: 

"  I  would  like  to  release  Widman  because  he  is 
your  friend;  but  I  cannot,  even  for  that  considera- 
tion." 

"Friend!''  cried  Miller,  "he  is  not  my  friend; 
he  is  only  my  enemy,  and,  therefore,  I  want  to  save 
him." 

The  general  was  so  touched  that  he  pardoned  the 
man.— Chtiitian  Leader. 


^THE  t  SUNDAY  t SCHOOLS 


LESSON  LKlHT-FLAStiES. 

Jesus  Condemned. — Matt.  37:  n- 

Lesson  /or  June  5,  iSgS. 


One  of  the  strange  things  in  a  judicial  action  is 
to  have  a  osndemnation  without  a  crime.  A  con- 
viction resulting  from  the  evidence  at  the  trial,  is 
generally  supposed  to  be  the  result  of  a  trial  by 
law,  and  the  law  Is  intended  to  protect  the  good 
and  punish  the  bad. 

In  the  lesson  of  to  day  we  have  not  only  a  very 
peculiar  subject  in  the  one  tried,  but  the  trial  itself 
I  is  different  from  all  other  known  cases. 

The  accused  was  a  man,  not  a  stranger  but  a  cit- 
zen  of  the  country,  raised  up  from  the  common 
walks  of  life,  of  the  same  family  and  religion,  and 
one  whose  life  was  simple,  harmless,  true  and  with- 
out guile.  The  worst  that  could  be  said  about  him 
was,  that  he  went  about  doing  good,  fulfilling  the 
law  and  the  prophets,— the  very  same  law  by 
which  he  was  tried  and  judged.  In  the  face  of  the 
law,  justic;  and  reason,  he  was  a  remarkably  good 
subject  for  acquittal.  Not  a  single,  well-sustained 
charge  could  be  brought  up  against  him.  Of  the 
common  people,  he  had  a  large  following,  and  his 
words  of  comfort,  salvation  and  promise  they 
heard  gladly.  When  they  brought  up  witnesses 
against  him  they  had  nothing  but  good  to  say  of 
him. 

He  nad  visited  their  towns  and  cities,  read  and 
talked  in  their  synagogues  and  opened  up  to  them 
the  Scriptures  which  they  held  and  reverenced  as 
the  Word  of  God.  His  manner  was  so  winning, 
kand  his  words  so  soft,  pure  and  guiltless,  that  they 
followed  him  by  the  thousands,  men,  women 
and  children,  from  city  to,  city.  During  all  this 
time  he  did  not  say  a  word,  or  do  an  act  that  could, 
in  any  way,  be  construed  into  an  e\il  action  by  his 
enemies. 

He  did  more.  He  healed  their  sick  of  their  dis- 
eases, made  their  maimed  to  walk,  their  blind  to 
see,  and  even  their  dead,  in  some  cases,  did  he 
bring  to  life.  And  yet  this  man,  in  all  his  good- 
ness, was  brought  to  trial,  to  be  judged,  and  was 
condemned. 

First  we  notice  the  manner  of  this  strangely 
good  man,  as  he  was  brought  before  his  accused. 
"  When  he  was  accused  of  the  chief  priests  and  eld- 
ers he  answered  nothing."  He  might  have  had 
much  to  say,  and  said  it  well,  because  he  under- 
stood it  all.  He  knew  that  a  desire  for  position, 
spite  and  envy  was  the  moving  cause  of  it  all.  He 
also  knew  that  if  the  world  was  to  be  saved  from 
the  power  of  sin  and  condemnation,  human  nature 
must  have  its  way.  That  meant,  condemnation  and 
death- must  follow.     Hence,  on  a  second  opportuni- 


ty to  speak  we  are  told,  "And  he  answered  him  to 
never  a  word." 

It  was  his  purpose  that  his  accusers  should  have 
full  scope  in  their  accusations,  and  if  condemned 
he  must  be,  they  must  have  the  satisfaction  of  feel- 
ing and  knowing  that  they  did  it  unchecked,  so 
that,  Judas-like,  their  own  condemnation  might 
come  home  to  them  in  all  its  force. 

To  be  condemned  because  of  guilt  is  a  terrible 
experience  indeed,  but  to  be  innocently  con- 
demned, is  quite  another  thing.  Instead  of  bring- 
ing to  the  subject  remorse  and  despair,  a  feeling  of 
peace  and  joy  comes.  It  is  the  feeling  of  delight 
that  comes  to  us  when  we  are  willing  and  have  suf- 
fered, to  save  others  from  suffering.  Have  you  ev- 
er experienced  a  feeling  of  this  kind?  If  not,  you 
have  never  had  much  knowledge  of  the  Christ-life. 
But  it  is  the  life  that  you  want  to  have,  and  to  have 
it  you  must  get  into  a  very  close  and  intimate  re- 
lation with  Christ.  It  is  studying,  knowing  and 
patterning  after  this  life  that  enables  you  to  get  a 
part  of  it.  This  lesson  ought  to  bring  you  very 
close  to  the  Master,  because  he  was  willing  to  be 
condemned  that  you  might  be  made  free  and  saved 
from  the  death  of  sin. 

You  may  wonder  what  kind  of  a  man  this  Pilate, 
the  Governor,  was.  He  was  a  Roman  and  had 
power  to  give  judgment  according  to  the  law  of  the 
country  and  the  evidence  given,  yet,  as  it  always 
was  and  is  with  men  in  positions  and  power,  he 
I  had  a  desire  to  please  the  Jews,  who  represented 
the  people,  and  as  "  he  knew  that  for  envy  they  had 
I  delivered  him,"  he  was  in  a  strait  what  to  do,— give 
righteous  judgment  and  let  Jesus  go  free,  or 
please  the  people  by  passing  the  edict  of  condem- 
nation. 

By  reading  carefully  you  will  see  how  Pilate  la- 
bored to  do  both,— save  Jesus  from  condemnation, 
and  at  the  same  time  please  the  people.  But  as  he 
could  not  do  this,  the  next  thought  was,  if  Barab- 
bas  is  to  be  released,  "What  shall  I  do  then  with 
Jesus?  They  all  say  unto  him,  h-.t  him  be  cruci- 
fied." 

He  had  no  doubt  about  the  innocency  of  Jesus, 
because  he  knew  that  all  their  accusations  were  un- 
founded, and,  besides,  he  was  clearly  and  fully 
,....^d  by  his  wife,  saying;  "Have  thou  nothing  to 
do  with  that  just  man."  She  was  warned  in  her 
dreams  in  reference  to  him,  and  it  gave  her  trouble 
and  anxiety,  and  so  it  did  Pilate,  but  the  pressure 
and  the  temptations  were  too  strong  for  even  this 
Governor,  to  withhold.  He  washed  his  hands, 
which  was  a  much  easier  thing  to  do  than  to  wash 
clean  his  conscience,  and  he  gave  Jesus  into  the 
hands  of  his  enemies  to  be  condemned  unto  death. 

Do  we  ever  get  into  such  straits,  when  the  right 
says,  Decide  in  one  way,  and  the  tempter  says,  An- 
other way?  No  matter  how  the  seeming  advan- 
tages may  appear,  it  is  always  wrong  to  decide 
against  our  convictions  of  right.  It  was  by  this  de- 
cision that  the  downfall  of  Pilate  began. 

14 was  no  doubt  a  wonderful  struggle  for  Judas 
to  decide  against  his  best  of  all  friends,  but  he  did 
it,  and  his  terrible  reward  followed.  So  it  will  fol- 
low after  all  wrong  doings.  "  Always  for  the  right " 
is  the  only  safe  way  to  success.  H.  B.  B. 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


OREATNESS  AND  SERVICE.-Phllpp.  2:  5. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  May  26,  1808. 

I,  The  Way  to  Greatness.— Luke  22:  24-30. 

1.  A  desire  for  greatness  universal.    (V.  24);   I    Kir 
47;  Mark  g:  34- 

2.  How  the  world  seeks  to  gain  it.    (V.  25);  Dan. 
Mark  10.  42. 

3   The  better  way.    (V.  26);  Prov.  29:  23;  Luke  9:  48. 

4.  Christ's  example.     (V.  27);  Isa.  53:  4;  Philpp.2:  7. 

5.  Greatness  rewarded.    (Vs.  28  30};  Ps.  49:  U\  Rev. 
II.  Equipment  for  SERVICE.-Luke  22:  35-37- 

1.  An  abundance  of  worldly  goods  not  needed,    (v 
Zech.  4:  6:  Matt.  10;  10. 

2.  Make  use  of  that  which  is  necessary.    (V.  36);  2 
24:  24;  Acts  20:  34. 

3.  Faithfulness  and  patience.    Heb.  12:  1,  2. 


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May  21,  1898, 


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TrlE  SPRING  IS  HERE. 


I  fuel  tbe  kindness  of  the  lengthening  days— 
I  warm  me  at  the  strong  fire  of  the  sun— 
I  know  tbe  year's  glad  course  is  well  begun— 

Ah,  what  awaits  me  in  its  devious  ways? 

What  strange,  new  bliss  shall  thrill  me  with  amaze? 
What  prize  shall  I  rejoice  that  I  have  won? 

I  f?el  the  kindness  of  the  lengthening  days— 
I  warm  me  at  the  stroDg  fire  of  the  sun. 

Yet  I  behold  the  phantom  that  dismays — 
The  face  of  Grief  that  spares  not  any  one- 
Rewards  come  not  until  the  task  is  done, 

Ani  there  are  minor  chords  in  all  earth's  lays; — 

Nay!     Trust  the  kindness  of  the  lengthening  days— 
I'll  warm  me  at  the  strong  fires  of  the  sun, 

— The  Independent. 


CIRCLE  NOTES. 


BY    JAMBS    M.    NEFF. 

Bro.  J.  W.  Keiser,  of  Primrose,  Ohio,  writes: 
"  I  have  almost  finished  the  second  year's  course  of 
Circle  reading,  and  will  say  I  have  been  greatly 
benefited.  I  hardly  know  which  of  the  books  is 
b  st,  as  they  are  all  calculated  to  create  in  one  a 
greater  zeal  for  missionary  work, — especially  the 
"Uves  of  Judson  and  MoHat.  When  we  see  what 
they  have  endured  that  the  heathen  might  learn 
tb  it  there  is  a  living  and  true  God,  we  are  made  to 
w  h  that  God  would  so  bless  the  members  of  the 
X  ading  Circle  and  so  inspire  them  with  the  mis- 
sionary spirit  that  many  of  them,  too,  would  go 
ic-thand  proclaim  the  glorious  Gospel  to  the  be- 
ai^hted  souls  that  today  are  in  heathen  lands,  un- 
til the  entire  earth  resound  with  praises  to  God  for 
hi  -  goodness  to  the  childen  of  men."  Bro.  Keiser 
Itadfl  some  stamps  along  in  his  letter,  to  assist  in 
carrying  forward  the  work  of  the  Circle  and  orders 
a  copy  of  "  Do  Not  Say." 

Bro.  Melbourne  Mabee,  of  Frederick,  South  Da- 
te ta,  writes:  "We  are  having  regular  meetings  of 
the  Reading  Circle  once  a  week  and  find  the  books 
reil  interesting.  We  have  read,  as  a  class,  the  first 
w->  and  about  a  half  of  the  third  book  of  the  first 
year's  course." 

We  are  glad  to  learn  that  there  is  a  band  of  Circle 
leaders  in  South  Dakota,  that  meets  regularly  to 
re  'd  and  discuss  missionary  subjects.  Let  the 
gc  od  example  be  followed  in  many  other  places! 

Sister  Lydia  A,  Barnhart,  of  Appanoose,  Kans., 
wtites:  "I  finished  the  Circle  course  about  two 
ffi  jnths  ago,  and  have  enjoyed  all  the  books,  but 
feel  to  recommend  most  highly  the  last  one,  'In 
tk^  Volume  of  the  Book.'  But,  above  all,  the 
B;ok  of  books  should  be  recommended  more  highly 
»s  the  sweet  story  ever  new.  It  should  also  be 
5t -died  more  than  it  is  among  us.  If  more  atten- 
iica  were  paid  to  the  Bible.it  would  make  better 
Missionaries  and  more  of  them  than  we  now  have. 
It  'vould  also  make  the  service  of  Christ  in  every 
w»y  more  enjoyable.    We  all  would  feel  less  like 


following  the  foolish  fashions  and  customs  of  the 
world  and  would  take  comfort  from  the  thought 
that  they  that  bear  the  cross  below  shall  wear  the 
crown  above." 

In  our  reading  of  other  books,  let  us  not  forget 
our  duty  to  the  Book  of  all  books.  A  study  of  the 
lives  of  modern  missionaries  is  only  valuable  to  us 
as  it  increases  our  admiration  of  the  life  of  Christ, 
the  universal  missionary  model,  and  missionary 
books  written  by  men  are  valuable  only  as  they  in- 
crease our  love  for,  and  interest  in,  the  missionary 
Book  of  God. 

Fruitiah,  Ala, 


NOTES  FROM  THE  CHICAOO  MISSION. 
BY   LIZZIE    HOWE. 

— During  the  past  winter  we  have  had  a  number 
of  letters  inquiring  into  the  nature  of  the  work  done 
in  this  city.  In  reply  to  these  letter?,  as  well  as  for 
the  benefit  of  all  our  readers,  we  give  an  outline  of 
our  week's  program,  together  with  a  brief  report  of 
the  past  year's  work.  By  way  of  introduction  we 
would  say  that  there  are  three  workers  of  us.  We 
prepare  our  own  meals,  do  our  own  housework,  and 
devote  our  time  otherwise  wholly  to  the  mission 
cause. 

— Our  weekly  calendar  is:  Sunday  School,  at 
9:  45  A.  M  ;  Industrial  School,  Monday,  Tuesday, 
Wednesday  and  Saturday  at  3:  30  P.  M.;  Reading 
Room,  Monday  and  Saturday,  7  P.  M.;  Children's 
Prayer  Meeting,  Wednesday,  7:  15  P.  M,;  Mothers' 
Meeting,  Thursday,  2  P.  M,;  Helping  Hands,  Bible 
work,  Thursday,  4  P.  M. ;  Children's  Meeting,  Satur- 
day, 2:  30  P.  M  ;  Industrial  Work  for  Mothers  in 
Winter,  Monday,  1  P.  M. 

— We  also  have  the  regular  Sunday  church  ser- 
vices and  weekly  prayer-meeting.  There  are  one 
hundred  and  fifty  girls  connected  with  our  industri- 
al school;  also  a  few  boys.  Had  we  the  conveni- 
ences for  the  latter,  we  could  doubtless  have  a  hun- 
dred boys  interested, 

— A  good  supply  of  beautiful  cut  patches  have 
been  sent  us  during  the  past  winter  by  sisters,  and 
our  girls  have  learned  many  helpful  and  practical 
lessons  in  sewing  them.  From  the  pieces  and  rem- 
nants of  calico,  gingham,  muslin,  tennis  flannel, 
etc.,  sent  in,  garments  have  been  made  by  our  girls. 
Just  now  the  industrial  work  is  receiving  a  new  im- 
petus by  the  making  of  a  variety  of  small  articles, 
such  as  pin  cushions,  pen  wipers,  work  baskets,  iron 
holders,  outlining  card  board,  etc.  Here  the  begin- 
ners as  well  as  the  boys  find  busy  employment. 

— Our  library  books  number  about  two  hundred 
now,  These  are  constantly  being  circulated,  and 
are  much  enjoyed.  We  feel  most  grateful  to  the 
kind  donors  who  have  recently  contributed  to  our 
library  fund,  enabling  us  to  purchase  some  new 
books,  At  present  the  children  are  having  "  Little 
Men"  read  to  them  in  the  reading  room.  "  Uncle 
Tom's  Cabin  "  was  recently  read  to  them.  It  is  en- 
couraging to  note  how  the  children  learn  to  appre- 
ciate a  good  book. 

— On  Saturday  afternoon  we  give  them  Biblical 
literature,  dwelling  principally  upon  Old  Testa- 
ment characters,  thus  supplementing  the  New  Testa- 
ment Sunday  school  lessons. 

— At  all  our  day  sessions  a  Young  Disciple \  Gospel 
Messenger,  and  sometimes  both,  is  given  to  each 
child.  Frequently  a  roll  of  papers  is  given  to  some 
child  to  distribute  in  outlying  places.  A  great 
many  papers  and  cards  have  been  distributed  in  hos- 
pitals by  children  who  accompany  us  on  our  visits 
there.  Here  the  picture  cards  are  especially  en- 
joyed. 

— In  view  of  receiving  regularly,  from  the  Pub- 
lishing House,  new  copies  of  the  Messenger,  and 
having,  too,  a  supply  of  old  ones  on  hand,  v/e  arc 
not  in  need  of  any  more  second  hand  copies  at 
present.  We  arc  always  glad  for  clean  copies  of 
papers  for  children. 

— Our  morning  hours  are  devoted  chiefly  to  study 
and  to  the  preparation  of  material  for  the  industrial 
school,  the  afternoon  being  spent  in  making  calls, 
visiting  the  sick   and  poor,  holding  Bible  leadings, 


and  teaching.  During  the  past  year  one  hundred 
and  forty-two  Bible  readings,  accompanied  gener- 
ally with  prayer,  have  been  held  in  homes.  Seven 
hundred  and  forty  calls  have  been  made.  Fre- 
quently the  sick  have  been  waited  on  day  and 
night. 

— "  Is  that  all?"  some  one  may  ask.  To  know 
what  more,  we  would  suggest  to  read  between  the 
lines,  or  better  still,  come  and  see.  We  shall  ex- 
pect the  latter  during  the  coming  Annual  Meeting 
season. 

— At  Thanksgiving  a  box  of  eatables  was  sent  in, 
This  was  sent  out  in  baskets  to  poor  families.  At 
Christmas  time,  through  the  kindness  of  the  chil- 
dren of  North  Manchester  and  Mt.  Morris,  we  were 
enabled  to  give  a  dinner  to  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty.  During  the  year  2,126  pieces  of  clothing  were 
donated;  155  pairs  of  hose,  32  pairs  of  mittens,  67 
pairs  of  shoes,  20  pairs  of  rubbers,  34  pieces  of  bed- 
ding, 32  miscellanies  of  clothing,  54  rolls  of  papers, 
5  packages  of  cards,  39  lots  of  patches,  278  yards  of 
goods  for  sewing,  11  scrap  books,  small  remnants, 
samples  of  dry  goods,  319  pounds  of  dried  fruit,  1 
barrel  dried  apples,  125  jars  of  canned  fruit  (includ- 
ing for  house  use),  44  quarts  dried  corn  and  beans, 
etc,  4j{  bushels  of  green  apples,  2  dozen  tumblers 
of  jelly,  6  lots  of  nuts,  several  lots  of  popcorn,  14 
sundries  of  eatables.  Several  hundred  beautiful 
bouquets  were  sent  us  on  Flower  Day,  each  Tues- 
day, during  the  summer  months. 

— At  the  time  of  the  extremely  cold  weather  we 
had  a  surplus  of  coats,  hats,  hoods  and  vests, 
These  were  given  out  for  general  distribution  among 
the  poor  of  the  city.  The  demands  of  our  immedi- 
ate neighborhood  being  great,  we  have  little  winter 
clothing  over  for  another  season. 

-Several  Bibles  have  been  placed  in  families  and 
about  3,000  tracts  have  been  distributed, 

-The  children  were  taken  to  the  park  once.  A 
most  promising  feature  of  the  year's  work  was  the 
taking  of  about  twenty-five  children  to  the  country 
for  a  two  weeks'  outing.  A  few  of  the  mothers 
were  out  for  one  day.  We  cannot  speak  toi  .high- 
ly of  the  fresh-air  work.  The  two  weeks'" unting 
last  summer  will  ever  be  a  bright  spot  in  the  mem- 
ory of  every  child.  How  constantly  they  speak  of 
it!  Already  they  are  looking  forward  to  another 
outing  during  the  coming  hot  season.  We  can  only 
speak  to  our  Father  of  it,  who  has  said,  "  The  silver 
is  mine  and  the  gold  is  mine."  We  believe  we 
could  easily  find  homes  for  fifty  or  a  hundred  chil- 
dren for  two  weeks,  if  the  expense  of  car  fare  could 
be  met.  "Thou  shalt  remember  the  Lord  thy  God: 
for  it  is  he  that  giveth  thee  power  to  get  wealth." 
"  Prove  me  now  herewith,  saith  the  Lord  "  and  the 
blessing  will  follow. 

— As  a  result  of  last  summer's  work  two  little 
girls  have  found  permanent  homes  in  the  country. 
Another  will  go  soon  for  the  summer,  and  several 
boys  want  to  go, 

— As  wc  review  the  past  year,  we  feel  unworthy 
of  the  rich  blessings  that  have  come  to  ourselves. 
As  to  the  blessings  to  others,  we  know  many  have 
been  helped  temporally.  We  know,  too,  that  good 
seed, — the  Word  of  God, — has  been  sown,  and  we 
trust  some  has  fallen  upon  good  ground.  Isaiah 
55:  io-ii  is  our  confidence.  God's  Word  shall  not 
return  unto  him  void.  Pray  for  the  work  and  the 
workers. 

660  S,  Ashland  Av 


This  life,  so  full  of  conscious  power,  so  bright 
with  immortal  love,  so  divine  in  its  glorious  fellow- 
ships, so  grand  with  tuneful  harmonies  and  holy 
blessedness  of  inward  rapture  and  perfect  knowl- 
edge, is  .oniin,     It  is  life  eternal. — Haydn. 


The  word  "Amen"  does  not  mean,  "  Let  it  be 
so!"  In  that  case  the  word  would  simply  be  an 
additional  prayer.  "Amen"  means  "it  shall  be 
so."  It  is  a  declaration  of  faith,  not  a  word  of  sup- 
plication.— Dr,  A,  T,  Pierson. 


There  can  be  no  permanent  government,  revolv- 
ing in  concord  and  harmony,  where  each  integral 
particle  has  the  liberty  to  fly  off. 


TKE  gospel  messekgeb. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

COMMITTEE. 

Hooch  Eby,        •    Kansas   i   L.  W.  Teeter,     •    Indiana 

D.L.Miller,     •    -  Illinois    1    S.  R.  Zug,  -  Pennsylvania 

S.  F.  Sanger,   -    -    Virginia. 

S293LAS  MSETIH33  OF  TBS  C0M1HTTE2:  -  The  Monday 
before  Standing  Committee  convenes  at  Annual  Mcct- 
iDg;  the  second  Monday  ol  October  and  oi  February. 

BUSINESS  FOB  AH"  II 


EACH  STATE  Di:T3ICT  UICCIOH  BOABD  Is  entitled  freh  to 
iS   six-months  subscriptions  to  the  Gospel  Messbn- 

doracdby  the  District  Mission.  Board,  before  the  paper 

THE  COMMITTEE  BSCEIVES  donations  lor  tho  following 
funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India.  Orphanage  at 
Smyrna;  Washington  Meetinghouse;  Sulicrers  In 
India;  Book  and  Tract  Funds. 

DO  HOT  ADD3EE3  business  or  money  intended  tor  the 
pondence  and  money  should  be  sent  to 


THE  OITOMAN  EMPIRE. 


It  has  not  been  long  ago  that  the  only  high 
ways  in  Turkey  were  the  bridle-paths  made  by 
the  caravans  passing  back  and  forth  tun 
the  country.  Here  and  there  could  be  found 
remains  of  the  great  Roman  roads,  once  I 
but  there  were  many  difficulties  connected 
travel  on  them,  that  the  traveler  was  compelled 
to  pick  his  way  as  he  best  could  over  the  c 
try.  In  recent  years,  as  foreign  enterprise 
been  steadily  and  stealthfully  making  it 
roads  on  the  country,  a  number  of  important 
roads  have  been  built  through  the  country 
different  directions.  The  rude  carts  of  the 
Circassian  were  introduced  also,  and  these 
have -compelled  tne  government  to  give  £ 
■ip iP.'mon  to  road  building,  so  that  in  many 
pprts  there  are  pretty  fair  carriage  roads  to  be 
found  to-day. 

The  first  railroad  was  built  from  Smyrna  to 
Aidin,  points  where  now  there  is  a  church  of 
the  Brethren.  This  road  has  been  followed  by 
some  others,  branching  out  in  other  directions, 
but  compared  to  the  United  States  the  Turkish 
empire  has  but  a  small  mileage  of  railroads. 

The  postal  and  telegraph  arrangements  are 
all  in  the  hands  of  the  government,  and,  as  far 
as  the  interior  is  concerned,  the  mails  are  car- 
ried on  horseback  by  a  postman  and  escorted 
by  a  guard.  Considering  the  means  of  dis- 
tributing the  mails  throughout  the  interior,  the 
rate  of  postage  is  very  cheap. 

The  foreign  postal  service  is  peculiarly  ar- 
ranged. According  to  earlier  treaties  each  for- 
eign nation  was  to  maintain  her  own  postal  of- 
fices and  service  along  the  sea  coast,  and  thus 
the  English,  French,  Austrians,  Italians  and 
Greeks  each  established  their  own  postoffices 
in  the  more  important  seaboard  towns.  This  is 
why  Bro.  Fercken  has  oriered  his  mail  to  be 
addressed  to  him  "  By  Way  of  Open  Mail,  via 
London."  This  direction  gives  the  letter  the 
protection  of  the  English  government  and  is 
not  handled  by  the  Turkish  officers.  Since 
Turkey  has  been  admitted  into  the  postal  un- 
ion some  of  the  countries  have  dropped  their 
offices  and  a  pressure  has  been  brought  to  have 
all  of  them  do  this;  but  there  are  a  few  coun- 
tries who  still  choose  to  hold  their  own  post-of- 
fices in  the  realms  of  the  Ottoman, 

Social  life  in  Turkey  is  quite  varied.  In  the 
city,  in  some  parts,  the  houses  and  the  customs 
and  courtesies  that  obtain,  ate  not  far  behind 
those  in  the  cities  of  Europe  in  general.  Then, 
in  the  country,  there  are  the  rude  houses,  some 
with  only  one  room,  others  with  more,  and  in 
parts  simply  the  black  tent  which  is  pitched 
here  and  there  as  circumstances  dictate.  Ex- 
cept in  some  of  the  Koordish  districts  and 
parts  of  Mesopotamia  the  common  people  live 
in  comparative  comfort,— that  is  comfort  for 
them,  but  possibly  it  would  be  looked  upon  by 
a  foreigner  as  the  scantiest  provisions.  Yet, 
unless  there  is  a  failure  of  crops  or  imperfect 
transportation,  for  some  means  or  other,  the 
People  do  not  really  suffer  for  the  wants  of  the 


body.     It  is  rare  if  the  traveler  will   not    find 

e,  bread,  milk  and  some  meat  in  the  hum- 

:st  of  these  homes.    True,  their  bouses  are 

ketyhuts,  the  furniture  scanty  and  poor,  and 

e  clothing  and  bedding  coarse,  but  they  serve 

the  purposes  of  life  well.     It  is  only  when  old 

age  or  sickness  overtakes  the   inhabitant  that 

he  really  suffers  and  there  is  little  then  to  come 

to  his  aid. 


->  aristocracy 


Noc 


1  Turkey  and  cast 
or  other  social  n 
i  hind  from  becoir 


ill  prevent  a  fai 
ing  the  Grand  Vizier,  be  he  Moslem,  Patriarch, 
Armenian  or  Greek;  and  should  he  attain  to 
such  a  position  his  once  humble  life  wou'd  be 
no  reflection  upon  him.  In  this  respect  Turk- 
ey stands  in  strong  contrast  with  India;  and 
this  feature  is  no  small  element  in  Bro.  Ferck- 


bring  it  back.  Next  day  we  heard  remarks 
such  as  these:  "  Mr.  Luke  must  havebeen 
ver  man."  "I  got  Mr.  John's  book." 
t  is  the  name  of  the  Madam  Saheb's  boy, 
it?"  "I  haven't  finished  my  book  yet." 
mder  if  the  Saheb  thinks  hecan  make  any 
Christians?  "  "That  religion  is  not  wrong, 
but  let  every  fellow  stick  to  his  own  religion." 
'That's  what  I  say."  "  We  must  stick  to  the 
eligion  of  our  forefathers." 

—I  should  add  that  all  the  children  are  quite 

happy.    They  eat  on  the  floor  and  sleep  on  the 

floor.    They  eat  with  their  fingers  too,  and  at 

the  close  of  each    meal  every  one  washes  his 

dish,— then  it  is  complete.    If  one  should 

ask   for  knife  and  fork  the  others  would  think 

irely  he  was  getting  quite  proud, 

BuZsar,  India. 


the 


the 


In 


part  there  is  the  freest  inter-couimunication  be 
tween  the  races  and  between  all  parts  of  th 
same  race.  This,  of  course,  does  not  meai 
that  there  is  good  feeling  underlying  all  this 
No,  while  the  Turk  will  deal  with  the  Chris 
tian,  he  is  still  to  him  "the  Christian  dog. 
The  Armenian  hates  the  Greek  and  the  Jew  i 
despised  by  all  races.  Intermarriage  is  ur 
known  between  the  Moslems  and  the  Chris 
tians,  excepting  that,  occasionally,  a  Chriatia 
girl  is  drawn  into  the  harem  of  some  wealthy 
Turk.  And  while  there  is  no  social  intercourse 
between  the  races,— each  one  building  and  liv- 
ing  in  his  part  of  the  city,— yet  in  business  re 
lation  there  is  the  freest   exchange  and  inter 


BULSAR  NOTES. 


— April  is  a  hot  month  in  Indi 

— Some  of  our  party  have  remarked  that 
younger  workers  who  could  acquire  the  lan- 
guage easier  should  be  preferred  for  the  for 
eign  field. 

—One  old  Hindu,  who  has  had  two  wives 
has  said  he  wants  to  be  a  Christian.  We  told 
him  that,  when  he  has  dismissed  the  second 
wife,  and,  according  to  Hindu  custom  in  dis 
missal,  given  her  fifty-one  rupees,  then  may  h 
make  application.  Then,  may  we  not  receiv 
him,  or  has  he  committed  an  unpardonable  sin 
[The  sin  is  not  unpardonable.  He  may  be  n 
ceived.— Ed  ] 

— We  usually  have  a  daily  Bible  lesson  from 
two  to  three  in  the  afternoon.  Bro.  McCan 
acts  as  teacher.  We  have  changed  the  hour 
evening 


of  the  heat  ant 
snjoy  the  study  with  us. 


ollu: 


-Duri 


e  held  thre 
in  English 
re  is  often  s 


)i;^lU  .il-.!i 


tings 


daily  in  our  house,  two 

Gujerati.    But  in  joy  thi 

mid-week,  at  a  special 

promising  brother  had    to  be  disfellowshiped 

for  fornication.    There  were  many  tears.     Wi 

explained  carefully  that  the  church  had  bu 

one  course  in  this  matter.     The  church  expeli 

no  one,  but  when  any  one  persists   in  walking 

separate   from  the  church,  she  mus1 

ly  recognize    the   fact.     Pray  for  him  that  he 

may  yet  be  saved. 

—On  Sunday,  April  3,  just  before  the  sellinj 
of  the  sun,  thirteen  precious  souls  were  added 
unto  the  Lord  by  baptism.  One  of  these 
our  dear  brother,  Col.  W,  W.  Ansell,  who  li 
six  miles  away  on  his  cocoanut  plantation  by 
the  sea.  Seven  were  our  orphans,— three  boys 
and  four  girls.  Pray  for  them  all,  that  they 
may  be  confirmed  by  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God, 
One  little  orphan,  Kangalia,  a  lad  of  about 
eleven  years,  cried  and  cried,  because  w 
thought  best  not  to  baptize  him  at  presen 
He  can  come  soon,  but  should  amend  a  littl 
first.  One  of  the  boys  who  was  received,  wa 
noticed  by  a  heathen  woman  as  having  s 
greatly  changed  she  hardly  knew  him,  () 
hearing  the  truth  she  responded:  "  If  that  i 
the  way  it  does  for  people,  then  I  want  you  t 
baptize  me  too;  I  would  like  to  have  a  new  heart 
like  that  too." 

—Sister  Mary  M.  Gibson  gave  52.50  to  Uro. 
Forney  when  he  came,  to  buy  Gospels  for  the 
people.  We  bought  240  with  English 
Gujerati  on  opposite  pages.  We  gave  the 
the  high  caslc  boys  who  are  attending  school 
in  Bulsar,  and  studying  English.  When  the 
boys  learned  that  free  books  were  to  be  had, 
there  was  a  general  rush.  But  that  must  not  be 
misinterpreted.  It  was  not  hunger  for  the 
Gospel.  It  was  to  get  a  free  book.  We  made 
every    fellow   promise   to  read    it   through   ot 


MISSION  RECEIPTS  FOR  MARCH,    1808 

{Concluded  fr.in  fatt  wck.) 
ORPHANAGE  AT  SMYRNA. 
Pa  -Sana  Hoirman,  Scalp  Level,  (2;  Fair- 
bwB.  9,, $1.85;  J.  8  Harley,  East  Salem,  580; 

ital, .     S3  8 

Mo -Rockingham  8.  S,  J10;  Walnut  Creek 

Iowa.— liarbara  A.   Kurlz,  Greenfield,  $l; 

ullnnCvoek  S.S..W.40;  total 04 

KANS.-Monltor    a.    a  ,    $2;   Slate    Crook 

iurch,?:i.N5;  total,     6« 

NBHB.-Marla  Evane,  Roseland, 5  C 

LA.-Lake  Arthur  M.  E.ohuroh, 8* 

Ind.— Mary  Aldarfer,   Inwood,   3,'e;    lion* 
Shlvely,  Iuwood,  2Se',  Alice  Lamb,  Inwood, 

garet  Retllnger,  liourbon,  25  cents;  Sarah 
Myers.  Bourbon,  25  cents;  Barbara  Lint, 
Bourbon,  25  cents;   Eliza  Halo,  Bourbon,  26 

N.O.- Nellie  M.  Frlsbee,  I'antigo 1  i 

Md.— A  sister,  Heaver  Creek  church 1( 

Mioh.— Thornnpplo  church,  60  cents;  Mary 

Peck,  50  conts;  total, II 

OHio.-Ludlow   church I 

Childiibn's  MISSION,— A.%  reported  In  V. 

Total flit)  : 

GTON  CITY  MEETINGHOUSE. 


;  Yellow  Oroek  m 


Micu.-Thornapplechuroh, 

Va.— Second  Distriot 

Mo.— "WayneBvlUo  ohnroh 

WlB.-BHter  P.  Mock 

Mb.— A  sister,  Hoavor  Creek  church 

Total,       J 

SUFFERERS  IN  CUBA. 

Iowa.— So.  Waterloo  church,  Aid  Sool- 
ely.515;  Mt.  Etna  S,  B.,  8MB; Bo,  Waterloo 
chur.->i,<i2!ii;  E.c.  Wliltmor,  Mallard, $8;  K. 
Leonard,  Aarella,  S3;  total, 

Is  11.— Mrs.  Liielmla  Weaver.  Llgonter,  II; 
.Solomon's  church,  110.40;  Anna  Nelior,  Mul- 
berry, GO  coats;  .1.    H.   Miller,    Elkhart,   80 

l'.\.    <,.  W.  KiThnlt,  All. u, nil,  >r.';.l.  n.Oel- 


«H«lHii-K,i,ii.-1.nis;HlHt. 

lllo,  .fiif.it;  total 

ipport,  )2;  Oakley  S.  ! 
h,  Mt.  Carroll,  BOoenl 
:\i,:i7;  collected  by  .1. 
brother,  Mt.  MoniB,! 


,  tA .)' 


ngto 


fill> 


Lei 


,  *i; 


Groves.  S.,  5  10.51;  Myersdale  s.  s  ,  11888;  Dry 
Valley  s.  H  ,$'2.13;  Class  three  and  frlenda, 
Manor  S.  s.,  $1.60;  Ladles'  Aid  Society,  Plum 
Crsek  church,  HO;  Johnstown  church, $31;  to- 

Va.-  Botetourt  cburcb,  510.5};  Roanoke  City 
church,  83;  Second  District,  $1.50;  total,     .  . 

W.  VA.-German  Settlement  congregation, 

Ind -Solomon's  ohuroh,  $0.20;  J,  W.8.,  (I; 
GraveltonS.  S.,$3;  Ella  Billing,  SI;  Amanda 
Widows,  35  cents;  total 

COLo.-Monte  Vista  churoh 

Canada.— Isaac  U.Cober,  Hesjieler.Ont.,  51; 
N.  1'.  Cober,  Hespeler,  Out.,  $1;  Jacob  U.Cob- 
er,  Kesplor,  Ont.,  51;  total,     

ILL.-Mary  Hoerner,  Auburn,  SI;  Wm.  D, 
Leedy,Corrogordo,?l;total 

Mo.— Amanda  McGJothlln,  Allison, si ;  Mrs. 
William  H.Clark,  Allison,  35  cents;  total, .  . 

Idaho,- S.  J.  Peiley,  Moscow, 

Iowa.— Amanda  Leavell,  Untonvllle,  80 
cents;    Lona   Crips,  Battle  Creek,  60 cents; 

Cal.— A.  H.  Emmert,  Los  Angeles 

Total     fl»9  OS 

MESSENGER  POOR  FUND. 
IOWA.— I).  M.  DleriiorlT,  Waterloo,  $1.60;  Re 
becca  Morgan,  Creswell,  50  cents;  total,     .  . 
Va— William  Mallory,   Cartersvllle,  51.35 

A.N.  Hylton,  Willis,  51;    total, 

Pa.— A  sister,  Harleysvllle,     

Nkur.— Levi    HolTert,    Carleton 

Total,     

AFRICAN  MISSION. 

Colo.— Monte  Vista  cburen, 

Total « 

IND 


■,J3;  LuuiiCripe,  I 


ents;  total, 

-MurLi  Evans,  Roseland,  *5;  We 
r  church/w.lii;  total, 


,  13.11 


Barrack,  Eln> 


.(2;. 


H,  Cnssady  and  wife,  lauieldale,  51;  a  low 

thl/lng  workers,  Aml>oy,*2:ii;  Intal 0  50 

Hawthorn  church,  $407;  total,     I  S3 

Mo.— John  Urban,  Mtuartevlllo,  fl;  Mound 
H.B„  Adi  lan,  $8  40;  total, I  10 

Total 5:107  II 

INDIA  MISSION. 
[Used  only  for  the  mission  In  India.) 
IowA.-Coon  River  S.  8.,  $8.40;  Franklin 

County  S.S., $1.05;  total, .  ...      046 

CAL-Covlna  churoh,  in  10;  A,  H.  Emmert, 

Los  Angeles,  30  cents;  totnl, i)  10 

ILL,— Cherry  Groves,  B.,»5;  W.  1>.  Luedy, 

VA.-Scco'nd'  District,   5527;Second   Dls- 

Ohio.— Mary  Moore,  Loverlngs,  SI;  Rome 
churoh, 55;  Ludlow  church,  10 cents;  total,        6  10 

COLO.-Moate  Vista  church, 5  (0 

N.  0.— Nellie  M.  Frisl.ee,  Pantlgo 175 

Wis.—  Maple  Grove  church  and  otlmrs, .  .         60 
PA,— Slater  Montgomery's  B.  S.  class,  Bo- 

Hunllngdon H  *'<7 

Total ' f00  88 

SUMMARY. 

1B08.  1SQ7. 

World-wide  MlBSlODi,     t 'Xiu  49  8  741  £5 

Asia  Minor  Mission 31  08  21  50 

India  Mission 60  m  3*1  GO 

African  Mission 2  CO 

Smyrna  Orphanage 110  ?8  671  63 

India  Orphanage ^  N 

Book  and  Tract  Fund 888  00  885  80 

Washington  Meetinghouse,   .  .  .     480  03  100  57 

Mehseh«ek  Poor  Fund, 6  85 

Sufferers  in  Cuba, 807  II 

SufTarers  In  India, g"  "5 

Totftll $3,250  68  $2  HI  66 

Number  of  tracts  sent  out, .  .      75,031  £0,141 

CORRECTION, 
BBPTKUJHSK-— The  *T,W sent  by  1  lie  Second  DIb- 
trlctof     Virginia  and  credited  to  the  India  Mis- 
sion should  hnve  bt-en  credited  to  the  Indian  Or- 


xingto 


,  Watorlo 
oCavllla  Licit 


—-'         ,     -_ 


328 


THE    GOSPEL    IvtfUESSZErtTGETS-. 


May  21,  1898, 


The  Gospel  Messenger, 

Pabllshod  Weekly,  at  I1.S0  per  Annum,  by 

BRETHREN   PUBLISHING   HOUSE, 


,  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  ! 


Office  Editor 

Business  Manageg, 


Enoch  Eby,  Daniel  H*yi,  W.  8.  Destsi 


whom  it  is  addressed.    II  you  do  not  get  1 


[o  all  subscribers.  If  the 
er  must  reach  the  person 
r  paper,  write  us,  giving  J 


old  delay  and  misunderstanding. 


^-Do  not  scud  personal  cheeks  or  drnlts 

JT-Remlttances  should  be  made  by  Post- 
*  York,  Philadelphia  or  Chicago,  or  Reg 
addressed  to  "Brethren  Publishing  Hot 
F~Kntered  at  the  Post-office  at  Moun 


Mount  Morris,  III.,  May 


Usnnlly  two  weeks  Is  long 
,  stating  WHEN  and  HOW 

The  Brethren  at  New  Philadelphia,  Ohio,  have 
changed  the  time  of  their  love  feast  from  June  4  to 
May  2S  

Fourteen  hundred  persons  are  said  to  have  at- 
tended the  recent  District  Meeting  held  in  South- 
ern Ohio.  

Writing  under  date  of  May  10,  Bro.  Geo.  S.  Ar- 
nold says:  "  One  more  was  baptized  recently  in  the 
Beaver  Run  congregation,  West  Virginia." 

Mr.  Gladstone's  strength  is  steadily  declining, 
and  he  cannot  probably  last  much  longer,  His  de- 
parture will  be  mourned  by  the  civilized  world. 

Last  Sunday  afternoon  a  number  of  the  members 
from  the  Mount  drove  to  Rock  River,  where  two 
sisters  were  buried  with  Christ  in  Christian  bap- 
tism.   

Br.o.  Andrew  Hutchison  is  expected  to  reach 
Chicago,  Saturday,  May  21,  and  remain  with  the 
Brethren  over  Sunday,  and  possibly  a  few  days 
longer.  . 

Bro.  Hiram  Roosb,  while  on  a  mission  of  love  to 
the  Berrien  church,  Michigan,  baptized  four  per- 
sons in  Lake  Michigan,  This  was  making  a  very 
good  use  of  the  lake. 

The  Brethren  in  Western  Pennsylvania  have  an 
"  Old  People's  Home  "  in  contemplation,  and  have 
appointed  a  committee  to  formulate  plans  by  which 
such  a  home  may  be  secured  and  operated. 


We  learn  that  the  District  Meeting  of  Southern 
Missouri  and  Arkansas  passed  off  very  pleasantly. 
No  papers  go  to  the  Annual  Meeting.  Bro.  F.  W. 
Dove  is  to  represent  the  District  on  the  Standing 
Committee.  

In  this  issue  will  be  found  two  articles  relating  to 
the  Brethren's  Historical  Association.  The  paper 
headed  "  Constitution,"  etc.,  along  with  a  petition 
from  Eastern  Pennsylvania,  will  be  presented  to  the 
Annual  Meeting. 

Next  Sunday  is  the  last  chance  to  take  up  a  col- 
lection to  send  by  your  delegates  to  the  Annual 
Meeting.  Not  one  congregation  should  neglect 
this  collection.  We  are  looking  forward  to  a  good 
report  of  this  free-will  offering. 

On  the  street,  the  other  day,  we  met  one  of  our 
aged  deacons  who  said  that  he  could  not  go  to  the 
Annual  Meeting  this  year,  so  he  would  send  with  us 
one  dollar  for  the  missionary  collection.  If  all  of 
those  who  cannot  attend  the  Conference  would  do 
as  well,  what  an  encouraging  collection  might  be 
reported! 

Writing  of  the  Messenger,  on  page  330,  Bro. 
Howard  Miller  tells  us  that  he  thinks  it  is  in  order 
to  do  a  little  criticising  on  the  manner  in  which  the 
paper  is  conducted.  We  held  our  breath,  when  we 
started  into  reading  his  communication,  for  we 
feared  the  worst  was  coming.  Well,  we  felt  quite 
relieved  before  reaching  the  end.  We  certainly  ap- 
preciate what  he  has  to  say  of  our  efforts,  and  we 
are  sure  that  his  article  will  be  read  by  all  of  our 
patrons,  

The  Auditing  Committee  is  now  with  us,  exam- 
ining the  books  of  the  Publishing  House,  as  well  as 
those  of  the  Missionary  Committee.  They  have  no 
small  task  before  them,  for  we  did  an  immense 
amount  of  business  during  the  last  year.  It  is  the 
work  of  this  committee  not  only  to  see  that  the 
books  are  strictly  correct,  but  to  see  that  every  cent 
of  the  money  received  is  accounted  for.  The  com- 
mittee is  composed  of  L.  R.  Peifer,  Waterloo,  Iowa, 
J,  C.  Mellinger,  Nappanee,  lnd„  and  A.  L.  Clair, 
of  the  Mount  Morris  College.  It  will  require  sever- 
al days  to  complete  the  task. 

It  affords  us  pleasure  to  announce  that  Bro, 
George  B.  Holsinger,  of  Bridgewater,  Va„  has  been 
employed  as  musical  editor  of  the  Brethren's  publi- 
cations, and  has  already  entered  upon  his  duties  ' 
part  by  beginning  the  preparation  of  our  Number  2 
Sunday  school  Song  Book.  Bro.  Holsinger's  abili- 
ty as  a  music  writer  and  teacher  is  too  widely 
known  to  need  any  introduction  or  recommenda- 
tion from  us.  Just  how  soon  we  may  be  able  to 
publish  the  new  book,  we  are  not  able  to  say  at  this 
time,  but  it  is  being  pushed  to  completion  as  rapid- 
ly as  is  consistent  with  the  high  grade  of  music  it  is 
proposed  to  contain.  Sunday  schools  and  others 
contemplating  a  change  in  song  books,  can  well  af- 
ford to  wait  a  few  months  longer  and  then  intro- 
duce our  new  book. 


We  are  requested  to  say  that  the  special  train  to 
the  Annual  Meeting  at  Burlington  Park,  over  the 
Pennsylvania  lines,  May  28,  will  be  run  from  Day- 
ton, Ohio,  Richmond,  Ind.,  and  intermediate  points. 


Concerning  railroad  rates  from  the  South  to  An- 
ual  Meeting,  we  have  this: 

Blizzard,  Washington  Co.,  Tenn.,  May  11, 1S08. 
Arrangements  have  been  made  on  the  Norfolk  and  West- 
rn,  from  Bristol,  by  way  of  Radford  and  Bluefield,  Va.,  to  An- 
nual Meeting  and  return  for  S20.CO. 

George  C.  Bowman. 


Last  Sunday  evening  the  elders  of  this  place 
were  called  to  the  home  of  our  elder  in  charge,  Bro. 
D.  E.  Price,  for  the  purpose  of  anointing  his  son, 
Samuel  Price,  who  has  been  greatly  afflicted  a  num- 
ber of  years.  He  received  the  anointing  cheerfully, 
and  then  conversed  pleasantly  and  hopefully  about 
his  contemplated  departure  into  the  world  beyond. 
Early  Tuesday  morning  he  closed  his  earthly  life, 
and  is  now  numbered  among  the  departed  saints, 


A  church  is  to  be  organized  at  Staunton,  Va.,  and 
steps  have  been  taken  to  raise  the  money  to  erect  a 
house  of  worship.  It  affords  us  pleasure  to  learn 
that  the  work  of  the  Lord  is  prospering  in  that  city. 


We  are  in  receipt  of  an  envelope  from  Kansas, 
containing  an  obituary  and  also  a  report  of  church 
news,  and  the  writer's  name  omitted  in  both  of 
them.     Of  course  they  will  not  appear  in  the  paper. 


One  earnest  brother  has  handed  in  a  check  for 
twenty-five  dollars  for  the  missionary  collection 
to  be  taken  up  at  the  Annual  Meeting  on  Monday 
afternoon.  Why  not  hundreds  fill  out  checks  and 
biiog  them  along  for  this  collection? 


For  some  time  our  printers  have  been  at  work  on 
Bro.  D.  L.  Miller's  new  book  of  travels,  entitled, 
"  Girdling  the  Globe,  or  a  Journey  Around  the 
World."  When  completed  the  work  will  contain 
over  600  pages,  104  photographs  and  twenty  other 
illustrations,  eighty  of  them  being  full-page  and 
forty-four  half-page  illustrations.  These  pictures 
embrace  interesting  scenes  in  the  Land  of  the 
Midnight  Sun,  Switzerland,  Italy,  Asia  Minor, 
Africa,  India,  Ceylon,  China  and  Japan,  making  one 
of  the  finest  books  of  travels  published.  The  au- 
thor combines  two  journeys  in  one,  embracing  eigh- 
teen months,  and  traveled  50.000  miles  to  secure 
the  information  contained  in  the  book.  This  will 
be  by  far  the  best  book  Bro.  Miller  has  produced 
and  will  probably  be  his  last.  He  has  done  a  great 
great  deal  of  hard  work  on  it,  and  has  no  ide; 
ever  undertaking  another.  The  paper,  binding  and 
printing  will  be  first-class  in  every  respect,  and  the 
work  will  doubtless  have  a  large  sale.  It  is  to  be 
sold  by  agents  only,  and  when  completed,  further 
announcements  will  be  made. 


In  all  of  the  Jewish  orthodox  churches  in  the 
United  States,  prayers  are  being  offered  for  the 
success  of  the  armies  of  the  United  States.  Since 
the  war  has  come,  it  is  doubtless  the  wish  of  every 
citizen  that  success  will  crown  the  efforts  of  this 
country,  but  how  much  better  would  it  now  be  if  all 
the  churches,  from  the  beginning  of  the  trouble, 
had  prayed  more  earnestly  for  peace.  Let  all  of 
our  people  pray  fervently  for  the  return  of  peace. 
For  this  every  Christian  should  plead. 

Last  year  the  Conference  decided  that  no  traffick- 
ing by  the  Brethren  would  be  allowed  on  or  near 
the  Annual  Meeting  grounds,  except  that  necessary 
for  the  meeting,  and  the  circulation  of  the  Breth- 
ren's literature.  On  the  Conference  ground  we 
shall  have  a  Messenger  office,  as  usual,  but  in  com- 
pliance with  this  decision  shall  have  on  sale  the 
Brethren's  literature  only.  This  will  include  some 
tracts,  hymn  and  song  books,  Testaments,  books 
written  by  Brethren,  and  a  full  assortment  of  our 
periodicals.  We  hope  to  meet  many  of  our  patrons 
at  the  Messenger  office,  and  will  be  prepared  to 
transact  the  usual  business  in  our  line. 

We  suggest  that  those  who  report  ministerial 
meetings,  as  well  as  Sunday  school  meetings,  for 
publication  in  the  Messenger,  do  not  attempt  to 
give  the  name  of  each  speaker,  and  then  follow 
with  what  he  said.  There  are  very  few  writer!,  Mho 
can  make  an  interesting  report  on  this  plan.  Let 
writers  round  up  the  best  features  of  a  meeting  in 
their  own  language,  being  certain  to  give  only  a 
few  of  the  very  best  points.  Do  not  try  to  string 
out  a  long  report  of  a  meeting  of  this  character. 
They  are  mainly  intended  for  local  interest,  and 
short,  pointed,  and  well-prepared  reports  of  them 
are  of  far  more  value  than  long  ones.  Again  we 
say,  let  us  have  for  publication  only  a  few  of  the 
very  best  points  offered. 

Our  business  here  is  certainly  well  guarded,  with 
the  Auditing  Committee  on  one  hand,  to  examine 
and  pass  on  the  books  relating  to  the  business  de- 
partment, and  the  Advisory  Committee  on  the  oth- 
er, to  keep  an  ever  watchful  eye  on  the  contents  of 
the  Messenger,  Then  the  business  itself  is  under 
the  supervision  of  an  Executive  Committee,  ap- 
pointed by  the  General  Missionary  and  Tract  Com- 
mittee. This  Missionary  Committee  also  appoints 
the  Business  Manager,  Chief  Clerk,  and  the  Edi- 
tors. An  Advisory  Committee  alio  watches  over 
the  contents  and  general  make-up  of  our  Sunday 
school  literature.  With  all  these  aids  and  guards 
thrown  around  us,  we  certainly  ought  to  make  a 
success  of  the  business  entrusted  to  us,  and  keep 
the  Messenger  on  the  right  line. 


ADDITIONAL  RAILROAD  ARRANGEMENTS. 

Since  our  last  notice,  in  regard  to  railway  ar- 
rangements to  Annual  Meeting,  we  are  informed 
that  other  roads  in  the  Western  Passenger  Associa- 
tion, besides  the  C.  B.  &  Q  ,  will  sell  tickets  at  one 
fare  for  the  round  trip,  We  are  glad  to  announce 
this,  and  trust  that  all  the  roads  will  give  our 
Brethren  the  advantage  of  one  fare. 

Application  has  been  made  to  the  Central  Passen- 
ger Association  to  have  tickets  placed  on  sale  on 
Monday,  May  30,  for  the  accommodation  of  those 


my  2l-  !*9g- 

ho  cannot  well  come  before  that  time.  We  trust 
3H  who  can  will  come  so  as  to  enjoy  the  spiritual 
feasts  on  Sunday  and  Monday.  The  Sunday  school 
meeting  at  9  A.  M.,  the  missionary  and  the  edu- 
cational meetings  in  the  afternoon  and  evening  of 
Monday,  should  be  attended  by  all  our  members. 

No  one  need  stay  away  for  fear  of  lack  of  lodg- 
ing. If  there  should  be  an  overflow  at  Naperville 
and  on  the  grounds,  the  C.  B  &  Q  will  run  a  spe- 
cial train  evening  and  morning,  to  Aurora,  where 
ample  lodgings  can  be  obtained.  The  fare  is  a 
regular  street-car  rate,  five  cents  each  way  or  ten 
cents  for  the  round  trip.  Later. — The  Central 
Passenger  Association  has  agreed  to  sell  tickets  on 
Monday,  May  30,  within  a  radius  of  150  miles  of 
Chicago.  d.  l.  m. 

THE  STANDING  COMMITTEE. 

So  far  as  is  now  known  the  different  Districts 
will  be  thus  represented  on  the  Standing  Commit- 
tee: 

1,  Tennessee,  North  Carolina  and  Florida,  . .  John  Brubaker, 

2.  First  District  of  Virginia,  W.  H.  Naff,  Samuel  Crumpacker. 

3,  Second  District  of  Virginia L.  A.  Wenger. 

4.  First  District  of  West  Virginia Jeremiah  Thomas. 

s.  Second  District  of  West  Virginia, G.  W.  Annqn. 

6.  Eastern  Maryland, George  K.  Sappington. 

7.  Western  Maryland Not  reported, 

8.  Eastern  Pennsylvania J.  H.  Longanecker. 

q.  Southern  Pennsylvania, E.  D.  Book. 

10.  Middle  Pennsylvania S.  J.  Swigart, 

ii.  Western  Pennsylvania W,  A.  Gaunt. 

n.  Southern  Ohio, J.  Calvin  Bright. 

13.  Northeastern  Ohio, Henry  Keller. 

14.  Northwestern  Ohio, C.  L.  Wilkins. 

15.  Southern  Indiana J.  W.  Rarick. 

16.  Middle  Indiana J.  H.  Wright. 

17.  Northern  Indiana, J.  C.  Murray. 

18.  Northern  Illinois  and  Wisconsin P.  R.  Keltner, 

iq.  Southern  Illinois, Solomon  Bucklew,  Michael  Flory. 

:o.  Southern  Missouri  and  Arkansas F.  W.  Dove. 

zi.  Middle  Missouri, M.  T.  Baer. 

2:,  Northern  Missouri, J.  E.  Ellenberger. 

23.  Southern  Iowa John  P.  Bailey. 

24.  Middle  Iowa Geo,  A.  Shamberger. 

:j.  Northern  Iowa,  S.  Minnesota,  and  S.  Dakota,  S.  H.  Miller. 

26,  North\  Dakota  and  Northern  Minnesota, J.  C.  Seibert. 

-7,  Michigan, Daniel  Chambers. 

28.  NrJhut ,J,ska S-  M.  Forney. 

2Q.  NtJrtbeastern  Kansas, Wm.  Davis. 

30.  Sootheastern  Kansas Caleb  Fogle. 

31.  Northwestern  Kansas  and  Colorado L.  W.  Filzwater. 

32.  Southwestern  Kansas  and  S.  Colorado, Michael  Keller. 

33.  Texas A.  Molsbee. 

3;.  Oklahoma  and  Indian  Territory Samuel  Edgecomb. 

35.  California  and  Arizona, Andrew  Hutchison. 

36.  Oregon,  Washington  and  Idaho, By  letter, 

37.  Denmark, By  letter. 

38.  Sweden D.  L.  Miller. 

39.  First  District  of  Asia  Minor By  letter. 


1:  30  P.  M.  to  3  P.  M  ,  Missionary  Meeting,  at  which  sev- 
eral addresses  will  be  delivered,  and  a  collection 
taken  at  the  close. 
3:  30  P.  M,  to  5   P.  M.,  Educational   Meeting,  to  be  pre- 
sided over  by  J.  G.  Royer.     Addresses  will  be  de- 
livered by  speakers  from  the  schools  at  Hunting- 
don,   North    Manchester,  Lordsburg,  McPherson, 
Bridgewaier  and  Mt.  Morris. 
8P.M.,  "The  Mission  of  the    Brethren  Church,"   S.  Z. 
Sharp. 
Tnesday,  May  31,    Confeieace  opens  at  8  A.  M. 

8  P.  M.,  "  Christianity  and  Secrecy."     Address  by    Presi- 
dent BUnchard. 
Wednesday,  June  i,  Conference. 

8  P.  M.,  "  Faith  and  Works,"  I.  N.  H.  Bcahm. 
Thursday,  June  2,  Conference. 

On  the  Conference  ground,  a  programme,  some- 
what more  complete  than  this,  will  be  distributed, 
The  Brethren's  Sunday  school  Song  Book  will  be 
used  in  the  song  services.  The  book  may  be  pur- 
chased on  the  grounds  during  the  Conference. 

j.   H,  M. 


ANNUAL  MEETINO  PROGRAMME. 

Aside  from  the  work  of  the  Conference  proper, 
the  coming  annual  gathering,  at  the  Burlington 
Park,  Naperville,  will  be  full  of  interest  to  all  those 
fortunate  enough  to  be  in  attendance.  The  Gener- 
al Missionary  Committee  will  meet  on  Monday, 
May  23,  and  the  Standing  Committee  on  Thursday, 
the  26th.  The  program  for  services,  outside  of  the 
Conference  hours,  is  as  follows. 

IN  THE  TABERNACLE, 

Wednesday,  May  25,  8  P.  M.,  Subject,  "  The  Church,"  Geo.  L. 
Studebaker. 

Thursday,  May  26,  8  P,  M.,  "  Conditional  Salvation,"  Geo.  L. 
Studebaker. 

Friday,  May  27,  S  P.  M„  "  Preach  the  Word,"  Geo.  L,  Stude- 
baker. 

Saturday,   May  28,    10  A.    M,(  "  Some   Things   Said    to    the 
Churches,"  Geo.  A.  Shamberger. 
3  P.  M„  "  Awake,"  W.  R.  Deeter. 
8  P.  M.,  "  The  Lord's  Supper,"  I.  D.. Parker. 

Sunday,  May  20,  9  A.  M.,  Sunday  school,  to  be  conducted  by 
the  S,    S.    Committee.     Lesson,  "The    Lord's    Supper." 
Matt.  26;  17-30,     International  Sunday  school    lesson,  in 
Brethren's  Quarterlies. 
10:30,  Preaching,  "  Nature,  Office,  and  Work  of  the  Holy 

Spirit,"  L,  W.  Teeter. 
3 P.M., "Heart  Religion,  or  the  Higher  Life,"  Andrew 

Hutchison. 
8  P.  M.,  "  The  New  Testament  Church,"  H.  C.  Early. 

Monday,  May  30,  9  A.  M.  to  l\\  35  A.  M„  Sunday  school  Meet- 
ing, conducted  by  Sunday  school  Committee.  Several  ad- 
dresses will  be  delivered  by  selected  speakers. 


SHUT  THE  DOOR. 


According  to  approved  and  accepted  definition, 
a  door  is  a  hinged  or  sliding  frame  of  wood,  iron, 
stone  or  other  material  used  to  close  a  passage  way 
into  houses,  buildings  and  enclosures  of  any  and 
every  kind.  It  is  also  often  used  in  a  figurative 
sense,  with  a  similar  definition.  The  general  pur- 
pose of  doors  is  to.  keep  in  the  desirable  and  the 
good,  and  to  keep  out  the  undesirable  and  bad. 
We  have  doors  in  our  houses,  so  that,  in  winter 
time,  we  can  keep  out  the  cold  and  storms,  and 
keep  within  the  warm  and  comfortable.  Doors  al- 
so serve  to  keep  out  the  undesirable,  the  uncalled 
and  those  who  would  do  us  physical  and  moral 
barm, — a  protection  against  thieves  and  robbers, 

In  summer  time  doors  are  useful  to  keep  out  the 
annoying  Hies,  insects,  and  the  overheated  outside 
air,  so  that  keeping  the  door  shut  is  a  very  impor- 
tant consideration  in  our  life's  experience.  If  we 
are  not  careful  in  keeping  closed  doors  we  have  to 
suffer  the  undesirable  consequences  that  will  invari- 
ably follow, 

Just  so  it  is  in  reference  to  our  moral  and  spirit- 
ual living,  accepting  the  figurative  sense.  Paul 
speaks  of  the  door  of  faith,  the  effectual  door,  Mi- 
cah  of  the  "  door  of  the  mouth,"  and  Christ  is  rep- 
resented as  the  door  to  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 
"  I  am  the  door,"  The  door  of  the  heart  is  also  re- 
ferred to,  the  door  to  opportunities,  and  the  door 
to  loss  and  ruin, 

Many  of  the  troubles  and  difficulties  that  we  have 
in  the  world  and  in  our  life's  experiences,  come  be- 
cause we  do  not  keep  shut  the  door  to  our  thoughts. 
We  leave  them  out  when  they  should  be  kept  with- 
in, and  keep  them  in  when  we  should  let  them  out. 
Hence  we  should  set  a  guard  to  our  door  of  utter- 
ance, so  that  the  utterances  that  go  out  may  be 
well  seasoned  and  golden.  Putting  a  seal  to  our 
lips  means  about  the  same  thing,  especially  when 
we  are  tempted,  in  our  haste,  to  say  unkind  and  un- 
seasonable thoughts.  It  is  bad  enough  when  such 
thoughts  come  to  us,  but  if  we  can  keep  shut  the 
door  of  utterance  until  such  thought  becomes  well 
seasoned  with  the  salt  of  kindness,  the  gall  and  bit- 
terness is  destroyed,  or  neutralized  into  sweetness, 
and  they  become  messages  of  love  instead  of  mis- 
siles of  hate. 

Men  are  very  unfortunate  when  the  door  of  their 
mouths  flies  open  in  public  places,  and  leaves  escape 
the  bitterness  of  their  hearts,  that  they  would  be 
ashamed  of  in  their  calm  moments,  We  have 
known  men,  who  want  to  be  good,  and  even  minis- 
ters, who  have  passed  through  these  misfortunes, 
and  that  to  their  hurt.  The  dart  of  hate  and  bit- 
terness is  always  reflexive,  and  hurts  the  one  that 
casts  it  worse  than  the  intended  victim.  The  man 
who  aims  the  dart  or  digs  the  ditch,  himself  be- 
comes the  victim. 

When  bitterness  or  hate  is  in  the  heart,  guard  the 
door,  bar  it  fast,  seal  the  lips  and  hold  the  bitter- 


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ness  until  the  stage  of  heat  is  passed,  and  til!  sea- 
soning grace  has  done  its  work.  The  Christ  spirit 
will  never  allow  evil  words  to  pass  out  through  the 
door  of  a  Christian's  mouth. 

But  we  are  getting  away  from  our  beginning 
thought.  We  get  from  Matt.  6:  6,  "When  thou 
hast  shut  thy  door  pray  to  thy  Father  which  is  in 
secret."  This,  of  course,  may  have  a  dual  interpre- 
tation,— the  first  in  having  set  apart  a  special  cham- 
ber or  place  for  secret  prayer, — to  go  into  this 
place,  and  there,  in  secret,  cut  off  from  the  noise, 
sight,  and  attraction  of  outside  things,  pray  to  the 
Father.  This  is  a  good  thing  to  do  literally,  be- 
cause it  is  helpful  in  getting  the  mind  away  from 
other  things,— the  undesirable,— and  fixing  it  on 
God  and  the  petition  we  wish  to  make. 

But  even  in  doing  this,  and  shutting  the  door  ev- 
er so  tight,  we  do  not  always  succeed  in  keeping 
out  our  tendencies  in  prayer,  Wooden,  stone,  and 
iron  doors  will  not  always  keep  them  out.  We 
need  only  to  revert  to  our  own  experiences  to  veri- 
fy the  truthfulness  of  this  statement.  Unwelcome 
and  even  unlooked-for  thoughts  come  to  us  in  our 
most  secret  chambers,  No  matter  how  tight  the 
door  or  dark  the  room,  as  long  as  the  door  of  cur 
heart  is  unhinged  and  unbarred,  these  uninvited 
guests  will  intrude  themselves  upon  us  in  our  time 
of  devotion.  So,  to  keep  them  away  and  out,  we 
must  learn  to  shut  the  door  of  our  heart,  and  we  all 
know  how  hard  this  is  to  do,— much  harder  than  to 
close  the  doors  of  our  houses  and  private  chambers. 

To  be  able  to  do  this  will  require  a  ridding  out 
from  our  minds  and  hearts  a  great  many  of  the 
worldly  things  that  we  now  keep  and  entertain. 
We  must  have  a  clean,  a  pure  heart,  and  this  we 
cannot  have  for  the  mere  asking.  This  we  often 
do.  "  O  Lord,  give  us  a  clean  heart  and  a  right 
spirit."  To  ask  in  this  way  is  an  easy  thing  to  do, 
but  how  can  the  answer  come,  as  long  as  we  leave 
our  door  wide  open  to  all  the  evil  influences  and 
sins  around  us?  To  keep  away  from  these  things 
by  keeping  the  door  shut,  is  our  part  of  the  work. 
And  this  must  be  a  continued  work  until  the  habit 
is  so  formed  and  fixed  that  we  can  do  it  without  an 
effort. 

This  is  one  of  the  possible  things  to  do.  As  we 
get  out  of  and  away  from  the  old  life  of  sin,  into 
the  new  Christ  life,  it  becomes  a  natural  process, 
through  the  elimination  of  the  one  and  assimilation 
of  the  other. 

In  shutting  our  eyes  in  time  of  prayer,  we  shut 
the  door  of  vision  to  keep  the  outside  out  and  the 
inside  in,  and  it  serves  an  excellent  purpose  if  all 
the  bad  is  out  and  all  the  good  in,  but  if  not,  what 
then?    Get  the  heart  pure,  shut  the  door,  and  keep 


QUERIES  FOR  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Second  District  of  Virginia. 

1,  We,  the  Barren  Ridge  congregation,  assembled  in  coun- 
cil, petition  District  Meeting  to  renew  the  call  for  the  Annual 
Meeting  of  1800, 

Ans,  Petition  granted. 

2.  Pleasant  Valley  church,  Augusta  County,  Va.:  We  ask 
Annaal  Meeting,  through  District  Meeting,  to  reconsider  Art. 
q,  page  286,  of  Revised  Minutes,  and  so  amend  the  same  as 
not  to  allow  members  to  go  in  said  building  and  loan  compa- 

Ans.— We,  the  Second  District  of  Virginia,  ask  Annual 
Meeting  to  grant  the  amendment  asked  for. 

3,  We  ask  Annual  Meeting  of  1898  to  define  herself  concern- 
ing the  rights  and  restrictions  governing  brethren  in  publish- 
ing papers  as  to  what  character  of  matter  they  may  and  may 
not  publish.  Sent  to  the  Second  District  of  Virginia  for  ap- 
proval, by  order  of  the  Linville  Creek  church, 

Ans.— The  District  Meeting  of  the  Second  District  of  Vir- 
ginia approves  of  the  above  paper,  and  sends  it  to  the  Annual 
Meeting. 

4.  Woodstock  congregation,  April  21,  i8(j8:  We  ask  Annual 
Meeting,  through  the  District  Meeting  of  the  Second  District 
of  Virginia,  to  say  whether  she  means  in  Art.  7,  1896,  to  pro- 
hibit brethren  from  serving  as  delegates  to  Annual  or  District 
Meeting,  who  use  tobacco  for  medicinal  purposes  only, 

Ans.— Sent  to  Annual  Meeting, 


THE    GOSPEL    .TVCESSEUSrO-IEIR,. 


May  21, 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

When  the  church  has  appointed  a  time  for  a  love  feast,  and 
a  complaint  is  made  that  the  church  has  done  wrong  in  dis- 
owning a  member,  should  that  prevent  the  church  from  hold- 
ing her  love  feast?—  IV.  C.  Lehman. 

It  should  not.  But  should  the  complaining 
party  ask  the  church,  while  assembled  in  council, 
for  a  reconsideration,  and  his  request  be  refused, 
and  he  then  files  his  complaint  with  the  adjoin- 
ing elders,  there  might  be  some  reasons  for  de- 
ferring the  feast  until  the  elders,  with  the  church, 
could  pass  on  the  case.  So  far  as  we  can  now  re- 
call, our  people  have  no  ruling  on  a  case  of  this 
kind. 

Are  we  not  all  brothers  and  sisters  by  the  natural  and 
fleshly  birth?-.-/.;!/.  2?. 

Most  assuredly,  but  rather  remotely.  Of  one 
blood  the  Lord  made  all  nations  of  men,  Acts 
17:  26,  and  in  this  sense  we  should  recognize 
the  brotherhood  of  man,  and  do  our  fellow  crea- 
ture good  whenever  he  stands  in  need  of  assistance, 
And  while  we  are  thus  related  by  creation  and  na- 
ture, it  is  not  to  be  understood  that  we  are  to  call 
every  man  "brother,"  regardless  of  his  moral  and 
spiritual  standing. 

As  a  brother  and  sister,  we  live  where  we  cannot  often  at- 
tend the  Brethren  church.  Desiring  to  be  useful,  would  it  be 
right  to  cast  our  influence  with  another  church  near  where  we 
liver-//.  IV. 

We  would  advise  you  to  attend  our  own  services 
whenever  it  is  possible  to  do  so,  and  while  it  is 
your  privilege  to  attend  the  services  in  other 
churches,  still  you  must  be  on  your  guard  lest  you 
be  led  away  from  the  simplicity  of  the  Truth.  If 
you  find  it  convenient  to  make  yourself  useful  in 
the  Sunday  school  of  another  church,  let  it  be  un- 
derstood that  you  are  a  member  of  the  Brethren 
church,  and  that  you  mean  to  carry  out  her  princi- 
ples, Everybody  will  respect  you  for  this,  Avoid 
everything  unbecoming  devout  Christians,  and  thus 
cast  your  influence  on  the  side  of  that  which  will 
stand  the  test  of  the  judgment.  Study  the  conduct 
of  Daniel  and  Joseph. 

What  proof  has  the  General  Mission  Hoard  shown  that  it 
believes  in  missions  among  the  colored  people?  Faith  is 
shown  by  works.  )ames  2:  17  is  the  rule  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment, hence  I  ask  as  I  do.—  IV.  L. 

The  Board  believes  in  mission  work  among  the 
colored  people,  but  has  not  yet  secured  the  serv- 
ices of  the  man  who  seems  to  be  adapted  to  that 
line  of  labor.  The  effort  to  find  the  man  shows 
that  she  has  faith  in  that  kind  of  a  mission.  She 
must  have  opportunity  to  clearly  demonstrate  her 
faith  by  her  works  a  little  later  on. 

Does  the  word  baptism,  as  used  by  Paul  in  Eph.  4:  5,  mean 
three  dips  or  one  dip?— .  /.  J.  II. 

By  Wilson,  the  rendering  is  "one  Lord,  one 
faith,  one  dipping."  Dipping  is  from  the  Greek 
haptnma,  which  is  the  name  of  the  rite  designated 
haptizo,  as  found  in  Matt.  28:  19.  Whether  it 
means  one  or  more  dips,  must  be  determined  by 
the  formula  setting  forth  the  rite.  The  commis- 
sion, setting  forth  this  rite  shows  that  three  dips 
are  meant,  hence  when  Paul  made  use  of  the  term, 
"one  baptism,"  we  must  understand  that  he  had 
the  three  dips  in  mind.  The  term  baptiima  may  be 
applied  to  one  dip,  three  dips,  or  even  more.  The 
number  must  be  determined  by  the  rite  to  which 
reference  is  made.  Eph.  4:  5,  in  the  original,  con- 
tains no  argument  either  for  or  against  single  im- 
mersion. The  same  can  be  said  of  it  concerning 
trine  immersion.  The  number  of  actions  intended 
must  be  settled  by  the  formula,  recorded  in  Matt. 
28:  19,    What  that  means, -Paul  meant, 

1st! 

There  is  no  more  mtrit  in  the  covering  than  in 
any  other  external  religious  requirement.  The 
merit  is  in  Christ.  We  should  never  seek  merit  in 
any  act,  but  perform  the  act  in  good  faith,  looking 


to  Jesus  for  the  merit.  We  gravely  question  the 
theory  which  teaches  that  the  covering  is  a  token 
of  the  wife's  subjection  to  her  husband,  It  is  rath- 
er the  token  of  the  woman's  place  in  the  economy 
of  grace,  First  is  God,  then  Christ,  then  man,  and 
after  that  the  woman.  j.  h.  m. 


AARON  IN  EOVPTIAN  HISTORY. 

Mr,  Forbes,  in  a  recent  Qvatterly  Statement  of 
the  Palestine  Exploration  Fund,  suggests  that  in 
the  Harris  Papyrus,  the  names  "Areos,"  "  Arisu," 
or  "Aarsu"  might  possibly  be  identical  with 
Aaron,  the  brother  of  Moses.  His  communica- 
tion, which  we  extract  bodily  from  the  Inirpendent, 
will  be  read  with  more  than  ordinary  interest  by  all 
of  our  careful  Bible  students.  It  will  bear  a  re- 
peated reading: 

"According  to  this  papyrus,  the  nineteenth  dy- 
nasty of  the  Pharaohs  '  came  to  an  end  in  great  dis- 
order, anarchy  and  troubles  of  all  sorts.'  Peace 
and  order  were  at  last  re-established  by  the  fa- 
ther of  Rameses  III.,  in  whose  reign  this  papyrus 
was  written.  Among  the  leaders  of  the  rebellion 
spoken  of  in  it,  is  one  named  'Areos,'  'Arisu,'  or 
'Aarsu,' a  Syrian,  or  of  the  Semitic  race,  who  be- 
came great  and  headed  an  emigration.  Might  not 
this  be  Aaron?  From  an  Egyptian  point  of  view, 
it  would  have  been  natural  to  consider  him  as  the 
leader  of  the  Israelites  when  they  left  Egypt.  His 
entire  life  had  been  spent  there,  and  his  name  was 
well  known  from  his  having  shared  all  the  troubles 
and  oppressions  of  his  people,  and  having  taken  a 
prominent  part  in  their  struggles  after  freedom. 
//as  different  with  Moses  who  was  not  fully 
recognized  even  by  the  Israelites  as  their  leader  un- 
til after  the  rebellion  of  Dathan  and  Abiraro. 
Brought  up  as  the  adopted  son  of  Pharaoh's 
daughter  at  the  court  of  Rameses  the  Great,  he 
lived  for  forty  years  among  the  Egyptians,  being 
educated  in  their  wisdom,  and  during  this  time 
never  visited  his  own  brethren.  Then  '  it  came  in- 
to his  heart '  to  go  among  his  brethren,  and  the  first 
day  seeing  one  of  them  suffer  wrong,  he  slew  the 
Egyptian,  and  the  second  day,  finding  that  it  was 
known,  he  fled  from  the  anger  of  Pharaoh,  taking 
refuge  in  the  land  of  Midian,  where,  on  his  first  ar- 
rival, he  was  described  as  an  '  Egyptian.'  There  he 
dwelt  for  forty  years,  At  the  end  of  that  time  God 
said  to  him:  'Come,  now,  and  I  will  send  thee  un- 
to Pharaoh,  that  thou  mayest  bring  forth  my  peo- 
ple out  of  Egypt.'  Three  times  Moses  refused  to 
go.    At   last   God's   anger  was    kindled,    and    he 

d:  'Is  not  Aaron  the  Levite  thy  brother?  I 
know  that  he  can  speak  well.'  Moses  is  then 
told  that  Aaron  is  to  be  his  spokesman  unto  the 
people.  Reluctantly  he  obeys,  God  assuring  him 
that 'all  men  are  dead  who  sought  his  life.'  He 
must  have  been  a  forgotten  man.  Rameses  II.  was 
dead,  three  short,  troubled  reigns  had  followed, 
and  now  the  Pharaoh  of  the  Exodus  was  on  the 
throne. 

"Aaron  then  goes  to  meet  Moses  in  the  '  Mount 
of  God,'  and  Moses  tells  him  all  the  words  of  the 
Lord  and  all  the  signs  he  had  commanded  him. 
And  together  they  return  to  Egypt  and  gather  to- 
gether the  elders  of  Israel,  and  Aaron  spake  all 
the  words  which  the  Lord  had  spoken  unto  Mo- 
ses, and  did  all  the  signs  in  the  sight  of  the  people; 
and  they  believed,  The  stay  of  Moses  in  Egypt  at 
this  period  need  not  have  extended  over  more  than 
six  weeks,  and  so  short  a  stay  of  a  stranger 
could  not  have  made  such  an  impression  as  that 
his  name  should  be  mentioned  in  a  public  record 
written  in  the  second  reign  of  a  new  dynasty.  Be- 
sides, he  was  not  prominently  before  the  Egyp- 
tians, except  in  visiting  Pharaoh  with  Aaron  as  his 
spokesman,  When  Moses  and  Aaron  ask  that  Is- 
rael may  be  let  go,  and  Pharaoh  refuses,  it  is  Aaron 
who  is  selected  to  perform  the  miracles  of  the  rod 
becoming  a  serpent,  the  water  of  the  river  turning 
to  blood,  the  frogs  covering  the  land,  and  the 
dust  becoming  life.  When  it  came  time  for  the 
Israelites  to  prepare  for  the  rapid  exodus  they  were 


to  make,  Aaron  would  have  much  to  do  to 
get  such  a  multitude  ready.  The  passover  also 
had  to  be  instituted,  Only  one  well  known  amonp 
them  could  have  persuaded  them  to  do  all  that  had 
to  be  done.  It  seems  as  if  it  were  only  at  the  last 
at  the  time  of  the  tenth  plague,  that  Moses  was 
recognized  as  great  by  the  Egyptians.  He  came 
and  passed  before  them  for  only  a  short  time.  But 
Aaron,  the  great  speaker  and  leader  among  the  Is. 
raelites  for  thirty  or  forty  years,  would  make  the 
more  enduring  mark  on  men's  minds. 

"  We  find  that  Moses  had  many  struggles  to  g0 
through  before  he  was  recognized,  even  by  the 
Israelites,  as  their  leader.  Before  they  had  passed 
through  the  Red  Sea  they  had  begun  to  murmur 
against  him.  Six  weeks  after  they  left  Egypt  they 
were  murmuring  ^for  the  third  time,  and  Moses 
again  turned  to  Aaron  a?  his  spokesman.  When 
Moses  remained  on  Mt.  Sinai  for  forty  days,  it 
was  natural  for  the  people  to  come  to  Aaron,  their 
old  leader.  Finally,  after  the  rebellion  of  Koran, 
Dathan  and  Abiram,  and  their  destruction,  togeth- 
er with  their  company,  the  rebellious  spirit  of  the 
people  seems  to  have  been  thoroughly  broken, 
and  Moses  is  at  last  acknowledged  as  their  leader. 

"Therefore,  all  this  goes  to  show  that  Aaron, 
having  spent  his  whole  life  in  E*ypt,  a  chief  and 
leader  and  prophet  of  such  a  powerful  body  of 
people,  and  having  been  the  Spokesman  of  Moses 
throughout  the  six  weeks  of  the  plagues,  and 
his  name  being  well  known  among  both  the  Israel- 
ites and  the  Egyptians,  may  have  been  the  Semitic 
leader  of  rebellion  and  emigration  mentioned  as 
'  Areos,'  '  Arisu,'  or  '  Aarsu,'  in  the  Harris  Papyrus." 


THE  MESSENGER. 


Now  that  the  Messenger  has  passed  into  the 
hands  of  the  church  and  is  the  property  of  the 
body  at  large,  it  is  in  order  to  do  a  little  criticising 
on  the  manner  in  which  it  is  conducted.  There  are 
two  ways  of  getting  at  this  intelligently;  one  by  a 
comparison  with  the  papers  of  years  ago,  and  the 
other  by  means  of  comparison  with  the  other  re- 
ligious journals  of  the  day.  Judged  by  t\'-\ papers 
issued  in  the  long  ago,  the  Messenger  is  far  and 
away  ahead  of  the  past  efforts  in  both  a  literary 
way  and  in  the  general  make-up  of  the  publication, 
One  has  only  to  take  down  a  bound  volume  of  any 
of  the  old  papers  of  ten  or  fifteen  years  ago  to  see 
this  fact  plainly,  The  other  method,  comparing 
the  religious  publications  of  the  other  sects  with 
that  of  our  Fraternity,  shows  nothing  that  we  need 
be  ashamed  of,  for  in  the  matter  of  original  con- 
tents, manner  and  method  of  dealing  with  issues, 

;  are  the  equal  of  any  of  them. 

There  are  several  reasons  for  this.  One  is  that 
the  paper  is  very  ably  edited,  and  the  brethren  in 
charge  are  fully  abreast  of  the  demands  of  tHe 
times.  The  other  is  that  there  is  a  higher  and  ev- 
er increasing  literary  ability  in  the  church  now, 
Take  it  all  around,  if  I  am  any  judge,  the  Mbs;en- 
ger  is  very  well  done  by  those  who  have  it  in  hand, 

There  is  one  thing,  however,  on  which  the  gener- 
al Brotherhood  needs  a  caution,  and  that  is  in  the 
ambition  of  so  many  people  to  edit  a  paper.  It 
would  be  both  a  comedy  and  a  tragedy  to  allow  it. 
There  are  people  who  could  not  properly  correct 
and  prepare  a  column  for  the  press,  but  they  feel 
that  if  they  had  but  a  chance  they  would  put  out  a 
much  better  sheet  than  is  now  done.  The  majority 
of  them  simply  do  not  know  what  they  are  talking 
about,  The  ability  to  write  but  one  article  accept- 
ably and  worthy  of  consideration,  is  a  very  rare 
thing,  yet  it  is  as  nothing  to  the  demands  on  an  ed- 
itor who  has  the  general  make-up  on  his  hands,  ana 
all  manner  of  people  to  cater  to.  The  ability  to 
fry  one  mess  of  eggs  does  not  imply  the  correct 
amount  of  ability  to  keep  a  hotel,  yet  this  very 
thing  is  no  doubt  rankling  in  the  heads  and  hearts 
of  numbers  of  people  who  think  they  are  specially 
qualified  to  do  a  work  that  they  know  nothing 
whatever  of  in  detail. 

It  will  be  an  evil  day  for  the  church  when  there 
is  a  multiplicity  of  papers  allowed  before  the  Broth- 
erhood,   The  past  experience  proves  that,     In  *he 


May  31,   1S98. 

old  days,  when  everybody  who  wanted  to  started  a 
paper,  the  result  was  that  we  had  the  Progressiva 
Christian,  far  afield,  the  Vindicator,  lagging  behind 
and  the  Pilgrim,  in  the  middle  of  the  road.  The  re 
suit  was  a  split  in  the  chuich,  and  if  there  is  any 
thing  sure,  it  is  that  a  free  rostrum  is  not  the  best 
It  would  be,  were  everybody  to  think  aright,  but  a> 
long  as  people  do  not  think  right  there  is  the  best 
of  reason  why  they  should  not  be  allowed  to  teach 
error  or  inculcate  dangerous  doctrine. 

One  of  the  difficulties  in  editing  a  paper  like  the 
Messenger,  is  in  the  very  fact  of  the  uneasiness  of 
so  many  of  its  patrons.  No  one,  outside  of  a  news- 
paper office,  has  any  idea  of  the  nagging  and  "  yam- 
mering "  to  which  an  editor  is  subjected  by  all  man- 
ner of  people.  Just  the  same  as  v/hen  some  people 
are  always  grumbling  at  the  food  at  a  public  din- 
ner, when  they  have  only  the  poorest  in  quantity 
and  quality  at  home,  so  the  various  complainers 
about  a  newspaper  cffi;e  are  those  who  have  the 
least  ability  themselves.  The  editor  knows  this, 
but  he  is  so  tied  up  that  he  cannot  say  it  aloud, — 
yet  there  is  nothing  truer. 

It  was  said  that  it  is  a  bad  business  to  swap  hors- 
es when  "crossing  a  stream,  and  while  we  arc  not 
crossing  any  stream  now,  it  is  also  a  bad  business 
to  swap  at  all  as  long  as  everything  is  going  as 
well  as  could  be  expected,  I  do  not  know  that 
there  are  any  efforts  to  change  the  management  of 
the  publication,  but  if  there  'are  any  such  ideas 
abroad,  it  would  be  well  to  put  a  decided  damper 
on  them  as  long  as  the  paper  is  working  out  as  well 
as  it  is  now  doing. 

People  unfamiliar  with  the  work  are  very  apt  to 
over-estimate  the  income  and  forget  the  expense  at- 
taching to  running  a  business  like  the  Messenger. 
They  reason  that  if  the  way  it  is  going  the  returns 
are  so  much  in  money,  if  they  were  doing  it,  it 
would  amount  to  more  in  every  way.  If  it  were 
not  for  the  disastrous  consequences  attaching,  it 
would  be  well  to  let  them  try  it.  But  it  is  not  the 
right  thing  to  have  a  runaway  and  smash  things 
because  some  man  on  the  back  seat  thinks  he 
knojws'best  how  to  drive.  Let  well  enough  alone. 
Howard  Miller, 

Lcwiiburg.  Pa. 


rQSP  t. 


A  ESSEnSTGCEEK,. 


33' 


~~*  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY  *w~ 


GONE. 

She's  gone,— my  angel,  my  darli 
Away  to  the  mountains  has  floi 

And  I  am  sitting  and  dreaming, 
In  tenderest  sadness  alone. 

There's  nothing  to  shatter  the  sil 
That  broods  like  a  fathomless 

O'er  space  that  was  once  full  of  r 


Around  me  are  touching  mementos 

Of  days  that  were  brimming  with  cheer. 
When  she,  my  radiant  angel 

From  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  was  near. 
The  marks  of  her  pink  baby  fingers 

Are  still  on  the  window's  bright  pane, 
Where  fond  in  my  arms  I  upheld  her 

To  look  at  the  glittering  rain. 
Her  rattle  still  lies  on  my  table, 

With  all  of  its  poor  battered  bells, 
And  oh,  what  a  story  of  transport 

The  dear  little  plaything  now  tells. 
On  a  chair  is  her  shoe  like  a  flower 

A  lover  in  his  passion  has  pressed, 
Its  beautiful  petals  all  faded, 

That  his  sweetheart  once  wore  on  her  breast. 
'Tis  true  she  has  only  departed 

To  cross  a  brief  channel  of  time. 
But,  oh,  what  a  stilling  measure 

It  makes  in  life's  musical  rhyme! 
What  a  pause  and  a  silence  oppressive 

That  makes  the  yearning  heart  ache 
And  feel  that  a  time  is  now  coming 

When  the  chain  that  is  golden  must  break. 

— G.  W.  Crofts  in  Chicago  Inter  Ocean. 


distributing  the  same  on  the  street;  also  calling  at 
homes.  Since  there  are  so  many  papers  sold  here, 
containing  war  news,  some  are  glad  when  we  tell 
them  ours  are  free,  and  proclaim  peace,— peace  to 
the  soul. 

Coming  home,  one  day,  we  saw  in  front  of  a 
house,  where  we  had  been,  a  Messenger  torn  in 
two.  Sister  Carrie  said:  "  It  is  too  had  that  the  pa- 
pers we  prize  are  not  appreciated.  Perhaps  the 
wind  will  bear  part  of  it  to  some  one  who  will  read 
with  interest  and  not  be  satisfied  until  he  gets  a 
whole  one.  One  of  our  tracts:  "  Perfect  Plan  of 
Salvation,"  was  torn  and  a  part  of  it  was  read  by  a 
lady  who  was  anxious  to  read  it  all,  and  asked  me 
for  a  copy.  May  she  accept  the  perfect  plan  of 
salvation  and  then  tell  the  glad  tidings  to  othersl 

A  number  of  families  here  are  getting  the  Mes 
senger  regularly  now.  We  hope  much  good  may 
result  from  its  weekly  visits  to  these  homes. 
Brethren  Allison  and  Hertzler,  of  Pennsylvania, 
were  here  on  a  visit,  this  month,  and  each  one 
preached  in  the  hall. 

Bro.  Herlzler  is  one  of  the  solicitors  for  the 
church  here.  Bro.  S.  F.  Sanger  spent  the  night  of 
the  15th  here,  and  attended  our  teachers'  meeting. 

Sister  Ella  Raffensberger,  of  Hanover,  Pa.,  has 
been  with  the  missionary  workers  here  for  two 
weeks.  She  is  making  preparations  to  take  up  the 
work  under  some  District  Board  after  Annual 
Meeting. 

A  lady  said  to  me  last  week  that  she  wants  to 
reach  that  state  where  she  can  dress  plain  and  wear 
the  bonnet  as  we  do.  She  said:  "  You  need  not  ask 
if  such  people  are  Christians."  Let  us  never  give 
up  the  bonnet  and  plainness,  for  every  day  we  see 
more  power  in  it!  Let  us  show,  too,  by  our  daily 
conduct,  that  our  plainness  is  not  a  shaml  All  or- 
ders and  secret  societies  wear  their  badges,  where 
all  can  see.  Then  why  should  we  put  our  light  un- 
der a  bushel? 

A  dear  old  sister  here  says,  "Our  church  is  a  se- 
cret society  in  this  that  '  the  secret  of  the  Lord  is 
with  them  that  fear  him.'"     Psa.  25:  14. 

ioj  B  St.,  N.  E.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


OUR  AID  SOCIETY. 


BY   NAOMI    MORRIS. 


We,  the  sisters  of  the  East  Prairie  church,  or- 
ganized a  Sisters'  Aid  Society  last  August.  Our 
average  attendance  has  been  two,  the  highest  num- 
ber being  four.  There  are  only  eight  sisters  in  our 
congregation,    We  are  scattered    far    apart.    We 

eet  every  two  weeks.  Our  work  has  been  mostly 
along  the  line  of  buying  goods  and  making  cloth- 
ing for  men.  We  have  had  good  success  in  sell- 
ing our  goods,  so  far.  Since  our  organization  we 
have  made  $8.00  above  expenses,  which  we  decid- 
ed to  put  on  interest,  to  help  in  building  a  church 
which  we  need  very  much.  We  are  greatly  en- 
couraged in  realizing  what  even  a  few  can  do.  We 
trust  that  God  will  continue  to  bless  the  work! 

Exit  Prairie,  Mo. 


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THE  WORK  IN  WASHINGTON  CITY. 

BY   MARTHA    CLICK. 

Sister  Carrie  Westergren  and  I  have  put  our  lit- 
erature in  reach  of  many  families  this  month  by 


National  Congress  of  Mothers,  May,  1898. 

In  Gospel  Messenger  No  18,  first  page,  there 
was  a  notice  of  the  Mothers'  National  Congress,  to 
be  held  in  this  city,  May  2  to  7.  It  was  my 
happy  privilege  to  attend  some  of  the  sessions  of 
this  Congress,  which  is  now  in  the  past.  May  the 
memory  of  this  meeting  of  mothers  (some  grey- 
headed) live  long  in  the  hearts  of  those  who  at- 
tended from  far  and  near.  May  good  results  con- 
tinue to  grow  even  after  these  mothers  are  done 
giving  advice  I 


We  were  gratified  in  seeing  the  meetings  con- 
ducted in  a  Christian  manner.  They  were  opened 
with  prayer,  and  occasionally  all  stood  and  sang 
some  old  familiar  hymn.  There  were  over  eighty 
regular  speakers.  There  were  also  delegates  to 
represent  each  State  in  the  Union.  There  were 
also  some  foreigners,  and  those  who  have  traveled 
in  foreign  land«,  so  we  heard  many  things  new  and 
old.  There  will  bs  a  book  printed  containing  the 
subjects  discussed,  etc.,  which  should  be  read  by 
every  mother— not  only  those  who  have  children, 
but  those  also  who  have  to  help  in  caring  for  and 
teaching  the  children,  though  not  married. 

George  McDonald  said:  "The  woman  who  takes 
into  her  heart  her  own  children,  may  be  a  very  or- 
dinary woman,  but  the  woman  who  takes  into  hrr 
heart  the  children  of  others,  she  is  one  of  God's 
mothers." 

Dr.  Mary  Wood  Allen,  of  Michigan,  who  has 
written  much  for  the  young,  was  the  first  speaker 
on  the  programme  Tuesday  afternoon.*  Her  books 
should  be  read  by  all  mothers  who  want  to  have 
better  ideas  in  the  training  of  the  little  ones  Gsd 
has  entrusted  to  them. 

She  represented  Miss  Frances  E.  Willard,  it  be- 
ing one  of  her  dying  requests.  At  the  close  of 
her  talk,  "  Nearer,  My  God,  to  Thee,"  was  sung,  the 
last  verse  in  memory  of  Miss  Willard,  Thursday 
evening  several  talks  were  given  on  the  effects  of 
worrying.  A  card  was  given  to  all,  as  they  en- 
tered the  room,  with  these  words: 

"  The  Lord  Cod  Omnipotent  Reigtteih, 
DON'T  WORRY. 
Those  who  Trust  God  will  not  Wohry." 

Many  talks  were  given  on  the  evil  effects  on 
mothers  and  children  to  the  third  and  fourth  gen. 
eration,  when  God's  laws  are  disobeyed.  It  is  an 
inspiration  just  to  look  into  the  faces  of  these 
mothers  who  seek  to  please  God  rather  than  mar. 
Some  of  these  women,  though  popular,  have  more 
common  sense  than  fashion  sense,  and  can  realize, 
too,  that  God  made  enough  bones  in  our  bodies 
without  the  use  of  steels  and  whalebone  for  sup- 
port. God  speed  the  day  when  our  church,  as  a 
whole,  will  know  and  act!  "He  that  knowtth  to 
do  good  and  doeth  it  not,  to  him  it  is  sin. 

We  felt  sorry  when  the  Congress  closed,  but  wc 
left  with  a  deeper  sense  of  the  duty  we  owe  to 
God,  and  hope  to  be  more  useful  in  lifting  souls  to 
a  higher  plane  in  life. 

God  bless  the  mothers  for 

"Tbc  hand  that  rocks  the  cradle 
Is  the  hand  that  rules  the  world." 

Martha  Ciick, 
io 5  B.  St.,  tV.  E.,  Washing  Ion,  D.  C. 


*By  writing  to  Wood-Allen  Publishing  Company,  Ann  Ar- 
bor, Mich.,  her  books  can  be  purchased.  [The  Brethren  Pub. 
lishing  House,  Ml.  Morris,  III.,  will  also  supply  them.— Ed  ) 


The  Annual  Sunday  School  Meeting. 

The  time  is  near  at  hand  when  the  Sunday 
school  workers  of  the  church  will  have  another  op- 
portunity to  assemble  and  discuss  questions  relat- 
ing to  the  best  interest  of  the  Sunday  school. 
Last  year,  at  Frederick,  Md.,  was  held  the  first 
General  Sunday  School  Meeting  of  our  church. 
The  meeting  was  an  inspiration  to  those  present, 
and  its  influence  has  been  felt  throughout  the 
Brotherhood  during  the  year,  Never  before,  in 
the  history  of  the  church,  has  there  been  such 
warmth  of  feeling  and  zeal  in  the  interest  of  this 
glorious  cause.  The  Sunday  School  Advisory 
Committee  awaits  with  hopeful  expectancy  and 
prayerful  hearts  even  better  results  from  Ihe 
meeting  this  year,  and  we  know  that  thousands 
of  Sunday  school  workers,  all  over  our  Broth- 
erhood, share  with  us  in  this  same  feeling.  Let 
>ur  united  prayers  ascend  to  God,  that  new  life  and 
mpetus  may  be  given  to  the  Sunday  school  cause 
this  year,  at  Burlington  Park.  That  this  may  be 
done,  we  publish  the  subjects  to  be  discussed  as 
follows: 

1.  The  Sunday  school  Teacher. 

2.  The  Primary  Clasa, 


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THE    GOSPEL    3VL'ESSE1TC3-B±«.. 


3.  Methods  in  the  Sunday  School. 

4.  Sunday  School  Literature. 

Each  of  these  subjects  will  be  introduced  by  a 
competent  speaker,  after  which  the  discussion  will 
be  made  up  of  short  speeches  by  any  present  who 
may  have  something  to  present,  until  the  allotted 
time  has  expired.  We  urge  the  importance  of  all 
Sunday  school  workers  and  others  interested  in  the 
Sunday  school  to  reach  Burlington  Park  on  Sat- 
urday, May  28th,  so  as  to  be  present  at  the  Sunday 
school  at  9  A.  M„  Sunday,  and  at  the  Sunday 
school  meeting  from  9  A.  M.,  to  11  :  55  A.  M  ,  on 
Monday,  May  30. 

I.  Bbnneit  Trout,  )  Sunday  School 
I.N.  H.  Beahm,       ^Advisory 
A.  C.  Wieand,         )  Committee. 

From  the  Highland  Church,  Nebr. 

This  church  is  in  the  care  of  Kid.  Jesse  Heckler, 
a  member  of  the  Missionary  Board.  Our  member- 
ship is  about  fifty.  As  we  are  somewhat  scattered 
and  occupy  territory  in  several  counties,  we  have 
not  been  able  to  build  a  churchhousc  as  yet,  but 
have  regular  services  in  the  different  schoolhouses. 

On  our  arrival  here,  last  March,  the  people  of 
this  community  organized  a  union  Sunday  school, 
by  electing  the  writer  as  Superintendent.  It  is  en- 
couraging to  see  the  interest  manifested  in  the  Sun- 
day school.  We  have  preaching  by  the  Brethren 
every  other  Sunday.  The  writer  is  said  to  have 
been  the  first  Brethren  minister  who  ever  preached 
here. 

Last  Sunday,  May  1,  we  were  booked  for  an 
appointment  about  eighteen  miles  north  of 
here,  at  an  old  sod  schoolhouse.  My  companion 
and  I  left  our  place  at  7  A.  M.  to  meet  the  appoint- 
ment. A  cold  breeze  from  the  north  made  the  trip 
a  very  disagreeable  one.  After  traveling  about 
half  the  distance,  we  stopped  at  a  farm-house  to 
warm,  and  inquire  about  the  way.  Soon  after  we 
started  again,  when  it  began  to  rain  and  continued 
all  day.  We  reached  the  place  of  worship  at  the 
stated  time,  but  only  found  four  persons  there. 
One  of  them  had  come  ten  miles  and  another  six- 
teen miles. 

This  manifestation  of  zeal  aroused  our  sym- 
pathies, and  we  could  scarcely  keep  back  the  fall- 
ing tears.  Even  though  it  continued  to  rain,  the 
people  kept  coming  until  the  house  was  full.  We 
had  but  few  books,  out  of  which  to  sing,  but  all 
joined  in  singing  the  sweet  songs  of  Zion,  We  re- 
alized again  that  the  Lord  was  in  our  midst. 

At  the  close  of  the  meeting  a  brother  came  to 
me  with  tears  in  his  eyes  and  asked  for  preaching 
at  their  schoolhouse,  ten  miles  further  on.  Anoth- 
er brother,  who  lives  ten  miles  in  another  direction, 
made  the  same  request. 

We  continue  to  see  the  need  of  more  help  in  this 
western  country.  There  are  other  calls  that  I  am 
unable  to  fill,  that  must  go  by  until  some  one  will 
assist,  which  we  hope  may  be  done  in  the  near 
future. 

My  mind  goes  back  to  the  well-organized  church- 
es in  the  East,  who  have  comfortable  places  of  wor- 
ship, and  I  wish  there  were  a  greater  readiness  to 
obey  the  injunction,  "  Go  ye  therefore,"  and  that 
more  might  be  done  for  the  Lord. 

Geo.  Mishlee 


"What  is  the  Effect  of  the  Tendency  among 
us  to  Omit  Family  Worship?" 

The  tendencies  arc  evil  because  of  the  bad  effects 
resulting  therefrom.  Family  worship  is  frequently 
omitted  because  of  a  lack  of  time,  and  proves  a 
failure  because  of  formality  in  the  manner  of  con- 
ducting it. 

3.  "How  may  we  Encourage  the  Preparation  of 
our  Young  Members  for  Missionary  Work?  " 

By  being  workers  ourselves,  in  the  home,  in  the 
church  and  wherever  opportunity  is  afforded,  by 
giving  of  our  means  and  helping  them,  by  which 
they  can  give  of  their  means. 

4.  "How  may  the  Church  Employ  the  Young 
Converts  to  the  Best  Advantage?" 

By  giving  them  work  to  do  in  young  people's 
meetings,  by  elders  and  members  having  a  general 
supervision  over  them,  and  by  their  presence  at 
their  meeting. 

5.  (a)  "The  Functions  of  the  Sunday  School 
Helps." 

Sunday  school  helps  are  to  assist  in  the  pripxra- 
tion  of  the  lesson,  and  as  such  are  especially  helpful 
to  the  young  members  of  the  Sunday  school. 
(£)  "  The  Abuses  of  Sunday  School  Helps." 
In  substituting  these  helps  for  the  Bible  we  make 
a  great  mistake.  The  helps  should  only  be  used  at 
home.  Use  the  Bible  at  Sunday  school  and  leave 
the  helps  at  home,  after  a  study  of  the  lesson. 

6.  "The  Successful  Sunday  School  Teacher." 
Punctuality,  preparation,  and  a  proper  presenta- 
tion of  the  lesson  to  the  class  are  all  essentials. 
Begin  early  in  the  week  to  study  the  lesson,  and 
make  use  of  all  means  that  will  aid  you  in  properly 
understanding  the  lesson. 

7.  "What  is  Needed  for  More  Successful  Work?" 
Parents  should   be   present  with   their   children. 

Punctuality  is  very  important.     Invite  your  neigh- 
bors to  go  with  you. 

The  spirit  of  the  meeting  was  excellent  through- 
out, and  a  greater  zeal  was  manifested  for  mission- 
ary and  Sunday  school  work. 

The  report  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Mission  Board 
was  interesting,  as  it  presented  a  good  showing  of 
the  work  that  had  been  done.  The  Board  contin- 
ues to  keep  an  evangelist  in  the  field. 

A.  C.  Snowbergjjr, 


From  Staunton,  Vfl. 


people.  It  is  encouraging  to  us  to  have  our 
brethren  and  sisters  from  the  country  visit  the  mis- 
sions. 

Annual  Meeting  is  drawing  near.  May  each  one 
of  us  go  there  led  by  the  Spirit  of  Godl  May  all 
our  actions  and  dress  be  as  becometh  people  of 
God.  It  is  a  heavenly  pleasure  to  assemble  with 
those  of  like  precious  faith.       C.  Tempie  Sauble. 

May  12,  _  

From  Wabasso,  Fla. 

Bro.  Hvlton  came  to  us  April  16,  to  preach 
for  us.  He  gave  us  good,  soul-inspiring  sermons 
each  evening  and  Sunday,  till  the  22nd,  With  the 
help  of  brethren  Hylton  and  S.  M.  Eby  we  effected 
an  organization  with  seventeen  members,  including 
two  ministers  in  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry, 
and  one  deacon,  with  other  necessary  officers.  Bro. 
Hylton  is  our  elder.  By  the  unanimous  vote  of  the 
church  we  will  be  known  as  the  Indian  River 
church.  April  23  we  held  a  love  feast,  and  on  that 
day  five  were  baptized.  After  the  examination  ex- 
ercises Sister  Leatherman  was  anointed.  It  was  an 
impressive  scene, — the  first  of  the  kind  for  many  of 
us.  Twenty-three  members  communed,— eight  of 
them  for  the  first  time.  Five  of  them  had  never 
seen  the  Brethren  commune  before.  On  Sunday, 
April  24,  another  one  came  out  and  united  with 
us.  Bro,  Hylton  left  on  April  26  and  organized 
a  church  of  twenty-three  members  at  a  point 
which,  we  believe,  is  farthest  south  of  any  Breth- 
ren's congregation  in  the  United  States. 

Anna  M.  King. 


Ministerial  Ateeting. 


The  Ministerial  Meeting  of  Northwestern  Kansas 
and  Northern  Colorado  was  held  at  Quinter,  Kans., 
April  28.  It  was  opened  in  the  usual  order,  and 
organized  by  electing  Kid.  C.  S.  Holsinger,  Mod- 
erator, and  A.  C,  Snowberger,  Clerk.  Seven  topics 
were  discussed. 

1.  (a)  "When  do  we  Receive  the  Holy  Ghost?" 
The  church  received  the  Holy  Spirit  on  the  Day 
of   Pentecost,   which   gave  the  apostles  powei 
speak  with  tongues,    The    members   now   receive 
him  after  water  baptism,  and  following  its  direc- 
tion are  guided  into  all  truth. 
(i)  "  How  do  we  Secure  His  Guidance?" 
By  obedience  to  God's  revealed  will  and  through 
prayer. 


It  was  my  privilege  to  attend  a  love  feast  at  Mill 
Creek,  Va.,  May  7.  The  weather  being  very  in- 
clement, the  crowd  was  small,  but  the  interest  was 
good.  It  seemed  all  went  there  to  be  fed  with 
heavenly  manna. 

Our  work  here  still  continues  to  grow  in  interest. 
We  have  added  another  class  to  our  school.  We 
now  have  five  classes,  with  114  on  the  roll.  This 
school  has  been  started  a  little  over  a  year,  and 
compares  favorably  with  the  other  schools  here. 
We  are  glad  to  report  that  Bro.  Flory  will  still  con- 
tinue with  us  this  summer.  At  District  Meeting  it 
was  decided  to  organize  these  workers  here  into  a 
church.  Three  congregations  meet  at  this  point. 
We  believe  when  we  are  organized,  the  work  of 
building  a  church  will  be  more  successful.  The 
Second  District  of  Virginia  is  to  be  solicited  for  this 
church.  Two  brethren  have  started  out  and  we  pray 
for  their  success.  Brethren  and  sisters,  open  your 
pocket-books  and  give  liberally  1  God  will  bless 
you.  If  you  think  we  do  not  need  a  church,  visit 
us  and  see  for  yourself.  Do  not  be  afraid  to  visit 
city  missions.  We  are  all  children  of  the  same 
household. 

Some  sisters  in  the  Elk  Run  congregation  kindly 
responded  to  our  appeal  for  clothes  and  money  for 
the  poor  children.  We  are  very  grateful  for  their 
assistance.  We  wish  more  would  give.  All  should 
give  something.  You  would  not  miss  it.  If  you 
could  see  the  poor  children  playing  and  running 
about  the  streets,  all  day  Sunday,  instead  of  going 
to  Sunday  school,  it  would  surely  touch  your  heart 
and  cause  you  to  lend  a  helping  hand.  Your  chil- 
dren have  plenty  and  to  spare,  while  children  here 
go  hungry  and  almost  naked.  We  ask  you  to  visit 
our  city  missions  and  learn  to  realize  the  needs  of 


Final  Notice  from  Lodging  Committee. 

All  who  conclude  to  make  application  for  lodg- 
ing, even  at  this  late  date,  should  mail  their  letters, 
on  or  after  May  23,  to  us  at  Naperville,  111.  We 
may  not  be  able  to  answer  your  communications, 
but  will  only  file  them,  hence  it  will  be  useless  to 
ask  questions.  Any  who  may  have  made  applica- 
tion for  lodging  in  tents,  and  from  any  ca,\™  can- 
not come,  should  let  us  know. 

Those  who  have  secured  lodging  in  the  city  and 
cannot  come,  should  write  to  the  parties  to  whom 
they  have  been  assigned,  so  that  they  do  not  hold 
the  place  open  for  them. 

Let  us  all  come  to  the  meeting  with  a  determina- 
tion to  manifest  a  large  degree  of  patience  and  for- 
bearance toward  one  another,  and  to  extend  true 
Christian  courtesy  to  all  with  whom  we  come  in 
contact,  Let  us  also  earnestly  pray  for  God's  guid- 
ance and  blessings  upon  our  great  meeting. 

D.  B.  Senger,  Sec.  Lodging  Com. 

Franklin  Glove,  III,  May  13, 


Northwest  Baltimore  Mission. 

During  April  we  received  S1104  in  our  Home 
Mission  Fund  for  the  Baltimore  City  church. 

As  summer  approaches  the  interest  and  attend- 
ance at  the  above  mission  increases  with  unsur- 
passed encouragement.  The  Lord  is  greatly  bless- 
ing our  labors,  notwithstanding  the  great  disad- 
vantages under  which  we  are  unfortunately  placed 
by  not  having  a  suitable  house  of  worship. 

Last  Sunday  we  had  a  total  attendance  of  eighty- 
four  in  our  Sunday  school.  All  these  were  crowded 
in  our  little  hall  on  seventy-two  chairs.  This,  re- 
cently, is  almost  a  weekly  occurrence.  We  know 
not  what  we  will  do  this  summer.  Already  some 
of  our  members  have  stopped  coming  to  Sunday 
school,  in  order  to  give  room  for  the  children,  till 
we  can  get  a  larger  place.  Pray  God  to  direct  "! 
in  this  fast-increasing  work.  Send  donations  to  the 
writer.  J.  S.  Geisbr. 

160J  Ednwnion  Ave.,  Baltimore,  Md, 


Notes  .<  from  .  ..Ui      ^..rrcsponueni- 


MISSOURI. 

St.  Joseph. — Sunday,  May 
with  Christ  in  baptise. 

through  the  rain  in  a  buggy.     Since  then  sbe  is    gam 
strength  daily— C.  //.  into,  May  0. 


I,  one  dear  sister  was  "—■ 
was  brought  from  the  sicl>DS 


May  21 


THE   GOSPEL   DVEESSE3STGEE,. 


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Darlington.— I  jast  closed  a  series  of  meetings  in  the  City 
of  St.  Joseph.  Two  baptized,  two  restored,  and  a  general  re- 
vival are  the  visible  results.  I  began  meetings  in  this  town 
April  30.  Congregations  are  large  and  interest  good,  nnlil 
hindered  by  rain.  We  will  continue  a  few  days  longer,  then 
work  east,  and  reach  Annual  Meeting  from  Roanoke,  111., 
where  I  will  attend  a  love  feast  May  25. — A  B.  Gibson, 
May  6. 

Waconda.— We  met  in  council  May  7,  with  Eld.  Louis 
Macey  presiding.  We  decided  not  to  send  a  delegate  to  An- 
nual Meeting,  this  year,  as  the  repairing  of  our  churchhouse 
will  require  considerable  expense.  Bro.  Latz,  of  St.  Joseph, 
preached  us  an  able  sermon  on  Sunday,  May  8.  He  was  here 
in  the  interest  of  the  St.  Joseph  mission.  They  are  trying  to 
secure  funds  to  build  a  house  cf  worship  in  that  city.— Emma 
I  'art  Trump,  May  g. 

Cedar  County.— April  20,  Bro.  S.  Weimer.of  Wyraan,  Ark., 
came  to  us  and  began  a  series  of  meetings,  which  closed  May 
2.  He  preached,  in  all,  fourteen  edifying  sermons.  We  feel 
that  much  good  seed  was  sown.  We  held  our  quarterly  coun- 
cil April  23,  On  Sunday  morning,  May  1,  quite  a  severe  storm 
passed  over  this  part  of  the  country,  demolishing  several 
buildings.  The  Methodist  church,  in  Jerico,  was  completely 
demolished  during  services.  Several  were  irjured,  but  none 
killed.  A  short  distance  from  the  church  another  bailding 
was  also  destroyed,  killing  the  wife  of  the  occupant.— Noah  H, 
Calvert,  May  6, 

Darlington. — This  little  organization  of  ten  members,  who 
are  scattered  over  six  miles  of  territory,  have  had  the  satisfac- 
tion of  hearing  several  Gospel  sermons  by  Eld.  D.  B.  Gib*son, 
who  commenced  preaching  on  the  night  of  April  30  and  closed 
on  the  night  of  May  8.  Two  nights  during  this  time  it  rained 
so  hard  that  there  was  no  preaching.  Our  congregations  were 
large  and  gocd  attenticn  was  given.  The  meetings  were  held 
in  the  M,  E.  church.  We  think  much  good  has  been  don 
and  the  Brethren  strengthened.  One  young  man,  who  wa 
converted  in  the  M.  E.  meeting,  is  thinking  of  un'ting  with  u: 
All  the  churches  here  are  open  to  our  ministers  Bro.  G  bzon 
preached  the  Gospel  in  its  plainness  and  power,  as  it  was 
en  to  the  apostles,  nothing  doubting.  We  hope  he  can  s 
us  again  ere  loDg. —  C.  G.  Garman,  May  g. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 

Yellow  Creek.— Our  quarterly  council  was  held  April  30 
and  passed  off  plearantly. — ,  \bnihmn  Steele,  May  g. 

Bills.— Bro.  J.  B.  Ferguson,  of  the  Middle  Creek  congr 
tion,  went  to  the  Fletcher  schoolhouse  May  7,  and  preached 
that  evening  and  on  Sunday.  After  the  meeting  on  Sunday 
one  was  baptized. — M,  A.  Ferguson,  May  //, 
"-^lountville.— At  our  love  feast  we  baptized  ihree  anc 
ceiv)°d  four  by  letter.  This  makes  an  addition  of  seven  tc 
i^jmtville  church  since  my  last  report.  We  had  a  strong 
Wifiisterial  force  and  a  pleasant  feast  of  love.—//.  E.  Light, 
May  7. 

Philadelphia.  — One  was  baptized  since  our  last  report, 
Friday  evening,  April  29,  Bro.  J.  W.  Cline,  who  has  charge  of 
our  mission,  was  elected  and  installed  into  the  ministry. 
Elders  J.  G,  Royer,  S.  R.  Zug  and  D.  B.  Arnold  were  present. 
Our  spring  love  featt  was  largely  attended.  A  deep,  spiritual 
feeling  characterized  the  service.—  T.  T,  Myers,  May  u. 

Roaring  Spring.— Our  love  feast,  held  May  1,  was  a  pleas- 
ant one.  We  had  a  week's  meetings  just  previous  to  the  feast, 
at  which  Bro.  Michael  Claar  did  the  speaking,  with  good  in- 
terest. Bro.  G.  W.  Bricker,  of  West  Virginia,  was  with  us  and 
Kave  us  a  few  good  practical  sermons.  Bro.  Joseph  Snowber- 
ger  officiated  at  the  feast,  with  brethren  Claar,  Brice  Sell,  and 
others,  assisting.  The  weather  was  fine,  hence  we  had  a  large 
attendance.—/?.  S.  Replogle,  May  7. 

Upper  Dublin.— A  very  enjoyable  love  feast  was  held  here 
May  7.  Eld.  Tobias  Meyers,  of  Sheldon,  Iowa,  officiated.  A 
spirit  of  harmony  characterized  the  entire  services,  Eld. 
Meyers,  on  the  following  day,  preached  forcibly  yet  feelingly 
on  the  "sure  foundation,"  Because  of  a  beating  rainstorm  the 
attendance  was  small.  Bro.  J.  G.  Francis,  of  Oaks,  Pa„  con-,, 
ducted  an  interesting  Bible  study  on  the  lesson  of  the  "mar- 
riage feast." — B,  F,  Kitli/tger,  Ambler,  Pa.,  May  g. 

INDIANA. 

Flora.— Bro.  J.  S.  Flory  came  to  us  April  28,  and  favored  us 
with  six  talks  on  "  Mind  Mysteries,"  and  two  able  sermons. — 
J,  G.  Stinebaugh,  May  g. 

Middle  Fork.— We  had  a  pleasant  Communion  May  7, 
Eld.  John  W.  Metzger  officiated.  Brethren  Gilbert  Stine- 
baugh and  John  Deal  assisted  in  preaching  Ihe  Word,  On 
Sunday,  after  preaching,  one  was  baptized.— John  E.  Metzger, 
Edna  Mills,  Ind.,  May  12. 

WHliamsport.— We  have  a  good  church  and  Sunday 
school  here;  also  a  young  people's  meeting.  Bro.  D.  M.  Bru- 
baker  is  our  minister;  Sister  Poul  is  our  Sunday  school  super- 
intendent. Bro.  D.  M.  Brubaker  has  charge  of  the  Bible 
meeting,  which  convenes  each  Tuesday  evening, — N.  S,  E. 
Sheets,  May  22. 

Pleasant  Valley.— We  met  in  council  April  30.  Brethren 
Hillery,  I.  L.  Berky  and  Benj.  Lear  were  with  us.  Bro.  Hillery 
was  appointed  to  take  charge  of  the  meeting.  We  bad  an  en- 
couraging report  of  our  annual  visitt  One  was  received  by 
letter  and  two  letters  were  granted.  Our  delegate  for  Annual 
Meeting  is  Bro.  A.  Wise.  Our  Communion  will  be  June  4. 
We  have  a  prosperous  Sunday  school  with  Bro.  John  Mishler 
as  Superintendent.  Bro.  Hillery  will  have  charge  of  this 
church  for  the  present,— Z,  E,  Weaver,  May  s, 


Bethel  —The  members  of  the  Bethel  church  met  in  quarter- 
ly couucil  May  7.  Two  letters  were  received  and  eight  grant- 
ed.  Bro.  W.  R.  Deeter  was  chosen  as  delegate  to  Annual 
Meeting,  We  decided  to  hold  a  love  feast  in  the  Salem 
churchhouse  June  7,  at  5  P.  M.—  Chauncey  F.  Weybright,  Mil- 
ford,  Ind ,  May  S. 

Rock  Run — We  met  in  council  May  7.  Bro.  J.  E.  Weaver 
was  chosen  delegate  to  Annua!  Meeting  with  Bro.  Norman 
Heater  alternate.  Five  were  received  by  letter.  The  Sunday 
school  meeting  will  be  held  in  this  church  May  25.  Our  love 
feast  will  be  June  8.  In  our  services  we  will  use  the  Breth- 
ren's Sunday  School  Song  Book.— A'.  JV,  Davenport,  Goshen, 
Ind,,  May  10, 

Springfield.— Our  council  occurred  May  7.  Bro.  George 
Swihart  presided  over  the  meeting.  Arrangements  were  made 
for  a  Communion,  to  be  held  June  iS,  at  3  P.  M.  Two  breth- 
ren were  selected  deacons  and  Bro,  Calvin  Huher  advanced 
to  the  second  degree  of  the  ministry.  The  installation  took 
place  the  Sunday  following.— Haitie  Weaver,  Cosperville, 
Ind,  May  g. 

Berrien.— Last  February  I  visited  the  above-named  church, 
it  being  our  main  mission  field  of  Northern  Indiana.  I  gave 
them  a  ten  days'  meeting  and  closed  with  one  applicant  for 
baptism  Ui  the  near  future.  The  latter  part  of  April  I  re- 
turned to  said  church  and  held  one  meeting  at  Hathaway,  one 
at  the  Wagner  church  and  three  at  Sawyer.  On  Sunday,  May 
I,  I  baptized  four  in  Lake  Michigan.  TBis  church  is  without 
a  resident  minister  at  present.  The  field  is  large  enough  for 
two  ministers.  The  members  are  scattered  over  a  large  ter- 
ritory, but  contend  earnestly  for  the  faith.  Bro.  Beckwith  de- 
sires God's  people  to  remember  him  in  prayer,  having  been 
seriously  afflicted  for  some  time.— Hiram  A'oose,  Wakarusp, 
Ind,,  May  g, 

TEXAS. 

Barstow.— Bro.  David  Hollinger  and  wife,  also  his  son,  J. 
R.  and  wife,  stopped  with  us  on  their  return  cast  from  Cali- 
fornia, Bro.  HolHnger  preached  an  interesting  sermon  for  us, 
and  would  have  labored  more  had  the  Imuse  not  been  occupied 
in  a  series  of  services  by  another  minister.  We  gladly  invite 
our  brethren  and  sisters,  traveling  east  and  west  over  the  Tex- 
as Pacific  R,  R.,  to  stop  at  Barstow,  in  the  Pecos  Valley,  and 
assist  the  cause.  We  expect  a  number  from  the  North  by 
August.— L.  II.  Eby,  May  4. 

Live  Oak.— This  church  met  in  council  with  Etd.  Ncher 
and  Bro.  Bowman  to  assist  us.  Bro,  Neher  preached  four 
sermons  while  with  us.  Some  were  almost  persuaded.  The 
members  weic  greatly  encouraged,  The  sum  of  §13.50  was 
donated  by  the  church  to  have  a  minister  sent  to  this  place, 
as  our  home  minister's  health  is  .such  he  cannot  preach  to  us. 
We  hope  that  ere  long  our  licue  church,  with  its  eleven  mem- 
bers,  may  be  as  a  light  set  upon  a  hill,  and  bring  many  souls 
to  Christ—  Fannie  Will,  Weather/ord,  Tex.,  May  13. 

Meeting;  of  District  Mission  Board.— We  met  at  the  house 
of  the  secretary,  D.  L,  Kinzie,  Apri.I  29,  in  the  bounds  of  the 
Williams  Creek  church.  Some  very  important'  matters  were 
considered,  Brethren  Neher  and  Elliott  were  present  and 
made  some  good  suggestions.  It  was  decided  that  our  Board 
be  represented  at  the  missionary  meeting  at  Annual  Meeting. 
The  writer  was  chosen,  so,  if  the  Lord  will,  he  expects  to  be 
on  the  Annual  Meeting  ground  in  the  interest  of  mission  work 
in  Texas.  The  most  successful  way  to  introduce  our  doctrine 
is  by  immigration,  and  especially  do  we  want  to  induce  some 
ministers  to  settle  in  our  District,  as  well  as  other  members. 
The  feast  in  the  Williams  Creek  church,  April  30,  was  a  pleas- 
ant one.  Owing  to  rain  the  congregation  was  small.  Four- 
teen members  communed— A/.  Wine,  Dist.  Treas.,  May 3, 
OHIO. 

Mahoning. — We  recently  enjoyed  a  series  of  meetings  in 
the  town  of  Columbiana.  Bro.  Quincy  Leckrone  delivered 
twenty  discourses,  mainly  doctrinal.  All  were  well  treated 
and  quite  interesting.—/,  //".  Kurtz,  May  g. 

Logan  Church.— Our  love  feast  was  held  May  7  and  8. 
We  had  a  good  meeting.  The  attendance  was  not  as  large  as 
at  some  previous  feasts,  but  the  spirit  of  the  meeting  was  ex- 
cellent. Visiting  ministers  present  were  Daniel  Vaniman, 
David  Hollinger,  L.  H.  Dickey,  Jacob  Driver,  Henry  Longa- 
necker  and  Eli  Hollinger.  Bro.  Vaniman  officiated.  Instead 
of  the  regular  Sunday  school  lesson  on  Sunday  morning  we 
had  talks  to  the  children  by  brethren  Hollinger,  Longanecker 
and  Driver.  Bro.  Vaniman  preached  Sunday  morning  and 
Sunday  evening  to  good  audiences.  One  was  received  by 
baptism  previous  to  the  feast.— John  R.  Snyder,  Bctlefontaine, 
Ohio,  May  g, 

KANSAS. 

Pleasant  Grove — The  Pleasant  Grove  church,  in  council 
April  30,  decided  to  have  her  love  feast  Oct.  22,  to  be  preced- 
ed or  followed  by  a  series  of  meetings  by  Bro.  Miller,  of  the 
Scott  Valley  church.  We  were  somewhat  late  in  organizing 
our  Sunday  school,  but  hope  to  make  np  for  lost  time.  The 
writer  was  chosen  Superintendent  and  Bro.  C.  E.  Ulrick,  as- 
sistant. Lawrence  has  an  evergreen  school,— .Z?.  S,  Kather- 
man,  Lawrence,  Kans.,  May  g. 

Fredonia. — The  District  and  Ministerial  Meetings  of  the 
Southeastern  District  of  Kansas  were  held  in  the  Fredonia 
church  May  3  and  4.  Each  church  was  represented  by  dele- 
gates but  one,  which  represented  by  letter.  The  interest  of 
the  meetings  was  good.  Eld.  Caleb  Fcgle  was  chosen  to  rep- 
resent us  on  the  Standing  Committee  at  Annual  Meeting,  with 
Eld.  Andrew  Neher  as  alternate,  Brethren  Wm.  B.  Sell  and 
W.  H.  Leaman  were  chosen  as  our  missionary  evangelists.— 
Flora  E,  Darst,  May  7, 


Quinter.— The  District  Meeting  of  Northwestern  Kansas 
and  Northern  Colorado  was  held  at  Quinter,  Kans.,  April  28 
and  20.  There  was  a  fair  representation.  All  business  was 
pleasantly  disposed  of.  In  connection  with  the  District  Meet- 
ing we  had  a  love  feast  on  Saturday,  April  30.  About  125 
members  commnned.  The  members  of  this  congregation 
were  greatly  strengthened  and  encounged  by  the  labors  of 
the  ministering  brethren  while  among  us.  Four  were  added 
to  our  number  by  baptism.— -I tarthz  Weris,  May  7. 

Booth.— Our  love  feast  at  this  place,  May  7,  passed  off  very 
agreeably.  Upwards  of  one  hundred  members  communed. 
An  election  was  held  for  two  deacons,  which  resulted  in  plac- 
ing brethren  A.  W.  Finifrock  and  John  Showalter  into  office. 
Ministers  present  were  brethren  A.  W,  Vanimau,  George 
Lauver,  Isaac  Miller  and  othets.  Bro.  Vaniman  officiated. 
He  came  a  few  days  before  time  of  meeting  aud  gave  us  sev- 
eral soul  cheering  sermons,  which  were  appreciated  by  nil. 
Sister  Vaniman  aud  Bio.  Lauver  gave  good  talks  to  the  chil- 
dren on  Sunday  morning.— A.  F.  Millar,  May  to. 
ILLINOIS. 

Martin  Creek— We  met  in  quarterly  council  May  0.  Eld, 
John  Harshbarger  was  chosen  as  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting, 
and  Bro.  J.  VV.  Harshbarger,  alternate.— J.  J,  Scrogum,  Fair- 
field, III.,  May  1 y, 

Silver  Creek.— In  compliance  with  the  recommendation, 
recently  made  in  the  Mrssem;i;k,  that  those,  not  attending 
the  Conference,  send  tbeir  gifts  by  the  delegates,  this  church 
raised  nearly  £21.  If  each  of  the  churches  would  contribute 
only  one  half  of  that  sum,  a  total  of  ?6,ooo  could  be  easily  se- 
cured in  addition  to  the  collection  at  Annual  Meeting.—/:.  A. 
Plate,  Mt.  Morris,  III,,  May  16, 

Woodland.— Our  quarterly  council  was  held  May  4.  Bro* 
Charles  Roddis  was  elected  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting,  with 
Bro.  Fitz,  alternate.  It  was  decided  to  hold  our  love  feast 
Oct.  1  and  2.  A  series  of  meetings  is  to  commence  Oct.  8. 
Our  Sunday  school  is  in  a  nourishing  condition.  We  have 
prayer  meeting  every  two  weeks,  which  we  hope  will  be  a 
great  benefit.— Lydin  Walter,  Suinmum,  III.,  May  S. 
VIRGINIA. 

Barren  Ridge.— This  church  met  in  council,  May  5.  Quite 
an  amount  of  business  was  before  the  meeting.  Our  new 
church  will  be  dedicated  the  third  Sunday  of  June.  Bro.  Geo. 
Arnold  is  to  begin  a  series  of  meetings  for  us  about  Sept.  10. — 
A;  Walter  Co/fittatt,  May  6. 

Nokesvllle.— This  church  met  in  regular  council  to  day. 
Two  members  were  received  by  letter,  and  four  letters  were 
granted.  Some  arrangements  were  made  for  a  series  of  meet- 
ings, which  will  likely  be  held  in  August.  We  are  glad  to  say 
that  business,  in  general,  passed  off  pleasantly.— G.  Wt 
licahtn,  Brcntsvitle,  Va,,  May  7. 

Mt.  Joy.— Eld.  A.  B.  Duncan,  of  Oak  Hill,  Fayette  Co.,  W. 
Va,,  came  to  us  on  the  night  of  April  18,  and  began  preaching 
for  us,  continuing  his  labors  over  the  fourth  Sunday.  His 
preaching  was  edifying  and  instructive.  Bro.  Samuel  Duncan 
(a  son  of  the  elder),  was'also  with  us,  and  aided  very  much  in 
the  song  service.  Four  made  the  good  confession  on  the 
fourth  Sunday,  at  r  1  A,  M,  Bro.  Duncan  preached  the  first 
missionary  sermon  in  the  Mt.  Joy  church,  We  trust  that  his 
earnest  efforts  may  open  both  our  hearts  and  pocket  books. 
— A.  F.  Pursley,  Maple,  Va.,  May  .f. 
NEBRASKA. 

Sumner.— March  30  Bro.  J.  L.  Suavely,  our  State  mission- 
ary, began  a  series  of  meetings  and  continued  until  April  ro. 
He  preached,  in  all,  twelve  edifying  sermons.  We  feel  that 
much  good  was  done.  We  hope  we  may  succeed  in  having  a 
church  started  here.— Sarah  Clause,  May  q, 

Nora.— Bro.  J.  E.  Young,  of  Beatrice,  came  to  the  isolated 
members  of  the  Bethel  congregation,  April  20,  to  conduct  a 
scries  of  meetings.  He  preached  thirteen  excellent  sermons. 
The  first  four  meetings  were  held  in  the  schoolhouse,  the  rest 
in  the  M.  E.  church  in  Nora.  The  interest  and  attendance 
were  good,  considering  the  busy  season,  While  there  were 
no  accessious  to  the  church,  we  feel  that  much  good  was  done, 
and  some  were  set  to  thinking  along  new  lines,  while  our  faith 
was  strengthened  and  we  feel  more  encouraged  to  go  forward 
with  the  work  of  the  Master  —Edith  A.  Ikenberry,  May  8, 
IOWA. 

Crooked  Creek.— We  met  in  council  April  30.  Our  elder, 
Samuel  Flory,  met  with  us,  We  arranged  for  a  series  of 
meetings  this  coming  winter,  Our  love  feast  will  be  Aug.  27 
and  28,  at  11  A.  M.  A,  Sanger  was  elected  delegate  to  Annual 
Meeting,  and  also  solicitor  for  home  mission.  Bro.  John  Snell 
was  chosen  clerk,  and  the  writer  correspondent,— S.  A,  Bur- 
ger,  Keota,  Iowa,  May  4. 

ARKANSAS. 

Palestine.— The  District  Meeting  of  Southern  Missouri  and 
Arkansas  was  held  in  the  Greenwood  church,  Texas  Co.,  Mo., 
May  5  and  6,  Bro.  F.  W.  Dove  was  chosen  member  on 
Standing  Committee  with  Bro.  S.  Weimer,  alternate.  We 
send  no  papers  to  Annual  Meeting.  Peace  and  harmony  per- 
vaded the  meeting.—/.  H.  Neher,  May  g. 
MICHIGAN. 

Clarion. — Bro.  John  M.  Smith,  of  Woodland,  the  District 
evangelist,  came  to  the  Bear  Lake  church,  April  23.  He 
preached  eighteen  good  sermons.  A  love  feast  was  also  held 
at  the  same  church.  We  had  good  attendance  and  good  at- 
tention. His  sermons  were  doctrinal  and  practical.— Isaac 
Hufford,  May  is. 


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May  21,  18 


COBRESFONDENCK 
From  the  North  Beatrice  Church,  Nebr. 

MA?  7  we  met  in  regular  quarterly  council, 
and,  under  the  fatherly  and  loving  charge  of 
Eld.  Urias  Shick,  everything  passed  off  very 
pleasantly. 

Six  letters  ot  membership  were  received. 
Two  thai  had  been  identified  with  the  Pro- 
gressive Brethren  returned.  Among  the  new 
members  are  Bro.  I!.  O.  Clark  and  wile.  Bro. 
Clark  is  a  promising  young  minister  from  Mis- 
souri. Three  letters  were  fiiven,  one  being  to 
Sister  llatlie  Ncl/lcy,  who  is  to  lake  charge  of 
the  Kearney  mission. 

Two  series  of  meetings  are  arranged  for,— 
one  in  this  month  and  one  to  commence  Sept. 
I.  All  arrangements  were  made  for  a  month's 
i  be  conducted  in  the  church,  where 
will  have  free  access  lo  it.  Arrange- 
ments were  also  made  for  a  love  feast.  All 
the  above  and  other  incidental  business,  such 
as  reports  from  treasurers,  solicitors,  Home 
Mission  Board,  were  .mended  to.  A  new 
member  of  Ihe  Board  %vas  also  elected.  The 
business  meeting  lasted  only  about  two  hours 
and  twenty  minutes. 

KM  A.  I).  Sollcnbergcrgucs  as  delegate  to 
Annual  Meeting  from  this  church. 

A.  M.  T.  M11.1.EK. 

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district  Meeting  of  Western  Pennsylvania. 


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Wcstcrn  Pennsylvania  arrived  at 
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1  the  churches  was  about  as  good  as 


In  Ihe  evening  Bro.  Silas  Hoover  preached 
acceptably  10  a  very  appreciative  audience. 
On  Wednesday  morning,  at  7:  ,\o,  the  elders  of 
the  I  '  Ariel  had  a  short  meeting,  and   at  eight 

u'clocb  the  regular  meeting  was  opened  with 
devotional  exercises  and  the  reading  of  Philpp. 

The  organization  resulted  in  the  election  of 
elders  Jasper  Barnthouse  and  Jos.  Holsopple, 
Mo  leratm  ;  S.  S.  Blough  and  J.  F.  Dielr,  Writ- 
111;  Clerks;  II.  A.  S'ahl,  Reading  Clerk. 

A  number  of  queries  came  before  the  meet- 
ing, but  were  quickly  disposed  of,  and  for  Ihis 
reason  ihe  meeting  had  only-  two  sessions  in- 
:  adol  three,  as  heretofore.  A  considerable 
part  ot  die  lime  was  spent  in  hearing  the  re- 
pur!  of  the  District  Mission  Hoard,  and  dis- 
cussing ways  and  means  of  doing  more  effect- 
ive work.     The  mission  work  of  our  District  is 


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>r  at  Kirksville,  Mo.  Bound  in  cloth,  4<>o 
pages,  and  well  illustrated.  The  work  is  inter- 
esting from  beginning  to  end. 

The  Victor's  Crowns,"  and  other  sermons, 
by  Alexander  MacLarcn,  D.  D„  Christian 
Commonwealth,  Publishers,  London.  The 
dacmillan  Co,,  New  York  Agents  for  Ihe  Unit- 
d  Slates.  Well  primed,  good  paper,  cloth 
ilnding,  price,  SISO. 

"  Progress  for  April,"  is  a  fine  number  on  ac- 
ount  of  Ihe  atlenlion  given  to  the  life  of  Jesus 
Tirisl,  and  the  lives  of  the  apostles.  These 
re  followed  by  other  able  articles  bearing  on 
he  Christian  religion.  The  journal  is  pub- 
lished monthly  by  the  University  Association, 
Chicago,  and  edited  by  Edmund  Buckley. 


FALLEN  *  ASLEEP 


BECKER.— At  Smithboroti 
S,)S,  Anna  Marie  Becker,  ?tt 
■cars,  10  months  and  24  days 
born  in  Alshville 


h,  III.,  April  23, 
Vogt,  aged  69 
Deceased  was 
May  29, 


An  important  feature  of  the  meeting  was  the 
c  inslderation  of  the  propriety  of  building  an 
"i  lid  P  ..Iks"  Home."  Elders  Jos.  Holsopple 
liitam  Musselman,  and  J.  N.  Davis  were  ap 
pointed  a  committee  to  formulate  plans  where 
hy  such  a  home  might  be  built  and  successful 
ly  maintained.  The  need  of  such  a  home  has 
been  keenly  felt,  and  we  hope  the  movement 
set  on  Fool  will  be  pushed  10  a  successful  end. 

One  query  was  sent  to  Annual  Meeting. 
F.IJ.  W.  A.  Gaunt  is  our  delegate  on  Standing 
Committee. 

Eld.  S.  F.  Sanger,  of  the  General  Mission 

Board,  was  with  us  and  gave  good  advice  and 

timely  suggestions.     Bro.  Sanger,  after  giving 

ns  a   short  talk,  encouraging  us  in  our  work, 

;  cling  with  devotional  exercises. 

The  reports  from  the  churches  show  that  the 
District  is  in  better  working  condition  than  for 
some  time,  and  we  pray  for  a  continuation  and 
still  further  improvement.  Thus  ended,  as 
was  said  by  many,  the  most  pleasant  District 
Meeting  we  ever  attended.      S.  S.  Blough. 


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iovemments  and  people  of  earth,  by  Will 
1.   Redding,   Navarre,  Dickenson  Co.,  Ka 
n  cloth,  price  SLCO. 


"  Pebbles  from  the  Path  of  a  Pilgri 
Mrs.  H.  L.  Hastings,  price,  50  cents. 
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hen  eighteen  years  of 
age,  landing  in  New  Orleans,  La.  She  was 
married  lo  John  H.  Becker,  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  Sept.  4,  1848.  After  moving  to  several 
cities,  Ihey  finally  settled  at  Pleasant  Mound, 
in  the  bounds  of  the  Hunicane  Creek  church, 
Bond  Co.,  HI.,  where  her  husband  died  April 
18,  1875,  leaving  seven  daughters.  Deceased 
was  a  member  of  the  Catholic  church  from 
childhood,  until  about  twenty  years  ago,  when 
she  united  with  the  Brethren  church.  Her 
death  occurred  in  Brownslown,  111.  Her  re- 
mains were  brought  to  her  home  in  Pleasant 
Mound,  April  25.  The  funeral  services  were 
conducted  by  the  pastor  of  the  M.  E.  church. 
A  few  days  before  her  death  she  complied  with 
James  5:  14.  Cornelius  Kessler. 

WALTERS.— In  the  Coon  River  church, 
near  Panora,  Iowa,  May  2,  1898,  Bro.  Jacob 
Walters,  aged  So  years,  5  months  and  13  days. 
Deceased  was  born  in  Tuscarawas  County, 
Ohio,  Nov.  19,  1817.  April  24  he  was  at  meet- 
ing in  his  usual  health.  The  next  day  he 
did  not  feel  so  well,  and  inside  of  a  week  he 
passed  away.  Deceased  was  married  Dec.  31, 
1843,  to  Catharine  Brown  (sister  to  P-  J.  Brown, 
widely  known  among  the  Brethren).  To  them 
were  born  seven  children.  His  companion 
and  three  of  their  children  preceded  him. 
Bro.  Walters  and  wife  united  with  the  Breth- 
ren church  soon  after  their  marriage.  They 
moved  to  Guthrie  County,  Iowa,  in  May,  1S56 
and  were  the  first  members  located  in  thii 
County,  and  were  of  the  original  and  chartei 
members  of  what  now  constitutes  the  Coon 
River  church.  Services  by  the  home  mil 
ters.  J.  D.  Haughteliis 

LAUGHMAN.— At  Dallas  Center,  lo 
March  18,  1S9S,  Stella  Ople  Laughman,  aged 

years,  2  mouths  and  19  days. 

LAUGHMAN.— At  the  same  place,  May  2, 

39S,  Martha  Alice  Laughman,  aged  4  mont 
and  20  days.  Botli  the  above  were  daughu 
of  Bro.  Levi  and  Sister  Ollie  Laughman.     F 

:ral  sermon  by  the  writer. 

Geo.  A.  Shamuerger, 

ZOOK, — In  the  Conestoga  church,  Lancaster 
County,  Pa.,  May  1,  189S,  Sadie  Blesta  Zook, 
daughter  of  Bro.  Emanuel  and  Sister  Emn 
Zook,  aged  2   years,  4   months  and  25  day 
Services  by  the  Brethren.       I.  W.  Taylor. 

FRANTZ.— AtCerrogordo.Ill.,  April  28, 1S9S, 
Sister  Flora  Bertha  Frantz,  wife  of  Bro.  Geo. 
Frantz,  and  daughter  of  friend  and  Sister  Jack- 
son of  this  place,  aged  20  years,  2  months  and 
16  days.  She  leaves  a  husband  and  two  little 
children,  father,  mother,  one  brother  and  four 
sisters.    Services  by  Bro.  David  Troxel. 

R.  E.  Burger. 

MOORE.— In  the  Ames  church,  Boone  Co., 
Iowa,  May  7,  iSyS,  at  the  home  of  Bro.  McCol- 
ly,  Archibald  Moore,  a  deacon  in  the  church, 
aged  74  years.  Bro.  Moore  was  a  faithful 
member  of  the  church,  Services  by  the  writ- 
er, from  1  Pet,  1:3.  S,  M,  Goughnour. 


FKATHKRS.-In  the  bounds  <-f   the  Dun- 

nsville  church,  Blair  Co.,  Pa  ,  March  31, 1S9S, 

J, unes  Henry  Matthew  Feathers,  aged   1   year, 

nths  and  27  days.    Services  by  Bro.  Brice 

Sell,  at  the  Carson  Valley  house. 

HOLSINGER.-At  Altoona,  Pa.,  near  Bak- 

's  Summit,  April  6,  1898,  of  pneumonia,  Bro. 

Eli  Holsinger,  son  of  D.  M.  Holsinger,  aged  65 

years,  3  months  and  19  days.     Services  by  Bro. 

'  :  Sell,  at  the  Holsinger  church.     Burial  in 

raveyard  near  by.     He  leaves  two  sons 

and  two  daughters  and  wife. 

D.  S.  Rei'LOGLe. 

HECK— In  the  Bear  Creek  church,  Mont- 
gomery Co.,  Ohio,  April  29,  1898,  Sister  Eliza- 
beth Heck,  aged  77  years,  10  months  and  28 
s.    She  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Breth- 
church  for  twenty  years.    She  was  anoint- 
l  few  weeks  before  her  death.    She  leaves 
brother  and  two  sisters.     Funeral  services 
from  2  Tim.  4:  7,  by  brethren  John  C.  Bright 
id  Samuel  Horning.  JosiAH  Ebv. 

SHELLER.— In  the  Lanark  church,  Illinois, 
May  6,  1898,  Sister  Elizabeth  Sbeller,  nee  But- 
terbaugh,  aged  73  years,  3  months  and  8  days. 
Sister   Shelter  had    been    a    member    of    the 
church  for  fifty-three  years,  and  was  a  faithful 
.     She  was  the  mother  of  seven  children, 
all  of  whom  survive  her.     Her  husband,  Bro. 
imuel    Sbeller,   died   in    1S91.    The    funeral 
rmon  was  preached  by  the  writer,  from  John 
,;  10.  I.  Bennett  Trout. 

BRUBAKER.— Near  Covington,  Ky.,  April 
1,  1898,  from  the  effects  of  a  kick  in  the  stom- 
ach, by  a  horse,  Warren  Brubaker,  aged  near- 
years.  He  was  the  son  of  Daniel  and 
Ada  Brubaker,  and  grandson  of  Otis  and  Eliza 
Brubaker.  He,  with  his  parents,  was,  at  the 
of  his  death,  moving  from  Paulding  Coun- 
ty, Ohio,  to  Lawrenceburg,  Tenn.  He  was 
ed  by  all  who  knew  hii 


Kr. 


Hu 


MILLER.-In  the  Mahoning  church,  near 
;etonia,  Columbiana  Co.,  Ohio,  April  6,  1898, 
ster  Lydia  Miller,  wife  of  Bro.  Joseph  Miller. 
;ed  69  years,  7  months  and  g  days.     Services 
by  Bro.  Quincy  Leckrone,  from  Heb.  13:  14. 
J.  H.  Kurtz. 
GOOD.— In  the  Waconda  church,  Ray  Co, 
Mo.,  April  28,   1898,  of  measles,  Lena  May, 
daughter    of    Bro.  Samuel   and    Sister    Julia 
Good,  aged  I  year,  2  months  and  3  days.     Fu- 
:ral  services  by  Bro,  Louis  Macey. 

Emma  Van  Trump. 
COSNER.— In  the  Alleghany  congregation, 
rant  Co.,  W.  Va.,  April  22,  1898,  Eve  E.,  wife 
of  Eld.  J.  T.  Cosner,  aged  5S  years,  10  months 
nd  2  days.  Deceased  was  noted  for  her  hos- 
pitality. No  one  knew  her  but  to  love  her. 
She  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Brethren 
church  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
A  husband  and  five  children  survive  her. 

Raphael  Baker. 
WARREN— Near  Sevastopol,  Ind  ,  in  the 
Beaver  Dam  congregation,  April  13,  1898, 
win  Estel,  son  of  Charles  Wesley  (deceas 
and  Printhy  E.  Warren,  aged  4  year; 
months  and  14  days.  Deceased  le.ave; 
mother  and  one  little  brother. 

ABE.— At  Alaska,  W.  Va.,  in  the  Ee; 
Run  congregation,  April  28,  1S0S,  Bro.  Gu 
Abe,  aged  72  years. 

SPURLING.— At  Junction,  W.  Va„   in 
Beaver  Run  congregation,  May  6,  1S9S,  Han- 
nah Spurling,  aged  72  years.     Funeral  services 
by  the  writer.  G.  S.  Arnold. 

DOLLY.— In  the  Knobley  church,  Martin, 
Grant  Co.,  W.  Va.,  April  29,  1898,  Bro.  Abijah 
Dolly,  aged  Si  years,  2  months  and  some  days. 
Deceased  leaves  a  wife  and  several  small  chil- 
dren, He  was  paralyzed,  after  which  he  died 
in  a  few  days.  Wm.  George. 

YOST.— Near  Sulphur  Springs,  Ind.,  May 
8,  t8g8,  Bro.  Jacob  W.  Yost,  aged  63  years,  8 
months  and  6  days,  He  was  born  in  Rocking- 
ham County,  Va.,  Sept.  14,  1835.  He  was  the 
son  of  Wm.  and  Catherine  Yost.  He  was 
married  to  Ann  Hoover  in  1S57,  united  with 
the  church  in  January,  187.5,  and  was  elected 
to  the  deacon's  ofhee  soon  afterwards.  He 
lived  a  consistent  Christian  life,  and  will  be 
greatly  missed.  He  leaves  a  wife,  one  son,  a 
sister,  grandchildren,  and  a  host  of  relatives 
and  friends.  He  has  two  sons  and  a  daugh- 
ter. Funeral  services  by  Bro.  Lewis  W.  Tee- 
ter, ot  Hagerstown,  at  the  Bethel  church. 
Text,  John  8:  51.  Interment  at  Bethel  ceme- 
tery. Florida  J.  E.  Green. 


^INI\Ol  [Vwb/V\hj\  \  S 


LOVE  FEASTS. 


May  2 


.Low 


May  24,35,  Upper  Cumberland  cburcb,  Fi 
May  i"4,  2  P.  M.,  Cerrogordo.Ul. 
Mny25,0P.  M.,  Panther  Creek  church,  11 
May  25,  *  P.  M.,  Okaw  cburcb,  Laplace,  I 

May  26,  4  P.M.,  Belleville,  Kana. 

May  23,  27, 2  P.  M.,  Augbwick  cburcb,  Pa, 

May  29,  £7,  Upper    Conewago,  Pa. 
May  'Hi,  Lnlo-gectaurcb,  Mo. 


May  28 

10:3)  A.M.,  KUilmck  cburcb.  I 

Turkey  Creek  cburcb,  Okla 

May  :n 

4  P.M.,  Manor  cburcb,  Pa. 

Bay  28 

4  P.  M.,  Summit  cbarch,  Ind. 

10  A.  M.,  Pleasant  Hill  oburch 

2  P.  M., Cedar  chorcb,  Iowa. 

Bay  28,  V9,  Obeat  River,  W.  Va. 

flay  28 

2  P.M.,  Brownsville,  Md. 

HaySS 

1  P.  M.,  East  McPberson  chun. 

2  P.  M.,St.  Vraln.Colo. 

Bay  58 

4  P,  M.,  Nevada  church,  Mo. 

Ii>,  2  p.  M.,  Freeland  cburcb,  \V 

•lay  28.  Golden  Spring,  Nebr. 

2  P.  M.,  PJuasant  View  oburch 

4  P.  M.,  Shade  Creek,  Fa. 

June  1,  2  P.  M„  at  Goodwill 

:{,  10    A.  M.,  Bidge    church,  1 

in  Blackford  County,  Ind. 

4  P,  M-,  Pleasant  Valley,  Ind. 

June* 

i  P.M.,  Plum  Creek,  Pn. 

Goodhope  church,  Colo. 

i  P.  M„  Plum  Creek  church,  P. 

June  J 

&,  10  A.  M„  Indian  Creek  cburo 

Tune  i 

Sugar  Ridge  church,  M  lob. 

Jane  4 

5,4  P.  M„  Flue  Creek,  111. 

New  Philadelphia,  Ohio. 

June  i 

5, 10  A.  M.,  Newton,  Kans. 

2  P.  M.,  Oakland  cbarch,  Ohio. 

fl  P.  M.,  Mt,  Zion  church,  Ohio. 

10  A.  M.,  Columbia  City,  Ind. 

2  P.  M.,  Falls  City  cburcb,  Neb 

Jane  4 

June  4 

5. 10  A.  M,  Astoria  ohuroh,  111. 

4  P.  M.,  Maple  Spring,  (Jnomah 

2  P.  M„  Van  Clevosville,  W.  Va 

5,  Rogue  River  Val  ley,  Ore. 

June  4 

Fair  view  church.  Pa. 

,Ma 


,  Can 


1,  Trtlent,  Oregon. 

4. 2  P.  M,,  Rockingham  cburcb,  Mo. 

4.3  P.M.,  Myersdale,  Pa. 
5,7:80  P.M.,  Tyrone,  Pa, 


\  M.,  Brothers'  Valley  church,  Pa. 
».  M„  Sugar  Ridge,  Ohio. 
2  P.  M.,  Buffalo  Valley,  Pa. 


Zeigler'd  house,  Pa. 
ne  7, 10  A.  M.,  Wolf  creek  ct 
ne  8, 0, 1 :  80  P.  M.,  Panther  C 


urch,  Goshen,  Ind. 


10  A.  M.,  Wyandot  church,  Ohio. 

10  A.  M.,  North  Poplar  liMgach.,  Obli 
2  P.  M..  Sugar  Creek,  Ohio. 
2P.  M.,  English  Prairie  oburch,  Ind, 
12.  Pleasant  Prairie  church,  Iowa. 


,  Fredericksburg,  I 


,  10  A,  M.,  Thcrnapple  chu 

rah,  Mich., 

,12,  3  P.M.,  Sterling,  111. 

,  10  A.  M„  Grundy  County 

,12,  Worthlngton.Mlnn. 

,  12,  2  P.  M...  Garrison.  Iown 

,4  P.  M.,  Beachdale  chore 

,Pa. 

j,  1  P.  M  ,  Coon  River,  near 

Fan-ra,lG%\ 

,  South  Keokuk,  Iowa 

,  10  A.  M.,  Bear  Creek,  Ind 

,Oamp  Creek  Church,  In:' 

J  18,19,10  A.M., 

!  18, 10  A.M.,  St 

)  18,  11  A.  M,,  Deep  River  cburcb,  I  own. 

s  18, 8  P.  M„  East  house,  Kingsiey,  Iown 

$  18, 10,  Seneoa  oburcb,  Ohio. 

3 18,  Eagle  Creek  ohuroh,  Hanaock  Co., 

e  18,  10  A,  M,,  Iowa  River  church,  Iowa. 


T-EiE   GOSPEL  MIESSIEItsra-IEZR, 


ircll,  Mich., 

95  5  V.  M.,  Kearney,  Neljr.,  a 
,y'g  House,  803  Thirty-first  str. 

26,  3  P.  M.,  Sheldon  church,  1 

25,  26, 10  A.  M.,  Harlan,  Iowa, 
35,  2ti,  Roanoke,  La. 

!,  Mohawk  Valley,  Ore. 
:,  Arcadia,  Nebr. 


Bro.  S.  M.  For- 


CSURCM  DIRECTORY. 


IK.  PA.— Cor.  Belv;dere  Ave.  and  King  St.    Serv- 

mulay.  io  A.  M..  7  !'.  M.;  S.  Si.,  r,  A.  M.,  >,.,,-  sL.lv. 
.'.  M.;  Prayer  iMc«;.iri;:;.  \\  nr -1 1 , . ■  s>J .; y .  7;  3o  J',  Kf 
SCIE.lND.-3fo  S.    Hi-!]    Si.     Service's,   ttA    M 
[,;S.  5.,  10  A.  M.;  Bible  Reading,  Wednesday,  7 

I  ANGELES,  CAL.-236  S.  Hancock  St.,  East  Los 
:s.  Services,  11  A.M.;  7:  .10  V.  M.;  S.  S.,  10  A.  U, 
CAGO,  .ILL— 183  Thirteenth  Place.    Services,  n 


tt  night.  Free  Reading  Room 

.T  Friday'*  »   " 

IKAPIDS,  IOWA.— Cor. 


n  meetings  e 
DS,  10,,, 

,;-;op.  . 


prayer  meeting,  Wednesd.., 

DECATUR,  ILL.— Gephart  Hall,  1103 


iday  school,  10  A. 
)S  N.  Wat 


'.;  lieneral  prayei 
M^.mg.  t:  -■'  f.  M.iprc.i.Jnn/.  10:  y,  A.  M„  7:  30  P.  M. 

D.M  IIMORIi.  MD.- Worth wci-t  Baltimore  Mission 
:' ..1.  !-i.-. ■.-itinriL  «:.:  L;>ili'-.,.ii  .-/.<.  S... f  wets,  Sunday,  Q- lo 
A.M.,  8  P.  M.    Bible  Class.  Wednesday,  8  P.  M. 

DENVER,  COLO.-Cor.  W.  14th  Ave.  and  Irving  St 
5.  S.,ioA  M.;  preaching.  11  A.  M,;  prayer  meeting.  7:  i, 
?  M.    fake  west-bound  Larimer  Cable.  ofl  at  [rving' 

DBS  MOINES,  IOWA,— T606  E.  Lion  St     S  S    10  A 
«.ipre.i.:l.ing.  11  A.M..  X  P.M.    Chilttr.    '     " 
P.  M.;  Prayer  Meeting,  Thursday,  8  P.  M 

LANCASTER,  PA.  — Chai 


...Cure 

NEW  MEXICO 
ARIZONA... 


RIVER  VAILEY 
NEW  MEXICO 


0  unrivaled  for  tb 
,d  throat  diseases 
le  temperature;  t 


proper  altltade;  coi 

Descriptive  pamphlets  lsBued  by  Santa  I 
outain  ooii 


plete  Information  relative  t 
The  Items  of  altitude,  te 
mldlty,  hot  sprlD 
<j     living,   medical  attendance, 
"    tages,  etc,  are  concisely  treated  from  an 
Impartial  standpoint. 
Physicians  arc  respectfully  asked  to  placo 


PARKER'S  GINGER  TONIC 


30  MI.: 


Meeting 

oA.M.    Songser 
ay.  7:  30  P.  M, 
-,  S.  E.  Cor.  sd  & 

■  :-ai  Lodge  Bu.._._r, 
■    :'-■■■'  '  "■■'-i.i  ■!;,  11  A.M.,  8  P.  M 

a.;  Youna  People's  Meeting,  ?  P.  M. 
g^Ma-Meeting  every  Sunday 

Wajfter'a  Addition. 

Sr-  1V\i;\lv.  1  ;viV  f'-nurGay  St.  and  C 


:-;,:.;vKi'o  v 


ts  or  other  electro 

s  inserted  unless  n 

- 

German  Baptist  Brethren 

nntjal  Meetings 

Naperville,  111.,  May  26  to  June  2,  1898. 


LO  CATION.  -Naperville 
Chicago,  and  10  miles  east  of  Au 
number  of  our  people  live  there  ; 

THE  GROUNI>S.-fiurlingtc 


about  a  half  mile  from  Naperville  station, 


of  about  2000  pcopl 
t  is  the  oldest  town 
le  surrounding  count 
Park  (our  meeting  ground)  is 


about  3o  miles  southwest  of 
Dupage  County,  and  quite  a 


nd  within  the  Naperville  town  1 


the  Dupage  River, 


RATES   OP    FARE. 


^tj^iz^x^  ^rto' Kast  oj  u,° Misso,,ri  Bi™r-°"° 

round  trip  M,nnesota'  Iow^  M'"°«'.  Nebraska  and  Kansas),  one  fare  plus  S2.00  for 

From  Central  Passeuger  Association  Territory  .-Rate  of  1 

has  been  announced. 


:  fare  plus  £1.85 


Trans-Mississippi    Exposition,    Omaha, 
Nebr.,   June  1  to   Nov.  1. 

Tickets  for  the  above  occasion  will  be  sold  a 
he  rate  of  one  and  one-third  fare  for  the  rouni 
rip.  Dates  of  sale,  June  1  to  October  30,  in 
lusive.    Limit,  30  days  from  date  of  sale. 


HORNED  CATTLE 
ARE  OUT  OF  DATE... 


BRAYTON'S 
10  United  States.    By 


BKTAIN  HORN 
y  bottle  posltlve- 


1  two  or  three  head, 
1  hundred.    Agents  w 


...German  Baptist.. 

Annual  Conference 

NAPESTILLE,  ILL, 

May  23rd  to  28th,  1898, 

Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad. 

Ti  bets  will  be  good  for  return 

Magnificent  Pullman  Equipment 

,!W  Yoek,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore, 
Washington,    Pittsburg, 
Columbus,  Chicago. 


JOE   ALL 

t  good  wage 


PENN 
Messenqbr  whe: 


■  true  method 
r  Book  FREE, 
ART  CO., 
Tyrone,  Pa, 


1flcv!iiyIlKl'tthroush  the  Pictoreaque  and  his- 
Hit    t  7  °'the  Potoma°;  with  stop-over  prlyi- 
'  Tickets  via  the 

-Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad... 

^  you  choice  of  two  routes,  either  on  tht 

return  trip,  and  enable  you  to  visit  sue! 

fcirk,   Mountain   Lake    Park,  Harper's 
er>y,  Gettysburg,  Antietam,  Win- 
chester,   Valley    of    the 
Shenandoah,  Etc, 


Pennsylvania 

Lines  West  of  Pittsburgh 

SPECIAL  LOW  RATES 

German  Baptist... 

...Annual  Meeting 

Burlington  Park 

(Naperville,  III.) 


DATES  OP  SALE,  LIMITS,  ETC. 

fee  ofw'cent'sTo  JointT"?  T  %°^d  *  d<=P™<  •'  «<*«  with  and  payment  of  deposit 
ee  of  so  cents  to  joint  agent,  who  will  have  an  office  for  this  purpnse  „„  u,c  Canrn  r,™,„,l  . 
1  ur  hngton  Park.  This  extension  is  only  made  on  tickets  sold'  Iron,  p  in  smo  reXn  Zn L 
distant  from  Naperville.    Tickets  must  be  deposited  on  or  before    .,       ,il,  •„,  I      ■  •,, 

make  them  good  for  return  to  leave  Naperviile  any  ^T^b^jJ^ 

to  Jse0"'  EaStem  Teillt0ry'  tickels  wi"  be  «*>  -  d^es  and  with  limits  corresponding 

PARES   FROM   NAPERVILLE. 

To  Chicago  and  return,  gr.oo. 

To  Aurora  and  return,  25  cents. 

To  all  other  points  in  Illinois  on  the  C.  B.  &  Q„  ,„o  cents  per  mile  each  way, 

rd,ie  OI  one  rare  Plus  S2.00  will  be  made  for  the  round  trip 
CamrCGreounds:"eSe  ""  ""'  *  "^'^  ^  ""  '"^^  "ho  ^  »™  «  •*»  on  the 

TRAINS    TO   NAPERVILLE. 

For  the  people  coming  from  Northern  Illinois,  a  special  train  will  be  run  Saturday,  May  2S 

grouX™aM.:  4S  A'  M"  and  M'-  M°rriS  a'  T-  '5  A'  M-  ««"*  ^  AnnuSing' 

om  all  other  western  territory,  passengers  will  leave  through  trains  at  Aurora'  and  ifi 


aeltlr. 


further  lnlormatton,  call 
'  ">•  ticket  agent,  or 

B.  N.  AUSTIN, 
Chicago 


,,,«Pa«,<,I,setAs6n(| 


Tickets  on  sale 
May  23d,  21th,  27th  and  28th,  1898. 

...Special  Train... 

to  the  meeting  without  change  will  be 
run  Saturday,  May  28.  Excursion 
tickets  will  also  be  good  going  on  regu 
lar  trains  May  23d,  24th,  27th  and  28th. 
Eegular  trains  over  the  Pennsylvania 
Lines  connect  in  Chicago  Union  Station 
with  trains  running  at  frequent  inter- 
vals to  the  meeting.  No  transfer  at 
Chicago,  going  or  returning. 

All  excursion  tickets  will  be  good  re- 
turning until  June  24,  with  privilege  to 
extend  return  limit  to  June  30. 


..THE.. 

NEW  BRETHREN  COLONY 

Morrill,  Minnesota. 


9  already  awakening  £ 
Brethren  from  Minnesota,  Iown,  Dakota,  Ne 
rnskn,  Wisconsin,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois  ant 
flchlgan  are  Inquiring  about  the  country,  and  It 


circulars  sent  free  of  charge.    Addr 

J.  J.  TROTER, 

Morrill, 

MOBKISON  CO.,  MI 


CAP  GOODS. 


lln  all  parts  ol  the  United  States.     Custom 
itlsned.    Bend  two-oent  stamp  for  samples, 
B,  h.  CARTER, 

(Write  address  plain  and  mil,)    ttt.25     Glrard,  III, 


BRETHREN'S 

Plain  Clothing 

If  you  want 

RELIABLE  GOODS,  mide  a» 
In  a  flrst-claB*  manner  and 
at  reasonable  price 5  we  com 
Satisfy  you* 

When  you  buy  from  us 

V-     you  OET  what  you  want. 


We  always 
guarantee  Satisfaction 

refer  to  our  many  patrons* 

.e  of  whom  will  be  found  in 

— irly  any  community  where  the 

Brethren  reside.  Samples  of  cloth 

from  which  we  make  our  do  tliingv 

_     measuring  blank,  tape  line  and 

rules   for    ordering   will   be  sent  on   application* 

rules  for  self-measurement  are  so  simple,  any- 

can  understand  them. 

We  want  to  bear  from  you* 

PHILLIPSON  CLOTHING  COMPANY 

WARSAW.  INDIANA. 


336 


'TTT1T!   QoSPin      M  Bissur 


May  21,  iSgS. 


Greatest  Homeseekers'  Movement  in 
the  History  of  Railroading! 

,     ,  •  ,  r.  turn  mm  women  and  children,  and  HUNDREDS  of  cars  of 

the  GREAT  NORTHERN  RAILWAY. 

.I...1..  Immigration  movement  was  inaugurated  five  years  ago  by  the  under- 
signed  SSIS  cou„„y,-..,e  TURTLE  MOUNTAIN  and  DEVILS  LAKE 
SEC  IONS  have  proved  to  be  all  that  was  claimed  for  them;  and  that  the  new  settlers  arc 
picked  is  apparent  from  the  increased  number  of  persons  who  have  gone  *«"'»«»?  SUCJ 
ceeding'  >ear.  I  am  at  liberty  to  refer  to  any  ol  them  who  have  found  homes  ,n  North  Dakota 
and  I  can  furnish  thousands  of  names, 

There  are  still  FREE  GOVERNMENT  LANDS  to  be  taken  up,  and  private  lands  to  be 
bought  on  crop  payments. 

llrethren  and  others  whofxpect  to  attend  the  Annual  Meeting  at  Naperville  III  during  the 
las,  week  o  M  tv  are  conhally  invited  to  call  at  my  office  when  passing  through  Ch.eago,  and 
i"  ill  ne  glad  to  furnish  them  with  printed  matter,  and  quote  them  desirable  rates  ,f  they  wtsh 
to  visit  North  Dakota  at  the  close  of  the  meeting. 

MAX   BASS, 


•2o  South  Clauk  Street, 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 


General  Immigration  Agent. 


THE  BARGAIN  OF  A  LIFE-TIME! 


The  States  Traversed 

Northern  Pacific  R.  R. 


...SETTLERS... 

J'Vee  Government  Land, 

Crop  Payment  Land, 

Railroad  Land 
At  S3.00  lo  $Soo  per  acre; 


The  STUDEBAKER 


Ten   ye 


The  Northern  Pacific  Railway 


'UAL  MINNESOTA  (Rod  River  Valley). 
RAL  NORTH  DAKOTA  (where  hundred! 

__b  Brethren  located  i his  Spring), 
MONTANA  (the  Gallatin  Valley). 
IDAHO  (the Clearwater  Valley  and  Nez  Perce  H 

ervatlon,  where   many   or    the   Brethren 

settling). 
EASTERN   WASHINGTON    (the  Bi*  Bend  c 

Palouse  countries). 
CENTRAL   WASHINGTON    (Irrigated    lands 

Yakima  Valley  at  (80  per  acre;  liberal  terms 
WESTERN    WASHINGTON    (Timber,  inluer. 


For  tree 

maps  andpul 

icatlons,  and  for  lnforma- 

tlon  regarding  spoeial 
ton  fftrk  at  the  oloso 

of   the    Annual   Meeting, 

o. 

W.  MOTT, 

tnernl  Euilg 

ST,  PAUL,  MINN, 

WM.H. 

'HIPPS, 

L"n'o 

*™« 

'  R'y  Co. 

WHY?    BECAUSE 

re    Indiana    Blaok   Hickory,    straight 

Cnst  or  Steel,  take  in  more  axle  wwy 

.Indiana  White  Oak 
3S,  Patent.  Oil  Mountain  Bla^k  Elrcli,  ar( 
heck  proof. 

ES,  Patent  Round  Edge,  welded  on. 
wBS,  Soaked  in  Boiling  Oil,  Moisture  Prool, 
NTING,  only  best  oils,  handsome  finish. 

IS  YOURS  A  "STUDEBAKER?" 

ot,  why  not  get  CJIWC  y°ur  teftI»-  repairs, 


'  Studebaker "    Carriages    and    Harness. 

They  build  all  styles  of  nrst-class  goods  at 


Studebaker  Bros.  Mfg.  Co,, 

South  Bend,  Ind. 


SALVIA 


Chain-Stay  Pence  Co., 

Miller  St.,  Sterling,  III. 


Dr.  PETER  FAHRNEY, 
112-114  S,  Hoyne  Avenue, 

...CHICAGO.,. 


J.   J.   ELLIS   &  CO.. 

COMMISSION  MERCHANTS, 

305  South  Charles  Street, 
"•'""'JiWafl!'""1''   BALTIMORE,  MD. 


The 


•'SET  FOR  THE  DEFEA'SE  OF  THE  COSPEL."—Pm.  i:  ij. 


Vol.  3G. 


Mount  Morris,  III.,  May  28,  1898. 


No.  22. 


The  Gospel  Messenger, 

Published  Weekly,  at  |i,$o  per  Annum,  by 

BRETHREN    PUBLISHING   HOUSE, 

Mount  Morris,  Illinois, 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.— 

items,  ...:.' :,....: 337. 344. 345 

There  are  Fifty-three  Saturdays  in  this  Year 344 

Dying  Nations  and  Dying  Churches, 345 

Position 34S 

The  Kingdom  ol  the  Waste-basket 34& 

POETRY,- 

Tench  Me  to  do  Thy  Will 338 

Annual  Meeting.  1898,     By  C.  M.  Suter 34° 

That's  the  Way.    By  Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox 34a 

Mother's  Religion.    By  Mrs.  M.  V.  A.  Grozler 34& 

ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,- 
-  Class  Glimpses  Iroin  the  Bible  Normal  Held  at  Mt.  Morris,  January, 

■o8.    ByJ.  G.  Royer ?# 

The  Lord's  Supper.    By  Carman  C.  Johnson 338 

Known  of  Men.    By  H.  C.  Early 339 

The  Orthodox  Sinner  Versus  the  Heterodox  Saint.    By  S.  A.  Long,  .  339 

'■  God  is  Faithful."    By  C.  H.  Balsbaugl 340 

Sell-examination.    By  Samuel  Murray, 340 

THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL. - 

Lesson  Light-Flashes .' 340 

"  Conducting     .1  Sunday  School.    By  C.  E,  Arnold 341 

OUR  PRAYER  MEB.T1NG.- 

Lcssons  from  the  Parable  ol  the  Great  Supper.— Luke  14:  V 341 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 
,        Circle  Notes.    By  James  M.  Neff 34* 

wikva:ious  Hindrances  We  Mee'.    By  j    E.  Young,  '*- 

,,   V|  k/(l  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT,— 

Th^fe'tloman  Empire,"  '.'.'.'.  '.  '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.''.  '. 343 

Necessary  Qualifications  for  a  Missionary.    By  Jesse  V.  Heckler,  ."  .  343 

From  Washington,  D.  C, 343 

From  Kansas. 343 

The  Helping  Hand  Society, 343 

Mission  Receipts  tor  April,  iSgS * 3-13 

HOME  AND  FAMILY,- 

Flower  Gilts.    By  Nannie  Blain  Underbill. .  ;..... 31^ 

Prayer  Meeting.    By  Lizzie  Hilary, 347 

A  Small  Congregation.    By  Mrs.  J.  E.  Bashor, 347 


■**  EDITORIAL***  MISCELLANY-^ 


Several  days  ago  a  Spanish  gunboat,  from  one 
of  the  outlying  posts,  came  steaming  into  the  bay 
at  Manila,  Philippine  Islands,  with  the  innocence  of 
a  child,  for  neither  the  captain  nor  the  crew  had 
yet  heard  of  the  war  between  the  United  States  and 
their  mother  country,  Spain.  I:  was  early  in  the 
morning,  the  colors  on  the  gunboat  were  flying,  the 
men  were  delighted  at  the  idea  of  reaching  their 
destination,  where  they  could  receive  letters  from 
their  loved  ones,  news  from  all  parts  of  the  world, 
and  lay  in  a  good  supply  of  provisions  for  another 
voyage.  Judge  of  their  surprise  when  they  were 
confronted  by  United  States  warships,  and  demand- 
ed to  surrender.  This  they  did  meekly,  for  it  was 
the  only  thing  they  could  do.  The  bay  had  been 
captured  twelve  days  before,  and  they  felt  that 
they  had  ignorantly,  in  all  good  faith,  ran  into  a 
trap.  A  little  information  would  have  saved  them 
this  sad  disappointment.  It  is  fortunate  that  the 
little  incident  terminated  without  the  loss  of  life  or 
the  shedding  of  one  drop  of  blood.  But  this  is  not 
the  only  vessel  that  has  innocently  ran  into  a  trap. 
For  the  want  of  a  little  information  whole  families 
and  even  whole  churches  have  permitted  themselves 
to  be  taken  captive  by  their  enemies.  They  saw 
the  mistake  when  it  was  just  a  little  too  late.  It 
pays  to  watch  in  spiritual  warfare  as  well  as  in 
carnal  conflict.      

There  is  an  attitude  about  the  Catholic  church 
in  its  relation  to  the  present  war,  that  is  hard  to 
reconcile  with  even  good  common  sense,  to  say 
nothing  about  Christianity.  Spain  is  known  to  be 
Catholic,  and  in  her  the  Pope  is  greatly  interested, 


and  for  her  success  the  Catholic  bishops  and 
priests  are  devoutly  praying.  In  fact,  all  the  Cath- 
olic force  of  Spain  is  wholly  on  the  side  of  that 
country,  and  yet  the  highest  Catholic  authorities  in 
the  United  States,  have  just  had  read,  in  all  their 
churches,  a  letter  instructing,  and  even  urging,  the 
members  of  this  country  to  stand  by  the  flag  dur- 
ing the  present  struggle  with  Spain,  The  letter 
goes  on  to  state  that  the  war  was  determined  upon 
by  the  President,  with  the  advice  of  both  houses  of 
Congress,  and  that  the  Hr,ly  Church  teaches  love  of 
country  next  to  love  of  God.  As  a  great  ecclesi- 
astical body,  the  Catholic  church  is  not  divided, 
but  it  is  united  under  one  head,  and  how  incon- 
sistent it  is  for  a  part  of  the  body,  represented  by 
Spain,  to  be  praying  and  fighting  for  conquest, 
while  another  part  of  the  same  body  in  the  United 
States  is  praying  and  fighting  on  the  opposite  sidel 
A  graver  inconsistency  is  probably  not  on  record, 
and  this  point  alone  ought  to  be  sufficient  to  prove 
that  the  Catholic  Church  is  not  the  church  of  Jesus 
Christ.  Is  Christ  divided?  Is  the  God  of  battles 
on  both  sides  of  the  conflict?  Can  men  be  breth- 
ren of  the  same  faith,  and  yet  shoot  one  another  on 
the  field  of  strife? 

The  United  States  has  a  problem  on  her  hands, 
and  one  that  is  entirely  new.  She  is  about  to  com- 
plete the  conquest  of  the  Philippine  Islands,  located 
about  6tooo  miles  to  the  west  of  California,  The  is- 
lands are  large,  fertile  and  populous,  the  greater 
part  of  the  inhabitants,  however,  being  only  partly 
civilized;  but  what  is  she  going  to  do  with  the  is- 
lands when  she  gets  them,  is  the  absorbing  ques- 
tion? We  will  be  compelled  to  have  new  legislation 
along  that  line,  and  then  it  will  be  necessary  to 
sustain  a  standing  army  to  keep  the  natives  in 
subjection.  Are  we  prepared  for  this?  It  seems 
hardly  wise  to  grant  the  islands  independence,  for 
the  people  are  not  in  a  condition  to  govern  them- 
selves. We  might  dispose  of  the  possession  to  one 
of  the  great  powers,  but  which  one  should  have  it, 
for  all  of  them  want  the  islands  and  would  be  only 
too  glad  to  get  them.  Japan  wants  them  badly 
either  Germany  or  France  would  take  them,  and 
it  would  suit  the  purpose  of  Russia  wonderfully  to 
secure  them.  Great  Britain  could  take  the  best 
care  of  them,  but  the  other  powers  are  jealous  of 
her,  and  do  not  want  her  to  have  them.  Must  we 
give  them  back  to  Spain?  Some  think  we  ought 
to,  especially  if  she  will  cease  her  hostilities  and 
let  Cuba  go  free.  Well,  it  is  a  problem,  and  it  is 
not  the  first  time  that  a  nation  had  on  her  hand: 
more  than  she  knew  what  to  do  with.  Why  should 
not  the  United  States  keep  the  Islands,  take  good 
care  of  them,  educate  and  Christianize  the  people, 
teach  them  the  art  of  self-government,  and  at  the 
end  of  twenty-one  years,  set  them  free?  All  the 
wise  men  of  earth  would  commend  her  for  such  a 
course,  and  it  would  serve  as  a  noble  example  to 
other  nations,        

Last  week,  Mr.  Wm.  E.  Gladstone,  of  England, 
the  greatest  living  statesman  in  the  world,  closed 
his  eyes  in  death.  He  was  the  most  widely-known 
man  on  both  Continents,  and  had  done  more  to  ad- 
vance the  interest  of  Great  Britain  than  any  man 
of  his  generation.  In  fact,  he  was  a  great  force  in 
two  generations.  He  entered  public  life  early, 
and  retired  a  short  time  ago,  only  when  age  and 
disease  made  it  necessary  for  him  to  do  so.  The 
old  proverb,  "Wise  men  will  sometimes  change, 
but  fools  never  do,"  applies  to  Mr.  Gladstone  most 
fittingly,  for  in  a  number  of  instances  he  changed 
his  mind  on  great  public  questions,  for  It  was  his 


purpose  to  never  be  on  the  wrong  side  of  a  ques- 
tion if  he  could  avoid  it.  It  was  this  wise  chang- 
g  that  drew  to  him  a  host  of  friends,  and  at  the 
same  time  made  him  not  a  few  enemies,  yet  he 
grew  the  stronger  in  the  estimation  of  the  best 
thinkers  in  the  world.  He  was  an  inveterate  read- 
er and  worker.  He  never  knew  what  it  was  to  be 
idle.  It  is  said  that  he  always  carried  a  sma'l 
book  in  his  pocket  to  read,  if  he  for  a  few  moments 
chanced  to  have  nothing  else  to  do.  He  kept  his 
body  strong  by  plenty  of  physical  exercise,  and  his 
mind  in  prime  condition  by  keeping  it  constantly 
and  well  employed.  He  seems  never  to  have  wor- 
ried, but  what  he  undertook  he  kept  at,  until  his 
purpose  was  accomplished.  During  his  busy  life, 
often  having  the  burden  of  the  greatest  kingdom 
on  earth  resting  mainly  on  his  shoulders,  he  found 
time  to  write  a  number  of  books  and  pamphlet?, 
probably  one  hundred  or  more.  The  career  of  such 
a  man  should  put  to  shame  that  class  of  men  who 
can  never  find  time  to  do  a  little  something  for  the 
good  of  humanity.  The  hours  most  people  idle 
away  Mr,  Gladstone  would  employ  preparing  him- 
self to  turn  at  least  half  of  the  world  upside  down. 
He  was  learned,  eloquent,  sincere,  industrious  and 
an  unflinching  advocate  of  what  he  believed  to  be 
right.  

In  1S46  the  population  of  Egypt  was  estimated  at 
4.5C0000.  In  1S82  it  had  increased  to  6,750000, 
and  last  year  to  9,750,000,  or  more  than  twice  what 
it  was  in  1846.  Of  this  population  over  fifty  per 
cent  are  males  and  49  per  cent  females.  Only 
about  12  per  cent  of  the  males  can  read,  the  remain- 
der, including  nearly  all  the  women,  are  illiterate, 
The  native  Egyptians  number  9,008,000,  to  which 
must  be  added  40,000  originally  from  other  parts  of 
the  Ottoman  Empire  and  574,000  Bedouins.  Of 
these  last  only  89,000  are  really  nomads,  the  re- 
mainder being  styled  semi  sedentary.  Of  foreign 
residents  there  are  112,500,  of  whom  the  Greeks  are 
the  most  numerous,  with  38,000;  then  come  the  Ital- 
ians, 24500;  British  (including  6,500  Maltese  and 
5,000  of  the  army  of  occupation),  19,500;  French 
(including  4. ceo  Algerians  and  Tunisians),  14  oco; 
Austrians,  7,000;  Russians,  1,400;  Germans,  1,300; 
and  the  remainder  are  divided  among  10  different 
nationalities.  The  classification  according  to  relig- 
ion shows  nearly  9,000,000  Moslems,  730,000  Chris- 
tians, and  25,000  Israelites.  The  Christians  include 
the  Coptic  race,  numbering  about  608,000,  of  whom 
only  a  very  small  proportion  profess  the  Roman 
Catholic  and  Protestant  faiths.  The  condition  of 
the  country  is  steadily  improving,  and  the  popula- 
tion is  growing.    The  outlook  for  Egypt  is  good. 


There  is  a  marked  contrast  between  the  United 
States  and  Spain,  respecting  the  wages  paid  for  la- 
bor, with  the  advantage  wholly  on  the  side  of  the 
laboring  man  in  this  country.  For  instance,  the 
average  weekly  pay  of  a  bricklayer  in  Spain  (Ma- 
laga) is  $3.80  in  the  United  States,  $21.18;  of 
a  mason,  S3. 30  in  Spain,  £21  in  the  United  States;  cf 
a  carpenter,  S3.90  in  Spain,  $15.25  in  the  United 
States;  of  a  blacksmith,  £3,90  in  Spain,  S16  02  in  the 
United  States;  of  a  tinsmith,  S3  in  Spain,  Si 4  35  >n 
the  United  States;  of  printers,  S4.50  in  Spain,  81642 
in  the  United  States;  of  laborers,  porters,  etc.,  $275 
in  Spain,  $8.88  in  the  United  States.  While  rents 
and  possibly  prices  of  a  few  native  products  are 
lower  in  Spain  than  in  the  United  States,  the  differ- 
ence comes  nowhere  near  equaling  the  wide  dispar- 
ity in  wages.  And,  taking  it  all  in  all,  there  is 
probably  no  country  in  the  world  where  the  work- 
man fares  so  well  as  in  this  country, 


338 


THE   GOBPBL   lyrESSElKTGEK.. 


May  28,  18 


•ESSAYS. 


TEACH  ME  TO  DO  THY  WILL. 

Dear  Lord,  my  will  from  thine  doth  r 

Too  oft  a  different  way. 
I  cannot  say,  "Thy  will  be  done," 

In  every  darkened  day; 

My  heart  grows  chill 


Tos 


!  Iliy  will 


Tom  all  earth's  gold  to  gray. 
My  will  is  set  to  gather  flowers, 

Thine  blights  them  in  my  hand; 
Mine  reaches  for  life's  sunny  hour: 

Thine  leads  through  shadow  lani 
And  all  my  days 


Goc 


understand. 


Yet  more  and  more  this  truth  doth  shine 

From  failure  and  from  loss. 
The  will  that  runs  transverse  to  thine 
Doth  thereby  make  its  cross; 
Thine  upright  will 
Cuts  straight  and  still 
Through  pride  and  dream  and  dross. 
But  if  in  parallel  to  thine 

My  will  doth  meekly  run, 

All  things  in  heaven  and  earth  are  mine, 

My  will  is  crossed  by  none. 

Tbou  art  in  me, 

And  1  in  thee— 

Thy  will— and  mine— are  done. 

—JM/>/uI  Thoughts. 

CLASS  (JLIMP5ES  FROM  THE  HIIH.fi  NORMAL, 
HELD  AT  AIT.  MORRIS,  JANUARY,  '08. 


BY   J.    G.    ROYER, 


'Them  that  1 


Scripture  Lawn— Matt. 5: 13-16. 

God's  promise  to  Abraham  (Gen.  12;  2)  was  two- 
fold; first,  "  I  will  bless  thee; "  then,  "  Thou  shalt  be 
a  blessing."  The  Beatitudes  (5:  3-12)  correspond 
to  the  former;  and  the  passage  before  us  to  the  lat- 
ter. The  Beatitudes  speak  of  blessings  within  the 
kingdom;  the  four  verses  following,  of  usefulness 
without.  The  children  of  God  are  known  not  only 
by  their  character,  but  also  by  their  influence. 
Both  the  Scriptures  and  experience  teach  that  god- 
ly men  are  felt  as  well  as  seen.  The  best  com- 
mentary on  the  Bible  the  world  has  ever  seen  is  a 
holy  and  uniformly  active  life  of  piety.  Did 
church  members  everywhere  enfore  the  teachings 
of  the  Gospel  by  holy  living,  the  conversion  of  the 
world  would  move  forward  with  the  speed  of  apos- 
tolic times. 

The  relation  of  church  members  to  "them  that 
are  without"  (Mark  4:  11)  is  set  forth  in  this  pas- 
sage (vs.  13-16),  by  two  very  suggestive  figures, — 
"  salt  "  and  "  light;  "  the  former  suggesting  the  con- 
servative, and  the  latter  the  liberal  side  of  Chris- 
tianity. All  faithful  Christians  are  both  conserva- 
tives and  liberals.  They  are  "conservators  of  all 
that  is  good,"  and  "  diffusers  of  all  that  is  of  the  na- 
ture of  light."  Each  of  these  sides  is  presented 
in  this  lesson. 

"Ye  are  the  salt,"  etc.,  announces  the  sad  fact 
that,  though  there  is  a  tendency  toward  upward  de- 
velopment in  the  world,  there  is  also  a  contrary, 
downward  or  corrupting  tendency,  The  Master's 
remedy  to  counteract  this  corrupting  tendency  was 
to  introduce  into  society  an  element  which  will 
hold  in  check  the  corrupting  tendency,  and,  at  the 
same  time,  be  an  elevating  and  purifying  influence. 
Such  an  influence  Christians  are  to  be;  such  they 
have  been.  The  preservative  power  of  Christianity 
to-day  is  such  that,  should  it  suddenly  be  removed 
from  society,  the  entire  social  structure  would 
crumble  into  ruins. 

To  be  "salt"  is  to  do  everything  in  our  power  by 
word,  by  influence  and  by  example  to  make  those 
about  us  purer,  more  thoughtful  and  more  Christ- 
like than  they  would  have  been  without  us.  If  salt 
would  only  keep  its  savour  (v.  13).  Our  Lord 
knew  (John  2:  25)  man's  weakness  at  this  point, 
ind  gave  a  timely  warning,    The  experience  of 


centuries  has  proved  the  need  of  such  a  warning. 
He  further  tells  us  that  savorless  salt  is  "good  for 
nothing."  How  true  this  is  of  the  professed  disciple 
of  Jesus  who  has  nothing  in  his  life  or  character  to 
distinguish  him  from  the  world!  He  may  be  hon- 
est, truthful  and  liberal,  but  without  the  distinctive 
marks  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ,— the  "savour  of 
the  Beatitudes," — he  is  "good  for  nothing;  "be- 
cause he  aids  the  corrupting  tendency  in  mankind 
and  does  nothing  to  hinder  it. 

"Ye  are  the  light  of  the  world"  (v.  14).  Light 
is  so  liberal  in  its  tendency  that  it  exists  entirely  to 
"spend  and  be  spent"  (2  Cor.  12:  15),  losing  its 
own  life  (10;  39)  to  find  it  again  in  the  brightness 
diffused  all  around.  It  is  impossible  for  godly  men 
to  be  hid  (v.  14),  because  a  life  of  holiness  is  a  life 
of  light-diffusing.  Every  soul  that  really  receives 
Christ  is  illuminated  by  his  image  and  becomes  an 
enlightener  of  mankind.  It  is  in  this  way  that  the 
church,  constituted  of  "children  of  light,"  becomes 
organically  a  luminous  body, — a  city  "set  on  an 
hill "  (v.  14).  The  church  of  Christ,  therefore,  is  as 
conspicuously  above  the  world  and  its  sinful  cus- 
toms, as  a  city  "set  on  an  hill  is  conspicuously 
above  the  cities  that  are  on  the  plain  below.  The 
"bushel"  is  suggestive  of  the  market  place, — of 
business.  If  the  light  is  not  to  be  obscured  by  the 
bushel  there  must  be  integrity  in  all  business  pur- 
suits (Luke  6:  38).  A  bad  measure  or  a  short 
weight  will  never  produce  a  bright  light.  The 
church  suffers  both  from  savorless  salt  and  from 
bushel-covered  light.  Both  are  equally  "good  for 
nothing." 

Again,  it  is  not  "Ye  carry  the  light,"  but  "Ye  are 
the  light."  Gospel  light  does  not  consist  merely  of 
doctrines  to  be  believed  and  ordinances  to  be 
obeyed.  It  consists  of  divine  truth,  so  vitalized  in 
the  disciple  that  he  shines,  dispelling  the  darkness 
of  the  world  wherever  he  goes.  Of  course,  Christ 
himself  is  the  light  of  the  world  (John  S:  12;  9:  5), 
This  has  already  been  taught  (4:  16),  but  since  he 
could  not  remain  here  in  person,  he  must  be  repre- 
sented by  his  followers.  Paul  speaks  of  Christians 
as  being  the  "world's  Bibles"  (Philpp.  2:  15; 
2  Cor,  3:  23),  because  he  knew  people  would  form 
their  opinions  of  Christ  and  his  kingdom  by  tho: 
who  profess  to  be  citizens.  Hence  Christians 
should  show  the  excellencies  of  the  religion  they 
profess  by  the  light  that  goes  out  from  them.  The 
Christian  can  therefore  not  afford  to  be  heedless  of 
his  reputation,  for  not  himself  alone  is  concerned. 
Should  he  do  evil  instead  of  "good  works"  (v.  16), 
men  will  be  sure  to  see  them  and  speak  against 
God  and  his  cause  (Rom.  2:  24).  He  may  imagine 
that  it  matters  little  what  men  may  think  or  say  of 
him,  since  God  knows  his  heart;  but,  out  of  regard 
for  the  cause,  he  should  avoid  being  misrepresented 
so  far  as  possible. 

We  further  notice  that  it  is  not  the  worker  that  is 
to  "so  shine  before  men,"  but  the  "good  works." 
Never  mind  about  the  worker,  but  see  that  the 
works  are  of  the  proper  sort.  And  last  of  all,  see 
that  the  motive  is  not  simply  that  our  works  may 
be  seen  of  men  (6:  i),butthat  our  Heavenly  Father 
may  be  glorified.  True  Christians  are  concerned  to 
make  their  conduct  a  means  to  lead  others  to  hon- 
or God.  Every  child  of  God  may  be  instrumental 
in  doing  this.  No  matter  how  poor,  how  ignorant 
or  unknown  one  may  be,  if  he  has  received  Christ 
in  "an  honest  and  good  heart"  (Luke  8:  15),  the 
Lord  in  his  own  way  will  use  him  to  enlighten  be- 
nighted souls  and  lead  them  to  glorify  God.  No 
faithful  disciple  of  our  Lord  lives  in  vain, 
feeblest  light  at  midnight  is  helpful." 
Ml.  Morris,  III. 


'The 


THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 


BY   CARMAN   C.   JOHNSON. 


The  function  of  this  ordinance  seems  to  be  to 
make  friends.  Prof.  Swigart  once  said,  that  if  there 
is  one  way  that  will  make  a  man  your  friend  quick- 
er than  another,  it  is  to  take  a  meal  with  him. 
There  is  a  mighty  power  In  it,  Even  the  man  who 
took  dinner  at  your  table  In  the  public  restaurant 


of  a  strange  city  is  recognized  by  you  when  yuu 
meet  him  in  the  crowded  street  during  the  after- 
noon. Rather  than  any  one  else  you  ask  him  the 
direction  to  the  railroad  station;  and  you  take  the 
liberty  to  stop  him,  although  any  one  of  the  less. 
hurried  elbow  fellows  knows  just  as  well.  Why  js 
this?  Just  this:  he  and  you  have  eaten  together 
and  you  are  both  friends. 

Strange  philosophy!  But  you  have  experienced 
its  workings,  if  not  in  the  city,  perhaps  in  the  coun- 
try. Your  new  neighbor  farmer  has  passed  and  re- 
passed your  home  for  the  last  month.  You  always 
spoke  to  him  and  he  returned  the  courtesy,  ventur- 
ing a  smile.  But  there  has  not,  as  yet,  been  any 
intimacy  between  you;  indeed  you  and  the  home 
folks  begin  to  believe  that  the  new  neighbor  is 
somewhat  distant,  A  rain  comes  up,  and  with  it  a 
great  deal  of  storm,  so  that  the  people  returning 
from  town  are  compelled  to  stop  for  shelter.  The 
new  neighbor  farmer  is  among  them.  It  is  just 
supper  time,  and  all  sit  down  together  to  eat, 
Soon  everybody  feels  perfectly  at  home  and  ac- 
quainted, the  farmer  too,  and  ever  after  that  rain- 
storm there  is  friendship  across  the  border.  No 
one  knows  how  the  transformation  was  accom- 
plished; but  it  was  done  at  the  table. 

What  is  the  nature  of  this  state  of  amity  between 
two,  which  we  denominate  friendship?  As  an  an- 
swer to  this  very  proper  question,  one  cannot  be 
expected  to  produce  an  essay;  but  a  few  thoughts 
will  be  added  to  that  already  large  volume  which 
others  have  written  upon  this  subject.  First  of  all, 
let  us  determine  what  friendship  is  not,  Mistrust, 
suspicion,  deceit,  flattery  and  fickleness  are  not 
parts  of  this  exceedingly  precious  virtue;  neither 
can  these  exist  toward  you  in  the  mind  of  your 
friend.  Friendship  allows  for  mistakes  in  action, 
or  even  for  temporary  misunderstanding;  but  it  is 
not  strong  enough  to  endure  a  wrong  motive. 
There  is  a  virtue  which  cannot  only  bear  with,  but 
even  forgive  this  latter,  but  this  is  not  the  office  of 
friendship.  Friendship  is  simply  a  reco;(nize^  li-s, 
cense  of  freedom, — a  freedom  which  admits  of  def-  > 
inite  or  indefinite  limits,  according  to  the  will  of 
one  or  all  of  the  parties  concerned.  It  establishes 
the  common  courtesies  of  life,  widens  the  circle  of 
human  happiness,  facilitates  social  and  business  re- 
lations, makes  life  among  our  fellows  more  easy, 
and  paves  the  way  to  more  lofty  ideals,  more  noble 
aspirations. 

Just  here  it  might  be  well  to  distinguish  between 
friendship  and  love.  The  former  permits  you  to 
feel  that  you  have  living  security  in  case  of  need, 
and  that  you  can  freely  go  to  your  friend  and  ask 
his  assistance  in  trouble,  necessity  or  distress;  while 
the  latter, — love, — causes  you  to  think  not  only  of 
receiving,  but  also  of  rendering  service.  Friend- 
ship contemplates  self  first  and  friend  second;  love 
concerns  itself  with  the  other  person  first  and  self 
second.  Friendship  is  subjective, — objective;  but 
love  is  objective, — subjective.  Love  is  full  friend- 
ship /ihts  indefinite  limits  of  charity. 

Now,  returning  to  the  table,  have  we  not  always 
been  taught  that  this  meal,  which  is  called  the 
Lord's  Supper,  is  a  memorial  service?  Yes,  and  it 
is  more;  for  it  is  the  friendship-maker  in  the  system 
of  grace.  Memory  and  friendship  are  not  at  all  an- 
tagonistic, anyway.  On  the  contrary,  the  former, 
in  this  case  especially,  is  the  producer  of  the  latter. 
Noticel  We  seat  ourselves  around  the  table  in 
commemoration  of  that  last  supper  of  our  Lord. 
If  every  one  seated  at  the  sacred  board  would  just 
think  for  a  moment,  he  would  find  that  every  mem- 
ber at  the  table  is  honoring  the  same  person  and 
the  same  occasion, — Jesus  Christ  and  his  last  feast. 
Does  it  not  seem  reasonable  that,  with  the  same 
Jesus  for  their  friend,  all  the  brethren  should  be 
friends  of  one  another, — especially  so  when  the 
cause  of  friendship  is  the  same  with  every  one  as  it 
is  in  this  instance?  The  Savior  died  for  each  and 
all  at  the  table,  and  this  is  why  they  all  occupy 
their  seats.  A  common  table,  a  common  Redeem- 
er, and  a  common  friendship!  In  addition  to  all 
this  there  is  the  common  anticipation  of  another 
and  grander  meal  in  the  Father's  house.  A  com- 
mon cause  often  unites  the  bitterest  enemies  and 


May  28,  1898. 


THE    GOSPEL    nvrESSETSTQ-ElS,. 


makes  them  friends.     Why  not  the  same  law  among 
brethren? 

Aside  from  Ihe  truth  that  eating  together  makes 
the  eaters  friends,  the  thoughts  which  arise  both  in 
memory  and  in  anticipation,  while  one  sits  at  the 
table  of  the  Lord,  tend  to  produce  the  strongest 
feelings  of  brotherly  interest  and  friendship. 

In  the  practice  of  eating  together,  as  a  congrega- 
tion, we  perpetuate  the  idea  of  a  church  family,  of 
Christ's  brotherhood,  and  of  God's  fatherhood.  So 
many  of  the  ordinances  of  this  new  dispensation 
seem  to  rest  upon  this  principle  of  union  and  c 
relationship,  that  we  must  recognize  it  as  funda- 
mental in  church  economy, 

A  glance  at  those  who  surround  the  table  will 
convince  one  that  he  is  in  closer  touch  with  some 
of  them  than  he  has  ever  been  before.  There  arc 
some  whom  he  scarcely  knows,  others  whom  he 
recognizes  for  the  first  time  as  his  brethren.  Alto- 
gether the  occasion  is  a  forceful  reminder  that  the 
brother  has  not  been  taking  that  earnest  interest  in 
church  work  which  is  demanded  of  him  as  a  pro- 
fessor of  the  Christian  religion.  He  does  not  know 
the  members  of  the  family  as  he  should.  There 
has  not  been  enough  of  friendly  association.  The 
feast  suggests  sociability  and  general  hospitality. 
Love  is  the  "  fulfilling  of  the  law." 

Huntingdon,  Pa, 


KNOWN  OP  MEN. 


DY   H.   C.   EARLY. 


It  is  a  fact  that  we  are  known  of  our  fellows, 
light  or  wrong,  every  man  is  measured  and 
weighed  by  others,  and  after  the  most  careful  man- 
ner. Every  man,  therefore,  gets  credit  for  about 
what  he  i;,  notwithstanding  the  dissatisfaction 
among  men  at  this  point.  In  some  cases,  reputa- 
tion and  character  get  out  of  proportion  to  each 
otJhjjj.  but  this  is  so,  generally,  in  the  difference  in 
growtN)  reputation  outrunning  character  in  the  race 
<Sl  sv-i'-vth.  It  is  not  so  in  the  beginning,  unless, 
unfortunately,  the  youngster  is  credited  with  some 
things,  good  or  bad,  in  his  environments.  True, 
in  some  cases  the  young  man  is  counted  good 
and  worthy  of  confidence,  because  his  kin  people 
are  so.  On  the  other  hand,  he  is  held  in  suspicion, 
later  ruled  out,  because,  unfortunately,  some  of  his 
kin  people  did  badly.  Whether  or  not  the  law  of 
hereditary  descent  is  to  be  accepted  as  true,  let 
every  man  prove  his  heredity  by  his  own  conduct. 
Every  man  will  prove  up  or  down  according  to  his 
own  merit,  not  another's.  No  unfair  credit  on  the 
one  hand,  or  unfair  criticism  on  the  other,  will  avail 
in  the  end. 

The  casual  observer  knows  men,  forms  his  opin- 
ion of  them,  by  face,  condition  of  person  and  con- 
versation. Every  man's  character  is  outlined  in 
his  face.  Instinctively  we  look  into  another's  face, 
and,  with  a  moment's  scan,  we  have  decided  im- 
pressions of  the  man.  The  face,  the  personal 
appearance,  the  behavior,  these  are  commentaries, 
explaining  aloud  what  men  really  are,  open  to  all, 
and  "  he  who  runs  may  read."  Further,  it  is  a 
known  fact  that  not  only  does  the  expression  of 
the  face  change  as  character  changes,  but  the 
features  themselves  yield  to  the  trend  of  character. 
This  relieves  the  Creator  of  undue  responsibility. 
When  the  man's  face  is  marked  with  intelligence, 
refinement,  virtue  and  good-will,  there  is  a  wonder- 
ful want  of  "fitness  in  things,"  if  this  person  is  not 
in  proper  order,  and  conversation  "tempered," 
"seasoned."  What  must  be  the  impression,  if  the 
person  is  filthy,  breath  foul  with  tobacco,  hair  not 
in  proper  limits,  not  combed  and  showing  no  signs 
of  having  been  combed,  nails  not  pared,  dress  ill- 
chosen  and  without  fit,  conversation  coarse  and  vul- 
gar? 

Clothes  are  to  the  person  much  what  bark  is  to 
the  tree.  The  bark  preserves  life,  marks  the  kind 
°f  tree,  always  fits  and  is  becoming  the  tree.  So 
ought  men  to  dress.  Carelessness,  awkwardness, 
want  of  judgment  in  dress,  indicate  these  things  in 
eharacter.  Look  at  the  man's  form  who  is  careless 
in  personal  appearance,  and  see  if  there  are  not 


marks  of  the  same  thing  there.  Christian  men  and 
women  are  expected  to  be  examples  of  plainness, 
simplicity,  gravity  in  personal  appearance,  but  this 
does  not  say  that  their  dress  shall  not  fit,  that  it 
shall  not  be  selected  with  judgment  as  to  suita- 
bleness, that  they  shall  not  wash  and  be  clean,  and 
keep  their  hair  and  beards  in  order.  The  construc- 
tion of  slovenliness  has  been  placed  by  some 
upon  the  plainness  of  God's  people,  which  is  a  mis- 
take and  does  harm.  The  observer  marks  how 
a  man  takes  care  of  his  person,  and  then  decides  he 
treats  other  things  accordingly,  or  at  least  no  bet- 
ter. 

Coarse  talk,  loud  laughing,  with  fruitful,  emphatic 
motions  of  the  body,  indicate  low  grade  character. 
Through  the  mouth  is  one  of  the  ways  by  which 
the  real  man  is  brought  before  others,  "Of  the 
abundance  of  the  heart  the  mouth  speaketh."  As 
the  cravings  of  the  appetite  show  what  the  stomach 
wants,  so  a  man's  behavior  shows  what  his  soul  en 
joys.  How  shocking  to  all  the  higher  senses  of 
the  soul  to  sec  brethren  standing  around  among  the 
rabble  in  town  or  at  church,  engaged  in  coarse  talk 
and  loud  laughingl 

Now,  our  Annual  Meeting  is  just  upon  us,  and 
there  will  be  hundreds  of  people  there  just  to  ob- 
serve. What  impression  will  wegive  them?  These 
spectators  will  publish  us  as  a  church,  in  talk  and 
otherwise,  on  what  they  see  and  hear  at  our  Con- 
ference. Will  we  stop  a  moment  to  think  how 
much  depends  upon  our  behavior,  etc.,  in  this  one 
point  of  view  only?  There  is  so  much  to  do  yet 
before  Jesus  comes,  such  a  weak  force  to  do  it,  and 
so  little  time,  that  it  becomes  us  to  take  advantage 
of  all  means  and  opportunities  for  good.  May  God 
bless  and  helpl 

Montevideo,  Va. 


THE  ORTHODOX  SINNER  VERSUS  THE 
HETERODOX  SAINT. 


BY   S.  A.   LONG. 


Of  I 


Our  subject  presents  to  us  the  extremes 
ligious   profession.     While  either  individual  might 
well  engage  our  entire  attention,  we  must  be  con- 
tent to  note  only  a  few  characteristics  of  each,  by 
way  of  contrast. 

The  orthodox  sinner  finds  a  most  perfect  delin- 
eation of  his  character  in  the  scathing  words  of  the 
Master  when  he  rebukes  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees, 
likening  them  unto  whited  sepulchres,  filled  with 
rottenness,  and  accusing  them  of  burnishing  the 
outside  of  the  cup  and  platter  while  within  there  is 
filth  and  putrid  excess,     (Matt.  23:  23-33.) 

The  heterodox  saint  is  clearly,  but  unintentional- 
ly, represented  by  the  spirit  of  the  impetuous  Peter 
who,  on  that  last  night,  would  have  plead  propriety 
and  upon  that  ground  forbade  his  Lord  and  Master 
to  wash  his  feet.    John  13:  S, 

These  two  characters  holding  principles  diamet- 
rically opposite,  have  at  least  some  points  in  com- 
mon. Each  thinks  he  is  right  and  that  all  who  do 
not  concur  with  him  must  agree  with  his  opponent 
and  sadly  but  unquestionably  be  in  the  wrong. 

The  former  is  as  unchangeable  as  the  mute 
sphinx  of  Egypt,  upon  whose  sombre  cheek  it  took 
3000  years  to  cut  a  wrinkle,  He  seems  to  be  eter- 
nal, such  as  he  is.  Like  a  cold,  empty,  dead,  tar- 
nished, bronze  figure  he  stands  as  a  model  of  con- 
gealed possibilities.  His  mind  can  no  more  move 
n  the  atmosphere  of  living  thought  than  an  ossified 
bird  can  fly,  He  rides  in  horror  the  tail  of  progress 
and  calls  a  halt.  To  him,  activity  means  certain 
destruction.  He  considers  it  impossible  for  any 
new  factor  to  appear  in  the  world  except  by  the  |  i 
special  instigation  of  Satan. 

But  he  is  seemingly  orthodox  to  the  centre.  He 
would  not  openly  violate  the  letter  of  the  most  un- 
important church  doctrine.  He  may  come  late  to 
church,  but  he  would  not  neglect  assembling  with 
the  saints.  He  bows  low  on  the  bended  knee  while 
the  minister  prays,  though,  perhaps,  unless  very 
sick,  he  never  offered  a  prayer  in  his  life.  He  sa- 
lutes his  brother  with  the  holy  ( ?)  kiss  but  cannot 
avoid  kindling  anew  some  smoldering  flame  of 
hatred  or  envy. 


He  welcomes  the  young  brethren  or  sisters  to  the 
fold,  but  does  not  fail  to  cast  the  withering  glance 
that  speaks  in  thunder-tones  his  deep-rooted  sus- 
picion of  their  sincerity.  He  gives  freely,  provided 
his  name  goes  with  the  donation,  and,  that  he  may 
have  an  abundance  to  thus  use,  he  drives  a  sharp 
and  often  questionable  bargain,  demanding  all  that 
belongs  to  him,  forgetting  that  "Charity  seeketh 
not  her  own," 

He  may  even  go  so  far  as  to  dress  plainly,  simply 
because  it  is  part  of  his  creed  and  he  will  not  be 
outdone  by  his  more  pious  brother.  Yet,  while  his 
clothing  is  the  very  strongest  indication  of  a  con- 
sistent, becoming,  meek,  and  lowly  spirit,  he  is  as 
proud  of  his  simplicity  and  nonconformity,  as  the 
most  ardent  worshiper  of  Dame  Fashion  of  his 
complexity. 

Such  is  the  nature  of  the  man  or  woman  who 
finds  the  fullness  of  the  law  in  the  letter.  He  is 
the  modern  Pharisee;  among  the  most  hopeless  of 
sinners  because  he  stands  ready  to  antagonize  ev- 
ery suggested  reform  and  opposes  as  a  rank  innova- 
tion every  liberal  idea.  He  hopes  to  save  his  soul 
by  tithes  and  offerings,  by  sacrifice  and  ordinance. 
Profound  folly!  Gigantic  hypocrisy!  The  only 
label  he  could  consistently  bear  would  be  "  ortho- 
dox sinner."     Of  this  class  there  are  not  a  few. 

On  the  other  hand  the  personage  presented  by 
the  second  part  of  our  subject  is  a  veritable  chim- 
era. He  is  naturally  ever  different.  He  can  no 
more  move  voluntarily  in  the  sphere  of  thought 
than  the  first.  He  is  like  a  feather  or  bundle  of 
feathers  that  is  blown  about  here  and  there, — now 
at  rest  for  a  brief  season,  now  rising,  now  falling, 
ever  the  sport  of  a  thousand  treacherous,  conflicting 
winds  of  doctrine. 

Being  multiform,  he  hardly  admits  of  description. 
He  comes  late  to  church  because  he  wants  to  hear 
only  a  twenty  minute  sermon.  Perhaps  the  minis- 
ter is  too  slow  or  old-fashioned  for  him,  and  he 
must  sit  impatiently,  waiting  for  a  word  of  comfoit 
or  leave  the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord  empty-hearted, 
simply  because  the  minister  did  not  fill  him. 

He  loves  to  shake  hands  with  every  one  and 
comment  on  some  popular  social  event,  but,  of 
course,  he  does  not  enjoy  saluting  his  brethren,  be- 
cause, in  his  opinion,  it  is  not  at  all  appropriate  and 
certainly  not  pleasing  to  his  most  intimate  worldly 
friends.  It  never  once  occurs  to  him  that  Paul  has 
doubtless  given  expression  to  great  truths  and  doc- 
trines in  simple  language,  as  no  other  writer  has  ev- 
er done,  and  that  if  he  had  not  meant  exactly  what 
he  said  (1  Cor.  iG:  20;  Kom.  iC:  iC;  2  Cor,  13: 12;  I 
Thess.  5:26  and  1  Pet.  5:14)  he  could,  perhaps, 
have  made  his  point  a  little  plainer. 

As  a  matter  of  fact  he  claims  to  be  orthodox,  but 
then  he  cannot  see  that  some  things  should  be  bind- 
ing upon  him  since  he  sees  the  light  of  the  revela- 
tion plainer  (?)  and  feels  the  wooings  of  a  free- 
grace  pardon  more  forcibly  (?)  than  his  humbler 
brethren,—  just  as  if  he  were  not  responsible  for  his 
influence  upon  a  weaker  brother! 

As  to  dress,  certainly  he  never  means  to  be 
worldly  in  any  sense,  but  he  does  insist  upon  being 
up  to  date,  and  in  harmony  with  the  age  in  which 
he  lives,  whatever  that  means  to  him.  He  would 
ask  the  church  to  either  not  interfere  with  him  at 
all  or  use  terms  so  genera!  that  he  could  easily  con- 
strue them  to  fit  the  most  tortuous  fashion  plate. 

He  has  a  great  deal  to  say  about  faith,  love,  a 
Christ-like  spirit,  etc.,  which  is  all  very  good,  in- 
deed, if  only  he  could  condense  his  theory  into 
godly  works,  and  transform  his  beautiful  doctrines 
into  some  substantial  reality.  He  is  very  spasmod 
He  is  all  right  and  on  dress  parade  when  he 
can  champion  the  cause  of  Christ,  but  slinks  into 
his  tent  when  asked  to  serve  as  a  private. 

He  is  constantly  crying  to  the  church  for  more 
liberty.  He  clamors  for  greater  freedom.  The 
pulsations  of  his  impetuous  soul  carry  him  beyond 
the  realization  of  his  true  condition.  He  forgets 
that  he  is  a  poor,  miserable,  wretched  sinner,  at 
best;  that,  morally  speaking,  he  is  very  sick,  and 
that  it  requires  his  implicit  obedience  to  what  he 
may  not  fully  understand,  before  even  the  skill  of 
the  Great  Physician  can  heal  him. 


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THE   GOSPEL   MIESSIEJIr^GliJIR,. 


May  28,  18 


He  never  dreams  of  the  fact  that,  as  soon  as  a 
ehurch  loses  sight  of  a  definite  enunciation  of  vital 
doctrines,  it  becomes  powerless,  and  its  movements 
are  as  uncertain  as  those  of  a  body  with  defective 
bones,  beautiful  and  sufficient,  perhaps,  in  the  in- 
activity of  theory,  but  most  awkward  and  deficient 
when  making  an  effort  to  struggle  with  the  keen  vi- 
tality of  actual  experience,  There  is  danger  of 
chaos  in  the  church  whose  distinctive  characteris- 
tics are  couched  in  terms  less  definite  than  the  Gos- 
pel itself. 

Such  is  the  nature  of  the  orthodox  saint  who  sees 
little  in  the  Word,  knows  less,  but  thinks  he  feels 
much.  He  is  a  most  serviceable  ambassador  of  the 
devill  And  yet  such  characters  are  abundant  in 
every  churchl  They  make  up  a  very  considerable 
bulk  of  the  Christian  professors,  and  the  tendency 
is  ever  towards  an  increase  of  their  members. 

Having  considered  both  we  find  it  perhaps  diffi 
cult  to  tell  which  is  the  greater  hindrance  to  the 
cause  of  Christ,  the  over-conservative  individual 
who  clogs  the  wheels  of  progress,  or  the  spirited 
progressive  man  who  outruns  even  his  own  con- 
sciousness and  deceives  thousands  with  his  prema- 
ture projects.  What  the  world  hates,  what  the  dev- 
il fears,  what  the  church  needs,  and  what  God 
wants,  is  the  man  or  the  woman  who  can  obey  a  law 
of  love  with  a  loving  spirit, 

Ptattsburg,  Mo. 

"GOD  IS  FAITHFUL." 

BY    C,   H.   BALSBAUGH, 

To  Si  iter  Adeline  H.  Beery:— 

Was  love  ever  treacherous?  Does  history  record 
a  single  instance?  Was  such  an  anomaly  ever  seen 
in  the  universe?  "God  is  Love,"  and  He  is  "the 
same  yesterday,  arid  to-day,  and  forever." 

Love  and  faithfulness  are  eternal  synonyms,  If 
ever  any  one  knew  God,  it  was  Christ.  He  had 
spent  a  past  eternity  with  the  Father,  The  experi- 
ence of  the  manger,  the  carpenter-shop,  the  wilder- 
ness, Gethsemane,  Golgotha,  did  not  diminish  His 
confidence  in  the  divine  faithfulness.  u  J  and  my 
Father  are  one"  was  His  testimony  from  beginning 
to  end  of  His  mundane  ministry. 

Had  Jesus  for  one  moment  doubted  the  faithful- 
ness of  God,  the  devil  would  have  taken  advantage 
of  it,  and  the  eternal  purpose  of  God  in  Christ 
would  have  been  frustrated. 

As  Christ  trusted,  so  may  we.  We  are  "  accepted 
in  the  Beloved."  Eph.  1:  6.  "  Our  life  is  hid  with 
Christ  in  God."  Col.  3:  3.  As  God  loves  the  Son, 
so  He  loves  us.  John  17:  23.  As  faithful  as  God  is 
to  Jesus,  so  faithful  is  He  to  all  who  accept  Jesus  as 
their  Prophet,  Priest,  and  King,  This  confidence 
makes  us  "  mighty  through  God  to  the  pulling 
down  of  strongholds."  "  faithful  is  He  that  calleth 
you,  who  also  will  do  it."     1  Thess.  5:  24. 

Do  what?  The  answer  is  in  verse  23.  This  is  a 
perfect  correlative  of  1  Cor.  1:  9.  God  has  not  only 
"  called  inXo  the  fellowship  of  His  Son  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord,"  but  He  is  faithful  to  make  that  calling  a 
glorious  consummation  "  in  the  ages  to  come," 
Philpp.  1:  6;  Col.  1:  10;  Eph.  2:7. 

If  we  share  the  "  fellowship  of  His  sufferings"  we 
will  not  fail  to  enjoy  the  fellowship  of  His  glory, 
Philpp.  3: 10;  John  17:  24;  Rom,  S:  17;  1  John  3:  2. 
Ours  is  indeed  "a  high  calling,"  because  it  "  is  in 
Christ  Jesus,"     Philpp.  3: 14, 

How  high  is  this?  We  have  the  amazing,  thrill- 
ing answer  in  Eph.  1:21.  This  is  confirmed  by 
John  14:3.  "I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for  you:  I 
will  come  again  and  receive  you  unto  myself;  that 
where  I  am,  there  ye  may  be  also."  The  prospect  of 
such  a  destiny  gives  unspeakable  dignity  to  life. 
The  faithfulness  of  God  is  pledged  to  achieve  this 
sublime  consummation.  The  Father  and  the  Son 
had  plenty  of  time  to  confer  about  this  stupendous 
enterprise — the  redemption  of  man.  It  is  "  the  eter- 
nal purpose  which  He  purposed  in  Christ  Jesus  our 
Lord."     Eph.  3:  11. 

What  Is  to  us  an  insoluble  mystery  does  not  per- 
plex the  Eternal  Mind,  The  everlasting  evolution 
of  God  incarnate  will  be  the  glory  and  rapture  and 


song  of  saints  and  angels.  "  He  is  faithful  that 
promised,"  and  not  "one  jot  or  one  tittle"  shall 
fail.  Heb,  10:23;  Matt.  5:  17,  18.  The  Law  was 
the  Logos  before  it  was  the  letter  "  As  He  is  so 
are  we  in  this  world."  1  John  4:  17,  "Now" 
"  Not  yet"  "  We  shall."  1  John  3:2.  Do  we  real- 
ize our  "high  caHirg?"  Do  we  verify  in  our  life 
the  glorious  title  assigned  us? — "Sons  of  God." 
"Walk  as  He  walked."  "Pure  as  He  is  pure." 
"  Righteous  as  He  is  righteous."     1  John  2:  6,  and  3: 

3.  7. 

Are  these  the  characteristics  that  designate  us  as 
"a  chosen  generation,  a  royal  priesthood,  an  holy 
nation,  a  peculiar  people?"     I  Pet.  2:9. 

This  is  Good  Friday,  and  my  thoughts  necessarily 
take  hue  from  the  most  august  and  awful  event  in 
the  universe  which  we  try  to  celebrate  today,  The 
"glory"  of  1  Thess.  2: 12,  and  the  " fellowship"  of 
1  Cor,  1:  9,  cannot  be  seen  in  the  cross  until  2  Cor. 
4:6  takes  place.  "  Christ  crucified  is  unto  the  Jews 
a  stumbling  block,  and  unto  the  Greeks  foolishness: 
But  unto  them  which  are  called,  both  Jews  and 
Greeks,  Christ  the  power  of  God  and  the  wisdom 
of  God,"  1  Cor.  1:  23,  24.  O  those  wonderful,  won- 
derful words  in  Eph.  1:  18,  19,  20! 

No  wonder  the  angels  are  anxious  to  pry  into  this 
mystery.  1  Pet.  i:  12.  Is  there  any  record  of  om- 
nipotence like  Heb,  9:  14  and  13:20,  21.  This — 
think  of  it — this  is  "the  exceeding  greatness  of  His 
Power  to  usward  who  believe."  No  wonder  that 
Paul  says,  "  I  beseech  you  that  ye  walk  worthy  of 
the  vocation  wherewith  ye  are  called."  Eph.  4: 1  and 
Col.  1: 10. 

That  God  is  faithful  is  demonstrated  by  the  high- 

t  evidence  it  is  possible  for  Him  to  produce. 
Compare  John  15:13,  and  Rom.  5:8.  This  is  the 
test  of  our  regeneration  and  loyalty.  John  13:35 
and  15:  12  and  Matt.  5:44,  45.  Without  the  Cross 
the  profession  of  love  is  pretense.  "God  so 
loved."  "  SO."  Oh,  this  unfathomable  monosyllable! 
Through  all  eternity  we  will  not  comprehend  its 
height  and  depth,  length  and  breadth. 

How  much  of  this  "so  "  is  there  in  us?  Are 
there  not  thousands  of  readers  who  will  bow  with 
shame  at  the  foot  of  the  cross  in  answering  this 
question?  Let  every  soul  bow  before  the  mercy- 
seat  in  deep  humiliation,  and  ponder  1  John  4:  7,  8 
Oh,  for  a  Pentecost  of  Matt.  20:  28  and  Philpp,  2:  5I 

Your  beautiful  letter  ravished  my  inmost  being. 
With  unction  and  emphasis  I  repeated  Paul's  self- 
renouncing,  Christ-exalting  words:  "Unto  me,  who 
am  less  than  the  least  of  all  saints,  is  this  grace 

GIVEN,  THAT  I  SHOULD  PREACH  THE  UNSEARCHABLE 

riches  of  Christ."  Eph.  3:8.  I  confess,  I  glory 
in  it.  "  I  magnify  mine  office."  I  know  the  double 
meaning  of  2  Tim.  1:12,  and  Philpp.  4:12,  Glory 
to  God,  I  also  know  a  little  of  2  Cor.  12:  9,  10.  May 
you  know  the  joy  of  1  Pet.  1:  S 
Union  Deposit,  Pa. 


SELF-EXAMINATION. 


BY   SAMUEL   MURRAY. 


The  Gospel  Messenger  of  April  9  I  think  is  es- 
pecially interesting.  The  article  by  D,  E.  Price  on 
page  228  is  in  harmony  with  my  mind, — better  than 
I  could  have  expressed  it  myself.  The  article  by 
Bro.  I,  Bennett  Trout  on  another  page  is  rich,  All 
members  who  expect  to  commune  should  read  it 
very  carefully  and  prayerfully.  I  can  indorse  it 
with  a  hearty  amen. 

In  regard  to  self-examination,  I  have  always 
claimed  it  to  be  a  daily  work,  If  we  examine  our- 
selves every  evening  we  will  be  better  prepared  for 
those  sacred  meetings  where  we  expect  to  celebrate 
the  sufferings  of  our  Savior,  Jesus  Christ.  No 
doubt  many  thousands  of  brethren  and  sisters  in- 
tend to  attend  Communion  meetings  this  year.  I 
believe  all  should  do  so,  Let  all  so  live  that  they 
will  not  have  much  trouble  examining  themselves, 
but,  as  Bro,  Trout  says,  let  all  be  present  at  the  ex- 
amination services,  I  have  been  grieved  to  see 
members  sometimes  come  to  a  feast  at  the  close  of 
the  feet-washing  exercises.  I  do  think  that  our 
Communions  are,  or  should  be,  very  solemn  and 


quiet,  For  ir.any  years  I  have  tried  to  have  those 
who  do  the  preaching  address  the  members.  If  wc 
want  to  convince  people  on  doctrinal  points,  let  us 
make  special  appointments  and  the  people  will 
come  with  their  minds  prepared  to  hear  what  we 
may  have  to  say.  Not  only  when  we  think  of  go- 
ing to  a  Communion  service  should  we  examine 
ourselves,  but  let  it  be  an  every- day  work. 

No  doubt  thousands  will  soon  make  arrangements 
to  attend  the  Annual  Meeting.  I  am  not  strong 
enough  any  more  to  be  in  so  large  a  crowd  of  peo- 
ple, but  to  all  who  contemplate  going,  permit  me  to 
say,  Examine  yourselves  and  determine  for  what 
purpose  you  are  going. 

If  you  intend  to  do  something  to  advance  the 
cause  of  Christ,  you  will  receive  a  blessing.  If  you 
go  simply  to  see  and  be  seen,  to  have  a  good  time, 
you,  perhaps,  would  better  remain  at  home. 

What  can  I  say  to  those  who  stand  at  the  head  of 
the  meeting,  who  have  charge  of  this  great  work, 
that  is  almost  too  great  for  man  to  undertake?  It 
is  a  great  work  that  God  through  Christ  has  given 
us  to  perform  and  it  is  our  duty  to  do  it  to  the  best 
of  our  ability.  We  have  all,  long  since,  learned 
that  of  ourselves  we  can  do  nothing,  so  we  must  de- 
pend on  the  Lord  for  wisdom  and  strength. 

As  the  Brethren  used  to  do  seventy  years  ago,  let 
us  fast  and  pray.  This  may  be  done  by  elders  and 
ministers  at  home.  Then  they  should  teach  their 
members  at  home  to  fast  and  pray  also,  and  so  di- 
rect the  work  of  the  Conference  that  everything 
may  be  done  to  his  glory  and  honor. 

Hunt'mgton,  Ind, 


ANNUAL  MEETING,  1898. 

Another  Annual  Meeting  time 

For  God'$  dear  church  is  here; 
And  may  his  presence  fill  the  place, 

His  children's  hearts  to  cheer; 
And  as  we  gather  in  this  park, 

Our  Lord  to  glorify, 
Oh  may  it  prove  a  foretaste  clear       !rt 

Of  joys  beyond  the  sky.  ^     j 

We  gather  here  from  far  and  near, 

As  children  of  our  King, 
And  let  our  cheerful  voices  rise. 

His  blessed  praises  sing. 
Oh  may  our  Heav'nly  Father  dear, 

And  Christ  his  blessed  Son, 
United  with  the  Holy  Ghost, 

Assist  us  in  our  song. 
Father,  assist  in  all  that's  done, 

For  we  would  work  for  tbee; 
And  help  each  one  of  us  to  work 

As  for  Eternity. 
Assist  us  in  the  songs  we  sing, 

Assist  as  in  our  thought, 
Assist  us  while  we  read  and  pray, 

Assist  in  what  is  taught. 
And  thus  assisted  we'll  be  blest 

To  grow  in  grace  divine, 
When  Annual  Meetings  cease  on  earth, 

We  shall  be  truly  thine. 
To  join  that  blessed  throng  above, 

To  meet  those  gone  before, 
To  sing  together  of  thy  love— 

And  that  forever  more. 

—CM.  Sitta: 


^THE  *  SUNDAY  *  SCHOOL^ 


LESSON  LIQrIT- FLASHES. 
Jesus  Crucified.— Matt.  27:  35-50. 

Lesson  for  June  12,  i8gS, 

The  story  of  the  cross  has  always  been,  all  down 
through  the  ages,  a  very  interesting  and  touching 
one,  because  it  comes  very  close  to  all  of  us  as  we 
come  into  a  close  relationship  with  the  One  by 
whom  it  has  been  made  sacred.  On  this  subject 
volumes  have  been  written,  and  it  may  well  be  said' 
"If  all  had  been  put  in  a  book,  the  world  would 
not  be  large  enough  to  contain  it."  Though  so 
much  has  been  said  and  written,  the  story  has  nev- 
er lost  its  fragrance  and  freshness. 

As  long  as  there  are  souls  to  be  liberated  from 
the  power  of  sin,  through  the  death  of  the  Crucified 


May  28, 


THE   GOSPEL   UyCESSEITGIEI?,. 


34« 


One,  there  will  be  a  sweetness  and  freshness  cling- 
ing to  the  sacred  narrative. 

What  the  world  wants  and  what  we  want,  is  to  get 
Ihe  Calvary  scene  more  visible  to  us.  We  see  it  at 
too  great  a  distance  to  catch  from  it  what  it  really 
means  to  us.  We  sing,  "  Nearer  to  the  C: 
but  do  we  mean  it?  Or,  do  we  sing  it  because  of 
the  pleasing  melody  to  which  it  is  set? 

The  desire  of  my  life  has  always  been  that  I 
might  get  nearer  to  the  Christ.  I  had  this  desire 
because  it  seemed  to  me  that  I  could  never  proper- 
ly appreciate  the  fullness  of  that  love  which 
prompted  the  Son  of  God  to  die  for  me — for  me. 
Very  early  in  life  the  thought  came  to  me,  that  if  I 
could  be  able  to  go  to  the  homeland  of  Jesus,  and 
see  the  country  where  he  actually  lived,  walked  and 
talked,  I  could  get  nearer  to  him;  especially,  if  I 
could  visit  the  holy  city,  the  place  where  the  most 
important  scenes  of  his  eventful  life  were  enacted— 
this  would  bring  him  closer  to  me. 

Through  the  providences  of  God  I  was  permitted 
to  enjoy  this  great  privilege.  I  traveled  up  and 
down  and  over  the  Palestine  hills,  viewing  with  in 
tensiHed  interest,  the  walking  grounds  of  the  Christ 
from  Dan  to  Beersheba,  tracing  closely  his  foot- 
steps, that,  like  the  disc'ples  on  their  way  to  En- 
maus,  my  heart  was  made  to  burn  within  me. 

From  Ihe  Galilean  Sea  and  southward,  every 
where,  after  the  lapse  of  eighteen  centuries,  were 
seen  the  foot- prints  of  the  Son  of  God,  as  he  drew 
nearer  and  nearer  to  the  cross,  and,  at  last,  we  en- 
tered the  Holy  City  where  we  were  shown  the  Hill 
of  Evil  Counsel,  the  Upper  Room,  conducted  down 
through  the  Via  Dolorosa,  and  from  thence  up  the 
hill,  along  the  way  where  the  Sin-bearer  was  led  and 
cruelly  driven,  bearing  on  his  shoulder  the  cross 
on  which  he  was  to  suffer  and  die. 

At  last  we  stood  on  the  supposed  spot  where  the 
cross  was  raised,  bearing  on  it  the  precious  life  and 
the  loving  spirit  that  lifted  from  off  our  shoulders 
the  burden  of  sin.  Was  this  a  privilege?  It  was, 
indeer^,  and  the  crucifixion  scene  became  a  greater 
J  reality  $ian  ever  before. 

I       "Ay^  tbey  "ucified  him  ...  and  sitting  down, 

J    they    watched   him    there."     What   a    scene!     The 

Son  of  God  hanging  on  the   cross,   suffering  the 

most  excruciating  pain— and  what  for?    That  the 

people,  the  world,  sinners  might  be  saved. 

And  what  were  the  people  doing  while  this  great 
suffering  was  being  endured?  Sitting  down  and 
watching  him  in  his  agony?  Worse.  Some  were 
mocking  him,  others  taunted  and  pointed  the  finger 
of  scorn. 

What  would  you  have  done?  What  are  you  do- 
ing now?  Paul  speaks  of  some,  "seeing  that  they 
crucify  to  themselves  the  Son  of  God  afresh,  and 
put  him  to  open  shame." 

This  we  do  when  we  deny  Christ,  And  to  deny 
him  means  to  refuse  his  offered  salvation.  It  was 
his  sense  of  the  terriblcness  of  sin  that  made  him 
willing  to  suffer.  That  the  world  might  be  deliv- 
ered from  the  powers  of  eternal  death  he  was  will 
ing  to  make  the  sacrifice, — was  ready  to  suffer  not 
only  the  severest  of  physical  pains,  but  the  pangs 
of  an  ignominious  death. 

The  sins  of  the  world  gave  pain  to  his  righteous 
soul,  and  that  he  might  relieve  himself  from  the 
sight  of  suffering  and  us  from  its  pangs,  he  suffered, 
he  died. 

If  the  sight  of  sin  and  suffering  was  so  distress- 
ing to  him  before  he  had  made  its  avoidance  possi 
hie,  what  must  it  be  now,  after  having  done  all  this 
to  liberate  us  from  it?  What  would  you  think,  if 
you  would  see  a  number  of  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren suffering  and  in  great  agony,  because  there  is 
no  way  of  escape,  and  you,  through  sympathy  and 
love  for  them,  would  be  willing  to  undergo  great 
suffering,  and  even  risk  your  own  life  to  save  them, 
and,  after  doing  all  this,  they  would  spurn  your  of- 
fer and  utterly  refuse  your  means  of  being  saved? 
Would  it  not  give  you  great  pain?  Every  time  you 
would  see  them  in  their  unsaved  condition,  would  it 
not  bring  back  again  to  you  the  sacrifice  and  suffer- 
ing y0u  underwent  to  save  them? 
Yes,  it  certainly  would,  and  you  would  be  made 


to  feel  that  all  you  did  in  their  behalf  was  wasted 
sympathy  and  lost  suffering. 

Sa  it  is  with  the  crucified  Savior.  Every  time  he 
is  made  to  see  a  sinner  still  clinging  to  his  sins,  he 
is  reminded  of  his  crucifixion  and  the  pains  he  then 
endured,  and  in  this  sense  he  is  crucified  afresh. 
He  is  not  only  reminded  of  sufferings  endured,  but 
how  fruitless  they  have  been,  as  far  as  the  saving  of 
the  sinning  soul  is  concerned. 

It  is  a  wonderful  thought,— to  refuse  offered  mer- 
cy and  salvation.  For  hit  sake  we  ought  to  accept 
— and  a  thousand  times  for  our  own  sake.  Can  we 
not  let  the  joy  and  glory  be  his  when  all  the  benefit 
is  ours?     "  And  they  crucified  him."  h    b    b. 


"CONDUCT.NO."  A  SUNDAY  SCHOOL. 

BY   C     E.   ARNOLD. 

To  conduct  means  to  guide,  manage,  carry  on,  or 
direct.  Conduct  (from  ecu,  together,  and  duco,  I 
lead)  means  to  lead  together,  or  to  lead  along.  In 
this  sense  it  is  very  important  that  the  Sunday 
school  shall  be  conducted.  Some  schools  are  not 
being  conducted  (led  along),  but  are  allowed  to 
stand  still,  and  possibly  in  a  few  instances  allowed 
to  retrograde  and  lose  interest. 

In  order  to  conduct  a  Sunday  school  properly  an 
important  part  falls  upon  each  of  the  following 
parties:  The  church,  superintendent,  teachers, pupils 
and  parents, 

First,  then,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  church  not  only 
to  tolerate  the  Sunday  school,  but  to  recognize  it  as 
a  department  of  the  proper  work  of  the  church. 
The  church  should  in  every  way  possible  encourage 
the  Sunday  school  and  guide  its  workings,  so  as  to 
attain  the  best  possible  results.  The  Sunday  school 
is  the  Bible  school  of  the  church,  and  there  is  noth 
ing  more  promising  in  far-reaching  good  results 
than  the  proper  study  of  the  Bible.  The  purpose 
of  the  Sunday  school  is  "  to  make  Christians  of 
those  who  are  not  Christians  and  to  make  better 
Christians  of  those  who  are  Christians,"  This  is  al- 
so the  purpose  of  the  church;  hence  both  can  unite 
heartily  in  their  great  work. 

Since  the  Sunday  school  is  to  be  "conducted," 
an  important  factor  will  be  a  conductor.  Such  is 
the  office  of  the  superintendent.  A  conductor 
ought  to  know  the  road  and  be  able  to  see  far 
ahead.  He  ought  to  have  a  strong  personality  and 
force  of  character  suited  to  a  leader.  If  one  is  to 
lead  anything  of  importance  he  must  be  able  to  get 
a  following.  He  ought  to  be  the  strongest,  wisest, 
and  best  man  in  the  community.  He  ought  to  be  a 
man  whose  fences  are  not  down,  hedges  untrimmed, 
or  machinery  out  in  the  weather.  If  you  want 
anything  done,  get  a  busy,  successful  man  to  do  it. 
We  now  come  to  the  teacher.  Let  him  be  "apt 
to  teach,"  as  Paul  suggests  to  Timothy,  But  it 
takes  something  more  than  aptness.  One  cannot 
tLach  what  he  does  not  know.  The  great  fault 
among  our  teachers  is  that  they  do  not  know.  Pu- 
pils soon  find  this  out,  and  then  the  teacher  loses 
his  power  with  those  pupils.  A  teacher  who  does 
not  already  know  much,  may  still  hold  the  confi- 
dence and  esteem  of  his  pupils  by  giving  evidence 
to  them  that  he  is  really  a  student.  "Study  to  show 
thyself  approved,"  dear  teacher.  The  teacher  must 
already  know  something  or  he  must  be  working 
hard  to  get  it.  We  are  pained  at  the  really  low 
standard  of  Bible  knowledge  among  Sunday  school 
teachers.  A  little  time  and  money  invested  in 
some  of  the  best  Sunday  school  and  Bible  students' 
helps  would  greatly  change  this  important  condi- 
tion. 

The  pupils  have  their  part  in  this  important 
work.  Especially  is  this  true  of  the  older  pupils. 
Colleges  get  most  of  their  students  from  the  rec- 
ommendations of  former  students.  Sunday  school 
attendance  might  be  largely  increased  in  this  way. 
If  it  is  the  superintendent's  duty  to  lead  and  the 
teacher's  duty  to  teach  it  is  none  the  less  the  duty 
of  the  pupils  to  study.  Fathers,  mothers,  ministers, 
deacons,  who  may  be  pupils,  are  not  exempt  from  [ 
this  duty.  Lively  pupils  may  arouse  a  careless  j 
teacher  by  prodding  him  with  questions.     In  the  ) 


more  advanced  classes,  pupils  who  study  well  and 
deserve  a  good  teacher  are  likely  soon  to  get  one. 

Last,  but  not  least  in  the  series  we  named,  are 
the  parents,  Very  much  depends  upon  their  atti- 
tude toward  the  Sunday  school.  Without  their  co- 
operation it  is  almost  impossible  to  make  the  Sun- 
day school  a  success.  Let  the  parents  insist  that 
their  children  study  the  Sunday  school  lessons. 
Let  them  assist  their  children  in  getting  their  les- 
sons. Let  them  study  their  own  lessons.  The  par- 
ents should  be  members  of  the  Sunday  school  and 
should  go  with  their  children.  The  parent  who 
sends  his  children  to  Sunday  school,  but  remains  at 
home  himself,  is  a  little  like  the  father  who  smokes 
but  advises  his  boys  not  to  do  so.  Parents  cannot 
consistently  expect  their  children  to  have  a  greater 
appreciation  of  opportunities  for  studying  Gods 
Word  than  they  themselves  have, 

Let  me  express  here  a  few  thoughts  on  "  lesson 
helps."  Lesson  helps  are  intended  to  increase  the 
product  (like  farm  machinery),  not  to  reduce  the 
labor  to  be  applied.  The  farmer  with  improved 
machinery  does  more  farming  with  the  help  of  that 
machinery.  So  with  our  helps,  we  should  put  in 
trie  same  time  and  study  as  would  be  necessary 
without  helps,  and  thus  double  or  treble  the  knowl- 
edge gained.  Sunday  school  helps  are  not  intend- 
ed to  accommodate  lazy  people  by  letting  them  off 
with  less  study.  They  are  intended  to  multiply  the 
results  of  study,  Let  us  be  sure  not  to  dispense 
with  the  study  itself, 

Let  the  following  points  go  to  the  mark  like  bul- 
lets: Study.  Be  prompt.  Be  regular  in  attend, 
ance.  Be  in  earnest.  Be  alive.  Let  the  superin- 
tendent be  a  leader,  the  teacher  a  teacher,  and  all 
studtnts.  Let  the  helps  help  us  to  study  and 
not  to  get  rid  of  study.  Let  all  realize  that  the 
Word  of  God  is  the  soul's  food,  without  which  it 
will  wither,  starve  and  die. 

McPhcrson,  Kans. 


Hor-K  is  the  ruddy  morning  ray  of  joy,  recollec- 
tion is  its  golden  tinge;  but  the  latter  is  wont  to 
sink  down  amid  the  dews  and  dusky  shades  of  twi- 
light, and  the  bright,  blue  day  which  the  former 
promises  breaks  indeed,  but  in  another  world  and 
with  another  sun. — Richttr. 


OUR    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


LESSONS  FROM  THE  PARABLE  OF  THE  OREAT 

SUPPER. -Luke  14:  17. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  June  3, 

1,  The  Grkat  Opportunity.— Verses  15-17. 
r.  A  great  supper,    Prov.  9:  I,  2;  Matt.  22:  2. 
2.  A  generous  invitation.    Prov.  9:  5;  Matt.  22:  4. 
II.  The  Foolish  Refusal.— Verses  18-20, 

1.  Because  of  worldly  possessions.    Isa.  5:  8;  Man.  6:  24. 

2.  Because  of  worldly  business.    Prov.  11:  28;  Matt,  6:  33. 

3.  Because  of  personal  relationship,    Luke   14:  26;  Jer. 
17:  S. 

111.  The  Incalculable  Loss,— Verses  21-40. 

1.  The  rejection  revealed.    Eccl.  10:  20:  Matt.  18;  31. 

2.  Threatening  words.    Ps.  2:  12;  Matt.  22:  7. 

3.  Guests  galhered,    Isa.  43:  6;  Matt.  22:  9, 

4.  Rejectors  rejected.    1  Sam.  15:  26:  Acts  r3:  46. 


ENTERING  AT  THE  STRAIT  OATE.  -Luke  13:  14. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  June  0. 

I.  Characteristics  of  True  Zeal— Verses  22-24. 

1.  An  intense  effort.    Ps,  119:  10;  1  Cor.  9:  27. 

2.  A  specific  aim.    Isa.  30:  21 ;  Matt.  7:  13. 

3.  A  distinctive  ability.    Gen.  32:  28:  Jas.  r:  5,  6. 

II.  Stimulants  Toward  True  Zeal.— Verses  24-30. 

1.  Opportunities  will  finally  end.    Jer.  8:  20;  Matt.  25:  10, 

2.  Great  concern.    Jonah  1:  5;  Acts  2:  37. 

3.  Appeals  in  vain.     Prov.  I:  28:  Matt.  7:  23. 

4.  A  swift  sentence.    Isa.  59:  2;  Matt.  25:  30. 

5.  Great  anguish.    Prov.  I:  27:  Rev.  6:  16. 

6.  The  triumph  of  the  righteous.    Ps.  40:  3;  Matt.  8:  II. 


NOTICE.— We  give  two  outlines  this  week  in  compliance 
with  the  desire  of  many,  who  wish  to  make  use  of  the  subject 
some  time  in  advance  of  the  meeting  at  which  it  is  to  be  used, 


iiiie  gospel  messedstger. 


May  28,  18 


**■  I  Hfc  »  YOUfMti  *  PEOPLE «"■ 

OUR  MISSIONARY  BEADING  OIROLE. 
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THAT'S  THE  WAY. 

Just  a  little  every  day, 

That's  the  way! 

Seeds  in  darkness  swell  and  grow, 

Tiny  blades  push  through  the  snow, 

Never  any  llowcr  of  May 

Leaps  to  blossom  in  a  burst; 

Slowly,— slowly  at  the  first, 

That's  the  way! 

Just  a  little  every  day. 

Just  a  little  every  day, 

That's  the  way; 

Bit  by  bit,  and  mite  by  mite, 

Never  any  one,  I  say. 

Leaps  to  knowledge  and  its  power; 

Slowly,— slowly,— hour  by  hour, 

That's  the  way! 

Just  a  little  every  day. 

—Ella  Whieitr  Wilcox, 


CIRCLE  NOTES. 


BY    JAMES 


NEFF. 


Sistbr  Emma  W.  Wolgemuth,  of  Florin,  Pa., 
writes:  "I  am  enjoying  the  Reading  Circle  books 
very  much.  I  expect  to  begin  on  the  third  year 
books  in  a  few  days.  The  reading  of  these  books 
has  awakened  within  me  a  desire  for  the  salvation 
of  others,  such  as  nothing  else  that  I  have  ever 
read  or  listened  to  has  done.  O,  that  the  young  of 
our  church  may  be  awakened  more  and  more  to  the 
spirit  of  missions!"  This  sister  encloses  a  few 
stamps  in  her  letter  to  help  forward  the  work  of 
the  Circle.  Her  zeal  for  the  Circle  grows  out  of 
the  good  she  has  herself  received  from  it,  After 
all,  the  best  testimony  for  or  against  anything 
comes  from  those  who  can  state  what  they  know 
from  actual  experience.  Moral:  If  you  want  to  re- 
ally know  whether  or  not  our  Missionary  Reading 
Circle  is  a  good  thing,  read  at  least  two  or  three  of 
the  books  and  see, 

Bro,  N.  J,  Brubaker,  of  GJrard,  111,  writes  that 
he  has  completed  the  entire  course  of  reading, 
having  enrolled  as  a  member  of  the  Circle  in  June, 
1S95.  He"  says:  "  I  was  much  pleased  with  the 
course  and  found  it  to  be  of  much  value.  It  has 
ciused  me  to  look  at  the  mission  field  with  great 
interest.  It  has  given  me  an  inspiration  to  strive 
for  a  complete  consecration  to  God  and  to  the 
cause  of  Christ.  In  the  words  of  Isaiah,  when  he 
heard  the  voice  of  the  Lord  calling, '  Whom  shall  I 
send,  and  who  will  go  for  us?'  I-pray  that  I  may 
be  able  to  say,  '  Here  am  I;  send  me.'"  Bro.  Bru- 
baker further  speaks  of  the  spirit  of  missionary 
work  as  "the  highest  ideal  of  Christian  life  and  en- 
deavor." It  is  such  a  satisfaction  to  receive  ex- 
pressions like  these  from  the  Lord's  young  serv- 
ants. This  young  brother  is  the  son  of  devout 
Christian  parents  and  has  received  the  advantages 
of  a  liberal  education,  and  hence  the  Lord  and  his 
church  have  a  right  to  expect  much  of  him,  His 
words,  as  above  quoted,  indicate  that  we  shall  not 
b:  disappointed.  We  shall,  perhaps,  never  be  able 
to  measure  the  influence  of  our  Missionary  Reading 


Circle  upon  the  lives  of  our  young  people.     May 
the  good  work  go  on! 

Bro.  John  R.  Snyder,  of  Bellefontaine,  Ohio, 
writes:  "  I  have  just  finished  reading  '  Do  Not  Say ' 
the  third  time,  and  have  ordered  a  copy  sent  to 
each  of  our  four  ministers.  I  am  going  to  read  it 
again,  It  gets  better  every  time.  I  am  now  read- 
ing 'Many  Infallible  Proofs'  by  Dr.  Pierson.  I 
wish  all  who  have  read  the  Circle  Course  could 
read  it  too,"  Bro.  Snyder  asks  whether  we  could 
not  have  a  supplementary  course  of  Circle  reading. 
I  suggest  he  write  Bro,  Stover,  and  if  Bro.  Stover 
thinks  best,  let  him  appoint  a  committee  to  arrange 
a  course.  Both  these  brethren  (W.  B.  Stover  and 
John  R.  Snyder)  have  done  a  wide  range  of  mis- 
sionary reading,  and  should  both  help  in  the  ar- 
ranging of  such  a  course.  I  think  it  would  be  a 
good  thing  and  should  like  to  be  able  to  announce 
such  a  course  in  connection  with,  or  as  a  part  of, 
the  work  of  our  Missionary  Reading  Circle. 
Fruitdak,  Ala, 


HOW  WE  SEE. 


Your  first  thought  is,  we  see  through  our  eyes, 
and  in  a  sense  this  is  true.  But  why  is  it  that  we 
do  not  all  see  the  same  things?  Let  two  persons, 
in  passing  up  through  the  Juniata  Valley,  looking 
out  from  the  same  side  of  the  coach  window,  at  the 
same  hour,  write  out  or  tell  what  they  saw,  how 
nearly  alike  do  you  think  the  descriptions  would 
be,  as  to  what  they  saw?  Having  the  same  power 
of  vision,  why  not  see  the  same  objects, — the  same 
thing? 

The  other  afternoon,  while  driving  up  street,  we 
said  to  our  friend  who  was  with  us,  "  Did  you  see 
those  beautiful  flowers  in  the  lawn  front?"  "Do 
you  mean  that  bed  of  tulips?"  said  he.  "  No,  not 
tulips,  but  magnolias,"  They  were  both  in  the  same 
lawn,  and  close  together,  yet  we  did  not  see  the  tu- 
lips, and  he  did  not  see  the  magnolias.  Now  the 
question  is,  Why  did  we  not  see  the  same  things? 
We  account  for  our  different  seeing  in  this  way: 
Further  down  street  we  passed  a  large  tulip  bed 
which  my  friend  greatly  admired,  and  as  we  passed 
along,  his  mind  was  still  on  the  tulip  bed,  and  the 
second  seeing  was  a  duplicate  of  the  first,  a  con- 
tinuation of  the  same  picture,  and  therefore  tulips 
e  the  only  thing  that  he  saw,  though  there  were 
a  number  of  other  flowers  in  the  same  yard. 

In  our  case,  we  had  a  magnolia  tree  in  our  own 
yard,  and  year  by  year  we  have  been  looking  for 
flowers,  but,  so  far,  it  has  been  barren  of  flowers. 
Here  was  a  similar  tree  in  full  bloom,  from  bottom 
to  top,  and  because  of  this  our  thoughts  were  whol- 
ly on  the  magnolia  flowers  and  we  saw  nothing 
else.  So  that,  while  we  see  through  our  eyes,  they 
do  not  show  us  everything  that  comes  within  the 
range  of  our  vision. 

It  is  sometimes  said  that  we  always  see  the 
things  that  we  are  looking  for.  This  is  true  only  in 
a  limited  sense.  We  see  the  things  we  want  to  see 
only  when  they  are  within  seeing  distance,  and, 
further,  our  desire  to  see  certain  things  often  places 
us  in  such  positions  as  enables  us  to  see  them. 

But  this  does  not  answer  the  question  fully,  how 
we  see  and  how  we  do  not  see  things  that  are 
equally  within  our  range  of  seeing.  Especially  is 
this  true  of  our  not  seeing. 

Of  course  this  subject  has  a  wider  range  of  ap- 
plication than  that  of  flowers  only.  It  is  equally 
true  of  all  our  senses,  and  while  it  is  supposed  that 
we  do  our  seeing  through  our  organs  of  sight,  we 
learn  to  see  through  our  ears,  nose,  tongue  and 
hands  as  well.  In  all  these  the  same  difference  ob- 
tains. We  often  hear  it  said  by  young  people, — 
and  old  ones  too,— "  I  don't  understand  what  he 
sees  in  that  young  man  or  that  young  lady."  We 
look  at  a  certain  young  man  and  we  see  nothing  in 
him.  Another  looks  at  the  same  person  and  he 
sees  much  to  admire.  Both  have  eyes  and  the 
other  senses  as  well.    Why  this  difference? 

Young  men  and  ladies  have  their  likes  and  dis- 
likes in  their  associations,  and  through  the  likes 
young  people  arc  drawn  together  and  they  become 
companions  for  life,     It  is  the  formative  condition 


of  marriage  and  the  future  home  life.  Do  these 
things  just  happen,  or  are  they  the  outgrowth  of 
how  we  see?  If  the  latter,  then  our  seeing  be- 
comes a  very  proper  subject  for  consideration. 
This  is  especially  true  of  the  young.  When  the 
senses  are  yet  pliable  is  the  time  for  culture  and 
development,  as  our  seeing  is  largely  a  mother  of 
training  and  education. 

The  young  lady  who  sees  the  beauty  and  com- 
panionship in  the  young  man  who  sports  a  cane,  a 
dudish  kat  worn  on  one  side  of  his  head,  and  flash- 
ing rings  on  his  fingers,  we  say,  has  been  badly 
trained  and  her  organs  of  seeing  have  been  wrong- 
ly developed.  The  same  may  be  said  of  some  of 
our  young  men  and  church  members.  Corset- 
shaped  bodies,  feathered  and  flowered  heads,  and 
chalked  and  ringed  hands  seem  to  have  more  at- 
tractions to  them  than  good  common  sense,  en- 
closed in  modest  apparel. 

It  is  not  strange  that  people  of  good  judgment 
wonder  at  what  some  see,  and  how  they  see,  At 
this  kind  of  seeing,  parents  are  often  grieved,  and 
yet  it  may  only  be  the  fruitage  of  their  own  sowing. 

It  is  true  that  we  see  as  we  are  trained  and  de- 
veloped; then  comes  the  question  of  responsibility 
for  this  training.  While  home  and  parental  train- 
ing is  far-reaching,  yet  it  does  not  necessarily  reach 
beyond  the  possibilities  of  self-training  and  culture, 
The  wonderful  advantages  afforded  our  young  of 
this  age,  and  in  our  land,  ought  to  be  sufficient  to 
overcome  the  wrong  teaching  of  youth  and  give 
force  of  character  enough  to,  at  least,  exercise 
good  common  sense,  seeing  the  life  to  be  through 
the  life  that  now  is. 

Life  to  the  young  is  the  greatest  of  problems, 
and  can  only  be  solved  by  seeing  through  eyes  that 
have  been  converted  to  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Such  eyes  look  not  on  the  outward  appearance  on- 
ly, but  to  the  things  that  are  in  the  heart  and  come 
from  it, — the  hidden  man  of  the  heart. 

Young  Christians,  look  well  to  what  you  sec! 
While  there  is  much  to  see  that  is  beautiful  a-^ 
lovely,  there  is  more  that  is  deceptive,  hurtful'  and 
jerous.  Get  your  eyes  opened  to  hea-.Vnly 
things  and  you  will  overlook  the  bad,  h,  b.  h. 


WHAT  VARIOUS  HINDRANCES  WE  MEET. 
BY  J.    E,    YOUNG, 

So  did  Israel  when  the  Lord  wanted  them  to  take 
and  possess  the  promised  land.  That  which  was 
most  in  the  way  was  not  the  "  giants,"  and  "  walled 
cities,"  but  selfishness  and  a  lack  of  courage, 

Likely  there  is  no  command  in  the  "Word" 
more  difficult  to  yield  complete  obedience  to  than 
that  which  says,  "Deny  thyself."  Flesh  is  con- 
sulted first,  when  God  should  be  first.  Matt.  6:  33. 
But  even  after  we  are  in  the  kingdom,  self  and 
selfishness  frequently  get  the  preeminence.  Diffi- 
culties do  not  decrease  by  deferring,  but  as  a  rule 
they  increase. 

This  is  true  in  deferring  active  work  for  the  Mas- 
ter at  many  weak,  isolated  points,  Secret  orders  are 
pressing  hard  to  draw  all  the  young  into  their  as- 
sociations. This  becomes  a  hindrance  to  the 
"King's  Life  Insurance."  It  will  require  earnest 
cooperation  to  keep  the  enemy  out  of  the  camp.  I 
would  rather  be  a  "  soldier  of  the  Cross,"  than  the 
greatest  captain  on  the  greatest  war  vessel,  "There 
is  no  war  so  brilliant  as  a  war  with  wrong."  Are 
you  in  the  battle-field?  Where  is  thy  courage? 
"  Add  to  faith,  courage." 


We  are  never  without  help.  We  have  no  right 
to  say  of  any  good  work,  It  is  too  hard  for  me  to 
do;  or  of  any  sorrow,  It  is  too  hard  for  me  to  bear; 
or  of  any  sinful  habit,  It  is  too  hard  for  me  to  over- 
come.— Elizabeth  Charles, 


Suffer  if  you  must;  do  not  quarrel  with  the  dear 
Lord's  appointments  for  you.  Only  try,  if  you 
are  to  suffer,  to  do  it  splendidly.  That's  the  only 
way  to   take   up   a   pleasure   or   a   pain.  —  PhiVipt 

Btoohs, 


May  28,  1898. 


THE   GOSPEL   MESSE3STGE.R. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 


IXQULAB  HEETIHOS  07  TBE  COMMITTEE: 
beloic  Standing  Committee  convenes  ( 
Iok;  the  second  Monday  of  October  an 


TEE  COMMITTEE  BEOEIVSS  donations 
funds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor.  In 
Smyrna;  Washington  Mcetinghoi 
India;  Book  And  Tract  Funds. 


DO  HOT  ADDBE3S   business 
poodenco  and  money  sh 


t  Intended   for    tho 


The  man  who  does  not  want  1 
can  easily  find  an  excuse  for  not 

ply  this  to  any  liible  command, 


thing 
.    Ap- 


No 


Rac 


(an  who  is  aware  of  his  own  ignc 
great   deal   more  than  some  r 

?ine  that  they  are  very  wise. 

THE  OTTOMAN  EMPIRE. 
^3.— Races  and  Languages. 

A 


f.,  1  Turkey  is  a  very  interesting 
1  one;  tor  Itrfc  people  of  to-day,  inhabiting  the 
empire,  are  the  gradual  development  and 
blending  of  many  centuries  and  varied  influ 
ences.    This  will  be  seen  from  the  fact  that 

1S00  years  ago  the  home  of  an  enthusiastic 
apostolic  Christianity,  the  cradle  of  the  bh 
message  of  salvation  for  the  Gentile  world,  and 
to-day  the  same  message  is  being  carried 
inhabitants  of  that  land. 

Generally  speaking,  and  that,  indeed,  very 
general,  there  are  about  16,000,000  Moham- 
medans and  C.coo.ooo  Christians  in  the  imme- 
diate possessions  of  the  empire.  But  this  clas- 
sification includes,  in  one  or  the  other,  races 
which  are  so  very  different  that  at  fust  there 


able  exceptions  to  this  rule,  but  for  the  most 
part  this  is  only  too  prevalent  among  them." 
.  Next  in  importance  under  the  head  of  Mo- 
hammedans are  the  Arabs,  Koords  and  Al- 
banians. These  have  an  ill-feeling  towardsthe 
Ottomans  proper  because  the  latter  are  rulers 
and  somewhat  oppressors,  and  their  recogni- 
tion of  the  Sultan  is  very  weak.  Next  to  these 
would   be   classed  the  Circassians  and  other 


/ided  into  Armenians, 
,  Jacobites,  Copts,  Bulgarians 


)bei 


rela 


embla 


In  looking  at  the  Mohammed; 
be  noted  that  the  class  which 
tion  first  is  the  Turk  or  Ottoman.  Of  these 
there  are  about  9,000,000,  who  are  found  chiefly 
in  Asia  Minor.  The  so-called  Turks  of  Euio 
pean  Turkey  are  principally  Albanians  or 
Slavs  who  have  accepted  Islam,  of  Koords  and 
Arabs.  "The  unspeakable  Turk"  of  '  the 
Batak  massacres  was  a  Pomak,  or  Mts'em 
Bulgarian;  the  Turk  who  led  in  the  Druze  mas- 
sacres of  Syria  was  an  Arab.  The  Turk  of 
Asia  Minor  is  of  a  different  nature  in  many 
frays  and  yet  in  recent  years,  when  religion  lias 
come  into  conflict  he  has  shown  that  he  had 
some  of  the  same  wild,  barbarous  blood  in  him 
a'so.  Ordinarily  the  Turk  of  Asia  Minor  is 
quiet,  a  ha(d  worker,  a  very  good  servant,  very 
courteous  and  rather  proud  of  his  social  altain- 
ment  and  superiority  over  the  "meanness  of 
so»ie  Christians"  who,  unfortunately,  may  be 
'ound  in  the  land.  However,  notwithstanding 
a11  this,  touch  him  with  religious  fanatici 
and  lie  becomes  a  most  deadly  enemy. 

The  Turk  of  the  city  is  somewhat  differt 
Having  as  much  Christian  as  Tartar  blood 


TheChristi? 

and  Protestants.  The  Ai 
themselves,  as  much  as  they  ever  were.  The 
Greeks  are  found  chiefly  in  Western  Asia 
Minor  and  along  the  Black  Sea.  They  are 
shrewd  and  enterprising,  and  much  of  the  com- 
merce of  the  empire  is  in  their  hands.  The 
Jacobites  are  a  remnant  of  the  Monophysite 
church,  found  in  Oorfa  {Edessa)  and  Mesopo- 
tamia. The  Copts  are  in  Egypt;  the  Bulgar- 
ians are  a  distinct  race  in  European  Turkey, 
and  belong  to  the  orlhodox  Greek  church  but 
are  independent  of  the  Patriarch. 

The  Protestants  of  Turkey  can  hardly  be 
called  a  race,  were  it  not  for  the  peculiar  sys- 
tem of  government,  which  connects  religious 
and  civil  authority.  There  are  about  50,000  in 
the  realms  of  the  Sultan,  and  these  include 
members  from  nearly  all  the  races  though  they 
are  principally  composed  of  Armenians. 

There  are  seven  different  principallanguages 
within  the  empire,  as  follows:  Turkish,  Arabic, 
Armenian,  Greek,  Koordish,  Bulgarian  and 
Albanian.  Of  these  the  Turkish  is  the  official 
language  for  the  entire  empire  and  the  com- 
mon language  of  Asia  Minor  and  Southeastern 
European  Turkey.  Arabic  is  spoken  in  Meso- 
potomia,  Syria  and  Palestine,  Northern  Africa 
and  some  parts  of  Asia  Minor.  Armenian  is 
used  of  course  by  the  Armenians  whereverthey 
are  found,  except  in  some  portions  of  Asia 
Minor  and  some  other  provinces  where  the  Ar- 
menian is  used  for  church  and  educational 
purposes,  but  the  Turkish  is  the  language  of 
social  and  commercial  life.  This  blending 
has  given  rise  to  what  is  termed  the  Armeno- 
Turkish  language  which  is  principally  Turkish 
en  in  Armenian  characters.  The  Greeks 
of  the  empire  are  principally  Turkish,  employ- 
ng  the  Greek  letters  in  the  same  way  the  Ar- 
rienians  do.  This  is  especially  true  of  those 
iving  in  the  interior,  while  the  Greeks  of  tb. 
ieaboard  towns  use  the  Greek  language 
though  with  enough  variations  that  one  able  tt 
talk  the  Greek  of  Athens  would  find  difficulty 
to  talk  with  the  Greeks  of  Asi     " " 

In  the  seaboard  towns  there  is  a  great  deal 
of  Italian  spoken;  and  in  the  commercial  and 
official  world  French  is  almost  universal, 
German  is  heard  to  some  extent,  in  some  parts 
and  English  ' 
is  rapidly  on 


Finally  he  must  be  willing  to  leave  home 
and  its  comforts  and,  for  the  Gospel's  sake,  be 
"made  all  things  to  all  men  that  he  might' by 


FROM  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 

Manv  are  the  opportunities  for  the  saving 
of  souls.  We  much  regret  to  turn  away  many 
a  good  and  attentive  little  boy  and  girl  who, 
owing  to  a  lack  of  shoes,  is  unable  to  attend 
our  Sunday  school.  The  treasury  of  1 
"  Helping  Hand  Society  "  being  exhausted, 
cannot  supply  them.  Some  of  these  child 
cry  because  they  have  to  miss  Sunday  school, 
but  the  parents  are  unable  to  supply  thcii 
wants.  It  is  as  much  as  they  can  do  to  get 
something  to  eat,  and  so  the  souls  of  ihese  lit 
lie  ones  have  to  suffer.  The  love  which  ou> 
brethren  and  sisters  manifest  towards  Christ, 
in  obeying  his  teachings,  we  trust  will  also 
prompt  them  to  remember  the  thousands  who 
are  deprived  of  going  to  the  Sunday  school, 
Please  help  them  with  your  means. 

CARRIE  A.  WKSTKRGKEN. 

3V  D  Street,  S.  E.,  April  jo. 


Ph. 


FROM  KANSAS. 

!  time  lately 


spent  in  Saline  and  Mc 
line  is  a  new  field  intht 
st  end  of  the  Sa 
re  but  few  mem. 
isters  are  about 
ne  occasionally, 
more  meetings, 
n   earnest.    A  good  many 


1  many  pla- 


NECESSARY  QUALIFICATIONS  FOR 
A  MISSIONARY. 

BY  JESSE  Y.  HECKLER. 

A  missionary  ought  to  be  a  good  publi 
speaker.  He  ought  to  be  a  good  singer.  H 
ought  to  have  a  good  stock  of  general  inform; 
tion,  such,  as  geography,  history,  etc.,  and  e: 
pecialty  church  history. 

The  missionary  ought  to  have  a  wife  qual 
fied  as  a  helper,  to  accompany  him  at  time: 
especially  when  love  feasts  are  to  be  held  o 
the  frontier.  Then  there  are  other  qualifies 
tions  that  he  must  have: 

He  must  be  a  lover  of  the  truth. 


He 


idesi 


rthe  intlue 


:of 


*a<>on,  he  has  developed  to  be  ' 
!lte.  easily  adapting  himself  to  tt 


;tudiously  pO' 


'Sue,  a  facility  of  deception,  an  u: 
E,'ght  in  bribery  that  makes  him  the 
l0se  around  him.    There  may  be 


:  must  be  sound  in  the  faith. 

:  must  preach   sound  doctrine  and  exem- 
plify it  in  his  appearance  and  deportment. 
He    must  study  to  show   himself  approved 
.to  God. 

He  must  have  a  good  report  of  them  that  are 
thout,  as  well  as  them  that  are  within. 
He  must  not  entangle  himself  with  the  af- 
rs  of  this  life. 

He  rcnit  be  able  to  answer  all  questions  per- 
taining to  doctrine  and  also  be  able  to.  defend 

He  ought  to  have  good  health. 

He  must  be  a  lover  of  children. 

He  must  be  competent  to  properly  conduct 
love  feasts  when  left  alone  in  the  ministry. 

Pie  must  possess  executive  abilities  to  con- 
duct council-meetings,  be  able  to  lead  in  all  of- 
ficial church  work,  such  as  organizing  churches, 
electing  officers,  ordaining  elders,  etc. 


Northwest   District,  in  th 

line  Valley  church.     The 

bers  and  their  elder  and 

fifty    miles    away.    They 

The    members   should  h: 

They  seem  to  be  i 

Danes  are  living  there,  who  received  us  kindT 

and    heard    us  gladly.     Rain  and  bad   road: 

stopped  our  meetings.     Fifty  miles  northwest 

are  larger  Danish  settlements,  to  whom 

called  to  go,  but  we  concluded  to  wait  till  the 

roads  got  better  and  until  w 

their  officials  about  the  work 

In  McPherson  County  we  went  over  the  old 
field,  to  see  and  encourage  those  whom  we 
knew  before,  in  the  McPherson  and  East  Mc- 
Pherson churches.  Two  young  Danes  are  ex- 
pected to  be  baptized  soon  in  the  East  Mc- 
Pherson church  and  one  is  to  be  restored  at 
McPherson.  The  church  and  school  are  re- 
ported to  be  in  better  working  order  than  ever. 
Christian  Horn, 

THE  HELPING  HAND  SOCIETY. 

The  following  is  the  treasurer's  reportof  the 
Helping  Hand  Society  of  the  German  Bap- 
tist  Brethren  church,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  for 
March  and  April  180.8. 

RECEIPTS, 

Balance  on  hand %z\  21 

A  sister  in  Virginia, 35 


Total,. 
Expenditures 


.$27  71 


Deficit,  May  1,  1898, 6 

It  will  be  seen  that  our  Society  is  in  debt  a 
n  number  of  children  need  shoes,  to  be  able 
attend  Sunday  school.     Not  having  the  mon 
wc  could  but  turn  the  children  away  unsatisfied 
and  see   their  seats   in  Sunday  school  vacant 
from  time  to  time.     May  we  not   soon  receive 
;  donations  for  the  benefit  of  our  poor  chil- 
dren, who  would  like  to  attend  our  Sunday 
school?  M.  C.  Flohr,  Treas. 

j/7  Ninth  Street,  S.  E„ 
Washington,  D.  C,  May  7,  j8qS. 


H.  Keller,  Pitts 

«rg,|l;   Upper  Ourab 

rsu    Creek    church, 

Brothers     Vnlk 

y     church,  $22.25;    H 

Mingo    church,     130; 

Philadelphia  rj] 

.,  JIHS;  White  Oak   0 

uatOKa  church,  $17.45; 

Coaoitogft  oil., 

,er,  Hutsonvlllf,  *•:.;* 

»r,*5;  JGplirntm  Trost 

Morn*,  ,*.'.;  K.  1' 

liniliiiher,  Ylrdeu,  J 

H .  Hrubaker,  Vlrdon.  19,60;  Lnvlna  I     > 

Kookford,    75   c 

Morris  8.  S.J40 

i.  Lanark  s  N..  <n>;  ,\ 

Sblvoly,   Oorrogordo,  J5;  Pleasant  11 

Newcomer,  (too 

iMOd,  Mt.  MorrlB,   $i2,rW;  n 

sister,  Astoria, 

>;  MarliiCom.1l,  Mt.  Morris, 

1  no  <  r..,.k  church,  iV.:,:*;  Y.-lh.w  Creek 
ireh,  ■■7„V,;  uhleiign  church,  $11.02;  Shnn- 
ucliureh,  $|].i;i;  Ntipervlllu  church,  $G.4l'; 
al,*UKi.(,~;  lois  District  Solicitor's  expense', 


Li.>t lie  Clin 


Rtokarfl, 

Qermantown  church.  $20;  Topocn  c 

total, 

On  10.- Fanny  Hoclabaugh,  Now  Stark,  $1G; 
Rodauaugh,HewStark,|5;abroth- 
Now   Bedford,  |6;  Lower  Twin  churoh, 
;   J.  W.KoIiur,   Primrose,  $5;  J.  B.and 
West  Unlro,  $7,60;  a  slater,  |1; 


Lizzie  Itluohni 
Iuwa.— Kran 


churoh,  *■_';   Lllmrtyvlllo 
Her,  Maxwell,  $1;  Ht'nn  H. 


I'm. 


utv   . 


h,    f;iW 


Right  Hand,  Newborn,.?:!;  Fnlrvlew  church, 
$5.10;  Samuel  Kike,  Waterloo,  |Q;  total,,  ,  .     ; 

Kakb.— Ramono  ohurch,  |6,60j  B,  0.  Moats. 
NlckorHoii,ti!,W);S.,].  Moats,  Nlckerson,$2,fi0; 
Ellzn  Vanlman,  $5;  1).  Vanlmau,  JUi;  Mary 
R.  Motor,  Clyde,  $1;  Hnlliie  Valley  church,  80 
cents;  T.  N.  Heckuer,  Conway  Springs,*:!; 
Sarah  .1.  Doekner,  Conway  Springs,  |l;Mo> 
l'h.TNou  church,  ;1.«;  N11  Line  Valley  church, 
$2,36;  total 

lNi>.-JohnH.Hwarl/.,  Gob  lion,  $1;  David  Nl- 
hnrd,  Mlddlebury,  GO  cents;  lienry  Shock, 
Huntington,  ?l;  VI,  Wayne  church  nndH.H., 
$1.57;  Samuel  l<\  Orlpo, Mlddlebury, 72 oentl J 
Sugar  Creek  church,  $1;  Hatllo  L.  Crlpo, 
North  Mandator,  60  cents;  A.  K.Oripo,  Mid- 
dlebury,$l;  Hock  liun  church,  J18.70J  total, .     ! 


-Vint  1 


ak.— Mary  C.  Wamplor,  Detroit,. 

B,— Susnn  itothroi 

-Little  family,  Springfield, , 


N.( 


1 ,60oents;0,  B".  Boyd,  nubee,  N.  link.,  go 
nts;T.  b'.Imler,  LanOHMlcr,  Pa.,  GO  cenlB; 

E.  Yoaug,  go  cents;  total, n  00 

Total im  2S 


MISSION    RECEIPTS    FOR   APRIL,    1898, 


limvlii  m'ki)'i\vlMlj;i'il,  pleami  no- 

:«;■;  .;/:,,.'■  >.  i:lvin:.;u ,  1! 

"•.■.     -cut.       CornriKui:.    lur    this 

I'-i.Hlly.    .,..,.,  ,i„  (■.    ,,,,,11.., 1    ;,.'/,;.,- 


Should  there  be 
tlfy  tho  Secretary 


Iji.fji'il  it,:U  it  will  \»-  w-ll  Mipjporl.-d.  Int. 
.mkJuv.  rn.-Mt-,  ii<>t  01  li.TwhH  'I. 'My milcd,  wll 
knowledged  under  this  fund.] 

PA.— Lewis  town  S.  8.,  $2.20;  Sarah  Mye 
Lencock,  $2;  Lewlstown  church,  $4.10;  | 
L.  Kyock  and  wife, Glen  Campbell,  $5;  J,  I 
Davis,  Tub,  23  cents;  Greenland  S.  S„  f2.fi 
Social  Meeting,  Clover  Creek  church,  f2.0l 
Tyrone  8.  8,  $3.31;  Daniel  Maust,  Wlddl 
Creek  congregation,  Jl;  Wm.  Weller,  Mid. u 
Creek  congregation,  $1;  Nam  ZeUcrx,  Allddl 
Dreek  congregation, |1;  Llzzlfl  Harkley,  Mid 
die  Creek  congregation,  $1;  Emma  Hangbei 
Middle  Creek  congregation,  Go  ceiid;Nu.eu 


Beahm,$l.G0;  Lull 


120 


Kanh.-T.N.  Beokner,  Conway  Springs, . 

Cal.— Egan  church 55 

Total,      ."$21  70 

ASIA  MINOR  MISSION. 
[To  be  UHBd  In  thu  mission  In  Asia  Mlnor.l 
Iowa— An  old  brother, $5;  Grundy  County 
hurch,$L7G;  total,     11  75 


Cal..— Lordsburg  church 

MiNN.-Laura   Heath,    Wabasha, 
Mo.-A  little  family,  Springfield  . 

Total 

ORPHANAGE  AT  SMYR1 
PA.— Cumberland  church, $5;  a  slst 
sntryc 


,   ':■■'■>:  total, 


Nf.pi 


.trloo  church,  (81.25;   total 81  60 

.ower  Twin  chorch,  GO  cents;  Bisters' 
f  Society,  Canton  church,  $5;  S,  S. 
wife,  Glenkarn,$2j;  total, 30  60 


Mary  I  tow  land,  fir,;  Mary  Hoi  tine 
»I,$lo;  less  Dlsl 


),  $15.51 


Micif.- Woodland  8.  8 

KANs.-MapleGroveS.S 

1nd,-A  Bister,  Peru, 

Colo.— Jesus'  lambs  and  their  mother, 

Cal..— Lordsburg    church, 

Iowa,— Grundy  County  church, .  .  .  . 
Children's  Mission.— As  reported  I 


THE    GOSPBC    MESStElsTGEK,. 


May  28,  1898. 


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There  Are  Fifty-Three  Saturdays 
in  This  Year 

And  one  paper  each  Saturday  means  fifty- 
three  issues  of  the  Messenger  for  1S9S,  We 
have  decided  to  print  but  fifty-two,  and  with 
this  number  we  believe  all  of  our  patrons  will 
be  satisfied.  This  will  enable  us  to  drop  out 
one  issue  during  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  to 
accomplish  this  without  it  being  much  noticed, 
the  next  paper  will  be  about  four  days  late, 
and  the  next  three  days  later  still,  After  that 
the  paper  wilt  come  out  on  time.  We  think 
we  shall  be  able  to  get  into  the  next  issue  all 
the  important  Annual  Meeting  news,  so  that, 
inside  of  a  few  days  after  the  Conference  clos- 
es,  our   readers  will   know   what    has  been   done. 


Bro.  D.  A.  Norcross,  of  California,  is  spending 
a  few  weeks  in  Ohio,  prior  to  the  Annual  Meeting. 

Cannibalism  has  not  been  entirely  swept  from 
the  earth.  Not  long  since,  some  escaped  prisoners 
in  New  Guinea  killed  and  ate  eighteen  men. 


At  the  present  time  the  United  States  is  regarded 
as  the  richest  nation  in  the  world.  Great  Britain 
comes  next,  and  France  stands  third  in  the  list. 


Last  Sunday  afternoon  three  lambs  of  the  flock 
at  this  place  received  the  rite  of  Christian  baptism, 
and  are  now  enrolled  as  members  of  the  church, 


The  World's  Sunday  school  Convention  is  to  be 
held  in  London,  July  11-15,  It  promises  to  be  one 
of  the  most  remarkable  gatherings  of  the  season. 


Did  you  send  a  free-will  offering  to  the  Annual 
Meeting  to  be  placed  with  the  missionary  collec- 
tion? If  not,  possibly  you  may  yet  be  able  to  send 
it  with  some  one. 


News  will  soon  travel  fast  in  this  country.  By 
use  of  flags  on  the  trains,  the  people  along  railroad 
lines  will  be  able  to  read  much  of  the  latest  news. 
Of  course  it  will  be  war  news. 


Whether  at  home  or  abroad,  let  a  minister  con- 
diet  himself  like  a  preacher.  It  is  very  humiliat- 
ing to  see  the  embassador  of  Christ  conducting 
himself  unbecoming  a  devout  Christian  man. 


All  mail  matter  and  telegrams,  intended  for  par- 
ties at  the  Annual  Meeting  should  be  addressed  to 

Naper-uille, 
(Burlington  Park.)  Illinois. 

Bro.  Charles  Gillett  has  decided  to  remain  in 
Arizona  and  preach  for  the  Brethren  this  year. 
He  has  a  number  of  appointments,  and  seems  to  be 
doing  a  very  acceptable  work. 

Send  25  cents  to  this  office  and  get  a  copy  of 
the  Full  Report  of  the  Annual  Meeting.  We  ex- 
pect to  have  Mr.  Abbott  do  our  reporting  for  us 
this  year.  He  knows  how  to  make  a  first-class  re- 
port. 

Now  and  then  a  minister  will  find  himself  crip- 
pled by  that  over  which  he  for  the  time  has  no  con- 
trol, Under  such  circumstances  it  may  be  wisdom 
for  him  to  lay  by,  until  he  can  in  some  manner  re- 
gain his  influence. 

Lighting  the  great  pyramids  of  Egypt  by  elec- 
tricity, is  now  under  consideration  by  the  British 
Government,  The  plant  is  likely  to  cost  about 
£400,0:0,  and  a  firm  at  Philadelphia  may  possibly 
receive  the  contract. 

/"The  commencement  exercises  of  Mt.  Morris  Col- 
lege take  place  on  Friday  of  this  week,  and  the 
next  morning  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  persons 
including  a  number  of  the  students,  will  leave 
here  for  the  Annual  Meeting. 


Too  many  otherwise  good  preachers  diminish 
their  usefulness  by  attempting  to  spread  their  la- 
bors over  too  large  a  territory.  It  will  be  found  to 
the  interest  of  the  Lord's  cause  for  them  to  work  a 
smaller  field,  and  then  do  better  work. 


We  regret  to  learn  that  on  account  of  sickness 
Bro.  J.  C.  Murray,  of  Nappanee,  Ind.,  will  not 
be  able  to  attend   the  Annual   Meeting.    He  was 

ointed  a  few  days  ago.  Bro.  W.  R.  Deeter  will 
take  his  place  on  the  Standing  Committee. 


Our  next  issue  will  be  about  four  days  late,  and 
it  is  expected  to  contain  more  Annual  Meeting 
news  than  has  yet  been  seen  in  one  paper.  Most  of 
our  force  will  attend  the  Conference,  and  for  that 

ason  the  paper  will  be  late.    See  the  other  notice, 

As  much  as  possible,  preachers  should  be  ad- 
vised to  keep  out  of  debt,  and  then,  when  necessa- 
ry, the  members  should  lend  them  some  assistance 
along  this  line.  The  more  we  assist  our  ministers, 
the  more  good  sermons  they  will  be  able  to  give  us. 

Since  tickets  to  the  Annual  Meeting  will  be 
sold  on  Monday,  May  30,  thousands  will  probably 
go  who  cannot  spare  the  time  to  go  before.  Come 
on  Saturday  if  you  can,  but  if  you  can  not,  come  on 
Monday,  but  do  not  travel  on  Sunday  if  you  can 
reasonably  avoid  it. 

The  feast  at  Cherry  Grove,  III,,  passed  off  pleas- 
antly last  week.  The  next  day  after  the  feast  Bro. 
C.  P.  Rowland  was  ordained  to  the  eldership,  Bro. 
I,  R.  Young  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of  the 
ministry,  and  brethren  Geo.  Finifrock  and  Wm. 
Wingert  elected  deacons. 


While  thousands  are  reading  this  paper,  thou- 
sands of  others  will  either  be  at  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing or  on  their  way  there.  Let  those  who  remain 
at  home  pray  for  those  that  go,  that  the  wishes  of 
the  Master  may  be  carried  out,  and  the  name  of 
God  honored  and  glorified. 


Those  who  do  have  to  remain  at  home  from  the 
Conference  will  find  it  comforting  to  look  over  the 
Annual  Meeting  Programme,  published  last  week, 
and  meditate  on  what  is  announced  for  each  day 
and  each  evening,  Those  who  attend  will  have  the 
privilege  of  listening  to  some  fine  discourses. 


Bro,  W.  J.  Thomas  and  wife  left  Iowa  May  2, 
with  the  intention  of  remaining  in  Illinois  until  aft- 
er the  Annual  Meeting,  but  while  at  Dixon,  May 
6,  they  received  a  message  calling  them  to  their 
home  at  Inglcwood,  Cal.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that 
they  could  not  remain  with  us  as  contemplated. 


In  going  to  Annual  Conference,  or  any  other 
gathering,  remember  that  you  are  "  living  epistles, 
known  and  read  of  all  men." 


Glancing  over  the  Minutes  of  one  of  the  District 
Meetings,  we  notice  that  committees  were  appoint- 
ed to  ordain  elders  in  seven  congregations.  That 
District  will  soon  have  the  apostolic  order  of  "  eld- 
ers in  every  church."  Some  other  Districts  might 
profit  by  the  example. 


Bro.  John  W.  Lattim  writes  us  from  Valley, 
Washington,  saying,  though  in  an  isolated  place,  he 
has  by  no  means  forgotten  the  Brethren.  He  is 
anxious  for  our  people  to  settle  in  that  part  of  the 
West,  as  the  climate  is  fine,  soil  good,  and  any 
amount  of  government  and  cheap  railroad  lands 
may  yet  be  had. 

A  correspondent  suggests  that  a  great  deal  of 
good  might  be  accomplished,  were  all  the  members 
to  attend  our  council-meetings.  The  benefit  would 
be  mutual, — they  would  add  their  presence  and  sug- 
gestions to  the  interest  of  the  meeting,  and,  in  turn, 
would  receive  an  inspiration  to  be  more  faithful 
and  valiant  in  the  Lord's  work. 


A  minister,  whose  praise  is  in  all  the  churches, 
writes  us  that  he  would  be  pleased  to  spend  a 
few  weeks  in  the  Mount  for  his  own  special  good, 
and  then  refers  us  to  Prov,  13:  20  as  the  reason, 
While  we  cannot  fill  the  full  measure  of  the  appli- 
cation, still  the  citation  leads  to  a  pleasant  and 
profitable  line  of  thought,  and  we  suggest  it  as  a 
good  text  for  a  sermon  to  the  young. 

We  close  our  work  on  this  issue  Monday  morn- 
ing, and  start  to  Naperville,  where  we  are  to  meet 
the  General  Missionary  and  Tract  Committee  in  the 
afternoon.  In  our  next  paper  we  hope  to  have 
something  to  say  concerning  the  work  of  the  Com- 
mittee, along  with  the  general  proceedings  of  the 
Conference,  We  hope  for  pleasant  weather,  a  large 
assembly  of  the  saints,  a  delightful  Annual  Meet- 
ing, and  wise  decisions. 


A  brother  "  out  west "  writes  us  that  witlfr-  them 
the  sermon  on  "self-examination"  is  preached  the 
Sunday  before  the  love  feast,  and  that  gives  the 
members  something  to  think  about  during  the 
week,  while  arranging  for  the  Communion.  There 
is  something  good  in  the  suggestion.  Still  that 
need  not  Interfere  with  the  meeting  held  a  few 
hours  before  the  evening  services  open.  This  meet- 
ing, however,  might  be  made  more  spiritual, 


The  Peace  Associations  are  by  no  means  idle. 
The  seventieth  annual  business  meeting  of  the 
American  Peace  Society  was  held  in  Boston,  week 
before  last.  References  to  the  present  war  between 
the  United  States  and  Spain  were  made,  deeply 
regretting  it,  and  expressing  the  heartiest  support 
of  the  pacific  policy  of  President  McKinley,  It 
was  held  that  but  for  the  hostility  of  Congress,  this 
would  have  secured  the  same  results  without  the 
horrors  of  war. 

It  has  long  been  the  custom  here  at  the  Mount, 
to  have  a  sermon  preached  about  the  work  of  the 
Conference  as  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Annual 
Meeting  as  possible.  These  discourses  are  always 
greatly  appreciated.  When  your  ministers  return 
ask  them  to  preach  a  sermon  about  what  they  saw 
and  heard  at  the  Conference,  Those  who  attended 
the  Conference  at  Jerusalem,  told  the  churches  as 
they  traveled,  what  was  done,  and  why  cannot  we 
do  the  same?  Try  it,  and  see  how  much  good  it 
will  do. 

The  American  school  at  Athens  is  having  real 
success  in  its  excavations  at  Corinth.  Two  weeks 
ago  we  announced  the  discovery  of  the  inscription 
over  the  Jewish  synagogue,  very  probably  the  one 
where  Paul  preached.  We  now  hear  that  a  life- 
size  headless  statue  has  been  found,  and  some 
splendid  architectural  pieces,  which  promise  still 
better  fortune  later  on,  The  ancient  aqueduct  is  so 
fine  that  this  year's  work  would  be  considered  a 
success,  if  nothing  else  was  found;  but  they  ex- 
pect much  more. — Independent, 


D APART  We  are  ready  t0  book  ordcrs  for  the 
Itl'jlUllI  Full  Report  of  the  Annual  Meeting 
We  predict  that  this  will  be  the  most  interesting 
report  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Conference  that  we 
have  ever  published.  A  number  of  interesting 
questions  are  to  come  before  the  meeting  and  will 
doubtless  be  discussed  with  more  than  ordinary 
ability.  The  work  is  also  to  contain  the  speeches 
made  at  the  Sunday  school  meeting  on  Monday 
forenoon.  These  speeches,  along  with  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  open  Conference  will  render  the  Report 
a  valuable  and  interesting  document.  Price,  25 
cents  per  copy,  or  $2  50  a  dozen.  We  hope  to'  re 
ceive  a  large  number  of  advance  orders. 


•IXXB  GOtit    ffi  L      •. .  E ISSS25TOBK,. 
away,  and,  in  course  of  lime,  must  go  out  of  exist- 


Concerning  the  emigration  of  negroes  from  this 
country,  the  Independent  says:  "Probably  few  peo- 
ple appreciate  the  magnitude  of  the  emigration 
from  this  country  to  Liberia,  During  the  past  6ve 
years  it  is  estimated  that  not  less  than  1,500  Amer- 
ican negroes  have  gone  to  Liberia.  They  have  all 
been  befooled,  generally  by  sel6sh  emigration  com- 
panies, No  negro  can  expect  to  succeed  there 
who  does  not  go  with  plenty  of  money,  so  that  he 
can  support  himself  for  a  while  and  go  into  busi- 
ness on  something  of  a  large  scale.  For  the  ordi- 
nary laborer,  it  is  little  less  than  death.  The  emi- 
grants escape  as  fast  as  possible  to  Sierra  Leone, 
begging  for  money  to  come  back  to  this  country. 
These  facts  should  be  known  ambng  the  negroes  of 
the  country." 

An  evangelist  writes  that  the  people  in  isolated 
fields,  recently  visited  by  him,  complain  somewhat 
about  the  class  of  preaching  they  are  receiving 
from  our  Brethren.  They  say  most  of  the  time  is 
spent  on  subjects  relating  to  baptism  and  dress, 
and  they  would  like  a  change  now  and  then.  Possi- 
bly there  may  be  other  localities  where  too  much 
preaching,  for  the  good  of  the  cause,  is  done  along 
a  few  lines.  Ministers  should  know  that  if  they 
want  to  wield  a  commendable  influence,  and  build 
up  strong  congregations,  they  must  treat  a  variety 
J  of  subject^  in  their  preaching,  for  variety  in  spirit- 
ual food  \.\  just  as  desirable  as  in  temporal  food. 
fBaptism  ;Jnd  dress,  as  subjects  on  which  to  preach, 
are  all  right  in  their  place,  but  too  much  preaching, 
on  just  a  few  subjects,  will  ruin  the  cause  in  any  lo- 
cality, 


A  living  and  growing  church  must  be  aggressive, 
and  awake  to  everything  calculated  to  advance  the 
interest  of  Christ's  kingdom.  It  must  encourage 
education,  and  do  everything  possible  to  develop 
her  members  and  utilize  her  resources.  Her  min- 
isters ought  to  measure  up  with  the  best  in  mind 
and  soul  culture,  and  all  the  improved  and  correct 
methods  for  carrying  out  the  principles  of  the  Gos- 
pel, and  the  spreading  of  Christianity,  should  be 
adopted.  Old  methods  that  had  no  special  place  for 
Sunday  schools,  prayer  meetings,  missionary  asso- 
ciations, the  printing  press  and  educational  institu- 
tions, may  have  answered  a  good  purpose  in  genera- 
tions gone  by,  but  we  have  now  reached  an  age 
when  all  these  forces,  and  even  many  more,  must  be 
utilized.  The  people  of  God  ought  to  be  wise 
enough  to  see  these  things,  and  adjust  themselves 
accordingly.  They  should  be  as  wise  as  the  farmer, 
who  adopts  new  and  improved  methods  without  ev- 
en thinking  of  changing  principles.  We  are  far 
from  being  as  wise  as  the  world  along  this  line,  and 
well  did  Jesus  censure  the  children  of  light  for'per- 
"litting  the  unconverted  to  excel  them  in  the  use 
of  wisdom.  If  we  do  not  want  to  be  classed  with 
the  dying  churches  we  must  be  up  and  doing— we 
must  exercise  wisdom  and  improve  our  methods. 


J.    H,    M, 


POSITION. 


DYING  NATIONS  AND  DYINCJ  CHURCHES. 

Lord  Salisbury,  of  England,  in  a  recent  speech, 
said  that  some  weak  nations  were  growing  weaker 
and  strong  ones  were  growing  stronger,  and  that 
the  nations  of  the  earth  might  be  classified  as  the 
living  and  the  dying.  He  designated  the  living 
ones  as  those  making  use  of  the  modern  and  im- 
proved methods  of  developing  their  people  and  re- 
sources, and  doing  everything  possible  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  their  interest.  The  dying  nations  are 
those  relying  on  old  methods,  neglecting  the  de- 
velopment of  their  people  and  possibilities,  and  not 
seeking  after  and  making  use  of  the  things  calcu- 
lated to  produce  strength  and  skill.  The  one  is  ad- 
vancing, while  the  other  is  retrograding,  and  it  is 
only  a  matter  of  time  when  the  latter  will  be  wholly 
swallowed  up  by  the  former. 

What  is  here  said  of  nations  may  apply  with 
equal  force  to  churches.  Some  of  them  are  living 
and  growing  stronger,  while  others  are  dying.  The 
tying  churches  are  those  that  fail  to  exercise  the 
wisdom  of  the  serpent,  however  harmless  they  may 
oe.  They  rely  wholly  upon  methods  not  adapted 
to  the  work  entrusted  to  them.  They  are  not  as 
"ise  as  the  farmer,  who  adopts  new  and  improved 
methods  in  order  that  he  may  compete  with  the 
'«t  of  the  world.  He  holds  to  the  same  principles 
'hat  were  held  by  his  fathers— for  principles  never 
change— but  he  has  long  since  abandoned  the  meth- 
ods in  use  even  when  he  was  a  boy.  He  is  wise 
enough  to  know  that  methods  may  change  without 
">  any  way  affecting  principles.  Dying  churches 
We  not  so  wise,  and  that  is  why  they  are  passing 


There  are  a  great  many  things  that  the  people 
of  the  world,  and,  we  may  add,  the  church,  too, 
want.  But  there  seems  to  be  nothing  so  universal- 
ly sought  after  as  that  of  position,  To  have  this 
desire  is  what  is  called  an  ingrained  element  of  hu- 
man character,  therefore  there  are,  perhaps,  none 
that  are  entirely  exempt  from  it.  The  mother  of 
Zebedee's  children,  James  and  John,  had  it  for  her 
two  sons,  and  thus  reflectively,  for  herself. 

This  desire,  of  itself,  is  not  especially  wrong,  as 
the  world  is  full  of  positions,  and  to  fill  them  we 
need  the  best,  the  wisest  and  the  strongest  men  and 
women.  The  trouble  is  not  with  the  positions,  so 
much  as  with  those  who,  through  personal  effort, 
push  themselves  into  them.  This  is  especially  true 
of  the  more  responsible  ones,— those  that  are  high- 
er up.  The  persons  who  fill  positions  must  them- 
selves correlate  with  the  positions  to  be  filled.  And 
this  correlation  is  not  so  fully  understood  by  those 
who  desire  the  place,  as  those  who  want  them 
filled.  Because  of  this  the  filling  is  not  so  much  of 
a  personal  choice  as  being  pushed  into  it  because  of 
fitness,  and  fitness  is  not  a  quality  that  needs  to 
go  begging.  There  is  a  wonderful  difference  b. 
tween  a  desire  to  fill  a  position  and  the  qualification 
to  do  so.  The  desire,  as  a  rule,  runs  with  the  unfit 
and  the  fitness  is  pushed  ahead  without  the  desire 

What  we  all  want  is  the  right  man  and  the  right 
woman  in  the  right  place.  This  is  especially  true 
when  we  do  not  want  the  place  ourself.  Can  we  be 
man  enough  and  Christian  enough  to  be  fair  and 
honest,— and  upright  enough  to  say  and  act  out  our 
convictions  of  right?  We  ought  to  be,  and  must 
be,  if  we  ever  expect  to  stand  approved  before  God. 
We  are  sometimes  made  to  wonder  at  things  as 
they  appear  among  those  whom  we  look  upon  as 
being  the  very  best  of  people.  They  are  not  as  we 
would  naturally  expect  them,— indeed  they  are  not 
as  they  should  be. 

we  look  around  us  we  see  in  other  churches 
and  organizations,  men  of  position,  and  these  men 
are  not  only  encouraged,  but  they  are  referred  to 
with  pride.  There  is  rejoicing  that  they  have  such 
men  among  them, — great  and  good  men  to  fill 
great  and  good  positions. 

This  is  as  it  should  be.  Our  rejoicing  ought  not 
to  be  only  when  we  can  sit  in  the  uppermost 
seats,  or  one  on  the  right  hand  and  the  other  on 


the  left  hand  of  the  first  and  best.  James  and  John 
were,  no  doubt,  good  men,  and  the  mother  may 
have  been  one  of  the  best  of  women,  but  her  views 
of  position  and  rank  were  wrong.  And  it  is 
reasonable  to  suppose  that  she  only  reflected  the 
des,res  of  her  sons     The  positions  wcre  (here  (q  ^ 

filled,  and  Christ  did  not  say  that  these  two  wcre 
not  fit  to  fill  them,  but  the  expressed  desire  unfit- 
ted them  for  the  time  being,  and  would  continue  to 
do  so  until  goodness  of  heart  and  life  would  grow 
them  away  from  the  desire. 

The  desire  catches  hold  of  „0  special  thing  or 
Place.  It  is  all  the  same,  no  matter  where  it  touch- 
es.  There  are  many  thrones,  to  which  even  God's 
ch.ldren  aspire,  and  they  are  more  determined  to 
get  there  than  were  these  two  sons.  They  prac 
t.cally  gave  up  this  chase  and  yielded  when  they 
were  made  to  see  what  it  meant  to  sit  so  responsibly 
high,  but  not  so  with  us.  Wc  have  set  our  hearts 
on  the  uppermost  seats,  and  we  push  the  matter  to 
the  end.  If  there  is  no  other  way  of  getting  there 
we  will  try  to  do  it  by  pulling  others  back,  and,  if 
need  be,  kill  them. 

true,  we  do  not  always  succeed.  But  it  is 
no  fault  of  ours.  We  go  on  in  our  blinded  zeal 
until  our  folly  becomes  apparent,  even  to  our- 
selves, and  we  are  forced  to  settle  where  we  be- 
long. Haman  saw  his  mistake  when  it  was  too 
late,  and  so  may  we. 

How  many  church  troubles  have  we  had,  that 
rooted  behind  the  desk?  Who  should  sit  first,  and 
who  next?  Not  only  were  troubles  there  and  thus 
made,  but  even  divisions  sore  and  grievous  grew 
out  of  the  seat  next  to  the  elder.  The  position 
was  coveted,  and  because  it  could  not  be  had  by 
the  aspirant,  others  must  be  kept  away  as  well. 

The  question  is  not,  "Can  I  fill  it  better  than 
others?"  but  "Can  I  get  it  because  I  want  it?"  It 
is  true,  "He  that  desireth  the  office  desircth  a  good 
place,  work,"  but  the  office  should  be  desired,  not 
because  of  the  position,  but  because  he  desireth  to 
do  good  work.  When  this  desire  fully  takes  hold 
upon  our  hearts,  we  get  so  full  of  good  works  that 
we  lose  sight  of  the  position,  and  the  good  we  do 
places  us  in  the  position  where  the  work  can  be 
done. 

As  we  said,  Other  churches  and  organizations 
have  their  great  men  in  their  great  positions  and 
they  are  pointed  to  with  pride,  because  such  men  do 
honor  to  the  body  to  which  they  belong.  This  is 
true.  We  all  belong  to  the  same  body,  and  to  do 
honor  to  any  member  is  to  do  honor  to  the  whole 
body,  If  my  brother  is  honored,  the  whole  church 
is  honored,  and  as  I  am  a  part  of  the  church,  I  am 
also  honored.  But  is  it  not  true  that  we  are  jealous 
of  each  other,  and  when  we  have  among  us 
men  of  force  and  great  possibilities,  do  we  en- 
courage them  and  help  them  forward  to  the  posi- 
tions that  they  are  so  well  fitted  to  till?  How  is 
this?  Let  us  look  this  matter  squarely  in  the  face, 
and  see  just  what  we  have  been  doing! 

We  have  had  men  of  rare  and  wonderful  possi- 
bilities that  were  a  power  for  good  in  the  church, 
but  we  were  always  made  to  feel  that  they  were 
greatly  hampered  in  their  woik  because  of  the  lit- 
tie  jealousies  of  those  who  should  have  helped 
them.  Because  of  this  scramble  for  position  some 
of  our  best  talent  has  been  discouraged  and  has 
sought  other  fields  for  appreciation  and  sympathy. 
We  have  among  us  such  men  to-day.  They  might 
be  a  power  for  good  in  the  church,  were  it  not  that 
there  are  those  who  seem  to  be  envious  of  their 
forces  and  are  laboring  to  keep  them  down  and 
back,  fearing  that  they  may  command  a  little  more 
consideration  than  they  do.  In  this  we  may  be 
mistaken,— we  hope  we  are,— but  it  will  be  well  for 
us  to  do  some  thinking  along  this  line.  We  need 
the  very  best  talent  we  have,  and  we  should  do  all 
we  can  to  develop  and  encourage  it,  h,  b,  b, 


3-46 


TI-IE!    GOSPEL    MESSENGEB. 


May  28,  1898. 


QUERISTS'  DEPARTMENT. 

Is  it  right  for  members  to  say  to  the  young,  that  I  Cor.  7:  36, 
37,  gives  them  special  liberties,  and  that  in  so  doing  they  sin 
not?— A  Mother. 

It  seems  to  us  no  member  could  be  so  degraded, 
morally,  as  to  even  believe,  let  alone  teach  such  a 
doctrine.  If  there  are  such,  and  it  can  be  proven 
that  they  so  believe  and  teach,  they  should  be 
brought  before  the  church  and  expelled  on  the 
ground  that  they  are  dangerous  to  society.  There 
is  little  hope  for  this  class  of  persons.  This 
prompts  us  to  say  that  in  every  congregation  our 
preachers  should  impress  upon  the  members  the  ur- 
gent necessity  of  the  highest  possible  moral  tone, 

Can  the  church  hold  a  brother  or  sister  who  has  taken  the 
homestead  law?—/'.  5.  S. 

Consult  some  of  the  elders  who  understand  the 
situation.  However,  it  may  be  laid  down  as  a  rule 
that  nothing  unjustly  should  be  done  to  avoid  the 
paying  of  honest  and  just  debts. 

Would  it  be  right  for  the  Brethren  to  unite  with  another  de- 
nomination in  the  building  of  a  meetinghouse?-//.  B. 

It  is  sometimes  done  where  neither  party  is  able 
to  erect  a  house  alone,  but  it  does  not  always  result 
in  the  best  of  feelings.  Where  it  is  done,  the  prop- 
erty, probably,  should  be  deeded  to  one  party  or 
the  other,  and  still  both  have  the  use  of  the  house. 
This  arrangement  should  be  understood  from  the 
beginning.  If  possible,  however,  it  is  best  for  each 
denomination  to  have  its  own  house. 

Was  the  Lazarus  whom  the  Savior  raised  from  the  dead 
(John  11),  the  same  Lazarus  who  laid  at  the  rich  man's  gate, 
etc.,  (Luke  16:  20)?—  A.  S.  II. 

They  are  quite  generally  presumed  to  have  been 
two  different  persons.  The  former  seems  to  have 
been  in  good  circumstances,  stood  well  among  the 
Jews,  while  the  latter  lived  and  died  in  poverty, 

In  a  recent  sermon,  delivered  by  a  minister  of  the  Church 
of  God,  on  the  subject,  "  The  keys  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven," 
he  gave  two  conditions  of  the  plan  of  salvation.  First,  the  sal- 
vation of  the  Jews,  as  is  spoken  of  in  Acts  2;  38.  He  said  that 
condition  was  given  to  the  Jews  only.  Second,  the  salvation 
of  the  Gentiles,  as  is  spoken  of  in  Acts  10:  44.  Then  he  said 
that  the  Jews  must  be  baptized  before  they  receive  the  gift  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  but  we  Gentiles  receive  the  Holy  Ghost  before 
baptism,  and  be  challenged  the  world  on  these  two  conditions. 
I  would  like  to  hear  from  some  brother  on  this  subject 
through  the  Messenger,— //.  O. 

This  is  another  way  of  evading  the  plain,  intend- 
ed meaning  of  the  Gospel,  While  those  baptized 
by  Philip  at  Samaria,  were  not,  literally  speaking, 
Gentiles,  they  were  the  next  thing  to  it,— for  the 
Jews  would  have  no  dealings  with  them — and  they 
did  not  receive  the  Holy  Ghost  until  after  they 
were  baptized.  Acts  8:  5-17.  At  Ephesus,  a  Gen- 
tile city,  Paul  found  twelve  disciples,  who  were  fur- 
ther instructed,  and  then  baptized;  after  that  they 
received  the  Holy  Ghost,  Acts  19:  1-5.  Who  can 
prove  that  they  were  all  Jews,  especially  so,  since 
both  Jews  and  Greeks  believed  in  that  city?  On 
the  day  of  Pentecost  Peter  told  the  Jews  to  repent 
and  be  baptized  for  the  remission  of  sins,  and  they 
should  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  Then 
he  added,  "  For  the  promise  is  unto  you,  and  to 
your  children,  and  to  all  that  are  afar  off."  By 
-those  "  afar  off  "  were  meant  the  Gentiles,  and  what- 
ever conditions  of  pardon  were  set  forth  for  the 
Jews,  were  also  meant  for  those  afar  off,  that  is,  the 
Gentiles.  There  is  no  evading  this  conclusion.  As 
for  Cornelius,  that  was  an  exceptional  case,  where  a 
miracle  was  necessary  to  show  that  the  Gospel  door 
had  been  opened  to  the  Gentiles  as  well  as  to  the 
Jews,  and  it  was  never  intended  to  teach  that  the 
order  in  pardon  and  the  giving  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
were  to  be  reversed, 


The  Mennonites  claim  that  there  is  a  law  in  Kansas  requir- 
ing all  non-resistant  people  to  register  with  County  Clerks,  in 
order  to  get  the  benefit  of  exemption  from  draft,  in  time  of 
war.    Is  this  correct?—/.  //.  Crist. 

Each  State  has  its  own  laws  in  regard  to  exemp- 
tion from  military  duty,  and  the  better  way  to  get 


at  the  facts  is  to  employ  a  first-class  attorney  to 
look  the  matter  up,  and  report  to  you  what  the  law 
is.  It  may  cost  something.  Attorneys  do  not  often 
work  for  nothing. j.  h.  m. 

THE  KINGDOM  OP  THE  WASTE-BASKET. 

Under  the  above  heading  the  Christian  Standard 
has  some  good  things  to  say.  We  quote  as  follows: 
A  valued  correspondent  recently  offered  a  contri- 
bution accompanied  by  the  modest  suggestion  that 
if  his  article  was  not  available,  the  waste-basket 
would  profit  thereby.  His  words  suggested  the 
ministry  of  this  much  abused  institution  in  the  im- 
provement of  men. 

Like  all  good  things  its  profit  is  for  others  rather 
than  for  itself,  and  the  waste-basket  can  claim  a 
real  service  in  the  mental  and  moral  improvement 
of  men. 

With  respect  to  the  religious  newspaper,  it  may 
be  said  that  its  efficiency  is  quite  as  much  in  what 
the  editor  puts  under  his  desk  as  in  what  gets  into 
the  paper's  columns.  The  blue  pencil  and  the 
waste-basket,  wisely  used,  are  real  ministers  to  the 
pleasure  and  edification  of  the  readers  whose  inter- 
ests are  here  paramount.  But  even  more  do  these 
judgment  scats  serve  the  well-being  and  improve- 
ment of  the  contributor.  They  are  a  perpetual 
challenge  for  each  writer  to  do  his  best.  They  re- 
cord the  impartial,  or  at  least  what  should  be  the 
impartial,  opinion  of  the  editor,  who  is  the  writer's 
best  friend.  They  are  not  to  be  taken  as  discourag- 
ing genius,  but  as  encouraging  writers  to  be  satis- 
fied with  only  their  best  work, 

The  waste-basket  is  not  a  receptacle  of  worthless- 
ness;  from  it  a  good  paper  could  be  made  in  the  of- 
fice of  any  prosperous  journal.  The  editor  regret- 
fully lays  aside  many  good  things  that  he  would  be 
glad  to  publish,  if  he  were  not  under  the  inexorable 
rule  of  selecting  what  seems  to  be  the  best  and 
most  timely.  With  all  of  us  the  good  is  apt  to 
stand  in  the  way  of  the  best.  Mediocrity  is  no 
friend  to  the  highest  excellence.  If  the  waste-bas- 
ket were  universally  used  we  would  be  brought  far- 
ther on  our  road  toward  perfection. 

The  law  of  the  waste  basket  is  the  law  of  sacri- 
fice— the  law  of  giving  up  the  lower  good  for  the 
higher  and  the  highest.  Here  is  the  road  to  every 
noble  success  and  lasting  victory,  We  dwell  on  the 
lower  planes  because  we  cannot  take  with  us  our  nu- 
merous but  cheap  values  to  higher  levels,  The 
parable  of  the  pearl  of  great  price  finds  its  modern 
exponent  in  the  much-abused  waste-basket,  We 
should  gladly  exchange  our  words  for  thoughts; 
our  vanity  of  style  for  facts;  exuberant  rhetorical 
drapery  for  the  garb  of  sober  truth;  rhyme  for  poet- 
ry, and  mechanical  logic  for  love, 

The  universal  acceptance  and  use  of  the  waste- 
basket  would  result  in  fewer  serfhons  but  better 
ones,  thousand  word  articles  for  gems  of  a  dozen 
lines,  news  for  the  exploitation  of  personal  praise, 
and  pertinent  notes  for  full-page  editorial  leaders. 
The  dictum  of  the  waste-basket  extended,  means 
the  laying  aside  of  all  but  our  sunniest  smile,  the  ut- 
most effort  to  please  others,  the  turning  of  every 
occasion  into  golden  opportunities  for  doing  good, 
heartiest  service  and  readiest  love,  In  short,  it  is 
putting  off  the  old  man  and  his  deeds,  and  putting 
on  the  new  man,  Christ  the  Lord. 

Let  each  life  use  the  waste-basket  and  this  old 
world  will  go  on  to  perfection  with  joyful  and  ac- 
celerated impulse.  Then  the  faithful  few  will  not 
be  continually  remedying  the  faults  and  correcting 
the  errors  of  the  careless  many.  Each  man  will 
find  himself  in  holy  emulation  with  the  illustrious 
company  of  his  fellows,  while  editors  will  be  able  to 
give  less  time  to  their  contributor's  failings  and 
more  to  correcting  their  own. 


~~*  HOMF.  4  AND  *  FAMILY *~~ 


Several  missionaries,  sent  to  China,  by  the  Unit- 
ed Brethren  Mission  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  were  recent- 
ly murdered.  They  are  said  to  have  been  well 
known  by  many  of  the  people  in  Springfield,  Ohio, 
and  the  manner  of  their  death  has  caused  much  sor- 


MOTHER'S  REUOION. 

Oa,  yes,  you  will  get  to  heaven,  dear, 

I  know  by  the  way  you  pray; 
I  know  by  the  sliiue  in  your  love-lit  face 

When  you  sang  the  hymns  to-day; 
It  was  "  Jesus,  lover  of  my  soul," 

And  "  Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee," 
And  the  takiDg  "  time  to  be  holy,"  dear, 

And  the  "  Rock  "  that  was  "  cleft  for  me." 
The  text  was  sweet,  but  the  sermon  long — 

f  think  that  you  called  it  deep- 
But  I  sat  in  the  corner  of  the  pew, 

And  I  guess  I  went  to  sleep; 
But  I  was  so  very,  very  tired, 

And  maybe  my  heart  is  cold; 
I  wonder  if  Christ  will  know  me,  dear, 

If  I  enter  the  heavenly  fold! 
The  baby  kept  me  up  last  night, 

So  I  slept  an  hour  too  late, 
And  had  to  hurry  the  breakfast  so, 

For  you  didn't  like  to  wait; 
I'm  glad  you  told  them  in  love  feast,  dear,    • 

Of  the  joy  that  fills  your  days, 
Aud  I  wish  that  Jesus  would  tune  my  harp 

To  a  gladder  song  of  praise! 
Perhaps,  if  I  do  the  best  I  can 

In  this  little  home  of  m'ne, 
The  Lord  will  give  me,  now  ani  then, 

A  sip  of  his  heavenly  wine; 
And  if  I  fail  of  the  star-set  crown 

I  have  tried  so  hard  to  win, 
You  will  lend  me  yours,  for  a  little  while, 

With  all  its  jewels  in. 

—Mrs,  M.  P.  A.  Crosier  in  The  Voice. 


FLOWER  01FTS. 

BY   NANNIE   BLAIN   UNDERHILL, 

When  the  writer  was  a  little  girl,  in  Astoria,  111., 
she  had  a  prolonged  attack  of  typhoid  fever,  so 
that  it  was  thought  she  would  die.  In  those  days 
we  had  no  screen  doors,  and  some  of  the  girls 
would  come  in  and  keep  the  flie"s  off,  for  an  hour 
at  a  time,  to  give  my  invalid  mother  a  rest.  I  yet 
remember  the  dear  girls  who  came,  though  it  is 
now  twenty  seven  years  ago,  and  how  kindly  we 
felt  toward  them!  How  grateful  my  poor  mother 
was  for  their  kindness  I  One  poor  widow's  daugh- 
ters came  very  often. 

Perhaps  they  did  not  have  much  money  to  give 
to  the  Savior,  to  advance  the  good  cause,  but  they 
gave  what  they  could,— Unit.  Only  the  Lord 
knows  the  high  value  of  their  gift.  There  were  al- 
so two  other  girls  who  did  what  they  could.  One 
day  the  older  one  (Eva)  gathered  a  large  bouquet 
of  beautiful  flowers,  which  she  sent  to  me  by  her 
sister,  Dollie.  How  I  did  rejoice  over  that  beau- 
tiful giftl  I  think  it  aroused  me  out  of  a  stupor, 
and  helped  me  to  get  well. 

Beautiful  flowers!  They  appeal  to  all  that  is 
good  within  human  nature!  Many  a  hard  heart  has 
been  softened  by  a  little  flower.  Many  a  heart  has 
been  made  more  tender  and  kept  more  gentle  by 
the  care  of  a  flower-bearing  plant.  Doubtless  lives 
have  been  saved,  souls  brought  to  Jesus  and  dying 
ones  reclaimed,  by  flower  gifts.  Many  a  weary  one 
one  has  been  comforted  and  encouraged  thereby. 
Broken  friendships  have  been  united  and  weak  ones 
strengthened  by  such  gifts,  Living  friendships 
have  been  made  thereby.  Let  us  not  be  sparing 
with  these  beautiful  tokens  of  love!  God  gives 
them  freely  to  us.  He  scatters  them  everywhere 
for  our  eyes  to  behold. 

Many  a  time  have  I  known  a  little  child  to  stand 
gazing  through  the  fence  of  a  neighbor's  yard, 
longing  for  a  closer  look  at  the  beautiful  posies 
therein.  Do  the  owners  of  such  beauties  ever 
think  what  joy  they  might  impart  to  an  innocent 
child,  by  offering  it  a  little  bouquet  of  their  abun- 
dance? The  kindness  we  show  to  little  children 
is  never  lost,  yet  how  little  we  do  of  it!  Most 
of  us  prefer  to  give  our  good  things  to  great  folks, 
who  seldom  appreciate  them  half  as  much  as  a  poor 
little  child  would;  though  their  thanks  may  be 
louder  and  more  polished.  They  soon  forget  the 
"trivial  gift,"  and  care  no  more  for  the  giver  than 
before,  but  the  humble  little  child  seldom  forgets, 


THB   Q-CSgEX,   MESSENGER. 


Its  daily  experience  is  a  part  of  its  life,  and  is  built 
up  in  its  character. 

I  remember,  quite  well,  a  large  red  apple  that  wi, 
given  to  the  writer  by  a  young  man  when  I  was  not 
^re  than  four  years  old.  His  name  is  remem- 
bered, though  thirty  years  have  fled  since  I  saw 
him. 

Ob,  do  not  withhold  the  little  things  that  make 
Hfe  sweet!  Give  the  flowers,  give  kind  words  and 
smiles!  Do  not  give  thorns  and  thistles!  Make 
the  dear,  innocent  lambs  happy  by  a  gift  of  love 
which  says,  plainer  than  words,  "God  loves  and 
cares  for  you." 

There  are  sick  ones  who  could  be  blessed  thereby, 
but  they  are  not  the  only  ones.  There  are  poor  lit- 
tle children  who  naturally  love  beauty,  and  do  not 
have  flowers  at  home.  There  are  men  and  women 
whose  constant  work  keeps  them  from  having 
flowers.  The  weary  cook  or  washer-woman  loves 
flowers  as  much  as  the  fine  lady  in  her  parlor  or 
carriage,  and  needs  them  more.  The  busy  shop- 
girls love  flowers,  and  a  bouquet  would  rest  them 
wonderfully.  The  seamstress  would  appreciate  a 
yase  of  blossoms  and  green  foliage  more  than 
words  can  tell.  The  teacher  and  preacher  is  ever 
remembered  with  such  tokens  from  young  hearts. 
Possibly  a  pupil  might  be  benefited  in  the  same 
way.  Perhaps  there  are  sterner  hearts  in  the  shops 
where  weary  toil  and  dirt  and  litter  abound,  that 
would  love  a  gift  of  the  same  kind.  How  would 
such  a  beauty,  as  a  bunch  of  flowers,  look  in  the 
cobbler's  or  tinner's  shop,  or  any  other  place  of 
toil?  I  know  that  if  I  were  the  toiler  therein, 
they  would  look  very  sweet  and  beautiful  to  me. 

My  little  north  kitchen  is  greatly  brightened 
by  a  bouquet  of  common  wild  sunflowers,  gathered 
by  little  loving  hands.  Children,  as  well  as  grown- 
up folks,  can  do  good  in  this  way.  How  many  ■■-" 
try  it? 
Can  »  City,  Colo. 


feels.  The  young  people  take  quite  an  active  part 
in  these  meetings,  and  I  must  say  that  I  believe  it 
has  been  the  means  of  bringing  quite  a  number  to 
the  fold,  and  others  are  just  ready  to  come  in  I 
would  to  God  that  every  church  of  the  Brethren 
had  a  live  prayer  meeting. 
Wortlrirgtm,  Minn. 


A  SMALL  CONGREGATION. 

BY    MRS    J     E     BASHOR. 

■While  looking  over  the  Messenger  No  to  I 
not.ccd  an  article,  headed,  "A  preacher  but  no  con- 
gregation." It  reminded  me  of  a  meeting  we 
had  at  our  church  a  few  weeks  age  A  preach 
er  came  about  thirty  miles  to  preach  for  us  .1  be- 
lieve there  were  three  members  and  ten  outsiders 
present.  It  was  a  very  pleasant  evening.  We  had 
a  good  sermon  that  evening,  one,  I  think,  we 
should  do  well  to  remember.  I  prayed  that  night 
more  earnestly  than  I  ever  dM  before,  and  I  had  a 
meeting  all  my  own  after  I  came  home.  Oh  if  we 
could  but  see  our  own  faults!  It  is  so  easy 'to  see 
the  mistakes  of  others. 

Let  us  pray  for  wisdom  and  understanding,  that 
we  may  be  able  to  overcome  every  temptation  and 
stand  up  boldly  for  our  Savior,  and  if  we  have  any- 
thing against  our  brother  or  sister,  let  us  make 
peace  with  them,  even  if  we  should  lose  a  little  of 
this  world's  goods! 

Whitesvillc,  Mo. 


that  forgiveness  without  expuTsbTn^TbTg^ed 
to  fallen  members.  Said  paper  was  ably  urged  by 
a  number,  but  was  lost. 


J 


PRAYER  MEETING. 

J  BY   LIZZIE   HILARY, 


It  is  only  those  that  have  enjoyed  these  meeting 
that  know  the  benefit  derived  from  them. 

"  can  speak  from  experience,  I  have  lived  ii. 
churches  where  the  brethren  thought  it  was  wrong 
to  have  a  prayer  meeting,  and  I  have  lived  where 
they  have  been  conducted,  and  I  notice  that  the 
difference  between  the  two  churches  is  a  marked 
one. 

Go  into  a  church  where  a  prayer  meeting  is  kept 
up,  and  you  will  find  the  members  all  alive  to  duty, 
-the  young  as  well  as  the  aged. 

Prayer  meetings  are  a  training-school  for  the 
young  members,  to  teach  them  how  to  be  useful  in 
the  church  I  fear  many  of  our  young  members 
«e  neglected  along  this  line.  Here,  in  the  Wor- 
kington church,  among  the  first  things  we  estab- 
"shed,  was  a  prayer  meeting,  which  we  continued 
summer  and  winter;  we  did  not  let  it  die  out.  I 
•»ve  heard  some  say,  "  We  tried  to  have  a  prayer 
luting,  but  it  died  out."  Sad  it  is  to  think  that 
°"e  of  the  most  essential  things  for  a  spiritual 
Powth  should  be  thus  neglected. 

'  will  tell  you  how  our  meetings  are  conducted, 

•d  then,  perhaps,  some  others  may  do  likewise. 

When  we  first  began  our  prayer  meeting  there 
*e'e  but  few  members  of  our  church  in  attendance. 
™« got  topic  cards,  and  each  family  had  one  of 

ose  cards.  If  they  were  not  present  one  evening 
"*V  would  know  what  the  lesson  would  be  the  next 
''8bt.  so  that  all  might  be  prepared  to  have  some- 
™g  to  say  upon  the  subject.  We  did  not  deprive 
">cr  professors  from  taking  a  part  in  the  meeting, 
yso  doing  we  have  gained  a  number  of  members. 

(  have  the  names  of  our  leaders  all  indicated,  so, 

e"  our  turn  comes,  we  are  ready  to  respond. 
Our  leader  prepares  the  lesson.     He  distributes 
'sets    with    quotations    bearing    on    the   lesson. 

c  meeting  is  opened  like  our   other  meetings, 
"'our  leader. 
When  the   tickets  are  all  read,   the  meeting  is 
pe°  lor  speeches,  songs,  or  prayers,  just  as  one 


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;;'",';,  ■'*  !"'";;',lc' . L'ii,J  ■-" ""«'  *■*"»•« >™>-< » n,..  solicited  i,„  u, 

department.    Oar  advertising  columns  afford  ample  room  lor  tliat  „„rpos. 

Select  Thoughts  and  Items  Gathered  at  the  District 
Meeting  of  Southern  Ohio,  April  26,  1898. 

The  District  elders  met  the  day  previous  to  hear 
applications  for  the  ordination  of  elders  and  com- 
mittees to  churches.  Several  committees  were 
granted.  The  duties  of  elders  and  the  work  done 
usually  at  elders'  meetings  Is  a  subject  that  will  ad- 
mit of  much  careful  study,  and  possibly  we  could 
find  room  for  improvement,  if  studied  with  that  end 
in  view. 

The  District  Meeting  organized  with  John  G 
Bright,  Moderator,  David  Filburn,  Reading  Clerk 
and  L.  A,  Bookwalter,  Writing  Clerk.  These  made 
a  good  corps  of  officers.  Any  meeting  has  taken 
important  steps  toward  success  when  she  selects 
efficient  officers, 

The  attendance  was  larger  than  at  any  former 
meeting  in  the  District.  Fourteen  hundred  ate 
dinner.  The  audience  room  was  much  crowded 
and  the  people  arc  to  be  commended  for  their  ex- 
ercise of  patience  during  business  hours,  With  a 
little  exception,  an  excellent  spirit  prevailed  in  the 
meeting,  and  some  good  work  was  done.  A  Dis- 
trict does  good  work  when  it  returns  to  the  church- 
es all  needless  papers  and  sends  only  important 
ones  to  Annual  Meeting, 

1.  A  paper  asking  for  the  publication  of  a  small 
missionary  Hymn  Book  was  referred  to  the  General 
Missionary  Committee. 

2.  Two  papers  asked  for  an  organized  movement 
to  spread  the  Gospel  among  the  colored  people. 
Our  esteemed  brother,  Landon  West,  made  an  ear- 
nest plea  for  the  colored  race.  As  the  general 
missionary  work  of  the  church  is  not  limited  to  any 
one  class  of  people,  and  the  papers  did  not  come 
in  the  regular  way,  they  were  returned.  Bro. 
West's  zeal  for  souls  and  Gospel  methods,  is  wor- 
thy of  imitation.  He  does  not  admire  the  spirit 
that  locks  the  wheels  and  then  prays  for  God's 
kingdom  to  come. 

3.  Two  papers  were  sent  to  Annual  Meeting, 

one  on  the  Hymn  Book  question,  and  one  asking 
for  statistics  from  the  local  churches. 

4.  The  Newton  church  asked  that  Annual  Meet- 
ing amend  Art.  12,  Page  222,  Revised  Minutes,  so  ! 


5.  A  paper  petitioning  that  all  the  questions  be 
asked  applicants  for  baptism,  before  going  into  the 

watfr      /-ill        1  t  ...  *"  S     ««IU    UIL, 

water,  cal  ed  out  a  spinted  discussion  but  was  lost. 

Al   appl.cants  should  be  instructed  before  going 

into  the  water  as  to  the  questions  that  will  be  asked 

hem  when  there.    This  will  afford  opportunity  for 

^J'f  r1^  '°  thd'  «venan,yand 
strengthen  them  for  coming  duties. 

A  Committee  on  raising  funds  for  the  building  of 
an  Old  People's  Home,  reported  District  one. 
wit  "uT         and  "0t  SUfficient  '-"""gement  to 

Reasons  assigned  for  failure  were:  (1)  Lack  of 
sympathy  on  the  part  of  elders.     (2)  Silent  opposi- 

Z1  ?T!  a\  <3)  TCaChing  °"  E''vine  """se- 
lected U)  A  benevolent  enterprise  cannot  succeed 
without  sacrifice.  (5)  The  enterprise  lacked  sym- 
pathy among  the  members. 

Strong  arguments  were  presented  for  renewing 
the  effort  to  raise  twenty  thousand  dollars-  ( 1)  The 
work  a  necessity,  noble  and  economical,  (2)  Bless- 
ings obtained  much  beyond  the  cost, 
It  was  decided  not  to  go  on  In  the  work. 
The  Home  Mission  Board  reported  that  the 
churches  arc  more  fully  realizing  the  needs  of  the 
church  and  that  soliciting  mission  money  was  be- 
coming more  pleasant. 

If  all  would  wake  up  to  the  needs  of  the  church 
there  would  be  enough  men  and  money  to  carry  the* 
Bible  to  every  home,  city  and  land  on  the  globe 
Wars -would  cease  and  all  the  world  dwell  in 
peace,— awaiting  the  Savior's  coming, 
Mission  points,  13;  sermons  preached,  375;  visits 
ade,  354;  baptisms,  23,  Receipts  from  all  sources 
S1.171.49;  expenditures,  SSS74.30.  If  the  number 
baptized  are  saved  at  last,  then  each  soul  cost  an 
outlay  of  838,  —  a  very  good  investment  surely, 
when  S874  will,  in  one  year,  increase  in  value 
to  twenty-three  worlds  like  this.  May  all  labor  to 
increase  the  investment,  and  share  in  the  glorious 
results! 

The  Board  appropriates  Mco  for  the  ensuing 
year,  apportioned  among  the  churches  according 
to  financial  standing.  All  the  churches  but  one 
thought  their  quota  too  high.  This  is  contrary  to 
the  adage  that  "  all  men  count  themselves  richer 
than  their  neighbors, 

It  is  an  important  matter  to  measure  ourselves 
by  the  Gospel  standard,  and  then  fill  the  measure, 
especially  when  it  comes  to  giving  money  to  spread 
the  Gospel, 

Eld.  John  Calvin  Bright  was  elected  delegate  to 
Annual  Meeting.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in 
the  Ludlow  church.  1.  D,  pA71KEE- 

Elkharl,  Ind. 

From  York,  Pa. 

We  just  enjoyed  a  "  feast  of  fat  things."  On  Fri- 
day, May  6,  Bro.  S.  F.  Sanger,  of  Virginia,  came  to 
us.  He  preached  for  us  on  Friday  and  Saturday 
evenings.  Three  young  souls  came  out  on  the 
Lord's  side,  and  were  baptized  on  Saturday.  All 
were  Sunday  school  scholars,  Two  of  them  were 
quite  young  boys.  It  made  our  hearts  glad  to  see 
the  children  come  into  the  fold  so  early,  before 
they  wander  so  far  away  from  the  Father's  house. 

On  Sunday  morning  the  regular  Sunday  school 
hour  was  occupied  with  talks,  interspersed  with 
singing.  Bro.  S.  F.  Sanger  spoke  on  "  The  Moun- 
tains of  the  Bible  and  the  Incidents  Connected 
Therewith."  In  an  interesting  way  he  told  the 
school  how  God  especially  made  use  of  mountains. 
On  Sunday  evening  we  held  our  feast.  Bro. 
Samuel  Utz,  of  Maryland,  officiated.  About  two 
hundred  members  communed.  Quite  a  number  of 
members  from  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  and  the  ad- 
joining congregations,  were  present.  It  was  indeed 
a  "  feast  of  love."  During  these  exercises  great  in- 
terest was  manifested.  May  the  Truth,  so  richly 
dealt  out  by  our  brethren,  produce  a  bounteous 
harvest  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  God! 

Abram  S.  Hershey. 
May  p. 


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THE    GOSPEL    IlVEIESSEIDTGElIc,. 


May  28, 


From  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Our  love  feast  was  a  pleasant  one,  though  the 
continued  rain  prevented  many,  from  the  adjoining 
congregations  and  the  members  living  outside  the 
city,  from  attending.  About  sixty  communed. 
Ministers  in  attendance  were,  S.  M.  Goughnour,  R. 
F.  McCune,  Amos  Moomaw,  James  Goughnour, 
and  L.  D.  Bosserman,  the  latter  officiating.  Two 
more  were  received  by  baptism  and  two  by  letter. 
Our  tent,  40x60  feet,  was  set  up  alongside  of  our 
meetinghouse,  It,  with  one  hundred  chairs  and 
four  torches,  is  the  property  of  the  Middle  District 
of  Iowa,  and  is  now  ready  for  use  anywhere  in  the 
District.  It  will  be  found  a  good  thing  for  hold- 
ing Communions,  as  well  as  series  of  meetings. 
The  congregation  ordering  it  will  be  expected  to 
pay  the  shipping,  and  be  held  responsible  for  it 
while  in  their  care.  We  get  our  storage  for  nothing 
here,  of  the  company  who  made  it,  but  pay  them 
a  dollar  for  each  time  they  handle  it,  and  if  congre- 
gations would  so  arrange  to  have  it  shipped  from 
one  place  to  another  without  shipping  it  here,  it 
would  be  best.  H,  R.  Taylor, 

Foreman  of  District  Committee. 

j6j6  East  Grand  Ave,,  May  16. 


Death  ol  Bro.  John  Trostle. 

Bro  John  Trostle  died  in  the  Marsh  Creek  con- 
gregation, Adams  Co.,  Pa,,  April  14,  1898,  aged  70 
years,  6  months  and  10  days.  He  was  sick  only 
one  week.  Realizing  that  his  end  was  near,  he 
called  for  the  elders  and  was  anointed  shortly  .be- 
fore he  died.  Then,  with  a  calm  resignation,  and 
trusting  in  Christ  as  his  Savior  and  Redeemer,  he 
awaited  the  summons,  which  came  to  him  at  the 
midnight  hour, 

Bro.  Trostle  was  elected  a  deacon  in  1S63,  and 
called  to  the  ministry  in  1S7S.  He  was  advanced  to 
the  second  degree  in  1881.  He  was  a  conscientious 
and  faithful  worker  in  the  church,  and  will  be  much 
missed,  especially  in  church  council,  for  his  good 
advice  and  ripe  judgment.  He  preached  his  strong- 
est sermons  in  his  daily  walk  and  conversation. 

The  funeral  was  one  of  the  largest  ever  held  in 
his  neighborhood,  fully  attesting  the  esteem  in 
which  he  was  held  at  home.  He  was  married  twice. 
His  first  wife  was  Elizabeth  Deal,  who  died  in  1852. 
In  1865  he  married  Elizabeth  C.  Pfoutz,  who,  with 
four  daughters,  survives  him. 

Funeral  services  by  brethren  Orville  Long,  of 
Abbottstown,  Pa.,  Albert  Hollinger,  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  T.  J.  Kolb,  of  Double  Pipe  Creek,  Md.,  and 
th«  writer.  J.  D.  W.  Deardorff, 

Gettysburg,  Pa.,  May  14. 


From  Camp  Verde,  Ariz. 

Two  more,  a  brother  and  sister,  have  united  with 
us.  On  Sunday,  May  8,  a  large  crowd  gathered  at 
the  Verde  River,  where  they  were  buried  with 
Christ  in  baptism.  Bro.  Charles  Gillett,  our  minis- 
ter, has  decided  to  remain  here  this  year  at  least, 
and  is  faithfully  preaching  the  Word.  He  now  has 
four  appointments,  so  that  he  preaches  every  Sun- 
day, and  sometimes  he  also  delivers  a  series  of  ser- 
mons. 1  made  a  misstatement  in  my  last  article,  in 
saying  that  he  preached  in  Verde  Valley  once  a 
month,  He  has  averaged  at  least  a  sermon  each 
Sunday  since  he  came,  last  September.  Though 
our  brother  is  not  strong  physically,  we  trust  the 
Lord  may  still  bless  his  labors.  It  is  our  desire  to 
organize  a  church  here  this  summer  and  hold  a 
love  feast.  Visiting  brethren  and  sisters,  or  any 
who  wish  to  help  us  in  our  work  here,  will  be  cor- 
dially welcomed.  We  were  pleased  to  find  many 
warm-hearted,  hospitable  people  here,  There  is  a 
great  need  for  missionary  workers  in  this  field. 

Nbttie  Wallingford. 
May  0. 

Echoes  from  the  Highway. 

During  our  recent  labors  throughout  Indiana, 
and  a  short  visit  to  Northwestern  Ohio,  we  were 
permitted  to  give  seventy-six  talks  on  a   special 


line  of  thought,  and  to  preach  in  the  usual  way  at 
twenty  meetings.  I  also  attended  two  District 
Meetings,  besides  some  other  meetings  of  special 
work.  All  in  all  we  had  reason  to  ''thank  God  and 
take  courage,"  like  Paul  of  old,  when  we  saw  the 
many  exhibitions  of  true  love  and  earnestness  for 
the  Master's  cause  among  God's  children. 

Without  doubt  there  is  getting  to  be  an  awaken- 

g  all  along  the  line  for  a  more  earnest,  spiritual 
life,  and  for  a  closer  observance  of  the  practical 
side  of  Christianity.  To  have  the  form,  or  profes- 
sion, without  the  power,  has  ever  been  the  great 
danger  among  the  professed  followers  of  Christ, 
May  we  not  to  day,  as  in  Paul's  time,  fear,  lest  by 
some  means  we  should  become  corrupted  in  mind 
from  the  simplicity  of  the  Gospel?  The  powers 
that  are  enswathed  within  the  realm  of  humble  sub- 
mission to  the  "perfect  law  of  liberty,"  are  more 
potent  for  good  than  the  questionable  departures 
so  common  where  worldly  wisdom  and  self-aggran- 
dizement knock  for  admittance. 

While  greater  efforts  are  being  put  forth,  and 
means  and  measures  are  being  pushed  forward,  may 
we  ever  keep  in  view  the  fact  that  the  church  and 
her  people  are  not  of  "this  world,"  but  that  the 
stone  cut  out  of  the  mountain  is  no  longer  a  part  of 

e  mountain. 

Oh  that  each  stone,  individually,  might  be  so 
fashioned  by  Divine  grace  as  to  fit  in  the  niche  God 
ordained  for  it.  If  it  be  true  that  God  has  a  spe- 
cific purpose  in  each  of  us,  let  us  not  be  slow  in  ful- 
filling that  purpose. 

One  day  last  week  we  visited  the  grounds  where 
the  coming  Annual  Meeting  is  to  be  held,  Truly 
the  place  is  all  that  one  could  wish  as  to  conveni- 
ence of  approach  by  rail  and  in  way  of  shady  groves 
and  flowing  waters,  J.  S.  Flory, 

May  16.  

From  Clarkson,  Okla.  T. 

May  8  was  the  day  appointed  for  the  Sunday 
school  meeting  of  the  District  of  Oklahoma  and  In- 
dian Territories,  to  meet  at  the  Paradise  Prairie 
church,  Payne  County,  Okla.  T.  Unfortunately,  in 
consequence  of  the  high  waters,  the  adjoining 
schools  were  not  represented.  However,  as  the  ap- 
pointed hour  came,  many  brethren,  sisters  and 
friends  of  the  community  assembled,  until  our  com- 
modious house  was  well  filled,  All  regretted  very 
much  that  the  schools  in  the  District  could  not  be 
represented.  It  was  decided,  however,  to  carry  out 
at  least  a  part  of  the  program. 

After  devotional  exercises,  the  meeting  was  or- 
ganized by  appointing  Eld.  J.  Appleman,  Modera- 
tor; J,  H.  Cox,  Clerk;  J.  H.  Brubaker,  Assistant. 

First  Topic. — "  How  Best  to  Promote  a  Social 
Feeling  in  the  Sunday  School." 

It  was  suggested  that  we  manifest  more  sociabili- 
ty towards  the  children,  and  that  will  create  love 
between  teacher  and  scholars.  We  must  not  only 
feel  the  importance  of  sociability,  but  we  must 
teach  it,  and  manifest  it  by  our  example.  Let  the 
children  know  that  both  the  teachers,  as  well  as  the 
Superintendent,  are  interested  in  them,  as  well  as 
in  those  that  are  more  advanced,  and  that  they  are 
really  a  part  of  the  school.  One  speaker  dwelt  up- 
on the  importance  of  loving  the  children,  manifest- 
ing that  love,  and  cultivating  sociability  in  them. 

After  dinner  a  children's  service  was  held,  then 
this  topic  was  taken  up:  "  What  Constitutes  a  Mod- 
el Sunday  School?  "  It  was  stated  that  the  Sunday 
school  is  a  part  of  the  church,  that  in  order  to  have 
a  good  school  there  must  be  unity.  A  model 
school  is  where  the  children  are  taught  the  Word 
and  developed  for  the  church.  In  this  school 
must  have  love,  one  for  the  other,  and  must  also 
take  Christ  for  our  pattern.  The  superintendent 
should  be  a  man  of  God,  and  all  the  teachers  should 
be  exemplary  Christians. 

Then  followed  the  topic  on  the  "  Use  and  Abuse 
of  Lesson  Helps."  It  was  shown  that  our  helps  are 
a  great  improvement  over  the  past,  and  that  there 
should  be  a  system  in  the  lessons  aranged  for  study, 
It  was  shown  that  the  abuse  of  helps  is  not  due  to 
the  proper  use,  but  the  improper  use  of  them,  and 
that  we  should  not  allow  them  to  take  the  place  of 


the  Bible.  Instead  of  them  taking  the  place  of  the 
Bible,  they  should  be  used  rather  as  a  help  in 
tudying  the  Bible,  and  as  much  as  possible  we 
should  study  the  lesson  direct  from  the  Bible. 

We  trust  that  the  work  of  the  day  will  prove  a 
blessing  to  the  cause.  J.  H.  Cox,  Sec. 

May  10. 

Dying  is  a  privilege.  Where  others  have  the 
fear,  the  Christian  has  the  privilege,  of  dying.  His 
gift  of  immortal  life  does  not  compel  him  to  go  on 
eternally  in  this  present  incompleteness  of  life. 
His  victory  is  not  so  much  a  victory  over  death  as 
a  victory  through  death.  "To  die  is  gain." 
Christ's  promise  is  not  that  we  may  continue  to 
live  on  forever  in  this  world;  his  promise  is  of  a  bet- 
ter world  through  death.  We  are  given  a  vastly 
better  hope  than  the  hope  of  not  dying;  we  are  giv- 
en the  hope  of  entering  through  death  a  larger  life. 
The  story  of  life  is  not  one  "  from  the  cradle  to  the 
grave,"  but  a  story  from  the  cradle  through  the 
grave  to  glory.     Francis  of  Assisa,  in  his  wonderful 

Canticle  to  the  Sun,"  included  a  clause  which 
may  be  rung  out  joyously  by  human  lips  a?  well  as 
by  the  saints  in  light;  "  Praise  be  to  God  for  our 
ter,  the  death  of  the  body." 


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KANSAS. 

Appanoose. — We  decided,  at  a  previous  council-meeting,  to 
represent  at  Annual  Meeting  by  delegate.  Bro.  John  Fish- 
burn  is  now  chosen  to  so  represent  our  church.— James  T.  Kin- 

e,  Ccnlropolis,  Kans.,  May  16. 

Eden  Valley  Church.— We  met  in  council  April  30.    May 

we  had  our  love  feast.  Ministers  from  a  distance  were 
brethren  Jonathan  Brubaker,  M.  Keller,  and  J.  Fillbrun.  The 
meeting  was  a  good  one,  and  well  attended. — T.  J.  Miller, 
Seward,  Kails.,  May  16. 

Neosho We  met  in  council  May  8.    We  decided  to  hold 

our  love  feast  Nov.  12  and  13.  Bro.  Stephen  Thompson  is  to 
hold  some  meetings  at  that  time.  Six  letters  have  been  grant- 
ed since  our  last  report.  The  Sunday  school  is  moving  along 
nicely,  with  Bro.  J.  W.  Harshman  as  Superintendent,  and  Sis-\ 
ter  Lizzie  Kester,  Assistant.  We  use  the  Brethren"  literature,  S 
— Annie  Grable,  Galesburg,  Kails.,  May  j;. 

Webber.— All  former  members  of  the  Fairview  church, 
Sherman  Co.,  Kans.,  are  hereby  informed  that  the  dishes,  for- 
merly belonging  to  said  churcb,  were  left  in  charge  of  Sis- 
ter Winchael,  to  be  sold  at  the  time  when  so  many  members 
moved  away  on  account  of  crop  failure.  The  sale  has  now 
been  made,  and  the  money,  to  the  amount  of  S8.4t,  has  been 
given  into  my  hands,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Old  Folks'  Home, 
according  to  instractiens  given  at  last  council  of  said  church, 
—S.  L.  Myers,  May  13. 

Salem We  met  in  quarterly  council  May  2,  with  Bro.  E, 

Eby  as  moderator.  Bro.  M.  Keller  was  chosen  as  our  elder. 
Preparation  was  made  for  our  feast,  May  14.  This  feast  was 
one  of  the  best  we  ever  had.  About  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  communed.  We  had  ample  help  in  the  ministry.  Bro. 
E.  Eby  officiated.  We  had  no  preaching  during  the  evening 
services.  The  quietness  of  the  meeting  made  the  occasion 
very  solemn..  Our  Sunday  school  and  children's  meetiDg, 
May  15,  were  especially  interesting.  We  had  a  number  of 
good  speeches,  mostly  from  the  sisters. — L.  E.  Fahrney,  Ster- 
ling, Kans.,  May  17. 

Maple  Grove — May  7  we  enjoyed  a  very  pleasant  love 
feast.  About  seventy  communed.  Visiting  ministers  were  A. 
C.  Snowberger,  J.  F.  Cline  and  Geo.  Mishler.  Our  elder,  J. 
B.  Wertz,  was  also  present.  Bro.  Snowberger  efficiated, 
Next  morning  we  met  in  council,  when  Bro.  Geo.  M.  Throne 
was  advanced  to  the  eldership,  and  brethren  J.  J.  Sharp,  J. 
Jackson,  and  L.  H.  Garber  were  elected  to  the  deacon's  office. 
They  were  duly  installed  by  Bro.  Cline.  Bro.  Snowberger 
continued  the  meetings  till  Friday  night,  May  13,  when  he 
went  to  other  fields  of  labor.  During  these  meetings  three 
were  baptized.— Andrew  J.  IVcrtenberger,  Narealur,  Kans., 

Maple  Grove.— The  members  met  in  quarterly  council. 
Bro.  H.  F,  Crist  was  ordained  to  the  eldership.  Eld.  G.  E. 
Wise  officiated,  assisted  by  Eld.  G.  W.  Studebaker,  of  Fredo- 
nia,  Kans,  We  re  organized  our  evergreen  Sunday  school  by 
electing  P.  J.  Eakles,  Superintendent,  and  E.  D.  Root,  Assis- 
tant, A  collection  was  taken  for  a  mission  offering  at  the 
coming  Annual  Meeting,  Our  love  feast  was  appointed  fo* 
Sept.  17,  at  10  A.  M.,  in  connection  with  a  series  of  meetings. 
The  Home  Mission  was  also  remembered  by  a  contribution. 
Our  congregation,  with  two  adjoining,  have  agreed  to  hold  a 
Sunday  school  meeting  each  month,  to  be  held  alternately  in 
the  three  churches.  Sister  Sarah  Cri-st  was  appointed  delegate 
to  Annual  Meeting.  Since  our  last  report  six  have  been  add- 
ed to  the  church  by  letter.  Our  church  is  in  union,  and  alive 
to  the  Lord's  work.  The  visiting  elders  remained  with  us  ov- 
er Sunday.— Mr  6'.  Younee,  May  16, 


Itf.iX,  28  IS 


Parsons. — Oar  Sunday  schocl  here  is  progressing.  We  a.- 
adding  new  scholars  every  Sunday.  Our  school  is  held  in  a 
small  tabernacle,  where  we  also  hold  cur  Young  People's 
Meeting  and  preaching  every  two  weeks.  Our  band  is  small, 
,et  each  one  is  a  worker  and  trying  his  best  to  do  everything 
possible  for  the  Lord.  Last  Sunday  morning  we  had  a  very 
interesting  visit  and  fine  address  from  Bishop  Serkis,  a  native 
of  Armenia,  who  was  pastor  of  a  large  congregation  there 
during  the  late  massacres  of  Christians.  He  left  impressions' 
of  the  awful  trials  of  God's  followers,  when  among  barbarous 
people,  which  will  never  be  effaced.  We  thank  God  that  we 
live  in  a  land  where  each  may  worship  him  as  his  conscience 
tells  him.  Our  collections,  though  not  large,  will  help  the  suf- 
ferings of  these  persecuted  people.  In  the  evening  we  lis- 
tened  to  Bro.  Winan,  of  Springfield,  Mo.,  and  our  elder,  Bro. 
Hodgden  —  Roy  Murray,  2S22  West  Stevens  Avenue. 

OHIO. 

Oakland. — This  church  met  to-day  in  regular  council. 
Peace  and  union  seem  lo'prevail.  All  business  before  the 
meeting  was  disposed  of  in  a  Christian-like  mann(r.-/»A»  //. 
Christian,  May  iS. 

Loramies.— We  met  in  council  May  3.  Onr  love  feast,  of 
May  14,  though  not  largely  atterded,  was  a  pleasant  one. 
Bro.  John  Christian  officiated.  Two  united  with  the  church] 
A  number  of  members  were  with  us  from  other  congregations." 
—Mary  Hoover,  Oran,  Ohio,  May  16. 

Smithvllle.-Wife,  son  Homer,  and  I,  left  our  home  at 
Glendora,  Cal.,  May  5,  for  Northeastern  Ohio.  We  are  now  at 
the  home  of  my  wife's  mother.  The  Chippewa  church  had 
her  council-meeting  May  14.  We  had  the  pleasure  of  attend- 
ing it,  and  found  that  the  good  spirit  was  surely  present.  We 
met  with  the  Brethren  at  Fountain  Hill  church  yesterday,  at 
1 1  A.  M.  and  3:  30  P.  U.—D.  A.  Norcross,  May  14. 
Silver  Creek.-April  30  we  met  in  council.    Eld.  C.   L 

Wilkins  and Driver,  were  with  us.    Bro.  J.  Keiser  was 

ordained  to  the  eldership.  The  brethren  stayed  over  the 
Lord's  Day  and  gave  us  some  very  good  instruction  and  les- 
sons. May  15,  our  dear  brother,  Henry  Throne,  called  for  the 
of  the  church,  that  he  might  be  anointed.    Our  dear 


TUB   GOSPEL   MESSEITQ-Eii. 


Marsh  Creek.-We  held  our  love  feast  May  7.  Thou6„ 
the  attendance  was  not  large,  owing  to  the  inclement  weather" 
yet  we  had  a  good  meeting.  Bro.  J.  Kurlz  Miller  commenced 
a  series  of  meetings  May  8,  at  the  Mt.  Zion  church  and  closed 
May  iS.  Ero.  Miller  has  done  much  to  build  up  the  cause  at 
this  place.  We  have  two  flourishing  Sunday  schools  in  prog- 
ress,-at  Marsh  Creek  and  Mt.  Zion.  Brethren  B.  F.  Light- 
ner  and  Levi  Bushman  are  our  Superintendents.-/.  1).  IV 
Deardroff,  Gettysburg,  Pa„  May  16. 

Roaring  Sprlngs.-We  met  in  special  council  May  u 
Brethren  J.  A.  Sell,  Thomas  Mattocks,  and  G.  W.  Brumbaugh 
were  with  us.  The  little  band  at  this  place  was  then  organ- 
izci  into  a  separate  body,  to  be  called  the  Roaring  Spring 
church.  Bro.  John  R.  Stayer  (in  the  second  degree),  is  our  on- 
ly  <<»nnter.  He,  with  three  deacons,  composes  the  official 
body.  We  selected  Thomas  Mattocks  as  our  elder  Bro 
Thomas  B.  Mattocks,  Jr.,  was  elected  treasurer  for  the  church! 
Bro.  Lewis  Hoover  is  secretary,  and  the  writer  corresponding 
secretary.  We  decided  to  hold  quarterly  council,  beginning 
with  the  first  Saturday  in  February,  iSqS  — II.  5  /,■. '-/,/,.,,/,. 
May  16. 

INDIANA. 


z  years. 


brother  and  his  companion  have  been  afflicted  for 
— A.  A.  Throne,  Pioneer,  Ohio,  May  20. 

Chippewa.— We  met  in  council  May  14.  All  business  w, 
agreeably  adjusted.  Bro.  Norcross,  from  California,  acted  : 
moderator.  Four  were  received  by  letter.  Arrangemen 
were  made  for  Bro.  Shroyer  to  be  with  us  some  time  in  Oct 
ber,  to  hold  a  series  of  meetings.  We  expect  to  have  01 
Communion  during  that  time  or  at  the  close  of  it.  Our  elde 
/  F.  B.  Wieimer,  will  represent  this  congregation  at  Annu: 
V  Meeting.  J  Onr  Sunday  schools  are  prospering  nicely.  Tt 
Brethren^  Sunday  school  Meeting,  for  lie  Northeastern  Dl 
tnct  of  Ohio,  will  be  held  in  the  Beech  Grove  house,  June  j 
and  18.— Susan  Irvin,  Crcston,  Ohio,  May  iS. 

Donnell's  Creek.-Over  last  Sunday  we  were  permitted  t 
be  at  a  mission  point  in  Ross  County,  where  we  had  thre 
meetings  with  the  very  best  of  attention.  At  one  meeting  th 
congregation  was  not  large,  on  account  of  rain,  but  the  intei 
est  and  attention  manifested  seemed  to  make  np  the  lack  i 
number.  At  one  time  I  preached  to  four  hearers,  then  to  fiv< 
then  seven,  and  finally  nine.  I  look  on  them  as  some  of  my 
best  meetings.  Ministers  should  never  get  discouraged,  and 
think  that  it  is  no  use  to  preach  to  a  few.  Do  as  Bro.  J.  H 
Moore  did,  in  his  account  in  a  late  Gospel  Messenger.  I  see 
that  the  credit  for  his  faithfulness  is  due  in  part  to  his  wife, 
Thank  God  for  the  encouragement  of  some  of  our  sisters!  Al- 
ways go  to  the  place  of  meeting,  and  if  no  one  comes,  the 
preacher  has  done  his  part— Henry  Front:,  Forgy,  Ohio  May 
'■!■ 

PENNSYLVANIA. 
Bethel.— Bro.  H.  A.  Stab),  of  Glade  Pa„  came  to  us  April 
10  and  held  a  series  of  meetings  till  May  3,  preaching,  in  all, 
sixteen  sermons.  The  attendance  was  large  and  the  interest 
good.  We  have  two  applicants  for  baptism.— Oran  Fyoek, 
Sabula,  Pa.,  May  14, 

Upper  Conewago.— We  were  made  to  rejoice  on  Saturday, 
May  14,  when  four  more  dear  souls  were  added  to  the  church 
by  baptism,  two,-a  man  and  his  wife-were  over  three 
years  of  age;  the  other  two  are  single— Andrew  Bowser,  East 
Berlin,  Pa,  May  17. 

Union — We  organized  our  annual  summer  Sunday  school 
at  the  Union  church  April  3,  1898.  Bro.  Cyrus  Just  was  elect- 
ed  Superintendent,  and  Bro.  Philip  Thomas,  Assistant.  Our 
school  has  been  very  promising  and  encouraging  so  far.— N, 
B.  Chrislner,  Milford  Station,  Pa.,  May  11. 

Milford  Station — Two  young  men  came  to  my  place  on 
Sunday  afternoon,  May  8,  at  2  P.  M.,  desiring  me  to  baptize 
them  according  to  Christ's  command,  Matt.  28:  ig.  Their  de- 
sire was  complied  with.  This  makes  fifteen  the  writer  bap- 
Hzed  in  less  than  two  years  at  this  place.— N.  B.  Chrislner, 
May  u, 

Rockton.— Sunday  evening  closed  our  meetings,  which  we 
nave  continued  since  April  23.  Bro.  Valentine  Blongh  gave 
"s  some  excellent  sermons,  and  failed  not  to  warn  the  uncon- 
verted. The  evening  before  our  District  Meeting  Bro.  Silas 
Hoover  gave  us  a  good  sermon  from  Matt.  IS:  18,  which  we  ai: 
appreciated  very  much.  Our  District  Meeting  closed  will 
">e  afternoon  session,  but  in  the  evening  Bro.  F.  D.  Anthony 
jrom  Elderton,  spoke  from  James  2;  I.  Bro.  Bamthouse  con 
"nucd  the  meetings  until  May  15.  Thongh  there  were  no  ao 
cessions,  we  were  much  strengthened,— Libbie  Hollopeter 
May  16. 


Prairie  Creek.-April  27  Bro.  Israel  Cripe  commenced  a 
protracted  meeting  at  the  Sugar  Grove  house  and  continued 
until  May  8.  Four  were  received  by  baptism  and  five  by  let- 
May  7  we  held  our  quarterly  council.  We  decided  to 
hold  our  Communion  June  8,  at  S  P.  H.-Jolm  Minnich,  Ml 
e^ion,  Ind.,  May  12. 

Yellow  Creek.-We  held  our  council  May  14.  Bro.  John 
Nusbaum  was  chosen  to  represent  our  congregation  at  next 
Annual  Meeting.  We  decided  to  have  a  love  feast  Sept.  24. 
Our  elder  handed  in  his  resignation,  and  will  leave  the  care  of 
the  flock  in  the  hands  of  another  shepherd— Irvin  S.  Burns 
Wakarusa,  Ind,  May  iq. 

Huntington.-We  met  in  council  May  14,  Eld.  J  H 
Wright  presiding,  Eld.  Dorsey  Hodgden,  of  the  Clear  Creek 
church  was  w,,h  us.    We  decided  to  hold  our  love  feast  Oct. 

0,  at  2  P.  M.  Our  Sunday  school  is  prospering,  with  Bro  S 
S.  Bcnebrake  as  Superintendent.  We  think  of  continuing 
through  the  winter  months—  Mo/lie  Bolinger,  May  if, 

Solomon's  Creek — We  met  in  quarterly  council  April  30 
Bro.  Henry  Wartzler  presided.  About  two  hundred  and 
twenty-five  members  reiide  in  this  congregation.  We  have 
gained  fifty  members  during  the  last  five  years.  Bro  Hiram 
Forney  is  to  represent  us  at  Annual  Conference.  May  7  we 
held  onr  Communion.  About  three  hundred  and  twenty-fiv 
communed.  Many  could  not  commune  on  account  of  a  lack 
'  room.  Bro.  Abram  Neff  efficiat-.d.  On  Sunday 
e  held  an  election  for  two  deacons.  Brethren  John  S.  Neil 
-.id  Amsey  Clem  were  chosen  and  duly  installed  into  office 
May  I  Bro.  Hiram  Forney  closed  a  two  weeks'  series  of  meet- 
ings at  our  Bethel  house,  in  Syracuse,  with  four  additions  by 
baptism.-/..  A.  Neff;  Syracuse,  Ind.,  May  ,5. 

CALIFORNIA. 

Los  Angeles.— The  Sunday  school  at  the  Channing  Street 
Mission  has  an  attendance  of  seventy  to  eighty  pupils.  Since 
preaching  services  are  held  each  Sunday  evening,  the  attend- 
ance has  nearly  doubled.  A  Bible  school  will  be  organized 
this  week.  If  any  of  the  readers  of  the  Messenger  have 
children  or  friends  living  in  Lcs  Angeles,  whom  they  desire 
visited,  they  will  confer  a  favor  by  sending  their  address  to 
Bro.  M.  M.  Eshelman,  1316  Lawrence  Street,  Los  Angeles 
Cal.,  who  will  call  upon  them  and  inform  them  of  the  Mission 

id  other  services  of  the  Brethren  in  the  city.— T.  J  Nair 
May  10.  ' 

Inglewood.-We  took  leave  of  our  relatives  and  friends  in 
Iowa  May  2,  intending  to  remain  with  our  friends  in  Illinois 
until  about  June  25,  but  while  in  Dixon,  May  5,  we  received 
n,  bearing  the  intelligence  of  the  death  of  two  of  our 
grandchildren-children  of  our  son,  Percy  E.  Thomas.  On 
the  following  day  a  second  message  came,  stating  that  a  third 
child  was  very  sick,  and  requesting  our  immediate  return  tc 
Inglewood,  Cal.,  our  present  place  of  residence.  But  ere  w( 
had  reached  Inglewood,  the  dear  little  spirit  had  taken  it- 
flight  to  the  other  world.  Thus  we  realize  that  in  our  happi- 
est, sunniest  hours,  desolation  may  often  sweep  over  the  heart 
with  tears  and  mortal  gloom  for  a  while,  but  while  mortal  life 
fades  away,  new  hope  glimmers  through  the  twilight  of  better 
days  to  come,  for  "  the  pure  in  heart  shall  meet  again."—  W. 
J.  Thomas.May  14, 

ARKANSAS. 

St.  Francis — We  met  in  special  council  May  10.  May  14 
we  had  our  love  feast,  in  the  mill  at  Bro,  Sloniker's.  We  had 
a  large  crowd  and  good  order.  Only  the  home  ministers  were 
present.  Bro.  Neher  held  a  week's  meetings  before  the  Com- 
munion, but  people  were  so  busy  putting  in  their  crops,  that 
they  could  not  attend..  We  had  a  very  enjoyable  meeting. 
We  hope  to  have  our  new  churchhouse  done  before  the  time 

the  next  District  Meeting  of  Southern  Missouri  and  Arkan- 

1,  which  will  be  held  at  this  place.— J.  C.  Osborn,  Palestine, 
Ark.,  May  20. 

MICHIGAN. 


Brice — The  Communion  meeting  of  the  New  Haven 
church  will  be  held  June  18  and  19,  at  the  home  of  Emanuel 
Bollinger,  one  and  one-half  miles  north  and  one-half  mile  east 
of  Vestaburg.  Those  coining  by  rail  will  be  met  at  Vesta- 
burg,  on  the  Detroit,  Lansing  and  Northern  Railroad,  by  noti- 
fying Emannel  Bollinger,  Two  were  recently  reclaimed  in 
the  New  Haven  church,— J,  IV,  Chambers,  Mays. 


WISCONSIN. 

Chippewa  Valley  -We  held  our  council   May    ,4.    The 

i,  w^r1"':  a  beUer  W°'k'"8  condition  than  ever 
before.  We  chose  Eld.  H.  C.  Baker  delegate  to  Annual 
Meeting.  Our  Sunday  school  is  prospering  nicely.  The  at. 
tendance  ,s  very  good.-  Carrie  M.  Bal-er,  E,nt  Pepin,  May  ,0. 

Bnrron.-May  7  Eld.  H.  C.  Baker  came  to  us  In  the  even 
■ng,  before  preaching,  he  anoimnl  my  father,  who  is  very 
much  alilicted  wi.h  cancer.  He  is  now  sevenlynine  vears  if 
age  and  very  feeble.  He  is  about  blind,  and  has  to  be  con- 
nned  in  a  dark  room  on  account  of  cancer  working  in  one  of 
h's  eyes.  Bro.  Baker  gave  us  three  sermons  and  left  for 
home  ,0  return  the  last  Saturday  In  June.  B,„.  Jacob  Delp 
was  here  also,  and  gave  us  ton  sermons.  He  made  a  good  int. 
pression.  We  have  lour  points  where  some  of  our  members 
live,  and  where  the  Word  has  been  preached,  but  there  is  no 
minister  to  fill  either  place,  only  as  the  Mission  Board  sends 
mem.  we  have  a  good  and  productive  country.  Cyclones 
to.nadoes,  drouths,  and  entire  failures  are  unknown  here, 
mere  arc  many  souls  here  to  save.  Why  should  not  some 
ministers  locate  here?-/,  /.  Wassam,  May  16. 

ILLINOIS. 

Astorio.-Bro.  J.  D.  Gruber  had  the  misfortune  of  breaking 
his  hob,  by  an  iron  pump  falling  on  it.  It  is  very  doubtful  if 
he  will  be  able  to  attend  Annual  Meeting  this  year-CVn 
Bowser,  May  15, 

Notice  to  the  Churches  of  Southern  IlllnoH—Whereot 

it  is  the  duty  of  District  Secretaries  to  send  to  each  church  on.- 

copy  of  Minutes  of  Annual  Meeting,  for  every  family,  elders 

and  others  will  please  send  to  me  at  Beecher  City,  111.   thi- 

number  of  Minutes  required  in  their  respective  church     If 

there  is  no  resident  elder,  please  stale  to  whom  Minutes  shall 

be  sent.—  Granville  Xevinger,  See.,  May  14. 

Batavla  -Let  every  brother  and  sister,  who  goes  to  Annual 

eeting  go  with  the  intention  of  doing  some  good.    Let  it  be 

ir  main  object  to  save  souls  for  Jesusl    Let  us  not  go  merely 

have  a  good  time,  but  may  there  be  good  results,  that  the. 

Naperville  people  can  truly  say,  "  These  people  are   following 

Jesus."    Let  us  all  earnestly  pray  for  the  success  of  this  meet- 

ing,  and  we  will  see  God's  blessing! -J.  E.  Net-.lcy,  May  iS, 

OKLAHOMA  TERRITORY. 

Lynn.— Our  feast  was  one  of  pleasantness.  Brethren  S 
Brown,  Jos.  Click  and  Wm.  Brubaker  were  with  us,  and  gave 
us  a  few  encouraging  talks.— jE-.  J,  Smith,  May  1. 

Big  Creek.-We  held  our  love  feast  May  14.  Ninety-six 
members  communed.  Several  ministers  from  adjoining 
churches  were  with  us.  Bro.  N.  S.  Gripe  officiated.  An  elec 
lion  for  deacon  resulted  in  the  choice  of  brethren  Frank  Sar- 
gent  and  George  Edgecomb.  Since  my  last  report  one  hau 
been  received  into  the  church  by  baptism  and  two  by  letter  — 
Maria  Edgecomb,  Plumb,  Payne  Co.,  Otla.  T„  May  iq. 

MARYLAND. 

Monococy.-Our  love  (east  was  held  May  14.  There  was 
not  a  large  number  of  visitors,  but  the  interest  was  good. 
Bro.  C.  L.  Pfou'z  officiated.  One  was  b^mi,— Samuel 
IVeybright,  May  16. 

Pine  Orove.-We  had  preaching  last  Saturday  evening,  by 
Bro.  Henry  Sines.  On  Lord's  Day  morning  Eld.  W.  T.  Sines 
labored  for  us.  In  the  afternoon  a  meeting  was  held  at  White 
Oak  Springs,  a  distance  of  six  miles,  by  brethren  Heury  Sines 
and  W.  T.  Sines.  We  had  one  addition  by  baptism  since  my 
last  report,  Our  quarterly  council  will  be  held  at  the  Pine 
Grove  church,  June  18.— Samuel  M.  Wilhelm,  Pleasant  Hill 
IV,  Va.May  16. 

VIROINIA. 
Red  Oak  Orove.— We  met  May  7  in  council.  One  uniled 
with  the  church  by  confession  and  baptism  since  our  last  re- 
port. On  Sunday  following  Eld.  W.  H.  Naff  preached  an 
able  sermon  to  a  large  congregation—  Asa  Bowman,  Little, 
River,  Va„  May  14. 

Roaooke  Clty.-liro.  I.  N.  H.  Beahm  came  to  our  city 
April  24.  and  held  a  meeting  for  us,  lasting  two  weeks.  We 
had  good  attendance  throughout;  the  church  was  ollen  crowd- 
ed, and  many  could  rot  get  in.  Bro.  Beahm  labored  earnest- 
ly and  faithfully.  Five  made  the  good  confession.— Julia  M. 
Graybill, 

IOWA. 
Pleasant  Hill  Church. -We  met  in  council  May  14.  Our 
Sunday  school  is  moving  along  nicely.  Eld.  James  Glotfelly 
is  our  Superintendent.  Sister  Elizabeth  Rodabaugh  was 
jlected  delegate  to  represent  our  church  at  Annual  Meeting. 
Our  love  feast  will  be  held  July  4,  at  2  P.  M.-I/arley  Johnson, 
Birmingham,  Iowa,  May  16. 

LOUISIANA. 
Oak  Grove.— We  met  in  council  May  14.  it  was  decided 
to  hold  our  love  feast  Sept.  3.  Visiting  brethren  and  sisters 
from  the  North  should  start  so  as  to  get  here  Sept.  2.  They 
will  be  met  at  the  train  by  giving  due  notice  to  Bro.  Lewis  Mil. 
ler  or  the  writer.— Abel  M.  Wimer,  Grayson,  Caldwell  Co 
La.,  May  iS. 

MISSOURI. 
Warrensburg — The  Brethren  are  arranging  to  open  a  mis- 
sion  Snoday  school  and  bold  regular  preaching  services  in 
Warrensburg.  A  friend  of  the  Brethren  furnishes  a  vacant 
store  building  free,  for  this  purpose,  and  the  outlook  for  a  snc. 
cessful  work  is  encouraging.— John  E,  Mohler,  May  16, 


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^TT!>Tr-;'r'i  i. 


PROGRAM  MJES. 


Sunday  School  Meeting  for  Northern  Iowa, 

Southern   Minnesota,   and 

South  Dakota. 

The  following  is  the  program  of  Sunday 
School  Meeting,  at  Greene,  Iowa,  June  15  and 
16, iSqS: 

Wednesday  Evening,  June  '.', ; 

Sermon,  J,  E.  Ralston. 

Thursday  Morning,Jnne  10. 
Address  of  Welcome,  Harvey  Ikcnbcrry. 
Response,  Silas  Gilbert. 

1.  "The  Sunday  School,  lis  Aim  and  Ob- 
ject."—Frank  11.  W11K,  Lydia  E.  Taylor. 

2.  Essay,  "The  Value  of  a  Comprehensive 
Knowledge  of  the  Bible."— Sadie  Miller. 

3.  "The  Sunday  School  Teacher  and  His 
Qualification!."— Wm.  II.  McKobcrts,  J.  Rolh- 
rock  Allen. 


MATRIMONIAL 


NEWCOMER— SHENK.— At  the  bride's 
parents,  May  7,  iSg8,  by  the  undersigned,  Mr. 
Calvin  L.  Newcomer,  of  Russell,  Russell  Co., 
Kans.,  and  Sister  Alice  Shenk,  of  Dorrance, 
Kusscll  County,  Kans. 

Isaac  S.  Brubaker, 

DUNCAN— RINER.-At  the  residence   ol 

the  bride's  father,  Eld.  S.  W.  Riner,  April  5, 

198,  William  Bibb  officiating,  llro.  A.  J.  Dun- 

in  and  Miss  I'carl  Riner,  of  Oakhill,  W.  Va. 

Ella  V.  Hutchison. 
WAGNER-HOLDEMAN.  — At    the  resi- 
dence of  the  bride's  parents,  Samuel  and  Har- 
riet  lloldeman,  at   Morrill,   Kans.,  April    28, 
;,  Ilro.  David  L.  Wagner,  of  Salem,  Nebr., 
and   Sister  Sallic    R.  •lloldeman,  of    Morrill, 
i,  B.  B.  Wintmeh. 


thi 


■  Chinch."— J.  H.  Fike,  Alda  E.  Albright. 
:.  "  The    Necessity    of     Having     Teacher 
■clings."— Mary  McUongall,  Oran  Gilbert. 
;.  Essay,  "The  Life  of  Paul."— Mamie  Iliei 

')'• 

.  Recitation.— Eva  Lichty. 

;.  "  Ilcsl  Method  of  Selecting  Teachers  an 

icers."— J.  W.  Miller,  W.  H.  Ikenberry. 

Evening  Session. 
.  "Method  ol  Conducting   Recitation."     1 
trated  by  a  class— J.  1!.  Spcicher. 
.  "  Method   of  Conducting    Recitations    i 
mary     Grades."  —  Marlha     Fikc,     Job 


\V.m.  II.  i\l.  lliuu.i; 


Tilts  meeting  is  to  be  held  in  the    Beech 
Grove   church,   Wayne  County,  Ohio,  Friday 
and  Saturday,  June  17  and  18. 
Evening  Session. 
I.  "  Objects  of  Sunday  School   Meeting  and 
Welcome."— Florence  Clopenslein,  Susan 
Irvin. 
11    "  Organization  of  Sunday  School." 

(,,)  " How  should  Officers  be  Chosen?"— 

j  j.  Hoover. 
(/<|  "The  Best  Method  of  Selecting  Teach- 
ers  for  the   Various  Classcs."-S.  R. 
Carver,  G.  H.  Irvin. 
(. )  "  Who  should  Teach  in  the  Sunday 
School?"—  Q.  Leckrone. 
Morning  Session— 9  o'clock, 

III.  "The Teacher." 

(,;)  "The   Best    Plan   to   Prepare  for  His 
Work."— Charles  Heifer. 

IS"  His    Aim    and     Reward."  —  Cyrus 
Young. 

(.1  "Should    He   Visit   His   Scholars  and 
Why?"— W.M.  Esterly. 

(rf)  "How  Teach   by    Illustration?"— Jo- 
seph Somlers. 

(<•)  "Use  and  Abuse  of  Lesson  Helps."— 
C.J.  Workman. 
Afternoon  Session— 2  o'clock. 

IV.  Miscellaneous.      - 
(a)  "Query  Box." 

(/-)  "Should  We  have  Evergreen  Sunday 

Schools?"— CM.  Wood. 
1,1  "The  Infant  Class."— William  Lutz, 
I  I)  "The      Minister     and     Ihe      Sunday 
School."— S.  J.  Workman. 
Evening  Session. 
V.  "  The  Sunday  School  in  Its  Relations." 
1.1 1  "  To  the  Home."— H.  H.  Fast,  Jennie 

Fast. 

II.)  "To  the  Church."— R.  R.  Shroycr. 

(tj  "To  the  Community." — S.  J.  Berger. 

(,/)  "To  Missions."— Crace  Workman. 

Committee:  T.  S.  Moherman,  W.  L.  Desscn- 

berg,  R.  R.  Shroyer,  Q.  Leckrone,  1 1.  M.  Irvin. 

Chorister,  John  Uasinger. 

Maxv  mean  things  are  done  in  the  family 
for  which  moods  are  put  forward  as  the  excuse, 
when  the  moods  themselves  are  Ihe  most  inex- 
cusable things  of  all.  A  man  or  a  woman  in 
tolerable  health  has  no  moral  right  to  indulge 
in  an  unpleasant  mood.—/.  G.  Holland. 


FALLEN  *  ASLEEP 


ATCHISON.— In  the  bounds  nf  the  Middl 
Creek  congregation,  Somerset  County,  I'a 
May  2,  1898,  Bro.  James  Atchison,  aged  50 
years,  6  months  and  2  days.     Bro.  Atchison 

quarry,  where  he   had  been  working   until   s 
few  weeks  previous  to  his  death.    He  did  nol 
realize  that  he  was  seriously  or  internally  hurt, 
till  about  nine  days  afterwards,  when  he  first 
took  sick,  from  the  effects  of  which  he  died. 
He  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  church  hi 
(Union)  for  a  number  of  years.     He  leave 
wife  and  five  children  (all  members  but  or 
Services  by  the  writer,  at  the  Union  church, 
from  Job  30:  23,  to  sympathizing  friends. 

N.  u.  Christner, 
MOHLER— At  his  home,  near  Ephrata 
Pa.,  May  6.  iSqS,  of  apoplexy,  Bro.  John  L 
Mohler,  aged  78  years,  S  months  and  17  days, 
He  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  church  foi 
forty-five  years,  served  as  deacon  for  twenty- 


daughter,  both  1 


UMPHLETT.  —  In     the     Mineral     Creek 

church,  Mo.,  May  7,  1S9S,  of  quick  consump- 
m,  Sister  Esther  Umphlett,  aged  35  years. 
ie  was  born  in  Darke  County,  Ohio,  united 
lb  the  church  at  an  early  age,  and  lived  an 
emplary  Christian  life.  Aug.  26,  1S90,  she 
is  united  in  marriage  to  Bro.  John  Umphlett. 
c  leaves  a  husband  and  three  children.  Fu- 
ral  services  in  the  Warrensburg  church,  by 

the  Brethren.  John  E.  Mohler. 

R1CKEL.— Also,  near  the  same  place  and 
hurch,  May  3,  1898,  Sister  Sarah  Rickel,  nee 

Moyer,  aged  St  years,  10  months  and  7  days, 
ased  was  born   in  Montgomery  Co.,  Pa., 

June  2r\  tSid     She  moved  with  her  parents  to 
ne  County,  Ohio,  in  1835.     She  united  in 


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liters,    and   her  husband   preceded    her, 

r  Rickel   united  with  the    church   about 

forty-five  years  ago,  and  lived  a  consistent  life 

the  end.     Both  these  funeral  occasions  were 

iproved  by  Eld.  Lemuel  Leckrone. 

John  L.  Kline. 
H INKLE.— At  his  home,  in  Degraff,  Ohio, 
April  2,    189S,    Bro.   George   Hinkle,  aged   82 
;,  1  month  and  10  days.     Bro.  Hinkle  was 
born  in  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  Feb.  22,  1816. 
was  married    to    Magdalena    Stultzbach, 
Oct.  11,  1S37,  who  yet  survives  him.     To  this 
)n  were  born  thirteen  children,  ten  of  whom 
yet  living.     In  1853  he,  with  his  family,  re- 
-ed  to  Logan  County,  Ohio,  where  he  lias 
:e  continually  resided,  with  the  exception 
of  a  few  months'  sojourn  in  Indiana  and  Mis- 
ouri.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Evangelical 
hurch  for  a  number  of  years,  but  in  the  fall  of 
891  he,  with  his  wife,  united  with  the  Breth- 
en,  which   relation   he   held   until   death    re- 
leased him.     He  was    deeply    spiritual,    and 
loved  to  meet  in  the  sanctuary,  but  of  late  his 
declining  age  deprived  him  of  this  blessing. 
Services  at  his  home,  conducted  by  Eld.  Ahed- 
ncgo  Miller. 


PI'.  1  i.'h  1..  At  bei  resi  lence,  neai  Grelna, 
Ohio,  April  9,  1898,  Sister  Magdalene  Delrick, 
nee  Bassart,  wife  of  Bro.  Philip  Detrick,  aged 
67  years,  11  monihs  and  iG  days.  Deceased 
was  born  in  Licking  County,  Ohio,  April  23, 
iS3o.  She  moved  to  Logan  County  with  her 
parents  in  1832,  where  she  has  since  resided. 
She  was  married  to  Philip  Detrick,  April  3, 
1853.  To  them  were  horn  two  sons  and  two 
daughters,  all  of  whom  arc  still  living.  She, 
with  her  husband,  united  with  the  Brethren 
church  in  1856,  and  lived  a  consistent  member 
until  death  called  her  home.  She  faithfully  did 
the  duties  of  a  deacon's  wife  for  a  long  time, 
and  will  be  sorely  missed  in  this  capacity,  es- 
pecially at  Communion  lime.  Funeral  services 
from  the  Old  Order  Brethren  church,  conduct- 
ed by  Eld.  Abednego  Miller,  assisted  by  breth- 

n  Bean  and  Snyder.     Her  remains  were  laid 

rest  in  the  Huber  cemetery. 

DETWILER.— At  the  home  of  his  hr.uher- 
id-lawv  Mr.  John  Neer,  in  Bellefontaine,  Ohio, 
ute  pneumonia,  May  7,  1898,  Frank  Det- 
■,  son  of  Bro.  B.  F,  Detwiler,  aged  about 
31  years,  Frank  united  with  the  Pleasant 
Grove  M.  E.  church  a  number  of  years  ago, 
ami  was  a  young  man  of  many  good  qualities. 
Services  by  Eld.  Abednego  Miller,  assisted  by 
Chas.  Famsworlh,  of  the  M.  E.  church,  fror 
Matt.  24:  42.  John  R.  Snyder. 

RICHIE.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Mapl 
Grove  church,  May  3,  189S,  Bro.  John  Richie 
aged  78  years,  5  months  and  16  days.  Hi 
mortal  remains  were  laid  lo  rest  by  the  side  0 
his  companion,  in  the  St.  Luke  cemetery.  Fu 
ncral  services  by  Eld.  George  Worst,  from 
Heb.  9:  27,  28. 

SNYDER.— In  the  Maple  Crove  congrega- 
tion, Ashland  Co.,  Ohio,  May  5,  l8g8,  Bro. 
George  Snyder,  aged  52  years,  4  months  and  2 
days.  He  leaves  a  widow  and  two  daughters. 
Funeral  services  by  Bro.  Wm.  L.  Dessenberg, 
from  Heb.  11:  16.  David  Snyder. 

DENLINGER.— In     the    Lower    Stillwater 
church,  Montgomery  Co.,  Ohio,  Feb.    18,   iSgS, 
of  consumption,  Susie  V.  Denlinger,  wife  of 
Moses  Denlinger,  and  daughter  of  Bro.  John 
and  Sister  Sarah  Long,  aged   29  years.     She 
was   a  member  of  the   Old   Order  Brethren. 
She  leaves  a  husband,   father,    mother,    two 
brothers  and  one  sister.    Funeral  services  by 
brethren  Henry  Garber  and  Samuel  Horning, 
John  Smith. 
TATE.— At  her  home,  in  Bennington,  Otta- 
a  County,  Kans.,  April   16,  1E98,  Sister  Han- 
nah  Catharine   Tate,    nee    Dunmire,    aged  57 
years,  S  months  and  6  days.     Sister  Tate  was  a 
mber  of  the  Brethren  church  for  thirty-nine 
years.     She  leaves  a  husband,  one  daughter, 
iwo   sons.    She  was  a  great  sufferer  for 
many  years,  and  was  anointed  a  short  time  be- 
fore her  death   by  ciders  from   the    Abilene 
church.     Funeral  discourse  by  W.  T.  Selby, 
Ella  Tate  Greene. 
HAHN.— At  Elkhart,  Ind.,   April   28,   1898, 
Bro.  Lewis  C.  Hahn,  aged  34  years,  7  months 
and  23  days.    Deceased  was  born  in  Holmes 
County,  Ohio,  Sept.  5,  1863.     He  was  united  in 
age  with  Amanda  Mock,  Dec.  13,  1885. 
Both  became  members  of  the  Brethren  church 
n  1893,  at  Elkhart,  Ind.     Later  on  Bro.  Hahn 
,vas  elected  to  the  office  of  deacon,  in  which 
capacity  he  served  the  church  faithfully.     In 
the  midst  of  life  he  put  off  the  armor  and  was 
called  to  his  reward.     He  leaves  a  wife,  one 
father  and  mother,  three  sisters  and  three 
brothers.     Services  by  the  writer,  assisted  by 
Bro.  J.  H.  Miller,  from  Deut.  33:  27.     His  re- 
s  were   interred  at  the  Mock  cemetery, 
North  Webster,  Kosciusko  Co.,  Ind. 
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WIDDER.— At  Green  Spring,  Pa.,  May  n, 
89S,  of  heart  trouble,  Sister  Catharine  Wid- 
ier,  nee  Whisler,  wife  of  Bro.  David  Widder, 
aged  71  years,  3  monihs  and  15  days.  Her 
death  was  very  sudden  and  unexpected.  She 
a  member  of  the  Upper  Cumberland 
church,  Pa.,  for  many  years.  She  was  the 
mother  of  six  children,  of  whom  five  are  still 
living.  All  are  grown  up  and  married.  Three 
of  them  are  members  of  the  Brethren  church. 
Services  by  Eld.  J.  F.  Stamy,  assisted  by  the 
riter,  from  Matt.  24:  42. 

EBY.— At  Laforge,  Mo.,  April  iS,  1898,  Ada 
Ann  Eby,  wife  of  Enoch  Eby,  aged  19  years, 
3  months  and  19  days.  She  was  loved  by  all 
who  knew  her,  Funeral  services  by  Daniel 
Lohr,  from  2  Cor.  5: 1,         Tabitha  Cruea. 


ant  Valley,  Ind. 

I.,  Hear  Creek  church,  Accident 
1.,  Russell  church,  Kans. 

0  Spring  church,  Pa, 

:.,  Carsou  Valley,  Blair  Co.,  Pa. 

,  Cannon  If 


0,  Lower  Cumberland,  Pn. 
4  P.  M.,  Brothers'  Valley  c 
0  P.  M.,  sugar  Ridge,  Ohle 
3,  2  P.  M.,  Buffalo  Valley, : 


.  M.,  South  Bea 


I.,  Wyandot  church,  Ohio. 

I.,  North  Poplar  fffukfl  ch.,  Ohio. 


e  11,  2  P.  M., 

Sugar  Creek,  Oh 

0. 

ell,  2  P.M., 

English  Prairie 

Yellow  Creek  ch 

ell,  IB,  Flea 

ell,  4  P.M., 

South  English,  1 
was  church,  Ohl 

owa. 

[..Silver Creek  c 

lurch.  111 

e  11, 12,  Free 

erlckshurg,  Iowa 

ell,  10  A,  M 

.Thornapple  ch 

arch,  Micl 

11, 12,  Worthlngton,  Minn. 

II,  10  A.  M.,  Hudson,  111. 

11, 12,  2  P.  M.,  Garrison,  Iowa. 

12, 4  P.  M.,  Beacbdale  church,  Pa. 

15, 1  P.  M.,  Coon  River,  nor.r  Panoi 
17,  South  Keokuk,  Iowa 


iloruia  church,  Ind. 


.Itehfield,  Nebr. 

t  Bro   I.ni'eo/o  Uoyk-'s.  (1  ri 


I.,  Maplo  Valley  i 
'11    Church.   Mich., 


25,  8  P.  AI.,  Sheldon  cliun 
June  25,  Greene,  Iowa. 


July  2 

Elkhart  church,  Iowa. 

July! 

2  P.  M„  Des  Moines  Valley 

7,  28, 11  A.  M.,  Crooked  Cree 

Sept. 

,4  P.  M.,  Summit  Mills  con 

Sept. 

fl,  Libertyville,  lowa. 

=iept. 

3,  Macoupin  creek,  III. 

Sept. 

>S,  10  A.  M.,  Camden  church 

Sept. 

t,  8  P.  M.,  Alleghany  churc 

8,  Chippewa  Creek,  Mich. 

Sept. 

29,2  P.  M.,  AdaniBboro.Ind, 

^GOSPEL   MESSEISTO-EE,. 


'.  M.;S.  S.,  10  A.  M.;  BiLu"   K^dii. 

LOS  ANGELES.  CAL.-236S.  Hat 
A„,,l'.".     Services,  11  A.  i].;  7:-0  IM 

CHICAGO,  ILT,,-iV,  Thirtc-i,;!,  j 
a    M.;  ;:  ~:  F.  M.,  Sui.dny  Set...... I,  1-  ] 

n.\LT!MOKi:   CITY   MJS.Sh)\',- 


s: .-.;,;.  J  i 


Sei 


Prn 


CEDAR  KAFIDS,  lOWA.-Cor.  4th  Av 

»,  Wednesday  w.tuj 

DECATUR,  ILL. -Gephart  Hall,  noi  hos  N  w=t. 

ADMSor°"v«'mSinSe'St-  {Wes'Vd?eKS'   ".9 

1 1 1  ■-- ■  '-'■:■  ''■  .'■  1'.  M.;  iircLJiiuji,  io:  l0V'iV 
BALTIMORE.  MO.- Northwest  Bnlli 
i.:..,r.  Fn.-:?-tm.iu   &   C. .11, ■..:;,   Si...,.     ■.„,,-..-.  ^        , 

A.M.,  8  P.M.    BibkCh,-..  \u:.lll,,!1,y,»VM  ■• 

cD«K"7ft™°-M5„0r;.V\    l,U'  A'-    amllrUngSt 


.;  i'f.iy- .-rMeeting,  Thun 


\\  .i^rinvi,  j  ui\  11.  (..  — :\:,v  il  )  ,-,, 
.11.  S'..  Ami  Fa.  Avo.,5,  !i.  Vr.;  nr  !■,],-,  r 
S.  S„  10  A.M.;  Young:  People's  MeetlnK    , 

ST.  JOSEPH,  MO.-M^-.inrov.TvSuii.liy  at 
M  ,  ...;  Old  Vlx.oiho^'io.j!!  M.u.li:;,,)]  !M..  j',blo 
ol  car  line  In  Walker's  Addition. 

'.  WAYNE.  IND.-CornerGay  St.  and 


German  Baptist  Brethren 

Annual  Meeting: 

Naperville,  111.,  May  26  to  June  2,  1898. 


LOUATION.-Napcrville  • 
Chicago,  and  10  miles  east  of  Aim 
lumber  of  our  people  live  there  art 

THE  GBOTTJSDS.-Burlin 
bout  a  half  mile  from  Naperville  s 


town  of  about  2000  people, 
fa.    It  is  the  oldest  town  in 


5  about  jo  miles  southwest  of 
Dupage  County,  and  quite  a 


Park  (our  meeting  Er0„„d)  is  on  the  Dupage  Ri, 
n,  and  within  the  Naperville  town  limits, 


Stop  ™S  Tobacco! 

Hindoo  Tobacco    Habit   Cure.      Perfectly 

tlculareg88ent6i)eatfnlll*l    FrPU  sample  and  full  par- 
Fifty  cents  a  box.  «"S-0Kn??NDIih-Ai 
Hindoo  Co.,  Milford.Ind,, 

I-  awoVid^f,iri!i^aftrnUuhr'lliyFfly  Umt  -v°nr  euro 
week.    One  box  'of  ili'ii\V)'oiur,'<'l  inMa^Ufmie"11  d 

tiiccioo  as'dlrecllous  road,  Fknow  It  k\u  m!V\usea 


WE    SAY    "NO"l 

An  omphntio  "no"!    Our  fence   Isn't  "lust 
good  "  aa  any  other.    No  other  fence  Is  "just 

but  ono  best  fence.    The  Cham  Stay  makes  It. 

Chain-Sta.y  Fence  Co., 

Miller  St.,  Sterling,  HI. 


...German  Baptist, 

Annual  Conference 

NAPERVILLE,  ILL. 

May  23rd  to  28th,  1898, 

Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad. 


HORNED  CATTLE 
ARE  OUT  OF  DATE.. 


sby  i 


KKA  ', 


KUTf 


TSM)  „~„,„„~~ —"«..*,    HORN 

TEH  on  your  calves.    In  use  eight  years 

to  United  states.    Every  bottle  positive. 

ly  guaranteed.    Bent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  75  cents, 

in  Y      \a         U3°  °a  two  or  threG  bead,  but  Is 

Ulclent  for  over  ono  hundred.    Agent.,  wantod 

goodprodt 


..  W.  BKAYTON,  Chemist, 

Iron  ALL 


HOME 


:,  at  good  wages,  i 


1     '"■    "i-.il.     ■■■■  ■■  .1  .n't  rW-Ta 
i,  out  we  send  our  Unci;  kijkk 
Adclreaa,         PENN 


RATES   OP    FARE. 

,d  trip.  '        3'  M'SS0U"'  Nebraska  ™d  Kansas),  one  fare  plus  >3.00  for 

b-S^SS?  PaSSC"BCr  As™Ci!l"«"  Territor3,-,,a,e  of  one  fare  plus  *,SJ 

DATES  OF  SALE,  LIMITS,  ETC. 

Burlington  Park.    This  extension  I     „  u  f"*«  Purpose  on  the  Camp  Grounds  a,: 

distant  from  Naperville      T„  1-,  k  ,  ,„  ,  "         """  pomls  morl;  »>an  loo  miles 

.ake  them  gorif r       L I  avc  Na       J  H j"™  "'  f™  j'!""  «'"■  —  *■<  H»t  will 
ve  WilP"vtue  any  lime  up  to  and  including  June  30 

Jrom  Eastern  Territory,  tickets  will  be  sold  on  dates  and  with  limits  corresponding 

FARES   FROM   NAPERVILLE. 


i  Territory,  tickets'  i 


Mention  tin-  ,\1k>;sk 


■';■  iivn  a 
■it  ti'Kji;-- 
".*  CO., 
Tyrone,  Pa 


Magnificent  Pullman  Equipment 

New  York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore, 

"Washington,    Bittsbukh, 

Columbus,  Chicago. 


Pennsylvania 

Lines  West  of  Pittsburgh 

SPECIAL  LOW  RATES 

German  Baptist... 

...Annual  Meeting 

Burlington  Park         MorriiL^esota. 


To  Chicago  and  return,  $1.00. 

To  Aurora  and  return,  10  cents, 

To  all  other  points  in  Illinois  on  thf-r  n    ?,  n    . 

To  points  "     I  ;,l,noison  the  c-  IJ-  &  a,  two  cents  per  mile  each  way, 

harvest  excursion  raTe'o    Z^^IZ^Z  ^t! ^T?  °".  ^  BUrliDgt0ri  R°Ute«  «*«'« 
U1  un(- I,Lre  Plu^  ^2.00  will  be  made  for  the  round  trip, 

Camp'Suds    0SC  ra'eS  Wi"  bC  °b,ai"able  l'™  lh=  *'""*"«.  •>»  -O  nave  an  offtcc  on  the 

TRAINS    TO   NAPERVILLE. 

For  the  people  coming  from  Northern  Illinois  a  soecial  train  will  1, 
leaving  Forreston  at  6-  «  A  M    anrl  M,    M  ,C  rU"  saturday,  May  28, 

grounds  at  oi  30  AM  '  '  M°rrlS  a'  7:  'S  A'  M-  reachi"K  *«  Annual  Meeting 

ill  be  run  from  A„:„^ Td «  *™ J> SptaT      r'"''',,'01"''"111  '  SPCda'  '™" 


(Naperville,  III.) 


Bj -daylight  through  the  plcturesnue 

;,lrl"  Valley  of  the  !■ „ac-  will,    11,,,,  „■ 

">8es.   Tickets  via  the  ^' 

...Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad., 

^'"glve  you  choice  of  two  routes    eltlio 


I'i'lnis 


■  Park,   Mountain   Lake    Park,  Harpei 
Ferry,  Gettysburg,  Antietam,  Win- 
chester,  Valley   of   the 
Shenandoah,  Etc. 


»«»«.',  ,!a,L'ier  '"""""""on,  call  oa  or  address 
«™«t  B,  &  o.  ticket  agent,  or 

*""  p»"8nger  Agent,  Chicago,  m, 


Tickets  on  sale 
May  2Sd,  2«h,  27th  and  28th,  1898. 

...Special  Train... 

to  the  meeting  without  change  will  be 
■—  Satubday,  May  28.  Excursion 
ts  will  also  be  good  going  on  re^u 
lar  trains  May  23d,  24th,  27th  and  28°th 
Begular  trains  over  the  Bennsylvanit 
Lines  connect  in  Chicago  Union  Statior 
with  trains  running  at  frequent  inter- 
vals to  the  meeting.  No  transfer  at 
I  Chicago,  going  or  returning. 

All  excursion  tickets  will  be  good  re- 
i  turning  until  June  24,  with  privilege  to 
extend  return  limit  to  June  30. 


..THE.. 

NEW  BRETHREN  COLONY 


#      BRETHREN'S 
Plain  Clothing 


already  awakening  great  Intereat. 

Brethren  from  Minnesota,  Iowa,  Dakota, 
l.maka,  Wisconsin,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois 
Michigan  are  Inquiring  about  the  country  an 

iliort  time  we  expect  to  mnki)  it  oiii'  »t  tho  J 
prosperous  Brethren  colonies  in 


ntry, 


r charge.    Adclreaa; 

J.  J.  TROYER, 

Morrill, 

RlORTtlSON  C0„  MISN, 


CAP  GOODS. 

Sold  In  all  parts  ol  the  United  States.    Cnatom 
tb  satliflad,    Send  two-oent  stamp  for  samples, 
B,  L.  CARTER, 
(Write  ■ddreii  plain  and  fall.)    uv:i    Olrara,  III, 


(Wfl  always 
guarantee  Satisfaction 

and  refer  to  our  many  patrons', 

some  of  whom  will  be  found  ir» 

nearly  any  community  where  the 

brethren  reside.  Samples  of  cloth 

from  which  we  make  our  clotliinp. 

— _  measuring  blank,  tape  line  and 

rules    for    ordering    will    be  sent  on   application. 

Our  rules  for  self-measurement  are  so  simple,  any- 

can  understand  tbem. 

We  want  to  near  from  you* 

PHILLIPSON  CLOTHING  COMPANY 

WAMAW.  INDIAN*. 


:,;  = 


TTTr:  GOSPEL  3VEESSE3TC3-ES 


May  28,  is 


Greatest  Homeseekers'  Movement  in 
the  History  of  Railroading! 


Already  Ibis  year  over  r.,0<>0  men,  women  and  children,  and  HUNDREDS  o[ 
household  goods,  farm  implements  and  live  stock  have  gone  to  North  Dakota,  to  points  along 
the  GREAT  NORTHERN  RAILWAY, 

This  particular  immigration  movement  was  inaugurated  five  years  ago  by  the  unci 
signed.    And  the  Grent  Northern  country,— the  TURTLE  MOUNTAIN  and  DEVILS  LAKE 
SECTIONS  have  proved  to  be  all  that  was  claimed  for  them;  and  that  the  new  settl 
pleased,  is  apparent  from  the  increased 
ceeding  year.     1  am  at  liberty  to  refer  t 
and  f  can  furnish  thousands  of  names. 

There  are  still  FREE  GOVERNMENT  LANDS  to  be  tak. 
bought  on  crop  payments. 

P,rethren  and  others  who  expect  to  attend  the  Annual  Meeting  at  Naperville,  III,  during  the 
last  week  of  May,  are  cordially  invited  to  call  at  my  office  when  passing  through  Chicago,  and 
1  will  be  glad  to  furnish  them  with  printed  matter,  and  quote  them  desirable  rates  if  they  wish 
to  visit  North  Dakota  at  the  close  of  the  meeting. 

MAX   BASS, 


and  priva 


to  be 


220  South  Clark  Street, 
CHICAGO,  ILL. 


General  Immigration  Agent. 


WNni  MtMI^'K' 


LOVE  FEASTS. 


jmm,r,,ti'. 

.1  jno  s  5  lJ.  M„  Frutrle  Crook,  InU. 
Jam.  18.  '.'  l\  M.,  BhlpBlieW&nn  church, : 


SALVIA 


A    "World's    "Wonder! 

<  ,i.K    (Jon-IM,  Catarrh,  Sore  Tlrrour,  wlioopln 

Cough,  Oronp,  tfevor  ..ml  As",-.  LnCrlppo, 

, ,,.,., .„....,  M.-H   Ilondoclio,  Impute 

£0:.  psr  padsags ;  5  for  $1.00,  prepaid. 

Agents  Wanted  IE; 'E^rli: 

olrcalara  showing  teBliinoitlals.    Address: 

COUMUW)  SALVIA  CO.,  liOI'HI'lllllI,  ILL. 


Dos  Palos  Colony 


,  only  Just  coiiuueni'i-d   i 
In  Cliloago,  states  that 


cjplonsly  suppUoi 


The  blackberry 

first  anticipated. 

i  fields  or  use 
n  California 


Windsor 
European  Hotel, 

TRIBUNE  BLOCK, 

MS  to  153  Dearborn  St.       S.  Grbgstbn,  Prop 

CHICAGO,    ILL. 


TMB  hotel  U  centrally  located,  and  the  most  rt- 
•peotable  House  ol  Us  olass  in  the  City.  Thi 
oUarges  are  moderate,  /arylng  la  price  from  7 
cents  to  11.60.  Thompsoo's  Restaurant  under 
Death.    First-class  Passenger  Elevator, 


HOT  SPKINOS,  SOUTH  DAKOTA. 

The  Season  of  This  Health  Resort  Open. 
May  15th. 

He  i>;  vans  Hotel,  afc  Hob  Springs,  S,  D  ,  will  b 

inager.    The  hotel  has  been  thoroughly  reno 

1  since  last.  season,  and  tho  plunge  baths  hay. 
len  refitted.  The  ilot  Springs  have  gained  1 
i>-putnUou    (or   r^mnrkal.-Iu  cures  of  acut> 


,,1,1,1 


'1  mi 


Jifit.lt !i    ami 


Tickets  for  the  above  occasion  will  be  sold  at 
\e  rate  of  one  and  one  third  fare  for  the  round 
ip.  Dates  of  sale,  June  i  to  October  30,  in- 
usive.     Limit,  30  days  from  date  of  sale. 


Four  Trains  Daily. 

A  Mnnon  and  C.  H,  &  D.,  between  Chica- 
go and  Indianapolis  and  Cincinnati.  Palace 
sleeping  cars  on  night  trains;  parlor  chair  cars 
and  buffet  cars  on  day  trains. 

Frank  J.  Reed,  G.  P.  A. 
Chicago. 


What  a  New  York 
Lady  Has  to 
Say  About  It... 

"  Dr.  Peter's  Blood  Vitalizes 
is  ft  wonderfnl  medicine.  For  the 
past  six  years  I  was  ailing  with 
complaints  peculiar  to  our  sex.  I 
was  in  doctors'  bands  all  the  time. 
One  day  an  article  in  the  P falser 
Zeitung  called  my  attention  to  Dr. 
Peter's  Blood  Vitalizer.  I 
ordered  a  trial  box  and,  as  it  acted 
favorably,  soon  after  a  large  box 
of  the  medicine.  My  health  has 
eince  then  improved  very  much, 
and  of  late  I  do  not  know  what  a 
day's  sickness  menus." — New  York 
City,  April  20,  1807. 

When  all  else  has  failed,  try 
Dr.  Peter's  Blood  Vitalizer. 
It  has  an  unbroken  record,  extend- 
ing over  a  century  as  a  general 
health-producing  medicine.  Not 
for  sale  in  drug-stores.  Only 
special  agents  sell  it.  Address  all 
inquiries  to  the  proprietor, 

Dr.  PETER  PAHRNEY, 

112-114  S.  Hoyne  Avenue, 

...CHICAGO.., 


The  States  Traversed 


Northern  Pacific  R.  R 


...SETTLERS... 

.  Government  Land, 

dap  Payment  Land, 

Railroad  Land, 

At  S3.00  lo  $S.oo  per  acre; 


The  Northern  Pacific  Railway 


CENTRAL  ill  INNKSOT A  I  Ked  Illve 
CENTKAL  NORTH  DAKOTA  (whew 
tho  Bret li run  located  this  Spring). 
MONTANA  (tbe  Gallatin  Valley). 


settling). 
EASTERN    WASHINGTON    (the  BlR  B01 

Palouse  countries). 
CHNTKAL  WASHINGTON   (Irrigated    In 

Yakima  Valley  at  $:w  per  acre;  liberal  U 
WESTERN    WASHINGTON  (Timber,  ml 

fruit,  grain,  flub). 


C.  W.  MOTT, 

Gmlgrutlon  Agent,  N.  F.  R'yCc 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 


...FREE  TO... 

Kidney  Sufferers. 


have  been  to  Saratoga,  Hot  sprlngB,  French 
lot  Springs.  Infirmaries,  but  all  did  me  no  good, 
'aa  to  New  York  City  and  consulted  best  pbysl- 
ana,  but  they  did  not  tlnd  out  my  trouble.  I 
otlced   an   advertisement   in   a   paper   ol    your 


nirer 


ay  house.    Yours  respectfully, 
.  IviiK'Ui'iith  St.  Jilrniingha 

SPECIAL  OFFER: 


!   trial  t 


Dr.  E.  J.  Worst, 

.     2t     ...Ashland,  Ohio. 


Farm  for  Sale. 


Eighty  acres,  o 
owa,  on  C.  R.  I. 
;Oiise,  good  cella 


undersigned: 


J.   J.   ELLIS  &  OO., 

COMMISSION  MERCHANTS, 

305  South  Charles  Street, 

""""oZW/e';!'"""'   BALTIMORE,  MD. 
lotia 


The  STUDBBAKER 

Is  the  Greatest  Wagon  of 
...the  Century... 


IS  YOURS  A  "STUDEBAKER?" 
,  why  not  get  ^JIIIE  yoar  team,  repairs 


'SAVES, 


toh  to  a  cheap  wagon  when  you  can 
'UDEBAKER"  by  paying  a  little  more, 
e  cheapest  in  the  end. 


'  5tudebaker ' '    Carriages    and    Harness, 

l'b ey  build  all  styles  ol  lirst-class  goods  atrmega 


Studebaker  Bros.  Mfg.  Co., 

South  Bend,  Ind. 


Executor's  Sale,  June  16,  1891 

VALUABLE    FRUIT    AND    GRAIN 
ear  Rldgely,  Caroline  County,  Marylnod 

>wn  of  Rldgely  will  also  be  sold  on  the  si 
or  full  particulars  and  descriptions  of  1 
illress:  THOMAS  A.  SMITH,  Rlrtgely, 
ounty,  Maryland.    Persons  so  desiring  c 


The  Word  for  the  Worker 


For  Ministers,  Sunday  School  Workers  a 
AH  who  Desire  to  become 
Soul-Winners. 


■■  nib!.- 


»M»l.i 


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Readings. 

tbe  Lesson  Subjects  a 
Sinned;    God  Loves   You,  dear  Sim 


!   fur   ', 


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No.  23. 


The  Gospel  Messenger, 

Published  Weekly,  at  |i.$o  per  Annum,  by 

BRETHREN   PUBLISHING   HOUSE, 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.— 

POETRY  — 

As  Ye  Would 
ESSAY  DEI 


nal  Held  at  Mt.  Morr 


THE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL.- 
Lesson  Light-Flashes,    .  .  . 

OUR  PRAYER  MERTING,- 
Love,  the  Test  ot  Christian  C 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 


7  Ahn 


is  Christ  Com 


"The  Other  Fellow."    By  A.  M.  T.  Miller 

GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT,— 


HOME  ANO  i.Ulil  W 


Two   were  bapti; 
Burlington  Park. 


:d   during    the  Conference    at 


Bro.  Andrew  Hutchison  is  now  engaged  in  a 
series  of  meetings  at  Waddam's  Grove,  111 ,  where 
he  is  to  remain  a  few  weeks. 


On  account  of  the  Annual  Meeting  Notes  occu- 
pying considerable  space  in  this  issue,  we  have  to 
place  our  editorial  items  on  this  page. 


Our  readers  will  find  an  unusual  amount  of  An- 
nual Meeting  news  in  this  issue.  We  thought  to 
give  all  we  had  to  report  in  one  paper.  We  trust 
it  will  be  appreciated  by  those  who  were  not  per- 
mitted to  attend  the  meeting. 

Our  printers  were  at  work  on  the  Full  Report  in 
less  than  twenty-four  hours  after  the  Conference 
closed.  We  trust  to  have  it  ready  for  filling  orders 
inside  of  a  few  weeks  at  most.  It  will  be  found  as 
interesting  as  any  report  yet  published. 

It  pays  to  distribute  tracts.  Not  long  since 
some  tracts  fell  into  the  hands  of  parties  in  Car- 
roll County,  Ga.,  and  now  there  is  an  applicant  for 
baptism,  and  a  call  is  made  for  a  minister  to  come 
and  do  the  baptizing.  Let  us  scatter  good  tracts 
everywhere!  They  will  be  the  means  of  leading 
the  people  to  the  light, 


The  Old  Order  Brethren  held  their  Annual 
Meeting  on  a  farm,  two  miles  east  of  New  Car- 
lisle, Ohio,  May  31.  The  Tabernacle  was  80x100 
feet,  well  located,  and  the  attendance  at  the  meet- 
ing good.  Aaron  Frantz  was  Moderator.  Eight 
papers  came  before  the  meeting  for  consideration, 
and  were  disposed  of,  and  the  meeting  closed  by 
2  P.  M.  In  less  than  two  hours  the  large  Taberna- 
cle was  taken  down,  and  the  people  returned  to 
'heir  homes,  feeling  that  they  had  been  permitted 
to  enjoy  a  very  good  meeting. 


Send  in  your  orders  for  the  Report  at  once,  our 
printers  are  rushing  it,  and  it  will  soon  be  ready 
for  mailing.     Price,  25  cents,  or  82.50  a  dozen. 


In  our  former  issue  it  was  announced  that  on  ac- 
count of  the  Annual  Meeting  there  would  te  no  pa- 
per last  week,  and  so  there  was  not.  This  issue  is 
a  few  days  out  of  line,  but  hereafter  the  paper  will 
be  mailed  as  usual. 


A  correspondent  writes  of  a  minister,  now  in 
his  eighty  first  year,  who  has  been  in  active  service 
for  fifty-six  years,  and  is  still  zealous  in  the  Lord's 
work.  Surely,  "  they  that  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall 
renew  their  strengthl" 


After  the  close  of  the  Annual  Meeting  a  num- 
ber of  the  members  in  attendance  visited  the 
Mount.  It  afforded  us  pleasure  to  have  them  with 
us.  We  cannot  recall  the  names  of  all  of  them, 
not  even  all  of  the  ministers,  but  among  the  num- 
ber were  brethren  S.  Z.  Sharp,  of  Plattsburg,  Mo„ 
G.  N.  Falkenstein,  Germantown,  Pa  ,  S.  M.  Miller, 
Waterloo,  Iowa,  W.  A.  Anthony,  Clay  Hill,  Pa,  G. 
S.  Arnold,  Burlington,  W.  Va  ,  W.  I.  T.  Hoover,  Day- 
ton, Ohio,  W.  H,  Roop,  Westminster,  Md„  H.  H. 
Winger,  Colorado,  and  A,  W,  Vaniman,  Sister 
Martha  Click,  the  tract  distributor  in  Washington, 
a'so  called  on  us.  Bro.  Vaniman  starts  south  this 
week  to  take  charge  of  the  mission  among  the 
colored  people.  His  present  destination  is  Atlan- 
ta, Ga,  We  hope  to  have  something  more  to  say 
of  his  work  later  on. 


,  At  the  Annual  Conference  it  was  announced 
that  it  would  be  well  for  Bro.  O  H.  Yeremian,  our 
Armenian  brother,  to  visit  a  number  of  the  church- 
es during  the  summer  and  preach  for  them.  He 
also  has  some  good  talks  on  the  "Armenian 
Massacres,"  "  Life  in  Asia  Minor,"  and  "Our  Ar- 
menian Mission"  that  are  both  interesting  and  in- 
structive. Bro.  Yeremian  is  nineteen  years  old, 
has  been  in  the  ministry  a  few  years,  speaks  a  num- 
ber of  languages,  and  is  in  this  country  for  the  pur- 
pose of  gaining  a  better  knowledge  of  the  Breth- 
ren, and  is  to  complete  a  course  of  medical  studies 
before  returning  to  his  field  of  labor  in  Asia  Minor. 
The  General  Mission  Board  is  anxious  that  he 
should  spend  a  few  months  among  the  churches, 
and  for  that  reason  the  announcement  was  so  made 
at  the  Annual  Meeting.  Churches  desiring  hin 
visit  them,  should  n$t  only  pay  his  traveling  ex- 
penses, but  render  some  additional  assistance  to  aid 
in  meeting  his  expenses  in  the  medical  school, 
Address  him  at  an  early  date,  at  476  South  Paulina 
St.,  Chicago. 

f  On  Wednesday  evening,  May  18,  just  a  few  days 
before  we  started  to  the  Annual  Meeting,  we,  with 
the  people  of  this  vicinity,  had  the  privilege  of  wit- 
nessing what  none  of  us  ever  want  to  see  again. 
About  half-past  five  o'clock  a  terrific  cyclone 
passed  one  mile  south  of  the  Mount  in  plain  view 
of  everybody  for  miles  around,  demolishing  every- 
thing in  its  path,  including  a  number  of  barns  and 
houses.  Several  persons  were  badly  hurt,  but  for- 
tunately no  lives  were  lost.  From  southwest  to 
northeast  it  passed  through  Eld.  D.  E.  Price's 
farm,  completely  destroying  his  barn,  out-buildings 
and  badly  damaging  his  house.  Some  other  Breth- 
ren and  neighbors  suffered  great  losses.  Houses 
and  barns  were  swept  from  their  foundations  and 
literally  demolished.  No  lives  were  lost  in  this  lo- 
cality, but  some  were  considerably  injured.  About 
the  same  time  another  tornado  passed  a  little  north 
of  the  Hickory  Grove  church,  injuring  Bro.  John 


Kessler  and  killing  his  wife.  It  came  near  striking 
Mt.  Carroll,  passed  a  few  hundred  yards  south  of 
Lanark,  thence  near  Shannon,  through  the  northern 
part  of  Forreston,  and  on,  several  miles  north  of 
Mount  Morris.  Its  path  was  strewed  with  wrecked 
buildings,  a  number  of  persons  were  killed  and 
not  a  few  injured.  Many  people  in  the  track 
of  the  storm  fled  to  their  cellars,  and  in  that  way 
most  of  them  escaped.  We  have  often  read  of  per- 
sons being  between  two  fires,  but  it  is  not  often 
that  a  town  has  the  experience  of  being  between 
two  cyclones.  It  would  seem  that  the  tornado 
started  beyond  Kansas  City,  crossed  parts  of  Mis- 
souri and  Iowa,  and  near  the  Mississippi  River 
divided  into  a  number  of  parts,  two  of  them  com- 
ing this  way,  while  the  others  entered  Wisconsin, 
It  is  thought  to  have  been  the  most  destructive 
storm  ever  known  in  this  part  of  Illinois. 

The  Pope  of  Rome  seems  very  anxious  to  save 
Cuba.  That  is,  he  would  like  the  island  to  remain 
in  the  possession  of  Spain.  Both  Spain  and  Cuba 
are  Catholic.  In  a  general  way  we  would  call  the 
Spanish  and  Cuban  soldiers  brethren,  for  they  be- 
long to  the  same  church,  and  have  the  same  Pope 
for  their  spiritual  head,  though  they  have  been  kill- 
ing each  other  for  years.  It  is  clear  to  his  Holiness 
that  should  Cuba  gain  her  independence,  being  so 
close  to  the  United  States,  the  island  may  be  over- 
run with  Protestant  missionaries,  and,  in  course  of 
time,  the  "  Gem  of  the  Antilles  "  will  cease  to  be  a 
Catholic  country.  That  is  why  he  wants  Cuba  to 
remain  a  Spanish  possession.  But  that  certainly 
cannot  be.  The  Cubans  will  doubtless  gain  their  in- 
dependence, and  then  we  will  have  another  fine 
field  for  missionaries;  a  field  where  Christianity 
should  predominate.  Nature  has  done  wonders  for 
the  West  Indies,  especially  for  Cuba,  and  here 
thousands  of  churches  and  Christian  institutions 
ought  to  be  maintained.  Should  the  island  pass 
wholly  under  the  influence  of  Christianity,  it  will,  in 
the  course  of  a  generation,  become  a  delightful 
region  where  people  may  spend  their  years  pleas- 
antly in  a  most  genial  clime. 


The  cigarette-smoking  habit  is  receiving  a  terri- 
ble backset  in  the  examination  of  men  for  the  war. 
A  large  number  of  rejections  of  volunteers  has 
caused  much  comment  in  the  army  medical  corps. 
However,  the  physicians  who  have  conducted  the 
examinations  say  that  outside  of  the  ranks  of  ciga- 
rette smokers,  there  are  even  fewer  rejections  than 
there  were  in  the  days  of  the  Civil  War.  Among 
habitual  users  of  the  cigarettes  the  rejections  are 
about  ninety  per  cent.  Dr.  Benjamin  King,  cf 
Philadelphia,  who  acted  as  an  examining  surgeon, 
during  1861-63,  in  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Ohio 
and  Indiana,  says  that  the  average  rejections  during 
those  years  did  not  exceed  thirteen  per  cent.  He 
attributes  the  large  increase  almost  entirely  to  the 
cigarette  habit.  "  I  have  been  inspecting  the  pa- 
pers in  a  number  of  cases  under  the  present  act," 
said  Dr.  King,  "and  I  observe  that  most  of  the 
men  who  fait  to  pass  the  medical  examination  have 
weak  hearts  or  lack  of  vitality  necessary  to  make  a 
good  soldier.  I  had  expected  that  the  percent- 
age of  rejections  would  be  greater  now  than  in 
1S61,  but  I  did  not  dream  that  it  would  be  almost 
three  times  as  great.  The  examining  physicians 
with  whom  I  have  talked  have  generally  told  me 
that  the  excess  of  rejections  is  due  to  the  large 
number  of  young  men  applying  for  enlistment 
who  have  become  victims  of  the  cigarette  habit." 
After  reading  this  we  should  think  that  a  man 
of  thought  would  never  smoke  another  cigarette. 


354 


THE    GOSPEL    3WEESSE3STC3-ET1. 


June  II,  1898. 


-ESSAYS. 


The  secret  of  life— it  is  giving; 

To  minister  and  to  serve; 
Love's  law  binds  the  man  to  the  angel, 

And  ruin  befalls  if  we  swerve. 
There  arc  breadths  of  celestial  horizons 

Overhanging  the  commonest  way; 
The  clod  and  the  slat  share  the  glory. 

And  to  breathe  is  an  ecstasy. 
Life  dawns  on  us,  wakes  us,  by  glimpses; 

In  heaven  there  is  opened  a  door! 
That  (lash  lit  up  vistas  eternal; 

That  dead  are  the  living  once  morel 
To  illume  the  scroll  of  creation, 

One  swift,  sudden  vision  sufficed;  * 

Every  riddle  of  life  worth  the  reading 

Has  found  its  interpreter— Christ! 

— Lucy  Larcom- 

CLASS  UUMP5H3  FROM  THE  BIBLE  NORMAL, 
MELD  AT  MT.  MORRIS,  JANUARY,  'o8. 

BY  J.   G.   ROVER, 

No.  6.— The  Righteousness  of  the  Kingdom. 

Having  looked  at  the  character  of  the  subjects  of 
the  kingdom  of  Christ,  and  their  relation  to  the 
world,  we  now  turn  to  "the  law  of  the  kingdom" 
(Matt.  5:  17;  7:  12).  An  analysis  of  this  part  of 
the  great  sermon  shows  that  the  general  theme  is: 
"The  Righteousness  of  the  Kingdom."  It  is  dealt 
with  first  as  morality  (5:  17-48);  second  as  religion 
(6:  1-18);  and  lastly  as  spirituality  (6:  19;  7:  12). 
The  first  of  these  divisions  deals  with  righteousness 
as  between  man  and  man;  the  second  with  right- 
eousness before  God  alone;  and  the  last  with  right- 
eousness as  between  the  children  of  the  kingdom 
and  the  world. 

In  viewing  lh:  righteousness  of  the  kingdom 
from  the  standpoint  of  morality,  our  Lord  lays 
down  general  principles  (5:  17-20)  followed  by 
illustrations  (5:  21-4S)  from  the  Jewish  moral  law. 
In  entering  on  the  subject  of  the  law  of  His  King- 
dom, Christ  was  aware  that  he  was  about  to  touch 
the  point  of  the  greatest  sensitiveness  of  the  Jews. 
The  law  was  their  glory.  All  of  their  history  gath- 
ered round  it.  Their  Scriptures,  known  as  the  Law 
and  the  Prophets,  had  enshrined  it.  Hence  the 
question  with  every  thoughtful  Jew  would  be:  "  Is 
the  law  to  be  set  aside  for  new  legislation?  "  It  was 
for  Christ  to  set  himself  right  on  a  question  so 
vital.  He  does  so  by  beginning  with  the  words, 
"  Think  not  that  I  am  come  to  destroy  the  law  and 
the  prophets"  (verse  17);  then  informs  them  that 
much  of  the  law  is  temporary  and  must  necessarily 
pass  away,  not  by  destruction,  however,  but  by  ful- 
fillment. He  would  say  that  as  the  bud  passes  into 
the  rose,  and  is  no  longer  there,  yet  is  not  de- 
stroyed but  fulfilled  or  filled  full  in  the  rose;  so  the 
law  infolded  in  the  Old  Testament  will  be  urfolded  in 
the  New.  How  faith-inspiring  it  must  have  been,  to 
every  sincere  Jew,  to  learn  that  this  new  kingdom, 
instead  of  being  on  lines  of  entirely  new  and  exper- 
imental legislation  was  to  be  on  lines  of  divine  un- 
folding. In  the  selection  of  illustrations  from  their 
moral  law,  Christ  displays  his  Divine  skill  in  pass- 
ing by  that  which  is  strictly  Jewish  in  interests,  and 
selecting  such  as  treat  of  world-wide  importance 
(verses  21,  27,  33,  38,  43).  He  also  covers  the  en- 
tire scope  of  righteousness  by  starting  at  the  lowest 
point  of  mere  earthly  morality — murder  (verse  21) 
and  rising,  step  by  step,  to  the  very  highest  devel- 
opment of  Christian  character, — "  Be  ye  therefore 
perfect,"  etc.  (verse  48). 

In  illustrating  righteousness  from  a  religious 
duty  stand-point  (6:  1-1S),  he  deals  with  what 
may  be  termed  morality,  aside  from  religion,  show- 
ing that  the  two  cannot  be  separated.  He  shows 
that  morality,  separated  from  religion,  is  without 
root  and  must  wilt  and  wither  away;  and  that  relig- 
ion without  morality  is  nothing  better  than  a 
sham,  "  Be  ye  not  as  the  hypocrites  are,"  is  ap- 
plied successively  to  almsgiving,  prayer  and  fasting, 
thus  giving  to  the  great  word,  "  righteousness,"  a 


much  broader  meaning  than  can  possibly  be  put 
into  mere  honesty,  truthfulness,  sobriety  and  good 
neighborship.  He  shows  that  external  conformity 
to  law  is  good,  as  far  as  it  goes,  but  does  not  go 
nearly  far  enough,  "  Except  your  righteousness 
exceed,"  etc.,  by  reaching  back  and  down  into  the 
deeper  life  fountains  of  the  heart,  it  is  simply  being 
11  as  the  hypocrites  are,"  —  successful  trumpet- 
blowers,  who  "  have  their  reward." 

Lastly  he  takes  up  the  duty  of  the  children  of  the 
kingdom  in  relation  to  the  world  and  the  things  of 
it  (6:  17;  7:  12).  Certainly  the  children  of  the 
kingdom  are  not  to  do  without  the  good  things  of 
the  world,  and  we  ask,  What  is  the  law  of  the  king- 
dom with  reference  to  their  acquisition  and  use? 
Here,  as  before,  the  "  narrow  "  way  is  marked  off  by 
cautions,  both  on  the  right  hand  and  on  the  left. 
On  the  one  hand  greed  is  to  be  shunned;  on  the  oth- 
er care  avoided.  The  one  is  the  real  danger  of 
seeking  too  much;  the  other  the  supposed  danger 
of  having  too  little  of  the  "good  things  of  life." 
It  is  not  a  question  of  quantity,  but  a  question  of 
the  heart.  On  the  one  hand  it  is  not  the  danger  of 
having  too  much,  but  of  seeking  too  much;  on  the 
other  it  is  not  the  danger  of  having  too  little,  but  of 
fearing  that  there  will  not  be  enough.  It  is  a  mis- 
take therefore  to  say  that  the  one  caution  is  for  the 
rich  and  the  other  for  the  poor.  The  rich  man  may 
be  in  greater  danger  of  greed,  yet  he  may  also  be, 
Indeed  often  is,  a  victim  of  care;  while  the  poor 
may  easily  have  his  heart  far  too  much  set  on  the 
monthly  increase  of  his  little  store. 

Against  making  the  things  of  this  world  "thy 
treasure"  (6:  19-24)  the  law  is  not  only  very  de- 
cided and  uncompromising,  but  the  Master  shows 
that  to  disobey  this  law  is  foolish,  pernicious  and 
fatal.  Foolish,  because  all  earthly  treasures  are 
perishable  (verse  19),  while  the  heavenly  treasures 
of  the  spiritually  minded  are  incorruptible  and  safe 
forever;  pernicious,  because  it  is  injurious  to  that 
which  is  to  the  soul  what  the  eye  is  to  the  body  to 
such  degree  as  to  be  fitly  represented  by  the  awful 
words  "  full  of  darkness  "  (verse  23)/  and  fatal  be- 
cause to  set  the  heart  on  the  world  is  to  give  up  the 
kingdom.  It  is  impossible  to  satisfy  two  claim- 
ants of  the  heart.  One  or  the  other  must  be  chos- 
en, "Ye  cannot  serve  God  and  mammon."  Against 
anxiety  about  the  things  of  the  world,  the  Master 
urges,  "Seek  ye  first  the  kingdom  of  God"  (verse 
33).  Trouble  and  anxiety  there  must  be  in  the 
world,  but  no  one  need  have  more  than  each  day 
brings.  "Sufficient  unto  the  day  is  the  evil  there- 
of "  (verse  34). 

1  concluding  what  he  has  to  say  about  the 
righteousness  ff  the  kingdom,  in  its  relations  to  the 
Law  and  the  Prophets,  our  Lord  sets  forth  in  most 
memorable  words  a  great  privilege  and  a  very  com- 
pact rule, — a  privilege  which  will  keep  the  heart 
right  with  God,  and  a  rule  which  will  keep  it  right 
with  man  (7:  7-12).  That  which  keeps  the  heart 
right  with  God — the  mighty  privilege  of  prayer,  is 
put  first  and  is  given  much  the  larger  space  (verses 
7-11).  In  connection  with  the  great  privilege  of 
prayer  we  are  reminded  that  if  we  expect  our  Fa- 
ther to  act  in  a  fatherly  way  to  us,  by  giving  us 
good  things,  we  must  act  in  a  brotherly  way  to  our 
neighbors.  Hence  the  golden  rule  which  follows 
(verse  12);  and  hence  its  connection  with  the 
prayer-chart  by  the  word  "  therefore." 

Having  thus  set  forth  and  summed  up  our  rela- 
tions to  God  and  man,  our  Lord  concludes  all  as  he 
began  (5:  17)  with  the  appropriate  words,  "This  is 
the  Law  and  the  Prophets"  (7:  12), 


TRUST,  SECURITY,  PEACE,  SERVICE. 

BY    C,    H.    BALSBAUGH, 

To  Sister  Anna  Laff:— 

That  your  soul  is  aflame  with  love  to  God  and 
man  your  letter  testifies.  Those  who  have  the 
Christ-mind  need  not  look  for  opportunity  to  secure 
highest  human  interest.  Those  who  are  fit  to  go 
as  missionaries  into  foreign  fields  must  first  show 
their  adaptation  by  self-sacrificing  effort  to  save 
souls  at  home.    If  Jesus  would  be  redeemer  of  the 


world,  He  must  not  decline  His  protracted  appren- 
ticeship in  the  carpenter-shop  at  Nazareth,  He 
must  be  a  servant  if  He  would  be  a  Savior.  One 
of  the  great  curses  of  all  ages  is  the  selection  of 
position, 

How  few  are  so  thoroughly  Christed  that  they 
seek  the  lowest  place  and  hardest  lot,  so  as  to  give 
fuller  and  more  joyous  expression  to  their  love  for 
soulsl  Such  a  Christian  must  succeed,  for  his 
highest  glory  and  deepest  joy  is  sacrifice  for  those 
in  the  most  debased  and  hopeless  conditions.  This 
is  the  true  missionary  spirit,  whether  at  home  or 
abroad.  This  was  the  supreme  impulse  of  the  God- 
man,  and  it  must  be  ours.  Matt.  20:  27,  2S.  If 
the  first  three  words  in  Philpp.  2:  7  are  the  very 
essence  of  our  being,  God  will  see  to  it  that  the 
first  word  in  verse  9  will  be  duly  realized. 

Your  trials  are  many,  and  your  conflicts  sharp, 
but  they  are  not  peculiar.  All  the  elect  drink  the 
same  cup.  Matt.  20:  23;  1  Pet.  4:  12,  13,  14; 
Philpp.  1 :  29.  Paul  was  so  fascinated  by  the  ulti- 
mate and  essential  glory  of  the  Incarnation  that  he 
even  prayed  that  he  "might  know  the  fellowship 
of  Christ's  sufferings."  Philpp.  3:  10.  Christ's 
spirit  makes  His  yoke  easy  and  His  burden 
light.  Then  will  Philpp.  4:  13  be  blessedly  true. 
All  through  our  pilgrimage  the  loving  Master  re- 
fers us  to  John  13:  7,  as  "an  anchor  of  the  soul 
both  sure  and  steadfast."  Mystery  will  compass 
our  steps  daily.  "We  walk  by  faith,  not  by  sight." 
2  Cor.  5:  7, 

No  matter  what  new  trial  meets  us,  nor  from 
what  immediate  source  it  comes,  we  can  always 
repose  perfect  confidence  in  Rom.  8:  28.  No  spar- 
row falls  to  the  ground  outside  of  Divine  Provi- 
dence. The  very  hairs  of  our  head  are  all  num- 
bered. Oh  what  a  wise  and  gracious  Father,  oh 
what  a  faithful  and  mighty  Savior!  In  His  hands 
we  are  eternally  safe.  John  10:  27,  28,  29,  The 
beauty,  and  sweetness,  and  glory  of  the  Christian 
life  may  be  expressed  in  one  short  word, — TRUST. 
Isa.  26:  3  4. 

No  matter  how  many  stripes  are  laid  on  our 
backs,  and  how  fast  our  feet  are  screwArii  .vAfh'rli 
stocks,  or  into  what  inner  dungeon  we  are  thrust, 
our  deepest  midnight  can  always  be  made  to  re- 
sound with  praise  to  our  present,  soul-sustaining 
Redeemer. 

No  matter  how  isolated  our  condition,  the  devil 
knows  where  we  live,  and  is  always  rich  in  devices 
to  exaggerate  our  troubles  and  depreciate  the  All- 
Sufficiency  of  our  glorious  Redeemer.  Although  I 
live  in  great  seclusion,  having  little  contact  with 
the  world,  yet,  during  the  last  year,  the  arch-fiend 
assaulted  me  with  unusual  virulence.  I  received 
forty  stripes  save  one  from  hands  that  I  had  hoped 
were  pierced  with  the  nails  of  the  cross.  What  of ' 
it?  In  one  direction  of  service  I  have  been  put  in- 
to fetters,  while  in  another  my  liberty  is  enlarged, 
and  my  usefulness  increased,  I  glory  beyond  ex- 
pression in  2  Cor.  2:  14,  15  and  Philpp.  I:  12,  19, 
20,  I  am  no  exception.  You  are  in  the  same 
blessed  category.  Let  Rom.  8:  35-39  be  your  easily 
ognizable  type  of  life,  though  earth  and  hell  con- 
tinue to  reproduce  2  Cor,  11:  23-27. 

If  there  is  any  "must"  in  your  life,  let  it  be  the 
beatific  "  must"  of  2  Cor.  11:  30,  endorsed  by  the 
strong  affirmation  of  verse  31.  Christianity  is  not 
a  creed,  or  theory,  or  ritual,  but  a  thrilling,  mag- 

ficent,  every  day  fact,  of  which  God  Incarnate  is 
the  substance  and  the  sum.  The  church  cannot 
save;  ordinances  cannot  save;  the  Bible  cannot 
save.  All  these  are  media  of  salvation.  Above 
all,  behind  all,  and  in  all,  is  God,  who  alone  can 
save,  through  Jesus  Christ,  by  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Neglect  not  God's  means,  but  trust  only  in  Him 
who  has  appointed  them.  When  all  visible  sup- 
ports fail,  cast  yourself  with  the  sweetest,  most  un- 
questioning abandon  on  the  "  Everlasting  Arms." 
You  cannot  perish.  "  The  Eternal  God  is  thy  Ref- 
uge." His  pledge  of  fidelity  will  never  be  broken. 
Deut.  33:  27;  1  Thess.  5:  24,  Omnipotence  must 
become  weakness,  and  Eternal  Truth  a  delusion, 
before  one  jot  or  tittle  of  the  words  of  Jehovah  can 
fail.  Have  only  one  thought,  one  purpose,  one  in- 
spiration, one  hope,  one  joy,— Christ  is  mine,  and 


June  II. 


X'JFTID   GOSPEL    MESSETsTGEIR,. 


3S5 


1  am  Christ's,  i  Cor.  3:  21,  22,  23,  and  6:  ig:  20; 
Rom- 8:  31-34'  Eternity  will  indemnify  all  sacri- 
fices and  losses.  "  I  know  thy  poverty,  but  thou 
art  rich,"  is  the  precious  designation  of  a  perfect 
church.  Rev.  2:  9.  See  the  essential  glory  and 
the  incomprehensible  issue  of  humiliation!  2  Cor. 
8:  g.  "  For  the  glory  set  before  you"  let  a'l  your 
afll  ctions  seem  light.  Heb.  12:  2,  3  and  2  Cor.  4: 
17,  Emmanuel  is  our  Pattern,  and  will  be  our 
Eternal  Beatitude. 

Warmly  do  I  thank  you  for  the  stamps.  They 
are  all  His  gift.  I  ask  the  All-proprietor  as  freely 
for  the  facilities  of  my  pen  ministry,  as  I  do  for 
grace  to  fulfill  Matt.  5:  44.  My  voucher  is  John 
14:  13,  14  »nd  Philpp.  4:  19.  "In  My  Name"  cuts 
off  every  petition  that  is  not  prompted  by  a  desire 
to  glorify  Him.  Only  those  who  know  His  name 
as  the  index  of  their  whole  being,  have  a  right  to 
use  it  at  the  mercy- seat.  For  them  it  will  avail  to 
the  extent  of  2  Thess.  1:  11,  12.  Live  on  the  con- 
stant and  conscious  environment  of  Heb.  12:  22, 
23.  24' 

Union  DepOiil,  Pa. 


THE  HORRORS  OF  WAR. 


J.   S.    FLORY, 


Apologists  for  war  would  bring,  if  they  could, 
the  spirit  of  Christianity  down  on  a  par  with  the 
base  passions  of  the  carnal  mind.  The  one  thing 
hard  to  understand  is  the  fact  of  professed  minis- 
ters of  the  Gospel  of  Christ  countenancing  war  and 
trying  to  nullify  what  Christ  has  said  in  reference 
to  peace  and  good  will  to  men.  The  inconsistency 
is  only  explainable  on  the  basis  of  greed,  gain  or  a 
desire  to  be  popular  with  the  masses,  regardless  of 
what  the  Bible  teaches. 

Some  great  minds  have  spoken  on  the  question 
of  war  in  a  fearless  manner.  We  subjoin  a  few  ex- 
tracts: 

,  Jacob  Abbott  says:  "  In  war  the  blood,  the  agony, 
^he  th/irst,  the  groans  which  follow  are  nothing.  It 
ia  *Ki»  raolng  fires  nf  hatred,  anger, .  revenge,  and 
■urious  passion,  which  nerve  every  arm  and  boil  in 
"every  heart,  and  with  which  thousands  upon  thou- 
sands pour  in  crowds  into  the  presence  of  their 
Maker;  these  are  what  constitute  the  real  horrors 
of  a  battle- field." 

Albert  Barnes  says:  "  Who  has  ever  told  the  evils 
•and  the  curses  and  the  crimes  of  war?  Who  can  de- 
scribe the  horrors  of  the  carnage  of  battle?  Who 
can  portray  the  fiendish  passions  which  reign  there? 
If  there  is  anything  in  which  earth,  more  than  any 
other,  resembles  hell,  it  is  in  its  wars." 

Luther  says:  "  War  is  one  of  the  greatest  plagues 
that  can  afflict  humanity;  it  destroys  religion,  it  de- 
stroys states,  it  destroys  families.  Any  scourge  in 
(act  is  preferable  to  it.  Famine  and  pestilence  be- 
come as  nothing  in  comparison  with  it." 

Spurgeon  says:  "  If  there  be  anything  clear  in 
the  Scripture,  it  does  seem  that  it  is  for  the  Chris- 
tian to  have  nothing  to  do  with  carnal  weapons; 
and  how  it  is  that  the  great  mass  of  Christendom 
do  not  see  this  I  can  not  understand.  Surely,  it 
must  be  through  the  blinding  influences  of  the  soci- 
ety in  which  the  Christian  church  is  cast." 

The  last  clause  quoted  doubtless  is  the  real  and 
stubborn  truth  why  pulpits  have  been  so  shamefully 
desecrated  by  men  who  are  either  blinded  or  full  of 
hypocrisy.  Otherwise  they  would  preach  the  doc- 
''ine  that  Christ  preached,  on  this  question  of  war, 
Loi  Angeles,  Col. 


THE  POOR  PREACHER. 


BY   A.   HUTCHISON. 


Have  we  ever  thought  of  what  use  the  Lord  has 
for  poor  men  in  the  ministry?  If  all  our  ministers 
w«e  rich,  and  could  go  into  all  the  world  on  their 
""n  means,  what  would  the  laity  do  for  the  Lord's 
c»use?  They  would,  in  this  way,  be  cut  off  from 
a"  Participation  in  the  execution  of  the  Lord's  will, 
18  given  in  his  last  great  commission,  but  as  we  have 
'°or  men  called  into  the  ministry,  who  cannot  leave 


their  homes,  because  they  have  not  the  means,  and 
as  the  laity  has  the  means,  here,  then,  is  a  way  by 
which  they  can  send  the  glad  tidings  to  such  as 
have  not  the  Bread  and  Water  of  Life  offered  to 
them.  Then,  too,  the  blessing  to  the  sender  is  as 
great  as  to  the  message-bearer.  1  Cor.  4:  S  says, 
"  Now  he  that  planteth  and  he  that  watereth  are 
one:  and  every  man  shall  receive  his  own  reward 
according  to  his  own  labor." 

Here  you  will  notice  that  the  one  who  furnishes 
the  means  will  get  as  great  a  blessing  as  the  one 
who  goes  to  do  the  work.  This  could  not  be,  how- 
evtr,  if  the  ministers  were  all  rich,  and  were  to  say 
(like  some  of  our  faithful  brethren  have  done),  "I 
do  not  need  it,  and  I  will  pay  my  own  way." 

Now,  while  such  brethren  are  to  be  commended 
for  their  faithful  work,  yet  the  laity  can  get  no 
blessing  out  of  this  brother's  work,  neither  does  the 
rich  brother  mean  that  you  shall  lose  anything  in 
this  way.  He  only  gives  you  an  opportunity  to  get 
a  blessing  by  giving  of  your  substance  to  such  as 
do  need  it,  and  could  not  go  without  it.  If  each 
brother  and  sister  could  grasp  the  meaning  of  Job 
33:  24,  the  Lord's  treasury  would  be  well  supplied 
with  that  which  is  needed  to  send  the  poor  brother 
with  your  petition.  That  language  is,  "  Deliver  him 
from  going  down  to  the  pit:  I  have  found  a  ran- 
som." 

If  each  one  of  us  could  fully  realize  that  the  sinner 
is  indeed  going  down  to  the  pit,  unless  we  interfere, 
we  would  all  say,  "  Yes,  I  will  lend  a  helping  hand," 
The  one  who  has  the  means,  but  cannot  go,  would 
say  to  the  poor  brother,  "  Here,  you  go,  and  try  to 
rescue  those  who  are  going  down  to  destruction.  I 
will  furnish  the  means  necessary."  The  poor  broth- 
er would  say,  "  Yes,  here  I  am.  Send  me."  Let  us 
all  dismiss  our  timidity  and  put  our  forces  together 
to  do  the  Lord's  will,  and  thus  rescue  the  perishing. 
The  cause  is  a  noble  one, — the  call  is  a  strong  one, 
—the  time  to  work  is  NOW.  There  will  be  no 
time  to  make  amends  after  the  "Master  has  risen 
up  and  shut  to  the  door."  God  wants  us  to  do  our 
part  heartily,  as  unto  him.  "  The  poor  ye  have  al- 
ways with  you." 

THE  SALUTATION. 

BY    CARMAN   C.   JOHNSON. 

The  serial  ceremony  through  which  we  are  pass- 
ing is  now  seen  to  be  a  combination  of  working 
forces,  each  having  its  distinct  purpose.  Yonder  is 
a  member  who,  if  he  had  not  gone  to  his  brother 
for  an  adjustment  of  differences,  would  not  be 
seated  so  peaceably  at  the  table  of  the  Lord. 
Here  and  there  may  be  seen  persons  who  were  not 
particularly  at  variance  with  any  of  the  members, 
still  they  felt  themselves  slightly  superior  to  sever- 
al of  the  poor  "children  of  the  King;"  but  since 
all  have  been  fitted  into  the  grand  mathematical 
equation  of  continuous  religious  equality,  through 
the  process  of  feet-washing,  there  is  no  mark  of 
distinction  upon  the  head  of  any  one. 

At  the  close  of  the  meal  a  glance  at  the  facial  ex- 
pressions of  some  reveals  the  presence  of  a  friend- 
ly feeling,  where  before  there  was  only  coldness 
and  indifference,  God  has  been  tuning  the  dis- 
cordant heart-strings  of  this  people. 

You  have  watched  the  process  of  disintegration 
when  a  strong  acid  is  poured  upon  lime  rock.  Si- 
lently the  hard  substance  is  reduced  to  powder. 
You  cannot  tell  how  this  chemical  action  is  accom- 
plished; neither  can  you  explain  the  alchemy  of 
that  silent  mysterious  change  which  is  evolved  in 
the  crucible  of  God,  when  the  estranged,  uneven, 
unfriendly,  and  rasping  minds  of  men  are  made  to 
mingle  and  commingle  into  oneness.  The  condi- 
tions under  which  certain  physical  phenomena  re- 
sult are  known  to  the  scientist;  so  also  may  the 
Christian  determine  spiritual  phenomena.  Given, 
first,  certain  conditions;  and  second,  the  law  apply- 
ing, draw  the  conclusion.  The  ordinances  of  God's 
house  are  as  eternal  and  unalterable  as  are  the  or- 
dained laws  of  gravitation  and  chemical  combina- 
tion. They  are  all  simply  the  revealed  lines,  along 
which  the  forces  of  nature  will  operate. 
"Salute  ye  one  another    with    an    holy    kiss," 


What  is  it  for?  The  injunction  applies  to  what 
condition  to  produce  what  effect?  Now,  it  de- 
pends altogether  upon  the  spirit  of  this  inquiry 
whether  or  not  the  question  should  be  answered. 
If  asked  in  the  sarcastic  tone  that  bespeaks  a  spirit 
of  contention  and  meaningless  argument,  a  reply  is 
hardly  in  place;  but  if  the  inquirer  be  an  earnest 
seeker  after  Truth  and  present  himself  for  instruc- 
tion, he  should  be  enlightened. 

The  right  hand  of  fellowship,  or  the  right  hand 
of  fellowship  accompanied  by  the  kiss  of  peace, 
transforms  friendship  into  love.  It  is  not  so  much 
expressive  of  the  large  amount  of  charity  that  al- 
ready exists,  as  it  is  expressive  of  the  charity  which 
is  being  cultivated,  or  that  is  being  implanted  for 
the  first  time. 

Here,  again,  it  is  the  performance  of  the  cere- 
mony that  gives  growth  and  development  to  the 
individual.  How  hollow,  indeed,  were  all  these 
divinely-appointed  services,  if  they  merely  repre- 
sented the  equality,  friendship,  and  love  already 
existent  within  us,  and  did  not  make  us  stronger  in 
these  virtues,  did  not  produce  growth,  make  us 
better,  add  something  to  usl  True,  some  persons 
formally  engage  in  these  rites,  wilh  no  thought  of 
coming  out  stronger  Christians  than  when  they  en- 
tered. 

The  religious  death  of  the  same  persons  may  be 
attributed  to  the  manner  of  spiritual  living.  Spir- 
itual living,  shall  we  say?  No;  but  unconscious, 
spiritual  dyingl  Why,  it  is  this  placing  of  our- 
selves into  relationship  with  brethren  and  sisters, 
and  this  submission  to  the  details  of  a  love  feast 
occasion,  that  gives  strength,  union  and  amalga- 
mation to  the  congregation  and  to  the  Brother- 
hood. The  personal  effect  is  valuable;  but  the  gen- 
eral effect  upon  the  organization  is  powerful. 

Only  by  means  of  such  institutions  is  a  world- 
wide church  possible.  The  kiss  of  charity  enables 
one  to  claim  loving  kinship  with  every  brother 
among  the  Brethren.  You  do  not  salute  only  the 
brother  by  your  side  If  you  commune  once  you 
salute  every  brother  that  ever  lived,  every  one  that 
is  living,  and  every  one  that  ever  shall  live.  The 
chain  of  love,  thus  forged  and  ravealed,  is  unbrok- 
en among  the  communicants  who  are  with  you  at 
the  table  now;  some  brother  continues  the  chain  by 
visiting  the  adjoining  congregation,  and  so  on  un- 
til the  entire  circuit  has  been  made;  while  the  old- 
est brother  now  living  links  us  all  to  the  past,  and 
the  youngest  one  now  living  grasps  the  many  thou- 
sands yet  to  be.  It  is  a  glorious  cycle,  a  never- 
ending  brotherhoodl 

"  Behold,  how  these  brethren  love  one  another," 
said  the  heathen  onlookers  of  the  first  centuries, 
as  they  beheld  the  apostolic  fathers  and  their  suc- 
cessors engaging  in  the  rites  of  love  feast  occa- 
sions, and  the  heathen  had  contemplated  the  scene 
rightly.  They  saw  the  consistency  of  love  as  an 
attribute  of  Brethren. 

The  publican  and  the  sinner  could  be  friends; 
but  it  took  love  to  make  men  brethren.  The  same 
old  truth  is  the  new  truth  of  to  day.  A  brother  is 
a  center,  out  from  which,  if  one  can  imagine  it, 
there  radiate  lines  of  deep  concern  for  the  welfare 
of  every  member  in  the  great  body  of  believers. 
Thus  every  soul  in  the  church  is  in  sympathetic 
connection  with  every  other  soul,  the  whole  sys- 
tem forming  a  closely-woven  fabric,  the  warp  and 
the  woof  of  which  is  charity. 

The  existence  of  such  close  kinship  suggests  rea- 
sons for  some  other  striking  features  of  this  re- 
ligion. For  instance,  the  position  which  the  Breth- 
ren take  in  regard  to  our  going  to  law,  without 
consulting  the  church  council,  always  will  seem 
strange  in  the  light  of  anything  else  but  love.  But 
when  one  considers  the  bond  of  good  faith  which 
unites  the  believers,  how  would  it  be  possible  for 
one  member  to  go  to  law  without  taking  the  whole 
denomination  with  him?  Not  possible.  Neither 
is  it  possible  for  a  brother  to  engage  in  any  ques- 
tionable enterprise  without  involving  the  honor, 
the  safety  and  the  welfare  of  his  people. 

"  By  this  shall  all  men  know  that  ye  are  my  dis- 
ciples, if  ye  have  love  one  for  another."  In  those 
days  discipleshlp  depended  upon   love;  in  these 


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days,  Ihis  virtue  should  be  the  test  of  membership. 
Herein  lies  the  importance  of  the  salutation,  it  is  the 
creator  of  the  "  greatest  thing  in  the  world;  "  name- 
ly, love.  It  is  the  power  behind  the  most  powerful 
force  that  operates  upon  the  lives  of  men.  The 
sacred  precept  is  fittingly  observed  just  previous  to 
the  Communion  service,  bringing  about  that  divine 
harmony  of  Christian  affection  which  makes  the 
bread  and  the  wine  possible.  In  partaking  of  the 
body  and  the  blood  of  Christ,  we  properly  commune 
with  him,  but  it  has  been  beautifully  ordained  that 
we  should  come  into  a  common  union  of  mind  be- 
fore we  partake  of  these  sacred  emblems;  so  we 
salute  one  another  with  a  holy  kiss. 

The  right  hand  of  fellowship,  accompanied  by  the 
salutation,  establishes  a  divine  relationship;  for  love 
is  spiritual,  is  divine.  "  God  is  love  "  and  "  God  is 
spirit "  are  two  promises  from  which  we  derive  the 
conclusion  that  love  is  spirit,  or  spiritual.  Again, 
"God  is  a  spirit;  and  they  that  worship  him  must 
worship  him  in  spirit  and  in  truth."  So  we  might 
affirm,  that  love  is  spiritual  and  they  that  contem- 
plate its  workings  must  contemplate  them  from  a 
spiritual  consideration. 

Mind  may  commune  with  mind,  intellect  with  in- 
tellect, earthly  with  earthly,  animal  with  animal, 
upon  the  basis  of  friendship,  but  soul  communes 
with  soul,  spirit  with  spirit,  the  divine  human  with 
the  divine  God  upon  the  basis  of  a  love  that  "  never 
faileth."  How  impossible,  then,  it  is  for  us  to  com- 
mune with  our  Elder  Brother,  Christ,  unless  a  spark, 
at  least,  of  his  divine  nature  be  burning  in  our  soulsl 

Muntingdon,  Pa, 


ANNUAL  MEETING.  NOTES. 

(Cottlitwcii from  />agc  j6r.) 
amounted  to  over  £1,400,   and  gave   occasion   for 
great  rejoicing. 

— After  a  short  intermission  the  Educational 
Meeting  opened,  with  Bro.  J.  G.  Royer  presiding. 

— Bro.  I.  Harvey  Brumbaugh,  of  Huntingdon,  Pa  , 
gave  reasons  why  we  should  educate.  We  should 
have  schools  in  order  to  keep  in  the  church  those 
who  are  born  in  it.  Young  people  are  bound  to 
have  an  education,  and  if  we  do  not  give  it  to  them 
they  will  go  elsewhere  to  get  it.  Most  of  the  ad- 
vance work  of  the  church  has  come  from  the 
schools;  our  missions  show  this.  Other  reasons 
were:  To  create  a  desire  to  know  and  to  satisfy  this 
desire;  to  teach  that  life  is  serious;  to  prepare  for 
active  life;  to  give  a  true  estimate  of  the  things  of 
this  life  when  we  consider  it  in  connection  with  the 
other,  to  teach  the  value  of  unseen  things. 

— Bro.  E.  M.  Crouch,  of  North  Manchester,  Ind., 
spoke  of  the  Relation  between  Teacher  and  Student. 
He  said  it  was  a  most  solemn  relation,  and  that 
God  alone  can  qualify  teachers  to  discharge  this 
duty.  The  teacher  must  study  the  peculiarities  of 
each  student;  these  may  be  traced  to  home  training. 
The  influence  of  the  mother  is  very  great.  Parents 
often  blame  teachers  for  not  doing  what  should 
have  been  done  at  home.  The  parents  of  our 
church  cannot  risk  sending  their  children  to  world- 
ly institutions.  There  are  too  many  schools  which 
feed  the  intellect  and  starve  the  soul. 

— Bro.  E.  A.  Miller,  of  Lordsburg,  Cal.,  discussed 
the  relation  the  church  should  sustain  toward  her 
schools.  The  church  is  the  assembly  of  God's 
people  on  earth.  The  church  organized  Sunday 
schools  and  the  mission  work  as  helps.  When 
children  of  the  church  were  seen  drifting  away  in 
other  schools,  it  was  necessary  to  organize  school: 
in  the  church,  as  helps  to  keep  them  from  drifting 
away.  The  relation  of  the  church  toward  these 
should  be  the  same  as  toward  the  other  helps, 
When  we  come  to  realize  the  true  relation  there 
will  be  co-operation. 

— Bro.  Edward  Frantz,  of  McPherson,  Kans.,  said 
ten  minutes  was  too  short  a  time  to  tell  what  the 
schools  have  done  for  the  church.  We  shall  not 
know  what  they  have  done  until  the  books  are 
opened.  The  schools  have  emphasized  the  fact 
that  Christianity  is  something  practical,  Seven  of 
our  foreign  missionaries  were  given  to  the  church 


by  the  schools,  as  were  many  of  those  in  city  and 
other  mission  work.  The  office  of  Christianity  is 
to  make  the  world  better.  The  greatest  service  of 
the  schools  10  the  church  has  been  in  interesting 
young  people  in  the  church  and  saving  them  to  the 
church.  Our  young  people  are  going  to  get  an  ed- 
ucation; if  not  in  the  church,  then  out  of  it. 
<""—  Bro.  H,  C,  Early,  of  Virginia, represented  Bridge- 
water  College.  There  are  three  parts  to  our  nature, 
the  physical,  the  intellectual,  and  the  spiritual. 
When  all  the  attention  is  given  to  the  development 
of  the  physical,  we  have  an  animal;  when  it  is  all 
given  to  the  intellect  we  have  such  men  as  Voltaire 
and  Ingersoll.  It  is  a  duty  to  develop  the  moral 
and  spiritual  side  of  our  nature.  Schools  are  turn- 
ing out  thousands  of  infidels  every  year.  This  is 
because  their  souls  are  neglected.  We  want  to 
save  our  children  to  the  church  and  to  God. 

—  Bro.  D.  D,  Culler.of  Mt.  Morris,  111,,  spoke  of  the 
advantage  of  small  schools.  For  the  student  edu- 
cation means  the  development  of  Christian  charac- 
ter. The  true  educator  must  be  a  Christian.  The 
teacher  is  the  realization  of  the  subject  he  teaches. 
This  being  true,  the  closer  the  contact  between  stu- 
dent and  teacher,  the  better  it  is  for  the  student. 
And  the  contact  is  closer  in  a  small  school  than  in 
a  large  one.  The  social  advantages  of  the  small 
school  are  better  than  those  of  a  large  school.  The 
same  is  true  in  religion.  The  Christian  teacher  can 
help  the  student  who  comes  under  his  instruction 
to  build  a  Christian  character. 

Bro.  S.  Z.  Sharp,  of  Plattsburg,  Mo,,  one  of  the 
oldest  educators  of  the  church,  said  he  had  students 
n  all  the  schools,  and  was  interested  in  all  of  them. 
The  growth  of  the  educational  sentiment  in  the 
church  has  been  very  rapid.  He  was  glad  for  this. 
The  church  needs  to  become  more  closely  connect- 
i/ith  her  schools,  so  as  to  have  a  greater  in- 
fluence over  them  and  make  them  more  of  a  help 
than  they  have  been,  though  they  have  helped 
uch  in  the  work  of  the  church. 
—At  6  P.  M.  the  members  of  the  General  Mis- 
sionary and  Tract  Committee  met  with  such  mem- 
bers of  the  District  Boards  as  happened  to  be  pres- 
ent, and  others,  in  a  most  enthusiastic  little  meet- 
ing. 

— At  this  informal  gathering  were  a  score  or 
more  of  the  missionaries,  both  brethren  and  sis- 
ters. The  object  of  the  meeting  was  to  encourage 
one  another  In  the  great  work  of  spreading  the 
Gospel,  get  better  acquainted  with  each  other, 
and  reach  a  better  understanding  relative  to  the 
methods  employed  both  In  the  General  Board  and 
the  District  Boards. 

—To  all  present  the  short  talks  delivered  by 
those  who  were  directly  interested  and  experi- 
enced in  mission  work,  were  intensely  interesting, 
and  full  of  suggestions  and  encouragement. 

— From  the  different  District  Boards  there  were 
present  forty-three  members,  representing  twenty- 
four  State  Districts,  extending  from  one  end  of 
the  Brotherhood  to  the  other.  While  listening 
to  the  informal  proceedings  of  the  meeting,  we 
were  impressed  with  the  thought  that  the  influ- 
ence of  this  little  gathering  would  probably  be 
more  far-reaching  than  any  meeting  held  on  the 
Conference  grounds. 

— Here  were  the  men  and  women  who  are  doing 
the  real  v/ork,  consulting  concerning  the  best 
methods  of  doing  missionary  work,  and,  at  the 
same  time,  encouraging  one  another.  So  inspired 
were  they  with  the  results  of  this  conferring  with 
one  another,  that  another  meeting  was  announced 
for  the  next  evening. 

— At  eight  in  the  evening  Bro."  S.  Z,  Sharp 
preached  in  the  tabernacle,  on  "  The  Mission  of 
the  Brethren  Church."  His  address  deeply  im- 
pressed his  large  audience.  It  was  one  of  those 
well-prepared  and  thoughtful  talks  that  do  people 
good, 

— At  the  same  hour  Bro.  Isaac  Frantz  preached 
in  one  of  the  churches  in  the  city.  It  is  said  that 
the  house  proved  insufficient  to  hold  all  the  peo- 
ple who  came,  and  many  had  to  return  to  their 
homes  without  being  able  to  enjoy  the  services, 


Tuesday,  May  31. 
— This  was  a  delightful  day.  The  sun  arose  in 
his  splendor,  and  caused  all  nature,  as  well  as  the 
people,  to  rejoice.  By  this  time  everybody  seems 
to  have  forgotten  the  unpleasant  weather  of  the 
few  days  past,  and  entered  into  the  labors  and  en- 
joyments of  the  day  with  a  zeal  worthy  of  imita- 
tion. 

—Promptly  at  8  A.  M.  the  Standing  Committee 
came  on  the  stand,  and  the  service  was  opened 
by  Bro.  S.  Z.  Sharp,  using  hymn  No.  1S3,  Breth- 
ren's Sunday  School  Song  Book. 

■Bro.  L.  W.  Teeter  then  announced  the  organ- 
ization, as  stated  above.  Acts  15  was  read  by  the 
Reading  Clerk.  The  rules  governing  the  meeting 
were  also  read,  and  the  meeting  declared  open  and 
■eady  for  business. 

—The  tabernacle  is  on  a  hillside,  and  the  Stand- 

ng  Committee  occupies  a  platform  about  four  feet 

high,  at  the  west  and  lower  side.     The  seats  were 

ranged  on  the  slope  in  front  of  them,  and  arose 

ie  above  the  other  as  the  slope  receded. 

— In  the  assembly  there  were  fully  4,000  people, 

and  317  of  these  were  delegates  from  the  churches. 

They  occupied  seats  directly  in  front  of  the  stand. 

-While  seated  on  the  platform  one  could  have 
a  good  view  of  them.  In  appearance  they  were  a 
fine-looking  body  of  delegates,  most  of  them  being 
n  the  prime  of  life.  Among  them  were  a  number 
of  young  men,  and  also  a  few  sisters.  We  saw  but 
few  men  old  enough  to  have  passed  their  years  of 
useufloess. 

—We  like  this  idea  of  sending  active  and  zeal- 
i  men  as  delegates  to  our  Annual  Conference, 
order  to  accomplish  a  good  work  we  want  men 
when  they  are  at  their  best. 

■The  first  business  of  the  meeting  was  the  con- 
firming of  the  appointments  that  had  been  made 
by  the  Standing  Committee.  Bro.  A.  C,  Wieand 
appointed  on  the  Sunday  School  Committee, 
brethren  I,  B.  Trout  and  I.  N.  H.  Beahm  holding 
over. 

Bro.  Daniel  Hays  was  appointed  on  the  Tract  l 
.mining   Committee.      He   also   serves,  another 
term    on    the    Messenger    Advisory    Committee.  j\ 
Bro.  Amick  is  continued  as  Treasurer  of  Annual 
Meeting. 

—On  the  General  Missionary  and  Tract  Commit- 
tee Bro.  A.  B.  Barnhart,  of  Hagerstown,  Md„  takes 
the  place  of  Bro.  S.  R.  Zug.  Bro.  S.  F.  Sanger 
was  reappointed,  A  number  of  other  appoint- 
ments were  also  made. 

—It  was  also  decided  that  Bro.  D.  L.  Miller  and 
wife  should  again  visit  the  members  in  Denmark 
and  Sweden.  They  may  also  visit  those  in  Asia 
Minor  and  India. 

— Looking  over  their  programs,  the  delegates  saw 
that  they  had  before  them  an  unusual  amount  of 
business,  and  not  a  few  of  them  felt  that  they  were 
elected  to  remain  until  the  last  of  the  week. 

— The  unfinished  business  was  then  taken  up, 
and  the  paper  relating  to  the  care  of  disabled 
ministers,  first  considered,  A  substitute  for  the 
deferred  paper  was  offered  and  adopted.  It  is  too 
long  to  give  even  the  substance  of  it  here. 

— Everybody  was  dreading  the  divorce  paper, 
as  spread  on  the  Minutes  last  year,  in  the  form 
of  deferred  matter,  for  it  is  known  as  the  most 
difficult  question  that  ever  disturbed  our  people. 
It  was  ably  discussed,  and,  to  the  surprise  of  many, 
passed  with  very  little  opposition.  The  vote  in  its 
favor  was  very  large. 

— A  paper  on  Christian  attire  was  last  year  sub- 
mitted to  a  committee  of  five  brethren,  who  at 
this  Conference  presented  a  well-prepared  answer 
to  the  query.  We  cannot  give  even  the  gist  of  it 
in  these  notes,  but  suffice  it  to  say  that  no  effort 
was  made  to  compromise  our  non-conformity  princi- 
ples in  the  least,  It  is  a  paper  that  will  bear  care- 
ful study. 

—In  this  paper  it  is  stated  that  we  do  not  need 
more  decisions  on  the  dress  question,  but  that  we 
need  to  wisely  carry  out  those  that  we  already 
have,  and  that  we  need  to  do  more  intelligent  and 
earnest  teaching  along   this  line.    We  desire   to 


June  n,  1898. 

emphasize  the  importance  of  earnest  and  well- 
directed  teaching. 

— The  papers,  relating  to  the  time  for  the  salu- 
tation at  feasts,  were  returned  to  the  Districts 
from  whence  they  came.  The  Conference  did  not 
see  proper  to  make  any  change  in  her  practice. 

—It  was  decided  to  revise  the  Minutes  of  the  An 
nual  Meeting,  leaving  out  all  the  obsolete  deci- 
sions, those  that  are  repeated  and  those  merely 
historical,  retaining  those  of  a  doctrinal  character. 

— A  committee  of  three  was  appointed  to  do  the 
work,  viz,  brethren  U.  L.Miller,  D.  E.  Price  and 
Daniel  Hays.  They  were  instructed  to  enter  upon 
their  work  at  once,  and  have  the  work  ready  for 
filling  orders,  at  the  earliest  date  possible.  When 
completed  the  book  will  be  printed  by  us.  The 
Minutes  are  to  be  classified,  and  thoroughly  in- 
dexed.   We  consider  this  a  good  move. 

—The  queries  were  then  taken  up.  The  Second 
District  of  Virginia  presented  a  paper,  asking  the 
Annual  Meeting  to  define  herself  concerning  the 
rights  and  restrictions  governing  brethren  in  pub 
lishing  papers,  as  to  what  character  of  matter  may 
and  may  not  be  published, 

—The  Meeting  decided  that  such  papers,  in 
matter,  character  and  purpose  should  be  conducted 
in  a  way  that  will  not  place  them  in  competition 
with  the  publications  duly  authorized  by  the  Con- 
ference. 

— In  the  afternoon  the  annual  report  of  the  Gen- 
eral Missionary  and  Tract  Committee  was  read.  It 
is  a  document  of  some  length,  and  full  of  mission- 
ary interest.  It  shows  that  during  the  year  over 
$17,000  was  received,  and  that  $5,760  came  from  the 
Brethren  Publishing  House. 

— The  report  also  shows  that  the  business  done 
by  the  Publishing  House  during  the  year  which  ex 
pired  May  1,  amounted  to  S108, 450.55,  and  that  the 
earnings  of  the  House  for  the  year  were  over  Sio.oco. 
The  Meeting  was  very  much  pleased  with  this  the 
first  .report  from  the  Publishing  House. 

— 'It  was  so  satisfactory  that  all  efforts  to  make 
the  slightest  change  in  the  policy  of  the  House  met 
with  no  encouragement  whatever,  While  we  think 
the  report  is  a  good  one,  we  shall  be  pleased  to  im- 
prove on  it  if  it  is  possible  to  do  so. 

— A  number  of  papers  were  returned  to  the  Dis- 
trict from  whence  they  came.  In  fact  we  never 
saw  so  many  qusries  returned.  We  cannot  here 
state  the  reasons  presented  for  sending  so  many 
papers  back,  but  those  who  read  the  full  report  will, 
in  most  instances,  find  the  reasons  as  stated  to  the 
Conference. 

— A  very  long  paper,  relating  to  the  Brethren's 
Historical  Association,  with  headquarters  at  Ger- 
mantown,  Pa.,  was  read,  and  then  ordered  spread 
on  the  Minutes  one  year  as  deferred  matter, 

— The  afternoon  session  closed  at  5  P.  M.,  having 
disposed  of  many  papers.  It  was  regarded  as  a 
big  day's  work,  and  seemed  to  give  the  best  of  sat- 
isfaction. 

— Business  had  not  proceeded  very  far  until  it 
became  evident  that  we  had  an  excellent  corps  of 
officers,  and  they  proved  to  be  such  to  the  end  of 
the  meeting, 

— At  6  in  the  evening  there  was  another  meeting 
of  the  members  of  the  General  Mission  Board  and 
the  members  of  the  District  Boards,  along  with  a 
number  of  the  mission  workers  and  others.  There 
were  probably  303  persons  present. 

— About  twelve  topics  were  assigned  to  as  many 
members,  brethren  and  sisters,  and  each  one  was 
given  three  minutes  in  which  to  present  his  line  of 
thought.  Then  three  minutes  were  allowed  for 
general  remarks.  It  is  wonderful  how  much  an 
earnest  man  or  woman  can  say  in  three  minutes. 
Some  of  those  to  whom  topics  were  assigned,  made 
more  good  points  in  the  few  minutes  allotted  them 
than  some  preachers  do  in  a  half  hour.  One  broth- 
er had  nine  well-put  points  in  his  talk. 

— It  was  the  most  enthusiastic  meeting  we  at- 
tended during  the  Conference  week.  Sisters  told 
of  their  methods,  discouragements  and  obstacles. 
Others  told  how  they  distributed  tracts,  and  their 
manner  of  visiting  from  house  to  house.  Some  re- 
lated their  experience  in  city  missions,  others  on 


th:_ei  gospel  messenger. 

the  outskirts,  and  nearly  all  of  them  had  some  good 
suggestions  to  offer. 

—We  were  greatly  pleased  with  the  general  ap- 
pearance of  the  noble  band  of  workers  seen  in  this 
gathering.  They  are  intelligent,  earnest  and  firm 
in  the  faith.  They  want  to  do  something  for  the 
cause  of  Christ  and  mean  to  do  it.  The  time  is 
coming  when  the  church,  as  well  as  the  world,  is 
going  to  feel  the  influence  growing  out  for  good 
from  these  energetic  missionaries. 

—The  meetirg  proved  a  great  incentive  to  the 
members  of  the  District  Boards.  They  will  prob- 
ably return  home  fully  resolved  to  redouble  their 
diligence  in  placing  forces  in  the  field  for  the  con- 
version of  sinners  and  the  building  up  of  churches. 

/"—At  eight  o'clock  fully  4,000  assembled  in  the 
tabernacle  to  hear  President  Blanchard  on  "  Chris- 
tianity and  Secrecy."  For  fully  one  hour  he  held 
the  attention  of  the  audience,  while  he  exposed  the 
evils  of  secrecy,  and  showed  most  clearly  that  se- 
crecy is  not  only  unchristian,  but  an  evil  to  society 
and  the  true  religion. 

^■^-He  was  greatly  pleased  to  find  such  a  large 
body  of  people  opposed  to  secret  orders  in  all 
their  forms.  We  believe  his  talk  will  prompt 
many  of  our  preachers  to  do  more  earnest  preach- 
ing agaicst  secrecy.  The  members  of  the  Stand- 
ing Committee  were  on  the  platform  and  listened 
to  the  talk  with  marked  attention. 

— Mr.  Blanchard  has  for  years  been  a  close  stu- 
dent of  secret  societies  and  their  results,  and  it  was 
thought  that  a  talk  from  him  might  prove  helpful 
to  our  people,  and  prompt  them  to  greater  efforts 
to  counteract  this  growing  evil.  We  feel  confident 
that  the  talk   did   a  great  deal  of  good  in  more 

'ways  than  one. 

Wednesday,  June  1. 

—  Considerable  rain  fell  during  the  night,  and  for 
an  hour  or  two  we  had  some  mud  to  contend  with, 
but  the  sun  soon  shone  out  brightly  and  gave  us 
another  delightful  day. 

—Promptly  at  S  the  Standing  Committee  came 
on  the  stand,  and  business  was  resumed.  We  no- 
ticed that,  with  a  few  exceptions,  all  the  dele- 
gates were  in  their  places.  Probably  not  more  than 
a  half  dozen  had  dropped  out.  We  like  the  idea  of 
delegates  remaining  to  the  close  of  the  meeting, 

— A  few  members  had  returned  to  their  home, 
thus  somewhat  reducing  the  audience.  There 
were  probably  3.500  present  when  the  meeting  was 
ready  for  business. 

—The  paper  asking  that  another  committee  be 
appointed,  to  carry  on  the  publishing  interest  of  the 
church,  was  returned  without  discussion. 

— A  paper,  recommending  that  ministers  and 
elders,  employed  by  railroad  companies,  etc,  to  lo- 
cate colonies,  should  not  serve  as  delegates  to  ei- 
ther Distii-.t  or  Annual  Meeting,  called  out  a  very 
earnest  discussion,  and  so  close  was  the  vote  that  a 
count  was  necessary  in  order  to  settle  it.  The  de- 
cision failed  to  receive  the  required  two-thirds  vole, 
169  voting  for  it,  and  142  against  it. 

— A  committee  of  three  was  appointed  to  rec- 
ommend to  the  next  meeting,  a  plan  for  improving 
our  Hymnal  and  Sunday  School  Song  Book,  and, 
if  possible,  unite  us  on  the  use  of  one  book,  as  near 
as  possible. 

— Our  forthcoming  Song  Book  will  doubtless  go 
far  in  the  way  of  meeting  the  wants  of  our  Broth- 
erhood along  this  line,  for  our  aim  is  to  bring  out 
a  book  second  to  none. 

— The  most  earnest  exchange  of  views  related  to 
a  query  which  asked  the  Conference  to  so  amend 
Art.  12  of  18S3,  as  to  permit  churches  to  retain 
members  who  make  an  humble  confession  for  the 
sin  of  fornication.  It  called  out  strong  arguments 
on  both  sides,  and  this  part  of  the  Report  will  be 
read  with  much  more  than  ordinary  interest. 

— The  paper  asking  for  a  new  plan  for  Sunday 
school  lessons  was  referred  to  the  Publishing 
House,  There  seems  to  be  but  little  objection  to 
the  system  of  lessons  tve  are  now  using,  especially 
where  the  system  is  well  understood. 

— The  Conference  handled  about  fourteen  pa- 
pers in  the  forenoon,  and  we  all  felt  that  there 
might  be  a  possibility  of  finishing  before  night. 


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— At  one  o'clock  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  Tab- 
ernacle by  the  Brethren's  Historical  Association, 
Elsewhere  reference  is  made  to  the  paper  relating 
to  this  Association. 

— Several  very  interesting  addresses  were  deliv- 
ered and  considerable  interest  aroused.  A  number 
spoke  of  valuable  historical  documents,  pertaining 
to  the  early  history  of  the  church,  now  in  their  pos- 
session, and  manifested  a  desire  for  a  suitable 
place  to  preserve  everything  that  will  be  of  histor- 
ical interest. 

— At  the  close  of  the  meeting  considerable  time 
was  devoted  to  singing,  as  the  Standing  Committee 
did  not  come  on  the  platform  until  3:  ;o,  they  hav- 
ing an  unusual  amount  of  business  to  transact  in 
their  room,  with  a  view  of  completing  the  work  of 
the  Conference  during  the  afternoon. 

— The  meeting  was  soon  ready  for  business,  and 
one  paper  after  another  was  rapidly  and  yet  judi- 
ciously disposed  of.  There  was  a  very  interesting 
exchange  of  views  and  giving  of  experience  over  a 
paper,  concerning  the  propriety  of  inviting  oth- 
ers to  take  part  in  our  social  meetings.  While 
there  was  clearly  manifested  an  earnest  desire  to 
cultivate  and  exercise  becoming  courtesy  towards 
others,  it  was  also  evident  that  our  people  arc  not 
disposed  to  compromise  principles. 

—A  far-reaching  paper  in  its  effects  was  one 
asking  for  the  appointing  of  a  committee  of  five 
brethren  to  recommend  to  next  Annual  Meeting  a 
plan  for  a  more  judicious  distribution  of  the  minis- 
terial force  of  the  church.  We  unquestionably 
need  improved  methods  along  this  line,  and  we 
trust  the  committee  shall  be  able  to  recommend 
something  that  will  prove  both  beneficial  and 
practicable. 

— Letters  of  greeting  were  received  from  the 
churches  in  Denmark,  Sweden,  Asia  Minor,  Ore- 
gon, Washington  and  Idaho.  These  greetings 
were  received  by  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  en- 
tire assembly,  and,  in  return,  a  letter  of  greeting 
was  sent  to  them. 

— The  General  Missionary  and  Tract  Committee 
asked  for  permission  to  publish  a  paper  for  our 
young  people.  The  grant  was  given  without  a  dis- 
senting voice,  and  now,  in  due  time,  the  Brethren 
Publishing  House  will  bring  out  a  paper  that  will 
doubtless  fill  a  long- felt  want  among  the  young 
people. 

—The  application  for  the  recognition  of  the 
Fiuitdale  (Alabama)  College,  was  deferred  one 
year, 

— Only  three  committees  were  granted  to  church- 
es this  year.  This  is  a  good  indication.  We  hope 
to  see  the  time  when  no  committees  will  be  called 
for  from  the  Annual  Meeting.  Let  churches  learn 
to  settle  their  own  troubles,  and  if  they  must  have 
committees,  it  will  be  found  far  better  to  make 
their  own  selection,  and  agree  to  abide  by  the  results. 
Or,  if  they  cannot  be  satisfied  in  this  way,  let  them 
be  content  with  the  efforts  of  a  committee  from 
the  District  Meeting. 

—Brethren  W.  R  Deeter  and  W.  A.  Gaunt  were) 
added  to  the  continued  committee  for  Eastern 
Pennsylvania.  Among  other  things  the  Committee 
was  instructed  to  make  an  effort  to  divide  the  Dis- 
trict, and  assist  in  locating  some  efficient  elders  in 
the  churches  now  so  greatly  in  need  of  them.  S 

— There  were  calls  for  the  Annual  Meeting  for 
1  he  First  District  of  Virginia,  the  Second  District 
of  Virginia,  Eastern  Pennsylvania,  Middle  Indiana 
and  California.  The  decision  was  in  favor  of  the 
First  District  of  Virginia,  and,  the  Lord  willing,  the 
next  Annual  Meeting  will  be  held  in  or  near  the  < 
City  of  Roanoke. 

— At  5  o'clock  the  meeting  closed,  Bro.  S.  F, 
Sanger  conducting  the  exercises.  It  is  not  often 
that  we  can  complete  the  work  of  an  Annual  Con- 
ference inside  of  two  days,  but  it  was  done  in  this 
instance. 

— This  is  to  be  credited  to  two  causes.  First,  ef- 
ficient officers,  and  second,  to  the  fact  that  our  peo- 
ple are  learning  to  know  that  they  can  transact 
business  with  a  great  deal  less  talking. 

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THE   GOSPEL    JVTESSEJSTOEJ^. 


Jun 


IP  LOVE  WERE  NOT. 

If  love  were  not,  the  wilding  rose 

Would  in  its  leafy  heart  inclose 

No  chalice  ol  perfume. 

By  mossy  bank,  in  glen  or  grot, 

No  bird  would  build  if  love  were  not; 

No  flower  complacent  bloom. 

The  sunset  clouds  would  lose  tbeit  dyes, 

The  light  would  fade  from  beauty's  eyes, 

The  stars  their  I 


And  something  missed  from  hall  and  cot 
Would  leave  the  world,  if  love  were  not, 
A  wilderness  of  gloom. 

— Harper's  Monthly. 


THE  BATTLES  OP  LIFE. 


BV    ABRAM 


Life  is  the  picptmrtlon  d  a  home;  in  which;  liter 
awhile,  happy  children  shall  gather  around  the  old 
arm-chair,  before  the  paternal  hearthstone.  Who 
was  it  that  fondled  and  caressed  you  and  I? 
Mother.  Who  folded  her  arms  about  us  in  love 
when  we  needed  sympathy  and  consolation? 
Mother.  Who  led  our  footsteps  when  we  learned 
to  walk?  Mother.  And  when  the  home  is  broken 
up,  and  we  are  scatteied  hither  and  thither,  who 
clings  more  tenaciously  to  us  than  "  mother!  " 

We  need  this  preparation  of  a  "home,  sweet 
home  "  for  happiness  in  old  age.  Pitiful,  indeed,  is 
the  condition  of  aged  men  or  women  who,  in  their 
declining  years,  arc  deprived  of  a  "  home,  sweet 
home."  If  we  cannot  think  of  our  homes  with  a 
degree  of  happy  recollections,  there  is  something 
lacking, 

Ask  a  sailor  on  a  voyage  outward  bound,  far  oS 
on  a  foreign  sea,  to  sing  the  sentimental  lines  of 
"  Home,  Sweet  Home,"  and  he  will  shake  his  head 
and  tell  you  that  he  cannot  sing  it  now.  But  on  his 
return  voyage  to  his  native  land,  where  his  dear 
ones  abide,  when  he  is  netting  the  shore,  the  old 
sailor's  voice  will  be  able  to  sing  it  with  his  heart 
full  of  tender  feeling  and  joy,  be  his  home  ever  so 
humble  and  poor. 

Every  one  of  us  needs,  early  in  life,  to  be  taught 
that  everything  good  comes  from  above,  and 
look  to  our  Creator  and  Preserver,  the  great 
AM,"  for  our  daily  needs  in  life.  If  the  American 
people  of  to-day  would  learn  and  realize  this  fact 
more  and  more,  calamity  and  poverty  would  possi 
bly  be  strangers. 

Let  us  remember  that  God  is  the  founder  of  the 
home.  I  would  emphatically  and  indelibly  impress 
upon  the  mind  of  all,  that  He  is  always  found  in 
a  good  and  true  home. 

It  is  said  of  two  young  men  in  the  city  of  Birm- 
ingham, England,  that  the  one  asked  the  other  to 
go  with  him  to  play  a  game  of  cards. 

11  No,"  said  he.  "  I  promised  my  mother  1  would 
not  touch  a  card." 
"  Won't  you  come?  " 
"Nj." 


The  two  separated.     The  one  went  to  the  card  ta- 
ble, the  other  went  to  a  Y.  M.  C.  A.  reading  room 
to  spend  the  evening  in  profitable  reading.     A  year 
after  this  the  first  named  died  at  a  poor-house  in  a 
drunkard's  delirium, 
Oh,  my  fellow  mortal,  did  you  ever  realize  how 
any  boys   are   cruelly  torn  from  their   mother's 
side,  and  how  many  men  wreck  their  lives  and  ruin 
their  souls,  rob  homes  of  their   sweetness  and  break 
the  hearts  of  mothers  and  wives,  through  the  abom- 
able   curse  of  intemperancel     Let  us  remember 
them  in  our  prayersl 

The  other  was  a  trusted  clerk  in  a  large  com- 
mercial house,  in  which  he,  later  on,  became  a  part- 
Thus  we  could  possibly  recite  scores  of  cases, 
where,  influenced  through  corrupt  associations,  des- 
tined some  dear  one  to  be  eternally  doomed.  My 
friend,  my  brother,  my  sister,  I  v/ould  advise  in  the 
language  of  our  Savior,  "  What  I  say  unto  you,  I 
ay  unto  all, — Watch." 

Poverty  is  no  barrier  to  eminence  in  life.  It  is 
said  that  Daniel  Webster,  a  noble  statesman,— 
the  man  whose  eloquence  stirred  a  whole  nation, 
was  so  poor  that  he  worked  for  many  a  breakfast 
before  he  ate  it.  Robert  Burns  was  i  poor  Scotch 
plow- boy;  Columbus  was  the  son  of  a  weaver; 
Shakespeare  was  the  son  of  a  father,  born  a  simple 
nan,  yet  he  became  the  great  giant  of  British 
literature;  Lincoln  was  a  "rail-splitter."  There 
may  be  braver  men  and  truer  women  to-day,  be- 
cause he  lived,  but,  oh,  how  poor  he  lived,  and  yet 
how  great  he  diedl 

Poverty  teaches  us  self-reliance.  It  teaches  us  to 
rise  step  by  step,  until  we  stand  on  the  pinnacle 
of  excellence.  When  a  man  or  woman  comes  up 
life's  ladder  through  poverty,  meets  and  conquers 
the  battles  of  life  as  he  goes  on  in  the  fear  and  obe- 
dience of  God,  and  finds  himself  on  this  pinnacle,  he 
will  then  realize  that  "  life  is  what  we  make  it." 

Labor  is  dignifying,  honorable  as  well,  but  you 
must  have  "  pluck,"  and  with  it  you  need  perse- 
verance, It  was  perseverance  in  Geo.  Washington 
that  enabled  him  to  forever  lay  his  foot  on  mon- 
archy, and  to  give  the  people  of  these  United 
States  the  grandest  government  on  the  globe.  You 
remember  the  maxim,  "An  ounce  of  'pluck'  is 
worth  a  ton  of '  luck.'  "  It  was  not  "  luck  "  that  en- 
abled Cyrus  Field  to  lay  the  great  Atlantic  cable,— 
but  it  was  "pluck."  Neither  was  it  "luck"  that 
made  it  possible  for  Titos,  Edison  to  harness  elec- 
tricity and  afford  comfort  and  economy  to  all  the 
civilized  world, — but  it  was  "  pluck." 
f  James  Abram  Garfield  had  to  ring  the  college 
bell  for  part  of  his  education,  but  by  perseverance 
he  became  the  president  of  the  United  States. 
Your  reputation  consists  in  what  people  say  of  you, 
but  your  character  is  comprised  by  what  you  really 
are. 

Ever  learn  to  be  economical  in  all  things.  I  dare 
say,  a  true  follower  of  the  meek  and  lowly  Lamb  of 
God  will  be  economical.  The  Blessed  Book  teach- 
es it,  A  ten-cent  calico  dress  paid  for,  is  better 
than  a  silk  unpaid,  A  cheap  suit  paid  for,  is  better 
than  a  S35  suit,  when  the  tailor  points  his  finger  at 
you,  and  says,  "  That  fellow  has  my  clothing  on." 

Learn  also,  to  dearly  love  your  Bible,  and  read  it 
and  study  it,  I  love  to  read  the  story  of  the  old 
patriarchs;  how  they  met  the  battles  of  life,  and 
trusted  in  the  living  God.  I  love  to  read  the  story 
of  the  life  of  Moses,  the  beauties  found  in  the  Prov- 
erbs, and  I  shall  ever  love  the  story  of  Daniel,  a 
noble  man  of  God.  Not  least  among  all  of  these,  I 
pre-eminently  delight  in  reading  and  reflecting  on 
the  life  of  our  Savior  and  Redeemer  of  the  world. 
From  his  standing  by  the  fishermen  mending  their 
nets  we  may  follow  him  to  the  agony  in  Gethse- 
mane,  and  from  thence  to  Calvary,  Let  us  follow 
in  His  footsteps,  this  great  Teacher,  who  "  spake  as 
never  man  spake;"  take  His  teaching  to  heart,  live 
it,  obey  it;  and  then,  when  the  great  waves  of 
trouble  come,  when  death  comes  and  we  must  leave 
all  that  is  mortal,  we  shall  have  a  consolation  and  a 
hope  that  nothing  earthly  can  shake.  Let  us 
nobly,  beautifully,  grandly,  so  that,  when  we  are 
done  battling  with  life,  the  Golden  Gates  of  the 


New  Jerusalem  will  swing  ajar,  and  the  angels  will 
sing  at  our  entrance,  and  the  Master  will  say,  "  Well 
done,  thou  good  and  faithful  servant,  enter  thou  in. 
to  the  joys  of  thy  Lord." 

York,  Pa.  ___^_^_^_ 

IS  CHRIST  C0A1IN0? 

BY   J.    E.   YOUNG. 

Three  great  comings  are  foretold  in  the  Bible: 
Jesus  came  in  Bethlehem  as  a  Savior  of  the  world. 
Both  the  letter  and  the  spirit  were  fulfilled  in  this 
coming.  The  Holy  Spirit  coming  and  abiding, 
This  is  marvelously  attested  to  by  the  believers  on 
the  Day  of  Pentecost  and  since.  For  the  coming 
of  our  Lord  from  heaven,  the  believers  were  told  to 
"  watch  and  wait  "  till  he  comes. 

It  is  claimed  I  hat  the  Bible  speaks  about  three 
hundred  times  of  our  Lord's  return. 

Two  Bible  themes  ought  to  interest  the  soul 
"  born  of  God  "  more  than  any  others, — the  return 
of  our  Lord  and  the  "  resurrection  of  the  just."  It 
will  wake  us  up  and  cause  us  to  be  active  and  pow- 
erful in  personal  work,  "  setting  our  own  house  in 
order."  Godliness,  and  helping  others,  more  than 
so  much  ordinance  preaching  will  be  of  lasting 
benefit. 

Notice  how  often  "  repentance,  baptism,  feet- 
washing,  communion"  are  mentioned  in  the  Bible, 
compared  to  the  coming  of  Christ. 

Study  the  following  texts  with  their  contexts, 
with  meditation  and  prayer: 

"  I  will  come  again  and  receive  you  unto  myself," 
John  14:  3. 

"  And  they  shall  see  the  Son  of  man  coming  in 
the  clouds  of  heaven  with  power  and  great  glory," 
Matt.  24:  30. 

"  Hereafter  shall  ye  see  .  .  .  and  coming  in  the 
clouds  of  heaven,"     Matt,  26: 64, 

"  For  the  Son  of  man  shall  come  in  the  glory  of 
his  Father  with  his  angels;  and  then  he  shall  reward 
every  man  according  to  his  works."     Matt.  16:  27, 

"  This  same  Jesus,  which  is  taken  u'p  from  yo'cJ  \v.-. 
to  heaven,  shall  so  come  in  like  manner  as  ye  have  ■ 
seen  him  go  into  heaven."     Acts  1:  II. 

We  have  angels'  testimony  of  his  conception, 
birth,  resurrection,  his  coming  again.  There  is  tes- 
timony from  the  same  reliable  source  in  all  these, 
When?     "  At  an  hour  whence  think  not." 

"  For  as  often  as  ye  eat  this  bread  and  drink  this 
cup,  ye  do  show  forth  the  Lord's  death  till  he 
come." 

Do  not  make  the  "  Eucharist "  mean  more  than 
God  intended  it  should.  Seek  the  Holy  Spirit  for 
life.  Do  not  depend  too  much  on  symbols  and  or- 
dinances.    They  have  a  minor  place. 


•THE  OTHER  FELLOW.' 


BY   A.   M,   T.    MILLER, 

"  He  wanted  me  to  or  I  would  not  have  taken  the 
first  drink  and  then  that  drink  wanted  company  and 
the  first  I  knew  I  was  getting  funny." 

Satan  says  to  the  merchant,  "  Thirty-four  inches 
go  for  a  yard,  and  fifteen  ounces  will  do  for  a 
pound.  Your  customer  has  neither  yard-stick  nor 
scales.  Nineteen  hundred  pounds  will  do  for  a  ton 
of  hay,  for  it  is  bulky  and  who  will  know  the  differ- 
ence? But  to  the  "  other  fellow  "  you  will  have  to 
give  good  measure,  for  he  is  very  particular,  and  if 
you  do  not  give  him  good  measure  and  good  weight, 
you  will  lose  his  trade," 

Now  if  you  are  not  on  the  look-out,  the  "  other 
fellow "  will  get  yuu  into  more  trouble  than  you 
are  aware  of.  The  "  other  fellow"  says,  if  you  will 
wait  till  he  is  ready  to  join  church,  then  each  of  you 
can  join  church  at  the  same  time.  "  The  '  other 
fellow '  is  in  no  hurry,  and  that  suits  me  all  right. 
I  would  prefer  to  wait  awhile  before  settling  down 
and  joining  church." 

That  idea  suits  Satan.  He  will  give  you  all  the 
time  you  want, — the  more  the  better  will  suit  htm. 
The  best  thing  for  you  and  the  "  other  fellow  "  '° 
do  is  to  read  Matt.  6:  19-34, 

Picknll,  Nibr. 


TT^IE    GOSPEL    -MESSIENGrEI?,. 


General  Missionary  and  Tract 
Department. 

COMMITTEE. 

Bnach  Bby,        -    Kansas   r   L.  W.  Teeter.     ■    Indiana 

D.L.  Miller,     •    -Illinois    |    S.  R.  Zug,  ■  Pennsylvania 

S.  F.  Sanger,    -    •    Virginia. 

KOUIAS  MEETIHOS  OP  ISE  COMMITTEE:  -  The    Monday 

ing;  the  second  Monday  o(  October  and  of  February. 
B03IHESS  TOB  AH7  MEETIHO  should  be  In  the  office  ol  the 


The  Islam  directs  the  affairs  of 


the  church,  but  the  Sulla 


in  band  and  manage  matters  to 


doracd  by  the  District  Mission  Board,  bclore  the 

THE  COMMITTEE  BEOEIVES  donations    lor    the   following 
lunds:  World-Wide,  Asia  Minor,  India,  Orphan; 
Smyrna;     Washinnton    MectluRhouse;     SuHero 
India;  Boole  and  Tract  Funds. 

DO   HOT  iDDBESB   business  or  money  intended    [or    the 
Committee,  to  any  ol  its  members.    All  such  c 
pondence  and  money  3hould  be  sent  to 

GEN.  MISS,  &  TRACT  COM., 


THE  OTTOMAN  EMPIRE. 
No.  4.— Religions  and  Government. 

Since  each  province  has  religions  peculiar 
to  itself  it  becomes  too  lengthy  to  note  all  of 
them,  and  especially  those  of  provinces  not  of 
special  interest  to  most  of  the  readers  of  to- 
day. The  Mohammedan  is  one  of  the  great 
religions  of  the  world  and  of  it-elf  is  one  of  the 
most  important  in  influence  in  the  Ottoman. 

The  Greek  church,  possibly,  stands  first  in 
importance  among  those  religions  that  are  of 
general  interest  outside  of  the  Mohammedan. 
This  is  a  direct  descendant  from  the  Byzantine 
church  and  in  general  doctrine  is  very  much 
in  sympathy  with  the  Protestant  church.  It  is 
ieparated  from  the  Armenian  church  by  a 
of  distinction,  and  the  age  is 
probably   passed  when  the  theological  differ- 

"  will  be  so  strongly  drawn.  But  it  now 
ttled  to  be  a  national  distinction  instead, 
s  become  for  the  most  part  a  political 

about  on  a  par  with  other  religions  of  the  t 
pire.  The  Patriarch  at  Constantinople  is 
theory  the  head  of  all  these  branches,  but 
many  of  them  pay  little  regard  to  him  and  hi; 
desires,  and  same  of  them  ignore  him  altogeth- 
er and  show  honor  to  the  Patriarch  of  Jerusa^ 
lem.  Besides  this  the  Greek  church  is  greatly 
divided  and  subdivided,  having  simply  a  form 
of  worship,  and  conspicuously  absent  of  any 
spirit. 

The  Roman  Catholics  are  principally  found 
among  the  Greeks,  Armenians  and  Syrians, 
who  have  made  peaceful  relations  with  the 
Pope,  in  order  to  gain  certain  political  advan- 
tages. They,  by  special  grant  retain  their  own 
languages  in  all  the  services  and,  outside  of  the 
dress  of  their  priests,  cannot  be  distinguished 
from  their  fellows  of  other  faiths. 

The  Protestants  follow  largely  the  customs 
and  plans  of  the  churehes  in  America  and 
hence  need  little  description.  Their  form  of 
worship  is  non-liturgical,  presumably  so  be- 
cause the  missionaries  introduced  that  manner 
of  worship,  to  withhold,  as  much  as  possible, 
the  evils  of  the  old  churches  of  the  country. 

All  civil  as  well  as  ecclesiastical  power  centers 
in  the  Sultan,  In  the  former  he  is  known  as 
Sultan  and  in  the  latter  as  Caliph,  for  it  is  well 
known  that  Mohammed  claimed  to  receive  a 
special  power  direct  from  God  through  the  an- 
gel Gabriel,  and  that  he  committed  this  powei 
to  the  Caliphs  of  whom  to-day  the  Sultan  is  the 
legal  and  proper  descendant  and  representa- 
tive. Thus  it  is  seen  that  all  matters  of  state 
and  religion  alike  rest  in  this  one  person. 

The  Sultan  is  both  in  theory  and  practice 
the  head  of  the  Turkish  government,  for  while 
he  has  his  departments  and  men  placed  at  the 
head  of  each,  working  out  the  minutiae  of  each, 
he  may  intercept  the  plans  of 
and,  if  he  chooses,  dispose  of 
and  conduct  the  details  of  the 


take  the 
suit  himself. 

Side  by  side  are  found  the  judicial,  ecclesias- 
tical and  civil  administration  and  they  often  so 
intermingle  that  it  is  difficult  to  determine 
where  the  one  ends  and  the  other  begins.  This 
is  especially  true  in  real  estate.  Land  may  be 
classed  in  two  kinds.  The  "  mulk  "  land,  which 
corresponds  very  nearly  to  the  freehold  of  thi 
country,  and  the  other  the  "vacouf"  lane 
which  pays  a  continual  rental  to  some  mosqu> 
or  other  religious  institution.  A  "mulk"  en 
easily  be  made  a  "vacouf"  but  a  "  vacouf 
cannot  be  made  a  "mulk"  unless  an  equiva 
lent  is  given  which  will  produce  the  income  fo 
the  religious  institution. 

From  th: 


ver  advocated  this 
sting  methods  in 
tuld  do  his  best  to 
)ur  missionary  ad- 
n  concerned,  I  am 
caling  down  and  I 


it  may  be  < 
or  missionaries  to  get  0 
/hich  to  build  a  school  c 


[i  how  difficult  it 
crship   of  land  1 
ihurch,  for  should 
marics    select  a   parcel   of    ground 
"mulk;'  to  build  upon,  and  the 
did  not  want  such  building  there,  he  need 
ily  transfer  it  into  a  "  vacouf"  and  then 
fficult  to  get  a  title  at  all. 
Foreigners  in  Turkey   have  a  very  peculiar 
relationship  to   the  government.     For    a  long 
;  provided  that  each  foreigner  was 
special  protection  and  direction  of 
1  in  Turkey  representing  the  native 
country.     Under    this   provision    no  foreigner 
rrested  by  a  Turkish  officer,  flo  police 
:r  his  home  or  in  any  way  interfere 
excepting  by   special  permission  of 
1.     For    any    misdemeanor  be  was 
tried  before  his  own  consul.    In  a  sense  he  was* 
practically  independent  of  the  Turkish  govern- 
though   living    in  the  empire.    While 
these   laws  were  carefully  observed   in  years 
past,  it  is   especially  noticeable,  of  late,  that 
Iher  they  are  disregarded  or  else   the  Sultan 
abrogating    them  slowly,  and  granting    to 
foreigners  in   his  empire  only  the  same  privi- 
leges which  his  own  subjects  receive  in  other 


11  Id  hi: 


uh  hii 


evinces  of  this  empire,  Asi; 
1  resources,  so  full  of  dissal 
old  churches,  so  ripe  fo 
mitive  Christianity,  have  th 


)ne  of  the  pn 

Minor,  so  varied  it 

isfaction  with   the 

the  harvest   of  pri 

Brethren  started  a  missio 

nut  been  completed  since 

family  began  the  work  there  and  yet  th. 
has  grown  until  to-day  there  are  two  organized 
churches  and  the  prospects  of  the  third  soor 
be  organized.    A  membership   of  thirty-n 
marks  the  number  of  the  faithful  to  this  date 
in  that  land.     While  this  is  a  wonderful  seal  of 
God's  promise  upon  the  work  of  the  church, 
is  in  full  touch   with  the    results    to  be   ob- 
tained there,  and  the  earnest,  consecrated  effort 
of  those  engaged   in   the  work.     Shall  not  the 
church,  with  united  efforts  and  prayers,  still 
large  the  field  and  work,  so  that,  in  a  few  si 
years,  the  banner  of  King  Immanucl  will  float 
over  every  one  of  the  seven  churches  of  Asi 
as  well  as  other  points,  as  it  did  in  the  days  of 
the  apostles?  , 

A  NEW  DEPARTURE. 


"He  said  that  he  had 
radical  departure  from 
public  before,  but  that  he 
bring  about  this  change  i 
ministration.  'As  far  as  1 
willing  to  take  my  share  i 
will  take  it  gladly.' 

"As  to  the  practical  workings  of  such  a  plan 
the  speaker  said  that  he  has  become  convinced 
that  it  would  '  develop  the  heroic  spirit  in  can- 
didates and  the  benevolence  of  the  church.' 
He  was  not  sure  that  it  would  not  kill  off  such 
candidates  as  should  never  be  sent,  whatever 
the  remuneration,  and  dampen  the  zeal  of  many 
others,  but  was  anxious  for  a  frank  expression 
of  opinion  from  student  volunteers  and  others 
present  as  to  their  opinion  of  such  a  plan. 


'  When  the  r 


Ung\ 


the  first  men  to  get  the  floor  ..„ 
missionary  with  thirty-seven   years   of  experi- 
ence in   India,   Dr.   J.   W.    Waugh,  and  with 
marked  emotion  he  stated  that  he  was  ready  to 
sail  for  his  beloved  field  of  labor  again  on  that 
financial  basis  and  he  believed  that  such  a  new 
departure  would  be  met  with  the  warmest  ap- 
proval by  the  missionaries.     Volunteers  from 
a  score  of  colleges  said  in  substance  that  the 
only  thing  that  surprised  them  about  the  sug- 
gestion was  that  Dr.  Leonard  was  in  doubt  as 
to  how  it  would  be  received.    They  were  ready 
sail   for  Africa.  China,  India,  Japan,  at  an 
Jr's  notice  on  just  such  a  financial  undcr- 
nding.     In  short,  the   proposed  new  depar- 
e  was  bailed  with    eagerness  by   nearly   all 
present.    A  resolution,  approving  the  sugges- 
lling  upon  the  managers  and  the 
nmittee  togive  it  their  earnest  at- 
s  hastily  drawn  up  and  passed  unan- 


l '.■!.■  1  n;r;i! 


thod  suggested  will  bi 
an  improvement  over  the  old 
as  good  as  that  adopted  by 
r  we  simply  pay  actual  living 
penses.    We  think  ours  the  better  method, 


plan,  still  1 
Brethi 


MESSENGER  POOR  FUND. 

Cal—  Lordshurg  cuuroh 

111.— Hudson  oliuroh, 

Nbuk.-J.  BI.  QlUOrn,  Kdlson,". ". ". ". ", ". 
Total 


CHINA'S  MILLIONS. 

III.— A  sister,  Astoria, , 

CAi..— Lords  bur  r    oliuroh, 

Total 


INDIA  ORPHANAGE. 
PA.— Lewis  town  8,8,   Vl\  AnimK,  Evans'  8 
».elap°   !     .    -.■:  u'  )l;  Uo  von  try  clmrch,|4; 

.  iiuiaiitvpiuuoluiroli.wil;   total 

In,.-  Sisters'  Hewing  Society,  Mt.    MoTrlw 
UjWoitQKer  creeks.  8.,  fa;  a  ulster,  As. 

Mary  J.  Rowland, sift;  u.si  District  Solicit- 
balniico,  fl  Mil;  total,. 
H.h  WJWj   Ida 


W.  VA.-Pleasant  View 
Avoy,(l2;  total 

KANS.-Kamona  H.  B.,  Children's  clasa,f3  18' 
HlatoOroelcclmrcii.iri.-ti;  total, ' 

V A,— Second    Dlstrlot '.".*." 

Md  —  Falrvlowchurcli, 

NKiirt.-Annetta  Doner,  Carlotoo,  35oontB; 
Sisters'  Aid  Society,  Falls  (Jlty,  *5;  total,.  . 

Ind.— North  Manchester  prayer    meeting, 
*'.!;  a  slater,  Pero,  II;  total 

Mo.-A  little  family,  BprlllguQld,  Sl;a  Ut- 
ile In  111  Ily,  siirlnj; Held,  fl;   total, 

C01.0.— JoaiiB1  lambs  and    their  mother 

Oal.— Lordaburg   oburoli 

Total .7 


SUFFERERS  1 


1  IHHA 


MiNN.-Root  River  church, .  ....... 

Pa.— J.o,  Mock,  Mnrtlnsburg,  SI.IO;  a  a 
tr,  East  Petersburg,  Si;  O.  A.  Just,  Roc 
ood,  16;  Jacob  8.  Uuyer,  Loysburg, |S;  Lm 
oil,  Martlnaburg,  si ;  iwo  sisters,  S8;  a'brol 
-,  Scalp  Level,  IS;  missionary  I 


.  Wu. 


Clover  Oroek,?*-'';  Itoektouc 


i.W.J 


MISSION    RECEIPTS   FOR  APRIL,    1898, 

{Concluded  from  last  weei:) 
WASHINGTON  CITY  MEETINGHOUSE. 

Fercken  and  his  J  work7ui^ 

em  iS,ure7nkfeT],Ht''8  '°  bU'  "  "B  Mon 


fl;  David  George,  Aabton,  (100;  Sisters' Aid 
Society,  Lanark,  10.23;  Polo  H.  B.,  S!'.fi4;  a  sis- 
ter, Astoria,  ?2;    Bear  Creek  ch.,  uo  centa- 

VA.- 


the  officer  em 
work  himself, 
of  the  church, 
dan  religion  0 


Thi 


1  the  1 


i  lliey  pertain  to  the  Mohamme- 
are  related  to  the  policy  of  the 


\    NEW    departure     on    foreign    missionary 
rk  among  the  Methodists  was  suggested  and 
well  received   during  the  late   Cleveland  Stu- 
dent Volunteer  convention.    If  adopted  it  will 
do  away  with  big  salaries,  and   even  up  things 
We  quote  from  the  N.   IV.    Christian 

"  Dr.  Leonard  was  speaking  of  the  dispro- 
portion which  exists  in  our  church  between  in- 
come and  approved  candidates  for  foreign  ser- 
vice. He  said  he  has  been  compelled  to  say  to 
scores  of  well-equipped  young  men  in  the  past 
few  years:  '  We  have  no  money  to  send  you,' 
and  every  time  he  wrote  it  he  was  conscious  of 
a  feeling  of  humiliation.  '  The  equation  lacks 
a  necessary  factor.  What  is  it?  God  is  nol 
calling  more  men  than  his  church  is  able  to 
send.  Is  it  not  possible  that  our  financial 
methods  need  revision? ' 

"  In  brief,  the  recommendations  madeby  Dr. 
Leonard  are:  1.  Send  every  approved  candi- 
date, trusting  in  God  for  funds.  2,  Fix  a 
maximum  scale  of  salaries  for  all  who  are  in 
the  pay  of  the  missionary  society,  including 
missionary  bishops,  secretaries  and  missionar- 
ies. Pay  this  salary  in  full  if  there  is  money 
enough  in  the  treasury  to  do  it,  and  if  not,  pay 
all  pro  rata,  so  that  the  books  will  balance  at 
the  end  of  each  year,  and  there  can  never  be  a 
debt  dragging  over  from  the  past. 


10.- Price's  Creek  church    and  friends, 

*7! .   *l;   ,   Sidney,  19;  Canton 

church,  jfi.iNi;  North  star  H.B.,*7;  total,     .  . 

KANH.-Dunlap  h.  8.,  Jl.r.0;  Eden  Valley 
church,  f:i;lheady  A,  Chapman,  Courtland, 
*->;  Progressive  brother.  fl ;  Lydla  Humphrey, 
Russell,  11;  total, 

Md.— Buaau  Hhlvely  and  Bon,  Unloutown, 
«{  Woodberry  S.  S„  |8,W;  Mary  A.  Mullon- 
dor»,  { ; upland,  *l;  lotal, 

ISD.-Eva  Dlllmaii,  Adnmsl>oro,*2;  Mexico 
church,  ft);  I,  w.  B.,  I'lymouth.  fl;  total, .  . 

CAL.— Mra.  K.  M,. Williams,  Lordaburg,  fl; 
Porry  C.  Baatioro,  Covlnn,  $•>;  Noah  Dashore. 
Covina,  ficnnlH;  (£ulntur  Baslimo,  Covlna,  ft 
oonta;  Elalo  Lewellen,  Covlna,  ft  cents;  Lords- 

burgchuroh,*!;  total, 

A.-Coon  ltlvor  S.S . 


1  thelrmothor 
;  Jacob   Itohn 


Dell,  Hamilton,    35  cent 

Hamilton,  LViccnta;  Win 

conta;  J.  fc).   Young  an 

nta;  total 

W.  VA.— H.  V,  Hanger,  1 


elT,  Mt,  jBckaon,  $20;  AdbIi 
Jackson,  $5;  M.  J.  and  J 
Mt,  Jackson,  J5;  John  II.  Gar. 
Roller,   Now 


Tlml..  1- 


Stonewall,  $1;  Cjoka  Creek 
congregation,  $J0; 

UeDj.  W, 
C.  Cox,  i 
Frank  Goo 

ber,  New  Market,  J5;  M. 
Market,  «1;  D.  S.  KoUer,  New  Markot,  (I; 
Samuel  Garber,  New  Market,  fl;  Mn.  Jo- 
seph Crist,  New  Market,  fl;  j.f.  Good,  New 
Market, 60 cents;  Newton  Wine,  Tlmborvlliu, 
"  Garber,  TJmbervllIo,  *1 ;  JacobCrlst, 
Hie, |1; L,  J.  Driver,  Tlmberville,  fl; 
Wine,  Tlmbervllle,  SO  cents;  Daniel 
mborvlllo.Sl;  David  Messlok,  Tim. 
bervllle,  25  cents;  J,  W.  Andes,  Tlrabervlllo, 
;  J.  P.  Miller,  Broadway,  fl;  M.B,  K. 
Broadway,  50  cents;  F.  H.  C'llno 
Broadway,  CO  cents;  Joseph  F.  Driver,  Hupp', 
S5  cents;  Boavor  Creek  church,  *I5;  total, 
*<S2.75;   leas   District   Solicitor's   expense,   9ft 

cents;  balance,  *<W50;  total ]0 

Mn.— Agnes  E,  Snider,  New  Windsor,  60 
cents ;  Geo.  S.  Harp,  fl ;  Chas.  F.  Aushorman, 
f3.60;  James  U.  Clark,  fl;  Geo.  P. GrOflsulokle, 
*l;TlIglmanF.Gros9nlcklc,fl;  C.  M.  Tres- 
hour,  $1;  John  W.  Early,  50  cents;  John  E. 
Palmer,  $1;  Sam's  Creek  church.  ¥50;  Grace 
L.  Comple,  Baltimore,  fl;  Jacob  Wellardund 

family,    Llganore,   J:|25;    total,     . fts 

Ohio.— Slstors'  Aid  Society,  Black  Blver 
congregation,  $5;  .sisters'  Aid  Society,  Aeh- 


Nolllo    Carl, 


Myrtle 


-H.T.,Uu8hvllle, . 


;to- 


INDIA 
I  only  ror  lli> 
nd    Dlatrlot, 


lowA.— Grundy  I 

ted  by  Mra.  Add. 


Johnson,  J 
'  SlHto-Kttlet- 


rlson,  t'J;  total, 
CAL,— LordslnirR  church,.  . 
Mo.-PralrleVJowchureh,.  , 
Minn.— Louisa  Heath,  Wuliiinl 
MiOir.— A  friend,  Woodland, 
['rogresalvo  brother, . 


-Agn 


— Dnvld    Brallier    and     family,  ?8; 

County  church,  f I ;  English  Klver  S. 

Lizzie  Push's  8.  S:  dais,  Garrison, 
;  English  Klver  8.  M,  25  cents;  total.    ; 
,-BurrOak  8.  8..  *l.70;  Slater  J.  H. 
Galena,  ?5;  Westphalia  S.  8.,   fUB; 


N.- Louisa  Heath,   Wabasha,     .  , 

).— A  brother  and  family 

n.— 8,  D.  Falkender,  Winchester, . 


Xotftl, f612  62 


India  Orphanage, 


,  credited  to  Jonas  Hoinln 
should   have    been  credited    t< 

Gen.  Mias. 


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ANNUAL  MEETING  NOTES. 

—Though  wc  reached  Naperville  Monday,  May 
23,  we  did  not  get  time  to  examine  the  conditions 
in  the  Park  before  Tuesday  evening. 

— The  Park,  known  as  the  Burlington  Park,  em- 
braces about  sixty  acres  of  land,  located  to  the 
west  of  Naperville.  It  is  one  of  nature's  beautiful 
groves,  and  the  DuPage  River  passes  through  the 
west  end.  It  lies  along  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  Railroad, 
and  good  accommodations  have  been  provided  for 
letting  people  off  and  on  right  at  the  gates  of  the 
Park.  It  contains  a  number  of  buildings,  nearly  all 
of  which  are  used  at  this  time  for  Annual  Meeting 
purposes, 

— A  very  large  tabernacle  has  been  erected,  capa- 
ble of  accommodating  about  5,000  people,  A  well- 
arranged  dining-hall  has  also  been  constructed, 
seating  about  1.200  persons,  There  is  also  a  lunch 
stand  on  the  ground. 

— The  Standing  Committee  has  very  good  quar- 
ters in  a  building  where  they  have  about  twice  as 
much  room  as  is  needed.  But  to  this  they  do  not 
object,  for  too  much  room  is  always  better  than  not 
enough.  In  an  adjoining  room  are  a  number  of 
spring  cots,  on  which  they  sleep.  In  this  respect 
their  accommodations  seem  to  be  good, 

— The  Committee  of  Arrangements  occupies  a 
part  of  the  same  building.  The  Committee  is  com- 
posed of  D.  L  Miller,  D.  B.  Eby,  I.  B.  Trout,  P,  R. 
Keltner,  Franklin  Myers,  C.  P.  Rowland  and  John 
Heckman.  They  are  all  active  men  and  full  of 
business.  Two  of  them,  D.  L.  Miller  and  P.  R. 
Keltner,  are  on  the  Standing  Committee,  but  the 
others  are  equal  to  the  emergency,  and  will  conduct 
their  part  of  the  meeting  with  energy  and  discre- 
tion. 

— We  have  a  nice  location  for  the  Messenger  of- 
fice The  Lodging  Committee  and  post-office  are 
in  the  same  building. 

— All  of  these  buildings  are  lighted  by  electric- 
ity. The  ground  is  also  lighted  in  the  same  man- 
ner. Taking  it  all  in  all  the  accommodations  are 
good  so  far  as  the  Park  is  concerned. 

— The  town  is  a  little  too  far  away  to  render  the 
sleeping  arrangements  as  good  as  some  would  like, 
but  with  a  large  number  of  tents  on  the  ground 
this  objection  can  in  part  be  overcome.  Still,  with- 
in a  half  mile,  a  large  number  of  houses  can  be 
reached  where  many  have  secured  lodgings, 

— In  the  town  the  citizens  have  a  lodging  com- 
mittee that  takes  care  of  all  the  people  landing  at  the 


depot,  and  desiring  lodging  in  the  city.  Hundreds 
of  houses  have  been  thrown  open  to  them,  and 
about  two  thousand  can  thus  be  accommodated. 

—The  Brethren's  Lodging  Committee,  on  the 
ground,  confine  their  labors  largely  to  those  seek- 
ing accommodations  in  tents. 

—Some  difficulties  have  been  experienced  in 
procuring  the  number  of  tents  and  cots  desired,  for 
the  reason  that  there  is  now  a  great  demand  for 
these  articles  for  the  army.  This  difficulty  was  not 
anticipated  when  the  meeting  was  located.  Only 
about  7C0  could  be  procured. 

—These  have  been  pitched  in  the  southern  part 
of  the  park,  covering  several  acres,  and  that  section 
is  known  as  "  Tent  Town."  The  tents  are  system- 
atically arranged  in  rows,  with  streets  and  alleys. 
Each  tent  has  a  good  floor  four  inches  above  the 
ground,  and  is  furnished  with  cots  and  other  con- 
veniences. 

— Tent  Town  presents  a  beautiful  scene.  Seven 
hundred  tents,  among  the  green  trees,  reminds  one 
of  an  army  in  camp,  but  it  is  an  army  the  weapons 
of  which  are  not  carnal, 

— Mr.  C.  Beaty,  a  gentleman  who  has  had  wide 
experience  in  feeding  and  caring  for  large  assem- 
blies, has  been  employed  to  provide  provisions  for 
the  people.  He  has  also  placed  all  of  these  tents 
on  the  ground  and  furnished  them.  He  is  a  man  of 
energy  and  tact,  and  takes  hold  of  every  depart- 
ment in  a  way  that  shows  he  understands  it.  Even 
at  this  time  he  has  a  large  force  on  the  ground,  and 
more  are  coming. 

— On  Wednesday  afternoon  the  Missionary  Com- 
mittee held  a  short  session,  that  was  attended  by 
several  members  of  the  Standing  Committee  who 
had  come  on  the  grounds.  Quite  a  number  of 
them  arrived  during  the  evening. 

—At  eight  in  the  evening  the  first  services  were 
held  in  the  tabernacle.  Bro.  Geo.  L.  Studebaker 
did  the  preaching.  While  there  was  a  fair  attend- 
ance, still  it  seemed  small,  considering  the  size  of 
the  building.  His  discourse  was  listened  to  with 
marked  attention. 

— This  was  a  delightful  day,  but  in  the  evening  it 
grew  cool  enough  to  be  a  little  unpleasant.  For 
the  last  two  weeks  an  immense  amount  of  rain  has 
fallen  in  this  part  of  the  State,  and  the  ground  is 
very  damp,  but  not  muddy,  A  day  or  two  of  sun- 
shine will  remedy  this. 

Thursday,  May  36. 
— The   morning   dawned  cool  and  clear,  almost 
cool   enough   for  frost,    A   few   of   those   on    the 
ground  during  the  night  suffered  some  on  account 
of  the  coolness  of  the  weather,  but  it  soon 
up,  and  wc  had  a  model  day. 

— At  8  A.  M.  the  Standing  Committee  met  for 
the  purpose  of  organizing.  The  meeting  was 
opened  by  Bro.  Andrew  Hutchison,  who  led  in  the 
prayer.  We  noticed  that  there  were  on  the  Com 
mittee  a  number  who  had  never  before  served  their 
Districts  in  this  capacity. 

— The  roll-call  then  proceeded,  each  member  ris- 
ing to  his  feet  when  responding  to  the  call  of  his 
name.  This  was  done  that  those  on  the  Committee 
might  become  the  better  acquainted  with  each  oth- 
er. It  was  found  that  all  the  representatives  from 
the  Districts  were  present,  with  a  few  exceptions, 
and  these  came  in  during  the  forenoon. 

— The  members  were  then  asked  if  they  used  to- 
bacco in  any  form,  and  all  save  one  reported  that 
they  were  free  from  the  habit.  One  reported  that 
his  physician  prescribed  tobacco  for  him,  and  he 
therefore  used  it  for  medicinal  purposes.  After  con- 
siderable deliberation  he  was  permitted  to  serve  for 
the  time,  on  condition  that  he  would  endeavor  to 
procure  a  substitute  for  tobacco.  Opportunity  was 
given  to  file  objections  to  any  member  present. 
None  being  filed,  the  Committee  proceeded  to  elect 
its  officers  by  ballot. 

— A  piece  of  paper  was  handed  to  each  member, 
on  which  to  write  the  name  of  the  brother  desired 
for  Moderator.  These  ballots  were  then  gathered 
up,  and  read  one  at  a  time,  so  that  all  in  the  room 
could  hear,  the  Writing  Cleric  of  last  year  keeping 
tally. 


The  first  ballot  resulted  in  Bro.  W.  R.  Deeter, 
of  Milford,  Ind.,  being  chosen  for  Moderator,  it  be- 
ng  the  rule  that  the  one  elected  must  have  a  ma- 
jority of  all  the  votes  cast.  It  required  a  second 
ballot  to  elect  a  Reading  Clerk.  Bro.  P.  R.  Kelt- 
ner, of  Sterling,  III.,  was  the  choice.  On  the  first 
ballot  for  Writing  Clerk  Bro.  D.  L.  Miller  was 
elected. 

Two  brethren  were  then  nominated  for  Door- 
keeper, and  the  members  balloted  for  a  choice. 
Bro.  G,  N,  Falkenstein,  of  Germantown,  Pa.,  re- 
ceived the  majority  of  votes,  and  was  therefore  de- 
clared elected. 

The  officers  selected  will  doubtless  give  Ihe 
very  best  of  satisfaction.  All  of  them  have  served 
on  the  Standing  Committee  before,  and  therefore 
enter  upon  their  work  understandingly.  Bro.  Mil- 
ler has  served  as  Clerk  repeatedly,  and  is  fatnil- 
with  every  department  of  the  work.  This  is, 
however,  Bro.  Deeter's  first  term  as  Moderator  of 
the  Conference,  though  he  is  net  without  experience 
as  a  moderator  of  large  assemblies,  Bro.  Keltner 
has  served  as  Reading  Clerk  in  the  District  Meet- 
ng,  but  this  will  be  his  first  experience  in  that  ca- 
pacity in  an  Annual  Conference. 

— We  think  the  Committee  showed  good  judg- 
ment in  selecting  a  young  brother,  in  the  second 
degree  of  the  ministry,  as  doorkeeper.  We  want 
to  work  more  of  our  younger  and  active  brethren 
into  positions  where  they  can  serve  the  church  to 
good  advantage.  By  so  doing  they  will  gain  ex- 
perience that  will  some  day  prove  valuable  to  the 
Brotherhood. 

— Then  to  select  an  elder  for  that  position  means 
to  deprive  his  State  District  from  sending  him  on 
the  Standing  Committee  the  following  year,  should 
she  feel  so  disposed.  This  is  worthy  of  considera- 
tion, 

— The  Committee  entered  upon  its  work,  and  so 
continued  throughout  the  day,  and,  aside  from  this, 
very  little  was  done  on  the  ground  relating  to  the 
business  of  the  Conference. 

— Workmen,  however,  were  busy  all  day,  putting- 
things  in  order.  Many  tents  were  put  up,  and  sup- 
plied with  cots,  and  otherwise  made  ready  for  those 
to  occupy  them.  All  day  teams  were  kept  busy 
hauling  cots,  while  a  number  of  men  placed  them 
in  order  in  the  tents.  Things  needed  for  the  Con- 
ference are  brought  here  by  the  carload,  and  un- 
loaded near  the  ground. 

— Breakfast  and  dinner  were  served  in  the  large 
restaurant,  and  supper  in  the  large  dining-hall. 
The  dining-hall  is  arranged  with  a  number  of  doors, 
so  that  the  seats  at  the  table  can  be  filled  inside  of 
a  few  minutes. 

— At  eight  in  the  evening  Bro.  Geo.  L.  Studebak- 
er addressed  an  audience  some  larger  than  the  ev- 
ening before. 

Friday,  May  27. 

— Wc  had  another  beautiful  morning,  with  prom- 
ise of  fair  weather. 

— During  the  night  the  attendance  increased 
somewhat,  and  every  few  hours  more  were  added, 
so  that  by  evening  the  grounds  began  to  assume  the 
appearance  of  an  Annual  Meeting,  Among  the  ar- 
rivals were  about  sixty  sisters  who  came  to  wait  on 
the  tables. 

— Men  were  at  work  all  day  hauling  cots  and 
placing  them  in  tents,  and  by  the  close  of  the  day 
several  hundred  tents  were  ready  for  their  occu- 
pants. 

— The  Tract  Examining  Committee  spent  the  en- 
tire day  examining  manuscript  intended  for  tracts. 
Out  of  the  number  presented,  three  were  approved, 
three  held  over  until  next  year,  and  one  of  them  is 
to  be  recast.  One  work  of  considerable  size  is  in 
the  hands  of  a  special  committee, 

— The  Standing  Committee  reports  satisfactory 
progress  in  their  work.  In  order  to  lessen  their  la- 
bors they  entrusted  some  papers  to  special  commit- 
tees, appointed  outside  of  their  own  body.  This 
is  often  done,  and  results  favorably. 

— A  service  was  held  in  the  tabernacle  at  ten  in 
the  forenoon,  Bro,  S.  F.  Sanger  preaching  an  inter- 
esting sermon.  In  the  afternoon  Bro.  J  S.  Mohler 
addressed  an  appreciative  audience. 


I'JSE    GOSPBL    JyLESSE3STGJi]±i,. 


361 


The  Committee  of  Arrangements  had  its  hands 
II  the  entire  day,  and  when  evening  came,  it  could 
u      en  that  most  of  them   were  very  tired,   and 
•ild  greatly  appreciate  a  rest.    Those  who  never 
h  j  the  care  of  an  Annual  Meeting  can  form  no 
. ,     0f  the  amount  of  work  and  responsibility  rest- 
■  „  on  this  Committee.     The  success  of  the  Meet- 
so  far  as  caring  for  the  people  is  concerned, 
nujt  rest  largely  with  them. 
__A  while   before   sundown    some  rain  fell   but 
ot  enough  to  inconvenience  any  one,  or  to  make  it 
jnpleasant  in  the  least,  but  from  7:  30  to  nearly  9 
o'clock  we  had  a  regular  down-pour — the  hardest 
we  have  seen  in  a  long  while.     For  a  time  all 
the  low  places  were  covered  with  water,   so  that 
orne  of  the  people  had  to  do  a  little  wading  in  or- 
|cr  to  reach  their  tents. 

_A  considerable  congregation  had  gathered  in 
he  tabernacle  to  hear  Bro.  Geo.  L.  Studebaker 
preach,  but  the  falling  rain  made  so  much  noise  on 
the  roof  of  the  structure  that  it  was  impossible  for 
the  speaker  to  make  himself  heard.  The  time, 
however,  was  spent  in  singing. 
—Thus  closed  another  day,  under  circumstances 
lot  the  most  pleasant,  for  heavy  rains  always  inter- 
ere  more  or  less  with  the  arrangements  at  the  An- 
nual Meeting, 

Saturday,  May  28. 

-On  reaching  the  grounds  this  morning, — for  we 
occupy  a  room  in  town, — we  found  the  situation 
not  overly  pleasant,  and  yet  everybody  seemed  un 
usually  cheerful,  for  each  one  appeared  to  be  im- 
pressed with  the  idea  that  the  surroundings  might 
k  a  great  deal  less  inviting. 

—An  immense  amount  of  water  had  fallen,  and 
nost  thoroughly  saturated  the  ground.  Even  the 
well-prepared  roofs  of  the  tabernacle  and  dining 
hall  had  leaked  in  a  number  of  places,  thus  making 
the  ground  inside  the  enclosures  damp  enough  to 
a  little  unpleasant. 

-Those  occupying  tents  had  varied  experiences. 
nunibcr  were   in  the  tabernacle  when  the  rain 
ae,  t»:id   therefore   could  not  give  the  needed  at- 
tention to  the  things  in  their  tents.     Hence  a  num- 
ber of  the  cots  got  wet,  and  the  occupants  did  not 
fare  any  the  best.     Others   said   they  passed  the 
ht  most  pleasantly. 

-A  few  of  them  were  delighted  with  their  first 

experience   in  tent  life,  while  others  were  not  so 

favorably  impressed.     One  sister  said,  that  before 

leaving  home,  she  had  prepared  herself  for  just  this 

nd  of  weather,  and  was  therefore  not  in  the  least 

sappointed.     This  class  of  people  will  always  find 

urli  in  this  world  to  appreciate,  and  even  delight 

I  them. 

—Early  in  the  day  train  loads  of  people  com- 
menced arriving  from  all  directions,  and  this  con- 
id  during  the  entire  day.  Every  hour  or  two 
trains  would  stop  to  let  the  people  off,  who  had 
come  to  attend  the  Conference. 

-We  were  sorry  that  we  did  not  have  better 
weather  for  them,  but  the  weather  is  one  of  the 
hings  over  which  a  Committee  of  Arrangements 
las  no  control.  It  remained  cloudy  and  damp  dur 
ng  the  entire  day. 
—At  10  A.  M.  Bro.  Geo.  A,  Shamberger  preached 
n  the  tabernacle.  His  discourse  was  interesting, 
well  delivered,  and  made  a  good  impression.  He 
was  listened  to  by  about  1000  persons, 

—Bro.  Geo.  B.  Holsinger,  of  Bridgewater,  Va., 
reached  the  ground  during  the  morning,  and  at 
once  took  charge  of  the  singing  in  the  tabernacle. 
Some  of  the  music  was  real  inspiring. 

—Bro.  W.  R,  Deeter  was  to  have  preached  at  3  P. 
M  ,  but,  on.  account  of  special  work  in  the  Standing 
Committee  room,  could  not  attend  the  services. 
Geo.  L.  Studebaker  delivered  one  of  his  very 
l«eptable  sermons  instead.  He  is  always  listened 
0  with  marked  attention. 

—At  7:  30  the  people  gathered  in  the  tabernacle 
'or  song  services,  led  by  Bro.  Holsinger.  The  at- 
tendance probably  numbered  about  3,000, 

—The  scene  in  the  enclosure  was  delightful.  The 
'ower  branches  had  been  left  on  a  few  trees,  when 
the  tabernacle  was  constructed,    These  branches 


were  covered  with  green  leaves,  and  in  the  glare  of 
a  dozen  electric  lights,  formed  a  fine  scene.  The 
igh  structure,  the  green  branches,  the  people,  and 
the  lights,  in  appearance,  made  a  harmonious 
blending  that  will  not  soon  be  forgotten. 

— At  8  o'clock  the  preaching  service  was  opened 
by  Bro.  T,  T.  Myers.  Then  followed  a  very  able 
sermon  on  the  Lord's  Supper  by  Bro  I.  D.  Parker. 
Our  brother  has  given  this  subject  a  great  deal  of 
attention,  and  can  handle  it  with  rare  skill,  His 
discourse  was  not  only  interesting  but  instructive. 

— The  Committee  on  preaching  deemed  it  advisa- 
ble to  have  some  discourses  delivered  on  subjects 
that  would  be  of  special  value  to  the  people  attend- 
ing the  Conference.  That  is  why  the  discourse  on 
this,  as  well  as  on  some  other  subjects,  was  ar- 
ranged for  in  advance.  The  speakers  had  sufficient 
time  to  prepare  for  the  work  entrusted  to  them. 
Sunday,  May  39. 
— In  the  morning  it  could  be  seen  that  the  crowd 
had  been  considerably  increased  by  the  arrival  of 
many  during  the  night.  A  few  came  on  the  regular 
trains  off  and  on  during  the  day. 

— But  there  were  no  excursion  trains,  for  the  rea- 
son that  our  Committee  of  Arrangements  did  not 
believe  in  Sunday  excursions,  and  on  this  occasion 
proposed  to  practice  what  we  preach. 

— Had  arrangements  been  made  for  excursions 
from  Chicago  and  other  points  we  might  have  had 
fifteen  thousand  or  more  people  on  the  ground, 
This,  of  course,  would  have  increased  the  revenues, 
but  it  will  never  pay  to  sacrifice  principles  for  a 
little  money.  Our  Committee  is  to  be  commend- 
ed for  its  course  in  this  particular. 

— There  was  quite  an  improvement  in  the  weath- 
er, as  it  was  some  warmer,  and  the  sun  shone  out 
brightly  the  greater  part  of  the  day.  The  change 
was  greatly  appreciated. 

— At  9  A.  M,  about  3  500  people  assembled  in  the 
tabernacle  to  take  part  in  and  enjoy  the  Sunday 
school  exercises.  The  school  was  in  charge  of  the 
Sunday  School  Committee,  composed  of  brethren 
I.  B.  Trout,  I.  N.  H.  Beahm  and  A.  C.  Wieand. 

— After  the  opening  services  about  twenty-five 
teachers,  previously  selected,  took  charge  of  very 
large  classes  in  different  parts  of  the  building. 
The  lesson  was  the  Lord's  Supper. 

— The  classes  were  too  large  to  be  handled  with 
ease,  yet  a  wonderful  amount  of  interest  was  mani- 
fested, and  doubtless  some  good  done. 

— It  is  not  often  that  one  has  the  privilege  of  at- 
tending a  Sunday  school  where  there  are  over  3,000 
pupils.  This  feature  in  the  work  made  it  real  in- 
spiring. 

— At  10: 30  there  were  preaching  services,  The 
meeting  was  opened  by  Bro,  W.  R.  Deeter.  Then 
followed  a  very  able  discourse  by  Bro,  L.  W, 
Teeter  on  the  "  Nature,  Office  and  Work  of  the 
Holy  Spirit."  Bro.  Teeter  seemed  at  his  best,  and 
presented  an  exceedingly  interesting  line  of 
thought.  The  discourse  was  listened  to  by  about 
4,000  persons. 

^  — At  3  P.  M.  about  5,000  assembled  in  the  taber- 
nacle to  hear  Bro.  Andrew  Hutchison  discourse 
on  "  Heart  Religion,  or  the  Higher  Life."  Bro. 
Hutchison  is  always  interesting,  but  we  believe 
this  was  the  best  sermon  that  we  have  yet  heard 
him  preach.  He  dwelt  much  on  the  great  impor- 
tance of  heart  culture,  maintaining  that,  under 
the  influence  of  the  Word  and  the  Holy  Spirit, 
the  Christian  will  be  led  to  the  higher  or  better 
life.  The  sermon  was  intensely  practical,  and  will 
not  soon  be  forgotten. 
•>- — At  eight  in  the  evening  Bro.  H.  C.  Early 
preached.  His  subject  was,  "The  New  Testament 
Church."  His  discourse  was  listened  to  with  in- 
tense interest,  and  proved  both  edifying  and  in 
structive. 

— About  six  o'clock  it  commenced  raining,  and 
this  greatly  interfered  with  the  attendance.  The 
weather  also  turned  quite  cool,  making  it  very  disa- 
greeable in  the  Park,  A  few,  who  had  so  far 
continued  in  their  tents,  abandoned  them,  and 
into  the  town  in  search  of  lodging.  This,  of  course, 
was  to  be  regretted,  as  it  not  only  greatly  inconve- 


nienced those  who  made  the  change,  but  also  the 
party  who  had  been  at  the  expense  of  placing  the 
tents  here  and  furnishing  them, 

—All  the  services  of  the  day,  save  one,  were  held 
on  the  Annual  Meeting  grounds.  It  is  not  often 
that  we  hold  a  Conference  where  our  ministers  are 
not  invited  to  fill  all,  or  most,  of  the  pulpits  in  the 
city. 

—In  many  ways  the  Sunday  was  spent  very  pleas- 
antly, and  also  very  profitably.  The  exercises  were 
well  conducted,  and  full  of  interest  and  inspiration. 
The  absence  of  the  rough  element,  sometimes  found 
at  Conferences,  added  greatly  to  the  comfort  of  the 
meeting.  The  gathering  was  made  up  very  largely 
of  our  own  people,  and  carried  with  it  a  very  strong 
religious  imprcSsion.  For  this  we  should  all  feci 
truly  grateful. 

Monday,  May  30. 

—The  morning  sun  dispelled  the  mist  and  rolled 
back  the  clouds,  and  thus  ushered  in  what  proved 
to  be  a  most  delightful  day.  The  ground  soon 
dried  off,  nature  smiled  on  every  hand,  and  the 
hearts  of  thousands  were  filled  with  good  cheer. 

—Several  train-loads  of  members  came  in  during 
the  day,  considerably  increasing  the  number  in  at- 
tendance. 

At  nine  the  Sunday  school  meeting  convened, 
with  Bro,  A.  C.  Wieand  presiding,  He  made  an  ex- 
cellent presiding  officer. 

— This  goes  down  in  history  as  the  second  mcet- 
ng  of  the  kind  held  on  the  Conference  grounds. 
There  were  nearly  four  thousand  people  in  the  Tab- 
ernacle, and  they  seemed  to  greatly  appreciate  the 
privilege  of  attending  such  a  meeting, 

-Bro.  G.  N,  Falkenstein  was  the  first  speaker  on 
the  program,  with  "The  Sunday  School  Teacher" 
lis  subject.  He  was  followed  by  Sister  Vina 
Shoemaker,  who  gave  a  fine  address  on  "  The  Pri- 
mary Teacher," 

— Two  other  addresses  were  delivered,  one  by 
Bro.  I.  N.  H.  Beahm,  on  "Methods  in  the  Sunday 
School,"  and  the  other  by  Bro.  W.  I.  T.  Hoover,  on 
"Sunday  School  Literature."  Each  of  these  ad- 
dresses was  followed  by  two-minute  talks  from  Sun- 
day school  workers. 

-The  spirit  of  the  meeting  was  excellent,  and 
every  person  present  felt  that  he  had  been  greatly 
benefited.  The  exercises  served  as  a  wonderful  in- 
spiration to  the  Sunday  school  worker, 

— It  will  be  a  satisfaction  to  our  readers  to  learn 
that  these  addresses  are  to  appear  in  the  Full  Re- 
port, and  they  will  doubtless  be  read  with  great 
profit, 

— At  1 :  30  the  Missionary  Meeting  was  held.  The 
attendance  was  fully  as  large  as  that  in  the  fore- 
noon.    Bro.  Enoch  Eby  presided. 

— The  first  topic  on  the  program  was,  "The  Im- 
portance of  Supporting  and  Pushing  Missionary 
Work  in  the  State  Districts,"  Bro.  W.  R.  Deeter, 
on  account  of  serving  on  the  Standing  Committee, 
not  being  able  to  address  the  meeting  on  the  sub- 
ject, as  was  expected,  Bro,  Geo,  E.  Studebaker  was 
induced  to  speak  in  his  place, 

— Bro.  A.  C.  Wieand  then  spoke  on  the  "  Bird's- 
eye  View  of  the  World-wide  Field,  and  its  Needs," 
He  was  followed  by  Bro,  S.  F,  Sanger,  concerning 
the  "Unoccupied  Fields  of  the  United  States,  their 
Needs  and  Possibilities."  These  addresses  were 
excellent,  and  we  greatly  regret  that  we  do  not  have 
them  to  publish, 

— At  the  close  of  these  addresses  Bro.  I.  N.  H. 
Beahm  made  an  earnest  appeal  to  the  assembly  for 
funds  to  carry  on  the  mission  work  in  all  parts  of 
the  world  where  we  have  so  far  established  mis- 
sions. The  appeal  was  earnest,  short  and  to  the 
point. 

—While  a  hymn  was  being  sung,  about  twenty- 
five  brethren  and  sisters,  who  had  been  previously 
selected  for  the  purpose  and  assigned  their  places 
in  the  Tabernacle,  passed  through  the  assembly, 
gathering  up  the  free-will  offerings. 

— As  the  offerings  came  to  the  stand  it  soon  be- 
came evident  that  this  was  going  to  be  the  largest 
collection  yet  made  at  an  Annual  Conference,     It 
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THE    GOSPEIj    MESSENGRK,. 


NOTfc.-j  ON  THE  MEEHNQ  OP  THE  fJENERAL 
MISSION  BOARD. 

— Mav  23,  in  company  with  brethren  D  L.  Mil- 
ler, Jos.  Amick  and  Galen  B.  Koyer,  we  left  the 
Mount  lor  the  place  of  the  Annual  Meeting.  Bro. 
Aniick  went  on  to  Chicago,  and  the  rest  of  us 
stopped  off  at  Naperville. 

— We  were  driven  to  the  Burlington  Park,  where 
only  a  few  moments  were  spent.  Here  we  met 
several  brethren  who  had  come  to  attend  the  Con- 
ference. The  Park  had  already  assumed  a  very 
beautiful  appearance.  The  ground  is  now  carpeted 
with  a  fine  coat  of  grass,  and  the  foliage  on  the 
trees  was  far  advanced. 

— A  number  of  men  are  at  work,  placing  every- 
thing in  order  for  the  meeting.  Those  who  see  the 
park  pronounce  it  a  charming  place  for  our  Confer- 
ence, provided  we  have  favorable  weather.  But 
more  of  this  later  on. 

— Our  object  in  going  to  Naperville  in  advance 
was  to  meet  with  the  General  Missionary  and 
Tract  Committee.  The  Committee  met  in  a  room 
in  the  city  soon  after  2  o'clock  P.  M.  All  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Committee  were  present,  and  entered  at 
once  upon  the  business  before  them. 

— The  contemplated  mission  in  Montreal,  Can- 
ada, was  considered,  but  nothing  was  done  in  the 
way  of  opening  up  the  mission  for  the  present. 

—At  a  former  meeting  Bro.  Wm.  M.  Howe  was 
appointed  to  the  Brooklyn  (N.  Y.)  mission,  but  in- 
forming this  meeting  that  he  had  other  arrange- 
ments and  could  not  accept  the  appointment,  the 
Board  took  under  consideration  the  advisability  of 
appointing  some  one  in  his  place,  Final  action  was 
postponed  until  a  later  stage  of  the  meeting. 

—The  Washington  City  mission  was  then  tak 
up.  The  building  committee  reported  the  sale  of 
a  part  of  the  lot  purchased  some  years  ago,  for 
which  cash  will  be  received  as  soon  as  the  deed  is 
executed  Sufficient  room  then  is  left  on  which  to 
erect  a  house  of  worship  and  also  a  parsonage. 
The  sale  was  approved  by  the  Board,  and  that  will 
place  soir.^  additional  funds  in  the  hands  of  the 
building  committee. 

— It  was  also  decided  that  the  building  commit- 
tee should  use  its  judgment  regarding  the  kind  and 
plan  of  structure  that  should  be  erected  in  the  Cap- 
ital of  our  nation. 

—There  Is  a  desire  for  a  paper  in  Denmark.  The 
matter  has  been  before  the  Committee  repeatedly, 
and  after  careful  deliberation  it  was  decided  to  re- 
fer the  project  to  Bro.  D.  L.  Miller  for  further  in- 
vestigation during  his  contemplated  visit  among 
the  churches  in  Denmark  and  Sweden. 

—It  was  reported  that  the  California  Mission 
Farm  has  been  sold  for  S30.000  Some  ol  the  land 
had  been  disposed  of  before,  for  something  over 
S5,ooo,  so  that  the  Board  has  succeeded  in  dispos- 
ing of  the  whole  place  for  over  $35,000. 

—A  good  report  was  received  from  the  mission 
in  Asia  Minor.  The  mission  is  in  a  prosperous 
condition,  and  the  outlook  is  real  hopeful.  A  good 
work  is  going  on  in  the  Orphanage,  and  here,  in  the 
hearts  of  the  children,  a  foundation  is  being  laid 
from  which  our  people  may  hear  more  by  and  by. 

—A  good  deal  of  time  was  spent  discussing  the 
different  phases  of  the  mission  work  in  India.  The 
conditions  there  are  so  unlike  those  found  in  this 
country,  that  the  Committee,  as  well  as  the  mission- 
aries, are  constantly  meeting  with  conditions  re- 
quiring wisdom  as  well  as  experience  to  adjust.  As 
we  extend  our  mission  points  we  must  expect  to 
meet  with  phases  of  almost  every  character. 

—But  we  have  a  very  cautions  Mission  Board, 
that  not  only  studies  these  various  conditions,  but 
is  disposed  to  adopt  methods  that  mean  success, 
and  while  doing  so  it  is  their  purpose  to  adhere 
strictly  to  the  Gospel  principles,  held  so  sacred  by 
our  people. 

—But  the  outlook  in  India  is  promising.  A  num- 
ber of  members  have  already  been  gathered  into 
the  fold,  and  the  influence  of  our  workers  is  widen- 
ing.   Up  to  this  time  they  have  worked  as  one  fam- 


ily, so  to  speak,  but  ere  long  they  will  establish 
different  stations,  and  proceed  to  Christianize  dif- 
ferent communities.  A  great  door  is  cp:n  to  them 
and  we  believe  their  efforts  will  result  in  great 
good. 

— The  Orphanage  is  getting  on  a  good  footing, 
and  as  time  goes  by  the  work  among  these  children 
will  tell  for  good  in  the  interest  of  Christianity.  It 
is  probable  that  more  lasting  good  can  be  done 
among  this  than  any  other  class. 

—Bro.  J.  F,  Deitz,  of  Johnstown,  Pa.,  was  select- 
ed to  take  charge  of  the  Brooklyn  mission.  It  is 
hoped  that  he  will  be  able  to  accept  the  appoint- 
ment, and  will  soon  be  prepared  to  enter  upon  the 
work  for  which  he  has  been  chosen. 

— The  Committee  closed  its  labors  for  the  day  at 
nine  o'clock  in  the  evening.  We  all  felt  that  a 
good  deal  of  ground  had  been  gone  over,  and  that 
some  good  for  the  Lord's  cause  had  been  accom- 
plished. 

—At  7: 30  Tuesday  morning,  the  Committee 
again  met,  and  continued  its  labors. 

—It  would  require  several  pages  of  the  Messen- 
ger to  contain  an  account  of  all  the  business  pre- 
sented. We  can  take  space  to  mention  only  a  few 
of  the  many  things  considered. 

—It  was  quite  apparent  that  there  is  not  that  care 
exercised  in  the  making  of  wills  and  bequests  that 
there  should  be,  and  for  that  reason  the  Brother- 
hood must  lose  some  property  that  the  donors  in- 
tended should  go  to  a  good  cause.  We  believe 
that  it  would  be  well  for  those  desiring  to  leave 
property  to  the  Brotherhood  to  consult  one  of  the 
traveling  secretaries  of  the  Committee,  or  the  Secre- 
tary himself.  It  is  important  that  a  matter  of  this 
kind  be  done  right. 

—It  is  also  very  unwise,  in  leaving  property  to 
the  Mission  Board,  to  put  it  in  a  shape  requiring 
the  Board  to  spend  considerable  money  in  order  to 
carry  out  the  wishes  of  the  donor.  This  is  some- 
times done,  when  money  is  left  for  the  purpose  of 
inaugurating  a  work  almost  entirely  foreign  to  the 
line  of  work  for  which  the  Committee  was  created. 
— The  Board  has  long  had  under  advisement  the 
opening  up  of  a  mission  among  the  colored  people 
in  the  South,  and  it  was  agreed  at  this  meeting  that 
steps  should  at  once  be  taken  to  enter  upon  the 
work. 

— It  is  the  united  opinion  of  the  Board  that 
such  a  mission  should  be  conducted  entirely  separ- 
ate from  missions  among  the  whites,  and  that  the 
brother  selected  for  the  work  should  give  his  entire 
time  and  attention  to  this  particular  department  of 
missionary  labor. 

—Bro.  A.  W.  Vaniman  was  selected  to  take 
charge  of  the  mission,  and  it  is  hoped  that  he  may 
consent  to  accept  the  appointment  for  which  he 
seems  to  be  well  fitted,  and  be  able  to  enter  upon 
the  duties  of  the  mission  at  an  early  date. 

—The  action  of  the  Committee  in  establishing 
this  mission  will  enable  our  readers  to  understand 
that  all  money,  intended  for  work  among  the  col- 
ored people,  must  be  sent  to  the  General  Missionary 
and  Tract  Commrttee,  Mount  Morris,  111.,  and  this 
Board  will  see  that  it  is  .acknowledged  in  the  Mes- 
senger, and  also  wisely  spent, 

—Bro.  Geo.  E.  Studebaker  reports  to  this  meet- 
ing his  plan  of  evangelistic  work  along  the  Arkan- 
sas River.  He  will  make  use  of  two  tents.  In  one 
and  his  wife  propose  to  live.  Here  will  be  a 
reading  room,  where  some  of  the  Brethren's  litera- 
ture will  be  kept  for  the  use  of  those  desiring  to 
spend  a  few  hours  reading.  On  the  table  will  be 
kept  copies  of  the  Messenger,  and  many  of  our 
tracts. 


in  its  character.    At  one  stage  of  the  meet 
advisability  of  purchasing  a  light  wagon  ll' 


the 

traveling  missionary  had  to  be  considered' 

other  time  they  are  called  upon  to  deliberate  o'n' 

other  minister,   who    thii 

would  enable  him  to  give  more  attention  to 


asing  a  light  wagon  |0t 
At  „ 
-  c 
ding  of  a  few  hundred  dollars  to  this,  that  1 
loan   of   this 


and,  when 

iail  incom- 


—A  larger  tent  will  be  used  for  meetings.     He 
11  pitch  his  tents  where  he  thinks  good  can  be 
done,  and  preach  the  Gospel  to  the  people,  and  dis- 
tribute  tracts   and  papers   among  them.    He  will 
1  move  on  to  another  point,  and  so  put  in  the 
summer  at  evangelistic  work.    We  believe  the  plan 
is  an  excellent  one  and  will  result  in  much  good. 
He  enters  upon  the  work  about  June  II, 
—The  work  presented  to  the  Board  is  quite  va- 


ing  the  Gospel.  Oi  course,  the  Board  has  to  infot 
such  ministers  that  she  is  not  authorized  to  „' 
missionary  money  in  that  way. 

—Sometimes,  in  asking  for  aid  in  erei 
house  of  worship,  some  churches  want  the  Board  1, 
donate  them  a  certain  sum,  but  they  are  not  willjl 
to  accept  a  loan  at  a  very  low  rate  of  interest.  Vl/J 
the  Board  thinks  it  will  hardly  pay  to  donate 
ey  at  a  point  from  which  no  income  can  be  e» 
pected. 

—It  looks  too  much  like  planting  a  vine  and 
ting   no   fruit   therefrom,  or  having  a  flock  |r"0, 
which  no  milk  can  be  obtained.    The  policy  of  n. 
Board,  and  we  believe  it  to  be  a  wise  one,  " 
at  least  a  part  of  all  the  aid  rendered  in 
tion  of  a  house,  in  the  form  of  a  lo; 
the  interest   is  paid,  it  produces  a 
and  stimulates  the  church  to  action, 

—Then,  further,  should  the  congregation  for  a» 
reason  go  down,  the  Committee,  having  a  mor 
gage  on  the  house,  will  get  the  property,  and  thi 
prevent  it  from  passing  out  of  the  hands  of  th 
church.  In  the  past  the  Board  has  assisted  son* 
new  congregations  that  finally  went  down,  and  thi 
money  put  into  these  houses  was  lost  to  the  Broth, 
erhood.  The  practice  of  lending,  as  now  observed 
it  seems  to  us,  is  a  very  wise  thing,  and  should 
commend  itself  to  all  of  our  people. 

— There  are  also  churches  calling  for  help  to  erect 
houses  of  worship,  but  they  do  not  proceed  in  th 
regular  order  of  bringing  the  matter  before  thi 
Committee.  There  are  application  blanks  to  b 
filled  out  for  this  purpose,  and  no  church  shouli 
attempt  to  call  for  aid  without  procuring  one  1 
these  blanks,  along  with  instructions,  and  then  p: 
ceed  according  to  the  method  thereirl  giv 
When  a  blank  is  filled  out,  it  should'  not  only 
ceive  the  endorsement  of  the  District  Board,  bul 
that  Board  in  some  way  should  look  into  the  mef 
its  of  the  call,  and  express  an  opinion  concerninj 
it.    This  is  an  important  feature  in  every  call. 

— Then  we  find  that  some  who  want  help  are  dis 
posed  to  write  one  letter  after  another,  urging 
their  call,  and  even  attempting  to  argue  the  cast 
with  the  Board.  It  is  not  possible  for  the  C 
mittee,  with  its  great  amount  of  work,  to  sp 
time  reading  a  great  pile  of  letters  relating  to  the 
needs  of  a  house  in  a  certain  place, 

—A  well-fillcd-out  application  blank,  with  the 
full  endorsement  of  the  District  Mission  Board,  ac- 
companying it,  has  more  weight  with  the  Com- 
mittee than  a  score  of  letters.  Then  do  not  at- 
tempt to  get  a  call  before  the  Committee  without 
the  endorsement  of  the  District  Board.  It  will 
avail  nothing. 

— It  is  the  aim  of  this  Committee  to  make  all 
District  Boards,  in  a  measure,  responsible  for  tbe 
work  done  in  the  District,  and  for  that  reason  it 
must  pass  on  everything  coming  from  a  District. 

—Further,  we  find  that  the  few  members  at  some 
isolated  points  do  not  have  the  confidence  in  their 
District  Board  that  they  should  have,  and  there- 
fore make  direct  appeals  to  the  Committee  for  help 
in  various  ways.  The  Committee  is  impressed  with 
the  fact  that  all  calls  for  help  of  any  and  eveiy 
character,  should  first  be  presented  to  these  Dis- 
trict Boards,  and  if  these  Boards  cannot  render 
the  needed  assistance,  they  should  at  once  advise 
the  Committee,  so  that  the  needed  assistance  may 
be  forthcoming, 

—More  activity  upon  the  part  of  some  D:si"cl 
Boards  would  be  greatly  appreciated  by  the  Com- 
mittee, and  it  is  important  that  this  hint  receive 
due  attention,  for  without  the  co-operative  '««»' 
and  activity  of  the  District  Boards,  our  mission 
work  cannot  be  carried  on  as  it  should. 

— There  came  before  the  Committee  an  urgeo' 
request  for  a  special  call  through  the  Messengbb 


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[0r  money  to  carry  on  an  important  work  along 
the  missionary  line.  It  was  thought  that,  if  the 
call  could  be  brought  before  the  whole  Brother- 
hood, it  would  receive  a  liberal  response.  Of 
course  the  request  could  not  be  granted. 

—As  a  rule,  these  public  calls  are  of  little  value, 
and  were  we  to  give  in  the  Messenger  space  for 
even  one-half  of  those  sent  for  publication,  they 
would  completely  defeat  the  very  purpose,  which 
they  are  intended  to  subserve,  for  very  few  people, 
aside  from  the  directly  interested  ones,  would  even 
read  them,  let  alone  respond  to  them, 

— Our  Traveling  Secretaries,  Daniel  Vaniman  and 
I.  D.  Parker,  made  some  encouraging  reports  relat- 
ing to  their  work  in  the  field,  During  the  last  five 
months  one  of  them  has  succeeded  in  procuring  ov- 
er Si8,030  for  the  Committee,  in  the  form  of  notes, 
endowments,  and  cash.  The  other  had  raised  over 
$3, coo  inside  of  about  one  month,  besides  attending 
to  a  great  deal  of  other  business. 

— These  Secretaries  are  a  great  help  to  the  mis- 
sion cause  in  our  Brotherhood,  During  the  last 
year  they  have  turned  over  to  the  General  Mission- 
ary and  Tract  Committee,  about  $90,000, 

— This  Committee  always  selects  the  brother 
who  is  to  take  charge  of  the  collection  at  the  Mis- 
sionary Meeting  on  Monday  afternoon.  For  some 
years  Bro.  J.  C.  Lahman  had  charge  of  that  work. 
Last  year  Bro.  B.  F.  Stouffer  conducted  the  collec- 
tion, For  the  present  meeting  Bro.  I,  N.  H.  Beahm 
was  unanimously  agreed  upon.  We  trust  his  ef- 
forts will  result  in  a  large  collection. 

— A  generous  sister  in  the  East  offered  S400  to 
aid  in  the  erection  of  the  house  of  worship  in  the 
Capital  of  our  nation,  The  gift  was  appreciated 
and  most  thankfully  received  by  the  Committee, 
Several  other  similar  gifts  would  serve  a  most  ex- 
cellent purpose,  just  now. 

— A  District  Solicitor,  in  Missouri,  sent  in  a  real 
encouraging  report  of  his  work,  and  his  manner  of 
govag  about  it.  He  furnishes  his  own  conveyance, 
go£s  from  one  congregation  to  another,  and  urges 
liberal  contributions  for  the  cause  of  missions.  He 
charges  nothing  for  time  and  pays  his  own  expen- 
ses. He  tells  the  people  that  he  is  doing  his  work 
free,  and  this  prompts  a  number  to  be  more  liberal 
in  their  giving. 

— It  was  decided  to  print  5,000  copies  of  the  An- 
nual Report  of  the  Missionary  and  Tract  Commit- 
tee, for  general  distribution  here  on  the  ground  and 
elsewhere.  A  copy  of  this  report  will  be  sent  free 
to  any  one  calling  for  it.  It  ought  to  be  in  the 
hands  of  all  those  interested  in  the  work  of  the 
Committee. 

— A  number  of  State  Districts  called  fof  money 
to  aid  in  missionary  work,  and  about  Si, 200  was  ap- 
propriated to  the  missions  in  Eastern  Pennsylvania, 
Southwestern  Kansas,  Middle  Missouri,  Texas, 
Middle  Pennsylvania,  and  Northeastern  Kansas, 

— Several  hundred  dollars  was  appropriated  to 
aid  in  the  building  of  plain  meetinghouses  in  Kan- 
sas City,  Ashridge,  Wisconsin,  and  Solomon's 
Creek,  Kins. 

— About  $2,000  was  appropriated  for  work  in  dif- 
ferent fields,  both  home  and  foreign. 

— Steps  were  also  taken  to  secure  a  tract  distribu- 
tor in  Atlanta,  Ga,,  where  there  seems  to  be  a  grow- 
ing interest, 

— Thus  closed  the  work  for  the  day.  At. noon  we 
had  moved  from  the  city  out  to  the  park,  where 
things  were  found  in  readiness  for  the  Committee 
and  others  who  had  come  to  attend  the  meeting, 

— As  the  part  of  the  paper  in  which  these  notes 
are  to  appear,  goes  to  press  before  our  return  to  the 
office,  we  close  this  part  of  our  report  now,  but 
may  have  something  more  to  say  elsewhere,  and 
later  on. 

— It  will  be  necessary  for  the  Committee  to  meet 
again  before  the  end  of  the  Conference,  and  that 
will  doubtless  give  us  occasion  to  say  more  con- 
cerning the  doings  of  the  Committee.  Our  further 
observations  will  be  found  under  the  head  of  "  An- 
nual Meeting  Notes,"  ;.  h,  m, 


-«*  HOME  *  AND  *  FAMILY*— 

AS  YE  WOULD. 

IP  I  should  see 
A  brother  languishing  in  sore  distress, 
And  I  should  turn  and  leave  him  comfortless 

When  I  might  be 
A  messenger  of  hope  and  happiness, 

How  could  I  ask  to  have  what  I  denied 

Id  my  own  hour  of  bitterness  supplied? 

If  I  might  sing 
A  little  song  to  cheer  a  fainting  heart, 
And  I  should  seal  my  lips  and  sit  apart 

When  I  might  bring 

A  bit  of  sunshine  for  life's  ache  and  smart, 

How  could  I  hope  to  have  ray  grief  relieved 

If  I  kept  silent  when  my  brother  grieved? 

And  so  I  know 
That  day  is  lost  wherein  I  fail  to  tend 
A  helping  hand  to  some  wayfaring  friend, 

But  if  it  show 
A  burden  lightened  by  the  cheer  I  send, 

Then  do  I  hold  the  golden  hours  well  spent, 

And  lay  me  down  to  sleep  in  sweet  content. 

—Selected  by  Nancy  Bahr, 


NO  ROOM  FOR  JESUS. 


BY   GEO.   W,    COSNEK, 


How  often  we  see  sad  faces  and  we  know  not  the 
causel  A  mother  sitting  silent,  her  sorrow  buried 
in  her  own  breast,  suffering  alone,  she  does  not 
want  you  to  know  the  cause,  and  if  you  do  know 
you  dare  not  offer  your  sympathy,  for  one  word 
from  you  would  start  a  flood  of  tears  that  could  not 
be  kept  back.  When  death  robbed  her  of  husband 
and  children,  all  save  one,  she  felt  her  heart  would 
break,  but  time  soothed  her  sorrow,  and  all  her  af- 
fections were  centered  upon  her  only  boy.  Every 
wish  of  his  must  be  gratified,  every  want  supplied, 
and  at  any  cost,  looking  to  the  time  when  he  would 
care  for  her  in  her  declining  years. 

Has  he  done  this?  Ah  no,  he  has  not  only 
proved  recreant  to  his  mother's  loving,  trusting 
heart,  but  he  has  broken  it.  Broken-hearted  moth- 
er, how  did  it  happen?  Have  you  not  been  the  in- 
direct cause  of  all  your  own  sorrow?  Have  you 
not  brought  a  burden  of  grief  upon  your  soul, 
too  heavy  to  be  borne?  Your  boy  was  arrested 
last  night  for  murder,— a  fearful  crime.  Rum  did 
it.  A  quarrel  arises  over  a  game  of  cards,  weapons 
are  drawn,  one  is  shot  dead,  the  other  is  your  boy. 
He  whom  you  bved  so  well,  now  languishes  in  a 
prison  cell,  to  be  tried  for  his  awful  crime. 

Mother,  do  not  weep;  it  is  too  late  now;  dry  your 
tears  and  go  back  with  me  to  the  time  when  that 
boy  was  the  pride  and  joy  of  your  heart.  Listen  to 
me!  We  may  save  some  other  mother's  boy  by  our 
warnings  to  her.  Where  did  your  boy  learn  to  play 
cards?  Was  it  not  in  your  own  parlor?  Only  a 
little  prize  euchre  party,  a  few  cakes,  and  a  little 
wine.  You  thought  there  could  be  no  harm  in  it, 
the  church  members  took  part  in  it,  and  even  the 
pastor  did  not  condemn  it.  Do  you  know  that  the 
preacher  who  does  not  condemn  such  things  is  in 
the  service  of  the  devil,  and  God  has  no  use  for 
such?  Did  you  not  think  that  your  boy  would  de- 
velop into  a  man,  and  that  upon  the  training  you 
gave  him,  depended  everything  in  his  future  ca- 
reer? Do  you  know  that  the  early  impressions 
would  be  as  lasting  as  life? 

No  room  in  your  heart  for  any  but  your  boy.  Oh 
how  selfish  some  mothers  are!  No  room  for  Jesus, 
no  time  to  tell  your  boy  about  him,  no  time  to  tell 
him  the  story  of  the  cross,  no  time  to  teach  him  to 
love  the  tender  Savior.  Plenty  of  time  to  teach 
him  to  play  cards  and  love  the  taste  of  wine.  No 
room  on  your  center  table  for  books  containing  the 
beautiful  stories  of  Jesus  and  his  love  for  the  chil- 
dren. Plenty  of  room  for  packs  of  cards  that  have 
been  damning  souls  for  ages. 

Oh  how  many  families  there  are  who  cannot  find 
room  for  the  Blessed  Master!  He  even  had  to  be 
born  in  a  stable  and  cradled  in  a  manger.  No 
room  for  him  in  the  inn.  It  has  been  so  ever  since. 
No  room  for  Jesus,  no  time  to  gather  the  little  ones 


at  your  knees,  to  pray  with  them  and  read  the  beau- 
tiful stories  of  his  love  for  them,  and  teach  them  to 
love  him.  Mother,  had  you  done  this  with  your 
boy,  he  would  not  have  been  where  he  is  to-night. 

Euchre  parties  and  wine  will  lead  to  gambling, 
rum  and  murder,  and  no  father  or  mother  should  al- 
low them  within  their  homes,  Early  impressions 
are  lasting  when  made  by  a  loving  mother.  They 
are  a  source  from  which  flow  our  happiest  recollec- 
tions. Oh  fathers  and  mothers,  love  your  children, 
but  love  Jesus  best,  and  train  your  little  ones  to 
love  him  above  everything  else,  or  look  back  and 
feel  your  own  conscience  telling  you,  "  Oh,  it  was 
my  fault." 

Mother,  if  you  love  your  children  as  you  should, 
you  will  never  allow  a  pack  of  cards  to  come  into 
your  house,  nor  the  wine  bottle  to  be  brought  out 
to  tempt  them,  and  create  an  appetite  that,  sooner 
or  later,  will  end  in  eternal  misery  and  woe. 

"  Wine  is  a  mocker,  strong  drink  is  raging,  and 
whosoever  is  deceived  thereby  is  not  wise." 

Nafonat  Soldiers'  Home,  Ohio. 


SOME  FRIENDLY  SUGGESTIONS. 
BY   OTHO    WINGER. 

In  many  homes,  into  which  the  Gospel  Messen- 
ger comes  weekly,  too  little  attention  is  given  to 
the  many  lessons  it  contains.  Some  seem  to  be 
taking  it  just  because  it  is  the  church  organ,  or  be- 
cause other  Brethren  do.  Instead  of  letting  those 
precious  messages  come  to  our  homes,  and  thrown 
aside  indifferently,  waiting  for  leisure  time  to  read 
them,  or  perhaps  never  to  read  them  at  all,  would  it 
not  be  better  to  make  it  the  topic  of  family  conver- 
sation until  all  of  its  precious  truths  are  gleaned? 
There  is  something  in  each  issue  for  all  of  us.  We 
cannot  afford  to  miss  reading  a  single  copy. 

After  the  paper  is  read  and  studied  by  all  in  the 
home,  would  it  not  be  better  to  hand  it  to  some  one 
who  is  seeking  more  of  the  divine  light,  than  to  use 
it  for  household  purposes,  or  let  it  lay  around  until 
its  pages  are  yellow  with  age? 

While  its  pages  are  so  richly  filled  with  good  les- 
sons for  all  of  us,  let  us  not  think  that  those  les- 
sons all  belong  to  somebody  else  and  not  to  us. 
"  If  the  shoe  fits,  wear  it."  If  the  lesson  comes 
home  to  us,  wc  should  accept  it,  and  profit  thereby. 
Do  not  think  that  a  personal  affront  is  intended, 
The  waste-basket  is  proof  enough  of  letters,  re- 
ceived by  editors,  from  persons  who  think  they 
have  been  injured  by  an  article  that  criticized  the 
failings  of  which  they  are  guilty. 

Instead  of  censuring  authors  for  their  lessons 
that  are  intended  to  help  us  to  reach  a  higher  plane 
of  life,  we  should  thank  them,  for  the  incentive  to 
a  better  life  that  they  have  thus  given  us, 

It  is  by  giving  just  the  medicine  we  need  that  the 
physician  can  do  us  the  most  good.  It  is  by  read- 
ing the  thing  that  fits  our  own  peculiar  case,  that 
we  can  obtain  the  most  good  and  be  lifted  to  a 
higher  plane  of  Christian  life, 

May  the  writers  and  editors  of  the  Gospel  Mes- 
senger continue  to  give  us  the  things  we  need,  and 
eternity  alone  will  reveal  all  the  good  that  has  been 
accomplished! 

Sweetser,  Ind.   ^ 

Australia  is  said  to  have  no  orphan  asylums. 
Her  system  of  providing  for  the  needy  children 
may  be  studied  with  profit,  Every  child  who  is  not 
supported  by  parents,  becomes  a  ward  of  the  State, 
and  is  paid  a  pension  for  support,  and  placed  in  a 
private  family,  where  board  and  clothes  are  pro- 
vided until  the  fourteenth  birthday,  After  that  he 
may  be  able  to  go  to  work,  in  which  case  the  pen- 
sion is  placed  to  his  credit  until  the  age  of  eight- 
een, when  he  becomes  a  citizen,  with  the  balance 
due  him  from  the  State  to  begin  life  with. 


Wise  men  will  apply  their  remedies  to  vices,  not 
to  names;  to  the  causes  of  evil  which  are  perma- 
nent, not  the  occasional  organs  by  which  they  act, 
and  the  transitory  modes  in  which  they  appear,— 
Burke. 


THE    GOSPEL    MESSl&IISrGOEIEL. 


June  ir, 


ANNUAL  MEETING  NOTES. 

{Concluded  from  page  J57-) 

—It  was  also  said  that  the  printing  of  the  queries 
in  the  Messenger  proved  very  helpful  to  many  in 
making  up  their  minds  how  to  vote. 

— The  spirit  of  the  meeting  was  most  excellent 
throughout.  We  do  not  see  how  it  could  have  been 
better.  Along  this  line  our  people  have  made  great 
advancement,  and  they  are  to  be  commended  for  it, 

— We  do  not  remember  to  have  attended  a  Con- 
ference where  there  were-  so  many  members  present, 
and  so  few  outsiders,  This  added  much  to  the 
spirituality  of  the  gathering,  and  enabled  us  to 
transact  business  with  less  annoyance. 

—While  the  weather  was  very  much  against  us, 
and  the  meals  not  so  good  as  some  would  like  to 
have  had,  yet  the  health  was  excellent.  Many  re- 
marked that  they  never  before  attended  a  Confer- 
ence where  there  was  so  little  sickness,  Some  one 
suggested  that  light  diet,  camping  in  the  open  air 
in  tents,  and  the  long  walks  or  rides  to  lodging 
places  in  the  city,  proved,  in  this  instance,  a  great 
blessing. 

— Many  of  the  people  left  for  their  homes  on  the 
evening  trains.  Those  who  remained  had  the 
pleasure  of  listening  to  a  most  excellent  sermon  in 
the  tabernacle,  by  Bro.  I,  N.  H.  Beahm,  on  Faith 
and  Works. 

— The  next  morning  several  trainloads  of  people 
left  the  grounds,  and  in  a  short  time  only  the  work- 
men were  left  to  place  the  park  in  order, 

—Thus  closed  the  Annual  Meeting  for  189?,  and 
we  felt  that,  so  far  as  the  character  of  the  work  is 
concerned,  it  was  the  best  Annual  Conference  we 
ever  attended,  and  we  believe  that  it  will  result  in 
great  good  to  our  Brotherhood  in  America  and  else- 
where. J.  h.  M. 


-*THE  t  SUNDAY  +  SCHOOL^ 


LESSON  LIGHT-FLASHES. 

THE  RISEN  LORD.— Matt.  28:  8-ao. 

Lesson  for  June  iq,  1S98. 

With  this  lesson  we  close  the  story  of  the  life  of 
Christ,  as  given  in  Matthew's  Gospel.  We  have  fol- 
lowed the  footmarks  of  the  Christ  from  the  time  of 
his  birth,  all  through  his  varied  and  eventful  life, 
and  a  wonderful  story  it  is,  Had  we  not  been 
taught  it  from  our  childhood  up,  in  the  home  and 
by  the  fireside,  it  would  have  been  one  of  the  most 
intensely  interesting  narratives  we  ever  read.  It  is 
a  story  of  hopes,  expectations,  doubts  and  fears, 
ending  in  divine  assurance.  From  Bethlehem  to 
Egypt,  thence  to  Nazareth,  next  years  of  silence,  a 
momentary  appearance  at  Jerusalem  among  the 
doctors  and  lawyers,  a  peep  into  his  home  life,  an- 
other period  of  silence, — and  we  have  him  coming 
forth  in  full  manhood  to  enter  the  great  work  for 
which  he  came  into  the  world,  The  Jordan,  the 
wilderness,  up  and  down  through  Palestine,  fre- 
quenting the  lake  cities  of  Galilee,  stopping  and 
disclosing  himself  and  his  mission  at  the  Samaritan 
well  and  to  the  Samaritan  woman,  making  himself 
known  and  his  power  felt  in  the  Holy  City,  were  all 
interesting  events  in  his  sweet  life,  which  gradual- 
ly led  up  to  the  closing  and  beginning  scenes  of  the 
most  wonderful  life  that  was  ever  lived  in  the  world. 
In  the  study  of  this  life  we  cannot  Use  sight  of 
his  disciples  who,  though  partly  blind,  followed 
with  a  zeal  and  devotion  that  could  be  inspired 
only  by  a  Divine  Mind. 

In  the  Gospeb  we  have  faint  glimpses  of  their 
lives, — but  glimpses  only.  And  as  we  follow  day 
by  day,  as  they  followed  the  Master,  there  are  hun- 
dreds of  things  about  their  lives  that  we  would 
like  to  know. 

At  times  they  were  elated  to  the  heavens.  They 
had  their  dreams  of  being  subjects  of  the  most 
glorious  and  powerful  kingdom  that  ever  graced 
the  world.  No  doubt  they  talked  much  and 
thought  more  about  how  things  would  be  under  the 
new  conditions  that  were  so  soon  to  be  ushered  in, 
— so  much  so  that  the  mothers  were  discussing  the 
positions   that  would  be  occupied  by  their  sons. 


One  asked  for  her  sons  the  right  and  left  hand  seats 
on  the  throne. 

And,  then,  what  a  crushing  disappointment  fol- 
lowed when  their  adored  king  was  taken  by  wicked 
hands,  tried  as  a  common  culprit,  condemned  and 
hung  upon  the  cross,  there  to  die  a  most  ignomini- 
ous death. 

Right  here  we  have  the  most  mysterious  periods 
of  the  lives  of  these  men.  We  cannot  understand 
it.  Of  this  event  they  were  told  and  yet  not  told. 
What  did  they  believe?  Was  there  yet  any  hope 
left?  Was  it  all  disappointment,  or  was  there  a 
rift  in  the  cloud,  through  which  a  momentary  ray  of 
light  shone?  As  he  was  now  dead  and  buried,— 
what  next?  How  wc  would  like  to  know  what 
these  men  thought  and  said  during  these  nights  of 
gloom,  darkness  and  doubtl 

It  is  a  mystery  that  we  love  to  think  about, — be- 
cause after  the  darkest  night  came  the  brightest 
morning  that  ever  dawned  upon  this  sin  benighted 
world  of  ours.  It  was  because  of  the  glad  tidings 
that  went  forth  from  the  opened  sepulchre,  "  He  is 

The  welcome  message  that  the  women  were  to 
bear  to  these  disciples  was,  "  He  is  risen  from  the 
dead."  "And  they  departed  quickly  .  .  ,  with  fear 
and  great  joy,"  These  words  have  a  meaning  to  us, 
—  not  half  what  they  should  have, — but  what  was  it 
to  these  disciples?  What  do  you  think?  We  have 
learned  to  look  at  the  resurrection  as  a  thing  of  the 
past — as  a  part  of  the  whole  history,  but  they  had 
not  yet  learned  to  look  at  it  and  for  it  at  all.  To 
them  it  was  a  glorious  revelation,  an  event  that  had 
not,  in  any  tangible  way,  dawned  into  their  disturbed 
and  bewildered  minds.  If,  in  the  hearts  of  these 
len,  there  was  fear  and  great  joy, — fear  that 
they  might  be  mistaken,  and  great  joy  that  they 
were  not,  what  must  have  been  the  feelings  of  these 
disciples  and  followers  of  his?  We  cannot  tell. 
There  are  no  words  to  express  them.  The  revela- 
tion was  too  sudden  and  wonderful  to  be  assimilat- 
ed all  at  once.  The  fact  is  they  were  men  and 
therefore  could  not  believe  without  going  through 
a  process  of  reasoning  or  have  a  tangible  evidence, 

John  says:  "  For  as  yet  they  knew  not  the  Script- 
ures, that  he  must  rise  again  from  the  dead."  The 
women  believed,  but  the  men  preferred  to  wait  for 
more  evidence.  But  we  are  glad  that  it  is  recorded 
of  them  that  they  believed  enough  to  accept  the 
message,  follow  the  directions  and  go  to  Galilee. 
There,  in  the  mountain  of  Galilee,  at  the  appoint- 
ed place,  he  met  them,  "and  when  they  saw  him 
they  worshiped  him;  but  some  doubted." 

It  is  exceedingly  interesting  to  see  how  slowly 
and  gradually  the  truth  of  the  resurrection  of  Jesus 
opened  up  in  the  minds  of  these  men.  We  think  it 
cannot  be  that  they  should  have  been  so  slow  in  ac- 
cepting so  evident  and  glorious  a  truth,  but  this  is 
because  we  do  not  see  from  the  same  standpoint 
which  they  did,  and,  further,  our  conditions  and 
mode  of  thinking  are  entirely  different.  For  us  to 
accept  the  resurrection  is  entirely  in  line  with  our 
mode  of  thinking.  For  them  to  accept  was  to  cast 
to  the  wind  all  their  former  modes  of  thought,  their 
expectations  and  hopes,  and  receive  something  en- 
tirely new  and  unexpected,  A  conversion  from  the 
expectations  of  a  literal  and  physical  kingdom  to 
the  invisible  and  spiritual, — this  took  time,  but  they 
did  it.    Are  we  doing  half  so  well?  h,  b.  b. 


OTJK,    PRAYER    MEETING-. 


For  Thursday  Evening,  June  16. 
I.  Love  Divinely  Enjoined.— Luke  10:  25-28;  36,  37, 

1.  The  great  standard.     (V.  26);  Isa,  8:  20;  Luke  16:  29. 

2.  The  first  demand.     (V.  27);  Ex.  20;  3;  Mark  12:  29,  30. 

3.  The  second  demand.     (V.  27);  Lev.  ig:  18;  1  John  3:  2 

4.  The  high  endorsement.     (V.  28J;  Isa.  55:  4;  Matt.  28:  I 

5.  The  strong   enforcement.    (V.  37);    Matt.    5:    44;  John 


II.  Love  Practically  Exemplified.- Lake  10:29-35. 

1.  An  observing  eye.    (V.  33;  Ex,  2:  11;  1'hilpp.  2:  4. 

2.  A  compassionate   heart.     (Verse   33);  Ex.  2:  6;  I   P« 
3:8. 

3.  A  helping  hand.     (Vs.  33,  34);  Eccl.  9:  10;  Acts  16:  33. 

4.  An   unwearying   perseverance,     (V.   34);  John  13:"  1; 
Thess,  3:  13 

5.  An  open  purse.    (V,  35);  Eccl.  11:  2;  2  Cor.  9:  7, 


Notes  x  from  k  our  *  c*jrrc:>pt>naeni», 

"As  cold  water  to  a  thirsty  soul,  so  Is  good  news  from  a  far  country." 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Bannerville.— Under  date  of  May  22  I  report  that  two  pre- 
cious souls  have  been  received  into  the  church  by  baptism 
at  this  place.—/.  B,  Shellenberger,  May  23. 

Farmer's  Qrove.— Our  love  feast  at  Honey  Grove,  Juniata 
Co.,  Pa.,  was  held  May  20.  Elders  E.  D,  Book,  of  Blaine,  Pa 
andW.  J.Swigart.of  Juniata  College,  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  pre] 
sided.  Two  were  admitted  to  the  church  by  baptism.  Dea.. 
con  Wm.  B.  Zimmerman  was  elected  to  the  ministry  and  duly 
installed  by  Eld.  Swigart.— /.  W.  Reptogle,  Walnut,  Pa  ,  May 
30. 

Norristown.— On  page  317,  in  No.  20,  May  14,  in  a  com- 
munication  from  Norristown,  due  credit  should  have  been 
given  to  Bro.  Jesse  C.  Zigler  and  the  Mingo  church  for  the  re- 
vival of  the  woik  at  this  place.  The  article  was  made  up 
from  a  private  letter  written  by  me  to  a  brother  who  bad  been 
a  worker  with  us  and  who,  altogether  unintentionally,  failed  to 
give  credit  as  stated  above,— J,  Howard  Ellis,  May  22. 

Elk  Lick.— Our  love  feast  was  held  May  21.  One  hundred 
and  ten  were  sealed  around  the  Lord's  table.  The  series  of 
meetings  which  was  held  a  week  prior  to  the  feast,  was  fair- 
ly well  attended.  Good  interest  prevailed  throughout.  We 
had  three  additions  to  our  church.  We  also  took  up  a  col- 
ection,  amounting  to  $1423,  to  be  handed  in  by  our  delegate 
:o  Annual  Meeting  for  missionary  purposes,—  Carrie  N, 
Beat  hy.  May  23, 

Upper  Conewago.— We  held  our  love  feast  May  26  and  27, 
The  attendance  was  not  as  large  as  usual,  owing  to  the  inclem- 
ent weather,  yet  we  had  a  good  meeting.  About  325  com- 
muned, Visiting  ministers  present  were  brethren  Jacob  Hol- 
linger,  Solomon  Stoner,  John  Ulz,  Henry  Beelman,  E.  S,  Mil- 
ler and  others.  Bro.  J.  Hollinger  officiated.  One  was  re- 
ceived by  baptism  previous  to  the  feast, — Andrew  Bowser, 
East  Berlin,  Pa.,  May  28. 

Mechanic  Qrove. — Our  love  feast.  May  2r,  was  quite  well 
attended.  Brethren  Samuel  Taylor,  Tobias  Herr,  I.  W.  Tay- 
lor and  H,  E,  Light  were  the  ministering  brethren  from  other 
gregations,  Bro,  Light  officiated.  A  number  of  tbe 
brethren  and  sisters  stayed  with  us  over  night  to  attend  the 
regular  meeting  the  next  day.  Before  the  meeting  we  had 
song  services.  Some  of  the  brethren  gave  us  words  of  encour- 
agement, which  we  enjoyed  very  much.— Mary  P.  P/iitlipy, 
Little  Britain,  Pa„  June  1. 

Johnstown.— Our  series  of  meetings  began  in  the  Roxbury 
meetinghouse  on  the  evening  of  April  30,  and  continued  till 
tbe  evening  of  May  15.  The  meetings  we'«  cohducte\i  by 
Bro.  Jeremiah  Thomas.  They  were  well  attended.  Twenty- 
four  were  baptized  at  the  close  of  the  meeting,  and  one  more 
on  the  following  Sunday.  Most  of  them  were  heads  of  fami- 
To-day,  May  22,  was  missionary  day  at  Walnut  Grove. 
The  sermon  was  preached  by  Bro.  A.  Fyock.  The  collection 
was  over  %i\.—A,J.  Strayer,  May  22. 

Lewlstown. — May  23  and  24  we  enjoyed  a  very  pleasant 
Communion  in  the  Dry  Valley  church,  Ministers  in  attend- 
ance were  brethren  J.  Lane,  J.  B.  Brumbaugh  and  J.  C.  Swi- 
gart. Our  members  were  quite  well  represented  and  some 
from  adjoining  congregations  were  present.  Three  were  add- 
ed to  the  church,  one  at  our  council-meeting,  one  at  our  Com- 
munion and  one  last  Sunday.  We  held  an  election  for  two 
deacons.  The  lot  fell  on  brethren  W.  Reichard  and  J.  Ed- 
monson. Brethren  A.  Spanogle  and  J.  M.  Mohler  were  chosen 
to  the  eldership. — Sarah  SPanogle,  May  31. 

Manor.— We  are  still  trying  to  work  for  the  Master,  May 
21  we  met  in  council,  prior  to  love  feast.  Eld.  Joseph  Holsop- 
ple  acted  as  Moderator,  At  the  close  of  the  meeting  one 
young  man  was  baptized.  Our  love  feast,  last  night,  will  long 
be  remembered  as  a  soul-refreshing  season.  Visiting  minis- 
ters were  brethren  J.  H.  Beer,  John  Harrison  and  J.  W.  Spcicher. 
Bro.  Beer  officiated.  We  have  the  promise  of  Bro.  Jeremiah 
Thomas  to  begin  a  series  of  meetings  in  Diamondville  about 
Aug.  20.  Bro.  F.  F.  Holsopple  will  begin  some  meetings  at 
Purchase  Line  about  Oct.  8.  There  will  be  meetings  at  other 
places  later  on. — Lizcie  Swartz,  Purchase  Line,  Pa.,  May  2Q> 

KANSAS. 

Honey  Creek.— The  members  of  this  congregation  held 
their  love  feast  May  22,  which  proved  a  refreshing  season, 
The  writer  began  a  series  of  meetings  on  the  evening  of  ihe 
21st,  and  will  close  to-night.  Members  seem  to  be  encouraged 
and  one  has  made  the  good  choice.— C.  H.  Brown,  Navarre, 
Kans.,  May  ■?/. 

Prairie  View.— Our  elder,  Bro.  Wertz,  came  to  us  May  » 
and,  with  the  assistance  of  adjoining  ministers,  gave  us  a  few 
good  meetings.  Onr  feast  was  held  May  14.  One  came  out 
on  the  Lord's  side,  Our  council,  prior  to  the  feast,  passed  off 
pleasantly.  One  was  received  by  letter;  five  letters  of  mem- 
bership were  granted  to  Colorado  members  because  of  their 
nearness  to  Rocky  Ford,  where  they  expect  to  organize  June 
n. — Ida  M.  Hudson,  May  sf, 

Belleville.— We  met  in  council  May  21,  previous  to  our 
love  feast.  We  re-elected  our  mission  solicitors  for  another 
year, — one  for  tract  work,  one  for  home  missions  aod  one  for 
World-wide  Mission.  Tbe  fall  love  feast  was  also  appointed. 
Four  were  received  by  letter  since  our  last  report.  Our  con- 
gregation seems  to  be  in  a  good  working  condition.  Our 
social  meetings  are  still  being  held  each  Sunday  evening.— 
Louisa  J.  Williams,  May  2?. 


June 


txhe  gos:p:e2Xj  TVTKSSETSTOEI^. 


,-.\.:nie.  —  Bro.  A.  C.  Snowberger  and  wife  came  to  this 
place  May  14.  Our  brother  commenced  meetings  the  same 
evening.  He  preached,  in  all,  ten  soul-cheering  sermons. 
One  precious  soul  was  brought  to  Christ.  We  feel  there 
are  oiheis  near  the  kingdom .— Annie  Wine,  May  2Q. 

tfaple  Grove.— Eld.  G.  W.  Studebaker,  of  Fredonia,  Kans., 
ffas  with  us  at  our  council,  May  15,  and  preached  the  follow- 
ing week.  On  Sunday  he  gave  an  interesting  lecture  to  the 
cbildiea  on  "  Morality."  On  Sunday  evening  the  subject  was 
Christian  baptism.  Bro.  Studebaker  is  now  in  bis  eighty- first 
year.  He  has  been  a  minister  for  fifty-six  years  and  an  elder 
lot  forly-eight  years. — Ida  i'cunce,  Gardner,  Kans. 

Maple  Grove  —Our  love  feast  was  held  May  7.  Ministers 
present  were  brethren  John  Wertz,  George  Mishler,  A.  C 
Snowberger  and  John  Cline.  Quite  a  number  of  members  be- 
sides ministers,  were  present.  We  had  a  week  of  meetings 
and  three  souls  were  made  willing  to  come  to  Christ.  On 
Sunday  three  deacons  were  elected  and  duly  installed.  Bro. 
G.  M.  Throne  was  advanced  to  the  eldership.  —  Laura  M, 
Skuey,  Rockwell  City,  Kans,,  May  23. 

McPherson.— At  the  close  of  the  love  feast,  Saturday  ev- 
ening, May  21,  brethren  C.  E.  Arnold,  A.  C.  Wieand,  and  J. 
Haishbarger  were  ordained  elders,  brethren  E.  K.  Masterson 
and  Ira  Snavely  were  advanced  to  the  second  degree  of  the 
ministry,  and  brethren  S.  H.  Butler  and  F.  A.  Vaniman  were 
chosen  deacons.  The  work  was  presided  over  by  elders  W. 
L,  Fitzwater  and  M.  Keller,  and  was  very  solemn  and  impress- 
ive. Friday,  June  3,  closes  the  most  successful  school  >ear  in 
the  history  of  McPherson  College.  Through  the  kindness  of 
friends  of  the  College,  the  Bible  department  will  be  much 
strengthened  during  the  coming  year.—//./.  Harnly,  May  23. 

Sabetha.— I  jast  returned  from  a  visit  to  some  of  the  mis- 
sion points  in  Northeastern  Kansas.  I  first  held  meetings  at 
Witmore.  The  weather  was  very  unfavorable,  but  the  inter- 
est was  good.  From  there  we  went  to  Atchison.  We  found 
the  members  anxious  for  meetings.  While  we  had  fair  attend. 
ance  at  this  point,  yet  people  were  so  full  of  the  war  spirit  that 
it  was  hard  n  get  them  to  turn  away  from  the  enemy  that  war- 
reth  against  the  soul.  Thence  we  went  to  the  State  Prison, 
Here  two  convicts  asked,  "What  must  we  do  to  be  saved?  ' 
We  read  to  them  the  Word  of  the  Lord,  and  they  were  bap- 
tized. From  there  we  went  to  the  Brethren  at  Soldier  Creek. 
Here  we  found  a  little  band  of  earnest  workers.  We  preached 
eight  sermons  at  this  place.  One  was  buried  with  Christ  in 
baptism. —  C.  J.  Hoofter,  May  24. 


INDIANA. 


Williamsport.—  We  held  ; 
ix  miles  north  of  town,  with 
vere  baptized  yesterday,  May  2 


of  1 


est.     Thn 


eetings 
ne  and 


One 


baptized  here  in 
town,  May  14,  and  one  a  month  ago.  Our  council  will  be  held 
juni.  4.  Elder  Wm.  R.  Harshberger  expects  to  be  with  us.— 
— D.  Brubakcr,  May  23. 

Blue  Creek.  —  We  met  in  council  May  7.  Eld.  Samuel 
Neher  was  with  us.  We  decided  to  hold  a  love  feast  Sept.  22, 
at  10:30  A.M.  We  reorganized  our  Sunday  school  May  8. 
Bro.  Frank  Young  and  the  writer  are  the  Superintendents. 
We  are  using  the  Brethren's  Quarterly  for  the  first  time.  The 
members  seem  to  appreciate  it.— Franklin  Oswalt,  Berne, 
hid,.  May  24, 

Elkhart — We  held  our  regular  services  today,  Bro.  John 
Metzler  was  present  and  preached  in  German  and  English, 
after  which  Bro.  Jasper  Cross  (mute)  preached  in  the  sign 
language.  Six  mutes  were  present.  After  services  we  re- 
tired to  the  water,  where  one  mule  brother  was  baptized, 
This  was  the  first  time  I  ever  witnessed  a  mute  minister  bap- 
tize a  mute.  The  services  were  very  solemn.  May  God  help 
in  the  good  work  begun  among  the  mute  friends! — y.  H,  Mil- 
ler t  May  22. 

Mlssisslnewa.— We  met  in  church  council  yesterday,  May 
2i,  preparatory  to  our  love  feast.  Though  the  weather  was 
rainy,  yet  the  church  was  fairly  well  represented.  Bro.  J.  G 
Rarick  will  represent  this  church  at  Annual  Meeting.  Bro. 
Karick  having  been  elected  to  the  ministry,  he  resigned  the 
office  of  church  clerk.  Bro.  J.  F.  Shoemaker,  one  of  onr  dea- 
cons, was  chosen  in  his  place.  We  have  two  interesting  Sun- 
day schools  in  this  church,  one  at  Shideler,  the  other  at  Un- 
ion Grove  (our  main  house  of  worship).  We  are  using  the 
Brethren's  helps  in  both  schools,  and  I  can  say  that  we  are 
receiving  good  results.—?.  W.  Miller,  Stockport,  Ind ,  May  22. 

Pleasant  Dale.— In  council,  May  21,  we  decided  to  have 
our  love  feast  Oct.  15,  to  be  preceded  by  a  series  of  meetings. 
Bro.  B.  F.  Honeyman  is  to  assist  us  in  the  work.  Our  elder 
not  being  present,  the  members  elected  Bro.  D.  M.  Byerly 
Moderator.  At  this  meeting  a  collection  was  taken  for  World- 
wide Missions.  We  also  decided  to  take  up  the  one-cent  mu- 
tual aid  plan.  Bro.  John  H.  Landis  was  elected  Secretary 
and  E.  E.  Zimmerman  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  Our 
Sunday  school  numbers  as  high  as  eighty-seven.— Henry  J, 
lulling,  May  22. 

Summit.— We  held  our  love  feast  May  28.  It  was  a  very 
pleasant  and  enjoyable  meeting,  though  not  very  largely  at- 
tended, owing  to  sickness  and  other  causes.  Ministers  pres- 
ent were  brethren  H,  L.  Fadely,  Wm.  Miller  and  J.  W.  Spit- 
zer,  besides  our  home  ministers.  Bro.  Fadely  officiated  and 
also  did  the  preaching  on  Sunday.  One  dear  young  brother 
was  baptized  on  Saturday  morning  previous  to  the  love  feast 
at  night.  Bro.  J.  W.  Spitzer  began  a  series  of  meetings  at 
Summitville  last  night,  May  29,  instead  of  at  the  churchhouse 
in  the  country,  Oar  harvest  meeting  is  appointed  for  July  24. 
>~Us5ie  Hollis,  Matl/iews,  Ind.,  May  30, 


Bachelor's  Run.— Our  council,  preparatory  to  our  spring 
Communion,  was  held  May  21.  At  this  meeting  we  elected 
six  trustees.  May  22  Bro.  L.  H.  Eby,  of  Texas,  preached  for 
us  the  same  evening  and  (he  one  following.  May  24  we  held 
our  love  feast,  which  was  a  feast  of  love  indeed.  It  was 
largely  attended,  and  the  preaching  was  excellent.  Bro.  Eby 
officiated,  assisted  by  Eld.  Peter  Houk,  of  the  Howard  church, 
and  the  home  ministers,  of  whom  we  have  eight  at  present. 
Before  the  Communion  we  repaired  to  the  stream,  where  one 
dear  sister  was  baptized  and  thus  permitted  to  eripy  the  Com- 
munion with  the  saints  of  God.  Several  partook  of  this  feast 
for  the  first  time,  and  seemed  much  impressed  with  solemnity. 
Bro.  Eby  remained  until  Wednesday  night,  May  25,  and  as- 
sisted us  in  organizing  a  Bible  class,  which  starts  out  encour- 
agingly, with  a  good  enrollment  of  members.—  Gilbert  Stint- 
baugh.  Flora,  Ind.,  May  26. 

IOWA. 

Panora. — Our  council,  preparatory  to  love  feast,  May  28,  was 
manifestly  influenced  by  the  spirit  of  love  and  harmony.  A 
desire  to  attain  to  a  higher  plane  of  spiritual  life  was  manifeit. 
— J.  D.  Haughtclin,  May  30. 

Deep  River.— Our  council  was  held  May  14.  Our  elder,  J. 
S.  Snyder,  of  Brooklyn,  Iowa,  was  with  us.  Very  little  busi- 
ness came  before  the  meeting.  Our  Sunday  school  is  still 
progressing,  and,  by  the  help  of  the  Brethren's  liteiature,  we 
think  will  accomplish  much  good.— Mary  Niswander,  May  21, 

South  English.— To-day  was  our  council.  Things  passed 
off  pleasantly.  One  letter  was  granted.  It  was  decided  to 
have  more  preaching.  The  time  of  our  fall  love  feast  was  ap- 
pointed for  Sept.  24,  at  4  P.  M.  Bro.  J.  G.  Royer  is  to  begin  a 
series  of  meetings  in  North  English,  June  12,  and  Bro.  Dan- 
iel Snell  at  the  Scmh  chuich  Sept.  I.  The  various  missions 
were  remembered.— S.  F.  Brower,  May  21, 

Dry  Creek.— This  church  met  in  council  May  17,  One 
member  was  received  by  letter  and  one  was  reclaimed.  A  re- 
quest for  help  in  the  deacon  force  resulted  in  the  choice  of 
two  worthy  brethren,  viz.,  David  Heefner  and  Walter  Clink, 
who  were  installed  in  office  May  22.  Our  love  feast  was  en- 
joyed by  all  in  attendance.  Brethren  John  Zuck  and  H.  R. 
Taylor  were  present,  whose  assistance  and  earnest  labors  for 
us  were   much  appreciated.— A     W.   Miller,  Robins,  Iowa, 

Wayman  Valley.  —  Bro,  O.  J.  Beaver,  of  Nora  Springs, 
Iowa,  came  to  us  May  1 1,  to  hold  a  series  of  meetings,  but,  ow- 
ing to  the  rainy  weather  and  busy  season,  the  attendance  was 
small,  so  he  closed  after  preaching  eight  sermons,  We  trust 
that  the  good  seed  sown  will  not  be  in  vain.  Bro.  Beaver  was 
present  and  assisted  us  in  our  council,  which  was  held  May 
21.  An  election  was  held  for  a  minister.  The  lot  fell  on  Bro. 
Charles  C.  Schmidt.  We  decided  to  hold  our  love  feast  Sept. 
■j.—Katie  Schmidt,  Strawberry  Point,  Iowa,  May  22. 

VIRGINIA. 

Pleasant  Hill.— Bro.  D.  C.  Flory  came  to  us  May  10  and 
commenced  a  series  of  meetings.  Two  made  the  good  con- 
fession and  were  baptized  May  20.  We  had  our  love  feast 
May  2i.  About  sixty-five  communed,  We  have  a  good  Sun- 
day school.  One  hundred  are  enrolled,  with  an  average  at- 
tendance of  about  seventy-five, —  Theo,  A.  Humphreys,  May 

25- 

Hagerstown.— Our  love  feast  occurred  May  15,  at  the  Man- 
or meetinghouse.  There  was  quite  a  large  audience.  We 
had  about  four  hundred  communicants,  of  whom  about  two 
hundred  and  forty  were  sisters.  All  enjoyed  a  rich  feast, 
though  our  rejoicing  was  mingled  with  sadness,  because  of 
the  loss  of  some  of  those  we  loved,  especially  Bro.  D.  F. 
Stouffer,  who  always  attended  our  feasts,  Some  of  the  minis- 
tering brethren  were  Orville  Long,  Geo.  Bricker,  Otho  High- 
berger  and  Eli  Yourtee.  Bro.  E.  W.  Stoner  officiated.— L. 
Bertha  Rowland,  May  35, 

Harrisonburg.— Bro,  E.  Long  and  the  writer  having  decid- 
ed to  visit  the  churches  in  West  Virginia,  we  left  our  homes 
May  12.  We  traveled  sixty  miles  by  private  conveyance, 
reaching  Signboard  church  next  day  in  time  for  evening  ser- 
vice. May  16  we  left  for  Friends  Run,  Smith's  Creek,  Bethel, 
and  Brandywine.  We  were  out  eleven  days,  traveled  170 
miles  and  held  sixteen  meetings.  The  calls  everywhere  are 
for  more  preaching.  The  harvest  is  great,  but  the  laborers 
are  few.  Can  we  not  devise  some  plan  by  which  to  feed  the 
starving  and  win  others  to  Christ?— .V.  /.  Bowman,  May  26. 

MARYLAND. 

West  Beaver  Creek.— The  love  feast  at  the  Beaver  Creek 
church,  as  previously  announced,  was  the  largest  ever  held  at 
this  place.  About  300  members  surrounded  the  tables.  A 
large  number  of  ministering  brethren  were  present,  Bro. 
Jacob  Bricker  officiated.  Brethren  S.  B.  Sboop  and  John  Row- 
land were  ordained  to  the  office  of  elder.  Bro.  Caleb  Long 
was  elected  to  the  ministry. — F.  C.  Kaylor,  May  26. 
ILLINOIS. 

Cerrogordo.— The  church  at  this  place  held  their  spring 
Communion  last  evening.  About  150  communicants  sur- 
rounded the  Lord's  table.  Bro.  Jno.  W.  Metzger  officiated, 
with  Bro.  L.  T.  Holsinger  and  some  of  our  neighboring  minis- 
ters present.— /v.  E.  Burger,  May  23, 
MISSOURI. 

Warrens  burg.— This  church  is  represented  at  Annual 
Meeting  by  Chas.  M.  Yearont,  The  Brethren's  mission  in 
Warrensburg  opened  Sunday  evening,  May  22,  with  a  crowd- 
ed house  and  good  interest,— John  E,  Mohler,  May  2j, 


_^_____         36S 

OHIO. 

Sidney.— The  Lord's  cause  is  still  prospering  at  this  place. 
Yesterday,  on  Pentecost,  two  mere  were  received  by  baptism, 
and  more  are  to  follow  soon.— H.  C.  Longanecker,  May 30. 

Notice.— The  Sunday  School  Meeting  of  Northeastern  Ohio 
will  convene  June  17  and  18.  Those  coming  by  rail  will 
pleise  confer  with  brethren  Jno.  Irvin,  Creston,  Ohio,  Peter 
Smith,  Sterling,  Ohio,  Simon  Griner,  Smithville,  Ohio.  Bring 
"  B-ethren's  Song  Book."—  T.  S.  Moherman,  May 31, 

Shelby.-We  met  in  couucil  May  7.  The  same  evening 
we  commenced  a  series  of  meetings  and  continued  two  weeks. 
Bro.  Loose  did  the  preaching  for  us.  We  had  our  Commun- 
ion services  May  21.  Elders  Loose  and  Murray  efficiated. 
We  bad  a  soul-cheering  meeting.—  Clara  L.  Wolf,  May  24. 

Notice.— The  Sunday  school  meeting  of  Northeastern  Ohio 
will  be  held  June  17  and  18  in  the  Beech  Grove  congregation, 
Wayne  County,  Ohio.  Those  coming  by  rail  will  please  con- 
fer wilh  brethren  John  Irvin,  Ciciton,  Ohio;  Ptter  Smith. 
Sterling,  Ohio;  Simon  Griner,  Smithville,  Ohin.  Tell  where 
you  want  to  be  met.  Bring  your  "  Brethren's  Song  Book."—  T. 
S.  Moherman,  May  3/. 

Wooster.-We  met  in  council  on  Saturday,  May  21.  Bro. 
D,  A,  Norcross,  of  California,  was  our  Moderator,  Six  letters 
of  membership  were  received  and  three  letters  granted,  Bro. 
D.  M.  Irwin  is  our  delegate  to  Annual  Meeting.  On  Sunday, 
May  22,  we  had  services  in  the  Mennnnitc  clmnih,  as  out 
churchhouse  is  not  finished  yet.  Bro.  Norcrei,;  preached  an 
able  sermon  on  "Heart  and  Head  Religion.'  We  have  no 
Sunday  school  so  far  this  summer,  but  shall  endeavor  soon  to 
have  one  again,— Maria  Rankle,  Wtihnvilh,  Ohio,  May  2./. 
WEST  VIROINIA. 

Eglon.— May  1  we  met  for  worship  at  Maple  Spring,  and 
next  day  a  young  brother  was  bapti/.ed.  May  8  we  had 
preaching  at  several  places;  also  Sunday  school.  On  the 
evening  of  May  qa  few  of  the  members  met  ;.t  Bro.  Moses 
Fike's  to  have  a  prayer  service  with  his  afllicted  wife.  She 
has  been  sick  for  five  or  six  years  and  her  sufferings  are 
great  at  times.  May  g  our  Ministerial  Meeting  convened, 
Bro,  T,  S.  Fike  was  chosen  Moderator,  Bro,  Jeremiah  Thom- 
as, Reading  Clerk,  Bro.  W.  F.  Nine,  timekeeper.  We  had  a 
pleasant  meeting.  We  had  a  lamon  in  the  evming  by  Bro. 
B.  W.  Smith,  and  the  following  morning  we  again  met  for 
meeting  at  0.  A,  M  ,  and  spent  another  enjoyable  day.  We 
had  a  large  attendance  and  the  houic  was  nearly  full.  At 
night  we  had  preaching  by  Bro,  G.  S.  Arnold,  the  house  again 
being  full.— D.  G.Judy,  May  23. 

OREfJON. 

Mohawk  Valley.— Wife  and  I,  in  company  with  Bro.  George 
Whitbeck  and  wife,  and  Bro.  P.  Workman,  went  across  the 
mountain  to  Linn  County,  May  14,  a  distance  of  about  four- 
teen miles.  Here  we  have  eight  members.  We  spent  the  afl- 
visiting  among  the  members.  Sunday  morning,  May 
1  of  Bro.  Allen  J.  Bricker,  who  died 


died  ihe  fun 


On  this 
of  people,  followed  by  Bn 


Mings  will  ( 

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of  meeting 
Eugene,  Or 


:  June  26, 
ling  by  rail  and 


-J.   A.  Royc 


,  Colo.,  May  26. 
sit   die uds.  and 


in  February.     His  father  being  absent  at  the  time  the  luncral 

was  deferred    until  the 

writer  talked  to  a  large  c 

P,  Workman.     Our  series  of  mt 

and  our  love  feast  will  be  July  1 

wishing   conveyance  to  place 

writer,  who  will  meet  them  a 

Isabel,  Ore.,  May  18. 

COLORADO. 

Mountain  View.— I  arrived  here  at  Denve 
As  I  had  previously  slated  I  intended  to 
churches  in  Illinois  until  after  Annual  Meeting,  but  the 
dition  of  my  health  forced  me  to  leave  at  once  fur  the  WrM, 
where  I  will  be  compelled  to  make  my  future  home.  We  had 
longed  to  be  able  to  attend  Annual  Meeting  and  several 
feasts  in  Northern  Illinois,  but  Gcd's  ways  are  net  our  ways. 
We  would  greatly  enjny  the  associations  of  loving  friends,  and 
especially  that  of  my  aged  parents,  whom  I  left  behind,  but  we 
are  thankful  to  God  that  he  has  prepared  a  climate  where  we 
can  enjoy  the  blessing  of  health  and  also  be  the  means  of 
working  for  our  Blessed  Master.— L.  F.  A'el/ner,  Villa  Park, 
Colo  ,  May  ?•). 

WASHINGTON. 

Deep  Creek.  — If  there  arc  any  of  oui 
template  traveling  through  the  Wes>,  we 
stnp  with  us  and  give  us  some  meeting 
should  be  preached  here  io  Washington  2 
— O.  D.  White,  May  12. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Washington.— On  Monday  evening.  May  23,  at  a  special 
council,  Bro.  Albert  Hollinger  was  ordained  to  the  eldership 
and  entrusted  with  the  oversight  of  the  Washington  City 
church,  Elders  S.  H.  Utz  and  E.  A.  Brnner  efficiated  at  the 
ordination.— J.  A.  Garber,  May  2. 
IDAHO. 

Grafton.— We  met  in  council  May  21.  Four  were  received 
by  letter.  There  are  about  thirty  members  in  this  congrega- 
tion but  they  are  much  scattered,  so  that  it  is  very  hard  for  all 
to  get  together.  Eight  years  ago  the  first  members  moved  in- 
to our  present  boundaries.  About  one-third  have  been  re- 
ceived by  baptism.—  Sarena  A.  Faw,  Cameron,  Ida.,  May  23. 
ARKANSAS. 

Notice.— The  churches  of  Southern  Missouri  and  Arkansas 
that  have  not  yet  received  the  Minutes  of  District  Meeting  can 
get  them  by  notifying  thewriter.— J,  H.  Neher, Palestine, Ark., 
May  28. 


ke  them  to 
:rue  Gospel 
;  elsewhere. 


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-T^r-R   QOSHRL    M:."E3SSEaS"G  E 


June  ii, 


CORRESPONDENCE. 


From  On 


unt,  Va. 


This  church  met  in  special  council  May  a 
Elders   Daniel   Hays    and     Hiram  G.   Mill 
were  with  us.     Bro.  I.  C.  Myers  was  ordained 
to  the  eldership.     Two  deacons  were  elect' 
Sidney  L.  Bowman  and  John  W.  Myers.    All 
the  above-named  brethren  were  duly  installed. 

Bro.  John  H.  Kline  and  the  writer  left  home 
May  10,  for  a  short  mission  of  love  among  the 
isolated  brethren  of  Hardy,  Grant  and  Pendle- 
ton Counties,  W,  Va.,  seemingly  much  to  the 
encouragement  of  all.  We  preached  twelve 
sermons  and  attendeil  one  church  council,  ov- 
er which  Eld.  Daniel  Hays  presided.  One 
was  haptized.  We  attended  the  funeral  of  L. 
Naglerodt,  who  was  instantly  killed  in  a  sugar 
c  imp,  by  a  tree  falling  on  him. 

J.  A.  CARimit. 
May  83. 

From  Upper  Grand  Valley,  Colo. 


tings 


n  March,  our  Sunday 
tendance  and  interest, 


school  has  doubled 

just    received    from    Bro.   A.    C.    Snowberg 
gives  us  the  cheering  prospect  id  another  scri 
of  meetings,  which  is  eagerly  awaited  by  o 
people,  as  well  as  the  promise  of  assistance  by 
Bro.  Keltncr,  of  the  Denver  Mi 

We  rejoice  to  see  our  young 
and  willing  to  assist  us  in  our  Sunday  school 
work.     May  the  Lord  give  them  grace  fo: 
ery  time  and  need! 

Bro.  and  Sister  G.  W.  Long,  formerly  of  the 
Denver  Mission,  have  located  here,  but,  t 
our  sorrow,  across  the  Grand  River,  so  tha 
wilhout  going  around  a  long  distance,  to  cros 
they  are  practically  isolated  and  of  no  pract 
ral  use  in  Sunday  school  work,  which  we  s 
much  need. 


Deal  will  bring  his 
this  place  in  the  nc 
would  follow  his  ex 
help  here  in  cburcl 
Brethren,  wishing  l 
manufacturing  and  i 


ifc,  mother  and  i 


future.  We  wish  others 
nple.  We  are  in  need  of 
nd  Sunday  school  work, 
move  to  aa  enterpr 
lilroad  city,  will  do  well 


;pond  with  the  writer  in  regard  to  thi 

matter.     Cedar   Rapids   also    possesses    good 

educational  facilities.  M.  W.  Emmei 

S17  Division  St.,  May  23. 


From  Baltimore,  Md. 


Mo 


rha 


this 


:ity 


Yesterday,  in  response  t 

an  invitation  by 

the  writer,  as  administrator, 

many  of  ourbrelh 

ren  and  neighbors  assisted  i 

1  the  first  planting 

of  fruit  trees  on  the  "Rcnti 

er  Home  for  Ok 

People."     Over  750  trees  we 

re  planted. 

The  Brethren  in  the  lower 

end  of  the  valley 

held  a  special  council,  to  co 

nsider  an  offer  ol 

land  for  a  church  builJing  s 

tc,  and  appointee 

a  committee  to  investigate  and  report  at  our 
regular  quarterly  meeting,  the  first  Saturday 
in  July.  H.  H.  Winger. 

Palisade,  Colo.,  May  /j. 


From  Staunton,  Va. 


Ma 


3  the  first  Brethren  church  was  organ- 
ized in  Staunton,  Va.  Four  elders  and  quite 
a  number  of  ministers,  including  other  mem- 
bers from  the  country,  were  present.  We  now 
have  an  organized  church,  with  a  membership 
of  about  thirty-five.  Bro.  L.  A.  Wenger  was 
chosen  as  our  elder.  Bro.  John  Kennedy  was 
nd  Itro.  Steffe,  treasurer, 
inuc  with  us,  as  heretofore. 


elected  seci 


As\ 


irking  order,  lei  1 


a  churchhouse  soon.     Oh,  breili 

give  us  of  your  abundance  to  help  the  Lord's 

work  alongl 

It  was  our  pleasure  to  attend  a  council  at 
the  Middle  River  church  May  21;  also  a  love 
feast  at  Pleasant  Hill  the  same  day.  The 
feast  was  a  very  pleasant  one.  The  house 
was  crowded.  C.  Tempie  Sauble. 

From  the  Cedar  Rapids  mission. 

Bro.  S.  H.  Miller,  our  elder,  who  lives  at 
Waterloo,  came  among  us  May  16.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  city  not  being  able  to  meet  in  day- 
lime  for  council,  met  at  8:  30  P.  M„  and  spent 
an  hour  and  a  half  together  very  pleasantly. 
The  next  day  brethren  Miller,  Klinch  and  1 
attended  the  council  at  Dry  Creek.  A  report 
of  this  council  and  the  love  feast,  held  May  21 
and  22,  will  probably  be  given  by  the  Dry 
Creek  correspondent. 

A  lady,  residing  in  the  city,  formerly  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Brethren  church,  became  tired  of 
the  world  and  resolved  to  return  In  her  old 
home  among  the  Brethren.  She  was  received 
by  the  brethren  and  sisters  just  prior  to  the 
Communion  services  May  21.  We  welcome 
her  back  to  the  fold. 

Bro.  Elmer  Deal,  of  Canton,  III.,  came  here 
a  few  days  ago  in  search  of  work.  After  a 
few  hours'  search  he  secured  work  in  the 
Quaker  Oatmeal  Mills.    If  all  goes  well  Bro. 


years  ago 

opened  the  Locust  Point  Mission  in  a  part  of 
city  where  none  of  our  members 
iscqucntly  we  have  had  to  depend  on  gatb- 
ig  in  outside  people  for  our  audit 

been   our  aim  to  keep  the  mission  open 

stantly,   since    the  beginning,  and    so    wi 

ik  our  mission  at  this  place  is  probably  ih 

y   one   in   the  church  opened  for  service 

ry  night  in  the  year.     With  other  mission; 

:  may  not  always  be  the  best  way  of  doing, 

but    working  as   we   do,   among  sailors,   emi- 

:,  and  all  classes,  we  find  it  best  to  do  as 

other  churches  do  with  their  missions,— keep 

open  all  the   time.     In    this  way  sailors  who 

Id  otherwise  stray  into  saloons,  often  come 

the  mission,     Homeless  men  also  come  in, 

and  there  is  a  chance  of  doing  them  good. 

At  first  the  people  living  on  the  Point,  who 
came  to  the  meetings,  behaved  themselves 
very  bad,  but  we  have  been  able  to  improve 
them  a  good  deal.  Many  of  the  most  respect- 
able people  of  the  place  say  that  putting  the 
mission  there  has  done  the  place  a  great  deal 
of  good. 

As  there  are  only  a  few  members  to  help  at 
the  meetings,  most  of  the  work  and  a  great 
deal  of  the  expense  has  fallen  on  Bro.  Qi 
Ian.  He  is  generally  at  the  mission  about 
nights  in  the  week,  as  well  as  having  meeti 
there  on  Sundays.  This  does  not  give 
much  chance  to  attend  any  of  the  rest  of  the 
church  meetings.  Every  morning  and  after 
nonn,  also,  he  collects  the  daily  papers  frorr 
the  different  publishers,  who  give  them  to  the 
ission,  and  takes  them  to  the  free  reading, 
om,  which  is  a  part  of  the  mission.  It  i: 
,ost\y  used  by  sailors  for  reading  and  writing 
letters. 


HAWK.— In  the  Pleasant  Dale  church,  Ind  , 
April  8,  1898,  Bro.  Dorritt  Hawk,  aged  19  years 
and2da>s.  Services  from  Job  14:  14,  by  D, 
M.  Bycrly,  assisted  by  J,  W.  Stoneburner. 

HAWK— In  the  bounds  of  the  Pleasant 
Dale  church,  Ind.,  May  5, 
Hawk,  aged  70  years  and  2  days.  Deceased 
was  born  in  Galley  County,  Ohio,  May  3, 
She  was  married  to  Abraham  Hawk,  in  Galley 
County,  Ohio,  June  15,  1848,  Services  by  the 
home  brethren,  from  Heb.  4:  9,  at  her 
H.  J.  Di 
LESLIE.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Bachelor 
Run  church,  Carroll  Co.,  Ind.,  May  16,  1898, 
Sister  Julia  Ann  Leslie,  aged  57  years,  9 
months  and  23  days.  She  leaves  a  husband 
and  eight  children.  Services  by  Eld.  Isaac 
Billbeimer,  from  2  Tim.  4:  7.  Interment  in 
the  Pyrmont  cemetery.  John  Deal. 

WALLACE.— In  the  Yellow  Creek  church, 
Elkhart  Co.,  Ind.,  Feb.  i8,  1898,  Irene  A„ 
daughter  of  Bro.  Edward  and  Sister  Anna 
Wallace,  aged  1  year,  1  month  and  21  days. 
Services  by  Bro.  Lemuel  Hillery  and  John 
Nusbaum,  from  2  Kings  4:  26. 

Josei'hus  Wallace. 

SHADE.— At  her  daughter's,   Mrs.    D.    B. 

ShuII,   Friday   Harbor,  Wash.,  May  10,  1898, 

Mrs.  Anna  Shade,  daughter  of  Christian  and 

n  Steckly,  aged  66  years,  1  month  and  i< 

days.  Henry  Steckly. 

TRUESDELL— In  Eldora,  Boulder  Co. 
Colo.,  May  g,  1898,  Sister  Carrie  Truesdell, 
aged  37  years,  10  months  and  9  day 

Kechi  cemetery,  ten  miles  north   of 
Wichita,  Kans.     Funeral  services  by  Eld.  John 


AMICK.-In  the  bounds  of  the  Irvin  Creek 
church,  Wis.,  Feb.  19,  1898,  of  consumption 
Sister  Eliza  May  Amick,  aged  22  years  ->' 
months  and  4  days.  She  united  with  the 
Brethren  church  in  September,  1897,  and  lived 
an  exemplary  Christian  life  until  her  death. 
She  was  an  invalid  for  some  time,  but  bore  her 
afflictions  uncomplainingly.  Services  by  Bro 
H.  C.  Baker. 


family,  of  the  same 


Wis 


Chas.  Dew 


Through  the 
Ouinlan  this  v 
Brethren's  mis 
Baltimore. 


crgy  and  persistence  of  Bro 
k  will  see  the  opening  of  .n 
>n   at   still   another  point    in 


r  more  than  fifty  years  the  old  Southern 
:ict  Police  Station  has  stood  at  the  corner 
of  Sharp  and  Montgomery  Streets.  While 
ng  its  purpose  all  right  in  other  years,  it 
has  lately  become  too  small  for  this,  and  in 
April,  1897,  the  Police  Department  vacated  it 
tor  a  larger  building.  Bro.  Quinlan  passed 
he  idle  building  one  day  and  made  up  his 
mind  to  get  it  for  another  mission,  if  possible. 
Being  city  property  this  was  not  easy,  and  it 
took  a  year's  effort  before  he  succeeded. 

wice  a  resolution  to  give  Bro.  Quinlan  the 

of  it  passed  the  City  Council,  but  the  may- 

etoed  it  each  time.     The  third  lime  it  was 

sed  by  the  Council,  a  new  mayor  had  been 

elected— Mr.  W.  T,  Malster,— and  he  signed 

the  bill,  leasing  Bro.  Quinlan  the  station-house 

for  the   purposes   of  a  mission   and  reading- 

,  at  a  yearly  rent  of  twelve  dollars,  so 

we    have    another    point    to    work, — the 

fourth  in  the  city.     One  obstacle  is  our  lack  of 

nough  workers  to  do  as  much  as  we  would 

like,  but  we  are  doing  what  we  can  and  hope 

it  may  result  in  some  good. 

Philip  I.  LeCompte. 
May  13. 


MATRIMONIAL- 


GATES-MARTIN.-At  the  residence  of 
ro.  W.  V.  Bruntons,  May  14, 1898,  Mr.  Wheat- 
1  W.  Gates  and  Miss  Sarah  J.  Martin,  both  of 
York,  N.  Dak.  John  McClane. 


FALLEN  t  ASLEEP 


HULTZ.— In  the  Scott  Valley  church,  Kans., 
May  2,  1898,  Bro.  Job  Hultz,  aged  64  years,  8 
hsand  13  days.  He  was  born  in  Man- 
chester, England,  Aug.  13,  1833.    He  leaves  a 

fe  and  six  children,  Maggie  Myers, 


LESLIE.— In  the  Bachelor's  Run  congrega- 
tion, Flora,  Ind.,  May  16,  1898,  Sister  Julia  Anr. 
Leslie,  aged  57  years,  9  months  and  23  days 
Deceased  leaves  a  husband  and  eight  grown 
children,  Services  in  the  North  Fork  congre- 
gation, by  Eld,  Isaac  Billheimer,  from  2  Tim. 
4:  7-  J-  G.  Stinebaugh. 

KESSLER.— In  the  Hickory  Grove  church, 
Carroll  County,  111.,  May  18,  1898,  Sister  Annie 
Martha  Kessler,  wife  of  Bro.  John  Kessler, 
aged  68  years  and  7  months.  Sister  Kessler 
was  killed  in  the  cyclone  which  passed  ovei 
our  country  on  the  evening  of  May  18.  Their 
house  was  blown  away  and  all  other  buildings 
on  the  farm  entirely  destroyed.  Bro.  Kessler 
and  one  son  were  badly  hurt.  Sister  Kessler 
was  an  exemplary  member  of  the  Brethren 
church  for  a  number  of  years.  Funeral  serv- 
ices improved  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  Bro. 
H.  Crouse,  from  Matt.  24:  44. 

W,  H.  ElSENBISE. 
HUGHS.— In  the  Price's  Creek  church, 
Ohio,  March  31,  1898,  Bro.  Fernando  A.  Hughs, 
aged  32  years,  11  months  and  25  days.  He 
was  married  to  Laura  B,  Gingry,  Aug.  22, 
1886.  To  this  union  were  born  one  son  and 
one  daughter.  He  patiently  endured  an  ill- 
ness which  continued  for  three  years  and  ten 
months.  Funeral  conducted  by  Jos.  Longa- 
necker,  assisted  by  H.  H.  Eby. 

Clarence  Lonoanecker. 

EIGENBRODE.— At  Double   Pipe'   Creek, 

Md.,  May  12,  1898,  Bro.  William  Eigenbrode, 

aged  49  years,  9  months  and  2  days.     Funeral 

es  from  2  Sam.   14:   14,  by  elders  D.  R. 

Saylor  and  T.  J.  Kolb.     Bro.  Eigenbrode  was  a 

er  for  some  time  of  catarrh  of  the  stom- 

He  bore  his  affliction  patiently. 

Samuel  Weybright. 


HOOVER.— In   the    Maple 
Garrelt   Co.,  Md.,    May  6,    18 
loover,  aged  6S  years.     Fune; 
gned.  S.  A.  Miller. 

ZOOK. — In  the  Conestoga  church,  Lancas- 
ter County,  Pa.,  May  14,  iSgS,  Aldus  Emery 
Zook,  son  of  Bro.  Immanuel  and  Sister  Emma 
Zook,  aged  3  years,  11  months  and  25  days. 
;rvices  by  the  Brethren.  I.  W.  Taylor. 
CARPENTER.— In  New 
Co.,  Ind.,  May  15,  1S98,  Bro. 
penter,  aged  69  years,  7  monl 
Deceased  was  born  Sept.  25, 
ied  to  Martha  J.  Truelock,  N 
hem  were  born  six  children,  four  of  whom 
iving.  She  died  Jan.  12,  1862.  March  12, 
863,  he  was  married  to  Margaret  C.  Gregory, 
iee  Vance.  To  them  were  born  nine  children, 
ix  of  whom  are  living.  In  1895  he  joined  the 
Brethren  church.  Services  by  Bro.  J.  J,  Spall, 
from  James  1;  10,  at  the  Marion  church  in  Jen- 
gs  County,  W.  L.  Ross. 


18,   Sister   Polly 

xl  by  the  under- 


Hope,  Jackson 
A.  Horton  Car- 
is  and  15  days. 
1828;  was  mar- 
1S51.     To 


AMICK.— In  the  ! 
disease,  April    5,    ig 

aged  20  years  and  10  months.  Deceased  unit! 
ed  with  the  Brethren  church  in  October;  1898 
and  remained  faithful  until  death.  He  was  al' 
so  an  invalid,  but  he  bore  his  afflictions  with 
Christian  fortitude.  He  was  conscious  until 
the  last.  He  seemed  ready  and  patiently 
waiting  to  meet  his  Master.  Services  by  Bro, 
H.  C.  Baker,  from  Rev.  21:4-7. 

Carrie  M.  Baker. 
MILLER— In  the  Union  church,  Marshall 
Co.,  Ind.,  May  16,  189S,  Bro.  Samuel  W.  Miller, 
aged  S2  years,  2  months  and  12  days.     He  was 
twice,  first  to  Elizabeth  Swank,  who 
departed  this  life  in  1863.     To  them  were  born 
ten  children,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living. 
marriage  was  to  Margaret  Chrisman, 
who  survives  him.     To  them  were  born  three 
children,  who  are  still  living.     Deceased  was  a 
mber  of  the  church  for  fifty-four  years.     Not 
long  before  his  decease  he  called  the  writer  to 
his  home  and  gave  him  a  check  for  $5.00  for 
world-wide   mission  work,     Services   conduct- 
ed by  the  writer,  at  the  home  of  the  deceased, 
in  Plymouth,  Ind.  I.  D.  Parker. 

SHANK.— In  the  Kansas  Center  church, 
Rice  Co.,  Kans.,  in  the  town  of  Little  River, 
Ollie  May  Shank,  aged  5  years,  7  months  and 
12  days.  Services  by  the  writer,  at  the  Breth- 
ren church,  from  Matt.  10:  13-16. 

Isaac  S.  Brubakkr. 
FRANK.— In  the  Donnel's  Creek  church, 
Clark  Co.,  Ohio,  Feb.  19,  1898,  Bro.  John 
Frank,  aged  61  years,  4  months  and  3  days. 
He  leaves  two  sons,  two  daughters  and  a  wid- 
ow. He  united  with  the  church  when  young. 
Funeral  preached  by  David  Leatherman,  as- 
sisted by  L.  W.  Teeter  and  the  writer. 

Henry  Frantz, 
NOFSINGER.— In  the  Panther  C^eek 
church,  Woodford  Co.,  III.,  May  7,  189S,  Sister 
America  Nofsinger,  aged  64  years,  11  months 
and  16  days.  Ten  children  survive  their 
mother.  The  husband  and  four  children  pre- 
ceded her  to  the  home  beyond.  Funeral  dis- 
course from  2  Cor.  4:  16-18,  by  the  writer. 

Thos.  Keiser. 
VANCURN.— In  the  bounds  of  the  Auglaize 
Chapel,  Putnam  County,  Ohio,  May   18,  1898, 
of  catarrh  of  the  stomach,  Bro.  Harvey  Van- 
d  22  years  and  28  days.    He  leaves  a 
father,    mother    and    four    sisters.     Deceased 
as  baptized  April  17,  1898.    He  died  in  full 
isurance  of  faith.  D.  R.  Prowant, 

SEABROOK.  —  In  the  Crooked  Creek 
church,  Iowa,  May  18,  189S,  Sister  Eliza  Sea- 
brook,  aged  79  years,  11  months  and  4  days, 
s  a  faithful  member  of  the  Brethren 
church  over  thirty  years.  She  leaves  a  hus- 
band and  one  daughter.  Funeral  services 
ere  conducted  by  Bro.  Anthony  Sanger. 

Sarah  A.  Burger. 

BRANDT.-In  the   Fredonia  church,  Wil- 

n  Co.,  Kans.,  May  22,   1898,  of  palsy,  Bro. 

dam  Brandt,  aged  78  years,  4  months  and  28 

days.     Deceased    was    born    in     Cumberland 

County,  Pa.,  Dec.  24,  1819.    In  1831  he  moved 

Montgomery  County,  Ohio.     He  lived  there 

e  years,  then  moved  to  Allen  County,  Ohio. 

1840  he  moved  to   Elkhart   County,   Ind. 

:c.  2i,  1848,  he  was  married  to  Sarah  Wy- 

land.     In  18SS  they  moved  to  Iowa.     In   1884 

they  moved  to  Fredonia,  Kans.     Our  brother 

lived  a  consistent  Christian  life,  and  will  be 

greatly  missed  by  all.     He  leaves  a  wife  and 

five  children.     His  remains  were  laid  to  rest 

Fredonia  cemetery.     Services  by  Bro, 

Stephen  Thompson.    Text,  Job  14:  14, 

Flora  E.  Darst. 
CLAYPOOL.— In   the' Glade   Run    church, 
Armstrong  Co,,    Pa.,  of  typhoid    pneumonia, 
Sister  Melvie  C.  Claypool,  wife  of  Bro.  Lloyd 
Claypool,  aged  20  years,  4  months  and  28  days, 
res  conducted  by  the  writer,  from  2  Cor. 
5=  IS* 
CLAYPOOL.— At  the  same  place,  and  same 
sease,  May  3,  1898,  infant  child  of  the  above, 
aged  1  year,  5  months  and  1  day. 

F,  D,  Anthony. 


THE   GOSPEL    KTESSElTQEie/. 


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vlMNULfNChMtfN  I  S 

LOVE  FEASTS. 

I  p,  M.,  Coon  River,  near  Panorn,  It 
10  a.  M.i  Bear  Creek,  Ind. 
U  A.  Mm  South  Keokuk  church,  I01 
Camp  Creek  Church,  Ind. 


[.,  South  Waterloo,  Iowa. 
[.,  Doop  River  church,  Iowa. 
,  EaBt  house,  Kiugsley,  Iowa. 


,is  Bt  Pro.  Lorenzo 
ILUohfleld,  Btaerm 
,  is  19,  Root  River  c 


I.,  Maple  Valley  chnreh, 
m   church,  Mich.,  4  miles 


,  Mohawk  Valley,  Ore. 

,  Elkhart  church,  Iowa, 

,2  P.  M.,  Des  Moines  Valley  church 

:7,  *„>$,  II  A.  M.,  Ciookt-il  L'ref-k,  lowu 


CHURCH  DIRECTORY. 


:..i:,.-il  I. 


OKK    PA.— Cor.  Belvldere  Ave.  and  King  St.    Scry 

■     M..7  IJ.  M.;  S.  S..  i)  A.  M.;  S-iir  Suvv 
Meotiiis.  \W-Jn.--dny.  7:30  P.M. 

:  io   1'.    M  :   S.   S.,  .,:    \o   A,    M   ;    1 1  i  1  ■  I .. 
US  7=  3o  1'.  M. 
.05  ANGELES,  CAL.—  f\b  S.  Hancock  St..  East  Los 

"      "    A.M.;  7=  3°  P.  M.;S.S.,  to  A.  M, 

HICAGO,   ILL.— i^l  Thirteenth  Place.    Services,  n 

30  P.  M.;  Sunday  School,  io  A.  M. 

MORE  CITiT  MISSION.  —  iip.8   Towson    St., 

HudirjM.-iD  iiK'eliDs;  i'\oiv  Pfirtay  -t  8  P.  M. 

KDAK  RAPIDS,  IOWA.— Cor.  4tli  Ave  and  iath5t 

i    5.u...  i  J.  A.  M,,  >:   ■■•  I  .   M.     Snii.l.iy   school,  10  A.  M. 

)ECATUR,  ILL.-Gcphart  Hall!  "03,1105  N.  Wntei 
OH  10. -College  St.   (West  Side).  S.  S.,  g 

¥.  ML;  preV.'i.Tiiii.'  13:  .30  \.".\U  7  '  3o  P^'iV"' 

AI.TIMOKK,  Mil     ■  N.uilnvcM   Baltimore  Mission, 
t-ii--:.un:nj  ;;  C.ill.iun  isi.     Sfi  -.ices,  Sunday,  g:  ic 
M„  8  P.  M,    Bibk  U-vis.  Wednesday,  8  P,  M. 
>ENVER,  COLO.-Cor.  W.  nth  Ave.  aud  Irvine  St, 
S.,  io  A.  M,;  preaching,  11  A,  M.;  prayer  mc-iint.  7;  ^ 
U.    Take  west-bound  L^in^r  OU,le.  off  at  Irving. 
)ES  MOINES,  IOWA.— 1606  E.  Lion  St.    S.  S.,  10  A, 
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Prayer  Meeting,  Thursday,  8  P.  M. 
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■'   M.    S.S. .9A.M.    SoDcser- 

URKlSBUKG,  PA.-Second  Floor,  S.  E.   Cor.   ad  & 
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'    M.i  Young  Poop'e's  Meottns",  7  P.  M, 
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ne  in  Walker'a  Addition. 
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The  Old  Testament  as  Related  to 

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■idsoI  which  the  Bible 

without 


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Chart  No.  i  tllustmu^  the  "  Week  of  I 

1  i>i.-lu>lli;ji  Mm     (.oril'-Ssimii'i-.t  'ni.'l  II  \1un .  i 

The  events  of  the  W^k  of  PrisMou,  wbl 
10  so  11  mi fh  L-i>iitri>vi>rsy,  fvii  anion  1*  n  1 


11  rendlly.  It  plainly  shows  t  luit  It  was  lrnpos- 
ii  for  Christ  to  hnvi<  t'Fiiiii  1  he  Jewish  Passover 
tlie  night  before  his  betrayal, 


a  cover.  A  goodly  portion  Is  ilin-'ly  lltbo- 
plied,  and  on  the  whole  Is  11  very  Instructive 
■  ct  lesson  when  hung  ngalnat  the  wall,  aud 
nld  bo  in  every  family, 

ie  chart  la  aooompan  led  by  a  book  of  Explana- 
is,  published  by  S.  Z.  Sharp.    Both  book  and 

jiir  Tniot   Kxamlnlng 

uriint  mi.'il.    Book  and 
o  l!Us  .jiilee.    Price,  (l.i 


Tickets  for  the  above  occasion  will  he  sold. it 
he  r.ite  of  one  and  one-third  fare  for  the  r< 
rip.     Dales  of  sale,  June  i  to  October  3c 
lusive.     Limit,  30  clays  from  date  of  sale. 


CHEAP  EXCURSIONS  TO 

NEBRASKA 

...West- 
Northwest    and  Southwest 
June  7  and  21 


On  ihses  dates  round-trip  tickets,  good 
for  21  days,  will  be  sold  tt  at  Tji 
by  all  Burlington  Route  X1-£i--u-c 
agents  aud  by  those  of  JP.ARE 
many  eastern  railroads  at     pj„s  «-.« 


The  undersigned  will  snni  you  free  on  applica- 
tion a  handsome  Illustrated  pamphlet  describing 
Nebraska,  with  a  large  sectional  map  of  .be  State 

A  Dry  Healthy  Climate. 
A  Soil  Unsurpassed  for  Richness,  easy 
to  cultivate,  and  yielding  all 
ties  of  crops* 
That  la  what   Nebraska   offers  to  th 
rour  nearest  ticket  agent 


choi 


P.S.BUSTIS, 


Gen.] 


agt.O.B.tfcQ.  R.  R, 


PARKER'S  GINGER  TONIC 


BRETHREN'S 

Plain  Clothing 


If  you  want 

RELIABLE  OOODS,  n 


When  you  buy  from  us 

you  GET  what  you  want. 

local  dealer,  as  a  rule,  you 
TAKB  what  you  can  get. 

We  always 
guarantee  Satisfaction 

refer  to  our  many  patrons, 

;  of  whom  will  be  found  in 

rly  any  community  where  the 

Brethren  reside.  Samples  of  cloth 

from  which  wemake  our  doihine;. 

measuring  blank,  tape  line  and 

rules   for    ordering   will   be  sent  on   application. 

Our  rules  for  self -measurement  are  so  simple,   any- 

r  can  understand  them. 

We  want  to  bear  from  you. 

PHILLIPSON  GL0THIN6  COMPANY 

WARSAW.  INDIANA,. 


Climate 


...Cure 


NEW  MEXICO 
ARIZONA... 


Ooscrlptlve  pnmpblols  i 


mldlty, 

living,    i 

tages,  etc.,  are  concisely  trei 

Impartial  standpoint. 

Physicians  are  respectfully  t 

this  literature  In  the  hands  of 

need  a  change  oT  climate. 

Address:   W.  J.  11I.ACK, 

G.  P.  A..A.1 


W 


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sufficient  for  over  one  hundred,  Agents  wantot 
at  good  protlt. 

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and  buffet  cars  on  day  trains, 

Frank  J.  Reed,  G.  P.  A, 
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..THE.. 

NEW  BRETHREN  COLONY 

Morrill,  Minnesota. 


Is  already  a 
Brethren 

STm,8 

Ze,oU°'low"',  Dakota 

Michigan  a 

circulars 

ent  free  of  charge.    Ad 

J. 

J.  TROYER, 

Morrill, 

HOT  SPRINGS,  SOUTH  OAKOTA. 


The  Season  of  This  Health  Resort  Opens 
May  15th. 


Th 

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otel,  at  Hot  Springs,  8.  D  ,  will  be 

asmar 

ager.    T 

son  May  15,  with  Mr,  Harry  Clark 
e  hotel  has  been  thoroughly  reno- 

nTl'bee 

,'rMiUe! 

season.andtheplange  baths  have 
The  Hot  Springs  have  gained  a 

Em 

nTrTne 

uralglc  troubles,  indigestion  and 

The  Burlington  railroad,  the  direct  line  to  the 
Springs,  runs  a  through  service  of  Pallman  oars 
ooaobes,  which  makes  the  resort  easily 
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June 


"What  People  Say  About  North  Dakota." 


Hundreds  of    Brethren  and  others  who  have  located  in  the  Devils   Lake  and  Turtle 
Mountain  sections  of  North  Dakota  during  the  last  three  or  four  years,  have  written  letter: 
the  undersigned,  in  which  they  give  their  opinions  of  the  country,  each  person  in  his  or 
own  peculiar  way,  describing  the  winters,  the  summers,  the  soil,  the  grain  fields,  the  gardi 
the  pasture  land,  the  hcallhfulness,  the  opportunities  for  home  making  and  money  making,  and 
the  hundred  and  one  things  of  interest  to  intending  homeseckcrs.    The  letters  have  been 
printed  and  copies  of  the  publication  containing  them  will  be  sent  free  to  any  address.     Thei 


till 


.Free  Government  Land., 


chools,  churches 


tobe  taken  up,  or  land  to  be  bought  on  crop  payments,  convenient  to  i 
etc.,  particulars  of  which  will  also  be  sent  free. 

Over  5,000  people  with  their  belongings  went  to  points  along  the  Great  Northern  Rail 
way  in  North  Dakota  already  this  year,  and  there  is  still  room  for  more:  room  only  for  hun 
dreds,  instead  of  thousands,  as  was  the  case  five  years  ago. 

For  information  about  this  summer's  excursions  and  rates,  write  to 


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MAX    BASS, 

General  Immigrate 


The  States  Traversed 


Northern  Pacific  R.  R. 


...SETTLERS... 

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do}*  Payment  Land, 

Railroad  Land, 

At  S3.00  to  S8.00  per  acre; 
Ten  years'  time  and  six  per  cent,  interest, 


The 


STUDEBAK^ 

Is  the  Greatest  Wagon  of 


SALVIA 


The  Old  Reliable  Colorado  Kooky 
Mountain  Herb  Modlolne. 

A    "World's    "Wonder ! 

Ovflrtwontv.flve  ycais  ago,  while  trndlng  with 


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Flttr  cents  a  box. 


Chain-Stay  Pence  Co., 

Miller  St.,  Sterling,  III. 


COLORADO 
TOURS... 

Is  the  title  of  a  new  book  on  Colorado, 
America's  great  health  and  pleasure  resort. 
The  book  is  beautifully  illustrated  and  con- 
tains a  valuable  map  of  the  State.  A  copy 
can  be  had  without  charge  upon  applica- 

°"  P.  S.  EUSTIS, 

General  Passenger  Agent,  ~ 

c.B.io.RR  Chicago,  III. 


Australian 
Electro  Pills. 


Kidney,  Liver,  Stomach 

Trouble, 

Sick   Headache   and 

Rheumatism. 


Special  Offer: 


The  Northern  Pacific  Railway 


the  Brethren  located  this  spring). 
-IONTANA  <tbe  Gallalln  Valley). 
DAHO  (the  Clearwater  Vnlley  mid  Nez  Perce  Res- 

settling). 
! ASTERN    WASHINGTON    (the  Big  Bond  and 


1NUTON   (Timber, 


WHY?     BECAUSE 

re    Indiana    Blaok    Hlckor; 
CaBt  or  Steel,  take  In  more 

01 

EH,  Patent  Hound  Edge,  welded  on. 
LRH,  Soaked  in  Boiling  oil.  Moisture  Pi 

IS  YOURS  A  "STUDEBAKER? 

ot,  why  not  get  OS  iff  your  team,  rep 
one?  and  On  It  time,  money, 


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II    11(11,.   h 


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nd  publications  write  to 

o.  w.  MOTT, 

Emigration  Agent,  N.  P.  K'yCc 
ST.  PAUL,  MINN. 


DK.  1-:.  -I.  WORST. 


Farm  for  Sale. 


Bracing  Up 
on  the 
Wrong  Side... 

Sti  umlauts  will  not  do  it  when 
the  constitution  of  your  body  is 
in  a  bad  shape.  You  want  some- 
thing more  lasting,  more  thorough, 
and  you  ought  to  follow  the  advice 
of  Mr.  Henry  Sarbach,  in  Har- 
vara,  Ohio.  Mr.  Sarbach  writes 
to  the  proprietor  of  Dr.  Peter's 
Blood  Vitalizer  as  follows: 
"  May  God  shower  all  his  blessings 
upou  you.  You  deserve  it  for  the 
great  benefit  mankind  derives  from 
your  medicine.  I  am,  since  15 
years,  settled  in  Ohio,  but  every 
summer  I  was  troubled  with  the 
nettle  fever  and  all  its  horrible 
companions.  After  having  taken 
12  bottles  of  the  Blood  Vitalizer 
I  feel  lnyBelf  free  from  my  old 
enemy.  The  nettle  fever  didn't 
return  last  summer,  and  although 
55  years  old,  I  feel  like  a  young 
man  of  30.  Before,  I  was  hardly 
able  to  raise  up  from  my  chair,  but 
now  I  feel  spruce  and  strong,  and 
able  to  work  as  iu  my  younger 
days." 

Purchasers  of  Dn.  Peter's 
Blood  Vitalizer  will  please  ob- 
serve that  the  number  on  the  top 
of  the  carton  hasn't  been  tamper- 
ed with.  This  caution  is  for  the 
benefit  of  the  consumer. 

Dr.  PETER  FAHRNEY, 
113-114  S.  Hoyne  Avenne, 

...CHICAGO,.. 


"Studebaker"  Carriages  and  Harness 


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copiously  supplied  In  abundance.    The  blnckben 

Alfalfa  clover  in  the  Ban  Joaquin  Valley,  Callfo 


It  never  wears  ont  In  California.    II 
:  absolutely  sure  crops  evory  year.    A 

i  red  clover  or  timothy,  is  a  very  mod 


Windsor 
European   Hotel, 

TRIBUNE  BLOCK, 

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CHICAGO,    ILL. 


s  hotel  U  centrally  located,  and  the  most  re- 
spectable House  of  Its  oiaas  In  the  City.  Tbe 
charges  are  moderate,  fftrylng  In  price  Irom  Tfi 
to  (1.60.  Thompson's  Restaurant  under- 
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History  and  Geography,  .Sunday  school  Non 

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nd  this  summer.  Will  you 
We  take  students  from  twelve  years  up. 
immediately  for  particulars, 

J,  G.  ROYER, 
Pros.  Mt.  Morris  College.  Mt.Morb 


Executor's  Sale,  June  16, 


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gely,  Caroline  County,  Maryland,  1 
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price.    Address, 

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Vol.  36. 


Mount  Morhis,  III.,  June  18,  1898. 


No.  24. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

EDITORIAL.— 

Items,    .  .  .  ." .  369,  371 

Delegates  to  the  Annual  Meeting  tor  1898 3); 

Old  Ruts ^  .  37 

Querists'  Deportment 37! 

POETRY  — 

A  Sabbath-morning  Prayer.    By  Margaret  E.  SaDgster 37, 

A  Workingmuu's  Evening  Hymn.    By  Georpe  II.  Fullerton 37. 

'•  Guide  Me,  O  Thou  Great  Jehovah," 37: 

ESSAY  DEPARTMENT,- 

Thc  Mission  ol  the  Church.    By  Noah  Longanecker 371 

The  Sign  ol  Authority.     By  Nancy  D.  Underhill 37, 

Promptings,  Right  ami  Wrong,  that  Lead  to  Religious  Worship,    By 

Chas.  M.  Ycarout 37 

Vocal  versus  Instrumental  Music  in  Worship.-No.  1.    By  Joseph 

Studebakcr 37 

Mouth  Religion.    By  M.  M.  Eshclman ...  37 

Class  Glimpses  Irom  the  Bible  Normal  Held  at  Mt.  Morris,  January, 

'98.    By  J.  G.  Roycr 37 

Counting  All  Things  Joy.    By  Frank  Henderson.   .  .' 37 

The  Model  Member.    Selected  by  Anna  Katherman 37 

"A  Model  "  Deacon.    By  A.  M.  T.  Miller 37' 

OUR  PRAYER  MEETING.  - 

What  We  May  Learn  Iroin  the  Rich  Man  and  Lazarus.— Luke  16: 10-31, 37 
Christ's  Teachings  on  Social  Duties,— Luke  61 41-40 37: 

THE  YOUNG  PEOPLE,— 

The  Odd  Things, 37, 

Vocal  Music.    By  J.  C.  Suavely 37. 

The  Preacher  Sawing  Wood 37. 

GENERAL  MISSIONARY  AND  TRACT  DEPARTMENT,- 

llteins 37. 

■  >■    I  ,.wms  li.vm  thel.ileol  the  First  Christian  Mart>r.     By  Ida  Wag- 

Bolsar  Notes.    By  D.  L.  Forney, ......'..'.'.'.'..'..'.  '.  .'  .'  37J 

Orphanage  Notes.    By  G.  J.  Fcrckcn 371 

Hindrances  to  Evangelistic  Work  and  How  to  Overcome  Them.    By 
D.  B.  Gibson 375 

HOME  AND  FAMILY,— 

Inlluencc.    By  Martha  Click,  .....' 37* 

Naomi.    By  Ida  Wagner  Hoff 37c 


^EDITORIAL'*  MISCELLANY-^ 


The  war  is  causing  people  to  lose  sight  of  Alas- 
ka; in  fact,  very  little  is  said  in  the  papers  about  it. 
Still  hundreds  of  men,  and  some  women,  are  mak- 
ing their  way  to  the  Eldorado  of  the  North,  and 
more  are  to  follow.  Navigation  on  the  Yukon 
River  has  opened,  and  in  a  short  time  we  may  ex- 
pect to  hear  of  some  of  the  returning  miners  who 
went  to  Klondike  last  summer.  Very  much  de- 
pends upon  the  report  which  they  bring.  So  far, 
the  suffering  during  the  past  winter  seems  not  to 
have  been  as  great  as  was  anticipated,  and,  in  all 
probability,  the  miners  got  through  with  the  win- 
ter fairly  well.  Some  of  them  may  return  with  con- 
siderable gold  dust,  but  it  is  no  more  than  likely 
that  most  of  them  will  come  back  worth  less  than 
when  they  started. 


Those  who  studied  Natural  Philosophy  twenty- 
five  years  ago,  were  taught  that  air  could  not  be 
liquefied.  This,  like  very  many  other  scientific 
theories,  has  been  proven  incorrect.  A  man  in 
New  York  has,  after  ten  years'  experimenting,  de- 
vised a  means  of  compressing  800  cubic  feet  of 
air  in  one  cubic  foot,  and  the  result  is  a  liq- 
uid which  can  be  handled  like  water.  It  is  so 
cold  that  its  temperature  is  312  degrees  below 
zero.  Butter  and  meat  frozen  by  it  can  be  re- 
duced to  the  finest  powder.  A  small  amount  of  it 
poured  on  some  wool  will  cause  it  to  burn  like 
powder  when  a  match  is  applied.  A  bar  of  steel 
placed  in  it,  will,  with  a  match  applied,  burn  as 
freely  as  wood.  A  finger  applied  to  it  will  be  in- 
jured the  same  as  by  a  red-hot  iron.    Under  proper 


conditions  this  liquid  becomes  very  explosive  and 
cau  be  used  to  blow  up  a  warship.  It  is  claimed 
that  it  can  be  used  as  a  motive  power  in  an  engine, 
and  that  ships  can  by  it  be  propelled  at  forty  or  fif- 
ty miles  an  hour  without  carrying  any  coal.  It  may 
replace  ice  for  cooling  purposes.  It  is  no  longer 
safe  for  any  one  to  say  the  Bible  and  science  do 
not  agree,  for  while  the  Bible  remains  firm  and 
immovable,  scientific  theories  are  constantly  chang- 
ing. 

One  would  hardly  think  that  Greenland  is  ever 
to  become  a  summer  resort,  but  it  begins  to  look 
a  good  deal  that  way.  During  the  months  of  June, 
July  and  August,  darkness,  even  at  midnight,  is 
virtually  unknown.  In  the  latter  part  of  June  and 
the  first  part  of  July,  the  sun  shines  nearly  all  the 
while,  and  for  light  there  is  no  need  of  the  moon. 
The  scenery  among  the  great  glaciers  is  simply 
grand,  and  the  atmosphere  so  pure  and  exhilarating 
as  to  render  a  well-selected  and  properly  improved 
resort  almost  enchanting.  It  is  suggested  that 
large  hotels  might  be  erected,  with  modern  conven- 
iences and  comforts,  and  that  here  some  of  the 
worn-out  people  of  the  temperate  and  torrid  zones 
could  spend  a  few  months  regaining  the  strength 
they  so  much  need  in  the  active  pursuits  of  life. 
All  of  this  would,  of  course,  cost  money,  and  in 
the  end  would  prove  more  beneficial  to  the  rich 
than  the  poor.  But  so  it  goes  in  this  world.  The 
poor  may  lie  at  the  rich  man's  gate,  diseased,  hun- 
gry and  naked,  but  in  the  world  beyond  be  per- 
mitted to  enjoy  the  paradise  of  eternal  rest,  while 
the  man  whose  wealth  permits  him  to  take  in  all 
the  comforts  of  earth,  may  have  to  spend  his  future 
in  the  region  of  everlasting  torment,  God  knows 
how  to  even  up  things, 


For  sometime  the  French  press  has  been  quite 
unfriendly  towards  this  country,  and  has  said  many 
things  about  our  conduct  that  sound  real  harsh. 
For  awhile  it  was  feared  that  such  newspaper  in- 
discretion might  lead  to  complications  between  the 
two  countries.  To  the  unkind  criticisms  this  gov- 
ernment seems  to  have  paid  no  attention  whatever, 
but  proceeded  to  arrange  with  France  a  reciprocity 
agreement  for  the  exchange  of  products  on  terms 
that  will  doubtless  be  a  great  advantage  to  both 
nations.  This  agreement,  or  treaty,  as  it  is  some- 
times called,  is  not  only  a  financial  benefit,  but  by 
it  commercial  ties  materially  strengthen  the  band 
of  union  between  the  two  countries.  In  these  days 
there  are  no  stronger  national  ties  than  the  com- 
mercial. This  is  wisdom.  It  lessens  the  probabili- 
ties of  war,  and  insures  national,  as  well  as  indi- 
vidual confidence.  Instead  of  the  Government  be- 
coming agitated  over  the  unfriendly  attitude  of  the 
injudicious  press,  it  quietly  brought  about  condi- 
tions that  simply  nullify  all  such  conduct.  Here  is 
a  lesson  for  religious  leaders.  Why  should  not  they 
give  more  attention  to  rendering  the  unfriendly 
criticisms  of  their  enemies  ineffectual  by  simply 
paying  no  attention  to  them,  but  go  along  about 
the  Lord's  business!  We  need  more  of  these  people 
who,  while  remaining  as  harmless  as  doves,  are  yet 
wise  enough  to  defeat  Satan  in  some  of  his  subtle 

movements.  

Probably  not  one  of  our  readers  ever  saw  a  man 
or  woman  with  horns  like  a  beast,  and  yet  a  num- 
ber of  such  freaks  of  nature  have  been  authenti- 
ated.  A  Paris  journal  contains  an  able  article  on 
the  subject,  and  mention  is  made  of  a  book  in 
which  the  author  describes  seventy-one  cases  of 
horned  human  beings,  the  most  of  them  being 
women,    It  is  further  shown  that  the  horns  of  the 


women  are  usually  longer  than  those  of  the  men. 
In  the  British  Museum  is  a  specimen  of  a  human 
horn  eight  inches  long,  and  it  at  one  time  orna- 
mented the  head  of  an  English  nobleman.  In  the 
seventeenth  century  Mrs,  Allen,  of  England,  had  a 
pair  of  horns  of  which  she  was  very  proud,  and 
wore  them  all  her  life.  They  attracted  to  her 
many  admirers.  Another  lady,  known  as  the  beau- 
tiful Mary  Davis,  had  her  horns  cut  off  four  limes. 
One  growth  was  presented  to  King  Henry  IV,,  of 
France.  M.  Lamprey,  who  traveled  in  Africa  in 
1S87,  reports  a  number  of  cases  of  horned  people, 
He  met  a  majestic-looking  negro  who  had  two 
horns,  one  on  either  side  of  his  nose.  It  is  record- 
ed that  a  Mexican  was  seen  with  a  horn  seven  inch- 
es long,  containing  three  branches  like  the  horns 
of  a  stag.  There  are  wellauthenticated  cases 
of  horns  being  found  on  dogs,  horses,  and  even 
rabbits.  There  is  mention  of  one  case  where  a 
horn  was  found  on  a  cat.  These  facts  are  gleaned 
from  a  recent  issue  of  the  Literaty  Digest.  In  an- 
cient times  horns  were  regarded  as  the  emblem  of 
strength.  On  some  of  the  coins  which  he  or- 
dered, Alexander  the  Great  had  himself  repre- 
sented with  a  pair  of  horns.  Michael  Angelo,  when 
he  made  a  statue  of  Moses,  pictured  the  hero  of 
the  wilderness  with  horns  as  a  sign  of  his  strength. 


The  situation  concerning  the  war  may  be  summed 
up  about  thus:  After  much  hard  fighting  the  Phil- 
ippine insurgents  seem  to  have  conquered  the  Span- 
iards at  Manila,  and  are  now  in  possession  of  the 
place.  This  virtually  completes  the  conquest  of  the 
Philippine  Islands.  Blanco,  with  his  50,000  well- 
armed  soldiers,  is  still  blockaded  in  Havana,  with 
no  prospects  of  gettingout.  He  is  securely  hemmed 
in,  and  can  neither  fight  nor  retreat.  Sampson  has 
found  the  Spanish  fleet  in  the  bay  at  Santiago,  Cuba, 
and  has  it  completely  bottled  up,  This  bay  is  on 
the  southeastern  coast  of  Cuba,  and  is  entered  by  a 
deep  channel  so  narrow  that  only  one  large  vessel 
can  pass  In  or  out  at  a  time.  Into  this  channel  the 
Americans  ran  a  large  old  vessel,  the  Merrimac, 
filled  with  coal,  and  sunk  it  across  the  channel,  thus 
closing  up  the  harbor  so  that  the  Spanish  fleet  can- 
not escape.  This  brave  act  was  performed  by  seven 
men,  and  though  exposed  to  the  fire  of  the  batteries 
on  the  shore,  not  one  of  them  was  killed.  They 
were  taken  prisoners  by  the  Spaniards,  and  are  said 
to  be  kindly  treated.  The  United  States  fleet  then 
proceeded  to  batter  down  the  strong  fortifications 
guarding  the  harbor,  and  by  this  time  they  are  well 
nigh  demolished.  Troops  were  landed  several 
miles  to  the  west  of  the  entrance  into  the  bay, 
where  some  sharp  fighting  took  place,  resulting  in 
several  deaths.  A  large  body  of  soldiers,  occupying 
twenty  or  more  vessels,  left  Tampa,  Fla.,  a  few  days 
ago,  and  are  to  reach  Santiago  the  middle  of  this 
week.  When  landed  they  will  probably  commence 
active  operation  against  the  town,  the  batteries  and 
fleet,  from  the  land.  We  are  likely  to  hear  of  some- 
thing decisive  inside  of  a  few  days.  A  number  of 
vessels,  laden  with  troops,  provisions,  etc.,  have  left 
San  Francisco  for  Manila,  and  some  of  them  will 
reach  their  destination  inside  of  a  few  days.  So  far 
the  United  States  has  gained  aL.  every  step,  has  lost 
no  vessels  in  the  conflicts,  and  not  more  than  a  score 
of  men.  The  loss  of  the  Spaniards  has  been  very 
great,  both  in  vessels  and  men.  So  far  nearly  all 
the  fighting  has  been  by  the  navies,  and  there  are 
not  likely  to  be  many  large  engagements  between 
the  land  forces,  Let  us  continue  to  pray  for  the 
return  of  peace.  At  best  war  is  cruel,  and  should 
cease, 


3?o 


OTEra   GOSPEL   MrESSEUSTGrFrR^ 


June  18,  1898, 


•ESSAYS. 


A  SABBATH-MORNINO  PRAYER. 

Grant  me,  0  Gracious  Lord!  to-day 

A  blessing  when  I  tread 
The  dear  old  pathway  to  thy  house, 

Wherein  thine  own  are  fed. 
Where  from  the  finest  of  the  wheat 

Is  made  the  children's  bread. 
Grant  me,  O  Spirit  all  divine! 

The  sweet  indwelling  grace 
That  for  the  reverent  waiting  soul 

Pervades  the  hallowed  place,— 
The  place  where  God  himself  reveals 

The  brightness  of  his  face. 
Grant  me,  O  thou  Most  High!  to  know 

The  comfort  thou  dost  send 
To  those  who  leave  their  cares  with  thee, 

Thou  strong  and  steadfast  Friend; 
In  the  rich  fullness  of  thy  peace 

Bid  my  long  conflicts  end. 
Grant  me,  O  Lord!  in  thy  fair  house 

To  learn  thy  holy  will, 
And,  learning  it,  to  lay  mine  own 

Before  thee,  and  be  still. 
So  finding  joy  unspeakable 


My  inmost  soul  to  thrill. 

Grant  me  a  blessing  in  thine  hous 

0  gracious  Lordl  this  day. 

Go  with  me  evermore,  dear  Lord, 

And  ever  with  me  stay, 

And  shed  the  light  of  heaven  upo 

My  upward-climbing  way. 

— Margate 

\H.  Sangsh 

THE  MISSION  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


BY    NOAH    LONGANECKBR. 


11  The  Son  of  1 


ek  and  to  save  tbat  which 


This  mission  is  now  entrusted  to  his  church. 
The  last  command  that  Christ  gave  to  his  church 
was,  "  Go  ye  into  all  the  world,  and  preach  the 
Gospel  to  every  creature."  If  there  is  any  cm  com- 
mand of  Jesus  that  should  be  most  sacredly  obeyed, 
that  one  is  his  last  command.  Since  this  command 
contains  the  mission  of  the  church,  how  fatal  to 
neglect  itl  Since  great  issues  are  involved,  O  how 
very  solemnl  How  very  forcible  the  language  of 
Peter:  "  A  prophet  shall  the  Lord  your  God  raise 
up  unto  you  of  your  brethren,  like  unto  me;  him 
shall  ye  hear  in  all  things  whatsoever  he  shall  say 
unto  you.  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  every 
soul,  which  will  not  hear  that  prophet,  shall  be  de- 
stroyed from  among  the  people." 

"  To  hear  "  means  to  comply  with  the  demands 
or  wishes  of  this  prophet.  "Every  soul"  means 
more  than  the  Jews.  It  means  the  Christian  church 
as  well.  If  the  church  is  not  "  hot "  enough  to  obey 
this  last  command,  God  "  will  spew  her  out  of  his 
mouth."  "  There  is  that  withholdeth  more  than 
is  meet,  but  it  tendeth  to  poverty."  "When  I  say 
to  the  wicked,  Thou  shalt  surely  die;  and  thou  giv- 
est  him  not  warning,  nor  speakest  to  warn  the  wick- 
ed from  his  wicked  way,  to  save  his  life;  the  same 
wicked  man  shall  die  in  his  iniquity;  but  his  blood 
will  I  require  at  thine  hand." 

All  nations  need  the  Gospel,  just  as  much  as  ours 
needs  it.  The  whole  world  is  the  field.  The  whole 
church  is  the  force  to  be  employed.  It  is  the 
church's  duty  to  see  that  the  Gospel  is  preached  to 
all  natioDS.  Christ's  command  implies  that  the 
Christian  religion  must  be  universal,  because  it  is 
fully  adapted  to  all  classes  of  all  nations. 

Max  Muller  says,  "  The  very  soul  of  our  religion 
is  missionary,  progressive,  world-embracing:  it 
would  cease  to  exist  if  it  ceased  to  be  missionary,  if 
it  disregarded  the  parting  words  of  its  Founder." 
Only  the  missionary  church  can  continue  to  be  a 
living  church.  Water  must  move  to  contioue  pure. 
A  child's  top  will  fall  the  moment  it  ceases  to 
move.  The  moment  the  church  ceases  to  extend 
her  borders  she  will  begin  to  contract.  She  must 
give  out  that  she  may  take  in.  In  our  own  Ohio 
there  once  existed  a  very  flourishing  "  community," 
but  the  organization  was  not  missionary,  and  to  day 


it  is  at  the  eve  of  dissolving.  How  can  it  be  other- 
wise and  God's  Word  be  true? 

Some  say,  "  Civilization  first,  then  the  Gospel." 
All  things  go  to  prove  that  first  the  Gospel  then 
civilization.  Christ  is  the  enlightening  and  saving 
power  of  a  wicked  world.  Facts  go  to  teach  that 
the  missionary  power  has  done  more  good  to  the 
world  than  all  other  influences  combined,  We  all 
know  that  the  heathen  world  needs  the  Bible. 
They  must  be  taught,  But  I  say,  "  You  give;  you 
go." 

We  are  too  much  like  Cain,  who  had  become 
guilty  of  his  brother's  life.  At  least  by  our  actions 
we  say,  "Am  I  my  brother's  keeper?"  The  Bible 
everywhere  goes  to  prove  that  we  are  our  "  brother's 
keeper."  The  church  cannot  be  obedient  to 
Christ's  last  command,  and  let  one  nation  be  with- 
out Christ's  Gospel.  While  home  mission  work  is 
of  vital  importance,  it  will  not  make  amends  for  a 
neglect  of  foreign  missions.  Christ  loves  all.  He 
came  to  seek  and  save  all.  He  died  for  all,  there- 
fore he  commissions  his  church  to  "go  into  all 
the  world,  and  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creat- 
ure." We  must  all  be  coworkers  in  this  glorious 
work,  The  sending  is  just  as  important  as  the 
giving.  The  spending  and  the  being  spent  must 
go  hand  in  hand,  but  all  must  be  in  Christ's  name, 
and  by  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  By  that 
power  Christ  and  his  apostles  carried  on  their  mis- 
sionary work,    That  same  power  we  all  need  today. 

A  certain  writer  says,  "The  church  at  home  is 
built  up  faster  by  working  for  the  heathen."  The 
Bible  teaches  the  same  truth.  Observation  every- 
where confirms  the  fact.  "  The  liberal  soul  shall  be 
made  fat  "  will  be  true  of  the  church  as  a  body,  as 
well  as  of  each  individual  member.  "  It  is  more 
blessed  to  give  than  to  receive. 

While  it  is  true  that  our  Brotherhood  needs  more 
men  and  means  to  carry  on  the  mission  work  at 
home  more  successfully,  still  we  dare  not  deny  the 
fact  the  more  men  and  means  we  employ  in  foreign 
missions,  the  more  men  and  means  we  have  for 
home  missions. 

The  following  is  true  in  more  than  one  sense: 
"  There  is  that  scattereth,  and  yet  increaseth."  All 
this  must  be  doubly  true  of  the  mission  work  or  the 
promise  of  Christ  would  fail.  On  the  condition 
that  if  hii  church  "  go  into  all  the  world,  and  preach 
the  Gospel  to  every  creature,"  he  has  promised  to 
be  with  them  alway,  even  to  the  end  of  the  world, 
This  promise  confirms  all  that  we  have  contended 
for  above. 

We  conclude  then,  that  the  church  that  is  not  a 
missionary  church  is  dead;  dead  to  her  own  inter- 
est, dead  to  the  interest  of  the  world,  dead  to  her 
own  mission,  She  does  not  love  others  as  Christ 
loved  her.     "  As  I  have  loved  you." 

HartwiU,  Ohio. 


THE  SIQN  OF  AUTHORITY. 


BY    NANCY    D.   UNDERHILL, 


"  If  ye  know  these  things,  happy  are  ye  if  ye  do 
them," — so  says  our  dear  Savior,  yet  many  do  the 
things  commanded  without  knowing  why  they 
should  do  so,  except  that  the  church  requires  it. 
Both  knowledge  and  obedience  are  essential  to 
happiness,  hence  those  who  obey  blindly,  miss  the 
great  blessing  of  happiness  that  should  be  the  re- 
sult of  intelligent  obedience,  Their  meekness  and 
humble  obedience  are  commendable,  nevertheless. 
Some  wear  the  covering  because  they  feel  obliged 
to,  in  order  to  remain  In  the  church.  They  wear  it 
in  the  public  assembly,  and  at  home  when  official 
members  call.  At  other  times  they  have  no  use 
for  it.  It  is  distasteful  to  them.  They  regard  it  as 
a  sign  of  inferiority — (or  submission  to  man  as 
head),— a  reminder  of  the  curse  once  pronounced 
upon  woman,  a  part  of  which  was  "  Thy  desire  shall 
be  to  thy  husband,  and  he  shall  rule  over  thee." 

No  wonder  it  is  distasteful  to  the  child  of  God, 
when  she  has  been  taught  to  regard  it  as  a  sign  of 
degradation,  sorrow,  shame,  inferiority  and  punish 
ment.  But,  dearly  beloved,  the  true  significance  is 
exactly  the  opposite,    When  man  was  placed  in  the 


beautiful  garden  of  Eden,  before  sin  entered  into 
the  world,  the  man  and  woman  were  equal,  for  she 
was  a  part  of  man.  Without  her,  he  was  incom- 
plete. She  was  bone  of  his  bone  and  flesh  of  his 
flesh,  and  they  were  one.  If,  then,  they  were  one, 
how  could  there  be  any  difference  between  them? 
How  could  the  one  be  inferior  or  superior  to  the 
other, — before  sin  entered  Into  the  world?  The 
curse  or  penalty  pronounced  upon  woman  made  her 
subject  or  inferior  to  man, 

Now  the  children  of  men,  having  disobeyed  the 
law  of  God,  remained  under  condemnation, — that  is, 

der  the  curse  or  penalty  of  the  law,  until  that 
penalty  for  sin  was  paid,  but  God  himself  offered  a 
lamb,  a  sacrifice  for  the  sins  of  the  world, — his  only 
begotton  Son.  Jesus,  the  Lamb  of  God,  suffered 
death,  paying  the  penalty,  —  fulfilling  the  law. 
Thus  he  redeemed  us  from  the  penalty,  or  curse  of 
the  law,  hence,  if  we  have  accepted  Christ  as  our 
Redeemer,  we  are  no  longer  under  the  curse.     (Gal. 

3:  13) 

Now  the  head  of  the  woman  is  the  man  "  (for 
she  was  created  for  man);  "the  head  of  man  is 
Christ,  and  the  head  of  Christ  is  God,"  "  For  this 
cause  ought  the  woman  to  have  power  on  her  head." 
Why?  Because  she  is  the  glory  of  man;  therefore, 
when  she  comes  before  God  in  prayer,  she  ought  to 
put  man  out  of  sight,  because  though  in  olden 
time  (under  the  law)  there  were  many  lords  and 
she  called  her  husband  "  lord,"  now  there  is  but  one 
Lord,  Eph.  4:  5,  one  mediator  between  God  and  man, 
through  whom  we  pray,  therefore  we  look  to  him  as 
our  Head,  who  is  indeed  the  head  of  the  church,  of 
which  we  are  all  members.  There  is  neither  male 
nor  female  in  Christ,  but  In  him  we  are  restored  to 
that  equality  or  oneness  which  was  the  condition  of 
the  human  family  before  sin  entered  into  the  world. 
It,  therefore,  becomes  us  to  recognize  this  won- 
derful and  blessed  restoration,  by  putting  out  of 
sight  the  physical  head  which  symbolizes  the  carnal 
head, — man, — otherwise  we  dishonor  our  Divine 
Head,  which  is  Christ,  by  refusing  to  acknowledge 
his  power  or  authority  by  wearing  the  sii+n  or  emJ. 
n.  The  covering  is  not  a  sign  of  man's  power  or 
authority,  but  of  Christ's,  whereby  we  are  re- 
deemed. If  it  were  a  sign  of  the  maris  authority, 
then  the  unredeemed,  who  are  yet  under  the  curse, 
never  having  accepted  Christ  as  their  atonement, 
ghtto  wear  it,  to  show  their  condition  of  inferior- 
ity, but,  instead,  the  sainted  women, — the  sisters, — 
are  admonished  to  wear  the  covering. 

Since  God  hath  given  us  a  Savior  and  Redeemer 
at  so  great  cost,  would  it  seem  right  for  us  to  so 
far  ignore  his  mercy  as  to  go  on  in  the  same  old 
way  in  which  we  appeared  while  lost  in  sin,  never 
making  any  outward  acknowledgment  of  his  won- 
derful goodness  and  power?  Would  it  not  be  a 
hame  to  appear  before  God  in  the  same  condition 
as  before?  If,  while  uncovered,  or  in  the  natural 
condition,  we  are  the  glory  of  man,  who  is  our  car- 
nal head, — now,  since  the  carnal  is  far  inferior  to 
the  spiritual,  having  no  power  to  redeem  us,  it 
would  be  a  dishonor  to  our  Spiritual  Head, — Christ, 
— for  us  to  persist  in  glorifying  or  recognizing  man 
(the  carnal  head)  as  our  lord  or  mediator.  But 
since  we  have  the  same  liberty  now,  as  our  breth- 
ren, since  we  need  no  longer  to  make  our  desire  or 
prayers  through  man,  but  may  come  directly  to 
God  through  Christ, — since  we  are  now  restored  to 
the  pure  and  equal  condition  of  oneness  in  Christ 
(Gal  3:  28)  being  in  him  even  as  the  angels  in  heav- 
en,—all  children  of  God,— how  appropriate  that, 
in  coming  before  God  in  prayer,  we  put  out  of 
sight,  or  cover  up,  the  physical  head, — the  glory  of 
carnal  man, — by  wearing  the  pure  white  emblem  of 
Christ's  power  or  authority,  thus  showing  that  our 
guilt  has  been  washed  away,  and  our  souls  made 
pure  by  the  blood  of  the  Lamb  of  God.  Likewise, 
in  prophesying  (or  preaching)  we  ought  to  have 
our  heads  covered,  because,  in  so  doing,  we  repre- 
sent Christ  to  the  world. 

The  prophet,  or  preacher,  is  Christ's  embassador, 

standing  before  God's  dear  living  souls,  in  the  place 

of  Jesus  Christ,  to  teach  them  God's  will,    So,  if  we 

represent  the  Divine  Head  to  the  world,  we  ought 

I  to  put  away  or  cover  up  the  carnal  head,    Even  so 


June  t8 


THE    O-OSTPEL    IvlSSSElSTO'Eia. 


3;i 


a  man  ought  not  to  cover  his  head,  because  he  is 
the  image  and  glory  of  God.  Man  never  was  sub- 
let to  woman;  he  never  did  have  a  carnal  head;  he 
was  created  in  God's  image  and  likeness,  so,  if  he 
should  cover  his  head,  he  would  dishonor  Christ 
ffho  is  his  head.  A  man  honors  Christ — the  Divine 
Head,  by  appearing  uncovered  or  bareheaded  be- 
fore God. 

A  woman's  covering  is  a  glory  to  her,  for  the 
natural  covering  (the  hair)  is  the  gift  of  God  to  hei 
especially  for  a  covering.  Accepting  this  gift,  sh< 
acknowledges  the  comeliness  or  propriety  of  a  cov 
ering.  (Man  does  not  wear  long  hair;  if  he  did, 
would  we  admire  it?)  Then,  If  it  Is  glorious  or  ex- 
pedient for  her  to  wear  a  covering,  can  we  look  up 
on  the  sign  of  our  Lord's  authority  (his  power  over 
sin  and  death,— over  the  curse  of  the  law)  as  other- 
wise than  comely  or  becoming?  Beautiful  emblem 
of  purity,  signifying  the  power  of  Jesus,  to  take 
away  our  sin  and  reproach. 

Glorious  emblem!  Not  a  sign  of  carnal  author- 
ity; nay,  a  sign  of  redemption  from  carnality;  a  sign  o: 
purity,  of  cleansing  by  the  blood  of  Christ;  a  sign 
of  Christ's  power  to  redeem  and  save;  a  sign  of  his 
authority  as  our  only  Lord  and  Master  and  media 
tor  and  Divine  Head.*  ' 

Far  more  beautiful  than  chains  of  gold  and 
crowns  of  precious  jewels,— far  more  becoming  to 
Ihe  redeemed  daughter  of  God  is  the  pure  white 
covering, — an  emblem  of  Divine  Power. 

Ccnin  City,   Colo. 


*  The  writer  does  not  mean,  by  the  above,  to  convey  the  id 
that  a  wife  should  ignore  her  husband,  neither  is  one  without  the 
other  in  the  Lord,  (t  Cor.  II:  II, 12)    The  physical  relation  i: 
the  same  as  it  was  from  the  creation,  for  it  was  never  changed 
but  the  spiritual  relation  is  changed.    The  man  is  the  head  of 
Ihe  family  upon  eaith,  but  Christ  is  the  head  of  the  church. 
is  in  the  church  (that  is  in  Christ)  that  we  are  one,  being 
stored  to  our  former  state  of  purity  or  blamelessness;  hence 
are  equal  members  of  one  body  (the  church)  whose  head  is 
one,  even  Christ.    Dot  Ihe  wife  who  dwells  in  Christ,  having 
the  spirit  of  the  meek  and  lowly  Lamb  of  God,  will  always 
bonor  aind   esteem  her    husband,   considering  his  wishes  in 
and  humility  and  love,  as  becometh  the  daughter  of 


'  God.  i  The  Christian  husband  also,  will  love  hi: 
loves  the  church.    Love  workelh  no  ill  to  any,  but 
filling  of  the  law. 


s  Chris: 
:  the  fill- 


PROMPTINGS,  RIQHT  AND  WRONG,  THAT  LEAD 
TO  RELIGIOUS  WORSHIP. 

BY   CHAS.    M.   YEAROUT. 

Honesty  is  right  under  all  conditions  and  cir- 
cumstances, but  to  be  honest  because  it  is  policy  to 
be  so,  in  principle  may  be  wrong,  There  are  prin- 
ciples underlying  all  of  our  actions.  If  right  prin- 
ciples prompt  us  to  do  certain  things,  and  to  leave 
undone  others,  the  result  following  will  generally 
be  good.  On  the  other  hand,  if  wrong  principles 
prompt  us  to  do  certain  things,  which  are  right 
within  themselves,  the  blessings  will  not  follow,  be- 
cause of  the  wrong  principle  that  prompted  the 
action. 

We  often  hear  the  declaration,  "  Honesty  is  the 
best  policy."  This  sentence  transposed  would  read, 
't  is  policy  to  be  honest.  There  is  a  much  deeper 
signification  attached  to  being  honest  than  for  mere 
policy's  sake. 

Whatsoever  we  do,  whether  it  be  to  eat,  drink  or 
dress,  should  be  done  to  the  honor  and  glory  of 
God.  Evidently  there  is  a  spirit  that  prompts  us  to 
do  as  we  do.  We  are  influenced  by  some  unseen 
power,— either  right  or  wrong.  When  I  see  breth 
ren  and  sisters  departing  from  the  simplicity  of  the 
Gospel,  and  adorning  themselves  with  the  vain 
fashions  and  superfluities  of  this  world,  I  am  made 
to  wonder  what  power  or  spirit  prompts  them  to  in- 
du'ge  in  those  things  which  the  world  loves  so  well. 

It  may  be  policy  to  belong  to  church  and  engage 
"i  prayer  in  public  places,  because  of  the  influence 
a"d  confidence  it  inspires,  but  the  man  or  woman 
"no  has  no  higher  aim  or  purpose  in  view  in  joining 
l"e    church    will   never    reach    heaven.    All  such 

have  a  name  to  live  while  they  are  dead." 

The  Pharisees  were  very  devout  in  their  religious 
worship,  and  manifested  quite  a  zeal,  They  com- 
passed land  and  sea  to  make  proselytes  or  converts, 


indicating  a  missionary  spirit.  They  prayed  much; 
they  gave  alms;  they  fasted  often;  they  cast  large 
sums  into  the  Lord's  treasury;  they  kept  them- 
selves separate  from  the  world,  and  they  were  very 
zealous  for  the  observance  of  the  law.  What,  then, 
was  wrong  with  them?  Were  not  these  things 
pleasing  in  the  sight  of  God?  There  was  surely  no 
harm  in  being  devout,  zealous,  endeavoring  to  save 
the  lost,  in  praying  much,  in  giving  alms  to  the 
needy,  in  fasting,  in  casting  large  sums  into  the 
Lord's  treasury,  and  in  keeping  themselves  separate 
from  the  world.  All  these  things  were  taught  in 
God's  Word,  and  were  right.  The  wrong  was  not 
in  the  doing  of  these  things,  but  the  spirit  that 
prompted  them  to  do  these  things  was  wrong,  and 
the  purpose  they  had  in  view  in  the  observance  of 
these  things  was  wrong.  It  took  the  unlimited 
knowledge  and  wisdom,  and  the  unseen  or  hidden 
vision  of  Christ  to  penetrate  the  mask,  and  look 
upon  their  defiled  souls,  and  expose  them  as  mon- 
sters of  wickedness.  They  worshiped  God  with 
their  tongues;  but  their  hearts  were  far  from  him. 
They  did  those  things  for  selfish  purposes,  that 
they  might  have  the  praise  and  applause  of  men,  and 
be  looked  up  to,  and  honored  by  them.  They  did 
those  things  purely  to  be  seen  of  men,  hence  the 
spirit  that  prompted  them  was  wrong.  To  do  right 
for  policy's  sake,  is  to  have  a  low  estimate  of  right- 
eousness. Some  men  obey  the  laws  of  the  land,  be- 
cause it  is  policy  to  do  so.  Were  it  not  for  the 
penalties  of  the  violated  law,  they  would  be  robbers 
and  murderers.  The  fear  of  the  execution  of  the 
mighty  arm  of  the  law,  is  all  that  holds  their  hands 
from  the  commission  of  evil. 

Some  people  join  church  because  of  a  fear  of 
damnation,  others,  because  they  think  it  will  en- 
hance their  selfish  desires  and  purposes,  gain  the 
good-will  and  friendship  of  certain  influential 
church  members,  in  order  that  they  may  be  a 
means  of  elevating  them  in  the  minds  of  good  peo- 
ple. In  either  case  (here  is  no  reverence  or  wor 
ship,  but  simply  an  empty  form.  Such  persons  are 
as  far  from  God,  and  the  deep  meaning  of  the  hid- 
den life  in  Christ,  as  were  the  proud,  egotistical 
Pharisees  with  their  enlarged  phylacteries  and  long 
prayers  of  pretense.  The  Pharisees  received  a  re- 
ward for  their  hypocritical  service,  but  not  from 
God. 

Policy  Christians  may  receive  an  earthly  gain, 
but  no  reward  in  .heaven.  "  God  is  a  spirit,  and 
they  that  worship  him  must  worship  him  in  spirit 
and  in  truth."  The  principles  of  Truth  are  eternal, 
and  unchangeable,  and  in  order  to  worship  God  in 
an  acceptable  manner,  we  must  be  prompted  by 
these  principles.  The  office  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is 
to  lead  us  into  all  truth.  "  The  law  of  the  Lord  is 
perfect,  converting  the  soul."  But  before  we  can 
enter  into  that  blessed  state  of  life,  we  must  pass 
out  of  self,— out  of  death,— and  the  renovating  and 
purifying  elements  of  Truth  must  have  accom- 
plished their  perfect  work  in  us. 

The  child  of  God  does  right  because  it  is  right 
to  do  right.  He  does  right  regardless  of  what  man 
may  say  or  think.  Having  been  created  anew  in 
Christ  Jesus  he  has  had  implanted  into  his  soul 
these  principles  of  truth  and  righteousness. 
"  Were  the  whole  Christian  world  to  revert  back  to 
the  original  model,  how  far  more  simple,  uniform, 
and  beautiful  would  the  church  appear;  and  how 
far  more  agreeable  to  the  ecclesiastical  policy  insti- 
tuted by  Christ  and  the  holy  apostles." 

To  join  the  church  for  any  other  purpose  than 
the  glory  and  honor  of  God,  and  the  salvation  of 
the  soul  through  Christ,  is  an  empty  form.  To  be 
honest  or  religious  for  policy's  sake  may  be  better 
than  rank  infidelity,  but  to  be  honest  or  religious 
because  of  the  eternal  principles  of  right,  is  far  bet- 
ter. 

There  is  entirely  too  much  policy  work  among 
the  professed  followers  of  Christ,  and  too  little  of 
the  movings  and  promptings  of  the  Blessed  Spirit 
of  Righteousness, — too  much  living,  too  many  ac- 
tions to  be  seen  of  men,  to  gain  earthly  commenda- 
tion and  applause,  instead  of  living  and  acting  for 
the  honor  and  glory  of  God,  regardless  of  the  com- 
mendations or  disfavor  of  men. 


Policy  may  keep  a  man  from  putting  the  big  po- 
tatoes on  top  or  in  the  mouth  of  the  sack  when  he 
goes  to  market,  and  a  woman  from  covering  a  lump 
of  lard  with  butter,  and  selling  the  whole  thing  for 
butter,  at  a  price  four  times  the  value  of  lard,  but 
to  be  so  imbued  and  saturated  with  the  principles 
and  spirit  of  right,  that  such  deception  never  en- 
ters the  mind,  is  a  thousandfold  belter. 

God  knows  the  motives  and  promptings  lhat 
cause  us  to  act.  Our  tiue  character  and  lives  will 
be  revealed  at  the  judgment.  May  they  be  pure, 
and  without  hypocrisy  before  coming  to  that  awful 
day  I 

817  Division  Street,  Watrensburg,  Mo, 

VOCAL  VERSUS  INSTRUMENTAL  MUSIC  FOR 
WORSHIP.-No.  1. 


Teaching  has  been  the  work  of  my  life  the  past 
quarter  of  a  century,  and  especially  that  of  teach- 
ing music.  I  have  given  lessons  on  several  differ- 
ent kinds  of  musical  instruments  but  my  chief  de- 
light has  been  the  teaching  of  vocal  music. 

There  are  two  purposes  in  impressing  Ihe  value 
of  music  upon  the  minds  of  the  people: 

1.  The  most  important  is  the  worship  ef  God. 
This  can  only  be  done  with  the  human  voice.  No 
dead  thing  can  worship  the  living  God,  hence 
the  importance  of  vocal  music.  It  is  a  seiious 
mistake  that  many  churches  have  fallen  into,  in 
introducing  and  depending  on  the  organ  and  other 
musical  instruments  for  service  and  the  Sunday 
school.  The  worship  of  out  Heavenly  Father  is  al- 
most lost  sight  of  when  the  second  purpose  of  mu- 
sic is  made  to  predominate  in  any  church  of  the 
living  God, 

The  second  purpose  of  music  is  that  of  entertain- 
ment. If  we  must  attract  our  people  by  entertain- 
ing them,  in  order  to  attend  church,  then  let  Ihe 
musical  instruments  be  used,  as  was  the  case  in  old- 
en times.  David  says  ( Ps.  49:  4),  "I  will  open  my 
dark  sayings  upon  the  harp."  God  pity  the  ones 
who  must  open  service  as  if  it  were  "  dark  sayings." 
We  should  worship  because  we  enjoy  it.  Ps.  122, 
"  I  was  glad  when  they  said  unto  me,  Let  us  go  in- 
to the  house  of  the  Lord."  This  should  be  the 
sentiment  of  every  Christian  worker. 

Again;  the  cultivation  of  the  human  voice  is  best 
brought  about  without  the  aid  of  the  musical  instru- 
ments. Too  many  singers  become  slaves  to  the  or- 
gan, instead  of  becoming  independent  music  read- 
ers. We  should  encourage  singing  without  the  in- 
strument, if  we  wish  to  gain  a  high  degree  of  useful- 
ness in  the  worship  of  God.  I  speak  from  experi- 
ence. I  have  taught,  and  used  the  organ,  piano 
and  violin  in  many  churches,  but  always  felt  con- 
demned, for  the  reason  that  I  would  leave  without 
much,  if  any,  good  to  the  church  for  worship 
during  service  or  the  Sunday  school.  I  am  now 
teaching  without  the  instrument,  and  feel  that  I  am 
doing  a  greater  amount  of  good,  by  making  Inde- 
pendent music  readers.  I  find  everywhere  that 
people  have  reasonably  good  voices  and  would 
gladly  assist  in  the  song  service  in  worship,  if  they 
were  able  to  read  music,  and  had  the  music  before 
them.  Listen  again  to  David,  the  sweet  singer  of 
Israel  (Ps.  96:1),  "O  siog  unto  the  Lord  a  new 
song;  ...  all  the  earth;  ,  .  .  Show  forth  his  salva- 
tion," etc. 

I  have  no  objection  to  musical  instruments  if  Ihe 
object  is  that  of  entertainment,  and,  wilh  the  voice, 
our  skill  can  be  further  developed;  but  when  we 
worship,  we  are  commanded  "to  sing  with  the  spir- 
it and  with  the  understanding"  and  nowhere  are  we 
taught  to  play  the  instrument  with  the  spirit. 
There  is  no  spirit  in  the  works  of  man.  God  only 
created  beings  with  a  spirit;  hence  this  plea  for 
more  vocal  music  in  our  churches. 

Musical  instruments  are  the  usual  accompani- 
ment of  wars.  They  are  found  at  feastings  and 
revelings.  Even  today  our  saloonkeepers  take 
advantage  of  musical  instruments  to  allure  the 
young  into  the  saloon, 

I  know  I  am  treading  on  forbidden  ground,  in  the 
estimation  of  the  world,  but  I  care  not  for  its  con- 


i7> 


ditions  when  the  worship  of  God  is  my  theme,  Let 
us  fill  our  churches  with  vocal  music  and  they  will 
be  filled  with  people.  Vocal  music,  properly  util- 
ised, will  convert  the  world  and  drive  intemperance 
from  our  land. 

Dear  brethren  and  sisters,  has  it  come  to  this 
that  we  must  give  a  concert  to  get  people  to  come 
to  Sunday  school  and  church?  God  forbidl  Let 
us  ever  have  congregational  singingl  As  well 
might  a  minister  get  a  phonograph  to  assist  him  in 
preaching  the  Word  of  God  as  for  us  to  introduce 
some  instrument  to  assist  us  in  singing  praises  to 
our  God.  The  instrument  destroys  the  poetry  of 
our  good  old  hymns,  and  crushes  the  spirit  out  of 
our  songs.  The  introduction  of  the  organ  is  but 
the  admission  of  failure  to  sing  unto  the  Lord  the 
feelings  of  the  human  soul,  the  immortal  part  of 
man. 

There  is  no  soul  in  any  musical  instrument;  and 
the  soul  can  only  worship  the  true  and  the  living 
God,  Man  has  tried  and  failed  to  make  a  musical 
instrument  equal  or  superior  to  the  human  voice, 

God  will  judge  our  worship  in  song  service.  So 
let  us  take  warning  from  Isa.  5:11-14,  "Woe  unto 
them  that  rise  up  early  .  .  ,  that  continue  until 
night  .  .  .  and  the  harp  and  the  viol,  the  tabrct  and 
pipe,  and  wine  are  in  their  feasts:  but  they  regard 
not  the  work  of  the  Lord  .  .  .  Therefore  my  people 
have  gone  into  captivity  .  ,  .  and  hell  hath  opened 
her  mouth  without  measure.  And  their  glory  and 
their  pomp  shall  descend  into  it." 

I  have  not  quoted  the  reference  in  full;  but 
enough  to  bring  out  the  thought  that  feastings, 
revelings  and  shows  in  the  church  shall  come  to 
naught,  as  did  the  people. 

The  old  prophet  was  addressing  the  people  who 
lived  many  years  ago,  but  there  is  great  danger  of 
losing  sight  of  the  worship  of  God  in  our  music, 
for  the  sake  of  entertainment.  There  arc  "teach- 
ers, having  itching  ears,"  I  fear,  in  the  work  of  some 
^churches. 

Fellow  teachers,  let  us  use  our  best  efforts  to 
'bring  out  the  good,  the  true  and  the  beautiful,  with 
the  voices  with  which  God  hath  blessed  us.  Let  us 
prepare  the  people  to  feel  welcome  in  our  church 
and  Sunday  school  by  aiding  them  to  sing  psalms, 
hymns,  and  spiritual  songs  according  to  Col.  3:  16. 

Flora,  hid.         _   

MOUTH  RELIUION. 

BY   M.    M.    ESHELMAN, 

"They  come  onto  tbee  as  the  people  coraeth,  and  they  sit 
before  thee  as  my  people,  and  they  hear  tby  words,  but  they 
will  not  do  them:  for  with  their  moulh  they  shew  much  love, 
but  their  heart  goeth  after  covetousness." — Ezek,  33:  31. 

That  which  was  true  of  Israel  is  true  of  Christen- 
dom. Everywhere  from  the  street  corners  on  up 
through  the  tents  to  the  steepled  edifices,  one  may 
see  the  people  assemble  as  God's  people,  sit 
before  God  as  his  people  and  listen  to  Deity's 
words  when  read,  "but  they  will  not  do  them;  for 
with  their  mouth  they  show  much  love."  There  is 
exceeding  swiftness  to  tell  whit  the  Lord  has  done, 
which  often  turns  out  to  be  what  he  has  not  done, 
but  his  words  they  will  not  do. 

Ezekiel  looked  down  to  the  apostolic  time  and 
what  did  he  see?  Why,  that  the  professors  of  Mo- 
ses came  up  to  God  as  the  followers  of  Jesus 
came;  they-sat  before  God  as  did  Jesus'  disciples; 
they  took  into  the  ear  the  words  from  the  Holy 
Oracles  as  did  the  disciples,  but,  unlike  the  be- 
lievers in  Jesus,  they  would  not  do  them.  This  was 
the  great  difference  between  the  two  peoples. 
This  was  the  line  between  them, — the  one  sure 
mark  of  distinction,  and  it  is  the  one  certain  dis- 
tinguishment  yet.  Any  one  with  open  eyes  and 
unstopped  ears  can  know  and  understand.  There 
is  no  need,  no  ground  of  confusion  on  this  diffe 
ence.     Covetousness  is  the  root  of  the  division. 

Recently  a  captain  of  the  drumming  and  tam- 
bourining  band  exclaimed  and  proclaimed:  "So 
many  people  are  going  down  to  hell,  we  have  no 
time  to  preach  doctrine.  We  must  hurry  and 
bring  them  to  Jesus,"  just  as  if  a  "private,"  or  a 
"captain"  or  a  "colonel,"  or  a  "major,"  or  a  "gen- 


TTTT^   C3-OS3PET-.   MIERS'RTTCi-TnT?,. 

eral  "  could,  at  will,  divorce  Jesus  and  his  doctrine  or 
teachings.  Shame  on  such  presumptionl  "With 
their  mouth  they  show  much  love," — but  the  heart, 
where  has  it  gone?  Where  is  the  heart  which  death 
God's  words? 

On  the  other  hand  many  attend  services  where 
the  infallible  Word  is  not  only  read  and  preached, 
but  obeyed.  They  listen  and  hear  the  words  which 
go  in  at  the  ear,  but  they  will  not  do  Ihtm.  They  of- 
ten feel  that  they  would  like  to  do  them;  they  get 
a  taste  of  their  sweetness;  but  O,  the  associations 
which  must  be  abandonedl  The  dance,  the  saloon, 
the  bawdy-house,  the  play  parties,  the  secret  cham- 
bers, the  ungodly  fashions,  the  tricks,  the  schemes, 
the  praise  of  men,  the  greed,  the  hatred,  the  indif- 
ference to  godliness, — all  must  be  forsaken,  and 
God's  words  be  obeyedl  "It  is  an  awful  change! 
It  is  a  wonderful  transformation.  Can  I  not  go  be- 
fore God,  sit  before  him,  hear  his  words,  profess, 
testify,  just  as  those  who  urge  obedience  and  still 
retain  my  fashions,  my  secret-society  amusements 
and  diversions,  my  theatre-longings,  my  enjoyments 
among  old  associates?  " 

Certainly  you  can;  you  have  power  to  do  all  that, 
and  power  to  "  show  much  love  with  your  mouth." 
No  one  doubts  your  ability  to  do  all  that,  but  God 
does  not  say  he  accepts  it;  for  he  wants  his  words 
kept,  obeyed  from  the  heart,  and  the  same  heart 
cannot,  at  the  same  time,  "  serve  God ani  mammen." 

What  is  the  difficulty  with  " donotists,"— mouth- 
religionists?  Many  of  them  admit  the  truth,  but  re- 
fuse to  confess  Jesus,  Others  pass  into  conviction, 
mistake  it  for  conversion,  and  go  no  further,  be- 
cause that  conviction  carries  no  self  denials — no  put- 
ting on  the  yoke  of  Jesus.  They  assent  that  divine 
grace  is  offered,  but  reject  the  mercy.  Some  are 
tied  up  to  secret  societies,  and  have  not  the  courage 
to  cut  loose. 

You  who  have  never  been  participants  in  the  se- 
cret chambers,  perhaps  little  realize  the  activity, 
the  energy  and  universal  prevalence  of  secretsoci- 
etyism.  Millions  of  men  and  women  are  held  in 
their  embraces,  preachers  being  foremost  in  the 
heathenish  practices  which  frequently  prevail. 
The  membership  of  these  societies  is  not  only  in- 
creasing at  a  tremendous  rate,  but  new  orders  and" 
leagues  are  springing  into  existence  every  week. 
Men  and  women  for  amusement,  for  promised 
money  help,  for  advantages  of  trade  and  labor  are 
pressing  into  these  secret  chambers  by  the  millions, 
and  multitudes  of  them  are  such  as  come  unto  God, 
sit  before  him  and  hear  his  words  just  as  God's 
children  do,  but  positively  are  unwilling  or  ashamed 
to  do  his  words.  The  answer  may  be  found  in  Reve- 
lation 13:  14-17.  It  is  not  called  "the  beast" 
either. 

The  hope  of  heart-lovers,  heart  doers — the  church 
of  our  Rock — is  not  in  towns  and  cities,  but  in  the 
rural  districts  among  the  plain,  unselfish,  poor- in- 
spirit, where  the  diversions,  ungodly  amusements, 
and  enchantments  of  secret-chamberism  have  not 
eaten  as  doth  a  cancer. 

As  a  people,  we  should  hold  out  the  great  truths 
of  God  with  patience  and  simplicity  to  all  the  peo- 
ple in  every  town,  village  and  city;  and  when  these 
truths  are  spurned  and  rejected,  let  the  grains  of 
dust  speak  against  the  wicked  hearts, — God's  chil- 
dren will  have  done  their  duty.  A  few  will  both 
hear  and  obey;  but  the  country  is  the  vast  recruit- 
ing ground  for  "  meek  and  lowly  "  disciples. 

And  while  all  these  works  of  Satan  hinder  and 
will  hinder,  let  God's  people  see  that  they  set  up 
no  stumbling-blocks  for  earnest,  honest  souls  to 
fall  over.  There  is  one  thing  which  hinders  in  city 
work, — which  is  difficult  for  some  very  good  peo- 
ple to  understand, — and  could  be  easily  remedied, 
in  my  judgment,  in  perfect  harmony  with  heaven; 
and  likely  will  be  when  Christ,  in  all  hearts  of  his 
people,  prevails  over  prejudices.  Principles  are  ev- 
erlasting; but  their  application,  when  left  wholly  to 
his  children,  should  be  in  wisdom.  Compromise 
never  with  Satan,  neither  give  place  to  him.  Per- 
haps he  has  just  now  a  little  place, — too  much  in- 
fluence at  a  certain  spot, — so  as  to  hinder,  The 
wise  among  us  can  and  will  see  what  ought  to  be 
done  to  run  him  out  of  place. 


Jun 


Not  "  much  love  "  by  mouth,  not  a  superabun- 
dance of  charity  by  tongue,  but  obedience  to  God 
"out  of  a  pure  heart,  a  good  conscience  and  faith 
unfeigned"  (1  Tim.  1:  5),  the  doing  of  Jesus' 
words,  will  be  proof  that  God  is  in  that  heart  to 
will  and  to  do  of  his  good  pleasure. 

Collon,  Ceil. 

CLASS  GLIMPSES  FROM  THE  BIBLE  NORMAL, 
HELD  AT  MT.  MORRIS,  JANUARY,  '98. 

BY   J,    G.    ROYES, 

No.  7 Principles  Illustrated Matt.  5:  31-48. 

In  this  lesson  we  find  our  Lord  illustrating,  by  ex- 
amples from  the  Jewish  moral  law,  the  general  prin- 
ciples laid  down  in  our  last  lesson  (5: 17-20). 

He  begins  with  the  crime  which  the  natural  con- 
science most  strongly  condemns — the  crime  of  mur- 
der (verses  21  to  26).  He  shows  that  the  Phari- 
sees and  those  like  them  destroyed  this  command 
by  limiting  its  range  to  the  muscle,  teaching  that 
where  there  is  no  actual  killing  the  command  is  not 
broken.  Christ  places  the  true  sphere  of  the  com- 
mand in  the  heart,  showing  that  hatred  in  the  heart 
is  murder,  even  though  no  word  is  uttered  or  mus- 
cle moved.  This  view  should  have  been  suggested 
to  the  Pharisees  by  their  own  Scriptures  (Lev. 
19:  17;  Deut.  19:4).  How  searchingl  How  severe 
the  sentence  1  Yet  such  is  the  Savior's  teaching  on 
the  great  problem  of  sin. 

Adultery  furnishes  the  next  illustration  (verses 
27  to  32).  Our  Lord  deals  with  it  on  the  same  high 
principle  and  with  the  same  severity.  He  shows 
that  this  crime,  too,  is  in  the  heart,  and  that  the 
command  is  violated  by  a  lascivious  look  and  un- 
justifiable divorce.  He  follows  his  exposition  by  a 
twofold  application  showing,  first,  that  personal 
purity  must  be  maintained  at  any  cost  (verses  29 
and  30);  and,  secondly,  that  the  sacredness  of  the 
home  can  be  maintained  only  by  exalting  the  mar- 
riage bond  (verses  31  and  32). 

The  next  saying  quoted  (verse  33)  is  not,  strictly  i 
speaking,  one  of  the  ten  commandments  of  the 
Levitical  law  respecting  oaths  (Lev.  19:12;  Num. 
30:2),  The  Levitical  law  gave  instructions  as  to 
what  course  should  be  pursued  when  an  oath  had 
been  taken.  Our  Lord  did  not  destroy  those  in- 
structions, but  unfolded  or  developed  them  by  giv- 
ing a  new  commandment  with  a  view  of  leading 
men  to  give  up  the  practice  of  taking  oaths.  He 
meant  to  save  men  from  the  perils  attending  oath- 
taking.  Dr.  Wayland  says,  "  In  taking  an  oath,  be- 
sides incurring  the  ordinary  civil  penalties  incident 
to  perjury,  he  who  swears  either  expressly  or  by 
implication  invokes  upon  himself  the  judgments  of 
God,  if  he  speaks  falsely.  The  ordinary  oath  closes 
with  the  words  '  So  help  me  God  ' — an  expression 
equivalent  to  '  May  God  only  help  me  so  as  I  tell 
the  truth.'  Without  the  help  of  God  we  must  be 
forever  miserable.  Hence  to  relinquish  his  help  if 
we  violate  the  truth,  is,  on  this  condition,  to  invoke 
upon  ourselves  the  absence  of  the  favor  of  God,  and 
of  course,  call  all  possible  misery  upon  us  forever." 
— Wayland 's  Moral  Philosophy,  page  101. 

Now  the  oath  was  instituted  and  used  in  the  ages 
when  God  frequently  dealt  out  upon  men,  physical- 
ly, punishment  for  wrongdoing  (Gen.  19:26,  Lot's 
wife;  Num.  16:33,  35,  Korah;Josh.  17:  25,  Achan; 
Acts  5:  i-IO,  Ananias);  and  protection  and  preserva- 
tion for  right-doing  (Gen.  7:  1,  16,  Noah;  Gen.  I9: 
15,  17,  Lot;  Gen.  45:7,  Joseph).  In  this  imperfect 
state  of  society,  oaths  taken  before  magistrates  un- 
doubtedly tended  to  promote  the  cause  of  justice, 
and  even  to-day  the  use  of  oaths  may  be  a  neces- 
sity in  the  world;  but  surely  in  the  kingdom  of 
God's  dear  Son  they  have  no  place.  When  our 
Lord  said,  "  It  hath  been  said  by  them  of  old  time, 
Thou  shalt  perform  unto  the  Lord  thine  oaths 
(verse  33),  he  had  in  mind  the  laws  of  the  kingdom 
of  the  world  which  have  to  do  with  all  sorts  of  men; 
but  when  he  said,  "  I  say  unto  you,  Swear  not  at  all 
(verse  34),  he  laid  down  a  spiritual  law  of  a  king- 
dom made  up  of  those  who  "  hunger  and  thirst  aft- 
er righteousness,"  who  seek  and  find  purity  of 
heart,  and  who  have  their  "  loins  girt  about  with 


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THE    GG3PEL    JMESS^STGIEiR,. 


373 


truth."  Therefore  in  this,  as  in  the  cases  of  murder 
and  adultery,  Christ  places  the  true  sphere  of  the 
command  in  the  heart.  He  shows  that  if  due  hom- 
3ac  is  paid  in  the  heart  to  reverence  and  truth,  all 
0ath-taking  will  be  superseded,  The  simple  "yea, 
yea;"  "nay,  nay"  is  quite  enough  where  there  is 
"truth  in  the  inward  parts"  (Ps,  51:6)  and  the 
«fear  of  God  before  the  eyes"  (Ps.  36:1).  The 
feeing  of  reverence  for  God  and  his  works  will  ef- 
fectually prevent  the  taking  of  oaths,  because  it 
makes  the  man's  "yea  "  or  "nay"  as  good  as  his 
oath. 

An  oath  is,  in  a  sense,  a  two-fold  reflection  upon 
the  man  who  takes  it;  6rst,  it  implies  that  if  he 
speaks  without  an  oath  his  word  cannot  be  relied 
upon;  secondly,  it  says  that  his  is  not  the  religion 
of  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  for  the  King  himself 
commands  his  subjects  not  to  swear  at  all.  Christ's 
teaching  upon  the  oath,  as  well  as  upon  all  other 
questions,  relates  to  that  ideal  condition  of  Chris- 
tian living  in  which  the  laws  of  his  kingdom  are 
perfectly  observed  (verse  48) 

Thus  ends  the  series  of  striking  particulars  in 
which  our  Lotd  compared  his  teachings  with  the 
law  and  the  generally- accepted  explanations  of  it. 
He  shows  plainly  that,  instead  of  relaxing  the  ob!i 
gations  of  morality,  his  requirements  are  still  more 
stringent,  extending  not  merely  to  the  outward  act, 
but  to  the  motive  and  the  feeling;  not  merely  what 
the  letter  of  the  Word  required,  but  to  all  it  de- 
signed and  involved. 

With  this  we  close  for  the  present  these  Bible 
Class  Glimpses,  and  bid  adieu  to  the  very  large  class 
of  attentive  readers.  The  words  of  appreciation  ex- 
pressed by  some  have  been  both  comforting  and  en- 
couraging. May  the  dear  Father,  and  his  Son  and 
Savior,  and  the  influence  of  the  Spirit  abide  with 
each  one  until  we  meet  around  the  throne  above. 


An 


Mi.  Mcrris,  III. 


Counting  all  things  JOY.-James  i:a. 

BY    rRAMv    HENDERSON. 

When  we  reach  the  point  where  we  can  count 
all  things  joy  for  Christ's  sake,  whether  in  time  of 
prosperity  or  in  time  of  adversity,  we  have  reached 
the  place  where  we  begin  to  learn  more  and  more  of 
the  wonderful  secrets  of  salvation;  where  we  can 
enjoy  the  hidden  treasures  and  reap  the  benefits  of 
the  Christian  warfare  and  what  we  have  long  been 
searching  to  know.  The  hidden  mysteries  can  be 
revealed  by  way  of  real  blessings  and  outpourings 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  upon  us  as  never  before,  People 
who  have  not  yet  learned  these  lessons  have  failed 
to  know  the  real  riches  there  are  in  salvation-life. 

Many  can  rejoice  when  everything  goes  well,  and 
all  can  saii  along  very  nicely  as  long  as  the  waters 
are  smooth;  but  when  the  billows  of  life  begin  to  roll 
high,  and  trials  and  troubles  come  in  like  a  flood, 
then  they  give  way  to  the  depressing  attacks  of  the 
enemy,  to  accusations,  to  worrying  and  fretting. 
Ofttimes  this  leads  to  murmuring,  until  there  is  no 
victory  left.  But  not  so  with  the  one  who  looks 
upon  the  bright  side  of  everything.  When  all  is 
darkness  around,  one's  spiritual  life  is  kept  up 
by  keeping  one's  eyes  upon  the  Lord  and  acknowl- 
edging his  gracious  blessings,  even  in  the  darkest 
hour.  Then  one  can  say,  as  was  said  of  old:  "  Thou 
shalt  rejoice  in  every  good  thing  which  the  Lord 
thy  God  ha^h  given  unto  thee,  and  unto  thine 
house."     Deut.  26:  II, 

No  one  passes  through  a  fiery  trial  or  sees  an 
hour  so  dark  that  there  is  not  something  for  which 
to  praise  God,  some  blessing  that  he  is  bestowing. 
There  is  always  something  for  which  to  be  thankful, 
and  the  one  who  learns  the  lesson  of  being  really 
thankful  to  God  will  always  come  out  victorious. 

We  are  aware  that  some  people,  apparently,  have 
greater  trials  than  others;  but  yet,  when  everything 
's  taken  int.o  consideration,  there  is  no  one  who  has 
not  his  share.  The  Lord  will  not  permit  anything 
to  come  upon  us  that  he  is  not  able  to  carry  us  safely 
through,  if  we  trust  him.  He  says  in  his  Word: 
"There  hath  no  temptation  taken  you  but  such  as 


is  common  to  man:  but  God  is  faithful,  who  will 
not  suffer  you  to  be  tempted  above  that  ye  are 
able;  but  will  with  the  temptation  also  make  a  way  to 
escape,  that  ye  may  be  able  to  bear  it."  1  Cor 
10:13 

Now,  how  is  the  way  to  go  through  temptation 
and  trial  safely?  Is  it  to  sit  down  and  mourn  and 
bewail  your  condition,  to  fret  and  worry?  No;  just 
take  the  plan  laid  down  in  the  Word.  James  says, 
"My  brethren,  count  it  all  joy  when  ye  fall  into 
divers  temptations."    James  1:2. 

What  good  may  we  expect  to  get  from  these 
temptations?  Let  us  hear  what  James  says  again, 
"  Knowing  this,  that  the  trying  of  your  faith  work- 
eth  patience.  But  let  patience  have  her  perfect 
work,  that  ye  may  be  perfect  and  entire,  wanting 
nothing."  Now  follows  the  precious  promise: 
any  of  you  lack  wisdom,  let  him  ask  of  God,  that 
giveth  to  all  men  liberally,  and  upbraidcth  not;  and 
it  shall  be  given  him.  But  let  him  ask  in  faith, 
nothing  wavering,"  And  in  the  twelfth  verse  we 
read:  "  Blessed  is  the  man  that  endureth  tempta- 
tion: for  when  he  is  tried,  he  shall  receive  the  crown 
of  life,  which  the  Lord  hath  promised  to  them  that 
love  him  "  Even  though  our  tot  may  be  cast  a 
great  spiritual  darkness,  yet  we  can  say  with  the 
prophet  of  old.  "  When  I  sit  in  darkness,  the  Lord 
shall  be  a  light  unto  me."     Micah  7:  S. 

Huntington,  2nd. 


makes  it  he  stands  up  to  it  like  a  man.  He  was 
not  born  to  be  a  delinquent.  Once  or  twice  he  has 
fallen  short  in  payment  because  of  misfortune,  but 
instead  of  sulking  off  he  came  bravely  up  and  ex- 
plained the  situation.  He  helps  every  good  cause 
and  does  it  cheerfully.  He  does  not  deadhead  his 
way  to  heaven,  but  pays  as  he  goes. 

5  The  model  member  is  a  true  worshiper.  He 
goes  to  the  house  of  God  to  worship.  He  carries 
a  praying  heart  along  with  him  and  enters  the 
sanctuary  wi'h  thanksgiving  and  praise.  He  never 
loiters  aiound  the  door  or  whispers  during  the 
service,  but  his  soul  is  fixed  on  things  divioe.  He 
carries  in  his  soul  the  secret  of  the  L"rd,  and  his 
eye  is  fixed  on  the  beauties  of  the  world  to  come, 

Gettysburg,  Ohio. 


THE  MODEL  MEMBER. 

SELECTED   BY  ANNA   KAT HERMAN. 

Various  sorts  of  people  get  into  a  church. 
Sometimes  the  unconverted  get  in,  This  looks 
like  a  pity,  but  it  cannot  always  be  prevented.  It 
has  been  so  from  the  days  when  Ananias  and  Sap- 
phire were  members  of  the  church  at  Jerusalem, 
But  even  among  the  really  converted  members  of 
the  church  many  fall  sadly  short.  All  are  imper- 
fect, but  some  are  so  faulty  and  neglectful  that 
they  cripple  their  influence  and  bring  the  church 
to  shame.  How  glorious  it  would  be  if  every  mem- 
ber was  just  what  he  ought  to  be!  Let  us  paint 
the  portrait  of  the  model  church  member  and  see 
how  he  looks! 

1.  A  model  church  member  has  a  bright  ar.d good- 
humored  face.  Things  may  not  always  go  to  suit 
him.  He  may  not  carry  his  motion,  nor  be  put  in- 
to such  positions  as  he  would  prefer,  but  he  does 
not  grumble  or  grow  sore-headed.  He  bows  grace- 
fully to  the  will  of  the  church,  and  always  seems  to 
be  as  happy  as  the  lark  in  springtime.  He  has  a 
smile  for  the  minister,  a  greeting  for  the  brethren, 
and  a  kiss  for  the  children.  The  sunlight  never 
fades  from  his  cheek.  His  presence  is  a  delight, 
for  he  always  brings  happiness  with  him. 

2,  The  model  member  is  always  ready  for  serv- 
ice. He  does  not  love  notoriety,  has  no  itch  for  of- 
fice, From  publicity  he  naturally  shrinks  and 
likes  a  back-scat.  At  the  same  time  he  is  always 
q'jick  to  accept  any  duty  put  upon  him  He  will 
work  anywhere,  behind  or  before.  He  will  work 
in  a  revival  or  in  a  prayer  meeting,  or  at  a  feast. 
When  the  minister  calls  on  him  for  service  he  nev- 
er fails  to  respond.  His  response  always  is,  "Here 
am  I;  send  me." 

3,  The  model  member  always  comes.  You  can 
count  on  him.  He  will  be  there  every  time. 
Whether  it  be  at  Sunday  school,  or  on  Sunday 
night,  or  at  prayer  meeting,  he  will  be  there.  He 
docs  not  forsake  his  church  to  go  rattling  away  with 
some  giddy  person  who  spins  from  church  to  church 
to  hear  music  or  see  the  flowers.  He  has  principle 
enough  in  him  to  make  him  attend  his  own  church. 
Nobody  can  lead  him  astray.  And  he  comes  in 
time,  too.  He  is  not  of  the  trivial  kind  and  light- 
headed sort  who  come  cantering  in  about  the  time 
the  sermon  begins,  nor  does  he  come  tripping  con- 
spicuously in  about  the  time  the  sermon  closes. 
No  sir;  he  comes  and  always  comes  in  time. 

4.  The  model  member  always  pays  his  part.  He 
docs  not  always  have  much,  but  he  is  very  liberal 
with  what  he  has.  He  is  not  afraid  to  make  a 
promise  as  to  how  much  he  will  give,  but  when  h« 


•A  MODEL"  DEACON. 


On  asking  a  brother  if  he  would  not  like  to  quit 
chewing  tobacco,  he  said,  "Well, — yes;  but  a 
'  modtl '  deacon  brother  taught  me  to  chew,  and  I 
know  that  he  was  a  good  man;  he  said  it  would  be 
good  for  my  digestion."  Yes,  good  to  produce  in- 
digestion. That  deacon's  "  model  "  was  a  bad  one. 
Paul  says  for  us  to  follow  him  as  far  as  he  follows 
Christ.  How  necessary  it  is  for  us  to  know  what 
Christ  would  have  us  to  dol  We  do  not  need  to 
follow  Paul  or  a  "  model "  deacon,  to  follow  Christ, 
Let  Christ  be  our  "model,"  then  wc  are  on  "safe 
ground." 

In  a  moulder's  case  there  may  be  a  defective 
"model;"  if  so,  then  the  casting  will  have  the 
same  defect,  "Following  "a  "model  man"  may 
cause  a  very  serious  defect.  We  see  it  did  in  the 
brother  referred  to,  "  Follow  Christ;"  then  there 
will  be  no  defects. 

Picknll.  N,br. 


That  which  mellows  and  ripens,  that  without 
which  there  could  be  no  golden  fruitage,  that 
which  gives  (he  rich  bloom  of  a  divine  manhood 
to  the  spirit,  is  the  frost, — the  frost  of  care.  Thank 
God  for  the  sunshine  of  life,  thank  him  also  none 
the  less  for  the  ripening  frost, — Moravian. 


OUR   PRAYER    MEETING-. 


WHAT  WE  MAY  LEARN  FROM  THE  RICH  MAN    AND 
I  A/AKUS.-  I.ukc   16:   19-31. 

For  Thursday  Evening,  June  23, 

I,  Two  Lives. 

1.  In  wealth  and  luxury.    Ezelc.  28:  5;  1  Tim,  6:  17. 

2.  In  miserable  poverty,     Luke  18:  35;  Rev.  3:  17. 
II.  Two  Destinies. 

1.  Angelic  attendance.     Psa.  34:  7;  Matt.  18:  10, 

2.  Abiding  comfoit.    Psa.  23:  4;  2  Cor.  1 :  4. 

3.  Elaborate  burial.    Eccl.  12:  5;  Matt,  9:  23. 

4.  Abiding  anguish.     Dan.  12:  2;  Matt.  8:  12. 

5.  Unalterable  conditions.    Prov,  29:  1;  Rev.  22:  II, 


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CHRIST'S  TEACHINGS  ON  SOCIAL  DUTIES. 
—Luke  6:  41-40. 


For  Thursday  Evening,  Jul 


30. 


I.  Popular  Faults  Condemned. 

1.  Criticism  of  others.    Job  1:9;  Jas.  4:  12, 

2.  Favoritism  of  self.    Mai.  3:  13;  Luke  18:  II. 

3    Hypocritical  zeal.     2  Kings  10:  16;  I  Pet.  5:  3. 
4.  Inconsistent  life.    Matt.  23:  28;  Luke  12:  1. 
II.  Vital  Principles  Emphasized. 

1.  A  tree  known  by  its  fruit.    Gen.  1: 12;  Matt.  7:  16, 

2.  We  speak  as  we  think.     Prov.  23:  7;  Matt.  12:  35. 
III.  Solid  Building  Essential. 

1.  The  wise  Suilder.    Matt.  7:  21 :  Jas.  2: 22. 

2.  The  firm  building.    Fsa.  55;  22;  Matt.  7:  2$. 

3.  Tbe  foolish  builder.    Malt,  25:  45;  I"'  «i  "■ 

4.  Tb.  eomplete  overthrow.    Matt.  7:  27;  1  Cor.  3: 15. 


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A  WORKWOMAN'S  EVENINQ  HYMN. 


)  "  SON  of  the  carpenter,"  daylight  is  gone 
My  workshop  is  closed,  my  thoughts 


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And  my  heart  and  my  voice  I  lift  unlo  Thee, 
I  sing  of  the  gloty  from  which  Thou  didst  come 

To  live  in  a  cottage  and  work  for  Thy  bread; 
I  sing  of  the  glory  which  Thou  didst  conceal 

In  a  carpenter's  son,  'neatb  a  carpenter's  shed. 
How  lowly  Thy  life!  how  simple  Thy  toil! 

No  temple  or  place  emblazons  Thine  art; 
Thy  kinsfolk  cared  not  for  Thy  birth  or  Thy  deeds; 

Thy  mother  alone  kept  these  things  iu  her  heart, 
O  "  Son  of  the  carpenter,"  now  on  Thy  throne, 

Reveal  unlo  me  Thy  wonderful  plan 
For  building  an  earthly  yet  heavenly  life— 

For  growing  in  favor  with  Gotl  and  with  man! 
I,  too,  am  a  toiler  unheeded,  unknown; 

I,  too,  have  a  spirit  which  longs  to  be  free; 
0  teach  me  to  work  and  patiently  wait, 

While  knowing  my  kinship  with  God  and  with  Thee, 
~G?orge  //.  Fuller  ton. 


THE  ODD  THINGS. 


In  our  front  yard,  facing  the  street,  is  growing  a 
tree  which  is  different  from  all  others.  The  stem 
or  body  is  odd.  During  the  winter  and  spring  are 
seen  great  conical  buds,  different  from  all  the  oth- 
er trees.  As  springtime  advances  the  buds  com- 
'  mence  swelling,  getting  larger  and  larger,  until  fi- 
nally they  burst  open  and  from  them  come  large 
palm  like  leaves,  which  continue  to  grow  in  size 
as  the  season  advances. 

Aside  from  the  growth  of  the  tree  and  its  leaves, 
there  is  nothing  especially  beautiful,  nothing  more 
than  is  seen  in  all  trees  as  they  put  on  their  summer 
foliage,  But  its  oddity  attracts  attention,  and  the 
passers-by  notice  this  feature  of  the  tree,  to  the  ex- 
clusion of  the  many  other  trees  and  shrubs  that  have 
far  more  points  of  real  attraction.  And  because  of 
its  oddity  it  is  made  the  center  of  attraction  and 
gets  many,  many  odd  names.  It  gets  these  names 
because  it  attracts  the  notice  of  the  observing  and 
because  its  real  name  is  not  known, 

The  other  evening,  while  sitting  on  the  front 
porch,  and  hearing  the  remarks  made  about  this 
odd  tree,  the  thought  came,  Why  is  It  that  it  is  no- 
ticed above  all  the  others?  Did  the  question  ever 
come  to  you  why  odd  things  are  noticed  more  than 
the  ordinary  and  the  common?  You  may  say  that 
it  is  a  characteristic  of  human  nature  to  notice  the 
oddities  in  life  rather  than  the  ordinary  and  the 
common.  Perhaps  so,  and  if  so,  are  there  any  ad- 
vantages in  things  being  odd?  Some  say  Yes;  some 
say  No.  If  the  thing  has  innate  merits  its  oddity 
may  advertise  its  good  qualities,  But  if  the  odd 
thing  is  like  our  tree,  having  no  other  qualities  ex- 
cept its  oddity,  [t  would  be  better  if  it  had  not  this 
feature  of  attractiveness.  The  fact  is,  real  goodness 
does  not  need  this  kind  of  advertisement.  And 
when  our  young  people  try  to  force  attention,  it  is 
evident  that  much  is  lacking.  And  have  you  ever 
noticed  that  those  who  have  the  least  inward  at- 
tractions put  on  most  of  the  outward?  It  is  wrong 
in  principle  and  deceptive  in  practice. 

People  go  wild  over  dwarf  men  and  women,  and 
the  more  dwarfed  they  are  the  greater  the  attraction 


—and  the  less  the  real  merit.  A  double-headed 
calf  is  a  show  that  attracts  great  crowds.  Why? 
Because  of  the  oddity.  But  who  would  say  that  a 
double-headed  calf  is  better  or  worth  more  than  a 
single-headed  one?  Years  ago  there  was  a  furore 
over  the  Siamese  twins,  simply  because  of  their  odd- 
ity. Beyond  this  there  were  no  attractions  about 
them.  And  yet  millions  were  spent  to  see  these 
human  oddities. 

Such  desires  are  unhealthy  to  our  morals  as  a  na- 
tion, and  should  in  no  way  be  encouraged  among 
our  young  people.  What  we  want  to  learn  and 
learn  it  early  in  life  is  that  merit  is  the  true  stand- 
ard for  attraction.  Not  the  tree  with  its  odd  leaves 
and  branches,  but  the  fruit  which  it  bears,  Young 
men,  in  starting  out  in  life,  get  the  false  idea  that  a 
certain  amount  of  "  put  on  "  is  necessary  to  call 
public  attention  to  them  and  their  work,  It  is 
large  advertising  for  a  small  stock  of  goods.  While 
it  attracts  for  the  moment,  the  sham  disappoints  in 
the  end.  The  successful  ones  are  those  who  quietly 
go  to  work  in  legitimate  channels  and  make  them- 
selves and  their  business  known  by  the  works  they 
do.  Without  these  the  young  man  or  woman  is  no 
good.  We,  of  ourselves,  are  nothing  and  worthless, 
outside  of  what  we  do.  What  would  you  think  of  a 
reaper  that  would  not  reap,  a  thrasher  that  would 
not  thrash  or  a  young  man  who  would  not  do  any- 
thing? All  would  be  alike  useless,  Their  oddity 
might  attract  attention  and  call  forth  remarks.  But 
beyond  this  the  world  has  no  use  for  them,  A  con- 
sumer that  is  not  a  producer  is  a  worthless  mon- 
strosity. 

In  another  corner  of  the  lawn  stands  another  tree. 
It  is  common  in  size,  modest  in  appearance,  and 
has  leaves  common  to  all  trees.  Early  in  the 
springtime  it  is  covered  over  with  beautiful  blos- 
soms that  give  sweetness  to  everything  around.  Yet 
it  does  not  attract  special  attention;  few  notice  it, 
and  no  remarks  are  made  about  it.  It  is  only  a 
common  tree.  But  it  buds,  blossoms  and  grows 
right  along.  When  autumn  comes  the  first  tree 
drops  its  great  leaves  and  you  see  the  naked  branch- 
es, that  is  all.  It  has  been  an  odd  tree  all  the  sum- 
mer through, — has  put  out  new  branches  with  add- 
ed growth,  that  it  may  bear  more  large  and  odd 
leaves  the  coming  year.    That  is  all. 

But  of  the  other  tree,  the  common,  modest  tree — 
how  of  it?  When  autumn  comes  its  branches  are 
laden  with  a  crop  of  beautiful  and  luscious  fruit. 
And  so,  year  by  year,  it  continues  to  bud,  blos- 
som and  bear,  with  its  growth.  We  place  but  lit- 
tle store  on  the  tree  as  a  tree,  but  because  of  its 
fruitage  we  say  it  is  the  most  valuable  tree  in  the 
lot,  and  so  it  is,  because  it  gives  something  in  return 
for  what  it  receives.  It  produces  more  than  it  con- 
sumes, And  while  of  the  odd  tree  it  might  be  said, 
Cut  it  down,  why  does  it  continue  to  cumber  the 
ground,  of  this  one  it  can  be  truly  said,  Fertilize 
and  dig  about  it,  that  it  may  bear  more  fruit. 

Reader,  which  tree  would  you  sooner  have? 
Which  one  best  represents  your  own  life?  Are  you 
a  fruitless  oddity,  or  a  fruit-bearing  reality?  Are 
you  attracting  attention  in  the  world  because  of  how 
you  look  and  appear,  or  because  of  what  you  are  do- 
ing? Are  you  as  the  barren  fig  tree,  bearing  leaves 
only,  or  arc  you  as  the  bearing  olive  that  year  by 
year  bends  with  fruit  and  gives  joy  to  the  Master 
of  the  vineyard?    One  or  the  other.    Which? 

_    H.   B.    B. 

VOCAL  MUSIC. 

BY   J.    C.    SNAVELY. 

If  we  want  a  song  on  our  lips,  we  must  first  have 
one  in  our  hearts;  and  the  more  our  hearts  contain, 
the  more  our  lips  will  express.  Singing  is  praising, 
But  did  you  ever  stop  to  think  whether  your 
praise  was  acceptable  before  God  or  whether  you 
were  grieving  him  by  the  coldness  that  exists  in 
your  singing? 

If  love  rules  in  our  hearts  and  lives,  songs  will 
continually  be  on  our  lips.  Did  you  ever  stop  t 
think  how  much  good  a  song  does  you?  Probably 
it  dc.cs.ypw  no  good  at  all.    Think  how  many  times 


mother  used  a  simple  little  song  to  lull  you  to  sleep 
as  you  were  nestled  in  her  bosom.  What  a  cheer- 
ing influence  her  songs  have  on  the  whole  house- 
hold! 

What  a. soul-inspiring  feeling  creeps  over  every 
one  in  the  congregation  when  all  are  wholly  engaged 
in  offering  praises  to  God!  Oh,  what  a  mighty  cho- 
rus we  might  have,  even  though  few  in  number,  jf 
each  one  were  overflowing  with  the  praises  of  his 
namel  Do  you  not  think  your  minister  would  feel 
more  inspired  to  declare  God's  message?  What  an 
appreciation  of  his  labors  you  might  show  him! 
How  his  heart  might  be  made  to  leap  with  the  mes- 
sage of  salvation! 

One,  in  speaking  of  hired  choirs,  has  said, 
11  Brethren,  I  have  gone  into  the  pulpit  filled  with 
the  Spirit,  feeling  that  I  had  something  to  say,  and 
by  the  time  the  choir  was  through  it  had  all  left 
me."  What  applies  to  this  choir  will  apply  to  us  as 
a  congregation.  Let  every  one,  young  and  old, 
have  a  part  in  the  songs,  and  then  the  inspiration 
will  be  felt.  Just  in  proportion  as  the  song  fills  our 
hearts  will  we  be  able  to  fill  the  hearts  of  others, 
By  the  singing  in  your  church  you  may  win  souls